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DEMO - [TBA: July 2025] | RO INTROS | RO APPEARANCES

You're nothing if you weren't born to be a star.

You've spent your entire life unwanted and ignored, from curious eyes drifting right over you to the next person to talent agents and competition judges brushing you off without even sparing you a second thought. Blindsided when you were left behind by the one person who you thought believed in you, you're done standing in the shadows waiting for someone to take notice of you.

You're set out to prove them all dead wrong.

However... determination alone isn't enough to carry you through the music industry's ruthless pursuit to snuff out the dreams of young talents before they even catch a spark. You need a certain type of long-lasting grittiness to survive the low-paying gigs hosted in the seediest bars imaginable. Especially when three years after you moved to the Angel's City, those same bars are still your main source of income, despite having cultivated a decent online following.

But finally, the stars have aligned, and you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from somewhere you never saw coming. Elysium's lead vocalist and Olympian Records' holy grail, a rockstar with the most massive—and arguably most obsessed—fanbase in the country has clocked you as the next big thing to grace the music scene. They’ve convinced Olympian you’ll be the next them in ten years, placing some high expectations on your shoulders.

Whether their endorsement is a magnificent stroke of luck or a curse that threatens to poison every choice you make from here on out, you'll rise to the occasion because there's no other option for someone like you.

Until you're a star, you'll never stop reaching for the sky.

Play as an up-and-coming singer, determined to fight their way to the top of the charts no matter the cost.

Customize your own predestined star's appearance, personality, and career image. Are you confident or anxiety-ridden? Open and friendly or aloof and defensive? Are you loved by the public or do they love to hate you? Is fame and the stage or your music more important to you?

Design your own music and lyrics, and choose from one of three mainstream genres (rock, pop, or both of them combined: pop-rock) to focus on. Write about whatever your little heart desires, as long as the label approves it.

Choose your biggest strength, the attribute that allows you to stand out above all the others; do you have the voice of an angel, perfect for any type of song? Or are your songwriting capabilities unmatchable by even those who boast the most prestigious awards?

Launch a passionate romance with one of nine available options and try not to let it ruin your budding career in the process. Straying too close to the fire means you're bound to get burned eventually.

Navigate what it means to be an artist under Olympian's label. Are you relishing in the attention and luxury, or is it all a little too uncomfortable? Is every rumor you hear the truth, or are they all coming down from the top? Will you compromise your artistic vision to garner their favor, or will you fight tooth and nail for the authenticity of your music?

Explore LA and Hollywood while experiencing all the fun (and not-so-fun) pastimes they have to offer and meeting some famous names with wildly different intentions.

Open for the biggest band in the country, joining them on their world tour and flying from place to place on their private jet. Paris, London, Rome, New York, Las Vegas, Tokyo, Orlando all of it awaits you.

And, most of all, watch as your name goes up in flashing lights and you transform into the star you were always meant to be.

★ The Rockstar: Tristan/Trisha Hydra, aka HADES/MEDUSA (m/f) ★

The witty, hypnotizing, and impulsive egomaniac lead vocalist of Elysium, the band with the world record for most-sold album ever. With their endorsement, Hydra seems to have made themselves your unofficial mentor, and you their protégé. Is that because they truly believe you're meant for the big leagues, or because they made a rash decision in the heat of the moment and now they're facing the consequences?

★ The Traitor: Jonah/Juliette Ziegler (m/f) ★

Your former best friend who abandoned you when they hit it big is nothing like you remember them to be. That mischievous and dazzlingly charming kid with dreams bigger than the whole sky vanished without a trace in your absence. All that remains is a frost so icy you'd almost think you were the one who wronged them.

★ The Ride or Die: Cia/Cian Avila (m/f) ★

You're not sure how you would've survived this long without your now-roommate and longtime friend, the blunt, snarky, and constantly irritated by something electric guitarist/tattoo apprentice Cia/Cian Aliva. When LA's being its usual brutal self, you can always count on them to be there when you get home, however much they may grumble about moving here in the first place.

★ The Manager: Ethan/Elena Sun (m/f) ★

Every famous superstar needs an equally talented manager. With a cleverness that could rival the King of Ithaca, an unwavering devotion to their client's success, and a creativity that makes you wonder why they don't write songs themselves, E is the epitome of a perfect manager on paper. But how much of it is genuine exactly?

★ The Pop Princess: Natalie "Marigold" (f) ★

The pop music sensation has another claim to fame than just her music; her widely scrutinized long-term relationship with T Hydra. Even the most astute of internet sleuths can say with certainty that nobody saw that relationship coming. Overnight, she—and her music—skyrocketed to the top of the trending searches. And now everyone in America knows her name because you can't mention Hydra without thinking of Marigold. She's scored the dream life everyone wants, that's what they all say.

★ The Rival: Damian/Devyn Thunder (m/f) ★

Cocky jackass. That's the best way to describe C Thunder. They're undeniably talented and their voice is one most people would kill for, but all of that's offset by their insufferable smirk and smug demeanor. You'd sooner jump off a bridge than spend a single minute alone with them, but Olympian seems to have other plans after signing them.

★ The Sweetheart: Stella/Eli Rose (m/f) ★

The other winner of Upstaged Season two and the only child of a beloved late actor, they're (one of) Hydra's notorious rival. You're not sure what rule of Upstaged says it's required to hate your competition to win, but Hydra's certainly fulfilled it. Rose… you get the feeling they couldn't care less about whatever grudge Hydra holds against them. How could they when they're being pulled in a hundred different directions daily without a break?

★ The Daredevil: Lucifer "Luci" Morningstar (m/f) ★

The Olympian-signed electric guitarist is the classic image of a daredevil; chaotic, reckless, and far too relaxed causing havoc. It's no surprise some of the gossip magazines have dubbed them as batshit crazy. An accurate rating, they'd remark. You get the feeling they're a little proud of the title, or maybe they've just chosen to embrace it.

★ The Bodyguard: Bellamy Ortega (m) ★

Cool, calm, and collected isn't enough to define Hydra's personal bodyguard—also coincidentally your new neighbor—as you get a distinct feeling that even getting stabbed wouldn't faze him. So, obviously, Hydra's constant game of putting their life and reputation in danger for the thrill doesn't either. Or maybe he’s just had a lot of practice pretending it doesn't.

★ Rue Bèrd: (f) ★

A keyboardist signed with Olympian who freelances as your friend in her spare time.

★ Adrian Park: (genderfluid) ★

A producer employed by Olympian and Rue's long-term partner. They're also your friend when they want to be.

★ Karry Cenderat: (f) ★

Elysium's manager who conjures up a miracle every time she keeps another scandal from reaching the press's grubby hands.

★ Billy Matthews: (m) ★

The mysterious owner of the record label who drops by to see how things are going once in a blue moon.

★ Johnny Locks: (m) ★

A sold-out stadium rockstar whose second claim to fame is being dubbed the nicest guy in rock. Also famously Hydra's first, and only, mentor.

★ Samson Ryland: (nb) ★

The bass guitarist of your new band. They're welcoming enough, but you've been around enough musicians to know they're wary of you joining the group.

★ Anthony Lance: (m) ★

The drums, Anthony doesn't feel the need to pretend for niceties sake. He doesn't like you intruding in the band and he makes that very known.

Crescendo is rated 18+.

P.S. There are a multitude of spoilers below this.

All of the following are elements that will eventually be in the final game. There will be specific content warnings available at the start of every chapter. Please read at your own discretion; this story may be distressing for some readers.

Mentions and/or depictions of mild and moderate violence

Mentions and depictions of drug and alcohol use/abuse and addiction

Mentions of suicide, suicidal thoughts, and death

Mentions and depictions of mental health issues, including depression and anxiety

Explicit sexual content

Explicit language

General immoral behavior

And more

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kxsagi · 27 days ago

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𝟎𝟑. 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨’ 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞

[twitch: chokiigan – 90.2k viewers]

🎮 live now: “saint ego fumbled the bag (but maybe not?)”

the stream opens to low-fi synth and the fuzzy outline of nagi, slouched in his gamer chair with half-lidded eyes and a pink strawberry milk box in hand. his mic’s a little too good, every sip sounds like a war crime. after a long, meditative pause, he sighs.

"yeah, so... saint ego just did a full 360 nosedive straight into the dirt. absolute crashout. capital C. it’s like if radiohead and WWE had a baby and then left it unsupervised in a glass shop."

he scratches his head, leans closer to the mic.

“for those of you somehow still under a rock... their drummer livestreamed the lead singer and guitarist beefing like it was wrestlemania 2005. the internet exploded. their fans started choosing sides like it’s the hunger games. team isagi. team kaiser. meanwhile, shidou’s just tweeting thirst traps with saxophones like nothing happened. peak chaos. ten out of ten."

the chat is already going feral.

@egomaniac420: team kaiser 4l 🔥

@isagibabe: isagi was right but also kaiser was hotter

@shidouszn: nah shidou won by not even showing up lmaooo

@broke4bachira: ngl this drama gave me life

@yawnking69: justice 4 rin the bassist 😔

nagi smirks.

“but then... plot twist. they pulled a wild card. this just dropped on saint ego’s account earlier this morning when i was still sleeping."

he pulls up the tweet on screen, enlarging it.

"okay, hold on. that’s actually clean. like… suspiciously clean. this isn’t damage control. this is chess."

he leans back dramatically.

"this tweet has ‘PR intern who’s too hot for this job and too good at it' energy. like… this ain’t from the band. this is from someone with a spreadsheet, a crisis strategy, and serotonin levels i can only dream of."

@k4iserkissedme: not the intern slaying

@nagiinurheart: pr intern is the main character now idc

@egogate_2025: y’all i heard they hired a marketing girl 👀

@kaiserwifeyy: leak the doc i need drama in 4k

@ego_goblin: she’s controlling the narrative and my heart tbh

nagi pauses. finishes the last sip of his drink like it’s a toast.

"so yeah. from 'crashout' to calculated comeback. if this doc hits the way i think it will, we might be watching the messiest band of 2025 rebrand themselves into legends. or at least into a netflix mini-series. either way, i’m watching."

he shrugs.

"back to minecraft. i’m emotionally invested, but i still have zombies to slay."

the main studio room is becoming comfortable, the smell of faintly old vinyl and burnt dust from an overworked amp growing familiar. it’s not glamorous at the moment – a few burnt out studio spotlight lamps that need to be replaced, wires snaking across the floor like tripping hazards, and someone’s half-eaten convenience store onigiri is still sitting on top of a speaker. it’s the kind of space where people either make something honest or fall apart trying.

karasu straddles a chair backwards, arms hanging loose over the backrest like he’s hosting an interrogation he doesn’t really want to be at. hiori stands a few feet away, fiddling with an old camcorder he found in some storage closet. his fingers move carefully, methodically, as if the act of setting things up is sacred.

“you sure you wanna start it like this?” karasu asks, eyeing you from under his lashes. “no glam. no intro. just raw footage and a band that got publicly bodied by a livestream?”

you shrug. you’re sitting on the floor, back to the wall, phone face-down beside you. nagi’s stream is still trending, clips already circulating. you're trying not to look at them.

“if it feels too clean, it won’t land,” you say. “i want people to believe it before they judge it.”

karasu hums, low and skeptical. “messy sells.”

“i’m not trying to sell anything,” you say. “just... show them the whole story. let them decide.”

the camcorder beeps softly. hiori shifts behind it, and the small red light clicks on – recording. he doesn’t announce it. he just lets the tape run.

karasu raises an eyebrow and grins. “alright then. day one. operation: fix the band that broke itself.”

“not fix,” you say, brushing hair out of your face. “just explain. or... try to.”

karasu leans forward, elbows on the backrest. “you’re more optimistic than i thought. should’ve gone into politics.”

“god, no.”

that gets a quiet snort out of hiori. he stays behind the lens, zooming in slightly, catching the way your mouth curves, not quite a smile. you didn’t plan to be on camera, but here it is: the grainy warmth of tape rolling, the echo of your voice bouncing off cheap drywall.

hiori murmurs, mostly to himself, “it already feels like a funeral tape.”

karasu glances sideways at him, then back at you. “nah. more like the before part of a comeback montage.”

the three of you sit in the quiet that follows. it’s not heavy. just full of things unsaid, of things waiting to be said. you glance at the lens.

“you can cut this part out, right?”

hiori doesn’t answer right away. then: “sure.”

but he doesn’t stop recording.

two days later, you’re shoulder to shoulder with hiori in the same room, a blanket thrown over both your laps like a shield against the outside world. the space is cluttered – empty cans on the windowsill, scribbled notes taped to the walls, the faint hum of the AC vent in the ceiling corner. hiori hits play, and the first episode starts rolling without fanfare, just a flicker of digital static and the soft hiss of camcorder audio.

the opening shot is a mess of tangled black cables on the floor, half-buried under dust and forgotten picks. the camera lingers a second longer than expected, like it’s trying to find meaning in the chaos. then it cuts to a half-empty water bottle lying on its side, light refracting through the plastic and painting warped shapes on the concrete. a page of lyrics appears next – creased, smudged, and torn down the middle, taped back together with whatever someone had on hand. none of it is staged. none of it is beautiful. but it feels honest.

you shift in your seat as the screen transitions to a wide shot of a beaten-up guitar case slouched against a wall, stickers peeling off like old skin. the name saint ego is barely visible, almost ashamed to still be clinging on. everything looks slightly too warm, the colors bleeding at the edges from the camera filter of the old camcorder. hiori had told you earlier he wanted it to feel like a found memory, like something pulled from the bottom of a drawer, warped by time and carelessness.

the film grain is subtle but deliberate. little dust motes, faint hairline scratches, moments of flickering light that dance across the footage like ghosts. hiori watches all of it in silence, his face unreadable, hands hovering over the keyboard, but not touching anything. you can feel how much of himself he’s poured into it. not just editing. curating. shaping. breathing life into the fragments of a band most people think already flatlined.

there’s no music yet. just ambient room tone – a distant cough, the buzz of an amp left on, the soft creak of someone shifting out of frame. it’s not dramatic. it’s not trying to be. it just is.

he pauses on a frame without warning – a close-up of someone’s hand adjusting a mic stand, fingers wrapped in silver rings. the moment feels like a secret. a heartbeat caught in high definition. hiori glances at you, eyes dark behind his glasses.

“too slow?” he asks quietly.

you shake your head. “no. it’s perfect.”

he nods, barely. then he presses play again.

more footage filters in, stitched between the quiet static of the intro like memories caught by accident. the next clip finds isagi in the far corner of the studio, curled in on himself like he’s trying to disappear into the floor. his hood’s up as usual, shadows cloaking half his face, and earpods plugged in tight. the camera zooms slowly, carefully, like it doesn’t want to break whatever spell he’s under.

his hand moves across a notebook in quick bursts, sharp and jagged, like the lyrics are coming faster than he can catch them. he doesn’t look up. doesn’t even blink. under the ambient hum, you can barely make out a voice, his voice, mumbling a melody under his breath so raw that it’s almost ghostly: i got goosebumps all over me… when you’re around… it’s hard for me to breathe.

then it cuts to karasu hunched over his laptop, headphones crooked on one ear, eyes focused and sharp. he’s layering beats with that obsessive rhythm only he understands, muttering under his breath like the sounds might escape if he doesn’t trap them fast enough. the camera doesn’t get too close (probably out of fear), but it catches the way his fingers twitch when he’s deep in it, like he’s playing the drums and keyboard at once. the peace doesn’t last.

off-screen, kaiser suddenly appears and tries to hijack the laptop mid-loop. karasu doesn’t even flinch. he just grabs the nearest broom and starts swinging like he’s defending sacred ground as an asiam mom. kaiser yells something unintelligible and sprints out of frame, cackling, the broom narrowly missing his head. the camera shakes with laughter.

the next shot is bachira, sweaty and euphoric behind his drum kit, sticks twirling between his fingers like extensions of his hands. he’s mid-recording, lost in it, hair stuck to his forehead, mouth open in something between a grin and a snarl. the snare cracks like thunder, and just before the take ends, he flips both sticks, catches one, and chucks the other directly at the camera. it clatters off the lens. you hear a muffled gasp, then hiori screaming “bachira–!” before the audio cuts.

shidou’s section is chaos wrapped in silk. he’s surrounded by glowing synths and tangled wires, body bouncing in time with a loop that sounds like a video game dying in slow motion. his eyes are too bright. his grin is too wide. he leans into the mic and says, “what if i added saxophone… for drama.” no one answers. no one stops him. the footage cuts just as he slams a key and a sax note shrieks into the mix like a demon being exorcised.

then there’s rin. his shot is brief, but sharp, like a breath of cold air in the middle of a storm. he’s posted up against a wall near the studio entrance, sipping from a canned monster, watching the rest of the chaos through heavy-lidded eyes. airpods in, hoodie unzipped, the camera barely catches him mouthing along to something he’s listening to. he notices the camera eventually. doesn’t smile. just flips it off with two fingers, totally deadpan, then goes right back to playing on his bass. it’s so fast you’d miss it if you blinked.

and finally, sae. he’s sitting at the edge of the madness with a fresh americano in hand, legs spread, watching everything unfold like it’s a soap opera and he’s been held hostage by choice. his sunglasses are still on, despite being indoors. someone behind the camera asks him something, probably about scheduling or sponsorships or whether the band has legally declared war on itself. sae takes a slow sip, deadpan, then mutters, “if one more of them calls me ‘dad,’ i’m quitting.” the clip ends there. perfectly timed. painfully relatable.

the footage shifts – new lighting, golden and loose, like the camera’s exhaling. it’s their day off. no mics. no deadlines. just slow time in the mansion that barely contains them.

in the kitchen, bachira flips pancakes while humming off-key and dancing in mismatched socks. “this batch is soul food,” he declares, “because i made it with my whole chest.”

kaiser leans over the counter, sneaking chocolate chips from the bowl. “your chest tastes like baking soda,” he mutters. bachira throws a pancake at him.

meanwhile, isagi’s dragging the giant beanbag into the middle of the living room like it’s a mission. “this is now the snack pit,” he announces, dumping chips and a two-liter soda in the center like tribute. “entry fee is a fun fact about yourself.” he climbs in with a dramatic flop and opens a bag of gummies with his teeth.

shidou immediately dives in beside him. “i once ate raw squid on a dare and liked it,” he offers.

isagi holds up a gummy like a mic. “weird, but valid.”

outside, karasu lounges in a cutoff tank by the pool with his laptop, pretending he’s not mixing.

“you’re literally muttering to yourself and dragging loops, bro,” you call from inside. “you’re not slick.”

karasu doesn’t even look up. “this is my relaxation face,” he says flatly.

sae sits under the umbrella with an americano and a crossword, peacefully tuned out until shidou cannonballs into the deep end, splashing half the patio. “you are so lucky this isn’t hot coffee,” sae says without moving, but he’s caught glancing down at his flip flops as if the idea of using them as discipline on a 22-year-old was tempting.

rin’s here too, tragically. the camera finds him on the second-floor landing, crouched behind the railing with a book and a box of seaweed snacks like some kind of feral neighborhood cryptid. he’s wearing his noise-canceling airpods again, a shirt that says “no talk, only peace,” and glaring down at the chaos below like he’s the upstairs landlord. someone off-screen yells, “rin, come vibe!” rin shouts back: “i’d rather eat shit!”

later, they’re crowded around the dining table playing a board game none of them fully understands.

“bachira, i swear to the heavens, if you add another fake card to your hand…” karasu threatens, hand hovering near the edge of the table.

“i’m not cheating!” bachira laughs. “i’m creatively strategizing.”

isagi’s crying from laughter, face red, trying to read the rulebook aloud, but tripping over the text. “you literally have five ‘get out of jail free’ cards,” he wheezes. “it’s monopoly, not god mode.”

sae sighs. “juvenile energy,” he says, but this time there’s a faint smile.

you’re caught in frame from the hallway, holding a mug and shaking your head as you watch them spiral. hiori zooms in just enough to catch your grin and to hold on to the moment.

the whole sequence breathes. it’s messy. it’s loud. it’s warm. the kind of footage that feels like home, like friendship that’s survived too many late-night arguments and still circles back to board games and beanbags and pancakes on off-days. the band isn’t saint ego here, they’re just the boys.

but then a fight starts over something stupid. it always does.

someone left the studio fridge open again. kaiser’s protein shake leaked everywhere. isagi’s the first person he sees when he walks in, towel slung around his neck, earpods in, humming the same hook he’s been looping all week. kaiser’s jaw clenches.

“you seriously can’t close a fridge?”

isagi pulls one earbud out. “you think i touched your weird milk sludge?”

“it’s called a shake. you’d know if you actually worked out instead of pacing around like a starving poet.”

isagi stands. “you wanna talk about working out? your ego lifts more than you do.”

the air shifts. rin, lying on the floor with a guitar in his lap, doesn’t even blink. he just exhales through his nose and flips a page in his notebook.

kaiser steps closer. “say that again.”

“what, ‘ego’? or ‘starving poet’? maybe ‘deadweight in eyeliner’?” isagi says, mocking now, but the hurt’s under his tone.

kaiser’s smirk disappears. “you’re still pissed about the livestream? seriously? grow up. people saw the truth. not my fault you cracked.”

“you threw me under the bus in front of the entire fandom,” isagi says, voice low now. “and then acted like it was my mess to fix.”

you walk in mid-sentence, sensing the tension like static in the air. kaiser’s jaw is tight, isagi’s fists are clenched, and the air is seconds from breaking.

“hey,” you say firmly, stepping between them, one hand out. “whatever this is? it’s not worth it. not here.”

kaiser backs off first, scoffing, turning his shoulder. “whatever.”

isagi lingers for half a second longer before dragging in a breath and walking out of the room.

later, the camcorder catches kaiser in the upstairs bathroom, door cracked just slightly. he’s pacing, wired from the argument. he looks in the mirror like he’s trying to see something different in his own reflection. fingers run through his hair, then tug.

then the punch lands – loud, fast, sharp. the marble sink rattles.

“he always acts like he’s better than me…” he mutters, voice cracking more than he means it to. he doesn’t know hiori’s still rolling behind the camcorder, tucked out of view in the hallway.

across the house, isagi slams his bedroom door. the camera cuts to him seated at the mic, trying to record vocal takes. again. again. and again. his voice is strained now, not raw in a good way, but like he’s using the hook to scream something he can’t say.

he stops mid-chorus. throws the headphones across the room. they bounce off the wall. his footsteps are heavy as he storms out. you find him outside, under the deck light, hands on his hips like he’s trying to hold himself together.

“i shouldn’t have to apologize to him,” he says before you even speak.

“maybe,” you say gently, “but you always try to control everything. maybe kaiser’s not the only one with an ego problem.”

he huffs a bitter laugh, looking off toward the trees.

“this isn’t about blame,” you add, softer now. “this is about the fact that this band doesn’t work without both of you. and if you let your pride get in the way, if you keep picking at each other like this, you’re gonna destroy something that actually matters.”

isagi doesn’t answer right away. the wind moves through the branches above you, rustling just enough to fill the silence.

“i just… i don’t know how to not fight with him,” he admits finally, voice quieter now. “we’re wired like this.”

“then rewire it,” you say. “before there’s nothing left to fix.”

he nods once, jaw tight, and you can tell he’s turning it over in his head. maybe not ready to act on it yet. but listening.

the camera lingers on him, half-lit by the porch light. not angry anymore. just tired.

and under all that, still trying.

the studio lights are dimmed to a warm hush, just the glow of the laptop screen casting soft shadows across your face as you finish previewing the first episode. your finger hovers above the “publish” button like it might bite. hiori’s next to you, slouched in the rolling chair, silently peeling the label off his water bottle.

“you okay?” he asks, barely above a whisper.

you nod, but it’s the kind of nod that feels more like bracing for impact. your stomach’s doing that thing again, tight and traitorous.

“it’s raw,” you murmur. “too raw, maybe.”

“that’s why it’s good,” hiori says, eyes still on the screen. “you made something real.”

you inhale, hold it, exhale. then you click publish.

it’s out. episode one is live. no turning back.

hiori leans back in his chair and grins, slow and sleepy. “guess we’re public now.”

the hallway’s quiet later that night, everyone tucked into corners of the studio or passed out for the night. you find kaiser on the rooftop, arms draped over the railing, cigarette burning down slow between two fingers. he doesn’t look back when you step out, but you know he hears you.

“you know those’ll kill you,” you say gently.

“yeah,” he mutters. “i’m not an addict, but add it to the list.”

the air is cooler out here, the kind that wraps around your skin and makes silence feel deeper. you lean next to him, not too close. not yet.

“the episode’s out,” you say after a beat.

he flicks ash into the night. “i saw.”

“... you okay?”

he gives you a crooked smile, the kind that doesn’t quite reach his eyes. “define 'okay.'”

you don’t push. instead, you just let it hang there, between you and the dark. after a while, he speaks again. softer this time.

“i hate that he gets to me,” he admits. “isagi. he… digs under my skin and lives there.”

“because you care what he thinks,” you say, watching him. “and that scares you.”

kaiser turns to you at that. not defensive. not angry. just looking. really looking.

“you always do that,” he says. “show up when i don’t ask.”

you raise a brow. “i can stop.”

“no,” he says, too fast. then quieter, “don’t.”

there’s a beat of silence, stretched thin. he watches you, eyes sharper now, like he’s working something out in his head. then he pushes off the railing and circles slowly to your side, not close enough to touch, but closer than before.

“you know,” he says, voice low, “you have this habit of showing up exactly when i’m about to spiral. like clockwork.”

you give a small smile. “maybe you’re just predictable.”

he huffs a laugh, but there’s no real amusement in it. his gaze drops to your mouth for half a second too long. his jaw tenses.

“if i did something reckless right now,” he murmurs, “would you stop me?”

your lips part, but before you can speak, the rooftop door creaks open behind you. someone else steps out.

kaiser’s jaw tightens. his eyes flick over your shoulder.

“of course,” he mutters. “perfect timing.”

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aspenscore · 4 months ago

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Author: Aspenscore

Title: A Mania Of Joels

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(Really hoping the March 15 deadline includes March 15. I'm posting this before midnight on March 14 in my timezone, but it is already March 15 for Joel.)

Process TL;DR:

I've decided a group of Joels is called a mania.

My favourite part of Joel's season has been his many characters, as well as the Hermit Baths On Hermitcraft podcast, so I decided to combine those two things in this drawing.

This piece started as a bunch of sketches at work and took me about 20 hours to draw, plus an additional 8 hours fighting tech issues (including a crash that lost me the completed drawing (luckily I took this screenshot just before)).

Despite my struggles with that + screen rec software, there'll be a timelapse video of my drawing process coming soon on my channel!

Re: the title, I've decided a group of Joels is called a "mania" (like how a group of horses, for example, is a "herd").

One of my favourite things about Joel's season are all the fun intros and characters he's created, which inspired me to create something that showcases some of the main Joels we've met so far. I also really like the Hermit Baths On Hermitcraft (Another Podcast Hosted By A Straight White Male), so I figured the bathhouse would be the perfect place for a mania of Joels! I would've loved to include all the Joels, but by my count, there are at least 26 distinct Joels in this season so far, which is far too many Joels for me to fit in one image (and several of them are hard to distinguish based on appearance alone).

Since I could only include so many, I tried to choose Joels who are either recurring characters, or relevant to other things Joel has done in his videos. With that in mind, on this episode of Hermit Baths On Hermitcraft we've got Joel Who Asks You To Subscribe, News Reporter Joel, Bad Boy Joel (the statue counts as being in the season imo), Bartender (Horse Killer? :0) Joel, Officer Joel (RIP Detective Joel, would've loved to include him but it wouldn't be lore-accurate for him to be alive), Joel Who Totally Isn't Obsessed With Etho, Frogger Joel, Podcast Host Joel, and Singer Joel.

A few details I wanted to highlight:

News Reporter Joel always has a headline scroll bar with him. He doesn't know how or why. It's just there.

Joel Who Totally Isn't Obsessed With Etho not only has the Etho shirt on, but he's also in etho cosplay (headband) and has Etho face floaties (no idea where that came from but once I'd thought it I couldn't un-think it).

I'm most proud of Frogger Joel's outfit. He's got a froggy hat, frog crop top, lilypad shorts, and frog shoes with lilypad tops.

Singer Joel's kimono was originally going to have a pattern of symbols relating to Joel's season, but then I realized those wouldn't show up very well with the lowered resolution. The planned symbols included music discs, xp bottles, axolotls, slime balls, honeycomb, frogs, horses, glow squid, and glow berries.

Podcast Host Joel's abs are drawn on. Gem said it so it's canon.

Bartender Joel's vest is the same colour and pattern as that horse head...

And now for the process! I know a lot of you probably aren't that interested in it, but I spent a lot of time on this so I'd at least like to record my efforts.

This piece actually started on paper, because I work a lot and I knew I wouldn't have time to do the whole piece if I didn't at least do some advance planning during down time at my job. However, all I had at work was some scrap paper and a pencil (I couldn't even find an eraser the day I started this!), so I needed to find some way to get the aspect ratio correct without a ruler. While there were no rulers at work, I was able to find some mini origami paper, and since that's a perfect square, I was able to use it to replicate the sizing I'd chosen. I sketched out the general background layout, used two of those lines + the edge of another piece of paper to determine the vanishing point, then re-drew the rest of the background according to the point I'd determined. These techniques worked shockingly well, and when I scanned the drawing and checked my measurements in my drawing program, they were surprisingly accurate!

With the scan uploaded, along with a page of outfit design sketches I had also done at work, I ran into my next hurdle: screen recording software. To keep a long and agonizing story short, I draw on an old tablet that has very little storage, RAM, or processing power, so OBS + my drawing program were not an option. The drawing program itself doesn't have a timelapse feature either, so I had to go find another piece of software that would meet my needs. I even tried using my tablet as a third screen for my PC, which could absolutely handle the processing and storage needs of this project, but the latency was far too high for that to be a feasible option. Trying all of these options took at least 8 hours and at one point had the side effect of permanently messing up something on my main PC monitor that causes it to reset all its settings periodically (if anyone has any idea what's going on with that, I'd love to not have to re-do my settings every couple minutes or so).

My tablet's limited storage also resulted in me almost losing a portion of my footage, but you can rest assured that I've managed to save all of it, and if it's useable I will be editing it down into a timelapse + process video to upload to my channel! The video will probably include a lot of the information here, but hopefully it'll be a bit more interesting and engaging! (I was originally going to link the video here instead of writing all these paragraphs, but the drawing took so long I haven't had time to make the video).

Finally, after spending basically all of my free time at home during the past two weeks working on this drawing, I finished it just a couple hours ago.

I hit save.

And got an error message.

Storage issue.

Since the image resolution is intended to be reduced anyway (for minecraft painting, but also just how tumblr treats images), I grabbed a screenshot of the finished piece before my tablet crashed and rebooted. It saved some of my work, but not all of it, so this is now the only complete version of the piece in existence.

At the end of the day, I'm just glad I finished it on time and am happy with the final product. If you've read this far, thank you so much for your patience with my rambling, I hope you enjoy the final piece as much as I do. And thank you to Joel for creating such fun videos and awesome builds! I look forward to the rest of your first Hermitcraft season.

#SBHCArtGallery #smallishbeans #minecraft #mcyt #hermitcraft #aspen art

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absolutebl · 3 months ago

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This Week in BL - Japan is here to save the slump

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

March 2025 Week 2

Ongoing Series - Thai

Perfect 10 Liners (Sun YT) ep 20 of 24 - Santa is really good at comedy, I gotta say. Wine is so cute 'cause he's so frank and earnest. It's adorable! (Inquiring minds would like to know if people in Thailand put perfume on their cheeks?) Lots of linguistic negotiation of pronouns in this episode so that made me really happy.

The Boy Next World (Sun IQIYI) ep 10 end - OMG they made them act and SING at the same time. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. (Raise your proverbial hand if you could actually hear me writhing in pain as that scene aired? Because my whole body was cringing so hard I swear I fractured my own cartilage.) I’m sorry but this show was doing really well for a Mame but that singing was sphincter-shrinking bad. And seemingly endless…

Okay the second half: The running of the gays, how very Japanese of you. So about 1/2 of the final ep was utterly unbearable, but the rest was fine.

Let's talk?

This show had an excellent premise about two fated mates, Cir & Phu, destined to be lovers in multiple parallel worlds. It is the curse of A Cir Who Knows Better to ensure that they manage to always end up together. This effectively explained all Cir’s weird creepy stalker behavior (pièce de résistance of a MAME seme) with the bonafide excuse of that tugging red thread. Turns out I forgive a lot for a strong premise, especially when combined with truly stellar chemistry. *But* there was also some bad chewing of the scenery and really terrible singing at key moments that screwed the landing (yes that too, but). The sex scenes were some of the best we’ve ever had, unfortunately even they weren’t good enough to mitigate that damn singing. 8/10

A solid showing from MAME, I was shocked, there was a point there when I thought this was gonna get a 9/10 from me!

My Golden Blood (Weds YouTube iQIYI) Ep 1 of 12 - Trailer. GMMTV taking on Weds nights and midweek discourse (they hope) with this hotly anticipated vampire series. Is Thailand finally giving us the trashy gay vampires we richly deserve? Just keep in mind us sh*theads don't deserve much.

And it looks like that's exactly what we are getting.

I'm sorry ya'll: I don't like it. But not in a "witty trash watch" kinda way. So it's going here instead: You ready?

Classic main character = orphan with a mysterious past and bad dreams plus people around are weird about his certain traits. I wonder the thing I always wonder, why not give him martial arts training if he has known enemies? I've done various forms for years and never once cut myself. Of course Joss has a shirtless coming out if a pool intro. I can hear the dev team... "Hear me out now, baywatch just... vampires." I see we have new competition in the Advanced Bravely school of muscled thirst. As it should be. Been a while since we’ve had anyone on the scene who could give Jason Xu a run for his money. Joss is just the man to flex it. Is it just me or does this pair have negative chemistry? Yes we can all tell this is directed GAY! but Joss + Gawin do not seem even the slightest bit gay. The camera on the other (em) hand...

I asked for gay twilight, I’m getting gay twilight. Same lack of chemistry, bad special effects, and everything.

(Theory: Mark was the one who killed/drained all of Tong's fam of their golden blood and that is how he got his healing power.)

Flirt Milk (Sat YT) ep 8 or 10 - all I care about is the side couple.

Ossan‘s Love Thailand (Mon YouTube) ep 10 of 12 - I do like EarthMix. I just really wish this were a better show. I kinda feel bad for them. That said, l love the host club + live gay boys reaction. Snicker

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Secret Relationships (Korea iQIYI) ep 3 of 8 - I continue to enjoy this a lot. I like how creepy and sinister pretty much everybody is (except for our puppy hero). Who is dog paddling through the filth of his crush's love triangle of past relationships. I like the fact that in the theater an unofficial pass was made. It was totally adorable. Every one is a mess and it's sustaining all of BL right now.

Checkered Shirt (Korea YT) ep 6 of 8 - Baby boy do not flirt with a closet case! Have you learned nothing?

Fight for Love (Vietnam YT) ep 6 of 8 - didn't drop or I somehow missed it. Caught it! It was lovely, nice kiss, I like where the plot is going although... no singing please.

Exclusive Love (Taiwan Fri Gaga) ep 6 of 12 - Our poor little gay boy is being v tested. And testing himself. Side couple = tiny idiots. In other news, one of them is wearing a shirt I actually own! I feel like peek BL stan. (Also I may shop too much in Taipei.) Does I qualify for the shared BL communal wardrobe?

The main trope to rule all BL tropes has returned= he is never asleep.

It's airing but......

Gelboys (Thai iQIYI) 7 eps - I’m giving this show a pass. It’s just too far out of my wheelhouse. I don’t have patience right now. Ends next week.

The Last Time (Thai WeTV) 8 eps - Has this ended? Anyone watch it?

Sashes and Hearts (Pinoy YT) 13 eps - Philippines is doing Drop Dead Gorgeous only all gay boys queening their asses off. Doesn't interst me, not sure if it's BL.

Last Meal Universe (Thai ????) 8 eps - An alien who has come to destroy earth instead falls in love with Thai food and then the Thai boy who cooks it - realistic, actually. I got a link to watch but it still wouldn't work for me, so I guess I'm waiting to see what happens.

In case you missed it:

CUTEST little JBL short drop on YT. No idea it's real title. About 2 students secretly dating trying to decide to come out. It's popular guy + nerd! Absolutely not sure how long this will last on YT but adorable and worth 17 minutes of your time. Do it ASAP! I don't want a repeat of everyone asking me for Wimpy Corporate Drone again. There seems to be a pervious installment in the series, but no subs.

Don't say I never bring you any prezzies.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Upcoming March 2025

3/19? Lost in the Woods (Weds Gaga) Ep 1 of 7 - Announced for 2023, adapted from a novel of the same name. Fifa just graduated high school and travels to a remote province to take care of his grandma, before starting uni. There he meets Chief Hem, a forest ranger.

3/20 Top Form (Thailand Thurs WeTV) 10 eps - Trailer. Adaptation of a Japanese manga starring Boom (Chains of Heart) opposite Smart (Don't Say No). Actor recognized as the "The Sexiest Man of the Year" has his first-place position usurped by newcomer. But while he sees them as rivals, turns out the new kid has other ideas. I'm super excited for this but hate watching on WeTV so gonna be a challenge.

3/21 Sweet Tooth Good Dentist (Thailand Fri GMMTV & iQIYI) 12 eps - Trailer. Finally Mark is leading a BL! This one based on a Jittirain novel about a weird sunshine student dentist and his sugar-addicted patient, described as a romcom meets romantic therapy. Also, Jimmy is there, primarily to give me second lead syndrome. It looks silly but earnest, I'm looking forward to it actually.

3/28 Heesu in Class 2 (Korea Fri ????) 10 eps - Trailer. Adaption of the comic by Lily, about a shy unpopular boy with a secret crush on best friend who somehow also ends up his school's relationship counselor. Supposed to have completed filming in 2022, the fact this has been in dev hell since then somewhat mitigates this being my most anticipated BL of it's original year.

2025 Line Up

BL Announced for 2025 - PART 1

BL Announced for 2025 - PART 2

20 BLs Announced for 2025 That I'm Really Excited About

GMMTV 2025 Line Up - My Totally Biased and Wildly Flawed Feels

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENT

Drive by phone repair for the win. I love them both so much.

That is the jock saying it to the nerd. Yes our nerd is the top in this dynamic. When I tell you to watch a thing, I'm not joking around!

(last week)

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @sunflower-positiiivity @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire @everlightly @renafire @mestizashinrin @bl-bam-beyond @small-dark-and-delicious @saezurumurmurs

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livwritessometimes · 1 year ago

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F1 Uni Series: Intro

: Here is a little glimpse of some of our students at the F1 University!

: Next

: Series Masterlist

: Main Masterlist

…

Pierre Gasly

• Pierre Gasly, the infamous playboy of F1 University

• Known for hosting “Keeping up with The Grid,” a podcast where he keeps all the students updated about what’s going on with the rest of the university

• Can be considered a little self obsessed but who isn’t?

Charles Leclerc

• Charles Leclerc, the music prodigy

• Rumour has it that Charles started playing the piano before he could walk

• Sweetest kid ever! (which makes people wonder how he could have been childhood best friends with Pierre)

Max Verstappen

• Max Verstappen, the cat dad

• Talks about 2 things: Sports and his cats

• Always tries to stay out of drama but somehow he always finds himself getting involved (people suspect he secretly loves it)

George Russell

• George Russell, the OG drama queen of F1 University

• Believes that his English Literature degree makes him better than others (It kinda does)

• You did not hear this from me but George also runs the famous gossip blog of F1 University called “and that’s the tea”

Daniel Ricciardo

• Daniel Ricciardo, the goofball

• It is a common sight to see him running around campus while being on his phone live tweeting whatever drama is going down (likes to believe that all of this is a part of his degree)

• Also known for pulling some of the best pranks on campus

Yuki Tsunoda

• Yuki Tsunoda, the chef

• Some people might say that he has anger issues, but Yuki likes to call it being ‘Being passionate’

• Will roast your cooking online (Users online believe that even Gordon Ramsay is afraid of Yuki Tsunoda)

Lewis Hamilton

• Lewis Hamilton, the boss bitch

• He can bet his entire wardrobe that no one can dress better than him (and he’ll win)

• Constantly looks like he’s walking down the runway (he claims it’s part of his charm)

Alex Albon

• Alex Albon, the crazy one

• Likes to think out of the box (sometimes a little too out of the box, so much so, that the box is now a dot)

• You can criticise his unique ideas all you want but claims that no one can do marketing better than him

Lando Norris

• Lando Norris, the gamer

• Claims to be the next big thing on the internet after Hannah Montana (also weirdly obsessed with Hannah Montana)

• Has gained quite a fan following from his daily streams

Oscar Piastri

• While growing up he mentioned he wanted to be an engineer as a joke (that joke is his life now)

• Struggles to juggle his work and social life but somehow never misses a single thing

• Has a great sense of humour (often times uses it to annoy his friends)

Carlos Sainz

• Carlos Sainz, the It boy

• Can’t tell if he’s doing the business degree or if the business degree is doing him (is kind of struggling)

• Loves to play the ‘mysterious boy who keeps to himself so people fall for him’ persona but fails the moment he opens his mouth (boy loves to yap)

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bellametre · 7 months ago

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Some Ultimate G/T Favourites

I've wanted to do this ever since I saw @gullivertravelstowonderland post the idea. I added a category or two because there's some media I just had to include, but here we go:

Favourite Tiny: Spiller

This shy, wild, golden-hearted dreamboat catalyzed everything for me. I became utterly smitten at the age of nine and went on to watch him in every Borrowers adaptation ever—an obsession that’s still going strong.

Favourite Giant: Optimus Prime

I was so jealous of Shia LaBeouf back in 2007. I don’t even have the toys, but I’ve consumed nearly every comic, show, and movie Optimus Fine appears in. When June Darby in Transformers: Prime says, “And I wore heels and everything”? Same, girl.

Favourite G/T Movie: Ultraman: Rising

If you haven’t seen this movie yet, why are you still here? Go watch it. It’s about a snarky, size-changing superhero who has to look after a baby kaiju. If you need more convincing, just look up a picture of Kenji Sato.

Favourite G/T Show: George Shrinks

Fellow Canadians know this was the show back in the day. Banging intro, unique plot, confident little genius of a protagonist—seriously, this kid made me covet being four inches tall like nobody else. And no, his Zoopercar was not cheating.

Favourite G/T Book: Valiant

Sarah McGuire delivers here: a host of giants, a kick-butt heroine, a villain with a superiority complex, and an attractive lord who gets injured so badly that one of the giants has to “cradle him like an infant” to carry him to safety. Good stuff.

Favourite G/T Manga: Godaigo Daigo

For yet another story about giant heroes protecting cities from monsters, this was a pleasant surprise. Kounosuke showcases all kinds of G/T relationships—coworkers, friends, parents, and romance—and every arc absolutely slaps.

Favourite G/T Webcomic: Piper

The fact that Dr5spectre has been on hiatus for almost two years now is one of the greatest tragedies of our time. But I beg you—check out this comic, especially the AUs. The Goblin of Dornenholtz is so soul-filling it hurts.

Favourite G/T Song: Touchy Feely Fool

It definitely has to be AJR. Not only did I grin like a maniac when I watched the music video, but I like to think the lyrics are about a tiny person who wishes they didn’t have feelings for a giant anymore but simply can’t help themselves.

Favourite G/T Magical World: Roshar *Art by Rocío Sogas

This is probably one that isn’t very well known in the community, but Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive is full of great G/T moments, particularly between the main character Kaladin and his companion Syl, a shapeshifting spren.

Character I Would Like to Shrink/Grow: Loki (MCU) *Art by keiidakamya

Guys, we were robbed. He’s literally part Frost Giant! Yes, we got a taste of it in What If…?, but imagine how the movies could have gone if this had been a form he took when he gained or lost control of himself. Robbed, I tell you.

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Ahh this was so much fun! I hope some of you feel inspired to try this; I think it would be a great way to find more quality (or not-so-quality) G/T content. There’s so little of it out there, after all.

#gt #g/t #gt community #g/t community #g/t talk #giant tiny #gianttiny #giant/tiny #giant #giants #tiny #tinies #size difference #i spent way too long on this post but it was worth it #hope yall find some knew favourites

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bucktommysource · 1 month ago

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The bucktommy hiatus event begins on Sunday June 1st - exactly one week away! You can check out our intro post here for a reminder of the list of prompts.

We'll post a reminder the day before, and each week we will make post reminders to mark the start of a new prompt. Remember to tag your content with #bucktommysource and/or #bucktommyhiatusevent if you want us to see it!

We also now have a brand new faq that can be fully seen under the read more! We can't wait to see everybody's creations!

FAQ

What is the bucktommy hiatus event?

The bucktommy hiatus event is an event hosted by bucktommysource that begins on June 1st and runs for 8 weeks to inspire fans of this ship to create new fanworks during the hiatus! We're running two sets of prompts - one more specific, and one more vague - but a prompt can be picked from either list for any type of fanwork. You can pick strictly from one prompt list for the 8 weeks, mix and match across them, combine prompts from both lists (e.g. combining the week 2 prompts of 'quote(s)' and 'baking' to form a fanwork) - anything you can think of! Participation isn't strict; if you're only inspired by 1 or 2 of the weeks, feel free to just make content for those weeks. The main purpose of the event is to have fun - it shouldn't be stressful or taxing. And just because these prompts run across two months doesn't mean you can't make content after that! If you see this in August, September, October - hell, any time! - feel free to use the prompts as inspiration. The full list of prompts can be found in our introductary post here!

What can I make for this event?

You can make anything your heart desires! Fanart, fanfiction, gifsets, graphics, edits, fanvideos, icons, headers, memes, meta - to name but a few!

Can you be more specific in what you mean by a prompt?

The prompts in this event are intentionally vague (especially in the second list!) and there's no right or wrong way to interpret them. We encourage people to be creative with the way they interpret them!

I missed the beginning of the event/I joined late/ I missed a few weeks - can I still join?

Yes! You can participate in as many, or as few, prompts as you like.

I missed a week, can I still do the prompt?

Of course! If you stumbled on this event late, or, for example, missed week 1 and we're not on week 4, you can still create content for any of the prompts you've missed! The only thing we ask is that you don't skip ahead and do future weeks early!

Can I make multiple things per prompt?

Absolutely!

Can I combine prompts? For example, can I combine week the 1 'home' prompt with the week 6 'firsts' prompt?

You can! All we ask is that, if this is something you want to do, you hold off on posting it until the later week - so, in the above example, you hold off on posting it until week 6. We don't want people to skip ahead on weeks that haven't arrived yet!

I want to create something in multiple parts (eg. multi-chapter fic, series of gifsets) for one of the prompts - do all parts need to be completed and posted during the relevant week?

No - it's 100% fine to just post the first of a fic or gifset during the relevant week!

Can I create content that is mature or NSFW for the event?

Yes - just make sure you tag everything properly both on tumblr and external sites (like AO3), especially if the subject matter could potentially be upsetting or triggering!

How do I add my fic to the AO3 collection?

1. From your fic, click ‘edit’, and scroll down to the ‘associations’ section. 2. In the 'Post to Collections / Challenges’ field, enter 'bucktommy hiatus event' and you should see the bucktommy hiatus event (bucktommyhiatus) appear in the autocomplete list. 3. Hit 'post' or 'update' and your fic will be added to the collection! AO3 has a collections FAQ that can be viewed here. The bucktommy hiatus event collections page can be viewed here.

Do I have to mention the event/prompt when I post my creation? Like in the caption of a gifset or the notes of a fic?

Not if you don't want to! Mentioning the event is a nice way to spread awareness of it so other people who might not know about it can see it, but it's not mandatory. Just make sure you use our tags if you want us to see it/know that it's content for this event!

Is this event being hosted anywhere else?

No, not by us - we're only on Tumblr and AO3. However if you want to post your content to other sites (e.g. Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky), feel free!

Can I join in a language other than English?

Absolutely! As mods, we may only speak one or two languages between us, but we encourage creations made in any language! Please just ensure that they're tagged correctly, though!

Why haven't you reblogged my post?

Make sure you've tagged your post with either bucktommysource and/or #bucktommyhiatusevent in the first few tags if you want us to see it. We queue our reblogs across days so we don't mass flood content all at once - so it could very well be in our queue! If you think we've missed your post, feel free to DM it to us or send us an ask and we'll take a look! Please be aware that we will not reblog posts that contain stolen content (e.g. we will not reblog posts that contain gifs made by other creators), and we will also not reblog posts that contain sensitive themes that haven't been tagged for.

For any other questions we haven't covered here, feel free to drop them in our ask - and should we have any other questions, you can find them answered here!

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burntheedges · 4 months ago

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8 AMAZING Ballet Moments From NBT’s HOTTEST Couple! (A Pas de Deux Epilogue)

Din Djarin x f!reader | 18+ | 5k | fic masterlist | main masterlist | ao3

summary: The link arrives with a text from Adrian that reads, "👀🩰🔥."

a/n: surprise! it's an epilogue! I wasn't originally planning to write this, but then I got this comment (thank you, @ageappropriatefanperson - I'm answering a few of your questions, lol). And then I was watching a highlights video and... here we are. It was fun to visit these two again. Thank you @katareyoudrilling for being the best beta, as always!! I hope y'all enjoy Sophie and Andre as much as I enjoyed creating them. 🧡

chapter tags/warnings: fluff, flirting, touching, reader sits in Din's lap, cuddling, YouTube video, ballet terms, more links for y'all lol, kissing, fondling, pet names (sweetheart), couch sex, p-in-v sex, dirty talk

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“What’s that?”

You feel Din come up behind you and lean in over your shoulder. You smile, leaning back against his chest. His arms immediately snake around your waist.

“Adrian sent it to me.” You angle your phone so he can see the title – 8 AMAZING Ballet Moments from NBT’s HOTTEST Couple!

He huffs out a laugh and you feel his chest move against your back. “S’that about us? Are we the hottest couple?”

You nod. “Obviously. Don’t you feel like the hottest couple? I mean, you’re definitely hot.” He laughs again at your teasing and squeezes you. “I was about to watch it. Should I get my computer?”

Din hides his face in your neck and groans. “Yeah ok, I’ll watch it, too.”

You fish your computer out of a pile of Grogu’s drawings on the coffee table and lead Din to the couch. He pulls you down onto his lap, so you settle the laptop on your knees where you can both see it. You find the link on YouTube and take a deep breath.

“Ready?” you ask, and Din sighs.

“Ready,” he says, sounding resigned, and you know it’s because he hates watching himself like this. You start to turn to look at him but he wraps his arms around your waist and presses a soft kiss behind your ear. “I’m ready,” he repeats, voice warmer. You smile as you hit play.

The video begins with a cute animated intro of two people doing ballet (and sometimes falling down and laughing). A scrolling text, like cheerful handwriting, declares, “Sophie and Andre Talk Ballet!”

The camera pans out to two people sitting behind a desk. There are a few cute ballet-themed knick-knacks on the desk, but it’s not cluttered. They both have microphones in front of them. The wall behind them is decorated with posters and art from famous ballets.

The person on the right is wearing a bright blue, fuzzy sweater and matching eyeliner. She has her hair in microbraids that are pulled back into a ponytail.

She speaks first, a cheerful, “hey y’all! I’m Sophie.”

The person on the left has short red hair and freckles. He’s wearing a navy button up that has small white flowers embroidered all over. He repeats her greeting with a broad smile, “and I’m Andre!”

Together, they say, “welcome!”

Sophie continues, “welcome to the next video in our series of amazing ballet moments. We’re really excited about this video because we’ve wanted to make it for a long time.” She turns to look at Andre.

He nods. “Sure did! But we had to wait until the end of the ballet season. It was torture!”

Sophie laughs and agrees. “it really was! But the season is done and now we can say for certain that these are THE 8 amazing ballet moments from…” She trails off and looks expectantly at her co-host.

Andre drums his hands lightly on the desk in front of him. “Drum roll please!”

Sophie smiles and says, brightly, “Nevarro Ballet Theater’s hottest couple!”

Briefly the two hosts disappear as images of you and Din appear on screen.

You recognize it immediately. It’s a pretty popular still from Kuiil’s pas de deux, with him holding you in the air. You’re looking at each other, though, and Din has a tiny smile on his face.

It’s one of your favorites, too. Din presses a kiss into your neck and you know he agrees.

The image of you and Din moves backwards and becomes part of the background behind the two hosts.

Sophie continues, “ever since we had confirmation that these two are dating back in January, which, oh my god! That’s so perfect!” She makes a high pitched noise that makes Din groan behind you and you laugh. ‘Ever since then, we’ve wanted to make this video.”

Andre nods and waves his hand in the air. “That’s right! But we wanted to wait until the end of the season to see Giselle. And spoiler alert, Giselle is definitely in the top 8.”

You tilt your head against Din’s, thinking about Giselle and smiling. You’re glad it made the top 8.

Sophie grins at her co-host. “Of course! So we’re going to share our favorite moments from these two from the last year and a half, since that’s about when Din Djarin joined NBT.”

They continue on to give a little more information about the two of you and your histories with NBT and CBC. You turn your head slightly and press your smile into Din’s hair. You know he’s thinking of his first few months at NBT, too, from the way his arms tighten just a bit and pull you closer to his chest.

“Alright, you know the drill – we’ll countdown from 8 to our number 1, and we’ll tell you why we chose each moment.” Andre winks at the camera. “Let us know what you think in the comments!”

A banner unfurls across the screen that says “#8 - Nutcracker.”

“That’s right,” Andre says, “our first - or last? - moment is this year’s Nutcracker!”

Sophie nods. “This was Din’s first year doing Nutcracker with NBT, since he joined just before the holiday season last season and wasn’t in the show.”

Andre points at the camera. “And he did not disappoint! Now, we all know the Russian dance, also called Trepak. It’s tough, and fast, and hell on the knees. It’s usually a very specific bit of choreography with very few changes. But Din really made it look easy and new. I mean, of course he did, we’ve seen him jump!”

“We all have, and what was especially interesting this year was that they turned parts of it into more of a solo to really showcase how he can fly.”

Andre nodded. “Here’s a clip of our favorite part.”

You elbow him when the clip starts because you just know he’s hidden his face again. The short clip that plays is of Din doing the flying barrel turns, and then it cuts to his leaps in second position. He groans into your neck and you laugh.

“Seriously, y’all, I don’t know that I’ve seen someone hit those jumps that well, like, ever.” Sophie sighs.

“And did you see how high he jumped? And that extension? The lines of his arms?” Andre sighed, too, and then they both laughed. “He’s amazing!”

“But so is his partner, who danced the lead in Marzipan for the second time this year.” A picture of you in Marzipan appears behind Sophie’s head.

“And she freaking killed it,” Andre says, slapping his hands on the table. “Last year was good, but this year was great. Marzipan is tricky because the lead has to be hitting different beats than the rest of the dancers, and sort of leading them at the same time. And she really blew us away. I mean, those turns?” He looks at Sophie, who nods. “Just watch.”

You feel Din’s head come up and it makes you laugh. He’s more than willing to watch you dance, of course. The clip is of a moment towards the end of Marzipan, where you’re doing turns center stage. You feel Din sigh behind you and he murmurs, “gorgeous,” into your hair. It reminds you of when he complimented you, way back at the beginning, when you first met. You turn to kiss his cheek.

“Amazing, right?” Sophie asks, and Andre nods. “So that’s our first moment. And for the second....”

Another banner unfurls across the screen that reads, “#7 - THE Bayadère solo.”’

Sophie spreads her hands out and says, “now, we couldn’t do this list justice if we didn’t feature some truly impressive solo moments from each half of our favorite pair.”

Andre nods. “We have more of them together, but in what world could we leave this one out? And you’ll see the rest coming up.”

Sophie leans towards the camera with a serious look on her face, and the camera zooms in on her. “And we know you all know this one! We could. Not. Stop. Talking about it when it happened, because it’s just that good. Back when he first joined NBT, Din did a medley of three of Solor’s variations from different versions of La Bayadère, all in a row, in a mixed program.”

She leans back and the camera pans out to show Andre fanning himself. “I still can’t believe he did this. Three variations from one of the hardest roles, and all in a row? No breaks?” Andre slams his hand into his fist. “It was a statement.”

Sophie nods. “It was honestly the biggest and best fuck you to CBC that anyone could have asked for, after his dramatic exit. It was hey, look what you let slip through your fingers! And boy did they fumble huge here.”

“Yes!” Andre agrees. “And we did a whole video on that that we’ll link below. But back to the solos — from the moment the lights came up and he hit that first double cabriolet, it was like time stopped. He smashed it. Just completely owned these variations.”

“We almost couldn’t choose a favorite part, but we had to go with the double assemblé turns. First, they are crisp and clean and perfect. Second, they are part of the third variation out of three that he did with no breaks. Third, he does like 7 of them in a row. That’s wild.”

“Wild!” Andre almost shouts. “Just… just watch.”

You reach up to grab Din’s chin to make him watch, and turn to whisper in his ear, “I was standing in the wings watching this, mesmerized.” His arms tighten around your waist and you grin. “I mean, at the time I didn’t know yet – I was still worried about dancing with you. But you were beautiful.”

You know he doesn’t like it when you say things like that about yourself, and as always he tucks himself around you tighter and shakes his head.

“I know, Din, I don’t think like that anymore.” You cut off his protests with a kiss, and he responds with interest.

By the time you break away and turn back to the video, they’re already talking about moment #6.

“...and that’s why we love her portrayal of Hermia.” Sophie has her hands clasped in front of her chest.

“Its technically and artistically beautiful, of course, but the feeling!” Andre slumps dramatically over the table. “How does she do it? We could feel how tormented the character was just from the angle of her shoulders, I swear. Take a look.”

It’s a clip of your Hermia variation from Midsummer, from the year Din joined NBT. He sighs and presses a smile into your cheek. “Beautiful,” he says, and then presses a line of kisses down your neck.

“Honestly it’s my favorite interpretation of Hermia, probably ever,” Sophie says. “It’s no surprise to us that she finally made principal this year!” You turn to try to hide your face in Din’s neck but he chuckles and kisses you instead.

“And our next moment brings our two favorites back together,” Andre says, and a banner unfurls that reads, “#5 - Raindrops.”

You’re surprised, and kind of pleased. Raindrops was Jee’s fall premiere, her brand new ballet, from this last NBT season. It was an ensemble ballet, and very contemporary, and you and Din had been one of three main pairs.

“If you’ve been here a while, you know we loved this new ballet and we hope it sticks around in NBT’s repertoire. It is so, so beautiful!” Andre sighs a bit dreamily. “And we loved the way the choreography played to the strengths of each couple.”

Sophie nods. “We’ll link our whole video on Raindrops below. But right now we want to focus on the final duet, danced by our favorite pair. The whole ballet creates such an interesting world of movement that echoes rainfall, but these two really brought it home with this part.”

Andre sweeps his left arm out. “I don’t know how they did it, but it feels like the calm after a rainstorm. Just watch.”

You feel Din looking at this one, and you know he’s watching you on screen. You suppose that’s only fair, since you’re watching him. Jee had really blown everyone away with this choreography and you were looking forward to doing it again. Din hums contentedly as the Din on screen lifts you and you smile.

“Ugh, it’s so gorgeous,” Sophie says, resting her chin in her hands. “I don’t even know what I want to say.”

“Sounds like it’s time for our next moment!” Andre laughs. The banner that unfurls on the screen reads, “#4 - La Bayadère (Again).”

“We were both surprised and not surprised when the fall schedule was released for NBT,” Andre says, raising his hands. He lifts his right hand and says, “surprised, because they’ve never done La Bayadère before.” He lifts his left hand and tilts his head. “Not surprised, because we all saw what Din can do with it in his first NBT performance.”

Sophie nods. “And we knew it would be amazing when we saw who was cast as Nikiya.” A picture appears on screen of the two of you dancing together as Solor and Nikiya. “This was an ambitious addition for NBT and wow did they knock it out of the park!”

“He brought all of that power and grace we saw in the solos,” Andre continues, “and she brought a deep emotionality to the technical performance Nikiya requires that really blew us away. She more than deserved the promotion to principal and this just shows that.”

“They’re right.” Din’s mouth tickled your neck as he whispers against it and you shiver. “Shit, you were so amazing as Nikiya.”

He had told you that many times during the rehearsals and the show itself but the praise still made you squirm in his lap.

“THE moment we chose is from the end of act 2, Nikiya’s death scene. Ugh it’s so good and so freaking sad!” Sophie cups her face with her hands. “I can’t take it.”

Andre reaches over and they briefly hold hands. “I cried! We both cried! Her control - immaculate. His emotions - overflowing yet viciously contained.”

Sophie is nodding along. “Yes, they danced it so beautifully, and their skill really really shone here. And the feeling!”

Andre puts a hand up to his mouth as if to whisper to the audience. “And look, I know a lot of you started to ship them after a moment we’ll mention later,” — Sophie interrupts to shout “no spoilers!” — “but I think this performance alone launched a thousand ships.”

Sophie laughs. “And we’ll show you why — just look at how they look at each other!”

The clip that plays showcases a lot of your skill, it’s true, but also the longing looks you and Din had to give each other in this scene.

“I want to say we were just acting,” you say, laughing, “but I can’t blame them for thinking we were in love already, when we actually were.”

Din nips at your neck and you yelp. He laughs. “Anyone with eyes can see how I feel when I look at you, sweetheart. And he’s supposed to be in love with her. I had a lot of personal experience to draw on.”

You turn to kiss him, then, because what else would you do? You miss the rest of the commentary about La Bayadère, lost in Din.

But then they capture your attention again.

“And for our next moment…” Andre says, and the banner unfurls to reveal, “#3 - THE rehearsal.”

“Ok, we know you’ve all seen it,” Sophie says, shrugging. “Everyone has! It’s still amazing.”

“Oh no,” Din groans, hiding his face in your neck. You can’t help but laugh. You reach up and bury your hand in his curls, trying to soothe him.

Andre winks at the camera. “It’s so, so good. And you know what we’re talking about — THE rehearsal.”

Sophie sighs. “Just let me say again, thank you to whoever filmed this and decided to share it with the world.”

Din is grumbling against your shoulder and you’re pretty sure you hear a muffled Adrian. You shake your head, smiling. Adrian had put it on his IG, sure, but that had been it. He hadn’t meant for it to go viral. Peli had teased Din about that for weeks.

“It’s the famous moment from January of this year, when we got a little sneaky behind-the-scenes look at an NBT rehearsal,” Andre says. “Later we all figured out that it was the beginning of rehearsals for Giselle. But at the time it was a mystery, and, well. Let’s just play the clip.”

Sophie nods. “Yes! I want to watch it again. And again.”

You know what’s coming before the clip starts. It’s clearly footage from a phone, snuck around the corner and into a rehearsal space through an open door. You even see the door jamb at first.

In the center of the video are you and Din. You leap through the air and he catches you, grinning. It’s a grin he rarely shows in public but the full force of it is trained on you. You’re laughing as he catches you and flips you upright. The two of you lean into each other and giggle, clearly amused by how learning this particular lift is going. You remember that day — you couldn’t stop laughing, wrapped up in each other and how fun it is to try something new if he’s doing it with you.

The cameraman (Adrian, your brain supplies) hushes someone off screen. At the same moment, you rise up on your toes and press a quick kiss to Din’s mouth.

You feel him sigh behind you and you snuggle closer.

On screen you start to move away, ready to practice again, but he pulls you back into another kiss.

The video cuts out there, and you know it’s because Adrian didn’t actually want footage of you making out. And you did make out, you remember, for quite a while after that.

“And that’s how we all found out our ship was real! The hottest couple is real,” Andre laughs. “They are so freaking cute together.”

Sophie nods. “I love seeing a little peek into how they work on lifts. And the kiss!” She pretends to swoon, grinning. “So I hope they don’t mind but damn do we love that video.”

“Two more,” Adrian says, “and I bet you know what they are. But which one is number one?”

Sophie drums on the table as the next banner unfurls, and it says, “#2 - Giselle.”

“We told you it would be in the list and here it is!” Andre gestures widely with a smile. “NBT did a longer run of Giselle and so our two favs were not the only ones to dance the roles of Giselle and Albrecht. And everyone did an amazing job.”

Sophie nods. “But as we all know by now, these two have something special. And you could really feel it in the way he danced Albrecht. It’s a difficult, taxing, emotional role. We already did a video comparing his performances as Albrecht at NBT and CBC, which we’ll link below.”

Andre sighs. “He is so, so good in this role. We knew he would be, but damn. He has grown so much as a dancer since joining NBT — not technically, but emotionally. His first Albrecht was great, technically perfect in that usual CBC way. But this one? This one made me cry.”

“Exactly,” Sophie agrees. “He really hit another level with his performances this year with NBT and this was the high point. And he was already starting from such a high level!”

“And then our Giselle!” Andre slumps dramatically in his seat. “She blew us away. That is such a challenging role, and she didn’t just nail it. I feel like because of her performance I understand the ballet better now. And I’ve seen it approximately 1 million times.”

“Here, we’ll show you what we mean,” Sophie says, and the clip starts.

Your face is warm from the compliments. They show two clips - one of Giselle’s descent into madness, and one of Albrecht dancing for his life. Din seems to have resigned himself to watching, but you know he’s enjoying it when he nudges his head against yours.

“Seriously,” Sophie says when the clips end. “How? Their range! And wow what a difference from CBC’s Giselle for Din.”

Andre nods. “They showed us what they’re made of this year. And it was amazing.”

“And, one more! Our absolute favorite, forever…” Sophie winks at the camera.

A banner unfurls that reads, “#1 - THE pas de deux.”

“THE pas!” Adrian and Sophie say in unison, grinning.

Then Sophie says, “ok well first, we already did a whole video on this pas de deux. We’ll link it below. But my god, this pas!”

Andre has a dreamy look in his eye. “They’ve performed it twice — once in last year’s anniversary gala, and once in the mixed program that opened this year’s fall season.”

“It is a true tour de force of technical skill, strength, and emotional connection. These two made magic on stage and somehow did it even better the second time.”

“It’s true,” Andre agrees. “I get chills just thinking about it. It’s not often you get to see two true masters of their art make something new together like this. To watch them truly create something wonderful together. But our favorite moment — after much deliberation — is from the first time they performed it, and from the 3rd movement.”

“It’s the famous one where they dance around each other, and then she leaps into his arms and gets lifted over his head.” Sophie shrugs. “Look, it’s famous for a reason! It’s gorgeous and emotional and a linchpin for the entire ballet, and for their character development in the story they create over the three parts.”

“It was honestly hard to believe, watching it at the time, that Din hadn’t been at NBT forever. That they’d only just met a few months before.” Andre makes an exaggerated confused face. “Like, how?”

Sophie smirks at him. “Well, now we have more info…”

“And we know they’re together,” Andre laughs. “I like to think they fell in love working on this pas. We’ll probably never know for sure, but it would be such an amazing love story. And back then we had no idea!” You feel Din laugh into your neck and you know he’s thinking what you’re thinking – if only they knew!

Sophie reaches over and pats his hand. “Ok, ok, enough from us, let’s play the clip.”

Din looks up with no prompting this time. You both love Kuiil’s pas de deux and couldn’t hide it if you tried.

“Look at you,” he murmurs, voice almost a growl, as you launch yourself towards him on the screen. “Beautiful.” He lifts one hand and turns your chin so he can catch your mouth in a kiss.

This kiss is not like the others you’ve shared while watching this video – it’s immediately hotter. Din teases at your mouth with his tongue and then slips inside when you gasp.

Before you can protest – not that you would – Din reaches forward and closes the laptop, cutting off the video mid-word. He places it on the floor quickly and then uses that hand to tug you back into a kiss.

You sink into it happily. You wondered sometimes if being with him would ever stop feeling like this. At this point, you doubt it.

Without breaking the kiss, Din grabs your hips and guides you to turn until you’re straddling his lap on the couch. His hands are big and warm on your hips and you sigh into his mouth.

“Beautiful,” he repeats, tugging you downwards. You grind against him and realize suddenly that he’s hard.

“Din?” you ask, voice breathy.

“Mm,” he says, wrapping his arms around your waist to hold you in place, pressed against him. “You know I love watching you dance. And they were right, you’re so fucking amazing.”

You smile against his mouth and slide your hands up his neck and into his hair. “I love you,” you whisper against his mouth. He catches you in another fierce kiss.

“Love you too,” he breathes. Your chest fills with warmth, just like it does every time he says that. He keeps his left arm wrapped around you but begins to slide his right hand around your hip to the front. You’d been having a quiet morning, before the video, and your lounge shorts make it easy for him to slip his hand inside and cup your pussy. “So much.”

You throw your head back and grind down against his hand. You know he can feel how wet you are already. “Please,” you whine, not exactly sure what you’re asking for, but certain he would do anything you ask.

“Let me show you,” Din says, and tugs on your shorts. You lift up and kick them and your underwear off easily. When you sit back down you gasp – somehow, without you noticing, he’d pulled his sweatpants down. Your pussy drops down right against his hard cock.

You move your hips back and forth slowly, reveling in the feeling of his cock sliding through your folds.

“Look at you, sweetheart,” Din growls, voice admiring. He sneaks his hands under your t-shirt and pulls it off. “I love the way you look on my cock.”

You shiver – you can’t help it. You never can, not when Din talks like that. You’re floating. “Din,” you breathe, and he grasps your hips in his big hands.

“I love the way your body moves,” he says leaning forward to press kisses along your collarbones. He nips at your shoulder. “I love the way it moves against mine. Love the line of your neck, the arch of your back.” He runs his tongue up your neck and sweeps his hand up your spine until he can grip the back of your neck. “Love the curve of your hips and the strength of your thighs.” He grasps your thigh with his free hand, opening your hips even wider. “Love the way our bodies move together.”

Din thrusts upwards and you gasp as the head of his cock nudges your clit.

“Fuck me,” you say, voice firm. You realize your eyes are closed and blink them open to look at him. He’s looking up at you with hungry eyes, mouth open. “Please, Din.”

He smiles at you, and you trace the shape of it with your eyes.

“Anything you want, sweetheart,” he promises as he nudges at your hip to lift upwards. You find the right position together easily – your bodies know each other so well, now, it’s effortless.

His cock notches at your entrance and his grip on the back of your neck gets firmer. “Look at me,” he demands, and you meet his eyes as you slowly and steadily sink down onto his cock.

When your hips meet his again, you realize you’re both panting, mouths open, staring at each other.

Then he smiles.

Din tugs you forward into a kiss with his grip on your neck. As his hips thrust upwards, his tongue sweeps into your mouth and you moan.

He guides your hips upwards and sets a devastating pace that has you dropping your forehead on his shoulder, focusing on your breathing. It feels so good, it always feels so good. He knows just how to fuck you and he knows it.

“Just like that,” he says in your ear, voice low. “Fuck, sweetheart, just like that.” He thrusts upwards again and you whimper. “Do you feel it? How perfectly we fit together?”

You nod against his shoulder and he kisses your ear.

“You always feel so fucking good,” he says, and you feel his hips stutter. Your bodies are so attuned to each other, it’s so easy for you to read how he’s getting close. And so are you.

It’s gathering down at the base of your spine, a heat that licks upwards and begins to fill every inch of you.

“Made for me,” Din murmurs into your ear. “And I was made for you.” He squeezes the back of your neck and his next thrust sends the heat spiraling up your spine.

“Din,” you cry, and you feel it wash over you in a wave of heat and pleasure so strong, it was always so fucking strong.

You hear him say your name as he thrusts upwards once, twice more, before stilling.

You’re both breathing hard, and you collapse forward onto him. He releases his grip on your neck and wraps his arms around you, pulling you tight against his chest.

“I love you,” he says again, and you smile into his neck.

“Love you, too,” you say. “Should we watch videos of our performances more often?” you tease, and you laugh when he groans.

“Please, no,” he says into your hair, but you can tell he’s teasing.

“Well,” you say, running your hand through his hair. “Maybe not around other people, if this is what happens.”

He laughs, and you grin. “Can’t help it,” he says, squeezing you tighter. “I love watching you.” His cock twitches inside of you and you gasp.

“Din?” you ask, leaning back to look at him.

He’s smirking. “Why don’t you go lie down on the bed, sweetheart,” he says, and then kisses you. “And let me clean you up.”

You know exactly how he plans to clean you up, and you clench around him at the thought. He sucks in a sharp breath that you feel in his chest. “You have to let me up, first,” you say, wiggling in his arms. His cock starts to stiffen inside of you again and you grin.

“Cute,” he murmurs against your lips, kissing you softly. He grasps your hips and thrusts up into you again. “Now get up, sweetheart. I need to clean you up before I get you dirty again.”

You laugh and do as he says.

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a/n: all the links are in the text above so I don't think I have a ton to say, for once! I tried to pick things that showed what I was talking about, either the steps or the style. I hope you enjoyed it! I missed these two. 🥰

#din djarin x reader #din djarin x f!reader #din djarin x you #din djarin fanfiction #din djarin #pas de deux fic #nbt fic #epilogue #x reader #we're back!#briefly

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Hello! I am trying to read “the right to maim” by jasbir k puar and I am getting almost nothing out of it, bc of the depth + breadth of academic concepts :( I’m particularly frustrated by it bc it seems to talk about subjects I think about, talk about and do daily, like disability, transness, and (anti)colonialism. I’m most of the way through the intro and it’s gone almost entirely over my head except for a couple isolated paragraphs that are meaningful.

Do you have any advice for how I can get the most out of this book? My main limiter is time, bc I got it out from the library and it is highly requested so I can’t have it for very long

Hi anon! First of all, in terms of time, I recommend piracy. I recommend it in general. I'm not going to post links here in order to protect the places I use, but dm me if you want them.

If you're having difficulty with the concepts (which makes sense - right to maim is a challenging book!) I recommend going back to basics with some background reading. You can get some of Puar's rec'd background reading from the bibliography, and from the keywords she uses in the preface of the text. a few that I see (i'm looking at the PDF now) include debility, rhizome/rhizomatic, soverignty, biopolitics, homonationalism, impairment [in the disability studies sense], precarity, and neoliberalism. if i was teaching this preface, i'd have students break down each of these terms (and probably others, this is just from a skim) using outside readings. it's totally normal to feel overwhelmed when jumping into a scholarly text w/o any context, and most people who use and cite this book have past experience reading Puar's interlocutors and existing familiarity with this language.

you can get up-to-date while reading using resources in tandem with this text. For example, you can read Puar's discussion of debility at that link to get a sense of the context. You can read a decent summary of Foucault (the coiner of the term "biopower") and his thought at Brittanica. I recommend using Google Scholar for terms you're not familiar with, and taking quick notes so that you don't have to google them all over again each time. if you think you have enough context with a new word but aren't 100%, keep reading and use other clues. think about academic reading like learning a new language. the strategies are very similar! because it basically is.

I recommend using the annotation strategies i just mentioned in this post (and/or developing your own). i also recommend looking up Puar's talks on youtube - she's a well-known scholar who does a lot of events, and has spoken extensively about this book and its genealogy (especially in relation to praxis / Palestinian liberation). You can also read her talk with the hosts of Death Panel, my absolute favorite podcast.

Below, I'm going to give you an example of how I close-read, annotate, and analyze a paragraph from Right to Maim (and, by extension, other academic texts. This strategy may not work for you 100%, but hopefully it gives you some solid suggestions. Overall, remember that learning to read scholarly work takes time. A long ass time. Even when it's about things you've experienced yourself! Academia has its own conventions, verbiage, knowledge base, etc, and it's a learning curve for everyone. Don't expect yourself to read as fast or get as much as someone more familiar with the conventions of academic writing - anticipate reading all of these works many, many times, and getting more with each reading. Progress is more important than perfection, and improvement, even if slow, *will* happen, as long as you don't give up. <3

Below is a quote from the preface to Right to Maim, where Puar lays out her argument. I recommend everyone highlight/remember paragraphs like these (pretty much every ac text will have something like this in the beginning as a roadmap) to anchor their reading practice and help them get the most from a book (emphasis mine):

In The Right to Maim, I focus less on an important project of disability rights and disability studies, which is to refute disability as lack, as inherently undesirable, and as the sign, evidence, or fetish of injustice and victimhood. I am not sidestepping this issue. Rather, I centralize the quest for justice to situate what material conditions of possibility are necessary for such positive reenvisionings of disability to flourish, and what happens when those conditions are not available. My goal here is to examine how disability is produced, how certain bodies and populations come into biopolitical being through having greater risk to become disabled than others. The difference between disability and debility that I schematize is not derived from expounding upon and contrasting phenomenological experiences of corporeality, but from evaluating the violences of biopolitical risk and metrics of health, fertility, longevity, education, and geography.

In the bolded part, Puar outlines what she's not doing: she's not taking a mainstream (white, colonial) disability studies approach, which is, in her words, to refute disability as "lack." She's stating that her goal isn't simply to prove disabled people as equal to able-bodied people, or to claim that disability can be good and liberating (though it is/can be!). Her point is to look at the conditions in which people become disabled, and stay disabled. Often, these conditions are violent and unjust. Acknowledging this injustice kinda throws a wrench into western models of disability pride.

So, if she's not interested in just arguing that disability ≠ badness, what is she arguing? she's looking, in the latter half of the paragraph, to how people become disabled in multiple ways. One, using the verbiage in the book, she's interested in how people become debilitated - physically incapacitated in a way that may not line up with the social category of "disability"). She's also interested in how "disability" as a social identity is constructed - that is, why do disability rights groups look at Palestinians maimed by the IOF and see an injured civilian, but not a disabled comrade? words and context matter immensely. she's looking at why, and what are the implications.

that last sentence sums up the distinction she's making: "The difference between disability and debility that I schematize is not derived from expounding upon and contrasting phenomenological experiences of corporeality, but from evaluating the violences of biopolitical risk and metrics of health, fertility, longevity, education, and geography."

the difference, she argues, between disability as western disability studies sees it and debility as experienced by people under colonial occupation isn't because we experience our bodyminds differently, or because Palestinians (for example) magically aren't as hurt by occupation as their white/western counterparts would be. rather, the reason she's using debility over disability is because the category of disability isn't objective: it's informed by biopolitical forces such as the ones she listed. her meta-argument is that what we call "disability" can't be divorced from its settler colonial context, not because colonized peoples are immune to disabling violence, but because the category of disability (and health, and violence) is itself affected by settler colonialism.

in "right to maim," Puar is offering a major shift in the way we collectively discuss disability, because the category is not applied equally across sociopolitical, geographical context. it means Palestinians and others living under occupation are either left out entirely, or unsuccessfully co-opted into western-/colonizer-centric disability discourse that doesn't acknowledge the different conditions under which they live. ultimately, "right to maim" means to make that difference, and its implications, visible.

Let me know if this makes sense! it's wordy and tedious, but lots of academic texts are. i hope that breakdown helps you make some more sense of Puar's main argument/the architecture of the text, and maybe serves as a model for future engagement. :)

#palestine #reading #academia #ask #anonymous #do not be ashamed of having a hard time. we have ALL been there. everyone has been new to this language/these conventions before.#keep trying and you will get better. i promise!

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DAY TWO OF THE HERMITCRAFT CHARITY LIVESTREAAAAAAAM

i wont be able to summarize the entire thing as i have rehearsal this afternoon... but i can get the first half at least!!

link to my day one liveblog

very short intro from the hermits as grian and scar are interviewing jared hess, the director of the minecraft movie!

"He's a tall drink of water, that guy," -- Jared Hess, directer of the minecraft movie, talking about Mumbo Jumbo. (and. he's taller then mumbo.)

apparently mumbo designed a ton of redstone machines for the movie that didnt end up being used

scar keeps derailing the interview to ask about napoleon dynamite

sign purchases have been reopened for everyone in europe who was asleep. im tempted to buy a second one lol

doc in chat

they've rigged the wheel for snails

400k wheel spin landed on......... SNAILS.

MINECRAFT IN CHAT

chat is making snails... _@/"

grian tried to imitate oli's snail noises and summoned oli in the process. oli is now yelling in the chat

oli and eloise have threatened to throw their cat out the window if we dont donate

joe is green-screen colored and is being consumed by the background

according to false the snails are sedated and that's why their not murderous right now

treebark making bracelets with gem <3

the steam has only been going for about an hour and we've already hiiiiiiit:

FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

i mentioned to my family that the charity has raised over 500k in this short a time and that did kinda blew their minds. i think they're starting to realize my niche hyperfixation isnt so "niche" afterall lololol

jimmy and kirsty have acknowledged their ship name is jirsty and they are not happy about that

OLI ON THE ROBOT???? OLIBOT?????

RAN INTO MY FRIEND @pookapufferfish IN THE CHAT HI POOKA!!!!!!!

martyn broke the mojang coffee machine. rip.

now martyn is lost in joel's base. the main stream has been on him wandering around joel's base, helplessly lost, for like 15 minutes now

but now it's MYSTERY HERMIT TIIIIIIIIME

doc is trying to make small talk with chat. from in chat.

minecraft old nether music on the waiting screen goes hard

OKAY NOW IT'S MYSTERY HERMIT TIME

pearl scar and gem are the detectives, zed is hosting

they are prompting a mystery hermit who's ona call to do certain things and then trying to guess who the mystery hermit is.

detectives first asked them to do parkour, theorizing one of the arizona dads. second asking them to put things in an ender chest (THEY PUT FLIGHT DURATION 3 ROCKETS IN THE CHEST IM CALLING JOEHILLS). third, asking them to decorate an interior. four, asked them what they want to remove from minecraft, they said pink glazed terracotta. five, keep name kill a mob, kept and evoker, named a creaking (creakles), killed a sniffer

all three judges voted they think it's tango. it waaaaaaaaas

TANGOOOOOOO

okay ive got to go for a sec so i might miss this next one

i wasnt able to like fully watch the next two but they guessed cub for number 2 and it was cub, and they guessed false for number 3 and it was xisuma!!

okay i havent been able to watch for about an hour... hope i didnt miss too much ._.

SNAIL RACING WOOHOO

escargo vs gary vs quizbot vs oli in robot form

ESCARGO VICTORY!!!!! olibot takes second lol

okay i for sure wont be able to watch the rest of the stream live at least, if anyone wants to take over for liveblogging the second half of day 2 please do so!!! i want to know what happens :)

HI EDITING ARDIE HERE IM BACK FROM REHEARSAL!!!! IT WAS GOOD THANKS FOR ASKING

YES IM GOING TO CONTINUE LIVEBLOGGING. THE 3ISH HOURS I MISSED WILL BE MISSING BUT IM GONNA GET THE REST OF IT 👍

so uh. check this post for updates. it will be updating.

while i was away, by the way, we hit

SIX HUNDRED THOUSANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

and

SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

they're doing a "harmonica challenge." shock collars from yesterday but with harmonicas in their mouths, whoever toots first loses. skizz and grian running it but grian isnt allowed to push the buttons anymore lol

jimmy v ren. jimmy loses like a wimp

tango vs zed. tango is a TANK he barely flinches at all

championship, ren v tango. grian hits tango with a level 15 near instantly and he understandably breaks but ren does NOT want to try and compete with that and forfeits. tango is the ultimate pain tolerance man!!!

back to scar who's running the whole thing. he's really tired you can tell... he's very quiet. also i think i hear some of his medical gear making noise

GIGS PHASMO!!!

we cut to pearl for a bit. pearl without aussie ping is SCARY

scar is still talking-- he put on the pink minecarft movie jacket. looked very snazzy. then slipped out of his chair trying to get it off ._.

SCAR HAS A BOW AND ARROW. HOTGUY HOTGUY HOTGUY (im guessing this was a wheel incentive i missed)

AND CONFIRMED-- SCAR IS NOW ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR GAMERS OUTREACH AHHHHHHHHHH <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

gettin reaaaaaal close to 800k... can we beat the amount raised last year...

PI DRIVE. DONATING $3.14... if we hit 800,000 someone's gonna get pied...

oh and every time scar sees an anonymous donor pop up he assigns a star wars name to the anon.

SOMEONE DONATED WITH THE NAME "THE SECRET LIFE SHADOW PEOPLE" AND SCAR WAS LIKE. YEAH.

scar shot an arrow and hit his dad in the eye.

MARTYN SPITTIN NAMES TIME WOO

i donated a slice of pie. martyn butchered my name <3

OKAY HOLY SHIT THE LAST 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN VERY CHAOTIC IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE

so. i had a tutoring session. and my tutor and i got chatting and i told her about this and kinda maybe hyperfixation rambled for a while and she was really interested and super into it and sent me some money to donate to the charity!!! which was very nice of her!!!!!!! everyone say thank you to my tutor julie <3

and then we hit:

EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

🎉🎉🎉

and then the broadcast cut away for a bit and when it came back...

it was the closing out!! all the hermits all together... plus the head guy from gamers outreach

WHO THEY PIED. AS A CELEBRATION OF 800K.

and... that was the end. and the closing screen played the permit office hold music :)

same as yesterday, i'll reblog this with all the screenshots i took today!!

also the donations page is still up and open, if anyone has a couple bucks to spare and is interested!! https://tilt.fyi/xEs9UP5TXv

thank you to the hermits for putting on such a phenomenal show <3

#hermitcraft #hermitcraft charity stream #hermitcraft charity event #grian #goodtimeswithscar #mumbo jumbo #inthelittlewood #oli orionsound #joe hills #cubfan135 #renthedog #tangotek #jimmy solidarity #pearlescentmoon #i might be missing people but i really gotta go now lol

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