#its actually yeseo...

[milkbreadtoast]

Jesse I drew for lineart/coloring/side profile practice on CSP!! it was fun coloring the gold fabric tbh..!! got to test out brushes i dl'd recently... tested using a pattern asset instead of drawing the pattern by hand for once... it was fun😳

[pendwelling]

mended with gold, i can now hold more than a drop of you

Pairing: Cédric Riester/Jung Yeseo

22.5k words (oneshot). Rated E (they bang near the end for 3k WKGFKDKS). Guardian Angel/Fix-it AU of sorts, Childhood Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Possessive AND Obsessive!Cédric (it runs in his blood lmao), Angel!Yeseo.

(more explicit tags in the link)

SUMMARY:

As Cédric's father lay bleeding amidst the vast magic formula, drawn in a desperate attempt at summoning divine intervention, the Lord sends them Her reply.

(Or: Cédric is twelve years old when the Almighty God finally bestows him mercy in the form of Her incarnation Yeseo.)

(Cédric and Angel Yeseo throughout the years.)

[octoberautumnbox]

Best Job Ever

Kep1er Kang Yeseo & Male named character, Female named character

Categories/warnings: smut, office, public, oral, blowjob, hair pulling, facefucking, needy

Word count: 1.6k

a/n: rushed and bfh and quickie sorry its kinda bad lmao ill do better next time also thanks to @hoaqinrw for beta read :DDDD and yes kep1er once again on cooldown

Yeseo almost fights for her spot in the 6:54 a.m. elevator, nearly pushing away some other office chimp just to get to her floor as quickly as possible. Her smile never leaves her face as she rides up the stories, and it couldn't be a moment too soon before her first task of the day arrives. 

“Ding!” goes her phone's tracker app, and she opens it to reveal a name and desk number. Her smile grows wider as she reads the contents of her screen as she thinks to herself, “This is gonna be a great day.”

The elevator doors slide open and a cool blast of air conditioning meets her face. Yeseo looks around and sees all her colleagues hard at work, and brimming with pride she thinks about how much help she offers to everyone with the work she does. Excitedly, she hurries over to plop her things down onto her desk before going off to her first assignment.

“Good morning, Mr. Lee,” she greets as she bows respectfully to her senior. He waves back, evidently in a phone call that Yeseo couldn't have seen, and he motions for her to get straight to work. 

With a cheery smile, she kneels in front of Mr. Lee and unzips his pants for him. She eyes his cock with hunger, licking her lips at the imminent deliciousness to enter her mouth, and plants a wet kiss on his tip. 

Her senior watches her start her first job of the day while still on the phone. He places his hand on her head and pats, urging her to hurry up. She gets the message and collects a small amount of saliva on her tongue before dragging it up his length. The young girl notices him grip his phone ever so slightly tighter, and she knows she's doing a good job.

“Poor Mr. Lee,” she thinks, “so early in the morning and already so stressed. I have to help him out.” After she sufficiently coats his yummy cock with her spit, she takes him up to half of his length and sucks hard. Luckily his phone call ends at that moment, and he groans just as he puts it down. He pats her hair, telling her he likes it, and she smiles cutely at the feedback, her eyes twinkling with contentment.

Yeseo's courage to take more of his cock grows to almost match the actual size of what she has to take in her mouth. Mr. Lee is one of Yeseo's most favorite seniors to serve, and she promised herself to be able to take all of him one day. With her newfound surge of confidence, she plunges herself into his crotch, feeling his tip slip past the center of her tongue, and it hits the back of her throat. She gags deliciously, and Mr. Lee feels it on his cock, causing it to twitch. With another groan, he places both hands on her head to keep her in place, and the feeling of his dick stuck in her throat and messing with her breathing does something to her: Yeseo starts feeling moisture in her own crotch too. 

The young girl gags again, desperately this time, and her patron relents. He lets go of Yeseo's head and she pulls back immediately, but not so carelessly as to let him feel any of her teeth. Lines of spit connect her lips to his cock, and yet a happily teary-eyed Yeseo allows herself no downtime. She wraps her smooth and delicate fingers around his throbbing cock, giving long and slow strokes, not to make him cum just yet, but to keep him occupied while she collects herself. If his load is going anywhere, it'll be on her tongue and down her throat, and Mr. Lee expects no less of her. 

Yeseo regains control of her breath once more, and she dives back in. She takes him all the way again, and this time she only gags the right way. Mr. Lee once again holds her head in place, and Yeseo, ever the hard worker, takes the opportunity to lick wherever her short tongue could reach on his shaft. 

The way Mr. Lee grips handfuls of her hair tells her that he loves it, and Yeseo prepares herself for what's to come. She knows her patron well, and she's happy to be doing such good work. She readies her throat, and despite the tears welling in her eyes, she shoots a seductive wink at him, telling him she's all set.

And he complies: his grip tightens and Yeseo savors the feeling of him yanking her hair as rough as he can. With no additional warning than him pulling back slightly, he pushes back into the young girl's throat once more. Yeseo holds absolutely no control anymore whatsoever, and she's reminded that it's exactly how Mr. Lee likes it. To him, she is nothing more than a warm and wet hole for him to use, and she wouldn't have it any other way. 

He gets into a rhythm, and soon his thrusts into her throat have Yeseo gagging again. Lewd sounds continuously escape her, a steady and deep gluck-gluck-gluck emanates from the young girl's mouth in between moans of pleasure. This is her second-most favorite part about servicing Mr. Lee: the way he fucks her cute little face gets her going like no one else, and when he's free and Yeseo has no immediate tasks, he's so very kind to return the favor. Deep down inside, Yeseo feels selfish for wanting it, wanting him; he must be busy.

She settles and contents herself with getting her face fucked by her favorite patron, never mind the growing wet spot between her legs, “why the fuck is Mr. Lee so hot?” “Snap out of it, Yeseo! You have a job to do!

And yet, she can’t control herself: her fingers reach into her wet panties and she plays with the lips of her pussy. Between the rough facefucking she’s getting and the pleasure she gets from her own fingers, Yeseo steels her will to hold off from cumming just yet. 

Despite this, though, she can’t deny that with everything she’s going through right now, her fingering her swollen clit, her senior fucking her throat-pussy the way she likes, her vision blurring with tears, her mind getting fuzzy from lack of air…

Yeseo almost doesn’t hear Mr. Lee groan loudly, one last time. Thankfully she does, and she relaxes her throat even more for him. He pulls her head in and shoves his cock as deep as it can go, and he lets everything out: all at once, his hot and delicious cum floods Yeseo’s throat, the warmth slithering down her throat. Her eyes cross as she starts to sputter, and the sheer amount of cum she’s receiving renders her useless, mindless. It starts spilling out of her mouth, “Such a shame, what a waste of his yummy sperm,” until it starts spilling out of her nose too. The young girl is almost completely limp with bliss, never mind her own orgasm, she’d be lucky to survive the next two minutes without air while she takes the load of her life, “When will it end?” “I hope not soon…”

And she snaps awake again at his command; Mr. Lee yanks her off his cock by the hair, and he takes a moment to admire his handiwork: Yeseo’s face is properly fucked, her makeup ruined, and his baby batter decorating her features like it’s the best thing she’s ever had. In some ways, it is, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. 

Yeseo’s heartbeat picks up again when Mr. Lee’s hand touches her cheek. She knows exactly what this is: it’s her turn. He leads her to meet his gaze, and without breaking eye contact at all, he lifts her onto his desk, legs wide apart, pussy covered by the thinnest, wettest, most ruined-looking pair of cute floral panties anyone has ever seen. She relishes in his gaze, and she loves the way his mouth waters while ogling her needy crotch. Yeseo wishes he would “just take me already. Just fuck me. Please–”

“Ding!” goes her phone’s tracker app, and she reaches to pick it up. A swipe and a couple seconds of reading later, and she meets her patron’s eyes once again. The look on his face tells Yeseo only one thing: he’s disappointed that she has to leave him. 

“I’m very sorry, Mr. Lee,” she mutters with regret, getting off his desk, “Miss Kwon is calling. Please feel free to call me again when your timer resets.” 

He helps her down, the gentleman he is, and holds her steady while she wobbles. Yeseo faces him properly, and she bows a deep bow of respect to her senior. “Thank you very much.”

~~~

Yeseo emerges from the restroom after cleaning herself up and making sure her mouth is perfect once more. She thinks back to the remarks section of her second task of the day: “Miss Kwon is ovulating today. Please exercise proper oral hygiene to avoid any accidents.” 

She makes her way to her office, “We can be as loud as we want in here,” and knocks respectfully. She fixes herself once more, and the door opens to reveal a woman not much taller than she is, but older, wiser, and needier than she can imagine. 

“Come in, Miss Kang. I’m afraid you’ve got your work cut out for you this time.” She leads the young girl under her desk, and Yeseo looks up with the most adorable eyes.

“Please don’t hold back, Ma’am. Have me any way you like.” 

~~~

a/n: like i said bfh and also quickie and rushed lmao sorry

[smiling-stel]

NOT CANON!! I HOPE!!

Just a fan comic cause some ghost of sadness took over me orz

BTS tidbits + a headcanon below the cut vvv

♧ Originally the script was Jesse telling Cedric to blindfold himself with a purple handkerchief so he can always see purple but

. 1) felt too convoluted

. 2) could be taken out of context, but like, people can take it however they want as long as its not harmful (^^)

. 3) too wordy orz

♧ So I changed it to be just a keepstake thing instead!

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♡ Also headcanon that Jung Yeseo's fav color is actually yellow even tho purple is mostly associated w him, hence the bouquet at the end being of yellow flowers rather than purple tulips

Cause the purple tulips is the symbolism for officiating relationships in this story (in these three's case its poly platonic canonly) and Jesse Venetiaan alw being associated w purple cause *character design foreshadowing*

♡ Tbh i wouldve hc Yeseo liking blue cause that feels more right (idk if there's a canon fav color ever mentioned, im not finished w the story) but I liked the cross association the color yellow has between Jesse n Yeseo + as long as it wasnt purple flowers thats special but everyone uses, the yellow/blue bouquet would've felt more personal n sweet regardless of which alt color it was

[kkongdakz]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “ START OVER? ”

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ıl PROFILES lı ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ gyuvin' supporters

KIM GYUVIN is a new sport student, specializing in soccer. he's y/n first and current love, even if the two are not into a relationship anymore. after their breakup, gyuvin cut all ties with her, even blocking her number and social medias, so as not to hear from y/n at all. to say that he doesn't miss y/n would be a lie, but the boy has definitely moved on — unlike y/n. apart from that, he's an extremely helpful guy, always there for others, and always bringing good cheer to those around him.

SHEN QUANRUI or ricky, is gyuvin's best friend since kindergarten. ricky knows every gyuvin's reactions by heart, and knows exactly how the guy works. of course, he kept to himself the fact that he still spoke to y/n and regularly gave her news of him — because gyuvin would probably have strangled him instantly. despite the fact that this love story has ruined their little group of friends, ricky respects the decision of the two concerned and doesn't interfere in their stories.

SEOL YOONAH or sullyoon is friend with gyuvin since high school. after breaking up with y/n, gyuvin had to get closer to some of his other friends to forget his ex-lover, which led him to sullyoon and her pretty smile. if there's one girl y/n is jealous of, it's her : but mostly because she thinks she's very pretty and easily affordable (and because she has the chance to stay by gyuvin's side, unlike her).

HAN DONGMIN or taesan, is another friend of gyuvin from high school. they also became close after gyuvin broke up with y/n, even though taesan kept in touch with the girl. he's a trusted friend who helped him a lot get over the whole thing, while trying not to get too involved. he also studied sport, but this time basketball.

KIM MINJI is gyuvin's classmate and new friends, and probably the only one girl to which he confides as if she was his secret diary. to y/n's dismay, minji is the person who knows all the boy's secrets best actually — and more specifically, who can make him say and believe whatever she wants. obviously, her wish is not to harm people, but her first priority is to stop seeing gyuvin suffer because of y/n. she's a sport student, specialized in volleyball.

SIM JAYUN or yoon, is gyuvin's new classmate and an old friend of dongmin. she's a bubbly person who's not afraid to say what she thinks, and is determined to stir up trouble in her new establishment. with a reputation as an unruly student, yoon is always the first to get a laugh, which has led to an easy friendship with gyuvin.

KIM HANBIN is gyuvin's big brother, and a ex-friend of y/n, to gyuvin's dismay. the two brothers get on perfectly well and are always there for each other, even in the most difficult of times. hanbin has always supported his little brother and even if he is disappointed not to have y/n auround anymore, he fully respects his decision to cut ties with her. as a graduate student, hanbin works at his mother's café, which is famous in town for its exquisite bubble tea.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀masterlist — y/n's believers ⿻ ch. 1

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[eyeswaitingfortuesdaynight]

#ITS LIT SO FUNNY #twsb and orv share so many core similarities while ALSO being complete opposites and it CRACK ME UP LMFAO #one is on light mode and the other is on dark wEKFJJDLDLDJDKD #kdj had over a decade to ponder the intricacies of WoS which would lead to an 'ideal ending' #yeseo meanwhile has nothing but his sister's sobbing and an endgame couple which he decides is the ending requirement to go back home #(both kdj and yeseo's ideas of a 'perfect ending' dont exactly include themselves) #(just twsb and orv being the same coin in a way but diff sides) #it makes me go crazy how theyre so wildly different but evoke such intense feelings from me LIKE FRRR #ESPECIALLY WITH TWSB BECAUSE ITS SO LIGHTHEARTED IT ACTUALLY DISARMS YOU SO BAD (tags by @pendwelling)

Third Wheel Strikes Back is funny as hell because it's the complete opposite of Omniscient Reader where it's an insanely niche novel and dokja knows every plot point and constantly tries to die for his ten year long hyperfixation on the protagonist meanwhile yeseo/jesse has No Fucking Clue what anything is in this horrendously popular book and has to glean everything from his memories of his sister sobbing over it, and to this day only knows for a fact that he's 1) Going To Die In War and 2) the male lead is an asshole

[mikuchae]

noone asked but here are my post july 3rd predictions for kep1er

yujin: i fear shes one of the members most prone to actress disease but for the sake of how much i love watching her perform i think she'll go solo

xiaoting: a bit difficult to predict. bc of her visa i think she'll inevitably go back to china for a while and may even promote there for a couple months but tbh with how popular she is in the kpop industry i think a big company will try and scout her - i honestly wouldnt be shocked if it was hybe

mashiro: it's basically confirmed that her and yeseo are joining limelight like literally right after kepi disbands so 😭 but for the sake of actually speculating i think she'll get more variety/mc gigs

chaehyun: since she'll be without a contract im literally begging for her not to just stay w wakeone but i do think she'll continue w music, whether solo or in a group (also wouldnt be surprised if she also joined limelight along w yeshiro since their concept is unlimited members + 143 ent liked one of her teasers for magic hour)

dayeon: jellyfish is rumored to be creating a group for her once she goes back to that company so all i can ask for is noone younger than at least 2008 + good music and jellyfish not fucking anything up we cannot lose a performer like her 💔

hikaru: with every passing month the "hikaru in xg" prediction sounds more like the "yena in everglow" situation, in that atp i think xg are too far into their career/have established themselves enough as a seven member group to the point where i dont think they would need to add hikaru to the group to gain more popularity . i think hikaru will go back to japan due to visa purposes for a bit, but ultimately will continue as a kpop idol. with how attached at the hip her and hiyyih are i wouldnt be shocked if she ended up joining ist/another company if hiyyih decided to leave

hiyyih: this one is tough. i know ist has been scouting trainees for a bit but w how little they've done to post about hiyyih while she's been promoting with kep1er i think she should leave and join a different one. i don't necessarily know if said company will be hybe (ppl think that bc they didnt blur her face in txt content that means shes joining but honestly i think thats bc shes kais sister), but i just hope its one that actually cares for her.

youngeun: PLEASE LEAVE NUGU ASS BISCUIT ENT. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 i am begging for a company to recognize her as the all rounder she is and scout her PLEASSSEEE 🙏🏻🙏🏻

yeseo: same situation as mashiro but i think she'll get casted for web dramas alongside limelight's activities

[x-xxiaos]

[12] MR. I ALREADY MOVED ON

summary after breaking up with his since-high school-girlfriend, xiao made a long list of things he should and hated her for, so he won't fall for her again in case name tries to enter his life once again. for five long years, xiao did a great job at keeping name off of his mind, but what would he do if she suddenly shows up at his door, asking him to work with her?

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FUN FACTS !

xiao made a new private account just to name it as [name]hater and to bash (talk) about her

back when they were still together, [name] gets excited over little things. such as: they'll be able to eat lunch together

venti doesn't actually get paid by [name]. he genuinely wants xiao and [name] to talk about them

FROM EYN i have no excuse for this very late update /srs i just got lazy im really sorry t__t ; if the plot for this chap feels rushed, its because it rushed i got tired of all the slowburn cat and dog shit i was doing and decided to just make xiao agree out of nowhere ! 😁

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[miimoz]

hehe hi loml 💌🤭

HI LOML!!!!!!!! after like, boba ratings, sunshine!!!!!, hyunwoo ur ferret & mini ur puppy, frogs, youngtae, CAT HAT, makeup & (long) nails, bodyslamming people in the hallways 👍, liveposting about shows ive never seen, la luna,  drummer youngtae (gets his own spot), raccoons, won (jungwon) & won (sungwon), love killa chajun & that 'r these too fast' chajun, atbo, do 4 me, ichillin, yohan & intak, cute food tags for ur ults i lov them, crabity cavity, randall bc of that one time u said jungmo looked like him i still think abt that, bibi, aquablues 👍, 👍 the emoji, changuk n dongyun, meenoi?, wonjun, woo!ah!, y2k, old cellphones & charms, csr, banh mi, engineering, stayc & lightsum, SO BAD & catch the stars, chillin chillin by itzy, cignature, lemon dyum, pixy & pinkfa, yeseo, seokhwa, call me & icons, meringues & meringue, yongseung, cookie (the wei member dog), rainbows, the entire weeekly after school ep i forgot what its actually called but u know the one + tag me, the (loona) hyunjin solo, secret number, vivid colours, that dohyon clip u know the one i know u do, steven 🔪, crystal ball & grapes, 🚗 little car emojis, also the golfing emoji, STICKERS, locket necklaces & initial charms, having your friends' baby photos in your wallet/phone case/etc, seven pages, ven bc band <3, eunsang's lemonade, BAGELS, shotas odd selfies, DONGPYO, giggling at your phone, love letters found in your books/locker, OH also miffy... (insert 10 more pages)

[juanitasupreme]

fact that theres female student 1, 2, 3, kim garam, yeseo, and 2 oppars mentioned in the pages garam posted ALONE means that each of them have a report from the school violence committee. or that file is a whole wattpad story and a sequel long. yeseo was very vocal and bitter in the beginning i dont doubt if garam was actually involved in a plot so heinous she made yeseo suicidal she wouldve said something by now. garam cursed at a girl for leaking her friends nudes when she was 12 its not exactly a pretty little liars scheme. yeseo had everyone on her side,,, she shld respond if shes telling the truth... unless its another m*na situation

It's giving me a headache lmao

[ugbobae]

IM BO BAE  🡢 bobby

reintroducing my muse, im bobae. goes by bo, bobby, bae for the most part but appreciates any and all potential nicknames or puns made on and WILL steal them to use on merch. probably wants to open a streetwear brand on her own someday but that shit’s expensive. the girl is a hustler, grew up broke and is not about to go back to that so catch her putting food on the t a b l e and if you wanna call her out for selling out, well, be her guest. not that it won’t bother her, no she’ll be pissy and sad about it for sure. she’ll also vandalize your property if the situation presents itself. ya girl is a walking misdemeanor. she’s a rising star which means hongdae is turning it’s back on her, something she has extremely complicated feelings about.

her primary genre is electropop and she pulls heavy influence in sound from artists like yelle, yeseo, yaeji, neon bunny, iu (selectively) and others. i’ve got a playlist if you’re interested 6v6. basically i want all the drama and angst and all the possible heartwrenching bs so hmu!

we went to elementary/ middle school /kindergarten together on the wrong side of seoul and played latchkey kid mischief together while our dads finished lengthy factory shifts, we were basically family but life separated us for xyz reasons, now we’re chillin again in hongdae and its kind of weird but nice and nostalgic

we’ve mutually admired each other’s music for awhile now and are finally getting a chance to work together, but there’s a real possibility of backlash for either / both of us due to current rumormongering around bobby’s career so maybe you want to back out or maybe its kind of strained

we came up together in the scene before bo was ‘bobby’ and we were mad close. but, when bobae transitioned to a more electronica type of sound it became kind of strained, because you felt she lost her roots and in general both grew up a lot since then. so there’s some kind of spark or familiarity or wistful connection there but now they’re left feeling at odds trying to chase a lost friendship when our paths have diverged so much

a frequent dalliance, bobby doesn’t exactly NOT sleep around but she’s not a one night stand kind of girl either. she makes big promises and doesn’t follow through, so you can be guaranteed up to one to two months of fun fun fun and then its intermittently reappearing in your life every few weeks like nothing happened. out of sight out of mind?

ride or die besties, soul bonded, tell you everything, the one person that bobae actually doesn’t ghost out on unintentionally. literally she’d kill someone if you even seemed like you wanted it. maybe you’re exhausted by her though, she’s a lot. hopefully someone who is a slight foil to her, someone more solid to weigh down her flighty kite string.

literally just the messiest mess of obsession and love and just being completely over the top about each other, in destructive ways. like just fully a big mess of nonsense and back and forth and all the drama and theyre both just way in too deep and also fully hung up on their own issues and its visceral and brutal and soft and terrible and wonderful.

i’d also love any kind of obnoxious antagonism for the sake of fun, so feel free to throw that at me. those reasons tend to be more interesting if theyre predicated on existing stuff tho so no premade there!

SOUL CRUSHING ANGST FIRST LOVE EX. details tbd based on plotting i just love misery

spontaneous little bits and bobs

we always run into each other at the bus stop going to jog by the han and after awhile i finally came up to you to say hey and now we’re running buddies and its a nice safe space away from the judgement she usually gets but then oops she sees u around the scene and realizes where she knows you from finally and now its not the same

i heard you shit talking me when you didnt know i was around and then you caught me trying to vandalize your motorcycle / some other petty crime lol

i sang guide for one of your tracks and then you heard one of my new songs being shopped around and now we’ve become creative partners that play off each other’s ideas to develop one another, and maybe we’re mutual muses for each other n its just a great creative friendship full of mutual improvement

you caught me making questionable and likely dangerous choices when fully drunk and either went along with me and now we’re tight as fuck or dragged me back to safety and now we’re tight but also in the way where you resent ‘babysitting’ a fool when trashed

substance abuse friends enabling poor decisions idk

people who resent her for the choices she’s made for her career would be interesting too

[milkbreadtoast]

a bunch of quick twsb doodles...

[pendwelling]

hello, pen-nim! I just wanted to ask about the "ether children"(!?) that CYC apparently has???? Like holy shit yes?????? They have kids??????????

It's been keeping me up at night ngl sjjsakaks

THEY DO HAVE KIDS and honestly it's so genius. I laugh about it all the time LMAO (anyway please brace yourself bc this ended up becoming a really long post WKFHDJ)

In non-romance fantasy settings, I always wonder about high-status characters like Crown Princes of the like and how they would make/appoint successors—even more so when it's implied that it'll probably be faceless characters who we never even meet (take Alver Crossman in LCF, for example, who iirc also mentioned he would just appoint one of his siblings' children as his future heirs). Even though TWSB is not a romance, its political setting has always played a prominent role and influence in the story, and even long before CYC have their "children", characters such as Cédric (a Crown Prince and future Emperor) and Christelle (previously a Duke's daughter) had been subjected to inquiries about marriage and about fulfilling their duties. Naturally, as these character's are ones whom we've followed for so long and through several trials and adventures, readers of course would want them to be happy with whomever they have to make successors with. But BECAUSE they are character's whom we know and have grown to know, we also know that a political marriage would not make our characters necessarily happy, or that it's something they'd even want (and to readers, would be an unsatisfying outcome to see).

Ham Ga-in Christelle actually isn't that interested in marriage (not to mention has a complicated relationship with and idea of parenting/parental figures, and thus, mothers/motherhood) as has expressed that if she WERE to marry, it being with a close friend where they'd be like roommates or in an eternal sleepover like, say, Yeseo, wouldn't be a bad idea since it sounds fun (such as in that one part when Cédric and her were being questioned by Fred and Aurélie about their fake relationship during Jesse first house arrest arc LMAO). As for Cédric, naturally, as a Crown Prince, he is very understanding and diligent as to what his duties expect from him, as such, even when there were discussions over whom would be the best political partner for him (high-ranking nobles such as dukes' children such as Vérénice Mendy, even affluent daughters of merchant families, etc), he most probably would have accepted anyone his mother and godmother decided would be most fitting as his partner. Love was never really a factor for a Crown Prince's marriage (though, I should notably state that his mom, Empress Frédérique, basically enthusiastically kidnapped(willingly) and eloped with her husband out of love against the wishes of his affluent mage family LMAO), though, that isn't to say that they won't take into account his feelings to—but it's clear that his feelings are, all-in-all, that of duty and acceptance (and buried reluctance, which Yeseo and friends bring up and consider when these talks were happening, and tell him that his feelings DO in fact, matter).

ANYHOW, all this is to say that both Christelle and Cédric (ESPECIALLY Cédric) are characters who qpuld inevitably have to continue their family lines.

So, how does our author Sookym resolve this?

Answer: They basically both respectively end up accidentally making magically-adjacently created magically-genetic babies with Jung Yeseo as the mother (LMAO)

CYC's firstborn daughter is actually an "age-regressed/reincarnated" version of one of their past adversaries, Lynn Isenia, a water-attribute Cardinal-level Holy Knight from the Divine Kingdom of Venetiaan who was part of Wilhelmina Sneijder's apostles. After Christelle and Jibrip Diop defeated her in battle [530s], she ended up activating her stigma which resulted in her physical body melting into water before disappearing. Both Christelle and Jibril presume her to be dead after this encounter. Prior to her "death", Lynn had actually expressed interest both in Yeseo (for his pure and bountiful ether) and in Christelle (for the divine power and ability that the Blessing of the Azure Ocean gave her), so it's many not out of nowhere that her resurrected body became Christelle and Yeseo's "child". (Side note: on the continent, Water has often religiously been symbolic of resurrection and new beginnings.)

So, how was "Lynn Isenia" (re)born?

Prior to her "birth", Yeseo was actually visited in a dream by a little baby expressing how hungry they were ("I need pure ether to grow big!" [693]. Yeseo, blearily under the impression that Rhea is the one asking for ether, eventually gives in, and the baby satisfying responds about how delicious his ether is, before finally thanking him ("Thank you, Dad.") which jolts Yeseo awake. Suffice to say, this was basically conception dream of soon-to-be Mama Yeseo.

Turns out, after using her stigma, Lynn Isenia became a wandering puddle/water-blob existence, and eventually found herself tagging along with Yeseo and Co. She was able to cultivate herself back to a human form by basically using Christelle's water-attribute ether as an embryonic sac, which was then had been further nourished and natured by Yeseo's pure ether. I call Yeseo the mom here because he's also the one who technically(?) "births" her LMAO—as in, she emerges/phases out from his belly and pops into existence in his arms out of the blue 😭😭 Everyone is so shocked by this scene that they pretty much forget that Yeseo has been "forever single", and in her shock, Christelle even asks him if an annunciation(LMAO) just happened, before Yeseo reminds them all, flustered, that he literally physically cannot give birth by himself and that the child couldn't be his 😭

That aside, turns out, the baby was born more water than human and without much of her memories, but she does remembers bits and pieces about being "Lynn Isenia", and so people draw the dots together from there. Despite this, she is undoubtedly her own, new, separate existence from the previous Lynn Isenia, with her own personality, wants, and needs (she is also pretty much just a baby, and not a Holy Knight who tried killing them once lol). This arc was actually super interesting to me, because throughout it, Isenia has shown attachment to Yeseo, but ESPECIALLY Christelle, whom Lynn actually considers very firmly to be her "mom" (since Chris' ether was also what helped nurtured Lynn). I love this arc a lot because it delves even deeper into Ham Ga-in as a person, as well as her suppressed anxieties and traumas regarding her own identity crisis, her outlook on parenthood, and subsequently, her relationship with her new mother-figure, Isabelle and her ever growing and increasing, yet suppressed, guilt over taking over her daughter's place. Christelle actually dislikes the idea of Lynn being her "baby" so much, to the point where she even feels hatred towards her own self for being such an "irresponsible/childish" adult. Of course, her worries are very valid, because Lynn is basically a "baby she never planned for", and even worse to her guilty conscious, one who sincerely loves and admires her so much despite Christelle's aversion. But eventually though, after very well-written emotional build-up and resolution, Christelle reconciles her relationship with her new mother Isabelle (one of my favourite parts EVER of the novel btw) and even more so with Lynn, whom she proposes that they reformulate the nature of their relationship and asks that Lynn instead call her "unnie". In the end, Lynn gets adopted by Isabelle, and officially becomes "Lynn Rambouillet" 🥹 Christelle and Lynn have a very fun and playful relationship after this, now that they can fully open their hearts to each other, and Christelle herself does her best to be an adult figure worthy of Lynn's sincere admiration and love.

So that's the first CYC child! Of course, Chris definitely acts more like an auntie/older sister, but does sincerely comes to care for the baby, and Yeseo, being the one with the most (momCOUGH) older brother instincts, takes to child-rearing pretty much like a fish in water. I think that I should also note that Lynn is very much Christelle's family. The baby takes after Christelle in their disliking and bullying of Cédric LMAOOOOOOOOO (at one point, Lynn refers to someone as very handsome, and Yeseo, naturally, assumes it's Cédric, before Lynn confirms that Jibril's looks are more of her style LOLOLOL and even picks up on the trend of calling Cédric a pig too. I think at one point, she even calls him ugly 😂😭)

BUT ANYHOW, NOW FOR CEDYES'S CHILD LMAO

Surprise~! Congrats to CYC on being the family of another daughter! Tbh, I think it's really fitting, because CYC all feel like Girl Dads.

SO!!

Their second baby is also a reincarnation. This one is MASSIVE SPOILERS regarding character death and some parts of the ending, because this happens like. in Chapter 797 and into the 800s.

Cédric and Yeseo's "child" was actually born from a seed. It was initially empty, and needed a core ingredient in order to germinate. This core would eventually be the body of the deceased Elise Venetiaan, who died at the end of the Riester and Venetiaan war (by whom, i will leave thay to you to find out *winks through tears*. Her death was very well-written and she's such a beloved and tragic chatacter oughhhh). Collecting her body, the Spirit of Eranda of the earth-attribute used it as a vessel to nurture the Seed and looked after it, pouring divine power into it and keeping it safe. It needed much more than just the Spirit's divine power, however, and eventually asked for Cédric to give it some strength. With this request, Cédric uses his abilities to offer it a sacred ether flame, which the Seed absorbs into its membrane [812]. His gift and offering of holy flames was not enough however, and the Spirit eventually reveals that in order for the Seed to fully achieve growth, it would require the "sacred moon" to finally bear fruit, and that no other ether would work. Naturally, the moon in question is our Jung Yeseo. Things gets a bit complicated because there's a lot going on in this arc (it's one of my favourites OUGHHHHH it's so damn good I swear) but basically, Yeseo was pretty much forced home by the powers of the Narrative and the Three Sisters (Bozena), and with that, he also took with him the literal moon of the TWSB world, as well as everyone's memories of Yeseo in the process. So, when the Spirit said that they need to moon to finally bear fruit from the Seed, it further propels Christelle, Cédric, Jibril and the original Jesse's (Losna, whose body he retook following Yeseo's second expulsion from their world) mission to bring back their "moon", gradually recovering their memories of him and growing all the more determined to get him back.

And eventually, they do finally reunite again 🥹 Upon returning back to the TWSB world (and establishing a permanent link between the TWSB world and Yeseo's world), Yeseo is finally asked by the Spirit to bless the Seed. Pouring his golden ether into it, the Seed cam finally begin its process of sprouting, now that moonlight has returned to the world and with Yeseo blessing the red seed [887].

The baby is finally born from the fruit in Chapter 917. Empress Frédérique is actually the one to first hold her, and is instilled with a feeling of familiarity/nostalgia upon holding a baby with hair as dark as Cédric in her arms once again. We can definitely assume she got that dark hair because of Cédric's influence on the Seed, but her eyes are still blue like Elise's were. It's an emotional birth for sure, with Losna and Cornelisse eventually getting their turn to hold her, too, and they both cry over their older sister having finally been reborn with a clean slate—chance to live a now more happier and relaxed life, one that will be full of love, especially with her new very extended family.

Because the colour of the fruit she was born from was red, the baby Elise Riester eventually gained the nickname of 'Cerise' (first coined by Yeseo and then picked up by everyone else)(lmao he really is her mom), which is additionally really fitting because "Cherry" in French sounds really close to Elise's own name hehe. She's a cute baby, and also gets officially declared by Frédérique as a "granddaughter/descendant of the Empire" (basically saying that she has chosen to adopt her, and Cédric has gained a younger sister despite the absence of the Prince Consort wfkfkdkdk but because her birth was miraculous and witnessed by many, it's easily accepted). Maartje, her only genuine friend and reliable adult companion in her life before her death, becomes her Godmother TvT and the Venetiaan siblings always visit her and shower her with love.

Also, you may perhaps wonder why she wasn't made a Venetiaan again, but keep in mind that this is right after the end of the Riester-Venetiaan war, where trials against the main villains have occured, Christanne has declared that she will be stepping down from her position as Queen, and that Venetiaan is now under Riester rule. The Venetiaan Royal Family's mistakes and history are now all basically made public, and while the people are still very loving towards them, the Royal Family themselves acknowledge that their family has done and has allowed many back things to happen to Venetiaan under their rule, and that a lot of cleaning up in the kingdom has to be done. Though, it's implied that Cornelisse will eventually come to be the new Queen, once all things are settled.

"Won't baby Cerise and her siblings be separated, then?" Actually, think of it like a joint household wkwkkkw. It definitely helps that Cerise was born near the Temple of Boundaries, and the (new) Pope's residence (which Cédric has enthusiastically proposed to fund and construct, and even build a new portal that leads there directly from HIS ROMERO PALACE 😭😭😭😭 just so that he, Chris, and friends could always visit Yeseo and vice-versa now that he's Pope)(almost forgot to mention that the portal to Yeseo's home in Korea is also in this location, so Cédric literally offered to build him a new home that is both near his second home in Riester, as well as his first home in Korea so that he can easily switch between worlds....... He's is just like his great-grandfather Romero. A SIMP 😭). Thus, Cornelisse can easily visit her little older sister, and even Losna actually expresses a desire to remain in Riester, too, since he didn't have many good memories in Venetiaan, anyway, aside from his sisters 🥹🥲 So he'll be able to visit Cerise easily! He's actually even been offered to be the stand-in regent of Yeseo's territory estate in Sérénité when Yeseo is away, which works out now that Yeseo will probably have to take up Popal duties now too WKDHJDKDKD

OH I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO MENTION THIS TOO LMAOOOO

Their second child was actually foreshadowed by Jung Hyunseo of all people, who, prior to all the events of these chapters, actually had a conception dream where Yeseo came home with a baby girl with dark hair and blue eyes 😂😭😭😭 Pray for this guy, he's gonna get grey hairs early. Hyunseo was actually really worried that his troublemaking younger brother would actually come home one day with a niece out of the blue.

AND TURNS OUT....... YESEO REALLY DID JUST THAT LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

At some point, Yeseo takes the portal back home with Cerise and Cédric in tow so that he could introduce her to Hyunseo. But for some reason..... this guy....... the way he does it was pretty much:

"Ta-da~ It's our baby!"

(WHY IS HE LIKE THIS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭)

Hyunseo is literally hacking up a lung from how shocked he is, meanwhile Yeseo is sincerely praising (bragging) about their baby to his dumbfounded brother while Cédric is watching this chaos with a very smug and proud expression (THIS BRAT.... WHAT ARE YOU, THE FATHER?? 😭)((PRETTY MUCH......))

I'm actually really amused by how she might potentially grow up, because so far, it seems that she is really taking after Cédric 😂 She's already a Holy Knight despite being a baby—fire-attribute like her dad!! Hyunseo wondered if she inherited this from Cédric, too, to which Cédric merely responds with more smugness 😭 Hyunseo really hates Cédric, I cannot express how funny this is. His younger brother got caught up with an arrogant guy!!

BUT ANYHOW. SORRY THIS WAS SUPER LONG. Also a pretty late reply bc it just takes so much time to write these LMAOFHDJDJKS but omg. TWSB is really just..... it's so good. Sookym single-handedly solved the Heir Question by making her MCs magically manifest children together that could inherit their families/continue their bloodlines in their stead. Chris is awarded her own title of Marquess after the war, so Lynn is probably set to inherit the Rambouillet family after Isabelle, and if Chris doesn't have kids of her own. As for Cédric, his political and religious partners are most probably going to be Christelle and Yeseo, and since ChriCed's relationship is the cat-and-dog way that it is (HAHAHA) even despite having grown closer and partners, I think it's fair to say that Cerise would be 2nd‐in-line to the throne, and if Cédric never has children, if Cerise ever does in the future they can be eligible to become the next Crown Prince(ss), or otherwise they'll adopt from collateral lines. But in the end, I sincerely hope these girls would grow up with LOTS of love. They both deserve it after all the troubles they went through in their previous lives... 🥲 Elise's wish before death was for the cleansing of her country, too, so in this new world and era of peace, it's SO reassuring and deserving that she could be reborn in families that would give her so much love.

OH I would also like to point out that both girls have similar colour palettes, as in, Lynn has blue hair and dark eyes, while Cerise has dark hair and blue eyes. Sookym has actually admitted to purposefully doing this so that they could really look like sisters, and we as readers can absolutely assume that they will could grow up as such, too... 🥹

(Sookym behind-the-scenes from their blog! This was in reference to Lynn's appearance in the latest official illustration of the Rambouillet family: https://sookym.tistory.com/m/2) :

Anyhow, it's fair to say that they are pretty much spiritually CYC's children, just with the official roles as their adopted younger siblings haha. The sibling relationship is more so with Christelle and Lynn, but Cédric and Cerise..... Dude. I can literally see this guy as a Girl Dad. He's already so smug that she already takes so much after him and that she was born with both Yeseo and his own help, it's so damn funny. LIKE YOURE NOT TECHNICALLY ///ACTUALLY/// HER FATHER, BUT YOU SURE ACT LIKE IT HUH...... 😭 Cerise is going to be the most spoiled and loved baby in Empire for sure, and Lynn will naturally follow too, since they both share a crazy family and have the most powerful people taking care of them hahaha (look how Gerrit is being treated—he's not even a Riester but he's always doted on and gaining absurd amounts of pocket money from everyone, even from Cédric hahaha)

ANYWAY I HOPE THIS WAS ABLE TO SATE SOME OF YOUR CURIOSITY!!!!!!!!

I love the CYC children so much....... their mere existence fills me with such joy, and I hope we see more of them in the upcoming side stories 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[wesowayvbaby]

Also since I can’t sleep here’s a top 9 that isn’t necessarily my top picks but if I was mnet trying to rig the votes

So first:

Shen Xiaoting and Ezaki Hikaru

These are obvious choices, they’ve been fan favorites since the beginning and I’ve been watching these shows long enough to know that last rank (in this case the interim ranking) means nothing they will debut. now will mnet swallow its pride and actually let a non Korean be the center, or will Xiaoting get the Sakura treatment

Yujin

A lot of people seem to be nervous thinking that she’ll get the Gaeun treatment but she’s an established idol and she already has a fan base behind her, she simply great marketing for the group and a lot of the reason many people decided to toon into yet another mnet survival show

Kim Chaehyun

Another obvious one she’s been a fan favorite she a great vocalist and she’s got a pretty classic look to where you can put her in any group and she’s fit right in.

Su Ruiqi

I know I KNOW, say it ain’t so but remember Mnet doesn’t care about your feelings. She’s got a big fan base and she has talent to bring to the table so let’s move on to…

Kawaguchi Yurina

Duh, she’s not as talented as the rest but she has the visuals for a kpop group like every time I look at her I’m surprised some kpop company didn’t scoop her up yet. The Hyewon of the team if you will 😬

Seo Youngeun OR Wen Zhe

One or the other but not both. They both give me the under dog vibe, like Yoon Jisung, where you’d be pleasantly surprised if they made it into the line up but you’d never put your hopes into it. Youngeun fits the overall ‘look’ of this group im making up in my head as if I’m a mnet executive but Wen Zhe after getting that planet pass has the chance to make a really good under dog story

Kang Yeseo or Guinn Myah or Huening Bahiyyih

We need a maknae but whoever could it be? I don’t know. Yeseo is exceptionally talented and would be the best fit but Myah’s stage presence is out of this world, she really draw people in to look at her but Bahiyyih has the vocals and I feel like, how Bae Jin Young was, she didn’t show much but she can really become something amazing with more training and time also let’s be real the fan base she has would be really good for the group

Kim Dayeon

She would be the cherry on top of this group BUT I fear she could very well get the Gaeun treatment where they build her up to just simply not debut her. I fear it but I’m hopeful

But yeah this isn’t my personal top 9 but this is what I think a top 9 would look like if mnet rigged the votes again

[wickymicky]

so, gp999 huh

happy for: dayeon, manami, yujin, wen zhe, KIM BORAAAAAA

sad for: jiwon, youngeun (she’s been going down bit by bit i think), jia, doah, k group in general lmao

confused by: yeseo? (she’s lower than i thought, and not in the top 9? what? i dont think that will last), xingqiao? (she’s higher than i thought, and in the top 9, which is awesome! but a big surprise to me, honestly! i think im on board with it though, im just surprised)

the dayeon vs cai bing stuff... dayeon’s too fucking nice. if this was about the 100 meter dash instead of how good of a leader they are, dayeon would have been running laps around bing, easily. just running in circles around her. but because salute defeated ice cream.... it gave bing the false impression that she was as good a leader if not better. i dont think cai bing understands what a leader is. it’s not just a fancy word for “center” or “most important person in the group”. dayeon knows what a good leader is, though. and hopefully bing just learned. im not opposed to bing being in the final lineup, i’m really not, i just think she has some things to learn. 

i mean seriously... dayeon initially tried to step down and say “bing should be the leader, she speaks chinese and that could be helpful for communication”. bing wanted to be the leader because she was the leader of the salute team, and she wants to win again. see the difference there? one of them was thinking of the other members, and one was just thinking about Being Important And Cool. the difference in leadership is so huge. 

anyway, i’m glad bora moved on. i’m glad all three members of We Are moved on haha. i’m pretty confused about the makeup of the top 9 but.... we’ll see. i feel like the final lineup will resemble the first elimination round’s top 9 more than this top 9. but yeah, we’ll see how the next round goes.

my current hope for the final lineup is this:

choi yujin, kang yeseo, kim bora, seo youngeun ezaki hikaru, sakamoto mashiro, nagai manami (? maybe? that would be awesome) su ruiqi, shen xiaoting

but my current actual prediction for what the final lineup will actually be is this:

choi yujin, kang yeseo, kim chaehyun, kim dayeon ezaki hikaru, sakamoto mashiro, kawaguchi yurina su ruiqi, shen xiaoting

you could maybe throw xingqiao or bing in there, or youngeun or bora (fingers crossed), but im not sure who is likely to fall. that feels pretty rock solid to me. i was thinking that dayeon might not make it, and might end up debuting as the leader of her own group after the show, but after today’s episode, no, i’m convinced she’ll debut in this group, possibly as its leader, which would be an awesome break of tradition since she definitely won’t be the oldest member. who else is as qualified as her though?

[monstress]

                        Favorite 2018 Korean Album Releases

george // casette

this album’s production is smooth as hell and it legitimately gave us bops after bops! george’s smooth as silk voice is one of my favorite finds of the year since hearing him on a primary track. best rnb debut album of the year? but that’s just my opinion!! give this boy some love!

se so neon // summer plummage

i do love me some restless youth album! each track is wonderfully arranged with some crunchy as hell bass and vocal reverb that makes the music so easy to sing along to with friends. the soundtrack of my summer.

cifika // PRISM

i’m obsessed with the sounds from this album which is a mix of psychedelic electronic that is both heavy and transcendental that gave us the most exciting releases this year. she even had the time to release a single with oh hyuk like dang!

samuel seo // UNITY

i’ve sang my praises for his last album back in 2016 but this absolute madman did it again huh! the influence of jazz and dancehall in this album is undeniable and it’s amazing to see him effortlessly flow his discography to a completely new genre without it being jarring. note how the instrumentals are almost stripped down compared to Ego Expand but the arrangement still retains it offbeat complexity. anyways, hit that like button if you think how he says ‘each other’ in Unity is kinda hot.

zion.t // ZZZ

i gotta admit: at first listen, i wasn’t completely sold on this album. i thought it was too bare, too short, too simplistic compared to his previous albums. not long after though i realized i was on my fifth relisten, piecing the motifs together, and thinking what a fool i have been! also i gotta respect his power in bringing e-sens out of retirement or whatever he’s doing these days.

ashmute // 01

nothing gave me more relief than when ashmute released a full studio album and it was as haunting and mesmerizing as i wished it to be! vocalist rang’s voice gives you goosebumps at the very first note and i mean this in the best possible way. my only complaint is that i want more songs.

fromm // midnight candy

dreamy and casually carefree this album was released at a pivotal moment in my life and it brought so much comfort. perhaps that’s why i’m so fond of this album and its relaxing, almost careless vibes filtered through 80s keyboard.

hyukoh // 24: how to find true love and happiness

as the resident insufferable ‘i was listening to them since 2014′ fan, it’s almost an obligation to have this album in this list. but this album stands out from the rest with it being the most optimistic and uplifting of their works (something u can see even from the album cover) with tracks like Graduation and SkyWorld. perhaps after being crowned as the ‘give up’ generation voice, the band decided to inject much-needed positivity and hope for their young listeners. it’s no wonder that their first love song was given an amazing mv that celebrates all kinds of love. milennial kings!

 jooyoung // fountain

my favorite krnb thot is back! this album is just fine wine that will make anyone go ‘hoo is it hot in here or is it just me?’. there’s really not much to say other than this album can be considered technically…perfect. each track flowed effortlessly into the next and the featured artists added even richer textures to this album. i wasn’t worried about jooyoung releasing a lackluster album but my expectations were actually exceeded with fountain. sf good

honorable mentions: jannabi’s good boy twist, lee jin ah’s restaurant full course, plt’s planetarium case#2, red velvet’s the perfect red velvet repackage, taemin’s move, elo’s gradation, jaebonoff’s karma, yeseo’s damn rules, saay’s claasic, 2xxx!’s life+unconsciousness, oohyo’s singles, all of the wonder girl’s solo albums