#i'm not used to having such a talkative character but i wanted to take on the challenge

[erimyya]

Thinking about an Otome game au with Phainon with sprinkle of self aware au. Someone said Phainon is born to be in otome game but force to be a tragic character in turn base game. I cannot unseen it.

Imagine if hoyo made an otome game dedicate to Phainon after the whole Amphoreus patch.

You get to interact and see more of the character outside of the story quest and literally date him. Although it's a different game, it still connected to one another. You can call the otome version as a sequel to the main story in their main game. Take it as a heart warming dessert all of us player deserve after sobbing over this man.

Tbh it's almost the same as LaD concept, you can custom made your mc, dress your mc and take picture with Phainon in various poses. The different is you can run around freely in the open world with him or not— that's up to you. Now, why wouldn't you bring Phainon along with you? What is he there for? Decoration? You can explore the Amphoreus world in different perspective, more detail perspective. The building that you can't enter in hsr? You can enter it but whatever you saw in there better stay there. Phainon had to drag you out before you cause more peace disturbance and get in trouble.

Not to mention, you can jump now. Don't try to jump off the building. You don't want to give Phainon a heart attack now, would you? Game or not, you can respawn or not, just don't do it. Ignore the intrusive thought. He's begging you.

You can toggle with the pov perspective too! You want to feel more immerse in it? Use the first person pov! You want to see the world in more wider perspective? Just use the third person pov! Use the first person pov more often, Phainon may kabedon you when there's no one around.

You can fight too! But you gotta bring Phainon with you or else the game won't let you. That man forbid you from fighting by yourself.

Don't forget to build him. Yes, you gotta grind for his relic all over again. Additionally you need to build your mc as well. Then you just log in the next day and find Phainon hitting big damage. When you check the build, your Phainon is almost perfectly build. You just startle like two days ago? Let's just assume that the game copied your phainon's build in hsr since the two game is connected.

Did I say the two game is connected? Yes. If you used the same account to play the otome game, when you log into your hsr game, there will be some easter egg where he mention you from the otome game after you finished the whole Amphoreus quest. Phainon mention of your very recent activity from your interaction in the otome game almost everytime when you play around in his voice line or just talking with him in the over world.

When you log in into the otome game, Phainon will sometimes slip something like "You're not getting bore of me, are you?" or "You haven't been using me for a while now. Why is that?". You never suspect a thing because you thought the otome game keep track of your characters usage in hsr. You're not wrong, he did keep track of your interaction with other character.

Gacha system? Yes, they have it there too. Is it really hoyo without their gacha system?

You can gacha the lightcone —brace yourself for the fluff and angst those lightcone brought along— that come with their own specific outfit. Cough cough Flame Reaver's outfit. Phainon may or may not be jealous if you prefer his alter ego more though. But most of the time, I'm sure he don't mind.

Sending message to you. Yes. You bet he will. Phainon cannot send message directly to you in hsr but in otome game his own dedicated otome game. He can freely do that. So don't be surprise if you get a notification from the otome game, a message from Phainon begging asking you to take a stroll with him.

After what he's been through? Let this man have his quality time with you. He will appreciate it very much.

[interclover]

The Stars: BFDIA's favourite characters (/s)

Tumblr you'll have to excuse me but I'm in a big yapping mode today. Once I start writing, I can't stop. Anyway.

On the note of bfdia analysis, today, I want to talk about another set of characters that I keep rotating in my mind at high-speeds (/pos): The Stars.

When I first watched BFDIA 15, I thought they were a funny team. However, the more I thought about them, the more patterns I noticed. This lineup wasn't a coincidence: all of them are the underdogs of the competition.

All of them have faced mistreatment, oppression, and were belittled by the rest of the contestants due to their personalities. Pin, seeking to voice up her concern for her teammates' wellbeing and, most importantly, herself, was constantly shut down. Book was treated as inferior all the time in Freesmart, a behaviour she did not recognise and mistook for friendship. And then, we have Nickel, who spent the entire competition being left behind and alone because nobody liked him.

Whether they like it or not, none of them fit in. And they deal with it in entirely opposite ways.

Firstly, let's focus on Pin -- the most radical example. After regaining her mobility and senses, she swore to make everyone who had wronged her (ie: the entire cast) get a taste of their own medicine. She wanted them to see how bad she was suffering because of their actions. So, she couldn't keep up her facade of complicity any longer. She began tearing down her relationships and dreams, all in pursuit of power. A power that, if she were to win it, would show the rest that, despite everything, she's just as capable of winning -- if not more -- as they are. That would show them how wrong they were. On the other hand, if everything went astray, she'd at least try to take everyone down with her (wink wink reference to oomfs).

Secondly, there's Book. While Book and Nickel are both pretty passive when it comes to facing this issue, I'm choosing to focus on Book first (you'll see why later). When it comes to BFDIA (well, I think it can be also applied to BFB), Book is Pin's polar opposite. They're foils to each other: instead of showing the world its wrongs, Book is dedicated to show it kindness, time and time again. No matter how bad it gets, she will always do the right thing, since that's how she believes things will get better -- not only for her, but for her friends as well. For example, she gives out advice to Tennis Ball in BFDIA 21 because she doesn't want him or Needle getting the lower end of the stick. She just wants everyone to get along, in order to stop injustices -- such as what happened to Pin -- from taking place again.

It is well-known that Pin and Book are opposite sides of the spectrum, alike yet different. But there's one part of the equation often overlooked, and I'm here to cast some light on it:

Nickel.

He is also ostracised by the cast, even though it's usually played for comedic effect. However, that doesn't take away the seriousness of the issue: it's implied that he feels bad about it. After all, why does he latch onto TB like a puppy? (Bear with me here, since I'm beginning to speculate more, as we don't know much about his true character.) Anyway, I think that's because he doesn't want to be alone anymore. In spite of making useful contributions to his team (see: BFDIA 6 - 9), he still is cast aside! So, his only way to deal with this loneliness is to try to make up for his lack of usefulness. That could explain his personality change from pre to post-revival BFDIA, going from a pessimistic to a happy-go-lucky outlook in life, which could finally make him likeable to others. Usefulness is further remarked in his relationship with TB: he is always looking for a way to please him, so as to not make him leave his side (which is. Heartbreaking). Therefore, we can say that he deals with mistreatment by trying to prove the cast wrong, without resorting to violence. Now that I think about it, it's kind of a mix between Book and Pin's behaviours.

Taking all of this into account, they have SO MUCH potential for interesting interactions, especially in IDFB. It's a shame that they don't interact much (as a trio) in later seasons, because they KNOW!!! THEY COULD UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER!!!! they know what it's like to be messed around and tossed aside all the time. And yet, they have overcome those situations, partly because they got the opportunity to turn over a new leaf and meet new people. New people that actually cared for them, and valued them for who they really are.

On a side note, if Pin is the heroic leader and Book is the heroic protector, may I suggest making Nickel the heroic companion? He's always ready to give it all out for his teammates. Consequently, he is quite mad when his efforts go unnoticed or when something's unfair. For example, in his elimination, he recognises Pillow as the threat. Why is he getting out, if Pillow was the one who caused the team's downfall?

TLDR; Pin, Book and Nickel should be a friend group in uhhh bfdi season 6 🔥🔥🔥 Book is the friend both Pin and Nickel need. I love these silly guys. Also I hope I made you, the reader, reflect more on (some of) these characters -- especially Nickel. I think he's full of potential. As I've mentioned before, we don't know his change of heart, so there's still a lot of his character left for spectulation. Hopefully, IDFB is able to explore his character further.

[pastellaspinkparadise]

part 2 to the siren fic plss, this time can he come up to us the next day and hes like "youre able to talk?" and we essentially gaslight him into thinking that he was so drunk that he hallucinated our voice and that we were just on call with him because he wanted to yap

then after that we go out dinking again a few months later and reader has to drive him home then he clutches onto us and begs us to help him with his boner so we give him a handjob and whisper dirty things into his ear then we gaslight him all over again that he was just drunk😋

anon you're a genius!

Wicked Games

synopsis. Last night was just a moment of weakness. Your voice was meant to be heard by no one. He just sounded so desperate, you couldn't help it. A siren like you can be so dangerous. Just one time, is what you kept telling yourself. Such a silly lie. pairing. Bottom! Male Character x Top! Siren Gender Neutral Reader. ⋆.˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ nsfw, corruption, voice kink, degradation, dom/sub dynamics, car sex, semi-public sex, drinking, handjob, reader has a dark side, and god is it pretty,

pt.2 of the siren fic, here's pt.1

Imagine your favs!

You wake up from the best sleep you've had in months. Eyesight blurry and body needing a nice stretch. At first you didn't realize what exactly you had done last night, nor the consequences that it came with. But you do when you see him again, standing right at your front door in the morning.

The sound of your doorbell makes you jump out of bed. You panic, only half dressed and you haven't even brushed you're teeth. You don't know it's him and yet you plan for it to be anyways. Your mind races trying to come up with an excuse for what last night was.

It was you bewitching him, that's what it was. With no shame nor remorse either. It was an action from pure want and desire, desire to hear him crumble apart just from your voice. But you can't tell him that, he'll never look at you the same. So instead you continue to lie.

He was drunk... let's just go with that! You think to yourself.

Wasting no more time you open your front door to him. He looks nervous, ashamed almost. You let him in and he immediately plops down on your couch, twiddling his thumbs as if he's trying to figure out what to say.

"So um, I know this is sudden but... I think I'm going crazy..." He says, refusing to look at you, his eyes glued to the floor.

You sit next to him anyways, tapping his shoulder to suggest him to look at you. You decide to go with the lie, seeing just how far you can take it. When he finally looks at you, you shake your head with a confused look on your face that says:

"What do you mean?"

"I...uh... either I was drunk out of my mind or... a miracle happened and... I heard you speak last night..." His cheeks a slight tint of pink.

You smile, faking a laugh as you grab your phone. You open the notes app and type out a message.

"You were definitely drunk."

"Maybe I was... but it sounded so real..." His eyes dig into yours deeply, trying to find the real you. "It felt so real..."

"Having drunk dreams about me? I think you need to lay off the whiskey." You type out.

"S-shut up, I swear it felt real." He smiles. You smile back, cheering silently in the back of your mind.

"What did I sound like in your dream?" You ask.

"It's hard to describe..." He says shyly. "Soft but demanding, the perfect amount of rasp too. We'd all be done for if that was your real voice. I'd follow you to the edge of the earth and more."

Of course you would. You think inside of your head. Anyone would, because that's the kind of power you have.

"Soft but demanding huh...What exactly was I demanding?" You question, deciding to tease him knowing damn well what you were demanding last night. You're teasing makes him fidget, makes him blush red. His reaction makes that desire deep inside of you stronger. You could just make him yours forever, sing him a song and watch his thoughts slowly drain away. But you were better than that.

For now.

"N-nothing crazy! Just...stuff."

"What kinds of stuff?" You smirk, the glint in your eyes is dangerous. As if you're asking him to tread on thin ice.

"I um..." His bottom lip trembles and it takes all of your willpower to not just take him right here right now.

"I'm messing with you." You smile. "You should see your face right now, straight comedy."

"Shut up! You're such a tease." He playfully shoves you.

Before he came over you felt guilty, guilty for taking advantage of him like that. It was wrong, but it felt so right. You both have been pining over each other for years, too afraid to make the first move. It felt good to finally have someone as yours, completely yours even for just a night.

When he leaves and you see that look in his eyes you realize you're playing a dangerous game. Playing with the truth is such a wicked game.

But anything you say is the truth once it comes out of your mouth.

No can deny it.

The next time you see each other is two months later, you've been so busy with shows and writing new music, you've kinda locked yourself in. He thought a trip the bar would loosen you up, give you a nice break from work. And it does, when it's just you and him you enjoy yourself. It's as if everything around you disappears and only the two of you and your unsaid feelings remain.

They won't stay unsaid for long, especially with how obvious he's being. Placing a gentle hand on the small of your back as you walk out of the bar, drunkenly babbling on and on about how "cool you are" and how you deserve every fan you have.

"I mean it...you're so...awesome." His words slut together, maybe he had one two many glasses of whiskey yet again. You didn't drink much, you drove after all.

You shake your head and help him into the car.

Once you pull out and drive off he suddenly goes quiet, which is odd. The radio station plays one of your songs and his eyes light up. But there's still that pout on his face.

"Your voice would do this song so much justice. It was so... mesmerizing...and melodic..."

If you were actually mute you'd probably take offense to that, longing after a voice you could never have. But you weren't.

"Such a pretty voice...matches your pretty face..."

His boldness catches you off guard. You try your best to keep your eyes on the road, but you can see through your peripheral vision how much he squirms just thinking about you. His right hand squeezing his thigh for dear life, his eyes closed and head thrown back.

So damn needy.

"I wanna hear you again. Wanna hear you forever."

It was when you came up to a stop sign you noticed the bulge in his pants.

"Fuck I need you..." His right hand so close to his boner. Left hand gripping the arm rest for dear life. You didn't give in just yet, it was supposed to be just one time.

Just once.

This isn't right. But all ideas of right and wrong get thrown out of the window when he says.

"Please..."

You pull over into a empty parking lot with not a care in the world, if people see so fucking be it. You turn the music down, not completely but just enough to hear the instrumental.

"Tell me, how much you need me." You say and it sends shivers down his spine. His eyebrows furrow together and shaky sigh leaves his lips. His face screams pleasure and you haven't even touched him yet.

"So bad..."

"How bad? C'mon use your words like a good boy." His eyes roll back the second he hears good boy.

"So fucking bad, I'm fucking aching! It feels so good but it hurts." He whines, his left hand gripping the arm rest like it's life or death. He needs relief, he needs pleasure.

"Shhh, I understand baby... I know how to make you feel good." You unbuckle his belt and unzip his pants, pulling his boxers down until his hard cock is finally free. He whines softly from the cold touch of the air hitting it. "Just listen to the sound of my voice."

You sing the song playing on the radio, it's your song after all and he's right. The lyrics sound so much better coming from your sinful lips. It's so intoxicating, so arousing, desire seeps from every note. And he can't get enough of it.

Your voice mixed with your touch against his cock has him in heaven, and he never wants to come back down. As your hand glides up and down his hard length and your mouth sings those sinful lyrics he moans shamelessly. He's so far gone, his rolled back eyes can see there's not a single thought in that brain of his.

As the guitar solo plays you kiss down the column of his neck and back up again. You bring your lips to his ear and whisper,

"I've resisted doing this for so long...scared that you would hate me. Scared you would reject me. But deep down inside you're such a whore, hungry for my attention, thirsty for my praise." You bite down gently on his ear lobe and lick the shell. "I could whisper sweet nothings in your ear all night and it still wouldn't be enough would it?"

He shakes his head franticly, his hips beginning to thrust up into your hand, chasing more pleasure. "No!....It wouldn't!" He pants.

"Insatiable." You say before you kiss him, his lips slightly chapped and his tongue still riddled with the faint taste of whiskey. You drank his sounds, his whines, his moans, all of it. "You're so close aren't you?"

"Yes!" He begs as your thumb plays with the tip of his cock, gently pressing against the slit. "Oh god please... please let me cum!"

"Do it, cum for me." And he does, covering your hand in white as his body writhes in pleasure. He looks so good like this, all fucked out and obedient. You bring your lips to his ear again.

"Tomorrow, you'll remember this feeling. This feeling of euphoria. You'll remember feeling so good but you won't remember why. You'll just think you were drunk, playing with yourself to the thought of my voice. Except, you won't remember it was my voice, you won't remember it was me all along. Do you understand?"

He slowly nods his head, mind like putty in your fingers. "...Yes..."

"Good. Now sleep."

And he's lights out.

You smirk, not caring about the morality of what you've done. It's simple really, you won this wicked game.

He's yours.

this was fun lol. So evil, making him forget like that just to reel him in again.

[bi-panicatthedisco]

Beyond The Screen.

Savanaclaw Part.

[heya, author here! I ended up writing this on Leonas birthday haha, hope I got the writing down good! I actually didn't like savanaclaw that much when I started playing, but they've grown on me! And of course remember to drink some water and get some rest haha. And have a great rest of your day!!]

One of the last things you would've expected after downloading a game like twisted wonderland, is for the characters to leave the dang game and show up irl! But things rarely go as you expect, and this is something it's nice to be wrong about.

It was a pretty regular day when it happened, just sitting down and playing twst. Only for an impromptu single pull on the banner, turning into SSR particles and a fancy coffin. Of course you're getting excited. But instead of showing your new card, you have the character fall right out of your screen onto the floor in front of you. Oh goodness gracious...

---------------Leona Kingscholar--------------

Leona looks disgruntled for a moment when he falls, but manages to land on his feet (cat). He yawns as he looks around the room, looking altogether unimpressed. His expression obviously questioning how you live here. Before his eyes turn down and he looks you over with a scrutinizing gaze.

"This is he great players place? Eh, I guess it'll do for now. Just know I'm expecting the royal treatment. You're always gushing over me, time to prove that wasn't just words herbivore. Hah, ya should see the look on your face. Absolutely priceless~"

He smirks as he talks, tilting his head as he sounds amused. Then he yawns and sits down next to you, resting his arm over your shoulder. He leans back and looks up at the ceiling, looking contemplative. Before he slowly closes his eyes, yawning again before falling asleep.

He figures he might as well keep acting cocky here, that's what you seemed to like when he was just a character. Besides, there's no way is he gonna change his personality for a herbivore, even a somewhat special one. He already knows they're gonna let him stay here. ...maybe he could give them one of his bracelets or something to pay for the food expenses. But if he does, he wants only the best.

-a few months later-

Leona doesn't really leave your house, if there's a park nearby, he might go and sunbath. Or a gym occasionally. But mostly he just stays at home (waiting for you). He doesn't really help around the house, you're lucky if he picks up his own shirts from the floor. But somehow he manages to give you enough cash to pay for his expenses, and extra?! Where the heck did he get that!?

Leona won't answer that question ever, just shrugging and rolling over if you try and get answers out of him. And the same goes for when you bring up his home, seriously, why would he go back there? Where he'll never be anything but second. At least here he's with you. ...it's not often you catch him in a vulnerable moment, but when you do, he'll talk a bit more. Especially under the stars

"Yeah, the stars are interesting I guess. There's a thing about them in my homeland, how they're the kings of the past watching us. Never believed that. But hey, there's completely new stars here. Even if that was true, these stars don't know me. Hm? Going back? Absolutely not. I've gotten used to this place... And... Nevermind. I came here to watch the stars in peace, either be quiet or head back inside."

He's not quite ready to say he's gotten used to You as well, but just give him time. And why not watch the stars with him? It's a beautiful sky tonight. Perfect for forgetting your worries, and just resting.

-----------------Ruggie Bucchi-----------------

Ruggie is thankfully very quick on his feet, so he manages to catch himself on the edge of your chair. He looks a little surprised at first, but quickly gets a smile when he realizes who you are. He's a little nervous all and all, but he never gets chance like this normally! Might as well take it!

"What the? Player, is that you!? Shyhehe, guess it's true every dog has its day! Or... Hyena? Doesn't matter. Nice to meet'cha! Been waiting for awhile! Hey, this ain't too shabby~ Is this your place? I could get used to this. I mean, you're not gonna just kick me out, right? Not when I've just gotten here!"

You could swear he's putting on puppy eyes (hyena eyes???) when he looks at you, clasping your hands in his, instinctually stealing your wallet, pleading for a place to stay, putting back the wallet since he wants to make a good first impression. Regular stuff. All in all, about the best first impression you can have with Ruggie. And believe me, he's trying.

I mean, who wouldn't try their hardest when they've finally been thrown a bone by the universe? A chance to meet the ever elusive player! Once in a lifetime, y'know? And he's always been a pro of making the most of his wins, so he's not letting this opportunity slip through his fingers! He's just gotta hope they didn't notice their wallet disappearing, and let him stay here.

-a few months later-

Things have been going pretty well for Ruggie! I mean he's had pretty consistent meals, and a different society that doesn't immediately look down on him for the hyena thing. I mean... Mostly? He's been called a furry a few times, but he's gotten good at hiding the ears with hair clips for everyday stuff. Including at the new job he's gotten at a grocery store, where he so kindly always manages to find a home for the still good products the store wants to throw out.

Besides all that however, he's still a little unsure about all this. I mean, he loves being here with you! And he loves the opportunities he's getting here! But he can't say he's not worried about his grandma, or the other kids in his neighborhood. He wishes they could all be here with him. He also wishes you would stop bringing it up, it's already hard enough without the reminders!

"D'ya want me to go home? Why do you keep askin'? I mean, I've got everything I ever wanted here! I'll go back later. But definitely not now, and definitely not for awhile! This is one of the first times I've been accepted without question, I ain't letting that go! I ain't letting you go!"

Maybe things will never be fair for him, but this is the closest thing he's gotten in a long time. And you're someone who just accepts him. You already gave him your heart, and it's too late to take it back!

------------------Jack Howl--------------------

Jack didn't know what he expected today, but falling out of the players screen and directly onto their floor was not it. Seriously, first impressions are important! And he's already made a fool of himself... Nevermind, he can't let that hold him back from trying to fix this.

"P-player!? Oh gosh. I'm sorry, did I break something? Okay, I didn't. That's a relief... Um, it's nice to meet you player. I've wanted to meet you for awhile, it's nice to finally get the chance. You look great, and um... Nevermind."

He's acting in such a stiffly polite way, it's a little adorable. Definitely shouldn't say that to his face though, not while he's trying so hard to make a good impression on you! He's wanted to meet you for so long, he's still not convinced this isn't just a dream. But he's not gonna take that chance and mess it all up!

He's a little worried they won't let him stay here, since he arrived without warning. But that doesn't dampen his excitement of meeting you, or slow his wagging tail. Which is another thing you probably shouldn't mention out loud lol. His eyes are shining despite the worry in them, and despite how out of place the puppy eyes look on someone as muscley as Jack, they just work. Who are you to turn him away! Obviously he can stay!

-a few months later-

Jack's been happy here with you. Waking up early to take a jog, making you food in the mornings when he gets home. He managed to get a job at a gym nearby as a trainer, and he seems excited with it! And obviously your house has a bunch of new cacti in it, sitting on windowsills, on the table. It's a package deal with Jack!

Honestly his life feels complete with you in it. He never expected he could have this sorta life with you... So why do you keep talking about him going home and leaving it behind? Don't you think of this like a dream? You've both worked for this, so why don't you just accept that he's not gonna leave if he can help it! Wolves mate for life, and he ain't gonna stop caring about you! Obviously he misses his siblings, but he'd miss you way more if he never saw you again.

"When will I leave back to twisted wonderland? Well you're here, and I'm not gonna go anywhere you aren't! Hmph, I thought you understood by now. I don't plan on going back there unless you can go with me, since my home is here with you. ...ah! Sorry, that was kinda cheesy..."

He shakes his head, but he means his words with his whole chest. You're his home now. And he's not gonna abandon that!

[starship21zedna9]

Things About A Space Adventure Hour

Okay, I have been neutral on Paul Wesley so far but he was hilarious in this episode. He was having the time of his life doing his Shatner impression. I'm slightly more endeared to him now.

DRAG SHATNER! DRAG HIM! I may love Jim Kirk but I do not love William Shatner. I pretty much take anything that comes out of his mouth as a lie unless someone else corroborates.

Uhotty interaction. I've never believed that people actually ship those two. It's more of a pair the spares situation. Especially in AOS. You all just wanted them together so she would be out of the way for Spirk. But, on the chance anyone does genuinely ship them, this episode should make you happy.

Celia looked amazing in this episode. Both as Uhura and as Joni Gloss.

Una's hair is back down! Thank Surak, the prophets, etc. etc.

I love seeing La'an enjoying life. She's suffered enough. Let the woman have some fun.

Love that they let Jess use her natural accent in the holodeck.

So. Much. Meta. I particularly liked this exchange with Jess' character, Adalaide. 'I'm good at what I do!' 'Yet all anyone wants to talk about is your love life.' That had to be a comment on Chapel and how she's in the center of so many of the romance stories.

Spock/La'an. Well, I thought they would tease it more before they just went for it. But, maybe they want it to be different than the constant instability of Spock/Chapel.

Kind of proud of both of them for shooting their shot with each other after they both got thoroughly rejected by their previous love interests.

I miss Pelia. I'm not liking Scotty just taking her place. Give her back to me, please.

I like the murder mystery until the resolution. It wasn't a bad conclusion. It was just anti-climactic. She should have had her revelation in front of all the other characters. That's how these things are supposed to work.

I liked that they took advantage of Jess and Babs' chemistry by making them a couple in the holodeck but they should have kissed at least once. Come on!

One more thing. The fake bloopers at the end? Absolute perfection.

I lied. One more one more thing. Where the hell was Spock during the 'we're all gonna die' situation? I know there was the twist with him being a hologram in the program so they wouldn't show the real Spock and ruin it. But, it seems like he should have been there during a red alert. But, I guess he was too busy dancing the tango by himself.

[myrandomthoughtsblog]

Personal care - Johnny Storm x scientist! reader

✨🔥 Where Johnny takes care of the reader when she's on her period after he figures it. - fluffy, hurt/ confort, stableshed relationship, reader has an uterus, period themes, overthinker!Johnny, period shower, mentions of blood, no use of Y/N, reader has shitty exes and there's way too many pet names (5311 characters)

Hey guys it's been a while right? Rn Im obsessed with the new fantastic 4 movie and with Johnny, also my period is killing me so here we are. English is not my first language so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes, I hope you guys like it!! 

You were a scientist at the Baxter Building, and honestly it was your dream job, you got to work with the greatest minds in the world, one of them even being THE Reed Richards AKA Mr. Fantastic. Therefore you loved your job, you had your own very promising research and you were helping people in your own way by helping the fantastic four whenever they needed with their new gadgets, suits, upgrades to the car, etcetera, You name it. So even if your job was hard and very demanding, you loved it and was very grateful to be able to work on something you actually enjoyed, something that doesn't make getting out of bed a bourdon, so when on this morning you woke up feeling like you wanted to quit your job, destroy your research, scream at everyone and cry about everything you knew your period was here. 

Your day started slow, like as if it was mocking you only cause you had an uterus, you wanted to curl in your bed and die, and as much as you could, since the Baxter Building had a very nice policy towards people that experience periods thanks to Sue Storm, you felt like you could not run from your responsibilities, even at the expense of your health, so you got up from bed, with a headache already forming, very profound dark circles on your eyes and went to get some breakfast, that's when you saw him - Johnny Storm, your loving and still pretty new but right now very annoying and headache aggravating boyfriend. 

-Hey baby, slept well? Missed you last night, thought you'd come to my room you know. Johnny says with that pretty smirk that almost never leaves his face. 

You just sight and keep walking, thank God you didn’t go to his place cause you bled so much through your clothes and you’d have been so fucking embarrased. He figures you're just walking up yet. 

- Oh come on, not even a kiss? How can you deprive me of my reason to live hm?

In order to not keep hearing his very loud voice you just give him a quick kiss and go on your merry way hoping Johnny wouldn't follow you, besides from the anger towards your now screaming uterus, you were sad, I mean, how could your boyfriend not realise you weren't feeling great. You knew it was beyond reason to feel like this, you barely talked to him and your periods weren't exactly on a normal cycle so there was no way for him to keep track of them, but still, so now you were feeling worse, being so self aware was a curse sometimes. 

Johnny does not leave you alone, he follows you to the cafeteria where you by your breakfast, follows you to your lab, that is suddlendy very bright to you, and keeps talking your ear off, what you'd normally love and engage on active conversation with him, but right now that seems to be as impossible as getting any work done. 

- Did you get off on the wrong foot today? Bet it was because you didn't sleep with me last night hm? Says Johnny as smoothly as always, while hugging you. 

And suddenly, as he holds you close like he normally does, you get hyper aware of the fact that you are very bloated, you move a bit and Johnny takes off his arms from you, it must be because you are bloated and he finds it disgusting you think. Also how dare he mock you “Did you get off on the wrong foot today”, you should try having period cramps, headaches, hormones going crazy and an insatiable want for sweets, you think annoyed, but you just breath deeply and keep working as if nothing was wrong. 

However, Johnny knows something is wrong, you barely talked to him, did not laugh at his stupid jokes and did not call him hot stuff back, but since becoming a superhero he has the tendency of always think the worst of a situation so to be prepared, therefore the possibility of you being in your period (something that happens every single month) does not cross his mind at all. Now he's worried that you might be coming down with some super virus, or about to break up with him, I mean, the ‘subtly’ change of mood (like if two days ago you weren't crying more cause of your pre menstrual cycle) and the undoubtedly anger you had behind your eyes mixed with sadness and tiredness had to mean something awful, and even thought it was, period never once crossed Johnny’s mind. 

He tried to light up the mood by putting some of your favorite songs thru the player in your lab, he knew better than to disturb you when you worked since it could cause something to explode (he'd done it multiple times), but he had to do something to cheer you up, something that would show him that you just had like a bad dream and was not getting sick from like a super bacteria that came from space or something. 

The music playing made your headache worse, and Johnny was just there, sitting next to you, while on most days that would be nice and even reconforting, today that was just so fucking annoying, like if he was analazing your work, like if he was just waiting for you to do something wrong, and those very blue and beautiful eyes just piercing into the back of your skull were too much right now. 

That brakes you and suddenly you cannot hide any of your anger back, how dare him make fun of you also how dare him see you only as a piece of meat, of course that was not at all what was going on right now, but your emotions were getting the best of you and you did have all the right to let them do it, you uterus felt like it was about to explode from the inside. 

- Leave. You said sternly. 

- Oh kinky, which part of my clothes on? Says Johnny trying to light up the mood once again. 

- Go fuck yourself Storm, haven’t you’ve got anything better to do than fucking annoy myself? I'm working and here you are like any other stupid ass man trying to get into my pants. Am I anything other than a whore to you? Can't you see I am having a bad day? And you keep annoying me, keep eyeing me as if I'm not good enough. Just fucking leave before I do something I’ll regret. 

Johnny leaves, he should have said something, like how come you dare think he sees you like a whore or say sorry for annoying you, he was just trying to make you feel better, but the way you screamed so unprompted and out of character at him said you needed some alone time, and now so did him to try to understand what did he do to you to make you think that. Maybe you were really about to break up with him, and maybe it was because he made you feel inferior somehow, maybe you realised you deserved more. He knew nothing anymore, he really thought your relationship was doing great….

After Johnny leaves you break down, you start to tear up because you screamed at him while he was just being him and then ended up crying waterfalls cause you definitely made Johnny doubt himself, all cause you couldn't keep your feelings in. Johnny was a good superhero, an amazing brother, a very nice uncle and incredible boyfriend, but yet somehow he'd always thought he wasn't good enough. Behind that confident persona that was Human Torch, there was an individual that was a bit insecure because of his intelligence. Of course he was intelligent, I mean, he'd gone to space, he'd helped create some of the best fantastic four costumes, he was a polyglot… But he could not help but to compare himself to the other fantastic four members and to you. 

Sue was a diplomat and activist, which requires no further explanation, considering she was also a mom she was like 3 times the most incredible person ever, Ben was the greatest pilot he had ever met and an amazing chef, Reed had with no doubt the biggest IQ in the country if not more, and you were the youngest scientist of the building, having helped develop so many important things both for the Fantastic four and for the world. And in his eyes Johnny was just Johnny, as if he hadn't saved millions of lives, was able to speak multiple languages and was great with machines. But to him now he was the guy that wasn't even smart enough to figure his girlfriend was losing interest in him due to something he did, though he wasn't even sure what. 

And you were devastated, not only had your period destroyed you, you allowed it to rub it off to Johnny, who had nothing to do with it and was just trying to help. The crying made your headache worse, and that somehow made your cramps even worse, which gave you back pain. You tried to go back to work, you really did, but now you felt depressed and everything hurt, as if your body was mocking you for being a bad girlfriend, so you got the rest of your strength, organized your lab, went back to your room and sent an email to Reed saying you couldn't attend work due to your period. You felt like you should go talk to Johnny, you knew he would understand, he was a great boyfriend, but the hidden fear laced with insecurity that we might act like your previous boyfriends (distant, disgusted, mockingly...) prevented you from doing so. Of course you had talked to Johnny about your period like normal adults do, but this was your first lash out, first time in the sort of still new relationship where your period was so strong that it made you miserable. 

Back to Johnny, he was still confused, it was not your first fight, but most of the time he was the hot headed one in the relationship, so what was going on with you? After some time wondering and dropping random infos to Franklin who was playing with his toys in the living room with H.E.R.B.I.E, everything suddenly made so much sense. 

- You know little guy your mum would be like this sometimes, screaming at me whenever she felt like it. Said Johnny pretending to eat Franklin’s arm just to see his nephew laugh.

- Sure most of the time I did deserve it, like when I stormed into her pajama party only to flirt with her best friend, or when I would playfully shove her when I didn't know she was on her period so - 

- Wait? Is that it? Johnny gets up and goes to check up the calendar next to the refrigerator. 

Last month he remembers buying you that strawberry chocolate you loved so much it made you cry, and something similar had happened the month before, but nothing in this one. 

It is so comical for him that he thought you were going to break up with him or that you were coming down with a deadly disease only to find out you are on your period, not in a way that this is to be overlooked, but in the way that it's something he can help you with. Johnny kisses his nephew’s chubby cheeks in a ‘thank you for being smart” way like if Franklin had been the one to tell what was going on with you and left towards the small market close by to the Baxter Building. 

He got what he taught was the essentials, what he used to get Sue when she needed some extra comfort after their mother died. Four types of chocolate, your favorite chips, some ice tea, painkillers, a cute plushy that so happened to be the Human Torch (you had like six different Human Torch plushies by now, but you loved them all), a mix of red fruits and some nuts. He also got five different types of pads considering since you'd never let him help you during this time of the month “I’m fine hot stuff don’t worry about me, no need to run to the store”, he had no idea of what pad you liked. 

Some time later, after 3 painkillers, lots of crying, binge eating the rest of the chocolate you had and a not so good nap, you hear a knock on your door. You wanted to die when you heard the soft “you up baby?” coming from the other side, there was no way you'd let Johnny see you in this awful state, hair messy, puffy eyes from crying, bloated, wearing the ugliest shirt you had and looking like you got hit by a truck, but the thought of leaving him outside your place after screaming with him that earlier felt way to mean. 

- Johnny, what are you doing here? You say sounding more annoyed than you wanted to when you opened the door. 

- I came bearing goods and a very hot hug. He says smiling softly. 

You wanted to punch Johnny, actually, for the “hot hug” pun, but his cute smile and the tiny Human Torch plush sitting in his arms made that a bit hard. 

- It's okay if you want space right now baby, but I thought some chocolate might cheer you up, you really liked this one last month. 

So that's when you know he figures you are on your period, and he's being so sweet that you almost forget your fear of him being like your exes and allow him in. You feel a bit off, like if Johnny hadn't been in your room so many times already, but before you can feel weirder, he shows you everything he bought and you just sort of melt. How dare he be this cute? 

- Also I know you haven’t eaten cause H.E.R.B.I.E told me you've been here since forever so I've also brought this.

Johnny gets a plate of your favorite food from H.E.R.B.I.E’s hands and pats his tiny robot head. 

- And no worries cause I bagged Ben to make this so I’m sure it's amazing. Come on sweet thing lets get you in bed so you can eat comfortably. 

You just blink and do as he says, you've never had anyone do this to you, mostly because of your shitty exes that would prefer to distance themselves from you during your period, later you figured that if they couldn't have sex with you why bother with nice acts. So then you just got scared Johnny would be the same and scared he might see your want for more affection those times of the month like a sign of weakness. But seeing him beeing so fucking sweet to you made you realise the obvious, this is Johnny, not one of your dumb exes. 

The food is so good and in pair with the cold ice tea he brought your stomach is in heaven. The tiny Human Torch plush sits in your lap while you eat and the big Human Torch man sits right next to you, tracing random and calming patterns into your thigh, Johnny looks at you with so much love in his eyes. After you finish the food and make a mental note to thank Ben later, you shyly thank Johnny.

- No need to say thanks baby, I’m here to take care of you. Want some chocolate now? He says so fucking sweet, the usual smirk and playful eyes no where to be seen, replaced by a soft smile and conforting eyes. 

You melted even more and could no longer hold your feelings in. You started to cry and hugged Johnny close. 

- I’m sorry for lashing out on you today, and for making you take care of me when I'm like this. 

- Oh baby there’s no need to cry, I bet you were overstimulated earlier, and there's nothing I love more than taking care of you. 

- But I was so mean today.

- No biggie sweets, you think Sue wasn't a pain in my ass when she was on her period? That was nothing, don't worry. Says Johnny playful trying to light up the mood as he plays with your hair to calm you and he genuinely does not remember what he thought was going on before figuring you were on your period.  

You start to calm down and detach from the hug in order to get some chocolate to help you relax more, and Johnny just looks at you with affection while holding you close without suffocating you. 

- I've got to ask tho, why didn't you tell me what was going on? I would have been less annoying and I'd have brought you chocolate earlier. 

- I didn't want to bother you. You say a bit embarrassed. 

- You could never bother me. Says Johnny and you feel the truth in his words and feather-like touches. 

- Also my exes weren't really good to me when I was on my period. I know you are not one of them but I kinda got worried you might react the same and make me feel worse, I don't know, it’s stupid really. I just don't like the idea of someone finding me weak. I mean, you are a superhero, and I'm just a normal girl that cannot keep her emotions in order once a month. You say avoiding his eyes while you eat a cookies and cream chocolate. 

You feel Johnny’s hand that’s rubbing circles on your arm heat up a bit more than normal, and he bumbles something like “fuck those idiots” before taking your face into his hands and making you look into his very sweet eyes.

- I would never pull away from you or do whatever those assholes did to you, how could I? You are one of the best things that have ever happened to me. And why would I ever find you weak baby? You are one of the most intelligent people I know, you work every single day with dangerous stuff that could explode and kill you or intoxicate you and you love it. How could I think that someone so sweet, caring and determined was weak? Love, you are in pain, there's like literal blood coming out of you there's no way you'd feel normal, but that doesn't make you weak, it makes you human, like anyone else, and I might light up on fire and stuff, but I'm still human too. 

You feel yourself crying again, but now it’s from happiness, it’s from the feeling of been loved and seen and its so fucking sweet, gosh what did you do to deserve Johnny? And to make it even better, your boyfriend gets that those are happy tears, he just gives you a peck on the lips, dries your tears while saying you could let out everything you wanted and held you close, so close it warmed you up inside and it had nothing to do with his abnormal body heat. 

- Also, after Sue got her powers and I pissed her off one day she was on her period she gave me a very physical idea of what is a period cramp and let’s just say I did not handle it well so I kinda have an idea of what you’re feeling. Johnny says, smiling at the painful but now funny memory. 

And for the first time today you feel yourself laughing, and it's pretty nice. 

- Thank you Johnny, really, and next time I'm not feeling okay I'll tell you. 

He nods into the hug you guys are sharing and suddenly the thought you could be about to break up with him sounds so distant and so ridiculous it ends up being funny. 

You two spend some lovely time together, Johnny puts  your favorite movie on the TV and just cuddles you while massaging your scalp and faintly laughing at the conversations on the screen. Some time later when you complain about a headache, Johnny makes you a soothing hot tea with his hands and looks over to you with nothing more than love, no judgment to be seen. After you finish it he suggests you take a shower. “Hot baths help to reduce headaches, sweet thing”. 

You sigh into the pillows saying you definitely don't feel like leaving the bed and getting out of his embrace, and that's when you see another side of Johnny.

- But who said you're getting away from me hm? Says Johnny playful tho very honest. And you just get stiff 

Johnny wanted to shower with you. Did he forget you were in your period? Was he crazy? Or did he think you had like a super light flow? 

- Johnny, baby, you don't have to. 

- I know, but I want to

- It's disgusting, I'm bleeding rebember? 

- So? Come on love, I'm the human torch, do you really think some blood is going to scare me? 

Tho you know It's more than some blood... 

- Johnny, you sigh, you really don't have to, okay? 

You say worried he might go just to prove he can deal with it, only to be disgusted by what he sees, plus, your exes wouldn't be close to you on your period so this is completely new territory to you.

- Baby I really don’t mind, it’s just blood, there’s nothing to be ashamed of, it's normal. But if you don't want me to go, I won’t, no pressure, I just want to make you feel comfortable, and we both know I do a nice back massage. He laughs a bit, but he's not making fun of you, he just finds cute how much you are worried about him, and you laugh a bit too, his back massage is really good. 

You ponder a bit, you knew Johnny would never do anything to make you uncomfortable, and you craved his touch now more than ever, so you nodded yes, a shyly and worried about doing something new yes, but non the less it was a yes, and it made Johnny so happy, you trusted him so much. 

He gets out of bed first, tells you to go to the bathroom while he gets you some new clothes, and some for him too, he sets them up on the bathroom counter with a pad right next to it. Johnny also lights up some scented candles, puts up a very relaxing song and dim the lights, everything just to make you feel better, it's so sweet that you feel like crying one more time, but the image of your very sexy boyfriend taking off his shirt stops you from. 

You definitely stare more than you should cause Johnny laughs a bit and comes, now shirtless, towards you. 

- I feel like you are wearing too much clothes. He says cheekily. 

Your cheeks get red, but you take off your shirt anyway, after goes the rest of your clothes and the rest of Johnny clothes too, and now he's the one that can't help but stare. 

- Gosh youre so fucking beautiful. 

You two enter the shower and the hot water falling onto you together with Johnny’s hot (in both ways) arms holding you definitely makes you feel better, more relaxed, and the feeling that you were useless today since you left work earlier goes away. Some blood falls onto the shower floor, and while you get hyper aware of that, Johnny pays no mind to it, too busy massaging your shoulders, that relaxes you even more, guess a superhero definitely sees more blood when fighting a villain than when showering with his girlfriend while she's on her period. 

Johnny genuinely finds it funny that you were so worried about the blood, I mean, how could he pay attention to a bit of blood coming out of you in a normal, not “she's hurt” way when he had his gorgeous girl naked right in his arms. 

- If I ever say no to showering with you please kill me, that's a clone, a very crazy one. Johnny says while passing soap in your body. And you smile at that now knowing that is definitely true. 

The shower goes well, he gets you clean, massages your back and neck with an oil that smells like almonds, you get to clean him too and he holds you close just so you can “soak in the warm”. The whole vibe of the moment is sweet and tender, nothing but love, some occasional handsy moments, but nothing too serious. Johnny just couldn't help himself when it came to you, and to be honest, neither could you when it came to him. 

After you are both clean and feeling nice, you two step out of the shower, Johnny dries you with a very big and soft towel, then helps you get dressed, he's got you into your favorite t-shirt, which just happens to be Johnny’s old AC/DC shirt. When you are done, dressed and using your most comfortable pad, he pecks you in the cheek and goes to your room while you finish your skin care. When you finished it and followed him to the room he'd settled Stardew Valley on the tv, turned off the lights and got his switch. You don't think twice before joining him. 

You both love videogames, Johnny enjoys more adrenaline ones, with fast cars or guns or (especially) space, but he loved the way your eyes lighted when you got to take care of your farm with him even more. 

You get cozy next to him and start the game. 

- Thank you Johnny, this meant a lot to me. You say calmly after the very relaxing shower.

- I'm just glad I get to be here for you. Says Johnny smiling. Also dont kill me for saying this but if I wasn’t one to skip showering with you then, now you are cooked cause your tits get a bit bigger when you are on your period and it’s fucking hot. He says with that annoying smirk of his. 

- Johnny - 

You could say you were shocked he said that, but let's be honest, it's Johnny, nothing he could say could shock you anymore. 

- It's true, don't blame me for dating the hottest girl ever, hm. He kisses the corner of your lips while harvesting pumpkins. 

That’s when you realise there's no place you'd rather be. 

A couple of days in Stardew Valley passed and you started to feel that horrible and well known lower abdomen pain. Of course cramps had come to ruin your perfect good night. 

- Love, I don’t feel like playing anymore, my uterus is trying to assassinate me. Pass me the painkiller please. 

- Shit baby, you good? Need something else? Says Johnny passing you a pill with a water bottle. 

- Could you just heat this up for me please? You say while giving him your heating pad and curling into a ball while cursing your cramps. 

Johnny dramatically sights. 

- Sweetheart, honestly how dare you. He says with a playful smirk in his lips.

- I'm sorry, what? You say genuinely confused and in pain.

- How dare you make this squid, says Johnny looking over to the heat pad in his hands, steal my job? I beg your pardon but I am a walking heating pad. 

You laughed so hard, Johnny looked so cute sort of fighting with your heating squid that you thought you were going to pee in your pants, but before you could say anything you felt your boyfriend’s hand over your lower abdomen, and oh God it felt great. 

It felt so fucking better then the heating pad, it was hot in the perfect way, had the perfect pressure, drawed soothing circles into your skin and was charming as hell. You couldn't help but to melt into his touch and moan a bit. 

- See, I don't think that ugly squid makes you sound so pretty does he? Johnny says smirking with that annoying yet way more sexy than it should be smirk. 

- I love you so fucking much right now.

- Love you more. 

You turn over to him and kiss him, Johnny sighs into the kiss, being your heating pad felt too domestic, and it got him feeling some type of way, he asks for permission with his tongue and you allow it. Johnny deepens the kiss and you follow him, tugging the nape of his hair just the way he likes it and with the hand that's not in your lower abdomen, he holds your waist with enough pressure to make you moan, Johnny smiles into the kiss and keeps you close to him, but before things could develop to something else, you break the kiss, your cramps were still piercing your uterus. 

Johnny ends up sitting behind you, one hand hot in the perfect way in your lower abdomen to chase away your cramps, and the other drawing random patterns into your leg. You let your head fall into his naked chest while you played with his fingers and tried to find something relaxing to watch, it was getting pretty late but you weren't tired yet. When you do find something nice to watch you pick up the new Human Torch plushy you just got and holded it. Johnny used to say they never got his hair right, but in your eyes, the tiny Johnny looked just like the big one, except the big one had amazing hot hands that hugged your belly perfectly and worked better than any heating pad would ever so to make your cramps go away. 

Some minutes into the movie you chose and some sips of water Johnny made you drink later you fell asleep holding two human torches, I mean, how could you not when you had the best night ever plus a loving and handsome boyfriend with a very warm hand. And right now Johnny smelled so good, that after shower smell laced with love and the faint smell of smoke that lever quite leaves him, he smelled like home. Just before you could enter dreamland you mumbled a sleepy thank you baby, I love you, and that's when Johnny knew he would not die without marrying you. 

He said he loved you back, kissed your head and had to calm himself down when the sight of you sleeping in his arms made both his inside and outside hotter. Sure he was good when it came to having control of his powers, but you made him lose it more than he should, this was definitely not the first time he felt his eyes turning red and his hair getting a bit of flames when he was with you, you just made him feel so loved, so appreciated that all his self control left the room for a bit. 

Johnny calmed down and turned off the TV, then he laid properly down and repositioned you so you'd be cuddling and comfortable, all without taking his hand from your lower abdomen. He then put the covers over you two, and before going to sleep with you he lights up his hand only to be able to find his phone and get it to take a picture of his loving girl holding her newest Human Torch plushy, that had to be the best part of being a superhero, have your significant other hold a tiny you. 

After getting settled down with you, Johnny kisses your shoulder blade, mumbles a “I love you”, holds you close and off to dreamland he is, happily knowing that his girl is happy right next to him.

[mechncheese]

I love all the comics you do, even if they’re just silly doodles. They’re great. Do you have any comic advice?

Oh man comic advice ! I’m still a bit novice at comics myself but I will share my thought process and what I like to do !

Disclaimer; This isn’t for any Professional Published Comic related stuff, I follow no rules or guidelines so my process is Beyond Messy and would probably give an actual comic artist a heart attack

For comics, I like to focus on layout and readability. The goal is to guide the reader’s eye from one panel to the next as well as keeping everything consistent and making sense.

For western media, people usually read left to right. So I draw my comics with that in mind

But I'm a hypocrite, there is only a few instances where I actually didn’t follow this rule and one of them was for this Brainstorm comic. I actually started all the way to the right and forced people to read right to left. There was no reason for this other than I liked the way it looked on the page BAHAHA— but how I tried to make it work regardless was using the lines of the speech bubbles to guide the reader’s eye. Big hand-drawn letters with a splattered speech bubble stands out compared to the rest of the font and the rigid square bubbles. Then I used the tail of the speech bubble to map the flow of the comic.

I also try to utilize a lot of character movement so each panel flows to the next and/or to add depth. I break out of panels a LOT, that’s my favorite thing to do and I think it adds a lot of visual appeal. I recommend using that sparingly, too much breaking out of panel will clutter the page or confuse readers. In this one, I use Brainstorm kicking open the door to lead into the next panel.

I like to change perspectives and angles/camera shots a lot when laying out comics. Even when it's a simple conversation between two characters, showing the world around them can provide a lot of insight on a character's situation and/or show a character's mannerisms. In this one (scrapped comic), it's just Perceptor and Wheeljack talking but I laid out the comic to highlight the desolate world that Wheeljack is talking about and also makes the two look small compared to the vast wasteland.

in this Brainstorm and Prowl comic sketch below, I actually went with no background on this but I wanted to highlight character action and Brainstorm's stubborn persistence. I focused a lot more on character movement

I also try not to go too wild with the angles, as it can confuse readers (unless I'm trying to really exaggerate something). I try to keep consistency in mind, if a character is coming from the right/facing right I'll try to keep them on the right unless there is an action that takes place in the comic that moves them/change direction or I show the camera turning so it makes sense for the character to be on the other side of the panel.

something I do need to get better at is shortening my speech bubbles, it makes the page seem a bit bloated or overcrowded </3 ways to combat this is breaking it up into smaller chunks and/or placing more panels to give readers breathing room and the page more space. But again, I'm not following any rules, I'm just having fun and experimenting with what I like. This Prowl one was where I was thinking "Ok. He is talking a bit too much"

I have a lot I still gotta learn with comics (and I likely will be learning forever) but that's my general thinking process and what I like to do with my comics. I'm no professional and a lot of my insight is from an animator's perspective !

[chromieclipse]

Forgive me if you've already answered this, but what would you recommend for people that want to develop their own alternate universes? What things should be considered and what are some good places to jump off from when developing one?

Hoo boy this is a doozy to answer.

I had a whole thing typed up about my opinions on like... AUs and stuff, but I realized it had me talking in circles, so we're gonna try again.

The way I started The Truth was just with a question: "How would Susie and Noelle react if they found out about the SOUL?"

And sure, an innocuous question to start with. Surely you could write a story where they find out and just talk to Kris about it, end it there, call it a day, right? But that's where the interesting part starts: You take that initial question, and keep pushing for more.

"How would Susie's and Noelle's reactions differ?" "What would Noelle do if left alone with the SOUL?" "What is the SOUL's goal and reason for being there?" "What is going on with the SOUL, seeing as they're typically the player?"

And then allowing it to waterfall from there.

Ultimately, AUs start with a concept or question for me. I like to put characters in situations that force them into positions where they have to take actions and actively CHOOSE to do things, even if what they're choosing to do is nothing - and that choice actually defining them, their goals, opinions, and who they are.

The biggest weakness I've seen of AUs in the Undertale fandom is that they aren't there to tell their own story (a majority of the time anyway), they're there to retell a story already told, just a little to the left: If they're all evil, if they're in space, if they're a mafia. It isn't doing something new with the characters to tell the same story over again - and hey, if that's fun for you, that's great! But that's not what I like to do.

In my opinion, AUs are at their strongest when characters are given time, space, and reasons to take actions of their own accord outside of the given narrative of the original story. It doesn't even need to be a comic in order to do that either! you can have an askblog with premade sprites that does this, or write a fanfiction, or what have you. I just think it's far more interesting to tell a story of "what-ifs" that actively take the characters and put them in circumstances they don't normally interact with.

Hell, just look at my favorite AU from the Undertale fandom (and a minor inspiration for The Truth), The Thought. The whole concept was what if sans did something, what if he took action, before the judgement hall?

Something like that spirals into how each character would react differently according to their personalities and given portrayals in the game, alongside the way they all bounce off each other, how their separate goals conflict or align. It's a good AU not because of the concept of "Sans absorbs all the human souls" - honestly im sure you can find a million of those.

It's interesting because of how it uses that conflict to spur the story. How the characters act, react, go forward; THAT'S what making an AU, in my opinion, is about. Finding those sources of potential conflict, things that characters do or say (or DONT do or DONT say) that change the entire course of the story.

Just off the top of my head I can think of plenty, but what AU YOU make should be one YOU'RE interested in, and one YOU have fun making.

Sorry this got so wordy, but I have a LOT of opinions on AUs after my time in the Undertale fandom and the way they were utilized. I haven't seen many in the Deltarune fandom (the only one I've seen is Twin Runes, and I haven't read it yet) but I do hope to see more with unique premises beyond "edgy" or "swapped dynamics" lmao. If that's something you like that's great, but I'm hoping someone's out there making the Deltarune version of The Thought lmaoooo

[cultkinkcoven]

hi there, right now you are my safest blog. i have always been devoted to lilith but recently was told i cannot do this because i'm a white woman. i wanted to know how YOU feel about cultural appropriation in this sense and how can i worship lilith and lucifer in the correct way?

I’ve talked about this a lot in the past and it’s a whole can of worms

What you have to be willing to accept is that there is no one answer or way of doing this that is going to make everyone happy. You will piss religious people off. That doesn’t necessarily mean you are committing religious or cultural appropriation.

A couple clarifying facts right away:

1. Lilith is not worshipped or revered within the Jewish religion, she is not a part of Jewish worship. Worshiping Lilith does not require any appropriation of any Jewish practice or ritual. In fact it is arguably the exact opposite.

2. Lilith was a demon known to multiple groups of people in the ancient near Middle East such as the Phoenicians, Babylonians, Canaanites and Sumerians. The Babylonians in particular spoke about the Lilitu before it was introduced to the Israelite culture. The Jewish/ Christian description of her is the most popular surviving documentation, but she most certainly was not exclusive to Judaism and has no theological reason (even within abrahamic canon) to only respond to ethnic Jews. She went by a couple common names and terms that have largely been blended together (lilit, Lilith, lilitu). All of these spirits all come from the same common origin and describe a female night demon that often takes the form of an owl. It is highly speculated that she is connected to Ishtar, but they are not one to one equivalents as Lilith seems to have inherited much of Ishtar’s imagery even if they’re not the same. Lamashtu is a Mesopotamian goddess of disease and crib death that Lilith is highly associated with and likely shares origins with.

3. Lilith is not entirely biblically cannon, and plays a very minor role in the Talmud and isn’t even mentioned in the Torah. The idea that she was the first wife of Adam is mythologically significant to demonolatry but is not accepted by the majority of Jews at all. It is arguably an unpopular belief. The name Lilith appears only once in the Bible in Isaiah 34:14. In this verse, the word is often translated as "night creature" or "screech owl" in modern translations, rather than a proper name. The character of Lilith as Adam's first wife and a demon is a later Jewish legend and not part of the biblical narrative. Many Rabbis have been deeply confused and offended by this question because Lilith is simply not a dominant subject within Judaism, even a little bit. Some even argue she doesn’t exist. I’d actually argue pushing this idea that Lilith is somehow important to Judaism is far more harmful and incorrect than not. It’s actually borderline blasphemy.

4. Lilith is a demon with a Hebrew name, but she is still a demon. Jews in general don’t want you to worship demons, just as much as Christians dont want you worshipping Lucifer.

Do you have to appropriate any Jewish prayers to create a prayer to a demon they did not worship? No.

Do you have to wear or use specific Jewish garments, ritual tools, sigils, or imagery to worship Lilith? No.

Do you have to invite yourself into synagogues or other closed sacred spaces in order to worship Lilith? No.

Do you have to take valuable and limited/ endangered resources from an ethnic minority in order to worship Lilith? No.

You do not have to do any of these things to worship Lilith, because Lilith is not significant to the Jewish religion or practice whatsoever. Lilith is just as important to a Jewish sermon as Belial is to a Christian one. It is entirely irrelevant.

It incredibly obvious that when people say Lilith is closed to Judaism, they don’t actually know what “Judaism” is or looks like in practice, the basic premise of what daily worship is, what their actual practicing values are in their religion. Lilith is not a religion.

I am not Jewish, so I’m not going to tell you that Jews won’t be upset by you working with Lilith. Many will be, because religious people in general aren’t pleased when they hear about Demonolatry.

But I am an ethnic minority and I do understand what cultural appropriation is.

Would I inherently be appropriating Islam if I worked with a djinn in my practice? No. Djinn are not involved in the practice of the Muslim faith. There is no Muslim prayer or ritual you need to appropriate to acknowledge a djinn. “Djinn” being an Arabic word does not mean I am appropriating the religion of Islam by recognizing them.

Asmodeus, Azazel, Leviathan, Naamah, most of the 72 demons all have Jewish, Hebrew, or middle eastern origins. And yet, I have never seen anyone say that working with Leviathan is racist. I have never seen anyone mention that Azazel was the Jewish scapegoat or that Asmodeus literally spoke with King Solomon. For some reason, it’s always just Lilith who we draw this box around, because of an extremely vague myth (a satirical essay) that *may* have placed her as the first wife of Adam. It makes no sense.

There’s nothing about Lilith in particular that sets her apart from the rest.

My tldr is: if you wanna worship or work with Lilith, do so. If you’re worried about backlash, give her a personal name. I personally call Lilith “Alilis”.

I hear all the time “but WHY Lilith? Why not just worship someone else! There are so many other spirits you could choose!”

And that sentiment always bothers me. It’s like y’all don’t understand what devotion is, why people reach out to the specific spirits they do, and why those spirits respond.

“But WHY Lucifer?! You could just worship someone else!!!”

Excuse the fuck out of you.

No, I am not just going to worship someone else because Lucifer’s name is Roman, or because Helel Ben Sahar is Lucifer in Hebrew. If you think that devoted witches are going to just abandon their deity because of name logistics, that’s hilarious.

The worshippers of Lilith chose her for a reason. You don’t have to understand it, you don’t even have to look. Because worshipping Lilith does not take anything away from the Jewish religion, their customs, or their people. Making an altar to Lilith doesn’t harm anyone. Putting on a kippah? Bastardizing Jewish prayers to sound cool? Abusing the Tetragrammaton? That is harmful, that causes real world pain to real people.

But no. Worshipping a demon that Jews themselves hardly recognize is not a form of cultural appropriation.

The correct way to worship these deities is to treat them as such, deities and spirits that have been witnessed and described by many different groups of people.

If you are not appropriating someone’s culture and customs, if you are not trying to mimic their rituals, if you are not trying to take from their practice, then no, you are not racist. You literally just also recognized the same spirit they spoke about once 1000 years ago.

This debate has always been so tired and nonsensical to me, Im perplexed it has survived this long. Witches have been working with Lilith for literal centuries- very popular in the left hand path, and no one has ever had a problem with it up until very recently.

Closing off with a comment made by an actual practicing Jew that basically sums up much of what Im saying.

Come to your own conclusion.

[erimyya]

Just a ramble after a long time being gone. What if— what if the amphoreus men were like Love and Deepspace concept? Imagine if Hoyo decide to make a 3D dating game like LaD with Amphoreus men? This is inspire by that one Phainon's video where he show us around Aedes Elysiae.

Like you can play card, claw machine and fighting alongside with them with your customable mc. Having silly interaction with them in a cafe, take picture with different poses and outfits Phainon is going to wear that yellow shirt and purple pant. And pull their card! Don't forget the depression coming with their myth.

The plot twist is they're self aware and has been slowly obsessed with you since you come into their life. Some of their interaction is a little different then the one on your friends, don't worry about that. That's either a bug or you just get that interaction on accident while messing with them.

If I'm not wrong you can get message from characters on your notification too. Sorry but I've only got to play the game for a few days before my phone decide to say my storage is almost full. (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) But it was fun and got me hook. Back to main topic.

The amphoreus men sending you messages that got you wondering if the game has been spying on you. Like how do you know I was having a deep talk about specific topic with this specific friend?

If you're farming mat with them? You can pick whoever you want to go with— but you better spend more time with the others too because you might get spam message from them if you're not equally paying attention to them.

If you're gone and haven't open the game for a long time? Yes, you definitely getting that spam message from them on your notification.

Well, it would be more funny if you boot up the game and the characters are fighting on who's going to greet you first. Then the game just randomly pick who's going to be on the screen.

Aight. That's it, good night (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)/

[edwardteachswombtattoo]

Season 1 Stede is fascinating to me actually, because he is so enormously sheltered when we first meet him and everything about the way he interacts with the crew signals this to us in such bold fucking text but above all he is still kind. He shares his library with the crew because of course if he's got a whole library of books he wants to share it with everyone. It does not even occur to him that most of his crew can't read. He's wondering why the tribe on the island have something against white people because he wasn't going to hurt them and neither was Pete but then he gets reminded that colonialism exists. It takes him a while (and Lucius pointing it out) before he realizes that the guy who offered to pay for the hostages thinks they're prostitutes and then he has to ask Lucius if they look like prostitutes because of course Stede knows sex work exists but it did not occur to him anyone would ever make that mistake because that was the furthest thing from his mind when he was walking around with two hostages yelling "Man for sale!"

I wouldn't call Stede "dumb", but in Season 1 especially he is very lacking in practical knowledge and social awareness for a couple of reasons. Some of it is definitely him being sheltered, but also a bit of it is his inability to conceptualize people doing things for him (i.e. Ed signing the Act of Grace) or wanting to be around him without obligations or even simply being sexually or romantically attracted to him. He mentions "sweet talking" some random woman in exchange for a treasure map but then Lucius clarifies he just gave her a bunch of money, because of course Stede isn't good at flirting with people intentionally (and his claim that he sweet talked her into giving him the treasure map is also Stede trying to reinforce his polite menace gentleman pirate persona where he doesn't need to use violence or the usual pirate tactics to get what he wants).

That's not to say Season 2 Stede is perfect and to be honest I'm so glad he continues to be Stede even as he grows and learns. He craves attention and flattery and acceptance, he's a bit socially unaware, he's bitchy. And above all, he's kind. The kindness does not cancel out these other character traits, but it's there.

[mirai-e-jump]

Sunday Mainichi, 7/27/2025 Issue ft. Chinen Hidekazu x Fuyuno Mio Interview (translation below)

Publication: July 15, 2025

Smiles that protect other's smiles

"You both play the respective main characters in "Kamen Rider Gavv" and "No.1 Sentai Gozyuger," but have you ever had the opportunity to talk with each other?"

Chinen: No, this is the first time we've properly spoken to each other.

Fuyuno: We were together during the recording of Sunday Morning's "Super Hero Time" commercial, but I was pretty nervous at the time, so I didn't say much.

Chinen: I didn't know all the details about Gozyuger yet, so when I asked Mio-kun, "What kind of character is Hoeru?," I remember him saying, "He's an unfriendly guy" (laughs). Hearing that, I thought his image was pretty different from the one I held for previous Reds, which made me very excited.

Fuyuno: My first impression of Chinen-kun was that he had gentle vibes and was a cute person. Later on, I heard from those around me that he was a "passionate guy." I definitely thought that was true.

Chinen: Really? Hearing you say that makes me really happy!

Fuyuno: Actually being able to talk to him, I get the impression that he's a person with a strong core.

Chinen: Thank you so much! Although it's not that strong (laughs).

"The films for Gavv and Gozyuger are finally being released. Please tell us some highlights for each film."

Chinen: The highlight is the guest appearances of Nakajima Sota-san, Kimura Keito-san, Sawamoto Natsuki-san, and Sekai-san from FANTASTICS, who performed the theme song for Gavv's TV series. Each of them plays an important character, so please look forward to seeing how they interact with Shouma within the film. And then there's the action! In keeping with the scale of the film, the angles change vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, creating a series of dynamic action scenes. I was excited when I saw the footage too. I hope you'll look forward to it.

Fuyuno: In addition to the appearance of the many celebrity guests in Gozyuger's film, one of the highlights is the appearance of the numerous Reds from past Super Sentai series. What's more, the story begins with the shocking development that the giant robot "Tega Sword," who fights alongside them, suddenly meets his "death," and then shows what actions the Gozyugers take in order to revive him……so it's packed with content to say the least. Although the Gozyugers are normally "outcasts," they work together well in the film, so I hope you'll pay attention to that aspect as well. In addition, the keyword "wish" appears in various scenes throughout the film. Starting with Hoeru, I want people to sense the various wishes that everyone has.

-The most impactful comments from the fans are…-

"Currently, Gavv's TV series is finally reaching its climax after a year long story. In contrast, for Gozyuger's Fuyuno-san, who will continue filming, do you Chinen-san have any advice for him on how to get through a year of filming?"

Chinen: After about six months, you'll be able to clearly understand the "outline" of the character you're playing and become accustomed to performing that role. When that time came, I reread the scripts starting from the first episode and tried to rediscover the "roots" of my character. I'm acting like this now, but it's important to look back at your early self and think about what you were thinking during the beginning. There are also times when the foreshadowing that was set up early on is brought to light in the second half.

Fuyuno: Thank you so much. As I move towards the second half, I won't forget where I started off. That was very helpful!

"What do you two keep in mind when playing the role of heroes?"

Chinen: Rather than worrying because someone might be watching, I think that when playing a hero, it's easier to connect with your character's feelings if you behave appropriately in your everyday life.

Fuyuno: There's also the impact we have on children. Hoeru's unfriendly, and isn't good at interacting with others, but he is kind to children. Just like Hoeru, I also want to be liked by children (laughs).

"When it comes to the fan response, could you tell us about any comments that have left a particularly strong impression on you?"

Fuyuno: I was very happy to hear that children will often imitate Hoeru's "you're my prey!" catchphrase, as well as his "howling." However, it can be bothersome to their neighbors, so I'd appreciate it if they could refrain from howling at night and do it during the afternoon instead (laughs).

Chinen: I'm often told, "Looking at Shouma makes me want to eat sweets," and that makes me the happiest. Shouma has many scenes where he eats a variety of sweets, so I experimented with how to eat them in a way that looked delicious, as well as how to eat neatly without making a mess, and then acted out my findings through trial and error.

Fuyuno: Shouma truly does look happy when he's eating sweets, so I'm sure he's had a positive influence on children.

Chinen: When people say, "I bought sweets similar to the ones Shouma's eating," I feel glad that my hard work has paid off. There's nothing that makes me happier than being able to convey the joy and happiness of eating to so many different people. It'd be wonderful if tons of people continue to remember Kamen Rider Gavv every time they eat sweets.

[cadavwhorsz]

okay so I saw someone else do this and I wanted to throw my fuck ass opinions out there but here are my hcs for what piercings I think RE characters would get

JILL — easily, she'd have a tongue piercing. for exactly the reasons you'd think. in my mind she is a massive stone top lesbian so a tongue piercing is just a no brainer for her. I'd think she'd keep it from ages 19—23, then resident evil shenanigans happen and her piercing gets taken out, and I don't think she'd be bothered to put it back in during death island. although 47 year old stone top futch lesbian Jill Valentine with her tongue piercing back in and maybe a nose stud just feels right in my soul.

CLAIRE — nose stud, double helix piercings on one ear, I feel like she'd love a conch piercing but got too scared to actually get it. I could also see her getting a medusa or monroe lip piercing? similar to Jill, I think her peak ages of getting and keeping her piercings would be ages 18—26, but she does strike me as the person to have diyed her first piercing during a social studies class when she was like 14. just got bored and took a safety pin through her nostril. skipped school with a friend, bought a stud at the mall meant for ears, came home to her parents furious that she "did that to her beautiful face". cue doors slamming, screaming, and eventually making up with them but agreeing to no more piercings until she was 18. (it didn't last)(she got her helix pierced at 16)(didn't wear her hair up for a month)

ADA — Lobes. That's it. In her line of work she can't risk having anything coming out during a mission. But I like to think she tells people she's got piercings just to mess with them. Like she'll tell them she has a tongue piercing and when they get into it, she just laughs like "lmao bitch you thought". love her for that tho. but I do think she would have at least contemplated getting a navel piercing cus she thinks other women look hot as fuck with them (she's not wrong)(she's a little gay).

REBECCA — SEPTUM! There is no universe in which I don't think Rebecca is a non binary starbucks employee who got caught up in government work, that pixie cut does NOT LIE. she would use she/they/he/xer pronouns, have their septum pierced, double brow piercings, cheek piercings, and maybe a smiley for a period of time. but alas... this is resident evil :( but I do think she would've had a labret at some point before having to take it out for her job.

ASHLEY — oh this girl is scemo in my heart and soul I can just feel it with her so hard!!! she's ambitious with her piercing wants, but her fear of needles is low-key against her with this one chief. this girl would want every square inch of her ears pierced, she wants lobes, helix, industrials, orbitals, a conch piercing, a tragus piercing- but really she's only got her lobes pierced, and two helix's on one ear. she found out she doesn't have the ear for industrial piercings and rightfully crashed out (I'm projecting). she also wants pretty much her entire face pierced but can never work herself up for it, I love her sm <3

CHRIS — this man strikes me as a RAGING homosexual, like you cannot tell me this man does not host on his off days/vacations. he's got an army of bears, twinks, otters and dads ready to go to WAR on his behalf I just KNOW IT. that said: this man has nipple piercings absolutely. and that's it. nothing else. no lobes, no lip piercings, just straight into getting his nipples done. did it hurt? he couldn't tell you. he passed out. you could probably talk him into getting his foreskin pierced, but still, his pain tolerance is dog shit.

LEON — hot take but I don't think he'd get any piercings. I know! I know! we've all seen the art of Leon with snake bites, I know! but younger Leon's sense of self was wayyy too fragile like he was the pretty boy in his police training academy right through to his adulthood, if he even got his lobes pierced I swear to you he would have been actually hate crimed for being gay- (disaster bisexual but still). but yeah, he's definitely thought about getting snake bites before, and I could see him getting a vertical labret during a dip in activity (if ever that would happen) during infinite darkness just to satisfy his curiosity... he ended up taking it out after he tried to pick up a woman and she looked at his piercing funny :(

ALBERT — hear me out...... just..just head me out on this one...........I won't explain this... but.......sp...split tongue........ split tongue wesker.... no I will not elaborate, I just feel like it would fit. I feel it in my gut. there's really not much else I feel like I can say? he seems like a very practically minded character, so I can't see him even wanting to get his lobes pierced because they "serve no functional purpose". a split tongue is a major body mod yes, but it's also subtle and can go largely unnoticed in a professional setting.

LUIS — tongue piercing. whore. no explanation. (whore is affectionate btw).

[elf-hollow]

noelle is more direct in her remarks about something being wrong with kris, but that doesn't mean she's the only one who's noticed??

I mean

clearly toriel is worried

and kris is pretty distant from most other people, so I don't think it's that strange that they wouldn't notice something was up. I think it might be fair to point out that asgore hasn't really noticed anything, but I imagine kris has been distant from him for awhile. and also before chapter 4 we didn't really have a chance to actually talk to him, he sort of just talks at kris, so it's debatable if he would even have a chance to notice something wrong before then

(asgore also doesn't strike me as the most emotionally aware person ever... to me it feels fully in character that he wouldn't notice anything strange lol)

even then it's not like no one else has noticed anything about kris' behavior

(though it's unclear in this quote how kris responded, so we can't really know for sure if they just said "I'm doing bad" or if QC can just tell)

even alphys shows concern over how kris is acting, she just blames it all on susie (I wanted to find proof of this because I was literally just looking at the conversations but I forgot what I searched to find them so you're just gonna have to take my word for it. you played the game right you know what I'm talking about)

so I think it's strange that people are saying that noelle is the only one noticing anything!! she's just the only one who's said it directly to us, or said it somewhere we could hear

[dingodad]

Isn’t Fefeta’s “gimmick” that she super-doesn’t-matter (and can’t talk)? Why would she host the fantonium show over Nepeta, who at least is connected to fandom in some way.

(Honestly if we had to bring back a returning character like this I would’ve voted for Aranea but I don’t hate seeing everyone’s favorite olive catgirl again).

fefeta IS nepeta though, she can be connected to literally anything that nepeta has been connected to... I'm just saying if the fanontinuum gimmick is hey here's a nepeta who acts like a talk show host instead of acting like nepeta why can't they pull the exact same thing with another nepeta who also previously did not act like a talk show host. surely anyone who really wants to see nepeta get justice as a character or w/e would especially want to see 'nepeta but she matters so little that she doesn't even talk' get a chance to shine

frankly I think gamzee's return is much easier to justify than nepeta's; he's potent with plot significance but had been pretty thoroughly and unceremoniously dumped from relevance by the time hs2 relaunched, so finding a way to fit him back in was always a no brainer. even if he's never been a fandom surrogate per se, he's always had an intimate relationship to canon and authority via lord english, so maybe positioning him as the canon to nepeta's fanon isn't so far off. I really liked @pyrobot1cs' take on the pair's polar opposite relationships to the concept of death, though - one who never dies and one who can't NOT die - because I still think death and the afterlife have a lot to do with the fanontinuum as it's been presented to us thus far

[sweatyracoon]

Notes: A month later, I present to you part four 🤌 Hopefully it satisfies. Major writer's block has been stumping me

Warnings: Tooth rotting fluff, mentions of smut, language, cutie Hyunjin

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It has been a few days since you've been home due to a business trip, and you were itching to reach your computer.

You were desperate to meet more of the guys...AI? You weren't sure. But they felt real to you. Painfully real.

You wondered if they were based on real people while away, and even tried looking up their names or the unknown logo on the main screen.

Nothing.

It's almost as if it never existed.

You even asked about it on a few platforms but no one had any idea.

You had contacted a game geek too, but have yet to have gotten a response.

You didn't talk to your friends about it, however.

You could only imagine the judgement on their face when you mention that you masturbated to one of the characters.

But only if they knew how beautiful these men were.

But you wouldn't show them.

It almost felt like a secret that you had to guard or else someone would take them away.

It's crazy that you felt this way for zeroes and ones, guys that unfortunately weren't real. People that made you feel comfortable and appreciated.

You sighed, unlocking your apartment door, slipping in, kicking off your shoes.

You stretched in your doorway before shrugging off your coat, trotting to your room.

It was fairly dark in the house until you moved to your room. The light from the computer illuminated your walls, and you squinted at the brightness.

You don't remember leaving it on.

"Y/n?"

This voice was unfamiliar to you, but it was smooth like buttermilk, and just as sweet.

"Hello?"

You figure it was one of the guys, since clearly no one was in your home.

You stepped closer to the screen, and saw a light gray background with a transparent art app open, a silhouette of a person behind it.

On the transparent app was a beautiful in color painting of the tree outside of your window, and your heart picked up as you saw the hand of the silhouette move to the minimize button.

Once it shrunk, you saw him.

Your lips parted as you took in his appearance.

He was lanky, but muscle visible under his pale skin.

He wore a sleeveless shirt, the screen stopping you from seeing the rest of him.

He had a mole under his eye, and his a beautiful rust brown.

"Which file are you?" You asked, a bit dazed.

He smiled, which in turn made you as well.

Contagious.

"I'm Hyunjin. But I'm more than just a file...I thought you already figured that out with the others,"

You blushed.

"Your right. Sorry," you nodded embarrassed.

"It's okay. I'm sure it's weird. We're definitely a different code," He giggled.

You nodded.

"One of the best I've ever seen,"

Your words made his cheeks darken.

You sat in your chair, making yourself comfortable as he watched you with an endearing gaze.

"So...your a painter?" You remembered the icon that was up when you entered.

He nodded, bringing the app back, small enough so that you could still see him.

"I looked out your window. You left the curtain open, and the tree...it was begging for my attention. Channie Hyung said I could open the app while you were gone,"

You tilted your head.

"How though? I shut the computer off before I left."

He shrugged.

"But you left the cartridge in. Our coding is...I'm not sure how to say it,"

You waited, but suddenly, one small sliver of the screen showed that light pink you memorized from the first time you opened the game.

Then you heard Chans voice.

"Our coding lets us control certain things, as well as see certain things. But don't worry. We won't abuse that power. Hyunjin wanted to paint is all,"

You didn't see Chans face, but you nodded.

For being told that your computer could be controlled by any of the eight men at any time, you were pretty calm about it.

Despite these being AI, they did nothing so far that alarmed you.

You trusted them.

"Hi Chan!" You waved, even though Hyunjin, who was painting with a smile as Chan explained, was the only one on the screen.

"Hi y/n!" He said cutely, his Australian accent present, as well as his hand appearing from the right side of the screen.

It was gone as soon as it appeared, and the pink faded into Hyunjins pale gray.

"He really likes you, you know," Hyunjin said softly, looking at you through the screen.

You blushed.

"I like him too. I like all of you. Even the ones I have yet to meet,"

His toothy grin made your heart stop.

"Jeongin is eager to meet you. He is...he would be the youngest if we were people. He was the last avatar added before the game was completed. He's still learning," Hyunjin explained, signing the digital painting, and clicking save.

"Well perhaps Jeongin will be next," you giggled, wondering what the youngest was like.

You watched as he opened your files, and opened a separate folder away from your personal things, which warmed your heart.

He labeled the file,

Stray Kids' Flower

You smiled softly.

He placed the saved painting into the folder, and closed out of it, not bothering to look at anything else.

And he did it all with his hands instead of a cursor, which mesmerized you.

"There. All done," he clicked his tongue, and winked playfully which made you laugh.

"It's beautiful, Hyunjin,"

"Thank you, Flower," He smiled, and you paused.

A pet name? You never really thought you wanted one, but the way he said it made you want to change your name to Flower permanently.

You blushed, making him grin.

"It's getting late, and I'm sure your trip took a lot out of you," he said softly, dimming the screens brightness.

Your eyes burned, eyelids heavy and body taught.

He was right.

You didn't realize until he said something, but you were grateful.

Each one of the men you had met so far always ended the meeting early to make sure you take care of yourself, and you wondered if you'd ever find that in the real world.

But that thought made you pause.

You didn't want the real world.

You wanted these men. The digital AI that for some reason has insane programming that makes you feel like your conversing with real people.

You felt lucky that you found this sim.

You nodded with sn unexpected yawn.

"Thank you Hyunjin. It was nice to meet you," you waved politely.

"Likewise. Can't wait to see you again," he said all giddy, which made you smile.

"Do you want me to stay, or do you want quiet?" His face showed you that he would do either happily, and for once, you just wanted darkness.

He nodded when you told him, a smile still bright on his face as he said goodnight before the computer turned black.

The light at the bottom went from blue to red, signalling it was off.

You smiled as you curled back into bed, hugging a few pillows, pretending it was the four men you had met.

As you slept, your phone notifications went off like crazy, but it was on silent.

The game geek you had messaged the day prior finally understood the game you had gotten.

-Game_Boy_666

>Got your message

>It's manufacturer discontinued the game due to unknown reasons.

>All I know is that two women before you that was in possession of that game got rid of it because it didn't work properly

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