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hanfugallery · 4 years

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笠帽limao, a general term for a type of Chinese hanfu hat, characterized by a wide brim. The primary form had already appeared during the Shang and Zhou dynasties( 1600 B.C.-256B.C.), and its invention was naturally related to shading from the sun and rain, with a large brim that could both block the rain and shade the sun. In ancient China, limao笠帽 were made of many materials, including bamboo baskets, pouches, ramie, yarn etc. The shape of limao笠帽 is with usually large brim, round, square or pointed tops. The later it was developed, the more it resembled today's hats. In the Ming Dynasty this hat was called a damao大帽, yet it's been around before Ming, inherited from the Song Dynasty and earlier dynasties.

The picture below shows two limao unearthed from the tomb of the Yuan Dynasty minister Wang Shixian汪世显.

Then let's take a look at what the limao笠帽 looked like worn by Ming Dynasty soldiers.

What about the damao大帽 worn by non-military officials and civilians in Ming dynasty?

So how did the term of damao in Ming dynasty come about? The origin of damao is recorded in an ancient book of the Ming Dynasty, san cai tu hui《三才图会》(1607). This book is an encyclopedic book written by 王圻Wang Qi and his song 王思义Wang Siyi, who were literature scholars and book collectors during the Ming Dynasty. Here is the quote 《三才图会》:“大帽，尝见稗官云:国初高皇幸学，见诸生班烈日中，因赐遮荫帽，此其制也，今起家科贡者用之。” Generally when Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, saw the students taking the imperial examinations sweating in the scorching sun, he gave them damao to protect them from the sun.

The image below is a painting from the Tang dynasty, showing that the basic shape of the damao differs little from that of the Tang dynasty.

The 平番得胜图ping fan de sheng tu is currently housed in the National Museum of China and is considered to be an accurate portrayal of the Ming dynasty's army and is of high reference value.

The above is the consistent history of limao笠帽 in Chinese hanfu. limao was a very common hat in all Chinese dynasties, worn by all classes. The basic shape with a high top made of black gauze and a knotted cord appeared early on. Of course, hats with brims is a common thing for every culture and are found in all parts of the world, just as Eastern and Western civilizations coincidentally documented the prehistoric Flood.

For those interested in more specialized and complete information, here is a ten-minute video detailing the history of limao.

To summarize, limao was first seen in the Han Dynasty terracotta figurines, called li笠, and documented in writings in the ancient book 急就篇(48b.c.-33b.c.), but the brim was not as big as it is now, in the Northern Dynasty(386-581), limao was inspired by the Xianbei people whose ancestors were nomads in ancient Siberia, so the brim was widened, and the top of the hat was added (recorded in the Northern Dynasty mural) and is almost the same as now, after the consistent development recorded but not limited to the Tang Dynasty terracotta figurines and Song Dynasty paintings, especially that Fanyangli influenced the limao style of the Yuan dynasty, and then the Yuan emperor Kublai Khan added curtains behind the limao, and beads and feathers according to the Mongolian custom, and then Ming emperors removed the curtains in the early Ming dynasty, forming a variety of styles.

Facts about damao in Ming dynasty

1. damao was influenced by limao of all the previous dynasties, and arose spontaneously. ✔️

2. damao usually have round top, but there were also other forms of top, such as the quadrilateral.✔️

2. In the early Ming dynasty, influenced by the Mongolian style of the Yuan dynasty (Mongolia added the beads according to its own nomadic style), damao used the gems or beads as a string. ✔️

3. In the middle of the fifteenth century, Emperor Yingzong abolished the bead-string, stipulating that the damao could only be worn with plain string. ✔️

4. The adornment of damao was mainly on the top, with jewels, feathers, and red tassels.✔️

5. From ancient paintings, the decorative method of inserting feathers on one or both sides of the hat, is found in the Ming Dynasty and previous dynasties.✔️

6. damao usually matches with wangjin网巾, a kind of mesh scarf tied back the bangs neatly. ✔️

Now high-priced hanfu stores are making the damao exactly according to the Ming Dynasty style, and are considered historically accurate. However, some middle or low priced hanfu store are lazy and don't make it accurately, so the details are confused with another country' traditional hats with brim, or even worse. A few days ago a famous chinese artist accidentally used the picture of damao of that lazy store as reference to draw her super popular characters and post it on twitter, it could be controversial and offensive to some people from another culture who are not familiar with hanfu and lead to misunderstanding. And then she experienced cyberbullying which is really bad. (btw she also provides the correct ancient Ming portrait as a reference though

I have cautiously observed, and must state that the damao she drew does not show a very clear feature that significantly different from the Ming dynasty damao of a traditional hat from another culture, and I think one reference picture of damao from taobao store does have a slight problem and is ambiguous. Incidentally, the non-damao hat that worn by the other character has also attracted criticism is no problem and actually called yishanguan翼善冠, one of the traditional types of hats for Chinese hanfu, which I will describe later.

Well, you get the idea.

In a more general sense, was the ancient Chinese costume culture, while retaining its original form, influenced by xiyu culture (a general reference to non-Chinese countries on the Silk Road, the ancient cultures of Western and Central Asia and the ancient states, xiyu西域 literally meaning western region) and nomadic cultures such as xianbei culture? Yes, especially in the Tang Dynasty. For example, yuanlingpao圆领袍/rongfu戎服. Did ancient China radiate its costume culture to its neighbors(not all of them), leaving behind similar or even convergent forms, while at the same time they developing their own local characteristics? Yes. If a culture had close contact with China in ancient times, but is geographically separated from China by a long distance or even by the sea, the later its identity will become stronger, and what used to look like Chinese clothing will become less obvious, such as the kimono.

Here are examples of the basically accurate damao in style of ming dynasty by hanfu store. It does not contain all the types.

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streets-in-paradise · 2 years

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Ice Cream Man - Steve Harrington x (Fem)Henderson!Reader / Eddie Munson x (Fem)Henderson!Reader

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Word Count +5 K

Relationships: Steve Harrington x (Fem)Henderson!Reader, Eddie Munson x (Fem)Henderson! Reader

Warnings: Steve and Eddie being touch starved dorks not so subtly fighting over the reader. I’m once more writing while listening to Van Halen, what made this be inspired (and titled) after this .

Summary: You pay a visit to Steve at work and Eddie insists on accompanying you. He starts to try joking with you right away, feeling optimistic about keeping his jealousy in control, but the mocks end up turning against him.

Notes: I stretched the timeline just for this to make sense. Part 4 of the headcanon series is still in the making, but in the meantime I got this idea and made it a separated oneshot.

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Steve was very disappointed with how things were turning out after graduation and, with Dustin being temporarily out of the picture, you were his main source of encouragement. That was the first summer you were spending alone in terms of not having the company of your brother for a fraction of it. Cheering up your mutual friend out of the letdown until he would find a job so his father would stop being more of an asshole than always to him was your new established priority.

However, It was a matter of time until Eddie began to complain about his lack of time to be alone with you. Theatrical exaggerations speaking of how you were abandoning him, he would make it sound funny but the implied message was serious. Because of this other friend you were mostly seeing each other through your friendships in the club. You weren’t going to share about the particularly awful situation Steve was going through at home, simply stating that your friend needed you a lot and he was welcome to join you whenever he wanted. You knew that he would never accept hanging out if your ex bully friend would be involved, so there were not much more needed explanations to add.

At the time Steve got the job at the mall you were the first person he celebrated with and remained his biggest supporter. You came over to visit him on his first day, also dragging the kids with you, and spent a good while chatting with his coworker. She was a hilariously sarcastic girl you recognized from school but who you have never interacted much with before. There was some serious shock in her when you introduced yourself as a friend of Steve, that she didn’t bother to hide. Guessing your school affiliations by your dressing code, too metal to not be Hellfire, she openly asked you what you were doing with him. Robin named your club ‘ the roleplay weirdos’ and that alone let you know she had to be another outcast too. A regular person wouldn’t know what roleplay was, less identifying Dungeons and Dragons as such. She wasn’t one of those ignorant people calling you devil worshippers, her reaction was more a sort of overall cringe and through that you saw she was aware it was a harmless activity.

You didn’t even mind if she found your thing cringeworthy, it was nice to speak with someone acknowledging it as it was and your friend had to stop you from info dumping. Steve was happy to see you happy and that helped him a bit to stand the extended letdown of his first day. He was amazed by how you made everything feel better, starting with how ashamed he was while wearing his sailor uniform. He hated it, he would have wanted to hide when he saw you on the line and the realization that you were going to see him in those clothes struck him. Yet, when you were finally in front of him he heard you say it was the cutest thing you ever saw. You were fawning tenderness over him, taking his hat and putting it on to ask how it looked on you. Steve was sure Robin had to score him at least a point in the counting when she saw you playing with the hat and calling him a cutie, then touching his hair when returning it.

A point that he got, but he had to fight for during your next visit. He couldn’t wait to see you again visiting at work, but when it actually happened the situation didn’t develop as pleasantly. You were at the last position on the line for ice cream, giggling for some reason and he noticed you were wearing a very cute sundress. He wondered if the mocks of Robin affected you or if the outfit was because of the heat, but he couldn’t help loving it anyways. You were listening to him, embracing cute things that you liked just as he showed you that you should, and you looked adorable. That romantic style was a surprising contrast compared to the jean, leather and dark clothing of your regular wearing. It distracted him, making him wishifullnessly wonder if that brief change was a sign for him. Then, he saw an unwanted face popping up from behind you that caused an abrupt end to his speculation.

Eddie Munson, leader of Hellfire and the source of your silly laughing. He was sneaking his hands on your hips and you didn’t seem to care in the slightest, too into whatever joke he was pulling at the time. Steve didn't let the appearances disencourage him. Remembering Dustin's analogy wrapped advice like words of wisdom worthy of clinging to, he insisted on keeping focus to bring out some of his inner Bon Jovi for you.

" Holy shit, you look beautiful today. " He praised you as soon as he got rid of the rest of the line and finally had you in front of him. " I mean, you always do but I gotta say I’m a little weak for this change. "

The confidently delivered compliment got you a bit flustered, but an interruption ruined the possibilities to create an ambient.

" Thanks, Harrington. I'm trying a new hair care routine " Eddie answered for you with an easy joke to make fun of him. " Glad you noticed, It means it is working. "

You inevitably laughed and that impulsed Steve to fight back.

" Yeah, i bet is called ' actually washing your freaking hair' "

Eddie pretended to be shocked, making use of his exaggerated mannerisms, then delivered his next verbal punch.

" At least I don't have to wear a stupid sailor costume." He replicated, impulsively holding you tighter within the action to later try mocking him through you. " Look at that, princess. Is like watching the roman empire fall. "

" Eddie, don't be an asshole! He is my friend and I want to say hi." You softly called him out before directing at your other friend in the front. " Don't worry, Steve. I think you look super cute and it is so nice that you like my dress. It is hot outside and I felt like wearing colors."

The self expressed tease opened the way for him to vindicate his original intention.

" It is hot inside too now that you are here, darling. "

You tried to dissimulate the heat in your face with some laughter. It sounded like a dorkish pick up line, but it got you a bit because you weren't expecting it.

" Of course it's gonna be, we bring on the flames of Hellfire. '' Eddie added, providing his own dose of dorkness into an attempt of overcoming the reaction Steve got from you. " You are flame hot, sweetheart. Be careful when you touch me because I may burn."

He got some giggling out of you and was about to consider it a win in his favor.

" Looks like you are inspired today, i bet that occured to you because you were doing some song writing I still haven't seen. "

It was all a joke to you, he could sense you simply interpreted the whole situation as some big joke going on between him and Steve. He couldn't blame you because he was the one massively hiding his flirting towards you in jokes. Eddie guessed that after some time with him the line between flirting and joking became blurry to you and you really couldn't tell.

" Maybe I am inspired because you look like a fairy of the woods with that girly dress. I could write an epic poem about you. "

" Seems like this dress is a hit. " You innocently joked. " Everyone is loving it so i guess is fine. "

" More than fine. '' Steve insisted, reclaiming the in front of the situation with some perhaps overplayed confidence. " What's gonna be this time, sweet face?"

You requested both ice cream orders and while you were doing so Eddie was wondering what else he could do to annoy Steve into stopping flirting with you.

It was not only about how seeing that pissed him off, he was still jealous of how much of your attention that other guy was receiving lately. Jealousy corrupted every fiber of Eddie's being every time your mom answered his phone calls informing him that you were at Steve's but he couldn't truly complain to you about that later. Harrington was a friend of yours as he himself was, so all he did was expressing his disgust on jokes.

The idea came to him while watching how your cone was being served. A very simple joke, but he knew that you were going to love it.

" I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passing by. '' Eddie began to sing doing his attempt of a David Lee Roth voice impersonation. " I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passing by."

Sweet chuckling, music for his ears, and your attention was all his.

" Eddie, that is so inappropriate!" You commented. " That song ain't about ice cream at all. "

" Of course not, we all know it is about the struggles of the working class. " He kept joking, an ironical take making fun of the sexual undertones the song had. " Isn't that what blues is all about?"

" The Van Halen cover feels clearly like a horny guy making ice cream metaphors." You explained to Steve with a bit of shame. " Offering himself to all the ladies of the neighborhood."

Although Eddie was annoying the crap out of him, Steve didn't seem as affected as in other occasions.

" Very funny, I bet your friend thinks he is so clever. " He sarcastically replied before handing you the cone. " Tell you what? I can go to your house tonight and you show me the entire album. Dustin speaks a lot about that band, but he only made me hear a few songs."

Eddie didn't let him time to even consider a small win.

" Make line, she is coming with me."

You tried to make his words sound less harsh.

" Eddie misses hanging out alone with me so I am giving him all the rest of the day. I explained to him that we have been busy together and he has been a sunshine, so understanding. "

" I would like to know why you were so busy. You were never home whenever I called."

It was the perfect moment for Steve to make his ultimate strike, the line that would make the rival swallow his mocks.

" Swimming lessons. " He explained while giving him his order. " I have been teaching her in my pool during the breaks from job searching. My parents are never home, so we had the house all for ourselves. "

Everything in those sentences sounded wrong. Eddie searched for your glance as a gestural ask for explanations, but you were innocently eating your frozen treat.

" I'm learning a bit and it's really fun." You finally commented, what didn't explain shit.

" You are doing so well, I have to figure out a new schedule for us to continue. " Steve praised you once more. " I'm actually really proud of you."

You hid the searched reaction in your side activity, only showing a sideways smile with your lips stained from eating.

" I am not that good yet, but I do feel more safe. "

" She looks amazing in swimsuits, you have no idea. " Steve subtly bragged in the comment he directed to Eddie." It all started when she told me that she never learned because she used to be afraid of wearing swimwear in public. I considered helping out with that aspect was important too, as much as the teaching. "

" He convinced me of trying on a bikini for the first time." You added, with excitement." Can you believe it? "

Not only jealousy, Eddie was feeling literal envy of the situation that was being descripted to him.

" That's wonderful, sweetheart!" He still cheered you, unable to do anything else because he was in no place to complain." Is that something you were ashamed of? That’s weird to hear because you are never ashamed of anything with me. "

" That was a limit I haven’t crossed yet. I don’t know if i would wear one of those in public but I got comfortable with Steve because he made me feel good about it. "

The friend beside you listened while eating, restraining his impulse of saying anything about what you were telling to later find his way of stealing you away.

" Let's go find somewhere to sit so you can get comfy with me. "

You agreed and followed, but not before giving the guy at the other side of the counter a proper salute that consisted of a kiss on the cheek for which you previously licked your lips to avoid leaving any stains. Seeing that you were staying in the store, he tried to keep on watch of both of you in between work tasks. However, Munson complicated things for him on purpose making sure you would be taking the seat placed in the opposite direction so he wouldn’t be able to look at you. .

Like if she had a radar to spot his frustration, Robin emerged from the back side for more of her usual side commentary. Steve was waiting for her to declare him a loser, remove his point and make fun of him, but her conclusions took an unexpected turn.

“ I can’t believe we just found a guy who is more desperate than you… or maybe just as desperate.”

“ Don’t compare me with Munson.” Steve complained, refusing to see himself at the same level. “ He is a needy freak pushing the limits of that friendship just because she lets him.”

“ I don’t know, she seems pretty comfortable.” His coworker added, in a mockfull tone. “ Although she doesn’t seem to notice the two touch starved guys ready to pluck each other’s eyes out. That’s a bit naive, she still calls you her friends.”

Steve was disturbed by the implications.

“ It’s not the same, I have good intentions.”

“ The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Robin insisted. “ You wanted to help a friend, make her feel good because you are a sweet boy.”

She made him feel guilty about that time where he helped you spread sunscreen on your back.

“ I am looking respectfully .. and touching only when it is needed, ok? I am not a creep.”

“ If that makes you feel better.” She mocked him once more. “ That guy may have chocolate sauce topping and you are sprinkled with nuts, but you both seem the same flavor of dumb to me.”

That partially delivered conclusion felt not conclusive at all for him.

“ Thanks, Robin. That definitely helped.”

“ I bet she likes that flavor, just haven’t decided which one is her favorite topping.”

For once, the teasing gave him something to think about.

She switched tasks with him for a while just to avoid seeing him losing his mind over you. Bussy with the comings and goings of people, she didn't notice ríght away when you approached once more and initially wished she could have avoided it. She didn't necessarily dislike you, but your overly friendly ways were awkward. As if because both of you were outcast girls you would be expected to automatically bond, a form of socialization she imagined that you must have learned from the roleplay group. It was partially ríght, because Hellfire was very much about outcast solidarity.

" Hi, Robin!" You energetically saluted her. " How are things going?"

You were on your own, no sight of the guy who came in with you.

" Don't you have a dude to watch over? Make sure to keep your metalhead on a leash because I don't want trouble."

Far from upsetting you, the sarcastic joke made you giggle. Not because of the part of putting Eddie on a leash, but about how weird it was to hear someone describing him as if he was your boyfriend.

" Eds just went to the bathroom and I know it's gonna take a while. " You casually commented. " I don't know what's wrong with him, but sometimes when we hang out he ends up rushing to the bathroom and disappears. I swear that boy must have the weakest bladder. "

You never questioned that directly, although it worried you because you guessed it could be a side effect of drinking or some weird drug. You wouldn't want to ask him about it because you feared it could be intrusive to do so, but those relatively frequent escapades to the bathroom were concerning.

" What's your deal with Mr weak bladder?" Robin asked you in the same casual tone, knowing Steve would be hearing. " Are you dating?"

The question amused you.

" No, we are just friends."

" I don't think he is aware of that. " She mischievously commented with you. " you really need to settle some boundaries"

" We don't have problems with that. " You quickly clarified. " Eddie is a gentleman: he opens doors for me, sometimes he calls me a princess and he has this joke where he kisses the back of my hand like a knight. Always double checks if i am comfortable with anything he tries around me, he also encourages me all the time. He is such an adorable guy, but he suffers from a bad reputation. Steve thinks he needs to protect me from him for some reason, but Eddie thinks the same about him."

" It goes for both: either with dumb or dingus you should draw a clear line of what they can or can't do if they want to be your friends." She insisted, throwing some actual advice because the situation weirded her. " For example: friends hug or call each other ridiculous nicknames, but they don't use pet names or kiss."

" Steve and I have kissed. " You playfully confessed, only speaking of her coworker because he was the only one she knew enough to be hearing your comments on." He has very soft lips, I bet he uses lip balm."

It grossed her even more simply because you were sharing more than what she would have wanted to know.

" You have no one else to come over with that sort of thing, ríght?"

" Well, the only girls who I am friends with just finished middle school. There is also Nancy, my best friend's girlfriend, but I can't talk about that with her. Steve is her ex and Eddie scares her."

That alone explained a lot, your naivety suddenly made sense. It was an awkward conversation to have, but you were opening up to the very first same age girl who was giving you the possibility. Fortunately for her, Steve showed up and made you shut up.

“ Is that silence about me? Am I interrupting something?”

Robin looked visibly fed up with him, knowing well that he was listening but playing the fool in the back the whole time. You replied before her and things could only escalate from that.

“ I was saying that I can’t believe that you are struggling with dating because you are wonderful and our date was the most fun I ever had.”

“ That's easy to say, it was the first one.” He joked back, attenuating his excitement. “ It was awesome for me too and you saved my ass that night.”

“ Don’t tear yourself down. My dating history may be non-existent but that doesn’t mean I am easy to impress. I guess you must be dealing with the consequences, everyone found out you took a freak to prom and now you are blacklisted. “

“ It’s not your fault, he blows up every chance he has on his own. '' Robin concluded while seeking a way out of that conversation. “ Make me a favor: watch over dingus while you wait for dumb.”

As she intended to return to the previous spot you directed a prideful glance to Steve, showing how happy you were for thinking you were making progress. The reminder of how he heard you talk about the softness of his lips was causing an effect and he attempted to make good use of it.

“ So, has the king of weirdos abandoned you already?”

“ The correct term is Dungeon Master, and he hasn’t. He is just delayed. “ You corrected and it suddenly occurred to you to talk with him about your doubts. Talking with him was safer than asking any of the Hellfire guys and getting labeled as the club’s baby if your question was a dumb one. “ Steve, should I be worried about Eddie? “

“ In my personal opinion? He is insane.” Was your friend’s blatant reply.

“ I mean, healthwise. Sometimes he takes long bathroom breaks: at one given moment we are having a normal conversation, then he rushes out as if his life depended on it. He can’t even look at me, he just rans.”

He wasn’t sure of why you wanted his opinion regarding such a specific topic, but what you told was suspicious to him for other reasons.

“ I don’t know, there are a hundred abnormalities going on with that dude. Why don't you start describing to me what got you worried at this particular time?”

“ We were over there, chatting while having our ice creams and everything was normal.” You began to tell, pointing at the spot you had occupied as if Steve wouldn’t have carefully followed you with his sight at the moment you sat there. “ He was eating slower than me and I made a joke about it. I was like ‘ It’s gonna melt, dummy. Let me help you!’, then licked the side of his that was at the highest risk to fall. I thought that he would find it funny, but he didn’t laugh and only hurried up to finish so he could take off.”

The description was intense enough for Steve to get an approximated idea of what happened. From that ubication, you probably needed to bend over the table to reach Eddie but the position was way more compromising than what you would realize because all you wanted was to joke. Torso pressed against the surface, mouth open and tongue sticking out to lick the creamy frozen treat that the viewer was holding; Steve felt teased just imagining you like that. In some sort of poetic justice act, Munson seemed to have fallen victim to his own ice cream jokes.

“ I’m sure he must be alright, being weird is his trademark.” Steve tried to comfort you without telling you his real opinion of the matter. “ Just let me know if he is being too weird with you, more than usual. That’s what I care about the most.”

“ Curious, because that’s close to what he says of you. Eddie thinks that you are helping me out just to watch me get wet in a bikini.” You confessed as if it was the most hilarious take ever. “ You two are taking protectiveness too far: you are wrong about him and he is wrong about you.”

Partially wrong, he would have added. Steve didn’t do it for the sake of watching you, but that was an accidental side benefit that he enjoyed. He was almost sure that seeing him in his beach shorts impressed you, the reason why he was somewhat guilty of whoring himself through the activity just to see if he could catch you staring.

“ I know what you are going to say ‘ You are my friends and I love you’, but I am sure I love you more than he does. “

“ That’s really sweet, but very rude. “ You sweetly corrected him. “ You don’t know Eddie enough to state that.”

“ I don’t need to because I know myself.”

The irruption from a few customers stopped you from asking any further. You gave him the needed space to keep doing his work and before you could resume that talk Eddie came back. He was all smiles for you, whatever that was bothering him seemed behind and his sweetest side was out for you.

“ Are you alright, Eds?” You asked him as soon as he got close to you.” What took you so long? “

The worry in your eyes made him feel extremely guilty.

“ Got lost trying to find out if this place has any arcade machines. “ He explained himself, trying to sound convincing enough to hush your concerns away. “ Worry not, fair maiden, for your knight has returned.”

That joke made you giggle and he had to complete it with the hand kiss gesture, turning you into a blushed mess that you dissimulated through simulating laughing. That time it was you who grabbed him closer, hiding your face against his neck until the outburst would end. Seeking to return the joke, you tried to kiss his hand but he stopped you halfway. You got close enough to smell soap, indicating recent handwashing, but your lips didn’t reach destiny. For some reason he didn’t want you to get there and offered his face as comfort.

You placed your index finger over his pursed lips, keeping in mind the advice Robin gave you. Seeing his intention frustrated, he threw a casual joke about that.

“ Is that asshole of Harrington making you be so mean to me?”

“ Got into some girl’s talk and turns out it’s weird to go around kissing your friend.” You clarified for him. “ A really cool girl gave me a talk about boundaries and shit, she thinks this is something we shouldn’t be doing.”

“ Was it Wheeler, right? That sounds like her thing. “ Eddie asked while defending his point. “ You know that I would never make you do anything you don’t want to. What you have to think about is if it’s about what others say or about what you want. I will always stop the jokes for you, but I can’t give a fuck about what others think of us.”

You smiled, then gave him a peck on the lips.

“ That’s my girl! “ He cheered you, feeling a bit in awe. “ Fuck the rules, who cares if we are weird? “

“ Have you found any machines?”

He almost forgot about that part, too lost on the brief sensation of your lips against his.

“ No, but we can keep searching.”

You nodded in agreement, but split apart.

“ Wait me a sec, I have to say bye to Steve.”

Eddie stayed at the margin, choosing to observe over engage just to make sure things would be quick. If he would've followed you another argument would have started and that guy had stolen enough of your time together already. To his greatest shock, your farewell to the ice cream sailor also included a peck on the lips that he received with pleased confusion. The words Eddie told you backfired on him, which was technically logical because nothing stopped you from being weird with another friend.

You were all his, but he had to ruin it by being himself. When he offered to accompany you despite you explaining why you wanted to go to the mall he thought that he had the upper hand. Eddie followed you there while being desperate to see you, but also expecting to get his best chance to make fun of Steve. Your freshly graduated friend was no longer a sports team star, but he was still the cool guitarist in a band and that was supposed to place him at a better spot to win you over.

The first sight of you on that sundress sealed his fate, but you managed to overcome his most feared expectations. That secondary goal got eclipsed by his own embarrassment, even the main one was affected because of the time he had to lose fixing the problem. Thinking that you were truly worried for him made him feel awful, so horribly guilty, but there wasn’t much he could have done about it and he truly couldn’t explain it to you.

If you would get to know the actual reason for those escapades to the bathroom your friendship itself would be compromised. The needy ice cream guy joke he threw on Steve was a mix of his observations with some blatant projection. He fell so hard for you, wanted you so badly that cooling down was sometimes impossible.

As you were walking out of the ice cream shop he almost yelped to the feeling of you trying to hold his hand.

#stranger things #stranger things imagine #stranger things oneshot #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve harrington x reader #eddie munson x reader #steve harrington x henderson!reader #eddie munson x henderson!reader #joe keery #joseph quinn #stranger things x reader

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arvinsescape · 3 years

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I loooooove your writing! Could you maybe do like a period simulator with Tom and co, like maybe they made a comment that it’s not even bad but you took it the wrong way and it’s like ‘oh okay…you think YOU could handle it. Put your money where your mouth is big guy’

A/N: I actually love watching these kind of videos, I find them hilarious! I hope you enjoy 💕

Warnings: Swearing.

You were curled into yourself on the couch, a wave of period pain having hit you hard. You always got bad period pains, they could be awful and made you want to spend all day in the house and in bed. You lived with the boys and it was great, truly but sometimes they could be such boys.

"What's the matter with you?" Haz asked as he sat next to you.

"Cramps." You muttered out and he furrowed his brows.

"You ill?" He asked as Tom appeared, handing you a hot water bottle.

"Thank you baby. No, not really." You answered as Tom sat himself down and found something to watch.

"Oh." Harrison dragged out as realisation dawned on him. You laughed at his reaction as the rest of the boys appeared in the living room. Harry and Harrison's girlfriends appearing, throwing you a bunch of chocolate they'd just been to the shop for.

"Thank you." You said happily as you grabbed a bar and started eating it. It wasn't long before a fresh wave of cramps hit you, causing you to clutch your stomach.

"Is it really so bad?" Harrison asked and all girls snapped their heads in his direction, eyebrows raised. Tom looked at Harrison before shaking his head.

"Yeah, it's horrible." You said and Haz's girlfriend hummed in agreement.

"Like how bad though?" Haz pushed and Tom laughed out as he shook his head, he knew they were bad for you. He'd seen some of your worst periods so he knew they were bad.

"Like it feels like your having your entire uterus ripped out sometimes." Haz's girlfriend said.

"I just don't see how they can be so bad." Harry said, you were sure he didn't mean anything by it but given the fact that you were on your period, you may have taken it slightly to heart.

"I bet you couldn't handle it." You stated and Harry laughed.

"Bet I could." He fired back.

"We'll see." You said ominously and Tom burst into a fit of laughter.

"That sounded threatening."

It was three days later, you'd had to wait on delivery for the period simulator, you'd seen the videos circulating online and decided it might be a fun thing to give the fans as content.

"Right," you said as you made your way into the living room, all heads snapping your way. Grace had a smile on her face, she knew what the plan was and she was all for it. "Here," you handed the device to Harry who looked at you with furrowed brows. "Let's see if you can handle it." You said with a smug grin.

"Serious? Is this one of those simulators?" He asked and you nodded. "Wait, I want you to try it first." He said as he handed it back to you and you shrugged before attaching yourself to it. "Okay, off we go." Harry said, device to control the levels in his hand.

You felt the discomfort start but it was nothing compared to what you usually put up with. Grace looking at you with a smug smile, she knew you were going to show them up. Harry continued to casually up the numbers, it wasn't until around the number eight that you started to really feel it, it was like being on your period all over again.

"Okay, that's about where I'm at." You stated and Harry looked at you, the device had ten settings, apparently ten was supposed to resemble childbirth but you could neither confirm nor deny that claim. "Keep going." You encouraged and Harry did.

Number nine felt horrid and almost had you wincing but you held strong, you could handle it. It was number ten that genuinely had you in almost tears, but you'd done all of them, you doubted the boys would be able to follow.

"Okay, that's all ten. I reckon I could do it." Harry said smugly, Tom had an impressed look on his face, he knew people who had used these things and heard how painful they could be.

"Go ahead." You teased as you swapped what you were both holding. Harry hooked himself up, giving you a thumbs up as you started at level one. He gave a small grimace but nothing more, it wasn't until level four that he started hissing in pain.

"Shit, that's actually painful." He said and all the girls laughed. "What number is that? Ten right?" He asked cockily.

"Four." You confirmed with a small grin, his face dropped at the news. "No way." He said and you laughed again as you upped the level. He cried out as he clutched at his stomach, head shaking as Tom burst into laughter.

"Okay, no. That's enough. You're right, I can't handle it." Harry said and you switched it off, laughs filling the room. "I bet I've done better than you guys." Harry said and of course being the competitive lads they were they accepted the challenge.

"You've got his babe." You encouraged your boyfriend who grinned at you and shot you a wink.

Tom got to five himself before he was clutching at his stomach and rubbing his thighs.

"What the fuck? Why do my thighs hurt?" Tom exclaimed and Harry pointed at him.

"Right? What is that all about?" He asked and his girlfriend fell into a fit of laughter.

"Yeah, it's not just our stomach's that hurt you know." She said as she kissed her boyfriends cheek.

He managed a six, wanting to out do his brother if only by one and you laughed as he shook his head when you went to up it again.

"What was your level of pain?" He asked as he sat next to you.

"Eight." You confirmed.

"Fucking hell. Now I really feel for you." He said as he pulled you into his side.

"My turn." Tuwaine said, sounding pumped. "I'm gonna smash this, I've broken a wrist." He said and Tom laughed.

"I have broken many bones and I would take it over that."

Tuwaine managed a four, he was somewhat disappointed in himself. You laughed as you watched him cave, giving in.

"No, fuck that shit." He said as he handed the device to Sam. "Why do things ache that shouldn't? I'm glad I've never doubted how bad they are" He laughed.

"Right?" Both Tom and Harry shouted.

Sam also stopped at four, adding to the boys revelation that more things than just your stomach hurt.

"Imagine back pain factored into that." Grace laughed.

"And the super tender tits." Harry's girlfriend added as you all fell into a fit of giggles.

"Yeah, I take my hat off to you." Sam said as he passed it to Harrison, the last contender.

"I can do this. I'm the strongest." He laughed as he flexed his bicep.

"Don't think strength has much to do with it." Tom laughed as he lazily ran his fingers over your arm. "Y/N currently holds the record." He said with pride, "and I'm stronger than she is." He added in a teasing tone.

"You wish." You said as you playfully punched his chest and he laughed as he grabbed your fist and playfully restrained you before placing a series of kisses to your face.

"Guys, my turn." Harrison laughed and you giggled before Tom released you and snapped his attention back to his friend.

Harrison was quite funny to watch, he got to five, without making a noise. But every single person in the room knew he was in pain, face red as he bit harshly into his lip.

"That hurt a bit mate?" Sam teased and you all laughed as Harrison shook his head, too afraid to speak. You upped the level and watched as he curled into himself but he didn't give. "You can give in you know." Sam added and all he got was a shake of the head in response. It was when he got to seven that he cracked.

"Jesus fucking christ." He exclaimed as he fell to his knee on the floor. "I'm out, I'm done. That was horrible. Pure torture." He said as he practically ripped the device from himself. "What'd I get?"

"Seven." You said.

"Suck it Holland." Haz cheered as he threw a middle finger up at his friend.

"Still couldn't beat my girl though could you?" Tom teased with a finger back.

"By one!" Harrison said and Sam laughed out loudly.

"No, she did all ten. Eight was about where her pain is but she still did all ten." Sam defended you.

"I still don't get it," Harry piped up. "Why do your thighs hurt?" He started again as you all fell into laughter. You couldn't wait to upload the video later. The room bursting into chatter about the pain their partners felt on a monthly basis. Safe to say you proved them wrong.

#tom holland x reader #tom holland x y/n #tom holland fluff #tom holland blurb

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dourpeep · 3 years

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i have even more ideas now...

what about like the moment you open up about your relationship with kazuxiao the fans who were already seeing that happen were celebrating and on both of y'alls insta or something is where you announce and it's like a picture of all 3 of you chilling together or something

and then when they finally appear on a variety show they're just questioned throughly and they talk about how you guys meet and what they like about you

ok but the moments where you just feel sort of insecure since being an idol is hard and you're technically dating your seniors and you're just hit by the antis who are against yourself relationship so you lock yourself in your room in your dorm by yourself to cope. your roommate (can be whoever) contacts them both and they immediately come over and come in and offer soft kisses and soft murmurs of reassurance that they'll never leave you and that everything's gonna be ok.

side note i can see xiao just being a whole meme without realizing?? for like variety shows he's just known for his dead pan expression and then i can see him being so competitive on shows like running man..mans ripping tags left and right, while kazuhas just hiding in a weird spot or something

kazuha on the other hand i can see him being a troll, he likes to mess around with the hosts of the show and manages to mess up some of their plans, he also likes messing with his group members, where xiao likes to say that kazuha looks innocent but is a part of the devil line with venti

onto albedo i can see him like answering questions in his vlive and fans realize that a lot of his songs are more romantic and sort of pining?? and they're asking where the motivation is from. he answers that it's just something that he saw recently so he felt motivated (it wasn't the fact that he had realized that he was 100% in love with you)

but like all of this mans inspiration comes from you, he's had multiple songs dedicated to you before your relationship was even open to the public, and when your relationship finally does, it just clicks for fans and it suddenly makes sense, your ship name trends worldwide for the day

but how you and albedo met, i can see both of you guys being in the industry already and you guys are sort of know each other but it was for a one time off collab with other artists involved so you didn't really talk with each other. like i said before albedos a solo artist while i can see you being a part of a popular group already. but then both of your companies decided to do another collab and especially picked you two since you guys already worked on a collab before.

at first it was like awkward since albedos really socially awkward but then things click when you guys start writing the song together. everything just matches so well?? and you guys just compliment each other?? and that's when you learn of albedo just staying at the studio so late so you often bring food. this leads to you guys getting closer and albedo even stops his work just to talk to you more. when your song comes out and everyone is waiting for the stage, there's just so much tension?? but the good kinda and everyone is awed by the song and the vocals coming from you and albedo.

i can also see the both of you guys appearing on variety shows together too, like appearing on a show where you two travel to another place and experience the culture there, with albedo being your tour guide and showing you all the famous places (one of the many times where fans were awed by his research and knowledge) and then if you guys were to appear together again after you guys reveal your relationship, a lot of the times they show idols as they wake up, they'll see you and albedo being clingy af to each other.

on another side note, albedos totally a troll on variety shows, he likes messing around with the hosts and other contestants since a lot of the time he's not really interested in the show itself, it's more for publicity. however, when he first appeared on a show with you fans noticed that he actually seemed interested for once and that's where your ship name started.

albedos totally a golden child tho, he's like basically perfect in everything so a lot of the times variety shows don't catch him slipping, however the one time that he did was when you were mentioned, the clip of with his ears bright red was trending for a couple of days :)

GIVING ME SO MUCH GOOD FOOD THANK YOU ANON

I think that this covers everything hehehe so I won't add to-

wait wait I put it all under the cut b/c it's a lot again-

Okay okay but like for the 'announcement' picture, what if it's like those photo booth pics (but like each picture you need to scroll through like on Insta) where it's cute and wholesome! The three of you are having fun wearing some silly glasses or hats, doing peace signs or finger hearts....and the very last photo is the three of you sharing a kiss- or, at least trying to.

It's sweet, a little silly, and most of your fans take it really well! After all, they can see the chemistry that you share and can't deny that the three of you would have a good relationship.

As for the insecurities of dating your seniors, Kazuha and Xiao are quick to knock back any of those worries. They love you so, so much and hate the fact that something like that makes you doubt for a single second. If anyone ever tries to bring it up, you know that they're going to immediately quip back.

Naturally, you're roomed with Venven :D He's technically an up-and-coming after he stopped doing idol stuff for a few years, so not only does he know the ropes, but he's also one of your biggest fans and biggest supports (outside of Kazuha and Xiao).

Though he's silly and light-hearted, he's quick to recognize when things are serious and need handling.

So as soon as he sees that you're not doing so great or if he notices the comments on your posts are going in a bad direction, he speed dials Xiao and the two of your boyfriends are right at the door in under 15.

Not only are they fast about it, but they have all your favorite snacks, a movie or two, some popcorn, and a ton of love and affection because they'll be damned if their love is going to be affected by some asshole's comments about their love life! What do they know anyway??

Actually this all could work too if Kazuha and Xiao are part of 4NEMO-

Hmmm

That'd cause so much more ruckus- not only is half of one of the most popular idol groups are taken, but by the same person??? And each other??? Man, that's wack.

BUT THE GAMESHOWS

Xiao would most certainly be super intense with those. He just can't help it--competition drives his blood and makes something snap in him. He's dead serious about doing well, regardless of the game. I actually have never watched said game shows, but--

Like...he's out for blood. No one is safe. Not even you or Kazuha if you're on opposing teams, though he'll be a bit more gentle. Maybe even with the hint of a smile while you have an expression of utter shock at the fact that he's just so fast-

Or if it's not a game show and instead you're doing some sort of idol group activity with a few others to get to know each other?

Someone suggests ping pong and, knowing how competitive Xiao gets, he's pitted up against Tartaglia and man. That's scary. There's no doubt that someone would clip the video and make it into an overly-dramatic retelling complete with music.

Hilarious.

As for Kazuha! He'd be a bit of a mish mosh! He enjoys poking fun at others, and he's so sly! Those poor hosts don't realize that he's goading them on, but sure enough--he is. Who knew that his charming smile and mild-mannered attitude could be so devastating?

But even then, he's mostly wholesome! There's a lot of little clips, mostly of your doing, of him in a 'kiss the chef' apron getting caught off guard while cooking something up. The videos aren't great because you're giggling while recording and he ends up placing the ladle down calmly before wrapping you up in his arms. Half the video ends up being the two of you laughing and joking while it's pointed at a weird angle towards the counter.

Sometimes it'll point just right and you'll get a half-blurred view of Xiao sitting at the kitchen island with his reading glasses perched on his nose and book forgotten. He tends to get up and join in for a few smooches before reminding Kazuha of the food that's still cooking.

Albedo!! He absolutely is the golden child. He's fantastic handling things under pressure in a cool, calm manner. Handsome, charismatic, incredibly smart--man's hit all the stops and just keeps going.

It's not until it comes out that the two of you are together that his cool façade (hardly one, though) falters and at the mere mention of you, he'll go soft. There's a tenderness in his eyes, a small smile on his lips, and his blush? Absolutely adorable. How can anyone object when he's obviously so in love with you?

And the idea you mentioned with the two of you traveling and experiencing stuff together sounds so cute (':

He particularly enjoys exploring new cuisine, so expect him to feed you some food from his plate-

There's also a few times where you two have gotten lost in the new places, more because you're both so busy taking in the sights to realize you've taken five wrong turns- But then you make it into a whole adventure, foregoing the map and deciding to wander around. What better way to discover and learn about somewhere than getting lost and wandering?

You find quite a few hidden gems this way since otherwise you'd be hitting more popular areas!

Wait- do they really show idols waking up???

Ahh regardless, Albedo's definitely a cuddler. He loves it, can't get enough of it. It's not often that he gets a good night's rest, but with you it seems like he's fully recharged and ready for the day! It's cute too because it doesn't matter--big spoon or little spoon, you on his chest or him resting on yours. Even a few times with you facing each other with your hands intertwined.

I also agree that Albedo would mess with the game show's hosts and contestants. Not only would he, but he'd be entirely smug about it (after all, we need to have that #smugbedo going on).

No doubt, there's been times where the cameras even focus/zoom in on him where he's sitting because he's got that smirk on his face.

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kumqu4t · 3 years

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Ok so I just had a thought for creachur Y/N: So they can eat pretty much any plant. I'm talking able to digest HOLLY LEAVES and BARK straight off the plant and can eat poisonous mushrooms. HOWEVER, the company does not know this and one day Y/N is like "I'm REALLY hungry, I'm gonna get a snack" and everyone's like "sure thing kiddo" and she just grabs a fistful of leaves and starts stuffing them in her mouth and everyone panics because OH MAHAL Y/N NO YOU CANT EAT FERNS

@sleeplessdreamer14

(OKAY LITERALLY ANYONE WHO SEES THIS NEVER HESITATE TO SEND ME Y/N HEADCANONS/RANDOM CONCEPTS BECAUSE THEY BRING ME SO MUCH JOY!!!! i love adding little input and reacting to them and stuff so yea!! it kinda takes the pressure off of writing serious stuff but also gives me inspiration)

AND OBVIOUSLY I LOVE THIS CONCEPT BECAUSE @beenovel YOU HAVE AMAZING HILARIOUS ADORABLE IDEAS so you just know i gotta elaborate on it ;)

CULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS GIVE ME LIFE SO STRAP IN Y’ALL 🙌

okay first of all i am so soft for middle aged/older men calling younger children or teens “kiddo” it’s just so Domestic Dad ™

so in this scenario i imagine that the company is constantly concerned that y/n is not getting enough to eat

and so when y/n is being proactive and admitting they are getting a snack because they’re hungry the company is like: 😄👍

but when the company sees y/n stuffing WILD LEAVES into their mouth

panic ensues

dwarves are tripping over themselves trying to run over to help

everyone has resorted to yelling in khuzdul

a fire has been lit under thorin and dwalin’s asses because they are SPRINTING

you know when dog owners try to pry their dogs mouths open because they’re trying to eat chocolate or plastic or something?

yeah that’s what is happening rn

“Y/N IF YOU LET GO OF THE LEAVES WE WILL GIVE YOU EXTRA SOUP TONIGHT PLEASE”

“SWEET FUCKING MAHAL Y/N WHAT ARE YOU DOING”

“WE HAVE SURVIVED COUNTLESS ATTACKS BUT ITS GOING TO BE PLANTS THAT KILL Y/N”

“SPIT THEM OUT Y/N! NO!! SPIT THEM OUT NOW!”

bilbo is all flustered and worried

“come now y/n let’s be rational now! we can’t eat every plant we find- no matter how appetizing they may look. Y/N I SAID NO!!”

y/n is SO CONFUSED

just like ??????? wut ????

and in all the confusion and yelling and HANDS IN THEIR MOUTH they spit out the leaves

y/n: wtf guys!!! not cool!! let me feast in peace!!

dwalin is yelling about not being stupid and having a “feckin death wish”

thorin looks very angry and confused and is trying to pry the leaves out of y/n’s mouth

bilbo is smacking thorin’s arm and demanding he “do something!!!” while also somehow scolding y/n

fili is beyond concerned

kili almost went into cardiac arrest and is very frantic

fee and kee’s big brother mode has been ACTIVATED

balin looks incredibly out of his element here,, poor guy very worried- he is too old for this shit

oin is already preparing a remedy

he is also too old for this shit

gloin’s face is red and he is pleading with y/n to “stop this foolishness this instant!”

dori is being (let’s all say it together. i know you know it)… a MOTHER HEN!!

#helicopterparent

nori is absolutely dumbfounded and has no idea what to do but he is trying his best

ori, knowing the vast dangers of poisonous or inedible plants, is on the verge of tears

he is frantically flipping through his notes to see what the protocol is for this situation (spoiler: there is none)

bofur is yelling A LOT and wringing his hat

bifur is also yelling a lot and waving his arms around (“SOUND THE ALARMS”)

bombur is horrified and fearing for y/n’s life (and taste buds)

time skip to after everything has been explained and the company has been appeased

(which takes a lot of time and the confirmation from gandalf that y/n is not about to drop dead or contract a serious illness)

thorin grumbles something that sounds suspiciously like “confounding creachurs going to drive me to an early grave”

dori almost faints with relief

everyone watches y/n very carefully when they eat dinner that night

fili and kili snuggle y/n in between them that night and hold them extra tight

thorin huffs in annoyance and exhaustion after the catastrophe that will henceforth be referred to as “The Leaf Incident”

but he gives you a forehead kiss nonetheless before tucking his three unofficial children into their bedrolls

dwalin keeps watch that night because this rattled him

HELP IM SOFT AGAIN

anyways yes i love this so much

and if anyone wants to add on to this PLEASE DO IT MAKES ME SO SO HAPPY

(also:

the company in mirkwood: okay but y/n isn’t going to starve because look at all the plants so no worries 👍👍👍👍👍)

#erins hobbit headcannons #erins hobbit ramblings #creachur y/n #these are so comforting to imagine and write #asks like these are my favorite things #they’re like little gifts #writing these is literally a stress reliever

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hiccanna-tidbits · 3 years

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The RotBTD+ Gang Plays DnD! (Feat. my ships, sorry not sorry XD)

So highkey I’ve actually been wanting to do a “The Gang Plays DnD” type post for AGES now, but then I saw @hobie-brown and @ohlooksheswriting-wips do DnD AU posts for RotBTD, and then I was like “Ah shit, I really should finish mine, eh?” So thank you to both of you for inspiring me to get off my ass and actually write the post!!!

Hiccup DMs. He comes up with this super complex plot revolving around dragons (because of course) where the party has to dismantle this society ruled by evil knights who want to genocide all of the dragons. Imagine his chagrin when the party wants to do nothing but fuck around in towns and aggravate NPCs 90% of the time.

They usually end up playing at Jack’s apartment, mainly because Hiccup’s dad doesn’t really want a bunch of loud nerds yelling about 20-sided dice in his household while he’s trying to work, if he can at all help it. Jack’s sister regularly barges into their living room and roasts the fuck out of Jack and his friends for being such damn nerds and eats all of their DnD snacks they’ve set out. If they’re in the middle of a combat session, she always gleefully proclaims that they’re all going to die. While Jack is annoyed by this, the rest of the party finds it deeply hilarious.

Jack Overland plays the absolute mayhem warlock Jack Frost, who got his powers through making a deal with the archfey Prince of Frost and has absolutely no qualms about being an evil god’s mortal Sower of Chaos. He spends the vast majority of the campaign doing such useful things as creating ice slicks under annoying NPCs and freezing people’s drinks. He also plays a Tiefling because absolutely no one can talk this boy out of playing the creepy demon race.

Rapunzel plays a woodland nymph druid who is also the party healer (because of course she is). Her name is probably Sunlily or something else suitably hippie-esque. Whenever there’s downtime (or whenever the rest of the party is also dicking around, and she can get away with it), Rapunzel likes to go into the nearest forest and pick the best berries and nuts for the rest of the party. She also loves baking fruit pies and cooking the best nymph food for her companions when given the chance. Definitely the party Cinnamon Roll (every party has one!). She often will turn into cute animals to distract the guards while the party infiltrates a building.

Merida’s character is the party archer and general ranged weapon master, as well as a raging lesbian. Hiccup learns very quickly that any male NPC who tries to flirt with her will very quickly get impaled with an arrow. She can’t ever decide if she wants to be a ranger or a rogue, so she multiclasses in both for flare. She also plays a Tiefling, and continually insists that her character is both scarier and sexier than Jack’s. In combat, she either Leeroy Jenkins her way in with a sword and just starts slashing every which way, or just shoots 90% of the enemies with arrows before the fight even starts. There’s really no in between. She can get away with this because she’s highkey one of the party tanks, and consistently deals a shitton of damage.

Anna plays a human bard, basically having read over the class options and going “Wait, in this one I get to make stylish medieval music??? And wear dramatic and garish outfits and a dumb hat??? And cast wacky illusion spells??? And do silly little magic tricks??? And INSPIRE EVERYONE??? Hell yeah, I’m in!!!” She mostly uses magic attacks in combat (definitely favors Tasha’s Hideous Laughter), but occasionally when she’s out of spell slots she’ll just take to slamming enemies in the face with her lute. She also has WAY too much fun with Vicious Mockery, let’s be real.

Elsa, upon hearing Jack’s character concept, rolls her eyes so far up in her head she can see her damn brain, and vows to play his concept, but serious–solely out of spite. She rolls up a super OP elf Chaos Sorcerer, filled with lots of brooding angst about how uncontrollable her winter powers can get if she isn’t careful. She combines it a bit with Storm Sorcerer so she can create literal blizzards, and Hiccup ends up allowing it just because he thinks it’s cool. Although Elsa’s character is undoubtedly aggravated by the rest of the party’s antics, she starts becoming grudgingly protective of these idiots and can deal some pretty crazy damage when her companions are threatened. She also contains one of the party’s only brain cells.

Eugene of course plays dashing rogue master thief Flynn Rider. Although his high deception and lockpicking skills certainly come in handy, he’s the most chaotic neutral fucker you’ve ever met and will take any excuse to rob NPCs blind or cheat them out of every cent they have in a tavern card game. It’s nigh impossible to get him to cooperate with the rest of the party much of the time, and often Elsa’s character has to either bribe him with some of her family’s gold or threaten to freeze him to stop him backstabbing one or more party members. Eugene’s character forces Hiccup to add in many more heist plotlines than he originally intended. This delights Eugene immensely, and sometimes he goes a bit crazy planning elaborate heists.

Moana plays a sorcerer water genasi. She can control any body of water, but she has a special affinity for controlling saltwater (i.e. the ocean lol). She also requests an animal handling bonus, but only with marine animals, solely because she thought it would be funny. She’s also an ex-pirate who robbed a lot of wealthy merchant ships and freed their slaves back in the day, which Merida thinks is incredibly badass. Moana tends to get bored and unengaged when there are no bodies of water to play around with, so Hiccup ends up having to add a lot more lakes, rivers, and oceans to the campaign than he originally planned on. Moana also takes a sailing skill, and thus the party often ends up traveling by boat. Typically Eugene and Rapunzel will infiltrate and hijack it, and Moana will sail it. Moana probably contains the party’s only other brain cell.

Astrid plays a gigantic berserker orc barbarian who is never without his trusty axe. Astrid is hands down the party’s top tank, and unquestionably deals the most damage every combat session. Much like Merida’s character, Astrid’s character is absolutely a shameless power fantasy. Hiccup pretty easily picks up on this, but is too polite to say anything about it. Jack also picks up on this, but is hardly as courteous as their DM, and teases Astrid mercilessly. Astrid is not amused.

Rapunzel requests that her weapon of choice be a frying pan, her justification being that her character found a discarded one at the edge of a human village outside her woods and mistaked it for a highly-dangerous human weapon. Hiccup is like “…you know what? Fuck it” and rolls up stats for a goddamn frying pan. Jack has nigh-endless admiration for Rapunzel for choosing such a goddamn memey, absurd, yet oddly effective weapon and it definitely makes the poor boy even more smitten with her than he already is.

Eugene and Merida have a bet going on who can sleep with more sexy barmaids. Merida is currently winning, much to Eugene’s chagrin. She’s not even inherently better at seducing NPCs, she and Eugene have the same charisma stat–she just consistently rolls better than Eugene. Eugene is incredibly salty about this.

Anna and Elsa want to be sisters in-game as well, but neither want to change their race–so Anna decides her character was adopted. Hiccup and the rest of the party go along with it, mainly because there’s something deeply hilarious about a regular human bard being adopted and raised by a family of high-powered elf ice mages.

Astrid is absolutely the sort of player who tends to get bored and restless outside of fights, and tends to fidget and twiddle her thumbs waiting for the next combat session. Jack picks up on this, and purposely does more roleplay for longer just to piss her off. He’s also just a very dramatic fucker and highkey loves roleplay.

When she’s not causing mayhem around the town or sleeping with hot women, Merida tries to entertain Astrid between combat sessions by offering to spar with her. Unfortunately, this does not usually end well for poor Merida, as even the most hardcore and badass of tieflings is prone to getting dumpstered by an 8-foot-tall barbarian orc with an axe. Astrid is, nonetheless, grateful to have someone to fight.

Rapunzel, Elsa, and Moana will humor Hiccup and attempt to actually play the main plot. Meanwhile, Jack, Merida, and Eugene are a DM’s worst nightmare. They constantly derail the damn campaign to fuck around, cause mayhem, and do inane shenanigans in every. Damn. Town. They go to. Anna is kind of a wildcard–she’ll typically go with whatever group looks like they’re going to be doing something more interesting. Astrid will go along with whichever group is more likely to get into a fight–which, often as not, is Jack and his posse of terrible Chaotic Neutrals (who have definitely pissed off a number of NPCs into attacking them).

As the campaign goes on, Elsa and Eugene become the beleaguered Party Mom and Dad. Both are quite aggravated by this–especially poor Eugene, who just wanted to play a morally-gray charming rogue who stole everything and got away with it and then accidentally ended up caring about these idiots he got stuck with.

Anna initially joins the campaign because she has a planet-size crush on Hiccup, and inevitably is the one who dragged Elsa into it too. Being the hopeless romantic that she is, Anna writes a love interest into her backstory. Hiccup eventually has the party run into said love interest, and Anna is overjoyed. He starts flirting with her as the love interest, and it’s easily the best 30 minutes of Anna’s life.

Moana and Elsa also give Hiccup pretty detailed backstories, and he works in little subplots for them. Moana gets to bring water back to a dying part of the jungle in the middle of a draught, while Elsa gets to go on a whole sidequest to explore her family history and how they came to be sorcerers.

Jack, Merida, and Eugene also give Hiccup fairly elaborate backstories, but Jack’s and Merida’s are like 99% memes and Dumb Shit. Hiccup tries to give all of them backstory-related plot hooks, but inevitably any hooks he provides are either stabbed, robbed, or frozen. Honestly any plot hook offered to these 3 will be all but spat in the face of and tossed off a cliff.

The one relevant part of Eugene’s backstory is that he and Rapunzel decide they used to be partners in crime before the campaign started. Rapunzel would infiltrate and scout out places he wanted to rob as small, unobtrusive animals (her preferred Wild Shape is a chameleon) and later distract the guards as a bunny or kitten while he went in and took every gold coin in sight. In return, Flynn Rider would bribe builders to not develop into Sunlily’s forest. Rapunzel and Eugene partly came up with this For Funsies, but also it was Rapunzel’s sneaky way of tricking Eugene into having prior connections in the party so he’d be less likely to betray them. It works pretty well–although the entire party is protective of Cinnamon Roll Sunlily, Flynn is certainly especially protective of her.

Astrid does the absolute bare minimum as far as backstories go. She is literally just here to smash stuff, slice people, and beat some fuckers up.

Rapunzel has a backstory, but she’s typically so invested in the main plot and the other party members that Hiccup rarely needs to bring it in to keep her engaged. She’s highkey the party emotional rock, and probably the only one keeping them all together.

On that note, Rapunzel’s character is the ONLY one who can get Jack’s character to take the plot even REMOTELY seriously. Like he’ll be dicking around in the nearest tavern challenging the nearest orc to a drinking game, and Rapunzel will come in and ask him to help them on a Main Plot Quest. And he’ll be like “come onnnnn I’m having funnn” and she’ll be like “Jack pleeeeeease?” and you just. Can’t resist Sunlily’s puppy dog eyes. At all. Also, whenever Sunlily is genuinely threatened, any silliness immediately goes out the window and Jack Frost is OUT FOR BLOOD.

For better or for worse, Rapunzel is not immune to being looped into Jack’s shenanigans. Occasionally if either Merida or Eugene have a particularly hare-brained scheme she’ll go along with it, but by and large Jack is the most successful in convincing her to temporarily abandon the plot and cause mild mischief with him. They once wasted half a session creating an elaborate “ice theme park” for some squirrels in the forest.

Hiccup tries to get Merida to play the main plot by eventually having there be no more sexy female NPCs to seduce in the towns they go to. Unfortunately, this backfires–Merida just hooks up with Moana’s character instead. When asked to roll for how good the lay is, Merida gets a nat 20–and thus her character and Moana’s character end up hooking up regularly throughout the rest of the campaign.

Hiccup introduces a few Wise Old Mentor-type NPCs to guide the party throughout the campaign. While Rapunzel, Elsa, Moana, and Anna actually try to listen to them and take their advice, Merida, Jack, and Eugene absolutely refuse to take them seriously and mercilessly play pranks on them.

At one point, Hiccup gives the party the option to attempt to tame a group of wild dragons and use them as mounts. They all have to make animal handling checks. Anna, Rapunzel, Elsa, and Moana pass. The rest of the party fails, with Jack and Eugene crit-failing. Hilarity ensues.

Hiccup ends up bringing back Anna’s backstory love interest as an NPC regular. Anna thinks he’s just being a good friend and a good DM and trying to incorporate her backstory as much as he can, but really, he just wants an excuse to regularly flirt with her. He hardly has the balls to out-of-game.

Merida comes out as gay toward the end of the campaign. Everyone in the group is extremely supportive, of course, but everyone is also like “Merida…with the amount of barmaids you’ve banged…and the amount of times you and Moana’s character hooked up…this isn’t exactly surprising.”

Hiccup actually finds a way to use Jack and Elsa’s same-concept-opposite-execution characters to the plot’s advantage. He decides one of the main villains will have a prophecy saying he’ll be taken down by a powerful ice mage. The party manages to fool this guy into thinking this ice mage is Jack, and sends Jack to fight him. As soon as the villain sees Jack, he’s like “WHAT??? THIS clown???” (word has absolutely spread throughout the land of Jack not using his ice powers for anything besides mildly annoying trolling). Naturally, the bad guy lets his guard down after thinking he’s going to fight this literal joke, and then Elsa crashes in from the side and absolutely dumpsters him.

Jack tries to defeat the final boss by just annoying him so much that he leaves. Unfortunately, he just annoys him so much that he attacks Rapunzel’s character. Jack’s just like “oh HELL no” and attacks with absolutely nothing held back. Turns out he’s pretty terrifying when he’s not using his magic for Dumb Antics.

During the final boss of the campaign, the Big Bad tries to one-shot Moana’s character, and Merida’s character super theatrically jumps in front of her to take the blow instead. Rapunzel just barely manages to heal Merida’s character, but it’s a really close call. During all this, Merida is like “ah shit...maybe I’m NOT just in this to get fantasy-laid.” After the fight’s over, her and Moana’s characters have a big dramatic love confession and share a Big Damn Kiss in front of everyone. It’s pretty epic.

After the final session of the campaign, Merida drags Moana outside Jack’s apartment and sputters and trips over her words for a solid minute before she finally gets out that through all this nonsense...well...maybe it’s not just in the game that she thinks Moana is hot. Moana just gets this HUGE grin on her face and says “c’mere, Leeroy Jenkins” and just pulls Merida in and kisses her. Cue the rest of the party barging in on them. Merida and Moana freeze, and there’s a moment of terrified silence...and then the entire party starts cheering them on like “took you long enough!”

The entire rest of the party could detect the sexual tension. Literally all of them.

But Eugene is like “HA, THIS MEANS IF WE DO A SEQUEL CAMPAIGN I’M WINNING THAT BET! BECAUSE YOU’RE GONNA BE DATING MO’S CHAR AND THUS NOT ABLE TO SLEEP WITH ANY MORE BARMAIDS!”

By the epilogue session, Jack and Rapunzel are dating. Merida and Moana are also dating. Hiccup and Anna STILL haven’t figured out why they’re so prone to spending half the session flirting when Anna’s love interest shows up, and Hiccup STILL hasn’t figured out why he likes to have Anna’s love interest show up so often. Bless their souls. Maybe they’ll figure it out next campaign...?

Damn I actually really like this...maybe if people like it I’ll do some incorrect quotes or a drabble or something??? Or maybe some HCs from next campaign???

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Yo Soy Betty, la Fea

So about a month ago I started watching this show as a form to entertain myself, in other words, ironically.

I was introduced to this novela by the Mexican version of it. I grew up with La Fea Mas Bella and during my depressive episodes that was my go to binge show. One day I was sitting on the couch, as one does, and Betty La Fea was on. I laughed for like a solid minute because I thought that acting was so serious that it was hilarious. See I was so used to the dramatics and comedy effects of the Mexican version that I thought the original was just too serious. So as a form to mock myself and the original novela I went on a search for it. Sadly here in the states the only way to watch this show is through NBC/Telemundo and the ads are just so long and it's not even the complete, all 335 aired episodes. Also for me the NBC website crashed to frequent it just made me miserable BUT that's not the point of this.

Hey, hi, I'm a writer.

I feel the need to say this because this show has... I am extremely fascinated by the writer Fernando Gaitan. I haven't seen any of his other works but this show alone is a masterpiece and I don't mean to say this because of the tropes, the moral, or the characters themselves but the mastermind to create so much detail into three minute scenes, the directing and the acting as well just add such a lovely splash of color, of life to this already beautifully written story.

I'm new to this already well established fandom and while I have read many breakdowns of characters, mainly Marcela, I haven't seen much regarding the story itself and many things said and done that foreshadow certain events.

For example, (I'm not sure what episode I'm on because I accidently bought the bootleg version of this novela so chapters aren't titled) This episode is the one when they offer Betty a 10% commission so that she can get Armando to do business with RagTela. The scene in particular however is when Armando is laying in bed with his fiancé, Marcela.

Now this becomes almost a regular thing that I noticed between the lives out of the office between Armando and Betty. We get back to back scenes of Armando with Marcela and then scenes of Betty at home with family or her friends that it becomes almost a way for the viewer, or if this were a book, the reader, to distinguish the difference of lives these two characters have. Though one could assume one is lonely because they don't go out or have a S.O and only work or count numbers is shown in a home with loving parents that are always worried about their child and present in her life and a loving best friend that shares the burden of being outcaste by society and finding the humor in it then we get scenes of a couple always arguing and then jumping into bed. Of a man that while his S.O sleeps lays awake with unheard questions, whose best friend is constantly placing temptations and pushing him to do wrong by his S.O, and whose parents aren't really present and ever only talk about the company or his relationship with Marcela to then again Betty. However in this part of the episode it's Armando awake while Marcela is asleep while Betty writes in her diary and we hear her monologue and then they both drift into sleep.

This becomes a ritual where the viewer can tell the clear line between these two characters and their own worlds.

Why do I mention this?

Because dreams are often, in the literary world, seen as prophecies or for the reader to interpret the future or the secret desires of the character. In other words, a form of foreshadowing.

Now in this episode Armando is laying in bed with Marcela, Betty is writing in her diary and the scenes switch between the both of them until we are taken to a dream. In the dream Betty is wearing a bright red dress with long sleeves, and a red hat with Armando in a black suit(I have theories based on the clothing they wear lol) . They're both dancing to tango. While Betty isn't watching him much, more concentrated in her movements, Armando is busy watching her. We then see him dip her, where she finally stares at him and they near for a kiss, just as they are about to kiss we hear Betty's name echo and she straightens up and walks away, while Armando is left there confused and alone.

Why do I think the mention of this dream is important?

Up until this we've seen Armando go from feeling indifferent about Betty. He is a terrible boss and constantly yells and mistreats her to then being fazed by her tears, to having moments of being a good boss and defending her. We begin to see a pattern of Armando's change towards her. Even before the terrible plan to use her is set and I believe that Fernando Gaitan used these dreams to not only give a break of humor and show Betty's crush towards Armando but to give the viewers a look into an otherwise unbothered, unfazed, and mysterious character's mind. AKA Armando Mendoza's own personal feelings towards Betty.

This is solidify by the dream they both share the night that Mario tells Armando about the plan to win Betty's heart to secure the company.

When we're learning to be good story tellers we're told that when writing you writer for yourself. The first draft is a huge info dump. While editing you take out all the unimportant factors and scenes, no matter how much you love that scene if it doesn't help with the plot, character development, or pushing the story forward, it's to be taken out of the story. Therefore most things are written with the intention to mean something. The cuts between Armando and Betty before we see this dream signify that it was both of them having the same dream.

I believe that this was the moment we start seeing the bend between their own worlds outside of the office.

Now, I'd love to have more cohesive analyses of the episodes because this is as if a book came to life. A lot of people in the fandom believe that Armando wouldn't had ever fallen in love with Betty had it not been for Mario who told Armando to make Betty fall in love with him to secure the company, a lot of small details in the character development and the story say otherwise and I have no one to talk to about these small details so maybe this blog might change from being a writers blog to the occasional fandom reblog to now being an analytical commenter of Yo Soy Betty, La Fea.

Even if no one ends up reading this, I need to get it out of my system so until next time.

#yo soy betty la fea #ysblf #don armando #armando mendoza #betty la fea #analyze #beatriz pinzón solano #Marcela valencia #armando ysblf #betty pinzón solano #Mario Calderon

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DNP Rewatch: OUR PAST LIFE ANIMALS! - The $5 Internet Experiment

Date video was published: 06/07/2016 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 309

Joint tour hotel-room filming! And the only video uploaded to either of their main channels in June 2016.

0:01 - what even is Dan’s “yo internet” and lip bite. Love that his Gatorland hat is in the background again too

0:04 - the show in Denver was on June 5, so they filmed this just a day or two before posting. Love Phil using their little emoji from the BRIT Awards on the bus, aww

0:08 - they must have had some bad hotel rooms during TATINOF...”at least we’ve got pillows in this one” yikes. There was this one. And this one too.

0:14 - get ready for a lot of this Dan face in reaction to what Phil says 😂

0:24 - “to go down and whack a stack” is MUCH WORSE then anything Phil says in this 😳

0:31 - I imagine Phil was actually that excited

0:42 - ewwww, don’t put it on your face! Money is gross

1:13 - Dan is just laughing at himself and Phil at this point. Also Phil

calling it “alphabet-y spaghetti” is adorable

1:26 - their faces at this part 😂

1:44 - is this another YouTube trend Phil started?

1:55 - Dan looks scared but I don’t believe he didn’t know what the video idea was

2:14 - “a mystic called Caroline” Dan is immediately skeptical

2:36 - “I think that’s for the premium service” Phil is hilarious

2:44 - Phil is so disappointed in his own star sign

2:49 - Phil is consistent with his favorite animals over the years

3:01 - specific with the “spindly” spiders. And writing out the whole bit of not “trusting” horses...I love it 😂

3:22 - Dan did not need to wink there...and Phil with the “imagine two Dans...that’d be a nightmare” their minds are either in very different places or the same place...

3:35 - he already sees llamas at past cringe-y branding at this point, but he can’t fully let it go because TATINOF

3:44 - I wonder if Dan is providing the reasoning in parentheses, or if Phil just included that

3:52 - Dan is terrified. That does seem a bit like cheating on Phil and the “mystic’s” part

4:18 - well that was a Freudian slip. Phil’s eyes went so wide when he realized. Dan is definitely expecting this part to be cut out and a re-take. Editing conversations...live! And then there is a jump cut. I love it.

4:30 - they’re using Dan’s non-stickered laptop for this

4:44 - they both found “woodpecker” so funny...I’m guessing partially for reasons they are certainly not going to mention here 👀

5:09 - Dan looks so fond here and Phil is so touchy! "That’s not our entire lives or anything” 🥺

5:20 - Phil’s mind is somewhere else during this video lol

5:53 - wtf Phil. Dan’s “this guy” gesture is justified

6:07 - IHOP and donuts yes. Love Dan’s little elbow-bump when he’s teasing Phil about partying

6:23 - “sassed by your past self” Dan is just finding this amusing now

6:37 - “unique, different, but gentle” Dan agreeing with that 😭

6:46 - love Phil’s nod of agreement here. Dan does not agree that Phil ever roars. Think Phil still agrees with that too... mr. kind submissive rabbit

7:17 - Phil went full knees-up embarrassed at that and Dan looks terrified

7:27 - awww, Phil is so happy with those compliments

7:40 - Dan does not trust this at all

7:48 - I love that Phil looks at Dan to see his first reaction to “seal.” And his voice gets progressively higher pitched as he repeats it and giggles

8:03 - Dan’s not sure about the “enjoy life” bit. Phil is highly amused by “only work when you have to.” too true

8:16 - of course Phil had to have a pun and Dan can’t even be mad about it

8:34 - Phil gets SO excited during fortune-telling type videos when he thinks something is accurate for Dan

8:49 - Phil with some serious side-eye at that one

9:13 - that seems dangerous with Phil holding the computer

9:28 - Phil is so upset that he didn’t get multiple messages

9:39 - it suddenly got too real for Dan with the “erratically and nervously”

9:45 - the “anti-procrastination seal,” “learning llama,” and “existential crisis moth” ...sure

10:00 - he’s holding his legs very stiff back there; that can’t be comfortable

10:09 - Phil’s giggle at the butt wiggle, lol

10:17 - Dan has very consistent reactions at the end of fortune-telling videos. Of course he’s figuring out a way to compliment Phil’s results and now Phil looks very fond

10:33 - I mean...that might be it, lol. Would love to know what specific videos Phil sent

10:59 - Phil does something similar again eventually in Buying Weird Stuff On Fiverr!

11:11 - Dan always thanking Phil for promoting him even still when they’re on a tour they designed and planned together 🥺

11:35 - love Dan just going for the seal clap

This is such a cute video, and was something fun and easy for them to film while on the road. They are having so much fun teasing each other during it. I feel like I forget about this one a lot. Phil is really funny in it!

June was full of more tour adventures and they just got too busy (and I’m sure tired) to film much. Some highlights through the rest of the tour were: Chicago “Bean” and architecture tour (which I’ve been on!), possibly my favorite Phil reply-tweet of all time, Denver dizziness, the Johnson Space Center, Dan’s birthday in Vegas (1, 2, 3, 4), Instagram headquarters (1, 2), “rats”, the first Starbucks, hot weather in AZ and candid Dan, and the final show in LA. Then they went straight to VidCon (1, 2, 3) including my favorite drunk-Dan tweet. I see why they didn’t have time to film more videos...

#dan and phil #dnp #dnpRewatch #amazingphil #daniel howell #phil lester #danisnotonfire #amazingphil videos #OUR PAST LIFE ANIMALS! - The $5 Internet Experiment

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-> Chuuya with a Black F!Reader who's a bit insecure because of her skin.

@furrypostsoul said: Hello admin, I hope you’re having a good day! So stoked to see a fellow bisexual bsd fan! I would politely like to request a chuuya Drabble with a black fem bisexual reader where she thought that chuuya wouldnt be interested in her romantically cause of y’know, her skin. If you could also add in scenarios where she was racially harassed in public (pls dont write this is ur not comfortable, I understand if you don’t! it’s something I want people to be aware about)

note: ahhh thank you so much for your request! i immediately had an idea as soon as I saw it and I believe I came up with a good one, especially after asking some of my pals for advice on how to tackle it! Hope you like it!

warnings: colorism, mentions of racial fetishization, microaggresion, and racism [not from Chuuya] insecure reader, angst to fluff i promise,

"I still don't understand why it takes so long to do your hair... aren't you just getting braids?" The confused look on Chuuya's face was honestly super cute and hilarious and you couldn't help but laugh behind your hand.

"That's just the way it is, man. That's why I said we can go out on Saturday. I can't on Friday since I'll be strapped to the chair."

"Man, whatever," Chuuya huffed and you rolled your eyes at him, crossing your arms over your chest.

"Don't whatever me. Just suck it up!"

You shook your head, the hustle and bustle of the shopping district around you fading as you looked to your companion. Red hair, blue eyes, fancy clothes and a dumb hat; Chuuya was honestly too handsome, too damn fine. The scowl on his face was cute and you resisted the urge to pinch his cheeks. You knew he would literally kill you for that, and you valued your life.

You and Chuuya were in that talking stage and finally decided to go out on your first official date on Saturday. Besides his... occupation, you found yourself very much liking the man. Not just for his looks, but his fiery personality made him interesting, the way he carried himself. He was great and you were so into him.

You hoped he felt the same way. He had to, he agreed to the date in the first place! And how could he not? You were a sight, rich brown skin and he sorta, kinda, absolutely loved the cute afro puffs you had on your head. You were beautiful, a bright spirit with a bit of an edge that Chuuya definitely liked.

After talking some more, Chuuya had to go off to do his own thing, and after sharing a very tight hug, you waved him farewell, promising to see him on Saturday for your first date.

You couldn't help the huge, happy grin on your face, giddy as you made your way over to a nearby bench, sitting next to an older woman. You paid her no mind, grabbing your phone to text your friend as you giggled to yourself.

"Was that your boyfriend?" the woman suddenly inquired and you blinked at her in surprise. Then, your face started to heat up and you laughed lightly.

"Well, not yet. We're just dating."

"Ah..." the woman trailed off and you didn't like the tone of her voice. Suddenly feeling awkward, you turned back to your phone.

"I don't mean to be rude," the woman started and you couldn't help the sense of dread you felt. Here we go again. "But you should be careful, dear. You're a beautiful woman but... Japanese men don't really like dark skin. Not unless they are with you for... ulterior motives."

Even if you were already expecting some foolishness, the woman's words still stunned you, striking you to your core as you gave her a look that exceeded shock. You were appalled, your chest tightening in anger and hurt. You took in a slow deep breath, your fists clenching tightly. Your body had gone numb, and you tried your best to keep it cool. You couldn't make a scene.

"Wow," you laughed softly, shaking your head as you stood up. You didn't pay that stupid bitch any mind, storming away, your anger just boiling.

Not only did that woman ruin your entire day, she honestly ruined your entire week. The anger had soon subsided and you were left with the insecurities you tried to push down, especially when it came to Chuuya. Your mind ran at one hundred miles per hour, overthinking as the cruel words lingered in your mind.

Was Chuuya another one? Like your last relationship, were you just a sexual conquest for someone just wanting to try having sex with a Black girl? That was what your ex-girlfriend did to you, so was this just the same? Did he even like you?

No. Chuuya wouldn't do that.

Even so, you canceled your date with him as you sat in the stylist's chair on Friday, eyes burning with tears. You didn't want to experience that again, so you figured you give it all up before you get hurt again. Or even worse.

After spending day getting your hair done, you gotten a quick bite to eat before heading home, feeling completely dejected. Your hair looked amazing, long box braids swaying as you trudged along. But Chuuya didn't answer your text at all, and that honestly made you feel even more like shit. Did he not care at all?

You sighed deeply, coming up on your apartment, stopping when you saw a very familiar red motorcycle parked along the sidewalk. Your heart skipped a beat when you spotted Chuuya leaning against his bike, and when he finally noticed you, your heart dropped when he yelled your name.

"Oi!" he hollered, stomping over to you angrily. "What the hell do you mean our date is canceled?!"

"I-" you were at a loss for words. "Why are you here?"

"I was waiting for you! I didn't know where you were getting your hair done so I just stood here."

"Th-the whole day?! Chuuya!"

"I mean, I went and got food and stuff but-"

"That's not the point!" you interrupted. "Why would you even bother?"

Chuuya scoffed. "Are you serious? You suddenly cancel our date and you expect me not to worry about you?" As he finished talking, Chuuya is shocked to find tears pooling in your eyes, your lips trembling as you hung your head. "H-hey, what the hell happened?"

"You don't just want to fuck me, right?"

Now Chuuya was at a loss for words, his jaw hanging open as he registered your ridiculous words. You spoke again, telling him about the things that woman said to you earlier that week, as well as the horrible experience you had with your ex-girlfriend.

"... I tried not to think too much about it but... I'm used to comments about my skin and race, I mean, hello! I'm Black, but... " you trailed off, lifting your hands up to wipe your tears away. Chuuya beat you to it, and you stared at him with teary eyes as he gently wiped your tears away.

"I'm not your ex-girlfriend." Chuuya was firm as he spoke. "And that old hag needs to mind her own fucking business. I fucking like you. Not because of some weird sexual thing, I actually fucking like you. The whole you. You're beautiful and smart, you keep me on my toes. And yes, your skin and hair are amazing, I love them, but those are only parts of you that I find amazing. I'm not giving you my love and attention because I want something from you, I'm giving it because you deserve it. And I want to be the one who gives it to you."

You didn't know what to say, what to do. You could hear your heart pounding in your ears, your mouth going dry. Still, after a moment you just end up punching Chuuya lightly on his chest, choking out a laugh while you cried.

"Shut up... all that sappy shit..."

Chuuya scoffed, lowkey offended. "Excuse me? I basically just confessed to you."

"Yeah..." you sniffed, looking and giving the man a watery smile. "You did. I..." Lips trembling again, you took a step forward and Chuuya wasted no time in pulling you in for a hug.

"And you better accept me or else I will kick your ass," Chuuya said, pressing his face against your hair. "You smell nice..."

"Hm."

"And you're perfect. Worth more than an experimental fuck and the words of some old bitch." There was a bite to Chuuya's words, and that made you feel so much better.

"I'm sorry for doubting you..." you whispered and Chuuya shook his head, pulling away from the hug.

"Don't be. I understand, I promise."

You smiled widely, face getting hot as he gently cupped your cheek. "Are you sure?"

Chuuya rolled his eyes. "Fine, you can make it up to me by un-cancelling our date. Let me show you off."

You giggled softly, hugging him again. "Okay. That's fair."

Send in your requests!

#chuuya x reader #bsd x reader #chuuya x black reader #bsd requests #i really hope this is okay!!!

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wish-that-i-was-buckys-girl · 3 years

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For dayton can you write being childhood best friends with him and you've always been there at his races and one day your running late so you don't get to see him before for his pep talk. And his race goes horribly and eventually when he sees you he gets angry and you get in to a argument. But eventually he makes it up to you.

A/N: Alright, here’s my first go at writing for Dayton White! I watched Logan Lucky and absolutely adored it. Dayton does not get the love he deserves! I decided Im going to make this at least a two parter, potentially spanning into one or two more. I really want to dive into the past with these two! This will focus more on their relationship growing up, while the second (and potentially third) part will contain more of the angst. Once again if I don’t write for a Seb character you like, just ask and I’ll try and gain access to it! I hope you guys enjoy. I also really hate to do this, but I recently quit my job due to a toxic work environment. Here is my ko-fi, if you can donate that would be cool, but if you can’t no pressure!!! Love you all ❤️

https://ko-fi.com/kyleey01

Pairings: Dayton White x Fem!Reader

Warnings: Fluff, no proofreading (I’ll get to it)

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You’re Always There Part 1

Your earliest memory of Dayton was meeting him at Memorial Park in your hometown. You were both 5 years old, new to the world outside of your home. It was the day before Kindergarten, and both of your parents wanted you to make new friends before the first day of school. Hopefully meeting someone in your class, they felt you wouldn’t be as scared being truly away from them for the first time. You only had a single mom, and she did everything for you that she could, even taking you to the park after her long day at work. Dayton had both parents, making it easier for him to let go and meet new people. His home was “complete” by societal standards.

“Mommy I don’t wanna go play on the slide. I wanna go home and play dinosaurs with you” you said looking up at your mother.

She kneeled down to look you in the eye, holding her shining gaze with yours looking both serious and concerned, “Honey, you know you go to school tomorrow. This is your chance to go meet someone new, maybe even have a friend when you go into school tomorrow.”

You were extremely hesitant. You loved your momma, and she loved you more than anything. You had friends on your street that you liked to play with, but your mom was never far away, only a quick yell and she would be there. This was different. She had told you she wasn’t going to be there if you needed her, and that you would have to wait until school was over to see her again. You cried for two days straight after you had the “school” talk. What were you going to do without your mom? She was your superhero, your friend, and the best mother in the whole wide world. You didn’t need anyone else. That’s what you thought, at least. Until you met Dayton.

“Go on chickadee, go make some friends. You’re a big girl now who can build pyramids with blocks and cut out dinosaurs with scissors, you can do anything” your mother said with a smile.

This was all you needed to muster up the courage to conquer the slide. You nodded at your mom and ran off towards the wooden playground. They really should’ve made these things plastic, with splinters and bee stings being common afflictions of being on the playground, but it didn’t matter to you. It was fun all the same.

You began to climb the steps of the huge castle, making your way through drawbridges and holes through the wood to get to the slide. There were two other little girls there, a little older than you, maybe seven. You mustered up a quiet “hi” but they didn’t hear you, already screaming and running off in a different direction. Just when your hopes of making a friend had been dashed, you heard another voice from behind you.

“Hi. What’s your name?”

A boy of brunette hair and ocean blue eyes was staring at you expectantly. You weren’t expecting anyone to respond except those girls, so you were timid at first. You opened your mouth to speak several times but nothing came out. You started to become overwhelmed, tears welling up in your eyes.

The boy noticed, looking at you confused. He had only asked you your name. However, his momma always said if someone was crying, you fix it.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to tell me your name. Do you need a hug?”

All you could do was nod, strangely opening up to this welcoming boy. He smiled and brought you in for a tiny hug. He wants gentle, kind of rough actually as he swayed you back and forth with energy. He pulled away, hoping you had felt better. You did.

“I’m Dayton” he said, smiling at you.

You smiled back, with tear stains still on your cheek.

“I’m Y/N”

“Y/N, it looks like you need another hug” Dayton gave you another hug, holding you until he stopped hearing the faint sniffle that escaped your body every so often.

You pulled away, nodding to indicate you were alright now.

“You wanna go down the slide? My mommy is probably wondering where I am” Dayton asked innocently.

You nodded, relief washing over you that someone wanted to be your friend

“That sounds awesome.”

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From that day forward, you and Dayton were attached at the hip. Elementary school had been a breeze. Thankfully, Dayton was in your class your first year. Although it didn’t stay that way, you would always find time to meet and play during recess. Recess time turned into meeting after school, and meeting after school extended into high school.

Dayton began racing during freshman year. Your school offered a racing club which allowed students to meet after school and go to various tracks in the state to see what it was like to race. You and Dayton had always gone Go-Kart driving on the weekends, but you never thought it would turn into anything serious. Dayton, however, has found his passion. He started building his own race car after school sophomore year, and even asked if you would come over to help. You knew absolutely nothing about building a race car, but Dayton wanted you to be there and that’s all that mattered.

“Y’know I know nothing about building a damn car right? Do YOU even know anything about building a car?” you posed to Dayton in an almost accusatory tone.

“As a matter of fact, Y/N, I have been studying how to build this ‘damn car’ for over a year now, so why don’t you put a little respect on Francine’s name?”

“Well, Dayton, I suggest you begin studying geometry before you fail the quarter. And you named the thing already? Is it your lover or you car?”

“It’s both” he gave you a weird wink, one on the left, and then another on the right in secession.

“You are absolutely gross, White. I can’t believe I ever agreed to go down that slide with you when we were five. It was probably all apart of your evil plan to keep me from being someone else’s best friend just so I could build this car with you” you rolled your eyes as you sat on the hood of his family car.

“God you’re so right. You caught me. Our entire friendship has been a sham, and it all led up to this moment. And now that I finally have you where I want you...” he said with a low growl, planting both of his hands on either side of you as you sat on the hood of his car.

“I’m gonna get ya!” He said tickling your sides

You shrieked, absolutely taken aback that his hands were all over you.

God, his hands were all over you.

Alright, maybe he is cute, but there was no way you two would ever date. You came to that conclusion a long time ago. Your crush developed in the 6th grade, which is absolutely astounding considering middle schoolers are anything but normal. Even in the most awkward stage of life Dayton still managed to be charming and cute as ever. You were determined to tell him, but he would never shut up about Stacey Waterson. You hated her with every fiber of your being. What was wrong with you after all? You had it all, at least that’s what your mom said. You were decently pretty, immensely funny, and his best friend. You shared everything together. What more could he want? Well, the answer to that question would be Stacey Waterson. He wanted her, and not you.

You came back to from the tickling after laughing for what seemed like minutes. Your sides were hurting from contracting your ab muscles for too long. You pushed Dayton off of you playfully, but he pounced back on you, pinning your arms above your head.

“Say the password and I’ll let you go” he stared you down, being absolutely serious.

However, you wanted to double check.

“You can’t be serious” you retorted back, completely flustered due to the situation you were currently in on top of the incessant tickling that occurred just moments before.

“Oh, I’m serious. Say the password and I’ll let you go!” He said with a huge smile on his face.

“Jesus Christ, let me go you dick” you said while struggling to get up.

Dayton made a loud buzzing sound in your face.

“Try again!”

“Dayton come on let me up!”

Dayton made another loud buzzing sound in your face.

“Come on Y/N, just one little word and this can all go away. All you gotta do is say..”

“Goddamnit Dayton, chicken! Chicken for fuck’s sake” you said waiting for his response.

Dayton made another loud buzzing sound in your face.

“I’m sorry, that’s the old password. There’s a new password” he smiled at you, knowing this was ridiculous.

You finally mustered up the strength to push him off of you.

“What do you mean the password has changed!”

The password “chicken” has been used in every single scenario since you first let. For whatever reason, You and Dayton found that word hilarious when you were at a birthday party in the third grade. It was Danny Henry’s 8th birthday, and of course it was chicken themed. Every child gets infatuated with a new thing every year. Danny happened to live on a farm, and all year he wouldn’t stop talking about getting a pet chicken. You all wore chicken hats, there were chicken plates, a chicken cake. There was even a “Pin the Beak on the Chicken” game which, if you do say so yourself, was way more entertaining than “Pin the Tail on the Donkey.” You and Dayton lost it by the time your mom picked you up from the party, absolutely hysterical in the backseat. Ever since then, it was your secret password for everything.

“I was thinking we should change stuff up. Make up a new password, it has been seven years since we thought of one.”

“Oh yeah? And what is this new life changing password that is soooo good that our childhood memory is being brushed under the rug?” you question.

Dayton had an almost hurt look on his face, but he proposed the new password to you anyways.

“I thought the new password could be Francine. Y’know, I just think this is another great milestone in our friendship, working on this car and all. This day is really important to me and I’m glad you’re here” he said with sincerity.

You didn’t know what to say. This day did mean a lot to him, and your friendship overall.

You nodded in agreement.

“Alright, the new password is Francine. However, I will still be accepting chicken as a password in the future.”

Dayton smiled one of the biggest smiles you had ever seen.

“Deal. Now, let’s get this car on the road. We have a lot of work to do if I’m gonna be ready for my first ever official race next Saturday.”

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Race day was here. You woke up early next Saturday morning and drove over to Dayton’s house to pick him up to go to the race track. Dayton’s dad was taking his race car down in their trailer, but you and Dayton wanted to head to your special place before the race. It was eight o’clock in the morning and Dayton had until noon to get to the race track.

Ever since the 6th grade, you and Dayton would walk to this rock in the woods after school to talk about your day. Your mom got home at seven every night, so you only had four hours to do something before she got home and realized you were “missing.” You talked about everything on that rock, and that rock was also where you realized you had the biggest crush on someone since your infatuation with Paul Rudd in “Clueless.”

You pulled up in your beat up Dodge Intrepid, newly sporting your license. You grabbed some granola bars and bottles of orange juice to enjoy while sitting on the rock.

You both sat down on ground, leaning up against the thing. You both sighed and enjoyed the crisp cool morning air. Finally, you broke the silence.

“You nervous for today?”

Dayton looked down between his legs while chewing on his granola bar.

“I am absolutely terrified. I mean, what if I mess up?”

You laughed a little.

He looked at you with confusion.

“What’s so funny?”

You shook your head.

“it’s your first are Dayton. It’s okay to be nervous and even mess up. At the end of the day, everyone is going to be proud of you. We’ll all tell you how great you did because we know how much you care about this. You’ll do amazing.”

He smiled, almost not expecting such kind words to come from your mouth.

“You’re something else Y/N, ya know that?”

“Oh yeah? Stacey Waterson is something else too I bet” you said half jokingly, half serious.

He rolled his eyes.

“Who gives a fuck about Stacey Waterson when I have a girl like you to cheer me on and surprisingly gives the best pep talks.”

“Well the way I see it she was the one who got the invitation to prom, not little old me who will be spending that Saturday night in my basement playing my PlayStation.”

He shook his head again.

“I never asked Stacey to prom.”

You suddenly shifted to look at him square in the face.

“What?”

“I said, I didn't ask Stacey to prom.”

You were dumbfounded. He told you he was absolutely determined to take her. What had changed?

“W-Why? Why didn’t you ask her?”

He kept smiling and shaking his head.

“God Y/N, for being one of the smartest girls I have ever met you really can be dumb sometimes.”

“Excuse you, Dayton White, I happen to be taking AP U.S History, Honors Biology, and-”

That’s when you thought heaven had fell down from the skies and landed right on that rock.

Dayton had leaned in and kissed you. God, why did he have to be so charming?

He slowly took your lip into his mouth and gently sucked on it. You reciprocated by taking his top lip into your mouth and began moving your mouth with his. Time had stopped. It felt like you had molded into one person, enjoying the sensation of each other’s lips.

He finally pulled away, looking you dead in the eyes.

“Do you understand now?”

You nodded, still stunned by his actions.

“I think we better go. I wanna see this handsome boy I kissed win his first race.”

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