#Driving Lessons Epping

[embarkdrivingschool]

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[arrowheadedbitch]

They really do lean in to Ethan being the smarter one the longer the series goes on, don't they? To be fair, he always was *smarter* but Benny at least used to *kinda* try

[phoebejaysims]

Sims Need Driving Lessons

I've always wondered how different things would be if sims couldn't automatically drive when they aged into YAs... so I decided to change that.

This mod requires Lazy Duchess' MonoPatcher & Generations EP. and will conflict with any mod that edits the EA 'Can Drive' bool. As far as I know, no mods do so, since without the MonoPatcher it would be a core edit.

All sims (except the usual service NPCs) now can only drive once they have reached the max. level of driving skill.

Interactions:

Sims can get lessons at the school rabbithole.

If they are level -1 or 0, sims can first do their theory test which will increase driving skill to level 1.

Once they are level 2 in driving, they can do their driving test which, if passed, will automatically max out their driving skill.

Tuning:

kCanFailTest: true. If sims are trait* or buff** positive, they have a chance to fail their driving test.

kPriceOfTheory: 15 simoleons.

kPriceOfLessons: 75 simoleons.

kPriceOfTest: 200 simoleons.

kLengthOfTheoryTest: 45 mins

kLengthOfLessons: 90 mins

kLengthOfTest: 60 mins.

* loser, clumsy, absent minded, daredevil, coward, inappropriate, unlucky

** juiced, dizzy, food poisoning, scared, feeling unlucky, exhausted

Compatibility:

Made on version 1.67

Made on MonoPatcher version 0.2.2 - Mod The Sims - Mono Patcher Library 0.2.2

Credits:

To @lazyduchess for the MonoPatcher. I wouldn't have attempted this mod without it.

Final Notes:

It goes without saying that now none of your sims will be able to drive... it's nothing good old NRaas Master Controller can't quickly change if you don't feel like making ALL your sims take lessons.

Download: here (simblr.cc)

Once I find my password for MTS, I have some updates for existing mods coming so please stay tuned :)

- Phoebe

[minkiverse]

PARK SEONGHWA FIC RECS

You can find other Ateez fic recs HERE!

HWA TIME!! A man who is so earth shatteringly gorgeous of course gets written incredibly by atiny 😩 like this man is just art!! As always, I hope you enjoy and support these authors!!

Dividers by @iluvpooks

DISCLAIMER none of these works are mine and majority are MATURE 18+, please read all warnings before reading!!!

Key:

✨ - My Favs

🔥 - Smut (MINORS DNI)

⛈️ - Angst

💗 - Fluff

🍑 - Humor

SERIES

New Horizons - @fivestar-outlaw 🔥⛈️💗 Idol AU

this is just the cutest series!! like meeting him through animal crossing is the most adorable meet cute i want to cry 😭😭 we all deserve a lil bit of delusion as a treat asfgdssfgdf

The Way to His Heart - @edenesth ⛈️💗Joseon Period ✧ Arranged Marriage AU

im a big BIG fan of historical au's and i just loved reading hwa falling for the mc and then doing everything he can to destroy the people that hurt her 😩😩 that kind of devotion is just soooooooo attractive😍😍 it kinda reminds me of the anime My Happy Marriage (which i did not finish OTL) but if you enjoyed that i think you will love this~~

Wallflower pt. 2 pt. 3 pt. 4 - @tenelkadjowrites 🔥⛈️💗 Office AU

seonghwa is mc's nerdy coworker but boy can he fuck 😩😩😩 the smut in this is 🤌🤌 but honestly this fic is so much more than that and how the mc changes and grows as a person because of hwa's influence is so enjoyable to read i just love them 🥹🥹

Sans - @songmingisthighs ⛈️💗🍑 SMAU ✧ Childhood Friends AU

this author really knows how to break my heart 😭😭😭 definitely be aware of trigger warnings for some chapters!!! but this fic was also so wholesome?? like i just love the mc and how they grow from the events of the story 🥹🥹 SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO SAN AND WOO!!!!

ONE SHOTS/DRABBLES/ETC

sycophant - @ncteez ✨🔥 Business AU

there will always be boss x employee fics BUT this take on it 🤌🤌🤌 hwa is just so attractively straight forward and him teaching the mc on how to dom him is truly just so fucking hot i could scream 😩😩

Untitled - @thetypingpup 🔥 Hybrid AU

The Thing About Pretty Boys - @wonusite ✨🔥 Friends to Lovers AU

never say seonghwa can't fuck.... or maybe do bcs this man goes fucking feral 😵‍💫😵‍💫 i had like a full body physical reaction to how hwa is written in this fic 😩😩 like this is so filthy in the hottest way possible

Dune - @hongism 🔥 Outlaw AU ✧ Biker AU

Untitled - @orgverse 🔥 Sci-fi AU

Warning Signs EP. 1: The Showman - @mphountitled 🔥Rebellion AU

Everyday at the Bus Stop - @tenelkadjowrites 🔥💗

persistent desire - @bro-atz 🔥 College AU

Untitled - @k-hotchoisan 🔥

Red Dress - @wooyoungiewritings ✨🔥⛈️💗 Enemies to Lovers AU

i love a holiday/winter themed fic ok sue me 🫵🫵 its just COZY and this hwa drives me up the wall 😩😩 he's such a charming lil shit and the banter is soooooo good 🫠🫠 i looooooooove this couple!!!!!!!

Scattered bunny!seonghwa thoughts - @thetypingpup 🔥 Hybrid AU

Morning sex with Seonghwa - @k-hotchoisan 🔥

Untitled - @sxcret-garden 🔥

realistic sex with seonghwa - @byuntrash101 🔥

VIP Access - @hwashotcheeto 🔥 Idol AU

multiple??? - @lomlhwa 🔥 Hybrid AU

I Can See You - @daemour 🔥⛈️💗 Single Father!Hwa

Untitled - @thetypingpup 🔥 Hybrid AU

heavy and sticky - @k-hotchoisan 🔥

Untitled - @cheollipop 🔥

Untitled - @thetypingpup 🔥

belong to me - @ateezscupid 🔥⛈️ Idol AU

Untiled - @thetypingpup 🔥 Dragon!Teez ✧ Sugar Mommy AU

Untitled - @bombuni 💗

Honest (But Happy) Accident - @ad0rechuu 💗College AU

amazing grace - @yoongiseesawmp3 🔥⛈️💗 Church Boy!Hwa

Untitled - @thetypingpup 🔥 Bad Boy!Hwa

paradigm - @yoongiseesawmp3 ✨🔥 Bartender AU

switch!hwa nuff said 🤤🤤🤤 no but how this author does banter is just so good like idk even know how explain it because it feels so natural and charming and the smut is so fucking good like im in love with hwa and the mc ?????

The Heart's Filthy Lesson - @tenelkadjowrites 🔥⛈️ Toxic BFF!Hwa

Untitled - @hee0soo 🔥

Damnation of a Saint - @byuntrash101 🔥 7 Deadly Sins AU

the lamb and the wolf - @seonghwaddict 🔥💗 Hades!Hwa

Make Me Water - @bangtanintotheroom 🔥 Friends to Lovers AU

Untitled - @thetypingpup 🔥 Cyberpunk AU

mirror mirror on the wall, who's the filthiest of them all - @almightyddeonghwa 🔥 Idol AU

boyfriend texts - @beenbaanbuun 🍑

[burningcheese-merchant]

Things I would like to see in the Eternal Sugar update (Greek mythology edition)

Just gonna go ahead and write these down ahead of time to see if any of this actually comes true. Note right away that I expect a lot of Greek mythology references lol

Minotaur mini boss somewhere on the map (or as the beast raid boss idk)

Beast Raid boss looks like Medusa/a hydra/the Nemean Lion/a cyclops/the minotaur

Regular level enemies that look like creatures from Greek myth. Like any of the ones listed above and/or others (like... sugar griffins or sugar harpies or sugar satyrs. And so on and so forth)

Something something Holly being implicitly compared to Atlas carrying the weight of the world on his (her) shoulders

Holly and co. (mostly her) going through things that mimic the 12 trials of Heracles (HIS NAME IS NOT HERCULES! IT'S HERACLES! HERCULES IS HIS ROMAN NAME! THE MYTH GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT ZEUS PUT "Hera" IN HIS NAME IN A FEEBLE ATTEMPT TO APPEASE HERA BECAUSE THE KID WAS AN AFFAIR BABY (one of ten hundred thousand bc Zeus is a shameless whore)! Disgruntled Greek Mythology Fan Rant™️ over)

Eternal Sugar's lair either looking like the Garden of the Hesperides or straight up like Mount Olympus (or even Elysium ig. It's called the Forgotten Sugar Paradise, after all)

Some sort of food is found that Holly's gang is tempted or tricked into eating that puts them to sleep, drives them temporarily insane, or otherwise incapacitates them, referencing the Lotus Eaters from Homer's Odyssey (this would probably happen to Pitaya tbh)

Eternal Sugar gives Hollyberry a pomegranate to eat during their "in the end, you will become me" scene, insisting that Holly have something decent to eat and then rest because she deserves it after pushing herself so hard for so long. Since this is supposed to be the "Ancient's moment of weakness" part, Holly ends up eating it and either falling asleep or being put under some sort of mind control; submitting to Eternal Sugar's will either way. All of this as an allusion to the myth of Persephone and Hades, where the latter tricks the former into eating a few pomegranate seeds thus chaining her to the Underworld forever, as is what happens upon eating any Underworld food (seed count differs with retellings but it's usually 6 months, autumn and winter, where Demeter makes all plant life wither as she mourns her daughter's absence. The myth is supposed to explain where the cycle of seasons came from)

Eternal Sugar should be an Aphrodite-esque figure with siren powers or something

The "ally of the Ancient" cookie that shows up in ep 10 is an oracle-type figure that predicts the eventual outcome of the adventure (Holly awakens and defeats Sugar). Bonus points if the oracle speaks this prophecy to Eternal Sugar or any of her minions and is punished for it (common motif in Greek myth is oracles and other fortuneteller types being rebuffed or even outright persecuted because their prophecies upset people. "The harder you try to challenge or prevent destiny, the sooner it will arrive" is a common lesson. Every single time somebody tries to subvert a prophecy, they only ensure that it happens. Like trying to bust up a coffin with a hammer, except every hit lands on a nail and drives it further in)

Bonus to above, it would be funny if this character was specifically like Cassandra (priestess of Apollo cursed to receive visions of the future (specifically disaster) that no one would ever believe no matter how hard she tried to convince them) and an ally of Sugar's that was only trying to help her master, only to be punished for it. And then she eventually sides with Hollyberry, because Holly is a kind person who would probably try to help or comfort her in some way despite being an enemy (Holly would always rather have friends than enemies. She even made a friend out of Pitaya), and helps her win. "Cassandra siding with the one person who ever actually listened to her" sort of deal ykwim

Desperately need Hollyberry's awakened form to be a nod to Demeter like in this post made by this awesome artist (I originally thought of Holly's awakened form looking more "royal" and having a huge assortment of berries all over, as a nod to her uniting the warring houses in her land (which is what earned her her Soul Jam in the first place. Remember that every Ancient's awakening has nodded at what they did to earn the Soul Jam in the first place) and her always preaching friendship and unity. Her taking after Demeter is that but 100x better because of the nod to Greek myth + as the artist says (which I agree with 100%), Demeter is a harvest/agriculture goddess and agriculture (which Holly's kingdom is actually known for, a la the berry fields) takes a lot of hard work and diligence, aka the opposite of sloth, which is perfect for Holly)

These are the ones I thought of off the top of my head. If I think of more I'll reblog this post with them

Also gonna make a separate post talking about more general story beats I'd like to see since that's a whole other ramble lol

[svt-kiki]

( 🧺 ) 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 ⌅ .

EP 109 : MT SVT REALITY 2024

2024.　pairing.　kiki ( fem!oc ) × svt

cw.　eng is not my first language, rough writing, no proofread, mentions of alcohol ( i mean it’s ttt so )

kiki was attacked hugged by mingyu as soon as she entered the lesson room after jeonghan

“what? ...oh, yes,” she said to herself with a chuckle, remembering mingyu was elected as the gose class president in previous episodes ( and carats didn’t miss that he seized the chance to hold her )

then she greeted with the staffs politely as always, wearing a black clop cardigan and a matching color camisole, dark gray pants in a relaxing silhouette, both were soft materials, matching the mt concepts for the day

also wearing glasses ( important )

she just tittered while hoshi, cheol and jeonghan kept adding mingyu’s tasks as the class president

“you guys living to give him a headache for real, arent you.”

she sat on the place nearby the door, then the next thing carats realized was wonwoo silently sitting next to her ( seized the chance guy #2 )

after most of them gathered, she popped up with a question, “isn’t it been a while? doing ttt?”

kiki: i love this content so much :)

wonwoo silently pulled her sleeve and got her closely so that she could join the same car with him

jun: but seriously, do you guys think it is okay? leave the grocery shopping task to us!?

kiki: *stepped ahead, tried to volunteer that she can do instead*

jeonghan, held her from behind and covered her mouth: DON’T

seungkwan: hey! someone is trying to smother the applicant! ㅋㅋ

dino: no, no, hadn’t we strongly agree not to let noona do those things in ttt before?

that’s true, in almost every ttt episodes, she is always willing to do shopping, cook, wash dishes, and clean places aftermath

so boys decided “no more tasks” rules for her, bcs she always doing these tasks not only in the content but on a daily basis

jeonghan: ah i should let her sit in the passenger seat, joshua ain’t do a thing

kiki: well it’s too late for that *comfortable in the backseat*

she just couldn’t stop laughing at how jeonghan introduced the product for ads

kiki: why are u so bad at this

jeonghan: shut up i’m no actor okay

kiki: wait this actually tastes good???

joshua: ahdfsjak

not wonwoo slowly lying down to her lap

they went to the PA for a casual meal

jeonghan: can i have a drink?

kiki: go ahead i’ll drive

[ pretend like the rule never existed ]

jeonghan: *attacked her cutely*

kiki: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

kiki: i want to eat a popsicle so bad, should i text mingyu?

joshua: if u want i’ll text him instead

kiki: really? like aren't your text piling up?

then every person in the car died

joshua: did u just backstabbed me like that!?

kiki: i'm sorry i didn't intended to ㅋㅋ

she was surprised at how big today’s accommodations were

kiki: staff-nim must struggling to find the places for us every time

[ yes we are ]

jeonghan asked her to play the pool together so she said yes

he laughed about how sometimes he got pissed at how she’s good at everything from the beginning

kiki responded with a serious face, “no, the reason it looks like i’m good at those things is any other pfu boys basically suck at every ball game,” and both burst into laughter

after a while, jun shouted to her from outside, “kiki~! i’ll sing your fav jp song, u wanna join?” so she immediately got outside

[ never miss the opportunity to duet ]

singing i love you by ozaki yutaka with jun, kiki said to him, “we should do the cover of this yk, like officially,” and carats started manifesting in a sec

mingyu: thank god she’s finally here

while naturally helping to prepare the BBQ, kiki looked around and said, “everyone just singing karaoke… i guess we are already at the age now where we need to save our energy for the night…” then died inside

[ blew herself up ]

she’s an honorary member of the low-energy club in the group so

after everyone got at the table and cheered, joshua finally asked her help for his kimchi fried rice which took one eternity

kiki: okay lemme add this- and this- and this spice- yeah now it’s good

[ finally served ]

after playing the games ( she kept losing and got a lil tipsy already ), they cleaned the place for once and shifted to the next game

minghao claimed from the distance that since kiki’s good at playing basketball she should be given a handicap

so she gave a shot from across the pool while everyone watched in silence expecting the miracle but she failed the first attempt

[ miracle is a miracle because it won’t happen easily ]

kiki: what did u expected i'm half drunk

in the ep.3 part, she chilling and half asleep while her roommates mingyu and dokyeom are both hyperactive from early morning

kiki isn’t the type of not good in the morning usually, but this is the day she didn’t need to wake up before 10 am for a long while so she just kept sleeping peacefully, it might be the first time in ttt that she hadn’t get up early than most of them

kiki: wow you actually look like your dad

jeonghan: all of the sudden-?

while seungkwan trying to get on the unicorn float, she was still sleepy but automatily turned on the camera and started recording ( lately posted on weverse ofc )

an.　this is really rough sorry ( almost sucks at this point?¿ ) but it is like a test drive for me before i lost my motivation to write it so here we go. tag list is open, reblog / comments / ask box messages are always appreciated <3

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[revvethasmythh]

Under the radar comment amidst everything that happened that ep, but Zathuda saying, "So it seems, you'd be pressed a little closer to the edge. Maybe it's not self-preservation. Maybe it's protectiveness. [...] Now I know what's important to you. Perhaps I need to develop the next lesson" to Fearne is actually quite terrifying. I may be making presumptions in assuming these "tests" of his have something to do with getting her to exalt, but considering his interest in her becoming the Vessel, and iirc it had been stated an exalted Ruidusborn is what makes a potential vessel, it sounds like his next test could be very similar to how Imogen was exalted. Specific threat to the people she cared about, putting her through enormous trauma by watching her loved ones die. This was a test of Fearne's sense of self-preservation, and if that was the driving force that would lead her to exalt. Now he knows she's driven by love and protectiveness of her friends instead. Terrifying concept of what that could lead to during their next interaction

[mooshlovely]

Nein rewatch ep 4

I was actually taking real notes this time so I have a lot of comments lol

Jester immediately pretending like she's going to heal people, "that's too bad cause I don't have any spells left"

And then playing with the severed head, god this group is ridiculous

I am now realizing how much of a weak stomach Caleb has. He throws up so much. (In some ways you'd think that with the things he's been through that a dead fiend head wouldn't phase him)

It's so clear that Caleb is the cautious one. He's the one who suggests covering the head, he's the one who is worried about the boat owner ratting them out

I love that Caleb immediately singles Fjord out as the other responsible one

"underground, anonymous, activist group" well that part stays true. As Fjord puts it "the less attention the better." Definitely a defining part of the Nein and one of things that makes them so interesting

"sometimes the people we think we know can be someone else" oh Caleb is talking about Trent

And the Fjord lessons on manners have begun xD

I love the top table dynamics so much <3

"We have gotten out of prisons together before" First bit of Caleb and Nott history! I'm surprised no one else in the party clocked it. Nott even mentions it again later

Well Nott being willing to hunt down 'her' goblin clan makes so much sense now

Lol Beau is so evasive about what she's doing and Fjord is not having it. As Caleb says, they are all so shifty. What other group has a list of places to avoid xD

Oh nope Beau definitely clocked the prison thing. And also just straight up calls them on it, absolutely no tact and I love it

Everything about the Beau Dairon fight and Beau's characterization is just so perfect. I love the combination of asshole and truth-seeker. I think Beau's connection to the Cobalt Soul also does a lot to drive the direction of the party in a way that works really well (though it obviously only works so well because Beau wants to be that kind of justice)

MAP!

I remember being so worried about Jester when she sent that letter to her mom. I was not expecting her to have an actually good parental relationship lol

Mail fraud!

And again Caleb singling Fjord out as the clever one and the closest they have to a voice of reason or a leader. It's not quite trust, but I think Caleb respects Fjord the most out of anyone right now

[sleepisoverrated]

Hi, hello, not dead just buried in schoolwork now that I'm in my final year (college applications, moving to a new house, driving lessons, 2 or 5 exams every week and can't forget that I got sick)..... So yeah not dead, but certainly looking like it.

Anyway Arcane season 2, I think ep 6 finally gave me depression and the show in general made me cry more than I did at my grandmas funeral. So I decided to share some of my head cannons that I had before season 2.

Silco braids Jinx's hair in styles his mother taught him, while singing, telling lessons, stories, poems, folklore, plans, day events or just complaints(post season two comment: can't believe I got so close with the hair thing, the braids were probably taught to him by Felicia, Jinx mother, but still I think Silcos mother taught him how to do hair)

‌Zaunish or old Zaun is russian

Old Zaun was a secret code that everyone in the mines knew so they could talk in peace, without a threat of getting beat up by supervisors, it eventually spread to their families so that they can protect themselves from enforcers, eventually everyone knew

‌Noxian is german

‌Piltovian is british english (english is a universal language, but some places made it their own eg. american, australian, british(the cockney accent is how Zaunites speak it))

‌Viktors name in old Zaun is Vitya

‌ Victor scares everyone when actually angry or in a sleep deprived mania

‌ Victor was a slut during his academy years, because everyone wanted some of that exotic Undercity twinks ass, so him saying "wait this isn't my bedroom" wouldn't have surprised anyone and could have worked as an excuse if Jayce hadn't opened his mouth

‌ Sevika had a sister that died in the bridge rebellion

‌Sevika and Silco are like siblings (Silco is most definitely the little spoiled brat sibling that can fuck you over if he convinces mom, in this case he is the little spoiled brat that can stab you and also has an army at his disposal)

‌ Sevika dislikes Jinx/Powder and Violet, because they (before the explosion) reminded her of herself with her big sister, it makes her uncomfortable how Jinx turned out and Vi "died"

‌Ekko still has a crush on Jinx/Powder (post season two comment: btw I meant he had a crush on her when she was Powder that stayed until canon s1, not the alternative universe Powder) even tough she changed (The bridge scene makes me cry) (post season two comment: we won but at what cost)

‌Ekko has hallucinations when he's inventing/building of Jinx that he talks to and interacts with( they build together and bounce ideas of eachother) (post season two comment: fucking hell how did I manage to hurt myself more)

Hope you like them! Can't promise any consistent posting, but I'll try at least shorter posts!

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

I know some common critique about the hotel is that it only benefits sinners even though the hellborns could use help themselves & that the hotel doesn’t exactly properly help with redemption, activities r kinda childish most of the time & a lot of the actual development progress is outside the hotel/guidance(Angel & husk developing after leaving the hotel in ep 4, Angel standing up to Val in the nightclub that was used for the trial). Not saying they can’t have moments of stuff outside the hotel’s influence, that’s good. But it’d also be good to show the hotel having a more direct impact on their character/growth too. Show how the hotel has had direct & indirect ways, helping one heal/become a better person.

Way to fix that, have one of the things Charlie has the sinners do is Community service/volunteering. Charity drives, donation, picking up trash at the beach or park, keeping company at retirement homes etc! This way, hellborns could get some help through these contributions as they’re helping the whole community, plus it has the hotel clients do legit good for other people, give back to the community! This way, they’re also growing outside the hotel too, able to try out doing good outside of activities/lessons & for other people besides each other in the hotel.

Remeber how in Klaus, how the kids improved their community when they were told only nice kids get toys? Even if it started with self motivated goals, it had a good impact & motivated the adults to share goodwill! The sinners could start off just doing it for the sake of the assignment but gradually come to feel accomplishment/fulfillment from it, realizing the good they can do if they wanted/tried, and perhaps spread that good will around in Hell with the rest of the denizens!

My Charlie would def have the gang involved with community service/events 💖💖💖

What do u think? What ways do u think the hotel could improve or try to help the sinners redeem? I’d love to know💖

[embarkdrivingschool]

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[stormblessed95]

Watching Are You Sure?! EP 3

A reminder of how I do these reaction posts as I watch things. I just write my reactions and thoughts down literally they happen. Think more of a bullet point format. I'll include links when I can to videos, thanks to the people who twt who upload clips. And at the end, I'll do a better wrap up of all my opinions. I hope everyone enjoyed the show so far!!

It's Chuseok right after their trip, so they went and filmed this at the end of September 2023

JK was so sassy about Tae inviting himself along for their Jeju trip! Lol

Jikook singing along to Vs Slow Dancing 🥺🥺🥺

Not my baby Jimin already having a stomach ache 5 minutes into the episode! We just got here and it's already travel sickness round 2?! 😅😂

Jimin yelling at Taekook to go inside while he is still in the car. Just to turn around and claim abandonment lmfao. He is just like me for real. I hope the fresh air helped him feel a little better. And JK immediately ordering Pork Cutlets, one of Jimins favorites, as soon as he gets inside is just 🥺🥺

Jimin finally coming in and JK pulling a whole "oh my God, my crush is here" type of routine. Lmao boy, the hair tucking, the giant smile. Boy, stand-up!Istg they are perfect!

Caressing Jimin's thigh as soon as he sits down talking about the "view" being so beautiful 😍😏

And Tae just fawning over Jimin being cute as soon as he enters too? Lol Jimin really has these men wrapped around his finger!

Not Tae going oh we do this stuff all the time. And JK and Jimin going "bro then leave!!" Lmfao you chose to be here Tae! Enjoy your time with your besties!

Tae getting fish and Jimin asking if he should take the bones out for him 🥺😍 that's his baby! Lmfao and JKs immediate "no" 😂🤣 no one asked you Jungkook! I too, don't like de-boning anything, I need a friend like Jimin 😂

It was giving perilla leaf, not going to lie 😂😂 Jimin babying his best friend and Jimins boyfriend being like "that's a whole grown man, excuse me?!" Is the vibes being given here. And I love it 😂

Me being sat and riveted for Jimins de-boning lesson knowing I will never do this myself. Because I'm a #spoiledbitch

The way he just info dumps too 😂

JK just stimming and loving his food so hard! And I love how vmin just let him do his thing. Baby is so loved 🥰😍 it really makes my heart so happy

Jimin making a ssam for Tae just for him to leave and Jimin to chase him running and giggling down the street, even losing his shoes, to make him eat it 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 why are they like this? Lmao!!

JK just collecting his boyfriends shoes for him too. Lol and Tae coming back and eating as soon as Jimin tells him he doesn't have shoes. Lol he is so loved.

(x is so loved is clearly going to be the theme of my post here!)

Vmin driving in the car all leaned into each other. I love them. So freaking much. Them singing Seven and Arson too. BTS forever supporting BTS!

Jimin saying "let's take pictures together later" and Tae going "couple pictures?" Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

Jimin having to talk Tae through how a drive through works 😂😂 my baby? How is this new to you? Lollll Jimin is suchhhh a caretaker 😍

And the way he makes sure JK stops and is hydrated too! He loves so hard!

"I'm fine!" "Im not!" That was so boyfriend, my god

"Jhope would've loved this. Ah, I miss him." God me too!

JK always going along with whatever skit or roleplay Jimin or Vmin start doing. Lmfao Jimin being like "oh, did you see his tattoos?!" Yeah, we get you 🤣

Jimin caring in JKs bag for him into the house 🥰

The 3 of them cuddling and laying on the floor together 🤣😂 before the cut to crazy head banging and Jimin having a stomach ache again 🤣 what a tonal shift lol

I'm obsessed with the pull back from touching that keeps happening. In all 3 episodes. One person on Twitter called it "controlling your habits" and I'm just ughhhhhh just hold hands 😭😭😭

Jimin singing 3D!

JK shooting Jimin in both the ass and the crotch with the water gun 😅🤣😂 the caption being an innocent 5 year old.... Lol not sure that was super innocent, but he was certainly giggly and having fun 😂 Tae also joining in and shooting Jimin, but only a few times in the ass, mostly on his back 😂 and the way Jimin just laid there and took it lmfao

The way JK watched over Jimin briefly while he was napping on the floor. That stare, those heart eyes 😍

Taekook being the absolute cutest puppies in the pool 🥰😍

Taekook drop the cuddly selca!!

JK jumping up to play as soon as he heard Jimin 😂 they are so cute! Why did they cut the entirety of Jikook playing upstairs? 👀😂

Followed by the mini wrestling match of taekook vs Jimin over the water guns and being shot again 😂

"you look pretty. You really look pretty" Jungkook please! My Jikook 🥺🥺

The distance Jungkook got with every skip in that parking lot man. Lol he is super human!

How many Jimin-ssi's did we hear in like 30 seconds when Jikook were climbing that wall together? Lmfaooo in that tone too? They like each other's muscles when watching each other climb. I get it 😂

"Jiminah, I'll show you I'm not the kid I used to be" "yeah, you are an adult now" 😂😂 Vmin lol I love Jimins dry sense of Humor too 😂😂

This whole climbing/go cart section felt very Run BTS esque lol bringing back those vibes for a moment here. Including JKs giant ass smile whenever Jimin starts messing with him or fake boxing him. That happened so often in Run

The way JK and Tae's faces immediately dropped as soon as they noticed Jimin was bleeding. There really is so much care there even when they are silly. JK saying that Jimin always gets hurt when they travel and breaks his heart 🥺🥺

"Going in order" with Jimin, Tae then JK on the go carts. I appreciate the editors acknowledging and feeding my Jimin is the hyung enjoyment 🥰

JK saying "how immature, all hung up on competing" boy you just feel left out! Lmfao because competition is at your core 😂

The way Jungkookie was looking at Jimin when Vmin were praising him 🥺🥰

Tae recording himself instead of Jimin being silly 🤣

I don't think anyone understands how much I love them and adore them.

Wrap up thoughts:

Hyung Jimin moments give me life and this episode had me well fed. He takes SUCH good care of the people he loves, and taekook in particular. He really has those men wrapped around his finger too. The love shared there is so so special and I'm so tickled anytime I get to witness it.

I also just wish for more peaceful episodes for Jimin! I'm curious how the next Jeju episode will go because after Connecticut, where they didn't have a choice but to talk about his stomach bug, they clearly were going to try and cut those moments out at first but it was so bad they couldn't. But it seemed like they are now low-key leaning into Jimins struggles as a bit with the cuts and edits now. Like it's part of the silliness of the show. Regardless, I do hope he feels better faster and doesn't get sick in Sapporo too! My poor baby 🥺😭🥰

Even with Jimin feeling sick, he still appeared to be at the center of that trio. Even when taekook were playing, they were doing so in a way that revolved around Jimin, constantly getting out to go annoy him. JK shooting him with the water gun to soak his pants in the dick and ass area was a special kind of stupid horny boy humor 😂 the way the editors covered it up (even sometimes with just camera angles) after his pants were soaked too, I know that outlines had to be on DISPLAY. Which I wouldn't be surprised if that was either one of the goals or just a nice reward for JK 😂 Poor Jimin. At least they let him nap in peace eventually!

We know Jimin did get in the pool with them at some point since they have promo shots in the water together. I'm looking forward to seeing that next episode! Or I'm going to be salty with Hybe for not giving us any of that footage! Lol

Jikook also had much larger suitcases than Tae did, who was also already there on vacation with his other friends. Did Jikook stay longer than Tae did or was it because we know they went to Busan shortly after to visit family too? It's really nice knowing that Jikook spent an extended trip together to their hometown also even if we didn't really get to know about it or see anything from it

The more hyungs that are around, the more maknae-esque our Jungkookie gets. Lol it was so cute. It IS an interesting aspect of Jikooks dynamic though, the inclusion of others and how that changes how they behave. It absolutely gives them an air of "us" at times. I know y'all know what I mean. It also highlights how much more they behave as equals, chingus, "them," when they are alone too. Because that is such an unusual dynamic and they've normalized it so much we barely blink at it anymore and some people don't even notice. He was very baby with his hyungs this episode whereas in USA, he took the lead with Jimin alot, which I did mention in my posts over those episodes.

He also was incredibly bratty and sassy in many moments of these episodes. Jimin even called him on it once 😂 this would've been the time that they had just applied for the buddy system together. And I think as much as they miss their members when they aren't there, JK also was looking forward to spending alone time with Jimin and the quick plan changes right before the trip happened put him in extra brat mode 😂😂 you could tell he was excited and happy to have Tae there though to play with. Those two had so much fun together and it was nice JK had a goof off buddy while Jimin wasn't feeling good. It also gave Jimin a much needed break I think from feeling pressure to entertain even when he wasn't feeling his best.

There were some soft and really cute moments in the first two episodes, but while there was so much chaotic energy in this episode, between Jikook, there was almost more softness. Like they save the bickering for home when they are out with others 😂 all the little touches and fondness killed me.

The cuts were horrendous this episode. Lol this was one example and there are a million more.

The episode timeline was cut all over the place. Lol so many conversations had music cut over them so we couldn't hear, so many continuity errors due to cuts. Like part of me gets it, but why was it so bad?!

Plus I'm sad we missed out on most of what was shaping us to be a Jikook wrestling match over the water guns. Oh the fanfic that'll inspire 😂 if they don't give it to us in the behinds, it's going to look incredibly suspicious 😂😂

It's also crazy to think about how this was Jikooks second trip to Jeju together. Think they went together before to scout out things they wanted to do together and enjoy the minor smaller vacation together sans cameras? Just like how they went back to the restaurant in NY alone before going back home. I really love that for them.

Sorry for only getting this post out like a week late! At least it's done before episode 4! Lol hope you all are loving AYS and having fun with it!

[neuroticphysiologist]

i finally made some edits!

alan's driving lesson! i made a shortest thought entry (post ep fic) about the episode here.

you can also watch this edit on tiktok.

[noa-nightingale]

A list of (some of) the things I liked about the new Steven/Andrew/Adam ep. :)

(The Fried Rice ep. Please watch it, it is so lovely! <3)

Steven's hair. That red(ish) tint.

Adam silently showing up in the beginning. ("Ah. The third fried rice has arrived.")

Adam in the back of the car in his Sesame Street-esque sweater.

The sun on Steven's face while he is driving. So pretty.

"I love an intergenerational story." (Steven) That made me a bit emotional, for some reason.

That huge tub of rice at Combo A! Hnghgngh!

"It's Chinese food. You gotta have MSG."

MSG history lesson! :)

I love the Travel Season notebook.

The tiny little clip at Holy Basil where Steven is feeding Andrew. It's blink-and-you-miss-it but it is there. At 8:48. And I will cherish it forever.

It is always so fascinating to watch an experienced cook working.

The "Cheers, Steven" is back!

"I love when rosemary gets to have a little fruity vacation somewhere." (Andrew) Rosemary deserves a little fruity vacation tbh. 💅

Steven saying "I love you" to the fried rice. <3

Andrew talking about the spoon while Steven completely zones out after drinking the spicy sauce.

Steven's ~spicy~ noises lmao.

"I still can't believe a crab fried that rice." (Adam)

Always fun to light drinks on fire. :3

The crunchy, crispy parts of the rice. 😭

"Why do you love me?" Lmao.

They fed Adam!

Them at the end reflecting on their experiences while Steven is driving in the dark. It's beautiful.

I love this show. I love how it puts the focus on different cultures and people. I love the style of the show and how much heart is put into it.

Just don't watch it hungry lol.

[hooked-on-elvis]

EP Playing Touch Football

This ripped shirt reminded me of something Jerry wrote in his book. I wonder if this shirt ended up ripping accidentally, with a random, non-directed pull (maybe E even ripped the shirt himself, somehow), or if the guys still gave El a harder time than they did the other players every time he played with them (I didn't notice any other guys with the torn clothes).

JERRY SCHILLING'S MEMORIES OF PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH ELVIS:

At one of our bigger games in the spring of 1955, we’d been playing for a while when a couple of very large men showed up and asked if they could get in the game. They explained that they were semipro players, had heard about the Elvis games, and wanted to be a part of it. The rest of us were not so eager to play with these big guys, but as far as Elvis was concerned, these players were stepping onto his turf and he wasn’t going to stand down. He wanted them in.

We worked out the teams again to include them and got set to play. On one of the first offensive drives, Elvis was taking a break from quarterbacking duties and was on the line blocking. When the ball was snapped, this 200-pound-plus semipro hit Elvis hard and ran right over him. Elvis took his time getting up — he was obviously a little shaken.

Now, we played tough at these games, with all-out effort, and we regularly knocked the hell out of each other. But the point was that everybody got knocked around — nobody ever specifically targeted Elvis. You wouldn’t think twice about hitting him if that’s the way the play went, but nobody was ever going out of their way to try to hurt him. From the look of that semipro player’s first hit, it seemed that maybe these guys weren’t so interested in playing ball for fun they were going to teach “Pretty Boy” Presley a lesson.

As we got back into a huddle, it was clear that Red West was furious. “I’ll take that son of a bitch out,” he said.

“No, Red,” said Elvis sharply. “Damn it, no. Just play the game.”

We ran a few more plays, and it was the same thing each time —Elvis got a tremendous hit from this charging rhino. But Elvis made a point of hopping up a little faster each time and just shaking it off. It got to a point where the day just didn’t feel like fun anymore. All the regular players were furious, and we were all telling Elvis that the game couldn’t go on like this, but he wouldn’t hear it. He wanted to play through. I found myself lined up next to Elvis, with the same big guy ready to charge at him again.

“Hit me from the left side,” said Elvis. “What?” asked the rhino. “Hit me from the left side.” “Why?” “I got a few bones over there that ain’t broke yet,” said Elvis.

The big guy started laughing, and by the time the ball was snapped he was laughing hard enough that he didn’t have the strength to steam-roll Elvis. After the play, we took a break and the guy went over to his fellow rhino. In a few minutes they walked back toward Elvis. Now the big guys were all smiles.

“Excuse me, Elvis,” said the one who’d been knocking him down.

“We sure did enjoy the game. Hope there aren’t any hard feelings.”

Red was still ready to lunge at them, but Elvis just shrugged.

“No hard feelings,” said Elvis. “Just bruises. Good luck with your season.”

Their big faces lit up like they’d just been blessed by the Pope. They started to walk away, when the guy who’d been knocking Elvis down turned around and came back.

“Uh, just one more thing, Elvis? Our wives are over there—can we bring them over to meet you?”

“Sure,” says Elvis. “Bring ’em over.”

As Elvis signed autographs for their wives, it all came together for me; if he had let Red and the rest of us go after these guys, then he would have ended up with some more enemies. Instead, he took a little punishment and ended up with four new fans.

There were a lot of people in Memphis that wanted to knock Elvis down, figuratively and literally, but what I saw happen on that field with the semipro guys was something I’d witness over and over again: A lot of people thought they had something against Elvis, but I never saw anybody who spent any time with him walk away not liking him.

Excerpt "Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley" by Jerry Schilling (2006)

December 27, 1956. Elvis played touch football at the Dave Wells Community Center in Memphis with some friends.

[arentwelost]

woke up the other day thinking about the nightmare sequence in ep 11 and its ambiguity.

yes, it is a representation of how far shima and ibuki are willing to go for each other – the way that they would betray all that they have stood for, to abandon whatever future and salvation they could have had for the other person.

shima, despite being one of the guiding voices of this story about respecting each and every life and being careful not to abuse the authority vested in the police, ends up pulling his gun on kuzumi. even though one of the first lessons he had taught ibuki was that "90% of [the japanese police] in reality don't pull out their guns until retirement. not that they don't shoot. it's that they don't even pull it out." ibuki is merely threatened for shima to direct his gun at kuzumi. he not only betrays himself, but also ibuki and kousaka, both of whom he had scolded for their inability to work within the rules.

ibuki, too – his story arc, which aligns with the overarching message of the series – is focused on being able to make it in time. to stop things before it gets to the point of no return. yet despite being told by a dying shima not to kill kuzumi, he nevertheless does. becomes the kind of police that his mentor had become, as though all of the pain he'd gone through, all of the regrets about not having stopped gama-san in time, meant nothing to him in this moment.

in this reading, the nightmare sequence presents to us shima and ibuki's fear that their sense of selves and morals are not strong enough to withstand kuzumi. that they'd give in to the void when it comes to the worst.

but i think there's enough ambiguity in this drug haze dream for us to read the nightmare sequence the other way around too. we could also interpret the first part of the nightmare as belonging to ibuki, and the second half as shima's.

after all, both shima and ibuki have proven over and over again that they fear for each other more so than they do for themselves.

ibuki is afraid that shima would lean into his self-destructive tendencies to the point of sacrifice, just as he has done many, many times in the short amount of time they've known each other. shima is a man who would drive them into another car with no hesitation, who would guide a gun to his own head to provoke a clearly distressed yakuza member: "then, why don't you shoot? i'm fine either way." who, while having no intentions on actually dying, still plays hard and loose with his own life, as though that would allow him to repent for the mistakes he made with kousaka.

beyond that, ibuki fears that shima would go somewhere where he can't follow, whether that is towards death or due to some kind of misplaced need for punishment. he's chased shima down about the latter before, demanding assurance that "shima wouldn't quit being a policeman, right?" but he doesn't get a satisfactory answer, just as he only got a smile and an "understood" in response to ibuki saying he won't let shima put himself in danger again.

and so we could read the first part of the nightmare as a manifestation of ibuki's fears too – the way that shima is willing to give up on his future as a cop as well as his life to ensure that ibuki could go on.

and this echoes well with shima's fear of ibuki going off course, which is what the second part of the nightmare is about. earlier in the episode he tells itomaki that he wants ibuki to "remain on the right path." shima has been prepared to betray himself even before he had arrived at the docks; he knows that with his current investigative methods he may no longer be able to walk alongside ibuki anymore, and he does not want ibuki to follow him into the dark, especially when ibuki had just experienced the loss of his mentor, especially when he is a good person.

ibuki has lived much of his life being kicked around, given up on – yet has remained loving and kind to the world around him. in his own words, he's "glad that [he] didn't resent the world" in the ten years he's been benched. shima knows that ibuki's worth and strengths would eventually be appreciated by others, and he doesn't want to become the reason why ibuki has to give up his future as a cop. he, too, is afraid that ibuki would become another gama-san. not only that, he fears that he would be the cataylst again, just as he was with kousaka. this fear drives him to strike first; shima not only reverts back to his bad habits, but this time he's further accompanied with a strong sense of guilt and self-sacrifice that weren't there prior to kousaka's death.

considering how the narative has unfolded and the relationship that they've developed with themselves and with each other, it's definitely fitting, then, to see the nightmare sequence as a shared nightmare, as a manifestation of their combined fears. not only of themselves and who they might become, but for each other.