#Anyway this probably doesn't make sense...

[galaxy-sharks-and-bottled-ships]

Oh absolutely. I don't know why it's done this way either. It's dumb and archaic and it really doesn't make much sense to me either.

Honestly, I think a ton of my beef with the guy isn't just that he cheated a system but that he scammed the community after spending years tearing every other station's reputation in the area down and convincing the entire community that everyone else was a scam. Like one guy got arrested for something and Elmore was bragging about it the next day on air. He had actual goons follow people around and threaten others.

One time my sister's dog Raven had barked the whole night and we couldn't figure out why at first until the next day when Dad went out to check the transmitter and tower. He noticed someone had tried to literally cut our coax with a saw. The cable had cut marks all over it. Arguably, whoever it was is probably lucky they failed because that's a pretty decent amount of electricity going through that wire....

Anyways, we didn't have to question why we found our dog poisoned to death a few days later.

This sort of stuff happened often too. Elmore was literally cousins with the main criminal cases judge. No one could touch him. It didn't help he had half the town wrapped around his finger and the other half too terrified to say anything against him.

He ruined reputations and businesses with anyone who didn't do what he wanted. He once ticked off one of his former goons so badly the guy sent dad a screenshot of Elmore making fun of everyone in town. He admittedly to intentionally lying and making crap up about people. He was blatantly racist, sexist, and homophobic in those screenshots. Calling the women who ran the business that advertised with him raging bitches with too much money and not enough brains. Flinging the N-word around like it was just another word.

And the worst part about all of it was the guy admitted even he was too scared to go after Elmore even with screenshots of the conversations. Because he'd already tried to show one business the things that Elmore had been saying about them but was accused of faking the screenshots. Of faking the texts when he pulled them up in his phone.

Brett Elmore was the Local Good Ole boy. The darling of the county. He could do no wrong in any one's eyes as far as a lot of people were concerned. He was the definition of having Good Ole Boy connections. Cousins with a judge and several deputies. His wife had connections with several churches and in the South that means a ton.

It's a whole... Thing for our family. He tried his absolute best to destroy our business and he so very nearly succeeded. We literally ended up moving because of him.

But! Anyways!

THE HORRORS!: Somewhat fairly cleaned up recently actually.

A ton of rewiring is being done and as you can see dad has been diligently cleaning it up lol. He's been trying to neatly rewire things so they aren't all tangled up and can be zip tied carefully. A picture of the front just for the sake of getting to show it off lol.

“What do you mean the tower is gone? Are you sure you’re in the right place? I actually used more colorful words than that,” Brett Elmore recounted to NBC News. “He said there’s wires all over the ground and the tower is gone.”

[ladybl4ckbird]

Why I think Mike realized the truth about the painting in the van scene

This probably isn't a new or revealing topic, but I want to give my opinion anyway. So, let's get to it. First of all, we need to keep in mind that Mike Wheeler is one of the smartest people on the show, and he's always been the leader for some reason, right? And one of them is that Mike is the kind of guy who acts on situations. He was the one who acted when Will disappeared; he literally put himself in danger multiple times; he jumped off a fucking cliff. He devised plans to defeat the monsters of the Upside Down and made them happen. He's not the kind of guy who sits around and waits for things to work themselves out. No. Mike Wheeler is a problem-solver.

We also need to remember that he realized the difference in his feelings for Will and El at the end of season 3. This is very clear in the way each goodbye unfolds.

Here we have Mike happy that his best friend says he can never "replace" him.

And here we have a Mike who is supposed to BE HAPPY because his girlfriend just said she loves him back.

That said, let's get to it.

Season four begins with a different version of Mike; he's aware of his feelings for Will. He's already a teenager, and he knows what he wants and doesn't want in terms of sexuality. He literally has a folder with Will's drawings under his bed, which is a not-so-subtle parallel to what Erica says about Lucas hiding his things under his bed too (something we can get a sense of, lol).

We all know Mike knows about the painting because El told him in the letter, about how Will was working on a painting in secret and how she thinks Will is painting it for someone he likes. So when he goes to California, Mike already knows about it. And (in my opinion) he HOPES it's for him.

We have the first Byler scene of the season, and it's that extremely awkward hug that screams "gay panic," right? But what about the FIRST WORDS Byler? There's a subtle greeting, and then Mike asks about the painting. Mike is anxious, nervous, and curious about the painting Will made for someone he likes. Someone Mike hopes is himself. But then Will "denies" it, and Mike literally wilts before our eyes. And then there's the whole thing about him being hyperaware of Will's actions and reactions while his girlfriend is clearly uncomfortable and about to be bullied, and all that stuff we already know.

In my opinion, Mike is upset beyond jealous. He's also desperate for the slightest sign that Will feels the same way. And that's why we have this scene here:

Like I said, Mike Wheeler is the kind of guy who acts. And so he's desperate for the slightest sign of reciprocity from Will. So when Will drops a suspicious "what about us," Mike looks not only devastated but also fucking HOPEFUL. I can literally hear his heart beating like crazy from here.

And when I say Mike needs a sign of reciprocity to act, I'm not saying he's going to kiss Will or anything like that. But I believe he was waiting for a sign so he could resolve his issues with El and then make amends with Will. But why? Well, it's the '80s and they're two boys; the social issues surrounding this type of relationship should speak for themselves. He needs the security of reciprocity to act because Will is his best friend above all else, and one wrong move and boom, it's all over. I mean, that's basically what Robin already made clear, right, about asking the wrong girl out.

Anyway, Will "denies" it again. And then things start happening with El, and Mike cares (and loves, even if platonically) enough for her to put her first in that moment. There are all the subtle "flirting" scenes initiated by Mike, but I'll refrain from that because otherwise this whole post will get too long. So let's skip ahead to the van scene and why I think (I'm 99.9% sure) Mike understood Will was talking about himself, not El.

When Will hands over the painting, we see Mike literally break into a firecracker of a smile because the painting was meant for him all along, like, "Hey, I was right, Will likes me too."

And then there's the whole speech and Will projecting his feelings as if they were El's. But Mike's not an idiot, you know? He's one of the smartest people in the group, and besides, HE KNOWS El didn't ask for the painting. Oh, but why didn't he say anything? You might be wondering. And I'll answer. 1) They weren't alone, it wasn't a private conversation, and even though it was Jonathan and Argyle with them in the van, it's still the 80s and being gay isn't "cool." 2) Just before, they had that whole thing about being afraid to tell the truth and the other person not liking it, so I assume Mike didn't want Will to back down and "deny" it again. He wanted to hear. He wanted to know. 3) He is still El's official boyfriend and although he is the type of person who acts, he would NEVER act with Will without first resolving his situation with El.

There, in the van, Mike knew his feelings were mutual and THAT'S WHY he made that expression when he realized it was time to work things out with El.

Mike is happy to find El; he loves and cares for her. But he knows he'll probably break her heart. He knows he'll hurt her with the truth, and that makes him sad. But he's willing to do it because "friends don't lie," and he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the summer. He doesn't want to prolong this relationship when he knows Will is there too and loves him. And that's what Mike was going to talk to El about before Argyle interrupted them. Mike would probably tell her he loves her, but not the way he should, or something like that. That would be a breakup scene.

And again, that's why Mike looks so incredibly devastated when Will encourages him to confess his love for El.

Is Mike scared for El? Definitely. Afraid of losing her? Definitely. Does he want to help her gain strength against Vecna? Of course. But he's not about to confess his love for her. I've watched and rewatched the scene several times, and each time the conclusion is the same: if Will hadn't encouraged him, Mike wouldn't have told El he loves her.

Once again, from the beginning of the season, Mike has been incredibly aware of Will's presence in a way he never was with El. He knows what he feels and needs a sign of reciprocity from Will. And the painting is that sign; it's what Mike needs to be certain that Will loves him back. But then why is Will telling Mike to confess his love romantically to El? Mike is confused and deeply devastated here because he thinks he misread the signals.

He doesn't understand why Will would say something like that after the van speech, not if Will truly loves him. So I suppose he concludes he's got it all wrong. He probably thinks the painting El mentioned in the letter was a different one, and that everything Will said in the van was really about El.

I have some theories about the continuation of Byler's romantic development and how the painting issue will be addressed in season five (but that's a topic for another post). However, everything is connected, from the fact that I think Mike will be the first to initiate any romantic interaction and how/when he will do.

In conclusion: Byler is endgame.

[rotagnus]

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a pick-a-pile reading about what lies ahead of you. yes, i know it's only august 2nd...but i'm pretending it's already autumn i am tired of burning alive. pick an image; mavis, elvira, or raven. enjoy, and as always, if this doesn't resonate, don't force it to.

p1 ; mavis.

first off, your intuition about the vibes of this autumn is probably on point, so reach within and think about what you're seeing. not what you're HOPING to see, but what you truly feel, deep in your gut. a lot of you will be completely breaking away with everything you have from a place. can be a toxic mindset, toxic environment, toxic person. whatever it is, it's worth it. you're gonna try and (physically, spiritually, emotionally...etc.) try to take everything away with you to leave, but some of the things you're carrying are dead. leave them in the past. you'll get new things in a new beginning, but certain aspects of your life cannot move forward with you. you will NOT be able to start a new beginning until you have space for new things. right now, you may feel a sense of fear or curiosity for the upcoming season, and what you don't know is not meant for you to know. the universe is being mysterious on purpose. don't obsessively keep reading pick-a-piles for ANY topic. there's a lot of duality in these cards, so i think that you'll be in a very emotion-heavy season, then. a lot of experiences that may change your morals, your worldview, or the general perception you have of literally everything. a lot of you may be fearing this new start and you'll be scrabbling to get away, but i think you'll be taken away. many of you may stumble upon a new person who is more...extroverted than you, or affectionate, and they'll take you with them. they might be protective over you, or want to help you with your issues, but you'll be very hesitant to give that kind of power/control to anyone. you may have grown up in a tumultuous family where love was something that didn't exist, and you perceive all kinds of unions as something evil, something controlled by lust, greed, etc. never love. the truth is that these are your worst thoughts coming up, and they're not stable. the stable answer is that things vary. i'm just a tarot reader, and i can't promise all of you that this autumn, you'll meet some hot dude or chick and your problems will fall away. but things are rarely as bad as we want them to be. many of you may have a 'problem' that you have to fix by/in autumn, and this is all in your head. it's not as hard to fix as you think. don't try to scramble to keep your head up above water when the water ain't that deep anyways. and let yourself feel that vulnerable feeling. let yourself connect with people. not everyone wants to hurt you. you don't need to keep hiding because you're scared of abandonment. there are genuine people out there and this season will force you to see that, force you to let go of all those old fears you have. you are a better person than you think, and you're fair, and you're beautiful, smart, unique - so don't give up on finding love. and when it finds you, don't push it away. much love, pile 1. don't lose hope.

p2 ; elvira.

a lot of you will be more confident this autumn. you guys will be feeling very vulnerable but also much better than you have before. a lot of you may have felt a bit insecure during summer for whatever reason, but this new season will be like a cleansing shower. a lot of you may also lie low during autumn if that makes sense - hustling more, taking care of yourself, and being generally careful about who you interact with. despite your tendencies to keep to yourself, you will be absolutely bright to other people. get ready to get noticed. you may think that's nothing happening when it comes to it, but that's because you're very inwardly drawn and you rarely care enough about fleeting interactions to read into them so deeply to discover what they mean. many of you may feel overwhelmed with the future, either right now, or in autumn - it'll feel as if so many opportunities present themselves to you, but you already have your hands full, but also, you're the kind of person who's generally unable to relax. you guys have a lot of issues with that. day free from work? nah, i'll not rest and i'll do something else instead. many of you, when stressed, push yourself into toxic masculine energy. you escape the problem by drowning it out until you realize it's all around you, so keep in mind that the answer never lies in anything else but itself. you won't feel better by killing your thoughts with however you cope. you will also be freed of some sort of responsibility this autumn, something you've been awaiting for. a lot of you will realize that in some situation, you're needed, but not wanted. and you'll realize that you deserve better as a person, and you'll leave. a lot of you need to stop thinking that the world will fall if you don't do something. let people suffer if they are unwilling to do something as simple as being grateful for you. i don't think that's ego, necessarily. also, i feel like a lot of you may meet your match; either self-realization and you start to truly realize who you are, or you meet someone else who exhibits the same exact tendencies as you and you're like 'yo what the hell is this'. a lot of you have yet to realize who you truly are because while you are a very contemplative person, you hesitate from truly looking deep inside yourself because you are terrified that someone will perceive you as hideous and disgusting, and you try to not think of your self-image. however, you'll be forced to see it, this season - and this won't be a bad thing. it may feel like a lot then, seeing who you are - through yourself or a different person, but at the same time, you'll feel much calmer, because you'll understand that no matter what, you cannot be taken away from yourself. you'll find a home in yourself, or in the other person. this can be a friend, a lover, a mentor, yourself, etc. it's very different for each and every one of you. much love, pile 2. don't give up.

p3 ; raven.

this will definitely be a more fruitful season for a lot of you. many will feel as if a large weight has been lifted off of their shoulders, and you'll be able to release the perpetual anxiety that may have been haunting you for the past weeks. those of you who have been having difficulties managing different aspects of your life will be able to wield them with a less heavy hand, and many of you may be staying up late, either for your job, or simply because you're a night owl and enjoy the alone time. some of you may make new social media accounts because you need to physically be assured that there's a 'new beginning'. overall, this is a very good season for you, is what i'm getting. you'll be happy, and you may not have felt this happiness in a while, and you'll be sitting down, watching the sunset, and reminiscing about how good you have it now. it takes hard work. so remember that everything you're doing now sets you up for the next season. that doesn't mean that you shouldn't take breaks and you should keep working until you're a shell of who you used to be, but you need to take a deep breath and realize that sometimes, you can't do more than you already are. a lot of you also struggle with processing emotions and in the start of autumn, i think many of you might cry a lot, or sit down and just let yourself feel. you can't ward off pain forever, and it's not even pain, in your case. just pent up thoughts that you pushed away due to fear of feeling too much or breaking down. after this, you'll feel much better, as if a sense of calm had washed over you. decisions are very important so don't do bad things. don't fall into bad habits. talk to someone. people treasure you very deeply, and they don't wanna have you suffering. got it? and stop trying to appeal to people who you wouldn't take advice from. i think a lot of you fail to realize that you are the kind of person who will end up okay because you're willing to stand strong, to not give up. that's all we need to succeed. but you guys have very bad control issues that will be broken by the end of summer, maybe through a small act or a big one, and it'll make you let go. this autumn you'll feel more refreshed largely due to the fact that you took a deep breath and didn't let yourself try to hold everything together. no one is strong enough to do that, and breaking down is a sign to not hold onto things that strongly. something will have fallen away from your life by the end of summer, however, in autumn, more things will fall into place. new people. new jobs. new places. you won't have to constantly torture yourself with visions of the past that aches in your belly. right now, just now it'll end up better. keep being you. keep your chin up. much love, pile 3.

[yunnimilk]

Lovebomb Aphrodisiac

Kyousuke , , Yaguchi x READER

૮⸝⸝> ̫ <⸝⸝ ა summary . Akemi has given you a dessert for lunch. Whether or not he spiked it doesn't matter... What matters is the beautiful man in front of you

˵ info . Reader and Yacchan are virgins. Reader is a clean freak. Reader is gender neutral but AMAB. No penetrative ex. Pre- established relationship

૮꒰ tags ꒱ა　 . Dominant Yacchan . Blowjobs (yacchan receiving). Coming Untouched. Dub-con(?) (Reader isn't in the right mind but they consent) . Drugging . Nipple play.

w.c . 3.2K

SMUT AHEAD

Sudden pain in your throat overtakes your senses.

 It could only mean one thing.

 You’ve fallen to a cold.

Although it’s not unnatural for you to get sick. It was a particularly important week. Exams were starting up, and you prepared for them–or at least tried to. Seeing as you obviously couldn’t attend classes today, you stayed in your dorm. Trying to work your brain throughout the day would’ve made you feel worse–possibly making you more ill than you are. You would forget everything you learned by how fried your brain is.

Whenever you got a cold, your mother would’ve made you soup to cleanse your body. She’s not here though. You wouldn’t be able to get it anyways, you were stuck here for the time being. 

You should’ve bought antibiotics when you came here. But it’s been increasingly difficult from all the distractions, and sometimes you just didn’t have the money. Unfortunately, it came back and bit you in the ass, because now you’re sniffling. And god, it was horrible. Surges of pain echoed in your entire body. You can’t even move, and the skin on your nose has most likely rubbed off from how much you were wiping it. You can’t just stay in bed though, it was disgusting to lay in your own sweat. And speaking of that. You feel moisture dripping down your forehead.

How disappointing. You were looking forward to eating lunch with Yacchan. With your studying and his club activities, it was difficult managing your time together. Missing the exam would be less upsetting if it meant you could see him. But you can’t.

Speaking of lunch, did you eat something weird? You remember that Akemi gave you Dorayaki. It was tasty, you always loved red bean paste in your desserts. Although, you should've stopped eating when it tasted unusually sweet.

'Why am I so fucking stupid'

Knowing him, he probably drugged it.

Agh. . . Life is so unfair. Every time you try to plan something, it fucks you over.

Why can’t you have your way sometimes? 

You raise your arm. At first, you flinch from the pain. It hit you like a truck. How the hell are you going to move your entire body? Not only that, but you smell like shit. Who would’ve thought that armpit sweat doesn’t smell good?

God, a shower sounds good right now.

If you could fucking move!

…

'I wonder what he's doing right now…'

Poor Yacchan, he's certainly worried by now. First period has already started. You two always sat next to each other. On the rare occasion, you pass notes. You'd look over and you saw him so focused on his assignments. He had a habit of creasing his eyebrows whilst working. It was cute.

You remember his confession. Well. . . if it could be described as that. All he did was kiss you. It caught you off guard. It was unlike him. You didn't think he was in love with you. In fact, you thought he hated your guts. His nasty expression only proved your suspicions.

But lately, your days have been serene.

It's insane how. . .

Uhm. . .

Did you hear something?

There are rapid footsteps in the hallways.

Then. . .

your door shot open with such force.

It could've broken the hinges.

You rose up from the noise. As soon as you heard the loud banging, you screamed your lungs out.

'FUCK!'

"FUCK!"

fuck. You bring a hand up your throat and cough. It felt like you were hacking up your heart. The pain was so unbearable. Would you lose your voice over this?

You're so focused on the burning sensation residing in your esophagus that you aren't able to see who came in. More like. Barged in.

"IDIOT! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL IN BED!"

You whip your head around.

'Yacchan?!'

"YACCHAN?!"

You meant to sound nicer. You cringe at your voice. It was hoarse—it sounded like you've been mute your whole life, and you were just learning to speak. He definitely knew. If it wasn't for the fact that you sound like death. The other giveaway was when he saw you hold your neck ache from your screaming.

May the lord have mercy on you. . .

You saw his expression change. It seems like he also doesn't like your new voice. . .

He softened. His snarled mouth forming into a light frown. His furrowed eyebrows raised up. The worst part of all, he had to see you like this. What a way to start the morning. You are certain that you look like a mess. You didn't have to grab a mirror, you can just feel it. Your greasy, unkept hair felt heavy. Your skin feels hot—the sweat doesn't help. Your eyes were so sore that you wanted to close them, but you aren't even tired.

"[F/N]-Chan. . . Damn it! You're sick?!"

He waddles over to your bed. He brings his hand towards your cheek. His touch his delicate. You feel his fingers graze over your lips—But just for a second. Your cheeks flush from how close he is. How intimate his touch feels. Your body relaxes under him. If there was an angel on earth it would be him. You sigh, finally focusing on something else other than the soreness of your person.

Then he pinched you.

"AGH! DAMN IT ALL TO HELL! Why'd you have to get sick!"

Poof! That angel was gone! This is Yaguchi we're talking about.

"OW! STOP THAT ASSHOLE!"

You shot back.

The pads of his fingers were pinching and pulling the sides of your face. He was scolding you—or. . . at least you think he was. Your mind told you to stop listening.

Now everything felt freezing. What the hell?!

It was boiling a second ago! This might be the worst you've ever felt. How could you take a bath like this. The only thing your bathing in is your own juices . . .

"Hey. Hey! HEY! DUMB ASS!"

Yacchan snaps you back to reality. But you can't concentrate like this.

You slouch in his arms. You don't have enough strength to keep yourself up. This is the worst.

Yaguchi stammers when you suddenly plopped yourself against him.

Ah. . . Seeing you like this was so cute.

You've had an absent-minded look—it was like you were stumped on a math question. But you weren't in class. You were a kicked puppy in bed. His face was searing, and his soul was soaring. He felt like he could fly! Alright . . .

He'll have to take care of you then.

"Don't fall asleep on me now. Have you taken medication yet?"

He picks up your head. Palms on each sides of your cheeks. He immediately catches on how teary-eyed you looked. He was staring at a star right now. Your face was a deep tomato color, it was a wonder how you were still conscious. The fat on your frown squished under his hands. You were dependent on him.

This feels good.

Yaguchi has to stop himself from tackling you.

He looks away so you won't notice his gleeful expression.

". . . No. . . I didn't take. . . uhm . . . medication. . . ye. . . yet"

'They can't even talk. . . Fuck. . .'

Yacchan was relishing in your adorableness.

He noticed a faint smell. It was similar to when he was finished with soccer practice—except it smelt worse. Whenever he exercised, All he wished to do was to take a shower. Cold water hitting his skin to contrast the heat his body exhibited.

And it was clear you needed one too.

The smell of sweat was clogging his nose

"Hey, get up. You need to take a shower"

You grumble on his school shirt. Face buried in his cologne. It's powerful, it's like h submerged himself in his own perfume. It's harsh scent was giving you a major headache.

Your head is about to burst. You practically feel your blood vessels popping. The pain was so horrible that you feel your eyes flaring up. The migraine was persistent—body enduring the grueling torture. Your fingers squeeze the sleeves of Yaguchi's uniform. Hoping to release some of the pain if you took it out on something. Your boyfriend could feel you squirming under him.

With a sense of pity, he wraps his arms around you. He encloses you in a bear hug. Although he was beaming at you obedience—he was mistaken by how ignorant he was. It hurt to see you in such pain.

"Agh. . Hold on. ."

You hum in confusion.

Hold on for what?

Your body unexpectedly ascends. Have the gods come for you? Did you die because of how sick you are? Which is a slight exaggeration because it was just Yacchan hoisting you up.

A chirp emerges from your throat.

Well you think it did—it's hard to tell from your clogged ears.

"Yacchan. . ."

"Mm?"

"Yacchan. . ."

"What? What is it?"

"…"

His eyebrow quirked up.

What the hell was that?

…

'Weird—'

"YACCHAN!"

"OW! . . .WHAT THE HELL?! DON'T SCREAM IN MY EAR YOU FUCKING IDIOT!"

Before he scolded you more, you were already fast asleep. Soft snores crammed into his ears—Fuck that gave him a heart attack.

When did you get so bold. He should drop you just for that.

'Hah. . .'

You didn't weigh as much as he thought. He could throw you over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes—but the change in position might make you vomit in return so it would be better to just not. Either he was extremely muscular, or you had the same amount of body fat as a toddler—it still fed his ego.

He could already imagine the praises you would sing when he shows his strength off. He could taste it.

But. . . There was trouble ahead.

The goal is to bathe you. The obstacle is that he wasn't exactly comfortable taking your clothes off while you were unconscious. It wouldn't matter if he tried anything or not. seeming that it was an invasion of your privacy either way. It wouldn't have been much of a trouble if you two had sex—at least once before.

But. . . Of course. . . You haven't.

He doesn't want you to feel uneasy with him.

Shit. . .

'What do I do'

Should he just get it over with and wash you?

The infirmary is closed. He couldn't get you supplements to make you conscious.

Maybe he doesn't have to shower you.

However. . . it would be vicious to leave you in this state.

…

Agh! Whatever!

He was planning to get you in that tub and he's following up with that plan.

He looks around your room to find the bathroom door. It's neater than his room. When you first came over, you were astonished by how much trash there was. He could be confused for a hoarder—and you believe it! It's a wonder how the school doesn't have a roach infestation, he could conjure up an entire ecosystem in there.

It was only when you shamed him for it that he entirely cleaned all of it up. Whether the garbage piled up after is none of your concern. This was also an opportunity to look around your dorm. You were a decorative person. By the looks of it, it seems like you were going to stay here for a while. It makes sense you made yourself at home. If Yaguchi was being honest, he never got into adorning his place like you.

It seemed childish then and it still seems like it now.

When he walks past your posters. He remembers how he had the same ones when he was younger. His mom gave him some, although he was never interested in them.

He spots the sign you labeled "Bathroom", I mean how much more obvious could it be. It's the bathroom.

When he opens the door, he's greeted with a beachy scent. It appears that you deep-cleaned the place. It smelt great. Yacchan was used to the filthiness he lived in—he was used to boys his age not taking care of their things. At the time, he was appalled by their negligence—now that he's older, he doesn't care.

"Geez, what a clean freak. . ."

He means that as a compliment.

He was about to place you down. . .

Before you groaned. . .

"Huagh. . ."

…

'Uhh. . .what the fuck'

"[F/N]?"

Did he imagine it? Did he accidentally hurt you? If that was the case, he would plummet himself down a cliff if you asked him to.

He places you on your lidded toilet. You sat yourself down, not caring about your current position.

"Hmmn. . ."

Uhm. . .

"Hey."

Yacchan grabbed your arm. Wanting to comfort you by his touch.

It seemed like you did.

In a different way.

"Hu. . Mn. . ."

Yacchan jolted away.

"What the hell was that?!"

Okay. . .

That was definitely a moan.

Okay.

What does he do?

He looks down.

Okay.

You're hard.

Shit.

"Uhm. . . [F/N]?"

Your clothed dick was tingling. You can feel it straining against your underwear. The aphrodisiac has taken effect. You feel your nipples tensing up—the area around them were hot to the touch. You breathing quickened from the slightest movement.

Meawhile, Yacchan was panicking. He felt himself getting aroused. Seeing you subconsciously spread your legs, revealing yourself, was too much to handle. He wanted to grind himself on your bulge. As much as he wanted to, he has to keep in mind of your current condition.

He was thinking about that.

But you kept thrusting up. Your cock finally reaching stimulation. You could feel it shift around as your underwear moves from your thrusting. You feel your pre-cum melt down your pernium and reach down your hole. The thought of you getting wet almost brought you to orgasm.

"Hugh. . .! Hm. . ."

Yaguchi felt himself swallow. Hard.

God, you don't know how much he's containing himself. He wanted to tweak your nipples until your screaming.'

Fuck it.

He launches himself on you.

His soft lips collide with yours. Saliva dripped down your chin, and his tongue was inside your mouth. You feel you chest getting hot. His tongue reaches deeper, he was practically fucking your mouth.

His hand traces your torso. His fingers graze over your clothed buds. With this thumb, he presses them upward.

Electric pulses reach down your dick. You can feel Yaguchi's other hand carress your inner thigh. Hand dangerously close to your hard-on. The suspense was killing you.

He pulls away to catch his breath. Your lips were red to prove how harsh he was. A string of saliva connected you two.

Your tongue lolled out of your mouth. Sore and wet.

"Hmmn. . . Ya. . . Yacchan. . ."

That tipped him over.

He flails around with your zipper. You groan from the little excitement he gave you.

Your underwear was soaked. He could see the complete shape of your cock, there was no point in wearing it anymore. Your pajama shirt was disheveled, parts of your body were flushed.

He took it off.

There was a string of pre-cum from the head of your cock.

Jesus Christ, what is he going to do with you.

"I know. . . I know. . . Fuck, you look so good. . ."

His teeth grip your neck. The pain twinged through your system. The pressure is so good. Your finger intertwine with Yacchan's uniform sweater. If his body wasn't in the way, your thighs would clench together.

You feel your cock twitch. Your balls throb for release.

Nails scratch his back and you pull him further. You feel his hot mouth nip your skin. His lips slosh together on yout throat, causing spit to drip down your collarbone.

At this point, you wondered if he was a vampire by how much he knawed on your neck.

Your quivering hand reaches down his pants. You kneaded the obvious bulge in his bottoms. Yaguchi paused to moan in your neck, his lower lip tremble. His legs shake with ecstasy, this only encourages him further to touch you.

Yacchan's pointer and middle finger traps your nipple. He fiddles with it, making sure to abuse it as much as possible. By now, it became more sensitive and hard. You can feel Yaguchi driving his cock in the palm of your hand—the shape felt like he was fucking into a fleshlight. He was out of it.

He stops himself from feeling you up. He stands up straight to pull his pants down.

Judging from his pubic hair, he takes care of himself.

You could see how his dick was completely still. It was red-hot and steaming. You gulped from the sight, you can't wait to throat it.

But how?

You're not that experienced with sex.

…

Eh, you'll figure it out.

You're not sure if you're sweating from the aphrodisiac, or because you're nervous. It's better to try, right?

You part your lips to suck the head. The juice from his penis engulfs your esophagus. You squeeze your legs together, trapping your balls.

It's so fucking good.

Yacchan whimpers from your wet cavern. He feels the bumo of your lips sucking his cock. He's holding himself back by not oushing your head down. He imagines the gagging sounds. He imagines how fucked you'd look.

"H. . .Ah!"

Shit. That made the base of you dick pulse in anticipation.

Forget penetrative sex, you can get off on this alone.

The heavy scent of sex fills the room. The lack of oxygen made you cockdrunk. The sweaty smell made your esophagus tighten up. Your hips shift back and forth on the toiler seat, the stimulation was getting you closer to euphoria.

You grab Yacchan's hip to blow him faster. He looks down to see your head bobbing up and down. The sight was lewd. Your tongue was going over every vein. Shock streams over your lover's body as he can't contain his voice any longer. His hand hold yours.

"Hm! Nmgh!"

Your whole body convulses. You know that you're cumming. Your penis jerks up, letting your sweet nectar shoot out. Your back arches from the intense pleasure.

Meanwhile, your wailing sends waves of delight to Yacchan. The shuddering of your moans was enough ti tio him over the edge.

"Ah. . . Ah! Fuck! Mnn!"

He quickly grabs your head and pushes it to take all of his cum.

"Ah. . ."

"Huu. . ."

You slouch back on your seat. Chest moving up and down. God, oral sex is exhausting, if you two had to do anal it would knock you out.

Yacchan swipes the sweat off his forehead. His legs felt heavy. It was good, but so tiring.

Oh yeah.

He had to wash you.

"Wait hold on. You need to shower. You look disgusting."

"Excuse me?!"

"Don't get so squeaky with me. I'll shower with you"

He grabs your hand and helps you up. You get a pat on your back, signaling you to move on and take off your clothes.

You lean on his body in case your legs give out.

He was right. Your body feels sticky.

"How are you by the way. Did your cold wear off?"

"Yeah. But I'm not sure it was a cold."

?

"What do you mean??"

"Eh. . . I'll tell you during the bath, come on."

Yacchan kissed your cheek.

At least he doesn't have to worry about seeing you naked now.

𝇋 𝇌 Yun' s note. Your beloved Yunni is back. Wanted to make a fanfic about cutie Yacchan. Hope it's good !

[sunnythdmsbi]

Warning, long rant ahead. Decided to just say this in reblogs 👍

Both Shadow and Sonic were infested close -- if not exactly together. So I'm a little curious as to why the infestation is, from the looks of it, having its affect quicker on Sonic than it is with Shadow.

I definitely could be reaching, but idk, we still don't know all the affects the infestation has on its hosts or how quick it is, etc.

From what I've deduced, Shadow and Sonic blacked out when they got infested somewhere around the same time, then woke up. Shadow's blackout was two days, but Sonic's blackout could have at least been a little earlier than that, because we see that he woke up, went to find Tails, blacked out at least one more time, went feral, then came back to his senses and stumbled upon Shadow in the jungle. Sonics events had to have all happened during, if not a little after Shadow woke up from his Coma.

From what we've seen for now, Shadow was with Rough when he "blacked out" again, then came back to in the jungle where he see's Sonic. And that's it. How long was Shadow gone for? We don't know yet. Nor where Sonic went after he became infested or how many times he went feral and how long those times lasted.

Now that I think about it, since Shadow DID wake up so much later after his infestation, since, well, he had such a traumatic head injury and went into a Coma after the brain parasite infested him, it probably wasn't able to take full affect until after he woke up.

Well, the parasite could have been doing at least something while he was under, but idk.

I still don't know what triggers the "feral" mode exactly. Like, is it just a switch that the parasite turns on and off. Does black doom or whatever the thing is called that created these things choose when and where the bugs act? Repeat the line "Y'gaar shor guul deta shor zuerm" to activate it? It still works even if an outside presence says it as example from Rouge herself, lol. But, y'know, since we still don't know what that means and who's saying it, just guessing rn.

Shadow and Sonic were just repeating it to themselves in their state(?). But now that I think about it, the parasites or whoever is controlling them could have made them say it unvoluntarily. Like as a sort of brainwashing, curse, or other worldy spell.

Eh, Idk, again, just guessing.

Oh, yeah, back to what I was saying at the beginning, since Sonic had (probably) so much more time for the infestation to do its job, its probably been able to mess with his memory/eat his brain/grow/whatever they do in there, a lot quicker than Shadows has been able to do to him so far. Or, well, the simpler answer is that somehow one or the other is easier to control, but right now, I just don't think that's the case. And possibly the infestation could affect Shadow differently with his backround and everything?

Anyway, more evidence of this is when they were still in the van, Sonic looked as if he was remembering somehow, or simply about to confront the possibility of what he did, and then instantly, he screams in agonizing pain from most likely, the little bug parasite wiping his memories/or something else that could elicit memory less while also simultaneously putting him through that.

At least from what we've seen, Shadow hasn't experienced that yet. Or maybe he won't, as long as he doesn't fight or try to remember? Again, I don't know the full process of the parasites takeover of its host.

And lastly, just the look on Sonics face as the blood, and body matter of his brother washing off of him and down the drain is just so...empty.

Idk if it's permanent, or what the parasite did to put him in such a numb state, but it's so distant.

Even if he just didn't believe he killed Tails, his reaction to someone else's blood streaming down his body would wipe that cold, lazy demeanor off his face.

Man, I want them to make it out of this so bad. I really do.

[Just found out from Flighty herself that Sonic's mind has been "bleached". Shut off per say. I don't know what that means for him, but Jesus.]

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[thetheoryisalie]

This scene was 100% going to be Mike breaking up with El and you cannot convince me otherwise.

Like there's no way he was going to confess his love for El but then needs Will's continuous support like 5 minutes later when he actually confesses his love and she's in actual danger.

And let's not forget about the other advice that Will also gave Mike during the van scene:

"And if she was going to lose you, I...I think she's rather just get it over with quick. Like ripping off a Band-Aid."

And then Mike literally takes the first opportunity to do just that.

In that pizza place is probably the first time he's been alone with El since their reunion, and El starts initiating an intimate conversation between the two, and Mike wants to explain himself and brings up their last fight, only to not get to say what he wanted because Argyle interrupts him, and then next thing he knows El's dying and needs his support and Will (unintentionally) pressures him into confessing his love to her to save her life.

Like that's actually so sad :((

Also: how he takes off the glasses covering his eyes right when El initiates the intimacy, like he's finally ready to be open with her.

I think most of us know this is reoccurring imagery with Mike, most notably the airport kiss scene (can't recall right now if there are any others)

(sorry about the bad picture btw, getting them to be even remotely in focus was a pain, it's such a short scene and that red guy walks right in front of them for like half of it lol)

The glasses cover up his eyes and therefor part of his expression, it symbolizes how he's hiding a part of his emotions from others and the audience.

But this imagery doesn't make any sense if he's just struggling with telling El he loves her.

Firstly, the fact that Mike loves El isn't supposed to be a secret at this point. Mike himself tells it to Nancy, Jonathan, Max, Lucas and Will (and thus also the audience) in S3 E6:

"because I love her and I can't lose her again."

And we, and Mike, know that El knows this and overheard him here, because she tells Mike "I love you, too." at the end of S3, right after she says all this:

"Mike?" - "Yeah?" - [sighs] "Remember that day... at the cabin, you were talking to Max?" - "Um... I don't think I follow." - "You talked about your-- your feelings, your heart." - "Oh. Oh, yeah, that. Man, that was so long ago. Um..."

"That was really heat of the moment stuff, and we were arguing and... I don't really remember... What did I say, exactly?" - "Mike..."

"I love you, too."

There is zero doubt what she's referring to here. She knows Mike loves her, sure maybe by season 4 she's doubting his former love confession, but then the feelings that Mike would be hiding are that he doesn't love her anymore. His love for her isn't a secret, everyone already knows/assumes so anyway, and Mike knows this.

So the only thing he could be hiding is that he doesn't love her anymore/doesn't love her the way that everyone is assuming he does.

And then he takes his glasses of when El initiates an intimate conversation the first chance they get after they reunite to take Will's advice to 'rip off the Band-Aid'

Also Also: El is the one who initially opens up the intimacy of the conversation, and tells Mike she missed him:

"I...missed you"

Mike then takes over the conversation, but I want to talk about how El looks very serious here.

At this point, they're basically broken up. Mike couldn't tell her he loved her, and in response she writes "from El" in her last letter to him before going with Dr. Owens. You can see it better when you actually watch the clip (at the top), but the way she hesitates to even say she missed him, and then briefly smiles but goes back to looking serious when he says he missed her too, doesn't exactly scream that she was going to tell Mike she does want to continue the relationship, nor does it feel like she was going to reciprocate if Mike did tell her he loved her.

And clearly she also had something to say to Mike, otherwise she wouldn't have opened up the conversation like that.

Also Also Also:

The way the love confession would have happened if Argyle hadn't interrupted also doesn't make much sense:

"You know, the last few days, I... I've had to think about the last talk we had. You know, before the cops and... the whole world went to shit? I... I guess I just... I dunno. I guess I just wanted to say that--"

I guess I just... I dunno. I guess I just wanted to say that I love you?

Please, what kind of love confession is that? And why did he have to think about that? He should already know that he loves her, he's already said it once before.

Unless that's not actually what he was going to say...

Bonus:

Both of them wearing something that reminds them of their most important person(s) on their wrist, El's bracelet Hopper gave her that used to be his daughter's, Mike's matching watch with the party:

They all wear these in every episode, only exception I caught was Lucas during the basketball game. Mike and Max are also the only ones wearing them on their right hand.

Lucas not wearing the watch when playing basketball -> This is when he's trying to be different the most, 'trying to distance himself from the party'/ become something different from who the party is (nerds)

Lucas and Max's watch both being round -> matching shapes to create harmony between the characters/Lumax

Max and Mike wearing the watch on their right hand, not the left like the rest -> both having something that they're working through that they're hiding/not being open about with the rest of the party/not 'matching' the rest of the party

Max also doesn't wear hers when in the hospital (obviously) -> completely removed from the party and unable to talk to them

Just some initial thoughts I had/things I noticed, feel free to analyze this deeper (please @ me if you do, I'd love to hear it!)

Bonus Bonus:

"But I have one more important question: do I look cool?" - [laughs] - "I feel like I look really cool. Are you giggling?" - [giggling] - "You're giggling because I look awesome. I can't see it but I know you're smiling because I look so good. Right?"

cute ElMike interaction when they're broken up, and it would almost be expected to be awkward

vs.

The only 'romantic' Mileven interaction we see after Mike's monologue. El is the one who initiates the side hug. Mike only pats her shoulder after she rests her head on his shoulder.

Plus:

Will actively giving them space to talk. We know there's more than enough space for 3 people on the back seat Mike and El are sitting on because we've seen them all sitting there, which means he's choosing not to to give them some privacy.

Yet they're barely talking?

"Did she... talk to you at all?" - "Not much... I mean, a little bit."

Also, Will would have definitely heard anything they would have said to each other (Jonathan hears Will talking about the painting to Mike just fine, and he was further away), so the only reason he's asking this here is to inform the audience that Mike and El aren't talking to each other. If they were talking to each other like normal, there would have been no need to tell this to us, since anyone would have assumed so anyway.

Bonus Bonus Bonus:

The pink and yellow upside-down pizza triangle that's right next to Mike in like every shot he's in in the Pizza Place scene:

yeah anyway...

Edit:

Also, something that just occurred to me: Literally why would they have this scene in the first place, just to have an actual love confession scene later in the same episode? (Both of these happen in S4 E9) There's no need to stall things. You could have just not had this scene in the first place, and replaced it with them helping Argyle make pizza or something to get Jonathan and Will in a private setting.

Like, if we go with the narrative that Mike was insecure about confessing his love to her, this doesn't tell us anything we don't already know. We know he feels insecure, and is afraid of El not needing him anymore from his conversations with Will in the van. We also already know assume he's in love with her.

This scene doesn't do anything instead of making us question what Mike was actually going to say. And there's no need for that if the answer was always just going to be that he's in love with El. You don't waste time on a scene that's is only there to stall a love confession, if the love confession is in the same episode anyway. Like, what are you stalling? The only thing this would do is make it so that the creators of the show have to cut other scenes. As if they have the time for any of that in a show like Stranger Things.

Actually, I lied. It also establishes that Mike and El do value each other ("I... missed you." - [exhales] "Yeah. Yeah, I missed you, too.") but this is completely redundant if they're just in love anyway. Like gee I sure hope the main romantic pairing of this show at the very least misses each other when they're apart. That kind of goes without saying if you're in a romantic relationship. There's no need to clarify that you miss each other. Unless that romantic relationship isn't doing so well...

[goomyloid]

im sooo glad to see weird route fanart that doesn't just assume the "player" is doing this. it's a cool idea to think there's an entity making kris do all this for incomprehensible reasons but it makes more sense that kris themself is doing it

eehh am i misunderstanding? im still under the notion that kris doesnt want the weird route to happen and we’re literally forcing their hand… (unless if you’re specifically talking about the perceptions from other characters like dess, which i address later in this response)

there is that one bit of dialogue that suggests kris might have Enjoyed what happened in ch2 weird route but to me it comes off as intrusive thoughts-esque more than anything. and like, assuming this is more so in reference to chapter 4 (since that’s all ive been drawing recently lol) i honestly dont think they did any of That by their own volition. it just doesnt line up with my own reading of kris, at least.

you can have whatever perspective of the weird route you want, but if anything i think i make it especially clear in my work that We are the ones behind this and that kris is pretty miserable the whole time. i decided to pull this from my side twt:

and i would say our motives arent always necessarily incomprehensible. they might be to the characters (or anyone who isnt kris) but at least when it comes to kris, and maybe the knight and gaster and whoever freaking else might be In On All This, a lot of it comes down to just curiosity. we all want to see how bad things can possibly get and see if it will affect the story or ending. gaster would probably understand this, and i think kris would be able to comprehend it even if they’d be ultra super pissed about it

anyway, i unfortunately dont really feel the way you described… i think there’d have to be extremely specific conditions for kris to ever consider doing all that on their own, and the scenario in my head is an AU that involves timeloops so you can imagine how much more complicated things might get. if this ask was spurred on by my recent comic, i thought i made it relatively clear that kris was not all that pleased about what transpired despite the fact that the player isn’t really brought up at all in it. a lot of it is like, kris being able to say “it wasnt really me” doesnt matter anymore, not like it did in chapter 2. so much shit has irreversibly hit the fan that it doesnt matter who did it — it’s done, and noelle is kinda fucked in the head as a result, and kris has to face the consequences of our mess now. dess talks to kris as though everything was voluntary, but that doesn’t mean it actually was; because this dess is basically a pure manifestation of all their guilt, they think they no longer deserved to be comforted by being told “it wasnt really you” and instead ought to be punished in some way for letting it all happen (even though it’s not that simple at all). to be treated as if they were completely responsible. do they Really feel this way? no, they know it was us, of course. but that guilt becomes so strong and illogical that it starts to not matter anymore.

uh anyway sorry my comic suggested that (even though you liked it) i wonder if you’re new to my work, in which case i recommend checking out literally any of my other kriselle comics, where it is abundantly clear that its us fucking everything up, lol.

[ascendedice]

debunking modern shifting limiting beliefs that you might have!!

LIMITING BELIEF 1: You need to be in a calm state/good mindset/feeling great/etc.

let me start by stating how this makes zero sense. your ability to shift doesn't come from this reality, it's something you as an awareness have, therefore pleasing this reality in any way is pointless.

debunking this is pretty easy, most shifters who successfully shifted and shifted back on accident probably shifted out of fear in a bad situation. this is how 'safewords' or just intending to shift back works, you don't need to be in a good state because most of the time shifters shift back its in a bad situation because they feel scared. that proves how you can shift under any circumstance.

once you accept this and stop trying to please your CR you will easily shift without needing anything special. as many people on here say, shifting is a decision and that is 100% true.

LIMITING BELIEF 2: You need to believe in shifting/yourself to shift.

lets be honest, 99% of shifters who actually shifted didn't believe in themselves and were filled with doubts at the time they shifted. as I previously stated, pleasing or paying any attention to this reality while shifting is irrelevant because your ability to shift does not come from here.

in order to shift, you don't need to believe in it you just have to allow it. when you tell yourself that you have just shifted don't start overthinking your doubts or trying to feel your surroundings--just focus on BEING in your DR. feel the emotions, feel that and ignore all doubts, disbelief or anything this reality throws at you. once you ignore it, you will detach and you will become aware of your DR fully.

LIMITING BELIEF 3: You need to do something here before shifting.

that's extremely harmful, if you base your entire life here about shifting all you will get is unhealthy attachments and more frustration. this reality is ALSO a reality, you should only think about shifting while you are trying to shift and you shouldn't base your entire life on it.

just live your life normally and WHEN you want to shift then just do it. trust me, this helps a lot. if you obsess over shifting you will start obsessing over the future, which leads to resistance, frustration and you will be getting mad and burned out with no motivation at all.

even as a permashifter, you still shouldn't do that, because you as an awareness want to shift away, not your "CR self". that's why it's important to be healthy with shifting

yes, you can daydream about your DR but please just live normally in a way that you enjoy, not a way to please shifting <3

that's why taking breaks is important too, so you don't create unnecessary problems for yourself.

anyway, just to clarity--I am not saying that this will stop you from shifting, I am saying that this is harmful to YOU. if you are doing that, it's most likely because you think you can't shift without doing it which is not true. let go of these beliefs and just relax and live in the present.

that's it for now, I will make a part 2 of this if I have to but I don't think I need to if you just remember what I said about your ability to shift not coming from here. remember, shifting should be something you enjoy <3.

[avram-120]

Super soldier headcanons (chubby / plus size reader)

Look, you can't tell me these old men wouldn't prefer some curves. This fan fic idea has been eating at my brain for ages now so I had to get it out.

Characters: Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers

Notes: I've been wanting to write something like this for ages, so if anyone likes this and would like to see similar headcanons / scenarios with other characters feel free to request so. Reader is kept as neutral as possible (apart from brief descriptions of potential features). English is not my first language. I wasn't sure how to set this up so I'm just going to do each of their opinions to like different features if that makes sense?

Slight nsfw warning I guess?

Bucky

Just to start this off I want to say that both of them could 100% lift reader no matter how heavy or light. I mean not only are they jacked like shit they're also super soldiers

Chest

I doubt he goes too wild for tits. Like yeah he appreciates them as much as the next guy but he has different preferences. Doesn't mean he won't sneak a squeeze here and there or gaze down a couple times if reader's outfit is particularly revealing.

Steve

Ass

Steve, on the other hand, strikes me as the biggest tits guy. This man worships them. He'll happily rest his head on them when cuddled up to reader or hold them at any chance he gets. This man goes wild at even the suggestion of showering together. Just so he can get a glimpse of them.

Bucky

Now this is more up Bucky's alley. Can't tell me he doesn't seem like the sort of man who would just casually have his hand on reader's ass at any chance he gets. Obviously he'll be polite in public but the moment they're alone? Oh he's all over them.

Steve

Thighs

He probably likes a bit of everything. Not as much as he loves himself a good pair of tits but he knows how to worship someone's body overall. So while he's not the biggest fan out there he's still a fan of it.

Bucky

Bucky? Oh Bucky would happily die suffocated between a nice big pair of thighs. This man loves resting on them, in-between them, squeezing them, kissing them. You name it. If the outfit reader is wearing reveals even a bit of thigh they're in for a ride (quite literally).

Steve

Belly

As much as I love to think of him as a freak I also believe he's very respectful. So yeah sure he'll have his hand resting on top of them, maybe squeeze them gently when sat besides reader in the car, maybe at a dinner out together if he can sneak a squeeze or two under the table. But that's about it.

Bucky

Oh he LOVES it. This man has had a life of harsh, dark, misery. Let him enjoy some warm softness. He loves resting his head on it, holding it while cuddling reader, kissing it, even fighting with Alpine over the soft spot he loves resting on.

Steve

Oh he adores it but he's too embarrassed to admit it. Not embarrassed in a cliche, anime sort of way. More in a, he's aware enjoying it isn't really a social norm so he's a bit ashamed of it in a way. Not that he thinks it's a bad feature. He's just not too sure of how to show he likes it without coming across as weird in a way.

Stretch marks

Bucky

This man was jacked even before the serum. But the serum made him BEEFY so you best believe he's got a couple of his own. Not many. Most of which are almost faded anyways. But they're there. And he's learnt to accept them. So he'll be damned if he has to sit around and watch reader hate something so natural about themselves. Hence why he always makes sure to show that he doesn't mind them by tracing them and placing soft pecks onto them

Steve

Steve on the other hand? Have you seen how small and scrawny he was before the serum? (Not that it's a bad thing I love pre serum Steve as much as I love post serum Steve) but I refuse to believe that man has gone through those changed without a whole bunch of stretch marks. I mean he practically had a huge growth spurt and gained a whole bunch of muscle all in like a couple of minutes, so he has his fair share of experiences with them. Which is why he wouldn't judge reader at all if they have them, even offering to show them his own if they feel particularly insecure about theirs.

[pr0cyon-lotor]

AU where SY is ZZL's uncle from his father's side, so he's a snake demon. Transmigration or not, doesn't matter, he's here and delightfully clueless.

He took up raising ZZL after his brother and sister in law skedaddled. He doesn't force ZZL into anything and is proud of him when he becomes a general.

He is close enough with TLJ and SXY that when she dies, she entrusts her baby to him. Baby LBH has no sealed off demon powers because SXY trusts SY to give him a good life. He takes the baby, but has no idea what to care for the little squishy thing that cries a lot.

He somehow wings it (the fact LBH is half demon was coming in clutch real hard). He's doing well enough. Eventually, he encounters a demonic cultivator that tries to kill him for his venom or something and for baby LBH since he's a heavenly demon. That's when a cultivator saves him.

YQY was around by coincidence, attending some diplomatic meeting nearby when he sensed a lot of demonic energy in the distance. When he was done, he tracked down the energy. He dispatches the demonic cultivator, but completely hesitates to kill the snake demon because it has a baby.

He can tell the demon has the same protective love he had for his Xiao-Jiu, and he contemplates just turning his back on the incident. He really does think about it until the snake demon stops him and begs to know what a human baby should be fed.

YQY again hesitates and turns back to the demon. He rattles off baby safe foods like it's second nature and eventually asks to see the baby to see how old it was.

The snake demon hesitantly does, and YQY freezes when he realizes the baby is a heavenly demon. But he logics it out that the baby is probably half human and has a chance to be a spiritual cultivator (he can't bring himself to kill a baby).

He offers the snake demon to stay with him and allow the baby to become his disciple. The demon agrees wholeheartedly.

Yada, yada, yada. They bond during the trip back to the mountain and SY shares his name and what happened. YQY has an oh shit moment. SY says something surprisingly insightful about how no matter what as long as Old Palace Master was around, TLJ and SXY were going to end in tragedy.

They get to YQY's home and SY gets a whole wing of the house to himself (I hc that the sect leader leisure house was meant to originally be the headquarters of the sect before it became the 12 peaks so the home is really big). SY and YQY take care of baby LBH, SY taking care of feeding and most things because well that's his baby >:[ and YQY takes care of teaching him cultivation.

Okay so now that I tricked you into following me into this dark alley, I think it's a good time to mention this with be a freak4freak thing... Also that in my head SY's demon form is something like this

This is a DND Yuan-ti. Kinda fitting lmao. And like SY would be like a REALLY pretty snake. Because it's SY.

Anyway back to our irregularly scheduled programming.

SY also teaches LBH demonic cultivation (to balance LBH and make sure he can't get corrupted yk) , but they make sure that he knows it's a last resort sort of thing. When LBH gets older, YQY starts taking him to spar with him, but SY was to get to a tiny snake form and hide in YQY's robes when he goes out with them.

For some reason SY starts like hardcore crushing on YQY (it's not hard to just look at him 🥴), so he starts trying to get to know YQY and starts stalking him because like no one around TLJ is normal about affection. It works a little, SY starts giving YQY gifts he likes, which gets him attention in return.

But during one of his stalking moments he finds YQY having tea with SQQ. SY immediately gets jealous because YQY acts so much softer with this man that glares and insults him than him and their child. He starts overanalyzing to see what possibly could this man have that he doesn't?

SY concludes that the thing this man has over him is that he's a peerless beauty. So what does he do? Lock in on cultivation so hard until he can force himself to have a human form. Obviously.

So because he's busy with that, he starts letting LBH and YQY alone with their training. YQY thinks it's because SY feels weak and wants to be strong enough to protect LBH, which he's like "why? does he think I can't protect him? I need to try harder then :(" And LBH somehow reverse logics his way into the right conclusion and he's all for being able to walk around with his baba in the open.

Eventually during one of the training sessions, someone sees LBH and YQY. And that's like obviously his secret kid or something because that kid is a noisy disciple that loves starting shit.

It soon gets to SJ's ears and he's pissed. How DARE someone knock up his gege without his knowledge! He goes to MQF (always assume I'll somehow sneak in mujiu if the ship is yueyuan) and demands to know WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!

And MQF is like "I haven't delivered any mpreg babies in a while" and SJ concludes his Qi-ge knocked up a woman, which is strange because he headcanoned his gege as gay and his headcanon CAN'T be wrong.

Around the same time SY unlocks the human babe skin on his avatar and shows YQY. YQY is going through it, and his erectile isn't dysfunctioning now. SY is all proud of himself thinking that YQY will like him better now, and YQY is panicking because Helen of Troy is in his house.

LBH is happy because he can go on walks with his father AND his baba. So he's basically winning. Especially because he's finally old enough to join the sect.

LBH's dads (he has so many fathers his greed sickens me) are going through it in the background as he's having his first day at school. Something happens that I'm too out of to figure out and now he's crushing on MF.

MF feels like he's being hunted but every time he looks he just finds the sect leader's son looking at him like this

So obviously he thinks he's going crazy and moves on.

SQQ eventually sees LBH and thinks "FUCK he has my gege's eyes! The rumors are true!" He then becomes determined to make MF beat LBH at everything else. MF is confused, but he's not going to disappoint his father figure.

Around now YQY is still freaking out about Helen of Troy being in his home and also a demon. And with a little Airplane logic he's like "Well, fuck me I guess. I have to eventually introduce him because he's LBH's dad, and I'm also like LBH's dad. Co-parenting would leave too much room for questions. I guess we're getting married."

YQY uses a seal to hide SY's demonic energy and forges marriage papers and hides them in the records to make it seem like his master had allowed them to elope in secret.

Anyway my point is stupid slice of life romance anime shenanigans that might become serious as it continues but then returns to stupid slice of life romance anime shenanigans

[bug-the-chicken-nug]

I feel like one of the things I like most about Locked Tomb is how it doesn't fall into the common traps present in like Settings where Earth is either outright gone or has suffered some huge global catastrophe, but this is our Chance to Do Better Now and finally Fix It

like. i feel really disillusioned by those, because like even when it's presented more idealistically.

there is still often this really naive and punitive undercurrent.

So much of it boils down to "what humanity needs is a huge collective spanking, that'll Fix Everything/atone for our Sins!" this feeling where it's like the author is throwing a temper tantrum in frustration, and just wants to manufacture a situation where they get to be God and Smite everyone who misbehaves, so that they can finally have it Their Way, and that so everyone will Finally See. and even in the settings where this isn't presented as a "solution", it still tends to feel like Earth was sort of trivialized into a "roadblock" of sorts, or a "sacrifice" to grease the narrative's wheels. like a lot of them, even when it doesn't lowkey feel like it's about "punishing" or "spanking" humanity, still seem to be obsessed with making super bad dramatic things happen to Earth, to the point it kinda percolates into the collective conscious and makes everyone adopt this subconscious doomer belief that this is probably at least close to what's really gonna happen, even if they acknowledge rationally that it's fiction. I feel like for all people love to complain that Gideon The Ninth gets overhyped and isn't that good, it's still one of the small percentage of narratives that just straight up clearly says "no, fuck you, just giving humanity a big enough spanking is not the answer, and the guy who thought it was the answer is actually an extremely selfish and authoritarian piece of shit, that's *why* he thought it was a good answer" and not only that, it never stops to redundantly navel-gaze about the devil's advocate viewpoint. you never get the sense you're seriously supposed to entertain any quibbling over some underlying belief in this as a "necessary evil" or a "for our own good" or our "big wakeup call". it is full stop the wrong answer. if you think it's not, shut the fuck up, we don't have time for you. There's never an intrusive sense that the narrative thinks Earth-That-Was is just some kind of speedbump or roadblock to getting what it wanted. it can actually stick it its guns and just be abundantly clear that this was unambiguously a tragedy that actually does matter, and ultimately didn't "fix" jack shit that hasn't been replaced with NEW problems anyway. Nor do you get the excessive sense that the point of the story is to be like... over-indulgently cautionary. Too wrapped up in tutting and finger-waggling at ne'er-do-wells who aren't even going to realize the story's about them anyway. you also don't have to deal with the thing with like how stories that *don't* do this and instead want to celebrate Earth just overcorrect and make everything boring and act like our fundamental problem is that we won't just settle for less and enter a slow age of "safe" mediocrity. "ambition bad and any sufficiently advanced science evil and scary. live in a cottage. grow tomatoes. develop a weirdly demonized outlook on large cities and an obsession with suburbs and rural areas. still die only a little slower than people used to. significant life extension is just fundamentally too scary and it's the latest in-vogue take to be pessimistic about how good of an idea it is, and also pessimistically assume it'll take an absurd amount of time to get good at it." "like nevermind how much has changed if you look at the difference between 1925 and 2025. ignore that. ignore that most technological advancement follows an S-curve. this is totally going to be the point where it'll still be stupid to expect a huge difference by 2125." "let's just be tree-huggers who're all like three steps away from being Amish, at the end of the day" i know this is all kind of mean to things that AREN'T tlt, and kind of makes me come off as one of Those People who thinks it's perfect, but I am not saying it is, or saying that nothing else has ever managed to creatively subvert my issues with how much sci-fi does this type of thing.

[pandacronic-art]

I made an action figure

Posting this both on Tumblr and my Ko-Fi. Go there and hit any button anywhere if you think this is the kind of thing I should keep doing!

I'm just going to go ahead and call this finished, because otherwise I'll keep tweaking it and won't get anything else done.

I recently got a 3D printer and have been trying to print a bunch of stuff, as one does. Never content with just doing easy things though, I decided to try designing and printing a figure right away. I thought my Kemono Friends White Rhinoceros model would be an easy starting point. It both was and wasn't.

Starting with the scale, I went with a pretty weird one, and I'm sure that's caused me many past and future problems. Instead of a logical 1:12 scale like a civilized being, I opted for 1:12.8. My rationale was entirely that I wanted this and any future Kemono Friends figures I might make to fit in with Generations Beast Wars figures! Well it makes sense to me...

The unusual scale doesn't bother me much since I don't have a lot of human figures in any particular scale anyway. If I did a different series' characters or my own OCs, I would probably go with 1:12 though.

Being new to all this, I wasn't sure if I could pull off ball joints or double hinges, so everything is peg-in swivels and hinges. That said, I tried very hard to get as much articulation as I could without disrupting the sculpt. Conveniently, her armor helps a lot to hide the joints. It also turns out if you've got a sculpt bulky enough to hide some joints in and was already designed to minimize restriction of movement, jointing is actually pretty easy-ish. I mainly copied designs of joints I had seen on some model kits for the same sort of figure, assuming those would be better suited for less tough plastics (I only have PLA on hand) than figures that sell finished. The necessary tolerances I had already mostly worked out from some earlier prints. I managed to work in:

wrist swivels

single joint elbows (exceeding 90 degrees)

bicep swivels

universal shoulders (pauldrons rotate independently for more clearance)

neck swivel (it's there but the hair gets in the way)

sideways head tilt (failed attempt to help the neck swivel)

universal hips with swivels on both ends

single joint knees exceeding 90 degrees (barely)

X and Y ankle tilts

Transformers forums tell me this makes it a double-good toy

ponytail joint

Easily manages to hold her horn in both hands thanks to the sculpted tilt in the wrist.

A surprising amount of time had to be spent making sure the armor could actually print, but hey I was doing this to learn, and that's a learning opportunity. For the torso I ended up needing to split it up into more parts than I had expected, which was frustrating. In most cases though it was just a matter of thickening the armor to the minimum where I was confident it would print and also not crumble in my hands. Durability on a figure is important to me. I made this to play with! The hands are 3mm pegholes!

I had to make a revision of the joints when it turned out the initial style of joint I went with was wearing too quickly.

I'm really happy with how well the sculpt printed, by the way. I wasn't really sure how much detail might be lost. I'm relieved and impress it's mainly just the eyelashes and some thinner hairs that really got lost. The face sculpt features smooth eyes because I only planned for it to be a model, but for a future project I might take time to try out sculpted irises. The bolts on her armor melted a little, but they're there still. I'm glad I didn't go through with an idea I had to print them separately for authenticity. I was delighted the hands didn't print as blobs because of how fine the fingers are, even with gauntlets.

For construction I didn't want to use glue (because I forgot repeatedly to buy any, but also out of preference), so I tried to avoid needing it. I am happy to say I did, everywhere except one spot. Said spot is the neck. Not the neck joint, mind, just the neck part. I think this too could have been avoided with better planning. It was only necessary because I made a peg too shallow, and did not want to reprint the entire upper chest assembly one more time. I'm certain that if I had just made that peg longer, I could declare that this figure is 100% glue-free.

(I pleaded for the reprints to stop)

I'm probably not going to jump into making another one right away, as at the moment I'm not sure what I'm going to try next. "Retooling" this into Black Rhinoceros seems like it would make most sense, but since she's a little taller and a lot of her torso armor is different, I wouldn't really end up reusing as much of the sculpt as one might assume at a glance. I might just do a whole new unrelated character sculpt to avoid the tedium of doing a lot of same-but-different.

I think it might be fun to eventually have a whole shelf of different Friends figures I've made. That might take a couple years at this pace though. For now, the princess is just going to have to join my desk peanut gallery of figures with nowhere else to fit in.

[shelleyminx]

this was written for @corrodedcoffinfest Media Mania

Picture This

Prompt Day 31: Closing Time | Word Count: 901 | Rating: G | CW: none | POV: Outsider | Pairing(s): Eddie Munson/Steve Harrington | Tags: Eddie has a crush on Steve, Chrissy as Corroded Coffin's manager, end of tour blues/joy, Steve and Robin are two menaces (and sweethearts), all of them are just dreamy young people and I think that's beautiful

Summary:

Corroded Coffin releases many albums, goes on tour, become the main characters of rock n' roll controversies as bands do. But decades later, one specific picture appears on the preface of their photo biography.

One that only exists because of a ridiculous idea and a hot stranger willing to go ahead with it and make it even greater.

Eddie tackles Doug onto the floor and they both gasp when Gareth adds himself to the pile of people. Jeff doesn't seem convinced to join in, but Chrissy gives him a light shove and he lets his own body fall, the four of them kinda laughing as they roll to the side, lying on the stage they just made the last show of their first national tour. The venues are not that big, but it's fulfilling, a sense of dream coming true tucked under layers of hard work, traveling in an uncomfortable bus, eventually sharing motel rooms. It's amazing anyway. The sold out date tonight left them with a burning hope that there will be a next album, another tour, a lifetime of this. They're exhausted, but so happy it's hard to leave the place and pop up the bubble.

“Man, I want to climb that!” Eddie laughs, pointing to the theatrical hardware that holds multiple lightning equipment.

“You don't!” Chrissy, their former classmate and now tour manager answers, eyes widening.

“Uh-” a guy enters the stage. Not someone they know, probably around their age, wearing a plain black shirt tucked under his jeans. He doesn't look like a staff member either. “They're not here!” he shouts at someone backstage “Yeah, I'll let you. Have you tried the back entrance? You know these rock dudes… They just vanish.”

The five at the stage trade suspicious looks. Unknown guy starts picking up stuff like used water bottles and setlist papers and throwing them in a trash bag.

“This might've got you guys some more twenty minutes. Then you have to go, I'm sorry.” he keeps his work, never minding their excitement.

“I doubt it would break just with my weight!” Eddie continues, despite the others' silence.

“It wouldn't. But I don't recommend climbing there. You'll be seen by the lightning guys and probably get a fine.” Trash guy says.

“Hey, you're like a security guy or something?” Jeff inquires, analyzing the way he's dressed; not rock n’ roll at all.

“My dad owns the place. And we're closing, but you seem to be enjoying some last minutes with the stage, so. Have your fun, just don't break anything.”

“Can I like… Pretend to be climbing? If one of you guys give me a hand I'll be able to reach it and we can take a picture and-”

“No. Chance. My shoulder is fucked.” Doug is still lying on the floor, facing the stage turned off lights. Jeff doesn't even bother answering.

“Oh… It would be a cool picture, though.” Chrissy pouts “Gar?”

“Don't Gar me, Chris. I can't and won't lift this sack of bones. Take a normal picture instead.”

“I can do it.” Son-Of-Someone interjects, uninterested. “It seems like a cool photo to have.”

Eddie rolls on the floor and finally looks at him. Tall, broad shoulders, athletic, All-American-Hot-Type. Chrissy jumps excitedly.

“Thanks! What's your name again?” she asks, offering a hand for him to shake.

“Steve.” He smiles charmingly at her, but it's Eddie's stomach that begins to flutter.

“No need to worry, man. I was just joking-” he starts, desperately trying to get himself out of a possible crush and to go back to his post-concert euphoria.

“It's nothing. Actually… Wait here!” and he runs yelling something that sounds like Bob or Rob or whatever before coming back with a girl on his tow.

“Father Harrington is gonna kill you if he hears about this.” she sighs.

“Father Harrington always wants to kill me either way, might as well give him some reason.” He shrugs “Okay, figure out a cool pose or something.” He turns back to the band “You too! Robin will take the picture for you, join them!” Chrissy shyly gives Robin her camera and the others discuss what they should do.

“Hi. You're… Ed, right?” Steve approaches casually, smiling like he's hiding something. Eddie thanks every God for his lack of blushing.

“Yeah, Eddie.” He's still wondering how to greet this handsome stranger when he's interrupted.

“Cool, Eddie. Hop on.” Eddie thanks every God because no one is paying attention when he actually blushes because this stranger is pointing at his own back.

Their pose is kinda stupid. Doug and Jeff hold Chrissy up in their arms and she laughs, surprised. Gareth Kneels in front of them, making Devil horns with both his hands and sticking his tongue out. Eddie climbs on Steve's shoulder and pretends to be trying to reach the hardware with a hand while making devil horns with the other and opening a devilish smile. Robin takes their picture then asks them to hold on.

Corroded Coffin releases many albums, goes on tour, becomes the main characters of rock n' roll controversies as bands do. But decades later, this picture appears on the preface of their photo biography.

She does something they can't see in the back of the stage and two canons shoot bright colorful pieces of paper at them, just like it happened at the end of their last song. Shocked, everyone but Steve looks kinda marveled at the beauty of it and Robin shoots a picture that showcases their spontaneous joyous faces. Steve is smiling with a knowing look, while Eddie looks up to the paper, Gareth falls to the floor laughing in shock, Chrissy is on the verge of tears.

What a way to close. What a way to start.

A/N: and that's it for Corroded Coffin Fest 2025! What an honor it was to participate!!! Joining this fest gave me the courage to post some of my writing, read amazing fics and get a lot more love than I ever thought I would!!!! My first fic for the fest was about pre-concert jitters, so nothing more fitting than the last being about post-concert joy.

I hope you guys enjoyed this little thingy! Immense thanks to the CCfest organizers, writers and readers. I hope I can see you on the pocket events and on the next edition!

[brehaaorgana]

I can see her having a different character or eventually gaining another name, for sure!

Fengxian is a really pretty name, so that could be her birth name, or it could be her art name — her 号 (hào). Especially since she was a courtesan who was renowned for her intelligence. It was really popular to take up "art names" if you were like, a poet, an artist, literati, etc.

For example there was a female poet who went by 鳳梧 Fengwu, which would be like, Phoenix + the Wu in Wuzhou, (also for Chinese parasol tree).

Another went by 蒹葭女史 (jianjia nüshi) which... 蒹葭 is like... It refers to growing reeds, but probably is meant as a reference to the Shijing (the classic of Songs/Poetry) which has a line: 蒹葭蒼蒼, 白露為霜

Er...basically: reeds and rushes of rich green / white dew turns to frost

And then 女史 would mean like...a woman scholar. Which you know she is a learned lady if she's referencing the Shijing!

She very likely gave her a fancy name

A lot of the times you picked your own fancier name! A courtesy name would typically come about at 20 for men and at marriage for women anyways (so it makes sense Maomao doesn't yet have one). and then art names or other names would be self-chosen usually, and would convey something about yourself. Sometimes you might also be given a name by others if you become known for something.

So the Madame might have something in mind for an art name if Maomao debuted as a courtesan like you said, and maybe Lakan has one in mind if she married.

But yeah I agree a servant girl being named 猫猫 is probably not that crazy.

I don't think the Verdigris house looks down on Maomao by calling her that, though. It's more just like ...she's still young herself and is unmarried/has no need for an art name.

But the fun part is ALL of the people involved could have extra names for her haha.

It drives me a little crazy how the clan naming system in apothecary diaries works because it deviates from the normal way it works in historical China in a way that doesn't. Make sense Because it's NOT CONSISTENT.

"this is the La clan, so of course the names are Lakan, Lahan. La --- something. First name."

But THEN. then. The imperial family is Ka, so his name is Ka Zuigetsu.

No. No no don't do that. Because if the family was Ka, then it would be Kagetsu. BUT YOU CHANGED IT UP. Instead of clan character in the FIRST NAME, it's now the standard SURNAME, then his courtesy name Zuigetsu, where Yue was probably his milk name.

What would NORMALLY happen is the whole clan has the same surname and then each generation might use a specific assigned character (the emperor could give the clan a generational poem).

So in this theory, you would have like

Ka ZUIgetsu (Rui in Chinese, Ruiyue)

And then the emperor might be Ka ZUIyang or in Japanese, Ka ZUIyou. (Ruiyang).

Sun and Moon.

But then the La clan would be the KAN clan, because that's the actual surname. Kan Lakan. And then Lahan would have a DIFFERENT first character because he's the next generation. So it would be like, idk for example Kan Fuhan because the next generational character isn't La, but is Fu, or something.

Maomao would also never be La Mao, she would be Kan Maomao.

The deviation from this is not really important or anything it just drives me nuts because it removes a consistency that can be learned for an easier way to remember things.

[invisiblesketches]

Thinking about my reincarnation/modern au for genshin again

[knockknockitsnickels]

I think this is one of my favorite lines from the Wraith route because of (imo) how much the meaning changes depending on if you got there via Spectre or Nightmare. For Spectre, it honestly strikes me as a genuine question. Why are you doing this to her? If you're on the Spectre route, you presumably already know the Narrator can't really be trusted, since you had to reject his reward to get here. What are you hoping to gain from continuing to hurt her? For Nightmare, it honestly just makes me sad. As the Shifting Mound describes her, "She desires only companionship, but the only thing she knows is how to hurt." This line feels like a plea from someone who genuinely doesn't understand why you keep rejecting her. She wants to be with you, but she just can't understand how to do that in a way which doesn't hurt you.