#chew dee XD

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2D is cosplaying Yong Ho hehehe XD

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Another Sanders Sides Monster AU

Patton Canis

Patton was originally a human before he was bitten by a rabid dog.

Or at least he thought it was.

Now Patton be a werewolf.

He appears human normally but on a full moon he becomes a white wolf with bright blue eyes.

None of that stuff where you can see their werewolves in their human form. Makes Patton harder to hunt.

His hair is actually dog fur now though, it looks like human hair but feels like petting a dog.

Pat does like to be pat.

When he becomes a wolf he can only suggest doing things. Otherwise the wolf part is in full control. Begging does nothing.

Patton doesn’t tend to remember much during full moons but he does get dreams about being the wolf.

He’s extremely afraid of big dogs. He doesn’t mind small dogs though and will cuddle them.

One time when he was a werewolf the wolf actually communicated with a few dogs. Turns out dogs are by far smarter than humans.

Patton barely remembers it and couldn’t go into full detail about why they were.

He was coincidentally allergic to silver before being bitten. The silver adjustment wasn’t to bad.

Patton is now allergic to chocolate and grapes like a dog is. He mourns not being able to have real chocolate in his cookies.

In wolf form he did try dog food. Horrible but not as bad as you would think. It was mostly the aftertaste.

Patton can growl and do other dog noises if he chooses but can’t understand dogs in his human form.

So he doesn’t really do that.

Logan Silver

Logan died on October 19th, 2016.

Don’t ask him how he died. He goes quiet until the subject is changed.

He was risen from the dead as a zombie because yes.

Well that was the reason at first.

He later found out Emile summoned him on accident.

So Logan tried to live a normal ish life again. He was thankfully guided by Emile and Remy back to it.

It didn’t take much adjusting however due to dying only 3 years ago. Society hadn’t changed that much.

Logan has dead white eyes and is covered in stitches, otherwise he is pretty much like a normal human.

Oh and he can dismantle and regenerate himself. There’s that.

He will sometimes play fetch with Patton in his wolf form to keep him from running off and killing things. Fetch as in throwing his arm and Patton biting the crap out of it.

Logan is extremely smart and was originally an detective. When he died though he was lost to the world. Now he studies anatomy.

He often has to bandage wounds for everyone. He doesn’t mind.

Logan goes stargazing with all the sides frequently.

Roman Gryphon

Roman is a harpie who was raised by human parents after he was shot in the wing as a child.

Roman is terrified of the sound of fireworks due to this, he does like watching them with noise canceling headphones though.

His parents are both male because we need a dose of even more gayness.

It was really a coincidence that Roman ended up Bisexual.

Roman was homeschooled to prevent any further harm to him so he ended up creating a Discord server where he met people instead of meeting kids at a school.

The humans on the server didn’t believe he was a monster so he took a picture showing his wings and talons. There the other monsters DMed him, freaking out about how they weren’t the only ones.

He created another server specifically for the other monsters. There was only 8 members on there but still. They talked and stuff.

More on that later too.

Roman really wants to be an actor but is unable to pursue it due to his wings.

He just sticks to preforming in his prince outfit in his room. His favorite skit currently is playing Prince Neeven in The Princess and the Frog.

His favorite Disney movie is Aladdin though.

We don’t talk about the sequel though. He gets passionate about it.

Virgil Nimbus

Virgil has been around since the end of the Dark Ages.

He got bitten by a vampire and barely managed to escape with his life.

When his teeth and nails grew sharp he locked himself in a room held together by silver.

There he developed his powers for many centuries. He can become a wolf but besides changing his shape he can fly, regenerate, lift things three times his size, and another power to be mentioned later.

He has developed a way of feeding off of himself but it hurts tremendously as well as taking time.

He has to cut himself and let the blood drain off of him so his heart can replace the blood, and then drink the old blood. So yeah, not pleasant at all.

He would often go days without eating cause of this.

On his birthday (December 19th) of 2001 he was found and immediately killed all 10 of his rescuers out of hunger.

Seeing as how it was his first kills, it messed him up mentally.

His other power comes from feeding off of others. If he bites someone, as long as his fangs are in them, they feel calm and become unable to move. A lot like a spider.

Deceit found him curled on himself and they ended up getting into a fight because Virgil attacked him.

Deceit pinned him easily after he noticed Virgil was really small and weak.

Virgil ended up learning how the human language developed from Deceit as well as modern technology.

Virgil also learned only human like blood can feed him so he still uses his old methods.

He eventually met everyone on Romans discord server and he’s the only one who hasn’t seen the others face to face.

Vines are his favorite thing ever. He’s disappointed it died.

He’s actually the most up to date with memes despite being centuries old.

He has been “adopted” by Patton on Discord. He is surprising okay with this.

Deceit Malpolon

Deceit was born a naga. He has the lower half of a snake and an upper half of a human.

He is actually gender fluid and will bite you if you refuse to use his correct pronouns for the day.

Which would hurt cause he’s venomous.

He can also hypnotize people who stare into his eyes.

He was visiting Germany and came across Virgil. He was stow away and had a much harder time bringing Virgil back with him.

Thankfully he could speak fluent German and semi understand Virgil even if his speech was outdated.

He was hurt pretty badly a bit after the trip back. His hands were crippled for some time and he lost some scales around the left of his face.

This was by a hunter who was honestly stupid for wanting to hunt him. It was more of torture for Deceit.

Virgil did kill the hunter before he decided to shoot Deceit. Afterwards Deceit would attack any human that tried to get within a mile radius of where they lived.

Deceit is actually really protective of Virgil and hardly lets him leave the house alone. They only leave when Virgil goes out hunting really. Virgil doesn’t mind most of the time but it leads to complications.

Deceit won’t admit he gets separation anxiety.

Remus visits them every now and then but he’s not allowed near Virgil because he will eat Virgil as discovered.

Deceit is a pathological liar. He loves lying despite how much it seems wrong. He has to resist the temptation and it can get hard for him.

What he can’t control is the urge to chew everything. If he gets anxious or upset he has to clamp down on something.

His hands are full of bite marks and he has holes in all his sleeves. He has plastic shapes he should bite on but he doesn’t carry them around.

Another anxious habit is coiling around himself over and over until he manages to painfully knot himself.

Deceit owns little necklaces that have a tablet on them and give the days pronouns.

I’m calling Deceit a “he” for now cause I’m used to it and they can’t determine their gender out of the fic.

Remus

Oh no we reached Trash Goblin who isn’t actually a goblin.

That would be a funny alternative to what he actually is though. XD

He’s actually a wendigo in the skin of a human.

He kinda created his own body.

He started hanging around humans way to much and developed a personality besides whatever an “endless hunger” personality is.

He often chews on stuff to keep the edge off his hunger.

He owns dog chew toys and chews on those too. His favorite thing to chew on besides bones.

So he’s doing better than Dee.

Despite his... exhilarating personality... he’s actually very tactical. He picks humans to kill very carefully and waits until their guard is lowered, most of the time when their sleeping.

Though he wakes them up on “accident” so he can see the terror in their eyes.

Yeah he’s a sadist.

That’s pretty much expected.

He was on the Discord server once and people immediately assumed he was Romans brother. Now it’s a huge joke because Roman hates it.

Remus is aro despite his sexual remarks.

He also eats small rodents for the heck of it.

One time he presented Logan the head of someone and Remus immediately claimed him as his favorite when Logan asked if he could keep it.

Remus hasn’t tried to eat Roman or Logan but has attempted eating Patton and Virgil. If he met Remy or Emile he would most certainly try to eat them.

He only goes after the more human like ones.

Emile Picanii

Emile is around 26 and is a trans male.

Emile is a couples therapist as usual but has taken up trying to do therapy for the monsters.

He has a spell book that he can use to make magic. That’s how he summoned Logan.

Most of the time he keeps it tucked away in his jacket but rarely he will use it on patients discreetly.

He still asks for their permission but does it in a way he doesn’t sound like he’s asking.

So far his spells haven’t backfired except for the Logan incident.

Emile is on the Discord server and has his own channel to help the monsters on.

He has actually gotten Roman and Patton to come to a live therapy session that turned more into a hang out.

Logan has had a therapy session in voice chat but nothing more. Virgil has text ones while Remus and Remy don’t do any.

Emile tries to convince Remus to at least but he declines.

Emile got into cartoons from Roman because Emiles parents didn’t allow him to watch cartoons.

So now Emile has a Stich onesie among many other things Disney, SU, and anime.

However just because of all this doesn’t mean he doesn’t have his downs. He sometimes has depressive days and overworks himself often.

Thankfully he has a therapist as well because he can’t recommend seeing a therapist without taking his advice.

He’s getting a lot better too!

He has naturally pink hair for some reason. He likes to dye it streaks of blue to match.

Remy

Remy is a sleep paralysis demon. He gives people nightmares that lead to sleep paralysis.

He doesn’t exactly care tooooo much but occasionally gives sleep paralysis to people when he’s not sleeping or drinking coffee.

He can enter dreams if he wishes to but doesn’t really do that.

His eyes are light sensitive so he typically wears sun glasses.

He also has narcolepsy and people tend to fall asleep around him. It’s a weird thing where nobody can stay awake.

He still tries to be awake though.

His coffee is always from Starbucks with the seasonal flavors or caramel.

(I’m really tired writing this so that’s funny.)

Remy is a part of the server but already knows who each person is.

Remy owns an black barn owl named Roast, a reference to coffee.

He met Emile before any of this and grew to be good friends with him.

They drink Starbucks together and ‘gossip’ (Emile doesn’t really gossip but they talk about celebrities and stuff)

So this is the monster AU for Halloween! Will probably write something with these bois. Happy Halloween!

(Also I tried to make the last names unique from the typical ones okay bye)

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I’m So Curious [Chapter 1]

Part 1 of my story written for Jjong’s Month and for my lovely Dee @jjongyyu

Here are the ones I wrote last year : Just For A Day & Love Is So Nice

Prompt :  Jjong is a college student with tight money, but manages to get into a prestigious uni where he becomes friends with Taemin. One day, Tae asks him to go out on a blind date with his cousin Jinki, a notable lawyer who still hesitates about dating someone. Jjong refuses, but the amount of money Tae offers is a sight he can’t ignore. Jinki adores him immediately and after several dates, Jonghyun falls in love with Jinki, but he doesn’t know how to tell Jinki about his agreement with Tae.

Pairing : Jongyu 

Genre : romance, some fluff, probably angst, smut eventually XD

TW : I don’t know if it’s really triggering to anyone, but Jjong curses a lot in this one and is kinda crude so yeah at least you have been warned. XD

Word Count : 6500 ~ 

Links : AFF & AO3

Special thanks to Cheryl for being my beta and making it possible for me to release part I before the month ended.

"What's your type?'' The blonde cocked an eyebrow. ''What has that got to do with anything?'' The brunette shrugged. ''Just wondering...'' He said, giving his straw another mindless chew before going on. ''I've just never seen you show interest in anyone.'' The other frowned, confused.

''Again, why did that pop up in your mind just now?'' ''Jeez, can't I just ask a question?'' the younger one retorted, frustration now edging his tone. '' I know you, Tae,'' the blonde immediately clapped back. ''You never just ask a question.'' His statement had the other snorting in indignation.

''Is that really what you think of me, Jjong?'' ''Yes,'' the blonde squarely replied before taking another sip of his iced coffee. He watched as his friend settled into grumpy mode with a scoff and a determined cross of the arms. He couldn't help but puff out laughing at the childish display. ''I know you'll eventually spill it…'' Jonghyun taunted, lopsided smile dancing on his lips. ''I hate you,'' Taemin spat with spite that only manifested when he didn't get his way. ''Good luck with that,'' Jonghyun replied with a chuckle. A sense of victory swelled in his chest as he watched his friend struggle to come up with a comeback. The silence gave him some time to look around the nearly empty café they regularly visited to get some school work done or chat. He could never stop himself from taking in the peaceful setting, even though he’d probably seen it a million times now. With its white-framed casement windows that let the natural light in, its bare white walls opening up the space, the various-sized potted plants adding life and color around them, and the rustic furniture that contrasted so perfectly against all the light, it just felt to him like his little corner of paradise. It was even more beautiful now that the setting sun bathed the space with dancing lights of pink and orange. If the moment wasn't already perfect, the warm and full aroma of fresh coffee filling up the space left not even a modicum of place for discontent. Jonghyun felt good, and not even the sight of his friend's disgruntled expression was going to change that. ''Can I order us another round of coffee or are you just going to storm out like a little bitch and leave me hanging?'' he half-asked, half-baited. Taemin's gaze narrowed at the jab. Jaw tense, he replied, ''Call me a little bitch one more time and that coffee will end up in your face.'' '' I'll take that as a yes for the coffee then, '' Jonghyun concluded, not at all fazed by the other's threat.

He knew of his friend's evil ways, but for some reason, the latter seemed to know there was no point trying anything with him.

As soon as they received their refill of iced coffee, the younger one seemed to relax and, soon enough, he was back on topic. ''Jjongie...'' he cooed, shifting into his characteristic charmer mode. ''No.'' Jonghyun didn't need to hear the rest. He already knew he wasn't going to like it. ''You don't even know what I was going to say," Taemin whined with pouting lips. ''Right, but I already know my answer.'' ''What if I was just going to ask for a ride home?'' the fluffy-haired brunette argued. ''But you weren’t, so cut the crap,'' Jonghyun bluntly dismissed. He caught the glare that his friend shot him before he took in more caffeine.

The younger one's frustration soon turned into a desperate sigh, signalling he was about to crack open. ''Look, I need a favor,'' he finally revealed. ''Ask Kibum,'' Jonghyun indicated. The younger one scrunched up his nose in disgust.

''Ew, no. Just imagining them...'' The retching gesture that followed wasn't enough to distract the blonde from what he had just caught in the other's unintentional admission. ''Them?'' he echoed, confused. ''Who is the other person?'' Taemin froze at that, the only movement perceptible being that of his furious blinking.

''Tae??'' Jonghyun called out as confusion and nervousness simultaneously grew inside him. ''Yeah, um...'' the brunette cleared his throat. ''The other person's my cousin,'' he finally said. Jonghyun frowned deeply.

''What's your cousin got to do with anything? '' ''He has to do with the favor I need from you,'' Taemin outlined before deflecting his attention to his chewed-up straw. ''The fuck?'' the older one exclaimed as he stared incredulously at his friend. It was a few more seconds before the other stopped his balancing act of chewing on plastic and drinking. ''You know my cousin, Jinki, that I sometimes talk about?'' Taemin started. ''You mean, that you always talk about, '' Jonghyun rectified, not without an edge of annoyance to his tone. ''That is not true,'' the other instantly countered. ''Riiight,'' Jonghyun derided. “I must be imagining all these times you've been going on about something he said or did.''

''No, you're not. But it's definitely not all the time.'' If there was something that Jonghyun had come to learn about the beautiful young man he spent a lot of his waking hours with, it was that he was incredibly stubborn. Jonghyun had seen that attribute work in amazing ways, especially when it came to his dancing skills. But he had also seen it work in the most annoying and infuriating ways, and this moment was definitely more proof of that. ''Whatever,'' Jonghyun brought himself to say to avoid any blood being shed on the beautiful table between them. ''Anyway,'' Taemin went on. ''Jinki's been feeling lonely and I thought I should help him out a bit, you know, since he's helped me so much throughout the years.'' ''Are you going to suck his dick or something?'' Jonghyun couldn't help but voice. ''Eeeeew,'' the younger one all but yelled. ''He's my cousin!!'' ''The way you get all excited whenever you talk about him makes me wonder sometimes... '' ''You're fucking gross, Kim Jonghyun.'' That made the blonde's eyebrow cock. ''Interesting...'' he mused. ''What?'' ''Seems like I hit a sensitive cord,'' Jonghyun noted matter-of-factly. ''Stop that,'' the brunette said in his most authoritative tone, which didn't feel that convincing to the other. ''Don't worry about it, Tae. Apparently, that happens between cousins more than we think.'' The death stare he received made it hard for him to keep a straight face, the tickling edge of laughter bringing a twitch to his lips. ''I swear... '' Taemin grumbled as a visible clench graced his jaw. He forced himself to roll his tongue in his mouth a few times like his mom had taught him as a kid before resuming. ''I need you to go on a date with him.'' ''No. '' Jonghyun didn't even need to hear more. He wasn't going to entertain any of it.

His response had the other sighing deeply. ''I knew it would play out this way,'' Taemin indicated as he looked straight into the older one's eyes. ''That's why I'm ready to pay.’' ''Excuse me??'' Jonghyun loudly exclaimed. The other's silence and serious expression only got him more riled up. ''Do I look like a fucking prostitute to you?'' ''I'm not asking that you have sex with him. I just want him to get back into the dating scene,'' Taemin calmly explained. ''That's cool and all, but why me?'' Jonghyun had no choice but to ask, bewilderment splashed all across his face. ''I feel like you two could get along,'' Taemin answered. ''Plus, he's always had a thing for petite guys.'' ''I'm not petite,'' Jonghyun growled, gaze turning dark. ''Fine, you're a fucking mountain,'' Taemin conceded with a slight eyeroll to spare himself a pointless argument. ''Look,'' he quickly followed with. ''You just have to go on one date and in return, you won't have to be so stressed out about money all the time.'' The tension that had settled on the blonde's face morphed into another look of disbelief. ''Are you actually hearing yourself right now?'' ''Yes, I hear myself just fine,'' Taemin replied without shame. ''Sex or no sex, what you are asking of me is still prostitution,'' Jonghyun pointed out bluntly. ''No,'' Taemin squarely countered. ''I asked for a favor and you said no, so I'm adding money into the mix so that it's still a win for you in the end.'' ''I can't accept your money.'' ''Yes, you can, and you will.'' The blonde gave him a wide-eyed stare.

''The fuck?'' The brunette sighed.

''I know you've worked really hard to get to where you're at, but you deserve to have some space to breathe. That's what I'm really offering you,'' he added for emphasis. Jonghyun was at a loss for words. He knew Taemin meant well, but that whole deal didn't feel right. On the flip side, getting some extra money would definitely alleviate the burden he carried with him all the time. Getting into his dream school had been a big part of the battle, but actually being able to pay all the fees that came with studying there was a strenuous challenge in itself. He could only do so many hours of work without it affecting his grades and he had already reached that limit. ''Like I said, I only ask for one date,'' Taemin reiterated. ''And you can consider this whole semester dealt with.'' If Jonghyun's eyes could've grown any bigger, they would have at that moment. ''You're tripping...'' That made the younger one laugh. ''I've actually had time to think this through,'' Taemin informed him. ''So I understand if you need some time to think about it, too.'' ''I...'' Jonghyun's eyes darted towards his half-filled cup as his mind mulled over the offer. He knew he should stick to his no, but Taemin had effectively spoken to the part of him that ached for some relief. ''I'll think about it,'' he finally said as he brought his gaze up once more. Taemin grinned. ''Thanks, Jjong.'' In that moment, a lump of nervousness formed in the blonde's throat. He realized he had just sealed the deal.

                                                         ***

I can’t believe I’m doing this, he thought as he stared at the restaurant’s elegant façade.

It was probably now close to ten minutes since he had parked on the other side of the street, building up the courage to follow through with the offer his evil best friend had made him.

He still couldn’t believe he had agreed to it, but here he was, all dressed up, black dress shirt and black pants sticking to him like a second skin and the shaggy bangs that usually covered his forehead now slicked back with some gel to make himself look a bit more presentable. He had even traded his worn-out pair of converse shoes for polished leather loafers. The only thing that had been a non-negotiable for him was the tie. He felt like a fraud, but having agreed to do this, he wasn’t just going to half-ass the task at hand. Despite everything, he still didn’t want to make a bad impression on his best friend’s cousin.

He hated to admit it, but he was nervous. He didn’t know what to expect or what to do, or even what to say. This could be a whole disaster, and if it was, he knew Taemin would never let him hear the end of it. He didn’t do dates and he didn’t do formal wear. But again, here he was, getting ready to play the part.

I’m fucking pathetic.

He dropped his bare forehead onto the steering wheel, rapidly losing all resolve he had mustered up on his way there. He could’ve pretty much stayed in that position for the rest of night, but the sudden buzzing of his phone in his pocket jolted him back upright.

He looked at his screen and his heart jumped. He couldn’t hide anymore.  

''Hello?'' he answered as his body temperature jumped up a few degrees.

''Am I speaking to Jonghyun?'' the voice at the other end uttered.

The blonde froze for a moment, taking aback by the soft but deep tone that had just graced his ear.

''Hello?''  

''Y-yes, it’s me,'' Jonghyun stammered despite himself.

Fuck. They hadn’t even met yet and he was already screwing this up.

''Hi, it’s Jinki. Taemin’s cousin,'' the other man went on.

''Ah, yes. Nice to- I mean, um-''

He cut himself off, realizing whatever would come out of his mouth now would just further embarrass him.  

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

His obvious clumsiness was apparently amusing to the other one because he suddenly laughed.

And that laugh did nothing to help Jonghyun recover brain cells.

''I’m already in the restaurant. Are you here yet?'' Jinki asked.

''Um, yeah… Well, I’m just outside. I’ll be right there,'' Jonghyun answered.

''Okay, well I’m in a dark grey suit and I’m wearing glasses,'' the other informed.

''Cool,'' Jonghyun uttered as he tried to form an image of what the other looked like.

''So…''

The sound of the other’s voice brought him back to reality. He instantly gave himself a mental kick for getting lost in his thoughts.

''Yes, um, okay, I’ll be hanging up now,'' he indicated before doing exactly that.

Okay, Jjong. You’re already making a damn fool of yourself. Get it together.

He took a few deep breaths before finally turning off the car’s engine and stepping out into the mild weather.

For a moment, he thought about bailing out and getting back into the car, but he knew how much of an asshole that would make him feel like. And he definitely was no asshole. Plus, he couldn’t help but think about the money involved.

Well, maybe that made him an asshole.

He managed to push back all of these thoughts in favor of finally getting himself past the entrance door. Hand on the handle, he pushed it open and stepped inside, relinquishing his fate to the wicked hands of the universe. He barely had time to look around when his eyes fell on a sight he was sure he’d never forget.

Jonghyun froze midstep as his gaze took in a gorgeous man whose clothes fit the description he had received a few minutes earlier.

''Jinki?'' he managed to utter despite feeling like his whole nervous system was about to collapse on him.

The man’s face lit up at the sound of his name and as soon as their eyes met, he flashed him a stunning smile.

''Jonghyun!'' he reciprocated enthusiastically as he took a few steps towards him.

It took Jonghyun everything not to step back and run out through the door. This was definitely worse than he had expected. The man was… A few words popped up in his mind, all of them just making it harder for him not to lose his composure.

''Happy to meet you,'' the brunette said before bowing before him.

Jonghyun returned the gesture, bending further down, since he was the younger one.

''Happy to meet you, too,'' he echoed once he rose back up.

He tried a smile, but it felt too forced, too staged. If there was something Jonghyun wasn’t good at, it was definitely acting.

''Have you ever been here before?'' Jinki promptly asked.

''Um, no…'' Jonghyun answered, slightly embarrassed.

He had done his research earlier that week when Taemin had sent him the address only to learn that this restaurant was one of the finest in the area. He could barely afford the essentials so there was no way he had any extra to be visiting these places. Nor did he ever really have any interest to.

''Ah, it’s okay,'' Jinki reassured with a softer but equally dashing smile. '' I’m glad this is your first time. ''

Jonghyun froze again, eyes wide, as his mind ran straight to the gutter with the other’s words.

The latter seemed to notice as he suddenly chuckled nervously, ''That probably didn’t come out right. I’m sorry.''

Jonghyun’s eyebrow cocked as he stared at the other. Is he for real?

The subtle blush he caught on the taller one’s face told him that it was indeed an honest mistake.

''I’m- I’m sorry…''

Jonghyun instantly felt bad. He was the one catching double entendres where there was none.

''Don’t be, please,'' he implored. ''I’m sorry, it’s me… I’m being a little weird …''

The brunette seemed to relax at that. Retrieving his smile, he said, ''This is a little never-wracking, huh?''

''Yeah,'' Jonghyun admitted as he rubbed the back of his neck with one hand.

''Well, it’s nothing a little alcohol can’t fix, right?’' Jinki playfully remarked.

That made the blonde laugh.

''Definitely.''

Any words he would’ve said next died in his throat as the brunette’s eyes zeroed in on him in a focused and extremely unnerving way.

''Um… should we go to our table now?'' he found the courage to say as he deliberately avoided the other’s intent gaze.

That fortunately was enough to snap the other out of whatever trance he had been in.

''Yes, of course,'' he replied, quickly clearing his throat.

They first stopped at the front desk, Jonghyun just tagging along as Jinki gave the elegantly clad lady before them his name for the reservation. She then led them into the restaurant, walking them past the tables until they reached the back where a beautifully set table awaited them.

Along the way, Jonghyun had stolen glances around, taking in the contrasting elegance of the furniture with the robustness of the ceiling-to-floor pillars that gave the space more character and charm. He was even more pleased by the warm lighting that completed the portrait like icing on a cake, giving the room an intimate vibe.

Once the lady had finished setting the menus on the table and another came in to fill up their glasses with water, they sat, finding themselves alone.

''So, what’s your poison?'' Jinki immediately asked.

The blonde’s brow cocked.

''Shouldn’t we be ordering some expensive wine or something?''

''We could, if that’s what you want, but I’d rather you tell me what you like,'' Jinki indicated.

For some reason, that was enough to make Jonghyun’s heart jump inside his chest again.

''Um, well… I don’t drink often, but I really like rum,'' he shared as he tried not to linger on his body’s unsolicited reaction.

''Great,'' Jinki exclaimed as his face lit up even more. ''That’s my favorite.''

Immediately after, he gestured to one of the waiters in sight and ordered two glasses of a brand of rum Jonghyun was sure he had never tasted before. The order was served to them a few seconds later, the golden-brown liquid swaying beautifully inside the clear glasses.

Jinki was the first to pick up his glass.

''To a beautiful evening,'' he softly said as he lifted it.

''To a beautiful evening,'' Jonghyun reciprocated with a small smile before they both brought their glasses to their lips.

The taste that graced the blonde’s tongue was a perfect mix of strong, velvety, and sweet, making it impossible for him not to moan from contentment.

''That is the best rum I’ve ever had,'' he enthused, before realizing the other’s gaze had changed again.

He didn’t know what it was, but he could definitely feel himself tense up because of it. Fortunately, he didn’t have to speak this time for the other one to get back into conversation.

''I would have to agree with that,'' Jinki finally said with a smile.

''I’m guessing everything here is great, huh?'' the blonde gathered.

''Yeah, I’d say so,'' Jinki confirmed. ''Although…'' he went on immediately after, ''I pretty much always order the same thing, so I’m probably not the best person to ask,'' he admitted in a somewhat apologetic tone.

''What’s your order?'' Jonghyun asked with genuine interest.

''Their duck confit.''

The blonde stared blankly at him for a few seconds as his mind tried to figure out whatever that could be.  

His confusion must’ve shown clear because the other chuckled before saying, ''It’s basically duck cooked in its own fat.''

Jonghyun grimaced at that.

''That doesn’t sound very appetizing to me.’'

''I can understand,'' Jinki said with another soft laugh. ''So what kind of food do you usually enjoy?''

''Um… pretty simple stuff I guess,'' Jonghyun answered, suddenly feeling embarrassed.

The brunette acknowledged those words with a nod.

''To be honest, I just love to eat, so give me anything and I’m in.''

The blonde snorted out a laugh at that.

''Sounds like Taemin.''

He was answered with a broad smile.

''I guess we have some things in common.''

Yeah, a stunning face seems to be one of them, Jonghyun replied in the safety of his mind.

''By the way, I’ve been curious to know how you two became friends,'' the older one went on as he picked up his glass again.

''Oh, that…'' Jonghyun uttered mindlessly. ''I don’t know if it’s a funny story or if it’s just really cringy…''

''Now you have me even more intrigued,'' Jinki prodded with a grin.  

''Well, if you must know,'' Jonghyun started, realizing this was another chance for him to get back at the little brat.  ''I first met him at a school party last year. I didn’t want to go in the first place, but a friend of mine insisted, so I tagged along. When we arrived there, my friend quickly abandoned me for a girl, leaving me alone in the midst of hundreds of strangers. At that point, I was just going to leave, but someone approached me. At first, I thought he looked cute, but as soon as he started talking, I could see he was pretty far gone. He said a lot of things, things that could’ve gotten him in deep shit if he had said them to any other guy. ''

''Oh god,'' Jinki suddenly interjected as a look of worry settled on his face.

''Don’t worry, this ends well,'' Jonghyun reassured with a small laugh.

''Good, please continue.''

''So, like I said, I wanted to leave, but I couldn’t help but fear what might happen if I left him there. I ended up asking him to follow me and we got out. Then I asked where his dorm room was, but he never managed to tell me, so I brought him back to mine. I got him into bed and he immediately fell asleep before waking up a few minutes later and puking all over the floor. He didn’t even seem to notice though, because he went right back to sleep after that. And then the next morning, once he was alert enough that I could walk him through what had happened, he apologized, thanked me a million times and hung around for the rest of the morning. I still didn’t understand what his deal was, but it felt weirdly comfortable to have him there. And then, I guess it just picked up from that.''

''That’s Taemin’s charm for you,'' Jinki acknowledged with what seemed like a prideful smile.

Jonghyun snorted again, ''Yeah, I guess.''

A full laugh rolled out of the brunette.

''You’ve obviously seen all that comes with that charm, too.''

''Definitely,'' Jonghyun replied immediately.

Jinki laughed some more.

''Well, thank god you were there that night and that you’re still in his life. You seem to be a good influence on him.''

The blonde’s brow cocked.

''A good influence?''

''Yeah,'' Jinki validated. ''Tae talks about you all the time and one of the things that always comes back is his admiration for your passion and work ethic. You seem to have rubbed off on him because I can see how serious he is about things now.''

Jonghyun was trying to keep his face under control, but he knew he was failing at hiding his surprise and utter shock.

''He’s never…. I didn’t know he…''

And he was also failing to verbalize any coherent thought.

''Taemin will never outright tell you this, but what I know is that he doesn’t hang out with someone if he doesn’t really love them.''

''Yeah… I guess,'' Jonghyun admitted as he unconsciously rubbed the back of his neck again. ''What about you and Tae?'' he inquired to get the focus off of himself. ''You two seem pretty close.''

He was first answered with a beaming smile that turned his mouth dry. He quickly reached for his glass and took another sip.

''Yes, we are. It’s just always been like that despite our age gap. I’m an only child so my parents would bring me to my aunts’ and uncles’ houses a lot and I always had the most fun with Taemin. He was always so joyful and full of life, and that always made me feel happy. As we grew up, that bond deepened and now, I just see him as my little brother.''

''That’s… really nice,'' Jonghyun said, feeling touched despite himself.

''Yeah,'' Jinki agreed. '' He’s always bringing good into my life.''

Their eyes locked at that and Jonghyun’s heart did another somersault.

''Um, so… shouldn’t we order or something?'' he uttered as his eyes darted back to his glass.

''Shouldn’t you look at the menu first?'' Jinki pointed out with a teasing edge to his tone.

Shit.

''Uh, yeah. Of course.''

After looking at a bunch of items that didn’t make any sense to him, he finally settled for the swiss chard and goat cheese cannelloni. He was pretty sure a pasta dish wouldn’t disappoint his taste buds.

Once their orders were placed, the conversation lulled for a bit, leaving Jonghyun time to assess everything that had happened up until now. He couldn’t say things were going badly. On the contrary, but that just made it all the more confusing for him. Without thinking, he brought his glass to his lips again and downed the rest of the liquid, which he immediately regretted when the fire that suddenly blew up in his throat made him cough uncontrollably.

''Are you alright?'' Jinki asked as he gave him a worried look.  

Jonghyun nodded through his coughing fit. It took a few more seconds for his airways to clear out and bring him back to a peaceful state.

''I’m sorry… I…''

''Are you okay?''

The genuine concern he could read on the other’s face made him feel even more self-conscious and stupid. He couldn’t help but look away.

''Yes, I just…''

He didn’t even know what to say. And he couldn’t even use his glass as a distraction anymore.

Dammit.

''Can I tell you something?''

Jonghyun looked up again, curious as to what that thing might be.

''Yes?''

''I haven’t been on a date in years,'' Jinki shared.

Jonghyun blinked at him in surprise.

''Seriously?''

''Yes,'' the brunette reiterated with a sheepish smile. ''I’ve never really made time for anything that didn’t have to do with work.''

''So, what’s changed now?'' Jonghyun couldn’t help but ask.

''Hmm…'' Jinki pondered. ''Well… I guess I’ve finally realized how much I was missing out on.''

''Oh, well, from what I’ve heard you’ve made a pretty good life for yourself already,'' the blonde pointed out.

''I guess in terms of social status, yes, but in my everyday life, things were starting to get…'' he paused, looking nowhere in particular. ''Repetitive.''

''Oh, and here I thought lawyers had the most exciting lives,'' Jonghyun mocked without thinking.

His eyes instantly grew wide as he realized what he had just said.

''I didn’t mean to-''

Jinki laughed, ''I get it. I could try to defend my job, but being a corporate lawyer really isn’t exciting.''

''So why do you do it?''

''Because that’s what was expected of me. And I’m good at it,'' Jinki laid out openly.

''But… ''

Jonghyun couldn’t even begin to understand how someone could just go about a job without being really passionate about it. He had fought all his life to be able to pursue music as a career because, in the end, there was nothing else he could see himself doing.

''It's alright,'' Jinki laughed off. ''I dodged having to go into the medical field, so that's a win in my book." Jonghyun was tempted to dig further, to understand why the other had settled for a life without much agency, but he didn't feel like it was his place. ''Have I just lost you?'' the brunette inquired. Jonghyun caught the flash of fear that went through his gaze and felt his chest tighten. ''No, not at all,'' he instantly reassured. ''I'm just... intrigued,'' he chose after a moment of thought. ''Okay." A second after, the brunette picked up his glass and downed it just as he had a few minutes before. The gesture surprised him and even more so the absence of coughing that followed. ''Let me order us another round of rum and you can ask away," the older one indicated before doing just that. What followed was a pretty intimate exchange on how they had been brought up, an exchange during which the blonde found himself revealing a lot more than he would have ever imagined. They had just met and there he was talking about how the only good thing his mother had ever done for him was kick him out. By then, they were both half-way through their meals and the place had become even more crowded, but that did nothing to distract them from one another. ''She kicked you out?" Jinki exclaimed, eyes growing wide behind his thick frames. "Well, yeah. She couldn't have a defiant son disturbing her peace all the time," Jonghyun intoned with full-fledged sarcasm. "That's horrible," Jinki voiced in shock.

''Yeah, but it turned out for the best,'' Jonghyun observed. ''Living with my sister helped me get my shit together and get me to where I am now." Silence followed his words as the other looked straight into his eyes. Jonghyun felt a shiver run down his spine. "You're incredible." At that, he was pretty sure the man before him was out to kill him. His heart raced as the words rang loud in his mind. "I'm sure I wouldn't have had that resolve if I were in your place," the other then noted. The blonde wanted to argue and dismiss any credit the other was attributing him, but the dark chocolate orbs he was plunged into took the words right out of him. A little voice in his head told him to stop staring, but he felt paralyzed. He was praying the other would break the spell by looking away, but he didn't. "Do I have something on my face?" Jinki inquired, titter vibrating in his voice. Yes, your face. "No, I'm sorry... I just zoned out..." Jonghyun excused as convincingly as he could. "I get it. I would zone out, too, if we were talking about my painful memories," Jinki remarked, offering him an apologetic look. "It's fine, really," Jonghyun quickly replied as to not blow his cover. "Even so, why don't we move on to lighter stuff now?" the older one proposed with a broad smile that crinkled his eyes. Or perhaps, could we move to a bed? Jonghyun couldn't help but think as the sight before him awakened a part of him he usually managed to keep under control. "Yeah, sure," he said, reciprocating with a smile of his own. The conversation went on from there to discussions on their favorite things, like books, movies, and music. Even though they didn't always share common knowledge or taste in these things, their openness to each other made the rest of the evening go by pleasantly. "Did you enjoy your meal?" Jinki asked after the table had been cleared. "Yeah, it was pretty good," Jonghyun genuinely answered. The brunette grinned. "Glad it was. Do you want dessert?" he then offered. "Hmm... I'd say yes, but I'm pretty stuffed," Jonghyun admitted with a breathy laugh. "We can share," the other proposed before crossing his arms over the draped table. "Their crème brûlée is fantastic and I'd love for you to have a taste." Jonghyun felt his mouth go dry. Even if he would've wanted to say no, the eagerness he could hear in the other's tone had him do the contrary. "Okay, sure," he uttered, hoping his answer came off as nonchalant. He received another eye-blinding smile before the other took the lead again and ordered the aforementioned dessert. It was a few minutes before a small ceramic dish was placed between them. Jonghyun stared at the caramelized crust with interest before his eyes went to the utensils. There was only one spoon. "Um... They forgot a spoon," Jonghyun indicated as his eyes flicked up to the brunette. " I'm not averse to sharing a spoon, so you can eat first, " Jinki naturally settled before picking up the spoon and handing it to him. Jonghyun took it, feeling somewhat uneasy. "Have as much as you want," the other then added with what was meant to be a reassuring smile. But Jonghyun just felt more unnerved by it. All the attention was on him and even though that was something he relished in regards to his music, it wasn't something he loved getting in any other context. Especially not right now, when the attention was coming from a man who seemed to know just what to do to get him riled up. "Please, eat," Jinki urged as his smile grew wider. At that, Jonghyun had no other choice but to comply. He scooped out a spoonful of the creamy custard that hid under the thin crust and brought the spoon to his lips. A subtle flutter graced his lashes as he had his first taste. The sweet eggy flavor mixed with the creamy but light texture felt like a true gift to his taste buds.

"So? Do you like it?" Jinki inquired as a soft smile danced on his full lips.

" Oh, yeah, so good," Jonghyun drawled as his eyes zeroed in on the dent he had made in the dish.

A full laugh rumbled out of the brunette's mouth.

"Enjoy."

Jonghyun met his eyes for a second before he plunged the spoon right back in. The second bite felt even more divine than the first and before he could let himself think, he went in for a third, fourth, and fifth spoonful.

It was only when his mind caught up with his stomach again that he realized that more than half of the receptacle was empty. His eyes widened.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry," he apologized as he put the utensil down and lowered his head like a child awaiting punishment.

He missed the expression of confusion that splayed across the other's face, but heard his words loud and clear.

"You have nothing to be sorry about. This was for you."

Jonghyun dared look up, inheriting the confused look in turn.

"I thought you wanted to share," he pointed out.

The brunette shrugged.

"I've had this dessert a million times. I'm not missing out."

"Still, I-"

"You can have it," Jinki interrupted purposefully.

Jonghyun blinked at him for a few seconds.

"Is it because of the spoon? I can ask-"

"No," the brunette interjected again. "I just want you to have it."

Jonghyun searched his face for any sign that he was lying, but found none.

"Plus," the older one went on, "I've put on a few pounds from stress eating so you'll be doing me a favor if you finish this," he ended with an embarrassed smile that leaned into an airy laugh.

Cute, Jonghyun’s mind prompted without notice. The thought had the blonde looking at the dessert again, not trusting himself one bit if he kept his eyes on the other man facing him.

Best that I just eat this so that I can get out of here.

Jonghyun did just that and soon enough, one of the waiters brought over the bill, immediately handing it to the brunette.

"Shouldn’t there be two?" Jonghyun immediately inquired as he furrowed his brows.

The older one let a pleased smile stretch wide across his face.

"Should there be?"

A shiver ran boldly across the blonde’s spine at that.

"Well, yeah… I mean… "

"I brought you here, so it’s on me," Jinki settled gently.

Before Jonghyun could slide in a word of protest, the brunette made his move and gestured to the same waiter that had lingered nearby. Jonghyun just watched as he felt robbed once more of a parcel of his dignity.

A few minutes later, they were finally heading out, the now cooler breeze of the evening meeting them upon their first step out of the restaurant. A moment of shared silence grew between them as they stood before the entrance and gazed into the half-busy street.

"So… " Jonghyun trailed off into silence.

He really didn’t know what to say at this point. The reality of this only being a one-time thing suddenly loomed in the forefront of his mind.

"Can I be honest with you, Jonghyun?" Jinki suddenly asked as he turned a bit more towards him.

The blonde felt himself tense up a bit at the additional proximity, but composed himself enough to nod.

"I would love for this to happen again," the older one instantly voiced.

His expression seemed serious enough for Jonghyun to believe his words, which only made his heart leap and his stomach flutter.

How does he do that? he couldn’t help but wonder as he felt all control seep out of him through now sweaty hands.

"Me, too," he agreed before time stretched too long between them.

Jinki smiled wide and bright.

"Glad to hear that."

Jonghyun made it a point to keep holding his gaze and return his smile, despite his main effort being on keeping himself together.

"I’ll be texting you soon, okay?" Jinki asked, his tone soft and easy.

"‘Kay," Jonghyun replied as he retreated to his nervous habit of rubbing the back of his neck.

"Did you come here by car?" the brunette then verified.

"Yeah, it’s right over there," the blonde indicated as he pointed towards an early 2000s white Corolla across the street.

"Good," Jinki acknowledged as his gaze followed. "I’ll let you go then. Goodnight, Jonghyun," he offered as departing words before flashing a last smile that read as soft but straightforward.

"Goodnight, Jinki," Jonghyun echoed as his face broke into a bashful smile.

They parted ways right after, Jinki heading farther down the street while Jonghyun headed straight to his car.

The blonde settled quickly into his seat, his head yearning to find the comfort of the steering wheel again. A big sigh left his lips as his forehead hit the sturdy surface.

As his eyes closed, his mind immediately formed an all too vivid image of the man he had spent the evening with. He could once again see his coiffed, but oh-so-soft looking hair, his beautiful bushy eyebrows under which thick frames sat perfectly on a proud nose, and his full lips that didn't waste a chance to stretch into one of the most beautiful smiles Jonghyun had seen in his life. The image could've trailed further down, but Jonghyun knew to draw the line there if he didn't want to make his pants any tighter.

He wasn't going to fool anyone, especially not himself. He was wildly attracted to this man.

And that was a problem.

                                                          ***

[crqstalite]

KODELYN ‘KODEE’ SHEPARD. ↳ war hero. soldier. spacer. ❝ Call me Princess again, and you’ll be picking your teeth up off the ground.❞   

i finally did it!!! i got mass effect today and i immediately made a toon who looks like me for once XD. except canonically like 20 years old than I am. it made me super motion sick for a while, so i got as far as feros (i went there straight after the citadel, pretty sure i’m not supposed to be there yet but screw it). still, she’s pretty and i love her. only real reason i got into it was because my friends are fans of kaidan. haven’t seen the appeal yet (he keeps nearly dying, swear he’s going to run me straight out of medpacks), leaning towards ashley but y’know, i’m only nine levels into the game. first time i’ve played an fps like this, so that’s that :p

i hate the mako. i despise the mako with a passion. i do like the aiming system, though. i forgot how much i liked sniping. well i don’t have the sniping skill yet so shooting anything is a blurry mess with a sniper rifle but with an assault rifle will do for now.

i like joker. joker is cool.

other fun things about kodee --

people usually call her dee because she doesn’t like to be introduced as kodelyn. mouthful for folks. canonically her surname is velasquez, from her mother’s maiden name.

a military brat, whatever that is. don’t remember who i was talking to when she said that but i’ll roll with it. i want to say it was either joker or kaidan. (edit: figured it out. still not sure whether it’s a derogative term or not so we’ll leave it for now)

doesn’t take shit from anyone, but has a heart of gold.

shit at piloting (i can’t drive the mako for shit)

canonically good at a lot of things. graduated at the top of her class (i think. the lore is still a bit all over the place for me. it’s anyone’s guess what i know)

has a bit of an oral fixation. chews on pens and styluses a lot, to the dismay of her parents. chewed gum a lot before the academy.

african american. if that is still a term in mass effect. i don’t know.

[ceruleanmusings]

Sooo, I see you posted a bit about your new Charlie's Angels OC. Anything else you've worked out with her, yet? Great name, too. XD -Rhuben

You could’ve just turned around in your chair and asked me this XD. But, I’ll just copy and paste the very few notes I have on her written in my drafts of what I’ve come up with so far. These are subject to change between now and actually doing anything with this fic and this is very basic so keep that in mind.

Name: Dakotah “Dee” Song/Carson

FC: Chloe Bennet

Expertise: Thievery and Weapons (pick pocket, sleight of hand, creates weapons, likes explosions etc.)

Personality: Strives to be the best, perfectionist, Type A, charmer, out-talk anyone

Habits/Extras: chews gum constantly, always looking for the exit, designs her own jewelry, prefers to listen to cassettes, gardens to relax

[calliecat93]

RWBY V6 CH10: Stealing From The Elderly

Lets get this out of the way first, this has the best episode title EVER! But to the point, we're nearing the homestretch people. Needless to say,t hat means that these next few chapters are going to be insane. Will the first chapter of the new year be able to deliver? Well lets take a look!

Overview

It's a new day at the Argus Atlas Base, where we see Cordovan escorting Weiss and... Saphron... who is there for some reason. Yeah, they never explain why she's there. But in any case, it seems that Weiss has turned over a new leaf and is willingly going back home without any of the others. She also has a rather unusually large suitcase. Cordovan escorts her to a ship where the two guards form last time will be transporting her. When they try to help her with her bag, Saphron and Adrien initiate their plan with Adrien crying. The power of babies ladies and gents! Wonder if Saphron uses that often to get out of stuff. In any case, the guards go to console the child, allowing Weiss to get onto the ship.

As you can guess, this is all a part of the team's panned heist. Weiss has Maria in her suitcase... yeah, for real. Maria is far form pleased. With Ruby, Qrow, and JNR on standby, the plan is for Weiss and Maria to get the ship out of radar range while Blake and Yang make their way tot he relay tower. Terra has explained to them how to take down the base's radar without affecting the rest of the city. Blake's task is to sneak in, disconnect the connection, which will allow Weiss and maria to double back with the ship to pick everyone up without detection. That... is a pretty damn good plan! Blake leaves Yang to not increase numbers, leaving Yang on standby on her own... well she has Bumblebee at least!

Things go smoothly at first. Weiss kicks the guards out (but gives them a parachute, how nice!) as she and Maria take over the console. Maria is able to give her eyes an upgrade to see properly... though Weiss is still understandably concerned since Maria still need sot repair them. Oh, and I guess maria can pilot. Nice! But yeah, better buckle up Weiss! Soon, the ship is out of range and Ruby signals for Blake to do her part... only to get no reply. Yang is just as confused and worst, as Weiss and Maria double back, Cordovan's men pick it up on radar.

The base calls to find out what's going on, to which Maria tries to play along... but she's an old woman so it fails. Cordovan is pissed, so how does Maria reply? Chew on some cashews and say that she doesn't care! Did I ever mention that I love Maria? But yeah, this looks bad. Qrow, who has just been sulking the whole time, starts to flip out. He blames himself, Ozpin, and everyone else in his generation for getting everyone into this situation and asks what he was thinking pulling them all into this. Ruby's response? That she knows that Qrow has only ever tried to do his best, and that they would have come with or without him. He needs to quit acting like they are his responsibility, they aren't. Qrow is taken back by this, asking when Ruby grew up so fast. Simple, she had good role models.

But the sweet moment can't last. Everyone feared that Cordovan would launch fighter jets... but she doesn't. What doe she do instead? Unleash a megazord! No, really, that's pretty much what it is! She sends a HUGE shot of electricity and while Weiss and Maria are unharmed, Cordovan's clearly lost it. She plans to take them all down in the name of order. Everyone is shocked, save for Ruby, who tells Maria to hurry to the ground. They're going to need her if they plan on taking that beast down. During all of this, Yang moves to go and find out what happened to Blake.

Speaking of, what DID happen to Blake? Well the good news is she made it to the relay tower. The bad news? She was met by Adam. Yep, turns out that Adam had been stalking Blake up to this point and now that she's alone, he's ready to carry out his revenge. The two fight, Blake making it clear that she wants no part of Adam's life and just wants him to leave her alone. But Adam is still angered that she left him and blames her for ruining his life. The have a pretty dang intense fight which eventually knocks them out of the tower, into some trees, and they land on the ground. Blake tells Adam to leave the past behind, for his own good. But Adam refuses, accusing Blake of just leaving their memories together behind and he won't let her go ever again. They brace themselves to continue their clash, ending the episode.

Review

Hot damn man. This was both the funniest AND craziest thing thus far. So the heist... was actually pretty well thought out. Using Weiss' status to their advantage, using Blake's stealth and past experience to their advantage, having clear coordination, it could have legit worked. IDK if all of it was thought by Jaune, I imagine that Ruby also helped in this, but it shows how tactful the boy really he. Jaune's greatest strength isn't his combat ability, but his strategic ability. That's why he got made the leader, and I feel that this plan demonstrated that. It only failed because of Adam, which none of them could have predicted.

Speaking of Adam... yeah, I knew this was coming. With his previous appearances this volume and the Adam Character Short, him not being involved wouldn't feel right. But yeah, ever since Chapter 1 when Blake saw him on the train, I knew that she couldn't just be flashing back. Why? Because Adam was in his current attire, not the attire that he wore in the Black Trailer. When Yang had her flashback in Chapter 5, Adam was in his Beacon attire, so I do believe that in that case he was just a hallucination. But with Blake? I seriously doubt it, and this seems to confirm that.

Here's what I think went down. After killing what remained of the White Fang, all that Adam had left was his hatred of Blake. He wanted revenge, so he decided to get just that. Since they didn't leave for two weeks, Adam had plenty of time to find out where Blake would be going and to sneak onto the train. How? Well Dee and Dudley had slacked off to brag to the group, so he could have easily sneaked on then. When the train cars got broken off, Adam remained on the one to Argus. He knows who Blake is traveling with by now, so he would know that she would make it to Argus eventually. Then since the group have gone around the city, he would be able to find out where she was, what she was doing, and all he had to do was wait for her to be alone and make his move. You know, like a stalker! The only issue is he now has a cloth over his eyes, which makes sense since wearing the mask would draw attention. But in the Character Short, he tossed it away seemingly while still returning to the White Fang... and was wearing it again when he got there. So... yeah, continuity error there.

In short, yeah I'm not surprised that Adam is there and he's acting exactly as expected. I guess this will make up for those who felt like Adam was KO'd too easily last volume. I disagree for reasons, but hey I won't protest to an awesome fight. And what we got so far was awesome! It was fast-paced, the camera angles were excellent, Blake is both clearly terrified and angry, and her telling him off made me happy. She has come so far since the beginning. She fully recognizes that Adam is terrible, and now wants nothing to do with him. With how he emotionally manipulated her, attacked her friends and family, and now stalked her across the continent, can you blame her? And she holds her own against him! I fully expect Yang to come in later and have to face her trauma, but needless to say I am SO GLAD that she and Yang are finally going to get to kick Adam's ass. It is a LONG time coming.

But of course, there's more to this episode. Firs,t it was downright hilarious. Maria was especially great with her trash talk at Cordo and Weiss clearly regretting all of her life choices. Cordovan has lost it, and no one is shocked at all. Wasn't expecting a RWBY/Gen:Lock crossover this soon though XD. And the little moments like Oscar assuring Ruby that it'll be okay and Ruby telling Qrow that they aren't his responsibility added a lot as well. It DOES make me worry about Qrow, which is kind of good since I've just been pissed off at him these past couple of chapters. Still, they were nice and added weight to what was happening.

So... we've got three chapters left to go. What do I think is going to happen? IDK about how it'll go against Cordovan, but I do think that Blake and Yang will beat Adam. IDK if they will for good or if he'll die or not, but they'll beat him and reach a reconciliation between them. But in regards to getting to Atlas... I think that there is a VERY good chance that Qrow will sacrifice himself. IDT he'll die, but he'll distract the military to allow the other sot get Blake and Yang and be on the trek to Atlas. He'll be arrested and take the blame as the mastermind, which will mean that while the others are still in trouble, it won't be as rampant as it would otherwise be. This would hit them all hard, Ruby especially, but they'd have to press on by themselves. With how Ruby has stepped up and Qrow is feeling more and more unfaithful in everything, this would not only show that he has faith in his niece, but him taking responsibility and giving the kids the chance that they need to press on. I'm probably wrong, but I do think it's highly plausible.

Final Thoughts

This may have only been 11 minutes, but damn I loved it! The animation was great, the comedy was on point, the action was energetic and intense, and does it leave a LOT to look forward to next week. We're in the homestretch now people. IDK what's going to happen, but it's gonna be one Hell of a ride.

[5am-the-foxing-hour]

Green is kinda shocked by all of this, not to mention all the snacks, one part of his is screaming that this can't be real and the other's screaming at him to just take the snacks and eat them.

he ends up taking one before taking another he’s greed after all gotta get the stuff XD and he doesn’t realise he’s crying before Patton asks what’s wrong and Virgil and Dee looks shocked and worried, and he just shakes his head while chewing on the snacks. and before he know it Patton has sat down next to him pulled him into a hug and it is so????? Nice?????

[aplushemporium]

What is one thing you would change about your writing? What inspires your writing?

questions for authors. (accepting!)

What is one thing you would change about your writing?

//Not sure, though I know my writing is questionable at times. I mean I probably SHOULD rely less on writing by sound and use descriptions instead.

//But maybe a thing that I would change could be...I guess be a little less reliant on hurt/comfort. I dunno.

What inspires your writing?

//I would normally answer with another sort of reply to the same question if I already answered it, but I'll link what I said here. I bit off more than what i could chew XD;;

//But if you want to know what inspires Digit for me specifically? (besides watching the show) cooking shows. They work for a good chunk of muses I play actually (Cooking Mama, the Waddle Dees, Honoka, and Momotaro)

[tuseriesdetv]

Guía de series: Estrenos y regresos de julio 2017

Los veranos de sequía ya se acabaron, pero no nos referimos al cambio climático. Las cadenas apuestan ahora por una parrilla estival completa, variada y equilibrada para que no nos olvidemos de ver series ni en vacaciones.

¡Feliz julio!

Leyenda:

Verde: series nuevas. 

Rojo: series de las que haremos reviews semanales. 

Negro: regresos de otras series. 

Naranja: miniseries. 

Amarillo: tvmovies, especiales o pilotos. 

Morado: season finales. 

Morado claro: midseason finales. 

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Calendario de series

1 de julio: Doubt (1bT) en CBS

4 de julio: 

The Words That Built America en HBO

Broken (1T finale) en BBC One

5 de julio: 

Snowfall (1T) en FX

The Windsors (2T) en Channel 4

7 de julio: Castlevania (1T) en Netflix

8 de julio: 

Still Star-Crossed (cambio de día) en ABC

Tour de Pharmacy en HBO

10 de julio: Will (1T) en TNT

11 de julio: 

In the Dark en BBC One

The Fosters (5T) y The Bold Type (1T) en Freeform

Still the King (2T) en CMT

12 de julio: 

Salvation (1T) en CBS

I'm Sorry (1T) en truTV

Suits (7T) en USA Network

14 de julio: Friends from College (1T) y To the Bone en Netflix

16 de julio: 

Game of Thrones (7T) en HBO

The Strain (4T y última) en FX

18 de julio: 

Shooter (2T) en USA Network

Being Mary Jane (4bT) en BET

21 de julio: 

Ozark (1T) en Netflix

Descendants 2 en ABC, Freeform, Lifetime y Disney XD

Raven's Home (1T) en Disney Channel 

23 de julio: Insecure (2T) y Ballers (3T) en HBO

24 de julio: 

Midnight, Texas (1T) en NBC

Somewhere Between (1T) en ABC

People of Earth (2T) en TBS

28 de julio: 

Room 104 (1T) en HBO

The Last Tycoon (1T) en Amazon

29 de julio: Still Star-Crossed (series finale) en ABC

30 de julio: Rick and Morty (3T) en Adult Swim

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Estrenos de series

Snowfall (FX)

En 1983, nació la primera epidemia de crack en la ciudad de Los Ángeles. La serie sigue a ciertos personajes cuyas vidas se cruzarán debido a la droga, como un traficante de 19 años (Damson Idris), un luchador mexicano (Segio Peris-Mencheta; Al salir de clase, Isabel), un agente de la CIA (Carter Hudson) o la hija de un criminal (Emily Rios; The Bridge, Breaking Bad). Completan el reparto Michael Hyatt (True Detective, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Amin Joseph (Baywatch), Manuel Uriza (The Bridge, Better Call Saul) y Tim Matheson (Hart of Dixie, The West Wing). Creada por John Singleton (Four Brothers, Boyz n the Hood), Eric Amadio y Dave Andron (Justified). Diez episodios. Estreno: 5 de julio

A favor: Los actores protagonistas cumplen y los personajes secundarios destacan.

En contra: De desarrollo pausado y poca verosimilitud. No engancha.

Will (TNT)

Un joven William Shakespeare (Laurie Davidson), en sus primeros días como dramaturgo, llega al teatro punk-rock del Londres del siglo XVI en esta versión contemporánea con una banda sonora moderna que ayuda a mostrar su imprudencia, su brillantez y sus tentaciones. Completan el reparto Olivia DeJonge (The Visit), Mattias Inwood (The Shannara Chronicles), Jamie Campbell Bower (Camelot, The Prisoner), Colm Meaney (Hell on Wheels, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Ewen Bremmer (Wonder Woman, Trainspotting), Max Bennett (The Duchess, Anna Karenina) y Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers). Diez episodios. Estreno: 10 de julio

A favor: Dicen que la música.

En contra: Encargada primero por Pivot y cancelada antes del estreno, es un invento curioso.

The Bold Type (Freeform)

Antes conocida como Issues, es un drama de Sarah Watson (Parenthood) inspirado en la vida de Joanna Coles, editora de Cosmopolitan, y producido por ella misma, que se centra en el amor, el sexo, la identidad personal y social y la moda desde el punto de vista de tres trabajadoras jóvenes de la revista Scarlet: Jane (Katie Stevens, Faking It), Kat (Aisha Dee; Sweet/Vicious, Chasing Life) y Sutton (Meghann Fahy; Miss Sloane, One Life to Live). Melora Hardin (Transparent, The Office) da vida a la redactora jefe de la revista. Les acompañan Nikohl Boosheri (Rogue), Sam Page (Desperate Housewives, Switched at Birth) y Matt Ward (Remedy). Doce episodios. Estreno: 11 de julio

A favor: La relación entre las tres protagonistas, sin centrarse en hombres o rivalidades.

En contra: Tomar como referente a Coles para crear una (buena) serie sobre otra cosa.

In the Dark (BBC One)

Adaptación de las novelas 'In the Dark' y 'Time of Death' de Mark Billingham. La detective Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring; Ripper Street, Twilight: Breaking Dawn) está embarazada, es uno de los mayores retos de su vida. Cuando el marido de una antigua amiga del colegio (Emma Fryer; Ideal, Critical) es acusado del secuestro de dos chicas, Helen regresa a su pueblo natal y debe enfrentarse a su doloroso pasado. Entonces, una tragedia la arrastra a los bajos fondos criminales de Manchester y le hacen plantearse incluso su relación con las personas más íntimas. Completan el reparto Ben Batt (Scott & Bailey, Shameless UK), David Leon (The Refugees, Vera), Ashley Walters (Cuffs), Matt King (Peep Show), Clive Wood (Sense8, The Pillars of the Earth), Jamie Sives (Game of Thrones), Fisayo Akinade (Ordinary Lies, Cucumber), Tim McInnerny (Game of Thrones), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), Sinead Matthews (Chewing Gum, Ideal) y Jessica Gunning (Fortitude, Pride). Escrita por Danny Brocklehurst (The Five, Ordinary Lies) y dirigida por Gilles Bannier (The Tunnel) y Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen (Taxi). Cuatro episodios. Estreno: 11 de julio

A favor: La solvencia de BBC en este tipo de dramas está más que demostrada.

En contra: Disfrutarla es cuestión de gustos.

  Salvation (CBS)

Un asteroide se acerca peligrosamente a la Tierra, y solamente un graduado del MIT (Charlie Rowe, Red Band Society) y un tecnólogo multimillonario (Santiago Cabrera; Heroes, The Musketeers) saben ver que la alcanzará dentro de seis meses. Intentarán avisar al Gobierno a través de Grace Barrows (Jennifer Finnigan, Tyrant), secretaria de prensa del Pentágono, antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Quizás entre el Vicesecretario de Defensa (Ian Anthony Dale; Hawaii Five-0, Murder in the First) y una escritora de ciencia ficción con aspiraciones (Jacqueline Byers, Roadies) se consiga un plan para salvar a la humanidad. Completan el reparto Shazi Raja (High Maintenance), Rachel Drance (Reign), Dennis Boutsikaris (Better Call Saul, Billions) y Aaron Poole (Copper, Incorporated). Escrita por Liz Kruger y Craig Saphiro, creadores de Necessary Roughnes y showrunners de la segunda temporada de Extant, recibió luz verde directa en octubre. Trece episodios. Estreno: 12 de julio

A favor: Ligera y fresca, al estilo CBS verano.

En contra: ¿Veis Zoo? Pues ese es el estilo del que estamos hablando.

I'm Sorry (truTV)

Comedia creada y protagonizada por Andrea Savage (Veep, Episodes) sobre una comediante, esposa y madre de padres divorciados que parece segura de sí misma pero expone su inmadurez y su inestabilidad emocional en los momentos más inesperados y menos oportunos. Tom Everett Scott (Scream, Southland) y Olive Petrucci interpretan a su marido y su hija. Kathy Baker (The Ranch) y Martin Mull (Veep, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) son sus padres. Judy Greer (Arrested Development), Jason Mantzoukas (The League), Lyndon Smith (Parenthood), Gary Anthony Williams, Steve Zissis (Togetherness) y Nelson Franklin (Veep) serán recurrentes. Además, tenemos cameos de June Squibb (Nebraska, Shameless) o Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex, Mean Girls). Diez episodios. Estreno: 12 de julio

A favor: Producen Will Ferrell y Andy Samberg, habrá que fiarse.

En contra: Parece muy olvidable.

Friends from College (Netflix)

Veinte años después de licenciarse en Harvard, estos amigos de la universidad deciden reencontrarse. ¿Qué tal va su vida amorosa? ¿Se caducan las viejas amistades? ¿Es la vida adulta mejor que la estudiante? Comedia creada, escrita y producida por Nick Stoller (The Carmichael Show, Neighbors) y su esposa Francesca Delbanco y dirigida por Stoller que tiene como protagonistas a Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother, The Avengers), Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele, Playing House), Fred Savage (The Wonder Years, The Grinder), Nat Faxon (Ben and Kate, Married), Annie Parisse (Vinyl, Person of Interest) y Jae Suh Park. Billy Eichner (Difficult People, Parks and Recreation), Greg Germann (Ally McBeal, Once Upon a Time), Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters) y Seth Rogen (Neighbors, Pineapple Express) son recurrentes. Ocho episodios. Estreno: 14 de julio

A favor: Un reparto magnífico (magníficamente desaprovechado).

En contra: Tramas sin gancho, risas inexistentes y personajes detestables y/o anodinos. Fatal.

Ozark (Netflix)

Jason Bateman dirige, produce y protagoniza este drama sobre droga y blanqueo creado por Bill Dubuque (The Judge). El asesor financiero Marty Byrde (Bateman) se muda junto a su familia de Chicago a un resort de las montañas Ozark, en Missouri, intentando así recuperar la gran cantidad de dinero que debe a un narcotraficante mexicano. Laura Linney (The Big C, The Truman Show), Julia Garner (The Americans, The Get Down) y Michael Mosley (Scrubs, Sirens) acompañan a Bateman. Diez episodios. Estreno: 21 de julio

A favor: Quizás lo más llamativo sea el enfoque distinto al habitual en el mundo de la droga.

En contra: Bateman como actor siempre ha sido regular, especialmente en drama.

Midnight, Texas (NBC)

Adaptación de la saga de novelas de Charlaine Harris (True Blood). Es un viaje a un remoto pueblo de Texas donde nadie es lo que parece: Midnight está lleno de brujas, vampiros, videntes y sicarios; es un refugio para los que son diferentes. Los habitantes han formado una familia y evitan que la policía, bandas de moteros o incluso su propio pasado se entrometan. François Arnaud (Blindspot, The Borgias), Dylan Bruce (Orphan Black, Heroes Reborn), Parisa Fitz-Henley (Jessica Jones), Arielle Kebbel (UnREAL, John Tucker Must Die), Sarah Ramos (Parenthood), Peter Mensah (Spartacus, Sleepy Hollow), Yul Vazquez (Magic City) y Sean Bridgers (Rectify, Room) forman el cast. Escrita por Monica Owusu-Breen (Fringe, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Trece episodios. Estreno: 24 de julio

A favor: Festival de la carne.

En contra: Va a ser una mamarrachada pero de las malas.

Somewhere Between (ABC)

Laura (Paula Patton; Precious, Mirrors) sabe perfectamente cuándo y cómo asesinarán a su hija Serena (Aria Birch), pero no por qué ni quién. ¿Podrá hacer algo por evitarlo? J.R. Bourne (Teen Wolf, Revenge), Serge Houde (iZombie) y Devon Sawa (Nikita, Final Destination) también participan. Este remake de la serie coreana God's Gift: 14 Days recibió luz verde directa en diciembre. Escrito por Stephen Tolkin (Legend of the Seeker, Brothers & Sisters). Diez episodios. Estreno: 24 de julio

A favor: Recuerda a la trama de Premonition.

En contra: Será parecida a Premonition.

Room 104 (HBO)

Comedia de los hermanos Duplass (Togetherness) que contará en cada episodio una historia ocurrida dentro de esta habitación de un hotel corriente. Podremos ver a James Van Der Beek (Apartment 23, Dawson's Creek), Orlando Jones (American Gods, Sleepy Hollow), Amy Landecker (Transparent, Louie), Philip Baker Hall, Mae Whitman (Parenthood, Arrested Development), Nat Wolff (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars), Karan Soni (Blunt Talk, I Live with Models), Poorna Jagannathan (The Night Of, Gypsy), Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone, I'm Dying Up Here) o Jay Duplass (Transparent, The Mindy Project). Doce episodios. Estreno: 28 de julio

A favor: Desborde de imaginación con un punto de partida muy simple.

En contra: Quiere darle un giro a Inside No. 9, pero ya parte como segundona.

The Last Tycoon (Amazon)

Basada en la novela inacabada de F. Scott Fitzgerald, inspirada en el magnate cinematográfico Irving Thalberg y en su mentor Louis B. Mayer. Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer; American Horror Story, White Collar) es el primer niño prodigio dentro de la producción de la industria del cine en los años 30, y quiere llegar a la cima contra su mentor y actual presidente del estudio, Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer; Frasier, Boss). Brady, que empezó de cero, no tiene ninguna intención de volver a su situación anterior y hará cualquier cosa por mantener el éxito de su estudio. También protagonizan Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror, Okja), Rosemarie DeWitt (United States of Tara, Black Mirror) y Jessica De Gouw (Arrow, Underground). Jennifer Beals (Taken, The L Word) y Eion Bailey (Once Upon a Time, Ray Donovan) serán recurrentes. Escrita y dirigida por Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Captain Phillips). Estreno: 28 de julio

A favor: ¿Empezar la serie por Matt Bomer? Sí.

En contra: No han conseguido crear personajes suficientemente interesantes.