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counting tomorrows | hughie campbell x f!reader

Summary: Hughie leaves for work, and while you're left alone with your thoughts to consider the nature of your relationship, you recognize that you're already in too deep despite the worries you have that he's not being completely open to you about everything.

Content tags + warnings: SMUT (18+) It's not super graphic, but there's still sex. (Oral sex f!receiving, p in v, protection not mentioned) With a mixture of fluff and angst. fbsa!hughie, some language, and alcohol consumption. An alternate version of events that takes place sometime between S2 finale to S3 premiere.

Note: This started out as 700 words (blame the diff color of work collars wikipedia page, i didn't realize there were so many lol) from when I last left it, to 6.4k once I finished with it today. This originally was going to be a lot lower stakes and lighter tone, as you can tell by the intro, yet it evolved into this. Something compelled me to give a smidge of backstory and the nature of their relationship. Also, what can I say, Hughie looks good in the shirt and tie. 👔 Enjoy? Seriously, anytime I receive indication that someone's read and enjoyed, it does make me smile. Feel free to pair it with this cover song for more cheesiness. So without further ado,

"Mm, look at you, making us pink collars look bad. Traitor." you cooed sarcastically. You continued to look up at him, as you insisted that you would help him fix his tie this time. It's not like he didn't know how to, but really, you insisted.

"Well, I was technically… no collar for a while, I guess." he simply said, with his brows creasing as he was trying to figure out what he would have been classified as a fugitive.

"Details, details. Who needs em, right? We're talking about the present." you grinned, giving his soft cheek a pat, admiring his freshly shaven face.

"Although, wouldn't I be considered a red collar now?" his eyes weren't focused on anything in particular, as you could tell on his face he was actually trying to find the accurate term.

"Hughie." you placed a hand on his freshly ironed shirt, and not quite gripping on it since you didn't want to cause him to look any less sharp. "You're wearing a white shirt. Pretty sure, you've got a white collar job." your eyes narrowed, as you could catch on to him correcting your irony.

"Pfffbt, no, no yeah, white collar, you're right." He cracked a nervous smirk, as he took the hand you pressed against him to hold. "There's offices, so yeah."

Even though you knew the correct terms weren't a big deal to you; it was mainly just a little play on words, especially since you were absolutely smitten when you got to see him right before work, but then the times, post work. In the morning, he looked so spiffy, hair neat, fresh-faced and in a generally bright mood. Although it was also something else entirely, seeing the loosened tie and his form much more relaxed, and at times, the tired look he sported did not escape your notice. You figured that it had something to do with wanting to be the reason to make your man, who's looking all prim and proper-- look a little wrecked.

"Too bad it'd probably be entirely unwise of us… if I tried to visit you during work, huh?" you slowly spoke, running your hand a tad lower from his chest, fingers splayed out across his abdomen.

"Well, I'd probably lose my job… and given the nature of what I do," he gulped, an image of you lying over his desk, giving him your come hither look would likely be branded in his mind for the rest of the day. "I'd probably have to do some time." He laughed at the thought, shaking his head as he gave you a quick peck on the lips. "Very, very tempted, though." he confessed.

"I mean, that's just if we got caught." you quipped back, tapping your fingers gently over his shirt in thought, as you then pretended to be smoothing it out again. "Besides, if you ever have like, an exceptionally slow day, you know I'm just a text away." You punctuated your words by patting his back pocket, the one housing his phone at the moment.

"You know I love you, right?" he exhaled, an affectionate grin gracing his face.

"Mm, love you too." you simply groaned to yourself, probably feeling like you were being a pest about it. Happily, he gave you an even more generous kiss, your lips connecting and melding just a bit longer than your typical farewell morning kisses. "I'll you see you later, yeah? We're making some headway on a case, and I feel really good about it."

"Mm, be careful. I'll lock up when I'm dressed." you shrugged, standing there in one of Hughie's shirts.

"I mean, you know I'm never opposed to you sticking around… a bit longer, or greeting me once I get back." He suggested, as he hugged your waist close to him. "Since it's your day off, but I'm not saying you don't have anything else better to do than housesit…or something, for me."

"As much as I'd love to cook us dinner… you don't exactly have much to work with at the moment."

"Shit. Yeah, I know, I haven't had a chance to get groceries this week." he shook his head. "Well, why don't I pick up something for us?"

"Alright, you've got me convinced." your lips were bursting at the seams with a wide smile, as you slowly felt his arms leaving you, with him heading towards the door.

"Okay, I'll surprise you."

You blew him a kiss, to which he caught with his hand, shutting the door after a wave.

Now, alone with your thoughts, you let out a heavy sigh you had been holding onto. You took a seat on the couch, running a hand through your hair as you considered the nature of your relationship. You had been seeing Hughie for officially close to half a year. But you'd known him for longer, he and his dad were your neighbors, so you'd seen him in passing, so maybe you hadn't exactly known him that well back then.

Really, what took your notice was that he would be out in the yard taking care of the lawn when he could, or taking out the trash. You'd wave when you were getting ready to leave for work some days. And you would occasionally greet each other if you happened to see him as you took your walks in the late afternoon; small talk about weather and whatnot. You didn't always see his dad, which you chocked up to them being kind of private, but you never really liked questioning people about their personal lives if it didn't come up naturally.

Again, you couldn't help but notice the things Hughie took care of while he was home, which made you sometimes imagine how caring of a personality he seemed to take on. All that time, you really wanted to get to know him, but it didn't seem like that much time passed, when you started noticing his lady friend visiting quite a bit. It's not like you were being nosey about it, you just took note of it, and you weren't the kind of person to pursue someone involved already.

It was some time later you actually learned her name, Robin. Unfortunately, it was only then you learned of it because of her devastating death. It was so sudden, and you noticed how those things that were normally cared for by Hughie, would go untouched. You definitely couldn't blame him, and it was hard to see that kind of deterioration grief causes a person. There wasn't so much mention of it on the news after the week initially passed. But you knew that didn't mean the painful sting was any less for those who knew and loved her.

You found yourself attempting to keep to your regular routine for your walks, but you kept alert, in hopes you could catch Hughie. You certainly didn't want to press or say anything inappropriate. But you wanted to at least offer some kind of condolence, or sympathetic thought, as awkward as you felt about mentioning anything. You kept it simple, but you just couldn't act like it never happened.

You slowed to a stop, as you saw Hughie walking out from the front door, likely leaving for work. You paused your music, as you gave him a small wave, coming to a stop. "Hey, neighbor."

Hughie stopped, as he kept his lips closed, attempting a small smile that he likely forced as not to be rude. "Hey," he said, your name following right after.

"Not here to keep you or anything, I just… God, it's so fucked up. I know I didn't know her-- Robin, but I am so, so sorry." Your throat felt so incredibly dry, as you didn't know if it had been better if you just avoided the interaction.

He looked back, his face looking so much more defeated up close, especially his eyes-- normally they were so aglow with his trademark smile whenever he talked about the smallest of things. And just seeing him like this made you feel so much more unprepared in hoping to console him.

"Yeah, seriously." he looked down, mostly at the ground, or his shoes. The broken eye contact, made it that much more obvious he likely needed space, and who were you to question it. "It still doesn't even feel real, honestly."

Your brows furrowed, as you inhaled, feeling as though you might be holding back tears yourself. "I.. I just want to say that, if you need anything. Like, seriously, I'm here."

You wanted to offer your time, and as much as you felt guilty about even the subtlety of it, you couldn't actually say out loud how willing you were to lend him an ear. It just felt wrong somehow, as your mind was the farthest from making any kind of advance, you genuinely just wanted to be a friend somehow.

"I appreciate that, thanks." he briefly looked at you, and then back at the direction he was going to be heading. What he really wanted to say was that, 'There's nothing anyone can do to make it better. She's gone. Not by some accident, but murdered.' Which just made this all the more harder for him to stomach any condolences he heard, no one else seemed to understand what he was going through.

"Of course. I'll let you get going." you said, giving a final wave as you jogged off. Shutting your eyes briefly as you already felt regret for even bothering him at this point.

You were completely out of touch with Hughie at some point, you thought that maybe he even moved away. Not until you saw his photo on television, you couldn't believe that him, of all people who would be considered a criminal, one that was involved in a nationwide manhunt. There was just absolutely no way. Your interactions with Hughie were so surface level, but you never would have imagined him to be a dangerous person. So what the hell was going on?

It was only a couple of years later, that you would have it somewhat answered for you. But you honestly never thought you'd even see Hughie again. Imagine your surprise when you saw him enter the cafe you worked at, you wordlessly dropped the cup you'd been working on, as if you lost control of your hands.

You dropped to the floor as you quickly recovered the cup, rushing to get the mop after you cursed under your breath, one of your coworkers snapping his head in your direction. "Hey, you okay?"

You shook your head, with your face looking unreadable at the moment. He quickly offered to take the mop for you so he could clean it. "Oh, really… you don't have to do that." you sighed.

He insisted, as you immediately went to remaking the order, and you nodded over at Hughie as if he was just some customer. "I'll be right with you!"

You then called out the finished cup for the customer, returning to your register, knowing that you likely would have to acknowledge Hughie. And just as you were about to greet him, he beat you to the punch.

He said your name like it was a question, seeming just as surprised to see you somehow. Even though you were here just as you had always been, nothing really was all that different, you reasoned. "Wow, it's been forever."

Your lips quirked up as you couldn't seem to think of a way to reply for a moment. Your eyes locked onto his, as you thought for a moment. "Hughie, I didn't think I was ever going to see you again. I'd ask how you're doing but, you look… like you're going somewhere important." You noted the suit and tie, as he laughed. While, he seemed like Hughie, there was something remarkably different about him, and it wasn't necessarily the attire. Part of you wanted to question him, but it also did not feel like the time or place, especially with you being on the clock.

"Yeah, sorta. I'm just here to pick up some coffee for work. My boss swears by this place." he laughed nervously, almost as if you put him on the spot, although you saved him from any complicated questions you could have asked.

"It has its moments, and luckily, you just missed one of the rushes." you simply stated, tapping your fingers consciously on the counter, as you seemed to be catching your breath.

Noticing that the door's bell rang as a few more customers entered, he decided to not waste anymore time and gave his order to you. He kept his hands shoved into his pockets, watching you carefully as you didn't seem to look back up at him, as you started on the couple of cups of coffee.

Once you came back up with his order, he smiled, opening his mouth before his thoughts could really formulate what he was going to say.

"Look, don't worry about it, I'm not expecting a tip." you laughed, hoping to divert the subject as this already felt an insane amount of awkward you weren't typically prepared for.

"Oh no, that's not…" he sighed, his gaze seemingly holding so much more than you had ever received from him before. Not that you didn't feel those twinges of chemistry before, but you never thought you would catch a glimpse of it ever again. "I know you have like a ton of questions, and I'd explain. But I'm already late as is, is there any way you would want to get a coffee sometime?"

Your lips parted, as you looked up at him, not quite sure what you even wanted to say. Was Hughie asking to catch up… and with you? You did not wake up today, thinking this was how your Tuesday would turn out.

"Uh, well I already had my espresso today, it might be pushing it if I had another." you said, your laugh sounding a bit guarded.

"I mean, not here but anywhere else, and like another day. Only if you even want to, I completely understand if you don't." he sputtered. He probably didn't wake up today thinking his Tuesday would start out like this either.

"Okay." you simply said. You held up one of the cups, taking out the sharpie from your apron, writing down your phone number over the sleeve. Little did you know, the one with oatmilk was not infact his, as he would have to switch out the sleeve since you just wrote it on Neuman's.

Once he left as quickly as he had been here, your focus for the day seemed to have taken off out the door with him, because you couldn't seem to get a hold of it. And you were so close to leaving early for the day, but you mustered up just enough willpower to finish your shift, somehow.

Back to the physical present, you kept there on his couch, wondering once again how you got this far.

The coffee did happen, and you did get some explanation, but at the time anything would have sufficed, it seemed. You were just genuinely relieved that Hughie didn't end up dead somewhere. You were able to hear his laugh again; able to witness how his eyes crinkled with that handsome smile. But with it, along came with just some of the details. As much as he was vague during your first reunion, you would later find out a bit more each time you two had an outing.

You insisted to yourself that you were just catching up, that these were opportunities-- a way for you to live up to your previous offers to hear him out, the ones you had been unable to truly give back then. You felt hopeless even, because you knew deep down you always had the potential, that familiar gnawing that you could have fallen for Hughie back then. You never would have felt you could have it now. You missed your chance, you thought. It was foolish to even think about it, you were just being neighborly. A friend.

Your perspective, while you were already apprehensive about how the country literally worshipped Superheroes, your idea of them shifted even moreso to one of distrust when you learned more of Hughie's experiences. Save for some details he decided might be better left unsaid. Details about the couple of lives he took, and just how intimate things were between him and Starlight.

He wasn't even entirely sure why he didn't just admit it all to you. Maybe, he was afraid you wouldn't have been able to accept the whole truth, that you would have just walked out to not have to deal with all the baggage.

There was one night in particular, that Hughie seemed to be more troubled and less put together as he appeared recently. He invited you over to his apartment within the next month, to which he might have had a bit too much to drink. And maybe you did, too.

As you both were on the couch, watching something on blu-ray, as you weren't always keen on cable or watching the news. You were laying on the opposite side of he couch, with your knees bent, your legs tucked just enough to not brush Hughie, as he sat on the farther end. Things were abnormally quiet between you two, but you shifted to sit up once it was over. He glanced at you as he shut the tv off, a dazed out expression on his face, as you just half smiled.

You finally spoke with a sharp exhale, "Well, that's my cue."

"I can't just let you leave, we're both clearly not in a state to drive." he sighed, his face reading guilty.

"Well yeah, but I also can't just stay here overnight."

"You could take my room. Because I take responsibility for this, I'll happily take the couch." he quickly suggested, laughing halfheartedly.

"Mm, fine." you shook your head. You were certainly not prepared for this, you never stood overnight at Hughie's. So you weren't even sure how you'd even brush your teeth, and the fact that you'd remain unshowered until tomorrow.

You both continued to sit in silence, not saying anything else, he kind of just stared ahead, fiddling with the fabric of his sweats on his leg. You swallowed, and you figured you would be the one to end the quiet. "Hey, did something happen? You just seem off tonight. I probably shouldn't ask…" you finally said, already fighting with what came out.

"I'm just… I'm still adjusting. I mean, god, I'm so lucky I'm where I'm at right now."

You quietly listened, looking over at him through the dimly lit room, still equally distanced on the couch. It was dark outside by now, and it almost felt a tad too intimate for you to be around right now. It could also just be the alcohol in your system, making you feel a bit fuzzy, and almost like your body was not entirely its own.

"I don't want to lose it though, I don't want to screw it up." he slowly spoke, looking back at you.

"There's people out there who haven't even had to endure a quarter of what you have, and they're total assholes. You're fine, Hughie, seriously." you attempted to soothe his worries.

"Thanks," he carefully continued, "Sometimes I feel like I'm a hypocrite, wanting normalcy. After all that's happened."

"I think it's natural, wanting stability. Considering, you're just, well… you might not feel fully put together. But really, does anyone ever find themselves like that?"

He watched you, not so quick to speak, as he wanted to hear what else you might have to say. It put him at ease, just hearing your sincerity, it was clear in the way you made time for him like you were now.

"Despite everything, if it means something-- I don't think I've ever felt more normal than when I'm around you. I mean, besides the butterflies, but that's… actually, well yeah that's also kind of natural, I guess."

You could see the rise and fall of his chest heightened after your words-- sensing there was something very charged between the short space left in the middle of you two. You also suddenly realized how cheesy that might have sounded coming from you. Quite quickly, you reasoned you should probably start heading to his room so you could sleep away the shame. But that wouldn't be what happened, as you felt Hughie stand up as well, and he carefully crossed over into your space.

Your eyes lowered, feeling a bit small under his gaze, and you just knew this might have been a bit more mutual then you originally thought. He spoke your name suddenly, as you looked back up at him. "If you don't want this, you can slap me, and I would never hold that against you."

With one fluid motion, you felt him gently tug your waist towards him as he met your lips very suddenly, almost as if it was the most natural thing, as if you had only been sitting any closer earlier, it would have been inevitable, as you were absolutely magnetizing to him.

You didn't quite match his kiss immediately, but your hands rose slowly up his shirt, so that you could wrap you arms around him, parting your lips as you allowed him to lead into deepening it. There was something about it that showed how restrained he had kept this hunger beneath the surface, so it had you startled.

"Hughie, we probably shouldn't…" you gasped, your tone a bit more airy than usual, as you withdrew from him just enough to speak.

His nose brushed against yours, as he was a bit out of breath himself, "No, we probably shouldn't. But…"

You looked back up, before giving back into kissing him, your body pressed against his like it had always been this close, when infact it's the first time there was no physical space between you both. You couldn't tell if it was just your heart hammering against your chest, or if you could feel his own beating as well. "But it's stupid, we've been drinking… Hughie, I don't want us to regret… anything."

His grip over your waist felt a tad tense, as you knew it was taking everything in him to stop. "Yeah, no you're totally right. But it's not the alcohol… I promise," he continued, speaking against your lips as it didn't seem like there was anything else that could prevent this from escalating, besides you making it known, of course.

"Mmph," you were once again quieted, just enjoying the moment as it was, as you could feel his excitement growing. It made you realize that if you didn't pull back now, it would escalate and you knew once that threshold was crossed, things could never be the same. And you just weren't sure tonight was the night to brazenly decide that.

So very reluctantly, you broke the kiss. "Hughie… I, let's um, I'm sorry. I didn't-"

"Don't apologize, I'm the one that kissed you, remember?" he said, shutting his eyes suddenly as he braced for that slap. Yet, it wasn't going to come.

"Okay, okay. Let's just… let's get some sleep, and we'll just. We'll go back to normal tomorrow. This never happened." you sighed, leaving him to find that your response was indiscernible, at least for now.

Without another word, you quickly left for Hughie's room, hoping to escape the embarrassment you felt. You couldn't believe that happened. It was a good thing that Hughie was typically a reasonable guy, so you were sure that things would get sorted out tomorrow.

That next morning, you came out from the room quietly, glancing around the living room to check if Hughie was up before you. He was, he was dressed in shorts and looked like he actually had been up for a while. "Hey, how's your head?" he cracked a casual smile.

You yawned, and walked across heading to the kitchen sink. "I've had worse, honestly. Not too bad, but I am pretty thirsty."

He reached into the cupboards, handing you a glass, to which you mouthed a thank you. You turned on the faucet, so that you could gulp down the water. Afterwards, you placed the glass into the sink, deciding to be the first one to make acknowledgement. "It was weird waking up in a bed other than my own, gotta say." you said, mostly joking as you rubbed the morning out of your eyes.

"Hey, it was the least I could do. I couldn't have you trying to drive back home like that." he shrugged.

You looked over at the digital clock on the coffee maker, before even registering that the freshly brewed scent was wafting all around you. "Hughie, aren't you late for work? Oh, I am so sorry." The realization hit you.

"Hey, hey. It's fine, I called in for today. I wasn't just going to leave you here without saying anything. Figured it'd be better if I just waited for you to wake up first."

Your eyebrows creased as the look on your face was pained, feeling absolutely like a problem already. "No, you should retract that. Just let them know you're late, and that you can make it afterall." you quickly said, not realizing you were kind of chiding him.

"I'd rather just spend the day with you, honestly." His eyes gazed at you with purpose, as you could only stare back a bit dumbfounded at him.

You sighed, rubbing your temples slowly with your fingers. "Hughie, seriously. Please, you really should go to work."

"Look, I remember last night. Not so much anything about the movie, but," he carefully started. You could already feel the blood rushing to your cheeks, as you watched him draw closer to you, rounding the table so that you were facing each other straight on. "And you said something about butterflies, right?"

His face was completely nonjudgmental, as you realized again that you kind of confessed your feelings to him last night. Infact, he didn't seem bothered at all, at least not in the way that would keep him from you. If anything, you knew that it would be difficult to resume being just friends, even if you didn't end up sleeping together.

"I could hardly sleep, I couldn't stop thinking about you. About that kiss," he seemed genuinely taken with you, and he knew he was being a total romantic, but he couldn't leave things without addressing it first.

Your eyes drifted down to his lips, as you met his eyes once more, only just fueling his confidence that he wasn't crossing boundaries. Your breathing became audible to yourself, as you knew that you weren't just going to replay last night's kiss, but you were going to experience a continuation of it. This time, with your initiation of your second kiss.

With that, you both ventured into his room, with your hands never fully leaving each other. You were soon nestled back into his sheets, the door shut as you found yourself in his arms. It was a mutual decision that had been inescapable, and that you would have ended up here sooner or later, it was only a question of your determination to hold back from pursuing it.

You got up from the couch, walking over to the sink, as the memories replayed through your head of how you came to this relationship. You turned on the faucet, absentmindedly washing last night's dishes as you remained absorbed in your thoughts.

You knew it might have felt a bit soon to even broach the subject, but sometimes it felt like it made so much sense how well you two fit together, how you wondered if you could move in together someday. Giving you a spare key to his place wasn't exactly helping matters, as you knew you were absolutely head over heels for him. It kind of terrified you what this could mean for the future, and if things could stay this way. Part of you knew, even if he hadn't exactly expressed it, that he buried his worries about whether or not it was possible.

The rest of your day ended up feeling like a blur, as you didn't feel as though you did much of note, besides deciding to bring back some groceries for Hughie. As embarrassed as he might be, you just wanted to reaffirm the consideration you had for him.

Once he was back home, he unlocked the door, calling out for you. You came back from the bedroom, smiling and greeting him as you took the bag of takeout from him. "Hey, how was work?"

You knew there was only so much he could tell you, as he would usually tell you that his work was confidential. It was kind of difficult for you to take, as you wondered if it was for your protection, or if the nature of his job would only drive the wedge between you both. He was always so sweet about it, asking you in turn how your day went. Now and then, if you were especially persistent, he gave you vague details that would keep you somewhat content.

You just missed him so much when you were apart, whether it was because of work, or not. And he just looked so good tonight, his tie off, and sleeves rolled up as he took care of the dishes this time. Once he was finished, he wiped his hands off on one of the kitchen rags. You watched him from the table, giving him that look paired with your flirty smile that answered the question before he could ask.

"If I didn't know any better, it looks like you're still starved." he started with his eyebrow quirked, noticing you stand up from the chair.

"I'm not quite satisfied yet." you smirked, taking his hand in yours, lacing your fingers together.

"Yeah? Did I forget something?" he teased back. After this prompted him to squeeze your hand back, he then slowly withdrew from yours, so that he could settle both of his hands ontop of your hips, his fingertips pressing into your skin as your shirt rode up a bit from the action. You swayed back ever so slowly yet suggestively, as he moved with your rhythm, meeting each other's lips again.

"Maybe." you murmured against his mouth, your lips moist from your little makeout session.

"Rejog my memory?" he asked sweetly.

"Okay," you breathed, leading him to his bedroom. Once you were inside, you got on the bed, lying down on your back as you watched from above you, with him still standing at the foot of the bed. He was starting to unbutton his white dress shirt, to which you shot up suddenly, grasping his wrist. "Wait, can you keep it on?"

"Anything for you." he eagerly complied. He began running his hands up your legs, as he gently tugged your pants off from your body and pulled you forward with an unexpected force, that had you startled for a moment, your legs were now dangling off from the edge of the bed. He lowered himself to his knees as you knelt your head trying to match the new height, desperately kissing him.

He broke from your lips, his eyes heavily lidded, as he made it very obvious what he was thinking at this point. "I want to make sure you're relaxed," he emphasized, gently lowering you down to lay back again.

He hovered over you, giving you a few more moments so you could feel his lingering mouth on your own, before he traveled downwards. His soft hands continued to smooth over your stomach, as it inched up your shirt, letting it expose more of your skin to be revealed to him. Taking the extra time to let you anticipate where he would end up. You both knew, as his lips were feather light on your stomach and then the dip of your waist, as he peeled your panties down very carefully.

You swallowed, feeling a sudden jolt in your abdomen, as you were extremely sensitive to any touch within the vicinity of your thighs. Once your panties were fully pulled off from your ankles, taking note of a small trail of stickiness that had ran down from being smeared down your thigh.

Your voice coming out a bit high, "Hughie…"

"Mm," he only hummed, as you could feel his mouth enveloping the heat between your thighs. You immediately found your fingertips raking through his hair affectionately, as you cautioned that you would need to remember how to breathe.

You arched your back, as it seemed it only took a few minutes for Hughie to find a rhythm that had your heart dancing, your thighs held down by his grip as you sighed out with a pleasurable relief. You could feel your hips buck suddenly, as you hadn't even realized Hughie was also now using two of his fingers to pleasure you. Your back was completely off the mattress, as you were sitting up, hoping to anchor yourself as one hand remained in his hair, the other grasping onto the sheets for dear life.

"S-So much for making the bed…" you suddenly breathed, finding your eyes shut as you were so shy about watching him whenever he was kneeling for you like this.

Just hearing you speak, made him intensify the pleasure he was working to give you, likely not that it was a goal to quiet you, but so that you could just fully let go and lose your thinly-veiled composure. Maybe, he just enjoyed when you lost your mind with him, temporarily unable to find comprehensible speech during these moments.

It didn't take much longer for you to reach your climax, as he allowed you to reach and ride your high, your body still needing time to recover, as you could feel him help you up the bed. You smiled up at him as your head nestled into the pillows, not even thinking twice about reaching up to kiss him, tasting yourself. Your cheeks burned, as you continued for a few moments more.

Hughie left the bed, so that he could remove his slacks and boxers, moving with purpose as he reclaimed his spot above you, kissing your neck as he looked into your eyes, asking you with that look if you wanted the rest of him.

You wordlessly nodded, cupping his face with both of your hands as you gave him a quick kiss. He gently laid his forehead into yours, as you both found yourself just where you belonged, it was more than just a physical thing. You never felt so strongly about anyone before, you shut your eyes, as you felt him reach deeper inside of you after a few moments of waiting.

He continued to leave kisses that felt ignited all over your skin, from your lips to your cheek, down to your jaw. With a particular thrust, you could feel his face tucked into your collarbone and neck at times, as he breathlessly groaned into your flushed skin.

You could tell that this was never just a way for him to selfishly chase pleasure, but was a way to speak to each other unfiltered, even if it meant that you knew he was not ready to bare his soul to you. You could at least understand, that in a way, you were seeing something more, and yet you could see a flash of it in his eyes. You weren't entirely sure if it was regret for keeping something hidden, or restraint, but as you locked eyes with him in the dark-- you could sense that whatever was to become of you two, you were never going to be the same again.

And maybe you could live with that-- maybe you could have the patience to endure the scars that caused Hughie to feel so far to begin with-- that you might end up becoming some semblance of home for him. You gripped onto his back as you could feel him getting closer to his own release, as he held onto your thighs, lifting them just a bit off the bed, as he huffed with each thrust.

He moaned your name quietly, as he met your eyes, nearly crumbling at the absolute adoration you held for him under your gaze. He repeated your name once more, as your own voice pleaded helplessly for him to not hold himself back from you any longer. With a final shuddering drive of his hips, you felt him still from above you, as your body in turn just drew him in further, welcoming every bit of him.

You laid there catching your breath, as Hughie gently took his place beside you, carefully fixing your hair gently as if he could possibly fit each strand in their usual state.

"I love you," you watched him, hoping that the tears forming in your eyes were not visible in the dark of the room.

"I love you, too." he replied back without hesitation, admiring you as he nuzzled his head into your neck.

"I wish it was always perfect like this." you spoke with meaning, as he watched you, gently taking your hand to leave a kiss on the back of it.

"Me too." he cracked a smile, as his mind raced with the impending paranoia that something, anything could ruin what he had with you. It was not the first time his life was turned completely upside down, he just didn't want to drag you down into it if it happened again. It was the worry that it could be too late, and that by starting this with you, it was only a matter of time that he'd lose you, or the stability he hoped he could maintain.

"I guess we can't worry about tomorrow, though, huh?" you spoke tiredly, closing your eyes as you sighed. "I'm just glad we had today."

He could sense a certain sadness in your tone, almost as if you had read his mind. "We've got tomorrow, too. And every tomorrow after." he soothed, his tone reassuring. God, how could he have such an effect on you? You were as unsure as you were certain.

"Mmm." you leaned your forehead against his, as you could feel yourself surrendering further into slumber. You were in too deep, you knew that. You were ready to fight for your future with Hughie, even if deep in the pit of your stomach, knew that it could mean that these moments were just before the fall.

#the boys x reader #hughie campbell x reader #hughie campbell x you #reader insert #smut #here i am shutting one of my eyes as i click the post now button #also i'm not entirely sure how i posted both yesterday and today but uhhh yeah. somehow

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row-of-ribbons · 1 year ago

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DREAM GIRL INTRO 2/5 How To Get Started: high maintenance routine (PT 2)

hello ladies,

Hey there! Thanks for sticking around for intro 2, part 2 of my high-maintenance routine. If you missed the previous post, it's on my page for you to catch up on. I've got more routines to share, so let's dive in and make it worthwhile! And remember, you don't have to do everything take some and leave some ☺️(I am not a medical professional, so please consult a doctor for proper advice, I'll place a ''*'' for the ones to look out for)

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wash bedding: pillows, pillowcases, sheets, and blankets; stuffed animals too (If possible, I recommend washing them with lavender-scented detergent for a calming effect.)

everything shower: Shaving, scrubbing, masks— the works. You know how it is, ladies. (btw baby oil is the best shaving oil and it's cheap too! another alternative is coconut oil)

clean makeup/hair tools: It's important to establish a regular cleaning routine to keep your skin clear and prevent hair loss.

clean water bottle(s): Girls, it's great that you're staying hydrated, but don't forget to clean your water bottles. Many people overlook this and end up drinking mold, which can make you sick over time. (TIP: bleach makes mold stronger so sanitizing your water bottles with white vinegar is better and safe and no it won't taste like vinegar)

refresh space: it's nice to do a deep clean on your space/s so really be intentional (I like to write a to-do list the night before of what I need to get done in detail so I don't forget in the morning)

*24-hour gut reset*: Giving your body a 24-hour break from food can have numerous benefits, such as regulating blood sugar, metabolizing stored fat, and reducing the risk of heart disease.

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*chemical peel*: I began using a chemical peel last month and have aGlready started to see results. I do not get professional treatments; instead, I use The Ordinary peeling solution. (follow the instructions to a T if you use it)

Mani/Pedi: Getting your nails done is an important part of a high-maintenance routine; it enhances your femininity. ( You don't have to use color if you don't want to; you can keep them clean and filed. )

brows: pluck uneven hairs to make sure everything is neat and polished.

*clay mask*: I use a clay mask with Aztec healing clay and apple cider vinegar(w/ the mother) to detox and clarify my hair.

I hope my routines have inspired you, bringing you one step closer to your dream girl.

-XOXOXO

#tumblr girls #glow up #skincare #this is a girlblog #girlblogging #that girl #100 days of productivity #it girl

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joelhappyhil · 2 years ago

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What's DAWN, and why should I fund it?

Tumblr doesn't feel like the place to spam ads to get a Kickstarter going, I don't know what makes me think that, but it feels right.

So at risk of wasting my time, I've decided to write a comprehensive overview of my upcoming Kickstarter, DAWN.

INTRO

To get started, here's the opening text as of the game's current version:

DAWN is a grid-based, combat-focused, setting-agnostic TTRPG, made with a focus on mechanics that provide as much depth as possible while keeping the game fast-paced and easy to pick up and play.

Create your heroes, discover truths of the world, face against thinly veiled metaphors in the forms of fearsome overlords and monsters, and grow - both in power and as people - within a world of your own making! Embark on an adventure with friends, coming with its highest highs and lowest lows, bearing the greatest storms to gaze upon the beautiful DAWN.

NARRATIVE

What may or may not be clear from reading this primer, is that DAWN is heavily inspired by the anime and games I enjoyed in my childhood, KMMOs like Elsword and shows like Fairy tale, both properties with strong color-coded character designs and fun magical specialties for each. I'm trying to recreate this vibe in DAWN, but in a way that can fit into nearly any setting.

The game's got a setting creation activity that can help you both make a fun world and get an idea of what the game's intended tone / important narrative elements are.

There are also a number of roll tables I've written up to serve as suggestions or a way to quickly throw together a setting!

COMBAT

The game's combat is meant to be similarly quick and snappy, with its rules less than 10 pages long (As of now), you've got action points to spend on your turn and by default all characters have access to a melee, ranged, and heavy attack, with your Powers adding additional effects and flavor.

Want to be a cool and quick sword master, no need to choose a class, equipment set, and feats to make this possible, just pick up a power or two that fit, and you're done.

WHY SHOULD I FUND IT?

I haven't shown everything here, but the game is available for free on my Itch, and with that you may be asking "Why should I fund this?"

Short answer: There's still not enough.

Long answer: I really want to add some important things to this game, I need more art, I need a proper title page, and I would really love to pick up Affinity and improve the layout, and with my minimum wage income I can't afford that along with being alive. So if you have interest in this project I would really love if you would follow the KS and consider supporting it on release.

#ttrpg #indie ttrpg #kickstarter #crowd funding

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denniswilsonzine · 11 days ago

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My zine reviewed in the print issue of Springshot (Issue 142 Spring 2025) - photos

Managed to get hold of a copy from Portland Button Works/Spiral House Shop, order arrived today & it's in both the print zine & on their website. Feels really weird knowing that a zine being distro'd by zine legend Alex Wreck (Stolen Sharpie Revolution etc.) contains a review of my fanzine. (original post re the web review) Photos grabbed with my smartphone from the copy that arrived today.

Front cover.

Both halves of the Zine Reviews section title graphic on pages 14 & 15

More zine art from the review page.

Zine reviews intro from page 14 * Slingshot * Spring 2025 "What is a ‘zine’ you may ask? I’d call it a sort of propaganda of the deed, where the deed is birthing a publication on your own authority. No officials needed: have some thoughts, write them down, draw them out, copy / paste, scissors, gluestick, scan, copy, staples, you get it… and ta-da, a booklet or pamphlet or comic of your very own. Pass ‘em out. Spread the word. The power has been inside you all along. Here are some we’ve read recently:

Reviews by Jose F. "

(full size version) My fanzine reviewed in the zine + their address to send zines.

"Thoughts of You #1 denniswilsonzine.tumblr.com 48 pages – $4 This “zine” is basically a proper glossy magazine. I don’t mind reading things that don’t leave ink on my fingers. This is a Dennis Wilson & Beach Boys charity fanzine, so I shouldn’t be surprised that it’s a tad more upscale than average. But at the same time the fonts are huge and there is a ton of white-space in the layout, kind of like a large print edition for senior citizens. This could have been fit into a zine 75% smaller, but it wouldn’t have been as pretty. Editor Jenna Applesed asks and answers the question: what do the Beach Boys mean to you? It makes this into a perzine variant instead of the more standard fawning teens’ rock star worship. There has been all too much ink dedicated to that nonsense. I review so much political and punk rock fodder that it’s easy to forget that fanzines are actually the OG of the zine scene. The first zines, arguably date back to the 1930s and 40s mostly around science fiction and pop music fandoms. To that end, there have been numerous Beachboy-themed one off publications going back for decades. It makes this one oddly retro, but also makes it feel inevitable, like another Beach Boys release. They say you die twice. Once when you stop breathing and the second, a bit later on, when someone says your name for the last time." "If there's still a post office by the time you're reading this send us a copy of your zine at: Slingshot 3124 Shattuck Ave Berkley, CA 94705 "

#slingshot #slingshot collective #print zines #zine photos #zine reviews #fanzines #reviews #Dennis Wilson #The Beach Boys #zines #zinesters #fanzine #zine #review #zine review #zine reviewers

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yamatossideboob · 10 months ago

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ONE PIECE 1125 Spoilers!!

This week's cowerings from behind the sofa:

iirc thats the carpenter (?) who's the spit of another guy from pre-timeskip, that everyone assumed was the earlier guy which made Oda feel the need to clarify. aw man I hope he's found. Hi Yamato!!!

I feel like the Egghead Arc proper has ended as of last chapter, this to me is firmly in the inter-arc section of the OP cycle.

I'm gonna pretend that Lucci is convinced he *did* kill Stussy, he just doesn't know that this story is written by Eiichiro Oda.

So, during the Onigashima raid part of Wano, I was watching a GLR video, and he pointed out a writing device that Oda uses to subtly guide the reader's mind while they read a chapter, which is again used here: this scene where the vice-admirals are afraid of punishment from Saturn, and where he uses Haki to kill (?) Doberman, is here to get the ideas of PUNISHING FAILURE and ELDER POWER into our heads, so that the more important event that comes in a few pages isn't completely out of nowhere. It's micro-foreshadowing! It's subtle enough that your mind is primed for the next development without being alerted into expecting it. AND FUCK WAS I NOT EXPECTING IT

Also ykw that 200 YEARS AGO caption does the same thing, reminding us how not fucking human the Elders and Imu are. Putting the B in subtle, our Oda.

I hope we find out more about what happened with Emet that day. Did someone else who had the Nika Fruit activate Emet, or was it leftover juice from the Joyboy days?

a lesser appreciator would seeth and cry at York doing a stupid thing like this when she's already more or less won. I, however, benighted and worldly as I am, understand well that one can be equal parts genius and buffoon at the same time 😏

man Oda is just really laying on the fake-out deaths this chapter huh. I feel no need to revise this statement to anticipate future developments, not at all.

i've already said as much, but the fact that the Satellites are digital and robot in nature makes the fake-out easier to forgive. At least Edison & co surviving allows for this new little twist on the gameboard to occur, so now we have yet another Vegapunk causing anti-WG havoc later. And we'll see the Weatheria geezers again!

man I cannot wait for this entire wretched class to be extinguished.

goddddddddddddddd. As soon as Garling showed up I knew it would be serious business. Just HOW serious I did not yet know...

my brain was SCRAMBLING for a split second reading this, trying to remember which Elder was S&D Dept. I thought it was Mars immediately bc he's visibly shook, but then I realised NAH SATURN IS COOKED ISNT HE

Being less facetious, the quickly mounting dread I felt reading this sequence was something I hadn't felt since seeing Saturn transform for the first time earlier this year. How time flies...

This is genuinely terrifying, and fascinating for its story implications later on.

Like, what do we know now? That no one, NO ONE, is safe from Imu, that even Stars can die (heh), that the Elders' diabolical powers are far more transactional than expected, and that even this power has constraints? Much to think about!!

Plus, the vice-admirals must surely have less faith in their exalted leaders, after Doberman's maybe death, and witnessing one dying from a Faustian bargain gone fucked up. This plus Akainu's frustrations with the Celestial Dragons... I think patience with World Nobles will soon reach its limit...

and FIGARLAND FUCKING GARLING!!! This makes his late-game intro make so much more sense now, if he was going to be this big a player in due time. Even the knowledge that a character exists can lead to speculation, and this fandom can be clever indeed. Saving Garling only for when necessary made this twist hit as hard as it did... Oda fucking blindsided us babes. Kudos.

Also yeah I'm not even going to joke here, Saturn is DEAD. I'm glad Oda got those earlier fake-outs out of the way earlier, this helped this demise hit harder too lmfao. and fuck, what a way to remind us what a threat Imu really is, I was chilled by this.

ykw it makes sense that the Vegas had spare parts laying around. I hate this though bc when me and my OP bestie was discussing this chapter, she accused me of wanting to "Scrooge McDuck dive into a pile of headless robotiddy York torsos", and I was furious bc she was completely right lads.

Koala taking notes, gwan gerl use that literacy

I love that the RA are taking this new information so seriously, and considering the possibilities in such a clearheaded manner. I need these guys to make a big splash in the final war, and most of GET READY EVERYONE BECAUSE MONEY D. DRAGON IS FINALLY ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING! MAYBE!

No but fr things are going to get worse before they get better and its going to hurt, bc Oda's writing this and we're about to see old locations and past friends duke it out for whatever scraps they can muster before FLOOD 2 FLOOD HARDER hits. This won't be pretty friends 😥

But that's a problem for the next arc, as now we'll probably do a quick round robin and see how everyone else is doing before we commit to Elbaf. New chapter in 7 days! See ye all there nakama! 💪✖️

#op spoilers #live from ohara #ELECTRIFYING chapter good heavens

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jackalopc · 3 months ago

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Hi, is it alright to call you/refer to you as Jack, would you prefer I just use your full URL as an ID, or is there another name you'd like me to use? I can't seem to find a name/alias anywhere on your blog (description, pinned post, a linked 'about' or 'byf' page) - or pronouns, for that matter (that hasn't really come up in how I'm structuring any asks or replies, but feels prudent to add it in while I'm here), which obviously you are under no obligation to share, but I do just want to check whether it's alright to, in lieu of specific info or instructions otherwise, default to they/them for you, or would you prefer no pronouns, just name/url?

- R.A.

hey np! i need to make a proper intro post here asap ty fir reminding me.

amyways tho most folks just call me jack, short for my username! tho full user is fine too not picky.

i'm mostly not picky about pronouns, any are fine so long as they're not it/its or similar*. she/her and they/them are most common and what i find i lean towards the most anyways.

* similar as in dehumanizing or objectifying and i mean those both in the most literal/literary sense (bc i know ofc that can be subjective). so like most common neo pronouns like xe/xir or even the fae ones fine but like not stuff like pup/puppy or similar if that makes sense? 😅 hopefully it does. those are less common ofc but still i realize that "any" does in fact leave it open to any.

edit: for context im gender apathetic (like, yeah i'm a cis woman but thats more a technicality than anything i just... don't really care and i don't really assign my gender much value? in terms of idenitity. though i don't lack gender either)

#; personal #redfly anon

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blazingstaro · 2 years ago

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FREEBIE QUESTION, BUT IT'S FOR ALL OF YOUR FANDOM CHARACTERS AND ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

SPILL THE TEA TO ME, SIS!!!

HFJSI GIRRRLLLL YOU'RE OPENING PANDORA'S BOX

In terms of main Kirby OCs (fandom/franchise characters):

Eave, Twyla, Fintan, Slinx, Squire, King Orpheus, Jesse, Ducky and the Dusters, Princess Alatariel, Nimue & Gilroy, and Malacai

I love all my goobers to pieces! And Orpheus, oh Orpheus has taken over my life. I no longer have control over my story because of him. It's his story now, and I'm the lowly servant who's constantly subjected to his demands for me to rewrite things 😭 I've rewritten his intro episode at least 5 times, and now he's injected himself into DotS:MMM. Orpheus PLEASE I NEED A BREAK— I WAS JUST FINISHING PART 6 IN SCRIPT FORMAT YOU JERK

Thia man's made me rewrite his ENTIRE BACKSTORY THREE TIMES! And now I have to rewrite his WHOLE NOVEL SERIES. YES THE WHOLE NOVEL DEDICATED TO JUST HIM. I have to rewrite it from THE GROUND UP. JUST AS I FINISHED CHAPTER 2.

CHAPTER 2 HAS BEEN COMPLETELY SLAMMED OUT OF CANON. I spent 4 months writing it and he just went "mmmm nah, not canon". 20+ pages. TWENTY. PLUS. PAGES. Right in the trash. Gone. Reduced to atoms. I love Orpheus. But he likes to make me work. I'm not allowed to relax 😭 and what's worse is that's also in character for him 😭😭😭😭 I can't control this man, he controls MEEEE *SOB*

Woes aside– Main official characters that I manage in DotS are the following:

Meta Knight, Galacta Knight, Sir/King Arthur, Magolor, Kirby (shared), and Bandana Waddle Dee (shared)

My sis and co-writer @starlightfyre handles other officials in our AU! She's got King Dedede, Taranza, all of Arthur's knights (Falspar, Dragato, etc.), and more!

They're all pretty neat! :D

Original character and original content rambling below the cut here, if anyone is interested in my OG projects:

In terms of active proper OCs, my main cast has been demoted to just being doodle buddies and officially retired from being a series. All my OCs are sorta on standby until I have some story ideas for them! My mains under World Jumpers are these goobers:

Oswald, Tempest, Blaize, Asoné, Raymond, and Xylea! Ozzy and Tempest are the protagonists with the rest being secondary!

I've wrestled with their story for so long that I decided to throw in the towel and admit defeat early this year. It's been 14 long years with these guys collectively, and no actual plot or meaning to their story? Yeah no time to shelve it for good. I have a very fleshed out world for them, but it's really detailed to the point where it's kinda convoluted, but it's been set in stone for so long that I can't undo it without shattering everything

So I figured it'd just be better to start fresh with something else later. I love WJ, but after the history I've had with WJ, it's better that I leave it to rest. The world and story was too big for just me, and I tried for years to find a partner as passionate about the world as I was, but none were. I lost my passion after getting burned out due to stress writing and drawing everything. I love WJ, love my characters and world, but it's a story that never wanted to be told

Since then I've sort of been at a loss on what to do next in terms of original projects. I've got loads of WIP ideas and concepts from over the years, but none have really jumped up at me like DotS has for years 😭

I have a lot of OCs, like A LOT. I had a list and there's like easily 100+ named characters in WJ's universe alone

The others are much smaller! These are all my WIP OG stories:

Project: "Listen" | Animated anthro film inspired by "Cats Don't Dance", focuses on Kaeden who is a mute genet whose dream is to be an actor, despite having a job as a director easily lined up for him. Faces a bit of adversity in a market that hankers for a voice; he becomes friends with a frustrated actress who's been locked into the same kind of roles for years, and wishes to do more, who becomes a voice for Kaeden when he needs it most (I aspire to have an actual deaf/mute person be Kaeden's voice through sign language, since animators will nees references for his dialogue; they'll be put in the credits as his voice because they are! LOVE!)

Project: "Dragon Rider" | Sort of a chosen-one story with a twist, focuses on the struggle between duty and desire. Female protagonist is the prophesized reincarnation of a figure that's meant to bring her tribe into a new golden age, but when she bonds with an unexpected and common kind of dragon (and not the big gaudy one they expected), she faces a dilemma: follow the wishes of her people or her own heart?

Project: "Willemina" | Sci-fi detective story that was originally a spinoff of WJ, so it's set in the same universe. Main protag is non-binary hoomin (human-like species of mine), Willemina, a former space ranger gone private detective investigating the mysterious murder of a local guardian. Will befriends the late guardian's companion, a sweet little Weapon Spirit, and sets out to solve the mystery together (and discovering said weapon spirit's very useful defensive abilities)

Most everyone from each respective story has concept art or complete designs!

#answered #oc asks #fc asks #character asks #fan character asks #asks open #blazin beeps #blazin answers #oc rambling #fc rambling #kirby #kirby series #magolor #dreams of the stars #hoshi no kirby #kirby oc #hoshi no kaabii

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maurofonseca · 2 years ago

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I don't know if you talked about it before, but how much do you have planned out for your own comic idea you've posted parts of before? Or generally how do you prepare and outline your own story ideas?

both too much and not enough, if you learn from me do so only to learn what not to do lol

Gonna ramble a bit, so adding a read more.

I've got a lot of ideas and concepts, enough to do like 5 years of continuous monthly comics, but I can't really do that, I'm physically unable to, need to pay rent etc. So I've got a lot of ideas around in word documents, on sketchbooks, etc, and then a rough plan in my head- a starting point, and the decision to make it into short stories, something I can do in a few pages and be concluded, rather than launch into "this is going to be my 1035 chapter manga" and then be unable to continue just one chapter in (as has happened in the past).

So, end of the day, what does this mean. I've got a roadmap in my head of the immediate first three chunks, think of it like "years" though again, I can't really do this consistently enough for that to make sense. I know I want to do the story of the Tournament that was mentioned in my small comic I did to intro the characters; I know I want to do a few stories first before that, leading to it; and I know I want to, aside, do the stories I was planning to do with Public-Domain-Mickey, and have them also lead to the tournament, a crossing of two different comics in the same setting, basically.

So, where's any of this going? Well, I've had a lot of Sonic comic work, so not much of anywhere. My plan for most of this year was to put the "lead to tournament" and "tournament" arcs in the backburner, maybe for 2025 and 2026, and focus on the Public-Domain-Mickey story first. The plan was to draw it by now, I had the breakdowns done, I'd roped a friend to help write, I was gonna do it in about 40 pages, etc.

And then I realised that worldwide law is not just different from US law, in this case it's VERY different, and outside the US Mickey will only be public domain decades from now. So now I need to rework that stuff, make substitute pastiche characters, and the urgency of "have it done by Jan 1 2024" is gone. So now I'm thinking different formats- maybe do the full-page short stories with Lalla etc, and the not!Mickey ones as a newspaper strip format?

And of course, again, it's easy to plan forever and do nothing, or to bite more than you can chew. So now my plan is again to just sit down and plan a 12-or-so page "pilot" story about Lalla Shepherd, Jackie Pollard, Lily Rock, etc, the start of it all. If I can do that, then I'll think what I do next. But the plan is to keep it focused on short things- not huge 150 page graphic novels, small amounts of pages, preferably divisible by 4 so they're easily postable in social media like Twitter or Bluesky, etc.

As for how do I plan it and draw it proper etc- I follow the advice of a pretty terrible man whose youtube I used to follow, and I divide the story in 3. Beginning, middle, end. I quickly assign an idea to each of those elements. Then, subdivide- the beginning, middle, end of the Beginning; the beginning, middle, end of the Middle; etc. Keep doing it like this and you'll have enough pages eventually

That's the theory. In practice, of course, it's not as easy. I don't do well writing directly- I do that to organise ideas, but to make comic pages proper, my brain needs visuals, so I start doing thumbnails, and getting a feeling for "this can come here, this can come there, this is taking too long so I can remove this page, I need a page here".

Once I'm happy with that, I can start going into pencils; but also, I start thinking dialogue. I add dialogue to the thumbnails (now resized up, of course) so I can have a feel for how much text per panel, etc. Now, I've got a lot of complexes about language. I want my characters to read naturally like the language they're speaking, or are supposed to, which is a problem for me when writing characters that're mostly either from fantasy-Britain or fantasy-US. So by this point I consider my dialogue just a rough draft, and I get friends from those nationalities to go over it, make them feel natural, etc, and I assign it to characters in specific- asking US friends to verify the dialogue of fantasyUS characters, but not of fantasyUK characters, etc. And then for Lily, since she's fantasyPortuguese, I write her dialogue in Portuguese and translate it to English, to intentionally leave any bits of odd grammar or turns of phrase. It's me projecting my own insecurities on my English lol

Dunno. End of the day, I've not written that much stuff myself. I've mostly in my life been either an illustrator or a comics penciller of other people's scripts, so I don't have the most experience here. Hoping this helps something, and hoping I can finally in 2024 justify all this bluster with having actual comics for reading and sale.

#ask

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manonamora-if · 2 years ago

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Oh I almost forgot it's Sunday.... And the start of a new month... and it's been 6 months since Jan... I'll do the whole 6month check in later this week... Welps a small one for now!

Because work and other stuff, progress has slowed a bit. MelS is on the last investigation part. And I should be starting the first round of edits next week. Time willing, we maaaaayyyy be looking at a end of July/start of August release???? MelS free time is super limited unfortunately. He tried to add words when he can....

Not a template... BUT AN ACTUAL SUGARCUBE GUIDE!

Making its premiere debut, 85% complete... the Twine SugarCube Guide, covering from the basics of the basics to start out with the format, to ALL the macros, some customisation, and more advanced stuff.

Get your guide today!!!!

Did you know I've been pretty much working on it only for the past... three weeks or so?

My final entry for the Neo Twiny Jam: Clarence Street 14. Completed in 3hs (and I had dinner in between). It's pretty ugly, and the story is not much brighter...

I wasn't thinking much when I wrote it. It came pretty much by itself while I was struggling to create a 500-only parser for the jam (next year!).

An Eggcelent Preparation ranked 6th at the Text-Adventure Literacy Jam. While it is in the bottom-half of the ranking, I received an overall of 3.510/5 (or 7/10 ~with 17 votes), which is crazy high for a ranked jam! Lots of really good entry indeed!! Very tough competition, with mainly experienced creators!

And for a first proper parser try, I'm pretty happy with myself. I received 2 glowing reviews as well! This is a proper win, right there!

I'm going to do a post-mortem to wrap up this project, sometimes this month....

NOTE: the game page of the English version might disappear, in preference to the French/OG one (which I need to update). I will notify it here as well, but just in case, here's a head's up!

A few hours left for latecomers to submit to the Neo Twiny Jam..

And then I will be wrapping it all up :)

In the meantime, all entries have been played ! and reviewed on @manonamora-if-reviews (it might be in the queue if not posted). I've been so busy this week...

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Some random stuff:

I need to update my website at one point, I haven't since may, and EDOC doesn't have a page yet (neither are the other jams mentioned....)

I may or may not have sent an intent to participate in the IntroComp to test out an idea that has been floating in my brain for a while. Whether it happens is another story.

You can submit an intent to the Intro Comp (I won't this year, really can't).

Anti-Romance Jam is ending in less than 2 weeks!!!! Get your submissions in!!

A bit less than 2 months to submit to the Orifice Jam as well!

Another non-ranked SFW jam will be popping up soon-ish.

Also another thing this week will be dropping (in relation to jams)

I think that's IT!

~toodles~

#progress #devlog #edoc #ttateh #clarence street 14 #template #templates #neotwinyjam

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rainbeaufunfetti · 7 months ago

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Intro + Directory

Hello everyone! I figured I might as well make a more cleaned-up pinned post, since the first one was old and a bit out-dated. I'll put the important links first for ease of navigation, and the intro proper under a cut.

My About Page- TBA.

Other Places- A page to link to other blogs or social media, or even a website if I ever get around to making one. TBA.

My Ko-Fi- I offer commissions and sell adopts here on occasion! (Don't mind the header atm, since I don't actually use most of those sites very much; it just looked naked without them. Also RIP CoHost; you could've been so cool if your operators weren't so fucking stupid...)

What is this blog for?

It's a blog that's primarily for SFW furry art, as well as a bit of kidcore/rainbowcore/scenecore sort of aesthetics- think furry art that was popular in the mid to late 2000's to early 10's and you'll have the idea. I'm aroace, and don't really care for a lot of fetishes besides, so I do my best to keep anything sexually charged off of the blog, because I don't want to think about that here; this is not what it's for.

Who are you?

I am me! I dunno yet how I want to be addressed on this blog. I'd prefer they/them as a start, though. (Bit of a disclaimer; I am, in fact, cis, but I feel really uncomfortable being referred to by my usual pronouns by strangers online. I feel disgruntled every time someone mistakes me for a boy, tho, so this is just to avoid that mistake right off the bat. Being disrespectful of this choice in any direction gets you blocked.) It is important to note that I am still an adult, and therefore reserve the right to talk like one (i.e. cursing like a sailor on occasion, tho I'll try to reign that in a little here).

What's with the "dragon"?

That's Beau! Rainbeau Velvette, to be more specific. He has a sister but I haven't finalized her design yet. Some of his own design is subject to change a little, as well, but some details like his body color and his belly and the golden ganache were details that were planned from the beginning. Basically his deal is that he's the mascot for this blog! Him and his sister, and maybe an as-of-yet unconceived third entity. His sister Darke Velvette is basically his opposite, visually and personality-wise. She's not mean or angry, though; she just comes across as kinda stony, and maybe has a little RBF going on. It's only partially intentional.

This is all I've got for now. This post is subject to be changed or replaced in the not-so-distant future, especially as I adjust the blog from time to time (I still haven't settled on a theme yet and it's bugging me bc my needs are both vague yet specific).

#Introduction #Directory #Mun Post #Pinned Post

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tullecake · 10 months ago

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intro post/masterpost of sorts because i've been procrastinating it :D

hello !! welcome to my page :D ★ (or if you see this on your feed- hi :3)

you can call me Ren, Dot, or Tulle(like the fabric) !! I'm just an a silly person who draws sometimes :3

★ a lot more under the cut !! ★

since i mostly draw on here, sometimes I'll take requests! --

requests I'll likely do: ★ fun or wholesome stuff :D ★ maybe some light angst here and there ★ my ocs! ★ your ocs! :D

requests I will not do: ★ blatant triggering topics (I wont be posting anything graphic on this page including subjects like heavy blood and gore or super mature themes, etc) ★ fetish content of ANY character (don't try and trick me into it either or you're getting the block - you know who you are *squints*) ★ proships and the like (NO.)

disclaimers :D --

★ I am anxious and awkward !! I will admit to that wholeheartedly :'D I get nervous and overthink a lot, which includes things like my own posts- if I don't respond to a message/ask/request immediately, chances are I'm hyping myself up to respond! so please be patient with me ^^, otherwise, I'd be really happy to answer requests and asks once I get around to them :3

★ it is okay to repost my art as long as proper credit is given !! even better if there's a link back to my original post :D however, it is not okay to trace or steal my art !! (I can always make tutorials if you feel the need to do those things due to a lack of confidence in your own art- just ask :3)

★ I do not take commissions (yet) due to things like pricing, my inconsistent artstyle, and motivation but !! I am willing to do art trades :D (again like requests, it may take me a minute depending on a bunch of factors- but I'm always open to them unless stated otherwise!!) (esp if we're mutuals - I'm shy but I'm trying to interact more :'D)

tags :D --

★ any of my drawings: #my art ★ my unfinished drawings and wips: #my wips ★ my doodles/nonpolished drawings: #doodles ★ other ppls drawings: #art reblog ★ me yapping: #renrenrambles ★ me answering asks: #renrenanswers ★ any of my drawings that were requested: #renrenrequests ★ my favorite posts from other ppl: #renrenfavorites

★ my sonadow fankid au: #sonusverse au ★ specific ocs will be tagged under their names :3

socials :D --

★ I have a tiktok and pinterest of the same user, but I don't post on them often (if at all)

#tullecake #the long awaited/j #masterpost #meet the artist #sonic #sth #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fandom #vocaloid #sonicsona #my pinned post yayy #long post but yea :3 #ill probably edit this every once in a while if anything changes ^^

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florasearlethirdyear · 2 years ago

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Investigative Study Intro

5000 word essay

Choose a subject you are passionate or curious about

Want to hear your voice in essay

Primary and secondary research-interviews, surveys, your own experiments, exhibitions, books, movies and podcasts

Group tutorials and 121 sign ups

Final Submission:

1: Essay-1 copy submitted on Wiseflow:

Should be in academic format

Title page (name, course details, essay title)

Font 10 point Arial

Double spaced

List of figure

Reference list in Harvard style

2: Designed Cover and Synopsis:

PDF cover that expresses the theme of your essay, with its title and your name

PDF of your synopsis of study typographically set as an internal page

Do's and Don't's:

Under no circumstance use words or ideas of others without a proper citation

Use Harvard referencing

Reference as you go along

Quotes should be pretty short, under 40 words unless vital

Describe the images and visual info in detail

You will need to explain how your witten research is related to your viscom work. A sentence or two can cover the LO of how your research relates to your practice. Are you interested in social innovation, type of sustainability etc

Making a padlet/miro/mural boards will help connect the dots

First person narrative can be really strong

For Friday:

Notes for oral presentation:

Over the summer I had been reading Unwell Women By Elinor Cleghorn, a book about the history of women and medicine. I felt inspired by the stories to look into women's health campaigns and how the visual communication of this has impacted and reflected women's position in society and how, by extension, it has impacted their health. This asserts visual communication as being more than just pretty pictures, but a means for societal change and sadly, continuous reinforcements of patriarchy. Although the book does address western campaigns, I wanted more examples and so looked to All-American Ads by Ed. Jim Heimann from the 40s to 90s. It was interesting to observe how the quantity and openness of advertisements for reproductive health upped steadily with each decade.

My next steps are to look into feminist, marketing and media theories to link into the discussion of the visual language of the campaigns. I studied media at A-Level, but my memory fails me in regards to what theories and language was used to study advertisements, I recall semiotics but that is all, so advice on this would be greatly beneficial to me.

3 keywords:

Feminism, Media, Medicine

#unit 1 #investigative study

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miraculouslbcnreactions · 5 months ago

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'You are the best at this! No one else has ever or could ever do better!'

Whenever one of the Kwamis or establish guardians says this, it really does make you wonder just how badly previous Chosen screwed up, doesn't it? I don't think Marinette and Adrien are the worst, but the best in the several thousand year long history of the miraculous? Really? Plagg, Tikki, what have you been through? Who hurt you??? Is this why you're so bad at giving advice?

Moving on!

As an example of how to do a proper push and pull there's the obvious issue of the temp heroes joining the cast. Right now, it's an incredibly random event. Hawkmoth wasn't suddenly a greater threat than ever in season two. Akumas are just so incredibly random that he finally hit powers that required additional help even though the akumas in question were hardly Ladynoir's worst fights. That's an incredibly lackluster reason to change the duo to a team. Here are three ways you could fix that:

Have the temp heroes be introduced after Mayura. Hawkmoth got an ally so it makes sense for the heroes to get ones, too

Make Adrien's self-sacrificing streak an actual issue in the narrative and the temp heroes get brought in because he's not wrong about Ladybug needing to survive every fight, but there's a better way to handle that (this is my personal fix for Nino's intro. Carapace should have joined the team to fix the issue of Ladybug needing a protector who could take more than one hit.)

This is a lesser choice than the other two, but it still works: introduce the temp heroes for some subplot reason that doesn't technically make them needed but that's interesting enough that the audience doesn't care. Redeeming Chloe is the obvious example. If you want to redeem her by giving her a relationship with the heroes that isn't tainted by their history with her, then you need to expand the team and it makes sense to not have her be the only addition. This is what I initially thought canon was doing.

With any of these, you should start by putting the heroes in a situation where they almost lose or even just can't win and that leads to the temp heroes being introduced as a plot point. That almost loss should be a season finale, mid-season special, or a season intro that then leads into an overarching plot about the temp heroes being picked and joining the team. Then Hawkmoth gets another upgrade that makes the temp heroes not enough and so on. In fact, here's a quick template for how canon could have been better re upgrades, allowing for that push and pull element that canon is missing without any major changes to the canon plot. Most you'd need to do is change the timing of a few episodes:

Season one: intro season, no new powers or allies

Season two: Hawkmoth is getting more creative in his akumas, so we introduce the potions AND ACTUALLY USE ALL OF THEM. We're in season six and over half of the potions have never been used (the wiki page is actually embarrassing. We don't even know what the powers are supposed to be for the unused ones. They're just colors). The space power ups aren't even given a true debut. They're just randomly used at the start of the NYC special. Only Ice and Water get an episode dedicated to them. What a waste of good padding!!!

Season three: Mayura shows up, leading to a fight where Chat Noir gets taken out too early and Ladybug almost loses. Master Fu saves the day, but only due to the element of surprise. He's too old to fight in every fight, so new holders must be chosen leading to the temp heroes being introduced with purpose.

Season four: Now that the peacock is fixed, unification is introduced on the villain side, leading the heroes to discover it too. This allows both the main and temp heroes to have new powers, though I will say that all the temp heroes should be full time by this point. This is an alternative to the whole class getting miraculous, btw. That was always a terrible idea. The team should be no more than seven. To explain why unification wasn't around before, maybe have it be something Fu didn't know about and also change the miracle box to only be the top layer. Su-Han brings the zodiac miraculous with him and introduces unification, making him narratively useful instead of a pointless addition. The heroes can decided to do a mix of unification and new teams members of you want to add Alix, Luka, and Kagami at this point since they have pretty major roles and it's arguably a major change to cut them.

Season five: magical charms get introduced and are never defeated. Maybe have them be why Gabriel makes the alliance as that's what lets him get around them instead of the silly Megakuma. Or have the charms be why he's on a time limit as less and less victims become available to him, making him go a little crazy. (Anything but the cataclysm death. Please, I beg you, it's way too dark.) Also maybe have it so Gabriel only gets the zodiac box, allowing his power up to lead to legitimatly harder fights. Ladynoir being able to beat him when he has all the miraculous really devalues the already kinda worthless temp heroes. That's the only major change I'd really push for.

There are other ways to do all of the above, but this shows you how a show like this would normally work. Villain gets more dangerous -> new power/ally introduced -> villain gets more dangerous -> new power/ally introduced -> villain gets more dangerous -> new power/ally introduced. It doesn't need to be anything major. Most of the time, the Winx Club just got new outfits every season, but that was still enough to excite fans and make things feel new and shiny. Plus those transformation songs slap!

I just realized that, in the 5 seasons finales, LB&CN NEVER won :(

-S1: Origins, the start of everything so it doesn’t exactly count. Volpina is the last chapter before those, but now that Lila seems to be the new HM, and since it was LB’s “mistake” that made her a nemesis, their victory comes empty in the long run.

-S2: Heroes’ Day, I consider it a tie, because the status quo changed to HM’s favor. After all seemed lost, LB&CN got a second wind and they managed to corner him, pointing to their victory; there was no way to foresee Mayura’s arrival. HM didn’t win, but is no longer alone against them. From a narrative pov, in my humble opinion, it is a nice season finale to set up S3.

-S3: Battle of the Miraculous, LB makes a mistake born of jealousy, leading to the capture of Master Fu, HM claiming the Miracle Box and Chloe’s betrayal. Aftermath: Fu’s gone, temp heroes’ identities revealed to HW and Mayura, the translation of the grimoire is in enemy hands, allowing him to repair the broken Peacock miraculous, and Chloe starts hating LB. The heroes recovering the miracle box at the end is just a small win contrasted to everything else.

-S4: Shadow Moth’s Final Attack, the Miracle Box is in HM’s hands after LB makes another love-related mistake by being deceived by Felix into thinking he was Adrien; behold the rise of Monarch. Our heroes have their worst defeat so far.

-S5: The Final Day *insert TLOZ: Majora Mask’ Last Day theme*. Gabriel, the person who antagonized our heroes these five seasons, the one who was supposed to be defeated, brought to justice, manages to outsmart Bug Noire because she had faith in the man, and makes the wish. (Though I heard that Mari won because Gabriel didn't wish for Emilie at the end, so... it is supposed to be the heroes' victory, I guess?)

I'm pretty sure this came up somewhere in the comments or reblogs of my post about Marinette being written like a villain, but in the context of the finals, Gabriel is written like a classic superhero. The only exception being Origins which isn't really a final so I don't think it counts. Instead we'll do Volpina into Collector.

Season One: The heroes almost out Gabriel's identity, but he makes a last minute brilliant plan to save himself and beat his enemies, forever putting himself off their radar.

Season Two: Gabriel almost loses, but an unexpected ally swoops in to save him at the last second. She then becomes his new teammate for the rest of the show.

Season Three: Gabriel almost wins, but fails at the last moment due to a deus ex machina. Still, he ends the season with new knowledge that will make him stronger than ever as he faces his enemy in the coming fights.

Season Four: Gabriel once again loses the battle, leaving him in his darkest hour, only for another unexpected ally to swoop in and give him a major powerup, allowing him to go into the final season ready to put it all on the line.

Season Five: Gabriel once again loses the battle, but when all hope seems lost, his enemy's hubristic monologuing gives him the win, allowing him to achieve the victory he's been fighting for all along. He even gets to change his mind on what victory means for him, showing more growth than anyone else in this mess of a show. (For this, we're going to ignore the insane and deeply insensitive idea that being unable to live without your spouse is a happy ending and meaningful lesson about grief.)

To be fair, it's not totally unheard of for heroes to fail at the start or in the midgame, but I'm struggling to think of another show that did it this poorly. Usually, the heroes lose as a way to set up the plot for the next season or arc. During this follow-up plot, the heroes usually earn a new power or skill so they can come back and win. Miraculous doesn't do that. Things like Gabriel's season four win lead to nothing for the heroes even though a lot of us were expecting season five to see something like the heroes recovering a different miraculous every episode as Ladynoir came back stronger than ever now that the season four nonsense was done with.

But season five wasn't about getting the Kwamis back or about Ladynoir being stronger than ever. It was about Adrienette getting together and Gabriel being against that even though he was seemingly fine with it in both what-if episodes begging the question of what changed?

Season four wasn't about cool new guardian powers or rebuilding the team from scratch. All of the status quos were maintained. The only big difference was that Gabriel got the ability to use the peacock without dying even though it would have been infinitely more satisfying if season five had him dying from a broken miraculous instead of a cataclysm. Same plot, just without the complication of Adrien technically killing his father.

Season three wasn't about figuring out how to stop new villain Maurya. She only goes away because she gets too sick to fight. The heroes don't do anything to stop her. They just got lucky.

When you look at the various power ups that the show introduces - the potions, unification, new miraculous, etc. - there is no overarching narrative logic for why those power ups are being introduced. That's why they're often only used for something interesting in their intro episode. After that, they're just kind of there. I don't think they ever come back to save the day in a season final like you'd expect. The only one who gets lasting power ups that effect the whole season is the villain.

Heroes can also have less-than-perfect victories in satisfying stories. A lot of my personal favorites are a little bittersweet. But none of Miraculous' losses fit that bill either. The closest we get is the season five ending because the heroes did get the miraculous back, but it's hard to call that a victory. I'm not even sure why they need them back. Unless the story randomly decides that Ladynoir isn't enough for today's fight, the temp heroes aren't needed. That's why Ladynoir was perfectly fine for all of season five even though they were fighting a villain with every other power! It's actually really funny when you think about it. Heroes like Viperion should be at every fight because their powers feel essential. Yet Viperion only shows up a handful of times. Times when Ladynoir is suddenly struggling to win even though they've faced plenty of one-hit K.O. villains before. The show's internal logic is a mess.

Then again, this is also the show that consistently lets the villain's love empower him while the heroes' love leads to the end of the world, so I guess this is just kind of par for the course.

#lore discussion #I have this blog because the show has such glaring basic flaws that it's fascinating #I wouldn't be here if it was just generically bad

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bellmo15-blog · 2 years ago

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NINTENDO HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT ZELDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone, SidonSimpNumber1111101 here bringing you another video. In this video I’m gonna explain to you in excruciating detail about how NINTENDO HAS ABOANDOND THE LEGEND OF ZELDA AND DOESN’T CARE ABOUT IT ANYMORE! But before we get into that make sure to hit that like button and please subscribe even though this is likely your first video of mine you’re watching but 0% of you people watching are actually subscribed so I need that ad revenue. Do you want me to go poor? Do you want me to be kicked out of my house and live on the street? FUCKING SUBSCRIBE ALREADY YOU DINGLEBAT!!! Also, I just want to point out that this video is sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends. Stay tuned to the middle of the video where I will randomly segway into the add.

So some of you may be watching this and have no idea what the Legend of Zelda series is. And that is an understandable thing to wonder seeing as how it’s been five months since the last game which is too long for a series to go without a new game so let me give you some history. You see, our story actually begins well before the Nintendo Entertainment System was even a thing. When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child of around 10 or so years I think while out exploring he found a cave but knew that he…

“Dude, just skip this whole part. Seriously.”

Wha… Who the Hell are you!?

“Oh, you know. BellmoTheGreat. The guy who runs this page? The guy who’s house you’ve broken into just to make this video? The video that you, ignoring the overly long intro, thought to start the video proper by giving people an overly long history lesion about how the Zelda series was even created while also ignoring the fact that most people watching this will likely be Zelda fans who already know the series history?”

But…. It’s important to the topic of the video!?

“How is going into overly long detail about a history that most people know already anyway relevant to the topic of how Nintendo has ‘’’forgotten’’’ Zelda? Be honest, you just want an excuse to get this video over 10 minutes for the sake of monetization.”

…… Okay, well maybe the people DO know the history. In that case, let’s skip to the important part of this video. Our sponsor! Raid Shadow Legends is a free to play mobile…

“No dude, don’t do this either!”

What!? Don’t get sponsors!?!? Do you WANT me to go hungry!?!?

“No, I mean DON’T put the ad for your sponsor in the middle of your video! This is something that literally every Youtuber has been doing recently and it’s really annoying when it happens because not only does it interrupt the video randomly but everyone always skips it anyway! I know this because any time you people put an ad in the middle of your video’s I can literally see where the add ends thanks to the ‘most replayed’ part of the video tab where everyone always skips two.”

Well then mister ‘I don’t even have a 100,000 subscribers on my channel’ where SHOULD I put my ads?

“Oh, I don’t know. How about at THE END of a video!? Where it won’t feel like it interrupts anything?”

You know, that is actually smart advice. So I’ll ignore it come next video.

“*Sigh.*”

Anyway, the reason Nintendo has forgotten about one of their greatest video game franchises is because IT’S BEEN FIVE MONTHS MAN!!! THAT’S TWO LONG TO GO WITHOUTH A NEW GAME!!! Does Nintendo just not care anymore!?!? Has Nintendo just forgotten about its most important franchise!?!? The Switch barley has any Zelda representation on it at all! We need a new game! We need a new ANYTHING! WE NEED A NEW…

“Stop! Okay just… stop!”

Oh what now!?!?

“Nintendo ‘doesn’t care for the Zelda series anymore?’ Mate, do you even read your scripts? Or did you just take the easy way out and use ChatBotGT to write this because you have such little confidence in yourself in regards to your writing?”

Yes I do read my own scripts that I write! I’m reading it right now as I’m recording this! And it’s true! Nintnedo DOES NOT care for Zelda anymore.

“………… Hey, you know how you tried to start this video of with a pointless history lesion?”

What? Why are you…

“March 3rd 2017. The Nintendo Switch launches and one of the launch titles is Zelda Breath of the Wild. A game that was announced back in 2013 well before anyone even knew about the Nintendo Switch and was one of the most anticipated games for the Wii U. And while the Wii U version did get released nearly everyone who got a Switch also got the Switch version of Breath of the Wild even if they already had a Wii U. I know this is true because I was one of those people. It then goes on to be one of the best selling games in the series and would get DLC later on in the year for both versions.

The following year not only does Hyrule Warriors get re-released on the Nintendo Switch but it is arguably the best way to play the game because it has all of the DLC content that was added to prior releases as well as the gameplay additions that were added on the Legends release such as character switching and the My Fairy system. And let’s not forget how Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got updated to add in a new costume for Link of his Breath of the Wild design along with the Master Cycle Zero from the BotW DLC. Or Super Smash Bros Ultimate also coming out that year which not only featured Breath of the Wild Link but also Link Between Worlds Zelda, Ocarina of Time Gannondorf, both Young Link and Toon Link along with returning Zelda Themed stages from Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, Spirit Tracks and the new Shieka Tower and pair that with Ultimate's new Spirit System and you got a Smash game that represents nearly everything Zelda related! Or how about Nintendo Switch Online adding in Nintendo Entertainment System games and one of those games that was bundled with its launch was the very first Legend of Zelda game with Adventure of Link eventually being added later?

2019, Nintendo does another Zelda crossover between them and Crypt of the Necrodancer in the form of Cadence of Hyrule. SNES games are added to NSO and guess what one of the first games that got added was? That’s right, Zelda Link to the Past! Oh and also the remake of Link’s Awakening was both announced and released this year along with the then un-named sequel to Breath of the Wild also being announced at E3!

2020! Not only does Hyrule Warriors get a sequel with Age of Calamity, but it also serves as a prequel to the events of Breath of the Wild. And then there’s Nintendo 64 games being added to Nintendo Switch Online via the expansion. For as much shit as this service gets it did also come with Ocarina of Time as one of the first games along with Majora’s Mask also being added later.

Then 2021 comes and Skyward Sword is announced to be getting a Switch Port. Controversial as this game might be it is still an important part of the Zelda series and still a game many hold close to there hearts. Also, Age of Calamity gets DLC. Towards the end of the year Nintendo releases a Zelda Game and Watch similar to the Mario one released the prior year which came with Zelda 1, 2, the original Link’s Awakening and a Zelda skin version of the Game and Watch classic Wack and Mole.

Yes, 2022 was mostly a silent year but when 2023 rolled around not only did we get Minish Cap re-released via the Gameboy Advanced feature of NSO but Tears of the Kingdom finally releases in May! Oh, and also Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages are added to NSO as well. 2 months ago! In July! In fact, the Nintendo Switch has had SO MUCH Zelda in the past six years of it’s life that it’s amazing you can title this video ‘Nintendo has forgotten about Zelda’ with a straight face. Even if you don’t want to count everything in between Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom because they were either spin offs, remakes or re-releases you still had so much Zelda to hold you over in the past half decade! Compare that to a franchise like the Mother series where only the second game was ever released internationally under the name of just Earthbound on the SNES in the 90’s, Mother 3 never getting an official release outside Japan despite Nintendo being aware of the fact that people want the game to officially be released and the only official Mother related things we have gotten since then are the first game finally getting localized in 2015 and released on the Wii U eShop titled Earthbound Beginnings along with the expected re-released of Earthbound on NSO. Or how about Startropics where the last game was released in 1994? That franchise is two years older than me! So tell me, with all that considered, how has Nintendo ‘forgotten’ about Zelda friend?”

… Umm… Well… Okay, if your going to be like that then I’ll just say they have forgotten about another Nintendo franchsie like Splatoon!

“*Sigh.* One year! It’s been one year since Splatoon 3 released and it’s still being regularly updated with new stuff and has players still playing it. Hell, we JUST got a trailer for the Side Order DLC recently so can you really say Splatoon is ‘forgotten?’”

Okay then… Pikmin!

“Not only has Pikmin 4 been released this year but you can get every single prior Pikmin game on Switch as well! The Switch is literally the best way to play this series since it’s all there minus Hey Pikmin.”

Umm… Err… F-Zero! Yeah I could totally make a video on F-Zero!

“Okay, ignoring the fact that it took 20 years for a new entry in this series to even come out Nintendo said that they HAD wanted to make a new F-Zero game for years but they just couldn’t think of a good enough gimmick to justify making a new game.”

……… Pokemon?

“*Sigh.* Just get out of my house! Please!”

#Zelda #Joke

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