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metamatronic · 2 years ago
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God i wanna know what happens to envy and where they are :O
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wowo ed sure is acting weird. wonder what’s up with that.
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dothestarsshine-art · 7 months ago
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EDIT: definitely turned into a massive rant about Vander's politics, I tried to not be petty and I failed, I can't fix it with another draft, he drives me nuts. In this unassigned essay I literally will...
Vander criticism incoming because I re-watched the Sevika rematch in the last drop and holy moly did he do Vi dirty (What his guardianship style meant for Powder, Mylo, and Claggor all deserve their own posts) and I can’t think about Vi’s struggles without thinking about VanderLand™. Not saying he didn’t do good, not saying he couldn’t have been worse, just that…:
Vander preached against fighting, but lived (comparatively) large off of his reputation for fighting AND through the exchange of a blind eye from the enforcers in return for keeping his own community under heel. Grayson saying, “I keep out of your business and you keep your people off of my streets” or whatever, suggest to me the passes that Vander has enjoyed in his interests over the years.
His thriving business, the life he projects, no fighting oppression, only bar-keeping, but we see him throw his reputation around as a favor to to his friends, like Huck and Babette. Would the undercity merchant/business owner class want your protection if they knew what was up? Maybe, Benzo was on board. What about the rest of the undercity that aren't enterprising? Silco saying, "Not JUST for the Lanes, but for the whole of the underground," is huge.
It pays to be Vander’s friend, but no one else could possibly realize the success that I think he pretends he did. The lifestyle he's trying to get Vi to subscribe to (VanderLand) doesn’t actually exist. Everyone is seeing that but him and Vi is boiling over in confusion and frustration and self-doubt and anger.
If any other kids had caused the damage in Piltover that made Marcus go all ham, their parents would not have had the luxury of negotiating with Grayson, and I honestly don't believe that Vander would have turned himself in to protect them. When Vander or Grayson die, the little pocket of safety that he's carved out for the lanes will be lost, this only benefits a select few for as long as Vander can pull it off.
Bless you Sevika for leaving him behind, my god. The way he claims all responsibility for the day of ash is honestly just insulting. If you hadn’t led them across that bridge, maybe someone else would have, my guy.
Look at the lengths Sevika and others go to to fight YOU so they can have another chance to fight the real enemy without you protecting your cushy life (and kids, yeah, yeah, but it’s still painfully short sighted. People had kids the first time around, some people in the bar calling to fight back with Sevika surely also have kids. That’s -why- they want to fight) all over the conversation. He talks to vi like he opened and closed the book on revolution - get out of the WAY OLD MAN.
To Vi he’s like, Yes, I live a better life for myself, my family, and my friends leveraging just the sheer -memory - of when I used to fight, but you can’t.
There's a difference between self-defense in dangerous streets and planning a heist to steal your way through life, but he seems to lump them together. Then in the same conversation telling her that fists aren’t the answer, he checked quality assurance checked that she kicked Deckard’s ass, because ultimately that is what he expects from her. Attacking the root cause of gangs like Deckard's is immature and selfish, but you better be a good enough fighter to beat the shit out of them on call. WHAT a moving target.
What I saw in Vi’s delirium in the bar in the Sevika rematch was Vander dissing her guard and telling her she has no choice but to keep fighting, that she’s needed, whether she’s wanted or not. And yeah, it’s not Vander that said that, it’s in Vi’s head, but it's reminiscent of things we did see him tell her as a teenager, that message of “you are the only hope that the people you love have, you're responsible for everything that happens when you interact with them, you're not allowed to not interact with them, in fact you must -lead- them. Also, you're stupid.”
For that to be what her brain cooks up for her mentor to say to her to stay conscious and in the game, the way that she accepts it with a huffed laugh and it actually HELPS HER is so gaahhhhhhh.
Fundamentally, (in the admittedly very little we saw in act I of uniquely stressful time,) I feel that he offloaded the effort and responsibility of mentoring, nourishing, and raising all four kids individually, to Vi. He literally made the others leave the room before giving the soft side of his lecture in the basement, then barked at, confiscated from, and threw stuff at the Mylo and Claggor on his way back upstairs. To expect Vi to take his guidance in, make sense of it (impossible), and redistribute it to the others is not cool, and that's why he makes me grump.
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wild-lavender-rose · 1 year ago
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Confessions
Pairing: Sam Winchester x fem!reader x Dean Winchester
Category: Hurt/Comfort
Summary: After your boyfriend breaks up with you, your friends Sam and Dean help to put the pieces back together in a very unexpected way. 
Warnings: Reference to break up, collapse, mild language 
Note: I started this a couple years ago shortly after a break up and finally decided to finish it. It’s not my usual quality of work some of the lines feel out of character and it’s super angsty and cheesy idk but I really wanted to get it finished and out of my drafts, so enjoy? 
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     Sam and Dean looked up from their vampire research when you entered the bunker, their brows furrowing with concern as they took in your glassy eyes and messed up hair. 
     “Hey,” Dean called. 
     “Hey.” You gave a nod, dropping the heavy backpack you had been carrying with a thud. 
     “You okay?” Sam was already pushing back his chair. 
     “I...” You shrugged off your jacket, gaze averting to the floor. “He...He broke up with me.” 
     “What?” The chairs squeaked as the brothers stood.  
     “He thought, with us bein’ hunters and all...Didn’t want to be each other’s weakness,” you took a step forward only to have your legs give out, causing you to sink down to the floor. “I can’t do this anymore.” 
     “Honey, woah,” Dean came around the table to kneel beside you, Sam close behind. “Easy, it’s okay.” 
     “I can never get them to stay.” You whispered, your head in your hands as Dean sat behind you and pulled you into a hug. “What's wrong with me?” 
     “It’s not you, he’s just an ass.” Sam knelt in front of you, hand resting on your leg. “Hunters suck at commitment.” 
     “I don't, you don’t.” You leaned back into Dean’s hug, tucking yourself into him as the tears began to fall. “I’m sorry,” 
     “It’s not your fault, baby.” Dean ran his hand through your hair and held you close. 
     “No, I, I shouldn’t have even tried. He said, that ass,” you shoved your sleeve across your eyes, trying desperately to regain composure. “He said that he was tired of sharing me with you and Sam. That I loved you more than him. But, I tried to tell him we were just friends, but he didn’t believe me.” You shook your head against a fresh wave of tears. “I’m such an idiot.” 
     “Why?” Sam asked, his voice soft. 
     “Because,” you looked at the floor, hot shame flooding over you. “Because it’s true.” You whispered. “I love you and I love Sam.” 
     Dean’s hand froze in your hair, his body stiffening. You could feel him looking over your head at Sam, no doubt having a whole conversation in that nonverbal brother code of theirs. You hated yourself for saying anything. Now it was all over. Your friendship would be awkward and stilted now. No stolen hugs and nights of falling asleep on their shoulders during long car rides under the guise of simple friendship. They would know your intentions now. Know that you loved them. 
    “Sorry,” you whimpered, starting to untangle yourself from the two of them. 
     The last thing you expected was for Dean’s arms to tighten around you. “Where you going, sweetheart?” 
     “To bed.” You pushed weakly at his arms, not truly wanting to escape his warmth. “Tomorrow I gotta find a spell that makes you forget what I just said,” 
     “You hear her, Sammy? Our girl wants to go to bed.” 
     “Come here,” in one smooth motion Sam pulled you into his arms and picked you up off the floor. “Whose bed do you want to be in?” 
     “Mine.” Dean grinned. “It’s got memory foam.” 
     “I don't, wait, but you,” you covered your mouth, hardly daring to breathe. “You...both of you?” 
     “From the day we met you.” Sam kissed your forehead. “Let’s get you to bed. Coming, Dean?”
     “Right behind you.” Dean got to his feet and followed you and Sam with a mischievous grin. 
And that was how the three of you started the beginning of forever. 
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jazzmasternot · 1 year ago
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What kind of liquor everyone at the hotel drinks
This is a continuation of @hazelfoureyes’s post abt what kind of drunk everyone is.
My credentials for this that I’m a bartender and work in both restaurants and nightlife so I’ve served all kinds of ppl and Ik what customers want before they even order.
Alastor
So we know this man likes rye and I stonefly believe that he would drink either uncle nearest or makers mark. I mean cmon have you seen the bottle for makers mark it even fits his aesthetic. And yes he will smoke a fat cigar with it too.
Lucifer
Yeah this man drinks wine and is real pretentious about it too, he just gives off mega wine drunk type energy. Like will try to tell you all about how this wine is special because you can taste the hints of sandal wood and how it has a appley after taste even tho no one cares. Also the kind of person to say “I’m just gonna have one glass” then boom the entire bottle is empty.
Angel dust
He drinks vodka you can’t tell me otherwise, he’ll drink tequila when he really wants to turn up but it’s mainly vodka. His favorite is a vodka Martini with little (none) vernouth, so just shaken vodka in a martini glass and yes he can tell if you didn’t shake it. His favorite is highway vodka yk the one that’s made with weed and gets you a lil high aswell.
Husk
Another whiskey drinker everyone, I mean he even says it in the show, straight from the bottle no less. It’s probably either jack Daniel’s or Hennessy doesn’t care much about the quality like Alastor does. No rocks glass no ice cube straight up room temp (yuck). Every once in a while he’ll drink jägermeister if he’s feeling particularly devious that night.
Charlie
Listen don’t ever give her straight liquor, bc she will drink it if ppl cheer her on enough and then immediately throw it up, so everyone’s learned their lesson with her. The closest she’d be able to do without dying instantly is the deep eddy Lemmon/grapefruit. Just give her a Bellini or a margarita, also I feel like she’d love lemon drops.
Vaggie
Beer drinker I don’t know why but she gives off a beer girly kinda vibe that makes husks job so much easier. I feel like she’d like the cream and amber ales too. She’d only drink it on draft though no cans or bottles she thinks it ruins the flavor (she’s not wrong) but most ppl don’t understand that. When she’s not drinking beer it’s vodka crans and seabreazes with Tito’s all they and it’s definitely not bc those are the only two cocktail names she knows.
Nifty
Straight tequila no mixer no chaser not even dressed or chilled, right down the hatch bc she likes it when the alcohol just burns on the way down. YAY PAIN! Fun fact tequila isn’t a depressant which is why you start actin crazy when you drink it, and we all saw how she was acting in episode 6 classic tequila drunk behavior.
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urfavluvergirl · 15 days ago
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Ophelia & Ryan - all of the girls you loved before au
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AU masterlist - you can find other stuff under #🪼opheliajones
A relationship study for Ophelia and Ryan
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Soooo I thought I would get this out as we inch closer and closer to Ophelia and Ryan actually getting together. Enjoy! I’ve also had this in my drafts for like a month…yikes.
things to look out for: sexual themes, kissing, mentions of abuse
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What are their love languages?
Ophelia's is definitely physical touch and quality time. When they are in their just friends stage she often holds herself back in fear of being too clingy or making thing awkward. She also loves to spend quality time alone with people she care about since obviously being friends with hockey guys who are all going to be in separate places in a few years gives you very limited time with all of them.
Ryan's love languages are physical touch and acts of service. We've already seen Ryan get a little handsy in this fic, but unlike Ophelia he doesn't really hold himself back. Ryan also often does little chores or get her things because she often stresses herself out too much. For example he fills up her water bottle for her a lot because she forgets too, and when they move in together as a couple he does little chores around the house that she puts off.
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How they are as friends
How much did they pine for each other?
Ophelia was definitely very needy for him in November/December when she accepts her feelings. She would often stay up at night fantasizing and dreaming about him.
Ryan has obviously been pining for Ophelia since the day they were born, or at least it seems like it. So he is the most needy out of both of them.
How do outsiders view them?
To an outsider you can tell there is SOMETHING going on with them. There's a lot of tension that the boys tease Ryan and Ophelia about it. Ryan's family and Ophelia's mom drop lots of hints to them and John often chirps Ryan, just a lot of lighthearted teasing that does have some meaning behind it. Watching them together is really funny because the way that they look and joke with each other it's so obvious it's almost frustrating.
Do they ever get possessive?
Ophelia can get pretty possessive. She knows that Ryan is a very good looking guy and the fact that he plays hockey doesn't really help. She often stands REALLY close to him whenever she sees someone staring a little too long.
Ryan has always been protective of Ophelia, and that was just in elementary school so you know he is SO protective of her in college. Giving side eyes to guys her are looking at her during parties, a hand on her lower back, and he very strictly follows the sidewalk rule. At parties he's crazy protective and it earns him even more chirps from his teammates.
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How they are as a couple
How do they tell everyone they are dating?
So they actually keep their relationship a secret 😭. Ophelia is really private (which we'll get into in the next section) and Ryan wants to keep what knowledge about him isn't in the public, private. But basically Ryan accidentally calls Ophelia babe in front of both of their families and it's very awkward but funny and their like "yeah we're dating...we've been dating for 5 months!"
What is their stance on PDA?
Ophelia is super private so she's very against PDA. She's sooo shy around friends and family and blushes so hard when Ryan will give her a kiss or holds her hand. On the other hand she also doesn't want to be acting all coupley with someone in front of strangers out of respect for them.
Ryan also is kind of the same but for different reasons. He's fine with his family or friends but he's nervous about other people (again it’s a privacy thing) but he will totally hold her hand or put a hand on her lower back when she feels comfortable.
What are their pet names?
Ophelia for Ryan
Baby
Ry
Handsome
Pookie (as a joke)
Ryan for Ophelia
Love
Pretty girl
Phia
Babe
Who made the first move?
Okay guys let’s be so honest it’s obviously Ryan 💀 he is just so head over heels for her, and around the time they get together he physically can’t hold back anymore, like he literally shakes when he’s around her. Honestly I’m writing a fic for it so I don’t want to spoil too much but he definitely has a lot of adrenaline from something earlier that fuels it.
Do the fans like her?
Okay so obviously during his time at BC nobody really cares because they’re all college kids trying to get their degrees, but when he gets to the NHL and is kinda thrown into the spotlight they find out about her. She doesn’t have a huge social media presence so the only things that come up are some fun interactions with fans after the games and the occasional post of someone taking a video of them when their acting cute and cuddly before or after games. But they do like her because she’s sweet and obviously she’s dating Ryan who is the light of the capitals eyes right now.
Who is more passionate?
Ophelia can get prettyyyyy heated with Ryan, just because she’s never had a boyfriend before, Ryan often jokes either her that she’s like a teenage boy because after they….yk…. she is ALWAYS in the mood for something.
Ryan, being a guy in his late teens/early twenties is absolutely down for anything. He almost always is the one who initiates something whether it be physical or not.
Favorite position?
Ophelia's is probably missionary because she likes to see Ryan's eyes, but honestly anything that she can easily kiss him in and hold his shoulders.
Ryan's is cowgirl (🫣) he likes to hide his face in her neck or bite her collarbone, (he's also lowkey a boob guy so...connect the dots)
Favorite things to do together?
When they’re alone, Ophelia is big on touching/kissing Ryan. She often sits in his lap if they’re in their dorms and later in apartment, and making out with him. She also loves to cuddle with him and play with his hair or scratch his back.
Ryan is down for anything that has to do with her, but he really loves to spend time in the library with her. Sometimes they study, other times they just talk, but he loves that she takes school so seriously like him and it takes up a lot of their alone time (and when they study together he likes to give her temple kisses as rewards).
Favorite parts of each other?
Ophelia loves his freckles. It's one of the things that hasn't changed about him since they were younger, she loves to kiss them and trace them. She also loves his biceps and muscles but...she would never admit that.
Ryan is obsessed with her neck and back. Not even in a sexual way he just loves to hide his face into her neck, and his favorite hand placement is on her back to guide her.
What do their wallpapers look like?
Ophelia’s
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In addition they have one of these Polaroids in the back of their phone cases
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Who apologizes first in arguments?
So because of Ophelia’s past they are just really mindful of how they react and what they say during arguments. They don't really have many big arguments (obviously they argue though because no one perfect). When they do they have very clear boundaries so theirs no miscommunication that leads to something bigger. Most of the time Ryan apologizes first because he remembers her past and gets really guilty. Ophelia often apologizes more (again, something she did from her past with her dad a lot).
How possessive are they WHEN they're dating
Ophelia actually becomes a little more chill. She trusts Ryan and now that he's hers it makes her feel more confident that he won't just fall in love with someone and forget about her. But when girls start getting handsy she always walks over and gives him a kiss somewhere, showing that he's off the market.
So Ryan gets worse 💀. His hands are always on her whenever he starts to feel a bit threatened. And when he'll come over and start getting a little handsy, but giving crazy uncomfortable eye contact to whoever is hitting on her and sizing them up.
How are they during long distance?
Long distance for them sucks, but they are grateful because it quite literally could be farther. They love to send each other packages and facetime each other every night. They're texting so much throughout the day that Aram and Drew tease her constantly because 95% of the time she's on her phone she's talking to Ryan. They also sleep with each other on facetime since Ophelia has a really hard time sleeping without him, so anytime he's in a city with EST or back in DC they always call each other for bed.
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duhragonball · 6 days ago
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Stardust Crusaders Liveblog: JJBA ch.127-135
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If you like Star Finger, then belly up to the bar, because this post is for you!
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Last time, Polnareff attacked the Joestar Group in Hong Kong, but they defeated him and removed the Flesh Bud that Dio used to control him. So now Polnareff wants to be on their team. It's not just to take revenge on Dio for using him. Polnareff was on a mission of revenge against some other guy before he ever met Dio.
A while back, some creep raped and killed Polnareff's sister. Her friend survived the attack, but all she could tell Polnareff was that he had some kind of strange power that kept the rain off of him, and he had two right hands instead of a right and a left hand.
So Pol has been searching for this guy ever since, and since Joseph always wears a glove on his left hand, he politely asks if he might have two right hands. But those of us who read Part 2 already know Joseph has had a mechanical prosthetic hand ever since 1939. Pol's like "Okay, sorry to pry. I just had to be sure."
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A year ago, Pol encountered Dio during his travels, and Dio used his I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Hermit-Purple Stand to show him images of his sister's killer. This way, he befriended Polnareff, and got him to drop his guard long enough to put the Flesh Bud in him.
Now that Pol's free, he figures that if Dio is recruiting Stand Users to serve as his evil minions, then there's a good chance that his sister's killer is probably working for Dio right now. So if Polnareff joins the hunt for Dio, he'll probably cross paths with the killer he's searching for.
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So with that settled, Joseph Joestar has chartered a boat to take the team to Singapore. He's arranged for them to be the only passengers on board, and the crew will be made up of sailors who were carefully vetted by the Speedwagon Foundation. This is a big improvement over the plane they took from Japan to Hong Kong, except the plan is already shot to hell when the crew discovers a child stowaway.
But let me back up a bit and talk about Kakyoin for a second. Both he and Jotaro insist on wearing their school uniforms at all times, even when they're sunbathing on the deck. It's kind of a cute gag, but the fact that they're both doing this bit is kind of redundant.
And that's my gripe with Kakyoin. Once Polnareff joins the group with all his boundless charisma and awesome side-quest, I couldn't help but notice how little Kakyoin brings to the table. Personality-wise, he's like a combination of Jotaro and Polnareff. Quiet, reserved, but friendly and well-mannered. Like Polnareff, he was a Flesh Bud agent who attacked the good guys and then joined them. His Stand power is this long-range, sneaky kind of deal, which is a lot like Hermit Purple.
So much of what Kakyoin does have to offer is also covered by another good guy. However, the other Stardust Crusaders have qualities that he lacks. Jotaro has this intensity and cool analytical mind. Joseph is the goofy rich grandpa who saved the world from the Pillar Men. Avdol is the trusty Stand expert. Polnareff is a dashing himbo doing the Inigo Montoya thing from Princess Bride.
What does Kakyoin have? Well, that painting he did of Jotaro was pretty cool, but we never see him pick up a brush again. And he's good at video games, but that's not going to come up until much, much later. I'm not pointing this out to bash Kakyoin, but I am saying that Part 3 did him dirty. It's like he's the first draft of Polnareff, and Araki forgot to write him out of the final draft when the actual Polnareff shows up.
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Back to the stowaway. The kid is somewhat troubling for the Joestar Group, since this could be an enemy Stand User trying to infiltrate their cruise, but before the sailors can decide what to do, the kid jumps overboard. Jotaro acts unconcerned, reasoning that no one would jump off a ship like that unless they thought they could swim back to shore. But as soon as a shark attacks the kid, who's the first one to go in for the rescue?
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Yep, Jotaro clobbers the shark and saves the kid. But there's more than sharks in the water. Turns out there really is an Enemy Stand in the ocean, and Kakyoin uses Heirophant Green to haul them both back aboard.
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Turns out, the kid is a girl. I'm not sure how old she is, but Jotaro noticed boobs while he was saving her, so I guess she's old enough to have those? Anyway, the gang suspect she's the enemy, simply because the captain and crew were background checked before they got hired. The girl is the only x-factor here, but they can't trick her into giving herself away. She acts like she has no idea what Dio or Stands are, and that's because she really doesn't know.
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Meanwhile, the Captain--a man named Tenille, because of course he is-- wants to lock the girl up in the brig or the cellar, or whatever. He also gives Jotaro a hard time about his smoking on the ship. Jotaro doesn't mind following the captain's rules, but he doesn't care for the guy's shitty attitude.
Then he accuses Captain Tenille of being the Enemy Stand User. How could he possibly know this? Well, Jotaro suddenly claims that he discovered a way to distinguish Stand Users from normal people. According to Jotaro, if a Stand User inhales cigarette smoke, the blood vessels in his nose suddenly become visible.
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This confuses everyone, but the ones who have Stands put their hands up to their noses, wondering if it's true. This includes Captain Tenille, which means he must be a Stand User himself. By contrast, Anne doesn't even understand what Jotaro just said, because she doesn't know what a "Stand User" even is. Joseph asks how Jotaro knew it was the Captain, and Jotaro admits that he didn't. He just wanted to test the whole crew, and Captain Tenille failed.
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Captain Tenille reveals that he's an impostor. The real Tenille passed the background check, but this guy killed him and took his place before they got underway. He takes the girl hostage, but this doesn't deter Jotaro at all, and he punches him off the ship. That doesn't quite work out, though.
The "Captain's" Stand, Dark Blue Moon, is right at home in the water, so going overboard isn't much of a problem. And as Jotaro tries to haul the girl back on the ship, something like barnacles start growing on Star Platinum's fists. This is Dark Blue Moon's special ability, and they not only immobilize Star Platinum but sap his strength.
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"Captain Tenille" pulls Jotaro into the water, and he creates a whirlpool full of razor sharp scales shedded by Dark Blue Moon. So the others can't go in after Jotaro or they'd be killed.
Really, this whole arc is dedicated to showcasing Jotaro as the top guy in the Joestar Group. Not only is his Stand the fastest and strongest, not only is he the first one to save a helpless girl, but he's also the only one who can survive a fight with Dark Blue Moon in his own element.
"Captain Tenille" taunts Jotaro for a while, probably because he figures he has Jotaro dead to rights. He can't escape, or fight back, and he gets weaker every second. So there's no need to finish him off quickly, right? Well, I have two words for you, "Captain Tenille". And those words are "Star" and "Finger".
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Yeah, checkmate, Enemy Stand Users. Star Platinum can make his fingers longer. I've seen fans ask why Jotaro doesn't use this sort of thing all the time, and the simple answer is that he doesn't need to. He only did it here because Star Platinum's arms couldn't move, so he concentrated his power into bursting out of a small portion of the barnacles. This allows Jotaro to score a precision strike on Dark Blue Moon's head, but "precision strike" is all Star Platinum does anyway. This is no different from all the times Star punches a bad guy, except in this case Star can't punch.
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Oh, incidentally, Jotaro and the bad guy can talk to each other underwater because that's just a thing Stands can do. The "Captain" realizes Jotaro was concentrating his power to do a big hit with his fingers, but Jotaro corrects him. He had already thought of that. What he was thinking about right now was that "Captain Tenille" is going to make a mess in the ocean when Jotaro beats him to death. Maybe that cigarette wasn't such a big deal, you know?
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Meanwhile, Dio waxes philosophic with his advisor, Enya the Hag. Enya is some kind of mystic like Avdol, and she's apparently the one who told Dio about Stands, and how to get his own. All she wants in return is the privelige of getting to bear witness to the life of this remarkable being. She's fascinated with Dio's existence and wants to see what happens next.
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Anway, Dio observes that the key to survival is to overcome one's own fears, and Dio's only fear is Fate, which has tied his life with those of Jonathan Joestar's descendants. Enya dismisses them as fools, but Dio refuses to ignore the threat.
And this neatly sums up Dio's motivations in Part 3. Back in Part 1, he mostly played with his vampiric powers and had half-formed plans about ruling the world, but he was still figuring out what he could do. Now, he consolidating his power base, recruiting henchmen, testing his Stand power, waiting for his head to gain full control over Jonathan's body. Enya thinks he's unstoppable simply because he's immortal and powerful, but Dio spent the last hundred years in a box at the bottom of the ocean. He doesn't want to take chances, and he refuses to ignore the way Fate has put him at odds with the Joestar bloodline.
And this is a hallmark of every JoJo villain. Each on tries to defy, conquer, or manipulate fate to their own personal advantage. Dio first tried to cheat fate by becoming a vampire. He thought that rejecting his humanity would allow him to escape fate. Kars took that a step further by trying to evolve himself into the ultimate life form and eliminate any and all weaknesses. Kira, Diavolo, and Pucci evolved their Stands to become more powerful, which would allow them to bend the world to their will, or eliminate any negative repercussions for their actions. And Valentine and Tooru sought to manipulate probability itself. I don't know what the Part 9 villain will be like, but I'm sure that guy will have a similar scheme to do terrible things without ever getting punished for it.
As for Part 3, Dio believes he's already on track to conquer Fate, if he can snuff out the Joestar family. Once they're gone, he thinks no one else would be able to stop him, so he's laser focused on that goal. Enya can't understand that, because he seems so much more powerful than Joseph and Jotaro, and he's so far beyond her that she thinks he's already won. But he hasn't, and Dio knows it.
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Back in the ocean, it turns out the impostor Captain had the last laugh after all, because he planted bombs all over the ship before he attacked. Well then why didn't he just set those off before? He did say that he wasn't expecting five guys in the Joestar Group, so he was planning to kill them one by one before Jotaro exposed him. But I dunno, if he had bombs all over the ship what difference does it make? He could have jumped overboard and detonated the bombs whenever he liked.
Mostly, I'm just kind of annoyed that Araki is repeating the same trick Tower of Grey used when he killed the pilots of the plane before he attacked.
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Anyway, the Joestar Group and the crew escape in lifeboats and reach what looks like a derelict frieghter. The stairway lowers to allow them on board, but Jotaro notices there's no one on deck to do the lowering.
This time, the good guys are on guard, and expect this to be a trap laid by an enemy Stand User, but they search the whole ship and find no one, except for...
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... an orangutan in a cage. This makes even less sense, as someone would have to be feeding the ape, but there's no one around to do that. The Stowaway girl takes an interest in the orangutan, who shows off his advanced intellect by lighting a cigarette and smoking it, cutting his own apples, and reading nudie mags.
The cover of this issue of "Playbop" appears to be August 1989, which is the first direct evidence I've seen that Part 3 is supposed to be set in that year. I hate the whole idea of Part 3 being in 1989, because Part 3 says Jotaro was born in 1970, and he's 17 years old. If it's 1989 then he's 19, and what the hell is he still doing in high school? Also, his daughter Jolyne was definitely born in 1992, so if Part 3 is set in 1989, that only gives Jotaro three years to meet his wife, get married, and have a kid. Not impossible, but five years sounds more realistic.
As for this magazine, I looked it up and the August 1989 issue of Playboy does look a lot like this magazine in the comic, with Brandi Brandt wearing a business suit on the cover and Tawnni Cable in the centerfold. So it's more likely that Araki simply put the cover date of the actual issue on there for reference than out of any desire to establish the date the story takes place.
I don't know why it bugs me so much, but 1989 my ass. Stardust Crusaders is set in 1987. Taylor Swift can go take a hike.
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The girl sneaks off and tries to use the shower, but then the orangutan follows her. Its intentions aren't very clear, but there's only so many ways I can interpret a porn-enjoying orangutan creeping up on a nude girl. By this point, all of the sailors are dead, though no one can figure out what's killing them. But Jotaro shows up to save the girl again. He gets a metal fan to his shoulder for his trouble.
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They fight for a bit, and Star Platinum catches shards of broken glass and tries to punch the orangutan with the glass. Fuckin' siiiiiiiick. G-C-W! G-C-W!
The problem is that Jotaro still can't see any sign of the Stand they're up against. Then the Orangutan vanishes into the bulkhead, and Jotaro begins to realize that he's been seeing the Enemy Stand this whole time...
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That's right, the entire ship is the Stand. The orangutan can control everything on the ship at will, and now he uses this ability to trap the Joestar Group in solid metal. It's kind of brilliant, really. If he'd done this straight away, they might have been on guard for it, but by not using his power, the orangutan fooled them into thinking this was an ordinary ship.
This is probably the first example of what fans call a "bullshit Stand", which is a Stand concept too cheap, OP, or nonsensical to be taken seriously. For example, Polnareff questions how the ship can be a Stand when non-Stand users like the sailors could see it. Every other Stand so far has been invisible to normal people. Also this is the first non-human Stand User. The simple fact is that there would be other examples of both of these things throughout the JoJo series. Dogs, trees, plankton, turtles, whatever Rohan Kishibe is, all of these creatures have been found to be capable of having Stands. And there are other Stands that take the form of permanent, fully visible objects.
What really makes this Stand so bullshitty is that it's insanely overpowered. It can instantly change shape to surround or attack anyone within its reach, and I'm pretty sure it can go anywhere or take on other forms. The only reason it looks like a freighter is because it happens to be on the ocean. Jotaro can't even attack the Stand User because he's pinned to the bulkhead, and any object handy to throw at the orangutan is part of the ship.
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The orangutan holds up a dictionary to introduce itself as "Strength", as in the Tarot card "Strength". I guess that means this guy is the first Stand User in Part 3 to just name himself after the card and not add a color to the name. No "Orange Strength" or whatever. Just "Strength".
So how can Jotaro beat this guy? Well the orangutan doesn't bother to restrain the girl, probably because he doesn't consider her a threat. While he tries to creep on her, Jotaro hits him with a button off his coat. Since the button isn't part of the ship, it actually hits the ape, even though it doesn't hurt much.
But the button does piss the orangutan off, and that's enough to get him to turn his attention back to Jotaro, and when he gets close enough, Jotaro lashes out with--
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STAR FINGER! Fuck yeah! Those big long fingers flick the button extra hard, and that actually hurts the orangutan really badly.
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So badly, in fact, that the metal surrounding Jotaro falls away, and the orangutan desperately tries to surrender. Jotaro ain't having it, and he punches the crap out of the orangutan. Once again, now that Star Platinum is free to move, there's no point in using Star Finger.
And that takes care of Strength. Pretty sure this is the last we see of Star Finger too. It shall be missed.
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Hi robin hope you're doing good!! Are there any places to see or things to do you'd recommend for someone visiting Aotearoa for the first time?
hi its actually francis but I'm just as (if not more but don't tell him I said that hehehe) fanatic about aotearoa!!! I'm happy to help out. I'm gonna write a bit and leave this in drafts and then rob can finish it off cause its reaaaally late!! eek!! I gotta sleep because there's hiking happening tomorrow!
waitomo glowworm caves are great but ACTUALLY!!! I DON'T RECOMMEND THE SUPER FAMOUS ONE!!!! it's nice but it's not so long and the photos you see online are usually better than the experience you get. try out ruakuri caves in waitomo instead!! they're pretty much right next to the most popular caves, but they're longer, deeper, contain more interesting formations AND glow worms as well!! not as many as the main one. it depends on what you're looking for!!! there's a SUPER COOL motel called woodlyn park where you can stay in an old boat, an old tram, an old plane or a hobbit house that have all been converted into rooms. it's really cool!! might be a bit costly though
SWIM SOMEWHERE IF YOU CAN!!!! a river, an estuary, a beach. check water quality first!! beaches are probably your best bet! one of my favourite things in the world to do is swim at the beaches in aotearoa. I have yet to see a beach that makes me happier than the ones here!
some REALLY COOL TOWNS include rotorua (super stinky geothermal hotspot!!! so cool!!!!! bright green lakes!!!) and ahuriri (art deco town!! they actually hold a 1920s inspired festival there yearly if I'm remembering right!), <- francis went to bed at this point HI its robin now. what the freak is up guess I'm writing the rest of this post. also I'm DEFINITELY the bigger fanatic don't listen to her. liar liar pants on fire etc
UM!!! DEFINITELY hike/do a day walk if you can. I fucking LOVE hiking here it's always beautiful. in te ika-a-māui (north island) I really enjoy the waitākere ranges, there's currently a rāhui for some areas but I went hiking last weekend and the trail I went on was really lovely. there are quite a few to choose from!! I went along exhibition drive and the beveridge track, entering from titirangi village.
we're well known for our native birds, but as many of them are endangered you might have trouble seeing many of them. I'd recommend tiritiri matangi, an amazing conservation island off the shore of tāmaki makaurau. it can be pricey to visit but the sheer number of birds to be seen there is wonderful!!! you can even see takahē, as well as kiwi at night. the cost of the ticket goes towards the conservation being done on the island.
if you have a chance to experience a kapa haka performance or attend a māori festival GO. GO GO GO. it's always incredible, the power and just. joyous fierce pride people put into the waiata and haka is amazing. if you go around june-july, you'll be there for matariki celebrations!!! experience them. there'll be lots of events happening in major cities like tāmaki makaurau and pōneke.
if you're up for a bit of camping, motutara farm is an absolute gem. it's in whananaki, and needs to be booked WAY in advance but my god its marvelous. the beach is wonderful the rockpools are fascinating the walks are incredible and the camping sites are so lovely. you will have to deal with long drops.
genuinely, and I'm so serious, if you end up in the north island LET ME KNOW!!!! I love meeting up with people and if you end up in the city I live in, I'd love to show you around!!! there's a walk I really love in my town that I'd be happy to take you on.
there's so much more but these are my (and francis's) top picks!!!! I love these islands so much. there's so much to be experienced. I WILL ALSO SAY!!! the public transport is very good. you can mostly rely on it especially in cities.
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semper-legens · 22 days ago
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47. Bonny and Read, by Julie Walker
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Owned?: No, library Page count: 328 My summary: Everyone knows of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the female buccaneers who sailed the Caribbean, plundered ships, and left devastation in their wake. How they reigned supreme with Calico Jack Rackham's crew, until they were brought low by an English attack. How Mary died in prison, and Anne disappeared, never to grace the pages of a history book again. But for all the tellings their tale has seen, who can tell the story of the women themselves? Who, but the two ladies in question… My rating: 1/5 My commentary:
Do you ever find a book that seems, on paper, as though it's made for you, and then in practice turns out to be really disappointing? This book was very much one of those for me. My estimations of it dropped with page after page. I found myself comparing it to The Ballad of Jacquotte Delaheye in my head - at least that book had something going for it, but this one was just bland beyond bland. I almost find myself with nothing to say about it, because there was nothing of substance to this book. I was going to say that it felt like a first draft, but even that's too charitable. It felt like the kind of summary one might do before writing a piece, saying what's going to happen in every chapter before you began writing properly. I was really disappointed by it, and I couldn't recommend it at all.
Everything just happened too fast. The story starts with Anne running away with James Bonny, but in a few short pages she's met Rackham and gone off with him. Literally, that's how fast it happens. They meet, exchange a bit of banter, and then suddenly Anne's persuaded Rackham to go pirating and take her with him. Characters are introduced as though we are expected to have an emotional attachment to them already. Everything's told, not shown; even then, there are some leaps and assumptions made. Midway through the book, the narrative just sort of decides Mary's in love with another sailor, despite them barely sharing any conversation that we see, and we're just sort of meant to accept that as a fact. Anne's relationship with Jack is never established, so when it dwindles it doesn't feel any different. Anne and Mary's relationship was the most well-developed, and even that mostly consisted of them sitting around talking about the connection they feel without much explanation or exploration. And the author kept blundering into basic historical inaccuracies - sorry, the Navy wasn't giving out uniforms to sailors in 1718, and Anne Bonny had more than one child by Rackham, according to the evidence we have. This felt like an overview of Bonny and Read's lives, not a story. It was just…nothingburger. Sorry, but there just wasn't anything there.
Next, something harrowing yet a lot better quality - children going to war.
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hournites · 1 month ago
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Valentine's Day Chit Chats
Found this in my drafts! A little late for Valentine's Day but I'm sure you won't mind!
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“So here’s the thing,” Beth says, coming around the corner of the school’s west wing. She stops in front of Rick’s locker, the girls at her side. “It’s kind of expected that on Valentine’s Day you spend designated quality time with your girlfriend.”
Courtney and Yolanda nod along in agreement.
“Sure,” says Rick, shrugging off his jacket. 
“So you understand that concept,” Beth clarifies slowly. “You agree that boys with girlfriends should be spending Valentine’s Day with them?”
“I don’t have a girlfriend,” replies Rick, nonplussed. He grabs a physics textbook in terrible shape out of his locker. “So I’m not sure what you’re getting at.”
Beth folds her arms over her chest and gives Courtney a pointed look. "See? It's not a boy thing. It's a Cameron thing." She gives Rick a reassuring smile. “We’re not actually talking about you, we just needed your opinion. We’re talking about Cameron.”
“He hasn’t said one romantic thing to me all day!” Courtney butts in, clearly distressed. “Not even a quick five-minute sketch ripped off from the corner of his worksheet in History class! He’s better than that!”
Rick snorts.
“He is!” she cries. 
“I think that Cameron doesn’t know that Courtney thinks they’re dating again,” Yolanda is quick to say. 
“We are dating! He sends me a Snapchat streak every day,” Courtney argues. “And not of black screens either. Who even does that anymore if not because they’re in a relationship?”
Rick meets Beth’s gaze desperately. “Why are you making this my problem?” 
“Court's been making it ours all morning. Can you just talk to Cameron?” 
Rick closes his locker. “Hell no.”
“Rick!” She leans into him, sticking out her lower lip in a pout. “Please?”
“Yeah,” drawls Yolanda. “You’ll do it for Beth, won’t you, Rick?”
Rick shoots Yolanda a withering glare. “You want me to tell Cameron to be more romantic to Courtney because Beth is asking me to?”
“That is exactly what I want,” Yolanda says. 
 He turns to Courtney. “Why can’t you talk to him?” 
The girls all react badly to that (gasps, heavy sighs, eye rolls), so clearly he said something terribly misinformed. 
“What?”
“I can’t demand Cameron to give me attention on Valentine’s Day! Then it won’t be genuine, besides," she faked a gag, "begging for gifts is so tacky.”
“I think you’re better off without him, Court.” 
“It’s just a big misunderstanding,” Courtney explains. “The truth is that you just can’t accept the fact we’re perfect for each other despite this minor hiccup.” She narrows her eyes. “Unless you have some ulterior motive for getting in the way between us.”
Rick pulls a face. “Please don’t imply what I think you’re implying.” 
“Rick doesn’t like you,” Beth says. “He doesn’t like anybody. You have nothing to worry about.”
Rick looks at her funny, voice deadpan. “Wow. Thanks, Beth.”
“We need you to do it because it’ll have more impact if you make him look dumb,” explains Yolanda, turning back to the original topic to dispel the weird mood shift in that exchange. “You know, like if even you know that and he doesn’t then he’s cooked.”
“Fine!” he says at last, dropping his textbook onto his desk in their next classroom. “Fine. I’ll talk to him.” 
“Thank you,” says Court with feeling. She plops down into the next seat. 
“Court…You don’t take physics with us.”
“Crap!” Court gathers her things and skids out just as the teacher starts the lesson. 
“So,” says Beth, once the lesson is over and the class is given time to work on homework. “You’ll really do it?” 
“Cameron won’t want to talk to me but I’ll try, I guess.” 
Beth smiles. “Great. Okay, for question four, how did you get that answer? I have the same one but I think we did it differently.”
Rick explains his mental math process, showing her the formula he used quietly, helping Beth with the problem. After a little while, Rick clears his throat. “It’s not true, by the way.” 
“What isn’t?” Beth frowns, still staring in concentration at her worksheet problem. 
“You made it sound like I don’t like girls. Or that I’d never be in a relationship.”
Beth looks surprised. “You’ve never said you had a crush on anyone before.”
“I’m not saying I have a…a crush,” he struggles to explain, though it comes out unconvincingly. “It’s just not…impossible for me to develop feelings like that.” He looks away, visibly flustered. Beth observes raptly. “Just so you know.” He shakes his head. “This is stupid. Nevermind.”
“No. Wait.” Beth puts a hand on his arm. “There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. I’m glad you’re telling me. So, you’re straight?”
He stares at her. “...Yes.” 
“Cool. Great. Me too. Just so you know…If you do have a crush, that’s okay. I like someone too.”
“Oh my god,” Yolanda mutters behind them, pained to be hearing every word.
Rick furrows his brows. “Jesus. It’s not Cameron, is it?”
Beth laughs. “No!”
“Good. You deserve better. Like, a lot better.”
“What, like you?” Yolanda cuts in from behind, tongue in cheek. “You’d be a better boyfriend than Cameron?”
“Obviously,” Rick answers, turning towards Beth. “Sure, it’s not like I have lots of experience but if it were us, I wouldn’t leave things so uncertain that you wouldn’t even know whether or not I wanted to date you. You’d know because I’d make it clear and I wouldn’t take advantage of something like that, your feelings are too important.”
Beth’s eyes are round, wide and excited. “If it were us? Is this still hypothetical?”
Rick stops abruptly, rewinding what he just said, how he’d accidentally self-inserted. “I mean…” He sinks into his seat. “Shit.”
Beth grips his arm. “No, wait. Don’t be embarrassed. That was so cute.” 
He eyes her shyly. “Yeah?”
She nods. “So, do you want to make any plans with said girl you may or may not have a crush on?”
“I didn’t say I have a crush,” he reminded her again, but he’s smiling this time. 
Beth doesn’t fall for it, leaning her head against her desk tilted towards him, now tracing heart-shaped circles on her homework sheet. “I’m free at lunch.”
“Well, now I’m not.” 
Beth frowns. “What? Why?”
“I have to talk to Cameron to save Courtney’s Valentine’s Day, remember?”
“No!” Beth complains. “Forget that, you’re spending it with me.”
Rick smirks. “Did I just convert you into hating Cameron?”
“Hate is a strong word…”
"I'll do it," Yolanda interrupts again, leaning forward with a loud whisper. "I might as well seeing I'll be the one she'll be eating ice cream with tonight if it doesn't work out the way she wants. But you two owe me."
"Deal."
"Yeah, whatever," Rick waves her off. "Thanks."
Yolanda raises her hand, both happy for them yet so sick of the flirting. “Miss? May I request a seat change?”
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sorbriquette · 2 months ago
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20 Questions for Fic Writers!
Tagged by @hyperions-light via DMs because apparently my mentions are still broken (womp womp). Thank you muchly <3
Not sure who this has made the rounds to yet outside off who was tagged on the prior post sooooo - feel free to jump on or ignore? Or if you've already done it drop me a link so I can read it? @aeipathism @acethmatic @vicsplinters @alexandracabotswife
Also gonna gently nudge this over to the FE fandom too even though we may not be mutals I know y'all write fic so I wanna pass on the game (sorry if that's weird) @ferditheas @hubernies
1) How many works do you have on AO3?
26 — though 6 of those are unfinished WIPs (and only 2 that I plan on definitely finishing)
2) What’s your total AO3 word count?
384,397 — honestly a little shocked by that I could have written like 4 books for all that word count. But oh well it’s all skill building and I enjoy reading my writing back.
3) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
They are ALL from Carry On and written in like 2018 so the kudos is a reflection of time and the dropping of 2 sequels since posting them, not necessarily quality or anything. In fact the top by kudos was my first one when returning to fic and in hindsight it is not super well written.
The Truth Will Set You Free, Night After Night (this one I tried to update every night for the vibes it was fun times), Catch Me If You Can (explicit - be warned), Follow Your Heart, Not Really
4) What fandoms do you write for?
Currently it’s mostly Fire Emblem because I got hooked again during my existential spiral over xmas. I wooooould like to write some more Dragon Age, but I am not an OC girly really. And I feel like DA fandom is big into OCs.
Most of my backlog is Carry On, but I analysed the text to shit and fell out of a love with it a bit.
5) Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Yes - on newer fics. I should reply to comments on older fics but idk my social anxiety tells me that if I respond to someone and didn’t respond to someone who commented on that thing a year prior - that second person will hate me. Which now that I type it out is insane.
I also did stop responding some time in like 2020-2021 for some reason? I’m not sure why but I sure think I’m an asshole for it.
6) What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
None of my fics have angsty endings. Not my MO sorry.
7) What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
All of my fics get like, half their word count again in epilogue so… they all end pretty happy.
But given the Carry On sequels and that most of my FE stuff is before the end of the war it’s probably Overdue Commitments since that is post war, getting married, etc. And thus the only one that actually takes place after all of the other shit characters have to go through in their actual canon. (Also recency bias)
8) Do you get hate on fics?
I mean one of them got book marked with this “The first chapters are perfect. The rest, not so much. Beware” which is a bit rude. But that’s my no3 by kudos as above so like… not exactly gonna keep me up at night.
9) Do you write smut?
Not often. When I do most of it doesn’t get finished and lives in my drafts. That said I recently dropped a 10k word smut fic that is probably gonna get a sequel because I got some nice comments. And I have a 25k smut fic, and an unfinished one too.
… so that’s probably actually just a yes.
10) Do you write crossovers?
No. Not against it though. I would love to do a The Locked Tomb/Dragon Age but I don’t think I have the writing style necessary to write TLT characters.
11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of.
12) Have you ever had a fic translated?
Maybe? I’ve had people offer and have said I’d be fine with it, but never actually followed up.
13) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?
No, but I’m always down if someone’s into that stuff. Used to do a lot of RP, so I do like the collaborative stuff.
14) What’s your all-time favorite ship?
I honestly do not know. There are a lot I like but I don’t know if I could pin down an all-time fav. I’m sure I’ll wake up in a cold sweat to the obvious answer at like 3am though.
15) What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Putting In Effort because goooood I love Marihilda as a ship. But it really didn’t get much traction and Marianne is really hard to write like emotionally/mentally because she is so self-depreciating and depressed. It is not a fun headspace to spend your time in, particularly if no one is reading it.
16) What are your writing strengths?
I like the cadence I write with I think? The “know the rules and then break them” thing. Where my punctuation isn’t technically correct but it produces a certain rhythm in the text. Honestly I don’t even know if readers notice that.
Also I think maybe character voice? But that could be mere cowardice because I will not write a character I cannot hear clearly in my head.
17) What are your writing weaknesses?
Brevity.
I tend to write everything blow by blow. Which can be great for fic romance. But when you need to GET THROUGH A DAMN SCENE??? Impossible. Why do I write everyone individually walking out the door? Must we put up this tent in excruciating detail?? We do not even need this scene. Send help.
18) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?
I think it’s cool when people do it but I wouldn’t put it in mine because I do not know any other languages. I would maybe make an exception for latin tho because it’s sick as hell and also dead.
19) First fandom you wrote for?
Artemis Fowl, on the fan website at like age 9.
Literally just went looking for it and got a massive blast from the past - but also the website doesn’t work because of a fatal MySQL error. Not that I’d expect to find my stuff there, that would have been like 15-20 years ago now.
20) Favorite fic you’ve ever written?
It’s still a WIP but probably Affection, just an all round comforting read for me. But again I suspect that’s recency bias. Also possibly the fact that it is a WIP and I don’t like endings.
I would like to go back and tidy it up a bit though. Ferdinand von Aegir does not use conjunctions.
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rocknpebbles · 3 months ago
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I return to tumblr and this what I’m tagged in😭
I'm RLLY shocked
ok let me make things clear and tell you why I didn't take her au.
1)"After seeing the first art from original work you see, rocknpebbles decided to take her AU and make "own spin" on it."
a) No I did not. You say this as I without a doubt, saw her au and immediately stole it. Her AU is centered around "Usopp not apologizing", the au in the comic is centered around the crew NOT HEARING HIS APOLOGY and giving up on himself to become “Sogekami” (Sniper God), a bounty hunter and an extension of usopp and all the qualities he believes shined in sogeking. He tells the crew he’s not usopp and that he must be dead. This is not the same AU.
b) The actual inspiration for this AU was impactdial. I never once considered your friends art in my storyline.
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c) when I saw impactdial’s idea, I immediately began drawing the same day, I made the dialogue on a whim without once thinking of your friends art.
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this is the draft
it's clear that I was going for the whole "if I ever see you again ill (threat)" to set up him meeting the strawhats later in impactdial's storyline order. the kill came to me later on as I'm wanting to further push usopps anger. I did not make my own spin on her drawing. If you want to see the speed paint and my thought process, you can ask.
2) "While making own two panels, they didn't added nothing to it by own, barely changing the point of dialogue and not asking the permission in first place"
a) If you mean the two PAGES you screenshotted, the difference is clear. Let's establish what your friends au is: Usopp not apologizing because he believes he did nothing wrong and wishes death and a desire to kill them.
The comic in the first two pages shows that he DID apologize, and when the crew doesn't hear him, he thinks they're abandoning him and replacing him with Franky. He goes on a spiral/tangent on how they thought he was useless and only let him join out of pity. He thinks Luffy thought of him as a joke. That's when he says "YOU BASTARDS! IF I EVER SEE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS AGAIN, I SWEAR, I'LL FUCKING K...K...K.." before dropping to his knees and admitting that they were right to leave him behind.
The difference here is that in those two pages of dialogue, usopp apologized, he believes they were right to leave him, regrets what he said, and his anger stems from being abandoned for his burdening weakness. Your friends usopp REFUSES to apologize, strongly believes he did nothing wrong, and ends off with him wishing death on them without remorse, letting them leave him behind because he wont let himself apologize, his anger stems from his frustration of being "in the wrong" when he's correct in his own head and how he shouldve been invited back. Her usopp descends from wishing death to killing them with his own hands for acting like he was in the wrong. My usopp immediately says hes going to kill them upon the revelation that his friends left him behind for being weak before cutting off his sentence in regret. He cant bring himself to really say that he'll kill them. That is a small summary of the differences
b) let's assume you want to compare ONE panel of the comic to her scene.
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With all that I've said before, the only similarity they have is an angry usopp cussing out his crew and wishing them death. Her usopp name calls them, wishes death before saying he's going to kill them with his own hands, calling out for them. My usopp name calls them, and makes a threat that IF he ever SEES them again he will kill them, before he cuts off the kill with his own stutters, not finishing the sentence out of regret.
Yeah it's a similar reaction and a similar scene but the build up behind it is different. I wrote "If I ever see you motherfuckers again I swear I'll fucking k...k..k.." as a way to build up to the rest of the comic, usopp becoming sogekami and meeting the strawhats. The dialogue served to let the audience know he's going to see the crew again. I had reason behind it, I didn't just steal your friends dialogue. The dialogue I made and the reason is not at all similar to hers besides the implication of killing the crew. Besides that, you have to keep in mind of one important thing.
c) We are both depicting the same character.
We both had two different approaches to usopp but you decided to compare his REACTION to the ship leaving the island without him. The problem with this is that you can't say I copied your friends reaction when that's HOW HE WOULD REACT. This is the SAME character we're depicting in a popular "what if" scenario, there is NO problem having similar reactions to being left behind BECAUSE YOUR FRIEND AND I ARE WRITING THE DIALOGUE BASED ON USOPP'S CHARACTER. I didn't write it based on your friends writing, I wrote his reaction based on HOW I THINK HE WOULD REACT, how ODA DEPICTED HIM THROUGHOUT WATER 7, ODA'S WRITING. It's like saying "this person copied a comic about usopp being scared of monsters because they first posted a drawing about usopps being scared of monsters" in canon, HE IS SCARED and I think in this similar "what if" scenario, HE WOULD BE MAD. He'd be enraged and wishing death because his character IS TEMPERAMENTAL. Hes complicated, and I also wrote it though the lens of how I would react if my friends ditched me because I kin the guy, we're both ENTPS, so i wrote it in mind that i would definitely want to kill my friends if they did that to me and i thought it fit him! Hell, I almost didn’t even write it in because I thought it was so strong of him to wish death before eventually deciding he should! I had several reasons behind why I chose that line, your friend is not included. Your friend and I simply drew the same conclusion, if anything, we both understand his character/rage during water 7!
I don't think "what if usopp never returned to the crew" is a new scenario your friend made. So this all in all is unjustified. I don't need to ask for permission to depict usopp in a rageful way in this "what if" scenario.
3. "The only problem the og author has with is the post down below and the way they decided to do it. If it's possible to redo it or delete it in general it would make it none problem for anyone"
I'm sorry but no. I will not be redoing or deleting the post any time in the future. To me this is still a shock to think that I "stole her au and put my own spin on it". Thank you for your politeness but the claim you are making is invalid. I do not have an issue with you or your friend. I really enjoy your friends art. But I did not copy anything. Tell her I appreciate her art and I will continue to enjoy it, but I am firm with my conclusion. I did not "take her au and make my own spin on it".
TALK FOR @rocknpebbles
Eventually this was made a long time ago, but my friend, the eventual person who got into it, wasn't able to speak up because of own shyness, so, with her allowance, I'm doing it myself.
After seeing the first art from original work you see, rocknpebbles decided to take her AU and make "own spin" on it. The idea of taking own ideas wasn't what made the original author feel sad, but rather the way they decided to make post about it long time ago.
While making own two panels, they didn't added nothing to it by own, barely changing the point of dialogue and, and not asking the permission in first place.
The only problem the original author has with is the post down below and the way they decided to do it. If it's possible to redo it or delete it in general it would make it none problem for anyone.
Hope for understanding of situation.
P. S. If it was possible i would write in DMs, but with no possibility I'm making a post here. If you're not rocknpebbles yourself please don't pay attention to it, as i hope it will be resolved without any real issues.
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missmeinyourbones · 3 years ago
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sorry i was so tired!!! req for how the aot boys are when they’re in love❤️‍🔥🥰
aot boys x being in love!
note: this has been sitting in my inbox/drafts for a while but i finally finished it lol so thank u for being patient <3 aot boys are big simps 
eren is so annoying LMFAO i know it’s a common thought but i strongly believe that his love language is being annoying (which is so relatable FR) like he’s so in love with you that he will do anything he can to piss you off (affectionately). you are just sitting on the couch peacefully and he has so much love for you spilling over inside of him that he just has to drop all of his body weight on top of you and bite your arm???? he just constantly wants to be attached at your hip or touching you. he thrives off of you being like 🙄🙄 ur annoying. JUST SO he can be like 😁😁 ya but you love me. i can’t stand him
armin is the most observant lover. when he’s in love with you, nothing is getting past his big ass brain. you could walk into your apartment after a bad day at work and he can tell you are upset just by the way you put your bag down???? he knows when you are sleeping versus when you are faking being asleep because of your breathing patterns???? please he’s so INLOVE with you it’s insane. he just thinks that you are the best thing to ever grace this planet so he plans on using his brain to absorb every single detail it can about you 
jean is whipped. in all definitions of the word. if he is in love with you, he doesn't want you to lift a damn finger. ever again. he loves loves loves to do things for you, he sees it as his boyfriend right of passage. he's like..if i love you...and i'm your boyfriend....why would i let you carry that? why wouldn't i buy you flowers every week? why wouldn't i worship the ground you walk on? simp extraordinaire. he wants everyone under the sun to know he's in love w you!!!! and that he is the one who gets to make you laugh and do things for you and sleep next to you at night!!!! he's such a cornball. i want 20 of him.
connie knows he’s in love with you because he never shuts the fuck up about you. LMFAO he assumes he must talk about you a lot but he doesn’t fully understand it until he’s out with jean and sasha and he mentions your name in almost every conversation. on the 4th time ur name comes up they’re like STFU connie we get it ur in love 🤮🤮 he just loves you so much that he can make literally anything relate back to you lol. he’s out to eat with his friends and he’s like “yeah me and y/n have been here a few times, we split the appetizer combo” or he’s in class and his prof is talking about the science behind migraines and he’s raising his hand like “omfg my s/o gets really bad headaches :/ what can i do to help or prevent them?” he’s a simp but dont tell him i said that
levi is petrified LMFAO he is so scared to be vulnerable w someone in the way that love requires :/ he probably realizes he's in love with you when he's in a bad mood or going through something and he completely freaks out and yells at you and shuts down. he slams the door in your face and sits in his office for what feels like hours, hating himself for taking his anger out on you. he's positive you'll leave him after this, so when he opens the door and still sees you standing there, waiting for him as a shoulder to cry on & an ear to listen, he knows he's in love :) he love spending quality time with you, specifically being able to sit in a comfortable silence with you <3 he's never that vulnerable w anyone else so it is extremely special and dear to him
reiner loving you is him letting you see what he thinks is the worst of him, if that makes sense. like he doesn’t even realize that he’s able to openly talk to you about his fears and insecurities and all of the “ugly” parts of him (so he says)  until one night you guys are just ranting in bed and he’s like “i’ve never done this before” and you’re like wdym? and he’s like “let someone take care of me” :((((( he loves how he can fully trust you to hold him in every meaning of the word possible. you can see his good, bad, and ugly, and still choose him. that means more to him than he could ever put into words <3
porco shows his love for you in the small things. he doesn’t even realize how much he thinks about you and your needs until he’s already doing something for you. he’s doing his usual grocery shopping and he’s like huh this is y/n’s favorite cereal, i might as well pick it up for when they come over and want something sweet. he’s having dinner at his parents house and he’s like wait mom can you help me package up some leftovers for y/n??? they come home late from work on weekends and need something quick to eat. if theres one thing about porco, its that he LOVES to pretend he’s hard or somethin. that he’s this big scary guy who doesn’t care about anything. spoiler  alert: he’s not. especially when it comes to you :)
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brawltogethernow · 2 years ago
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Scissors and heart for the fic ask meme for the one where J Jonah Jameson Goes Off about mutant rights
^^
drop the title of a fic i wrote + a symbol in my ask and i’ll tell you…
✄: something i deleted before the final draft
I am SO dedicated to mulching and reusing absolutely everything I possibly can from my first drafts I wasn't sure I had anything for this, but I did cut like 25 words and I will now write 500 about why. I cut an extension of the joke where Betty's asked why she's happy their boss is screaming with rage because Jonah would have to kick the assholes out offscreen for it to work, and they'd skip straight to article planning without a confrontation. Like:
“…Why is that a good thing, Miss Brant.” Betty smiled up at him so her eyes squinched. “He isn’t mad at us!” "WHERE ARE MY CRACK TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS?" Betty beamed. "See?"
That's much weaker scene arrangement obviously so I wasn't able to work the whole of the planned gag in.
Also culled in favor of the bit where Jonah remixes his memetic line and demands PICTURES! PICTURES OF X-MEN! was a variant that goes like "PARKER / Yessir / GET ME YOUR BEST MUTANT PHOTOS / Yessir- What, sir?" which is kind of Vimesian in a way I enjoy, but the core point of "it's weird to hear Jonah demanding a different thing in this specific way" isn't really clear unless you do the full iconic line, which is too long to have a yes sir-what sir joke around it. Like it has to be something short enough you can zone out through it and then replay it in your head an instant later, and the PICTURES line has a big pause in the middle. ...You can put the first yes sir in the pause, but then the whole thing still has to go early enough that it's plausible to have not guessed what Jonah is going to ask for.... So instead it got a lampshade where the Bugle staff get to lean on the fourth wall slightly harder.
There's also a bit, assassinated for being too implausible, where someone asks Peter "Isn't that Cyclops' name?" when he's texting contact name Scotty Boy and he goes "NO." I hate him.
Also not making it out of the starter notes was I'm pretty sure the first words I jotted down when I got the ask - I thought the snip at the end where MJ makes fun of Peter might be like, a more ongoing montage of post-publishing reactions? So on autopilot I hypothesized a fragment of spideytorch banter wherein Peter shows Johnny the article, Johnny goes "What is this?" and Peter says "It's a newspaper. They're very useful once you learn how to read." And then Johnny throws the paper at his face. This was written because it's closer to my wheelhouse than the actual premise and deleted because it contributes absolutely nothing. There is no reason for more people that many degrees of separation away from the core concept of the prompt to be there.
Generally if I have come up with a tangent with any redeeming value that isn't actively contradicted by something more important I will add it in, but this fic came with a point it actually mattered to lose track of, which directly contributed to it being, in my opinion, noticeably higher quality than my average output - less meandering and simultaneously longer. A lot of the writing process on the Jonah fic was me going "can I stop now?", mentally substituting in some real world minority in place of mutants, and then if the result made me want to go lean over the washing machine and slam the door repeatedly on my own head, that meant it wasn't done. Who Knew Being Forced (at prompt point) To Stand For Something Improves Your Work.
♡: my favorite part
I think I nailed keeping the pacing up by cutting between interconnected scenes, if that counts. I really like how the flow of the first bit reads, and it was really satisfying to put together. It was also just a lot of fun to juggle a modern-flavored conflict and my preferred vintage comic aesthetic and cast, and to sneak in a bunch of continuity nods and cameos and tidbits of concepts. I just had a blast writing and publishing the whole thing, honestly. It was a great ask, and I'm really glad people like it.
The fic.
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jeonjaemark · 3 years ago
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After endless meetings the entire week, it was a nice change of pace to hear the waves crashing onto the shore and loud screams from children in the distance. The very thought of having to fake another genuine smile and sit through another presentation made me want to pull my hair out. I love what I do for my career, and running my own up-and-rising website for whatever I want to create is something I wouldn't trade the world for. However, being able to spend quality time with Jia meant more to me and it was surprisingly less stressful.
"Mama! Mama!" Her soft voice coos.
I break out of my thoughts dropping my eyes down to Jia. Her tiny legs kicking and splashing the water around her while sprinting toward me. I smile watching her in her denim shorts and blue Minnie Mouse tank top. Her cold hands touch my skin making me shiver which causes her to giggle. She must have noticed my reaction because she started running her hands all around my warm legs. Each time she giggles louder and louder the more I shriek.
"You think you're funny Jia, huh?" I quirk an eyebrow holding her hands. I squat down to her level as she squirms giggling in my hold.
I take my other free hand tickling her sides. High-pitched squeals leave her mouth. She tries her best to angle her body away from me. The corners of my mouth curve up watching Jia laugh with her head toss back and my fingers tickling her. She stomps her feet into the water causing small splashes onto her clothes and mine.
"Ma'am Y/N! Ma'am Y/N!" Yaya Lexy shouts from behind me. I turn around smiling but it quickly fades seeing her hold my grey-case phone with an incoming call on the screen. She's holding my work phone.
I shrug my shoulders and reach down towards Jia. She cries behind me wanting to play with the water longer while I force my steps out of the water and closer to the shore. I gently place Jia on the sand, her eyes staring out to the ocean watching other people continue to play in the water. Yaya Lexy holds the phone out closer to me. Her eyes fill with guilt over the disturbance.
"Ma'am Jihyo has been trying to reach you nonstop. I already told her you don't take calls while you're with Jia. They're telling me it is an emergency. I am sorry."
"Mama! Wawa! Mama! Wawa!" Jia whines tugging at the bottom hem of my shorts.
"It's okay. I understand. I will take this call." I reassure her there was no problem. "Can you bring Jia back to water? I think she still wants to play more."
She nods following my request. I thank her before Jia goes running back to the water again. I huff a breath scrolling through the multiple messages Jihyo has left me. A majority of her messages kept repeating that her calls were an emergency and important. I dial her work number hearing the line ring a few times before she picks up.
"Thank God you called back! Y/N there is a problem with the design we sent to the manu!" Jihyo frantically spat through the other line.
While Jihyo explains the situation while my eyes were focus on Jia playing in the water but they drop down to the sand after processing her words. My hand press to my forehead feeling the stress starting to build back up again. For weeks I have been working with the team on the designs for the new launch of our hair clips, tote bags, and various clothing items. There were many drafts and write-outs over the design and how to perfect it in order to gain approval for the manufacturer to use. I look back at Jia seeing her still splashing around in the water with Yaya Lexy nearby. I move away to a secluded area to talk out the issue with Jihyo.
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One call after the next there is no greater feeling than being able to work out an issue that happens at work. Luckily one of the managers were able to clear the misunderstanding and still use the design we submitted and fix the errors. I slide my phone back into my bag shutting it off and walk back to the water searching for Jia and Yaya Lexy. The beach became calmer with not many people splashing in the water. The sand where multiple beach towels were placed along with huge umbrellas and tents slowly disappears as groups pack up for the day. The loud chaos of music, laughter, and screams simmering down.
I furrow my eyebrows together in confusion. There weren't many people on the beach anymore. Why is it so difficult to spot Jia and Yaya Lexy? My eyes carefully scan the area a few more times, thinking I didn't spot them right away. A loud familiar voice echoes from the left. I turn around finding Yaya Lexy fast pacing her way toward me. Her eyes fill with worry and stress with tears streaming down her cheek. I wait for her to move closer to me and quickly realize I did not see a little girl with her.
"Yaya Lexy? Where’s Jia?" I ask. My voice fills with confusion and worry.
"Ma'am, I am sorry. I am really sorry... but I can't seem to find Jia." Her voice-panicking. She scratches the side of her head from stress. "I look away for three seconds and she got away from me. I tried searching for her but I don't know where she went."
A raging sensation courses through my veins. My mind running with a million thoughts and my heart pumping a thousand miles a second. It is like the breath from my lungs disappears. The expression on my face hardens as I try my best to remain calm. It was kind of hard considering I wanted to scream down this beach hoping Jia is safe. I browse around the beach frantically not spotting a blue tank top and denim shorts with pigtails in my sight.
After a few minutes of silence, I finally say, "Yaya Lexy, search for her down at the left of the beach. I will search on the right side. Shout out that you're looking for a little girl with pigtails, a blue Minnie Mouse tank top, and denim shorts. We will be able to find her faster that way."
Yaya Lexy follows as she is told before we go our separate ways. I pace myself down the beach searching and screaming out the description of Jia's clothes. Many weird and concerning stares were thrown in my direction but I didn't care. I just wanted my daughter to be safe and with me again. The further I walk down the beach as the sun slowly disappear from the sky I could feel the tears sting my eyes. My heart pulses hard against my chest screaming louder and louder hoping someone could spot her.
DK POV
Slowly walking down the shore the cold water washes against my skin. The clicking of the camera takes nonstop shots while I try my best to pose in various ways. The photographer reminds me to slow my pace while walking and to lightly kick the water in her direction. I follow her instructions. My eyes soft-looking into the distance at nothing in particular. In reality, I find Joshua and Jeonghan goofing around making me laugh. I look away from them and look past the camera. The water starts to wet my pants making me shiver.
"Okay, DK you're good. You can go dry up." She smiles resting her camera around her neck.
I quickly jog out of the water and back into the warm sand. Jeonghan and Joshua were in front of the camera talking. The both of them giggling and playfully hit each other.
"Oh DK is finally here. Can we get a few words from you about today's shoot?" Joshua ask holding an imaginary mic to my face.
"Is this your concept today?" I raise an eyebrow at him.
"Why can't you just answer the question?" He hisses shaking his head in disapproval.
"Today's shoot is --"
"Dino is here today, let's ask him." Joshua interrupts turning to him on his left.
My mouth drops in shock over his sudden action which left Jeonghan laughing. Joshua shoots me a sideglance trying to not break character. Dino's eyes widen puzzle over what he walk into. Joshua repeats his question for him. Once I realize Joshua has really skipped my camera time I nod chuckling and feel Jeonghan pat my shoulder a few times in comfort.
I walk away from the frame of the camera to Seungkwan who snaps a few shots of the sunset. Turning away from him I notice Hoshi playing with a little girl dressed in a blue tank top and denim shorts with pigtails skipping around in the water. She laughs running away from the water as it fizzles out and runs back towards the water. I squint my eyes at her staring longer than I should.
"Seungkwan, does that little girl look familiar to you?" I ask suspiciously, pointing in Hoshi's direction.
He puts his phone down looking where I was pointing. "Yeah. That's the little girl from a few days ago at the park. Jia? Is that her name?"
"Hoshi!" I call out jogging in their direction.
Jia stops playing with Hoshi and turns her head at the sound of my voice. Her eyes light up like a Christmas tree with excitement and a beaming smile. Her tiny legs pick up speed running toward me shouting my name. I crouch down as she jumps into my embrace making me laugh.
"Jia, what are you doing here? Where is Yaya Lexy?" I ask noticing she wasn't anywhere near her.
She shrugs her shoulders unsure. Her brown eyes soft staring back out into the water. She wiggles out of my arms and runs back to kicking the wet sand and water.
"I found her alone. She was just playing in the water." Hoshi tells me standing nearby. "I didn't want to leave her by herself so I have been playing with her for the past twenty minutes."
I nod telling Hoshi I can take care of her while he goes back to the shoot. Jia walks back to me waving goodbye to Hoshi. I wipe the ocean droplets from her cheeks causing her to scrunch her nose. I smile hearing a giggle slip from her lips.
"Should we go find Yaya Lexy together?" My voice melting at her cuteness.
She nods with a grin reaching for my hand.
"Jia! Jia! Jia!" A faint voice yells in the distance.
She turns her head at the familiar voice. Jia suddenly gasps before we could even move a step. I look over expecting to see Yaya Lexy but it wasn't her. I didn't recognize the person from afar. She seems young may be in her early twenties dressed in a white crop muscle tee and khaki shorts. Her hairstyle is in soft curls. She waves in our direction calling Jia's name repeatedly. Before I could even ask Jia who the woman is Jia goes running.
"Mama! Mama! Mama!" She cries bursting into her arms.
She picks up Jia in her arms holding her tightly facing her back to me. Her hand caressing her head and back sprinkling kisses across her face. I smile walking towards them. The closer I walk to them something in my stomach starts to rise. I couldn't figure out why I suddenly felt warm and nervous.
"Jia, I am so happy you're safe. You had Mama so worried." She cries wiping away her tears. "Please next time don't go running off without me or Yaya Lexy."
Her voice. I recognize her voice. It is a voice I could never forget. Could it be? If my gut feeling is right, I haven't heard that voice in over two years. I shake my head thinking it has to be wrong. There is no way it could be who I am thinking of. It has to be someone with a similar voice. I break out of my thoughts hearing Jia mumble something.
"Sorry, Mama," Jia mumbles wrapping her arms around her mom's neck. She presses a kiss to her cheek making her laugh.
Butterflies start to flutter in my stomach at the sound of her laugh. I remember that laugh too. I kept pinching myself in denial that it could be who I am thinking of. There's no way she would be here today when she never talk to me about it before. My mind is just overthinking it again. I exhale a breath trying to calm my thoughts.
"Who were you playing with?" Her voice soft and warm.
"DK! DK!" Jia murmurs unclearly.
"Who?" She asked confused over what she was saying.
Jia's eyes meet mine lighting up again. The corner of her lips curves up as she points at me. I smile at her allowing Jia and her mom to have their space. She turns around in confusion and curiosity. Her hair whips behind her shoulders as if this was a shampoo and conditioner advertisement. Her soft eyes flutter a few times before they meet mine. She greets me with a warm grin on her lips.
Y/N. It's really her.
Y/N POV
I furrow my eyebrows noticing Jia pointing behind me. Her smile beaming at the person. I spin around meeting his brown eyes and warm smile. My heart stops dropping into the pit of my stomach. There's no way. Lee Dokyeom.
Jia wiggles out from my embrace walking over to him. Her small hand only being able to hold one of his fingers. She pulls him closer to me with her smile never leaving her lips. She seems to be very comfortable with him. For a second my heart flutters seeing the way she looks fondly at him.
Does she recognize him or feel a connection to him? Jia isn't really warm towards strangers. She usually turns them away or clings to me. Wait! How does DK know Jia? Have they met before? Many thoughts flood through my brain staring at the man I thought I would never see again.
I freeze in place in disbelief and shock unable to form a single word or sentence. Jia mindlessly stood in between us switching looks as if she is waiting for us to greet each other. DK runs his fingers back through his hair clearing his throat awkwardly. The deafening silence between us made it more awkward than it needed to be.
"Thank you for finding Jia and keeping her safe," I manage to say, fidgeting with my fingers.
He exhales a breath of relief. "It's nothing. I am happy she is safe and back with you. Also, it was Hoshi that found her and played with her. I recognized her when talking with Seungkwan."
"Not to be rude or anything but what are you doing here?" My eyes drop down to the sand the moment his eyes met mine again. There was no way in hell I could meet DK's eyes for more than a second.
"We have a packed schedule. So we will be in town for a few weeks." He tells me. I could see the confusion and curiosity in his eyes switching glances between Jia and me.
"Well, I... I -- We should get going. It's going to get dark soon and I don't want to keep you from your schedule." I say before he could ask any questions or talk any further.
DK shrugs his shoulders in disappointment at my sudden gesture ending our conversation. He nods rubbing the back of his neck not wanting to push me to stay and talk.
"Y-Yeah. It was nice seeing you." He grins softly and awkwardly making me smirk.
"Jia do you want to say bye to DK?" I ask looking down at her.
She nods walking over to DK and giving him a hug. "Bye Bye DK. I miss you."
"Aww, Jia. It's okay. I might see you again but make sure you listen to Mommy and be a good girl. Don't go wandering off without her or Yaya Lexy, okay?"
Jia nods her head once more and presses a kiss on his cheek. DK chuckles pressing his hand to his cheek fluster by her kiss. I turn away from them feeling the tears sting my eyes. Jia takes my hand as we walk in the opposite direction. She turns back waving at him but I couldn't bring myself to look at DK. A lingering sadness and guilt settle into my stomach.
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miekasa · 4 years ago
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Mie, I’m begging for some Jean college au bf hcs - im literally so down bad for this man and the way you write men is just 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
Absolutely, not a problem 😌 I saved this ask as a draft a while ago when you sent it, sorry for just now getting to it. Anyway, I love Jean with my whole heart, best boy, best boyfriend <33
King of forehead kisses, and not even just because of his height in comparison to yours; he just likes it. He likes the feeling of pressing his lips against your skin, and making you feel safe.
Brings you tea or coffee however you like it every day without fail. If he can get it to you in the morning before work/school then he’ll do that, if not he’ll meet you some time in the middle of the day to drop it off. Your own personal courier just for drinks.
He… has a thing for long(er) nails. He loves the feeling of them against his skin, even if you’re not scratching to apply pressure—just you holding his hand them grazing his skin is enough for him.
That being said, he will pay for you to get your nails done. Actually, he’ll pay for… almost anything you want, but the nails benefit him as much as they do you so feel free to ball out.
He never blowdries his hair because he doesn’t... know how to do the back of it. You did it for him once and he hasn’t stopped thinking about it since, but he’s also too embarrassed to ask you to do/style it again.
On the subject of hair, he does do his best to style it and take care of it, but he’s a sucker whenever you play with it. Sometimes he feigns like you’re messing up all his hard work, but he’ll literally crane his head into your touch. He loves it. 
The first time he lays on top of you and you run your hands through his hair... top 10 most euphoric moments of his life. He tries to fight off the sleep threatening to take over him, but it’s futile. Give it 15 minutes at most before he’s knocked out like a baby. 
Dogs love him. Anytime you’re in a park or just taking a walk and there’s a dog around, it’ll come up to him and he looks adorable leaning down to pet it. He loves dogs, too! So he’s always happy to stop and pet them. He’d be a 10/10 dog dad. 
Has your name saved in his phone with two hearts at the end. Do not point it out.
Loves taking pictures together and if you guys are on a date, he’ll ask someone to get a picture for him. He just likes having them to look back on (and to send to his mom, later).
He doesn’t mind painting classes or videos or tutorials, but he hates paint by numbers kits. He claims that they have no sense of color theory and that it takes the originality and fun out of painting. Not to mention the quality of the paints isn’t great to begin with; all of which he takes very seriously.
It’s pretty cute actually, to see him get worked up over the paint kits. He claims that painting and drawing isn’t even something he takes “that seriously,” it’s just a hobby for him (one he’s insanely good at); but in moments like these, you can tell that he’s way more into art and art theory and history than he lets on. 
Huge movie guy, from animated movies to martial arts movies, Jean is usually willingly to give anything a watch at least once. When he’s high, he can go on about his favorite directors and art styles and movie details for hours if you don’t stop him. It’s super cute. Just don’t bring up Moana, because he’ll start crying. 
Arm around the shoulder kind of boyfriend for sure. It’s a casual way of keeping you near him and letting everyone know that you guys are together. Plus it allows for him to easily pull you into him for a quick forehead kiss when needed.
Listen. If you hug his arm, he’s on cloud nine. He tries to be nonchalant about it but he’s about three seconds away from his eyes rolling back in his head it feels that good to him. Bonus if you lean your head on his bicep a little—then he’s a goner.
He takes his bagels very seriously and believes that both you and him deserve nothing but the best quality bagels. He’ll grumble if a bakery gives you guys a less than favorable one and make a note that taking the long route to get to his favorite place is much more worth it.
Always makes you walk on the side furthest from the cars. If he notices you’re not, he’ll just shuffle behind you until he’s shouldering the street and you’re on the inside. 
He grew up on a kind of modern ranch situation; not exactly all the way in the countryside, but not isolate from the city, either. Because of this, he knows how to ride horses, take care of smaller farm animals, tend to plants, and yes he knows how to use a lasso. You wouldn’t know any of that though, because he never ever talks about it. The only way you find out is when he takes you to visit his mom’s house for the first time, and she asks him for a hand around the place. 
(He’s got a cowboy hat, too, but refuses to put it on. He got it when he was, like, nine, okay, leave him alone). 
When he thinks you look tired, he’ll wrap his arms around your shoulders to hug you. It’s usually followed up with a kiss to your head, and a promise that you guys will go home soon and get food on the way. 
He’s a really good cook. He just understands and flavors and pairings really well, so he doesn’t need a recipe to make something that tastes good; he just kind of knows what to add to get the balance he’s looking for. 
Naturally, he’ll cook for you. Especially if he finds out that you haven’t eaten all day/in a long time. He doesn’t care if it’s 11pm and it might seem excessive to make steak and potatoes with a side salad at this hour, he’s gonna do it to make sure you eat, and you are going to sit there and watch. 
He also bakes pretty well, though he isn’t as experimental with his baking as he is with his cooking. He usually sticks to what he knows, and it’s not cupcakes and brownies and cakes; he’s better at croissants, and cheesecakes, and canelés. 
Dating Jean means getting along with his friends. If you guys didn’t know each other before you started dating, be prepared to be ambushed by Connie and Sasha (after Jean stops hiding you away and gives them the green light lmfao). Neither of them waste time with the small talk and formalities; straight into mini golfing and beer pong. They make you feel welcome right away.
Sasha always teases that you’re too good for Jean, and that she might just steal you away for herself some day. Sasha is also Jean’s main confidant, so she really knows just how much he loves you, and yeah, she teases him for being lovesick, but really she’s happy for Jean. And proud of him for facing his feelings like this. 
Connie adores you, and you know he trusts you when he starts going to you for advice/help. Could be anything from schoolwork, to what color he should get his new shoes in. He’s also the one who, surprisingly, you have the sentimental talks with about your relationship with Jean. It’s easy to overlook, but Connie loves Jean, and he’s come to love you too; he just wants you both to be happy, so he’s there to listen when you need it. 
Jean waits outside of your classroom after you’ve had a test or presentation, usually with a drink or a snack, or the promise of taking you out as a treat. Always tells you he’s proud of you, and is there to comfort you if you think you didn’t do too well. 
He does not shut up about whatever major you’re in. It could be the same as his; it could be the complete opposite as his. He thinks it’s so sick that you’re doing it, you make it look cooler, you make it look better, and he’s certain you’re the smartest person in your program. 
He’s pretty serious about his studies, too, so he’s always down to study with you in the library whenever you’re both free. More often than not, he shows up after you, usually with food or extra chargers. He greets you with a kiss on the forehead, and asks you how you are while massaging your shoulders gently. If it’s been a while since you took a break, that’s the first item on the list, after that, he gets to work and stays with you until you’re ready to go, even if he doesn’t have as much work to do. 
He always sits across from you. This goes for when you’re in the library, or out to eat at a restaurant; Jean loves sitting across from you. He gets to see your face the best that way, and he adores looking into your eyes when you talk. 
He’s not... not a morning person. He’s not up at 6am ready to grind, but he wakes up before noon; let’s say 10am is his happy medium. That being said, if you wake up before him, regardless of the time, there’s a 9/10 chance he’ll lay on your back and tell you to hush so you guys can sleep for 10 more minutes. 
If you’re (close) friends with Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, Jean is... happy you’ve got people to rely on, but, “Of all people on the planet, you put your trust in Jaeger?” He acts so bitter (because he is), but deep down inside, he’s glad you have Eren to rely on if you need to. 
(Also, you have to humble him and remind him that he and Eren aren’t all that different. If you like him, why wouldn’t you get along with Eren, bye). 
Turns out though, that it’s not Eren who threatens to beat him up if he breaks your heart. It’s not even Mikasa, although, her threat goes without saying; it’s Armin he’s terrified of.
The last time Armin hated someone, it was this guy in your program, who happened to share a few mutual classes with him, too. Jean never knew the full story, just that he’s pretty sure that kid dropped out the following semester. 
If you have a job on campus, Jean usually doesn’t show up while you’re working (knowing how embarrassed he would be if you did that to him), unless you work the night shift and it’s dead. Connie, however, does show up; usually in some kind of crisis (“Please help me, I don’t know what the fuck APA formatting is and this is due tonight, please, please, please!!”). Your coworkers actually thought Connie was your boyfriend for a minute. That’s when Jean starts showing up more lmfao.
He makes it a point to go on a scheduled, night out, kind of date at least twice a month. He knows life gets busy with school and work and midterms, but he always makes sure you both set side a time to take a well-deserved break and be with each other. 
He’s the romantic type, so these dates are pretty swoon worthy, too. Drive-in movies, nice dinners, classy art exhibits, Jean plans it all. On that note, he really likes planning dates; he just doesn’t like talking about them with his friends beforehand. 
All in all, very romantic, very precious boyfriend. He’s always thinking about you, what you need, and how he can help you out. You’re one of his main priorities, and he just wants to treat you right. 
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As someone who reads a lot but has no experience writing myself I didn't notice any drop in quality. It seemed to be the same level to me and I particularly enjoy your characterization of mic and aizawa as well as the added depth from the scene between mic and the repair guy. However if I HAD to give a criticism the part about the guy from when reader was young felt a little too long, the same could kinda be said for the exposition about the mom but that felt important enough to the readers persona that it was necessary. These aren't really that bad but its just a personal opinion!
I still absolutely loved the chapter though it was a delightful treat that I thoroughly enjoyed reading!
Maybe that was the part that one person didnt like, the exposition stuff? I really wish they had left a little more constructive criticism besides just telling me straight up "this should have stayed in your drafts, youre out of practice and i can tell" because how tf am I supposed to catch my mistakes and improve without good feedback 🥺 everyone has different standards for what they read so feedback from all different kinds of people could really be beneficial...
Anyways!
So while it was kind of an exposition/info dump, the part with the Reader having an inappropriate relationship with a stranger online specifically a male one is actually relevant to several things, which if it hasn't been apparent due to the fact he's never been mentioned, Reader's father was not present in her life, and not because he's dead or anything (it really isnt a massive spoiler to tell you guys he was just a deadbeat and Reader's mom had full custody and he kind of just pissed off and will make a brief unimportant cameo in the next installment of the series which will in fact be the last one, at least so is the plan). As someone with personal experience, you grow up as a young girl without a father and it can give you extremely different perspectives on men, especially when there has been abuse, and it can make you EXTREMELY VULNERABLE to positive male attention. It's to sort of establish a pattern of Reader needing a form of external acceptance and validation and how she has her own trauma and mental health struggles, especially in regards to men.
Like idk child abuse or being sexual with a kid tw but I remember when i used to go on Justin TV as a minor like idk probably 15 or 16, there was a streamer I would watch sometimes, his username was Tekker or something, and he eventually started getting flirty and stuff with me and in hindsight he was definitely uh a creep. I was a minor and he knew that and he'd be livestreaming him playing like resident evil and he'd like make jokes about, God what even was it, giving me anal as a punishment for being a smart-ass with him because you know obviously anal isn't, for everyone lmao and can hurt and like WOW
But even with those massive red flags I really liked the positive attention he gave me, like it legitimately got me flustered when I sent him my picture and he said I was beautiful and he would call me jailbait 💀 like I bought a microphone to chat with this dude and would play games on stream with him 💀💀💀 this is a subject I have personal experience with. It's kind of to establish Reader had Some Issues that leave her vulnerable to being manipulated by men and also making poor choices because she has deep abandonment issues and needing to be accepted and loved. So now, as it stands, she is slowly becoming complacent to her situation, especially when you also tackle that with the realization that if she were to get free she would go right back to a way of living that was legitimately making her miserable and suicidal
Like for real the planned ending I have for this story is probably going to make a decent number of you go Oh Honey Why Would You Do That :C
It's fucked up, but for Reader there are actually many benefits to her captivity and you couple that with her captors being excessively supportive and affectionate with her and you have a kidnapping victim slowly falling in love with her captors and saying "im a stupid idiot and I'll never have anything better and no one will probably love me like they so, and I'm a loser anyways, so I guess I'm just fucked, I probably deserve to die anyways, who cares what happens at this point, im too tired and apathetic to fight anyways"
Of course the fate of Reader's mom, which is kind of glaringly obvious tbh, but the exact details of what I will call The Mountain Incident are to be revealed in probably the next chapter or two? It's kind of just sadness porn but, it's another layer to why Reader kind of just fell apart and dropped out of Hero School and was too unable to handle the stress to work. Because realistically she experienced something extremely traumatic and had no support system while basically pushed into the deep end of being fully self sufficient and she eventually just burned out trying to do everything on her own, and then you have Mic and Eraser to the rescue to forever further skew her feelings of "see I'm helpless and stupid, I can't take care of myself, I should just let them make the decisions for me"
But yeah, thanks for submitting your feedback, it means a lot! General reception has been really nice so far and it's so nice to see how excited everyone is for an update and I'm looking forward to hopefully getting more things out soon! I'm just trying to even think of how many chapters are left? We're on 7 right now, so, hmm... at the current rate... I'd say... maybe 4 or 5? And then after this story is finished, I think the best course of action for the final part is that i write a significant portion of it before I upload anything so then that can combat being stuck in a plot hole and putting things off haha. Anyways thanks again!
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