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nightingaletrash · 6 months ago

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Theories for Beast of Glenkildove. Spoilers from the demo and achievements list:

Cormac called the protagonist to lure them into a trap, possibly at the behest of another werewolf or a pack if he's been taken into one. How he feels about it and his willingness to do so depends on their relationship prior to Simon's death.

He's either an Ahroun or a Galliard; his tribe would depend on what contact he's had with other werewolves. I could see him being a Hart Warden based on his character in the opening chapters, but things have likely changed since then.

Áine is absolutely a supernatural but I'm struggling to clock her rn. Definitely not a vampire. Maybe a mage? If so, she or someone connected to her will introduce us to the Arcanum.

Imane turns out to be a hunter and she reps the Defence Drive because Áine is precluded from a Drive given the whole supernatural thing. Her whole deal seems to be keeping ordinary people away from danger.

We'll have a chance to kill Orla O'Donnell and everyone will clap - bonus points if Cormac does it.

Daniel's seemingly perfect life turns out to be anything but, and it turns out he's just as traumatised as everyone else. He's romanceable so a divorce arc seems likely.

He'll probably be the one whose in favour of killing Cormac because of their sometimes tenuous relationship (this is gut feelings based on some previous cog characters and stuff in the demo).

I can also see Claudia being in the Kill Cormac camp because he killed her brother, but she might also be in favour of saving him because its what Simon would want.

We get to kill Kitty's shitty fiancé - better yet, Kitty gets to kill her shitty fiancé.

Father Matt will be a Society of Leopold agent and probably one of our primary points of contact with the group along with Sister Judith.

Meaning he's absolutely in the Kill Cormac camp, but in a 'it's for his own good' way.

We'll get to visit Dublin. Also maybe get a Wonder Wally cameo if set before the end of Book of Hungry Names (he's a member of Broadbrook if you choose the Honour Ending).

Crom Cruach turns out to be the patron spirit of the Glenkildove pack (in reality he was a pagan god from pre-Christian Ireland associated with harvest. He was speculated by Christian writers to have been appeased/appealed to with sacrifices, which seems to be canonical in the World of Darkness based on the cave paintings. His worship was ended by Saint Patrick).

Mad Jack Dunbar turns out to have been a hunter who made a deal with a Bane, hence the 'devil worship' the cast talk about. Could show up as a formor, explaining that hunting wolves to extinction led to him hunting werewolves, taking his sport to a new extreme. I'd wager it's his lingering influence in the Wolf's Head that makes Cormac uncomfortable there.

Claudia's podcast will drop Easter eggs to previous and upcoming World of Darkness games from cog.

An author interview with William Brown confirms that the writers from Out for Blood and Parliament of Knives allowed him to borrow characters from those stories, and he did some collabing with Kyle Marquis as they were working on both games at the same time.

Out for Blood's Adam seems the most likely candidate to show up based on the achievements list. Chances are he'd be connected to Daniel, who is an investment banker, and as an experienced hunter, he acts as a sort of mentor for the group. Chances are he'd not get specific with what happened in Jericho Heights to avoid outright canonising anything beyond his survival.

As for Parliament of Knives, my tentative guess would be Lucca, who was often working overseas for Corliss - her knowledge of Dominate would probably be left to player interpretation rather than hard canonising her clan. As fun as Jordan would be as an alternative, they'd either have to canonise a gender for them or make them genderfluid to get around the fact they can be male or female in PoK, and I don't know how much leeway William would get on that from Jeffrey Dean.

(It'd be fun though, I think they deserve another cult)

And Nomi is likely to be the crossover character from Book of Hungry Names, and will probably appear in episodes of Claudia's podcast, as Cahoots is probably the collaborative aspect of their stories.

#htr #htrbog #beast of glenkildove

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mayarab · 2 years ago

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20 Questions

tagged by @artemis-devotee.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

I have 9 works on several levels of finished on AO3;

I also had an FFdotnet account with a couple fics and I wrote stuff I mostly only shared with friends back in elementary school.

2. What’s your total AO3 words count?

17,379

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Inuyasha is and will always be my main fandom. On AO3, I have one chapter of a Frozen fic that I might go back to eventually.

I have written for Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura and Harry Potter, though these are not posted anywhere online that I know of.

And I have since distanced myself from Harry Potter for obvious reasons (terfs can go die mad)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

All from Inuyasha and I'm not surprised since these are the most recent and the ones I've actually talked about within the fandom ^^

Before You Came Back

Snow

Kagome's Power

Caught in a Wave

Before I Came Back

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Usually not, because I won't add anything to the conversation besides a "thank you" and I forget as soon as I tab out of the email XD

But if it's a long one, I absolutetly do respond!

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

None yet? I do have ideas, and I do love angst, but I usually give the characters at least on ok ending. Also most of my fics are unfinished as of now.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

So far, Kagome's Power, Before You Came Back / Before I Came Back are tied as they are all super angst with a happy ending.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

None that I have seen thank you very much

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Yes, none are posted though. I'm starting to explore this side of writing so look forward to smutty fics in the cards =D

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I have a few crossover ideas, but none are written yet

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know? Please don't steal, it's free! There's no reason to steal!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Again, I don't know. IF YOU TRANSLATE MY STUFF PLZ LET ME KNOW SO I CAN CRY HAPPY TEARS WITH YOU!

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

I've collabed with artists, but never another writer. That'd be cool to do one day.

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

I'm InuKag trash and I shall not apologize

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Look. LOOK. I'M GONNA FINISH IT OK? (it isn't even posted yet, I'm outlining it)

16. What are your writing strengths?

Character work and worldbuilding. These are the things I LOOOOOVEEE

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Fight scenes. WHY DO I LOVE SHOUNEN? WHY?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I mean, I'm a Brazilian writer writing in english, so either write it in the language (and make it accurate if it's a real-world language so it's an easter egg for fans) if the point is that the pov character doesn't understand it, or just say it was said in said language if the pov character understands it.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Sailor Moon, Harry Potter and Inuyasha are tied for these, because I honestly can't remember what was my actual first fic

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

So far, I LOOOVE Kagome's Power and reread it often.

Anyone can do this if they want, but I'm tagging @wind-on-the-panes, @razdazberry and @anisaanisa

#tag game #fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #inuyasha fanfic #writeblr #writers of tumblr #brart #brartist #my writing #brwriter #naiveheart

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everswift · 2 years ago

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So glad I read your post because I was so MAD when certain fans made Speak Now TV all about her rumoured exes and not the songs themselves and how relatable they are even now

both wrong since speak now tv is factually about me (the person who has been asking for a taylor swift x fall out boy collab for precisely 10 years)

jokes aside, yeah, i feel like the fandom has a tendency to judge her songs too much according to what they assume the song is about instead of its own merits (like innocent has incredible writing imo and a lot of ppl seem to dislike it bc they can't separate it from the kanye incident). i feel like her work very much has that thing where the specificity is what ends up making it so universal. and yet instead of appreciating it for what it is, we have a tendency to treat her confessional songwriting as just another form of easter egg to decode the spectacle we've made out of her private life. many many thoughts

#ask #anonymous

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lightningblade1994-blog · 1 year ago

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Sonic the Hedgehog/Kung Fu Panda Mash-Up 6 [Part 1 of 2] {For © KatarinaTheCat} [Collab by © Lightninblade1994]

[Outside of Echidna Town, which is far away from the Ebonywood, Bill the Echidna is approaching the fearsome Echidna Town City East Gate. A crocodile guard watches as Bill zooms past him, tired from the journey. With a cry, he lands head first on the ground outside the entrance doors, clutching a scribe. In an instant, two crocodile guards thrust their spears in his face.]

Bill: Wait, wait, wait wait! I bring a message! [The guards keep their spears pointed.] From Brother Andrew! [The crocs relax slightly. The enormous entrance doors are opened. Minutes later, a large crocodile overseer, who happens to be the rear guard of the East Gate, is standing in front of the frightened Bill, reading the scribe. What he reads enrages him.]

Crocodile Overseer: WHAT?! "Double the guard? Extra precautions? Your prison may not be adequate?" [He slams the scribe shut and glares down at the sniveling Bill. The guards behind the yellow echidna grip their weapons, equally outraged, and stare daggers at him.] You doubt my prison's security?

Bill: Absolutely not. Brother Andrew does. I'm just the messenger. [He gulps, intimidated.]

Crocodile Overseer: I'll give you a message for your "Big Bro". [He proceeds to lead Bill along the bridge across from the doors.] Unlimited access to the Echidna Town East Gate is impossible!

[Bill looks in awe around the massive brick wall. He then looks over the side of the bridge into the dark and seemingly-bottomless abyss. The Overseer suddenly smacks Bill on the back, startling him and knocking a quill from his body, which floats down from the bridge.]

Crocodile Overseer: [Laughs.] Impressive, isn't it?

Bill: [trembling] Oh yes, it's very impressive. It's very impressive!

[The overseer leads him deeper into the lower sector of the East Gate, while gloating about the security.]

Crocodile Overseer: One way in, one way out, one thousand guards, and one prisoner.

Bill: Yes, except that prisoner is Lancelot's most trusted, notorious mercernary...

Crocodile Overseer: [to guards] Take us down.

[The guards obey, and the elevator descends in the darkness towards the very bottom area of the Easter Gate's Lower Sector. The crocodile overseer shakes the elevator to scare Bill, and laughs at his frightened reaction. Eventually they reach the bottom. Bill is led towards a set of heavily-armored doors, which open one after the other.]

Bill: Oh my...

[The final door falls forward, creating a bridge towards a circular stone island in the middle of the abyss. In the middle of the island is a figure shrouded in darkness.]

Crocodile Overseer: Behold. This here is "Hiretsuna". Lancelot's most skilled second-in command and most wanted criminal of all Ebon.

[Bill's eyes widen.]

Bill: I'll, um... I'm just gonna wait right here.

Crocodile Overseer: [Laughs.] It's nothing to worry about. It's perfectly safe. [He pushes Bill across the bridge, and follows after.] Crossbows! At the ready!

Bill: Crossbows?!

[In sentry towers around the walls of the Lower Sector, guard train enormous crossbows on the figure on the island as the overseer and Bill approach. Hiretsuna, once a skilled mercernary, is now weighed down with chains tied behind his arms, along with his neck being held by both chains attached to enormous rocks hanging over the sides of the island, immobilized by a special stone carapace shell on his back.]

Crocodile Overseer: Hey, tough guy! Did you hear? King Moyer Ranna's finally going to give someone else the Ebon Scepter and it ain't going to be one of you!

Bill: What are you doing? Don't get him mad!

Crocodile Overseer: What's he gonna do about it? I've got him completely immobilized. [He stamps on Hiretsuna's right foot, which crunches on impact. Bill leaps back with a gasp, but Hiretsuna makes no movement. The overseer laughs.] Awww, did I step on the wittle piggy's footsie? Awww...

Bill: I'm good! I've seen enough! I'm gonna tell Brother Andrew he's got nothing to worry about.

Crocodile Overseer: No he doesn't. [They walk back across the bridge.]

Bill: Okay I'll tell him. Can we please go now?...

[Bill and the overseer walk out of view. Meanwhile, one of Bill's needles slowly falls down and rests right in front of Hiretsuna's left foot... and his eyes open. He reaches out with one foot from behind and gently snatches the quill.]

#sonic the hedgehog #fan works #collaboration #scene reference #oc #katarinathecat #bill #crocodile overseer #hiretsuna #fleetway comics #sonic the comic #kung fu panda

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prettywordsyouleft · 4 years ago

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Mad Enough

Pairing: Astro x female reader

Genre: dream au / fluff / humour

Warnings: a bit of Alice in Wonderland referencing. Don’t eat chocolate bunnies and then have a nap lol

A/N: Welcome to Easter Madness! This year @this-song-thats-only-for-you and I decided to write for Astro. We have two stories to share, and I hope after you read mine that you give Sem’s Moonbin piece a read once it’s up.

Word count: 2281

You hadn’t meant to take a nap. It wasn’t in your plans for Easter Sunday, but after the chocolate you had just eaten, you were feeling rather content.

Laying down on your bed was only meant to be for a few minutes, to relax before getting ready for the party later. You had enough time to spare a few moments to bask in the satisfaction of consuming the delicious easter bunny.

Then you would get on with baking a cake for tonight.

However, your bed felt incredible. There was something about the way it held you today, as if it was a perfect supportive cocoon. You hadn’t ever experienced a horrible sleep upon this mattress, but it certainly never felt this welcoming either. Even if you wanted to get up, you couldn’t, consumed by immense comfort.

Soon you drifted away. And when you eventually opened your eyes again, you weren’t in your bedroom anymore.

“This must be a dream still,” you murmured to yourself as you looked around the room you rose within, noting not a single personal touch was your own. There were clocks in abundance, each ticking along at different rates. The sound soon annoyed you, and you got up, covering your ears with the noise as you headed towards the door.

It opened before you could get to it and your friend Minhyuk dashed through it, or rather, hopped.

You snorted. “I know it’s Easter and all, but there’s no time-”

“That’s right!” he expressed hastily, flitting his eyes about. “There is no time!”

You frowned, watching his frantic movement towards the array of clocks you had just been attempting to avoid. “There seems to be plenty of time in here.”

“Nope! No time! Hurry up. We have to go!”

“Where?”

“To the party!” Pushing you towards the exit, Minhyuk whined. “We’re late! Very, very late!”

“We are?” you asked, his energy now enveloping you. “I only meant to have a small nap before the party. I must have slept too long. Oh no! The cake!”

“There is no time for cake! Not at all!”

Running after Minhyuk, who hopped down the stairs and then out the front door of a cottage you had never stepped foot in before, you skidded to a stop when you were greeted with purple trees.

“This is madness,” you exclaimed, and with a roll of his eyes, Minhyuk nodded rapidly.

“Yes, quite. If you linger any long-”

“The trees are purple, Minhyuk.”

“Yes, yes. And the sea is orange. Now come along! We mustn’t have them wait on us any longer.”

“Them?”

“The party, Y/N! We must get there today!”

Still distracted, you vaguely felt Minhyuk’s hand reach out for your wrist, tugging you along the lane. You were up in your thoughts, convinced this was a world just as the ones you read as a child. Snickering when you looked at his fluid yet odd gait, you slowed your pace in keeping up with your friend’s.

Minhyuk stopped to glare at you, his foot tapping impatiently. “What is it now? We’re late!”

“Is this like Alice in Wonderland? You’re the White Rabbit, correct? Where’s Bin? Will he be the Cheshire Cat? And MJ-”

“I have no idea what you’re babbling about. It matters not to me. If you don’t wish to travel with me to the party and be the last to arrive, then that is on you, Y/N. I want to get there before nightfall!”

“I want to come to the party!” you agreed quickly, jogging off again. Minhyuk fell into step beside you. “Dream or not, I want to see where this leads me.”

“Where did you get the notion that Bin would be some cat?” Minhyuk mentioned a moment later, amused by your assumptions. “I wonder what you drank before sleeping before.”

“I only had some chocolate,” you answered, though Minhyuk remained dubious of your lucidness.

You travelled over a stone bridge and then turned towards the forest, Minhyuk’s hopping changing to make it over fallen debris and roots sticking out of the ground. You, as a mere human, couldn’t quite keep up even with your best efforts, and Minhyuk turned to glance at your struggle.

“Keep up! Time is ticking!”

“What is the way?” you asked with a shallow breath, panting with how unfit you felt compared. “I can’t do it as well as you. I’m going to hurt myself if I try!”

“The way? You know the way!”

“I don’t! This place is foreign to me!”

Minhyuk sighed and waited for you to catch up to his side once more. He then pointed to the distance. “We go through the Aubergine Forest until the very end. Then you take the crossroads at a left and then a right. Finally, over the yellow bridge you go, and you’ll make it to the party! Got it?”

“Well, could you-”

“I’ll see you there!” Minhyuk announced, bouncing off easily once again.

“Minhyuk!” you cried fruitlessly, your friend soon a small figure in the distance. Grumbling, you picked up your skirt once more and continued your arduous trek through the woods.

“To be a rabbit,” you grumbled, struggling over a large root. “Or to have a horse. That would make travelling to the party easy!”

As if you had summoned it, you soon heard hooves hitting the ground up ahead, and dashing forward in your plight to catch the ride, you waved your arms around in relief when you not only found the crossroads Minhyuk had mentioned, as well as a horse.

Carrying a rather regal looking Dongmin. You giggled. “Dongmin!”

“Who?” Looking around himself, Dongmin then pointed at himself. “Are you talking to me, madam?”

“Madam?” you echoed and grinned. “It’s me, Y/N!”

“Who?”

Sighing heavily, you waved him off. “Never mind. Are you on your way to the party?”

“What party? There’s a party? I wasn’t invited!”

“You weren’t? But you and I organised it together last month for this Easter.”

“Easter?”

“Have you seen Minhyuk hopping around?” you tried, and Dongmin scratched at his head cluelessly. You groaned. “What do you know?”

“Madam, I am a Prince, I’ll have you know. Prince Eunwoo.”

“Oh. You’re going by that name here? Why didn’t Minhyuk answer to Rocky then?” you pondered to yourself and then smiled brightly. “Eunwoo, could I please get a ride to the party?”

“Will I be invited then?” he asked, hopeful. You nodded, assuming it would be alright, and further, hoping a ride with him would quicken your arrival before too many festivities occurred. If you were fast enough, the egg hunt might still be in play.

“I’ll make sure of it,” you confirmed, and Eunwoo, smiling graciously, held out his hand to help you up onto his white stead. Once secured, he clucked his tongue for the animal to continue forward.

And then it stopped. “Wait, which way is the party?”

“Hm?” you hummed and then gasped. “Oh yes. Minhyuk said it was a left then a right at this point. Or was it a right and then a left?”

Eunwoo chuckled. “Are you forgetful as I?”

“Well, normally neither of us are this clueless,” you admitted and grew thoughtful for a moment. “I’m certain it was left.”

“Then right we shall go,” Eunwoo proclaimed, and you looked up at him sharply, the man confident in his decision. Glancing at the signage, you frowned. “The Swampy Mallows? I doubt that would be the way, Eunwoo.”

“Prince Eunwoo, madam.”

“Y/N,” you reminded with a groan, worrying if Eunwoo was going to get you both lost. Reaching another pathway ahead, you offered what Minhyuk had told you, and Eunwoo proceeded to choose the opposite once more. You were certain you were going in circles and clasped your head in your hand.

There was no way you’d arrive for the egg hunt now.

It was some time into your travels when you noted the colours of Eunwoo’s outfit. Royal reds, golds and black. Was he related to the Queen of Hearts?

If this is really like Alice in Wonderland, I shouldn’t trust in him, you thought quietly, chewing on your lip.

“Prince Eunwoo?”

“Yes, Y/N?” he answered, and you smiled at him remembering your name.

“Do you know who is hosting the party?”

“Not a clue. Do you?”

“I assume it’s the Mad Hatter. Doesn’t your mother have an issue with him?”

“I don’t have a mother,” he mentioned quietly, and you frowned.

“You’re not the son of the Queen of Hearts?”

“Who are these people you speak of?”

He really is rather clueless, you surmised silently and then perked up. In the distance, you could see a coloured bridge. “There, Your Highness, it’s the yellow bridge! That’s the way to the party!”

Urging the horse into a faster gait, you travelled with bated breath, the hooves clattering across the bridge. Up ahead, you saw fairy lights and heard faint jovial music playing. The prince seemed just as eager as you to get there now, and when the horse finally came to a halt, you leapt out of Eunwoo’s embrace, waiting only just a moment for him to dismount before heading into the party.

It was otherworldly. Flowers with candles embedded in them floated in the darkening skies, and a lavish feast laid before you on an impossibly long table. Grinning, you stepped into the party, the three people conversing and pouring each other cocktails soon stopping to look at you and Eunwoo.

You grew apprehensive when none of your friends greeted you. “Is Minhyuk not here yet?”

Sanha glanced at Moonbin and then Myungjun before shrugging. “Have you seen Minhyuk?”

“Minhyuk? Was he meant to come tonight?”

Moonbin smirked at Myungjun’s statement. “That rabbit is lost again. I told him the time, and yet he’s always later than late.”

“He probably went left then right at the crossroads,” Sanha added on, and the three broke into cheerful laughter.

“Had I followed his advice, I would have been lost,” you breathed, and Eunwoo softly chuckled at your side.

Stepping forward to the other men, they all clapped him on the back and beckoned you forward. “It’s a good thing we sent you off to play Prince Charming.”

“Wait,” you mentioned, holding up a hand at Eunwoo’s easy grin that matched Moonbin’s. “You mean, you knew everything?”

“Would I really be that clueless? Minhyuk, however…”

“I’m sure he’ll turn up before the party ends,” Myungjun assured everyone and then clapped his hands together. “Now that everyone’s here-”

“Aside from Minhyuk,” Moonbin interjected, and his older friend rolled his eyes.

“That everyone whom we expected to arrive on time is here,” Myungjun corrected, shooting Moonbin an expectant look, and received no further interruptions. He smiled, now pleased. “Let’s begin our party!”

“Someone is missing,” you pointed out, and the men all looked at you curiously. “Where’s Jinwoo?”

“Who?” Eunwoo asked, and you rolled your eyes, tired of his games. He then shook his hands at you. “I really don’t know who you talk of.”

“Jinwoo! JinJin? My boyfriend!” you announced and startled when all four men had an overdramatic response, either gasping or shrieking at your words. Before you could address the situation, you felt the ground underneath you begin to shake.

“Y/N!”

“What?!” you cried, clamping your eyes shut as the shaking continued. You then opened your eyes to gather your balance and realised you were no longer at the party.

And you had found Jinwoo. He stared at you with concern. “Y/N, are you alright?”

“Is this still a dream?”

“No, you’re awake.”

“Really? Because I thought I was awake before too. Except then I met with Minhyuk, who hopped like a bunny and carried a pocket watch talking about the time and being late! And then I crossed Dongmin, who was riding a horse and I’ve never seen him on the back of a horse before, have you? Yet he was a natural. He was dressed like a prince, so I thought he was the son of the Queen of Hearts, but he was just pretending to be a prince, I think. And by the time I got to the party, Bin, Sanha and MJ were there, but were really odd, especially when I mentioned you were my boyfriend, and you hadn’t arrived yet!”

Jinwoo laughed heartily before you could say anything else and took your hands in his. “Did you read Alice in Wonderland recently?”

“No! The trees were purple, Jinwoo!” you told him dramatically, eyes round in attempts to convince him.

His own darted around the space, something catching his eyes. “Purple like the wrapper to that chocolate bunny over there?”

“Yes! Precisely that colour.”

Hugging you as he continued to laugh, Jinwoo then pulled back to shake his head at you. “Perhaps you shouldn’t eat chocolate bunnies before napping.”

“I didn’t intend to nap. After all, the party and the cake—oh no, the cake! I’ve run out of time to make one!”

“I came in here to tell you that Minhyuk’s feeling a little tired after going on a hike this morning that he got lost on, and so he’s asked for the party to happen tomorrow. Everyone’s agreed to postponing.”

“Oh.”

Jinwoo smirked. “So, it’s just you and me tonight. Should we have a party of our own? Perhaps a tea party?”

“You’re not funny,” you answered dryly as your boyfriend laughed loudly. “Maybe you weren’t in the dream at all! And I would have ended up falling in love with whoever was the Mad Hatter!”

“Impossible,” he answered, scooping you up in his embrace again and kissing your forehead. “The only one mad enough to love you is right here.”

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Next: Not Every Bunny

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this-song-thats-only-for-you · 4 years ago

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Not Every Bunny - [Easter Madness Collab]

Pair: Moonbin x female reader

Words: 1,109

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: Too much chocolate, in all forms.

A/N: An impromptu Easter Madness collab between @prettywordsyouleft & myself. I hope you enjoy our little dip into the Easter celebrations.

You can find @prettywordsyouleft piece here.

You were beyond excited when you walked into your apartment that afternoon, arms overflowing with chocolates and decorations for the upcoming holiday. Most people you knew adored Christmas time, but not you. Easter was your favourite. Something about spending time with your loved ones, gifting and eating chocolate until your stomachs exploded seemed like fun.

It was something you had always done growing up. Every year you would gift your family and friends a chocolate bunny or egg, and sneakily brought an abundance for yourself too. It brought a smile to your face to see their excitement at receiving a gift, that you never thought twice about doing the same for your boyfriend.

Walking into the apartment that the two of you shared, you struggled to place the confectionaries on the kitchen bench as Moonbin sat side-eying you on the couch.

“What is all that?”

“Easter presents!”

“Aren’t presents usually something done at Christmas?” He questioned, as you heard movement from behind you as he left his spot on the couch to come and inspect the items.

“Not to me. I love giving presents at Easter too. Here, this is yours.”

You had dived into the bag of assorted chocolates, pulling out a large chocolate bunny and handing it to Moonbin, a large smile plastered on your face in anticipation, waiting for his response.

“Happy Easter. I chose the largest bunny for you. I hope you enjoy it.”

He took the bunny that you all but shoved towards him from your hands and looked at it as if it had grown two heads. Moonbin rubbed at the back of his neck awkwardly, his eyes looking from the bunny to you, seemingly lost for words.

It was safe to say that it wasn’t the response you were hoping for.

“Uh, thanks.”

“You don’t look pleased. Do you not like it?” Your brows furrowed in confusion as he stood there still struggling for words.

“It’s not that I don’t like it. I just don’t eat chocolate.”

“Pardon? Did I just hear you correctly? You..”

“Don’t like chocolate. Yep. You heard right.”

“How does someone not like chocolate? How did I not know this about you already?”

You couldn’t believe what you were hearing. How did you not know he didn’t eat chocolate? How could he not like it? You had a large sweet tooth and you couldn’t imagine someone not liking the confectionary as much as most people you knew did.

“Y/N, its just chocolate. It’s not the end of the world. I do appreciate the gesture though.” Moonbin rushed out quickly, following you towards the couch he had just vacated as you plopped down heavily onto it, trying to figure out the logic in this situation.

“So you don’t even eat chocolate candy bars?”

He shook his head.

“What about chocolate cake? Or even hot chocolate?!”

Again he shook his head.

It had you completely taken back. You’d never met anyone who didn’t like chocolate, and you had no idea how to process this information.

“Y/N, it’s not a big deal.” He tried to comfort you, rubbing your thigh gently in reassurance, seeing the look of horror on your face as you thought over what he was telling you.

“It is a big deal. I love chocolate. How can I eat it if you don’t eat it?”

You turned to face him, panic written all over your face at the thought of scoffing back on your stack of chocolates waiting for you in the kitchen.

“You can still eat it. Look at it this way. There will be more chocolate for you if I don’t eat any.”

You could tell he thought that was what you were wanting to hear, but instead it made you feel worse.

“I.. that wouldn’t be fair on you.”

‘Believe me its very fair. You can eat as much as you like, honest.”

You turned to look at him sceptically, still unable to believe what was happening.

“But why don’t you like chocolate?” Huffing out a frustrated breath of air as you placed your hands on his shoulders, slightly shaking him.

“You really won’t let it go, will you?” Moonbin chuckled, his hands rubbing at yours gently as his head fell backwards exasperatedly.

“No.”

“I’ve just never liked it. We don’t have to like all the same things to be together Y/N.”

“I know that. I just. It’s chocolate Bin.”

Moonbin stilled in his movements, his demeanour changing as his eyes washed over you.

“Some would say I’m already sweet enough, that I wouldn’t have to eat any chocolate. I’ve got my own you see.”

“What?” You blurted out, laughing, becoming slightly worried as his eyes turned playful. He moved closer towards you, pushing you further into the couch as he hovered over you.

“I’ve got my own chocolate abs. You don’t need any bunnies Y/N.”

He lifted his shirt with one hand, showing off the very abs he spoke of. You couldn’t help yourself as your gaze travelled to his torso, your hand going to brush against it briefly before laughing out earnestly and pushing him back.

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

“Well you love chocolate. It explains why you love me, right?”

You rolled your eyes as he continued to tease you, following you back into the kitchen.

“I think I’ll stick to my chocolate bunnies. They seem much safer than your chocolate.”

“Oh I don’t know. I think mine is more fun, wouldn’t you agree?”

Moonbin came up behind you, wrapping his arms around you lovingly, as he rested his head on your shoulder peering at the chocolate on the bench.

“I guess chocolate isn’t for everybody.” You resigned, trying to avoid the question.

“Not every bunny likes chocolate, but I’m lucky you do. You can have my chocolate anytime Y/N.”

“Oh my god! Stop it! Or I’ll swear off chocolate completely!” You wriggled out of his grasp quickly, scoffing at his bluntness.

“Aha! So you admit I have chocolate abs!”

“Really?”

“You couldn’t do it. You love chocolate too much. And you love me.”

“You’re lucky I do.”

“I love you too,” Moonbin admitted, scooping you up in his arms as he kissed your lips softly “Oh sweet, just like chocolate.”

“I thought you didn’t like chocolate?” You pulled away, questioning him.

“I think I could get used to it this way.” He ran his finger along your lips lightly, his eyes disappearing as the smile grew on his face.

You pushed him playfully, shaking your head in disbelief.

Next year you would forgo the chocolate bunny. It seemed you had enough sickeningly sweet at home to keep you occupied.

#easter madness collab #Moonbin #Astro #Moonbin fiction #Moonbin imagine #Moonbin scenario #Astro fiction #Astro imagine #Astro scenario

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Top 10 Most “Kudos-ed” (Completed) Fics on AO3 of 2022:

Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare - E, 36 chapters, Words: 199,644 - Hermione straddles the Muggle and Magical worlds as a medical researcher and Healer about to make a big discovery. Draco is an Auror assigned to protect her from forces unknown – to both of their displeasure.Features hyper-competent, fiery Hermione and lazy, yet dangerous, Draco. Slow burn.

Measure Of A Man by inadaze22 - E, 42 chapters, Words: 590,655 - To truly know someone is to differentiate between who they once were, who they are now, and who they're capable of being. Hermione realises the duality of one man as she rectifies what she knows of the past and begins to understand the pieces of who Draco Malfoy is now: a father, a son, and a man.

Season Pass (To This Ass) by mightbewriting - E, 6 chapters, Words: 16,390 - “What do you mean you didn’t get me a ticket?”Ron’s hand flew to the back of his neck, massaging a red splotch just above his collar, flushing out his freckles. “I mean, I—well, it’s not like you enjoy Quidditch all that much.”“I went to every match you or Harry played in at school.”“Quidditch is my hobby, not yours.” [In which Hermione dumps a Quidditch fan and dates a Quidditch player instead. Spite is a beautiful motivator.]

A Season For Setting Fires by mightbewriting - E, 31 chapters, Words: 95,640 - Torture smells like spring.Like daffodils and tulips and snowdrops. Like the bouquets brought inside from the manor gardens to lend their life to cold stone walls that house criminals. Easter mixed with madness makes sense in this twisted landscape; Draco’s only chance at survival is to endure it. He knows this. But that doesn’t quell the twitching in his calves, the flexing in his fingers.Granger lifts her hand off the floor and Draco nearly loses his lunch, stomach churning as he watches her extend her arm, reaching through the translucent cord, reaching towards him. He tries to blink it away, blink blink blink, but both she and the cord are stubborn, persistent things. [In which a soulmate bond appears while Hermione is tortured at Malfoy Manor. Canon divergent from that moment onward.]

Anthology by senlinyu - M - Assorted prompted ficlets of varying lengths. All Dramione. Ratings and any relevant warnings are listed in the chapter summary of the particular ficlet.

Meet Your Match by morriganmercy - E, 26 chapters, Words: 121,611 - After the war, Draco Malfoy seeks refuge from infamy in the Muggle world. A friendly Muggle couple takes him under their wing, but there’s a problem: they are intent on setting him up with their best friend, Hermione Granger. Or, in which the Muggle friends Hermione Granger undoubtedly would have had will not take no for an answer.

Ten out of Ten by morriganmercy - E, 16 chapters, Words: 61,559 - "On a scale of one to ten, how comfortable would you say you are with me physically?" she asked. "Zero." Hermione's lips pursed in annoyance because she really should have seen that coming. How charming that the extent of his arseholery could still surprise her.In which Hermione is determined to find a loophole to free her from a forced marriage with Draco Malfoy. But with only two weeks until they are legally required to consummate, it would be irresponsible not to prepare for every contingency.

Nothing Good Happens After 2AM by LovesBitca8, nikitajobson - E, 2 chapters, Words: 8,574 - And in the heartbeat that he didn't return the kiss, Hermione saw the rest of her school year flash before her eyes. The embarrassment, the teasing. Her chest constricted at this terribly awful thing she just did — kissing Draco Malfoy.*Fic / Art Collab with NikitaJobson. Two-Shot

Happy Pills by malf0y101 - E, 41 chapters, Words: 285,587 - A few years after the Second Wizarding War, a group of Slytherins is drafted into a rehabilitation program created by the Ministry of Magic and one of its determined interns--one of their former classmates and the familiar Golden Girl of Gryffindor. As their marks continue to cause physical and mental pain, the Slytherins undergo intense treatment in order to relearn everything about the Wizarding World and tackle the trauma of their Dark Marks.And although they are apprehensive, they are also desperate for someone to simply care about them.

for the best by HawthorneWhisperer - M, 19 chapters, Words: 49,105 - She wore that Granger expression, the one that said she was going to bully someone into something. Draco had a bad feeling it was about to be him. “I’ll marry you,” Hermione said. “Don’t be ridiculous.” “I’m not doing it for free. I marry you, then after a year we divorce and you agree to fund S.P.E.A.M.B. In perpetuity.” “Out of the question.” “It’s just one year. We would both get what we want.” “Contracted marriages require consummation,” he said, adding a leer for good measure. Granger had gotten more attractive since their Hogwarts days, he would give her that much. Her jumper was atrocious, though. He had half a mind to burn it. To his everlasting shock, she merely shrugged. “It’s just sex. I’ve had it before and I presume you have too.” She was utterly serious. Draco stared at her and contemplated being married to her. She was irritating and he might make her promise to never wear that jumper again, but it was better than the alternative. Draco would do just about anything to avoid being poor. “You’re serious?” “Completely.” “Then congratulations, Granger. You've got yourself a husband.”

#dramione #year wrap up #ao3 #favourite fics #2022

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adminbryantsaki · 4 years ago

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Pro heroes/ teachers/ Other characters Masterlist.

This includes all the pro heroes and teachers of UA, along with any other side characters seen in the show that i have written for.

*= Nsfw ^= Omegaverse Content

Navigation

Students

LOV/ Shie Hassaikai

Pro heros/Teachers

Fatgum/ Taishiro Toyomitsu:

"Don't look at me that way." (ask)

"Want some help?" (ask)

Summer fun (August 2023)

Mirko:

Scent from BBW (100 follower event)

Edgeshot:

Omegaverse Headcanons (200 follower event)^

Mt.Lady:

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Kamui Woods

Omegaverse Headcanons (200 follower event)^

Ryuko:

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Gang Orca:

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Endeavor:

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Best Jeanist:

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Wash:

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Midnight:

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Sir Nighteye:

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Hawks:

Reader’s birthday (ask)

"You want me to give you your phone back"& "Behave" (ask)*

"I didn't know you were so sensitive" & "Could he make you feel as good as I do?" (Ask) *

"Were you just masturbating?", "U-uh... no, I was just...", "Want some help?", "Shut up.", "Why don't you come over here and make me.", You're so fucking hot when you're mad.", & "We're not just friends and you fucking know it."(ask) *

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^*

A girl like you part one. (commission)*

A girl like you part two. (commission)*

What he would do on his rut *^

Easter breeder *^

“I missed you… a lot.” & “I’m sorry.” (250 follower event)*^

December 2024*

Snipe:

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Hizashi Yamada/ Present mic:

Roommates (bnharem server collab)*

Mafia AU (bnharem server collab)*^

Birthday fic *

"I think that's the first time I heard you moan... It was like a fucking melody." (Ask) *

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Posiedon (Bnharem collab)*^

What he would do on his rut/heat *^

Spring season (my own collab)*^

"No one has ever made me feel like this." & "Stay with me." (250 follower event)

Countdown (my own group collab)

Mermay 2023 * ^(May 2023)

Spring Season* ^(Easter 2024)

Hades(August 2024)* ^

Shouta Aizawa:

General Headcanons (50 followers event)*

Scent from BBW (100 follower event)

Alpha werewolf (bnharem server collab) *^

CEO/vigilante (bnharem server collab)*

"We're not friends and you fucking know it."(ask)*

"Friends don't do this kind of shit" & "Were you touching yourself?" (ask) *

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Birthday fic *

What he would do on his rut *^

What would make him blush (ask game) Slightly *

Its Ok to Cry. (comfort fic)^

I Sail To Sea, Yet, You Belong To Me. (Bnharem collab) *^

"Don't hurt yourself again." & " Don't be scared. I'm right here." (250 follower event.)*^

Take me to the Yule Ball (December 2022 story)*

How to say "I love you." (300 follower present)

You belong to me (February 2023 story) *

Hades (April 2023 story) *^

Alone at night (July 2023)*

A Wolf's desire (Bnharem story)*^

Under the Moonlight (April 2024)*^

Relaxing in the Bath (June 2024)

Oboro Shirakumo

Forbidden Love *^

Honeymoon on the beach *^

September 2024

November 2024*^

Erasermic

Emme's mental health collab *

Kar's 1k collab *^

Pala's Angst collab *

Christmas eve drabble

Emoji headcanons (ask)

Soul mates au (collab) *^

A Moonlight Marking (Harem collab)*^

EraserCloudMic

Pala's Adelie collab

Imposter! (Lena's Frying pan collab) *

Nesting, breeding, Rut/heat (June 2023)*^

Christmastime is here (December 2023)*^

Rock The Boat (Mermay 2024)*^

Greek Gods collection

Hades (April 2023 story) *^ (Shouta Aizawa)

Posiedon (Bnharem collab)*^ (Hizashi Yamada)

Zeus (Feb 2024 story)*^ (Oboro Shirakumo)

Hades (August 2024)*^ (Hizashi Yamada)

All Might:

Scent from BBW (100 followers event)

Ms. Joke:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Multiple character scenarios

Shouta, Hizashi, Hawks

When you're sick and on your period

The Wild Wild Pussycats

Tiger:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Mandalay:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Ragdoll:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Pixie-Bob:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Other people

Rei Todoroki:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Natsuo Todoroki:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

Fuyumi Todoroki:

Omegaverse headcanons (200 follower event)^

#Pro heroes #Teachers of UA #mha #mha aizawa #breeding kink mha #mha hawks #mha omegaverse #mha x reader #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #bnha #boku no hero acedamia

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bananaofswifts · 5 years ago

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: Album Review

It’s hard to remember any contemporary pop superstar that has indulged in a more serious, or successful, act of sonic palette cleansing than Swift has with her eighth album, a highly subdued but rich affair written and recorded in quarantine conditions.

While most of us spent the last four months putting on some variation of “the quarantine 15,” Taylor Swift has been secretly working on the “Folklore” 16. Sprung Thursday night with less than a day’s notice, her eighth album is a fully rounded collection of songs that sounds like it was years in the interactive making, not the product of a quarter-year’s worth of file-sharing from splendid isolation. Mind you, the words “pandemic hero” should probably be reserved for actual frontline workers and not topline artistes. But there’s a bit of Rosie the Riveter spirit in how Swift has become the first major pop artist to deliver a first-rank album that went from germination to being completely locked down in the midst of a national lockdown.

The themes and tone of “Folklore,” though, are a little less “We can do it!” and a little more “Can we do it?” Because this new collection is Swift’s most overtly contemplative — as opposed to covertly reflective — album since the fan favorite “Red.” Actually, that’s an understatement. “Red” seems like a Chainsmokers album compared to the wholly banger-free “Folklore,” which lives up to the first half of its title by divesting itself of any lingering traces of Max Martin-ized dance-pop and presenting Swift, afresh, as your favorite new indie-electro-folk/chamber-pop balladeer. For fans that relished these undertones of Swift’s in the past, it will come as a side of her they know and love all too well. For anyone who still has last year’s “You Need to Calm Down” primarily in mind, it will come as a jolting act of manual downshifting into actually calming down. At least this one won’t require an album-length Ryan Adams remake to convince anyone that there’s songwriting there. The best comparison might be to take “Clean,” the unrepresentative denouement of “1989,” and… imagine a whole album of that. Really, it’s hard to remember any pop star in our lifetimes that has indulged in a more serious act of sonic palette cleansing.

The tone of this release won’t come as a midnight shock to anyone who took spoilers from the announcement earlier in the day that a majority of the tracks were co-written with and produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner, or that the man replacing Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie as this album’s lone duet partner is Bon Iver. No matter how much credit you may have given Swift in the past for thinking and working outside of her box, a startled laugh may have been in order for just how unexpected these names felt on the bingo card of musical dignitaries you expected to find the woman who just put out “Me!” working with next. But her creative intuition hasn’t led her into an oil-and-water collaboration yet. Dessner turns out to be an ideal partner, with as much virtuosic, multi-instrumental know-how (particularly useful in a pandemic) as the most favored writer-producer on last year’s “Lover” album, Jack Antonoff.

He, too, is present and accounted for on “Folklore,” to a slightly lesser extent, and together Antonoff and Dessner make for a surprisingly well-matched support-staff tag team. Swift’s collabs with the National’s MVP clearly set the tone for the project, with a lot of fingerpicking, real strings, mellow drum programming and Mellotrons. You can sense Antonoff, in the songs he did with Swift, working to meet the mood and style of what Dessner had done or would be doing with her, and bringing out his own lesser-known acoustic and lightly orchestrated side. As good of a mesh as the album is, though, it’s usually not too hard to figure out who worked on which song — Dessner’s contributions often feel like nearly neo-classical piano or guitar riffs that Swift toplined over, while Antonoff works a little more toward buttressing slightly more familiar sounding pop melodies of Swift’s, dressed up or down to meet the more somber-sounding occasion.

For some fans, it might take a couple of spins around the block with this very different model to become re-accustomed to how there’s still the same power under the hood here. And that’s really all Swift, whose genius for conversational melodies and knack for giving every chorus a telling new twist every time around remain unmistakable trademarks. Thematically, it’s a bit more of a hodgepodge than more clearly autobiographical albums like “Lover” and “Reputation” before it have been. Swift has always described her albums as being like diaries of a certain period of time, and a few songs here obviously fit that bill, as continuations of the newfound contentment she explored in the last album and a half. But there’s also a higher degree of fictionalization than perhaps she’s gone for in the past, including what she’s described as a trilogy of songs revolving around a high school love triangle. The fact that she refers to herself, by name, as “James” in the song “Betty” is a good indicator that not everything here is ripped from today’s headlines or diary entries.

But, hell, some of it sure is. Anyone looking for lyrical Easter eggs to confirm that Swift still draws from her own life will be particularly pleased by the song “Invisible String,” a sort of “bless the broken roads that led me to you” type song that finds fulfillment in a current partner who once wore a teal shirt while working as a young man in a yogurt shop, even as Swift was dreaming of the perfect romance hanging out in Nashville’s Centennial Park. (A quick Google search reveals that, yes, Joe Alwyn was once an essential worker in London’s fro-yo industry.) There’s also a sly bit of self-referencing as Swift follows this golden thread that fatefully linked them: “Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to L.A.,” she sings. The “dive bar” that was first established as the scene of a meet-cute two albums ago makes a reappearance in this song, too.

As for actual bad blood? It barely features into “Folklore,” in any substantial, true-life-details way, counter to her reputation for writing lyrics that are better than revenge. But when it does, woe unto he who has crossed the T’s and dotted the I’s on a contract that Swift feels was a double-cross. At least, we can strongly suspect what or who the actual subject is of “Mad Woman,” this album’s one real moment of vituperation. “What did you think I’d say to that?” Swift sings in the opening lines. “Does a scorpion sting when fighting back? / They strike to kill / And you know I will.” Soon, she’s adding gas to the fire: “Now I breathe flames each time I talk / My cannons all firing at your yacht / They say ‘move on’ / But you know I won’t / … women like hunting witches, too.” A coup de gras is delivered: “It’s obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together.” It’s a message song, and the message is: Swift still really wants her masters back, in 2020. And is really still going to want them back in 2021, 2022 and 2023, too. Whether or not the neighbors of the exec or execs she is imagining really mouth the words “f— you” when these nemeses pull up in their respective driveways may be a matter of projection, but if Swift has a good time imagining it, many of her fans will too.

(A second such reference may be found in the bonus track, “The Lakes,” which will only be found on deluxe CD and vinyl editions not set to arrive for several weeks. There, she sings, “What should be over burrowed under my skin / In heart-stopping waves of hurt / I’ve come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze / Tell me what are my words worth.” The rest of “The Lakes” is a fantasy of a halcyon semi-retirement in the mountains — in which “I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet / Because I haven’t moved in years” — “and not without my muse.” She even imagines red roses growing out of a tundra, “with no one around to tweet it”; fantasies of a social media-free utopia are really pandemic-rampant.)

The other most overtly “confessional” song here is also the most third-person one, up to a telling point. In “The Last Great American Dynasty,” Swift explores the rich history of her seaside manse in Rhode Island, once famous for being home to the heir to the Standard Oil fortune and, after he died, his eccentric widow. Swift has a grand old time identifying with the women who decades before her made fellow coast-dwellers go “there goes the neighborhood”: “There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen / She had a marvelous time ruining everything,” she sings of the long-gone widow, Rebekah. “Fifty years is a long time / Holiday House sat quietly on that beach / Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits / Then it was bought by me… the loudest woman this town has ever seen.” (A fine madness among proud women is another recurring theme.)

But, these examples aside, the album is ultimately less obviously self-referential than most of Swift’s. The single “Cardigan,” which has a bit of a Lana Del Rey feel (even though it’s produced by Dessner, not Del Rey’s partner Antonoff) is part of Swift’s fictional high school trilogy, along with “August” and “Betty.” That sweater shows up again in the latter song, in which Swift takes on the role of a 17-year boy publicly apologizing for doing a girl wrong — and which kicks into a triumphant key change at the end that’s right out of “Love Story,” in case anyone imagines Swift has completely moved on from the spirit of early triumphs.

“Exile,” the duet with Bon Iver, recalls another early Swift song, “The Last Time,” which had her trading verses with Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol. Then, as now, she gives the guy the first word, and verse, if not the last; it has her agreeing with her partner on some aspects of their dissolution (“I couldn’t turn things around”/”You never turned things around”) and not completely on others (“Cause you never gave a warning sign,” he sings; “I gave so many signs,” she protests).

Picking two standouts — one from the contented pile, one from the tormented — leads to two choices: “Illicit Affairs” is the best cheating song since, well, “Reputation’s” hard-to-top “Getaway Car.” There’s less catharsis in this one, but just as much pungent wisdom, as Swift describes the more mundane details of maintaining an affair (“Tell your friends you’re out for a run / You’ll be flushed when you return”) with the soul-destroying ones of how “what started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots,” as “a drug that only worked the first few hundred times” wears off in clandestine bitterness.

But does Swift have a corker of a love song to tip the scales of the album back toward sweetness. It’s not “Invisible String,” though that’s a contender. The champion romance song here is “Peace,” the title of which is slightly deceptive, as Swift promises her beau, or life partner, that that quality of tranquility is the only thing she can’t promise him. If you like your love ballads realistic, it’s a bit of candor that renders all the compensatory vows of fidelity and courage all the more credible and deeply lovely. “All these people think love’s for show / But I would die for you in secret.”

That promise of privacy to her intended is a reminder that Swift is actually quite good at keeping things close to the vest, when she’s not spilling all — qualities that she seems to value and uphold in about ironically equal measure. Perhaps it’s in deference to the sanctity of whatever she’s holding dear right now that there are more outside narratives than before in this album — including a song referring to her grandfather storming the beaches in World War II — even as she goes outside for fresh collaborators and sounds, too. But what keeps you locked in, as always, is the notion of Swift as truth-teller, barred or unbarred, in a world of pop spin. She’s celebrating the masked era by taking hers off again.

Taylor Swift “Folklore” Republic Records

#taylor swift #folklore #review

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neonun-au · 4 years ago

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3, 5, 20 !! ly mads <33

Oooo tysm Fei ;-;

3: What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)

This one I really had to think about a lot. To be honest, I don’t really have an answer for it haha Maybe in the future as I write more and more plot heavy things but...for now I don’t really have an answer haha I suppose in In Laudem Maleficus, the main reason I wanted to write that was for the climactic scene near the end with Mark and all,,,that stuff that happens to him. And I wrote that scene first. And then sort of sat on the rest of the story because I wasn’t 100% sure how I wanted to get there, but I did end up writing it in the end and I really enjoyed how the whole thing turned out even if Red Velvet fanfics don’t really get a ton of love lmao It was very much written for my own damn self

5: What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?

I always sort of identify with all of them, the MCs and stuff. At least in some small way. But for my fic for the Aubade collab, I am really heavily pulling from personal experience and my own life since it’s going to be the biggest project I have undertaken and in a way it’s sort of a cathartic write for me. So while I haven’t actually started writing writing it yet, I know very well that this is going to be the one that I’m like,,,yeah this is truly self insert for me lol

20: Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)

MAN okay so Ritual? That 70s Taeyong cult fic? I put in SO many 70s themed easter eggs and little references and stuff throughout the whole thing and I genuinely don’t think anyone except Solange ( @du0tine you’re the real mvp) noticed or got any of them. (if they did they never mentioned it) Like two of the victims, Richard and Karen Carpenter were so named after a brother-sister musical act from that time period and I dunno I thought they were all super fun even if they wen’t over most people’s heads ahaha

#ask game #byutafy #feeeiiii #replies

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(1) yknow what fuck it I usually don't send asks off anon because of anxiety but I've been wanting to ask this for a while and I'm just overall too lazy to try and find a post about it (even though I bet there are multiple)- I've been wanting to start watching HermitCraft and I hear a lot about the story and it seems interesting and I enjoy the fanart I see occasionally but whenever I go look at it I get intimidated by the length of the videos and how many episodes there seem to be per season.

Hii! Nice to see you here! Hermitcraft is really fun and I’m happy you’re interested!

Oh yeah, the episodes and the sheer number of hermits intimidated me at first too! Don’t worry, we all feel that lol.

Abxhwjdja I actually started by watching Grian’s POV in Season 6 so I don’t know much about previous seasons, sorry. Grian joined in Season 6 and since then he has been actively involved in server-wide events. This is probably why a lot of people recommend him. For Hermitcraft, seasons are generally separate from one another. Occasionally there are references to old seasons, but it’s mostly Easter eggs and “blink or you’ll miss it” moments. Organisations such as NHO (New Hermit Order formed by Doc, Bdubs, Etho, Beef) and Ren’s Big Logz Company (log shop) sometimes carry onto the next seasons, but again, it’s not necessary know the background. So it’s definitely okay to watch new seasons without watching old ones.

For the “main” POV, there’s no main POV... Some hermits collab more, some don’t. Some hermits are more involved in server wide events, some don’t.

I generally recommend Grian (S6/S7) for a newcomer. Grian’s new to Hermitcraft in Season 6, so you can learn about the other hermits with him. Grian’s also very involved in and starts events such as the S6 Prank War, Area 77 (Area 51 parody) VS Hippies and Demise (a “how long you can go without dying” game but edgy). For S7, he started the Mayoral Race and Mycelium Resistance against the Mayor (the current storyline). I also recommend Docm77’s POV for S6 and early S7 (since he went on hiatus in S7). Doc acts as Grian’s “nemesis” since they go against each other in about everything lol. Doc is very dramatic and villain-like, if that’s your cup of tea.

I also think it’s worth mentioning that Hermitcraft isn’t all story. Generally hermits spend around half of their episode doing their projects (redstone, minigames, builds), and half for plot if they’re involved in it. Hence I also recommend GoodTimesWithScar and Rendog, two fantastic builders who incorporate their own lore into their builds.

Scar’s actively involved in server wide plot as well (he’s part of Area 77 storyline and one half of the megacorporation ConCorp in S6, and he’s the mayor in S7), but he also has his own lore of magical villages and gigantic drills. His builds are very detailed and he weaves a story for each one of them even if they don’t make it to server wide storylines.

Ren is similar, except he isn’t as involved in server wide stuff. Ren has like 8364829 personas— a hippie, mad scientist, Star Wars character, disgruntled cowboy— yeah. Ren also weaves a story for his builds and machines. For example, most hermits would say “I’m gonna build an squid farm”. But Ren would say “I’m gonna build an oil refinery that is actually a squid farm because squid ink looks like oil in Minecraft. And I’m building an oil refinery because it fits the storyline at my industrial-vibes area.”

But these are just my recommendations! You can try out the flowchart and the Hermit Picker 9000. You can also try watching the Hermitcraft Recap and see which hermit’s style you like the most. Also don’t feel pressured to watch all hermits! I know some Hermitcraft fans don’t like it when people only watch one hermit, but I think it can really be overwhelming for newcomers to watch multiple POVs. Hope you have a good time! :D

#hermitcraft #ask box #answered #innovative-detritus #sorry for long post lol I wanted to include examples #feel free to ask more questions!

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rkxjongsuk · 5 years ago

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Final Post ||

I spent most of yesterday evening and this morning just kind of mentally processing the actual closing of rookies after seven years. Seeing the amazing plans that would have come to fruition makes me a bit sad but also kind of happy that rookies ended where it ended. Thank you to the mods for prolonged effort to keep this rp running as long as it did and I am glad to have been here as long as I was.

I first joined rookies six years ago on the 15th of October, 2014. 2014 and subsequently 2015 had been a chaotic formative years for me. At the time, I was in my third year of college, constantly questioning whether or not I should be doing my degree, watching my parents get divorced in the summer of 2015 and moving out of the house where I’d lived for twelve years. Rookies (at first through Sungjong in October and then through Kevin in March (03.04.2015) and Kris in April (04.29.2015)} was a writing escape and somewhat of a comfort. Over the years at rookies, I have grown, graduated from college with a business degree and ended up completely a different person then I was five years ago.

My writing improved a lot and I can confidently say that it was mostly thanks to Rookies. I had been completely scared off writing after an English teacher bitched at me for my skills but thanks to rookies, I got more confident in my own skills. Sure, there’s been other rps before rookies and at the same time as rookies, but they had never lasted quite as long. Through the years, I have made some incredible friends through rookies and I am glad to have them in my life. You guys are genuinely the best and I’ll always love you. I have no intentions of ghosting any of you and hopefully, we’ll write again together somewhere else.

Now, onto what everyone actually wants: rkmuses future and taking in the ideas and everything set out by Bianca in account, where they would end up?

rkxjongsuk: the trc vocal king, easter bunny, princess diva of youtube fame - formerly rkkevin

I know I always used to say that I wanted him to debut the most since he’s my oldest muse, but in all honesty, he would have never fit in the idol bubble. Going off the ideas set out by Bianca, however, his future would have been pretty satisfying.

He would have ended up staying in TRC (since he had signed his contract for the second time back in may) and debuting as part of the rkmonstax group with the other trc boys in early 2021 (most likely as their main vocalist). Jongsuk would have felt pretty accomplished by this, and had been ready for the idol life. However, he was not ready for the rules and restrictions that would come into play with the group.

he’d always had a kind of laissez faire approach to everything and so the idol life is kind of shocking to him. it wasn’t what he’d fantasized it would be. so, jongsuk would probably become the first member to officially leave the group before their six-year contract would expire citing personal difficulties and mental health issues (three years and a bit after debut)

During those three years with the group, however, he’d make a name for himself as the King of OST. He would have gone on to King of Masked Singer (making it to R2 and shocking everyone with the high note octaves), gone on to be one of the trainers on the Voice of Korea partnering with Dynamic Duo, and make multiple appearances on Immortal Songs (a la Kyuhyun). Simultaneously, he’d also be collabing with idols across companies, most notably fellow former mga 3 contestant Gyeoul of And*Roma and Jiyeon of HEARTZ.

Upon his departure from the group, he moved back to San Francisco and resumed his Youtube life and career. He would still support the rest of the boys, as an international fan and would always buy up a lot of their cds to support and tell his followers to stream. However, being back in his element, Jongsuk would feel a lot more relaxed and a lot more comfortable.

A few months after his return home, he’d gain a collaboration with Smashbox or Morphe for a makeup line and he’d release an eyeshadow palette, two lipsticks and three eyeliners with the branding Smashbox x Stark: Rave on Mad (an homage to his youtube name: starkravingmad). He’d most likely send it in packages to his best friends in Korea. Jongsuk would find success in other fields outside of music and delve into what made his channel tick and what made him the happiest.

Eventually, I think, he would have found love (maybe in the form of another tall actor who was in school 2013 with him) and been a happy youtuber, taking constant new challenges all over the place and always stepping to his own beat.

As for his friends, he would have definitely gone back to Korea for Kangjoon’s eventual wedding and Jiyeon’s eventual wedding as well. The invites to visit him in San Francisco, California would have been extended to all his friends and even in his busy schedule, he’d always find time to show them all around the city that he’d been born. He’d even always be happy to see his former groupmates if they came on tour to California and would always be the first one for the backstage/VIP passes.

rkxrm: the kt chaebol, nsg’s main rapper and actor extraordinaire - formerly rkkris, rkkmh, minhyukxrk

namjoon had always been the unwilling debut, since I honestly never saw him actually debuting before jongsuk and instead, here we are. he’s the established idol.

With NSG’s debut having just happened, he would probably stick around as the rapper before KT began shoving him into acting everywhere. Most likely, would have ended up as leader of another subunit (maybe?) in the future putting that leadership expertise to the good use. After the first two successful comebacks, he would have gone into acting officially with the first main role on a web-drama as Cha Gihyun on A-TEEN.

His charisma would have definitely shined and stolen the screen time since he’s a former actor already. Following initial drama success, he would have tried his hand in modelling and endorsement, with Honda and Skool Looks. He would have gone further in modelling and acting, eventually becoming more known as the actor Kim Namjoon than the rapper of nsg.

He would have had his share of crazy fans (mostly noonas, pretty girls and drama grandmas) and even probably taken the top bias spot for quite a few people when they would have found out his past. Of course, during the course of promotions (I envision this would happen during Regular-Irregular promotions), it come to light that he’s an actual chaebol (he’s never hidden it but netizens think this is a big deal) and the heir to Kim Securities with a former Canadian award winning actress as his mother. It also comes to light the dysfunctional family dynamic that he’d always had with them.

It caused some hardship between him and his family but he had the support of nsg behind him (his ride or die brothers and family) but in the end his family did began treating him a lot better and he eventually gained their support.

He would have stayed with NSG all through their first contract, but probably wouldn’t have renewed and most likely would have either gone to acting agency where he could focus on acting or go back to that chaebol life and actually fully embrace it as a future heir.

In terms of his love life, he would have officially asked Jiyeon to date him at the Halloween party and they would starred in a few dramas side by side (Cinderella and the Four Knights being their first). They would kept secretly dating and eventually after their mutual dating ban was over, would probably reveal it in a cute couple shoot for Ceci or Dazed and Confused (like E Dawn and Hyuna). After Joon would have left NSG (post contract non renewal), he would have probably still kept acting and modelling alongside Jiyeon. NamYeon would have been a lot like the Rain/Kim Taehee acting and visual power couple.

He would have definitely still kept in close touch with the rest of nsg (since they’re like brothers) and even with all his former kt friends, loving the time that he had spent in the company.

rksxngyeol: nova’s artist, the mangaka

sungyeol had been an incredibly refreshing muse to write. he’s always been someone who actually doesn’t want to debut and he just wants to draw. i initially got him because minhyuk (joon) and jongsuk were getting really exhausting.

there’s not much to say about sungyeol’s future. his contract with nova would have expired in november and he would have left the company on his own terms with the two years behind him. he learned a lot during those two years at nova and even realized a lot about himself.

following his contract expiry, he would have asked his boyfriend (myungsoo) to move in with him over christmas with a key in a box attached to a black butler keychain. if the other said yes, then the new year would have kicked off with the duo moving and cooking together and spending time with each other.

sungyeol would have resumed drawing manhwa and mangas, combining his webtoon comic into a more professional looking five volume manga series with the same title. eventually he would have gotten an anime deal again and even a live action deal on his works (if your muse would have wanted to be in the live action of the Princess’s Sword, go for it). That would have propelled his family to actually recognize him as a talent and he would have been reinstated into the family.

This would have led to myungsoo officially meeting Sungyeol’s family. His parents would have loved him to bits and his grandparents would have been iffy on it, but his grandmother would end up dying three years after of heart attack and his grandfather would have followed her a year later of old age.

After having dated Myungsoo for about five years, Sungyeol would have proposed to him and they would have most likely gotten married on the beach while on vacation somewhere warm. (we love a happy ending ;.;) Also, he would have moved into a bigger house and brought Haebin with them so that they could be a cute happy family.

Eventually, he would have come back to work for Nova as a producer and creative direction artist under Wendy as CEO (if that would have happened), and if not, he would have taken over his family’s company despite the lack of education and simply learned on the job. (Can I say that he would have been Myungsoo’s sugar daddy at some point even though they would be married or engaged at this point???)

Thank you for reading to the very end and I love you all. Let’s stay friends and meet again in another rp.

#that was very very long

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you-andthebottlemen · 6 years ago

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FIC INDEX (mobile)

Meeting Van in a nightclub

Van takes care of you when you’re sick (platonic)

Van’s undying love for Ewan McGregor. A cute, short fic about movie watching with Van.

Single dad Van falls for his kids’ teacher

Van dating a journalist

You’re dating another of the guys but fall for Van

You and Van are childhood friends. There’s something there but he leaves for tour and you don’t see him for years til he’s back in town

You and Van like each other. You have to date in secret because you’re Bondy’s sister

Van and another guy compete for your affections

Smut with a dominant Van

Van’s POV: Comforting you in the night when you’re stressed

Van and university - an AU. You’re new and Van is your first friend.

You’re a singer. You only ever see Van in passing on stage and at festivals. He’s obsessed with you. It’s nervous and awkward. Both ‘your’ and Van’s POV.

Van’s POV: meets (fan) girl overseas, he goes home and can’t stop thinking about her. He meets her again by chance and they can finally be together.

‘Your’ POV and Van’s POV: You are Van’s neighbour and share a balcony but don’t know and he scares the crap out of you one day

Based off one of Van’s tweets “You should’ve found me! Id’ve f*****d you so hard! Made you moan like mad!”

“Van’s POV literally anything!” - Grumpy Van wants cuddles and needs cheering up

Van’s POV - Running into Van after a breakup and he still loves you

‘OUTSIDE’ song fic - a sequel to #8

Vampire Van AU (for storiesaboutvan and lennonsjohn)

Easter special

Van appreciating curves - can’t keep his hands off his girl

Frat Van - AU

Harry Potter universe + Van/catb - AU

Wedding collab with storiesaboutvan: marrying Van - Van’s POV

Original: Van convinces you to skip class. Cute fluff.

*Two requests as one* - Van’s POV - you see Van in a bar and he tries to be confident and come talk to you then falls over or does something clumsy. ‘Your’ POV - You meet Van in a bar then go separate ways but find each other through one of those missed connections apps.

Original: Van says he likes you for the first time (short fic)

Original: Van’s POV - looking after a sick, grumpy Van (short fic)

Original: Winter with Van (short fic)

Van’s POV: See’s a fan (you) at the show and thinks she’s pretty. Talks to her after and they go back to his.

“Van calling you up drunk cause he got some lies to tell” - ‘Your’ POV, breaking up with Van, going to visit his sad self on tour

Original- Van’s POV: baking!!!

Van’s POV: Van hears of a musician through someone and becomes obsessed with her AND Van see’s you performing at an open mic night and asks you out

PART 2 of #18: Running into Van and he still loves you (Van’s POV) AND “inspired by Wolf Alice’s song Heavenly Creatures"

Smut: Giving Van a lap dance

Cheating Van??

An original - you’re in love with Van and decide to tell him, only to receive a pleasant surprise.

Van and his girl make pasta together. Super fluffy.

Van’s Birthday - a collab with @storiesaboutvan

Sequel to #22 - Vampire AU

Out with your best friend, you’re VERY drunk, Van’s been making eyes. A guy comes onto you when it’s unwanted, Van steps in + takes care of you. Two POVs!!

AU - Prince Van?? (An interpretation) ‘Peasant Van’ Medieval AU. Lol it’s way cuter than it sounds.

Original - fluffy, beach day with Van.

A mini fic about a sleepless night made better by a sleepy Van (for @storiesaboutvan)

PART 2 of #24 - Harry Potter AU

Original AU - Van is your pizza boy and your dog makes a mess.

A Christmas fic

Fighting with Van, making up, cute stargazing date fluff.

Original - Van helping you out with your photography career.

Original - High school, small town gossip, a pregnancy scare and saying ‘I love you’ for the first time.

Van is lovesick but you think he’s just being friendly…

OVERLAP song fic

Original - taking Van to a student festival/rave

AU - Peasant Van part 2

SIDETRACK song fic

Dating Van in secret + hearing Hourglass for the first time

Original: You’re stressed, Larry calls Van in for back up (cute + platonic)

Van’s 27th birthday special

INTERMISSION x MISSION song fic

GLASGOW song fic

#index #Catfish and the Bottlemen #van mccann #can't promise i will update this thing

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