#yap yap yap; you got nothing of value to say to me

[auroreliis]

Hi! If you're comfortable with it, could I request batfams reactions to a reader who's suddenly clingy on their period or something similar? Normally I like my personal space but I am desperate for some type of warmth because cramps are actually killing me 💔

Bruce would still keep his distance, as he knows you don’t like physical touch. However, he would still be around you more, always asking if you need something. Anything sweet? Any pads? Any source of warmth? He will provide it immediately and be very understanding to you lashing out (don’t worry, he knows you can’t control it).

"What is it? You need pain killers?" He rumages in the bag he brought with him and hands you some pain killers.

"Hm? Chocolate? Yes, right awa-...what? Oh, oreo chocolate...? Mh. Fine, I'll go get some."

Dick would be very cuddly, almost as though HE’S on the period. He would hug you and sometimes even carry you around, despite your complaints…

“PUT ME DOWN YOU OVERSIZED CIRCUS CLOWN”

“:(”

Would he put you down? Well, yes. However, only at the destination. Then, after putting you down, he would take a step back and remain at that distance for about 5 minutes. After that, he would hug you again. And so the cycle repeats.

It does annoy you a lot, however, he is COMPLETELY unbothered by your shouting and your complaining. Like, dude. Take a fucking hint, will you? Obviously, since he’s already there, he also provides you with whatever you need. This means: If you want him to leave while also making him think that he’s doing you a favour, go send him to do something like getting you food or spare clothes. He will happily skip off, thinking he’s gaining your favour.

Jason would be playing with fire, always bothering you with stupid requests.

“So, wanna come to the library with me? I wanna go read something, but I also want you to be there”

You grumble, clearly declining his request.

“Well? Yes or no?” He is not taking the hint.

“No.” You mutter.

“What? A little louder, please”, he leans in closer.

“I SAID NO. Leave me the fuck alone. I want nothing to do with you. Haven’t I made that clear? Are you too stupid to notice? Do I need to be more direct?”

“:d”

At that point, he gives up for his own safety.

Tim, the leech, uses this opportunity, almost viewing it as a blessing.

“Heyyyyy, I have a heating pouch and all your favourite snacks and drinks and your favourite show prepared. If you come over to my room, I’ll make sure that nobody enters beside you and me AND I’ll let you take up the whole bed while I sit on a chair. What do you say? Wanna come to my room? :)”

If you foolishly decide to reject his offer, he will work hard to come up with something more alluring. Tim doesn’t give up easily.

Damian remains professional. He would probably create a presentation highlighting why you should ask him for help during hard times and not his brothers.

“Sibling. I am able to provide you with anything you require. As you know, whatever I provide is better than what anyone else in this manor could provide, hence why you should only ask me for help. Additionally, I am not as pushy as the other rejects, so taking up my offers is most ideal for you too. My goal is to help you, while their goal is to be in your proximity. Compare our values and see which you are most satisfied with.”

Stephanie and Cassandra completely understand. Despite how hard the others try, the girls would naturally be of most help. They’ve been there, they just get it. They also don’t annoy you, so you spend most of your period by their side. They just aren’t as loud and pushy as the others.

Secret bonding moment unlocked.

With special permission from Bruce (which they got with a lot of yapping and convincing), they get a hotel room and stay there with you until your period is over. This is very refreshing, as you don’t have to deal with the boys anymore and finally have some peace.

Honestly, the manor is always full at all times, but now it’s just the 3 of you. You all bond and have fun while the rest misses you. No, seriously, prepare for lots of cuddles to make up for your lacking presence </3

[tacobacoyeet]

More dilf Patrick!! Pls!!!🤭🤭🤭

i am sorry it took me so long to get to this. i have been thinking So Much. there is smut MDNI!!!!! also i did not proof this at all i was quite literally just yapping

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hear me out: he’s wearing those old ass shorts. you know the ones. frayed at the bottom, loose at the thigh, hanging low enough to hint at the curve of his hipbone. and they have a hole. somewhere vaguely obscene. and he will not throw them out. “they’ve got history,” he says. yeah. so does the roman empire. let it die.

he also has a mug that says "best dad" in comic sans and he drinks his coffee black out of it like it’s some kind of war ration?? always finishes the last two bites of your food. carries cheez-its and specifically the tangy great value fruit smiles in his hoodie pocket and forgets they’re there until bedtime.

and then there’s the dad stuff that just—does something to you. the way he crouches to tie tiny shoes and mutters “double knot for safety” with his brows furrowed like a surgeon. the way he lifts the kid one-armed onto his hip and groans like he just deadlifted 200 pounds. the way he kisses their head and says “you good, champ?” and then walks around the grocery store like that for twenty minutes. like it’s nothing. like he wasn’t once a world-class athlete. now he’s just a dad with a half-eaten granola bar in his back pocket and spit-up on his collar.

and you shouldn’t want him more now. but you do. so badly it’s stupid.

he gets the mail barefoot in the rain. does bath time with a towel wrapped around his shoulders like a cape. makes grilled cheeses with the baby strapped to his chest and sings off-key lullabies to a beat that doesn’t exist. he reads bedtime stories in a funny voice even when he’s tired. insists on brushing their teeth "together as a team" even though it takes ten fucking years. he's always been a fan of overcomplicating things... LOL.

you catch him folding onesies in the laundry room—folding, not shoving into drawers—and you’re gone. you back into the dryer and he raises an eyebrow like “babe?” and you’re like “babe.” and then the dryer’s on and the baby monitor is quiet and he’s fucking you up against the clean whites because he’s still got it. he never lost it.

and then later he’s limping slightly, rubbing his back, saying “think i pulled something” while putting aquaphor on the baby’s butt and you’re just sitting there stunned. who is this man?????

also: sunday morning sex when the kids are at art and tashi's. slow and lazy and filthy. he lets you ride him for so long it’s almost mean. your bellies touch. your chests touch. everything is touching. and he moans like you’re doing something unspeakable just by loving him like this. just by wanting him now. like this. after all these years. after the weight and the hair and the way his back cracks when he bends to pick up a sock. you still want him. and it undoes him.

he’s yours. he’s always been yours. and now there are tiny humans sleeping in the next room with his eyes and your smile and he still looks at you like he can’t believe it.

this next section about you bring pregnant. i must admit i had to take a Break because my thoughts were a little crazy!!!! but we are up. anyway: he doesn’t just like the changes. he’s obsessed with them. stretch marks? he traces them like constellations. swelling? he kneels between your legs and kisses every inch. softness? he talks about it like it’s a fucking miracle.

you complain about feeling huge and he goes “good.” not teasing—genuinely pleased. “means you’re growing our kid. means your body’s doing its job. means you’re mine.”

sex while pregnant? his favorite. the extra sensitivity. the way your body cradles his. the need. he takes his time. checks in. holds your belly like it’s part of the rhythm. mutters things that make no sense and still make you cry. "so beautiful. fuck. how are you real?"

and after? postpartum?

when you feel like a stranger to yourself—sore and squishy and leaking and tired—he’s there. nosing at your neck while you pump. holding your hips while you cry over clothes that don’t fit. carrying you to bed when you fall asleep mid-feed.

he’s careful, but not scared. when you’re ready, he touches you like he never stopped wanting you. like the body you’re grieving is still his favorite thing in the world. maybe more so now.

he kisses your belly with so much love and admiration. groans about how soft you feel. his hands don’t leave your skin. his voice drops to a whisper. “all mine. all this—mine.”

and when you flinch or get shy? when you mutter “i don’t feel sexy” he freezes. stares at you like you’ve just insulted god. and then he fucks a correction into you because he will Never ever accept you not thinking you aren't beautiful. we already know patrick feels things deeply!!! he's crazy about you!!!

he doesn’t need you to bounce back. he needs you to stay. to let him memorize every version of you. to believe him when he says he’s never wanted anyone more.

and you start to believe it. a little. when he looks at you like that. but then he makes some fuckass comment about how his bones aren't equipped for that kind of strain anymore and you just roll your eyes and move on. small victories

[fear-is-truth]

❛ THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES ❜ - K. ANDERSON.

ⓘ love language : a person's characteristic means of expressing and experiencing love

꣑ৎ ‎ :‎ masterlist﹒request / chat w me ! ﹒꒱ note. got a lil carried away, but i can yap about my man for days on end

words of affirmation ➛ ˗ˏˋ this might seem like it would be kai’s love language—after all, he is a gifted speaker. persuasive, emotionally intelligent. but here’s the thing: he doesn’t believe a word of it. because kai knows the power of bullshitting too well to ever take it at face value—one doesn’t trust a sharp blade simply because one is good at swinging it.

so when you tell him you love him? if you told him you loved him ten times a day, he’d take it as his due (because it fuels his ego and he needs validation.) maybe even say “love you too,” if he’s in a generous mood. but he’s already analysing: why did you say that now? what are you trying to reassure him of? kai just can’t switch off the paranoid part of his brain that parses sincerity like code. he wants to believe you; he wants it to be simple. but nothing is. not for him.

sometimes kai thinks about how easily you could lie. how easily he lies. and he hates that his own doubt chokes the love he tries to feel cleanly. you’ve witnessed him spin lies with so much passion that it felt like gospel. seen him unearth confessions from trembling lips and interlocked pinkies. you know the voice he uses when he wants something. and kai knows you hear that same voice when he says “i love you.” even when he genuinely means it. ˊˎ-

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acts of service ➛ ˗ˏˋ kai doesn’t believe in love that doesn’t do something. words mean very little to him unless they’re paired with action—people lie; they say what they think you want to hear (he’s an virtuoso in this aspect.)

you could tell him you adore him every day and it wouldn’t land the way something practical would: plug in his dead phone, fixing his tie, remember his preference for food, not letting anyone insult his ideology in front of you—even when defending him feels like a betrayal of your values and dignity—and doing it anyway... now that’s real dedication. he’ll often show love by doing things for you in return because that’s his metric for affection—if he didn’t care, he wouldn’t bother. ˊˎ-

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quality time ➛ ˗ˏˋ quality time is, unequivocally, kai’s primary love language, the clearest, cleanest line that can be drawn between love and order. he doesn’t need any of that performative bullshit society has programmed into people’s idea of romance. his idea of intimacy is pragmatic—two people aligned in purpose, parallel activity.

if he’s going out, you’re coming too. there won’t be any explanation, just a curt “get in,” or leave the door open long enough for you to follow. he needs someone to bounce ideas off of or just exist next to in the car. you don’t even have to talk (in fact, he prefers when you don’t.) your presence just help him think better.

kai builds closeness through utility, and this is proven by the way he keeps you near in mundane ways. he likes when you do chores around him—not just because of his regressive ideas about gender roles (though those are there) but it satisfies both his need for control and his attachment issues.

if you’re not around, he gets irritable and agitated. paces around, second-guesses himself. will try and act like it’s business as usual but he’s waiting for you to come back. ˊˎ-

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physical touch ➛ ˗ˏˋ this one’s complicated. not in theory—he enjoys physical touch—but he’s more comfortable only he’s the one initiating it. sex is the easiest form to navigate, and like any competent cult leader, kai knows how to manipulate with proximity. the old in-out in-out is easy, but what’s harder is affection for its own sake. his personality preference for touch is the kind that affirms possession. the hand closing lightly around your throat, fingers under your chin, tilting your face up.

kai doesn’t like being touched by surprise. if you reach for him unannounced, he might tense up or even flinch—but he’ll let you, because you’re the only one allowed. his followers already know you’re his, but he can’t let them see just how much he’s yours. being seen as smitten would chip away at his authority, and the divine ruler can’t afford to be seen as weak. so if you get too affectionate in front of the others, he’ll shove you off with a snide comment.

it goes without saying that he doesn’t do PDA. public is performance; private is truth. you are his truth. that said, he lets things slide in private—your legs draped over his lap on the couch. him resting a hand at your lower back when you both walk into a room.

but behind closed doors? he doesn’t bother to hide how wants you. all the fucking time. not even in the sexual sense, (though that too.) he lets things slide. your legs thrown over his lap on the couch. your fingers slipping into his hair while he reads. his hand resting instinctively at the small of your back when you pass behind him. kai can be strangely clingy, too. he likes when you stand between his legs and hug him, his face pressed into your chest. fingers toying with the ends of your hair when he’s thinking.

of course, he will never admit it (he’s too proud for that) but there’s a difference between tolerating and needing. and he needs you. ˊˎ-

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receiving gifts ➛ ˗ˏˋ gifts are low on his list, he didn’t grow up scraping by (his family was more than well off) but even then, kai never saw the point in material things beyond their function. now he’s got investments and crypto doing well, he’s sitting on more than most people. but that hasn’t changed his attitude. he’s not stingy, but sentimentality attached to objects feels juvenile to him.

he’ll hand you a generous stack of cash at the beginning of the month for “groceries, bills, whatever”—and the rest? all yours. he won’t keep tabs on where it goes. your comfort is his responsibility. if you needed him to spell that out, he wouldn’t be your boyfriend. when he does give gifts, they’re practical. a copy of a book he just read and thinks you’d like too, because intellectual conversations matter. or a gadget you mentioned in passing: a fitbit, airpods, noise-cancelling headphones…whatever would make your life run more efficiently. that’s what matters to him. he doesn’t do flowers. what’s the point? they die at the end of the week.

birthdays or milestones are an exception. not because he suddenly believes in sentiment of course, but because he understands optics and appearances. and, in a quieter sense, he understands you. in order to impress him, you often pretend you’re above such frivolities, that you don’t care about that stuff, but he knows that you do. and in your case, his sexist instincts aren’t totally off-base. ˊˎ-

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[heartfullofleeches]

Just say your Carnis and puppy!reader post, and my head immediately went to cattle dog!reader or emotional support puppy!reader would be an amazing pair for Carnis. Allow me to ramble a bit about emotional support puppy!reader for a bit-

disclaimer! I do not have an emotional support dog...I've got emotional support guinea pigs -kinda- so take my thoughts with a tablespoon of salt. ^^;

Anyways-!

- Emotional support puppy!reader who was the one who started the dynamic between the two without really realizing that was what they were doing. They'd catch Carnis in the middle of a panic attack or a trauma episode, and their first thought is to sit down beside him. Slowly inching closer and closer until they're sitting shoulder to shoulder with them. Turning their (reader's) head slightly towards him so they can keep an eye on his heart rate and anxiety levels.

- Emotional support puppy!reader who starts following Carnis around where they go, always within a quick few steps away from them. So that any time Carnis starts to seem like they're slipping into a nasty unfun headspace, Emotional support puppy!Reader can be there to gently guide them down to a sitting position. (Maybe if Carnis would be comfortable with it, Emotional support puppy!Reader can do some compression therapy by laying on top of the big softie. Especially if Emotional support puppy!Read is also Himbo/beefy puppy!Reader. So it's like a weighted blanket -and Carnis gets a face full of puppy!Reader's chest. It's warm.)

- Carnis who becomes a bit dependent on Emotional support puppy!Reader. Gaining separation anxiety, freaking out and pushing themselves into a panic attack if Reader isn't an arms length away. Which only makes Reader feel all that more like they've gotta be there for their friend :(.

- Carnis who treats Emotional support puppy!Reader more like an emotional support stuffy a child might carry around with them 24/7

- (Emotional support puppy!Reader who -as a joke- gets a collar or like vest that says 'Emotional Support Animal' with Carnis' name under the words. Both writing out in big letters)

Just emotional support puppy!Reader and Carnis brain rot.

I saw beefy and himbo used to describe Reader, and my soul ascended to the heavens- You were already cooking with this, but a sweet, himbo puppy who makes it their duty to keep Carnis in a stable mind is gold. Carnis had dealt with orderlies pinning them down whenever they lashed out in the lab- Those rough, cruel hands replaced by the passive weight and fluff of a kind puppy would do wonders for Carnis, and put them out like a light.

Besides their embrace, nothing soothes Carnis quicker than Puppy yapping about whatever topic their brain comes up with- It gives them something else to focus on than what's dragging them down, and Puppy has never painted Carnis repeating words and phrases they say in a negative light, which the cow values more than anything.

Carnis dependency gets so bad somedays they'll have a full blown melt down if Puppy makes the harmless mistake of switch over to another isle in the grocery store. If Carnis doesn't have them in his immediate line of sight, who knows what might happen? Puppy gifting Carnis an article of clothing ripe with their scent like a shirt or jacket helps him work up the courage to distance themselves from Puppy for a while... If they didn't get too caught sniffing it all the time.

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Carnis: Y/n a-asked me to pick up some tomatoes for dinner. They gave.. me their sweater because they trusted me.... Y/n's sweater.... Puppy's sweater... Smells nice. Soft too.. L-like them... Sleepy..

Puppy Reader: Haha- We'll work on this later, let's just go together, like always!

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Puppy Reader: So, there's this donut shop that has huuuge donut display on their roof, and everytime I pass it I wonder how much of it I could eat before I got sick if it were real... Sorry- This probably isn't helping much, wanna switch over to counting?

Carnis: N...no... This...is better.

[olderthannetfic]

TW Suicide. I talk about suicide from a religious perspective, and religion is not kind with suicide.

I might be reaching but I think religious Asian countries might be more proship-friendly than western countries??

Let's see a few cases. Japan. I'm not sure how religious Japan is, but they have very strict values and traditions. There are so many how-tos and even the language has levels that you can only use to certain people, otherwise it's rude. They can't express queerness so freely that yaoi/yuri is the best outlet they have, and they got called rotten for it.

Japan is notorious for being very proship friendly. There was even a huge "what is proship and why should you block those with 'proship DNI' in their bios" thread over on Twitter and it was so widely shared by Japanese users. At that point, even antis took off the "proship DNI" off their bios (such cowards lol).

The people in my religious (Muslim) country and its neighbor, Malaysia and Indonesia, even the minors, are so proship-oriented that I only ever saw exactly one person with "proship DNI" in their bio. And their posts tell me they're the more "liberal" people of the country. You know, the ones that the older people are using as examples of "Look at that girl. She's been poisoned by the western values, she's showing so much skin. Don't be like her". Now I obviously will just laugh at older people who says such things but hear me out.

The people who are actually practicing religion to the point where nothing sexual is allowed, who WILL screech at sex (both vanilla and kinky) in fanworks should they ever join, won't touch fandom with a ten-foot pole. This leaves us with the absolute freaks who thinks "I'm religious, I believe in God that other people call fiction, but I can't have sex until I'm married and masturbation is haram, so smut fic is actually a great way to let off tension! No one real is having sex so it's a green area. I'm not masturbating, I'm just reading. Sometimes they excite me, most of the time not! Halal mode."

Also, murder and suicide is a sin. A huge sin. If you tell someone to kill themselves and they actually did, the religious guilt would be MASSIVE. I can't imagine an actually correctly-practicing religious sending death threats and not be haunted by the promise of a sin. A sin that involves other people is much harder to forgive (it requires forgiveness from the hurt people, and that's impossible with suicide. They can't forgive you if they're dead) than a sin that involves yourself (masturbation. All you have to do is regret and never do it again. Which is why suicide is seen as unforgiveable. You can't undo it).

So, it sometimes makes me wonder that in the west, MAGA catholic conservatives shares a lot of values with fanpols. But in religious countries, the actually rigid religious ones aren't in fandom, so the fandom is filled with people who aren't evangelical purists.

This incoherent yap might be reaching, but hey, a new perspective to US-Europeans or non-religious people. It's just kinda funny to think about. Since you are very well-spoken and critical (I think so from your replies to the asks!), what do you think?

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Well... I think there are a lot of specifics here that are hilarious in how you've framed them. (The situation with queer people in Japan has evolved a lot over the last couple of decades. That isn't at all how I'd describe politeness levels in language, and I think your assumptions based on how politeness works in Japanese are ludicrous. Catholicism isn't the big, powerful flavor of Christianity in the US, so it's not where the majority of the nutbars ruining politics come from. Etc. Etc.)

But back in the 90s in US fandom in English, slash was the domain of freaks, and the puritywankers were openly homophobic and did not hang out in the same spaces.

Yes, I do think that part of the rise of the current flavor of antis has to do with somewhat wider acceptance of queerness combined with an overall anxiety-inducing and uncertain situation. They're not secure enough to chill the fuck out, but they wrongly believe that our battles for queer rights here are done and/or that they can be won by throwing the freakier members of the community under the bus.

[deesseshesca]

PAC :What are they gagging about u, again ?

Again… A fucking again. Nothing new, nothing changed. 

Good morning, pretty souls, today we are diving into the same mess people keep their mouth running regarding you. What’s the remix this time ? What have you done to upset the haters ? Like WTF do they want now ? 

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TW: PANIC ATTACK

Pile 1

Check in : y'all come from a rich abusive household. You are about to run away. Or some of y’all might actually just move. 

What’s the gag ? 

King pentacles 

People are yapping about you,  are  your classmates or close friends . Y’all come from an abundant family heritage and are living the dream some will never get to even grasp. Let’s not forget your amazing composure. You can get anything you want whenever you want. Probably walking around with an Amex card. Book a ticket overseas at least 4x a year. Whole education in private school even high profile nanny. If you  are black, u hear often … « you talk white … ». I fucking hate that statement because what is that supposed to mean 😑… LOSER . They think u must have a very traditional way of thinking. Especially if u are white, they think u lean more towards far right ideologies. And the fact that u call your parents « papa » or « mother » is not helping your case. 

What’s actually gagging ? 

8 swords

Y’all are going through it with your family. I don’t have any vision regarding what’s going on behind closed doors. But I see you pulling a big bright smile after closing the front door of your house. I see y’all acting literally like a robot. The second that your parents ask for something. You do it. No question or critical thinking involved. Y’all are literally suffocating in your household. This time no amount of money, clothes or first class trip is cutting it. 

Bonus💌333, The universe is advising you not to run way. They know you are an individual with good values and you hate acting out of character. But they are giving you the green light to act like a spoiled child and throw a fit. So you can get your own apartment and enjoy a semi independent lifestyle before blowing the big gun. They will hate to see struggle in the real world when u already been through hell in your own home.

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PILE 2 

Check in : You guys recently got a face piercing. People around u wondered if u are a sex worker. You come from a small town. Y’all have the perfect hourglass figure or peach. Anyway, your ass is fat. 

What’s the gag ? 

Judgment (reverse)

They feel like too many bad things happen to you. Everyone in town is in your business. Which is not surprising. Like nobody actually minds their motherfucking business ( I’m sorry … I hate when people are in people's business, especially mine . Since I’m a toddler my fav sport is to mind the thinking that pay me … is so annoying when I run around individuals that fucking don’t This is why I never over read in y’all energy even in a collective setting. Like c’mon). I’m sorry pile 2, y’all lost u’re high school sweetheart. Y'all got married but it all scrambles down. They feel like you need Jesus. They think u are bitter, old  and alcoholic women. You need to give your heart to God and turn your life around. 

What’s actually gagging ? 

Queen swords (reverse) 

They are partially right (and i oop-). Nah, I have to stay serious. This is a serious matter. You lost the only good thing in your life. I would be turning bitter myself 2. In that nasty old town, where people never let you be in peace. First because of your mom's reputation then because of your beauty. Out here making fun of u because u gain weight. Bitch people are at the gym killing themself to have your curves. Some are dying on the bed of doctor Miami… for what ? I sense that it is constantly like that. Since you’ve been young they made smart comments about you. When they realize, u only get prettier from there… game over. Now they are calling you fast. Then calling you old, they wish. Y’all are between 25-27 like… ok, yeah ok, pipe down bitch (meme reference). You are pondering on doing a 360 of your life right now. You spend all this time  trying to please people around you and acting according to people's expectations. Now you want to live in a rather carefree lifestyle. Moving to the big city, where nobody cares about you and nobody deem to care. You might want to be a stripper. Not because you are missing funds or don’t have an education. You just want to go wild for a bit. Seeing if you still got it.

 Bonus💌777, When you are ready to share your story that's when great success is going to find you. You might documente your grief on social media or give guideline for other to heal. Some may write a book to help individual going through the trials and tribulations of loosing their ultimate soulmate. Y'all other going to share all the secret tip and tricks of being a stripper.

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PILE 3

What’s the gag? 

King cups (reverse)

Y’all must be athletes. The people gagging  are your teammates. They finally saw you crack. Some were even questioned if you were a human being. Because you are always put on a straight face no matter what. I sense that you had a panic attack in front of them. That was the only time you showed emotion and it was this intense. 

What's actually the gaging ? 

Queen swords 

You’ve been carrying a deep sadness since childhood. You guys are extremely disciplined and private. Y’all also give amazing advice. They think you lost it but you actually lost your mind Because you never really had your emotions under control. You barely know how to cope. The only time that this insanity seems to leave you is when you are practicing your sport. You are actually pouring all you have to the only thing that gives you peace. They will never know that.

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2024 feminist movie retrospective ~ day 13

Hello and welcome back to the retrospective ! I was on a break due to being dead unfortunately. Let's get back into it by talking about something fun. This was originally a rapid fire review, but i had too much to say so it's getting promoted. Not putting a dark content warning on this one because it's pretty tame, but keep in mind that there's still.... death and stuff (like with my Memory review, some images' descriptions are additional comments! Please read them!)

Watched : May 18th at my city's main theater. The showing was pretty packed.

The Planet of the Apes franchise is super important to me. Yeah yeah, "fork found in kitchen" i know. I'm a furry so i must love the talking ape films. And.... yeah, i guess ? I guess it maybe all comes down to the fact that ever since i was a tiny autistic baby girl i fantasised about being a non-human creature and biting and running on all fours and howling... I did all these things by the way. The other kids never liked me for some reason... Yes. watching these films makes me fantasise about swinging through trees and eating bugs off my friends' hair. But i also happen to be a sci-fi fan and overall film freak, as well as a zoology enthusiast who lovessss primates. So strap in, it's yapping time.

The Planet of the Apes IP started with a french novel by author Pierre Boulle in 1963 (the same guy who wrote The Bridge over the River Kwai 10 years before) which was adapted into a very popular USAmerican science-fiction movie in 1968. The movie did a fairly good job of changing necessary things for a new medium while keeping the original political message of the book, and it was a huge commercial success. The film then got 4 sequels up to 1973. The sequels are all original stories but try to stay coherent with the themes and values of the book. The movies have incredible soundtracks and sound design, beautiful costumes and makeup for all the ape performers (tho unfortunately the budget got cut very harshly with each sequel so by the end of the series the costumes were kept together with plastic tape and prayers 😭), great camera work and fantastic dialogues. These movies and the novel that inspired them are staples of modern sci-fi that are still remembered for their strong anti-racist message and bleak, pessimistic themes.

The franchise then got a reboot in 2001 with a new film by Tim Burton. The story was this time completely removed from the book and its themes and presented itself purely as a reimagining of the films rather than an adaptation of the novel. The story was then supposed to continue in sequels but the film was such a flop on every level that thankfully, they were never made. The film had good music and good costume and makeup work but apart from that, honestly nothing was salvageable. One of the worst stories i've had the displeasure of witnessing on the big screen. Poor Pierre Boulle had just died less than 7 years ago, Tim Burton could have just went to his grave and pissed on it. That would have been less of an insult.

POTA was then rebooted again in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which spawned two sequels: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in 2014 and War for the Planet of the Apes in 2017. That trilogy was a complete story by itself, but a sequel and the start of a new trilogy came out last year with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the movie that interests us today.

So what exactly happens in this story? Well in the first series, (please keep in mind that i am massively oversimplifying here, and not going over certain details for the sake of time and to not spoil you) a group of human astronauts led by George Taylor crash on a planet where evolution has taken a very different path. Humans are wild animals incapable of speech and are hunted for sport and science by gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees, the superior species of the planet. They talk, wear clothes, live in houses, you get the picture. When it is revealed to the apes that our main character Taylor can speak, it creates a massive moral debate for their society. Taylor tries to survive and make sense of it all, helped by a couple of friendly chimpanzee scientists, Zira and Cornelius.

Some of the sequels show the aftermath of this first contact between two dominant evolved species, while some take a look back at how this world came to be. I'm not gonna spoil any of that because i think everyone should watch these films, i strongly recommend them. Similarly to my beloved Star Trek the Original Series which was airing around the same time, these films are as much about sci-fi concepts as they are about metaphors and satires. And they do that extremely well. They're very smart, purposeful and well thought-out films that will make you think. If you're a reader, i actually recommend starting with the novel ! It is widely available and very easy to find on pdf. It's also fairly short.

In the 2001 movie, uuuuh.... Things.... Happen. It's trying to redo the story of the first film while missing its point, so not great. It also thinks it's automatically more interesting to add more twists everywhere and uh... Yeah, don't watch it.

The "modern" trilogy started in 2011 was a massive story shift for this franchise. For the first time, the main character is an ape. For the first time, apes are played by motion capture performers with the help of CGI, and not by people in costumes. And you can also see the cultural shift in how we write sci-fi stories. These new movies are less about the metaphor and more about down to earth, realistic concepts treated completely seriously. In the first series (without spoiling too much) everything was based on a strange time travel paradox. Here, it's about a scientist who, in trying to heal his father's alzheimer, accidentally dooms humanity.

Well maybe you need a few more details. Even if I don't want to spoil. Sure. Basically in the last trilogy (once again please remember that i am oversimplifying) this scientist tested his cure on a chimp, not knowing that she was pregnant. That resulted in Caesar, the chimp baby that the scientist ends up adopting, being abnormally smart. The cure turns out to be dangerous for humans but unfortunately it escapes the lab. This new virus makes ALL apes very smart���� and most humans very dead👎. As the years/decades pass, the apes become even smarter and the few remaining humans, whose society is already far beyond collapsing, start to develop a side-effect, they lose their ability to speak. That trilogy has some major plot-holes and story problems, but is overall extremely good in my opinion. It's a very different, more action-packed (tho never as action packed as any trailer suggested, they are overall pretty calm films) vibe but i strongly recommend it as well if these themes interest you. It's not devoid of depth or social commentary, and the character of Caesar might be one of the most iconic movie heroes of the last 20 years.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes picks off where the previous trilogy left off. 300/400 years after the pandemic, humanity has now been almost wiped out and apes are the earth's ruling "species". So yeah, almost like the original film series. We follow Noa, a young chimpanzee from a tribe of fishers who live in harmony with eagles. One night, his whole clan gets destroyed/kidnapped by an army of unknown apes. Noa is the only one who made it out and leaves with his father's eagle Sun to find his family. He will soon discover that his clan wasn't the only one targeted, as a powerful ape tyrant who calls himself Proximus Caesar is looking for slaves and followers. During his travels, Noa meets a human woman called Nova who surprisingly, is able to speak. The two of them work together to try and take down Proximus.

I have to say, I'm sold on this new trilogy. The story looks way more solid and original than the previous trilogy, it was very engaging from beginning to end, it had unexpected twists and great moments of drama. The acting is very good, the film is beautifully lit and it has a great sense of flow, i wasn't bored for a single second. But i mean... HOW could you be bored while looking at that?!

The motion capture animation looks crazy good, but I expected nothing less from Weta Digital. I am a fan of this kind of effect, i could watch movies like this all day, this shit hypnotises me it looks sooo good. These apes look real !!! The way the actors and animators mix anthropomorphised behaviours with simian body language is insane!!!! THIS IS MY CRACK COCAINE GIVE ME MOOOORE

While i had the time of my life watching this, and i thought it was one of the best big budget projects of the years, two things bugged me.

First: In the previous trilogy, Caesar had a weirdly humanised face, but it was kinda justified by the lore. It wasn't a 100% normal chimp, something had happened to him in utero. Here it's just weird. Noa looks weirdly too human compared to the rest of the ape cast. It feels like they're doing this to make us relate to the character more but hasn't the previous trilogy proven that this isn't needed?? Spectators got really attached to characters who were not humanised at all (wasn't Maurice everybody's fave??), it's just weird. I love this franchise because I love the apes. I don't want them to look like weird hybrids. Do they think apes NEED to be as humanised as possible to be good heroes? Are they ape racist? What is going on?! I will only take this criticism back if it's revealed in the sequel that Noa is a descendent of Caesar or something. Because they kinda look alike. But also i don't want them to do that because Caesar had his time in the spotlight for 3 movies and not everything needs to be about him. Even if he was really hot for some reason.

My second and BIGGEST criticism is this : The first POTA movie came out FIFTY-SIX YEARS AGO. You know what we still haven't improved AT ALL? When we put human female characters in post-apocalyptic movies, we make their hair greasy and we put some dirt on their face and we call it a day. The woman in this movie has perfectly plucked eyebrows and shaved pits. I'm pretty sure if we ever saw her legs those would be shaved as well. I'M TIRED OF THIS SHIT. "b-but the lore" i hear some say. I don't care! I don't care how advanced her group is, have you seen the world she lives in?? I cannot feel immersed in this universe when i look at her!!

And the worst part is that this character is fucking great ! She's complex, she's interesting, she opens up this franchise to brand new themes and questions and the acting of the actress is great, but WHY on Earth does she look like that?! I mean, i know why. Because if female characters stop being fuckable for like 1 second the economy collapses or something. *sigh*

I really hope i wasn't the only person pissed off by this. I mean a few people liked my comment so i guess they agree. I hope this... gets fixed in the sequel. I hope eventually we stop treating great female characters like pretty faces first and foremost. I'm about to find whoever started telling women to shave and stab him, watch me create my own time travel paradox. Fuuck.

While as you can see, this film kinda pisses me off because of this one element, it also gets the Léna seal of approval ! It's one of the best of 2024! I really hope i made you want to discover the Planet of the Apes if you haven't seen them already. I recommend all of them except the 2001 version, and i would love to write more about them on this blog at some point. Maybe i could talk about feminist themes in the original series. You've probably noticed that this post was more of a general endorsement of the franchise as a whole rather than one of this film specifically. Anyway ! I OBVIOUSLY don't recommend starting with this one. If you're interested in this modern version, start with the one from 2011 ! And then come tell me what you thought ^W^ Here's a link to the trailer of this new one.

Final rating : OWOWHATSTHIS/10

[tojiscrack]

on my weekly re-read of liar liar, and i was GOING TO pull an all nighter and finish it all, but i feel asleep before i could 😞😞

ANYWAYS!! i find it so funny that throughout the first chapter (and even later chapters, but not as much) its mentioned (and made very obvious) that y/n is a little devil child, that can be too much to handle, but never w megumi. like, idk how to explain it, but hes never thought shes “too much”, and lets her do what she wants, just puts his input in (like when she switched classes, he didnt feel overly annoyed by it, just told her that she was gonna get in trouble) (i might be wrong about this LMAO) youve written them in a way that they balance each other PERFECTLY, like they are genuinely soulmates.

the end scene of the first chapter is oddly one of my favourite parts of the fic, because we get other characters (albeit, minor characters, but wtv) opinions on them, and youve written them exactly like how they describe it. they keep each other in line, and thats why they work so well together.

anyways!!! i love this fanfic so sosososooos much!!! i dont understand how this isnt more popular because???? ITS SO GOOD???? literally how arent people falling in love with your writing within the first 1k words??

(also i meant to include this in a previous ask, but i forgot lol, BUT ONE OF MY FAV DUOS IN THE FIC (and in canon lfmao) is megumi and nobara?? everytime they’re together i genuinely laugh, you nailed their characters and character dynamic)

liar, liar masterlist here:

INCOMING YAP SESSION CUZ THIS ASK GOT ME SUPER DUPER EXCITED KSJSJDIWJ

WEEKLY reread? girl, stop, you’re gonna notice all the typos i cba to get rid of 🫣

HAHAHA, NO STOP, I HAVEN’T HAD ANYONE MENTION THE WHOLE ‘DEVIL CHILD’ THING SINCE THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS WERE RELEASED 😭 and that, my friend, was months ago 🌝

so i’m so excited to just talk about this omggg!!! 😫💘

yes indeed 😤 megumi would most likely say she’s sm to handle, but really, he lowkey enjoys it. it’s the only time he can be an accomplice witness to such foolish behaviour, and not be reprimanded for it as much ‘cause he just has her to fall back on and blame. he won’t ever stop her, per se, but he’ll tell her once or twice ‘whatever you’re doing, it’s not gonna work’ or ‘don’t be dumb’, and think he’s done his part before being influenced by her 💀

‘i might be wro-’ stfu you’re right and you know it 🙄❤️

and you’re also right in it not being mentioned as much when they’re older. no, i did not forget to add it, that was done intentionally for two reasons:

they’re older now, so as much as she does what she wants with him, she’s a lot more tame than she was as a child. that doesn’t mean she ever regrets the stupid things she’s done (except for the whole mermaid thing, that is a lifelong regret she’ll always have 😭)

the idea that she’s such a menace has been established enough over the years to the point where no one feels the need to voice it. new characters probably would — someone like miss b who was introduced in the middle school chapter — but even then, she was exposed to the more tame versions of the chaotic duo. so everyone kinda silently acknowledges it, and only during crazy moments (like the tragic helicopter incident of 2016, rip satoru/suguru’s will to live 😔) will it actually be voiced (like ogi mistakenly believing that y/n didn’t start any of the nonsense that occurred during the incident, and that was mentioned cuz of the fact that she’s famously known to be so incredibly out of control).

the bonus scene for the first chapter was my fav to write as wellll (tho arguably, i say that about so many scenes, so the value of this statement is probably worth nothing 💀). bonus scenes were initially meant to be ONLY from other people’s pov, but i noticed how so many things from y/n and megumi’s childhood tgth are littered around the story, and that the only way you could ever get any insight of them is through the bonus scene since the chapters are too long to add flashbacks AND bonus scenes. i could always do a separate set of oneshots for them, but i don’t have the time for that (yk this through my horrid updating schedule) 😟

but i am so glad you’re telling me what you enjoyed — and more importantly, being specific about it. it lets me put into perspective how the later chapters (tho already planned) should be set out. your feedback means the world to me, and you deserve a million set of kisses every night for them <3333

‘i love this fanfic sosososo much!!! i don’t understand how this isn’t more popular because??? IT’S SO GOOD???’

okay brb, gonna go and find my right to exist and have the perfect life when cutie pies like you grace this earth 😖💞💓💗💞

maybe one day it’ll get bigger 😊 if that day ever comes, i’ll remember my og readers. i’ll remember the support i was given from them. i’ll remember people like you, who continuously flood my inbox with enough love to pull yank me out of writer’s block and squeeze out another chapter, how because of your long and juicy asks/messages/dms, the cycle of writing i have going on here continues, and i feel more and more proud that i even developed such a fic to begin with ❤️

‘literally how aren’t people falling in love with your writing after the first 1k words’ — errr probably ‘cause the first 1k words were just y/n trying (and failing) to explain what happens in her horror stories without stuttering 💀 LMFAO, SORRY 😭 i’d fall asleep on that carpet if i were the kids surrounding her, and they went to listen willingly.

but ugh, that’s so nice of you, i’m gonna siwjosnwidjwjd

AND OMG YOU’RE SO RIGHT

like everyone talks about yuji/nobara, or yuji/megumi, bUT WHAT ABOUT MY BEANS NOBARA/MEGUMI? they have a level of deep understanding with each other in canon (and in my fic, which will be addressed CHAPTERSSSS later) that i’d love to yap about, but i’ve already yapped enough, like you’re probably cringing rn i’m sorry 😭 another time, maybe 😔

[flo-zoinks]

hi!, I just recently started following you since I also love red dead redemption and found your content entertaining, I don’t know if you answer these types of asks but I have two questions you could answer both or just one! Up to you completely <3

so the first is who are you top five or favorite rdr1/rdr2 characters?

the second is more just out of curiosity, I never finished rdr1 due to me getting interested in my new hyperfixation, although I loved rdr1, did Jack become an outlaw to kill Ross, and that was his only goal or is there more?

Heyy you're so sweet!!!! I answer all kinds of asks 😘

Firstly: my top 5 are: John, Jack, Javier, Bonnie and Trelawny :)

Secondly: I believe Jack became an outlaw for multiple reasons, past the killing of Ross. Jack grows up with everyone leaving him, only around gang members to a former-gang father who continually struggles to fight his "inner self" and revert back to his old ways, forcing the Marstons to be affected again and again by the old-gang lifestyle, until it ends up killing John and Uncle. At this point, almost the entirety of Jack's key life moments were defined by outlaws and not any other factors. This thought, the idea that his life was shaped and formed by Outlaws, leaves him to believe that it's the only path for him to follow as well, like it's his 'predestined life'

Jack will say in combat lines like "I'm John Marston's boy!" Indicating he believes that somehow those Outlaw traits were passed down to him, seeing himself as the next John. In fact we only find that during the credits Jack's first name is John too, playing into the idea of Jack predestination to follow his Father's footsteps. To him, it's the only path possible, the life cut out for him, his life was decided from the second he was born into outlaws.

Next, he says in combat too "I got nothing to live for, anyway!", which indicates much more too. Outlaws have been argued by sources to have ended between 1899-1918, due to the modernising of cities including a stricter law and unsustainable life living as old gangs did. To be an outlaw at that time would've considered "silly" or perhaps "borderlinde suicidal". Jack would know this, they've known it since 1899. So why still be an outlaw? Tying with the first point, he didn't value his life. Jack is incredibly smart, and knows the life is unsustainable, but doesn't believe he deserves more. Believes, he has nothing more life for, and that this life will be the early death of him too, perhaps even wanting it.

Final point, is Edgar Ross. We hear in the side mission as the people closest to Ross complain about the Bereau still chasing him, wanting more and more work despite his retirement. In addition, Edgar Ross's retirement slip gets it's own article in the front news of 1914, highlighting all his 'brave acts' of killing Bill, Javier, Dutch and John. It's clear the Bureau still keep tabs on him, so for Jack to kill Ross, (especially in the 1914 law department), the Pinkertons and Goverment would've rained hell upon him. That's why I believe he waited until his Mother's death too, because the idea was almost again suicidal. Once again, Jack knows. Knows he will have to go on the lam, will be one of the last literal outlaws. However, the side mission is optional. Jack would've been an outlaw anyhow, regardless. But it is an incredibly big factor, as it's the only side mission started by the player, not the character of the mission. Jack intends to kill him, does it despite all consequences to choose an outlaw life.

I wanna talk about post-ww1 but THAT'S A POST FOR ANOTHER DAY

Thank you for letting me yap!!!! ♡

[le01zk00l]

THIS HAS SPOILERS !!!!! Leo's angry rant about sdr2's trial 3 [rant from a guy that has NOT finished sdr2]

NO, Y'KNOW WHAT? I'M STILL MAD ABOUT SDR2'S TRIAL 3, I'LL YAP ABOUT THAT I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT AND I'LL GET MAD ABOUT IT

so, trial 3 the idea of having 2 characters dying [one actual murder and faked suicide] was KIND OF A GOOD IDEA! hiding a corpse on the pillars ?? kind of genius!!! kinda cool!! FAKED SUICIDE?? alright, I see you.

BUT WHY WAS THE MOTIVE SO TRASH????? MIKAN'S MOTIVE WAS HORRIBLE! like, I don't know if I could compare it to Peko's?? but they're sorta similar

Peko feels like she's a tool, like her only motive was to protect, Mikan doesn't outright say she's a tool, but she definitely doesn't value herself like a normal person!!

as her only reason to live is to see her beloved, and that's it, no "protecting my loved ones because I was made to believe that it was my only purpose" maybe I AM getting Mikan's character wrong here, and honestly I believe so, feel free to correct me if you wish

but still, THE ONLY SORT OF IMPORTANT AND COOL THING was how Mikan killed 2 people, AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN ELABORATE RIGHT! like, we only sort of got how they killed Ibuki [ WHICH WAS SUPER MEH BTW] and Hiyoko??

NOTHING

and that angers me SOOOO MUCHHHHH!!!! CUZ I WAS ACTUALLY LIKING HIYOKO A LOT! A CHARACTER WITH ACTUAL DEPTH AND REASONS TO BE MURDERED WITH NO CLUES OF WHY OR HOW IT HAPPENED

like some "bad place at the bad time" kind of reaction which was UTTERLY IDIOTIC and I hate it

[barschter000]

barok and 2, 9, and 25 for the character ask game :3

Yippie, I get to yap! Thank you :D!!

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

I love how self-sacrificial Barok is. It's tragic and terrible and I can't stop thinking about it because it says so much about how he sees himself. A vessel for "justice", for his brother, a tool protecting people who despise him and a scapegoat unworthy of justice for himself. He sees himself as so empty and devoid of value but is actually full of concern and care for others who won't (the people of London) or cannot (Klint) return his sentiment. He is so horrible to himself and he drives me so insane. Händel's He was despised is now playing in my head.

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

Ough, tough question... The problem is that 1) I have this weird thing where I am ashamed to face my favorite characters after I've become obsessed with them (one of the reasons why I haven't replayed TGAA yet and why I didn't replay Danganronpa for instance in my DR phase), so unless Barok was Just Some Guy at my uni and not Barok van Zieks from hit game The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles In Real Life, I would not be able to, and 2) I am not the greatest fan of People in My House... I already struggle sometimes with sharing the kitchen with the other students who live on my floor in my dorm, so I don't think I could share a whole apartment with someone whom I'm not very close to. But that's not exclusive to Barok. Ideally, if I had to be roommates with him, we'd barely talk to other and leave each other alone but still had a sort of mutual understanding where we'd go, "Hey man, I'm going to the opera, wanna come along?" "Oh sure," and nothing else.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

I am very sorry to disappoint but I literally do not remember lmao. I played the game right after release in July 2021 during a time where Covid among other things had really fucked me up and I cannot remember much of that year in general. I didn't like him at first but I think (and hope) that's everyone's first impression of Barok because he does suck and is supposed to suck at the start. I got immediately attached to him after 2-3 though because I very easily fall for the "bad guy with a heart of gold" kinda trope. I needed some time to fully Get him consistently but I think now I have a pretty complete picture of him in my head (<- read: I have made up incredibly unnecessary details about him, my picture is more than complete.)

[supa-kuwameshi-bros]

Im glad you guys started strong with a Keiko appreciation post and I have a few thoughts on that. There is a lot of clear stuff indicating that Yuske and Keiko are soulmates and its very down-to-earth and oddly mature (aside from the occasional ass poking, but ya'know), so it pains me to say that they're tragically incompatible, on like every level. Values, goals, personality, lifestyle (sort of mitigated in the end of the manga), long term it would be a real struggle. Like, I just dont see it ending well between the two of them, even if Yusuke didn't get his demonic immortality.

BUT I can see Kuwabara as the potential grease in the gears of this relationship if they ever became a throuple. Kuwabara's oddly in both their worlds and really understands each of them. And he's way better at expressing his feelings than either Yusuke or Keiko lol. I need this fic, it would be hella cute.

AYYYYYYYYYY fellow keiko appreciator i see!! ^^ rest assured that there’s nothing but love for keiko on this here blog, at least as far as the folks running this joint go. she goes through SO much, she rlly deserves the world.

hard agree that she and yusuke are extremely incompatible in a romantic sense, as well. their friendship means the world to me but as romantic partners, there’s a severe lack of communication + conflicting interests which would make a romantic relationship crash and burn in the long run i think— a majority of the issues being yusuke’s fault, in my own opinion. bro needed to LOCK IN and yet he just continued to fuck around while keiko put her whole life on hold for him. with all the love in my heart, i am beating him with hammers. BUT I DIGRESS!!

your take about kuwabara being the much needed grease for that relationship’s rusting gears is something i myself have considered on multiple occasions, largely prompted by many many yap sessions with blue anon (who truly would be better suited to reply to your lovely ask, all things considered (^-^;) at least in terms of how well versed we are in this particular topic)

i feel like a large part of yusuke and keiko’s separation stems from their individual relationships with makai, and the spirit detective shenanigans which divided them— and the lovely thing about kuwabara is that he bridges that gap!! as you said, kuwabara is an emotional center that makes up for yusuke and keiko’s individual stubbornness, cuz lord knows keiko’s got a temper of her own. plus ofc that greater understanding that he has inherently, both as an outsider, but ironically, an insider? if that makes sense lol? he understands where yusuke’s coming from seeing as he was IN the dark tournament he was THERE in the weeds with yusuke while all the spirit detective shit was going down, but he also feels keiko’s own pain in many ways. being pushed aside in yusuke’s own fucked up idea of “protecting them.” idk if any of this made sense but know i think you’re very based and im kissing your brain folds as a peasant would his squire’s hand.

SHOULD NOTE ON THE FIC THING: there’s actually a fic being updated rn that i believe has the exact premise you’re looking for!! it’s not finished yet, but it’s showing a LOT of promise and i think you’d rlly get a kick out of it ^^ honestly you may have already read it but HEY spreading the gospel yk? anyway tysm for the ask my brain is expanding you are so based AAA

[ask-nurse-curly]

Curly!! I'm so happy to hear from you-! :D Sorry if I seem over excited, I just couldn't help worrying. We were (obviously) far from the galactic storm, but we got hit by a larger than average dust storm that covered our solar cells - the life-support system switched to our back-up power for a couple of days while the maintenance bots got the mains working again. When power did come back and I didn't see any message from you, the worst scenarios intrusively projected themselves into my brain. Besides that, it was scary as hell :( I'm not surprised your messages (and by extention, ours) have been leaked... as curious as I am, I won't look at them! What you talk about with others is none of my business - it feels invasive. I couldn't give a rat's butt about people reading my own messages; if I feel the confidence to say something, I shouldn't feel worried about it being seen, you know? And I think I've censored enough to avoid legal issues. I hope you're not too disturbed by this revelation, however. Some things are best kept private, like how to perform a 'reverse Johnson' is, or where someone plans to do it... ...speaking of, how was your Valentine's day? Do you have a special someone waiting at home for you, or perhaps a crush on a crewmate? This isn't me flirting, by the way - I'm simply nosey! Our relationships don't define us, but they do reveal a part of what we yearn for and what we value in a relationship - romantic or not. To the strangers reading this: shoo! Let this lovely nurse yap in peace - xoxo, Pheobe

Hello Pheobe!

Oh dear, that does sound harrowing. Do dust storms like this happen often? And please don't worry, I don't want to add to your plate. The Tulpar is a sturdy little ship with a really good track record, no reason to expect anything happening short of, I don't know, us ramming into an asteroid. Which is utterly unlikely. :-)

I appreciate your respect for my privacy, albeit I gently disagree with not being worried about people reading your messages. No matter your level of authenticity and confidence, you are just as entitled to your privacy and the ability to choose when and how to share something. Or should be entitled, I suppose. But I also don't really want to push this point, because I do enjoy chatting with you. So. Please disregard all that. :-)

We don't really do holidays or celebrations up here outside of the one communal birthday party we get -- to be honest, I forgot that it was Valentine's already until way after. But I suppose I still had some...related revelations. But it's not going anywhere and nothing is changing, just something for me to sit with, I suppose. Which I am perfectly fine with. How was yours?

Stay well,

-Curly

[vengefulvermin]

Can i get more passage of time/music development yapping ☹️☹️☹️??? I give you official permission to yap the most you can im so interested

YES YES YES YES YES I LOVE THIS ASK

warning beneath the cut SCARY WALL OF TEXT WARNING 😱

decided to divide it into colored parts if you dont gaf about certain elements 😭

second warning all of this is unedited rambling so some points might contradict each other or just plain not make sense.

okay so for CONTEXTTTTT

i have diagnosed OCD, and like, roughly since the end of last year and the beginning of this one, the 'obsession' part of OCD that was negatively affecting me, was the concept of time. how fleeting it was. how it's basically unescapable ALL THINGS MUST PASS (get out of my head george harrison) that shit proper cold dead SCARED ME MAN. sleepless & haunting me in my dreams type shi. sometimes it still does. i try not to think about it too much

to cope, i found great comfort in the 70s-80s since at the time i was and still am hyperfixated on david bowie and that was sort of his prime (love his 90s-00s work tho.) i was also starting to think of how much parallels and similar experiences i have to previous generations and how it's not ALL that bad after all so far. i can still walk to a record store and roller skate if i really wanted to, or go to a diner.

okey here's where the life changing stuff happens. i decided i'd listen to pink floyd's the dark side of the moon. then TIME CAME ON. ohhhh god oh gosh golly god i was bawling and everything the whole song spoke to me on a molecular level. then i found out about DB's song also called time, and i ALSO crode to that. i was like. wow. i'm not alone on this feeling of utter desperation and helplessness as eventually all things Must Pass. (GEORGE HARRSION GTFO)

i used to be bitchy on how i whined i was part of the 'wrong generation.' i thought i was alone, but virtually everyone of almost every era has thought this. somebody who lived my dream life wished they had what i have now.

that's when i started to lowkey realize the parallels and oneness of human experience. i could go to a club in the 70s, and (granted the infrastructure and music remains similar) i could today. nothing would change on how i perceive events. there is no color filter on the past. unless you got huge TVs and stuff all over your house, you could walk around, and think it's the 80s. AND IT'S BASICALLY THE 80s. the way your parents or any other gen Xer saw the world with their *eyes* (not counting the changes in buildings and stuff) is the same as you today pretty much.

i already really enjoy subcultures, and particularly how they evolve and adapt. the indomitable human spirit prevails no matter how gentrified or 'banned' things become. nowadays i feel like there is No Youth Subcultures. at least, none that will pass the test of time and be memorable enough to be remembered in the books. nobody's gonna go to their child and proudly say: "when i was your age, i was a chav" or something. and i credit this to the lack of creativity allowed in the wider music industry.

HEAR ME OUT this is because 90% of youth subcultures had everything to do with music. and now, everything must be palatable. to be clear there's nothing inherently wrong with that type of music, but to me it speaks no soul. it has no risks. contemporary pop music is very much formulaic and this is because now more than ever entertainment (this also applies to movies btw) is more of an investment than passion. I WILL SPECIFY.

music production is so vastly different genre to genre, and we're not letting it flourish because of how much short form content is valued nowadays. LET ME COOK.

tiktoks are formulaic. algorithms are formulaic. WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE. there must be an instant hook or rift in music if you want to 'go viral' as a musician. digitized fame doesn't mean SHIT (to me), since clearly monthly listeners don't equate real world fans. album sales are being replaced with streams, and because of how ASS spotify treats its artists, newer, less established acts need to GET ON THE GRIND INSTANTLY to earn Coin. that means that to be smart and work with the exploitative system they're given, they have to make albums filled with 1 minute 30 second songs. so you can technically give them the most amount of streams possible. i feel with this formulaic approach, you can't get 6 minute long gutwrenching guitar pieces. no more 4 minute drum solos, hell avant garde experimental works were 2 people shout their names out at each other for 20 minutes. THERE ARE NO MORE FRANK ZAPPAS.

i'm not going to be one of those sad assholes who claim there's 'no more good rock music' and how it'll never be the same. as corny as this is, the next beatles or nirvana could be right under our noses and we'll NEVER know because of how fame is distributed. it sucks to see a small band beg on tiktok for streams to kickstart their career. but this is what we gotta work with. if we want subcultures to be created and thrive, we gotta go looking underground again, except unlike in the past it's a kajillion times easier now AND everything gets gentrified in 2 tiktok weeks. but this is evolution. MUSIC EVOLUTION

the end honk shoo honk shoo (it's midnight)

[ferrocyan]

i still wanna yap so ship game bonus round for rzhk and ytrz >:3

rzhk

1. im not lying i dont. i dont ship them?? dont look at the 12 open tabs of rzhk yaoi i have that means nothing. just because theyre beautiful and true doesnt mean i ship them. ok i just wanted to say that but seriously, i dont buy that retsarra has any romantic feelings for hector at all. its sad to think that he cares more abt the arcadion than hector bc he doesnt care that much abt the arcadion either imo, just fighting. fuck man he leaves hector to stew in fear for his life on his own. fuck is wrong with this guy?? this is why i think theres more wrong to this guy than were shown, bc otherwise he just. sucks. hector youre too good for this rat just leave hiiimmmmmm

2. my favorite part in rzhk fixit fics is when retsarra sees hector again and cries like a baby and apologizes over and over for letting him die. thats what it would take to make me ship them. are you fucking sorry hampter

3. his relationship w hector gives retsarra so much joy. hes so happy and full of life when around hector. i love him being a mischievous little imp who lovingly bothers his friend all the time. i love that his sincerity contrasts w hectors guardedness. the thought of retsarra asking hector straight up to "tell me im a good boy" gives me an instant boner. getting under the tsunderes skin is hot!! also with how retsarra can be pretty careless w hectors feelings i love the noncon, its rly believable to me. their porn has fed me well

ytrz

1. man, again. i dont buy that retsarra still has feelings for eutrope hdgdjdgsk its even more sad that she explicitly says he cares more abt the arcadion than her aaauugghhhhh listen i think they both think that bc its the place where they practice their skills (wielding electrope and fighting) but imo their true passion lies in those skills alone. if they care theyd have audience seats in their ring. so eutrope being valued even less than that is (head in hands) i need retsarra to die in so much pain. jaw dropped at his "i assumed she got better and is back to fighting" i need him to die for real just for that. go to hell

2. nothing bc theyre already canonically together. or rather had been. probably will be again. also im biased against them bc i want that catboy

3. electrope has many uses!/fenrirs power can be wielded in surprising ways! TSURUGI NO AME!!!/KAITEN DOUCHI!! shut upppppp why are they cute matching like that. i bet they watch too much anime together. aside from the regulator issue i feel like theyre a good match for each other temperament wise, i can rly see them settling down in the future. also its great how much cooler wicked thunder is than howling blade. ytrz brings out his lameass side i rly like that he just cant compare to eutrope hahahah

[picopepin]

Heyoooo

I was doing my au scribbles and a random thought just popped up in my head 'bout ur 198x bois

As far as I get it, Neo and Ex had some squabbles before eventually getting in some sorta relationship. Sooo, is there anything they dislike/disliked in each other then and now? What are these things?

gehhh.. Imma sorry for the yap, I just got curious 'bout them

They still sometimes fuss haha they're a little less glamorized as a couple to me than like... ubetella for instance. It's two very intense personalities and levels of wit - Ex is a LOT of ego and acts with hubris and because of this he can say/do things that come across kind of mean or instigating. He likes to be perceived as brilliant and thinks nothing wrong of himself sometimes (see: the core storyline within the au) until he gets called out on it at which point he tends to sulk and overanalyze until he figures out he's a meathead. Communication is where the two sometimes fail horribly and thats where tidbits about Neo's shortcomings can come into play-

Neo is actually not nearly as showoffy as Ex but he's not shy and he's definitely not lacking confidence he just doesn't like to talk about his feelings. He really really really doesn't like to discuss his feelings lol. The little mood heart on his bellybutton area is usually covered up but he's tepidly responsive to having it convey something vaguely resembling his current state? Like... he doesn't want everyone to see it but when it comes to Ex he feels better letting that color/light do the talking so that he doesn't have to use his words- if that makes sense!

Things that they "fight" about again come down to that communication struggle and one takes it too seriously and the other doesn't take it seriously enough until it's a humongous mess. A messed up afternoon plans can turn into a two day cold shoulder event or it can explode into something else LOL Locker room jabs and silliness can go over well and then sometimes be really hurtful if one of them is feeling insecure and neither of them are exceptionally good at comfort they just kinda find value in the little things or actually just being quiet around the other (that whole being next to someone who is upset but they dont want hugs or words just another living body nearby)

Hope that helps a bit! Sorry for taking so long to answer ive had a lot on my plate

Edit: to be more specific about "dislike" we can start with the fact that they were literally trying to kill each other at the point in the au where they gotta rescue Frisk! ("Ex is hard to trust but Alphys is like I forgive you, here is a gold star for being good.. (nervous but optimistic)" -Ghost) So not everyone is like "aw yeah I totally trust this guy now" and that includes Neo. Ex is loud and annoying, Neo very much vocalizes how he would hotbox the car and stab his leather seats and you have absolutely no idea how serious that threat is lol. It's a small one, but taking up space, noise, etc when they first start rooming together prolly had a little to do with it. After they started getting more comfortable it pretty much transitioned into those buried insecurities coming back to the surface now and then