#yes i break my own rules all the time but it's fine because they're MY rules!

[heartmush]

trying to explain what i keep in mind when i draw my oc mi-cha's eye(s)…

[commitmentissue]

zombie aftermath challenge - adjusted

i'm absolutely obsessed with all things zombie related, and i've always been dying to try the apocalypse challenge. it looks extremely fun, but i find the original challenge to be a little too hard for my play style, and the aftermath challenge a bit too short. so here's my version of it based off the original apocalypse challenge and this one from cannibalcupcake. the biggest change i've made is that there are much less restrictions. if it's not listed as a restriction, you can do it. my challenge is also a little different, because it gets slightly harder as you move on. there's also only 5 generations because there's really only so much you can do until you're just playing a regular legacy again. i would highly recommend playing with vector if you want actual zombies, along with this mod and this one if you want weapons to kill them. you may use any other violence/weapon mods if you wish. if not, you may use cheats to get around killing them or any sims. this is pretty long, so everything is included under the cut 🧟‍♂️

to start off with, any surviving sims and heirs must have at least one survival trait. if they get any non-survival trait, they must be killed off when they reach young adult. you may only choose the founder's traits, the rest of your sims have to be randomized. any other traits not listed are fine, i tried to go with what the original list had and my own personal opinions on what would work.

survival traits

-adventurous -angler -athletic -brave -daredevil -disciplined -eccentric -eco-friendly -family oriented (all sims who give birth must have this trait, if they do not, they must be killed off after giving birth. the children may survive) -gatherer -genius -green thumb -handy -kleptomaniac -light sleeper -lucky -natural cook -never nude -nurturing (they may also have this instead of family oriented, but same rules apply) -perceptive -technophobe -vegetarian

non-survival traits

-absent minded -brooding -clumsy -coward -hates the outdoors -heavy sleeper -insane -loser -neurotic -couch potato -hot-headed -over-emotional -unlucky -unstable

stage zero - infection

the world as we know it has fallen- no more electricity, no more jobs, no more people. there's zombies roaming around, after all. however, you managed to survive the end of the world, and now it's up to you to rebuild it.

to survive stage zero;

start off with two young adult sims, can have any traits but must have at least one survival trait. these will be the only sims whose traits you can choose, so pick wisely!

must live in a fenced in lot, if a sim leaves the lot for any reason besides an expedition or killing loitering zombies, they must be killed off

must grow your own food, there's no supermarket

must produce a surviving heir, have has many kids as you need to until you can do this. you also must try for a baby every time your sims want to woohoo

your sims may not have a job or be self-employed. money is obsolete now. you cannot sell anything in your inventory

you cannot interact with any sims outside of the family, they're all zombies!

cannot use any electricity. a stove and refrigerator are fine, they just have to be the cheapest one, you also cannot upgrade anything to unbreakable. you cannot repair or replace anything unless your sim is handy or has mastered the handiness skill. once it breaks, it's gone.

if you can justify something as battery powered, it is allowed, but if it breaks it cannot be fixed or replaced

may use plumbing, but no showers (yes, even the outdoor shower unless you don't like mods). sponge baths only. same rules as electricity

may go on expeditions outside the lot once a week, but once you have children only one sim may go outside until you get a teenager

this stage will be completed once your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage one - lawless land

you and your family thought you had this survival thing down, until other survivors came pouring into town. now you have to defend yourself not just from the zombies, but from other people as well.

to survive stage one;

your heir must join the criminal career and until they are level 5, they must pay a $300 tax to the gangs every week

you may only marry and talk to other sims in the criminal career

you can only join the thief branch, your sim isn't the big bad guy

you can no longer use any plumbing or electrical items, the gangs have tainted the water and have completely shut off all power

can still go on weekly expeditions, but now you must roll a die on whether or not the sim will die. even for life, odd for death

you may also only leave during the night now, as the gangs patrol the streets

you can only have two children, but if neither survive you can try again. your sims must try for a baby every time they woohoo, so be careful, any extra children must be killed off

master the athletic skill

master the logic skill

reach the top of the criminal career

this stage will be completed once you have topped the criminal career and your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage two - military power

you grew up knowing that all hope was lost and the past was in the past, until one day the military rolled into town and announced they were taking over. they've vowed to wipe out all the zombies across simlandia, but can you really trust them?

to survive stage two;

your heir must join the military career, and until they reach the top of the career they must pay a weekly $100 tax for each sim in the household (5 sims = $500)

you may only marry and talk to other sims in the military career

you may now use plumbing again, but only from 2PM-5PM

you can use electricity after reaching level 5 in the career, the military provides you with a generator. they must be the cheapest items

you can now use the cell phone again, but only for calls (treat it like a walkie-talkie or radio)

all food must be rationed, you can only keep 5 of each type of produce/meat. the rest must be 'donated' to the military (aka just throw it out, no selling!)

you can have as many kids as you want, but keep the taxes in mind. you can still only try for a baby when woohooing

you may now go on as many expeditions as you'd like at any time of day, but you still must role a die on your chances. even for life, odd for death

master the athletic skill

master the handiness skill

this stage will be completed once you have topped the military career and your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage three - the cure

the military has announced that the only way to get rid of the zombies is to set off bombs. but this means you and your family could die, and all that they've worked for will be destroyed. it's up to you to save simanity.

your heir must join either the medical or science careers, but these are no longer jobs- you are a volunteer and money earned must be given back to the career of your choice. you can save $50 each payday

every promotion you get you must roll a die to decide if you lived or died while attempting to create the cure. even for life, odd for death. after 3 successful attempts, the cure has been made

you can now marry and talk to sims outside of your career, but no one from the military

plumbing is now unrestricted

electricity is now unrestricted, but you can still only use the cheapest items

sims no longer need family orientated/nurturing to give birth now that the hospital has been set up. you also no longer have to try for a baby every time they want to woohoo

food is no longer rationed, but you don't trust the meat the military provides. your family must be vegetarian (does not need the trait)

have as many children as you can, you're trying to repopulate and also make sure someone else can take over for you in case you fail at creating the vaccine

master gardening skill

master handiness skill

this stage will be completed once you have successfully created the cure and your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage four - survival of the fittest

your parent's cure has been spread around the world, and the zombies have been wiped out. the world is ready to return to normal, but what is normal? you were born into a world of survival, you don't know anything else.

your heir may now join any self-employed career

your sims will no longer need to be killed off for having a non-survival trait, but they must be kicked out at young adulthood

all plumbing and electricity has been fixed and you can now afford nicer things- but do you really want them at this point?

your sim must live off the land, no buying things from stores, you don't trust anything from outside your own garden or what you've caught yourself

you can leave the lot whenever you want and no longer need to worry about rolling a die- it's safe outside!

do not get married

master gardening, inventing, and fishing

reach level 5 in 3 other skills of your choice

raise a spoiled child, they don't have to worry about their life anymore, so they're nothing like you. do not have a close relationship with your children

as an elder, move to a city to see what the new world has become. it's up to you what to do next

this stage will be completed once your heir dies.

and then that's it! you're welcome to continue the legacy past this however you'd like, but that's where i'm going to end it at. if you try this challenge you can @ me, i'd love to see it 💚 any feedback is much appreciated

[harunayuuka2060]

Ace: Yo, Epel! What did you do in Professor MC's class?

Deuce: I heard everyone's saying it was difficult.

Epel: Yes. At first. But some of us is getting the hang of it.

Ace: So, what do they teach?

Epel: How to improve our reflexes, conceal our presence, and self-meditation.

Ace and Deuce: Whoa...

Ace: I wish we're in the same class too.

Deuce: *nods*

Epel: Don't worry. Sensei will teach the same thing too to all first years after you're finished with all the projects you have. *chuckles*

Ace: Ugh... Our brain's hurting with all of that, you know?

Deuce: Professor Trein and Professor Crewel are torturing us with all the advanced projects.

Deuce: I'm afraid I'll be getting an F with all of them...

MC: *puts an arm around their shoulders* Are we forgetting the ultimate rule?

Ace and Deuce: Sensei?!

Epel: Sensei! Where did you come from?

MC: Hm? I walked here. Didn't you see me, Mr. Felmier?

Epel: ...

MC: *squints their eyes*

Epel: Sorry, sensei... I need to practice more.

MC: *laughs* It's alright. You were exhausted from the special class, I know.

MC: Anyway, Mr. Trappola and Mr. Spade. If a project or homework is causing you some headache, you should put it down on your desk. Do some gaming or whatever you do on your free time and do it after when your brain is more relaxed.

Ace: But Sensei... *pouts* Was it not that the exact opposite of what you did to us?

MC: Heartache is different from headache, Mr. Trappola~.

Ace: Ugh.

Epel: *laughs*

MC: *ruffles their hair and gives them a light push on the back* Do your best. I'm excited to see all the first years in the special class.

Deuce: See you, sensei!

Ace: We'll take your advice to heart.

Epel: I'll be back to my dorm now, sensei. See you tomorrow in special class.

MC: *smiles*

MC: *having a light conversation with the ghost chefs in the cafeteria*

Scarabia student A: Do you think we can approach MC-sensei while they're on lunch break? I have something important to ask.

Scarabia student B: Just do it later.

Scarabia student A: Okay...

MC: *stops talking to the ghosts, looks at their direction, tilting their head, and smiling*

Scarabia students: ...

Scarabia student A: I'm gonna ask now! *gets up from his seat and runs to them*

Scarabia student B: I told him to do it later. *sigh*

Kalim and Jamil: ...

Scarabia student A: *comes back, smiling* Sensei said I just needed to make a few adjustments with my project and it will be all perfect.

Scarabia student B: Dude.

Jamil: But next time, you should not bother sensei in their lunch break.

Kalim: Though, didn't they say they would be always happy to help?

Jamil: They're only saying that because they're new.

Scarabia student C: Is it just me or sensei seems to know that Sir Jamil is talking about them?

Kalim: Yeah... They're making this sad face.

Jamil: There's no way—

Ortho: *has approached him* MC-sensei wants to talk to you. Are you free this afternoon?

Jamil: ...

Kalim: Uh-oh. Looks like you're in trouble.

Jamil: *frowns*

Jamil: You want to talk to me, sensei?

MC: Come and take a seat, Mr. Viper. *smiles*

Jamil: *takes the seat in front of them*

MC: Hmhmhm~

Jamil: ...

MC: Remember what I told you?

Jamil: You mean, from the last infiltration event?

MC: Hm!

Jamil: ...

Jamil: I'm still going to deny it.

MC: It's fine. I'm not forcing you to admit it anyway.

Jamil: *blinks in confusion* You... won't?

MC: Everyone has their own personal reasons.

MC: I'm just hoping you're doing it on your own accord and not because you've been told to do so.

Jamil: ...

MC: That's all I wanted to tell you. You may leave now.

Jamil: Sensei.

MC: Hm?

Jamil: I'm... one, selfish student, who thinks he's better than anyone.

MC: Hehe~ In some cases, you are, Mr. Viper.

MC: You deserve some acknowledgement.

*Back in Scarabia*

Kalim: How was your conversation with them?

Jamil: *couldn't help but smile while he's cooking* Not bad.

[necrotic-nephilim]

https://www.tumblr.com/necrotic-nephilim/762551245228703744/ok-ok-but-jayroytim-this-feels-especially-funny?source=share

i'm sorry i'm just thinking on days that jason and roy are particularly annoyed (in general or at each other) they would have a dick measuring contest of who can make tim come more and tim ends up very sore the next day every time

(the jayroytim post) ooooh i love this. i love putting Tim in Situations where he's just the stress relief caught between two arguing doms, it's like. my fave concept ever-

i like when it's an unspoken kink dynamic too. like, Jason and Roy start arguing again and Tim is already closing his laptop and taking his clothes off bc it's the only reliable way to get them to shut up, when they pass him back and forth until he's overstimulated and crying. sometimes, they just do it because Tim is overworking himself and won't put down the case he swears he's *so close* to cracking.

but taking it to the next level, seeing who can make Tim come the most is a turn Tim does *not* expect. i think it's fun if they spring it on him, maybe Jason and Roy had the argument when Tim wasn't around and come to the completely reasonable conclusion that this is the only way they can solve it. (neither of them are sure what they were actually originally arguing about when asked.) they text Tim and tell him to clear his schedule for the rest of the day and make sure he doesn't have patrol that night. and Tim is caught between wondering if he's about to get a great date night, or if he's about to clean up an absolutely shitshow they've caused. he is *not* prepared whatsoever. meanwhile, Roy and Jason are. bc there are logistics to work out. hydration, comfort, rerouting emergency calls to all three of them if the world starts to end.

i think it's fun if Jason and Roy set rules, bc they're both known to be cheats and they want clear definitions of what "counts" and how to make sure they're not just wrestling over Tim. of course they both try to cheat anyway. but the general set up is they pass him back and forth each time Tim comes, with breaks and other sorts of rules. if they're doing this, they're doing it right because they're both competitive bastards who leave no room for grey area.

Tim is ruined within the first hour. he's crying and begging and barely feels like a person. i think Roy and Jason are both mean, cocky sort of doms who pour a lot of dirty talk into all of their touches. i think Roy is the sort who will ignore his own pleasure to focus on Tim. sure, he wants to get off, but he's not focusing on himself and is fine if he ends up basically edging himself for an hour bc he wants to see if he can work his entire fist inside of Tim while Tim cries. Jason on the other hand, is more needy with his pleasure, to the point Roy will mock him about being more of a bottom than Tim is. i think it's fun if Jason likes to ride Tim bc Jason rlly likes to lose himself in his pleasure when he's torturing Tim. it's a maddening dichotomy for Tim to be stuck in-between, knowing that they're both going to torture him in different ways.

in the end, i think Roy wins. just because Roy is a bit older and has more canonical experience sleeping around, he's very smug about proving the point he's always made about being more *experienced* where it counts. Jason is certainly good in bed, but i'm always particular to the headcanon that Jason is very inexperienced and possibly even a virgin the first time he sleeps with Tim. bc rlly when would he have had the *chance* to have sex. (yes, ik about Talia but i either ignore that it breeze over it in fanfic bc i think it was poorly handled which sucks bc JayTalia has so much potential-) and Roy is smug about it for weeks, while Tim is in absolute fear (/lh) bc he knows sooner or later Roy's bragging is going to make Jason demand a rematch and Tim is just waiting for the next time they forcibly clear his schedule.

[existslikepristin]

Okay, so I actually had a decent number of new followers in the last couple of days who have she/her in their bios, so I don't know exactly how accurate this part is anymore and I apologize for that. I'm going to have to write more futa!you or something if this trend continues and my audience becomes more diverse. Anyway, we'll carry on with the plan for the time being. I hope everyone can find this amusing, failing all else

Tags: NSFW, S.M.U.T., genie, getting sexual

(Story Index)

Asking for sex stuff

You shrug. "Well, as long as I'm safe, discovering stuff 'the fun way' sounds fine. But as a point of interest, what did you mean by 'Whether or not the questions come before you do…?'"

"Ah, yes, I'm sorry the spelling was off, but I meant you might cum before asking the questions."

"Cum?"

"You know, like in my mouth."

You blink. "O-oh. Is that option still on the table?"

"Could be."

"You'll give me a blowjob?"

"As long as you have the equipment for it. Let me check…" Joy looks at the blogs of the people who have liked the posts and assumes they're overwhelmingly majority male, "Yeah, I believe a blowjob would be what I'll give you. If you don’t have a penis, you can just pretend I gave you one with magic, and maybe we can get around to removing it later."

"What?"

"Don't worry about it. So, you want a blowjob?"

"Yeah!"

"Is that a wish?"

"Oh. Uh, no—"

Joy cuts you off. The air around you seems to get darker, heavier. "So you're trying to disguise a wish already?! Breaking a rule already?!"

"Wh-what?! No! I was just—I thought you were offering!"

The atmosphere returns to normal. Joy smiles and leans in toward you. "I was."

As if by magic (probably actually by magic), your shorts come undone and fall around your ankles. Not-strangely, your cock is already hard. A little bit of sudden, temporary, existential terror has that effect on you, apparently. Not only is your dick hard, but it is in the hands of a mysterious, expositorial woman.

Her touch is divine (literally, maybe). An unexpected, transcendent pleasure pulses through your entire body, but quickly fades and is replaced with the far more normal—but still wonderful—sensation of lips wrapping around your dick. Joy may not be human, but she sure feels like it.

All those descriptions of blowjobs that you’ve read in K-pop fanfiction suddenly and simultaneously make sense. Not that that’s new information to you, obviously. You’ve definitely had a blowjob before. Like a lot of blowjobs. You even know that they call a group of blowjobs a “buzz” because you’ve had so many. Yes, you’ve totally had a buzz of blowjobs. It’s just that it happened in Canada, so other people wouldn’t really know.

Joy beats out that whole buzz though. She swirls her tongue and applies pressure everywhere that it matters. It’s a massage and an adrenaline rush in a single, skimpily-packaged gift box. A gift box with very slightly glowing green eyes, a personality, and her own hopes and dreams, probably, forgoing a deep discussion of those things in favor of making your cock feel really good. Put some respect on this eternally bound slave.

Options:

Oh gosh, wow. Let’s not complicate things yet and just enJoy™ this. Because you know what’s great? That’s right. It’s blowjobs that are great.

Wait a second. This doesn’t feel right, demanding a blowjob when you just barely met this woman! Ask her to stop so you can take her to dinner first, at least.

Moral implications be damned! She’s clearly into this. Get her undressed and advance this sexual session into something more traditional.

Hey, blowjobs are great and all, as stated in option 1, but you’ve got a being of unfathomable cosmic power on her knees here. Get wishing!

[infamousbrad]

I don't often get C-PTSD flashbacks from reading ProPublica news articles. I'm going to have to spend some time breathing deliberately and/or take a sleeping pill and go back to bed.

I'm autistic. Job hunting was hell for me at the best of times because I've never met a Human Resources employee who wasn't bigoted against the mentally ill. "You're perfectly qualified for the job, but I just don't think you'd be a good fit." So every job hunt I've ever had, even in boom times, has taken me a year or more to find someone who knew me, personally or professionally from a previous job, who had an opening and could pull rank on H.R. to get me in. And every job ended the same way: I got transferred to a disability-hostile manager ("it's not fair to everyone else if I treat you differently") and almost immediately fired. So threatening to fire me is only one step down from threatening to try to kill me.

And I've been threatened with being fired way more times than I've actually been fired. I'm a naturally scrupulous person, especially when safety issues are involved because I can't not worry, but also I know I'm really bad at telling when the people around me think the rules matter and when they don't (and worse at caring about their feelings about it being okay to break the rules this time). And I have long-since lost track of how many times I've been confronted with the choice:

Either commit a crime that puts people in danger ...

Or else we'll fire you, and you'll have to explain to every human resources department you apply at that you were fired for disobeying an order.

God, I hate this species. "I don't care if it's unsafe or illegal, I need it done." "Everybody cheats, if you don't cheat you can't make money." "We've gotten away with it before, it'll be fine." And "if other people die, they die; it's more important to get the job done." Fuck fuck fuck, I hate it. 'Cause it's real cheap of them to say when they're not going to be the one who gets hurt, isn't it? It's not like their families are going to get killed when (not if) a train derails, so who cares?

Some outlet I read (I think it was the WaPo?) did a long series about whistleblowing a little while back and concluded that most of us won't even say we want more whistleblowers, and most of the people who say they do don't mean it, certainly not when it comes to their own misdeeds. In one of the articles in the series, they cited moral foundations theory and suggested that that's because almost half of us rank "loyalty" above most or all other virtues. As in yes honesty and safety are virtues, but loyalty to your employer, your team, whatever is a more important virtue.

Fuck that. If I've let myself get peer pressured or tricked or bullied into doing something (or worse, ordering something) illegal and unsafe, I want subordinates who'll call me on my bullshit, hold me accountable. I need backup, everybody needs backup! Retaliate against whistleblowers? Fuck that noise; if I were in a position to hire, I'd offer extra to hire people who'd blown the whistle on misconduct to the point where they got fired for it -- I may not be able to trust them to "have my back" (which I don't even want when I'm in the wrong!) but I can trust them to tell the truth and protect others.

Obviously this means I've never worked in H.R. And it probably overlaps heavily with why my last real, professional employer finally told me I'd never make management. And shortly thereafter fired me. In a straight-up case of whistleblower retaliation. And then went so far as to lie to every potential employer I applied to that I was fired for "making terroristic threats," a straight-up frame-up that guaranteed that I'd never work in my industry again.

[kagedbird]

Continuation from this

Allora: Please just go grab some supplies from the stores. I'll be fine.

Kaidan: I don't want to leave you alone with him-

Allora: I'll be fine. I know you're getting annoyed with him. Go cool off for a bit. Take a break. Sell off our junk, get some ale and food.

Kaidan: I ain't going to rest much with you being alone with him.

Allora: *stares deadpan* Go. This is no longer up for debate.

Inigo: *claps Kaidan's shoulder* Come friend, let us go. I do not know about you, but I could certainly use more arrows.

Kaidan: *sighs* ...Fine. But one thing.

Allora: Yes?

Kaidan: Keep the horn close. I'll be listening for it. Any instance of you feeling unsafe... please. Use it.

Allora: *smiles softly and takes out the horn he gave her, settling it on her belt in arms reach with a loose leather strip* Okay. Better?

Kaidan: *cups the back of her head, nodding* Aye. Be safe. We'll be back around noon.

Allora: Okay. Have fun you three!

Lucien: *waves* I'll be sure to keep an eye on them both.

Allora: *waves until they're gone, sighing and turning to Taliesin* ...Come on. We're going back to camp.

Taliesin: Not going to yank me by my restraints today?

Allora: You're a big boy. You can walk on your own. And if you think you can escape before I shoot you in the legs... by all means, try.

Taliesin: *chuckles, following along* You're quite ferocious. Required for the job of Dragonborn, I'm sure.

Allora: *doesn't respond, keeping her eyes and ears peeled for dangers on the way back to camp*

Taliesin: So, are you going to interrogate me now that we're alone? Frighten me for Thalmor secrets? Hurt me in horrendous ways and heal them before your associates know what cruelties you're capable of?

Allora: *gives him a discomforted glance before pushing the brush hiding the entrance to the camp aside* ...No. I just wanted to talk.

Taliesin: *surprised as she motions for him to sit next to the fire, taking a seat* Talk? Just talk? My, you are an oddity.

Allora: *sits down close by but gives him plenty of space* Because I don't want people to be hurt in a world that's all ready hurting?

Taliesin: Because you saw me committing murder and haven't taken justice for them.

Allora: I'm taking my own kind of justice. Harm should not equal harm. It should equal taking responsibility. I do regret one thing since taking you in.

Taliesin: And what's that?

Allora: I should have made you bury them. That was your responsibility. But... I was so... upset. I didn't want them to feel more violated, I guess, by letting you touch them more. I promised them on their graves that I would make amends for them. So I'm doing that. I would like to ask you questions.

Taliesin: ...Ask them, I suppose. You planned on doing it, and I am quite curious.

Allora: Why did you follow those orders?... You made it sound like you didn't want to.

Taliesin: You've never been in a position to do something you didn't want to, clearly.

Allora: I have, and it's not up to you to debate my life. I'm not the one who murdered innocents. Why did you kill them?

Taliesin: It is the duty of the Thalmor to dispose of those who worship the false god Talos. My superiors gave me a job. It is not about what my thoughts or feelings are on the matter.

Allora: ...Why do the Thalmor want to kill Talos worshippers?

Taliesin: You truly don't know? You look to be of age... have you been living under a rock?

Allora: I know about the Concordat. White-Gold Tower. I just want to know why elves- why this group of elves hate him so much. Humor me.

Taliesin: ...*leans back a bit to stretch before sighing* You may know of the Concordat but the hatred spreads far more than just spite for a human Emperor. He was content once, you know. To rule alongside us, despite knowing his prophecy of ruling all of Tamriel.

Allora: ...

Taliesin: But when time came, and he was offered power that no one could feasibly handle, much less a man. He used power of a stolen god to achieve brutality, conquest, and many Altmer who are still alive from that time lived during his reign of terror. The ultimatum of living a life under his iron clad fist or becoming a time-wound in the sea is not something you easily choose between. Many are bitter, understandably. Especially with how men raise their spawn, giving them only select bits and pieces of information of a history of such a heinous individual... Allora: *inclines her chin* I understand that.

Taliesin: Do you?

Allora: Of course. The tales of history only ever align with the victor. Never those who suffered during it. I can see why they'd be so pissed off. What did you mean that he used the power of a stolen god though?

Taliesin: I'm afraid I don't know all the details, but from what I've learned, Tiber Septim was given the power of the Numidium from the false god Vivec.

Allora: Numidium? Vivec? I haven't heard of them before.

Taliesin: My question of you having lived under a rock must be true, given how defensive you were earlier.

Allora: All right, wise ass. Tell me more. Please.

Taliesin: ...Very well. Might I have a drink first? I'm quite parched.

Allora: *gives a faint smile* Sure.

[chrisodonline]

TITLE CARD: ONE WEEK LATER

I am writing this post as quickly as possibly since I've got to go fold laundry, and I still want to have time before I go to bed to do some reading of a book I just bought. So no promises on proofreading.

I am still perfectly content with the finale. I've been watching the show over 14 years (not just seasons), and it...very much felt like the show I've been watching for 14 years. It's the show they wanted to make, and the one everyone there was happy with. They very much made a show they'd want to watch, and that goes for multiple people behind and even in front of the camera. Listening to the cast over the years always gave me a good redirect reminder on overprojecting onto people.

Shows, and their pilots, are supposed to be "story engines." The ending was "The story continues, but there are also new stories and always will be." And I dig it. I have had a week of reading interviews, after also watching them in the retrospective, and also reading comments and thoughts from fans across all platforms and with all different preferences. I've always been interested in reading different opinions, even if some weren't always painless to read because I take weird things personally. As I've gotten older, met more people, learned new things, and learned to look at things in other ways, I feel like it's good to take away feeling humble whenever you can. Some out there are so into the ending storyline they truly do want to see a movie about that. Because it is very much something the show would have done. And they've very much been watching the show. (I'm personally good, though. Don't need one.)

I think my favorite comment among hundreds, but possibly even 1,000+, when someone was claiming the ep felt like the show instead of something else: (Paraphrasing) "Why would they change the recipe just because this is the last time they're baking the cake?" Look, I was even surprised to find that I was happier with the finale the more I thought about it instead of less. But I knew what bakery I was going to. I knew that I'm far, far from their only customer. I knew that I could've always stopped going to that bakery and the bakers would've been fine. It's their product but also their passion, and they aren't going to miss me because I didn't understand why they wouldn't break their rules to give me a custom order. (I've worked in customer service for a very, very long time and have also been a customer service manager for a long time. Yes, there is always the threat of people creating fake crimes in The Court of Facebook, but we aren't going to screw over other customers who are truly loyal for one loud so-and-so who never seems happy with anything. We don't need that person.)

From a logistics standpoint, the show was always going to be limited by a late-in-the-season cancellation, the availability of actors, and squeezing in enough to pay homage to everyone who's had a hand in the show over 14 years. They weren't going to be able to stick the landing with any new tricks at the eleventh hour (hello, cornucopia of metaphors and idioms). And they definitely weren't going to do well if it's not something they didn't truly want to do. The show didn't always know its limits, and that only led to cringe-y things. This was the finale: I wanted 0 cringe. And while I may have wanted slight tweaks to things, those are personal wishes. And you can wish in one hand, and...well you know the rest. There was just the right amount of sentiment without it feeling like the show was trying to be a cutesy sitcom or maudlin soap. I don't like a lot of super sweet icing on my cake, in general, and when they start going wild with those giant rosettes and borders...no. Not the cake for me. Fine cake for others. Nothing wrong with liking it. But I go to this bakery because they stay chill on the rosettes. (We can always go to AO3, er, our own kitchens, and add our own rosettes or whatever decorations we want.)

This isn't the kind of show you can actually give letter grades to, either. Save that for your more prestige-y and thinky things. It's very much a pass/fail if it's anything. And they passed.

I will miss it, but it was time. And not every cake may have been for me, and yes, some of them you could tell the bakery team was not on their A-game. However, I'm grateful for all the cakes.

[marinerainbow]

I have an idea!! XDD Feel free to ignore me.

Smartass is going on vacation!

I am making him go, and Poppy as well. They are gonna have a well-deserved rest, oh yes.

Now... who looks after the rest of the Toon Patrol? Does Wheezy or Greasy do the finances? Does Greasy think he's boss now? Is he good at it? What if Poppy left Penny and Percy with Psycho? XD

Be free to ignore me but I thought this was fun XDD

Oh... Oh my god, I love this so much 🤣🤣🤣

Ok ok, I need to put this under the cut, because this got LONG.

First of all, I love how you said you're making them both go. Like they have no choice in the matter 😆😆😆 You're already packing their suitcases, Poppy is protesting HERSELF going because, yes she does agree that Smartass needs a break, but she also knows that somebody RESPONSIBLE has to be here to make sure the household doesn't implode while Smarty is gone, and he's probably already looking for places they can go- preferably anywhere that has a '2 for the price of 1' deal.

Maybe they'd go to the beach? Poppy does enjoy the beach, and the sun and waves can be pretty relaxing. She can even help Smartass pick out a swimsuit if he doesn't have one! ^^ (if they're going on vacation together, Poppy is INSISTING he ditch the suit. He can't fully relax if he's in work clothes).

Though her being strict on his attire is fine... As long as he gets to implement the 'No phone calls' rule. It sounds bad but listen- Poppy is no doubt going to be fretting over what's happening in the household, especially if her kids are involved, and she'd probably call them at least ten times a day. Smartass not only wants her to relax not have to deal with that, but he KNOWS that if she calls any of the weasels, the phone will eventually get passed onto him, and now he HAS to do his job WHILE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON VACATION. He ain't having none of that 😆

As for who looks after the rest of the Toon Patrol? Definitely not Psycho or Stupid 😆 I think Greasy would get that role easily because he's the second in command; he's got to have some sense of responsibility now that Smartass is gone and theres no Poppy to worry about everything... Even though all it takes is a pretty lady to walk by and he's gone 😆

In that case, Wheezy is secretly in charge too. Though he's dumping the finances on Greasy. Especially if/when Greasy starts pulling the 'I'm the boss now' card, "You're the boss, eh? Well, this is your job."

Oh... Oh good lord, the twins left alone with their dad... This isn't going to end well 😂

For starters, Poppy is NOT going to let Psycho take care of the kids by himself. She's just like, "Honey, I love you, and I know you love the kids too... But this morning you saw the milk was expired and drank it anyway."

"... Ok-"

"And then you claimed it was 'safe enough' and tried to pour it in Penny and Percy's cereal."

"To be fair, those expiration dates can be misleading."

"And that right there is exactly why Wheezy is going to be in charge."

So yeah, no, she doesn't trust Psycho on his own with the kids. She knows that their house will be burnt to the ground if she leaves him alone with them 😆 Stupid is also in the same boat as Psycho, and she ain't gonna let Greasy take the chance to try to pick up chicks with her kids. So Wheezy gets to be the second dad. Greasy is responsible for the gang, Wheezy is responsible for the family.

Hopefully, with enough preparation and planning on Smarty's and Poppy's part, their vacation will go without a hitch and everyone will still be alive when they come back 😆

Thank you so much for sending this in!! I loved this so much XDDD If you get anymore ideas, please, do not be afraid to send them in!!

[isalabells]

I am very curious why Ted going back to the US to be there for his son is him making the mistakes as his dad and a real tragedy. Or did I read your tags wrong and you didn’t mean it this way?

Anon, I never meant to insinuate that this is him making the same mistakes as his dad, nor do I think my tags suggests that. But it's Ted fearing he is making the same mistake as his dad that is the driving force for his ill-advised decision. (That being said, i've seen the Ted's gonna end up like his dad eventually take flying around here, and while -- even in the face of the final scenes -- this is too horrid and bleak a thought even for me I can't entirely refute it, so there's that.) As for your other question, hoo boi- I recommend going back to the post I reblogged and scrolling through some of the tags because there's a lot of people out there who've articulated it way more eloquently than I am currently capable of, and my answer is nothing but a potpourri of all these thoughts.

But let me ask you in return- Did Ted look happy to you? Did he? Did his constant dissociating throughout the episode and him being emotionally closed off and unresponsive to all the people who love and care for him so deeply, him forcefully shutting them all out so he could be A Good Dad and soldier on and do what must be done because he fears otherwise he will make Henry feel like his Dad made him feel (which in itself is a loaded thought, and I bet Sharon could dismantle it within two sessions) make you feel all warm and fuzzy? Him more or less being pushed into this decision because his mom was guilt tripping him and going through with it bc he is under the misguided impression that he has to break-the-cycle in order to prevent impending doom for Henry (guys pls this isn't Succession).

I know there's a post making rounds where people are being outraged bc how dare anyone say choosing to be a parent is the inferior choice here, why do you want Ted to abandon his child and like- I'm genuinely sorry if you feel that way.

The implication that Ted not living within close proximity to Henry renders him a bad father is just bonkers. Emotional availability and taking care of your kid, being involved in their life is not necessarily tied to local distance at all. In all those three years, Ted hasn't neglected Henry once? Hell, with all the constant facetiming and irregular visits and whatnot he's probably kept more up to date with his kid than a good chunk of parents do despite living under the same roof as their offsprings.

Emphasizing the importance of the nuclear family (one that technically doesn't even exist anymore in Ted's case) and telegraphing that this is the main if not only way to be A Good Father seems like such a shocking conservative and nearsighted move for this show, and, pardon me, a very US-American one as well. All of this seems quite tone deaf, but it wouldn't be the first time this season (maybe one day @hubba1892 will bless us all with the essay on TL taking a stand on defying Super League and pushing for 50+1 rule vs. City being a major advertising factor for the show.)

Obiously, this is strongly influenced by me being a firm believer that parenthood shouldn't swallow your whole identity. Playing at pretend happy family and, as someone else put it so nicely, sacrificing your happiness for the sake of your kid is not healthy, and it will gain your kid nothing in the end. Ted seeing himself as nothing but a vessel to fix other people's lives and help them become the best version of themselves only to remove himself from the situation, nay, the entire story (literally and metaphorically, cf him suggesting Trent change the title) once the job is done without a thought or care for his own wants and needs, let alone his happiness is just so deeply saddening. "But the second to last ep showed that they're all gonna be fine without him!!" Yes, that's exactly the point, he should stay because the wants to, not because they need him.

Now Ted 'ain't nobody in this room alone' Lasso is quite literally all alone in the big vast room that is Kansas, with his main people being Henry (a literal child), Michelle and his mom, two people who both make him fucking miserable. A less pointed take would be that he doesn't even have to stay at Richmond specifically. The opportunities that he now has at his disposal in the UK bc of his success story are endless; lots of possibilities for him to continue doing what he loves without being stuck in the depression show that is coaching little league for funsies, quenching all of his wants and needs and dreams and aspiration.

[b4ckr00ms-k4ndl3z]

pinned post 3.0 go

ahah, anyways ; yes, i am finally finishing my pinned remake! i just didn't like my old one anymore so, here we go.

reblogs would be appreciated <3

and again, contents (rules, about me, fandoms, etc) are below the cut!

[ about me! ]

hey! i'm rex/kel/teruko, either name is fine, and even any other name you know me by as well as i have... a lot, haha. i have a lot of DA's, but i don't feel the need to list those here. i am also a minor (15), so do keep that in mind!

i use he/they/it, but also use neos! you can call me any neos, i don't mind, i like most of them all!

i myself really enjoy things like horror, especially body horror and analog horror, cryptids, true crime, art, and i've had an ongoing fixation with warrior cats for at the very least four years now.

[ blog rules! ]

★ — i write, draw, and make edits! the things you can request are writings, art prompts, and various edits like roleplay icons, profile images, aesthetics, and moodboards!

★ — i will NEVER, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES create content that goes against the boundaries of any creator. this means if a creator is uncomfortable with it, i will NOT write, for example any nsfw, and this also applies to other boundaries. (if i happen to accidentally break a boundary that i am unaware of, PLEASE let me know as soon as possible! i do not want to break boundaries at all. if this does happen, i will also edit or more likely delete the post that was boundary breaking in the first place.)

★ — please, DO NOT BE WEIRD WITH SFW POSTS. it makes me uncomfortable personally, and then it is even worse if it was about something for a media in which the creator is uncomfortable with nsfw/suggestive content. the only way this is allowed is if the post had implications to begin with.

★ — I DO NOT AND WILL NOT WRITE DEAD DOVE. i do not support it. i may write or produce things with darker themes, but in no way is it glorified or romanticized. certain darker things may be mentioned or referred to in past tense, but i do not write those out in my content or romanticize it. it is no way portrayed in the main ship. writing things like "abusive!(character) x reader" and especially trying to portray it in a cutesy or romantic light is disgusting, coming from a victim of abuse. this also goes for pedophilia or non-con (this includes dubcon and similar). if you support the romanticized writing of those things, get out. i do not want you here. this is not a dead dove blog and i do not support it.

★ — there will be nothing at ALL relating to romance with child characters (below 14). and unless it is within warrior cats, i will not write romance with animals, including pokemon. warrior cats is the sole exception because unlike pokemon, warrior cats portrays the characters as very humanized, and the reader would be the same as these cats. pokemon are not portrayed in a humanized way in canon media. on this topic, i will not write anything romantic for any digimon at or below rookie level, and certain digimon no matter its level will have romantic content depending on how humanized or animal like they are.

★ — i take requests for cc x reader and cc x cc, although i rarely write for ocs. the only time i will do so is if i know someone's oc well, and they're owned by a friend.

★ — i write fluff, angst, platonic, romantic, and many other things! i also write for any genders and also polyamory. i will not do nsfw.

★ — trigger warnings will ALWAYS be placed properly, so don't worry!

[ fandoms! ]

i am a multifandom blog; that's right, multifandom! so that means i should list the available fandoms. below are all the requestable fandoms!

Wii Deleted You

Until Dawn

Sally Face

Digimon (+ Cyber Sleuth & Hacker's Memory!)

9

The Mandela Catalogue (NOTHING ROMANTIC AT ALL.)

FNF (Mods Only!)

Creepypasta

John Doe

Your Turn To Die

Helluva Boss

Hazbin Hotel

Eddsworld

Warrior Cats

Lobotomy Corporation

Library of Ruina

Pokepasta

OMORI

Roblox Doors

Lego Monkie Kid

Danganronpa Fangames (NO MAIN GAMES; Danganronpa as a whole otherwise is mostly a discomfort to me for personal reason, however, fangames have many, many positive memories for me so i will write for it!) (including super danganronpa another 2, danganronpa another, and danganronpa despair time.)

Rain World

[ tags! ]

there are several tags used to help navigate around the blog, so here's some of them.

★ — #☆: serene liminal spaces - General Writing

★ — #☆: familiar paintings - General Art

★ — #☆: foggy trails - General Edits

★ — #☆: cotton candy walls - Fluff

★ — #☆: another drowning world - Angst

★ — #☆: overwhelming nostalgia - Smut

★ — #☆: endless hallways - Ramblings/Mod Posts/Announcements

★ — #☆: blurred realities - Posts with one or more Trigger Warnings.

[ emoji anons! ]

last but not least; emoji anons! yes, if you'd like you may claim an emoji. helps me know who you are if you request again! do note by the way that you don't need to be an emoji, you can also be a word, like star anon, i just don't know what else to call this ^^"

💖 Anon [ Tag; ☆: 💖 anon ]

[ queue! ]

(these are in no particular order, but do note that requested writings will be put into more priority than anything from otherwise! these are also in color order; white is what is not started, green is what has been started, and purple is what's waiting to be posted — i try to have only one post per day if i even have that many ready! if not, it'd more usually be once a week. also, non-requests are not counted in my max total of requests, since those are just things i came up with on my own!)

(5/15)

wii deleted you x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

until dawn x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

sally face x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

digimon (hacker's memory) x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

john doe x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

your turn to die x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

omori x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

sdra2 x scene / scenecore reader (not requested)

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olly, autumn, silver & gold poly headcanons (requested)

shin x reader (requested)

frosty red x reader (requested)

big brother glitchy red (requested)

lmk poly (requested)

and that's all! i'll see you again in another world, friend! <3

[misanthropiczombie]

It's not free to run, it's not free to start.

Do the people who create and run the websites you enjoy not deserve to pay their bills?

Particularly for social media sites- the work is not two hours of setting up a server you found on the side of the road and it's done.

It's THOUSANDS of dollars in hardware costs- my husband has spent 20k on REFURBISHED servers for work sometimes and that's not for customer facing websites, that's not even for INTERALLY facing programs. It's thousands a year in LICENSING costs, because the OS on the server isn't free either. Not to mention, he works literally all the fucking time. When things break, because the do quite often, he's up at 3am driving in to the office to fix it and then staying till his normal leave time. When he gets a call on saturday, he has to deal with it then. He spends hours setting up each server via such insane granular settings it'd cross your eyes. When the UPS batteries fail it is backbreaking work to haul those things out of the rack an onto a table to fix. We we were dating he was regularly pulling 90 hour weeks. For a company for which his servers are not customer facing. We outsource our customer website and we outsource our internal scheduling program.

What do you mean free? For whom? What are you contributing back that is comparable to that effort?

Expecting large social websites to be free to use and free from ads and tracker bullshit is inherently selfish. You can bemoan capitalism, but it is the structure we currently reside in and you don't start the revolution by demanding of others free labor for your pleasure time. That's just wanting to be the rich capitalist yourself.

The people who work on and run the internet deserve to get paid. They frankly probably deserve to get paid more than they are and have far, far better hours. (Did you know IT work is largely exempt from OT requirements in the USA? Section 13(a)(1) and Section 13(a)(17) of the FLSA. So long as they're making a little under $36k annually. That's it.)

-

Do i think access to the internet should be free? Yes, without a doubt. And, I think it should be codified as a public utility with all of the rules and regulations that entails (in the usa). I think very basic, low usage internet should be free and the cost of running it should be subsidized by people paying for better internet plans, and that those companies should either not be companies at all, or they should not be allowed to be publicly traded shareholder companies and should have stringent transparency requirements.

But actual websites? That take time and effort of working class people? No those should never have been entirely free and the resistance to paying into the things you utilize is the reason ads are as egregious as they are and internet security is as paper thin as it is. If you're fine with being the product (because again someone HAS to pay. Regardless of how it would be great if money didn't exist and rent was relegated to sci-fi concept novels, that is not the world we live in.) then more power to you. But to act like other people's time and labor and learning (because it's an awful lot of learning to do any of this shit) is OWED to you with zero contribution is so infuriatingly self-centered.

And don't point to mastodon. Someone is still spending real money to run those servers and expand that storage and if and when the going gets tight those things go dark in the middle of the night because the people putting the only and time in owe absolutely nothing back to you.

The reason the old internet is by and large dead is because it cost too much money and too much time for most people to run shit indefinitely, or they died and what they ran died with them.

And, if you feel so strongly it should be free: nobody is stopping you from being the person to bankroll your own set up to be free to the rest of the internet. Nobody is stopping you from picking up the skills to code and maintain hardware. And still, you cannot demand other people do the same.

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[glowingbadger]

I've been having major thoughts of Dimitri and Seteth dealing with a brat. Like they're laid back, do what they want, tease, and break rules sometimes on PURPOSE to bother them. Nsfw or sfw or both just anything from you is fine bc it's always chefs kiss

Well now, those are two VERY different ways of taming a brat I'd say :3 ((also thank you ^^))

cw: sub-dom dynamics, brat taming, some degradation

Dimitri, Seteth x Brat!Reader (GN)

NSFW 18+

Dimitri:

- Dimitri doesn't instinctively lean into power play, and if you begin to introduce him to it, he does enjoy it, but primarily as a softer Dom. As a result, getting bratty and teasing him for a while is just about the only way to see the harsher side of what he could be capable of in bed. In a way, that can be quite enticing in its own right; what self-respecting brat doesn't just adore pushing their lover until their restraint cracks and they show what they can really do?

- He can tolerate and even laugh off a good amount of bratty behavior- you're his beloved after all, and your more feisty nature is refreshing, and part of what drew him to you to begin with. To a great extent, it could be assumed that he even enjoys indulging your more willful behavior. That said, Dimitri is also well aware of a certain measure of appearances that must be kept to maintain public opinion of him as King, so every now and then, an infraction of yours here and there may need to be punished. Sliding your hand up his thigh during a banquet with visiting nobles, or pulling him aside just before a meeting to whisper a few lewd words to deliberately rile him up will both result in a loving yet firm scolding later.

- For such every-day naughty behaviors, you're likely to be gently reprimanded, yet with the slightest hint that perhaps Dimitri enjoys your teasing a bit more than he lets on. Usually, he prefers to make love by easing into you, allowing you to adjust to his size gradually, and in a position where he can face you and enjoy your beautiful expressions and luxurious moans. When you've been pushing at him a bit, however, he'll turn you onto your stomach and snap his hips aggressively against you, stuffing you full of his cock and stretching you out around him. Though even as he steadily pounds into you, he nuzzles the back of your neck and murmurs, "Darling, you know that I can't withstand that sort of teasing..."

- In general, Dimitri is far more likely to coax you into behaving with promises of time together that night. He catches you rolling your eyes when he tells you he'll be meeting with a particularly irritating and arrogant member of the nobility that night, and he laughs, brushing your cheek, then kissing your forehead and saying, "I know his kind tend to test your patience, my love- but if you can be good for me and behave during our talks, I promise I will spoil you as much as you like this evening. Anything at all that you ask of me."

- It takes a lot to really break Dimitri's restraint- he wants so dearly to be kind and soft towards you. While he never wishes to strike you, even at your worst behaved (need I remind us, the man is fully capable of breaking bones by accident and he would never forgive himself if he did anything eve close to that to you), he will instead use his near-inhuman strength to manhandle you on his bed into any position he wants to fuck you in for a full night of punishment. Dimitri has a good deal of stamina and takes a while to cum to begin with, so when you need to be well and truly put in your place, he'll fill you with his cock over and over until you're an over-fucked, incoherent mess beneath him.

- He's not very talkative when punishing you- in fact, the worse you've behaved, the more Dimitri relies on primal grunts and moans, rather than words. The most you're likely to hear from him is a low, rumbling, "I am not finished with you yet," as he lifts your leg against his body, spreading you for him as he fucks into you, with you merely laying limp on your side. That all said, once he's sated for the night, he'll carry your trembling body to a hot bath and massage away any lingering aches and pains. He dotes on you and praises you for taking your punishment so well, and after how hard and deep he fucked you and how sweet your darling lover always is to you, it's hard to not want to behave for him.

Seteth:

- We're basically on the opposite end of the Dom spectrum here; Seteth is ready and willing to punish you to the fullest extent for any number of misdemeanors. I've said before that he thrives in power play, and I stand by that (though I do see him as a switch over all). There's plenty that gets under his skin- risky behavior that could bring you to harm, flagrant disregard for Monastery rules or decorum, and of course, teasing him during work. While to others, he may just stiffen and clear his throat, you'll always catch the spark of warning in his eyes, telling you silently that you're toeing a dangerous line.

- Seteth is more than comfortable with experimenting with you until he discovers the full range of what you can handle (and not-so-secretly enjoy) in a punishment session. He'll learn exactly how hard he can spank you, how firmly you want his hand around your pretty neck, and how deep you can take his cock. His usual style of punishment is stern and uncompromising, but fair, and you may even catch him slipping into his "school disciplinarian" voice as he lectures you about your unacceptable behavior, spanking you across his lap while forcing you to keep count of each strike.

- One of his favorite ways to put you in your place- especially if you've been pestering him during his work day- is to force you to sit still with his cock nestled deep inside of you while he catches up on the paperwork your antics distracted him from earlier. He'll remind you that it's your own fault that he's too busy to spend time with you now, then slap your thigh or your ass if you dare to try moving even an inch. Then, if you're very, very good for him and stay perfectly still until he's done, he'll lift you and carry you to his bed.

- Boy can Seteth compose a lecture, even in the bedroom. When you've been especially bad, he'll tie your wrists behind your back and force you to your knees. Then, as he pushes his impressive length into your throat, he'll go on about how shameful your behavior has been, how you're "evidently no better than some common whore," and so on. If you're the type who likes verbal degradation, Seteth is almost unintentionally a master in the field. It may even get to the point that overhearing him reprimanding a student at the Monastery intensely arouses you, simply because of how your body naturally responds to that tone of voice.

- Okay hear me out. Calling Seteth 'sir' completely by accident while he pounds you against the bed for being especially badly behaved. And it just does something to him that he was not prepared for. He's gripping onto the headboard for leverage and slamming his full length into you so hard you lose your breath. Your eyes roll back, and he's scolding you, but you can hardly even make sense of his words anymore, so you just mumble out, "Ye- Yessir..!" and he groans, grabs your hips in both hands and says, "Again. Louder."

[posts-from-employee-427]

(Important Pinned Post)

(Hey so uh. Hi yes hello. Stanley Admin here. I don't like doing serious posts but some things have been bothering me for a while so.

I wanna start by saying this is all /lh. It's just a stupid taspblog and it's not really that serious, I'm not mad at anyone, I'm just realizing I really need to be more reaffirming on some overstepped boundaries.

I'm just gonna like. Bullet point these cuz idk what I'm doing.

I'm going to try to make a small summary of important events for people who showed up late. Try. I'm not promising anything because writing summaries tends to be very draining for me but I know it's a lot at this point. That being said please don't ask for summaries of large events in my inbox, especially of they're from a while ago. I can't get to all of them and some of them I've already summarized in the past. I've made it clear in the past that while I understand the importance of summaries at this point please don't expect them because it is exaughsting to try and create a comprehensive post of everything important from those events.

Also with asks. Ok how do I word this one. So obviously we handle a lot of sensitive subjects on here and all that. And I love angst! It's a great tool in the writers box. But if you're sending an ask that's... kind of clearly not in character agnst an more just venting, please stop that. I've had several people do this. And some have stopped, but some still do it. I'm sorry. I'm just going through a lot as well and don't know how to also help someone else or even respond to it. especially when it's several people. In character is fine!! In character makes sense and is cool. But when it's like, ok this is out of character, idk how to respond to that. Sorry.

And on characters and lore I love the amount of anon blogs that have popped up! I really do!! But. Ok story time. Once upon a time I was clarifying how anons act in the parable. I clarified that they aren't actually part of the parable, but rather outside of it and capable of interacting or changing things by interacting with Stanley. I tried to be rather insistent on this for some time, but as more people ignored it I kinda just. Gave up. The reason I was trying to insist on this is because I felt like having anons in the parable may like. Disrupt Stanley's actions. Like recently!! When Stanley reset and it effected people who it technically shouldn't have effected. It adds a weird layer of Stanley's actions effecting people who realistically shouldn't be effected by a reset.

Obviously there's exceptions. Like 432 who is obviously in the parable cuz. Yeah. ABPA you could even maybe make a case for, but how the character is handled it really works out. He's part of Stanley's universe though not part of the parable. His own thing interacting with Stanley. Like being stuck in a constant time loop in a void and getting a postcard from your buddy out kareoking saying wish you were here. It works.

Actually let's talk about the mintcident real quick. The mintcident is a great example of bending the rules but still working. It didn't break really any previous lore despite interacting with the parable. It was it's own contained thing that even cleaned itself up with a reset. Everyone was on board and it opened up the gates for me and Naradmin to do literally whatever the hell we wanted with a hard reset, and it's how we even got human narry. It was one of the first major actual plots we did beyond just hijinks. The only thing before that was when Stanley talked, which happened on the same day. It drew back on the carrot association talking about if Stanley was sacrificed to a cult what would happen, and worked itself really well. Mint and Gnarly if you're reading this you handled this greatly and it's why the mintcident is so important to this blog now. I remember they even apologized in case it messed with a prior plan (it didn't lmao).

The point is there can absolutely be exceptions to the rules but. This exceptions aren't often because. It usually doesn't work out. I'm glad when it does! It's always fun to see peoples like and how they interact, but when it gets in the way of the pre set rules I made to not cause any trouble, it gets a little difficult. Yeah.

That's all I can think of right now. This is getting pinned cuz it's kind of important, and as we're entering a new setting I wanna just. Re establish some boundaries. So things run more smoothly and it's less stressful for me. Again I'm not mad I just wanted to bring this up cuz some of this has been really stressing me out and I tried to type this all as delicately as possible. I'm really hoping any of this actually makes sense. Obviously this is all my own stuff and I can't speak for I Naradmin agrees with these boundaries or if they're even reasonable, I may be way out of line asking for this and yeah sorry. Idk how to make these kinds of posts. Not sure what this will look like for people moving forward, I don't have a good answer for solving these problems, but I should probably acknowledge them anyway. Sorry for the long ass post. I'm gonna go drink some lemonade and answer some asks in a bit.)

[bleubcrries]

"Iron," Dianna laughs, one big, charming HA! as she thinks back to her nickname amongst her less-loyal constituents, "There's a reason they call me the iron maiden, and it's not because of my emotional strength." Despite being the most merciful queen in Rusalka history, Diana was, never the less, the first ever queen of Rusalka to rule without a man by her side, and her decisiveness had been ruffling feathers for over a decade, now. This is why she cherished every second that she had with Rafael, and even more so with Willow-- the only two people outside of her daughters who had ever seen her walls come down. "Oh you are such an angel, I don't think I've felt my feet in over a week. The only reason I know they're still there is because I'm still a head taller than everyone in this country." Diana laughs at her own jest, exchanging a glance with her head footman, a sweet older gentleman who had just stepped through the door as she began to leave the room alongside Willow. "Anatoly, I'm going for tea with her majesty, see to it that Rafael doesn't think I've gone missing, yes?" She doesn't stop walking as she makes sure the man understands her request before she refocuses back on her friend. Diana locked an arm with Willow, feeling the need to stay physically connected to the woman, lest she suddenly de-materialize. "Oh, pish posh. You have endured arduous, cosmic tribulations in this past year, and you have done so with the grace of a swan. I'd be concerned if you didn't cry." Diana had warmth prickling in her own steel blue eyes, but she refused to let the damn break before she and Willow were rested and acquainted. She wanted, first and foremost, to be there for her friend, and to discuss the necessary collaborations of their two great kingdoms, lest the war ravish their countries as it has many others. "I fear there is too much to tell, darling, I'll probably forget to relay the half of it. I'll have to introduce you to my amazing chef Rafael, he is simply too good to have left behind. Especially with all those threats of poison, I.... I find I can't eat anything he doesn't make." Diana's poised exterior cracked for the first time since she arrived, but she didn't let the blemish grow, not yet. "Besides, he and I have grown very.... close." The queen smirked, her eyebrows wiggling in a suggestive manner as she looked at her friend with a girlish smile, "I'll have to tell you about him when we're alone. Can't have these fine gentlemen knowing all my secrets."

"I would never pinch you. I fully believe that you are made of iron with strength like this." Willow sighed happily. There really was nothing better than the hug of a friend who loved one unconditionally. She never felt judged by Diana for where she came from, not like some of the royals she met long ago. Before the wars tore their world apart. It had been far too long since she had a friend close. "Please come and make yourself comfortable, I can't imagine how hard the traveling was for you. I have requested refreshments for us in the library. The fire is roaring and it will be warm and private."

It took a moment for Willow to identify why she was crying. It was partly the relief at having Diana safely in her arms. Maybe the fact that she wasn't alone in the large and cold castle. "I apologize for being so emotional." There was no reason to apologize other than the fact that she had spent almost all of her time with near strangers. Showing any display of emotion was legitimately a risk to her life. It just felt good to take a break from pretending to be eternally strong. She wiped at her face before taking Diana's hand and leading her through the castle. "We have so much to catch up on. I must hear about everything." Including who the very handsome chef that Diana brought.

[rayshippouuchiha]

Pro hero Deku is asked a lot if questions about his love life (no he's not dating kacchan, no he's not dating shouto, no he's not dating ochako she's married what the hell) and at some point he decides to get himself a boyfriend just for it to stop. Fake ofc, but no one needs to know that. He just wants some peace and quiet.

But of course the questions dont stop, if anything they're starting to get worse, only his mom seemed so happy that hes dating someone and now he's committed damn it, and the stories keeps getting more elaborate and like, maybe this was a bad idea but he's in too deep.

And he's also sort of growing attached to his fictional boyfriend, cause he seems like a cool and competent dude, izuku would not mind dating him if, you know, he actually existed.

Plot twist: hizashi is always one to stay on top of hero news, he loves and lives vicariously through gossip with nemuri any chance be gets, so he definitely keeps track of all the clues deku gives about his secret boyfriend (bc the nr 1 hero having a secret boyfriend is Grade A Gossip, and hizashi is intrigued and yearns to know more) and it's all fun and games until hizashi starts to grow suspicious that he KNOWS this secret boyfriend, that he is BEST FRIENDS with this secret boyfriend, and why the hell hasn't shouta told hizashi personally??? How dare???

Oh oh yes yes this is perfect.

And it gets even better because of course Hizashi is gonna confront Shouta. Of course he is. Shouta’s breaking some sacred best friend rules by not telling him that he’s been dating the #1.  Like, Hizashi understands the want/need for some level of privacy, really he does, but surely he should be exempt from that. Bro Law and everything.

So of course this means Shouta gets a phone call at like 5 in the afternoon when he’s actually trying to get some sleep.

“SHOOOUUTTTAAAA,” Hizashi screeches down the line so loudly that, even though he’s laying down alone in his own apartment, Shouta can’t help the way his quirk activates on instinct.

“What.”

“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL MEEEE?” Hizashi sobs dramatically down the line.

“Probably because you always act like this,” Shouta huffs. “But I also have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“I��m your best friend,” Hizashi prattles on.  “You could have at least told me, I can keep a secret you know?  I wouldn’t have told anyone, probably.”

“Hizashi,” Shouta breaks in.  “What. Are. You. Talking. About?”

“You’re Deku’s secret boyfriend!!” Hizashi announces victoriously. 

Shouta pulls his phone back enough to stare at the screen for a moment, brows furrowed, before he brings it back to his ear.

“Have you been kidnapped?” he practically barks the question out.

“W-What?” Hizashi sputters.  “NO! Sho what the hell?”

“What’s your safe word?” Shouta demands.

“Meatloaf,” Hizashi replies instantly. “Wh-”

“Are you trapped, currently bleeding out, injured, or in need of backup?” Shouta spits the questions out rapid fire.

“No, no, no, and no,” Hizashi answers back just as quickly. “I’m perfectly fine and at home, just wondering why my best friend hasn’t told me about his secret affair -”

Shouta hangs up.

Hizashi’s in no danger which means he doesn’t have to humor his ridiculous bullshit right now when he could be taking a nap.

His phone rings for the next ten minutes straight before Trash comes toddling into the room and curls up on top of it to go to sleep.

~~~

It doesn’t end there. Because of course it doesn’t.

Hizashi keeps badgering him about his supposed love affair with Deku of all people, the #1 hero Shouta’s never even met in person before.

Mainly he ignores Hizashi whenever he starts in on the topic or tries to badger him for detail that don’t exist.

But then...

Then it comes to a bit of a head when Shouta gets dragged out for drinks with Hizashi, Nemuri, and Tensei like they normally try to do every other week or so if possible.

Only this time they’re not the only pros at the dive bar they end up at.

Because Joke is there, because of course she is, because the universe officially hates Shouta.

Joke is an excellent hero, a good teacher from what he’s heard, and overall a nice person but Shouta only has enough spoons for a select group of people in his social life and sometimes even that’s pushing it.

Joke with her constant laughing, her attempts at comedy without her quirk involved, and her insistent need to constantly hit on Shouta is someone who drains him faster than should be possible.

Only this time it’s different.

They’re a few drinks in when Joke tries to slide her way into the booth beside him, a grin already stretching her mouth.

And while normally the others would just laugh and smirk and leave Shouta to suffer, this time Hizashi steps in.

“Yeah, no,” Hizashi slides the drinks he’d gone to collect onto the table and then shimmies his way in between Joke and the booth to steal the seat right beside Shouta instead.  “Seats taken.”

“Awwww,” Joke pouts, “don’t be like that.  Why’re you trying to get in the way of me and Eraser’s love story?”

"Find someone new to hit on, sweetheart,” Hizashi tips a look at her over his shades.  “Nemuri’s always free you know? Our Shouta’s a taken man now.”

There’s a sort of collective spit take around the table.

“What?” Nemuri croaks from where she’s trying to clean what looks like cream off of her face.  “Are you two ...?”

“Oh no, not us, we’ve told you that before.” Hizashi waves a hand in front of him with the ease of an argument they’ve all had more than once over the years.

“Then?” Tensei prompts.

Hizashi leans forward across the table, expression turning sly and secretive, the rest of the group leaning in as well, anticipation practically wafting off of them.

And Shouta immediately knows where this is about to go.

“Our Sho’s been keeping secrets,” Hizashi sing-songs.  “But honestly I can’t believe it took me so long to put it together when the clues were right there.”

“Get on with it man,” Nemuri orders.

“Our unkempt goblin friend is dating none other than the adorable and stacked force of nature that is our #1 hero Deku,” Hizashi throws his hands up in a ta-da sort of gesture.

For a long moment there’s silence.

And then every head at the table swings in Shouta’s direction all at once.

For a split second Shouta debates on nipping it in the bud, putting an end to this ridiculousness once and for all.  But then he stops, thinks about it, flicks a look towards Joke and quickly runs through the list of advantages having a fake SO could provide him with, and immediately course corrects.

“It’s a secret,” Shouta deadpans.  “We’re deeply in love.  Tell no one.”

Which, of course, means that by the time Shouta rolls out of bed the next afternoon everyone knows.