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2009!Price: Who are you? 2022!Price: I'm you but sluttier

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Butcher!Simon

- Butcher!Simon who was having the slowest day until you walked in. The jingle of the door bell brought his eyes to your pretty frame stepping in his shop

- Butcher!Simon who watched you a little too intently as you looked at each cut of meat in his display case.

- Butcher!Simon who raised his eyebrows in amusement when you pointed and asked so sweetly for “that one”.

- Butcher!Simon who had to hold in a genuine laugh when he asked you “Tri tip or flank” to which you responded with “yes” and the cutest look on your face

- Butcher!Simon who had to grab onto his apron to ground himself when he said “I gave you two options sweet’art” and you blushed so embarrassed looking at him with the sweetest innocent eyes.

- Butcher!Simon who asked “you ever been in a butcher shop before” and when you shook your head no he did let out a laugh. “Talk to me sweet’art. What’re you making and then I can get ya what ya need.”

- Butcher!Simon who listened so intently when you described the meal you wanted to make, hoping to impress your boss and his wife.

- Butcher!Simon who went into the back to get you his best cut and wrote down instructions on how to cook it.

- Butcher!Simon who’s heart swelled up when you walked in the next day so excited to tell him that it went well and to thank him for

- Butcher!Simon who wasn’t going to let you walk out the door again without getting your number (and giving you his favorite cut of meat and promising to cook it for you)

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Ghost's good little gf who's a bundle of sunshine, always so sweet and nice to everyone even the worst assholes.

Kill them with kindness, you said to him one day when he grumbled about it.

That's his explanation when Soap asked why the hell he engraved 'kindness' to his favorite gun. That's the gun's name, he simply replied.

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Writing Russian-speaking characters

So I have once again been chuckling at some adorable clumsy Russian in Nikolai and Nikto fics, and thus I decided to make a little list that might be helpful for fellow COD writers here. And yes, please, feel free to reach out to me if you need any proofreading of your Russian phrases, I would be glad to assist since google translator can butcher it in ways non-speakers won't be able to notice.

I would really appreciate if you guys shared this post and helped it reach people that might need it, I put way more effort into it than I expected myself <3 Also, I might make a followup with some more words and/or phrases that can be useful, so please feel free to request some, since here I am mostly focusing on terms of endearment.

I will write down Russian words, their (approximate and wonky, sorry for that) transcription/transliteration and what part of speech they are (keep in mind that adjectives can be used as nouns when used to address someone) and provide according translation and use.

Keep in mind that in Russian the gender of the word is important!!! I'll write down them in following order: he/him (он/его) version/ she/her (она/её) version/ they/them (они/их) version. However! They/them is NOT traditionally used as gender-neutral pronouns, it's plural only. Some queer and younger folks do use they/them (myself included), but it does sound wonky as it's direct copy from English. Unfortunately, Russian is not very suitable for gender-neutral writing, but there are ways to go about it (I'll try to note some of that too).

*however, since Nikto is sometimes using plural they/them to describe himself, that would be okay with him since it's plural. I hope that makes sense, lol.

So if you're putting an adjective with a noun (example: милый котик) you have to use an adjective in the correct gender form FOR THE WORD! If the noun (котик here) is masculine, you use masculine adjective form EVEN if you're referring to a person with she/her pronouns.

What is love?

The main thing I noticed is that y'all use a direct translation of the word "love" - "любовь" [l'ubov'] (n) to refer to a person. As in "how are you doing, love?". However, that's wrong. "Любовь" is either a word to describe the feeling, or a name (short version would be Люба [Lyuba]). If you wanna use an affectionate pet name, consider one of the following!

дорогой/дорогая/дорогие [dorogoy/dorogaya/dorogiye] (adj) - means "darling". Often used between spouses. Mostly used to refer to person directly, sounds a little quirky if you use it to refer to them in third person (as in "my darling went out to buy some strawberries").

любимый/любимая/любимые [l'ubimiy/l'ubimaya/l'ubimiye] (adj) - means "beloved/loved/loved one" and is probably the closest to "love". You can use it to refer to person directly or to talk about them in third person (as in "can't wait to see любимую". Also yes, the endings are changing depending on the case and I'm not entirely sure how to explain this concisely without going deep into grammar lol).

милый/милая/милые [miliy/milaya/miliye] (adj) - the word means "cute/cutie", but is also used as a general terms of endearment, like "sweetheart". Mainly to refer to someone directly, using it in third person is a little old-fashioned I'd say. Also commonly used by people outside romantic partnership, a kind old lady can definitely call you over with this one asking to help her read expiration date on a milk bottle or something.

любовь моя [l'ubov' moya] (n + adj/pronoun) - okay, I kinda tricked you saying you can't use the word "love" to refer to a person. If you say this (means "my love"), you can! It's pretty romantic and I am actually the one person that uses this daily, otherwise it's either very romance-novel/old-fashioned sounding, but there are moments when it's perfectly suitable. Have that fairytale moment! Also please note, that while "моя любовь" [moya l'ubov'] (adj/pronoun + n) is grammatically correct, it sounds kinda weird if you use it to address the person directly (like in a phrase "my love, you shine brighter than the stars"). While Russian doesn't have particularly strict rules about word order, it does matter to some extent, and this is a prime example: people just use one order way more often that the other.

Pocket-sized

I've already told somewhere here my favourite Nikto fic moment: the sweetest, romantic moment, interrupted by him calling reader "детёныш", which means "cub" as in baby animal. And while my parents do use this word affectionately, I can assure you, most people don't, and it was clear that this was a result of a clumsy translation of "baby" or something like that. So here are some variants for words like baby, little one and such!

малыш/малышка [malysh/malyshka] (n) - I'd say this feels more "little one" than "baby" to me, it's a tad less sexually charged if you get what I mean. Also, you call "малыш" a person of any gender/pronouns, while "малышка" is strictly for she/her. Obviously can be used for kids too.

детка [d'etka] (n) - this one is definitely "baby" or "babe" as a term of endearment, calling a real kid this would be WEIRD if you're not a really old granny. I would also say that it's more commonly used to refer to female partners, but that might be just my perception and experience. It's still okay to use both ways. Also this word can be very much used if you need a little bit of sleazy/catcalling/bad pickup line energy, like someone shouting after a girl passing by on the street. Yuck.

маленький/маленькая [mal'en'kiy/mal'en'kaya] (adj) - this just means "little" or "small", I'd say it's used less commonly and usually in this form "маленький мой/маленькая моя" [mal'en'kiy moy/mal'en'kaya moya] (adj + adj/pronoun). I will expand on this a little later here! Can be used to refer to kids too.

All kinds of fauna

While poor детёныш is reserved for furry freaks like yours truly, there are some animal nicknames that are very widely spread! Here are some that I think would be most useful for y'all. Granted, some people think that these are a lil' bit cringey, but I think it really just depends on what you're used to hear around you. So if I think calling someone a cub is cute, and bunny is cringe, that probably says more about me :D

котик [kot'ik] (n) - this is a term of endearment for a cat. NOT same as kitten, mind you! Mostly used to refer to men (since the word is of masculine gender) - in my experience.

котёнок [kot'onok] (second o here is like ö in German) (n) - now THIS is "kitten". I would say this is more gender-neutral than the previous one, but the word is still masculine gender.

зайка [zayka] (n) - I believe this would be an equivalent to "bunny", although it's actually a cute word for a hare, not a rabbit. Definitely used for all genders (also the word can be both masculine and feminine gender), also is okay to use referring to kids (even teachers that are into endearing nicknames can call pupils this and it's not weird. well, in elementary school). You can also say "зайчонок" [zaych'onok] (n) which is a word for baby hare, even cuter.

рыбка [ribka] (n) - a term of endearment for a fish. I think it's viewed as a bit old-fashioned and thus only used jokingly nowadays, but you know what? Nikolai could pull this off 100%. Bonus points if it's "рыбка моя" [ribka moya] (n + adj/pronoun). Only used for women and the word itself is of feminine gender.

медвежонок [medv'ezhonok] (n) - now, I actually have never met someone who would call their partner this, but I myself would (and I definitely saw it in some media, but that's obv not too reliable). It's a word for a bear cub, so I think it's cute to call a huge ass bear of a military man this word. It's of masculine gender, but I would say it's okay to call a she/her person this too. ALTHOUGH there is a grammatically incorrect (but this only adds to cuteness as it often happens) word "медвежонка" [medv'ezhonka] (n) - this would be a female bear cub. My family uses this word, I use it, no, it won't be in a dictionary, but everyone will understand what you mean. Is okay to use for kids too.

щенок [sh'enok] (if it helps, щ is like German "schtsch", like in Borschtsch, like sh but soft) (n) - now, this actually is not used as a term of endearment, it's "puppy" and it's suitable for degradation. The word is of masculine gender, but you can call anyone this to be honest. You can tell Nikto he's "глупый щенок" [glupiy sh'enok] (adj + n) (silly puppy) and that man will either bark for you or gut you. If you say "тупой" [tupoy] (adj) (dumb) instead of "глупый" [glupiy] (adj) (silly), it will be downright offensive. You can say "щеночек" [sh'enochek] (n), which is an endearing term for a puppy, so it's a little bit sweete. OR you can use my personal favourite - "щен" [sh'en] (n), which is actually also incorrect, but if you've ever heard of a great poet and poetry innovator Mayakovskiy, he was called this word by Lilya Brik. I do NOT have the time to unpack that wild relationship (there was a throuple involved. Russian poetry scene of early XX century was WILD and it's my favourite poetry period hands down), but it's pretty famous. The word "щен" consists of the word "puppy" but with the end diminutive suffix cut off. The trick is, that while some words return to their non-diminutive form with such procedure, this one does not - so you're basically inventing a new word that now sounds quite degrading and harsh, but also sexy as hell (personal opinion). I would definitely call Nikto this word.

птичка [ptich'ka] (n) - that's just "birdie", but I actually wouldn't say many people use it to refer to each other. HOWEVER, Nikolai 100% calls his steel bird this. The word is of feminine gender and if you are calling a person this, it's probably more suitable for a woman.

цыпа [tsipa??] (n) or even цыпочка [tsipoch'ka] (n) - that's a chick, like a baby hen, used only to refer to women (feminine gender word). Honestly I only heard this in foreign films dubbed in Russian or like in jokes/sarcastic phrases. It's kinda rude/indecent/vulgar and the only man that can say that and stay attractive is Captain Jack Sparrow (he used this word in Russian dubbed Pirates like once maybe, talking to Elisabeth, and that was funny cuz he be crazy like that). But maybe you want this, idk.

And everything sweet

Unfortunately, I haven't seen anyone translate the word "honey" as "мёд" directly, that would be another brilliant laugh (cuz it's wrong to refer to a person like that), but there are some "sweet" words to use!

сладкий/сладкая [sladk'iy/sladkaya] (adj) - this just means "sweet", like the taste, and it can be sexy or sleazy or just cute. You can call a kid this word too, BUT for a child would be better сладенький/сладенькая [slad'en'kiy/slad'en'kaya], which is like one step further into diminutive-endearing department.

конфетка [konf'etka] (n) - this is a diminutive word for a candy, a sweet, like a caramel or chocolate or whatever. Not very common, but is cute. Also a way to describe a sexy/good-looking person (more likely a woman, the word is of feminine gender) or just something really good (a bit jokingly). The latter is usually used in a phrase build like "не ..., а просто конфетка", which is roughly translated "that's not ... that's just plain candy". Might have an actual English equivalent that I can't think of right now. Maybe "a total snack"? Probably that one, yeah. Can be said about anything, a car for example.

Shiny

I wanna stick in a few more words of endearment and they all are kinda shiny, lol, so here you go!

солнце [solntse] (n) - this means "sun", like that big glowing thingy in the sky, but it's very welcome as a term of endearment. This word is NEUTER gender (explained in the next section). Viktor Tsoy (a famous rock musician with an unfortunate fate and immortal cultural heritage) had a song ("Cuckoo" - "Кукушка") with the words "солнце моё, взгляни на меня" [solntse moyo, vzgl'yan'i na m'en'ya] (my sun, look at me), so "солнце моё" (n + adj/n) is a good one. You can also use "солнышко" [solnyshko] (n) which is an endearing version of "sun", so it's like "sunshine". Also of neuter gender! Can and should be used to address kids too.

золотце [zolottse] (n) - this literally means like... a little gold? A little golden piece? I don't think there's a proper equivalent in English. It's a word of neuter gender and it's very much used for kids too. Another version would be "золотой мой/золотая моя/золотые мои" [zolotoy moy/zolotaya moya/zolotiye moyi] (adj + adj/pronoun) - this is "my golden", it's a little less common and I feel like it's often used to be condescending, but it's not inherenrly bad, so you can use it for a loved one.

сокровище [sokrov'ish'e] (once again it's щ, look previously) (n) - this is a word of neuter gender and it means "treasure". I personally adore this one and it's pretty common. Can be used for any gender and for kids!

звёздочка [zv'yozdoch'ka] (n) - this is like a little star/starshine. Wouldn't say it's that common, but I use it a lot. The word itself is of feminine gender, but you can call anyone that! Or you can say "звезда моя" [zv'ezda moya] (n + adj/pronoun), which means "my star". Also feminine gender word, but can be used for anyone.

This dog belongs to...

I am not going to go too deep into sexy/sex-related words in this part, because I'll just get overwhelmed with the amount, but I want to go over some words of ownership quickly.

мой/моя/мои/моё [moy/moya/moyi/moyo] (adj/pronoun) - this means my/mine. It goes really well with many words in this list, especially the adjectives, like "мой дорогой" [moy dorogoy] (my darling) or "солнышко моё" [solnyshko moyo] (my sun/sunshine). The last version, "моё" [moyo] is neuter gender, it's NOT gender-neutral! It's the "it/its" I guess (not exactly, but let's just stick with this simplyfied explanation). Previously there were some words of that gender, so here you go. BTW I would say that in speech it's more common to put this word before adjectives and after nouns (like in my examples), just sounds better, but it's not wrong to do otherwsise. You can also just say "ты мой" [ti moy] (you're mine). Also can be used to refer in third person, like when you're discussing your man with your gossip girls, you can just go "а мой вчера..." [a moy vch'era] (and mine yesterday...) and everyone will understand that you mean your man. Unless you wee discussing pets, then they'll probably assume it's your cat.

хозяин/хозяйка [khoz'yain/khoz'yayka] (n) - saw this one too btw. This means "owner" or kiiiinda "master/mistress", and they are gendered, so it's actually wrong to call a woman "хозяин" unless there's some kinky genderfuckery going on (which I'm all for, but like. you get what I mean).

господин/госпожа [gospod'in/gospozha] (n) - okay, THAT is definitely master/mistress, also gendered. Standard BDSM terminology and yada yada.

And that's where I'd like to wrap up for today! However, if needed, I can write more - perhaps with curse words or with sex-related words, or some phrases? I dunno, you tell me! Once again, I kindly ask you to share since I think this will help people (and while I understand the struggle of writing in another language and especially using words from language you don't speak at all, I can't help but be a little thrown off every time I see a wrong use of words in text).

Also remember: while Siberia is bigger than USA or even Canada, there are still other regions in Russia that deserve to be mentioned <3 a lot of places with mindblowing nature, cultural heritage etc.

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I spy with my eye~~~~ a bird 🐦

🤨wait a minute

A bird…

But a…

A….

A bird’s eye 👁️🤨

Hmmm

🧐🤔scratching my head (birb)

Anywho~~

What’s your opinion on the best movie during Christmas season?

Die Hard, without a doubt. It is the Christmas movie AHAHAHA

I watched it for the first time last Christmas and I didn’t realise how prevalent the Christmas theme actually was I thought it was just a joke

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Hello friend!! I just binged your ENTIRE list of masked! Reader fics and have a question, er request?

I'm not very good at art but iv been wanting to practice drawing the 141 boys for some time but couldn't find motivation to do so, so I was wondering if I could make little comic thingies taken from your fanfic, like a visual if you would.

Obviously all credit goes to you for writing the amazing pieces 🙇‍♀️ I would also draw masked! Reader to be as gender/race neutral as possible! If not that cool but wanted to ask before doing anything 🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️

Late af answer on my part but that would be SUCH AN HONOUR!! I don’t own the concept of a masked reader - I’m pretty sure other people have written similar before me, but if my writing inspires you I’d love to get tagged in what you draw just so I can appreciate your work ☺️

And that also extends to anyone else relating to any of my works. No need to ask if people want to make fanart but I’d love to get tagged so I can check it out 👀

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will there be a part two to “taking what’s mine”?

I WANT TO SAY YES SO BADLY ARGH

I really enjoy how open ended the initial part is, but I really like the thought of delving into the dynamic reader and Valeria would have. Problem is said dynamic is complex and got a kinda push and pull sorta thing going on in my head and I don’t know if my writing can really capture that bUT I do have docs planning hypothetical future parts, nothing set in stone though

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wtf is this tumblr communities thing good god I have been gone for far too long

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:D

:3

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Hello! Is this account active? Jus’ wonderin’!

Took me 5 months to respond so take that as you will 😞

BUT this ask does lead me to a very necessary and (late) update or at least an explanation on this account. As time flew by and BAM it’s been over a year since I posted anything here.

First thing that absolutely GUTTED my motivation the release of MWIII and the absolute dumpster fire that was. Of course I don’t think the death of a franchise means death of the fandom, that’s the beautiful thing about fandom but personally its demoralising as hell seeing how Activision fumbled what started off as such a promising remake.

Then adult life just sorta happened. I ended up getting busier and didn’t have the time to mess around with all the hobbies I had. Instead with less free time I chose to prioritise certain hobbies and projects which left writing to fall by the wayside. It’s not that I hate writing or ever wanted to stop but no one has an infinite amount of time ;-; Doesn’t excuse me dipping for a year though, I’ve got a god awful track record for upping and leaving online 😭😭 I think it’s because I don’t want to fully let go of this account because as I said, I still get that itch to write and create from time to time, the question is just how I can fit it in or if I ever can

In the end, I don’t want to make any promises I can’t keep so I’m not going to say I’ll delve into writing like I did before or at the same rate. I’ve also been out of loop with the fandom and what so many amazing other writers have been cooking. But I still have wips, my inbox has some banger ideas, it’s gonna take me a bit to get my vibe of the characters again, but either way I’ve logged back in my account after a year so I’ll at least be lurking hehehehe

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Whats your major?

I do a double degree!! It’s a little convoluted but I essentially do cyber security and psychology

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HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, thoughts on your day?

HELLOOOOO I’m doing great and I hope you are too!! I posted earlier that once exams are over I’d be free to write but instead I’ve been caught up in an internship and coding projects and competitions 😭😭 I’m still busy but it’s a good busy!!

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"Gaz is gay, so I can't write for him 🥺"

No, his voice actor is. No where in mw1 or mw2 OR mw3 does it say that he only likes men.

And how is it that you can write for Ghost, a character who does have very possibly romantic feelings for a male character, but not Gaz who literally doesn't seem to have any romantic status with anyone??

just say you're lazy and go smh😒

AND DONT EVEN TRY TO PULL THE

"We don't know much about him 🥺"

You literally write for König be so fr rn. Gaz has a whole missions AND voicelines while könig only has voicelines

"He's not a character I'm interested in 🥺"

then don't label your content 141 because it's not 141 if it's König, Price, Soap, and Ghost

poor Elliot even mentioned he's sad that Gaz doesn't get much attention ☹️

edit: ya'll are missing the point, this post is not about whether or not ghost and Soap have romantic feelings or they're best friends. I said POSSIBILITY. this is about Gaz, not ghost stop making this about him 😒

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Y/n walks into the kitchen and sees Ghost leaning against the counter

Y/n mentally: Ass slapping position, must smack ass

Y/n: *reeling their hand back to give the most painful and life ending smack to Ghost's ass*

Ghost: Y/n, if you do what I know you're going to do, I will end you

Y/n: *hesitates for a moment but not even a second of thought later, they full force smack his ass and run laughing*

Y/n, laughing maniacally: so fucking worth it!

Ghost: *chasing after them in pain but ready to end a life*

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Random question of the day!

Would you rather have the ability to be invisible or to read people’s minds?

THANK YOU FOR SENDING ALL THE RANDOM QUESTIONS WARENAI you're my boost of serotonin frfr <333

Honestly, being able to be invisible!! I could steal so much food with that ability or at the very least, just be an absolute menace trolling people and having them think ghosts exist 😌

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Fixed it

Why yes I did order a pizza just so I could draw Gaz on the box 😅

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no no no because self aware könig? seeing you?? look at his voicelines on tiktok and giggling and kicking your feet??

He's fighting every bone in his body not to out himself, not to get out of that TV screen and scoop you up in his arms and hold you

He's heard many comments, especially with people in voice chat as people play him, that his voice should be deeper and that his voice doesn't fit him

But you liking his voice and wanting to hear it more? it gets to him, more than you can imagine.

This is why you're his favorite player, beautiful, funny, and you like him back no matter how silly silly feel? God, he might just break out of the game afterall