#-a con in like 4.months. its fine

[kaguya-muneuji]

two more assignments left..... then finals. im almost there......

[nullwork]

obviously really cool masks are key in cool characters

[corazondebeskar-reads]

you know you never stood a chance masterlist - COMPLETE

qz!Joel Miller x f!reader

Rating: Explicit. 18+ only.

Status: complete! (with the exception of some deleted scene ficlets that do not affect the main story)

Series Summary: When your neighbor Joel finds out you've resorted to prostitution to make ends meet, he makes sure he's your first client, and proposes a different deal.

Series Warnings: Joel is mean and bad with feelings, dub-con due to the power imbalance, prostitution (we support sex workers in this house), qz life comes with its own warning, canon-typical violence, vaginal sex, anal sex, oral sex (m&f receiving), spanking, inexperienced reader, free use, can I still call this qz Joel if they eventually leave the qz? I say yes

also on ao3

1: you know you never stood a chance

2: call on me

deleted scene: the things we lost

3: cover up where you've been

deleted scene: comfort in this run down world

4: beg me to take care of things

5: steal from yourselves

6: hold me like a grudge

7: lest we bleed ourselves

8: in this world, it's just us

deleted scene: you don't have to go home --(and bonus deleted scene because you look so fine that takes place halfway through)

surprise deleted scene: no quiet on this earth

deleted scene: hey, sister

epilogue: maybe light a candle

father's day/pride month bonus: hold on easy

bonus alternate universe scene: the silver lake version

[pastelspoon31]

Chapter 5: What a nice neighbour! (Older!König x Younger!Reader) - NSFW

tw: age gap (early 20s reader, AT LEAST mid-40s König), manipulation, non-con, somnophilia, drugging, gullible reader :(, a little bit of pseudo-incest, pretty much dead dove, coerced pussy inspections, König being a non-licensed gynaecologist lol

A/N: Editing this while wondering what the fuck is wrong with me (A lot)

Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | > Masterlist

Should you tell him? It's a pretty weird topic to bring up so casually.

He's still a man afterall, right?

Lately, you have been waking up with... a lot more discharge than usual. Thick white opaque liquid leaks out of your pussy and crusts onto the fabric of your panties.

You were confused, and a little grossed out, but after taking a shower and getting dressed, you forgot about the weird situation.

At least until you woke up again the next day and the same thing happened.

And the next day.

And everyday the next week.

And everyday the next month.

Was it something you ate? Was it a sign of cancer? Was it something worse?

You haven't had sex in a long while so it couldn't be that...

It had happened while you were sleeping over at König’s too, where he had been keeping you safe in his arms as you slept so it's not like you've been attacked.

The only explanation was that it was just your body doing its own thing, and there was no harm done.

Right?

"Hey, König?" You looked up at the man standing next to you.

"Yes, liebling?" He hummed, and you bit your lip.

"Are you... Uhm..."

"What is it, mein hase? He asked with concern, and you looked down, playing with your hands.

"Are you busy... today?" You nervously asked.

"I have nothing planned. Did you have something in mind, liebling?" He asked.

"No. Yes. Sort of." You muttered.

"I need your help with something.." You bit your lip nervously.

"And what would that be?" He hummed.

"U-Uhm... It's... embarrassing..." You murmured, and he tilted his head.

"What is it, liebling?" He placed an arm around your shoulder and pulled you closer. "You know I'll do anything for you."

"Yeah... I know.." You nodded, "But this is weird..."

"Nothing is too weird, mein hase."

You blushed, and looked down, biting your lip.

"Do you mind... Accompanying me to the gynaecologist? I think there's something wrong with me.." Your face was red and your heart was beating wildly.

König bit his lip to hide a smirk, his mind already imagining what you were going to say.

"What's wrong? You caught something with your ex-boyfriend?" He pretended to ask.

"What? God, no! Me and Billy.. Well, I haven't had um... sex in a long while." You murmured.

"So then, why are you so worried? I'm sure it's nothing. Tell me, my late wife always complained about the same thing and she was fine." He pretended to be assuring to you.

"That's the thing, König. It's.. It's something gross.." You cringed for even having this conversation.

"I've never really had a guy close enough to me to talk about this.." You whispered.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of, liebling."

"But it's different-"

"It's human, liebling. I'm sure it's nothing serious."

"No, you don't understand. It's... I don't think a woman is suppose to produce something.. um.. so much.." You whispered.

"-And i've never really... Had anything like this happen before.." You sighed, looking away.

"Ah, if you're that worried.. Show me then," König even followed up with a gentle smile that was so well crafted you couldn't possibly imagine him being the culprit.

"W-what? No! That's even more gross!" You squeaked and König's smile dropped, turning into a frown.

"Liebling, it's only natural. Don't you trust me?" He asked, and your blush worsened. "You see me as your father, ja?"

"Yeah.." You reluctantly answered.

"Then, there's nothing to be afraid of." He patted your head reassuringly. "If it makes you feel any better, I served a short period as an assistant to a doctor in my younger days serving in the military. I've seen and helped more women than I can count. I’m more than happy to help you if you want, liebling,”

You blushed and nodded, looking down.

"O-okay.. But promise you won't laugh or make fun of me.."

"Of course, hase." He gave you a soft smile and rubbed your back.

"Alright.."

You allowed him to guide you to his bedroom as you sat on the edge of his bed.

"Alright, mein hase. Whenever you're ready." König told you, and you nodded.

You hesitantly lifted up your skirt, and inched closer to the edge as you spread your legs about a foot's width.

"I'm going to need you to spread your legs a bit wider, hase. I can't see anything." He cooed, and you swallowed thickly and obeyed, your hands tightly gripping the edge of the mattress.

König's eyes immediately zeroed in on the wet patch that stained your panties, and he smirked to himself.

His thumb gently pressed against the damp spot, making you gasp.

"Is this the 'problem' spot you're talking about, hase?"

You nodded, and he gently rubbed his thumb over the fabric.

"König.." You whimpered, and he hummed, moving his hand away.

"I'm going to remove your panties, ja?"

"Mm-hmm.."

You nodded and watched him hook his fingers around the band of your panties, pulling them down slowly and carefully.

"Mmm, mein hase, it's worse than I thought." Your pussy was still red from the abuse he gave it the night before as you were sound asleep.

"It's.. It's been like that for a month. All.. red and sensitive..." You murmured out in embarrassment. 

"When I wake up, there's always a heavy white sticky discharge- A lot of it. And it's crusty when I take my panties off.." You bit your lip.

"And it happens every morning..."

"Oh, poor hase.." König clicked his tongue in sympathy. His eyes however, were set on your cute little clit nestled in the top of your slit.

"How does it feel?" He asked and brushed his fingertips against your labia.

"Mm.." You whimpered and bit your lip, "It feels sensitive.."

"And here?" He pressed his fingers into the skin around your lips, and you whined.

"Hurts.." You whimpered.

"Poor little thing.." He hummed, his fingers trailing up to your clit.

"Oh.." You gasped and instinctively closed your legs.

"No, no, liebling." He cooed, and opened your thighs once more, his finger rubbing circles on your sensitive bud.

"That's not!- You're touching my, oh~" You let out another gasp.

"I'm just checking, ja? To make sure nothing is wrong."

"O-oh, okay.."

You swallowed thickly and let him rub and stroke at your pussy, his fingers gliding against the wetness of your arousal.

"I don't see anything.. white that you mention of." He pretended to be curious as he lightly dipped his index finger into your entrance, your walls already trying to suck him in.

“But it’s always there every morning..” You tried reasoning with him.

"Well, I don’t see it. Here, it's mostly clear, hase.." He continued, pushing his finger further.

"K-König!-" You instinctively pushed yourself up, your hands resting on his shoulders.

"Shh, hase. We don't want the neighbours to hear you, now do we? It'll give them the wrong impression. I'm just examining you, afterall.."

"It feels.. weird." You murmured.

"Just relax, liebling." He soothed, "There's nothing to worry about."

He began pumping his finger in and out of you, watching how your body reacted and memorising all the ways you whimpered and suppressed your moans.

"Hmm... Have you been eating well? How's your diet?" He asked, pretending to be concerned as his fingers pumped in and out of you, his thumb still circling your clit.

Oh, how he was enjoying the way you struggled to form words as your hands gripped the fabric of his bedsheets tightly.

"I-I have.." You moaned.

"Have you been drinking enough water?" He asked, his thumb speeding up on your clit.

"Y-yes! I have. I have!-"

"I'm just making sure, hase.." He said softly, "I don't want anything bad to happen to my liebling, ja?"

"Y-yes, König.." You whimpered. "Are you almost done..?"

"Almost, liebling.." He said, "I'm just trying to find the source of the problem."

König pulled his fingers out, his middle and ring finger pressing against your entrance. The pulsing of your tight heat had him salivating at the thought of how he's the one that caused that.

"Now, just relax, hase." He cooed.

"I don't think-"

Your breath hitched and a moan escaped you as he slid his two fingers inside, pushing past your resistance.

"Shh, shh, liebling. Just relax, hm? I'm almost done checking." He hushed.

"Please, König, I don't think- A-ah!~"

König started fucking his fingers in and out of you, his movements slow and teasing.

"What was that, liebling?" He smirked from your reaction, his pace slowly picking up.

"Mm, it's sensitive, König! Too- ah! Much!"

You couldn't focus on forming words properly as the older man fingered you, your pussy already fluttering and squeezing his fingers.

It didn't take long before you clamped down on his digits, and let out a soft cry, your body shaking.

"König!-"

"There you go, hase." He hummed.

"I think we've found the source of the problem."

You gasped, your face a bright shade of red.

"Oh, God, König! I didn't mean to..!" You cried out, face red.

"Oh, hase, don't worry about it. It's natural."

"But-"

He pulled out his fingers and wiped it on the bed sheets.

"Frankly, I don't think there's anything wrong. Your discharge was clear. It's not white. And as far as I'm concerned, you've eaten a healthy and balanced diet and had enough to drink. You haven't been having unprotected sex either. In fact, you're very healthy, hase." He gave a deceptively sweet smile at you.

"B-but, König.."

"Liebling, you're a beautiful and healthy woman." He sat next to you and pulled you closer, his arms wrapping around your waist.

"You're not in any danger, I can promise you that. It's perfectly normal. It's nothing to worry about.." He reassured.

"It's just something that happens." He kissed your forehead. "Nothing to be embarrassed about, ja?"

"Okay.." You nodded, your heart still pounding.

"Good girl. Now, put your panties back on. We'll go have lunch together at that place you like, hm?"

You smiled and nodded, leaning up to kiss his cheek.

"Thank you, König. For.. Helping me out." You murmured and he smiled.

"Of course, hase. Anything for you,"

[deltastra]

My Thoughts on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Trailer

ITS HERE. AFTER NUMEROUS RUMOURED RELEASE DATES, THE TRAILER IS FINALLY HERE. GUYS I DREAMT THIS TRAILER LIKE 4 TIMES THESE PAST 6 MONTHS I WAS GOING INSANE. SPOILERS FOR THE TRAILER BELOW!!

THE DETAIL?! I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I JUST KNOW THE SHADOW ESCAPE SCENE IS GOING TO BE FIRE.

Ok so I love how compared to Sonic's soft-looking quills which looks more like fur, Shadow's quills look more spiky and rough. It's so clear that they are parallels that even their designs beautifully contrast.

"Shadow's story began a lot like yours Sonic. But where you found family and friends, Shadow found only pain and loss"

This gives me hope that they will actually adapt Project Shadow in its truest form. Especially seeing the G.U.N agents point their guns at Shadow and Gerald Robotnik who appear to be grieving. While I don't expect them to show Maria's death, I hope they at least imply it. (I feel bad for the actress but a lot of fans will cheer for her character's death because it shows that the writers care about following the source material lol)

Okay so one thing that is different is that instead of Sonic being framed and hunted by the government, he is instead asked for assistance to track down Shadow. Makes sense for their universe given the first two movies. However, I do hope Team Heroes end up betraying the authorities and let Shadow escape.

WE ARE GOING TO GET A NIGHT CITYSCAPE FIGHT I LOVE THESE TYPES OF FIGHTS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

ALSO KEANU REEVES SOUNDS GREAT AS SHADOW!!

AND THE TELEPORTATION? I LOVE IT! Looks like they won't portray it as "Chaos Control" but it's fine I guess!

THAT RUNNING ANIMATION ACTUALLY LOOKS MORE MENACING THAN THE GAMES WHAT THE HECK?! THAT'S SO WELL DONE!

THE FIGHTS DEFINITELY IMPROVED BASED ON THE FEW SCENES WE GOT!

Okay so this is giving me hope that they won't make Team Sonic work with the authorities. Looking at their faces, it gives me the impression that they took away their dad (possibly he is the one being framed?)

Well Jim Carrey did ask for the fat suit! Looks like he's going full Eggman now!

Bro they're doing this on purpose at this point. Man I love Agent Stone so much.

OKAY SO I KNEW THAT HE WILL HAVE A MOTORBIKE CAUSE OF WHAT PEOPLE SAID THEY SAW AT THAT CON WHERE THEY PLAYED THE TEASER BUT MAAAAAAN.

HE RLLY PULLED UP ON SONIC WITH A BIKE.

OH MAN THAT DETAIL

AKIRA REFERENCE OF COURSE THEY HAD TO!!!!!

OH HE LOOKS SO COOL IM GOING TO EXPLODE.

THIS. This is why I love night cityscape battles. They look so beautiful.

WAIT SO GERALD IS ALIVE IN THIS UNIVERSE...INTERESTING. I love how the actor matches Jim Carrey's Eggman!

OKAY SO FIRST OF ALL GUYS, GOD THIS TRAILER WAS LIKE 5% OF WHAT I SAW IN MY DREAMS SO IM HAPPY.

Jokes aside, perfect. I love this trailer so much and it was worth the hype. I'm so excited to watch this movie despite the few minor events that they changed in order to properly incorporate this story into the movie universe.

I doubt Amy or Rouge will appear but that's fine. Maybe for a post-credit scene I think.

Shadow is definitely the star of the show here. The detail on his quills, his voice, and his behaviour is all so good. I'm sure they'll give Shadow's character justice. I'm assuming Project Shadow will be the prologue in the movie before the title card drops but thats just me predicting stuff!

AAAAAAAAAAAAH IM SO EXCITED GUYS HEHEHEHE

[sieglinde-freud]

after last post i started rly thinking about whether or not these guys are good enough for the second gen girls/are red flags or not so i put it in a list. wont be budging on this but i can offer an explaination under cut. coming from the perspective a woman who doesnt like men but has friends that do (an important detail. trust me)

Brady: easiest green flag and the only one! he’s sweet, he plays music, he makes tea, he rides horses, and his face is canonically unappealing so even if he cant fight, you’re probably still safe walking around with him. and even if you’re not, well, he’s a healer. you’ll be fine. 10/10 and once you get used to his face hes kind of cute. i think. if nothing else, he’s maribelle’s son, so he’s probably rich. get that bag, babe!

Owain: total sweetie, loyal, and would name his sword after you. take that as you will. unfortunately his mom won’t allow him to be a nepo baby so hes canonically broke as hell, and what little gold he does have will probably be spent on some of the ugliest jewelry you’ve ever seen. i hope you dont like peace and quiet. 7/10.

Yarne: he’s nice but he has the worst case of anxiety anyone has ever seen in their life so good luck with that. pros: can turn into a rabbit! cons: doesnt wear pants. but i dont judge what youre into. if you were in a horror movie he’d throw you in front of the killer and run. with some xanax he’ll be fine 6/10.

Morgan: debated whether or not i should rank him but were coming at this from a non robin perspective as im trying to pair off the second gen girls right now? so hes here. and unfortunately, favorite son status cant stop this guy from being towards the bottom half. he’s a sweetie for sure, but three months in and you’ll realize he’ll always love his mom more than you. -5000 points but my scale doesnt go that low. 4/10. might forget your name.

Inigo: well, he won’t cheat on you, but its not for lack of trying. 5’7 and really annoying about it. will abandon you for 5 years with the excuse “well this old man REALLY needed my help” get over yourself. his waist will be smaller than yours. 3/10.

Laurent: on the surface, he looks like an unassuming nerd boy. do not fall for it. thats how they get you. underneath all that cursive flowery talk you cant understand is a raging incel betting to be let loose. watch yourself. youre not gonna match his freak, babe, you cant even order extra fries with your sandwich. and!! his hat is stupid!!! 1/10.

Gerome:

[kaybreezy3000]

Dumped in a new world with no powers and abandoned by his family, Five quickly found himself in a very bad place both mentally and physically.

Piece by piece, Five tried to push away his pain and erase the proof of what had been done to him. He survived like he always did, but there's a fine line between surviving and living, and living is hardly what he could say he’d been doing with his new life.

Not until years later did Five see that nothing he had done could fix what had been broken inside of him. For that to happen, it would take another fateful rainy night and another shocking encounter that would completely turn his world upside down.

~This the first chapter (1600 words) of the full story that was originally posted on A03 6-16/2023 but was just reposted on there today to honor pride month, and because of edits done to make it fit more with what we know about the real season 4. Even if this is not your normal pairing, please give it a chance. Out of all the things I have written, this story is my favorite. You might love Five even more after reading it. ❤️_see AO3 link at bottom to read the rest.

~This one starts out very dark, so please heed the tags. It gets worse before it gets better but it's all for a reason so hang in there.

Some of the Tags (see A03 for full list): Rated M or E, attempted rape/non con, PTSD, trans female character, angst, first-time, finding yourself, revenge, unexpected romance, sub/dom, sexually explicit content/adult themes, sexual humor, overcoming tragedy. seeing yourself and others with openness and love, Five’s time travel fix-it optional finale to the show. -There are warnings on chapters so you can skip bad parts

Chapter One: Prologue

The Morning After

The heavy rains had stopped hours ago, and the sun was rising in a rosy ball of brilliance on the horizon. Five squinted against its rays as he nervously scanned his surroundings while he limped from the motel lobby, across the parking lot to his room. Due to the very early hour, there were very few people out, but he still couldn’t bring himself to let his guard down until he was out of harm’s way.

An old woman sitting on a bench in front of one of the other rooms was watching him, but she was harmless. Five could tell that she was only looking because he was too young to rent a hotel room. He was a kid, without an adult, and he was wearing an expensive three-piece suit and that wasn’t something you’d normally see in this kind of neighborhood.

She was clearly concerned, and thankfully she hadn’t been the only one to look at him in that way in the last eight hours.

Even though it had happened, Five still couldn’t wrap his head around the kindness a near stranger had shown him when his own family had deserted him. If not for the man Five had met earlier at an all-night diner, there was no saying where he’d be, or what else bad might have happened to him.

Five took one more look around him to make sure nobody was about to jump him, then he stuck his key in the door and entered the musty room.

His eyes scanned the beat-up furniture, the stained carpet, and ugly geometric patterned bedding laid out on the sagging mattress. It reminded him of the rooms The Commission put him up in.

As odd as it was, at that moment, Five wished he could go back to the simplicity of those unpleasant days.

Eat, sleep, kill people, and survive long enough to get back to save his family. That was all he had to do, and he was fine.

Now he wasn’t sure what would become of him, and he was not fine.

After checking the main area and the attached bathroom to make sure no one was hiding in there, he rushed back to the door to deadbolt the lock and fasten both security chains.

Five’s back slid down the wall behind him as his plastic bag full of cheap clothing from the drugstore slipped from his hand.

Unable to fight it anymore, he folded in on himself in a crumpled heap. He buried his head in his hands, his fingers digging into his aching skull as if he could force the pain away.

Everything hurt despite the over-the-counter pain meds he had taken, but the thing bothering him the most was the warped way he was seeing himself.

Everything inside him felt wrong.

Five’s chest began to tighten, and his heartbeat started to pound in his ears. It felt like the whole thing was hitting him all at once, assaulting him all over again.

He broke out in a cold sweat followed by hair raising goosebumps.

To his horror, he could feel the prickling sensation of hands touching him in ways they shouldn’t be.

Suffocating heat waves suddenly ripped through him. His skin felt like it was on fire and he wished so badly he could crawl out of it and his extreme shame.

As if on cue, somewhere outside sirens wailed.

To add to all this, Five could see bare and battered flesh, and those frightened eyes looking out through metal bars that were meant to detain an animal not a human. Those eyes were wordlessly asking him for help.

That person had been bound so tightly and was in such bad condition that Five could hardly believe they were alive still. The sight of someone so young like that in that place was so wrong, just like what had just been done to him.

Five wasn’t doing well before seeing that caged boy, and after finding him, Five’s shocked state only got worse.

He could hear the blaring sound of the law getting closer and he had to go.

He didn’t even attempt to break the boy free. He had heard everything that happened to him and he'd seen him, but he evidently chose not to reveal any of that to the police. 

That stranger had protected him.

With gut-wrenching guilt overwhelming him, for about the millionth time in the last twelve hours, Five couldn’t catch his breath.

On the floor of his motel room, Five's voice came out so weak. “I didn’t have a choice,” he whimpered, pleading with that boy he had let down to forgive him even though he was all alone. 

He shut his eyes again. That sorrowful face was gone but the unwelcome hands were back.

“Please, no. Not this. Anything but this,” Five begged, in a fruitless effort to stop his own mind from tormenting him.

Soon he was bombarded with ghosts of laughter mixed in with a steady song of his own desperate cries. 

As strong as Five’s mental fortitude had been all his years, at that point, he couldn’t shake his hallucinations or silence the voices, no matter how hard he squeezed his eyes closed or pressed his hands over his ears.

Five could feel himself being physically crushed all over again as he was mercilessly held down.

“Stop,” he breathed over and over, trying to force the hands away, but all that resulted was a broken man in a boy’s broken body falling apart in the shadows of a rent by the hour motel room.

When Five's mental breakdown finally subsided enough for him to somewhat function again, he pulled his stolen pistol free from where he still had it tucked in the back of his dress pants. As he bound his arms around his thin legs, he gripped the weapon tightly in his shaking hands, like it could protect him from the blind panic that was threatening to pull him under.

Five's dark hair spilled over his boney knees as he rested his forehead on them. Silent tears ran like a river down his cheeks.

He kept telling himself that things could have been worse. The mystery person he had left behind didn’t know who he was, and they would never see each other again. That boy was still alive thanks to him and if he hadn’t come along, they probably wouldn’t be.

At least Five could say that.

As if by some miracle, now he had a very fragile feeling of safety thanks to the money in his pocket and the motel room to hide in. Letting those somewhat positive facts sink in started to help slow his breathing, but soon Five began to beat himself up for screwing up so badly to begin with.

“Just knock it off! You may look like a child, but you really are a worthless fuckwit if you can't pull yourself together enough to stop acting like one. You are fucked up. What else is new!” he babbled, having a conversation with himself that mirrored many he’d had over his life while in times of skirting the edge of madness.

It took Five awhile to stop his internal beratement, and to stem his flow of burning tears, but he did. He was on the verge of mental and physical collapse, but he forced himself to get up. Driven by inborn stubbornness and venomous hatred, he tried to focus on the very odd conversation he had in the diner with the older stranger that had become his unlikely savior.

With somewhat of a plan forming in his head, one that involved going back to the diner the next night to meet up with his new acquaintance, Five’s motions were unfocused and zombie-like as he stumbled to the bathroom and started looking over his many injuries.

Angry red lines and purple bruises painted his thighs. As bad as he looked, there was no forgetting that every inch of flesh on that boy he saw tied up in that cage looked so much worse.

Trying not to lose it again, Five began to clean his wounds with supplies he purchased at the pharmacy. Then he showered, scrubbing his pale skin until it was an angry cherry red, but he couldn’t stop because the longer he abused his own flesh, the more a new form of numbness settled inside of him, acting like a buffer to drown out his sickening levels of shame.

Redressed in simple black sweats, a white t-shirt, and a zip-up sweatshirt, Five set about taking care of the pile of his dirty clothes on the floor. With repulsive thoughts coming back, he quickly tossed the underwear he had been wearing in the garbage. Then he washed his dress shirt in the sink and did his best to freshen his suit by hanging it up.

In a basket on the small dresser, he found a comb, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and even a travel sewing kit. Almost too tired to see straight, he yanked the snarls out of his hair and brushed his teeth. Lastly, he sat down on the hard bed and restitched the metal clip inside his fitted pants so that it would stay latched, and his pants wouldn't fall down. Then he added a top button to replace the one that was torn off when his pants were forcefully yanked down. 

Piece by piece, Five had tried to erase the proof of what had been done to him, but not until years later did he fully gather that nothing he had done then, or in the years to come, was ever going to be enough to fix what had been broken inside of him. For that to happen, it would take another fateful rainy night and another shocking encounter that would completely turn his world upside down.

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[plantsjustwannahavefun]

It's just occurred to me that I've never been in a dying fandom before while I was at the peak of hyperfixating on said fandom. And nothing has prepared me for that peculiar kind of grief it brings.

Because I still remember the height of OFMD two years ago. I remember all of the internet going crazy about it. There was a good 3-4 months when everyone who's even remotely chronically online in geek or queer spaces had heard of it. And the thing is, geek and queer spaces don't always intersect this much. Well they do to a degree, but I mean, I first heard about OFMD on Reddit. It's a lot more of a geek space than it is a queer one. The OFMD subreddit has a... pretty different vibe than OFMD fandom on Twitter or Tumblr or AO3. And yet, still, it seemed like for a few short, glorious months, OFMD has been The Thing on the internet, even on Reddit. Despite being so relatively tiny and niche and decidedly Not Mainstream™. I still remember that Comic Con with Con and Nathan in August 2022. I remember exactly where I was when I watched it. I'd blocked off time to watch it live. I'd actually bought a fucking ticket instead of just waiting for someone to upload it to YouTube, which is what I was used to doing with comic cons that featured David Tennant or some of my other favourite actors (well it did help that they let us by digital tickets for streamed panels this time, but still). I still remember how insanely excited I was, sitting down for that panel like it was this major Event. Like Eurovision or smth. And then several other comic cons. It was all so fresh. The fanbase was rabid (in the best way possible). And the cast was so in for it. The fan fiction had been flowing with abandon. The era of Hell or High Water. I'd never been part of an ongoing fic with such a massive readership, either. It was one of the cult fics in the fandom. The sheer excitement of getting a notification of a new chapter and making an event out of reading it, savoring it until the weekend, even. And then discussing it on Discord. That was what being part of a fandom was supposed to feel like.

And now it's dying. Slowly, but it is. It's never going to get a barrage of headlines again. It's never going to pull tens of thousands of Tumblr reblogs again. Sure, we're still getting bts (bless Samba Schute). There's still some engagement, more than most other fandoms would have retained by now, and that's incredible in its own right. But it's still a shadow of its former self. And it's never going to be the same again.

And it's fine. That's just how it is. Nothing lasts forever. People always move on, and it's not a bad thing. That's just life. I know I'm going to move on some day, too. Just not quite yet. I'm not ready yet. And it feels heartbreaking. Because the fandom's life was cut short. We should have had one more glorious cycle with S3. But we didn't. And that's the worst part. It wouldn't have been so hard to move on if we'd actually got closure. And now we never will. OFMD will never really have concluded, it will just slowly trickle out and fade away. A whimper, not a bang. And that's what's killing me.

[spooniechef]

Gluten-Free Chocolate Mug Cake (0 Spoons)

I've been quiet here for awhile, at least in part because it's been a long month or two. There's been overtime at work, which I should not have been doing but because we're understaffed and half the office got sick, I had little choice. Also I went to what will probably be my last convention a couple of weeks ago, which was objectively hellacious but I got autographs from the entire cast of Critical Role so I regret nothing. But of course I came out of that with a serious pain flare and what might have been con crud but was also quite possibly the flu, so that kind of murdered any chance of my being productive the last couple of weeks. But I have this week off and I have some plans. Mostly because I got cookbooks and very much intend to use them.

Side note - I've been contemplating doing a thing to raise money for Fibromyalgia Action UK, and weirdly, my main thought about something sponsored has been "cook through an entire cookbook in 12 months", like The Julie / Julia Project. I came up with that idea least partly because Julie Powell died a couple of weeks ago, which ... I mean, she was barely older than me, what the fuck? But also because cookbooks don't exactly give a chronic pain-friendly rating to its recipes, and part of it would involve doing an adjunct-document with spoon ratings like I do on the recipes here. Still toying with the idea, at least partly because butter and eggs are expensive as fuck. Don't even get me started on the pecans I need for a recipe I got my mother to bring me Jell-O pudding from North America especially to make. Also there's too much that needs buttermilk and that's not so much a thing over here.

Which brings me to today's bit of cookery notes. See, I have new cookbooks, and I've been trying to decide what I want to make from them. I'm having serious executive dysfunction about so much of it, so for the most part I've been sticking with chocolate chip cookies. But I didn't want to do that this time, but there are so many cookies to try. Eventually I got tired of indecision and just really wanted a sweet treat, and one of my cookbooks (Quick + Easy Gluten Free by Becky Excell, which I heartily recommend) had recipes for mug cakes. I'd never tried one, so I figured, why not? I went for the chocolate one instead of the jam doughnut one because I didn't want to use an egg for just the yolk until I found something to do with the white. (Which probably means the next recipe you'll see here is gluten-free cinnamon roll sugar cookies, but anyway.)

So! Chocolate mug cakes! Here's what you'll need:

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

4 tablespoons milk

2 tablespoons caster sugar

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

3 tablespoons gluten-free all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder

1 tablespoon chocolate chips

I imagine you could replace both the all-purpose flour and the baking powder with gluten-containing versions and have it be fine. But note - no xanthan gum, no egg. You could probably add the tiniest drop of vanilla extract, though.

Here's what you do:

Put all the ingredients in a microwaveable mug; mix well

Cover the mug with plastic wrap; poke a few holes in the plastic

Microwave on high for 60-70 seconds

Let cool for a couple of minutes (the mug will be really hot)

FEAST (they recommend topping it with ice cream and / or chocolate syrup, so maybe do that and then FEAST)

There is no earthly way I could make this any easier. You could probably add various bits of additional flavour - replace the chocolate chips with fudge chips, a drop of vanilla or orange or mint extract, maybe a pinch of cinnamon - but it's pretty well fine on its own. The only thing I can add is that the cookbook says microwave on high in a 900W microwave, but mine is 800W so I just put it in for 70 seconds and it was fine, so maybe add an extra 5-10 seconds if your microwave is lower wattage than that.

So yeah, this is the perfect spoonie dessert, really. If you're having a bad day and are tired and you just want something nice that requires no effort and isn't a £3 brownie? This is the way to go.

[ryan-selucreh]

oh hey its the website aster got into

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hey guys, its ryan here (for the j-crew, its just some silly nickname the dudes like using, hahaha im totally jyan)! i use he/they pronouns mostly, but whatever you guys want! con-nerd isnt here yet but like he says if you guys have seen any weird mystery things or if you know anything on what happened at WyldRyatts college like 4 months ago, hit us up here

you can also hit up my girl at @aster-aeliana!

yo, wait that twerps on here? sweet, hi @thepiedromeo, silly drama loser lol

FUCKING BIWIS ON HERE??? WELL FUCK MAN @ratbiwirattime THE HELL YOU DOIN??

oh fuck dude connors actually here @connorfrombofa what up homeboy

ik professor aeliana got on here but i dont want him sending me to therapy for my posts so hes not getting tagged

oh also forgot to mention im on the floatball team for the wyldratts gotta love my boys of the j-crew (im not as great as another player i love [NO HOMO], but im fine with 2nd place, @gary-mfing-gilmore <3)

most any blog tagged here is ran by me, MINUS ROMEO AND CONNOR PLAYED BY NEW FRIENDS OF MINE! CHECK THEM OUT

ooc i am your local silly bigender @s0lar-ch3ri and use she/he/it mainly, but accept/tolerate other pronouns! do check out the other rp blogs too, theres been the suckening, apotheosis, bitb, pd, and riptide blogs (this is only counting ones from the server im in, i forget who hosts it but yeah)!

lil tag things:

#ryans part to play - in character

#from you dudes - answering asks

#off court shit - out of character

#across jrwi teams - interacting with rp blogs

#totally not a history nerd - history related things (will probs just be some quote things, inspired by the deacon and arthur blog poetry reblogs and shit)

OH ALSO I CANNOT BE 100 PERCENT CANON AND THERES GONNA BE SPOILERS BE WARNED RAHHHHHH

small edit but on main i have a ryan analysis and thats in part what i base his behavior on

EDIT, PFP CHANGE HAS HAPPENED, CREDIT TO MY MUTUAL @ripells FOR IT <3333333

edit number 2, changed pfp because brain was mean, but THE OLD PFP IS STILL FIRE SO TAKE IT

[gepperl]

RATING BINDERS YIPPEEE

this is based on my personal experience with binders, my bra size is around 38F and i am 5'11, so this is aimed more towards people with larger chests as reviews are typically aimed towards skinny people with small chests. i am also autistic and struggle with sensory issues, so keep that in mind for allistics that some of my cons may not apply to you :) but for nd people, this may also be helpful for your possible sensory issues.

GC2B: 3/10

WHITE FULL TANK-

PROS

- not visible under clothes

- can pass as an undershirt

- the bind was alright, only looked male through hoodies or several layers

- came within 2 weeks

CONS

- ripped easily

- expensive

- SIDE BOOB.

- weird lumps

- sensory hell; very itchy and noticeable

- have to readjust a lot

- spillage

- turns yellow from sweat/stains easily (if you are an active person this may not be the best)

NUDE HALF TANK-

PROS

- not as bad with sensory as the white full tank

- binded well (if you went a size down, which is not necessarily safe), could pass through multiple layers

- came within 3 weeks

CONS

- noticeable under clothes

- again, SIDE BOOB.

- spillage

- rips easily

- lumps

- cannot be passed as an undershirt (very rare undershirts are tan in color)

- hard to breathe and move around in

- expensive

XUJI: 5/10

BLACK HALF TANK

PROS

- not super expensive (around $20-$30)

- binds convincingly, passed underneath tshirts

- did not rip through 5 months of regular use

- could go to the gym for 3 hours and not feel any pain, good for active use

- came within 5 days (!!)

CONS

- horrid sensory quality (very itchy and rough, upsetting in general)

- felt very small, half my boob was out because it wasn't wide enough (went up a size and it barely binded me) (if you have a small torso width wise this may not be an issue)

- lot of readjusting needed

UNDERWORKS: 7/10

BLACK FULL TANK

PROS

- no obvious binding panels, so it passed very well as an undershirt

- bind was pretty good, male enough chest to pass underneath a tshirt

- flattened out my hips a bit too (!! very cool !!)

- could exersize and move around just fine

CONS

- hurts after around 4-5 hours due to the restriction on your full torso (full body bind ☹️)

- took a long time to arrive (2 months, idk what was up)

SPECTRUM: 10/10

CORAL HALF TANK

PROS

- no/very little sensory issues! not itchy, no annoying tags, none of that

- binds very well, convincing pecs/male chest

- does not hurt

- any kind of exercise, including swimming (ik its not safe but im doing it anyways shhh) did not cause breathing problems or pain

- has not ripped after 4 months of regular use

CONS

- ugly coral color bc other ones were sold out

- readjusting gets annoying

OVERALL

SPECTRUM- BEST OVERALL AND FOR DAILY USE

UNDERWORKS - BEST STEALTH

XUJI - BEST FOR ACTIVE USE

GC2B - HONESTLY WOULD NOT RECCOMEND, QUALITY WENT DOWN A LOT

i hope this helps anyone like me trying to find a proper way to bind, obligatory do not use duct tape bandages they dont even fucking work i know from experience LMAO but i digress, safe binding everyone and thank you for reading !

[someone-always-cares]

chapter 5, page 39

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[image description: an sac webcomic page. “i’m fine- i- i just want to leave” lewis stutters, hunched in on himself. “okay, let’s go” moon replies, holding her cane with both hands on her lap. the panel angle now showing that she’s floating above the floor, while lewis gets off the couch. meanwhile split second is leaning back and looking over at izumi, the two having a side conversation. “when the fuck did you get there?” izumi asks. “time is my bitch” they reply with a deadpan expression. “that answers nothing, thanks” “you really think you’re going to get anywhere without my help?” parker asks with an angry, feral grin. “you dont need to listen to him-” moon states off screen before being interrupted. “no, really. go ahead, i’ll give you the address, do your best” end id]

the lack of update last week was due to con crunch as i was trying to finish my cosplay for mcm london- i was still fucking about with superglue on the tube there and spend half an hour once inside just going fuck it and stabbing the edge of my armour to just tie it together with string since the contact adhesive wasnt doing it fast enough and the superglue was too runny and the duct tape and masking tape wouldnt work even if i had tried and sewing foam together would probably take too long so stabbing it and tying it together with old hoodie string, other string, and scrap fabric was the best option. yes i had all that on me at the time i was worried and sleep deprived (stayed up until 4/5am working on it)

anyway people did like my cosplay so it worked, pics under cut

i was watching the owl house a month and a bit ago in the background while drawing but i got emotionally attached because my autism snatched that shit up like a dog grabbing something and thinking its play time when you tell him to drop it. anyway i was cosplaying hunter and made a little plushie flapjack. it was. pretty warm in there. also idk if i should make more bird plushies because i did make an attempt to make flapjack with free tutorials or without a pattern and that went badly to i did cave and buy a pattern. but i still have that £9 pattern and plenty of stuffing and way too much scrap fabric

[id: a mostly fullbody selfie taken of my in cosplay in a small tunnel filled with mirrors and neon lights]

[id: a picture taken of myself holding a plushie flapjack]

[id: a selfie taken in cosplay of my masked face holding up plushie flapjack]

[bechloeislegit]

Pitch Perfect SpookFest 2022 - Day 4

Master of Puppets

Summary: Fat Amy buys a ventriloquist's dummy at a flea market. She wants to learn how to be a ventriloquist. Things take a wrong turn when the dummy seems to come to life and speaks on its own.

Several of the Bellas are spending the afternoon at a local flea market. Beca found and purchase an old record player. She then spent most of her time at a table selling vinyl records. She had found a couple that she was planning to buy and was looking at the back covers at the list of songs. She was so engrossed that she didn't hear someone come up behind her.

"Are you going to buy that?"

The voice suddenly speaking in her ear startled Beca. She put her hand to her chest, turned, and screamed.

"What the hell is THAT?" Beca asked, pointing at the thing Fat Amy was holding.

Amy chuckled. "It's a ventriloquist's dummy. See? Look here." Fat Amy held the dummy up and removed her hand from its back. "There's a lever to make his mouth move, and I throw my voice, so it sounds like he's speaking."

"I didn't know you could throw your voice," Beca said.

"I can't," Fat Amy said. "But, I'm going to learn. I think it will be fun, don't you?"

"It's creepy looking," Beca said. "It reminds me of a clown, and I hate clowns."

"You're afraid of clowns?" Fat Amy asked. "Since when?"

"I didn't say I was afraid of clowns," Beca said. "I said I hated them."

"Same thing," Fat Amy said, shrugging.

Beca glared at her and turned back to the record she had been looking at.

"Why are you afraid of clowns?" Fat Amy asked.

"I am not afraid-"

Fat Amy stared at Beca with a raised brow.

"Fine," Beca said. "When I was five, my mom took me to the circus, and I got separated from her, and I started crying because I couldn't find her. My mother didn't find me, but a clown did. He was big and had a scary face. I ran away from him screaming; my mother found me a minute later. After that, I had nightmares for months. And I still can't be around them, so you need to keep that thing away from our room."

"But it's my room, too," Fat Amy said.

"If you plan to keep that thing, you'll need to find someone else to room with," Beca said. "Or, I'll just move into Chloe's room with her, and that dummy can be your new roommate."

"His name is Jasper," Fat Amy said.

"I don't care what its name is," Beca said. "I meant what I said. Keep that thing away from me."

"Fine," Fat Amy said. "I'll keep him somewhere other than our room."

"Good," Beca said. "Now, let's find the girls and get out of here."

~~ Pitch Perfect SpookFest 2022 - Day 4 ~~

When the girls got home, Fat Amy took her purchases, including Jasper, up to her and Beca's room. She looked around and decided the best place to hide Jasper was under her bed. She had just shoved the dummy under her bed when she heard Beca coming up the stairs. She remained kneeling by the bed and acted as if she was straightening out the sheets.

"You're making your bed?" Beca asked. "You never make your bed."

"As my grandmum used to say," Fat Amy responded. "There is a first time for everything."

Beca laughed. "She's right," she said. "But in your case, I think it means you're up to something."

"Words hurt, short stuff," Amy scoffed as she stood up. "I'm going to see what we're doing for dinner."

"Chloe wants to order in," Beca said. "I think she was going to check with the girls so we can decide what to get."

"Oh, okay," Fat Amy said and flopped down on her bed.

"Owwww!"

"What was that?" Beca asked.

"What was what?" Fat Amy responded.

Fat Amy quickly looked down at her bed when they heard, "Get off me, FAT Amy!"

"That! What's that?" Beca screeched, pointing at Amy's bed.

"Oh, that," Amy said, chuckling nervously. "I'm practicing throwing my voice. You thought that was coming from under the bed, didn't you? I did that. I threw my voice, um, eh, so you would think there was something under there."

"There is no way you learned how to throw your voice in just the last hour," Beca said.

"I am a puppet master, Beca," Fat Amy said. "I can control Jasper to speak whenever and wherever I want."

"Leave her alone, Beca, and maybe she'll shut up!"

Fat Amy's eyes widened, and she looked from Beca to her bed and back again.

"You did not just say that," Beca said, glaring at Amy.

"I did say that," Fat Amy said. "I swear it was me."

"Do it again," Beca said. "Throw your voice and say something."

"Okay," Fat Amy said. "I will."

Fat Amy stood and smoothed down her shirt. She then cleared her throat and asked, "Jasper, where are you right now?"

"I'm right where you left me, lard ass!"

Beca stood staring at Fat Amy. "Your lips moved."

"They did not!"

To prove it, Fat Amy spoke out of the side of her mouth, saying, "You heard me, lard ass!"

"Stop! Just stop!" Beca yelled, waving her arms at Amy. "How did you really do it? Do you have a tape recorder or something under your bed?"

"No, you idiot," a third voice said. "It's me!"

Beca and Fat Amy both screamed and jumped onto their beds when Jasper crawled from under Amy's bed.

"What the hell is that thing doing in here!?" Beca yelled.

"I didn't know where else to hide him!" Fat Amy yelled back.

"Beca! Amy!" Chloe's voice called from the door. "Are you two alright up there?"

Just then, Jasper ran to the stairs. Chloe screamed, stepping out of the way when he ran down the steps and out into the hallway.

"What the hell?" Chloe yelled as she rushed up the stairs. "What WAS that?"

"That was Jasper," Fat Amy said calmly, hopping off her bed. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go find him."

Fat Amy started down the stairs. Beca yelled after her, "DO NOT BRING THAT THING BACK UP HERE! I MEAN IT, AMY!"

"What's going on, Beca?" Chloe asked.

Beca looked around to make sure Jasper wasn't around and then slowly climbed off her bed.

"Amy found that, that thing at the flea market," Beca said, watching the stairs for signs that Jasper was coming back. "She said she's going to learn ventriloquism so she can make it talk. Only, it seems it can talk and move all on its own."

Beca and Chloe were startled by sudden screams coming from downstairs. They both ran down the stairs until they reached the first floor.

Beca put her arm out to stop Chloe when she saw Jasper chasing Fat Amy with a knife. Beca then stepped in front of Chloe to keep Jasper away from her. Fat Amy ran out the front door, screaming as Jasper ran out after her.

Beca immediately slammed the door behind them and locked it.

"Beca, what about Fat Amy?" Chloe asked.

"What about her?"

"We can't leave her out there, Beca," Chloe said. "We'll open the door and call for Fat Amy. Once she gets inside, we'll close the door before Jasper can get back in."

"So, you're okay with leaving that thing out there?" Beca asked. "I don't know if you realized, but he had a knife. He could go after someone. We have to figure out how to kill him."

"He's a dummy, Beca," Chloe said. "I don't think we can kill him because he's not alive."

"But he is," Lily said, startling Beca and Chloe. "Or soon will be if we don't take care of him."

"What do you know, Lily?" Beca asked.

"Jasper is possessed by someone who calls himself the Master of Puppets," Lily explained. "He is putting together a puppet army to take over the World."

Beca snorted out a laugh. She stopped when she saw how serious Lily was.

"Oh, you're serious," Beca said.

"So, what can we do to stop that from happening?" Chloe asked.

"We have to kill the vessel that the Master is inhabiting," Lily said.

"How do we do that?" Chloe asked.

"I have a plan," Lily said, grinning.

"I don't think I'm going to like this," Beca said.

~~ Pitch Perfect SpookFest 2022 - Day 4 ~~

After explaining her plan to Beca and Chloe, Lily left to find Fat Amy and Jasper. While she was gone, Beca and Chloe gathered the other Bellas together to explain what was happening.

When they were done, Stacie and Cynthia Rose began laughing.

"Wait," Stacie said, laughing loudly. "You're telling us there's a puppet chasing Fat Amy around with a knife? And this same puppet is possessed by a puppet master who wants to rule the World? That's hilarious!"

Cynthia Rose stopped laughing when she saw the looks on Beca and Chloe's faces. "You're serious?"

"Yes," Beca said, causing Stacie to stop laughing as well. "Lily is out looking for Amy and Jasper. She's going to lure them back here, and then we're going to help get the demon out of the puppet and vanquish it."

"No way," Stacie said. "You guys are pulling our legs. I have to give you kudos for keeping a straight face, though."

"I don't think they're kidding around," Cynthia Rose said.

"Come on, CR," Stacie said. "You can't seriously believe this is true."

"What if it is?" Emily asked. "Shouldn't we do everything we can to stop Jasper?"

"He's a dummy!" Stacie exclaimed. "He's not a real person."

Everyone jumped when the front door flung open, and Fat Amy came running in with Jasper right behind her.

They all watched as Fat Amy ran and pulled Beca in front of her.

"Save me," Fat Amy cried. "He's trying to kill me."

Jasper stopped in front of Beca and looked up at her.

"Move!" Jasper said, glaring at Beca.

"No!" Beca said and kicked Jasper, sending him flying against the wall.

"Oh, my God!" Jessica squealed. "He is real!"

Stacie and Cynthia Rose sat with their mouths open in shock.

Ashley jumped up and grabbed Jasper from where he fell. He seemed dazed but shook his head and stared at Ashley. He suddenly raised his arm and brought the knife down on Ashley's arm. Ashley screamed and threw him down to the floor.

"Ashley!" Jessica cried out, running over to her.

"Look out!" Ashley said, pushing Jessica aside when Jasper raised the knife toward Jessica.

The girls began screaming and rushed over to Ashley and Jessica. Emily ran to the kitchen and grabbed a towel. She hurried over to Ashley and wrapped the towel around her arm.

Jasper shook his head again and stood, waving the knife around in front of him. The girls stepped back to avoid being stabbed. Beca carefully made her way behind Jasper; he didn't see her as he was suddenly focused on getting to Fat Amy.

"You will be mine, you fat bitch," Jasper said, looking at Fat Amy.

"Beca, do something!" Chloe yelled.

Beca nodded her head and grabbed Jasper, wrapping her arms around him and pinning his arms to his side.

"Let me go!" Jasper yelled as he started struggling to get out of Beca's grasp

"Somebody grab the knife!" Beca yelled, holding onto Jasper.

Before anyone could move, Lily was standing in front of Beca. She grabbed the knife and pulled, slicing Jasper's palm in the process. Jasper screamed.

"Oh, my gosh," Emily yelled, pointing at Jasper's hand. "Is he…bleeding?"

Lily looked down and saw blood dripping from Jasper's hand.

"He's morphing," Lily said. "If we don't get the demon out of him, he'll be real and will continue his quest to take over the World. And we won't be able to stop him."

"I'll kill you all," Jasper yelled as he continued to struggle against Beca.

"Somebody get the fire pit started," Beca called out while trying to maintain her hold on Jasper.

"What?! Nooooo!" Jasper screeched as he doubled his efforts to get Beca to let him go.

"I'm on it," Chloe said as she ran out of the room.

"Hurry!" Beca called after her. "I don't know how much longer I can hold him."

Stacie ran over and wrapped her arms around Beca, pinning Jasper between them.

"Mmmph!" Jasper moaned as Stacie squeezed him between her and Beca.

"Ow!" Stacie yelped as she jumped back. "The little fucker bit me!"

Cynthia Rose grabbed Beca from behind and wrapped her arms around them, immobilizing Jasper.

"We got him," Cynthia Rose said.

"Someone check on Chloe and see how the fire pit's coming," Beca said.

"We'll go," Jessica and Ashley said, rushing out of the room.

"Emily, help me grab some weapons to keep him in the fire once we throw him in there," Lily said.

Jasper gasped and tried once more to get out of Beca and Cynthia Rose's grasp.

"What kind of weapons?" Emily asked as she and Lily rushed from the room.

"I guess we just stand here and wait for the fire to be ready," Beca mumbled.

"Don't worry, Beca," Cynthia Rose said. "I've got you. He's not getting loose."

~~ Pitch Perfect SpookFest 2022 - Day 4 ~~

After what seemed like hours but was only ten minutes, Jessica and Ashley came rushing into the living room. Lily and Emily came in as Jessica said, "Fire pit's ready."

"Good," Beca said. "Let's burn this little shit."

Jasper renewed his efforts to struggle loose.

"Start walking, Beca," Cynthia Rose. "I'm right behind you and won't let go."

Beca took a tentative step; Cynthia Rose stepped forward as well. They managed to get through the kitchen and out the back door without Jasper breaking free.

Emily and Lily handed each of the Bellas a weapon. They held onto them as Lily explained what they needed to do.

"Beca, you and CR need to pin him down to the ground so I can skewer him with this," Lily said, holding up a broadsword.

"Where did you get that?" Chloe asked, eying the weapon.

"I have my sources," Lily said, shrugging. "Now pin him down."

"Okay," Beca said. "Cynthia, can you move around front and grab one of his arms? Once you do that, we can body-slam him to the ground. Hopefully, that will stun him enough for Lily to do what she needs to do."

Cynthia Rose nodded and did as Beca said, and before they knew it, Jasper was pinned down. He screamed and struggled but couldn't get out of their grip.

"Here goes," Lily said, standing over Jasper while holding the broadsword pointed down at him.

"Nooooo!" Jasper cried just as Lily pushed the broadsword through him.

The girls all cringed at the wails coming from Jasper. Lily managed to lift Jasper without dislodging the sword and placed him onto the fire. The fire started popping and sizzling.

Emily covered her ears to drown out the screams coming from Jasper. Lily pressed down on the sword to keep Jasper from escaping the flames. The other girls stood at the ready to help keep him in the flames if needed.

The fire crackled and popped around Jasper. Suddenly, a stream of fire shot straight into the air, causing the girls to all fall back. They watched as a purple haze emanated from the flames. Screeching and screaming could be heard over the roar of the flames.

And, suddenly, all was quiet. Lily jumped up and rushed over to the fire pit, and looked down. All that was left of Jasper was ashes.

"Is he really gone?" Fat Amy asked, peering over Lily's shoulder.

"Jasper's gone," Lily said. "Let's just hope the Master of Puppets is gone with him."

"You mean, the thing that possessed Jasper could still be around?" Chloe asked.

The girls shuddered and looked around, expecting to see another dummy coming for them.

"I mean," Lily said, looking at the group. "He may have invaded another body so he can continue his plan."

"How will we know if he did?" Emily asked nervously.

"We won't," Lily responded.

"How sure are you that the demon would possess another puppet?" Ashley asked.

"I'm not sure about that at all," Lily said. "He could be strong enough to possess a puppet or even a human."

The girls all looked up to the sky one last time before collectively turning and going into the house.

Beca remained behind. An evil grin came over her face as she picked up the discarded broadsword and made her way toward the house.

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Dumb Money movie review

This review is delayed, by almost a month after its release date. Yet it is better to be late then never, especially as a now review can still be beneficial to some who are waiting for it to come to a online streaming service.

Now, dumb money is based on a true story of the 2021 game stop short squeeze. This was led by Keith Gill, at the time he was a stock market reddit senstion that inspired many people to also invest in the game stop company. As the film starts we see the peek of the stock moment, where the billonares was becoming threatened yet Keith was only becoming a millioniare. At the start we have wap by Cardi B playing which makes the moment being shown more funnier, as well as having a sex joke in the first 5 minutes of the film just before the movie name came onto screen.

After the movie name screen was shown, we are taken back six months to where we see one of Keiths friends labelling the idea of him investing in the stock market as dumb. Yet as it progresses we learn the pros and the cons of how investing in the stock market can be. Especially for both sides of Billionares and working class. How its in away to earn easy money, yet the more you buy stocks the more addicting it can become.

Even in Keiths case he shared his investing with the world, on reddit and on youtube, which led to a court case of him being fined 4 million for violation of the massachusetts rules. Which he mentions he did not violate, and it is found that he stayed investing after the case, only becoming richer. Yet the billionares involved such as Vlad Tenev, Kenneth Griffin, Gabe Plotkin and Baiju Bhatt, lost billionares both before and after the court case, becoming sued for bailing each other out.

Overall, this film teaches a great deal in stock market investing, just like the wolf of wall street did (also based on a true film), as well as showing the down falls and greatness of investing. The film also shows alot of tiktok based nostalgia from the era of 2020/2021 and its trends. Despite its comical humour and the sexual jokes. The story of this movie is educational to watch without becoming bored.

Over all I rate this movie a 4.1 out of 5.

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Shadow-Manipulator Vampire - CR8 Undead

A variety of vampire based on Blackmore from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.

Artwork by Mochi, though the artist’s Pixiv account was deleted.

One of a series of variant vampires that I intend to post over the next month or two.  In addition to having shadow powers, this variety of vampire is more strongly wolf-themed than bat-themed.  It can only transform into a wolf, not a bat, but it becomes a dire wolf instead of a regular wolf.  It has the scent ability, and its shadow always takes the form of a wolf - even when not summoned as a creature.

It also focuses on monstrous humanoids rather than humanoids; both its dominate ability and its create spawn ability affect a different creature type than normal.  Absurdly, werewolves aren’t monstrous humanoids, so I included them as an exception.

Although it has lower natural armor than normal, and its slam attack only inflicts one negative level instead of two, this vampire is pretty well protected.  For one, it’s wearing actual armor, and for two, in place of a shadow, it has an attached shadow wolf that protects it from one direction and gets its own turns in combat.  The attached shadow wolf is destroyed if the vampire is, but not if the vampire is simply unconscious, which can make it a lot harder for the players to coup-de-grace the vampire and anoint it with holy water.

Note that its blood drain ability is much better than a normal vampire’s; it can drain blood on any successful grapple, not just a pin.

The attached shadow wolf definitely should be summoned on the first round of any battle, if not beforehand.  As a summoned creature, it’s included in the vampire’s challenge rating and doesn’t grant experience points or increase the fight’s challenge rating.  However, if you want to use this attached shadow wolf as a minion for something else, without the shadow-manipulator vampire, you can treat it as a CR 3 creature and give normal XP for it.

Shadow-Manipulator Vampire - CR 8

The half-elven man’s shadow, stretching behind him in the darkness, doesn’t look like him at all.  In fact, it looks like a wolf.  And then, as he senses danger, that wolf-like shadow rises from the ground and becomes massive and three-dimensional, though it’s still connected to his feet.

XP 4,800 Unique half-elf vampire aristocrat 7 CE Medium undead (augmented humanoid, elf, human) Init +7 Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; Perception +22

DEFENSE

AC 21, touch 14, flat-footed 17 (+5 armor, +3 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural) hp 73 (7d8+42); fast healing 5 Fort +8, Ref +9, Will +7 Defensive Abilities channel resistance +4, vampiric fast healing DR 10/magic and silver Immune undead traits Resist cold 10, electricity 10 Weaknesses light sensitivity, vampire weaknesses

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft. Melee slam +11 (2d6+7 plus energy drain) Special Attacks call forth the shadows, create spawn, dominate (DC 17), energy drain (1 level, DC 17), improved blood drain

STATISTICS

Str 20, Dex 16, Con —, Int 12, Wis 11, Cha 19 Base Atk +5; CMB +10 (+12 grapple); CMD 24 (26 vs. grapple) Feats Alertness, Combat Reflexes, Craft Wondrous Item, Dodge, Improved Grapple, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Skill Focus (stealth), Toughness, Weapon Focus (slam) Skills Craft (alchemy) +8, Bluff +20, Intimidate +14, Knowledge (nobility) +11, Perception +22, Sense Motive +18, Stealth +14; Racial Bonuses +8 Bluff, +10 Perception, +8 Sense Motive, +8 Stealth Languages Common, Elven SQ change shape (dire wolf, beast shape II), gaseous form, false shadow, spider climb Gear +1 leather lamellar, 300 of fine clothing and jewelry

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Vampire Weaknesses Vampires cannot tolerate the strong odor of garlic and will not enter an area laced with it. Similarly, they recoil from mirrors or strongly presented holy symbols. These things don’t harm the vampire—they merely keep it at bay. A recoiling vampire must stay at least 5 feet away from the mirror or holy symbol and cannot touch or make melee attacks against that creature. Holding a vampire at bay takes a standard action. After 1 round, a vampire can overcome its revulsion of the object and function normally each round it makes a DC 25 Will save.

Vampires cannot enter a private home or dwelling unless invited in by someone with the authority to do so.

Reducing a vampire’s hit points to 0 or lower incapacitates it but doesn’t always destroy it (see vampiric fast healing). However, certain attacks can slay vampires. Exposing any vampire to direct sunlight staggers it on the first round of exposure and destroys it utterly on the second consecutive round of exposure if it does not escape. Each round of immersion in running water inflicts damage on a vampire equal to one-third of its maximum hit points—a vampire reduced to 0 hit points in this manner is destroyed. Driving a wooden stake through a helpless vampire’s heart instantly slays it (this is a full-round action). However, it returns to life if the stake is removed, unless the head is also severed and anointed with holy water.

Vampiric Fast Healing (Su) A vampire gains fast healing 5.  If reduced to 0 hit points in combat, a vampire assumes gaseous form and attempts to escape.  It must reach its coffin home within 2 hours or be utterly destroyed.  (It can normally travel up to 9 miles in 2 hours.)  Additional damage dealt to a vampire forced into gaseous form has no effect.  Once at rest, the vampire is helpless.  It regains 1 hit point after 1 hour, then is no longer helpless and resumes healing at the rate of 5 hit points per round.

Improved Blood Drain (Su) A shadow-manipulator vampire can suck blood from a grappled opponent; if the shadow-manipulator vampire establishes or maintains a grapple, it drains blood, dealing 1d4 points of Constitution damage.  The shadow-manipulator vampire heals 5 hit points or gains 5 temporary hit points for 1 hour (up to a maximum number of temporary hit points equal to its full normal hit points) each round it drains blood.

Change Shape (Su) A shadow-manipulator vampire can use change shape to assume the form of a dire wolf, as beast shape II.

Call Forth the Shadows (Su) Once per day, a shadow-manipulator vampire can call forth its attached shadow wolf, described below, as a standard action.  The attached shadow wolf arrives immediately in a space adjacent to the shadow-manipulator vampire, and serves the shadow-manipulator vampire for up to 1 hour or until it is dismissed as a free action.  The shadow-manipulator vampire can give the attached shadow wolf commands telepathically, even without sharing a language.

When the shadow-manipulator vampire moves, the attached shadow wolf automatically moves with it.  This does not count against the attached shadow wolf’s movement.  If the shadow-manipulator vampire moves into a space where there is no room for the attached shadow wolf, the attached shadow wolf may automatically move to a free space on a different side of the vampire, but it loses its move action on its next turn if it does so, and cannot shadow blend as part of this movement.  If there is no valid space adjacent to the shadow-manipulator vampire, the attached shadow wolf must squeeze or the shadow-manipulator vampire must dismiss it.

If the shadow-manipulator vampire is destroyed, its attached shadow is destroyed as well.

Create Spawn (Su) A shadow-manipulator vampire can create spawn out of those it slays with blood drain or energy drain, provided that the slain creature is a lycanthrope or monstrous humanoid.  The victim rises from death as a vampire in 1d4 days. This vampire is under the command of the shadow-manipulator vampire that created it, and remains enslaved until its master’s destruction.  A shadow-manipulator vampire may have enslaved spawn totaling no more than twice its own Hit Dice; any spawn it creates that would exceed this limit become free-willed undead.  A shadow-manipulator vampire may free an enslaved spawn in order to enslave a new spawn, but once freed, a vampire or vampire spawn cannot be enslaved again.

Dominate (Su) A shadow-manipulator vampire can crush a lycanthrope or monstrous humanoid opponent’s will as a standard action.  Any lycanthrope or monstrous humanoid that the shadow-manipulator vampire targets must succeed on a Will save or fall instantly under the shadow-manipulator vampire’s influence, as though by a dominate monster spell (caster level 12th).  The ability has a range of 30 feet.

Energy Drain (Su) A creature hit by a shadow-manipulator vampire’s slam (or other natural weapon) gains one negative level.  This ability only triggers once per round, regardless of the number of attacks a shadow-manipulator vampire makes.

Gaseous Form (Su) As a standard action, a shadow-manipulator vampire can assume gaseous form at will (caster level 5th), but it can remain gaseous indefinitely and has a fly speed of 20 feet with perfect maneuverability.

While a shadow-manipulator vampire is in gaseous form, its attached shadow wolf temporarily disappears as if unsummoned; it returns in a space adjacent to the shadow-manipulator vampire when the shadow-manipulator vampire dismisses gaseous form.

False Shadow (Ex) A shadow-manipulator vampire casts no shadows and shows no reflection in a mirror, but its attached shadow wolf, when not summoned, appears to be its shadow (though it is still in the shape of a wolf).

Spider Climb (Ex) A shadow-manipulator vampire can climb sheer surfaces as though under the effects of a spider climb spell.

Attached Shadow Wolf

CE Huge undead (incorporeal) Init +4 Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +1

DEFENSE

AC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 11 (+3 deflection, +4 Dex, -2 size) hp 30 (4d8+12) Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +5 Defensive Abilities incorporeal, shadow blend Immune undead traits Weaknesses light sensitivity

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft. Corporeal Melee bite +6 (+8 in dim light or darkness) (3d6+4 plus 1d4 Str plus trip) Incorporeal Melee incorporeal bite +5 (1d4 Str) Space 15 ft., Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks trip (bite)

STATISTICS

Str –, Dex 19, Con –, Int –, Wis 12, Cha 17 Base Atk +3; CMB +9; CMD 23 (cannot be tripped, cannot be moved away from master)

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Trip (Ex) An attached shadow wolf can assume a corporeal form as a free action and bite (as a standard action) a foe in an attempt to trip the opponent.  It gains a +1 bonus on its bite attack when doing so; this bonus increases to +3 in areas of dim light or darkness.  An attached shadow wolf that hits with its bite attack can attempt to trip the opponent as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.  If the attempt fails, the opponent cannot react to trip the attached shadow wolf.  Attached shadow wolves use their Dexterity modifier on trip attacks.

The attached shadow wolf remains corporeal (i.e., it loses its incorporeal traits) for the entire round in which it attempts to trip an opponent.  It can assume its incorporeal form on its next turn as a free action.

Shadow Blend (Ex) In any condition of illumination other than full daylight, an attached shadow wolf can disappear into the shadows as part of a move action used to move, giving it total concealment.  Artificial illumination, even a light or continual flame spell, does not negate this ability; a daylight spell, however, will.

Attached (Ex) An attached shadow wolf is attached to the creature that summoned it, and must remain adjacent to it.  It cannot move, willingly or unwillingly, to any space that is not adjacent to its master.

When its master moves, an attached shadow wolf automatically moves with it.  This does not count against the attached shadow wolf’s movement.  If its master moves into a space where there is no room for the attached shadow wolf, the attached shadow wolf may automatically move to a free space on a different side of its master, but it loses its move action on its next turn, and cannot shadow blend as part of this movement.  If there is no valid space adjacent to its master, it must squeeze or the master must dismiss it.

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Today I Ate Pizza

Evening

Sorry for not updating yesterday!!! It makes you think, if she doesn't have time to update, she must have a lot on her mind.. right!

Its not like that at all!!!

Yaho!!! I'm fine!!!

I have a bit more than usual, To think about but, Nah, attempting..

I'm attempting something but! its just a bit more than usual

I have on thing to decide on now, I'm a bit late in doing that! And its been decided! Alright!

Without fail I watch Kajisak Channel every day, in addition to that, recently, I've also been watching the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Channel, and playing Tsumtsum too, while thinking, lets watch Reiwa Roman-san's live stream (the archive) today--🫶🏻, I'm continuing with my daily life as usual!

We're also having rehearsals,

There are moments that feel special, though..

After all for me, Since I've been doing this for a full 13 years, its a luxury but, it has a strong sense of being my daily life😌🤍

Ah, but, there are somethings that were different than usual!

Tsubaki-chan is also having rehearsals in autumn as well, I met with them~~~🤍

I didn't get to meet with them in Aichi, so I'm happy I met with them~~~🤍

The force of Tsubaki, made the studio shake a lot! lol We will also do our best again!

Today the Hello Station that was released,

Shimoitani Yukiho-san, talked about "Start Line"😌🫶🏻

The entirety of the Hello Con was released on YouTube but, Its only limited to one month, Because Yukiho-chan talked about it, the video will remain on Hello Station in a sense💜💙

Thank you..🩷

Definitely check it out during this time😌🤍

Thank you very much for the ceremonial pitch, at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi⚾️

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Debut song 48th Pyoko Pyoko Ultra~

I danced a lot on my own..

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Graduation Announcement Blog🐣🪽

Hello! Station #531 I also talk about my graduation in this video

📺TV Tokyo "Premier MelodiX!" September 9th (Mon) 2:50~3:20AM Morning Musume '24 will be performing🤍 …and there will also be a talk🤍

📺The MusiQuest 2024 They're airing a live digest from that day!

̗̀📣 Over-Air Broadcast September 14th (Sat) 4:00~4:30AM~ ̗̀📣 CS Broadcast September 28th (Sat) 12:00~5:00PM 📺Sendai Broadcast "Ara Ara Kashiko"

I appear once a month as part of the AraKashi Family

The previous shows, and makings, are on OX VIDEO STORE!

📺Hello Pro Dance Every other Thursday at 11:30PM~

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💿 August 14th new single✨ "Nandaka Sentimental na Toki no Uta/saiKIYOU"

🪩Sawayaka Goro Birthday Event September 8th on the day of Goro-san's birthday🎂 I'll be appearing as a guest at the birthday event🎂

🪩"Morning Musume '24 Concert Tour Autumn WE CAN DANCE!"

Its Ishida Ayumi's last tour💙 I'm looking forward to seeing you

🪩"ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2024 in HITACHINAKA" September 22nd GRASS STAGE 10:30AM~

→Tickets are on general sale

📻Morning Musume '24 Morning Jogakuin ~Houkago Meeting~

Airs Every Saturday, On Radio Nihon at 12:00AM~

Past Broadcast Episodes Are Available →Program Details

I visited as a guest🪽 "Sayashi Riho and The Time From Now On" presented by Meiji Bulgarian Yogurt

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