#// int. bas

[amygdalae]

enjoy this cool screenshot of Rellana killing my gay ass

[nabaath-areng]

nä asså vettu vad vill få tjöta av mig lite. det känns ba så jädra drygt att jag tydligen ska va så naturligt piss på engelska???? liksom redan från början vare klart som den allra mest vackra av sommardagar att succé i engelska som ämne INTE stod skrivet i mina jävla skitstjärnor LMAO. hjälpte det att jag växte upp med ett gäng halvbritter som bonussyskon? näe. eller att som alla andra små barn i vårt avlånga land påtvingades språket skittidigt? NÄPP. det kan du änna fetglömma serrö!"!!!!

det enda jag va bra på var la typ att härma engelska från FFXII för grammatiken var mer som svenska, samt att haka upp mig på alla jävla ord som låter likadant men då inte alls betyder samma sak. """alla svenskar e sketbra på engelska""" INTE JAG JAG ÄR ASPISS. blev fanemig så illa att jag ba sket i det totalt i högstadiet och nästan inte kom in på gymnasiet för jag tyckte det va så jääävla fucking orättvist att jag aldrig fick hjälp utan ba min intelligens dömd för att jag kämpade lol. FFXIV tvingade mig verkligen att träna en gång för alla men asså herregud ibland ville jag fan ge upp med hur tyket mänskor betedde sig. men så e det JAG som behöver ändra attityden och ba ta det??? eru go eller?????

å asså vettu ska fan posta detta. tänkte inte först men känner sån skam med att inte anpassa mig och snacka på engelska jämt för """waaawaaa alla måste förstå mig alltid när jag personligen pratar"" fan heller ska fan unna mig detta enstaka lilla inlägget asså. ba en kort liten bögstund av frihet utan begränsningar av att polisa mig själv och hur jag säger skit. gött mos å skål på den göbbar

[bcdthingtwice]

closed starter for @fxcdboys based on this post !

blake knew what she was doing, even as she couldn't stop herself from doing it. it was her rules - easy, simple, no strings attached. she was not a girlfriend, and didn't really want to be, but she also didn't really like seeing them flirt with anyone else.

it was a mistake looking back at them as someone else took her hand - another guy from another town who also frequented these kinds of lame parties where everyone got drunk on shitty beer or smoked awful weed. but she could feel someone tracking her movements, and despite herself, she wanted it to be them -- a brief smile in their direction as she grasped the other guys hand, letting him lead her up the stairs. there was no question what they were going to go do -- the only real question was, what would the other do about it?

[troublcmakcrs]

▸   @carriedghosts   ⟶   ❛  ❝ you want some gum? ❞ -for tweek!  ❜   ╱   (  the gray man , accepting .  )

“Gah!—no way, dude!” Tweek says, waving his hands in front of him and stepping back.  “That stuff’s bad for you.  I’ve heard all kinds of stories about people swallowing it, and then it gets stuck in their system for ten years.  Or maybe it’s—ngh—s-seven, I don’t remember.”  Ten years sounds more factual; seven sounds like one of those bad luck superstitions.  Therefore, he is going to err towards ten because that’s the more severe of the two, anyway, and it’s always better to be more careful than less.

“Point is, I don’t want that shit anywhere near me,” he says, still eyeing the stick of gum like it’s a chemical bioweapon, “and you probably shouldn’t chew it, either.  What if you accidentally swallow it, and it gonks up your intestines, and you die?”

[signeficunt]

SVT... varför!?

[fridayiminlcve]

bro im so fucking scared like my whole grades study level has dropped so much its not even a student problem anymore hamare standard mein itne log fail hue hai like in one division of our grade there's like 15 people who have even PASSED in math like gotten above 28/80 comp sci mein the average marks are around 38/80 toppers bhi jo rehte the pandrah mark kho rahe hai our class hasn't got a single paper checked back but hearing this im so fucking terrified mere paper ka kya haal hoga do hafte mein open house hai at least doosre classes ko dikhana shuru kar diya hai bas hamari class baaki hai aur meri dost was like shukar karo nahi dikhaya itne ganda score hai sabka lekin abhi nahi milenge toh bas direct open house ke pehle nahi dikhane wale hai aisa lagta hai its so terrible idk if we can blame the kids or was the paper just difficult have the teachers no effect

[linguenuvolose]

ugh är så illamående dessa dagar

[portfollies]

[skeppsbrott]

[almostawinchester]

ooh I am really intrigued about that young royals trailer! are there a lot of differences from the subtitles to what they are actually saying? I have seen a few people say something similar but haven't seen anything written out.

File this under "Things I didn't know I needed: Explaining all the subtle differences between what's being said in Swedish in the Young Royals Season 3 trailer, and what the subtitles say."

It's similar, but there are just some small changes that give a different *vibe*, you know?

For example in the opening scene, what Simon literally says is "Hur har du drömt att det ska vara?", a.k.a. "How have you dreamed it should be?" It's not a super common way of phrasing it in Swedish either, so I'd probably go with, "In your dream, what did you think/hope it would/should be like?"

When Wille says "Jag vill bara att vi ska kunna ha ett privatliv" (lit. "I just want for us to be able to have a private life"), to me, there's a slight difference between "privatliv" (privacy in one's personal life) and "ett privat liv" (a private life). I'd go with, "I just want us to be able to have some privacy in our personal lives."

And then there are the small filler words, which I know are left out of subs, always. But they add nuance!

When the blonde girl says "Vem skriver du med, då?" (lit. "Who are you writing with, then?"), it's more like, "So, who are you texting?"

And then Felice answers "Wille kommer tillbaks idag, ba(ra)" (lit. "Wille comes back today, just/only"), which is more like, "It's just that Wille is coming back today". Both "ba" and "tillbaks" are informal versions of "bara" and "tillbaka", which adds to the *shrug, no big deal* vibe.

And then the blonde answers, "Vadå, det är ju en så stor grej ju!" (lit. "What, that is such a big thing!"). But! There's no way of translating "ju" – it's a filler word that means "as you/we already know/are aware of". It's not even grammatically correct to add it twice, but it happens in speech when you REALLY want to emphasize the "girl, what are you talking about, we KNOW this" part. I'd translate it as "What? But that's huge!" The "ju" comes back when the blonde woman says, "Jag vet ju att det är lite spänt mellan dig och August" (lit. "I know (as we both do) that it's a bit tense between you and August").

Then we jump to a very long sentence that I understand they had to shorten – Wille saying, "Om du tror att jag kommer låta dig ta över så kan du glömma det!" (Lit. "If you think that I will let you take over, so can you forget it" – this isn't a question, Swedish word order in subordinate clauses is just very different from English). If we had enough space, I'd go with "If you think I'm going to let you take over, you can forget about it!"

Then it's just super small differences. Simon says, "Vad är det som du tycker är så bra med monarkin?" ("What is it that you think is so good with the monarchy?"); the principal (I think) says, "Hela skolans framtid hänger på den här utredningen" ("The whole school's future hangs on this investigation"); the blonde woman says "Hillerska kan tvingas stänga, med omedelbar verkan" ("Hillerska might be forced to close down, effective immediately"); and Wille says, "Vad händer om jag inte vill det?" (lit. "What happens if I don't want that?")

Then I've only just realized Swedes tend to start sentences with "but", which sometimes is more like a filler word, to "soften" the sentence. For example, the queen says "Men vi kan inte ha såna här skandaler mer!" ("But we can't have these types of scandals anymore"). (That is followed by her saying, "Så ska du kunna ta över efter mig", ("So you should be able to take over after me") which is a subordinate clause, which means there was something that came before/after that wasn't included in the trailer.) And Simon says "Men jag försöker att alltid finnas där för honom, men vad jag än gör så, ah, så blir det fel" ("But I always try to be there for him, but whatever I do, then, yeah, then it turns out wrong").

And then there's the "Hur kommer man över sin bästa vän?" ("How do you get over your best friend?") In Swedish, we use "man" (lit. "man") instead of "you", so it's more like a less formal way of saying "How does one get over one's best friend?" – I'd still translate it as "you", though.

August swears! "Jag har saknat dig så jävla mycket att det gör ont." ("I've missed you so fucking much that it hurts!") Swearing in general is a lot more okay in Swedish society, than in for example England or the US, based on my own experiences – it's done at all levels of society, by everyone (especially kids/teenagers, even in school), except for maybe at work or in very formal situations.

Simon says "Kan vi inte ba skita i allt som har hänt?" ("Can't we just ignore everything that's happened?") "Skita i" literally means "to shit in", is pretty informal and could be translated with "to not give a shit about", "to ignore" or "to skip", depending on the circumstances. Wiktionary claims it's vulgar, but I'd use it with family and friends, no problem.

So yeah! There's just more life in the actual dialogue, I think :) And I know that that's always the case, and that the translator doing the subs has limited space and time, and they need to make it work in English without adding explanations, etc., etc. So overall, I think they've done a good job – but I'm still glad I speak Swedish :)

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

Tror inte man inser hur mycket Fem myror är insjunken i den svenska kulturen förrän man från ingenstans ba

"A.... A A A A B... B B B B C..."

"K SOM I BÖRJAN PÅ MIN KALSONG... K SOM I BÖRJAN PÅ KRAAAAAAAM"

"HÄR ÄR HÄR DÄR MAN ÄR... OCH HÄR HAR MAN ALLTID MED SIG!"

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOMBOM BOOM! OOO VAD DET LÅTER BRA! DET ÄR O-ET I BOOMET SOM GÖR DET!"

"En tvååå tree fyyyra fem sex... sjuuu åtta niiiioooo tiooo... elva tolv tretton fjorton... femton och sexton och sjuuuutooon... aaartooon... niiitoooon... SJUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

[oneatlatime]

The Crossroads of Destiny

Strap in folks it's finally finale time!

I'm getting a bad feeling from the 'previously on' segment.

*gasp* Song's bird horse!?!?!

Toph gets some serious speed with that earth tongue walking.

Ty Lee's flattery gets less and less subtle. I get the feeling that a lot of Azula's more worrying tendencies could have been curtailed if someone had stuck her on stage as a child.

Is Zuko taller?

The cuts between these scenes are getting ridiculous. Some of these scenes are maybe 15 seconds long.

Zuko knows what's up. He and Iroh have teamed up on that particular fire breathing party trick before.

"It's time I face Azula." Buddy. No.

"You're so dramatic." POT. KETTLE. BLACK.

The last time Iroh and the Aang Gang teamed up, it was also against Azula. She has a way of uniting enemies.

The longer I stare at this the more I giggle.

"Good inside him isn't enough. Why don't you come back when it's outside him too, ok?" Congratulations to Sokka for articulating one of the fundamental human truths. Intentions can go take a hike when all that's visible are actions.

I love that! Iroh says he brought someone along in a tone that very much implies that he asked for help from a friend! Then you go outside and see he kidnapped a dude! And then they just leave him there!

I see your fake meditation. No one as rotten inside as this guy actually meditates properly.

The Dai Li be like

Katara? Why are you ripping into Zuko? Why is Season one bitchy Katara back? I don't want season 1 bitchy Katara to come back.

"No offence." "None taken." Iroh loves his nephew, but Iroh knows his nephew.

The one time Iroh's advice is explicitly solicited is the one time his advice is corny crap. That sucks.

Ba Sing Se is a tel? That's neat.

Hey Toph? Now would be a great time for that new metal bending trick of yours.

Avatar inadvertently validating my fear of subway grates.

I know this is life or death serious and all, but isn't the Sokka and Ty Lee dynamic cute?

MOMO!

This episode's thesis statement boils down to "what happens when you cancel arts programs and theatre kids don't get a chance to monologue in controlled conditions."

Honest question: Is Azula actually so deluded to believe that Divine Right of Kings crap she just spouted, or is she saying what the Dai Li needs to hear to side with her? Usually I think everything out of Azula's mouth is a calculated statement for manipulating others, but the way the show framed that monologue makes me think she actually believes what she's saying.

This conversation between Katara and Zuko, aside from showing that Katara is as capable as Sokka at sticking her foot in her mouth, is actually showing Zuko's growth well. So many of the things that he waves away with an "it's ok" are things that would have made him explode back in season one. It's about time he redefined that scar of his too.

"Aang! I knew you'd come!" "Uncle! The fuck?" Zuko truly has a way with words.

Hey Iroh maybe save your heart to heart until after you've exited the prison?

Wait so this episode is named after Zuko's arc? It's Zuko's destiny this finale is dealing with? Poor Aang's not even the main character in his eponymous show's season finale? Dang.

What was I saying about waiting to chat until you're outside the prison?

So every word out of Azula's mouth here is definitely a lie. She doesn't need Zuko at all. She's got a whole army and already has possession of the throne. What does she need with someone she considers to be an inferior firebender?

Father's love? That guy who burns off faces? The audacity.

"You are free to choose." Is it really freedom of choice if choosing the answer Azula doesn't want to hear ends with Zuko in a crystal cage?

Gotta say I'm intrigued by how quiet Zuko's being for this whole episode. Compare it to the volume of his confrontation with Azula at the Spa place at the beginning of the season.

This is so awful. This is so skin crawly. This is so going to end badly.

Toph can turn doors into ping pong balls. I like that. And what does she need Sokka scouting for Dai Li agents for? She can sense people for miles.

I love the line read on the "I'm not leaving without Bosco!" But does this guy really think he's in a position to make demands, after all the stuff he's ruined in the last, what, two days?

This is a cool move. Full body air bitchslap.

Katara cut her hair! That's kind of like what she did to Pakku with the ice disks.

How has no one been knocked out yet? Everyone in this fight should have at least 5 concussions by now.

I don't know what to make of it, but when Zuko says "I have changed" he sounds more calm and confident than he has all season.

I love the dynamic between Sokka & Toph and Mai & Ty Lee. Everyone involved knows they're second string and no one's really that invested. So they're all kind of chill.

I don't know what's going on in this fight, but Zuko is far too talented and Katara and Aang are both going down too easily.

And this right here is why this fight is only going to end badly for Aang. As soon as Azula's tired of playing, she'll call in reinforcements. Aang doesn't have those.

I hate Azula so much, which means I'm very annoyed to say that she and Zuko actually make a good fighting team. Did they practice drills together or something back in the day? They way they tag out and back in, and exchange fights, flows so well.

Jesus

Crap ok

She nerfed him in the power up sequence! That's not allowed!

So help me god if the writers hook these two up after pulling this crap I will riot.

Iroh could have been helpful if he'd been there earlier. Guess it takes a while to break out of crystals. Although I do like the detail that he stops fighting as soon as Aang and Katara are out & safe.

I was wondering why the magic water was randomly brought up earlier after disappearing for the entire season. I figured it had been lost in the desert with the rest of the stuff on Appa's saddle.

I'm so sorry, but the way Aang's arrow flashes once to confirm that Katara's saved him makes him look like an external USB device confirming successful connection.

I'm loving how immediate the regret from Zuko is. Proof that he has learned over the last two seasons.

"The Earth Kingdom... has fallen." AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? This King rubs me the wrong way. Consistently.

I'm fascinated by the fact that they managed to securely transport a bear on Appa's back.

Final Thoughts

Poor Aang has been demoted to secondary character in his own show. This finale was all Fire Nation.

Well done Azula. No matter which way you look at it, she won. If Azula was the main character, this episode would be the crowning glory series finale.

Sokka and Toph spent the whole episode running around putting out fires, only for five more to spring up in their place. I honestly don't know how they and Appa reconnected with the rest of the Gaang to fly out at the end. There's this feeling the whole episode of being consistently one too many steps behind, and I think it's most obvious in their incessant side quests.

Poor Katara went through about seventy billion emotions this episode. I take back my anger at her bitchiness. She deserved a vent session, although I don't think Zuko quite deserved to be the recipient of it. But he took it well.

Congratulations to Zuko for falling backwards into the only right choice for all the wrong reasons. This episode was only going to end with Azula victorious. She recruited an army and successfully executed a coup without breaking a sweat - that is not a level of enemy that Aang and friends has ever faced before, and not one they can realistically win against. Like with Long Feng, this is not a threat you can hit. You can't bend at ideologies and loyalties.

Zuko was going to end this episode siding with the Fire Nation as a free man, or in Fire Nation custody. This way, someone with an actual semi-functioning conscience now has access to the upper levels of the Fire Nation. This could be really interesting.

To be clear, I fully believe that Zuko chose to side with Azula because he swallowed her offer hook, line & sinker. For the guy who invented "Azula always lies" he sure does fall for her lies a lot, especially when she's saying exactly what he wants to hear. I believe Zuko believed her about getting his honour back bla bla bla, chose to follow her because of that belief, and has already realised at least some of what she said was lies by the end of the episode. Which is promising! It looks like there's potential for a Zuko mole next season!

I'm worried for Iroh. Firelords who burn their children's faces off with no shame don't strike me as the type to shy away from executing their brothers.

The Aang fakeout death at the end was not remotely believable unfortunately, mostly because kids' cartoons don't ever pull a Psycho and kill the nominal main character half way through. It probably would have freaked me out if I'd seen this episode as a kid though.

Azula hitting Aang during his power up sequence was inspired. A very well done subversion of expectations, which finally validates my frustrations with the concept of power up sequences in general. Few things bug me more than the mooks politely waiting their turn while the good guy does a quick wardrobe change.

So... is the war over? The Earth Kingdom's fallen, the Southern Water Tribe have been functionally out of the game for a while now. There's only the Northern Water Tribe left, which are only still standing because of a Hail Mary that I very much doubt Aang can pull off twice. So is next season's focus going to be defending the Northern Water Tribe from a final Fire Nation push? I think that's the only place that isn't conquered by the Fire Nation in name at least. On the bright side, this means the Gaang won't be returning to Ba Sing Se. Good riddance. I hate that place.

I've never seen a show with a finale that focuses so intensely on the conflict of someone other than the main character. I don't really know what to make of this episode. I think I liked the one before it better. To be clear, everything that happened made sense - characters were in character, events unfolded as expected (if you handwave an elite force of earthbenders preferring a 14 year old over their seasoned leader), but something about this episode is just a bit boring to me. Maybe they telegraphed it too hard in the previous episodes? I don't know. I'll have to chew on this one a bit.

[dranna]

writing request: lucius comforts sev after lily's death. something angsty, maybe?

Thank you for the request dear!~ hope you’ll like it

AO3 / Commissions / Links / Contents: Angst angst angst, it’s purely angst. Little tiny comfort at the end , no happy ending

Summary: Lucius tries to comfort Sev in his own arrogant way, not realising that how deep it cut Severus . Oh dear

a/n: She meant a lot to Sev for sure, but it didn’t mean that Lucius liked her too. I think it wouldn’t make any sense he made an exception with her only because of Snape (of not knowing fully how much Sev adored her), so she remained an “another worthless mudblood” in his eyes. What you guys think🤔

tags my beloveds: @giosnape

Me while writing this:

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Eventually the news reached him too,

Crushing him,

And leaving a forever open wound.

She is dead. 

But her son,

The Boy Who Lived survived,

Pouring newfound hope in people’s minds.

I don’t care about the boy! 

But Her.. She is dead!

Dead, dead, dead, dead!

And because of you! 

His heart cruelly sang,

Echoing it in his mind,

Filling his whole being up.

What was I thinking when I ran,

With the Prophecy to the Fiend? 

I should’ve known,

I should’ve..

Thoughts ended in quiet sobs,

While his knees gave out, 

And he sank,

Deeper and deeper into despair, 

Cursing himself to death. 

He was shaking in his house, 

Eloped in cold and dark. 

However he stopped to feel, 

The physical stiffness and ache, 

A much more sinister pain, 

Was crushing him into the ground, 

Which broke to the surface from the depths of his soul. 

Like waves suffocating a shipwrecked, 

Abandoned mortal, 

Filling his lungs with ice, 

Burying him alive. 

Dead, dead, dead, dead!

And because of you! 

As he was lying on the floor, 

Severus lost the ability to think or feel, 

He could only endure, 

The shattering Truth, 

His Dark Mark being his grim witness to this all. 

Who knows how long he’s been there, 

Froze in time and place, 

When, from somewhere far away, 

The sound of faint knocking could be heard. 

He didn’t move,

Not even tried, 

But the knockings kept pouring over his mind. 

As time went on, 

They didn’t stop, 

Only got louder and more harsh. 

With the last strength he got in his bones,

He pulled himself together and opened the door. 

A wizard was standing in the frame, 

Hair white, face aristocratic, 

Robes the best quality. 

He glanced once, at the broken man, 

And let himself in, in silence. 

Snape was still at the door, 

Not registering what was going on, 

“Close the door and come, 

Sit with me on the bed.” 

Commanded the white haired man, 

His voice was firm but honey sweet, 

Worry and adoration hidden within. 

With a move of his wand, 

The fireplace roared with warmth.

Severus did as was told, 

Like a machine without thoughts,

He sat down besides Lucius, 

Still achy and cold.

He was boneless and without a feel,

Staring into nothing.

Warm, elegant hands locked his jaw,

Gently turning it towards Lucius, 

“She was a mere mudblood,

You need not to feel ba—“ 

“DON'T YOU DARE TO CALL HER THAT”

Jumping back on the bed,

Screamed the professor, 

With the force of roaring winds,

Loud and wrecked like a wounded animal,

Fighting for his life in the corner. 

“Sorry that I called Her that, 

Would you please come back?” 

Sighed Lucius slightly annoyed,

But gentleness remained in his tone,

However Severus didn’t move,

Just stared with burning eyes into his soul.

Eventually the light haired moved,

Tenderly putting one finger under his jaw,

“I didn’t mean to upset you even more, 

I came here to comfort you,

Knowing how much She meant in your eyes,

I shouldn’t have called Her this title.

I apologise.”

Knowing how much it took for Malfoy to utter these words,

He really must have meant every letter,

Reflected Severus with a softening glare,

While slowly moving closer,

Besides it’s not his fault,

It’s all mine,

She was nothing in his gaze,

He only came to help Me. 

He climbed into the other’s lap,

Curling into Lucius’s chest.

His arms immediately held him tight,

Long sleeves shielding him from outside,

Malfoy started rocking back and forth,

Eventually calming the other down. 

You’ll see, She will fade out of your memory!”

He exclaimed cheerfully.

You idiot, 

I know you mean well, 

Saying this thinking it will help,

But I need your presence not your words,

Your embrace comforting on its own,

“I forgive you Lucius.”

Whispered Snape after some time, into his robes,

Feeling an invisible hand,

Putting weights into his soul. 

[larkawolfgirl]

Lips Like Morphine (Yuuram)

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: Kyou Kara Maou! Relationship: Wolfram von Bielefeld/Shibuya Yuuri Characters: Wolfram von Bielefeld, Shibuya Yuuri Additional Tags: Kissing, First Kiss, Fluff, Public Display of Affection

Summary:  Yuuri can't stop kissing Wolfram.

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Chapter 1: The Kiss

Yuuri took Wolfram’s hand into his own. His fiance had been doing this more and more often lately. Wolfram sighed and smiled as he always did unless he was angry, they were in mixed company, or someone was in danger. None of these were the case, so he allowed his head to fall onto Yuuri’s shoulder.

“We should kiss,” Wolfram suggested.

The air was pleasantly cool and a light breeze blew the grass and flowers that were spread across the hill making them look like they were dancing with happiness. The sun was just beginning to set which painted the sky a romantic canvas. The two of them were alone on what Yuuri called “a date.” It was perfectly appropriate for him to say such a thing in this situation.

Still, Yuuri reacted in his typical Yuuri manner. Which of course, was a flustered outcry and body movement which disturbed the comfortable placement Wolfram had found for his head. “B-but, isn't that too fast?” Yuuri asked.

Wolfram let out an exaggerated groan. His fiance really was too much sometimes. They both clearly liked each other and they were already engaged for crying out loud. There was absolutely no reason not to kiss. “Holding hands is nice, but how long are you planning on sticking to this level?”

“L-level?” Yuuri asked, somehow sounding even more flustered. “There are levels?”

Wolfram gave him a judgemental look. “Of course there are,” he huffed. “There’s hand holding, hugging, kissing, touching, int–”

Yuuri cut his sentence off by pressing his hands firmly against his mouth. Wolfram glared and sent a pinch of fire maryoku into his lips in retaliation. It was nothing that would be harmful, but Yuuri still dropped his hands with a yelp, which was the intended outcome.

“Stop acting like such a wimp,” Wolfram demanded.

After blowing on his hands a few times, Yuuri gave a sheepish smile. “Sorry, I’m just new to this, is all.”

Wolfram shrugged and looked back at the field below the hill, non-verbally communicating that he would accept Yuuri’s decision for now. “Yeah, well, it isn’t like I’m going to grade you or anything. I’m just sick of this turtle pace.”

Yuuri sighed. “Okay.”

Blinking, Wolfram turned back toward him. “Okay? You mean you’re okay with it?”

Yuuri ducked his head and scratched his cheek. “I guess…”

Wolfram sighed. It seemed his wimp of a fiance was still acting incapable and wanting him to make the first move for them. Fine. Whatever. If Yuuri was going to be a willing wimp, he’d take that over a spineless wimp.

Still, he wanted to make sure Yuuri wasn’t just talking big and going to freak out on him immediately after. He put his hands on his shoulders. Staring intently into his dark eyes, he felt the usual tingle go through him. There was just something about Yuuri, especially his gaze that always got to him. Perhaps it was the Maoh’s energy staring back at him. It was captivating and a little intimidating. But unlike Yuuri, Wolfram wasn’t a coward. He stared back, for a moment longer, taking time to lick his lips. “Tell me now if you changed your mind.”

Yuuri swallowed but said nothing.

That was all the consent he needed. He pushed forward, locking his lips over Yuuri’s own. It was an instant jolt, finally being that close physically. He had wanted this for so long. It was hard to pull himself away, but he did so only a second later so that he could gauge Yuuri’s reaction. The king looked pleasantly dazed.

"Was that satisfactory?" His expression said that it was, but Wolfram couldn't help the knot of worry. What if Yuuri had been right all along about not liking men?

It took a few seconds for Yuuri to react. "Was it?" he asked back as if he was unsure of the question. "Y–yeah, Wolf, that was…that was…" He seemed lost for words which Wolfram decided to take as a positive sign.

"Am I correct in thinking you'd be okay doing it again?" Longer this time.

Yuuri's brow was knitted slightly. He really seemed confused by these questions, but Wolfram wasn't a mind reader.

"Yeah. Can we?" Yuuri asked with giddy energy.

Wolfram sighed out the knot of tension and nodded. He readied himself to lean back in, but Yuuri beat him to it. The force almost made him fall backward, but he gripped Yuuri's arms to keep himself upright.

Yuuri didn't kiss how he expected him to. Don't get him wrong, there was still a nervous shyness to his actions, but Yuuri kissed with an excited eagerness.

If Wolfram had to compare it to something it would be the first time he had seen fire. The beauty had been more enthralling than anything he could have imagined. All he wanted was to touch that beauty, but he could feel the heat from a distance and heard numerous times that heat was dangerous. On impulse, he had still reached out closer than he should have before his mother had tugged him back.

Is that how Yuuri saw him? Beautiful yet dangerous?

His grip on his arms tightened when they pulled apart for air. As if he could ever bring himself to actually harm him.

Yuuri started leaning in again, but stilled at Wolfram's words.

"I won't set you on fire."

Yuuri's flushed and he looked away. "I know…"

Was he taking it like that?

Wolfram shoved at his shoulder. "Clean out that head of yours."

Yuuri shrieked. "I couldn't help it. You were the first one to bring it up, you know? Back then and now."

Wolfram could feel heat in his own cheeks at the memory of sneaking into his fiance's bed specifically to seduce him. "Don't just bring that up! That was different!"

"Oh, really?" Yuuri pressed. "How so?"

"I didn't know you as well then. You kept pushing me away, so I thought maybe that would get you to like me."

"It didn't," Yuuri said in an infuriatingly blunt tone.

Wolfram turned his own face away, not wanting Yuuri to see the bitterness on it. "I know that already," he all but spat.

Fingers traced over his. "I already liked you. Not like that , but also not not like that." By the end of the confession his voice was so low it was almost indecipherable. "But," he continued louder, "you're saying you only do that to get people to like you instead of because someone does like you?"

"Don't put words in my mouth," Wolfram said with an unconvincing amount of annoyance. "I just know now that I don't have to do that for you to like me."

"Does that mean you won't?" Yuuri's voice rose an octave once he realized how that sounded. "In the future, I mean!"

Wolfram laughed. Apparently, he never had anything to worry about. "I'll think about it."

"Wolf!" Yuuri whined into his face. "I'll kiss you again. I'll keep kissing you again until you decide."

'oh, really? I'd like to see you try."

Yuuri did kiss him again. And again. And Wolfram did decide. Actually, he had already decided a long time ago, but Yuuri didn't need to know that.

Chapter 2: The Kisses

Yuuri continued kissing him. The next day, and the next. He kissed him so much, it went from cute, reassuring, and romantic to annoying, embarrassing, and problematic. Wolfram's main complaint was that Yuuri seemed entirely unaware of the correct time and place for such matters. Kisses were private, intimate things that should be shared in solitary moments, or at least short and sweet around select family and friends. But no. With Yuuri, kissing had turned into a free-for-all. They were now performing "the live kissing show." Wolfram should begin charging admission and make the most of his lost dignity.

It wouldn't be as horrible if Yuuri at least left it at one kiss, but no. The Maoh had turned into a kissing fiend. If Wolfram had known this would happen when he pushed Yuuri to finally kiss him, he would have left well enough alone.

Who all had seen them kiss by now? It was probably easier to list off the people he knew by name who had not seen them kiss.

Conrad was the first. Followed by the maids. Then Gwendal, and his mother. All of that was at least tolerable, but then came the ball when Yuuri insisted on kissing him in front of every guest. Then he pulled him in through the door to his council meeting, intentionally kissing him in front of all the aristocrats.

Wolfram could have literally died from the mortification.

He could have killed Yuuri for it too, if he didn't always give him that huge grin afterward. He wished he could push him away, but once his lips were on him, he was a lost cause. All that practice had made Yuuri a good kisser.

Which made their kisses in private even more problematic. The king would practically drown him in kisses in the morning. When he was still half-asleep and sensitive. It was far too tempting to take things further.

But if anything, Yuuri had proved to him that he had no self-control.

"No," Wolfram said for the fifth time just this evening.

"But, Wolf," Yuuri whined, giving him that puppy dog look that he knew was nearly impossible to resist. "I know you want to, too. You said before there was no reason not to kiss, so what reason is there not to do more?"

"Because," Wolfram said in a hard tone, "if I give you a crumb you'll eat the whole cake."

Confusion showed on his face.

Wolfram sighed. "If we do more, you'll do more in public. I'm already too embarrassed to even face my men right now. I'll be the laughingstock of the kingdom."

Yuuri held onto both of his hands on top of the bed. "Why would anyone laugh at you?"

"Because they think I take after Mother. They all think I ensnared you with my looks and beauty."

Yuuri's face grew incredibly angry and there was a dangerous sizzle in the air.

If Wolfram wasn't careful, the Maoh would surface, and who knew what he would do.

"Don't beat anyone up. I can live with it," he said. "But I swear I will never touch you again if you do anything more than kissing in front of the nobles."

Yuuri's appearance seemed safe again. "Just the nobles?"

"Anyone, wimp. I have a reputation to withhold."

Yuuri leaned his forehead against his. "Okay, I get it. Sorry. I just…really like kissing you."

"I really like kissing you, too," Wolfram whispered.

Yuuri took in a breath. "What do I have to do to get you to trust me enough to go further?"

Wolfram smirked. "No more kissing for a week. Do that, and I'm all yours."

To no one's surprise, a week without kissing was too much for Yuuri. Luckily for him, Wolfram was forgiving and a sucker for his wimp of a fiance.

[kulay-ng-banaag]

HWS SEA but make it HetaDND

Enjoy these rough sketches because I will literally not come back to them until December. 🥲

(From Back —> Front, L —> R)

VN: Bumped into a couple of Quora answers that discussed archery practice, which got me thinking about Viet as a mounted archer, and I immediately thought of the elephants that the Trung sisters & Ba Trieu rode on. So Ranger: Beastmaster — also what if the elephant was from Thai? 🫣💘 Easily a tank through her mount, but can fight well as a DPS (think OW D.Va). ID: The thing is he has the fighting style of a Warlock(: Genie?) but the character of a Paladin(: Oath of the Ancients). He’s giving CR Fjord. 😭💞 For sure, TANK. TH: He’s just a Monk. Debated on his subclass for a long time because he’s a war freak charge-into-the-frontline kind of fighter. Way of Mercy is ironic but I love the imagery of the Merciful Masks (except he gets the khon styles). Way of Shadow — it’s on one possible etymology of Siam (Sanskrit, “dark”). Easily a DPS type. MY: Druid: Circle of the Moon for the Wild Shape into a Tiger, and as of typing this I just realized the moon motif. Mostly support, but upset him just enough and he’ll easily switch gears. PH: Bard: College of Swords for the two-weapon fighting style aka arnis/kali/eskrima. Personally, he’s more DPS than support, though as a latter Dirge Singer & Siday fit the bill. SG: See, the first thing that came to mind was the RO Alchemist class for the Homonculus feature — hence, his companion Fishball. Obviously there’s Artificer: Alchemist for that, but also it would be cool if Fishball is just a “chibi” form of his patron of a water dragon— Warlock: Fathomless. Not to mention Singa would have both high INT and CHA — alas, he’s a Support guy.

(more notes under the cut)

I jokingly called this AU as Dungeons & Drawing Circles, but truth be told I’m not restricting it to being after DND, let alone 5e. Now I’m just throwing hands and calling it a fantasy RPG AU, although out of familiarity, I do refer to DND 5e often. The classes I highlighted above are just there for where I got the inspiration.

I’ve had the occasional “oooh I think [character] would be a [class/es]” hc over the years, but I ended up expanding on the AU as a means of coping with the early months of ECQ. Now there’s so many plot bunnies that I’d summarize as: your og main 8 unwittingly team up for a quest and, over time, they hit a point where they realize that they cannot fight the BBEG alone (or at least just the 8 of them), so they travel around the world recruiting allies a la Suikoden 108 Stars of Destiny.

It’s even got a literal history timeline where preceding events (and characters!!!) are involved with the BBEG and ultimately why the main 8 came together. Think playing a later game in a series where you not only get to meet the playable characters from earlier games, but you get to recruit them.

And I just wanted to draw cool fantasy looks, haha! Nevertheless, nothing is final — especially when I've clearly taken inspiration from some indigenous groups. It's why I shelved this for so long because I need to do more research and it's just not something I have a lot of free time for.

[omarera]

So what setlist do we expect? Songs I want to be included (might change)

Mainly Swedish

Dum

Den första

Höj ett glas

Läppar

Jag e nån annan

Nakna

Om du inte fanns

Simon’s Song

Alla ba uff

Mainly English

Off my mind

All in my head

Mi Casa Su Casa

In the sunrise

Mama

Coast Side

Happier

Call me by your name

I’m so excited

Pull up

ITAFTRS

Including a bit more Spanish

QPH

La mesa