#2cent thoughts

[thoughtless-ramble]

[jrueships]

the booger on it??? also look at his skinty little hand.. how big are these slices damn? no wonder the crust is a lil dark. the bigger it is the longer it bakes n whatnot n so on and so forth

lol man wearing leather pants lol

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spin around for me.

im talking 180 not the Xbox 360 baby.

... jump .

[awek-s]

at this point anything itzy release being good or bad is an irrelevant conversation to try and have; people will say it’s bad regardless just because it’s them

[paulandjohn]

“perhaps paul feels guilt… like it should have been him”

I disagree that Paul feels guilty about not being the one to get shot. I do think that maybe he feels guilty about how their relationship went downhill so quickly and so badly.

There’s an interview on YouTube, that Paul does in the 80s (I think in 1986?) where he says that he’s tired of constantly feeling like he has to justify breathing, let alone living. I can’t even imagine losing your soulmate and being told that it should’ve been you that got killed - must’ve been awful for him.

‘as long as paul was in john’s life john could never be fully devoted to anyone’

John could never be devoted to anyone else other than to Paul. You only need to see the way John looks at Paul in photographs and constantly talks about him throughout the 70s. Plus Cynthia Lennon’s quote about John never looking at anyone else, the way he looked at Paul.

On the night John was killed, Paul phoned the studio hoping to speak to John and was blocked by Yoko - this was confirmed by Jack Douglas who worked with them on their albums (and no, I’m not blaming Yoko). It just seems like such a cosmic moment and such a cruel twist of fate.

Would that piece of sh*t that took John’s life still have been waiting, if John had stayed longer at the studio that night?

I think (in my opinion) that had John and Paul been able to meet in January 1981 like they were supposed to have done, that their connection would’ve gone right back to how it was; stronger than ever.

‘they were split apart’

The million dollar question: why split at all when there’s an audio recording of making an album together in 1970?

Most people will pinpoint India as when relations between Paul and John went deteriorated. I think India was a factor but that it was a number of things over the years as well.

Completely agree with what you’ve written about them being ‘two halves of one soul’. They really were (and are). There’s an interview in the 70s, where a reporter says to Paul that his and John’s names “will be linked forever”. Paul’s reply is “I hope so” 😭

@buttahpie you’ve written a beautiful piece

i’ve never believed in soulmates but…

there’s something two motherless boys from liverpool—of all places—stumbling upon one another like lighting catching in a bottle and instantly having this connection.

people blabber about post-war england and pre-civil rights america and how at just right the time in just the right place two teenagers miraculously met and maybe they didn’t fall in love with eachother but they fell in love with the others minds, brains and words… enough to create the biggest band on earth from just a couple of guitars and a dream.

and they were so close, attached at the hip, staring into one another’s eyes as they wrote, sang and performed. their own hands being mirrors of one another, like two halves of one soul was split into two boys and their dominant hands were the looking glass into their hearts.

“bigger than elvis” they’d say… and they were.

until eventually, people came along and two little motherless boys from liverpool grew up and one person saw that no matter how badly they needed john, as long as paul was in john’s life john could never be fully devoted to anyone.

and so they were split apart. blame it on what or who you want but it doesn’t matter,

they were split apart.

people go their entire lives searching for their soulmate and many never find them but these two souls found one another and we’re taken from the other.

years go on of pain and frustration and anger and betrayal and it isn’t until the souls start to rekindle again that john is killed.

not just passing away… but brutalized.

perhaps that’s why paul can find a way to bring john up in every interview because even forty years later he is still living with the grief that his soulmate was taken from him not once but twice and horrifically murdered. perhaps paul feels guilt… like it should have been him. he’s lived more of his life without john than he did with john. and i can imagine how that haunts him in his old age. how there’s a hole there that can never be filled.

i’ve never believed in soulmates…but if anyone were to convince me, it’d be john lennon and paul mccartney.

[chibimui]

My 2cents on the KNH LN5 Epilogue Translation

Alright, here we go. I've written this post 10 different ways and at different periods throughout the year, but I think I just need to post it instead of letting it torment me in my drafts.

Every time I see people use "bad translation" as the reason why Japanese and Western fans have such a different interpretation of the LN5 epilogue I just... don't agree. Even when people try to provide evidence and their own alternative translations to prove that the scene is "sexier" in Japanese, I still don't think their examples are that different or even better than what the official English translation provided.

For me, I feel like English readers are just interpreting the text differently because dubcon just isn't as accepted by English readers than it is for Japanese readers.

(my thoughts continue under the cut if you wanna read my ramblings.)

Does the English translation have mistakes that make it confusing when JinMao kiss? YES. Absolutely! But honestly? It's not like the kisses are described in a particularly sexy way in Japanese. They're just as vague and nondescript. A Japanese reader is used to reading kiss scenes like this though--where you NEVER see the word kiss or are directly told that two people's lips are touching or even when their lips stop touching. You're just supposed to figure out from context. It's all just "breathes being exchanged" and "~something~ pressing against my lips" or "suddenly tasting a hint of cherry" or whatever.

English readers, however, are much more accustomed to direct descriptions and so when encountering kiss scenes described this vaguely I can see why many readers completely missed the kissing. The translation mistakes don't help, but I don't think the mistakes were actually big enough to completely misrepresent the moment.

Also, I feel like what most people actually have issue with in the epilogue is the violence. And the reality is that the violence is translated exactly as it is.

So it always seems a bit disingenuous when I see people say "The translation is bad. The scene is actually sexier in Japanese!" and then specifically only focus on translating the parts where they kiss, because I feel like non-Japanese readers take that and assume that the scene is less violent. But it's not.

Jinshi chokes Maomao. He does so without permission. When he wraps his fingers around her neck he is not doing so after having a carefully negotiated discussion--he does it out of the blue and on impulse. Also let me remind you--this is the image we are given for this scene.

Ya'll - the violence - the UNNEGOTIATED DUBIOUS CONSENT/FORCEFULNESS - IS THE SEXY AND KINKY PART. He chokes her and then kisses her. They argue, then Jinshi pushes Maomao down and kisses her again (cause she's being purposely obtuse with his feelings), and Maomao goes into autopilot and does god-knows-what with her mouth that results in... whatever happening to Jinshi and Maomao slipping away. (the Japanese word Hyuuga-sensei used to describe Jinshi's reaction at the end was a freaking onomatopoeia (ぴくっぴくっ). Seriously, don't go looking at the Japanese text for clarity because you will not find it).

Also for the second kiss, which morphs into the third, Maomao is monologuing the whole time about how to get out of it until her brothel instincts kick in. Would it have been sexier if it was more clear that they had been kissing the whole time? Sure! But even the Japanese text doesn't make this very obvious, which, again, is okay because Japanese readers are used to filling in extra context in a way English readers aren't so it doesn't matter, and b) regardless, Maomao is not enjoying the moment. She might not be having a panic attack, but my girl is not having a good time.

In the Japanese text all of this is presented in typical Japanese fashion with a side dose of Maomao's personal brand of detachment - this means using a lot of vague descriptors that quickly glosses over what is happening with the barest of details. The English didn't leave anything out on that front. It's not like we have entire missing paragraphs describing in detail what their make out was like - what you got in English was basically what you got in Japanese. Which is to say - not much.

Also, please remember this is a light novel. Light novels, in terms of writing level (not necessarily subject matter) are basically equivalent to YA novels in English. The language isn't meant to be super complex and the prose tends to more simplistic for quick easy reading. So honestly, there is no way this scene could ever be genuinely that sexy. The fact that people insist that this chapter is meant to be super hot genuinely confuses me because again, this is a light novel. They couldn't make the chapter genuinely sexy even if they wanted to!

Look. Translating a novel is hard ya'll. In many ways, much harder than other mediums like manga or TV shows where you have visuals to help provide more context. In novel translations all you have is the written word. You have no images to help readers picture what is meant to be portrayed in the original (and in this case, the visual we were given was not exactly a positive one). There is a much larger dilemma of how one can keep the stylized voice of the original author (pure translation) while also making the novel actually read well in English (localizing the text). You never want your translation to sound like it's a translation, and you also don't want to localize so much that you've basically re-written a whole new book from the ground up. And yet, a translator still needs to help an English reader envision the exact same thing a Japanese reader might be envisioning when at baseline, English literary writing and Japanese literary writing are completely different approaches to writing AND the tropes/cultural norms/backgrounds etc. are also wildly different.

How can you do that with a scene like this - where on a baseline level Japanese readers are going to be much more okay with what is happening, and they know the game. They know they're meant to fill in some (hundreds of) missing blanks. Whereas your average English reader (who I'm assuming is Western and disproportionately North American) would set up a scene like this very differently, and be expecting different rules in how to engage. The expectations are entirely different from one language to the next--and yes, this is true even if you understand both languages. I think and approach reading Japanese texts differently than I approach reading English ones because they're fundamentally different ways of writing.

So yes, unfortunately some of the "sexual tension" was lost in translation for the epilogue--I don't disagree with this sentiment. But I personally don't think the reason is "bad translation" as it is folks reading the scene differently because Japanese readers are used to reading scenes like this, are okay with what was presented at face value and are happy to fill in the blanks themselves, whereas English readers aren't. It's like trying to convince a modern day person that seeing someone's ankles is ~scandalous~. A translator can only do so much to bridge a gap that wide.

Overall personally, I give the KnH LN translations as a whole an 80/100. Perfectly passable leaning towards the better side. Not outstanding, but I think the translator captures Hyuuga-sensei's tone pretty well, and a Japanese fan and an English fan could easily talk about this series and come away with the same understanding of the characters, and the overall arching themes/plots of the novel without any issue.

As for this chapter specifically? 75/100. There are mistakes in crucial areas that definitely make the chapter slightly more confusing than it needs to be, but overall, it gets all the important stuff across.

[stonedficz]

✰ star shaped ✰ ch. 4 ❛i think i like more than just this food❜

[schlatt x streamer!reader]

ch. 1 / ch. 2 / ch.3

a/n: this is not revised. enjoy!!! more to come!!

In the time between the soon-to-be collab, you were blasting your socials with content. Any thing you could post - you were. It may be best to mention.. none of it was about Schlatt.

You were blogging, vlogging, live streaming, everything. No matter if it was to one person, or your NEW highest viewer count on twitch, 25.

Twenty-five people were watching you. You continued to cook on live, vlog your college experience, and blog your thoughts. You kept every avenue different. That’s how you start to get traction - versitality. If you can livestream your recipes, but document something else on a different platform, you get to see what works best. Maybe even switch it around a little. God only knows you needed the money.

Any way this went, you were about to get some sweet, sweet daydream time with Schlatt. Like he said - this could never help you blow up at all, it’s really up in the air if this will even do anything. At the least, you could try.

It reached Tuesday night. You were viciously anxious. What to do?

Nothing better than, of course, streaming. And, here you were, chopping and prepping your ingredients in front of a WHOPPING 30 people for your lunches this week.

“Soooo, guys, good news!” you slid some chopped onions to caramelize in a pan, grinning, despite the looming anxiety over tomorrow. “I got a raise at work! I’ve been hostessing for a few years now at a higher-end restaurant - it’s locally owned and they told me that since I started, they have had raving reviews. Something about mentioning me by name, specifically, for excellent service over 100 times in these past few years. I just - God, I felt honored.” you sighed, smiling and shaking your head. This was a great way to get your mind off things.

“I’m just - I’m REALLY excited. I got a three dollar raise. That’s insane. The family that owns the place has basically become my own family. It means so much that they think this highly of me.”

‘that’s so deserved babe! you seem awesome. luv u!’ applez2apple donated $1.

“Oh my God -“ you gasped, hearing the audio play for the donation. “Thank you! You’re so sweet!” That was your first ever donation. A buck. Guess it’s better than your 2cents? (a/n:teehee)

After you had finished your week’s worth of meals, you decided to stream editing your next youtube video. It was just your face and some background music as you typed, but you were enjoying it. Slowly but surely, the viewer count slowly dropped. When you first noticed, it was down to 10. Only a few minutes later, it was down to one.

“Hey bud.” you smiled, seeing the number having dropped all the way down. You were surprised, by this point, that you even had one. You didn’t bother to look to see who it might be though, you were deep in concentration on your video editing.

‘figured i’d pop in to see how the socials were going. doin’ good so far huh? you had 30 some people earlier. it’s no 200k, but imagine all those people in the room with you.’ jschlatt donated $40.

As your eyes traced the border of the twitch tab, trying to see who sent a message, they shot open in shock.

Oops. There was no hiding this reaction. Your face turned a deep red as you covered your mouth with your hand. “My God!” you yelled at the camera. “You- you scared the shit out of me!” your eyes scanned to make sure the automated voice was right and it wasn’t a troll. “Holy…” you were trying to make sense of what was going on. A message dropped into the chat.

jschlatt: ‘what? you think i’m fuckin with you? i told you i enjoyed your shit’

You shook your head and sighed, leaning back in your chair, “Yeah, honest to God I don’t know what I thought happened.” you tried to catch your breath. “Thank you - by the way! That’s a LOT of money for me! You just fed me for like, a week or two.” you laughed in shock as you saved the video file and minimized the tab, focusing on fixing how you looked for him. He was watching you now. You were an object. It felt good.

jschlatt: ‘small dose of my appreciation for the stuff you put out. don’t get just groceries. we can talk more about that later. i’m going to bed now, see you in the morning’

“Oh - okay!” your breath hitched as you shoved some hair behind your ear, leaning forward. “Goodnight! I’m super excited to work with you tomorrow!” grinning widely, you fluttered your eyes subtly at the screen and camera. You knew he was watching - that viewer count still said one. You were gonna look as good as possible for as long as possible.

—————.

He started typing up another message.

‘Go to bed, you know you’re gonna regret it if you don-

click click click click.

“No, I shouldn’t. She’ll get the wrong idea.” he couldn’t help but run his hand down his face. He left the stream, shut his laptop off, and leaned back. “Shit.” a heavy sigh left his mouth. Shaking his head, he stood up to head to bed. “Jambo, what the fuck man.” His eyes glanced over to his sweet boy on the bed.

“What is going on with me lately?” he sat on his bed, hunched over on his phone. “I can’t believe I sent her money.” shaking his head, he set alarms for tomorrow morning. “I feel kind of guilty,” he sighed petting Jambo and [REDACTED] on his bed. “That might get out. People are gonna lose their shit if it does.”

His eyes wandered back to the phone in his hand. “She stopped streaming when I left.”

‘What was that at the end anyways? I’m just.. i can’t tell if I’m being tricked by this bitch. Am I being manipulated? Is she crazy? Maybe I’m the crazy fucker for doing this collab. Maybe I just… fuck. I shouldn’t ‘ve agreed to this. Fuck. Fuck.”

Jambo curled up into a peaceful slumber on his lap, purring as Schlatt’s hand laid on him.

“I guess it’ll be fine. I got nothin’ to lose.” his hand ran over his tired face again, laying down for bed.

———————

The next morning, you had everything set up according to plan. This was going to work out exactly as you had wanted and dreamed of.

Were you manipulative?

A small part of your mind turned on itself. ‘what if i am manipulating this whole situation?’ your breath hitched. ‘what is he’s letting me? what if he’s into it?’

You sighed. ‘well, I know he’s not into it, but God. I gotta fix myself. This attitude.. it’s not what he would respect.’

In ten minutes you were going to call, set up, and record your first collab with your all time favorite person. The plan was to try and make homemade pulled pork sandwiches on the stovetop, something seemingly very unorthodox and probably just really hard. Why the stovetop? For fun. Why did he agree to this? No one knows. All you know is this is about to be the time of your life. You get to record yourself and he’s going to send you all of his video to edit into your own… you were going to have so much raw content of him. He was such eye candy.

“God,” you sighed, laying your head down on your bed just for a moment before calling him. “I’m obsessed I guess. But maybe.. this will die down if I just enjoy this as much as possible. He would tell me to stay in the moment, I think.

Shit. What do I talk to him about? What casual chitchat do we even bother trying?

Oh no. No, no no no no. The recipe is for pulled pork.” you looked down at Jeremy as he bathed himself. He looked up dumbly in reply. “That means hours. Slow roasting. Unused time.” your eyes went wide.

“How do I talk to him for hours? Do we hang up and call again when the food is done? Oh my Lord, dude, I am STUPID.” you laughed at the terribly poor planning. Of course, it was you who was unprepared. You thought of conversation ideas as you made sure you looked perfect for him. And for the viewers. But mainly for him.

Your kitchen was spotless.

It was time. You rang him on discord. He picked up.

“Hii buddy! How are you?” you exclaimed, fixing the positioning of your laptop on the counter, lining the framing up with the camera you had centered on your counter.

He was so hot.

“I’m good, good.” he smirked and nodded in reply, giving a soft chuckle. “Got everything ready? Lights-camera-action?”

“Ohh yeah baby,” your breath hitched. That was a… choice of.. word. “You know me. I over prepare, even.”

“Can’t relate,” he sighed, shoving what looked like the last bite of a bagel into his mouth. “I’m still fuckin’ eatin’ breakfast.”

“Fair.” nodding, you brought an iced coffee into frame, sipping it.

“Basic ass bitch.” he mocked with a mouthful. “Lemme guess - iced coffee? Vanilla? Tons of fuckin’ creamer?” he shook his head in what seemed to be a loving-mockery way.

“ERRRRRRRR. Wrong. Caramel iced latte.” you sipped again, pointing at the camera with a wink.

“Shit. You got me. Ton of MILK then.”

“Mhm.”

“Are you fuckin’ ready yet or are we gonna chat about this all day?”

Your stomach dropped. This was about to be another bold choice.

“You know me - I could stand for either, you’re my idol.” you smiled sweetly, picking up some tongs.

He squinted slightly. You don’t know that even he noticed, but you did. He shook his head and smirked.

“Yeah, yeah, fuckin’ weirdo. Get your dumb fuckin’ camera on and let’s get this over with. Bitch.” he muttered that last part.

Oh, you had him. Hook line and sinker baby. He wasn’t totally tired of you yet - this was gonna be good.

————

After your mid point of the video - that is, all prep work done, you turned the stove on.

“Now - guys - I have never done this before. Y’all know first times are dangerous for me. Cooking, I mean.” you stuttered to the camera recording for your youtube.

“Me too.” Schlatt started to do a bit, standing in front of the camera, blank faced. He slowly picked up something out of frame, standing back up with Jambo in his arms. “I bet this will taste real good.”

Your face dropped. At least, you were pretending it did, with the bit. “Schlatt. We talked about this. You signed a contract.” You watched as he blankly inched Jambo closer to the pot on his stove. “NO. NO SCHLATT.” you started to crack, fake tears welling up in your eyes as you snorted. You started laughing.

He cracked too. He started chuckling. Really hard. Why was this so funny? Why did both of you enjoy one small bit so much?

“Okay, anyways,” you wiped the fake tears conjured off your cheeks. “Time to set the timer! We’ve added everything. This is one of those ‘leave it alone’ dishes, perfect for people who don’t like micromanaging their meals, or like ‘dump it’ meals. Generally speaking, this is supposed to be easy. We’ll see.” Your eyes widened in judgement of the interpretation of ‘easy’, letting out a small laugh. “We’ll be back in six hours!’ you sighed, putting your hands out to the camera. Schlatt nodded, rubbing his facial hair.

“God, fuck,” he sighed, leaning against his counter.

“So.” you smiled and leaned against your counter, fixing your hair. "Six hours to go. I think.. I picked the wrong recipe." you laughed in mild defeat.

“Shit, fuck yeah you did.” he chuckled, picking up his laptop and sitting at the desk he streams at. “You better know you fuckin’ owe me for this, for the record. Six hours is fucking insane. I would never do shit like this.” he sat in his chair and leaned back, sipping some water.

You smiled, sipping your iced coffee. “Why did you do it if you hate this so much?"

He sighed again, looking at the screen. At you. Maybe. “Because, like I said, I respect your shit. I keep up with what you do because you try to make it meaningful, what you love, whatever.” he shook his head.

“Tell me - what’s your plan for this six hours we have to burn?” you poked again, intrigued.

“I don’t fuckin’ know.” he laughed a little. “Like I said, poor planning. Might take a nap or some shit. Get groceries. Why?”

“Just curious. I was wondering if you’d be open to talking for a bit. Not the whole time, obviously, but part of it. I have waited like.. five years to meet you? I have some fan questions." You smiled sweetly, giggling a little.

“Yeah, let’s just do it.” he rolled his eyes. “Better now than later.”

————

‘She's gettin’ on my last fucking nerve. Bein’ all girly, flirty, whatever the fuck. She knows what she's doing. Weird fucker. Parasocial bitch.

Who am I kidding,’ Schlatt thought to himself, sitting in his office. He watched you on his screen. His eyes flickered away from your face and to around your room as you walked. 'I'm as bad as her at this point.'

. . .

“Is just like, maybe an hour okay? I don’t wanna take up too much of your time if you have other things to do. I'm just so, so excited to be doing a project like this with you." you took your laptop to your bedroom, sitting it on your comforter as you sat in front of it.

"It's fine." he sighed with a small laugh. "You're already talking a fuck ton." he shook his head with that same smile.

"First question." you sighed, pulling the blanket up over your lap. "Do you view this collab like you did with Tommy donating to you - or whatever he did to talk to you? Wasn't he on your discord server as a fan and you admitted that it was all, what - some elaborate cash grab?" you held a soft face, ready for whatever answer came.

"First off," he sighed, shaking his head in frustration. "That was a unique situation that still occurs with lots of creators. You need to understand, we do this for a living, even if we enjoy it. If I have no other revenue streams besides donos from kids, of course I'm gonna feed into it. They'll give me more fuckin' cash if I do."

Ooof. That hit. He's truthful to a fault.

"Secondly," he sat back up in his chair, holding Jambo. "No, this isn't that. Bitch - oh my God," chuckling, he messed with my hair. "Listen, we both know you aren't big right now. On anything. This is almost charity work. I mean this in the least offensive way," he tilted his head down but kept his eyes on the screen. "I went into this knowing I wouldn't make a dime. Or, most likely wouldn't. I'm not even making a video to put onto my channel."

"Wait - you're not?" your eyes went wide.

"No." he chuckled loudly. "I'm not gonna give you that type of free crazy promo. Crazy bitch."

You shook your head with a smile. "This is like that collab you did with Oompaville, isn't it? You just did it on his channel and never mentioned it?"

"Have you seen all of my motherfuckin' videos? Like every single one? This is insane." he laughed in surprise. "Yes, it's like that one. I don't hand out promotion. You get me on your channel, not vice versa. It's MY channel for a reason. I'm the face." he reclined in his chair a little. "Obviously, I do collabs. There are some on my channel. BUT, but, I have specific people, if you couldn't fuckin' tell."

"What's the reasoning behind that?"

"Because I want to." his accent finally came out in full force, his upper lip curling on the "to". 'It's nice to finally hear him talk like that.' you smiled in thought.

"Alright," he sighed, stretching a little. "I'm gonna go for a while. You call me when it's time, 'kay toots?"

"Good enough for me." you leaned back against your pillows. "I guess that's all I really had on my mind for now. I don't want to overwhelm you in the first hour of our 'break'."

You smiled again. 'I love it when he calls me that. He probably calls most women he talks to that, but.. he's sweet.'

"M'kay." you nodded. He smiled at your reply. "You're a sweet kid. I won't lie to ya, I think we're gonna have to do something like this again. It hasn't been miserable so far. Irritating, yeah, but.. bareable."

"Ohh stop it." You shook your head, covering some of your face with your hand. "I'm a fan of you, of course I'm nervous." you were nervous, but you were very, very flustered. 'He's so handsome. Teasing me is some sick dream come true.. he's not even trying to get with me. This is just playful banter. God, this is just.. just..'

"That's good." you grinned shyly. You weren't able to hide your blush now - the flustered feelings finally got to you. He smiled when he saw the red on your cheeks.

"Whaat, I'm gettin' you flustered?" He leaned in towards the camera, tilting his head a little. He leaned back after a moment. "Don't tell me now you're gettin' shy. We've gone this whole time being fine and put together."

"Naww, I didn't say nervous." He furrowed his brow with that horribly handsome smirk of his. "I said flustered."

"I'm not flustered!" you exclaimed with a defensive giggle, looking up at your ceiling for a moment before looking back down to Schlatt on your screen.

"Ohh I think you are." he chuckled louder. "I think you're fangirling a little."

"Shut up. You don't even know me." you rolled your eyes. "I fangirled the night you replied to my dm. Not now, dumbass."

"Oooh, so, what, you think I'm handsome? Sexy?" he smiled, crossing his arms and twisting back and forth in his chair. "I know plenty of bitches drool over me. I jus' don' get it." his accent was even more pronounced now as he seemingly got into his confident, proud character he uses online.

This was your opportunity to start bantering. You could play fight. Yet another thing you had always dreamed of.

"I think you're ugly as shit." you laughed, crossing your arms at him.

"Well I think you're an ugly fuckin' bitch too." he said in faux shock. He laid his hand on his chest in playful hurt.

"Whatever," you sighed with a big, shy smile. "I'll call you when the food is supposed to be done."

"Aight. See you."

click.

[pinpurin]

ON THE RUN

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 42! Miles morales x reader

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Just Life of dating the prowler, this song just reminds me of him.

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ fluff really , listen to the song while you read pls im on my hands and knees begging, one suggestive joke,

You took out your earbud to hear if you heard correctly. You could’ve sworn you heard someone call your name. As you were about to put your earbud back in you heard a knock at you window

You playfully rolled your eyes before unlocking the window. “What I tell you about locking the window?” Miles interrogated. “ i dunno who you talking to? I live here, not you” you replied with him rolling his eyes.

Boy meets girl, girl perfect woman

Girl get the bustin' before the cops come running

What going on mama? You look stressed.” He asked while taking his shoes off and sitting on your bed. “I dunno… just tired of people talking about our relationship” you mumbled, crawling into his lap.

“Baby, fuck all those people” miles replied with a small grin.

“Miles” you laughed at him. “All jokes aside, I’m being serious, who cares about what they have to say.? They need to worry about they own partner instead of worrying about us” he comforted you, slowly bringing you into a hug.

“You’re Right” you smiled as you buried your head in his neck, smelling his cologne.

Chunking deuces, chugging D'USSE

Fuck what you say, boys in blue say

“Are you sniffing me” he laughed quietly, “miles you’re ruining the moment” you said but it came out muffled due to you being in his neck. “My fault” he replied rubbing his hand up and down your back.

“It’s crazy to me that I’m in a relationship with you, with me being the prowler n all I thought you’d leave” miles admitted while caressing you still.

“Baby I couldn’t dream of being without you” you held him tighter at the thought of you being separated.

I don't care if we on the run

Baby as long as I'm next to you

“You’ve changed so much from when I first met you” you began. “You used to be so closed up, I’m glad I was able to get through that thought exterior to reveal that you're just a cutie patootie” you chuckled at your joke.

And if loving you is a crime

Tell me why do I bring out The best in you

"A cutie patootie? You must got me confused wit somebody else" Miles started. "Cause I'm that nigga." He finished pulling away from you. "Okay buddy" you laugh, as you pull away from miles neck you observe his feature, smiling softly to yourself as you take him in.

"What are you looking at??" he smiled back at you. "My handsome, amazing, wonderful and smart boyfriend in front of me." you state while peppering his face with kisses.

I hear sirens while we make love

Loud as hell but they don't know

Miles chuckles and places both of his hands on the sides of your face to stop you. "I know, I'm the best right?" he grins. You roll your eyes playfully. "Will you sleep with me tonight?" you ask. "I meannnn if that's what you want" miles started chuckling evilly.

"Never mind man" you start to get underneath your comforter to which miles laughs "Amor, amor, I'm playin', yes i'll sleep with you tonight." he crawls underneath the covers with you.

You immediately turn so that you were facing his chest. "Goodnight princess" he pressed a kiss against your forehead, while you just mumble back something ineligible.

AUTHORS 2CENTS

-ermmm ive been going thru it, so what's a better way to deal with it other than indulging in my old hobbies. Expect more from me maybe

[silent-raven13]

Gawd, I hope it's contacts (idk if the 70s have that so hmm) and I'm wondering it's just them being inconsistent with their coloring, because you see in a lot of comic books, they be changing the eye color all the damn time. (giving benefit of the doubt here)

Also, Why couldn't they give him One blue or green eye and the other brown like the concept sketches from the movie? The early works they wanted to give Hobie Heterochromia eyes! (Which wouldn't be stealing if they're like yeah we were inspired by the movie)

I mean, the hair... FUCKING MID! It's giving Spider-man 2 (video game) Miles like is that all they got? Giving dark skinned characters short dreads? Like many on TikTok have talked about this hairstyle being the only thing they used on black characters, when there's so many styles.

Seeing Hobie on ATSV with Wicks, it just felt like they miss the opportunity to give him Spiked hair or mohawk- like something different. Like twists with gold cuffs or Afro puffs. Also the bleach blonde and pink isn't bad Like it's cute, but I feel like red would be dope on the tips- something more dramatic.

I felt like they kinda drop the ball on going very dramatic, bold with Hobie's look, especially when you got Hobie from the movie and concept arts. And we know being Punk is about standing out. Also, I feel like the hairstyle is giving 'I'ma be safe with the style bc that's all I know how to draw' and the blue eyes (looks silver blue to me), it's a NO!

Hella sus with the combo; blond and blue eyes? What is going on!?

The Hobie from the movie would be like 'What's going on here" siding eyeing the look.

You know what it's giving! Dark skinned characters with silver hair and purples eyes. (If you know you know) 🫣

SPIDERPUNK: Arms Race just dropped and

The blond hair I can move past but uhh

Why'd y'all give him blue eyes??? Why'd y'all give Hobie blond hair and blue eyes??

His eyes have always been brown. Why are they blue. What in the Aryan race is this

Hobie 138 can you come pick me up early I'm scared

[thoughtless-ramble]

You don't feel like home anymore.

Your hugs are not as warm as before.

Your smile is not as bright as before.

You don't message and call as much as before.

What used to be a warm summer night

Now, it feels like a cold and bitter winter sky.

[tare-anime]

When I saw these two panels the first time, I nearly got heart attack. Because I seriously thought that Demitrius can sense if someone (Anya) is trying to read his mind.

I've seen several theories roaming around, and it looks like several fans also has the same idea.

Especially since I've just read the sxf Light Novel: Family Portrait

Idk how far can we include info from other sxf media (such as anime original or this novel) as canon, but this information really intrigued me.

We've seen several people starts questioning whether Anya can read minds. But Anya always managed to steer the thoughts away (she's so smart!)

But these people aren't Loid who always suspects anything.

But if Anya's power does make her target feel anything, this could be dangerous.

And if it does true that Donovan developed a counter technique, in form of his way of thinking that being taught to Demitrius, then people in sxf world believe that it is possible to read minds.

Also, it means Ostania has tried to create people who can read minds, which means Anya's secret organization could be Ostanian origin.

Or. Ostania has heard about such research which means other country has tried to do such research. Westalis? Or another third country?

Just my 2cents.

[uwuinhell]

EVERYONE SHUT UP AND LOOK

Isat au where everything is the same (more or less) but everyone is an anthropomorphic animal.

Siffrin is a cat ofc (maybe a wild cat - the only non-domestic animal...?)

Isabeau is a dog (breed undecided)

Mirabelle is a bunny?

Odile is a sheep?

Bonnie.... Idk yet... 🤔

[sugudoe]

hi there cutie i hope you’re well! i was hoping i could get a jjk match-up? PRETTY PLEASE AND THANK YOU ❤️

- i’m pretty short, 155cm 🫣 and on the curvier side. i like to wear heels for this reason lmaoo

- i’ve always wanted to be one of those mysterious girlies who have an intense aura and makes others wonder what’s going on inside their head, but i’m too loud, bubbly and expressive to be anything like that 😔

- i’m not a shy person by any means, i love meeting new people and making friends always came easy to me. i can talk someone’s ear off about any and everything, even i’ve only known them for 5 minutes 😭 i’d like to be more reserved in that sense but ITS SO HARD bc i like to say what’s on my mind and always feel the need to put my 2cents in every topic even if no one asked.

- i make myself giggle with my own jokes.

- have been told that being around me can feel like such a ‘rush’ due to how lively and chirpy i am. i try to hold myself back bc i don’t like overwhelming people.

- really into makeup and fashion, and in general just always making sure i look my best. i’ve been told my hair and eyes are my best features.

- i can be a bit of an airhead sometimes, most of the time. i trip over air, have butterfingers, i could be looking for something only for that thing to have been in my hand the whole time, that sort of stuff 😪

- i like collecting plushies, especially cute foodie ones!

- i’m a violinist. when i play, it’s the only time i feel like i have my shit together 🤩

- i love anything taro flavoured; drinks, steamed buns, cakes, etc..

- i buy fresh flowers every week bc they’re pretty and bring life into any room/space 🌸

THATS ENOUGH IM SORRY super keen to see who you pair me with me! 🙈💕

OHH, HIII!! i’ve been waiting to do yours since the ask you send me, yayyyy!!!

•⁀➷ 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. . . ﹫ 𝘨𝘰𝘫𝘰 ៹ ༉‧₊˚

everyone in jujutsu tech knew that the universe was against them, not because they are sorceress and their life will be short, is more for the fact that you and gojo satoru met, and it became everyone’s problem.

the moment gojo sat by your side, he a second year and you a first, he barely introduced himself before shifting his attention to your heels as part of your uniform.

“how do you run from a curse with this shoes?” he asks.

“i’ll show you.” you got up from the bench and started to run. he was impressed, but thought he could do better.

few hours later, returning from a shopping spree sponsored by the gojo clan, you both are running in stilettos on school ground. sorry to say it, but he won the race.

you can try to be a mysterious girl, and it can work the first few minutes with your friends and strangers, but never with satoru. one look at you, and he knows what you’re thinking. both of you develop this head and eye signs to understand each other, and it creeps geto and nanami a lot.

satoru loves to have you rambling whatever it’s on your mind. you read a newspaper about a random topic, such as the eldest animal alive, and somehow you will start to talk as if you personally knew the creature. gojo, always enchanted, will encourage it.

if no one asks, he does.

gojo knew he had to have you, and so he did. now, years later, when adulthood has reached, the male is still as devoted to you and your babbling as he was before.

you don’t think there has been a day you held yourself back from talking. on your first week living together in a penthouse, gojo came home tired from a mission, you kept yourself quiet while hugging him, until he tugged you along to the bathroom.

“talk to me.” he says while starting his shower, you sat on the floor while whispering of your week, and when gojo was drying himself you were already explosive yapping about anything and him mimicking you.

you’re his energy.

gojo loves to see you walking around barefoot, he is reminded of his first time seeing it. how short you became right away, how he laughed at your cuteness. you told him that it’s not big deal, he is taller than anyone no matter what. but, it’s you — his favorite person in the world, barely reaching his chest.

when you play violin and he is at the house, you know he will drop anything to come your way and sit, staring at you until your cheeks grow red and you have to pause your playing to beg him to stop.

“i’m not doing anything.” he raises his hand, innocent eyes and devilish smirk. “just appreciating the show.

so, you will play again, not daring to look at him but feeling all his six eyes on you. devoted.

a good word to express satoru’s love for you — it’s always for you, always has been and will be.

──── 𓇼 ° ⋆ FUN FACTS ᵎᵎ

۫ ּ ﹗satoru loves that he knows you better than no one, and the best way he found to prove that to himself, others and you is by spoiling. he randomly picks you up from your job and takes you to the mall, anything you stare for more than five seconds will be bought. usually those things are high heels, clothes and makeup.

۫ ּ ﹗you both know he doesn’t need you that to buy it, he knows you’d style and what compliments you the most, and vice versa as well. whenever you both go out to a fancy place, all eyes are on you. two pretty bad bitches.

۫ ּ ﹗weekly dates are a requirement, they aren’t usually fancy, because you both rather be somewhere allowed to be a little weird and loud. so, cute bakeries and picnics are a must. he always buys you the taro flavored, he also likes to ask to taste only to say it sucks.

۫ ּ ﹗you and gojo have a little play fight every week, both coming home with bouquets and trying to out-stand the other. satoru mostly looses, but every month he comes home with the flowers, a taro drink and a new plushie to your collection, so he wins.

۫ ּ ﹗he is a little shit with your antics. you trip over something and he is there to catch you, saying “did you fall for me?” yes, idiot. and if you are looking for something in your hand, he won’t tell you, he will indulge in it, searching with you. such a bitch.

[hazbinhazbinhazbinreblog]

So i’ve been watching your au madness and really loving it ,wanted to add my 2cents (if it’s alright)so if no one has done this before

(That i know of)

Angel!radiostatic

Alastor and vox died together in an attempt to save each other (if it was in the adam fight or elsewhere it’s unknown) and because they sacrificed themselves they where sent to heaven

Angel!alastor looks mostly the same except the tips of his hair before the black part are faded to ligth purple and his color looks closer to pink but not quite and has a halo similar to seras, his clothes are quite different however wearing a light purple hoodie and some casual pants there would be a running gag of him complaining about them but not changing them having manifested in heaven with them

Angel!vox would also look mostly the same having a halo above his head with 2 wing like protrusions and the tips of his claws gaining a fade to purple , he wears a similar attire to his normal one except older looking and with the ends ripped like Alastors coat ,the back color would be changed to light purple , finally the symbol on his hat would be a radio dial instead of a wifi symbol

Since I’m cringe anyway and i love it , they end up being soul bound by their death but not in like a healthy fun way but rather in a we psychically own each other kind of way , they would be co-dependent being unable to stay away from too long , (if they are they start coughing flowers ) witch greatly annoys both of them

Thought it also comes with advantages being able to have their powers interact and fuel each other and being able to communicate with great ease , almost like reading each other’s mind

Ironically enough they end up in trouble because of these advantages since their powers interacting can be overwhelming or even cause a short circuit

They also ruin the ability to communicate by using it to professionally sweep everything under the rug, from the way they double died , to the pain they feel while away , they just never talk about anything, even in their fights when they let something slip in five minutes they go back to pretending everything is alright

After getting to heaven they would immediately try to get kicked out and failing so they get more annoying and blood thirsty over time to get out but the angels would just keep bending over backwards to acomódate their “needs ”

They would live together in a cabin in front of a swamp that is located close to the city, alastor would cook and vox would clean the house , they would bicker often and sometimes even fight physically but this is less of a problem and more of them enjoying their squabbles, they would almost never use their powers though for reasons above mentioned

If not arguing they are probably complaining about how boring heaven is with all the peace and all , alastor would be in shambles at the fact he can’t eat human meat , vox would sometimes feed him some of his own flesh to make up for it

Before getting into heaven they wouldn’t be in a relationship , and instead would act similar to the cannon

In heaven their powers would become angelic powers being able to kill sinners and bleeding light blue blood(instead of golden for being redeemed siners or overlords or something, insert reason here) they would constantly complain about being unable to use them for something useful

They would meet alastors mother and she would be delighted that he found someone to be with that isn’t as bad a his father even if a bit appalled by their actions , they would also meet molly and others

Charlie would be absolutely depressed at their deaths but when she finds out they are in heaven she would be extremely happy because if someone like alastor or vox can be redeemed then everyone can rigth ?

When(if) angelic!static radio join the other aus in the hotel they would be absolutely ecstatic ,alastor would immediately drag vox for hunting (now with angelic powers how convenient!)

Sorry if this is too long and sorry for orthography and lack of colons i’m bad at those. Thanks for reading

Contributions are welcome from anyone and everyone, my friend

This is so sweet and good so the part about Vox letting Al cannibalize him caught me off guard for a second there. Sacrificing oneself is always a very solid trope and I love this a lot

[ask-serendipity-sky]

hiii sky... i was thinking about Face and wanted to share with u. So, we know that Face started to be written by jm during PTD on stage and that Like Crazy is about jimin's problem with alcohol and feeling lost. We can see that, during PTD LV, jm and jk were being weird with eo. IMO, they were together, but they were having some problems, because we can see they were out of sync w eo. And jm told us that he started to see he was in trouble during PTD LV. Now, if we look to what happened this year: jk reacted to smf pt 2 a lot of times, but he didnt talk about Like Crazy, didnt react to the mv, only to a youtube short of jimin dancing it. He only really acknowledge the song when he reacted to jm singing an acoustic version in that show, but that was after face promotions and in a time that clearly jk was feeling better himself.

My 2cents: IMO, the problems jm and jk were facing during PTD LV had everything to do with what jm was going through. I think jk was experiencing the worst watching it all and not knowing what to do to help. Its so difficult to deal w seeing people that r close to u hurt and lost. People that r having drinking problems tend to think they r in control and that everything is ok, refusing help (jm even talked about, on suchwita, that he thought for a long time that he was just having fun), but the person that is seeing it all in the front row knows that they r not ok. Jk was lost like jimin since he was watching all of it by his side. And on PTD LV, althought they were kind off stiff w eo, we can see the love is there, we can see jk being loud and showing to the world but mostly to Jm his love for him. I think jk was being careful and trying to remember jimin that he (jm) is important to him. Then, jm finally started to get his head together and to work on Face. With Letter, jm told us that he had someone with him during all of the journey he is telling us with Face. After setting him free, he acknowledge that person and expressed the wish to repay all the help that person gave to him. This person isnt army, its Jk. Jk is proud of jimin, thats why he loves smf pt 2 so much and even let out a little smile with the part "Look at me now, I won't stop, even if they mock me". And jm is glad he has jk, so he wrote a song to him and asked him to do backing vocals to it in the most romantic part.

Hello anon,

Ooooh. This is very interesting. I like your theory.

I always found it odd how Jk didn't focus on Like Crazy. I guess some people (them haters) could see this as Jk being competitive -_- but I think that this song, since it shows how lost and lonely Jimin was, was hard on Jk too.

I also find it odd how fans would really think that the entirety of Letter is for them, when they had no idea what Jimin was going through and helped him in no way. It was Jk who was there. Letter is hidden just like Jk has had to be hidden from Jimin's life.

And yes! It definitely something the way Jk reacted to Set Me Free pt. 2. He knows more than anyone how things were.

Your theory makes sense to me!

Thanks for sharing.

[bewitched-bullet]

Hello! Adding to the group of blocked people from John blog lol. I actually did interact a bit with that blog and the original Sherlock blog by sending asks and occasional reblogging, and of course liking or commenting as well. Other than that, I had no personal type interactions with any of the blogs (Sherlock, Greg, Mycroft, etc.).

I will "confess" 😂 😉 that once all the drama of the split started, I did get a message from the John blog mod (I assumed it was the mod and not an in-character message simply because personal things were mentioned) telling me 'thank you for being a follower and interacting' and how they were upset about the things that were happening. I responded (paraphrasing here) "sorry there's so much drama, I think it's a lot of drama for an rp blog/situation, if you're truly getting harrassed by people then I'm sorry that's happening, try to ignore them, don't let it affect your real life". End of communication.

This was before I ever saw anything posted on either of their main blogs other than the pinned post re: splitting from consult-sherlockholmes. I hadn't seen any of the other blogs posting about the situation at that time. After getting that message, I did follow up with your blog and a couple others, simply because the whole thing was a mess, and I had no idea who or which blogs were involved, (and I'll admit to being nosy lol). I got over it real fast though, since it seems extremely childish on all their parts, and I don't have the energy (or care) to get involved, even peripherally.

But I did see other posts about randomly being blocked, so I checked, and surprise! I am as well. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Eh, OK. Not sure why, but at this point I don't really care either LOL.

So just thought I'd drop my 2cents in, no big deal. Feel free to post this if you want, or not, either way is fine. And as I don't have any problems with the little interactions I did have with that group, I don't see the need to post as anon either. Anyone of the few people who follow me and interact with me have already seen my reblogs etc from earlier so it's not like I need to hide 😂.

Thank you! 😁

Thank you so much for sending this in. I believe it speaks for itself.

[firsttarotreader]

I saw you were talking about Lily and Lena and I wanted to add my 2cents. I think he's childfree (even if he doesn't use that term). and I noticed that some of the women linked to him like Lena (and I think Robin Tunney, I can't remember), got settled down and pregnant right after being spotted with P.

I think at some point they wanted to have kids, and Pedro said no. So they went on and had kids with the next man in line.

I remember P saying in an interview that love hurts, that he's been hurt before (sounded very hopeless tbh), and I thought maybe it was because they always chose another man to be with...

I dunno, maybe I'm reading too much into it.

With Lily it could have been that, but Lena already had a kid and I think her second one wasn't planned. She and Pedro also went their separate ways a bit after she announced her pregnancy, when he posted that weird ass drawing with the caption "I'm gonna miss you too" on IG.

ETA: Adding this anon I saw on another blog years ago about Lena and Pedro. 👀 I believe at least at some point Pedro believed they were more than just friends, but Idk. 😅

I have 2 readings coming up that are kinda sorta about that.