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[leashybebes]

several sentences smonday

tagged by @ambernotember, @rcmclachlan and @liminalmemories21 - thanks, gang. made some decent progress on allying yesterday so here's a little more of buck being the one going through it while tommy's happily oblivious (we love a role reversal!) special guest star: the author's barely disguised longing for thai food

"Hey," Tommy says. "This place looks great. You know I'd have been happy with the usual street meat, right? What's the occasion?"

There's an opening right there, but Buck hears himself say, "N-no occasion. Just heard Hen talking about it and I thought it sounded cool."

"Awesome. Did she have any recommendations?"

"The kang pah with catfish is supposed to be really good."

"Cool. I would fight god for even a mediocre massaman curry, honestly, so we should get something with a little spice too," Tommy says. "We can share?"

Buck files that away for future reference. He doesn't know if massaman curry is in Bobby's repertoire, but maybe he can figure it out himself. God, he wants to kick himself, thinking back on the way he had Bobby help him cook up a feast for Tommy when he got hurt, so eager to deliver it and share it with Tommy and - how didn't he know, he wonders, for approximately the seventy five thousandth time.

Tommy's leaning forward a little so they can look at the same menu, the low light making him look just - breathtaking. Like, Buck literally cannot get a proper breath and he wipes his hands on his slacks under the table, agrees to Tommy's appetizer choices without really hearing them because he's so fixated on Tommy's hand as he points out options, his short, neat fingernails, the hangnail at the base of his index finger.

Tommy has such good hands - they're capable and sturdy and strong and flecked with scars and freckles from work and time outside, and his fingers are big and blunt and - Buck wants to hold his hand so badly it's making him crazy. He can almost see it - the way their fingers would look intertwined, the way Tommy's knuckles would flex when he squeezed.

He could reach out, take Tommy's hand. That would - that would make it clear, right? If he reached out and slotted his fingers through Tommy's, that would say it for him. But it won't, will it? If he reaches out and takes Tommy's hand he'll probably just get a weird look in response. God, they blurred those lines so comprehensively that Buck isn't sure if there's any way back. The idea makes him feel miserable, and he only startles out of it when the server comes to take their order.

Tommy rattles off the appetizers and entrees Buck apparently agreed to while deep in the fog of the most PG fantasy he's had in years. Tommy launches into a story about his latest shift and Buck nods, makes affirmative noises in the right places, takes slow sips of his water, tries to calm the fuck down. How can it possibly be so much easier to fuck Tommy, to get fucked by Tommy than to have a conversation with him about what he wants?

"So uh - h-how was your date?" Buck asks. He kind of desperately does not want to know, but he guesses if Tommy met the love of his life last night he should probably know about it.

"Yeah, it was nice," Tommy says with a shrug, and something in Buck settles. Nice doesn't scream 'whirlwind romance of the century, eloping to Vegas next weekend'.

"You gonna see him again?"

"Well. Not for a date," Tommy says with a smirk, and Buck abruptly feels like his insides are on fire.

no pressure whatever day it is tags for @trombonechurchill, @setmeatopthepyre and @bidisasterevankinard

[snowbriar]

Rise of the TMNT base study, anyone?

Mkay so it looks like I'm not the only one who didn't notice this the first three watches.

So in the Rottmnt movie the turtles have a new base: one that they had to get due to the shredder destroying their old base. (I'd imagine also because their location was compromised cause the foot were there.)

We see the old base in several shots during the film, and it never clicked with me where they are at, but apparently they found an abandoned subway and moved in. And let me just say guys, this place looks so cool and I wish we'd had more time here.

There IS still a sewer entrance though as seen in this shot after the mission and before we see the Raph and Leo fight. I would imagine this waterfall-covered hole is a common opening they use to enter and exit the base.

As far as layout goes, it looks like there are three rooms in this base. One is the room where they interrogate Casey, and it has a sort of stairway up to the trains that makes the center of the room sort of inset into the floor. This is also the clearest place to see that there is indeed a train behind them. Looks like a japanese-style time table is in the corner, could that be a clue about where they are at in New York? Looks like the trains are completely walled in too.

In this room specifically we can also see a glass roof. Natural light? Looks like it was pretty grand at some point.

I'm going to call it the north side of this room is a clearly walled-up entryway. I doubt there's an exit behind that sheet over there.

South side opposite that has a stairway leading up to what I would assume to be the other room where the turtle's uhhh 'bedroom' trains are at. Looks like this room isn't used for much as it's messy and has a lot of boxes.

We don't really get much more to see of this room as the perspective is usually facing north/towards Casey.

Second room is this one. It's very similar to the other but it's a slightly different layout and very different vibe. We can see that on either side is a tram (I'm really sorry I know that's not what they're called but I can't think of the proper term rn) and the one on the right is Leo's, while I would guess that the one on the left is Donnie's?

You can see it better in this but it looks like there are multiple cars (that's what they're called good Lord) connected together on Leo's side at least.

The opposite side looks like this and has a very harsh glow to it which is why I guessed Donnie, though I THINK that's more for effect since the brothers are going at it with each other.

But on second thought, because of the red and the bench press I'm thinking this is Raph's bedroom. Idk.

North side is this stairwell that looks very dramatic. Apparently it is Splinter's bedroom. We don't get to see much of it. I like the framing with the lighting being golden in this moment, it's almost symbolic.

South side is junk and stuff. I can't tell if there's an exit out that way but there probably is.

And yeah inside of Leo's bedroom you can clearly see the poles where people could hold onto.

HES FREAKING LEANING AGAINST ONE WHY DID I NOT NOTICE THAT

And yeah you can see the subway care outside easily and it looks more normal, but the lighting of this room is reddish so I think that is more for special effects. Neat use of blue and red here artists, very interesting how they are clashing :)

Third room is this one. It's sort of the main hub I think. It's where we first see them when they return from both key missions. Looks like we have more of the classic lair elements here.

We see the escape pods rush down this obvious subway tunnel and exit through a special mechanical door into this room. So I would guess that the security system at least is in the room, possibly Donnie's lab too. Not sure what side of the room it's on.

There's an I think holographic table in the center of the room, a skateboard ramp, speakers...

They have a neon albearto sign in a corner that clearly used to be a bar but which is just chock full of speakers now.

Yeah see? Bar. Wonder what they serve.

Here's a better view of the table and the skateboard ramp.

This view gives us the best idea of what's going on here. We have an escalator on the west AND east sides of the room which likely lead down to one or both of the other rooms. In the center of the room is I think Donnie's crane thing and on the left side (South?) is a ceiling tunnel and a ladder. Probably an exit.

We can see it a little better here too, with the camera facing north. Looks like there's another exit beyond the bar.

Anyways that is all I could find to talk about. If I had to guess this last one is the 'main room' the stairs past the bar leads down to the 'interrogation room' and the escalators on west side lead to Donnie and Mikey while the one on the east side lead to Leo and Raph's and Splinter's rooms.

ANyways. Hope this is helpful :D

[x-i-l-verify]

Something that I've noticed ever since the Smiling Critters were introduced is that they can so easily be paired off into complementary duos, ones that are specifically designed to teach children fundamental lessons about life and self-care from two different angles. It's really interesting to me.

Like obviously you have Dogday and Catnap, with their sun/moon, dog/cat dichotomy, that stress how important it is to have fun and get things done during the day, but also that it's important to wind down, relax, and get a good night's sleep.

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Bubba Bubbaphant and Craftycorn were introduced as a duo in the Smiling Critter show's intro, and their dichotomy is quite obvious. They are basically the right and left sides of the brain personified. Bubba is the left side of the brain, logical, analytical, focused on math and science. Craftycorn is the right side of the brain, creative and imaginative, focused on the arts and self-expression. They represent learning and academia in all its forms, the different ways people engage with and understand the world.

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Hoppy Hopscotch and Kickin' Chicken form the sportsmanship duo. They are both portrayed as enjoying sports and the outdoors, but in different ways that highlight the different ways sports can be played and enjoyed and also what it entails to be successful at them. Hoppy Hopscotch may be loud and impatient, but she is also a team player, shown in her willingness to slow down her fast pace to make sure none of her friends are left behind. Kickin' Chicken, on the other hand, is laid-back, relaxed, and chill, the described "cool kid" of the group, but he's also described as having a ton of perseverance, more of a "slow and steady wins the race" type of person.

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This leaves Bobby Bearhug and Picky Piggy as the last pair. Fittingly, these two are all about how to meet the fundamental needs of yourself and others. Bobby teaches children how to nourish themselves emotionally through showing and receiving care from others, while Picky teaches them how good food is important to nourish the body and soul. Depriving oneself of either of these things only makes oneself and therefore everyone around one miserable, because those fundamental needs are no longer being met.

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Like fr, this is some pretty genius marketing right here. You have enough characters that every kid will have their favorite, but not so many that any would get lost in the shuffle, because the lessons each one of them would teach would be integral to the group as a whole. It really makes me that much sadder we saw basically nothing of the Smiling Critters during the game itself, because Mob Games struck gold with this concept, only to ultimately do nothing with it. :/

But I guess that's what fandom is for, eh?

[ruegarding]

I know you like ruegard but what are your thoughts on Percy x Beckendorf

big fan! i believe percy has a crush on beckendorf in canon. beckendorf is exactly the cool, calm, compassionate older guy percy originally admired in luke, but this time it's for real.

one of my fav niche pjo moments is when they're playing capture the flag against the hunters and percy is like "yo can u hold down the fort while i go steal their flag" and beckendorf is like "lol obviously" right before getting his ass kicked. iconic.

anyway love their friendship, love that beckendorf was the first person at camp to treat tyson like his own person, could definitely see them getting together in an au or percy having an unrequited crush in all universes.

[hezenkoss]

Hey I love your takes on the new season and I wanted to ask what the differences are in Aziraphale and Crowley personalities or relationship overall in the book, radio, and TV show? Which one do you prefer the best? Do you like way the characters where adapted into the TV show?

I think the main difference is that the book versions feel a lot more settled than the TV show versions. Like don't get me wrong, they still have their issues, but TV show Aziraphale and Crowley are at any point in the midst of messy relationship drama that the book versions just do not have.

Book Aziraphale is more of a bitch and seems to believe a lot less in Heaven's goodness and all that. Book Crowley is an optimist and a nerd who spends a lot less time trying to escape because fundamentally he loves Earth and humans and cares what happens to them. Meanwhile the TV show gave them both anxiety.

They also both have a lot more hangups about their own personal goodness and evilness in the show. In the book they seem to have arrived at more of a contented middle ground before the story starts. In the book they're just some guys doing their jobs for distant governments that are both kind of shit, with "good" and "bad" labels being less relevant than protecting the world they love.

I think one exchange that's particularly representative of the difference is this one at the ex-convent after Crowley changes the paint guns to real guns (that still won't hurt anyone). The book:

“Oh, all right,” said Crowley wretchedly. “No one’s actually going to get killed. They’re all going to have miraculous escapes. It wouldn’t be any fun otherwise.” Aziraphale relaxed. “You know, Crowley,” he said, beaming, “I’ve always said that, deep down inside, you’re really quite a—” “All right, all right,” Crowley snapped. “Tell the whole blessed world, why don’t you?”

vs TV:

I'd say book and radio versions are fairly similar, as the radio drama was trying to be a much more faithful adaptation, and any differences are more down to what got cut for time.

I think a lot of the changes can be put down to what's more interesting to watch on screen vs read on a page: Crowley and Aziraphale coming to personal conclusions while going on for paragraphs of internal monologue is a bit less exciting to show in live action than dramatic arguments.

And personally I like all the versions! There are some things I like better in one version or the other (like the TV show eliminating a lot of the book's racism, or Crowley reviving the dove in the book, and I love the historical scenes the show added). And other things might be different but I like both.

I view them as similar but not identical stories, which can be enjoyed in parallel, all with building blocks that I like, just put together in slightly different shapes. They don't have to be the exact same characters for me to have a good time. In fact might be better for the differences. If I want the book, I can always reread the book, so it's fun to have things that are new and different in each adaptation.

[oflostinfound]

Ship Bingo: YOU KNOW WHAT-- Lilith x Grim huehuehue

Ship Bingo

They haven't interacted much, and I'd love to see how the interact more, but Lilith respecting Grim's boundaries at the Winter Ball and performing with them did make Grim do a lil 👀

[leonawriter]

Project Moon doesn't have the same kind of ship that I've been drawn to in past fandoms (Angela/Roland comes close? But only sort of) but you know what it does have in common?

People who are all round a mess, who have one terrible things, who font get along well with others, who are outright disruptive, and yet... they are able to become better. To face their sins. Build connections based on more than just their own goals.

And it has a character like Ayin who is SO damn complicated and human and neurodivergent. Who follows his path with almost blind faith and fervour, up until he's shown that he didn't know who Carmen was after all. Who does awful, awful things - but isn't beyond becoming a better version of himself in helping those he'd hurt. Who shows such very flawed and real reactions to horrifying situations, and has to deal with the consequences. Who put himself in just as might of a hell as the people he'd hurt.

So, yeah, of course I'm gonna latch onto these people.

Funny thing is that it reminds me of that old comic of how some people write bright stories to lift people up, and others write dark stories that are what help those who are in dark places.

And the story doesn't shy away from how one person's "heaven" can mean another person's "hell" - I think it's even in song lyrics somewhere, even. There's often a prevalence of "but they were bad for this! There's no way that could be good!" but there's the simple fact that life just isn't that simple.

It's the sense too, especially in the City setting, that no character can be judged based on our own understanding of morality and cultural mores. The place you live in, your society, shapes you. Makes you harder and sharper, shatters you, breaks you, and it's up to you how you let it happen. And - really, the games are about people fighting with all they have to not be a product of that machine anymore.

[seithr]

top 5 blazblue character designs

YIPPEE BLAZBLUE

I feel like my tastes are known but I still will take this chance to gush a bit about the characters and design philosophy of em that Ive always been real fond of :)

No particular order here or else I'll be here all night formatting on mobile. More under the cut!

HAKUMEN it goes without saying I LOVE HAKUMEN'S DESIGN SO MUCH. The taloned tabi, the silhouette of wide pants and closefitted shinguards/torso. The faces/eyes scattered across his armour while the face is totally blank—made more unreadable and inhuman by the slats of neck guard. Fox-ears built into the helm shape to feel both animal and mechanical like antennae...and obviously the longass hair to sell the "tailed" look.

I remember reading really early on into liking BlazBlue—I can't remember the source, come maul me if I'm wrong—I read that Hakumen as a character and design was made when Mori was in middle or highschool, the idea of "what is really cool," and much of those ideas stayed. I not only really respect that and think its charming as someone who still likes MY own designs from that time, but, as it turns out, middle schoolers are still right. Hakumen is very cool. Augh. Fucking? Time travelling fox-robot samurai who's here to kill his brother to save him and also himself because his old self wanted to do the same thing for the wrong reason and thay thought disgusts him. Also him and Tsubaki in general make me start to choke (positive). God ok I have four more guys to discuss. Yes i also like Susanoo but I feel like thats a copout, I like that he's both animalistic and brutal martial arts as the God of War. Anyways CONTINUING

VALKENHAYN R HELLSING I will admit that he is an old man in a suit and that speaks to me but that he's one of the strongest beings alive as a old man in a suit ohh. And he's a werewolf ohhhh. Shifting just his body parts to kick and rip with his claws, quickly leaping back and forth between a normal bone-breaking jab or knee or biting and snarling—the dance between raw force and refined precision and a brutal tear's always been sooo cool to see and think about. I also think his ribbon in his hair moving to his wolfy tail is very cute. A man of sharp extremes from refined to flashing his fangs, human and wolf, cool and very cute. I like him :)

TSUBAKI YAYOI her uniform is so nice uruururururugh. Big cape and the way it drapes around her in combat like wings... Her sword and buckler/Izayoi looking so unique for being a "basic sword and shield for the hero"-type of deal! The eye on her hat's always been really striking too—the only "cold" colours being her and her uniforms eyes.....................Sparing a glance at Hakumen's recurring red eyes for no reason here. Knightly angel women and her flower-like "tassets" hanging off her clothes. Its a uniform which plausibly feels like it could be a uniform—she doesn't have anything uniquely "hers" or "for this female character" while still being really standout and clean. Her design's just really good guys. You can do so much.

Really want to mention her masked look too at least really quick here. my girllllll...

RAGNA THE BLOODEDGE well of course I really like his design. Yeah him being here is partially obligation because I love his character a lot but both things inform each other in the end. Mr Grim Reaper, Enemy of the World, red-and-black with a demon's arm on one side and a rebuilt one on the other. His big red coat and the oversize shoulders! The massive baggy pants—I love the silhouette he has. Blood Scythe/Aramasa/His sword transforming and able to clack around and shift's just. Always been such a cool design. Seithr-powered man, devil-smoke powered man, ashes of your own old dead self-powered man. Ragna is fucking cool auauauuuaghrhg.

And it DOES only make it more charming that he has a good heart, has a bit of a Kicked Puppy charm about him if you can pardon uhh that implication. He is just some fucking guy and he likes barbecues. He is sweet and cares for stray cats. His dad is a cat. He blows up the government regularly. He's a rebel who visually looks really clean if "intentionally trying to look like someone you should think is cool", which is both dork-charming and cute and also actually yeah cool because it's not a visual mess.

I like that his arm underneath is all belts and bandaged—Bloodedge only wearing half his coat for example is such a good look and it shows his clean black shirt underneath, which feels a lot like... Under that big eyecatching rebel coat of his (personality), Ragna's... Ragna, I don't know. I hope that makes sense. Knowing his personality makes me like his design a lot more than if I didn't I think.

As mentionned in Hakumen's block of text however: I already really like chuuni-ass designs, so combined in Ragna he makes me unwell entirely.

And last (I am running out of images allowed per post :((((( )

Kitty peepaw. I am cheating slightly here. I like the Kaka Kittens' big hoods too and think they're very cute and very eyecatching and I adore them always—the kittens especially being stompy little things that travel in packs are really cute. I love that Jubei, actual strongest thing in the world, has the oversized paw sleeves too. There's cat claws bigger than his body stored in what looks like emo kids' oversize hoodie sleeves. He's so simple and still the imagery of that coat gets reused several times over and it looks good every time. Orange kitty peepaw. AND he has an eyepatch, how can I not like eyepatches.

There are my 5 favourite BlazBlue designs :> Sorry if them all being C series or smth is boring wauh. I can spend as long as I want thinkinh about it but I do always seem to come back to these guys, give or take one change depending on the mood. Unchanging faves are Hakumen and Tsubaki for sure and forever though.

[msommers]

*chinhands* so what songs would be on the minya playlist

well i'm glad you asked [spends almost 2 days sorting through songs] went off the assumption of at least one hook-up going down for the general vibes bc it made things easier in song hunting lmao // give a character/ship and i’ll make a short playlist

1.) Hiding by Florence + the Machine

I know you've tried But something stops you every time You cry a little, so do I, so do I And it's your pride That's keeping us still so far apart But if you give a little, so will I, so will I

fun fact this was initially on the Minah holiday surprise playlist but i pulled it because it seemed more relationship focused than pure character. now i've been handed the perfect excuse to push my Hiding Is Minahcore agenda :) anyway great song for many angles but in this moment it's good from the Riya pov of "girly i'm trying here. i fucking get it babe but give me something to work with"

2.) Growing on Me - Foxes

We got off on the wrong foot I never knew where I stood And I wish you would talk to me more Talk to me more, talk to me more Just start to talk to me more Talk to me more, talk to me more

a fun bop for Minah dealing w the fact that the spoiled mage is growing on her even as she's occasionally being bratty and annoying during their travels. it's part of her charm 💜

3.) Blow Your Mind (Mwah) by Dua Lipa

If you don't like the way I talk Then why am I on your mind? If you don't like the way I rock Then finish your glass of wine We fight and we argue You'll still love me blind If we don't fuck this whole thing up Guaranteed, I can blow your mind, mwah

gotta have a song representing Riya's smug knife cat energy about Minah liking her and wanting to get nasty. tragically it can't be avoided, sorry bestie. at least you can get some nice makeouts out of the suffering at the least, even more if you push thru it lmao

4.) The One by FLETCHER

I wanna bite your lips, do some freaky shit I could picture it, like I'm seeing 20/20 Even if it's temporary You're not the one, but you're the one right now You're not the one, but you could be the one right now I'm having fun, I'm having fun right now You're not the one, but you could be the one right now (Oh)

i don't have a lot to say about this one it's just very fun and good for them hooking up, simple as that.

5.) Afterglow by Taylor Swift

Hey, it's all me, in my head I'm the one who burned us down But it's not what I meant Sorry that I hurt you I don't wanna do, I don’t wanna do this to you (Ooh) I don’t wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh) I need to say, hey, it’s all me, just don't go Meet me in the afterglow

with this one you gotta imagine with me a future point where they've grown closer, right, and this bop made me think of them attempting to have an open conversation after they've had a misunderstanding or someone's been hurt by something the other said/did, which we know will be rough on them due to the differences in communication styles and willingness for vulnerability and the like. i just know that's gonna be a top 3 problem with these two with how Riya gets hurt by perceived slights and distances herself in response, and Minah's classic evasive maneuvers lmfao (we ignore the bridge rn i'm more focused on the rest of the song)

honorary mention of Talk by Reinaeriy because in general i'm going to apply it to any relationship where Riya gets sexual with somebody. it's simply too good to imagine as a backtrack to her making out with people and Minah's no exception

[notholaenas]

i love that hc (?) where damian inherits all of dick's old clothes......full circle moment for the batboys i think

[waywardsculs-a2]

i really want cupid to meet more sinners and watch them slowly corrupt this innocent bean of an angel

but also i just love seeing him get flustered it gives me so much life

then there's also seraphiel........ i should let him free in hell and watch him try to be inconspicuous bc that definitely won't work

[okthisway]

Spent my evening watching wax sealing videos [x]

[storyoflight]

also my big brain play with having felicia and thea related is a very cool white swan/black swan sun/moon contrast between them 😌🤌

[luna-azzurra]

10 Lies Your Character Believes About Themselves (And They’d Die Before Admitting It)

These aren't the fun, Disney Channel lies like “I'm just a regular girl” while literally being a secret pop star. These are the ugly ones. The ones that get in your character’s blood and start rewriting their whole life without them noticing.

» “If people really knew me, they'd leave.” Not "might." Would. No question. So they smile bigger. They edit harder. They keep conversations surface-level. All while carrying this bone-deep certainty that love is conditional... and they are dangerously close to failing the test.

» “I have to earn every good thing.” Rest? Happiness? A day without guilt? They treat those things like prizes at the end of a brutal obstacle course. No one told them they could just have good things. No strings. No blood price. (So they keep bleeding anyway.)

» “I'm too much.” Too loud. Too intense. Too sensitive. Too complicated. They know it. They've been told. So now they pull themselves in, hold their breath, bite back everything real until they barely take up space at all. (And ironically, they still think they’re being "too much.")

» “I'm not enough.” Neat little trick, right? They’re both "too much" and "not enough" at the same time. Magic. They're convinced everyone else got the secret manual for how to be lovable and they somehow missed it.

» “If I'm strong enough, nothing can hurt me.” They call it resilience. Other people call it stubbornness. Reality calls it self-destruction. They've mistaken numbness for healing and independence for invulnerability. But hurt still gets in. It just hits harder when it’s been bottled up for years.

» “I’m responsible for everyone's happiness.” Caretaker. Peacemaker. Therapist friend. Emotional sponge. They’ve appointed themselves as everyone's safety net, believing that if they don’t hold everything together, everything will fall apart. (Newsflash: it's not their circus, and it never was.)

» “I don't need anyone.” Need is a dirty word. It’s weak. It’s dangerous. So they white-knuckle their way through life, collecting scars and pretending it’s freedom. But late at night? In the dark? They’d sell their soul for someone to just... stay.

» “I'm the villain in someone else's story and they might be right.” They know they've hurt people. Made bad calls. Left damage. And no matter how much good they do now, some part of them whispers, You don’t get to come back from that.

» “My best days are behind me.” Whether they peaked in high school, lost their shot at something important, or just carry a chronic ache of nostalgia, they believe it’s too late. That nothing good can be built from where they are now. (Which, ironically, makes them waste even more time.)

» “This is as good as it gets.” They settle. For bad love. Boring jobs. Half-dead dreams. They tell themselves it's "realistic." "Mature." "Practical." But underneath? It's fear. It's heartbreak. It's the quiet belief that hope is something they can’t afford anymore.

[girlyhornywriter]

Pushing her buttons...

Imagine having a button you could press that magically makes you fatter, by like +1 pound. That'd be neat, right? I wonder where you would draw the line and finally stop pressing it.

I mean, the first dozen presses would just be so you can test if it's actually working. One or two probably wouldn't feel like much, but by the time you hit the double-digits of extra pounds gained, you'd probably feel the extra tightness in your pants. Maybe your shirt would ride up a little bit because your belly and tits have grown a little bigger, but it wouldn't be anything *crazy*. Even after 12 presses, you'd still basically feel the same. Maybe your balance would be a little off with the extra weight, but nothing you can't deal with. If you put a hand on your midriff, you'd notice it bulging out more, and that it's softer and fleshier than you're used to, but all in a good way.

Being realistic though, you wouldn't stop there, would you? You've dreamed of stuff like this. An opportunity to make yourself *so* much fatter is just too tempting for you to pass up. Maybe you'd try to resist the temptation for a while, but we both know you'd fold under the pressure and start pressing it again. Fast.

You'd get undressed and stand in front of a mirror so you could watch your figure swell with dozens of extra pounds of soft, pale blubber. You'd hold your belly in one hand while you press the button with the other. Press after press, you feel it push out just a little bit further. It'd feel softer and softer in your hands as your gut grows heavier and jigglier.

Now you're thirty pounds heavier than you started, and you're *really* starting to notice the results now. Your belly hangs over your thighs quite a lot further than you remember, and your ass is looking so fat when you get a good look at yourself from the side. Stopping now crosses your mind, but you quickly dismiss it; your tits might be bigger, but they're not really big enough yet, and you're still only at "BBW" size anyway. You can handle some more pressing.

Click by click, you feel yourself growing heavier. Your belly has gotten so big and blubbery that it starts to fold into two thick rolls, giving you a definite double-belly that you can't wait to show off to your girlfriend when she gets home. In the meantime though, you keep pressing the button. You've lost track of the exact number at this point, but you think you're somewhere around 60 pounds heavier than when you started (it's actually closer to 80). You look at your doughy belly and thighs being groped by your hand in the mirror, and notice how much pudgier and softer your hand is starting to look. Nothing is immune to the weight you're piling on, and that just makes you even hornier. You resume clicking it.

Another thirty pounds make their way onto your figure when you stop again, this time because your gaze drifted upwards towards your face. Your cheeks look so much fuller now, giving your face a decidedly rounder shape. Your double-chin is much more pronounced than it used to be; your jawline is completely buried under a thick layer of chubbiness at this point, and you can't help but smile about it. It feels so good to be so much more... *plush*.

You tell yourself that you'll give yourself twenty more presses, then you'll quit. But once you get there, you decide... maybe just a few more. So you press it *another* ten times. Then you notice how close your breasts are to touching when you're sitting down, and can't help but want to see them finally become big enough to rub against each other as you walk. So you keep pressing it. Not really paying attention to the number any more, just to your breasts, as they get heavier and softer and rounder with every click.

Finally, it happens.

Not your breasts touching, like you were waiting for. The chair you were sitting on breaks instead. You hadn't heard it creaking as your fat ass grew ever fatter and heavier with every click of the button. It just hadn't crossed your mind that your furniture had already been struggling against your mass before you got this button. Now though, it had finally given up...

You decided this was your sign to call it quits - you should dust yourself off and think yourself lucky that you didn't do something stupid and make yourself absolutely massive. You drag yourself up onto your feet with a lot more difficulty than you expected, then push the shattered remains of the chair aside with your foot. You check your ass and thighs for any damage, but aside from the massive amount of extra cellulite now occupying them, and the angry red stretchmarks that have suddenly become even more omnipresent across your body, you seem to be fine. You look down for the button, but can't see it anywhere among the debris. You look around the room, when you finally spot it.

Your girlfriend is in the doorway, holding it in her hand.

"I like what you've done to yourself, babe" she says with a smile, her gaze travelling up and down your now much fatter figure, eyeing your new curves and rolls with glee. She licks her lips. "I wonder how you got so big, so fast, princess... Could it be this, maybe?" She presses the button.

Maybe you could have denied the effect the button had just had on you, if it wasn't for the fact that at that moment, the panties you had been wearing finally gave up, shredded by your immense girth with an audible rip and leaving you exposed to your girlfriend in more ways than one. The smile on her face broadens.

"I think I get the picture... Well, shall we see what this thing can do?" She starts clicking the button as fast as her fingers are capable of. Ten pounds, twenty pounds, thirty pounds, you feel your body swelling with the extra mass second by second as she starts to giggle. You try to run towards her, but you're far too fat now to move so quickly, so all you can do is waddle gracelessly towards her as she easily evaded your attempts to grab the button from her hand. You reach the doorway and look down at your expanding body, in awe at just how much of the weight seems to be going straight to your belly rolls. Your thickening paunch slaps against your thickened thighs as you keep trying to pursue your mischievous girlfriend. She escapes into the living room, and you follow her, your steps growing heavier with every click that echoes through your ears.

By the time you corner her in front of the couch, the click count must be at 250 by now, and you're feeling every ounce of the blubber she has poured onto your body. You're exhausted and breathless from trying to catch her, and she can see you're close to collapsing. She speeds up the pace of her clicking, holding the button high above her head where you have no hope of reaching it. You make one final lunge, hoping to swipe it from her hand before you're too fat to stand...

But you miss.

You lose your balance and stumble towards the couch, where you drop heavily onto the straining frame. Your ass takes up far more of space than you're used to and you sink deep into the soft cushions, hearing creak as it settles under your immense bulk. Your girlfriend stands over you, victorious.

"I think that couch had a max weight rating of 800 lbs, didn't it? Shall we test that?"

As much as you struggle against your own fattened figure, you can't haul your fat ass and gut off of the couch. You're just too heavy, and only getting heavier as she presses the button over and over and over again. Your thighs press together even as you try to spread them as wide as possible; your belly fills your entire lap and just keeps spilling out further and further over the edge of the couch; and your tits keep swelling too, easily exceeding G-cups in size with no signs of stopping.

Eventually, inevitably, the couch gives way to your blubber-laden body. You sink down even further as the couch breaks right down the middle, leaving you in a V-shaped dip, helplessly trapped by your hundreds of new pounds of fat and cellulite. Your hands grope your thick rolls of flab and you feel a strange mix of horror and arousal at how soft and jiggly you are now, *all over*.

Your girlfriend looks very pleased with herself.

"I hope you're comfy, big girl, because you're not going to be doing much walking from now on. I was always hoping I could get you to fatten up for me, to turn you into my stay-at-home piggy, too fat to do anything but make herself even fatter. It was always just a pipe dream, but apparently, dreams really *do* come true...

"I'll let you stay like this until I can find us a bed that can handle the massive whale of a girl like you've become. Once I've got you settled there though, I'm going to give this thing a couple hundred more clicks.

"You'll be so helpless and useless, but don't worry, princess. I'll make sure you know how much I love every single inch of you."

[soulprompts]

REASONS TO CARRY SOMEONE. ( A PROMPT LIST! )

listen, i'm back home now, i'm thinking about things, and i saw the maxton hall gifset floating around and i was like. yk what. carrying people is elite content, and gdi y'all deserve elite content! as always, DO NOT ADD OR EDIT THIS LIST! and there's a lil spicy addition under the readmore, but i left it there just in case people prefer to have a not-so-spicy version.

[ SLUMBER ]: sender picks up and carries the receiver because they're so sound asleep that they won't easily wake up.

[ INTERCEPT ]: sender picks up and carries the receiver out of the room because they're angry and on the brink of engaging in a fight with someone.

[ ASSIST ]: sender picks up and carries the receiver away for medical attention because they've been injured and can't walk easily.

[ HELP ]: sender picks up and carries the badly wounded receiver as fast as possible to the nearest hospital or the nearest place to administer urgent first-aid.

[ ELATION ]: sender scoops up the receiver and carries them away after a mutual victory, or having just received very good news (or maybe they're both just very happy for some reason!)

[ HOME ]: sender picks up the receiver to carry them over the threshold of their new home.

[ AID ]: sender finds the receiver too weak to move, and scoops them up to carry them to get some help.

[ UP ]: sender finds the receiver and picks them up to carry them a distance after learning they're unable to get up.

[ BAREFOOT ]: the sender picks up the receiver and carries them inside because they're not wearing any shoes.

[ WEARY ]: sender notices the receiver about to fall asleep during a task, and picks them up to carry them to bed so that they can actually sleep properly for once.

[ TWIRL ]: sender catches the receiver in their arms and spins them in a neat twirl just because they want to.

[ HERO ]: sender notices the receiver about to fall from a height, and manages to intervene just in time, catching them before they get hurt.

[ FLASH ]: the sender and receiver are part of a photoshoot, and in order to finish the last of the photos, the sender scoops up the receiver in their arms for the final pose.

[ TRAIN ]: during a training session (for a fight or a performance, dealer's choice!) the sender ends up holding the receiver in their arms during their session together.

[ URGENCY ]: sender carries the receiver away from danger after the receiver is revealed to be unable to move, either due to panic or injury.

[ OUT ]: sender grabs the receiver and lifts them into their arms after noticing them swaying and beginning to lose consciousness.

[ SCREAM ]: sender spots the receiver in a terrified or considerably panicked state, and picks them up to carry them to a less terrifying place to calm down.

[ LAZY ]: sender concedes to receiver's requests for a piggy-back ride home because they don't want to walk anymore, and carries them the rest of the distance home.

[ CAREFUL ]: sender gently lifts the receiver out of their seat and carries them carefully to bed after noticing they fell asleep and not wanting to waken them.

[ HASTE ]: in urgent need of getting to safety as fast as possible, the sender scoops up the receiver and starts running because it's quicker and easier to just carry them than expect them to keep pace.

[ FURTHER ]: sender, during an increasingly passionate make-out session with the receiver, suddenly takes them in their arms and carries them towards the bedroom to continue their evening in private.