#anyways I’m yapping instead of studying

[knees-and-bees]

It will never not annoy me that “garlic” by itself is seen as a ward for vampires.

Because it’s not. At least, not in the source people think it seems to originate from. Because Bram Stoker’s Dracula never said it was garlic itself that was repelling, rather, that it was garlic *flowers* that were repelling.

And while an argument can be made for garlic being repulsive, its roots aren’t from “Dracula”. Rather, it originates from Garlic’s antimicrobial properties, similar to that of silver (both of which are notably repulsive to vampires).

The antimicrobial properties of these two materials are why they were seen as “purifying” in the face of evil. Seeing as people used to connect the spread of disease with an inherent “Evilness” the air possessed. And silver being used in the production of mirrors when these mythologies were truly forming in the western world may be an explanation as to why vampires don’t seem to reflect in mirrors. As for stakes (or wood in general) there are those who argue for the reason behind that being because the wood used was used to make crosses. (+ the connection of religion is the opposite of evil and that’s why holy water and the sun works)

In conclusion the stuff we use to avoid vampires is quite literally just- old medical advice and religious beliefs protecting against evil.

(Yes I got reminded of this because I’m studying Wolf Alice (short story not the band) in my English literature class)

[timmydraker]

“Yeah well, at least I don’t have an Oreo for a hairstyle.”

Duke Thomas was very used to Tim arguing with people, the older boy (by like two years), was an expert at getting on people’s nerves and seemed to enjoy it half the time. Sometimes it was just that he was in a mood and forgot the importance of boundaries or snapped too easily, but times like this-

“You look like a literal skunk.”

-he just seemed to want chaos.

Duke sat with a bag of Doritos he stole from Damian’s hidden stash with out the usual act of pretending not to be nosing in on the conversation.

The two had waltzed into the Cave a few minutes ago yapping about some author when Duke was getting off his own patrol and seen as it was technically a public space, in a Bat sense, he didn’t feel bad for listening in.

Jason flung his arms around in an exasperated manner and shouted, “What does that have to do with Margaret Mitchell?!”

Tim, who ho got right up in the violent, murderous and heavily armed crime lords face, jabbed a finger in his chest and said, “Nothing, I was just telling you more facts, like that Gone With The Wind doesn’t need to be studied in highschool!”

Naturally, Jason got him in a headlock and started to choke Tim out.

Duke didn’t move or panic, they never really hurt each other and seen as how when they properly met the first time left them both battered and bruised and Tim lowkey close to death, the two had a lot of trust in what each other could handle.

And anyway, the only reason Tim got away with being such a little shit was that he was both able to get himself out of the more physical interactions and often knew when he overstepped and took the hit.

But this time, something strange happened.

Instead of an intricate flip or jab in the ribs, Timothy Jackson Drake: raised in a giant manner with full staff and restricted internet access and a good, solid social life-

Bit Jason.

Right on the hand.

Hard.

Duke’s mouth dropped open, snack forgotten as he thought about how quickly he could find the cave system recording of what just happened.

Jason didn’t even move, not even a flinch, he just froze as Tim did as soon as the realisation of what he just did set in.

No one spoke for a moment as Tim slowly loosened his jaw and let Jason’s hand go.

A few drops of blood trickled down Jason’s hand and from Tim’s tooth.

Jason then asked what Duke was also thinking, “What just happened?”

Tim, who was the culprit in the situation, looked genuinely baffled as he stepped away from the older man and looked at his now red hand.

“I think I… bit..?…you?”

Jason made an expression of ‘no shit’ and then hissed down at his hand, it wasn’t a nibble or joking bite, it was a full locked jaw ‘I’m going to take off flesh’ kind of bite. “Dude you called me a skunk but what if you gave me fucking rabies some shit?”

Tim in an almost dazed state looked at him, “I don’t have rabies, I’m not Damian,” - Jason made a ‘fair’ motion - “and anyway, it’s more likely for you to get a bacterial infection from a human bite.”

Tim, in the most awkward moment Duke had ever seen for the usually confident young man, then shuffled away slightly and muttered, “I’ll um, send you a file on it. Yeah. I’ll do that.”

Then full sprinted out of the room.

Jason looked at Duke with wide eyes, “What?”

Duke shrugged slowly, “I genuinely- I, I dunno.”

Both of them stared at each other for a moment in silence before Jason headed towards the med bay to clean up.

Ten minutes later footage of what happened was sent to the family group chat and, just as Tim wanted, he got his chaos.

And a vaccine.

[tobiosbbyghorl]

hyper and chilll suggestion first frost inspired 😭😭 when reader is drunk and hoon has to fetch her and remove her makeup for her and hes all smiley while he yaps, he pulls her closer admires her and kisses her

Hyper & Chill | psh

act 23: late night hero

previous

Sunghoon sighed as he pulled up to the curb outside the bar, his fingers drumming against the steering wheel. The moment he got your tipsy, borderline incoherent voice note—“Lolove, I think I’m a lil’… hic! …drunk. You should come get meeee~”—he was already grabbing his keys.

And now here he was, watching you stumble out of the bar with your friend leading you toward his car.

The moment you saw him, your face lit up.

“Lolove!” You beamed, waving at him enthusiastically, as if he wasn’t your boyfriend of nearly a year but instead a long-lost lover in a drama.

Sunghoon shook his head, fighting a grin. “Get in, you drunk idiot.”

—

By the time he got you back to your place, you were barely keeping your eyes open.

“Loloveeee,” you mumbled, clinging onto his arm as he led you inside. “You’re so nice… You’re the nicest, bestest boyfriend in the whole world.”

Sunghoon chuckled, unlocking your door with the spare key you gave him. “Yeah, yeah, tell me more when you’re sober.”

You pouted but let him guide you to sit on your bed.

Sunghoon crouched in front of you, hands resting on your knees as he studied your sleepy, flushed face. Your makeup was slightly smudged from the night, and he sighed.

“You need to take your makeup off before you sleep,” he muttered, standing to grab your wipes from the dresser.

You hummed in response, eyes already half-closed.

He chuckled, kneeling in front of you again. “You’re not gonna do it, are you?”

“Nope.”

With a fond sigh, he gently took your face in his hands.

“Alright, stay still.”

You giggled. “Your hands are so warm~”

Sunghoon shook his head, but his lips twitched into a smile as he carefully wiped your face. He worked in silence, a soft concentration on his features, while you sat there with a dazed little smile.

As he smoothed away the last of your mascara, he couldn’t help but admire you.

He always thought you were beautiful, but something about this moment—your sleepy eyes, your soft features, the way you let him take care of you so easily—made his heart squeeze.

He sighed dramatically. “You’re so lucky you’re cute.”

Your lips curved. “You think I’m cute?”

Sunghoon rolled his eyes. “Obviously.”

You hummed, reaching out to poke his cheek. “You’re cute, too.”

Sunghoon scoffed, but his ears turned red. “Whatever.”

Then, just as he was about to get up, he noticed the familiar bottles of skincare on your vanity.

He sighed again. “You also need to do your skincare.”

You groaned, burying your face in your hands. “Too tired.”

Sunghoon shook his head. “I swear, you’ll complain about bad skin tomorrow if I let you sleep like this.”

Still, you made no effort to move.

He clicked his tongue. “Fine. I’ll do it.”

That made you perk up. “Really?”

Sunghoon rolled his eyes but grabbed your toner anyway. “Yeah, yeah. Just don’t move.”

You grinned, sitting still as he dabbed the product onto your skin with gentle hands.

“You’re so good at this,” you murmured, eyes fluttering shut.

“Of course,” he said smugly. “You always make me put on your sunscreen when you’re lazy, remember?”

You giggled. “True~”

He went through each step carefully—toner, serum, moisturizer—his lips twitching every time you let out a happy hum.

By the time he was done, he was smiling way too much for someone who just did someone else’s skincare routine.

“There. All soft and glowy,” he teased, tapping your nose.

You beamed. “Thanks, Lolove.”

Then, as if possessed, he gently pulled you closer, tucking a strand of hair behind your ear before his fingers traced along your jaw.

You blinked at him, your smile soft. “Why’re you looking at me like that?”

He swallowed.

His voice was quieter when he replied.

“Dunno. Just… admiring my drunk mess of a girlfriend.”

Your heart flipped.

And before you could reply, he tilted your chin up and kissed you—soft, slow, and incredibly sweet.

You melted against him, hands fisting his hoodie as he pressed one, two, three kisses to your lips, each one more lingering than the last.

When he finally pulled away, he exhaled a laugh.

“You taste like soju,” he murmured, forehead resting against yours.

You grinned. “You like soju.”

“Yeah,” he chuckled. “But I like you more.”

And with that, he kissed you again—because tipsy or not, he’d never get tired of it.

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[strawberijasper]

Finally drew my other bkdk fankids!

I was originally only going to give Kazu a sister but then I I thought about it more and I had too many quirk ideas, so they have twins now :3c

I have a lot of thoughts so forgive me for the ramble so closeups + info dump under the cut!

Michi

I debated a lot with Kazu if I wanted to make him quirkless or not, so giving him a sister gave me the opportunity to do that. I decided she’s going to be the quirkless one of the siblings.

She’s a daddy’s girl (Katsuki) and wants to be just like him, so becoming a hero was a given. She never let her being quirkless stop her, never gave bullies the time of day when they told her she couldn’t. After all, who’s going to tell the daughter of the top two heroes she can’t be one as well? Hero blood runs through her veins.

She gets into UA, passing with flying colors, and gets put into Deku’s class, since he would know better than anyone (besides all might) how to train a quirkless hero.

Michi is confident and outspoken, and that is shown in her loud sense of style. Her aesthetic was heavily influenced by her close relationship with Jirou and Mina, as well as her friendship with Eri influencing her hobbies.

———————

Akari

I decided to add Akari while developing my fantasy au, I don’t know what influenced me but the urge to give bkdk twins was strong and eventually won me over. I’m still ironing out the kinks of Akari’s quirk, but I decided it wouldn’t be something suited for fighting, something that’s a mix of Mitsuki’s and Katsuki’s quirk. Basically this boy sparkles.

Akari in my mind is very sweet and shy, he got Izuku’s temperament along with basically everything else from Izuku. He’s also a mama’s boy (Izuku, I’m using mama in a gender neutral way) hence the Deku merch.

One thing for sure is that Akari feels like the black sheep in his family, they never treat him like he is, but Akari feels immense, self imposed pressure to be like the rest of their family. Akari never wanted to be a hero, they find the idea daunting and much rather sit back and let their family do all the saving.

Instead, Akari wants to be like his grandparents, he wants to get into the fashion industry. Whether it be through modeling or designing, they feel the siren call of the art world. After voicing this to his parents they would of course be wildly supportive, despite Akari’s fears, and he gets into the general studies course at UA.

I also imagine that Akari and Michi are identical twins, because Akari is afab :3c

———————

I’d yap about Kazu but I’ve already talked about him on here.

Anyways those are the babies :3 I’m glad I finally have them drawn and out of my brain. Here’s some closeups for anyone who read all the way through.

[erwinsvow]

https://www.tumblr.com/erwinsvow/783483947154849792/reading-that-last-anon-ask-made-me-think-of-nicky

Ughhh I just love this so much!!!

Like Pope is confused, everyone else is confused and she’s just so sure in what she wants, so forward and flirty with Pope, bc how could you not be? he’s perfect!

And seeing him nervous and stuttery, and crushing is so cuteeee (like him when he called Amy and met up with her in season 6… going to the restaurant hours before to make sure it was perfect, ahhhh I’m getting side tracked, but I love him so much!!)

He’s such a loverboy and he deserves a horny younger woman who is obsessed with him (…it’s me, he deserves me)

literally this!!!!!!! woke up extra early so i could take a study break and answer some of these but i would looooove if nympho gf (can i call her that. is that fine?) gets pretty worried after her attempts aren’t working for a while. like discouraged and then kind of like oh, he doesn’t even like me, that is embarrassing. & then maybe you take it down a lot of notches to save yourself further embarrassment and then obviously at first he was just confused and ? about the whole thing. still doesn’t get why you picked him to give all your attention to. does not like the comments from craig about “dude, are you gonna hit that or what?” and how you don’t seem to care what anyone has to say about him and still flock up to him daily like you’re not scared of him!!! like you’ve never been scared and have no reason to be scared. and then the more you’re around the more he can appreciate how you do, in fact, really like him. asking him how his day was everyday. walking away from conversations with his brothers if you see him. finding him at every party and sitting quietly next to him instead of socializing with other people. and then eventually he just found some peace in listening to you yap about your classes and this dress you bought when he finally asks you on a date and how you like the shirt he’s wearing and there was one at the mall you should have gotten for him. and he’s just content to sit and stare and listen while you talk but you get sad and worried when he doesn’t ever make another move.

so you just conclude you’re annoying him and try to lay off and then one day at another one of Smurf’s parties he finds you in the usual place you guys sit just drinking a beer and staring at the stars, after a week of not really talking to him and fuck if it doesn’t burn!!! he doesn’t even realize what’s happening or get why you stopped because your attention had been really really sweet and he was getting very used to it and then it just slowed down (you still say hi and ask him how his day was but you stop with the flirty jokes and the arm touches and staring at him like you’re thinking about all the ways he could bend you over. he misses the arm touches the most though.) or :( he thinks it’s just you discovering something else about him that made you scared and youre just doing what everyone else does—leaving. i stand by the fact that nympho reader is only a nympho for andrew like she’s not interested in anyone else and doesn’t enjoy parties or being over if he’s not there. so that night is no exception and you sit and wait to see if andrew will come talk to you like all the other times but you give up when you don’t see him after an hour or two. have a headache from the gross beer and how sad you feel and stupidly you think if he’s not at home, maybe you can sleep in his room and drive home in the morning since they all know you anyways. and you know no one is gonna go in his room, youd be safe to crash there. so you do and when you wake up Andrew’s sitting next to you so you have to sleepily apologize and tell him in your tired state how you thought no one would bother you if you slept in here. and i think it kind of lights a fire in him lol to think that you feel protected just being in his room, not even in his presence, that you still went there even when you couldn’t find him earlier (he was in the garage taking his frustration out with power tools). cue sleepy heartfelt confession and kiss and make up time!! <3 how long could either of you keep it up when you clearly miss each others company so much. and then the next time everyone sees you two you’re hanging off his arm and showering him in PDA and you start wearing his shirts and a little A necklace and getting chased around in the forest and fucked against trees!!!!! yayyyyyy

[psiioniicarts]

Victim 5 Missing Person “John Doe”

Astar Magdalene

Would you guys be mad at me if I posted a TMC OC instead of other content? 😔 (does it anyways)

So uuuhhh hiii I decided to make an OC…because I’m just so cool and based like that. This is Astar (like, Astaroth, hehe). For anyone who cares enough to read this, this guy tried to cancel his life subscription one too many times, saw a vision of Gabriel telling him life is worthless, and was brought back and kinda cracked. Decides "well...if life doesn't mean anything, I'll do what I want. And I want to study alternates." So, mf actively hunts them and tries to catalogue their behavior and biology. Like...paranormal biology. Parabiology.

He's weird, but he's a chill guy. Yaps people's ears off about biblical theology and the paranormal. Makes good soup. He lets ghost hunters, like BPS, stay in his house (which he paid dirt cheap for) in Mandela in exchange for their juicy camera footage of ghosts...or alternates.

[m-inntii]

Phainon study ig

This is an update/redo on my previous analysis post on Phainon lol. As per usual the usual warnings: Spoilers for entirety of Amphorues (which includes 3.3)

This post is both an analysis of Phainon, a dive into his possible mindset, and a review of his relationships. (although it is also jsut a lot of yapping) do not take my words for gospel, i’m not very good analyst I just do this for fun.

as a funny little extra wanting, i’ll also be discussing Phaidei in here!! So if your like homophobic or something. . . well you shouldn’t even be playing hoyo games in the first place actually so

Phainon is really well written character, imo

Before the Flame Chase journey, Phainon was just a boy form the village of Aedes Elysiae. He was happy, fulfilled, and had many friends

And then his village was destroyed by the Flame Reaver. All that joy and peace gone in a second.

He had to watch as his parents sacrificed their own lives so he could live, as he was helpless to save anyone, which then started a continuous cycle of constant self-blame and lack of self-worth.

This probably caused him to have a mirad of issues. For one, he probably has some sort of attachment issues. He knows what it’s like to lose everything in the blink of an eye, so he truly treasures any companions he gets. Yet, he also is so afraid of losing anyone again that he’s willing to give his own life if it means no one get’ hurt.

This was also the main catalyst bad self esteem issues. To Phainon, he was unable to save his village because he was weak (and not becuase he was a child who never could’ve seen this coming. Come on Phainon, you couldn’t have ever expected this.). He was too weak to save anyone, and his own parents even had to sacrifice themselves because he was too weak to save himself.

This also could’ve kickstarted a cycle of needing to helps others to “make up” for his “mistakes”. That he’s made so many mistakes and “caused the deaths” of so many people. he needs sacrifice his life just to make up for it

As a by product of this, he believes he needs to always act strong or look tough, that he can’t ever be allowed to be weak. It’s even a possibility that he thinks he isn’t ALLOWED to be weak, that he isn’t deserving to be vulnerable when there is probably those out there suffering worse.

Even with his companions, people he’s supposed to trust, he’s pretty distant. Even when saying farwell to Mydei, someone who matters DEEPLY to him, he still refuses to ever let himself be vulnerable or show his true feelings, instead putting up a facade or carefreeness to hide it. (Ofc Mydei calls out his bullshit because he they gay like that)

Also SURVIVORS GUILT! good’ol classic. It’s pretty obvious how Phainon could’ve gotten survivors guilt. I mean, he’s the only one in his village who survived and the last remnant of it. And shocker, this can all but adds on to his idea that he’s an unforgivable monster.

He ended up becoming a hollow husk of himself afterwards. It’s made very clear that Phainon holds his origins close to him, that he sees it as part of his identity, so this loss was VERY devastating. To him, he is nothing without his village. He has no purpose anymore, no loved ones, no home, nothing.

Then Agalea invited him to the Flame Chase journey.

Aglaea cements herself as someone important to him by giving him a “purpose” at living. At least when he first starts it, Phainon’s only real reason for joining the Chryso Heirs is because it gives him a reason for existing. As he says in 3.3, Aglaea “saved” him by giving him something that moved him forward.

It is questionable if Algaea saw Phainon as a blank slate she could mould into something for the flame chase journey, but she wanting to help Phainon probably did contribute to her choosing him specifically.

Anyway, back to Phainon.

Phainon. . . grows? Questionable. He definitely gains new companions but he still struggles pretty badly with his issues. It’s even unclear if he actually grows in 3.3 or he’s still hiding his emotions and jsut forcing himself to get through.

During Amphoreus we further see just how badly Phainon is affected by his issues

To further solidly Phainon’s bad self-esteem, the story very clearly shows he tends to place his companions higher then he does himself. This is especially noticeable Mydei of all people, where he says that Mydei could do something so much better/faster or when he constantly thinks of what Mydei would do. It shows just how much Phainon doesn’t believe in himself as being capable of saving anyone, and that most people (that isn’t Caenis) are better then him

And OH BOY HIS SELF ESTEEM ISSUES (again yes i know) COME BACK FULL SWING BABEY!! EXCEPT THIS TIME HE ALSO HAS THE EXPECTATION OF THE ENTIRE FUCKING WORLD ON HIM! Pretty obvious how a guy with low self confidence can struggle knowing the fate of the entire world is in his hands. I mean, in his eyes he couldn’t even save his village, how is he supposed to save the world?

Also potential for identity issues!! Phainon holds his hometown, Aedes Elysiae, very close to his identity. So when it burned down, his own identity might as well. Now he’s being given the title of the “Deliver” and his new identity is that of “Saving Amphoreus” in the Flame Chase journey, but how much of the Deliverer is Phainon? Is his kindness actually part of Phainon or is it just his job as a hero?

Oh and I can’t forget the survivors guilt! Hah! If being the last survivor of his village wasn’t enough, NOW HE’S THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF ALL THE CHRYSO HEIRS AND THE ENTIRE PLANET!! Funsiesssss. . . .

Focusing (not really this analysis has been very messy and jsut a lot of me yapping lol) on the events of Amphorues. . .

It’s pretty likely Phainon took his failing in the Strife Trial as another thing to add to the pile of “Why i’m a failure” and insecurities.

A connection can be made that the reason Phainon is so hesitant to leave Mydei both times is because of his earlier stated attachment issues. He doesn’t want to lose another companion. He doesn’t want to have another companion die because of his failure to be there for them.

(No one tell him Mydei died the 2nd time because then he’s gonna take it as indirectly his fault and take it as him being so weak Mydei had to save him and in turn died due to his weakness.)

Another moment I want to point out is when the bracelet with Aglaea falls in the. . . fuck ass gold water. This was probably also be taken as Phainon failing to “save” another companion because he was too slow. (Fuck you Caenis)

Also Phainon has like bad, BAD coping mechanisms, or well specifically in 3.3 where 5 of the Chryso Heirs die back to back. It’s pretty obvious that the deaths of all of them weigh on him (shoutout to Joshua btw he did great). However since he didn’t have enough time left to grieve properly (that or he decided to be stupid), the only way he could cope with those deaths was to numb himself to the pain. He even seemed to tune out the fatc Mydei was also death, probably to avoid having to think about it and then having a mental breakdown or something.

(Can’t wait for when he learns that’s he’s in a loop and that the entire Prophecy was basically a fake so he can realise basically all feelings and connections he had were nothing but an illusion and that he’s stuck to forever hav ego go through the same things over and over again with no end all while learning that the suffering he went through and all the time he devoted to the Flame Chase Journey was pointless because it didn’ even save shit)

(also can’t wait for him to find out that’s he’s a lord ravager and that he wasn’t the hero he thought he was)

my apologies if this is a little one of the worse analysis/study i jsut really felt like tapping. . .

[electricbathsalt]

Yaknow, all that talk of “Why don’t any of you understand what I’m trying to accomplish/that it’s for the greater good” from Chisaki gains a whole bunch more layers with the confirmation that he was in one of AFO’s facilities as a kid.

Because since he was potentially experimented on (and considering he was the direct source of an apparent quirk copy, the chances of that are extremely high), that can spin the context/thought process greatly from apathetic stubbornness. He repeatedly claims that quirks are diseases and humanity needs to be rid of them, and it’s said he gained this mindset from a pretty much baseless study he read when he was younger.

Now here’s the thing; I always thought that was stupid. Or, uncharacteristic is a better word. I always thought “Really? Chisaki wholeheartedly believes some unsupported, one-off article and that’s why he hates quirks? The guy who meticulously thinks out and plans everything based on stone-cold facts and logic?” But then I realized. Humans in general, but especially kids, are going to look for anything to latch onto to outsource their frustrations about the traumas they’re going through that they don’t yet understand. Chisaki didn’t necessarily buy into that theory because he genuinely believed it, but because that while everyone else was treating quirks like the best thing a person could have, he knew that his own quirk was causing him pain via the experimentation (and potentially whatever landed him in the orphanage in the first place), and he wanted a way to outlet that distress, and to finally fault quirks, to tell everyone they’re not amazing or good. And that’s why he ‘believed’ that article. It gave him an out, an “I told you so!” moment, validation.

But what’s also interesting is how that all didn’t stop him from experimenting on Eri. And truth be told, I think Chisaki genuinely doesn’t understand that he’s traumatized. He doesn’t realize what he went through had actual, lasting effects on him. Instead he thinks, “If I could endure it, why can’t she?” And moreover, that whole “it’s for the greater good” thing is probably, whether consciously or subconsciously (most likely the latter), stemming from a thought that kids will no longer be experimented on for their quirks if quirks don’t exist anymore. He’s thinking, con or subcon (probably latter), “One last kid in the cycle before it’s broken”, since we know he thinks of Eri as a symbol for ridding the world of quirks and “returning it to normal”.

Also the whole thing that how Chisaki manipulates Eri (and kinda just his opponents in general) is potentially him repeating words that were said to him/him projecting, which coincides with his mindset that kindness is something that makes you indebted to someone else, going off the idea he possibly thinks of himself as a burden or a curse (hm), because what value does he have if he can’t be used to achieve someone else’s goals for them? To the point he simultaneously resents his own quirk and fears losing it because he thinks he’s worthless/weak without it.

Ahhh, anyway, this was like. My longest yap session yet. Sorry 💀🙏 but the facts are I’ll keep going. I’m just choosing to shut my mouth so that this doesn’t get any longer. 💀

[yuzurins]

# to tell you the truth

06 — worst luck

smau masterlist ∗ previous chapter ∗ next chapter

to take bachira’s word for something was equivalent to taking a risk, and rin knew from experience that it more often than not ends up in predicament.

still, his pride wouldn’t let him accept getting rejected by the former, which is how rin found himself reluctantly spending his break eating with his friends instead of studying.

“are you sure this place doesn’t only sell desserts?” rin presses, raising an eyebrow at the bright exterior of the cafe.

“trust me! i’ve been here before!”

“you owe me another meal if it isn’t.”

bachira laughs, opening the door to enter before any further retaliation.

the interior of the store is bigger than expected, and it’s rather pleasing to the eyes, unlike the outside.

rin takes a second to admire the store, and for a moment, he doesn’t regret listening to bachira.

that is, before he sees you.

he curses himself for almost missing you—as it would be the same as missing a bomb— because of the fact that you blend in with the surrounding aesthetic of the cafe. you’re sitting there smiling, probably yapping about your insignificant day filled with insignificant tasks to some insignificant person. it’s completely different from the deadpan and annoyed attitude you gave him that night he saw you at the bookstore. rin is so distracted staring at you that he doesn’t even notice the said insignificant person sitting in front of you: isagi. and now he wants to turn around and run out the door.

but before he can make a move, his excessively extroverted friend jumps over to greet who he’s tried so hard to ignore.

“isagi! hey!” bachira calls, grinning at the sight of his best friend. “i didn’t think i’d see you here!”

“bachira, hi!” waving, isagi stands up, ready to greet his friends.

however, despite isagi being super close to bachira, you haven’t spoken to the latter since high school. the two of you weren’t particularly close, so you asked isagi to stay quiet about your affairs and to let the friendship dissolve. he was caring, truly, but that’s why you distanced yourself instead of getting in between a perfectly normal friendship. after all, the only reason you knew bachira was because of rin.

you take a deep breath before letting yourself be known. “hi, it’s been a while.”

bachira’s gaze shoots over to you and he does a double take before opening his mouth in shock. “holy shit, y/n, is that you?!”

smiling, you lift your hand and wave.

“i haven’t seen you in ages!” he beams, but is quick to pout after taking a look at your table. “i can’t believe you and isagi made plans without me!”

“sorry,” you say sarcastically. “i lost my phone from back then, so i got a new number and my contacts were reset.”

bachira continues sulking. “just say you hate me.”

“okay. i hate you.”

“HEY!”

“i’m joking!”

you envy how awkward doesn’t exist whenever you talk to bachira, regardless of the time between interactions. he talks to you like a close friend, and you appreciate him being so friendly despite you ghosting him.

“well it wasn’t funny!” he tries to keep an unhappy face, but a laugh ends up coming out instead. “anyways, i didn’t come here alone. say hello to….!” bachira turns around expecting chigiri and rin, but they’ve gone ahead and lined up to get food. (much to rin’s relief)

“what— hey— they were supposed to order with me! i’m the regular of this place!”

from your point of view, you can only see chigiri clearly. there’s another guy beside him, but he’s turned around so you can’t really see him clearly. isagi on the other hand, gulps a bit too loudly, as if he’s finally remembered something important.

“whatever, you already know them anyways. if you’re down, wanna get a table together?” bachira asks, but then suddenly lifts his hands up as he continues, “oh! but i hope we aren’t interrupting you guys or anything!” he then wiggles his eyebrows, and you cringe. maybe you should take the statement about him not being awkward back.

isagi smiles warily. it seems like he’s taken notice of the current situation, and who you guys have forgotten about. he opens his mouth to say something, but it’s too late, and it only takes him a single glance at you to realize that.

“hi y/n!” chigiri makes his way over, shooting you a wave. you mimic him and send a wave back, though you aren’t sure whether it is out of pettiness or friendliness. you and chigiri are in the same major, resulting in a good portion of your classes shared, so interacting with him wasn’t foreign. however, after the identity of the guy beside him was revealed, you thought maybe it’s a good idea to show him how close you were with his friends. a silly act to make him jealous, one would say.

“you guys are so fake! i can’t believe you ordered without me!” bachira’s back to sulking, crossing his arms and turning his head.

“um, what?” chigiri rolls his eyes. “you left us the second we stepped in here and you say we’re fake?”

“it was to say hi to isagi! you can’t blame me!”

“uh huh. talk about favouritism.”

“so what! you like rin better anyways!”

the redhead raises a brow. “the audacity you have to say that! it’s true. i do, but at least he agrees to hang out with me. no offense, isagi.”

bachira gasps. “that was so offensive!”

isagi merely smiles and scratches his cheek at the sight of his friends bickering. “it’s okay. doesn’t hurt to have other friends, you know?”

now both of them are taken aback. “did you just say we have no friends?”

though it is enjoyable watching them quarrel like children, you step in to save isagi. (also to stop this awkward staring contest between you and rin.) “we’re getting off topic here…”

your voice isn’t as loud as the other two, but isagi picks up almost immediately and changes the topic so he can stop fighing for his life. “yeah! bachira, what were you talking about earlier?”

“hmph. i’ll let you off for now.” he’s sullen, but still answers. “so, whatd’ya say about sharing a table?”

you and rin both give a reply at the same time.

“no thanks—“

“sure, let’s get one for us all.”

widening his eyes in shock, rin snaps his head over in your direction when he hears your answer.

even now, you’re still disagreeing with him?

notes: hi i forgot to post again. not proofread. i legit cannot write dialogue. but it’s okay as long as you get the picture!!!!!!!!

pairing ∗ itoshi rin x f!reader

synopsis — all you wanted was a peaceful and productive uni life, but despite your pleas, your plans start crumbling when the star of the football team, itoshi rin, begins to beat you in every aspect possible. as you confront the inevitable, what happens when you uncover secrets behind an unforgettable event from the past?

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[linxnnalyn]

I need to hear more about your self ship with Mafuyu so bad like what would your life be in the pjsk universe??? How would you and Mafuyu meet and how would your relationship go from there??? Pls yap about artemafu PLEASE

tag list -> @kaechu1

FINALLY. FINALLY I CAN YAP ABOUT ME AND MY WIFE. YIPPIE. THANK YOU ANON FOR FEEDING ME. Strap in because I'm about to go absolutely feral over ArteMafu.

Where do I even BEGIN because like. I think about this constantly. Like it lives in my brain rent free and is always playing in the background like elevator music.

So in the PJSK universe, my life wouldn’t be super different. I’d still be me (emotionally unstable, overly affectionate, chronically online), just living in Japan instead. So I imagine my parents and sisters and I moved to Japan when I was really young and I grew up learning Japanese alongside Serbian and English. I’d probably mix all of them in one sentence just to suffer.

AND OBVIOUSLY MY PUPPY NINI WOULD STILL BE MY BABY. Like there is no timeline, no reality where she doesn’t exist. She was adopted from a local shelter in this universe though, instead of being born from one of our dogs. She still sleeps in my bed. Still bites my ankles. Still attacks me when I have to go to school. She’s perfect.

SO. HOW I MEET MAFUYU…

We meet when I was a 1st year and she was a 2nd year, and I join the archery club because I’ve always wanted to try it and the aesthetic is literally everything 😔 But the moment I walk into the club room and see her I’m like. Oh. Oh no. She’s literally stunning and terrifyingly beautiful and quiet and composed and looks like she walked out of a drama and I immediately fall in love.

It’s 100% love at first sight. I’m staring at her like 😳 and meanwhile she’s just standing there being cool and elegant and I’m already trying to figure out what our wedding would look like. The problem is I turn into a complete weirdo around people I like. So I try to act normal and impress her but I end up making a fool of myself. Every. Time. Tripping over arrows, rambling too much, trying to make dumb jokes that fall flat. I probably accidentally say something like “archery is so sexy” and then pretend I didn’t.

Anyway. The only reason we even start hanging out is because I ask her for help studying. I genuinely suck at studying and have the attention span of a squirrel but also like. I just wanna be around her. So I’m like “Please help me with math 🥺” and she agrees because she’s polite and nice and possibly secretly amused at how much of a mess I am.

BUT EVEN THEN I GET NOTHING DONE. I just end up staring at her while she explains things and nodding like “yeah totally got it” while absolutely not getting it. I’m too busy being in love. It’s a problem.

Eventually I start messaging her more outside of school. Like at midnight I’ll send her pics of Nini with 10 exclamation marks and go “LOOK AT HER!!!!” or rant about whatever anime or music I’m hyperfixating on. She doesn’t really respond much at first but she doesn’t not respond either. And over time she starts replying more. Like short messages, but consistent. I can tell she’s slowly opening up.

AND I YAP TO HER ABOUT NIGHTCORD 24/7. Like. Nonstop. I’m a huge N25 fan so I’m always like “omg the lyrics in this song hit so hard” or “This song is so stunning. I want to sob.” and she’s just like 🙂 because I don’t even realize SHE’S IN NIGHTCORD. 

I’m a really oblivious person so I don’t notice how fake her personality is at school. Like I know she’s kinds and sweet and nice. But when we’re alone I notice she acts a little different. More serious. Quieter in a different way. Less “polite” and more… tired. And sad. I don’t really get it but I start feeling this like… ache? Like I want to protect her from whatever’s hurting her, even if I don’t understand it yet.

I overshare a lot with people I’m close to and Mafuyu is no exception. I’d just tell her stuff like “I cried in the bath again today because I thought about my future and I don’t have one LMAO anyway what’s up with you” and then send her a meme. I also constantly remind her like “Hey you can tell me anything btw” even though I know she probably won’t.

AND THEN WHEN I FIND OUT ABOUT HER ISSUES AND HER REAL PERSONALITY??? MAFUMOM BETTER START RUNNING. LIKE I UNDERSTAND HER IN A NARRATIVE SENSE BUT ALSO I WILL PERSONALLY FIGHT HER. I WOULD TEAR HER APART WITH MY BARE HANDS. I WOULD GO TO WAR FOR MAFUYU.

Also I have this stupid habit where I think I need to fix everyone around me and completely ignore my own problems. So once I know what Mafuyu’s dealing with, I become laser-focused on her. Like “I can fix this I can help her I can give her love” while completely neglecting myself. It definitely reaches a point where she ends up having to take care of me too. And we both realize that maybe we’re a little too codependent but also we love each other so bad it hurts and maybe that’s okay for now.

I think we start dating without even realizing it. Like there’s no big confession. One day I just text her “Hey are we dating or do I just love you and want to kiss you all the time” and she’s like “I assumed we were” and I’m like “OKAY WELL UHHHH I’M GONNA PASS OUT BRB.” And that’s it. That’s how ArteMafu starts dating.

So yeah we’re just two broken weirdos who cling to each other like our lives depend on it and honestly? That’s peak romance to me.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME RAMBLE. I could talk about us forever. If you want to know more, ask me anything, I'm so normal about her (I'm not).

[izzyfishie]

ALSO

Sangwoo being into BDSM is actually a realistic and raw representation of just how far repressed he was, because people can develop kinks simply by pushing that part of themselves to the side and not exploring that part of themselves. Plus, i dont have specific statistics, but if you look at 90% of gay adult spaces, most of the people in those spaces may express their interest in some form of BDSM, whether that be mild sadism/masochism or full on shibari/bondage. But it is a spectrum of course, so Sangwoo could have very well been into some mild form of it. And maybe its not even a matter of the sexuality of it, it could just be a matter of someone else being in control of his body/what happens to him instead of him feeling the pressure to maintain that control. It might just be the release of letting someone else take over. And hell, the reward from the recruiter after the session? Even better. Of course he wanted more.

Im not trying to argue with anyone btw im just saying thats such a real thing to say and i gotta side with you on it tbh, plus i study kink in my spare time sometimes so i wanted to yap

WAIT OKAY UR LOWKEY RIGHT. HELP HOW HAS A JOKE TURNED INTO SOMETHING SERIOUS

adding on!! alright fun fact abt me: i study psychology (secondarily), especially the psychodynamic approach/the unconscious mind, and one of the major theories is that sexuality (and also just. development in general) are heavily shaped by unconscious beliefs/drives, and early childhood experiences (psychosexual states my BELOATHED TO LEARN ABOUT) at the same time, the psychodynamic approach has a lot of critiques, mainly pertaining to freud being uh. kinda bonkers. but for the most part there are some good views in there

(off-topic but my love for psychology is why i talk sm abt the psychological aspects of sang-woo, and the certain psychodynamic defense mechanisms he uses: ie; REPRESSION, rationalization, denial, DID I MENTION REPRESSION,)

im actually intrigued now 💔 and not even in a haha freaky way, just like. wow!

anyways i’m roping @degenerata69 into this bc they always pop off with these kind of things. hello sangihun moot numero uno (yes ive numbered you all now. we are the sangihunlings please feed us)

[urfavluvergirl]

What I would’ve done - all of the girls you loved before au

AU masterlist - you can find other stuff under #🪼opheliajones

Ryan lets his mouth slip.

✮ ⋆ ˚。𖦹 ⋆。°✩ 

so, this ones really steamy, I'm so sorry 😭, genuinely have no clue what possessed me to make this. Also I know this is a longer fic like piece but I'm gonna classify this as a blurb just because it's not really that important to the story.

wc: 1.1k

things to look out for: mentions of sex, swearing

‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ☾.

The days slowly got shorter and shorter, and the weather had a distinct Boston bite to it.

It was only a couple days out from Thanksgiving break, and Ophelia was starting to get restless.

At first there were midterms, which kind of freaked her out a little since it was nothing like high school. It called for long late night study sessions, and at most 4 hours of sleep. 

But there was one positive that came out of it: Ryan.

Ryan was also very serious about his grades, something she knew from childhood but still oddly impressed that he’d kept up with it. But that was Ryan, never one to give up something that quickly. And she and Ryan had spent countless hours in libraries, each other's dorms and just random places around campus.

But there was one difference between them, Ryan took breaks to actually recharge and Ophelia could work herself to the bone without any prevention. Which led to a lot of fighting. . .

“You have to take a break Phia, you look exhausted.” Ryan said for the millionth time, trying to reason with her.

“No, I have so much more shit to do I physically can’t–” She rambled, not even bothering to look up at him.

Ryan huffed, but his eyes widened a little with an idea. 

Suspicious from the lack of a comeback, she looked up, taking her hands off her computer for a split second, but just enough for Ryan to grab the device and move it away from her.

“Ryan–what the fuck–” She stuttered, reaching out to grab the device.

Ryan just gave her a devilish smile, reaching to grab her, lifting her up with his arms.

“Ryan..? Ryan what–” 

He carried her to his bed, where he dropped her and flopped on top of her.

“You’re impossible.” She huffed, brushing a piece of hair out of her face.

Ryan just smiled, tucking his face into her neck, his fingers going to hold her locket,”You’re taking a 30 minute nap or else I’m not gonna let you get up.”

“This is so fucking stupid–”

His hand slapped over her mouth,”Stop yapping and start sleeping.”

She debated on spitting into his hand.

Instead she just turned her head to the side, his hand losing grip and flopping into her hair.

A nap did sound nice, maybe she should just take one.

 `✦ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹ જ⁀➴

She ended up sleeping more than 30 minutes, but was thankful that Ryan made her do it anyway.

It was now the day before Thanksgiving, and Pam couldn’t pick her up from school that night after her exams. Which was fine, she wanted to go home but it meant hanging out more with Ryan, as really none of the guys were leaving for Thanksgiving due to practice.

She was hanging out in Ryan’s room, per usual, trying to ignore the war between her head and her heart as his hand crept lower and lower at her back.

She sat up quickly.

“Woah, you okay?” Ryan asked, also sitting up, concerned. 

Ophelia opened her mouth and then closed it, before finally turning to him.

“If I was at the draft, and you got to me after you were drafted, what would you have done?”

Ryan’s face turned pink, and Ophelia almost took it back until he said something.

“I would have hugged you..like I did with everyone else…” He gulped, a dark look in his eyes. “I would have kissed you on the cheek.”

Ophelia’s eyes widened a bit.

“And then when we were alone we would’ve—celebrated.” He bit his lip.

“Celebrated?” 

He looked directly at her, his eyes dark and hazy, “Yeah…I would’ve…you would’ve been so good for me–”

“Ryan! You ready?” Drew’s voice called out from the door. They both jumped apart, Ophelia stood up from the bed, ignoring the way Ryan’s hand reached out to grab her wrist.

“Um…just–” Ryan stuttered, watching as Ophelia backed herself to the other side of the room, opening the door to see an impatient Drew.

“Oh, shit, hi Ophie…didn’t expect to–”

“Yeah, sorry. I’m leaving now, have fun.” She sped past him and down the hall.

“Um.” Drew stood there in the doorway, looking back at Ryan, whose head was in his hands. “Holy fuck dude, what happened?”

Ryan groaned, “I fucked up.”

Drew stepped into their room, standing by his desk, “I can see that, wanna tell me what you said?”

Ryan removed his hands from his face, revealing a heavy shame, “I told her…stuff about draft night.”

Drew’s eyebrows furrowed,”Nothing…happened..?”

“No I–I told her what I’d do to her if she were at the draft too..” He stuttered.

“Uh…what would you have done?”

Ryan gave him a look.

“OH! oh…what the hell? You told her that?” Drew was shocked. “How graphic did you–”

“I was about to get really graphic…that’s the problem.” Ryan groaned again, his cheeks turning a little pink

Drew’s mouth was almost on the floor. “You’re joking.”

“I wish I was…she’s gonna forgive me…right?” He murmured.

“I hope. For your sake. I can’t imagine having to tell your parents you lost her again because of some sex ta—” 

“Alright! Alright! I fucked up, I know.” He groaned, flopping back onto his bed.

Drew shrugged, “I mean yeah but…you’ll never know until you talk to her again.”

“I think I should…give her a break. When she comes back then I’ll talk to her but, I think I’ve done enough.” Ryan sighed, pushing his hair back.

Drew nodded. “Now uh…I would love to give you some time to grovel about this but I’m hungry.”

Ryan sat up and sighed,”Yeah, let’s go.”

 `✦ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹ જ⁀➴

Ophelia slammed the door, pressing her back up against it. Her heart beating in her chest.

It didn’t help that she was wearing his sweatshirt, cracked USA hockey lettering on the front, a small number nine on the sleeves, big and warm and it smelled so distinctly like him–

Stop.

It’s not like she could talk to someone about this, her mom was off the table, and if she told Luna and Nathan they would hate him.

Because she didn’t want to admit that she liked the way he talked about her.

Ryan was extremely attractive. And yeah, she’s watched his shirt lift up everytime he stretches, and maybe if he pushed her against the wall–

Stop. It.

She shook her head, trying to clear the thoughts out. 

She flopped back onto her bed, her eyes staring at the ceiling. 

Maybe she shouldn’t have ran out of his dorm room like that…but what was she gonna say?

I feel the same, now pucker up?

A chill ran down her spine, maybe if Drew hadn’t interrupted something else would’ve happened. Maybe they both would have finally given in and actually done something.

Both.

Ryan felt the same way.

She sat up suddenly, the words echoing into her head.

He probably thought the same way. Why else would he admit that?

Her heart hammered in her chest. She was so close.

[majachee]

did you say….a power rangers x td au?

IVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE ONE BUT HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU I owe my life to you power rangers was the shit

please yap about it I’m begging

IT CAME TO ME IN A VISION EARLY ONE MORNING, AND IT HASN'T LEFT MY BRAIN.

I am writing a fic about it, though it isn't my number 1 priority wip atm cuz its just smth silly and self-indulgent, but because I now know there's someone out there REALLY DIGGING THIS IDEA, it'll be moved up on my list by a few notches lol

This AU is heavily focused on comedy and action, so rather than assigning TD characters to PR roles that they'd actually fit, I went with what would be REALLY FUNNY to write about.

So the Rangers consist of Harold (red), Duncan (Black), Noah (blue), Courtney (yellow), and Heather (pink).

These guys were assigned to work on a lab/project for their science class, specifically on the effects of pollution, littering, and climate change. No take-backsies, they're stuck with eachother and 4/5 of these guys don't want to fail... 4/5 of these guys are also assholes.

After some healthy doses of bitching, they agree to meet up and study an abandoned rig. But GASP! They get attacked by some guys... made of putty? Damn dude that's CRAAAAAAZYYY

... this is specifically based on the MMPR tv show, and I'm very tempted to draw the putty monsters exactly like how their costumes look in the show (silver fullbody suits with seams visible and monster claws/masks.) Listen, the putty monster costumes bring me A LOT OF JOY, I genuinely love this show dO NOT @ ME (unless its for mmpr fanart... please @ me...)

Anyways, these assholes fumble through the fight: Harold shows off the skills he learned at Defensive Steve's Defense Class, Noah gets thrown off a small cliff because he weighs less than a paper weight, Courtney feels the exciting rush of bloodlust for the first time... Normal stuff, really!

Of course, this ends up with all 5 of them being summoned (lazer kidnapped) to Power Rangers Headquarters! And it's revealed that Zorgon's role was taken by Chris McClean I'm SORRY. Look, it's funny. He has the same personality he does in canon, but instead of running a reality TV show centered around teens, he has to babysit a small group of teens who hate eachother. This will be really funny in execution, I promise.

Some of the kiddos have a few words to say about the Dinozords... cuz half of them aren't even dinosaurs. Also, they do NOT like the idea of being forced to work together on a color-coded superhero team of all things!

Drama Bot is Alpha, it focuses on the team's publicity ratings.

Rita Repulsa? Meet Blainely McBlamey!! SELF EXPLANATORY!!

I love Rita Repulsa, so Blainely fans consider this a very high honor.

The Green Ranger is Alejandro.

I plan on having the AU mostly focus on campy episodic adventures with some character development sprinkled in, and having the more important PR plots be... well... important and more thoroughly executed, if I ever get around to it.

As for the main gang themselves?

Harold is quite stoked and honored about being a superhero, and quickly ends up being the team leader and team morale – due to his smarts, and quick-to-forgive personality. He doesn't take shit from anyone, but he also won't hold grudges, especially on the battlefield... Though he does have a slight problem with going on long tangents about certain factoids (same...)

He has a vast array of skills and knowledge at his disposable... It all depends on how/when he uses said skills lmao. So far he's probably the least developed one in this AU, right next to Duncan. That'll change when I write more of them.

Courtney? Oh... Oh you KNOW she likes being a Power Ranger. She preaches about the importance of morals, and upholding laws, and how some people ought to respect the responsibilities that come with being a Power Ranger... and some people are more deserving of being recognized as heroes than others. Courtney I love you and I hope I do you justice... mwah... She very much likes taking the lead, and claims that she should be the team leader... and valedictorian, and class president... Oh yeah, you KNOW she worries about her grades a lot, especially after becoming a Ranger. She becomes a lot more productive with her passion as the story goes on, and learns to trust and respect her teammates.

Noah takes on the role of reluctant tactician... Aka the smartass. Physical activites aren't his forte, and he plans on keeping it that way. He relies on his Zord the most, and when that isn't available he resorts to evasive maneuvers and hiding while the other guys handle it. Him staying on the sidelines, however, does lead to him being more observant to the enemies' weaknesses, which will eventually lead to him having a more active role in the team as the main tactician. I'd imagine once that happens, he'll have a lot of interesting back-and-forths with Harold and Courtney. Still a sarcastic, laidback asshole, but more active in his participation when it comes to the team.

Duncan... is more aligned with his season 1 and early season 2 personality. No cheating or love triangles here. He is still an ASSHOLE, though, especially to Harold and Noah. They don't take his shit. I dont have much to say about him yet iM SORRYYYYYY

Asshole punk with a heart of gold... that's his schtick alright...

HEATHER MY BELOVED. She looks hella good in pink and she knows it. She doesn't like being a part of this team, but by god will she put the effort in, because she doesn't want to die to some clay-freak. Her zord-buddy is the pterodactyl, which she finds to be quite convenient, considering it's on the smaller side and can fly, very easy for aerial advantage. Very hellbent on defeating Blainely McBlamey, because once she's defeated they can all go on with their lives. Presumably... evil grin...

I don't know how to really put it in more fancy words, but like... Heather is the most active participant along with Harold and Courtney. She's very headstrong, tends to butt heads with Courtney a lot (not only are they both stubborn, but they also both view themselves as the leader of the group. Nobody realizes it's Harold, not even Harold himself, dramatic irony at its finest.)

Everyone on the team loses their shit when Alejandro (the enemy[tm]) gets a frickin' DRAGON-ZORD of all things.

If yiu have questions about specific characters or MMPR episodes, I'll do my best to answer lol

[yourlocalartsonist]

MFIP (and life) UPDATE✨✨

1/13/25 | Update 3 | Next Update | Last Update

Oh-ho-ho notice how I didn’t have “monthly” in the title this time~ Yeah, we’re not doing these that frequently anymore. I realized I have a lot going on, and MFIP doesn’t really have progress done every single month; I’m writing a fic, so it’s even harder to show progress without spoiling shit honestly, and I don’t make a new art piece every month. I’m still gonna be doing these updates, though! They’ll happen every 3-4 months—not including hiatuses—so I’ll actually have stuff to share with you guys and not have to worry about scraping for dimes.

Anywhizzle, today’s update is gonna be a long boi, and I wanted to just yap about what was going on this semester in general. I know I shouldn’t be feeling guilty for not working on the fic as much as I wanted to, but I still wanna give you guys an explanation as to why I randomly disappeared for a good few months. Unlike what I usually do however, Imma start with the life bullshit this time instead having it at the end. We’ll get to the actual progress update afterwards, and boy oh boy was progress made. So strap in for the ride folks!

Now Presenting: “What The Fuck Happened To You⁉️”

Okay, so, I’m a little bit of a dumbass—

Dudes if any of you are gonna start college or are currently in college, please think twice before making the same mistake as me. Last semester during the fall, my teeny tiny little apeshit brain thought it would be a good idea to enroll in six courses, four of which are online.

“I can handle it!” I thought, “How bad could it be~” And much like the Onceler, I got motherfucking humbled.

See, I dunno if it’s different anywhere else but for my college, online classes typically mean you get a fresh new load of work to do and hand in every week. Two of the classes my little Einstein heart enrolled for AS ELECTIVES were Criminal Justice and Creative Writing. Ya know! For fun! It’s not like I was enrolled in Calculus Level 2 and the Calc 2 Lab Class for my career requirements at the same time as those or anything—Oh, wait.

Anyways, me being the little genius I was thought that wasn’t enough, and enrolled in two more elective classes. To give myself some credit, one of those classes was Geography which would be a very easy grade. To immediately take that credit back, the other class was Physics: Energy and Environment literally because they wouldn’t let me enroll in an actual Physics class until the Spring semester and my moronic ass was impatient, so gave myself a supplement💀

As you can probably tell, I had massive regrets lmao. The workload was extremely hefty considering both Creative Writing and Criminal Justice had a LOT of reading and writing; both classes would have around 3-4 assignments due for each class at the end of the week. The Physics class took place hella late in the day twice a week, so I’d have to get all that work done before that class started ‘cause I’d be way too exhausted to do anything afterwards.

It was a living hell.

I was working on studying and homework almost every single day for hours on end. Being real with y’all, it added to a lot of stress and irritation, and admittedly a few breakdowns where I legitimately had to just cry to relieve the stress. It’s why I hope no poor soul bites off more than they can chew in a moment of overconfidence or just poor judgement the way I did ‘cause man that semester was so rough. I actually love college too, so getting me to dread it meant I def fucked up with choosing classes. Needless to say, I barely got to work on MFIP for four months. Progress was slow, if any at all.

I’ve talked about this before too, but my mom’s a breast cancer survivor and I’m an only child. Since my dad’s the sole breadwinner, I’m the only one who can take care of my mom. AKA on top of all the pressure from college, I had to manage doctor appointment after doctor appointment, and it only adds up to more chaos as more doctors have to get involved.

BUT HEY!

I got through it in the end! And without withdrawing from any of my classes or getting a low grade! So the torture is thankfully over and I now know to literally never do that again for as long as I live— Now that it’s winter break though… 👀

🎉CONTENT TIME BABYYYYYYY🎉

So the good news of all of this is once winter break hit I uhhhhh got silly.

DUDES you won’t believe the sheer level of fucking insanity that took place once I was finally able to finish this semester, go on break, and actually write. I uh…

I finished Chapter 10 in two days🦐

Yeah I uh finished the fucking chapter in two days I am not shitting you. My ass went on break, sat down, and accidentally finished this long ass chapter that’s above 11K words within two days. It’s even funnier because I was tweaking so badly to work on MFIP the entire semester that once I finally sat down, I figured out exactly what I want to happen all throughout the rest of the arc. To properly explain, Imma just say how I usually work on my chapters.

I don’t actually have an organized outline for MFIP! I have a Google Docs full of ideas and certain beats I know I want the story to hit, and I generally know in my head what’s gonna happen. The details are what I figure out as I go, it’s like improv but for writing. Why don’t I just make a proper outline for the story? Because my brain genuinely can’t work that way for MFIP🦐✨ I’m not sure why; it’s not like I suck at outlines or anything, but MFIP just gets overcomplicated when I try to make an outline for it. There are so many different threads all tying back to each other that the only way I can properly comprehend it is by trusting what’s in my head.

I’m not going into detail to avoid spoiling, but I know exactly what most of the story is gonna be. I have an endpoint in mind, albeit one that’s very far into the future.

I knew what was gonna happen in the end of Arc One all the way from when I started the first chapter. That’s why the entire arc is building up or spiraling down to the events of Chapter 14. The difference is, now know 90% of the details for each of the remaining chapters too! It basically means I’ll have a very smooth writing process ‘cause all I have to do for these final chapters is to write them.

I’ve completely finished Chapter 10 and am currently around 5K+ words into Chapter 11.

Once my team finishes editing it, it’ll be published here and on AO3 as usual. I’m anticipating for it to come out sometime in late February!

HOWEVER, THERE’S ✨MORE✨MOTHERFUCKERRR

💥ONESHOTS💥

THAT’S RIGHT! We’re getting canon Oneshots along with the chapters! I’ll be posting them in a specific order, but I’ll say between which chapters the Oneshot takes pace in the author’s note so y’all can keep track easier~

The Oneshots will vary in POV. Sometimes it’ll be Salena, sometimes someone else.

I’ll make it obvious which character it is if it’s a relevant character at all but I’ll also, once again, leave the info in the author’s notes! We’re not tryna recreate FNAF here-

They’re a cool way to show more content to the story that’s either too short to fit a chapter, or just not from Salena’s perspective. They don’t HAVE to be read in order to understand the story of MFIP, but they do add a lot more substance to the events that transpire. It’s like peeling back to see another layer and more context.

The first oneshot Dear Moon will release soon after this update!

It might even release the next day, honestly. I really can’t wait for you all to read them! I think they turned out really well ;w;

✨To Art, or Not To Art? That Is the Question✨

Yeah I’ve been a bit indecisive on the whole art in the Updates thing

I’m not gonna post any art for this Update bc it’s already getting like WAY too long, but I’m debating the whole thing altogether. I don’t really think it’s necessary, and I would much rather make art its own separate posts on Tumblr and yap about ‘em there. It’ll def take off the pressure of creating a new art piece to talk about considering this is a fanfic not a comic. Otherwise my ass was scavenging through procreate for art like a hyena scavenges for meat💀 I might try out showing off all the art I posted here and link to the posts where I yap about them.

It’ll be like a gallery for all the pieces made between the Updates~

I think it’ll be more fun to post stuff that way instead, and also reduce how much I procrastinate with these Updates—

And That’ll Be All Folks~!

I think that’s everything for this Update. You guys have no idea how happy I am to FINALLY be back😭

Classes start again for me in around a week, but I’ll probably still have time to create stuff so won’t need a full blown hiatus again. It’s gonna be a bit tricky since my classes are very math-heavy and intense this semester, but I tried being smarter about my schedule to not overwhelm myself.

So yeah, I’ll keep working on MFIP and posting whenever I can! I’m so excited to finish off Arc One of the story and finally get to the part I’ve been building up to for around two years now. Only five more chapters to go~!

Some last little reminders!

Dear Moon Oneshot will be out within this week

“Are You Free Tomorrow?” Oneshot will be out sometime in late February

MFIP Chapter 10 will be out on the soonest Friday within that same week of February

ROTTMNT: Moths Fly In Packs

[ctrl-alt-deleting-yr-face]

can you tell me about your current The Character

aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

YES GLADLY MY DEAR FRIEND. OHOHOHO

though just note i am absolutely going to Yap About Him so i’m putting most of it under a cut because it’s gonna be fucking long. and also spoilers

this is Erik :) he’s my dearest boy i have so fucking much to say about him and yet it’s not nearly enough to articulate how i feel about him. he’s almost like romeo 2 to my brain

so Erik is one of the reoccurring npcs you interact with in monster hunter wilds. in the story, you are part of the Avis unit, one of the units sent to the eastlands to protect and guide a boy named Nata back home; the unit’s made up of you, your handler Alma, and your smithy Gemma. there are… at least 3 more units, but the only important one of those is the Astrum unit. this unit is made up of Olivia, her smithy Werner, and the man of the hour: Erik! he’s Astrum unit’s handler!

handlers are really really interesting in this game as i feel like they have more to do. instead of doing nothing but handling your hunts, they’re here to research the eastlands and the ecology of it. in fact, they only give authorization for hunts when it’s truly necessary, at least lore-wise. because yeah, handlers have to give legal authorization on behalf of the guild for hunts to begin, so if spoken to by others at the guild handlers can assure them that it was necessary

ANYWAYS ABOUT ERIK. so erik is a handler, of course, but he’s also an extremely talented and renowned biologist! he was practically famous throughout academia, and he’s very knowledgable on just about every kind of life you’d find out in the field. however… a specific soft spot of mine is characters who are so very brilliant and yet also complete dumbasses

and your honor…. erik is the dumbest of asses

the first quest where you really get to see him shine, past him being seen going on a presumably long winded spiel while studying the seikrets when we first meet them, is the expedition into the Scarlet Forest. and boy. it sure is an introduction into his character

Avis unit and Astrum unit venture into the forest to search for a monster known as Doshaguma, but in the process, Erik finds a floret from a monster called Lala Barina. he immediately decides to smell it, as it’s possible to smell the potency of a Lala Barina’s poison. very strong “hey does this smell like chloroform?” vibes. but anyways he finds another floret. smells it. then another. and he runs off, without either hunter with him, towards where the florets were leading. aka, the Barina nest. and what happens?

that’s right he gets paralyzed and caught in its web

he ends up completely fine after the lala barina is slayed, not heavily hurt or anything, simply states he can “still taste the poison in the back of his throat” when he gets back to base camp :3

the other major appearance he has is during one of the post-story high rank quests, where you fight a tempered lala barina and guardian fulgur anjanath! astrum unit states they found signs of a lala barina getting by in an area they are Not Meant To and thus you go out to get erik’s consensus. sure enough, a huge and scarred lala barina is just Out There hunting down guardians. and what is erik’s first thing he says upon seeing it?

“…Madam, we can’t keep meeting like this.”

i was fucking HOWLING over that

so anyways erik gives his thoughts on the lala barina, mentioning a how well grown it is and praising the player for pointing out the signs of if being a battle-worn veteran, and he essentially just starts infodumping really hard. so fucking hard, in fact, that he doesn’t notice olivia telling him to fall back because there are signs of a guardian awakening. he happened to turn around to face olivia the moment the guardian popped out of its cocoon, which he wails in disappointment about as he’s pulled to safety. but yea he shares what he notices about the guardian and then he gets to be the one to give authorization for the hunt 🥰

other appearances he has… he gets to be your handler when hunting rey dau because alma was restraining a distressed and violently angry Nata and i’m so upset that i didn’t process this during my playthrough because YOU CAN SIT WITH HIM IN YOUR TENT. RAAAGH. but uhh there’s also the time he gets fuckin thrown several feet by one of the hunters in order to bring him to safety when you encounter uth duna for the first time. you also get given a task to capture a doshaguma for him to study and after you complete it he just infodumps to you for like a solid minute and a half at least while your hunter just stands there awkwardly

ALSO HES SO FUCKING SWEET… i don’t think i expressed that enough but he’s such a sweetheart. he absolute adores what he does, he’s so fascinated by everything he finds and he’s so full of whimsy around just about every corner. but at the same time, he’s also pretty mature? he watches over nata when the boy gets sick and double checks that he’s better when nata insists to run out and help avis and astrum unit with the crisis that occurred. additionally, after you complete the high rank storyline, he has dialogue talking about how his studies in the eastlands have drove home the fact that he’s just one single person, but also how he’s grateful to have his teammates for that reason; he also talks about what he plans to do after the investigation ends, mentioning, “maybe i’m just growing up a little.”

he’s such a fucking sweetheart. he loves bugs and biology and his friends and he does a gay little double-handed wave and oh my god he’s so fucking cute

FUCKING. LOOK AT HIM. LOOK AT MY BOYFRIEND LOOK AT HIM

so yeah i’m like super in love with him. yumeship but in the weirdest way possible because i’m romance repulsed so i just projected my affections onto my player character and now i can think about them all the time and sigh longingly

if there’s one thing i want from the title updates and inevitable master rank dlc, it’s MORE ERIK CONTENT. PLEASEEEEE ITS NOT FAIR GIVE HIM MORE QUESTS PLEASE LET ME BE HIS ATTACK DOG. also elder dragons and lagiacrus BUT MOSTLY ERIK PLEASEPLSASEPLEASE I WANNA TALK TO HIM MORE I NEED TO HEAR HIS LOVELY VOICE AND SHAKE MY HANDS WHEN HE DOES ANYTHING AT ALL

so yeah. i’m obsessed with him. thank you for coming to my bedtalk about erik “madam we can’t keep meeting like this” monster hunter

[meowdei]

🍑 my offering to the great lore-bearing deity

RYUUUUU ANOTHER ONE I WAS BEGGING IN MY MIND TO JOIN I HAVE A . WHOLE . ENCOUNTER IN MY MIND WAITING FOR YOU. Again I really really wanna preface by saying that sometimes I just hear you guys say things on dash and my mind just makes up a scenario related to it and it takes a life of its own—saying all that to basically express that this might not be very accurate to how you see yourself or your selfship and I don’t expect you to think it is, but pls don’t take it personally if it’s not your vibe 🥹 LOL I keep prefacing this with everyone but I’m just a scaredy cat when it comes to assigning/analyzing people bc I don’t wanna offend them

I would give you a dendro vision. And you’d be in Sumeru. Now, of course that’s very convenient with your Alhaitham selfship—which will have its appearance later, but I specifically chose a dendro vision for unrelated reasons to your selfship I promise.

I know you’re aware that dendro is the power of the God of wisdom, but I happen to think dendro vision wielders don’t necessarily have to be very smart or wise in an intellectual sense to get their vision, but instead, people who have a very distinct level of expertise in a certain field. And this isn’t to say that I don’t think you’re intelligent, of course, LOLLL but I’m just offering my analysis bc I yap a lot. Anyway, some dendro vision wielders happen to be very intelligent, like Tighnari, Alhaitham, Kaveh, and Baizhu. The first three are prodigious scholars of a very prestigious academic system and the latter is a pharmacist who works with medicine so his IQ is definitely not low. But all four have a very specific niche as far as their knowledge goes. Baizhu and Tighnari in medicine, Alhaitham in linguistics, and Kaveh in architecture. And then we also have characters like Collei and Yaoyao, who aren’t unintelligent, but they’re very young and their wisdom isn’t necessarily very far developed even if they’re rather bright for their age. But Collei is very well versed with the forest ranger rules and expectations, and Yaoyao is an adepti disciple who doesn’t always fully grasp what she’s learning, but for her age, she’s very much grasped a good amount to be considered informed enough for us to able say she has a certain field of expertise. Essentially, I think that to be recognized for a dendro vision you have to a) have a certain niche that you have “wisdom” about, but b) your niche has to be something that actually connects you with other people. Linguistics is the study of language aka how to communicate with people. Architecture for Kaveh specifically is a way to create a home instead of just a building, and he has an intense desire to connect with people and what they look for in a home/project from him. Baizhu and Tighnari are self explanatory with how they help people through medicine. Collei and Yaoyao also are also very connected with others through forest ranger protection or herbalism/medicinal practices.

So that all leads me to my next point that I think because of your actual irl job as a fragrance expert, you’d be a fragrance developer in Sumeru. It’s kind of like Emilie, I won’t lie, since you’re both dendro wielders who work with fragrance, but I think you’d be an Amurta scholar in the akademiya when you were a student and have a better understanding from a biological standpoint for all of your scents and ingredients. Specifically, I think you’d make breakthroughs in your Akademiya research with how to tie fragrance with medicinal usages, like calming/soothing effects, maybe even anesthetics or sedatives for procedures, and etc. It’s not so much that your fragrances are specifically for medicinal purposes, but you’ve sort of found a niche for yourself in fragrance after much research if that makes sense. A perfume development specialist who dabbles in the pharmaceuticals in her free time, if you will HAHAHA.

Anyway, how you’d receive your vision I think is sort of hand in hand with meeting Alhaitham—maybe not for a first time meeting, but definitely a more personal and proximal meeting at least. I feel like being in the dessert to harvest henna berries for a certain fragrance idea leads you to come face to face with a primal construct, he happens to be there to study and explore ruins, so he comes by to help you. And then, you know—he rescues you, gets injured in the process, is clearly in pain but tries to hide it, and you go both back and forth about helping him and him refusing to accept your help (because he’s stubborn lol). But like I said, I really like the idea of your insert being a scholar who’s niche in fragrance allows for them to have a good understanding of ingredients from a biology and chemistry standpoint, so being able to offer him something to numb the pain or relax him at least in the moment would be a pretty cool way to a) get closer to him and start your relationship but b) connect to a person using your “niche” and thus earning your vision. I also think that being a plant expert while having a dendro vision is just super cute and I think being a plant expert while being a fragrance expert is even cuter so it just felt like it was a very natural choice.

Anyway!!! That’s my little made up lore for you. Again, it might not really be your thing and that’s totally okay but I just envisioned this out of nowhere when I first learned you work in fragrance so yeah! That’s my made up little scenario for your made up little vision <3