#(is it fan binding if im binding my own work?)

[tciddaemina]

experiments with typesetting, and potentially fic binding now underway. did the nika!luffy, kid! law in flevance series, the white city

[mysticpenguincreation]

okay. im going to post again and break my own promise because i also want to address another side of the argument.

people saying how they can’t watch part 2 now because luke manipulated the fans and they feel that the magic is ruined.

remember. we are talking about real people here. they are not the fictional characters they play on screen. let’s go over this one by one, i LOVE making numbered lists for arguments:

1. Luke and Nicola provided us with a fabulous tour. They owe us NOTHING.

It’s US who should be greatfull to them for doing hard work. A long press tour with that amount of promotion must have been absolutely exhausting no matter how much you love your job.

2. Luke isn’t obliged to fall in love with Nic and date Nic.

3. Nic isn’t obliged to fall in love with Luke and date Luke.

4. MULTIPLE times they addressed the fact that they are good friends. People were giddy making gifs saying “no, ur lying”.

Now imagine someone coming up to you and saying “You’re in love with me”. You answer “No i’m not”. They tell you “Nah, you’re lying”. It’s all in good fun until it grows into a straight up disrespectful delusion.

5. The personal life of actors shouldn’t affect how you feel about fictional characters. ESPECIALLY if they did not a fucking thing wrong. I wish really creepy and predotary people in the industry got at least half of the shit Luke is going through right now because Luke dared to have a fucking relationship. Or a relationship not with Nic.

6. We should be thankful to Nic and Luke for being kind, professional and respectful. We should be in love with their beautiful friendship, and not push either of them to cater to desires of fans who cannot, will not, do not want to distinguish between show and real fucking life. They have no obligation to you to start dating because their onscreen counterparts did and you liked it.

7. Again, I do not want to speculate. I have no idea if it was their decision or if it was PR. If they were encouraged to hide their relationship during promotion (imagine waiting this fucking long), or if they were encouraged to show that they’re together right after the show dropped. I do not know AND IT DOES NOT MATTER. Even the idea of restraining your personal life due to PR is sad and makes me sick. I hope they’re just going with the flow, staying true to themselves and are being HAPPY.

“Was it a wrong PR decision?” does not fucking matter because it should be their fucking decision to begin with. The fact that PR is created for this exact reason - to do damage control when people lose their shit over something normal is bind-boggling. It is insane that we came to this fucking point in human history.

8. The phrase “Luke’s hard launch” disgusts me. Fans are talking about Antonia like she’s an object and not a real person. JUST STOP!

9. Try to be fucking kind and touch the fucking grass once in a while. Grass is lovely - take Penelope’s advice.

Seeing this makes me think that the comments are coming from two groups of people:

1. Toxic stan’s who want Nic with Luke and can’t grasp the idea that they are not their characters. “Luke is a lot like Colin” from interviews does not fucking equal “Luke is in love with Nic”. Following this delulu logic he should have fallen for Claudia then because they said multiple times that Claudia is a lot like Pen and Nic is a lot like Eloise. There is no fucking connection in these statements. Fucking none.

2. People who loved the idea of Luke being single because it allows them to fantasize about Luke falling in love with them. It’s okay, we’ve all had celebrity crushes, but when it gets to the point of you throwing hate at the person, it becomes creepy and unhealthy.

To all the haters and “sympathizers” - get some help and get your shit together.

[theresattrpgforthat]

ttrpgs with in-depth magic systems?

THEME: In-Depth Magic Systems

You'll find a number of trad games here because that's what pops into my head when someone talks about in-depth magic.

Mage: The Ascension and Mage: The Awakening, by Onyx Path Publishing.

The Council of Nine Mystic Traditions, a loose coalition of nine organizations of differing philosophies and magical practices, stand for personal freedom -- sometimes regardless of cost -- and responsibility. In opposition is the shadowy Technocratic Union, a seemingly monolithic conspiracy which seeks to protect humanity from the unseen dangers of the universe at large, typically through ignorance and control. Other factions, the Nephandi and the Marauders, who personify the depths humanity can sink to and the abdication of responsibility, also have their part to play in the struggle as each side strives to win over and guide -- or rule -- the unknowing masses of the world. (Mage: the Ascension)

You are a mage, one of the Wise. You see, know, and explore what others can’t imagine, from the depths of the human soul to the hidden corners of reality. Armed with your spells, driven by an addiction to Mysteries, you delve into the secrets of the world. Knowledge has a price, and the dangers are many. (Mage: The Awakening)

Mage: The Ascension was originally published by White Wolf in 1993, and Mage: The Awakening was released in 2005 as part of the company’s attempt to “update” their settings to a newer rule-set. The fans wouldn’t have that, however, so now both versions of Mage can be found on places such as DriveThruRpg.

The lore for both of these games has overlap, but they are distinctly different. In Mage: The Ascension, there is more conflict between mages, especially in regards to technology vs mysticism. In Mage: The Awakening, mages have a more common culture even if their magical practices differ. What both of these systems offer is a complex system of magic, rife with politics (as is traditional for any World of Darkness game) and a long storied history that the mages of today cannot extricate themselves from. If you love reading about lore, factions, and secret societies, these might games worth getting into.

Ars Magica, by Atlas Games.

Ars Magica is the award-winning roleplaying game by Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein•Hagen about wizards and their allies in Mythic Europe. This flexible, deeply built world can support games that are historically accurate or fantasy-based, epic or small scale, political or personal.

Players work together to tell the story of their covenant — all of the magi, their companions, and grogs. This history can span decades. It might be heroic, tragic, or both in turn. The covenant could influence the entirety of Mythic Europe or the fates of a small corner of the world.

Spells will be cast. Duels won and lost. Houses may rise and fall. But magic is forever.

Ars Magica has been around for a long time, the first version of the game going back to 1987. It uses d10s and stat bonuses, but the magic system in particularly is known to be a major focus of the game. Spells are rituals and must be learned, and if used too quickly, can cause fatigue. The system details a number of rules for creating magical items, studying magical books, creating new spells, binding familiars, etc. If you are interested in a medieval magic setting and decades of lore, this might be your game.

If you would like to learn more about this game, there’s an in-depth review on RPG.net that can be found here!

MEGALOS, by matura (@matty-from-megalos).

MEGALOS is a game for telling stories about adventures in the clouds, fighting evil empires, and dueling ancient gods. The Worlds of MEGALOS are vast and old, each a cosmic emanation connected to one another by the Wellspring- the source of all aether in the cosmos. Make your own World of MEGALOS or play in one of the standard ones, from the Oradam Rift to Pallid Telkane to Zone Gachette. Soar through the air in an airship, dogfight imperials, and wield aetheric magicks as a punk-rock witch.

This tabletop game is inspired by things like classic JRPGs, electronica music, and medieval alchemy. MEGALOS is the first of the creator's games to use the SLIPSTREAM game engine, which uses pools of d20s as the core of its task resolution mechanic.

As a science-fantasy setting, MEGALOS roots its magic in Aether crystals, a naturally occurring concentration of energy. This means that magic is explainable and quantifiable - meaning that you can create a lot of interesting magical technology in this game. Your characters abilities are split up over traits, skills and cutscene approaches for a mix of stat-driven and narrative play (although combat rules feature heavily in this book). There’s also character Classes and Callings, which distinguish you from other characters, and also grant you access to specific Powers and Talents. To me, this looks like each character’s approach to magic will be dependant on the categories they choose at character creation, and magic generally seems to be a common method of combat.

The full rulebook is $25, but if you want to take a look at just the plaintext rules, you can download them for free! If you’re interested in expanding the game, there’s also a Webs and Wires Supplement that includes extra options for magitek gear, new callings and classes, and expanded rules! If you like a combination of modular characters and narratively interesting choices, you might want to check this game out.

Lex Arcana, by Archeron Games.

In Lex Arcana, you are a Custos (warden) of the Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana, sent by the Emperor to the four corners of the world to further the study of arcane lore, investigate forbidden cults, and face the thread posed by dangerous supernatural creatures.

The Emperor needs you! 

Join the Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana, enter the world of Lex Arcana and dive into the mysteries and dangers of ancient Rome. You and the other Custodes will travel to the four corners of the land, investigate terrifying threats, recover lost relics, unearth forgotten secrets and fight legendary supernatural creatures.

Bundle of Holding describes this game as Cthulhu Invictus meets The X-Files: it’s a game in which Rome never fell and the supernatural and arcane is a constant mystery that must be unravelled. Your characters are paragons of combat and magic, and have been recruited for the Auxiliary Cohort of Secrets, tasked with unveiling supernatural threats and stopping them. Spells in this game are called Indigitamenta, or Incantations, and represent calling onto Roman Deities for aid. Rolling in this game can use any dice - and in fact, they players can choose whether they roll a dice pool or a larger dice - 3d4, 2d6, or 1d12 for example, if your stats total 12.

I think this is a really interesting set of mechanics, and I expect the lore of drawing upon divine power to fuel your spells to be equally fun to play with. Bundle of Holding has a bundle on for this game until June 26 that’s a really great deal - you should check it out!

[nothingenoughao3]

Hi!

I´ve been planning on making a hard cover Reanimator fanfic book for a while and i would like to know if i could include Dreams in the Necromancer House after its finished! It would be just one book (not selling it) and i´ll give the proper credits both on the summary and the beggining of the story. Im also thinking about doing an illustration of each chapter and putting there, so there´s that too. If it ends up really happening i plan on posting the progress on my tumblr!

We can talk a bit more about it if you have any regards about the crediting stuff or anything like it, but its ok if you dont like the idea too!

Hope you have a good day!

Hi @camelosuspeito! I am going to reply to you in particular, but my opening is going to be generic in case anybody else has a similar question. You've kind of triggered an unskippable cutscene, so I'll let you know that the answer is yes ahead of time. I hope that's okay, and that you're having a good night/whatever your local time is!

Generally speaking, I can only support fan binding of my works if they are offered free of charge, or are personal copies not for sale.

My reasons for not supporting fan binding for pay for my works in particular are simple. I offer all of my fanfiction free of charge. That does not mean that they are free of labor. I've been writing fic since I was sixteen; I'm now in my forties. I've put roughly two decades of practice into creating fanworks. This doesn't touch upon the original works I've produced in that same timeframe, nor having to learn basic HTML to create websites back in the day to host fanworks at a time when they were regularly banned from mainstream platforms, etc.

Despite all that, I am giving my writing for free. To me, the point of transformative fanwork is creating, developing, and maintaining the fandom, in joy and in suffering. I could charge people a fee to access my Re-Animator essays on some other site. That would be the smart move and my bills would sure appreciate getting paid. I don't do that because I am also poor and I feel it would be unethical to put a paywall between impoverished fans and transformative works. I'll probably create a tip jar here one of these days, but that's all it would be--a tip jar for people who appreciate what I do.

Accordingly, I see people charging over a hundred euros for binding fanfic, and I get a bad taste in my mouth. As far as I can tell, nobody on Etsy is getting their own fanfic bound, nor are folks offering fan bindings of their own works. They are taking the labor of a third party and making money off it, and it's really not clear whether any of the fanwriters whose works are being sold even know whether or not it's happening or consented to it.

It reminds me of how in the mid-2010s, somebody went through my AO3 profile and uploaded a bunch of my Star Trek and Twin Peaks fics as ebooks for sale. That troubled me. If they sold one of my fics, that's only five dollars--but it's pretty much pure profit for them, and so very worthwhile. It sucks offering something for free and having people take advantage of that in the name of their own profit.

And again, this is all just about me and how I feel about my work. Other folks can and will feel differently and that's okay! I'm not passing judgement.

Soooooo, all of that being said, you're not doing that. You are asking to do a fan binding of "Dreams in the Necromancer House" for you, and as you've described it here, that's fine with me! If you still like it after it's finished and you want to have a personal copy of it, go nuts with that! I think crediting me as the author on the cover or author's page would be more than enough, given that it would just be yours.

I think seeing your process for producing it would be very interesting, and so would the illustrations! Feel free to tag me as much as you like when you're ready to get going.

[sgtmickeyslaughter]

once again, its been one hell of a wednesday

time to unwind with a weekly tag game!

thanks for tagging me @lingy910y @juliakayyy @energievie and @jrooc

name: gigi

age: 24

star sign: full time virgo

first language: english

second language: lol i wish, my girlfriend has been trying to teach me korean the whole time we've been together and cant comprehend that my brain is just simply not wired to learn language

favorite lip product: aquaphor 🥰 and the nars laguna lipstick it was literally made for pale autumns

the best food dish you can make without a recipe? honestly most things, even when its new i like to skim and freestyle, most often i make eggs in hell and various soups, stews and stocks

if you drink tea, what kind? the only tea i drink is bottled cold green tea, and ginger in hot water when im sick

if you drink coffee, what roast do you usually get? light roast <3

favorite thing to watch on youtube right now: music videos! also watching a lot of book binding tutorials and general quiet crafting videos

favorite thing to watch on youtube in 2012: the dame herself ms. jenna marbles and honestly up until she left it would be the same answer

favorite item of clothing right now: i have a few very very cozy sweaters that have been in rotation over the last few weeks, but i am very excited to get back to soft loose blouses and pants

favorite item of clothing in 2012: a very cool 70's jean jacket that i still own and wear!

fandom

three movies you recommend: Chungking Express, jennifers body, in bruges

your favorite concert: tyler childers at radio city music hall, the queen of dancehall herself sister nancy and tune yards

have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion? not a single opinion, we can agree to disagree on things but i have unfollowed people for consistantly being really negative about everyone other than their favorite characters and just overall being a bummer

have you ever left a fandom because of the fans? Nope! every fandom I've been apart of has had really lovely people, but by far shameless is the nicest which feels a little ironic

the best tv show you watched last year: Beef by far, I don't think Ive ever resonated with a piece of media with such raw emotion (also the bear and succession but yall already knew that)

do you have a fancasting you just can’t let go of? Im not really apart of the harry potter fandom at all but sometimes marauder fancasts come on my fyp and theyre all really fun

a ship you’ve abandoned: destiel a little, i still love them that brain rot (damage) cant be undone but i rewatched supernatural last year and like, Dean is so genuinely unkind to him most of the time (/nuanced)

on a scale of 1-10 how willing are you to share your ao3 history? i mean, with who?

do you have a fandom tattoo? no tattoos

what fandom do you wish was bigger? none come to mind

has a finale ever ruined a show for you? no honestly im pretty okay with all of them, but i never watched any of the big ones that people hate

have you…

swam in an ocean? yes! I was a jr lifeguard, swimmer and water polo player in highschool, i am the safest person to visit the beach with

been vegan/vegetarian? I was vegan for three years but when i moved back home during covid i couldnt really keep it up while eating dinner with my family every night and now im very plant based but not vegan or veg

gone skinny dipping? many times lol

gone skiing? yes but i prefer snowboarding

been to a convention? only work related design conventions

tagging from my notes: @mickeysgaymom @rainbowbri @anonymous-galager @gallawitchxx @iansw0rld @mybrainismelted

[horseforeplay]

hi! what do you make of ai art? im conflicted cause i see how its great for disabled people in many ways, but then i look back at the work people put into becoming artists and mastering the craft and feel many things lol i wish i could look at it similarly like i look at producers for example, where you have a vision and tools and you know how to use it well so you dont need the musical training background to be creative, but i cant help but feel like its more complicated with visual art? that theres a whole other side besides having a vision and good understanding of a shortcut tool. im very very torn and also sorry for all that on your succession blog but knowing youre a fantastic artist whos recently been dealing with this sort of impossibility to make art i wonder if you have some insight in this area.

sending love!

i appreciate u wanting to know my opinion on a Hot Topic such as this! i dunno man i have an aversion to any definition of art of any kind that requires effort or skill as essential features that make the art “real”. i think a lot of what is happening with AI discourse is that people are appropriately appalled by the way capitalism mangles creative output and even what kind of relationships artists can have with their work and with the rest of the world. i do not have a problem with a machine that digests and reconfigures information — a machine is just a machine. if one copied the way i make texture with colored pencil and produced an approximation of a new original work by me, i would be fascinated by what reactions i might have to it. would i feel threatened by it? would i be flattered? what might it open up for me, to see my work broken into a particular machine’s data? this is just a dream, though. i see many artists understandably frightened by what the exploiter class may choose to do with their new toys (and what they are already doing to us with them). it just sucks to see that very plain class antagonism passed over with arguments about the “purity” of human-made art, how it is somehow apparent to any observer when a work is truly endowed with a “soul” (if these arguments sound eerily like fascist aesthetic principles, it’s because they are fascistic).

and then to see people cheering for their own doom with this thing of mr. game of thrones & co suing chatGPT, complete with condescending explanations of how it’s not going to hurt fanfic writers because the problem these multimillionaires have is actually with people monetizing their work, and the true humble Fan would ne’er ask a but penny. do people really not see how this is making the divide between the “artist” and the “common person” greater? it is so goddamn expensive to survive right now, and the wealthy are using fear of technology as a tool to prevent you from making money, and yes, making art at all. only those with enough capital to protect their intellectual property with the force of the law are allowed to express themselves through art. yes, i think it should be well within your rights to bind and sell (for money, yes, money) your game of thrones fanfiction. so many of us are living in poverty right now, bombarded by entertainment but prevented from ever chewing it up or spitting it out. ed roth’s rat fink character had it right. fuck mickey mouse. like, we’re actually back to saying “fuck mickey mouse” being really cool. put him in a blender full of data, have it put him into a beach scene with BBW anime versions of lara croft and princess peach. intellectual property is a historically recent phenomenon. it is a tool to make the rich richer and get you well and squarely fucked. theoretically, yeah, it sounds good to have your work and livelihood honored and protected, but just like they’re trying to replace artists and actors and writers with AI, every single tool becomes a weapon in the hands of the rich. the hell people are worried they need more punishing copyright law to fix is already here. the woman who designed care bears & strawberry shortcake never saw a penny from it. AI art is only a threat in the hands of the corporations that happily do these things in the first place.

anyways. lol. i’m not very technologically minded in my own art practice — i’m not naturally drawn to new technology as a part of my work, and find many of the results i’ve seen from current AI art tech to be kind of aesthetically unpleasant. artwork contains unpleasantness, though. i’m not really interested in arguments over what artwork “should” contain, only what it does. i think the best AI art i’ve seen (ie: the stuff i’ve enjoyed the most) has been from alan resnick:

it is so terrifically disquieting. it leans into what makes AI-generated BBW lara croft kind of difficult to actually jack off to. the overlapping lines of bodies, the nonsense text. but then, if this work has merit, is that because alan resnick is uniquely special, thus proving the point that the technology is only valid in the hands of a “real artist”? can mr. resnick be said to be the “artist” of these images at all, because he trained a program to his own style and input interesting ides? does he deserve lots of money for his work creating iconic adult swim shorts like this house has people in it? well sure

or would this art only have value if somebody put a tremendous amount of labor into it? you know. my mother used to tell me, “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work”. she said she should nail the phrase to my forehead, like martin luther at the church doors. having very recently become disabled & chronically ill, i don’t believe it anymore. i believe we should be able to use technology to make ourselves more free. we should not be so financially insecure that we are threatened by anyone expressing themselves with something we made. the ultra-wealthy are threatened by infringement because they need everybody else to stay poor, and the poor are threatened because they do not want to be poor any longer. it’s got nothing to do with strange scrambled pictures. if i could take pictures of every work of art i’ve ever loved and put it into a machine that mixes it up and turns it into a monster, i would do it just for a bittersweet laugh at it.

[hisui-dreamer]

Dear Rinna,

It really pains me to say this, but it needed to be said. I thank you for your reply to my previous comment, however, my heart is still plagued with anxiety.

You see, I’m writing a fan novel called “Twisted Wonderland: Crystal Hearts” on Wattpad, and I’m still writing out the plot for the Savanaclaw arc. That story you wrote was exactly what I had planned to write. Now, I’m faced with a problem.

I so badly wanted to write the exact same words you wrote for your story, but I can't just copy your work, obviously. And the worst part is every time I'm tempted to, I fight against myself to resist my temptation and it's a tiring war. What should I do? I'm in a real bind here.😢 I don't know what else to do.

I also feel bothered by what @siren-serenity said about your stories. They called your stories, "beautiful, heartwrenching and soulful". You won't believe how rageful and anguished I felt when I read those words.

I felt like screaming out, "What about ME?!! What about MY stories?! Aren't THEY beautiful and soulful enough?! If they're shoddy compared to other's works, what GOOD am I as a writer?!" My heart just aches whenever I think about it!😭 I feel like I'm overlooked and cast aside, that my stories meant NOTHING.

I'm so terribly sorry for dumping my woes onto you when I really shouldn't, but I can't help myself. I'm lost, I don't know what I should do. If you have any helpful advice, I'd love to hear it. If not, I understand. You're a very kind lady, and the very last thing I want is to hurt you. I DON'T want to hurt you at all. Can you please help me? Thanks!

sorry for replying so late! i've been a bit burnt out from schoolwork haha

im so sorry you feel that way! i've been there before so i know how upsetting that can be. i hope you can take inspiration from the elements you admire and approach them in your own way, there's no limit to literature afterall, and there's definitely more to be said about the complexity of emotions going through reader and leona in that scenario. i know you'll do great!

i'm sorry siren's words upset you. it's natural to seek validation for our creative efforts, but one person's praise towards another does not diminish the value of your own work. i know if you keep honing your craft and putting yourself out there, you'll get the recognition you deserve too!

[mermaidsirennikita]

ARC REVIEW: Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall

4/5. Re-releases (in audio) on 2/20/2024.

Vibes: RAINY DAYYYYS, indoor guy/outdoor guy, recovering from a breakup, redemption of the douchey ex

Heat Index: 3/10

This audiobook is actually a bind-up of two novellas. In Waiting for the Flood, we focus on Edwin, who's dealing with the dissolution of his decade-long relationship by being a shut-in (in the house he bought with his ex, Marius) and restoring old books. When the flood of the century begins to hit his neighborhood, he meets the gentle, charismatic, and undeniably hunky Environmental Agency employee Adam. The question is, can he open his heart to a new risk?

The second, Chasing the Light, brings Marius into focus--he's basically lost himself and is trapped in apathy both personally and artistically. Until, that is, Leo comes into his life... and they end up truly stuck together (forced proximity fans, this one's for you).

I love Alexis Hall, everyone who knows me knows this, and while these novellas aren't Glitterland level excellent (I mean... it's hard to follow that book) they're gently funny and emotional in a way that, as per Alexis, feels so real. And frankly, I love the concept of reading these novellas in sequence. Because like. When two people get together as young as Edwin and Marius did and stay together for TEN YEARS, the breakup is very rarely this truly one-sided thing.

To me, Edwin's side of the story, which I did love, makes it easy for people to classify Marius as this villain. As they would! While Edwin never makes Marius sound horrible, this is the ex that he's spent literal years moping over. Seeing Marius's perspective really humanizes him, and like--sometimes, the person who broke up with you deserves love, too.

Quick Takes:

--These are very easy, mellow reads, and I LOVE SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE LITERALLY CENTERED AROUND A FLOOD. Look: floods bad in real life. But rainy days? So good. And this is a perfect rainy day read (or listen). And I finished it on a very rainy day! I win! Alexis describes the weather in conjunction to the general mood of the story so well. I love his prose. I love love love it. You know this.

--Again, I find it really cool that Alexis added this novella about Marius that doesn't take away from the bad place he's in (a lot of the deterioration of his relationship with Edwin clearly had to do with his own deadness to the world and general issues) but also humanizes him. He's prickly. He's not an easy guy to like immediately, the way Edwin is, while very sad, and easy cuddly sad boi to feel for. But... I liked 'im. I liked his love story.

--Because these are novellas, those love stories are quick, reliant on you buying into immediate chemistry, and sort of set up the romances versus telling the whole story. However, I totally believed that we were basically being introduced to people finding their soulmates. It worked for me. Novellas can be tough, but these sold the relationships.

--As much as Edwin is Baby, I also appreciate that like... The story called out him moping a lot. It called out the fact that sometimes relationships just END. Sometimes, people, or one person, falls out of love. You can't do anything about it. Eventually, you must break up.

That doesn't make it any less painful, especially when a relationship is as long as Edwin's and Marius's. But acknowledging that reality made it a lot more impactful to me.

--I'm focusing a lot more on Marius and Edwin because the novellas are from their perspectives. But Adam and Leo were also very charming--I mean, especially Adam. He was a like, competently hot and sweet and ooooooh I was into it.

I really enjoyed these funny, sweet, snarky novellas. They aren't my favorite things Alexis has ever written, but they are very comfy and snuggly and rainy day perfect.

Thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

[swordsmans]

Hi there! Long time fic fan recent tumblr follower. Also I am the purchaser of your final copy of “the sea makes bones of bodies” and my god this is a gorgeous binding. It already looked good online but damn it looks so insanely good in person. I’m ecstatic to own it and so look forward to commissioning you one day for more bound fic! Tysm for sharing your multiple talents and crafts with the world. What a treat!

ahh!!! HI HI HI!!! ohh, thank you so much!!!! thank you for reading my work and supporting my art ahhh!!!!!!!! i'm so delighted that you loved the book and that it arrived safely!!!!!!! IT MEANS THE WORLD THAT YOU WANTED TO OWN SOMETHING I WROTE AND MADE!!!! im so, so grateful!!! i cannot thank you enough!!!!!!

[cat-denied]

1, 9, & 11 for the salty asks?

thanks for asking! gonna go ahead and answer these for fire emblem since thats the fandom im most active in as a fandom

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?

oh man, a lot. a lot of heterosexual ones, i feel like? alm/celica. merric/elice feels so abrupt and meaningless in the way that basically any of the non-main-protagonist NES game relationships do, even when they try to retcon it in in the remakes, because it just...forget chemistry, they don't have any interactions! like what!!

felix/sylvain. like, i dunno, i just don't really feel any emotions looking at these two. they are fine? they're fine. i don't...that's it. lmao

also, honestly to an extent i don't really get tharja/robin in awakening. like, i love both characters on their own, but they don't really gel for me in the same way they seem to for a whole lotta other people lol.

ALSO! not fire emblem and i am not in a "fandom" as such for full metal alchemist but shipping roy mustang and riza hawkeye Does Not Gel For Me. i get why people do it but like...i do not understand it.

9. Most disliked character(s)? Why?

i bear grudges especially towards Arvis FE4 (because the narrative treats him as noble and well-intentioned, and basically just tells us that he means good without doing literally anything to back it up) and Gray Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (because i am so fucking sick to death of "guy bothers uninterested woman until she relents into having a relationship with him" AND they always end up in a fucking relationship in their end cards even if you didn't unlock any of their supports).

also shoutouts to olwen FE5, who rules hard and who i love don't get me wrong, but whose supporting cast (fred and reinhardt) are like...way less cool than her. i especially do not vibe with reinhardt, considering he chooses not to defect despite presumably knowing about the child hunts (!), meaning the intended arc of "tragically you cant recruit this cool dude" falls flat because...is he really that cool if he can't be arsed to stop perpetuating tangible horrific evils in fiction? then again, he is working with ishtar, who is described as saving as many kids as possible--but also that only gets mentioned in her other game, which means it's not brought up directly with reinhardt--look the point is i'm not interested in him he's a boring man and i don't know why he has sixteen different alts in Heroes when olwen has one. olwen is the cooler fucking sibling get a grip lmao

i also hate virion (any man who is introduced chasing after a vocally uninterested woman is not worth my while, doubly so if he does not have any sort of tangible character arc), berkut (GOD. AWFUL man. somehow manages to fridge his own wife??? you should be able to recruit rinea in echoes i am forever peeved about this. he's an excellent villain all the way up until you can't recruit rinea about it), and perne (because the narrative apparently believes that kidnapping and torturing a young girl into doing your bidding via frightening her with insects is, like, not a big deal you guys don't sweat it).

11. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

i love Kris from new mystery of the emblem, i think she rules, she's a goofus. big fan. also all the new mystery gang tbh. i would say i don't understand why people hate her so much, except i do, and it's the same old same old "everything was better in the old days, when we didn't have support conversations or characters with more than 1 line of dialogue" that you get in every fandom, but i've certainly noticed in fire emblem.

i love edelgard, but i wouldn't say the fandom doesn't: i would say some of the fandom doesn't, but it's a split it would seem. i fucking adore monica but so does everybody else with taste. i really like wendy (inasmuch as anyone in the binding blade has a character), admittedly half due to her class as armored knight and half out of spite at how her wiki page says she's non-viable, but there's a solid half in there to appreciate her on her own merits also. this is again a mixed opinion and not a totally unpopular one, but i love ingrid, i think her story arc is fascinating. i LOVE jill i think her story arc is super compelling, she's one of my favorites. look, i don't know, who's unpopular? if you get me a list of "unpopular" fire emblem characters i will probably pick out every woman on there and be like "aw cmon she's cool/underutilized/worthy of appreciation". except camilla.

thanks so much for asking! this was very fun.

[liz-allyn]

Ok so I have relatively less things to say about this chapter because I if try to put what I feel into words I’m not sure unhinged screeching can be expressed very effectively in the current English language but I will try my best so

Pete’s confession of love and admission of guilt makes honey take an official backseat as my favourite character in the story (sorry but peters really really worked hard for this one ok) he’s beautiful in that scene breathtaking and spell binding he invokes from for such love sympathy tenderness that I’ve been missing since a long time he’s owning up to his mistakes he’s giving her everything she asked of him because that’s all he want to do for the rest of his life give her everything she asks for it’s so Saccharin infusedly sweet im melting

I’ve missed miles he was so good in this one as well he has really come to represent hope for honey in this environment that she’s been put in I think their relationship is so adorable but outside of that I think she has since the staring viewed him as normal except everyone else and that’s why she’s so open with him unlike others ( tho Felecia is some what similar but not exactly I feel)

eddie! Man you’ve given me so much whiplash in the part swinging wildly between seeing my favourite characters re appear to to seeing my most hated ones get closer to the ones I would protect by trading my soul but anyway i led out an audible gasp when I saw him I was so happy thankyou for giving us this

Rex is amazing Although I’m not a huge fan of reptiles but I’ll make an exception for him

now coming to the cliff hanger I see the parading around in the ridiculous suits reference lol but no seriously tho the thought of John I’m a bitch fucking walker using Steve’s name like that has got my blood boiling but since we have reference are we gonna have anymore avengers pop up because I’m not sure I can handle that

you know if you ever make like a spin-off Series if this with Felecia I won’t mind a killing eve esque story with her and honey

🌌 drink water ok byeee

I love your mind! I love your ideas! Want to be my full time muse?

[battlemastercoffeeco]

a piece i'm working on based on The King In Red AU by musicmillenia on ao3 (aka @wreathedinscales)

some relevant background:

Net and Cable are Corrie IT OCs that collectively belong to the Eldritch Corries discord server that Music hosts (and i am part of)

Net and Cable's eldritch Forms are essentially endless danger noodles

Fox's Form is a giant with holes in him. he's also the origin point for the eldritchy-ness that has happened to the Guard

Ether is my Corrie IT OC (tho he was inspired by the same discussion that birthed Net and Cable, and could be considered another collective OC if anyone wants to use him) and is the Sergeant in charge of the Coruscant Guard's IT Division

warnings for: eldritchy-ness, somewhat body horror? that's the best I can word it

The hissing grates against reality, scraping at the essence of a being.

"Kuur, ade," Fox shushes firmly, coiling up loops of endless liquid gore. "I know exactly how long it's been since either of you rested. You knew I'd get involved if you kept ignoring Ether's orders to hit the racks."

Somehow, the mass of thick red strands manages to become even more floppy, evoking the same response as a disconsolate toddler who knows their caretaker is right. A pitiful whine fizzles and pops like overclocked cooling fans and the hum of electricity, but Fox is unphased as he continues to inexorably pull tendrils from their twining throughout the Coruscant Guard's domain.

Fox is the only one who can actually extract Net and Cable from their beloved network. Anyone else who tries can coil and wind for hours and days and weeks, and still never reach their end, never actually make a dent in the network or arteries and veins and capillaries that make the twins omnipresent throughout the territories the Guard have claimed as their own. Force knows Ether--and a host of others--has tried.

When the last few yards are within reach, Fox carefully binds the bundle of noodle-like vode into a hank as long as his shoulders are wide, and with the same thickness as his thigh.

"Oi," he snaps when branching roots try to surreptitiously drip from his arms to the floor, slinking towards the server room's door. A tug and the roots are freed from the duracrete with a forlorn warble, but neither Net nor Cable make another break for it.

Fox heaves a sigh through his nose as he wraps up that last bit of vod. "You're lucky im not making you revert just yet, brats," he says, hand smoothing over countless parallel strands gently. The bundle purrs an electric buzz-hum, but offers no further protest to the intervention.

Instead, the creeping ends loop and coil and wrap themselves around his arm, radiating affection as they sink between armor plates and under blacks, into skin, synching to the rhythm of Fox's pulse. The blatant appeal to his fondness makes Fox sigh again, this time accompanied by a head-lolling roll of his eyes.

"You're not gonna stay in barracks unless I sit in you, are you."

It's not a question, so the bundle of vod'ike don't answer, but the way they squirm in his arms, burrow further into his flesh, is all the confirmation Fox needs.

"Right," Fox says, resisting the urge to sigh again. "You're coming with me, then."

Something about the hank of cable-vein-sinew-roots perks up like a massif scenting treats.

"Batch meet-up at Dex's," Fox elaborates. "I don't have time to sit on you two until you sleep--rest, whatever the kriffing fuck we do.

"So you're coming with me. Now get in your hole," he orders as he lets his form shift and boil over reality just enough to open Cable and Net's favorite den in the dip of his Form's collar bones.

The careful work of the last half hour are ruined immediately as the pair of tech-obsessed shebse launch from their coil about his arm to pour themselves into him, tangling and knotting together in the gaps between bones. Fox no longer flinches at the sensation of worm-like burrowing as they root themselves in him, tendrils coiling through to wrap and support his throat and spine, a parasitic cardiovascular system installing itself through his neck and chest and shoulders.

[pumpkinpaix]

this is gonna sound so harsh but im legit tired of chinese diaspora people who think that bc they are of chinese descent and they have pleco they can act like voices of authority in the fandom. if modao is the 1st chinese book you have read pieces of with a dictionary, if you have never interacted with the actual chinese fandom, you are not part of the intended audience and your biased opinion is not the One And Only Valid Truth 🍵

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree | this is really hard for me to express in terms of an agree/disagree axis lol

genuinely cannot tell if you’re trying to shade me here anon lmao 😂

this got long and rambly (of course) asldkjfslj. i would love to make the excuse that it’s bc i’ve got a migraine and had No Sleep but. let’s be real i’m always like this.

ok i’ll start with where i agree: i don’t think anyone has the right to act like an ultimate voice of authority in fandom. i think different people with different backgrounds have varying realms of expertise and they should be respected when they share that knowledge, but that the instant someone starts to use that kind of power as a weapon against people they personally don’t like, i think they forfeit that privilege. no one has the one and only valid truth about a piece of media because that’s fundamentally impossible. i have definitely interacted with diaspo who behave like their heritage gives them some kind of incontrovertible authority over everyone else, and they’re fucking insufferable and often rather cruel, even/especially towards other diaspo. meet me in the denny’s parking lot and fight me for real. i’ll kick ur ass. >:c

however, I also think it’s true that there’s a lot of dismissal of heritage fans in this fandom, if that makes sense, from both sides of the equation: non-Chinese fans ignore our cultural hangups because they’re inconvenient, and non-diaspora disdain us for being not Chinese enough. that puts a lot of us in a position of feeling disrespected just for being who we are, or having our very real knowledge and unique experience as individuals devalued because of it.

regardless of my identity, I have formally studied a lot of things: literary translation, media analysis, the politics of oppression, film critique, religious studies, philosophy, four foreign languages etc. and that is all knowledge that I had to work for, and work hard for. I do have a certain measure of authority on all of these subjects over a layperson (to varying degrees), and there are going to be times when i will be more correct than someone who disagrees with me -- but I’ve also absolutely experienced people talking over that specialized knowledge because of who I am, which is, to be clear. extremely infuriating and hurtful. like, i have cried so much about it in the last 18 months. people see my racial and cultural identity before they see anything else, which is understandable to a degree, but upsetting when it becomes the basis for how my work is judged, whether positive or negative. i don’t want you to trust me blindly because i’m abc. I want to you to trust me because you have examined my work critically and judged it to be trustworthy!

so i guess this is getting into the strongly disagree part of the answer: i’ve been speaking a lot with other diaspora fans lately, and it’s been simultaneously hugely relieving and also really saddening. relieving because oh thank god someone else Gets It, and saddening because pretty much all of us, no matter what kind of diaspo we are (north american, european, SEA, taiwanese etc), we’ve all experienced a lot of pressure in this fandom, from non-Chinese, Chinese, and other diaspora fans alike. we’re all acutely aware that we are not modao’s intended audience because being diaspora vs being “from the mainland” or whatever, are actually quite different things, but modao still feels close to home. even if it was not written FOR us it is still familiar to us.

and, because so many of us are multilingual and multicultural, we end up being the bridge between the “actual” chinese fandom and the english-speaking fandom, which is largely made up of non-chinese. (sidenote: I hate it when people say things about being “actually” any identity because it’s almost always for the exact reason you brought up: to use heritage as street cred. it’s like damn, being “actually” chinese doesn’t make ur opinions any less rank. sure you might be “actually” chinese, but do you have basic reading comprehension and literary criticism skills? no? ok then sit your ass back down) many of us are most comfortable in english! so we produce our content in english! but we also DO often have a somewhat privileged access to the culture that underlies mdzs and can explain it in a language that other non-Chinese fans can understand. so it’s not surprising that people flock to us for answers to their cultural questions. and like. if we think we know the answer, it’s natural for us to try and help. this is fandom! we’re here to have fun and find community! and it is definitely a little bit nice to have my culture treated as something desirable for once instead of just like. a weird exotic curiosity that no one really cares too deeply about. and, since a lot of us are able to do things that non-Chinese fans can’t (research in chinese, for example. ask family members for help and more information etc.) we end up just having more information to share.

I think this sometimes results in a tendency for fandom at large to put heritage/diaspo fans on pedestals and tout them as authorities (or use our conflicting viewpoints as ammunition in fandom drama) when the diaspo in question have repeatedly stated that they should not be taken as authorities on something -- and then, once you reach critical mass, your reputation starts to precede you, and I think there’s a lot of misconceptions of how a lot of diaspo act in this fandom simply because of that phenomenon. most of us know that we’re not ultimate arbiters of some kind of cultural gateway, and it can be very tiring both to be treated as such when we insist we are not, and then punished by other people who assume that we acted like we were.

i don’t think there’s a benefit in trying to keep en fandom and cn fandom totally separate, and I also think it’s unfair to consider the cn fandom the “real” fandom. i think that way lies deeper misunderstandings, gatekeeping, etc. i think we can definitely acknowledge the differences between them, but i think trying to make meaningful connections between fandom circles is really valuable! i don’t think i’ve ever made it a secret that modao is my first cmedia fandom? so it’s also the first time i’ve had reason to interact with chinese fandom, which has been super enlightening and interesting! i’ve made some super cool friends and learned a lot about how fandom works in china, how it’s similar and how it differs from the fandom i’m familiar with.

and then, kind of circling back around, there’s also a bit of a sense like, okay, so if diaspo don’t belong in the CN fandom, but we can’t talk about our own culture with some degree of confidence in EN fandom, then like..... where do we go...? if we see EN fandom doing something that contradicts our cultural knowledge, do we just. not say anything? do we not count unless we’ve already ingratiated ourselves to CN fandom? that’s probably where the core of my strong disagreement comes from, because criticism of diaspora fans as like, acting above their station so to speak, feels just like a tired continuation of the same shit we’ve had to deal with for our whole lives, being told we’re not good enough for anywhere and that we should just be quiet and keep our heads down and get over it. that our opinions, despite coming from a unique perspective with a unique relationship to the subject in question, are less valid or real than “actual” chinese people, you know? and sometimes i see that and im like lmfao just sneer at me for being jook-sing and leave then if you’re so eager to think of me as lesser.

so yeah, basically im of a few minds: true! diaspora fans don’t get to throw their weight around just because they’re diaspo. they don’t get carte blanche to act like bullies or try to shape the fandom to their own personal liking and crusade against people who disagree with them. they don’t get to pretend their heritage makes them superior to everyone else, and i think western diaspora especially need to be careful when asserting any kind of moral lens over the text to acknowledge that we have our own biases to interrogate. i am not immune.meme etc. on the other hand, this vein of criticism tends to put all diaspo in a bit of a double-bind, and also, however unintentionally, plays into the general, continuous trend of dismissing diaspora for being diaspora, and i’m really not about that. i don’t think that’s the motivation behind opinions like this, but i do think that when the basis for the argument hinges on the idea that diaspora are not “real” chinese, no matter how much I too have beef with certain diaspora fans, the argument needs to be revisited. 

(ko-fi)

🍵 ((un)popular) opinions meme

[kjmsupremacist]

Felix sweet boy baby angel but Christopher Bang is literally Satan? Idk if you saw but Hyunjin ratted him out on live and said the lyrics for Red Light were toned down. I don’t want to know. I don’t. He was already talking about edging and I don’t want to know. He can keep his Scorpio Venus and his Sag Mars away from me and everyone I love. I would give anything to know his rising if sign. It’s giving Earth but there’s so much air in his chart it’s hard to be sure. 🤖

i am so happy you sent me this ask because i have been looking for an excuse to talk about red lights. I sent leon and margot a seven minute long voice message when i was doing my research for my red lights-inspired fic like that's where i'm at.

First, yes, I saw Hyunjin's comments! that's what chris gets for trying to say hyunjin wrote all the lyrics in the first place. nice try, chris. also, his scorpio venus is SEXY. i won't be taking criticism on this opinion.

Now. Please see under the cut if you want to watch me dissect Red Lights -- both the lyrics and the MV.

so, credit where credit's due--I skimmed this and this reddit posts while I was doing my research.

now. we all know that on the surface, this song is about sex (and specifically bondage and edging—that much is clear). but, ah, how's the saying go? "everything is about sex except for sex, which is about power"? sure.

yeah, it's meant to be sexy. they did that for us and im still not sure if I want to kill them for it or thank them with my life. BUT, as they mentioned in the howl in harmony video, it's primarily a song about obsession.

The first reddit post does a great (albeit kind of aggressive) breakdown of the lyrics, where it becomes really clear that they're talking about the relationship they have with their work and the relationship they have with fans. In essence, the song is about how they want to give their lives and all their time to making more content for fans so that they will continue to receive love from us. The red lights are actually the recording light on a camera (hence the line “set the mic up”).

And so a relationship like the one depicted here is dark and intense, and yes—passionate and driven by love—but ultimately, it consumes itself in the vortex of its own desire, and then peters out into a sort of blank monotony—learned through repetition, a habitual reflex instead of a true reaction.

Then, the second reddit post goes on a deep dive of some of the symbolism seen in the MV—specifically, the use of kink. This is where it gets really fun.

We mostly see Hyunjin in shibari-style bondage. OP posits (and I agree) that he is meant to represent passion without discipline. The shibari ropes are tied messily (and so therefore dangerously) which is perfect for representing how often kink (and other obsessions) can devolve—you plunge in headfirst, but you are directionless except for the insistent tug in your gut that cries for more, more.

Chan, on the other hand, is seen primarily (esp in solo scenes) bound by heavy chains. He represents discipline with no passion. In the Howl in Harmony video, I believe he mentions that after a long day of practice, he'll still find himself in the recording studio, even though he's tired. He does what he has to on autopilot, because he knows he must, because it’s the only thing he feels he can do.

If Hyunjin is mania, then Chan is depression. The chains are GREAT symbolism because this dutiful march towards burnout and beyond is, as the lyrics suggest, stemming from a desire to keep receiving love (from fans)—that if you just work hard enough then no one will ever leave you. You wish to bind the person (or people) you love to you, but in the end the bonds only weigh you down.

So then the part where they’re tied together, back to back, at the end, shows when passion and discipline come into balance. And that’s creation for the love of creation while still maintaining a respect for yourself, the art, and your audience. (or idk. maybe they just thought we'd like to see them tied to one another. and they were right).

It's also fun because while we see Hyunjin and Chan both assume positions of domination and submission, it's clear Chan is meant to be the “dominant force” here (hence discipline). The reason we do see instances of Hyunjin in power (choking Chan, standing over him on the table) is because any somewhat healthy d/s relationship involves first the surrender of power. The dom is only perceived to be in power because the sub first relinquishes it them. So. You know.

I will say I'm not sure what to say about the edging theme (BNKSJDF) besides the obvious—almost giving you what you want, but not quite.

And finally, this is not part of either of those two reddit posts, but I was ENTHRALLED by the use of mirror and mirror-esque imagery throughout the MV and in the choreo. I love mirrors as a symbol so we're going to talk about that, too.

First and most obviously, it may be a bit on the nose. In art, mirrors and reflections are often used to show that there is a deeper meaning than what is clear on the surface. So this might have just been hyunchan going "hey! it's not just about sex!"

but I think there's more to it than that. Mirrors are often used as a vessel of truth—in some Chinese myths, for example, mirrors can repel demons, as they will show a demon’s true form. Or see the Little Mermaid—though Ursula managed to change her outward appearance, she was caught in her lie when another character (sebastian, i think?) saw her reflection in the mirror.

Additionally, one’s reflection used to be thought to contain one’s soul—which is why mirrors were covered in the home of person who had just passed, so they would not be trapped as a ghost in the world of the living.

For this reason, mirrors are often also considered dangerous. Think of Narcissus, for a start, who fell in love with his own reflection and sat at the water's edge, pining, until he fucking died. Or consider the following quote (which I love) from Fernando Pessoa:

“Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face – there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes. Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself. The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.”

We use mirrors to watch ourselves watching ourselves (and the Margaret Atwood who lives in our heads cries “male fantasies, male fantasies! You are you own voyeur!”). We perform for the mirror—often what we see in the mirror is not actually how we are seen by others! We think we may find truth there, when in reality it is a distortion. Ties itself up really nicely, I think.

In any case, this really goes well with the theme of obsession in the song—staring in the mirror asking, what do others see? What is wrong about me? What can I do better? The idea of looking in the mirror to seek what others see, both positive and negative, is common throughout. And I think their use of mirrored choreo (esp when it seems like one of them is the reflection!!), as well as mirror placement on the set of the mv, and ESPECIALLY the lovely bit at the end where they both stand staring carefully at their own reflections, all work to drive that theme home.

and i don't even know how to touch on all the color symbolism (when it changes between color and b&w?? the palette being overwhelmingly yellow and red and black???), or the lens filters (warping, blurring, etc), or the way they superimposed pieces of the video on top of other pieces, or the use of that one stark white background—without writing a fucking dissertation (and this is already a ridiculously long post) so i'll just stop here.

This is all to say, maybe what they meant was that the lyrics were a lot more aggressive about these themes and they were asked to tone them down to keep it neutral.

or maybe they're just sexy, sexy motherfuckers and their managers bonked them on the head and sent them to horny jail.

[dreamypeaches]

rating things my gf has said during seggsy time | kiara carrera x reader

summary: you jump on the tik tok trend of rating things your girlfriend, kiara carrera, has said to you in bed

warnings: SMUT, cursing, sin

word count: 2.3k (they just keep getting longer)

a/n: so, the lord himself tried to communicate to me with this one. i wrote a dirty word and it auto-corrected to bible so...prob going to hell. it’s worth it though. enjoy :)

jj pope rafe sarah topper kelce john b

“beg for it”

300/10

-yes ma’am

-i whimpered

Dating Kiara Carrera was the best thing to happen to you both in and out of the bedroom. The Kie that existed in the real world was sweet and adorable and independent and amazing in every way. In the bedroom, however, the sweet and adorable parts disappeared, replaced with the dominant and sexy as hell Kie that made your legs weak and your heart race.

With your hands pinned above your head and Kie’s hand ghosting over your cunt as she straddled you, you were already a complete mess. Her mouth worked your nipples, sucking and biting at them, making you squirm beneath her as your slick pooled between your legs.

“Kie…please…” you whimpered as her fingers passed over your clit, millimeters away from touching.

“You want me to touch you, baby? Are you ready for me?” She asks, an innocent look on her face. You nod vigorously, your eyes wide and pleading. The innocent look suddenly drops from her face as she gives your pussy as harsh slap, a scream falling from your mouth.

“Beg for it,” She growls. You whimper at her dominance.

“Please, Kie, touch me. Please, please, I want you so badly, please fuck me!” You beg. Kiara smirks.

“Since you asked so nicely,” She says before plunging her fingers into your dripping center.

“sit on my face. now.”

12000/10

-ofc i will

-gave me that wap

You sat up, wiping off what remained of Kie’s orgasms from your lips and chin. Her eyes are hooded, chest heaving as she comes down. You give her a moment to come down, fingers skimming over her thighs and stomach as she does. Her eyes suddenly snap to yours, sitting up and pressing her mouth to yours, tongue exploring and tasting herself on you. She bites her lip as she pulls away, eyes darkening.

“Sit on my face. Now.” She commands. You whimper at her dominant tone. Shuffling up the bed, her hands grip your thighs, pushing you up to hover over her mouth. Her breath fans across your pussy, making you fidget and moan. Testing the waters, her tongue flicks out, brushing over your clit. The hands on your thighs pull you down closer, practically shoving her face into you cunt. You’re a screaming, moaning mess as she devours you, pushing your thighs and forcing you to ride her face.

Her noses brushes your clit as her tongue fucks in and out of you. Moans from her honey lips vibrate through you as you start to plummet into bliss, orgasm flooding through you like a tidal wave. You cum with a scream, but she doesn’t stop, simply licks up your juices and keeps going, adding in a couple fingers, tongue and lips moving to work your clit.

It’s not long before your second orgasm washes over you, forcing you to hold on to the head board for dear life so you didn’t collapse. She pushes you up slightly, placing tender kisses to your inner thighs before shimmying out from under you. Collapsing against her touch, she giggles and kisses you sweetly.

“That was fun.”

“see how good you taste”

100/10

-kisses me when she’s done

-makes me ready for round 2

It was no secret to you that Kiara loved to eat you out. If she could, she would spend all night between your thighs, tasting you and making you scream her name (and she has). It had become a game for Kie to find the most inopportune moments to make her way between your legs. Today was the most dangerous of all, in the bathroom of the Wreck. With the door unlocked. She pushed you into the stall, licking her lips as she shoves your shorts down and drops to her knees.

Her lips are on your clit in an instant. You have to bite your knuckles to keep yourself from screaming as she makes you come undone. Lips sucking and tongue licking at your clit, fingers pumping in and out, curling to hit that special spot that made your knees weak. Kie knows you like the back of her hand, making you cum twice in the span of ten minutes. As you breath heavily, coming down from your second orgasm, she smirks and leaves the stall, washing her hands before walking out of the bathroom completely.

You take a moment to compose yourself, fixing your clothes and hair before following after her. You take your seat beside Kie at the table.

“Nice of you to finally join us,” JJ teases. You just roll your eyes, attention mostly focused on Kie. She smiles at you, leaning forward to mould her lips with yours. She pulls away all to quickly, lips brushing your ear.

“See how good you taste.” The comment makes you clench your thighs, already anticipating the time you would have when you got home.

“c*m for me”

11/10

-wouldn’t let me all night

-love when she tells me what to do

You had been on the verge all night. Eyes wet with tears and thighs shaking as Kiara brought you to the edge yet again. Your wrists and ankles were bound, keeping you attached to the bed and far away from giving yourself any help. Kie had already cum three times, riding your face like she was made for it. But you weren’t so lucky. Not after you had flirted with Sarah Cameron right in front of Kie. To be fair, Kie had flirted with her too. You had talked about asking her to join the two of you for a wild night. But Kiara hadn’t given you permission, and this was your punishment.

The vibrator was turned to the highest setting, pressed against her clit as she spread her legs wide, forcing you to watch her pleasure herself. The sight of her, absolutely radiant, eyes squeezed shut, moaning your name as she chased her high made butterflies erupt in your belly and your pussy. You wanted nothing more than to touch her, hold her, help her reach absolute bliss just as much as you wanted your own. You strained against your bindings, whimpering as Kie picked up her pace.

“Please, Kie, let me touch you! I want to touch you baby.”

Her dark eyes snap to yours, a smirk on her face.

“Are you sure you don’t want to touch Sarah?” She questions. You shake your head, struggling adamantly against the ropes that bound you. She suddenly stops her movements, crawling up your body until her face hovered over your own.

“Are you going to be a good girl?” She asks.

“Yes, baby, please,” Your eyes are pleading, “Let me touch you.”

She bites her lip as she undoes the knots around your wrists and ankles. You roll them out, rubbing the sore skin. She doesn’t give you much time to adjust, pushing you down on your back and straddling you. Your pussies press together as she holds the vibe between both your clits. Your fingers caress her hips and thighs, massaging her breasts  as she starts to rock against you. After all the teasing and close calls through out the night, you were already close. From the way Kie was moving and the curses leaving her mouth, you knew she was too.

“Can I cum, baby, please?” You beg, knowing how much she loves it. She locks eyes with you, eyes filled with lust and love.

“Yes, baby, cum for me,” She moans. You do exactly as she says, screaming as you finally meet your release. She is not far after you, collapsing onto your chest as she moans your name. She grins up at you and your heart explodes at the beautiful mess that she is.

“wow, your body is perfect”

500/10

-made me blush

-gave me butterflies

It was Kiara’s birthday, and you were going to give her the best night of her life. After a day out on the Pogue with the boys, you were almost shaking from excitement as your plans came closer and closer. You jumped out of the boat as John B approached the dock, almost falling in in your hurry. Giving your girlfriend a quick kiss you shout “See you in a few,” over your shoulder as you run to your car.

Everything has to be perfect, so you wait till the very last second fixing every little detail in the room. You hear Kie’s car door slam and scurry into position on the bed. Your heart pounds as you hear the front door open and close, Kie’s foot steps echoing down the hall as she reaches your bedroom. The look on her face as she opens the door makes everything worth it.

She gasps as she takes in the room, flowers and candles scattered around, brand new, silky sheets covering the bed and you on top, dressed in the most beautiful lingerie you could find. Her eyes darken as she meets yours, your perfect make up and seductive smile making her pussy drip.

“Happy birthday, baby,” you say, adjusting your sexy pose on the bed, spreading you legs a little more. Kie groans and starts to remove her clothing.

“Best. Present. Ever.” She giggles as she crawls over you, caressing your fabric covered curves, taking in every inch. She sighs as she kisses down your neck to the curve of your breast, biting your clothed nipple.

“Wow, your body is perfect,” She says as a hand cups your pussy. Butterflies erupt in your stomach as she continues to worship you. “And it’s all mine,” She says, giving you a loving smile before dipping down to lick a stripe up your clothed center. You moan lightly as she continues to caress you, every touch setting you on fire.

“Yes baby, all yours.”

“tease me till im screaming”

1088473928/10

-um yes

-will do

Tonight was the night. Kiara was going to give up control and allow you to dominate her however you want. You’d talked about it a few times, both of you wanting to explore different side of your sexuality. Kiara was feeling subby today. When you were tangled in each other in bed that night, she moved her lips near your ear, biting at your lobe before whispering, “Tease me till I’m screaming.”

Your eyes widen and darken as you gaze at your girlfriend. She bites her lip and nods, laying down on her back and pulling you to hover over her. You start out unsure in your movements fingers skimming over her skin, placing the lightest of touches on her clothed clit, making her breath hitch. You repeat the motion, pressing a tiny bit harder, eliciting a moan from the beautiful girl beneath you as she bucks her hips up to meet your delicate touch.

You smirk, continuing to ghost across her core, holding her hips down. She whimpers, wide, pleading eyes meeting yours and you feel your pussy dampen.

“Do you want me to touch you? Want me to touch that tight little pussy?” You breathe. Kiara just nods.

“Please,” she whimpers. The smirk on your face widens, one hand coming up to squeeze her throat.

“Beg for it,” You growl, echoing the words Kiara had said to you a million times before.

“lick it”

1000000000000/10

-dead

Your anniversary present had finally come in the mail, and you were practically shaking in anticipation as you cut open the box. Kiara was sitting on the other end of the couch, eyes covered like you told her to. You licked your lips as you pulled the object out and grinned at Kiara.

“Okay! Open your eyes!” You chimed. Her hands dropped, her jaw following as she gaped at the black harness, more specifically the long, magenta dildo attached to it. Her surprise fades into a wicked smirk as she takes it from your hands.

“Bed. Now. Your clothes better be gone by the time I get in there.” She commands and you giggle in excitement, hopping off the couch and almost running to the bedroom. You pulls off your clothes, tossing them haphazardly around the room. Back against the head board, your heart pounding in excitement as you wait impatiently for the love of your life to fuck you senseless.

The door slowly swings open and you almost cum just from the sight in front of you. Kie leans against the doorframe, completely nude aside from the strap on around her center. Your mouth is water as she makes her way to you. She grabs you by your ankles pulling you to the edge of the bed and flipping you around so you’re on your stomach, facing her. Taking you by the throat, she slaps the dildo against your cheek a few times.

“Lick it.” She demands and the moan that leaves your mouth is animalistic. You do exactly as she says, mouth dropping open and tongue sticking out to lick up the base. She holds the back of your head, forcing the purple strap into your mouth and down your throat. You feel your eyes water as you gag, but you don’t care.

She pulls out and turns you around once more, slapping your ass roughly as it faces her. Trailing her fingers through your folds, gathering your wetness, you both let out ethereal moans.

“So wet for me already, baby. You’re gonna take this cock so well,” She says, voice low with hunger before slamming into you. You scream out from pleasure and pain as she sets a brutal pace, hands coming around to fondle your breasts.

It doesn’t take long for you to reach your climax, arms collapsing as you do. Kiara pulls out and flips you onto your back, leaning down to capture your lips with her own. The tip of the strap on rubs against your clit as she does, a whimper leaving your lips.

“I love you so much,” She exhales, eyes proving her words.

“I love you too,” You reply, only for the words to fade into a moan as she slowly enters you once more.

“Gonna show you just how much I love you. Gonna make you feel so good, baby,” Kiara says before she begins to pound into you once more, and not for the last time that night.

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im moving into my dorm in a week and am really nervous abt it! do you know any like, things that people usually forget to bring? sorta like bringing sandals to shower in - it makes sense but you might not think of it on your own. i think i know everything i need but am not sure

Hi!!!!!

First of all. Holy shit !! Good luck!!!!!!! It’s gonna be so great and I’m VERY excited for you!!!!!

Here’s an incomplete list of things that you should bring along:

Extension cords!!!! There’s only so many outlets and some of them might not even work. Extension cords will be as important for college living as your own spinal cord.

Lamps. Light sources. Dorms aren’t well known for their good lighting and it’s always better to have some extras

Cutlery !!!! Buy at least one fork, spoon, knife, bowl, plate, and mug. For reals. You’ll need them. Even if you’re on the meal plan, you’ll need them

In that vein, Tupperware for stealing out of the dining halls

Comfortable walking shoes, which seems like a given but I didn’t listen to my own advice this year and suffered dearly for it

A fan. Maybe two fans. Unless you’re blessed by Jesus Christ himself you prooooobably won’t have ac in your dorm and it can get STUFFY AND BAD

Like this might go without saying but decorations! Photos, posters, tapestries, lights… That kinda shit is crucial for turning your living space (negative) into YOUR living space (positive) it really makes things better for real

Thumbtacks, tape, scissors. For some reason they’re a must have. Always have them on hand.

A mini sewing kit. I know that sounds kinda dumb but for reals you’ll never know what u gotta fix in a bind

Hangers!! Like for clothes!!!! I always forget that hangers don’t just magically appear when I need them !! Don’t be like me!!!

There’s probably more, but you’ll figure it out. There’s a lot of trial and error and you’ll be fine. It’ll be great. Have fun moving in!!!!