#Facecams work much better

[atlantis-area]

TAEMIN (Guilty, 231105)

[galatariel]

— what’s up guys 😭 i just wanted to share my own little two cents on some colouring trends i’ve seen lately (particularly for kpop gifs!) which includes really distorted pink/red hues for skintones or oversaturated yellows so maybe i could give some tips that also helped me in the past!!

and of course because i love to talk a lot — this is a very long and image heavy tutorial...

❓ why is it an issue? i think its a very clear given that whitewashing is wrong and problematic for a vast number of reasons (with a history steeped in colourism and racism) and how there’s no excuse for changing the skintone of a person-of-colour.

— but with that said i want to make it clear that this is not an accusatory post! i’m not jumping on any one content creator or tumblr user to call them racist or colourist or a bigot 😭 and i don’t want to accuse anyone of having bad intentions with their gifs or images that they post! i really just want this to be a helpful post for anyone who is struggling to colour their gifs properly and more of a learning step instead of a call-out! 

however pink-washing (i’m aware there is another definition for this term but i’m referring to washing out a skintone to make it red-pink) and yellow-washing are equally as wrong! and they are also easily avoidable!! 

in the past it was a commonly held (and incorrect) belief that european people (a term i’m going to use broadly for non-poc) had a ‘fair’ and ‘pink’ undertone to their skin [and it was an encouraged beauty standard to try and emulate that fair pale pink skin] while asian people (particularly east asian ethnicities) had ‘yellow’ skin (as seen in racist caricatures and a plethora of terrible and outdated race theories).

thus pink-washing and yellow-washing both embrace two extreme ends of the scale and it’s simply better and more respectful to try and maintain the skintone of the idol in your gifs! there are deeper contextual explanations of this if you would like to learn more!

❓ identifying pink/yellow gifs

let’s start with recognising what colouring is a no-go ❌ if you’re a gifmaker you’re probably fighting a battle on two fronts — against the whitewashing music shows and then the struggle to restore skin colour without turning the dial up so much that you’ve changed their entire skintone.

for this example below i found a kpop psd posted recently (in the past few months actually) and applied it to a basic bright-lighting sort of facecam. 

the original facecam has no heavy stage lighting (as stages can often have really strong red or pink lights that also darken the colours) so it’s an easy one to follow along with.

the gif on the left has only a basic curves layer while the gif on the right has the added kpop psd on it. it’s a very stark difference in jungwon’s skintone and i would definitely classify this as an unnatural skin tone.

following a selective colour layer (to subtly increase the warm tones of his skin) / a photo filter (to counter the pale blue sort of lighting) and a colour balance - we can end up with a product like this.

now of course, this is only a very simple sort of colouring. and everyone has different colouring styles so you can go bonkers with all the colour manipulation for the blues and greens and purples as you like!

but what if the stage is just naturally red? 

may i introduce you to the dreaded seventeen stages during face the sun era then 😭

as you can see there is already a very heavy sort of pink-red cast on his skin (that only gradually got worse as the stage started because of those damn lights and shadows 😭) but we can easily work around them!

so here’s our stage lighting with no adjustments 

and now even though we got rid of the pink-tone it’s been replaced with a very strong yellow. (you might think i’m exaggerating out here but there are unfortunately a mite too many gifs like this). jeonghan’s skin (not to mention the members in the back) have been dialled up to a wasp yellow.

and unfortunately (at least in my experiences) there have been quite a few of the below instances (especially for this stage) so ultimately it is all about finding the right balance between getting rid of the harsh, unsaturated lighting while also bringing back warmth to the skintone while ALSO not giving the idols a spray-tan.

❓ so what can i do?

well i’m glad you asked! let’s go back to the jeonghan example we just used. here’s the stage gif once more without any adjustments or layers.

now i’ll add a simple curves layer (to even out the general lighting) and we end up with this. it’s obviously much better. the red-brown cast has no become darker creating a greater contrast with jeonghan’s skintone versus his black and white outfit! it’s a nicer gif overall but i want to bring out his skintone ever so slightly to make up for the harsh white lights on the highlights of his face.

i added another selective colour layer (increasing the reds with the cyan slider and then the black slider while also pushing on the yellow slider as well) and a gradient map (fading from black to orange and set to soft light at a 20% opacity)! and this is my final result!

❓ tips and tricks

— colour balance is your best friend! if a gif seems too blue (and hence giving your subject a pale purple-red sort of look) bring back the slider to the yellow side. or vice versa. it often sorts out all the little hiccups that a curves layer might have provided. — create layer masks to compare skin colour. it’s always useful to just have a little circle where you can see the skintone before and afters! — don’t just rely on selective colour to bring colour back into skin. this is where i find that i often trip up to overcompensate for whitewashing. a gradient map works wonders if set at the right opacity and you can adjust the skin colours minutely afterwards! — this might seem like a reduntant theme but it’s more than okay to ask for help! even i’ve found that i struggle with colouring a gif right and it’s better to get two or three heads in the game than one 😭

there is no one method or psd that will automatically graces oneself with perfect and correct colouring but it’s a matter of practice and figuring out what methods works for you!

i’d take a look at these very helpful tutorials! how to colour east/south-east asian celebrities how to fix orange-washed characters

[lasnevadaslaborunion]

I've given this spiel on Discord already but I'm thinking about it again today so here goes

The reason Las Nevadas worked as pre-recorded, highly polished lore whereas other arcs were better served by improvisation (or, especially later, fell flat in the attempt to be more "cinematic") is because that style of presentation reflected and enhanced the themes of c!Quackity's story.

c!Quackity is a very image-conscious guy. He's performing strength, coldness, and viciousness. He's performing power, wealth, and masculinity. He wants to look respectable and frightening in the ways he's seen respectability and fearsomeness modeled by others.

But in the process, he eclipsed his emotions, his better self, and his very humanity.

Las Nevadas itself is a testament to that desire. It's grand, impressive, and entirely artificial. It's a harsh contrast to the organic awkwardness of El Rapids and the ramshackle simplicity of early L'manberg and the White House. c!Quackity intended it to be unlike any country before it - an improvement, an escalation, his unique legacy.

Even the style of the streams reflects that! They become more and more elaborate as time goes on, and yes, you could say more artificial. There's no improvisation. There's no room for silly mistakes. There's no breaking character. It's flashier, grander, more impressive. It's a bunch of bright, sterile lights, all alone in a cold desert.

...okay, now I have to talk about the face cam.

On the DSMP, there are only a few characters who never streamed from their own perspective. Of these, c!Schlatt and c!Dream are best known, and this lack of first-person perspective is often cited as a reflection of their villainy. However, I would also describe this as symbolic of emotional masking. It's vulnerability, and whether the narratives and the characters allow themselves such vulnerability.

c!Schlatt may very well be the embodiment of stereotypical toxic masculinity. He is obsessed with appearances. He lifts weights, takes steroids, drinks protein shakes, and harshly belittles anyone who doesn't live up to his standards. At the same time, he is a deeply paranoid ruler, who increasingly suspects (not without reason) even those closest to him of treason. His commitment to his "tough guy" persona in spite of his faltering health ultimately kills him, as his heart gives out - alone in a crowd.

c!Dream is also a deeply paranoid man (again, not without reason) who is so afraid of coming to terms with a changing world and his own changing relationships that he cuts himself off from all but a few other people and schemes for a near-impossible reunification. He becomes a caricature of a villain and locks himself in both a literal and metaphorical black box, in which he suffers and, yet again, ultimately dies. As with c!Schlatt, what began as a means of self-protection becomes an avenue for demonization.

(As an aside: c!Techno also never uses a facecam, although he did stream his POV. His arc proceeds in a much different way from other "antagonistic" characters; c!Techno manages to overcome his mistrust of others, refine his anarchist ideals, form a community of friends who help one another, and end his story happy. He's a wonderful foil to c!Quackity, though for slightly different reasons than the other two figures mentioned.)

These two (three with c!Techno) figures, alongside c!Wilbur (their polar opposite, insofar as his penchant for Hamlet-esque soliloquies goes), form c!Quackity's idea of what it means to be powerful.

In the first Las Nevadas episode, Quackity uses the facecam in the same way he did previously. We see every flinch, hear every doubtful thought, feel every change of expression. Where this changes, though, is the final scene: Quackity tears apart El Rapids, the last remnant of his early life and connection to his loved ones, and returns home covered in a prisoner's blood.

Las Nevadas 3 has a much different ratio of facecam to non-facecam scenes. During the confrontations with c!Foolish and c!Purpled, those in which he is at his most expressive and physically vulnerable (as both of these characters could easily defeat him in a fight, forcing him to rely on personal appeal), we see him acting through the facecam. But during his discussion with c!Sam about potential recruits, he's all business and all masked up. In c!Fundy's nightmare, in which he is more a manifestation of insecurity than a character, we only see his smiling skin and a frosty voice.

As for the prison scene... hoooooly moly I gotta talk about the details in that scene a different time. But I think it's fair to say that while c!Quackity is undoubtedly in a position of power here, he also breaks down in a way we haven't seen in this context yet. And by the end… well, he's confident. What reason is there to hide? The only person he might hide from already knows what he's capable of. This is the most honest he's ever been about his motivations for torturing c!Dream, and his straightforwardness and undisguised hatred amplifies the horror of the scene.

Las Nevadas 4, however? This is where the pattern gets really interesting.

The first segment of the stream is made without a facecam. c!Quackity walks c!Slime through lessons on how to be successful and powerful, each of which is challenged and peeled back. c!Quackity never fully removes his mask, even around this person he trusts, because he is trying to be an example for that person to emulate.

But there are two scenes in which the facecam returns. One, during the reunion with his fiances in Kinoko Kingdom, in which c!Quackity lets himself be relaxed and affectionate for the first time in months before pivoting to an outburst of all his resentment, sorrow, and anger. Two, when c!Purpled traps him and c!Slime and he is forced to fight for his life before screaming in grief at his friend's death.

And the final scene of the episode? We see not just the facecam, but full live action. The actor showing his full image, and c!Quackity being completely open and sincere. There's hope! There's a real human person still in there! Perhaps he can trust again and change before it's too late!

And guess what happens in the End of Las Nevadas?

THAT'S RIGHT, NOT A SINGLE SECOND OF FACECAM. NOT EVEN A CRUMB. HE'S GOING MAD (SCIENTIST) WITH POWER AND TERRIBLE COPING MECHANISMS FOR GRIEF. OUR MAN IS FULLY LOST IN THE MOTHERFUCKING SAUCE.

And that persona - no, not just the persona, the very person he tried to squeeze into his own image! - is the one who kills him!

And this is why I never liked the notion that Quackity's lore being so polished set the bar too high for other storylines. Because first off, imagine trying to insult someone by literally saying they're too good. Second, c!Quackity's whole arc in Las Nevadas was about how the pursuit of power and acclaim at the expense of your ability to be sincere will fucking destroy you. This way of telling a story is neither superior nor inferior to the more naturalistic style of other arcs. It all comes down to personal taste and how the medium can enhance the creator's intention.

And if Las Nevadas rings false to you?

Good. You understood.

Learn something from its fall.

[jwoongz]

Hello Friends! I was tagged by so many lovely people, @ambivartence @gnanii @ashisland @strayklds and @chanstopher. Thank you so much for thinking of me! I decided to do this on main because quite frankly I am too lazy to do it twice. (Sorry!) So thank you to those who tagged me on @yang-innie thank you!

I am going to tag @changbeens @booskwan @strhwaberries @minhosblr @honeydewtual @chanrizard and @yeonbins. No pressure at all! 🫶

rules: link your favorite and/or most popular post from each month this year <3 (it’s totally fine to skip months!) and tag some CCs you love!

January - hwichanis: this cute set of moonbin & sanha yang-innie: beware of snakes (lee Know) if you are a small tree (han) favorite: chani's birthday set (because chani makes everything better)

February hwichanis: winking younghoon ending fairy yang-innie: god's menu jeongin favorite: jaejun being dramatic but pretty March: hwichanis: have you shanty shanty yayaya-ed latey? yang-innie: there mv jeongin for a heavy does of cringe favorite: dystopia mujin!!! one of my favorites from the year

April: hwichanis: xiker's pocket leader killing it on stage yang-innie: maknae line selfie time! favorite: flirty louis ending fairy that I am still not over

May: hwichanis: ateez ot8 illusion break the wall tour performance yang-innie: tasty kitchen jeongin! face! stickers! favorite: heejae from the peak time concert

June: hwichanis: ateez really loves mingi yang-innie: giant smiling jeongin gifs 🫶 favorite: king of masked singer seungmin looking like an absolute prince!! (aka the start of the seungmin madness, please save me from myself) July: hwichanis: yeonjun and huening kai being best boys <3 yang-innie: the seungmin facecam that will not be named favorite: beloved bee's birthday set!! Honorable Kim Jiwoong Mentions: 1 , 2 , 3

August: this jeongin is the only think I made the whole entire month!

September/October The sad months I was missing because work was busy and I missed TXT, Kingdom, and most of ZB1's comebacks. November: hwichanis: fluffy hatted jiwoong!! yang-innie: seungmin lalala ending fairy favorite: jeongin dancing to perfect night! he looks so happy

December: hwichanis: jongho ending fairy (aka the only thing I giffed on main) yang-innie: jeongin compliation from exchange island favorite: cozy and cute christmas jeongin

Thank you to anyone who took the time to go through and read through this and look all those posts! I hope you all had a wonderful 2023 and have an even better 2024! Looking forward to kicking off 2024 with BOTH SF9 and Vanner! 🎉🎉🎉

[askstevefromminecraft]

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting much. I've been really busy with school work and other projects I've been meaning to work on.

I'll probably quit this blog at some point, but I thank everyone who's interacted with this blog.

The reason for this is not only because I've been busy with school work, but because I never really liked how the overall story of Ask Steve from Minecraft's story went.

Here's how the story would've gone if I planned it better: Steve and Herobrine get curious and hack the computer to gain access to information on their player, they discover that the player was actually filming, WITH A FACECAM this entire session (2 months worth of footage dawg) and discover that the player is actually dead. The reason why the computer was still running was because of the players mother, and that the mother was actually the one managing the questions you guys asked and sending them to Steve and Herobrine. Later it's revealed that the player only died because the mother locked them in their bedroom as a punishment of some kind, the only source of happiness to the player was minecraft, but the player was trapped for a really long time in that room and slowly died of starvation, dehydration, and many other ailments, they were also stuck to the chair because of their um, bodily functions yeah. Their mother opens the player's bedroom door, wanting to forgive their child, but realised that her dear baby has died due to her own neglect. But she tells herself that they're still alive. Steve and Herobrine did not know what to do with allat.

But I didn't know what to do with this plot, or how it might develop, as well as what Steve and Herobrine might do afterwards.

There's also that one plot concept where we discover that Steve is actually connected to the world he's in, and that deleting his world would mean deleting him too, but being able to restore himself if his world seed is used once more, but at the cost of his memories being discarded. Basically he reincarnates everytime someone enters his world seed. Herobrine however still lives, even after the World seed gets deleted, and so he repeats every session getting to know Steve again and again, and when Steve gets deleted, he waits in the void, near the spawn point, where Steve would show up, everytime, never ending.

But I'll probably never use that ever.

I actually have a main account but I don't use it as much (rather, I actually don't use tumblr at all)

Main Account is https://www.tumblr.com/blog/dr-john09

I'll probably repurpose Ask Steve from Minecraft into a new blog for a new story, but I don't think it'll be happening any time soon.

Thanks to everyone who has asked on this blog, as well as the ones in my inbox, I've been meaning to answer atleast some of them but couldn't because of lack of motivation.

[lemmilemura]

could you write simon with a streamer/ esports champion s/o ?? like imagine them on vc and playing stuff together

Thank you so much for the request anon! I can definitely write some Simon and streamer S/O! Really playing into my own love of gaming xD

All kept gender-neutral Based on the show

So we already see Simon's killer setup in the show, right? 3 monitors (one vertical, probably discord xD) a headset, probably has a mic there somewhere too. So of course, if you're also similar, you two will be gaming together.

And if you're streaming even better!

Simon would 100% be a guest on your streams more often than not. Personally don't think he himself would stream, but he loves joining you.

Your fanbase loves him too! His sassy one-liners especially. You don't even have to tell them he's with you, they'll pick up on it instantly, be that by hearing him or just seeing you face, smiling or facepalming at him(if you have facecam of course).

Of course there's a lot of different games you two play. I'm gonna give examples of games I personally play but I'm sure you'd play even more of them.

Minecraft, for example. I feel Simon would be the redstone genius, I mean come on! You'll have automated sorting, farming, mobfarms, etc before the first nightfall it feels xD

He would also probably be the one pulling off crazy 'cheats', aka tactics to kill mobs and basically speedruns the enderdragon xD

Overwatch, or other fps games, could either be him carrying you, or you carrying him. Really just depends on the day.

I personally either play tank or dps (Rammattra or Junkrat), but I feel Simon would be pretty well-versed in all roles. I can see him being a Widow just to piss off people by being extremely good.

I can also see him, if he's support, being Ana and only using his nano boost on you, much to the dislike of your teammates. But I mean c'mon, you're his S/O and he's a little gremlin who likes to piss people off xD

Genshin anyone? (not the toxic weird ones, though. those can stay away please and thank you :))

He'd probably be at AR 60 waaaay before you, so I can see you starting Genshin on stream and him basically baby-ing you and telling you what to do until you get AR16 and unlock co-op, and then he'll help you unlock and explore the entire world in like a day.

He would also help you beat bosses, and farm artefacts. You barely have to move a muscle at all really, he's already done with it.

He'll have all the characters too (if by gacha nobody knows, I mean it's Simon). He'll also send you so many primos and basically pay for all of your characters and things you want. (cough sugardaddy cough)

Of course, streamers don't just play games. Or like, games like that where you have to do a lot of fighting.

ItTakesTwo is always a ride, no matter who plays it. So of course, when you two play it, whoooo boooooy things go down xD

Simon will try his best to keep calm and be patient, but after like 10 minutes on one puzzle of course he'll get a little agitated

If you then respond back with the exact same energy... hope nobody is wearing headphones because it can get kind of explosive, but hey it's ItTakesTwo, so what do you expect?

Of course, on days where you don't realyl fee llike it, Just Chatting streams are perfect. Just hagning out, with chat of course, doing whatever. Working on your own things but also answering questions or something. They don't happen that often, I'd say maybe only once a month or so. Chill music in the back, chat themselves a little slower.

Alright I hope you enjoyed those! Again thank you so much for the request! Feel free to request more, I'll try my best to write them if I am able to :D

[option-monad]

thoughts on scorn gradually coalescing (i’ve posted a lot of this to twitter, but i wanted to do a longer form post)

for one, hands down one of the greatest artistic achievements i’ve ever seen. very, very little comes close. not just in terms of presentation (though that is also nigh-untouchably good) but also in terms of clarity and coherency of statement. it’s sorta silly to compare it to anything else given the creators had 9 years to make a ~5 hour game but it sure is winning. this part stays above the cut: if you can stomach gore and some pretty strong allegories for reproductive violence, play scorn. if you can’t play horror games, watch an uncommentated run. and leave the damn fov slider alone unless you’re seriously going to be sick. the rest of this won’t make sense unless you’ve seen all of it.

act 3 is the weakest part, which i think is the best possible outcome. strong start, strong ending. i would say act 1 = act 4 end > act 5 > act 2 > act 4 > act 3. the strongest parts have no combat at all. if the combat were tuned a little better, my opinion of act 4 would be higher. as it is, things take a bit too much damage and don’t deal enough and checkpoints aren’t super kind, so combat starts to feel like a slog. which is a damn shame because i like what they were going for and the animations, ai, and weapon design are spot-on for it. just the numbers are off. 1 hit chickens, 2-3 hit bears, and like 5hp on the player would have worked for me a lot more. act 4′s ending though... zoo wee mama. i want to watch a few more people play it before i figure out if my experience with it was universal, but that stomach drop i got between finishing the puzzle and finding out what finishing the puzzle did, right after pulling the lever when it was too late to stop... manifique. chefs kiss. it feels very deliberately set up to do that, with the whole “oh, puzzle” > clonk > lights out > “OH NO” sequence. strong! other standout moments are turning the moldman around in act 1 (watching jerma play that and having the funnyman temporarily squeezed out of him on facecam was tbh the only time i’ve ever felt positively about a facecam at all) and trying to fill the second goop canister in act 5 and getting... half. of course half. the other one was already half full. god fucking dammit. oh and the parasite reveal in act 5, after the act 1 -> act 2 thing had time to percolate in my brain for a bit. scorn is really a fucking master of chekhov’s gun, huh. that’s probably not quite what i mean, but the style of storytelling just works fantastically. the “? ... oh fuck of course” emotion.

having seen the artbook, i agree that the tower and the crater shouldn’t have both been kept. i think i would have preferred the tower, since the purpose of the creature is a lot clearer there and feeds back into the stuff they were doing in the assembly a lot more, but both would have made one feel stale. cutting the labyrinth is a bit sad since it adds a lot to the world and was definitely doing something different, but hey. can’t afford to do everything. 5 incredibly precise acts trumps 6-7 sloppier ones imo. also having seen the artbook, given that i didn’t properly see what they were going for with the parasite, i think finding a weapon handle in act 1 was a slight misstep. absolutely did not occur to me that i was using the parasite’s tail because there was already a handle elsewhere in the world, i thought i just found my old gun. i think acts 1 and 2 work GREAT for what they were trying to set up otherwise.

the door remote... i really do not like the fucking door remote. the main puzzle in every act does a great job at feeling like i’m traversing an environment that has a purpose of its own beyond being a sequence of levers for me to pull, but the door remote really pulls me out of that. i’m not even sure how much it adds to the traversals after act 2. BUT... i will admit that it’s pretty essential for what act 2 is doing. if it was just “pick up door remote in act 2 start, use until act 2 end” i would be fine with it, but upgrading it just feels silly. a secure facility doesn’t have a terminal to elevate your access permissions one level within a few hundred feet of the door they elevate it to, but picking up a door key from an area intended to manufacture supervisors and using it in that one facility works fine. it’s such a minor thing but every remote reprogramming station just made me think “uuhghghgh right i’m playing a videogame”. (also, while i’m on insanely minor nitpicks, the moldman either doesn’t have enough recorded lines or doesn’t properly minimise repeats. just a couple extra minutes in the booth would have improved that section drastically.)

the ending... absolutely perfect. no notes. i know a lot of people hate it, but i also don’t think those people were paying enough attention. if they went in a different direction with it, i would have made 100 angry blog posts about how they ruined all the work they had done establishing the themes and allegories that they did. scorn’s greatest virtue is how hard it commits to a very clear idea and how much faith it has in itself to make that idea work just by showing it to you. no text, no dialog, no “lore”, no crutches. scorn is not interested in being a videogame, it is only interested in being scorn. you do not get to “win” scorn, you get to finish it. fuck you.

[jackiebrackettt]

you know as nice as it is i feel like any sort of ttrpg does not need sfx whatsoever. like the other jrwi campaigns don’t need sfx. the music is enough in terms of sound design because it sets tone etc etc but sfx in podcasts is supposed to be there for two reasons:

1) immersion/introduction into the topic - unremarked upon (a transition into a new topic/scene/place - mostly for radio/documentary podcasts - in the same way that a filmed documentary might film on a beach when talking about beaches. also similar function to b-roll)

2) to clue in exactly what the characters are doing/what environment they’re in since there’s no visuals and rarely a narrator

In ttrpgs every single sfx and environment change that is important is described by the dm. like.. it’s nice but so thoroughly unneeded and doesn’t necessarily add anything

except for bitb, which as a horror by extension puts emphasis on immersion in environment. neither riptide nor prime defenders call for that and I would instead argue that the facecams work a lot better in terms of immersion - I mean, bizly’s expressions for the trickster is a great example but also just in general seeing their expressions during emotional moments holds so much weight, etc etc

also for eg: if i hear a door creak open or sudden knocking in bitb I’m going to be a lot more freaked out than I would be if it was just narration, which what they would want. whereas the same thing on riptide or pd wouldn’t hold the same emotional impact that just narrating it couldn’t achieve. like.. “the door opens and you see the trickster” fills me with enough dread

i feel like the only time sfx would really be needed is during like.. storms for riptide but just in general any consistent background sound that impacts the narrative since the dm might not be as focused on consistently bringing it up. just my own opinion though shrug obvi ppl can disagree

[sfznyxio]

-ˋˏ !STEAL ˎˊ

SYNOPSIS. !steal: a command set by your significant other who accidentally walks in during one of your streams. response: chat already forgot about their favorite strimmer (streamer). he has stolen the show.

CHARACTERS. isagi yoichi, bachira meguru, chigiri hyoma, kunigami rensuke, barou shouei, niko ikki, mikage reo, nagi seishiro, itoshi rin, itoshi sae

CONTENT. gn!reader. streamer au. established relationship. fluff. 1.0k wc. rewrite of !steal at my old main blog @/verxsyon. kunigami comes to the room shirtless, and chat gets free fanservice. reader forgets to take breaks (barou) and eat (rin). 

VERA. fun fact: i streamed for two years! i don’t miss my streamer era, but i do miss bllk so i decided to rewrite my bllk hcs from my other blog. u20 is coming soon, woo! i’m so excited.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. ISAGI YOICHI

isagi checks up on you on a regular basis to see how you’re doing. he has very kind parents how drop off gifts for you to thank you for giving their son so much love. he knows when not to go to your room because you’ll be busy streaming. right now, he hasn’t read messages from his parents that they are going to visit until the very last minute. your partner goes upstairs without a single thought, forgetting that you’re still on stream mode. he apologizes profusely and leaves. you sit there confused, and with chat is imploring you to drag your cute significant other back.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. BACHIRA MEGURU

bachira pulls pranks and other questionable things to get your attention. he ups the ante when you’re playing intense games that require so much investment, which are good opportunities to scare you. since the start of your streaming career, he has been swinging around your setup like it’s a jungle gym. in subsequent streams, his distractions are competitions to see which of you will reach their goals. he successfully leads to your death against a boss as you try to pin him down. with your chat in awe of his determination, you chide to not to credit him at all.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. CHIGIRI HYOMA

chigiri is bored out of his mind. skincare routines don’t magically make you appear beside him. he grows impatient, so he brings nail polish and makeup pouches to your stream so he can spend time with you that way. he blocks out your setup and chat from his mind so you can be the only one who matters at the moment. obviously you need both hands to play your games, but eventually give in to his requests because your partner is needy like that. he paints your nails, and your chat ogles at his hands with sweat drops and eye emojis.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. KUNIGAMI RENSUKE

kunigami was working out when he hears you scream all of a sudden. he immediately ditches his routine and rushes to your room, worried about the possibility of you getting injured. he sees game over displayed on the screen and your head on the desk. he’s unaware that your facecam is on, so when you look up, you scream even louder when he flashes his naked glory to thousands of viewers. ignoring the question of why he’s in your room shirtless, he asks if you’re okay. you apologize for scaring him to death, missing out on a flurry of “muscles” in all caps among chat.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. BAROU SHOUEI

barou glares a hole into your skull, much like the supernatural creatures you’ve encountered in horror games on stream. the genre becomes very addicting that you neglected to do chores while he’s gone. he’s mad, but is more concerned because of your lack of breaks. instead he decides to take liberty in finishing your share and cook your favorite food. then he scolds chat for not looking after you properly and tells them to do better next time. one half gushes over his endearment while the other becomes feral over his tone of voice.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. NIKO IKKI

niko invades your room sometimes to borrow your monitors and cables. it’s a running joke within your community for you to ask your viewers to donate to the “niko [insert whatever he borrowed that day] foundation”. also a well-known streamer, thus everyone wonders why he hasn’t taken initiative to buy components for his setup. the reason is that he’s been a fan of yours before the two of you got together. having your belongings nearby is proof of your support for his career. he denies it, but the coos in the chatbox make him super flustered.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. MIKAGE REO

reo surprises you with new equipment to celebrate your milestone. not an expert in streaming despite being a jack-of-all-trades like everyone perceives him as, but his connections with tech companies taught him what he needed to know. originally you plan to use viewer donations to upgrade at least one component of your setup, but he says you deserve an upgrade of your entire set for working hard to put your name in the streamer world. he rewards you with kisses, making chat malfunction with keyboard smashes. when he leaves, they beg him to come back to give them kisses as well.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. NAGI SEISHIRO

nagi trudges into your room with a groan that resembles the enemies in the game you’re streaming. he doesn’t pay attention to his unkemptness shown to your viewers live. his priority is to get you to cuddle with him. he latches onto you, draping his arms on your shoulders and tucking his head into your neck. you massage his scalp and ask him how to beat the stage you’re on since he beat the game a while ago. your partner whines that he’s lonely and wants your hugs. you promise to give him the hugs he wants, but it seems like your chat has that taken care of.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. ITOSHI RIN

rin memorizes your schedule well enough to not intrude, as he normally comes in right after you end and edit to be uploaded as a vod on another streaming platform. the one time he does, he brings in food because you didn’t eat and silently judges you on the side playing through a physical fitness game. he waits for you to finally notice him, and when you do, he roasts your gameplay. you challenge him in a duel to see if he can do any better. poor you; your chat is rooting for him. it’s all thanks to his pretty face that you want to punch and kiss him afterwards.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. ITOSHI SAE

sae startles you with a kiss on the top of your head once he returns from spain. he isn’t expected to come home on a later date, but circumstances allowed him to go back sooner. immediately jumping out of your seat to welcome him home with a hug, you disregard the fact that your viewers are watching this affectionate exchange. the glow from your setup reels you back to your chair, and you demand chat to pretend that they didn’t see anything. they deflect it by asking your partner to blow them kisses, which he happily entertains.

[peternelthorpe]

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[arabellaflynn]

Holiday Housekeeping!

Hello all! The year is drawing to a close. FINALLY. I have good news and bad news, as usual.

The bad news is that my last steady gig sent me an email this morning telling me they won't be needing me after Thanksgiving. I am beyond pissed. Not at the lack of work; they essentially provide support services for ongoing events, so if there are no events, there's nothing to give me, and they have no control over that. What I'm pissed about is that these clients are supposed to be signing contracts for a fixed period of time/number of events, but they're letting people alter or cancel their contracts with basically no notice, and no penalty. They book me for a thing, I block off those dates and budget accordingly, then whoops! Event vanishes halfway through.

I was already looking for another job, but I guess now I have more free time to do it in. 

The good news is that I have some grant applications in process right now, and will almost certainly get one of them. The Mass Cultural Council offered recovery grants, with no strings attached -- the entire application was pretty much, "Are you an artist? Do you live in MA? Would you like some money?" Everything else is more merit-based and has to go through panels and committees first, but there is no Earthly reason that MCC would not award me that grant, so there is a good chance I will be getting $5000 somewhere in January. I realize this is not a huge amount of money to most people, but that's about six months' living expenses for me.

Unfortunately, January is still a ways away, so my Christmas list, for the third year in a row, is basically just "survival". Money is most useful and goes here or here. I do realize that you guys are here for entertainment, and "blogger pays rent!" is not very fun to read, but my Amazon Wish List is not much better. Mostly I wish someone would magically mail me shampoo and socks so that I don't have to worry about buying them. I did turn on the option that lets you ship other things along with Wish List items, so if anyone is dying to send me candy, have at.

If you wish to send the rats some holiday gifts... well, I don't blame you, they are almost criminally cute. Their Wish List is here. I put the kibosh on the 50 lb wheel of parmesan cheese, but it does include a lot of snacks, cuddly cage blankets, and the little hanging baskets they have so much fun with. You can also ship them random things, but please bear in mind that cage furnishings have to be either disposable, or made of something that is bleachable/boilable. Wood and other porous material will quickly become suffused with, shall we say, 'essence of rat' and will never be clean again. Rats, like dogs, are adorably disgusting.

Ratsgiving and Ratmas are not being canceled; they go up on Patreon, and are therefore work expenses. Plus it will force me to eat something other than beans and rice for a bit. I already bought most of the decorations before the bad news hit, anyway. I'm also running a promotion where anyone signed up to either this Patreon or my art/dance one by December 15th for $5 or more will get a Ratmas e-card, and $20 or more will be getting a physical Ratmas card, so keep an eye out for that.

I've tried to make the past few Advent Calendars more community-minded but this year I'm saying fuck it, I'm just going to spend a month writing about something I enjoy contemplating. Probably history of media/video games. I might also take another stab at streaming. I won't be on camera this time; the only private space I'd have to stream is in my bedroom, which is nowhere near big enough for a set, and unfortunately the gaming setup and the facecam setup in here are mutually exclusive. A Let's Play style stream with me on headset is the best I can do.

I'm just really tired, you guys. I want 2023 to be better.

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{Jealousy} Corpse Husband x Reader

summary: a new streamer that no one has ever played with joins the game and is the only one who doesn't know about you and corpse's secret relationship

pronouns: she/her

word count: 2903

trigger warnings: swearing, name calling (not at reader)

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“Babeeeee,” You were sitting on the couch, scrolling through twitter. A strong pair of hands grabbed your shoulders and rubbed them. “You know I love you right?”

You set your phone down and tilted your head back, it leaned against his chest as he loomed over you. He charmingly smiled at you. “Yeah, babe, you remind me all the time.”

“All I want in return for my love, is an hour or two of among us because we need one more for a full lobby,” Corpse leaned down and pecked your forehead. “I already set up your pc because I know how much you hate it.”

You sighed and crossed your arms, “And if I don't?”

He frowned, “I will be sad. Sad like a child who dropped their ice cream on the concrete.”

“We wouldn't want that now would we?” You asked and started to stand up.

Corpse happily perked up and met you as you walked into the hallway, “Thank you! If we can find another fill earlier than you can leave if you want.”

You stopped in the space between the two streaming rooms. The right one was Corpe’s and was way more high tech. He had padded walls for when he recorded his music and kept some gifts that fans had sent him. You were not a streamer, but you always played with him and his friends. You never did facecam so people could never see your room, but you liked to keep it to your aesthetic. It made you happy and you felt like you played better than if it was plain.

Corpse wrapped his left hand behind the back of your neck and pulled you into a deep kiss. You smiled against his lips and squeezed him into a hug. He pulled away, cutting the kiss short. “I appreciate you,” He said quietly.

You rubbed his shoulder before going into your room and shutting the door behind you. You sat down and smiled at the set up. Corpse left you a post-it note with a heart scribbled on it and a water bottle next to it. You took a quick sip and joined the vc.

“She was so cranky this morning, I was surprised she said-” Corpse stopped talking when he heard the notification that you joined the call.

“I was what this morning?”

“Oh shit!” Toast teased. “You fucked up.”

“You were angelic this morning,” He lied. “Just like every morning.”

You rolled your eyes, “Yeah right. You can get cranky too y’know.”

“Do you guys want to do a test run with the proximity chat before we start playing?” Sykkuno asked. “Get the issues out of the way now?”

Everyone agreed and started the round. You realized right away that you couldn't hear anyone and that no one could hear you. You played around with the system settings, but only messed it up more. You unmuted in discord, “I cannot get this to work to save my life. I started hitting buttons and it only got worse I think.”

“Control R?” Corpse replied. You did as suggested and tested it out. Nothing again.

“I think I missed a step when joining,” You explained. “I don't know where to go.”

“Okay go to the dots in the top right corner…settings…and then…” You tried following Corpe’s online text support as much as you could, but you’ve never played Proximity before so you had no clue what you were doing. “Go help her out, Corpse,” Charlie sighed. “This is painful to listen to.”

“I'm sorry ‘mr. know it all’,” You joked. “Sorry that you can't deal with us giggling in confusion.”

“Give me a minute,” You heard Corpse take his headphones off and push his chair back.

A second later he knocked on your door and opened it. He hovered over your chair and put his arms around your shoulder. He placed his hand over your hand that was on the mouse and made you click the right settings to get it to work. He switched back to the game and leaned into your mic, which was still on you, “Testing, testing.”

You blushed as he sneaked a quick kiss on the corner of your mouth as he waited for a response. Everyone replied.

“It works!” You cheered. “Thank you baby!”

“Sorry to interrupt!” Rae injected in. “I’m going live after I end this sentence and I don't want anything to slip!”

A few more people mentioned that they were also going live, or would go live later. That was your favorite part about your friend group. You guys were so tightly knitted together that you and Corpse could trust them not to leak anything about your secret relationship. They were always super careful and they didn't even tease the idea of you two dating like others might have. You were living your perfect life.

Everything went smoothly until about an hour and half in. Faye had something suddenly come up and had to leave before she planned on it. “I’m sorry guys! I do have a fill, she just hasn't played with you guys yet!”

This was Rae’s lobby so she answered, “If you know them and everyone else is okay with it, I’m down!”

Everyone agreed, someone was better than no one. You guys waited for a little bit and talked about plans later in the day or upcoming week. The discord notif rang and everyone got quiet.

“Hello?” A higher pitch voice squeaked out, she sounded nervous. Everyone greeted her with energy, which seemed to calm her down. “I’m Isabel! It’s nice to meet you all!”

“Hey, she already got the proximity to work!” Ludwig commented. “You gotta teach y/n how to get it up so fast!”

“Who’s y/n?” Isabel asked.

You wiggled your character around, “That’s me! You probs don't know me, I just play, I don't stream.”

“Hi y/n!” She greeted. “That’s okay, it took me a while to get into streaming too. I was really nervous at first! Maybe you’ll find a love for it one day!”

“It’s just not my thing,” You answered. “I could never stick to a sche-” The game accidentally started, you were a crewmate.

“Sorry!” Rae apologized. “I didn't mean to start. Everyone good to go?”

Everyone said they were ready and you ran away from the group right away, getting your download done before the cooldown ended. You met up with Corpse in reactor shortly after.

“Who do you think it is?” You asked him.

He was doing simon says, “Honestly, I think it’s you.”

“What!” You laughed. “I haven't even done anything but my download and one set of wires!”

“I was just at wires and didn't see you there,” He replied.

“Hi guys!” Isabel walked in. “You guys kill anyone?”

“No,” Corpse was fast to reply.

“Woah!” Isabel yelled. “Sorry! I just haven't met you yet and I didn't think that was what you would sound like!”

You giggled and covered your mouth, “Did you really not greet Isabel when she joined?”

“Maybe I did in my head?” Corpse asked himself. “I honestly cannot remember.”

Poki walked into reactor and stayed away to avoid a potential double kill.

“Just like you can't remember me in wires with you!” You rebutted. “I promise you I was there! I can do the second set right now!”

“That’s a great idea, y/n,” Corpse replied. “I wanna watch you do them.”

“Are you single?” Isabel interrupted.

You choked on air and fell silent. Poki let out a small laugh and you turned your character towards her, then at Corpse, then at Isabel.

“Sorry that sounded bad!” Isabel was quick to take her statement back. “I was just thinking about how there is no way that someone with that hot of a voice in a lobby of beautiful, talented streamers isn't not single. I-I was just thinking there has to be someone who hit on you.”

“Hot?” You quickly questioned, regretting the second it came out of your mouth. You ran with it anyways, “Weird way of describing someone’s voice.”

“I mean…” She trailed off. “I didn't mean for it to come out that way. I mean his voice is nevertheless but, you know. Just thought out loud on accident.”

You were careful with what you were gonna say, you knew Poki was streaming, “Sus.”

Everyone laughed it off and continued to do what they were doing. A body was found in medbay, the complete opposite side of the map. You cleared Corpse for the kill because you knew he went to cameras after Isabel decided to get weird. Everyone skipped due to lack of evidence and it was only one kill.

Isabel ran in circles around Corpse after the meeting ended. You started to walk away when you heard her say, “Follow me around I wanna talk!”

You tried to push it out of your mind, but you were still curious. You did a few tasks along the way. You stopped outside the opposite wall of the library. They were both in admin and you could hear them talking.

“So Corpse… whatcha do for fun?” Isabel asked.

“I make music,” He plainly answered.

“On soundcloud?”

He huffed, “I have 100 million streams of my song on Spotify.”

“OMG!” She clapped. “I didn't know you were famous.”

“I'm not famous,” He snapped. “I'm just doing what I love.”

She cooed at his words. You rolled your eyes in disgust. For someone who seemed so chill in the beginning, she really turned the tables. You felt jealousy arise in you, but you were used to people simping over him. You pushed it back down and walked away, you couldn't suffer through this poor attempt to flirt any longer.

A body was found. Isabel reported it, screaming. “The lights went off and someone vented in and killed Corpse! I think it was Charlie! I saw blue!”

“But Isabel, you were the last person I saw with Corpse!” Charlie argued. “You guys were talking about his music!”

“You did kill him!” She gasped. “How dare you!”

“She’s marinating you guys! I saw her kill Corpse in front of me! I did wires in cafeteria and didn't see anyone so I went to go check the table, and she killed Corpse in front of me!”

“I don't think she killed him,” You interrupted. “She said his voice was hot so I think if she were an imposter, that she would kill him last.”

Everyone bursted out laughing, you could hear her blush a little and laughed at the thought of it.

“Why did you tell them!” She whined. “I thought we had a secret!”

You shrugged, “I am a crewmate and I know you are a crewmate so I wanna keep you alive. Charlie was fast to jump on the sus train, I say we vote him out.”

Charlie got voted out and after two more rounds, the crewmates voted off Ludwig, who was the last imposter.

“Good detective work y/n!” Corpse praised.

“I know, I’m the best!” You laughed jokingly. “That was really fun!”

“When’s the date?” Sykkuno innocently laughed.

Other’s laughed with him, including Corpse. The only one not to laugh was Isabel. Out of the kindness in your heart, you decided to get them to stop joking around and let it be- it was a slip up after all. It wasn't like you haven't done something similar before.

Next round started and you mingled around like normal. Again, you noticed that Isabel was glued to Corpse’s hip, whether he liked it or not. Tina joined you in decontamination.

“y/n, we need to talk.”

“What’s up!” You greeted. “Wait… you’re not gonna kill me right?”

“No…Is anyone interested in buying flowers?” She called out. Any sentence to do with flowers that was out of context was a secret phrase that you and the girls had, that the boys knew about. It was Corpse’s codename before you started dating, but now it’s used so that you can talk about him while other people are streaming. No one replied which meant that no one was streaming around you. “I think Isabel has a thing for Corpse.”

“You think?” You replied, rolling your eyes. “She just met him today, what the hell.”

“I know!” Tina agreed. “She doesn't really understand how he likes to keep his life private so she keeps asking things about his routine…”

“And…”

“Anddd it's like stuff that you would ask someone if you just moved in. Like ‘what time do you get up’ and ‘do you sleep on the left or right side of the bed’ and-”

“Hey guys,” Corpse ran by, scaring the shit out of you.

“Corpse!” You yelled. “We were in the middle of a conversation!”

“You and Tina?” He asked. “About what?”

“What do you think?” Tina replied.

“Oh…” Corpse sliced Tina in half in front of you.

You panicked and ran in nervous circles, “What the fuck!”

“She knew too much!” Corpse replied.

“Did you kill Isabel too for talking so fucking much too?”

“I would if I could!” He replied. “She fucking double killed in medbay and you know I hate double kills on the first kill and Tina is the only person who knew. We were together. She went off and killed someone else in cafe I think and-”

“And we’re on six then!” You added, reporting the body. “You are not getting away with this one Corpse!”

Everyone gasped, “Corpse?!”

“He killed Tina right in front of me!” You told them. “He said that she knew too much! I just won us the game. There were four kills and if I didn't report, then the imposters would have won the game!”

“Don’t let her get away with this, guys!” Corpse argued. “You know I wouldn't openly kill the 6th kill. She’s accidentally killed and this was her back up plan.”

“You liar!” You yelled.

“My boyfriend would never lie!”

“Oh shit!” Rae yelled, knowing the truth.

“You’re what now?” You aggressively asked Isabel, making sure that you used a strict tone.

“My boyfriend, Corpse!” She answered. “We just had our first date!”

“No, no, no, no, no!” Corpse interrupted. “Don't get ahead of yourself. I said we had a date to kill by.”

“Well,” She softened her voice, “Maybe after this we can go on an actual date? It’s not too far-”

“Oh fuck no!” You yelled. “Don't even start that shit!”

“Wait what?” Isabel tried to sound all innocent, “I'm just asking a genuine question… y’know? Making a move?”

“No, no, no, no,” You corrected. “You are not-”

“y/n,” Corpse warned.

You ignored him, “Going on a date. You’re never gonna meet him, ever.”

She laughed, “I think someone else has a crush! It’s okay if you do, I just made the first move so I get dibs!”

“The fuck?!” You yelled. “Don't treat him like some sort of object! That's fucking disgusting! Vote the bitch off!”

“Wait guys!” She urged. “I didn't even kill! Don't vote me!”

“You fucked with the hottest girl in the world, of course you’re getting voted off,” Corpse locked in the final vote, throwing Isabel off the ship.

The meeting ended, the only other vote not for her was her own against you, “I'm gonna beat a bitch up.”

Everyone stayed near the button and laughed.

“She was so oblivious!” Rae laughed. “Like how did she not make the connection. Chat figured it out right away!”

“Oh fuck!” You laughed. “I forgot you guys were streaming! Sorry Corpse!”

He was still laughing; he never stopped laughing because he found it hilarious when you got jealous and snapped, “I-It’s ohkay! I would've done the same!”

“Can you kick her Rae?” You asked.

“Already on it!”

Corpse finally calmed down and caught his breath, “I think that was me and y/n’s lg. We have some damage control to do on twitter.com.”

You laughed, “Yeah I think we do…bye guys!”

You logged off after everyone said their goodbyes and met Corpse on the couch. You were waiting for him with your laptop, already typing out the explanation in a long tweet. He flopped down next to you, slinging his arm around your shoulder, “You are so cute when you’re jealous.”

You grabbed his hand and swung it back his way, “I am not in the mood right now.”

“Not in the mood for snuggles?” He asked. “I don't think I’ve ever been denied snuggles before.”

“I’m pissed,” You told him. “She’s been blowing up my Instagram dm’s.”

“Saying what?”

“I’m so sorry! I had no clue! He told me he was single!” You mocked. “I'm not upset that she hit on you, I'm upset about the calling dibs part.”

“I was a little upset too,” Corpse assured you. “It was a weird feeling. I haven't been seriously hit on like that since you did.”

You rolled your eyes, “Don't remind me, that was so cringy!” “It was cute!” He corrected, pressing a quick kiss to your temple. “It worked!”

You rolled your eyes, “People are going crazy.” “They’re going crazy the way you make me go crazy.”

“Corpse!” You laughed. “Stop flirting!”

He grabbed your waist and pulled you into his lap, wrapping his arms around your back and pulling you into his chest. “Now that I don't have to hide it, you better get used to it.”

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[stormy-skies-falling]

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕥

about: dreamwastaken x reader, sapnap, georgenotfound, karl jacobs, quackity

warning(s): swearing, suggestive comment, shenanigans, sapnap and dream being idiots

pronouns: none specified

word count: 2.6k+

note: ANON THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA AND I LOVED WRITING THIS!!! Kisses! <3 (Link to original ask is here!)

summary: Dream's haircut stream takes an unexpected turn

It’s been a few weeks since Dream face-revealed and the internet is raving about his upcoming facecam stream. Even then, the excitement hadn’t even died down since the second wave of hair pictures. The same ones he claimed he needed a haircut on. Conveniently enough, what better time to get your haircut than while streaming? Right, George? It also worked out that I have quite a bit of experience when it comes to hair, so Dream’s hair won’t get totally botched… hopefully.

I set down the hair scissors on my boyfriend’s desk, the last thing we needed for the stream. With a sigh, my hands go to my hips as I make sure everything is accounted for. Hair scissors? Check. Trimmers and razor? Check. Shaving cream? Check. The main supplies seem to be here and the stream is all ready to go. Now for the star of the show.

Speaking of– Dream walks into the room, he paces for a few beets before flopping into his chair, a nervous look on his face.

“Everything alright, Love?” I ask, furrowing my brows at my boyfriend’s distress. The man huffs as he brings me to his seated figure and crashes his head into my stomach. I bring my hand up to his fluffy hair, running it through the soft locks. Clay practically purrs at the attention. Cute.

“Just nervous. That's all.” Dream sighs with contentment as I massage his scalp, hugging me even closer. 

“It’s okay to be nervous, you know.” I say, tilting up his chin with my free hand. “You’ll do great, just like you always do.” I give the man below me a kiss on his nose, causing his face to go pink and the normally confident man to get all bashful. 

Dre sends me a shy smile and shortly follows it with a kissy face, because he has no shame. I giggle at the sight but oblige to his wishes anyway. How could I ever say no to him?

 Bending down to kiss him with such little contact doesn’t seem good enough for my boyfriend, instead he decides that pulling me into his lap would be a better option. Good with me.

“Well how’d you get here!” Dream teases with a toothy grin. He’s definitely back.

“Oh I don’t know! How ever could I have gotten here?” I giggle. Dream cups my face with his hand and I lean into his comfort. “It’s not like I have a clingy boyfriend or anything.”

“Nope, not clingy at all.” A soft laugh erupts from my mouth before Clay meets our lips in a gentle kiss, but our smiles and giggles subside as the kiss deepens. So much for short and sweet. 

I tilt my head to deepen the kiss further wanting to be as close to him as possible. Clay seems to have the same idea as he lifts my hips, one hand threading in my hair and the other on the back of my thigh. “Pretty.” Clay hums through the kiss, breaking away for barely a second before diving back in. 

“You guys done?” A voice interrupts, making me go frigid and the man under my groan in annoyance. How in the world did we not hear him come in?

“Sap, have you still not learned to knock?” Dream whines, hiding his face in the crook of my neck, face noticeably hot. 

“I did. Four times. You two were too busy sucking each other's faces off to notice.” The younger man deadpans. Oh yeah.

“Sorry ‘bout that.” I say sheepishly, finally meeting Sapnap’s stare. Still embarrassed that we got walked in on. Again.

 I wiggle out of my boyfriend's grasp and climb off his lap, earning me a sad whine from the man. “Oh you’ll be fine you big baby. Besides, you have a stream to start.” Now he’s pouting even more.

“Yeah, I wanna see your hair get messed up.” George says as he bursts into the office.

“You realize Y/n’s doing it right?” Sapnap notes, leading George to pout.

“I thought we were going to do it. I’ll actually turn out decent if Y/n does it!” Dream scoffs at George’s comment and makes grabby hands towards me. I roll my eyes and oblige to my clingy boyfriend’s wishes, not that I mind anyway.

“Shut up George. You’re just mad that you have to pay for your haircuts and they still turn out crappy.” Dream grumbles, cuddling into my side.

Everyone else’s eyes blew wide at the comment, jaws dropped. The silence in the room is deafening, no one dared to utter a word in the hopes of not setting anyone (*cough* George) off. 

“You’re sassy tonight.” Sapnap notes, breaking the thick tension in the room. I mean he’s not wrong.

“Hmm,” I purse my lips and shift my gaze over to the time displayed on the computer screen: it reads 5:00 p.m. “Well, it looks like it’s about time to start the stream!” The Dream Team’s attention moves over to my figure, checking them back to the present.

The reminder kicks us into high gear: Dream gives me one last kiss on my shoulder and finally lets me go, running back to his room to change his clothes; free from my boyfriend’s hold, grab his phone and post/tweet the stream reminders; Sapnap and George run downstairs to grab Karl and Quackity from the couch to complete the full set of feral boys. 

An eruption of notifications came in, from all our phones, at the announcement of Dream’s facecam stream. If Clay was worried about not many people showing up, I don’t think he would have to worry. 

My boyfriend rushes back into the room, hair disheveled and eyes blown wide. “Are you okay?” I ask, thoroughly confused.

“I just tripped up the stairs and saw my life flash before my eyes. Nothing out of the ordinary!” He replies, going over to his computer to turn on the “Starting Soon…” page. The viewers flood in, viewer count rising thousand after thousand. 

“Okay, Honey,” I grab my boyfriend by his shoulders and start fixing his deranged hair. “Take a deep breath okay? Just breathe.” The simple action seems to do the trick as he takes a few deep breaths: still excited, but calmed down. “There you go.” I praise and kiss him on the nose. Dream smiles at the action and brings me into a tight hug.

“Where would I be without you?” 

“I don’t know. I am pretty great. Aren’t I?” I joke as I lock my eyes with my lover. I expect them to be light and entertained by my intricate joke. But as I fully look at him, his eyes are full of  intensity and love instead. Where would I be without him?

“You are, my Angel.” I start to flush, attempting to hide under his passionate gaze, but he’s having none of that. Bringing one hand off my waist, the man lifts my face out from his chest, so I can meet his eyes once more. “I love you, Y/n.” He says, back at it again with the intensity. 

“I love you, Clay.” I say, eyes full of love for the man who has alway been by my side– who has helped me as much as I’ve helped him. 

“Oh my God!” Our heads whip around at the noise. Why does this always happen? “Can you guys stop eye-fucking eachother for two seconds!” Quackity yells as he and the rest of the feral boys flood into the room. “I need tO EAT LATER!”

“Quackity, you’re just mad that we’re in a happy relationship and the most intimate relationship you’ve ever been in was with a burrito.” Dream deadpans, not having any of Quackity’s shit. Is he out for blood today or something?! 

“HEY THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FIVE MINUTE RELATIONSHIP AND YOU KNOW IT!” Quackity pouts, arms crossed, throwing a pretend tantrum.

“Why don’t we just start the stream now?” Sapnap butts in before Dream can make yet another comment and Quackity can get too into whatever he’s doing. Sapnap you are god-sent.

“Sounds good to me!” I push my boyfriend into his chair so we can finally get this going (like it’s not mostly my fault). 

The minute Dream starts talking on stream, chat goes crazy (even without the facecam on). The boys and I quietly exit the room, so no one knows that we’re here and we can make it a surprise.

When Dream announced that he was going to do a facecam stream, he didn’t release what he’d actually be doing on the stream. There were some theories– of course– and there were quite a few that were spot on. Even though we all wanted to, none of us hinted toward what was going to happen, during the event, so we could give the DSMP community a heart attack! In a good way, of course!  

One of the most interesting things about the whole situation is that Dream and I haven’t actually revealed that we are dating yet, all they know is that he and I are “close friends” and that I have been part of the Dream Team for years. Along with the facecam stream and 5/5 feral boys, the world is going to know about our relationship. We’re all in for a night. 

By the time we had all been brought in (Sapnap, George, Me, Karl & Quackity), chat and Twitter were going insane. All of our names were trending along with all the configurations of ship names. It’s safe to say that it’s an exciting day for everyone.

“Okay chat, so now that’s we’re all here…” Dream looks around the room and leans back to ‘see if anyone else is coming,’ just to mess with chat again. Well chat has been thoroughly messed with, because chat starts spamming…

“IS SOMEONE ELSE COMING???”

“WHO’S THERE???”

“DREAM YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING”

“WHY IS HE SO HOT???”

 …Along with other variations. 

“No, no, I’m just kidding. This is all you’re going to get.” He says, gesturing at himself then the boys and me. “But on to what we’re actually going to be doing– no. No! CHat! WHO SAID THAT?!” Confused, I lean over my boyfriend’s shoulder to see what caused him to freak out. Dream grabs my hand, points my index finger out, and puts it on the flagged message. 

“Oh my gosh– ew!” I grimace at the vulgar message, glad that Dream flagged it. It takes me until after I’m done wincing at the message to realize that my boyfriend and I are still holding hands. “Dream, you know you could have just used your hand. Right?” I laugh.

“But I like holding yours!” He says, completely forgetting that we’re in front of a live audience of over 400,000. My eyes blow wide at the comment, but Dream is relentless. Oh so we’re doing this now?! “Just like I like holding you.” He says, pulling on my arm, effectively tugging me into his lap where he wraps his arms around my waist and cuddles into the back of my neck. Holy shit. 

Chat’s freaking out (I am too, but we don’t talk about that) and so are the boys. The boys knew (obviously), so I’m not sure why they’re going more insane than chat, but okay. 

“Surprise!” I say, face beet red as Dream kisses me on the cheek. “He’s clingy.” The man below me sends me a playful glare.

“Only for you!” He grins and I roll my eyes. The love-struck look on both of our faces causes chat to go even crazier. This is probably getting clipped… someone better send it to me.

“Yeah, yeah, you guys are cute, but now on to why we’re really here! Me!” Karl interrupts, taking the chair Dream and I were sitting in and rolling it behind him. I laugh at Karl's antics as he gets all up in the camera’s grill.

Before I can even stand up, Quackity lifts me off Dream. I let out a squeak when Quackity spins me around, holding onto his neck tightly, so I don’t fall. By the time he sets me down and I’m no longer dizzy, the whole room is in practical chaos: Dream and Sapnap are now armwrestling, for some reason; Karl sat back down, next to George, and they’re resuming the chess game that they’ve been playing; and Quackity has fallen on his ass, laughing, because I bumped into a few things when I was still dizzy. 

“motheR FUCKER, SAPNAP!” Dream yells, causing Sapnap to erupt in a fit of laughter. Oh he lost the arm wrestle. Haha Loser. “Let’s go again!”

“No, no, no, dude. Don’t you have something to do?” Sapnap reminds, gesturing towards me.

“I can’t right now,” He whispers.”We’re in front of a live audience.” 

My mouth drops and my face gets red. This little shit– “Well!” George interrupts before I can say anything. I shoot him a grateful look, one that he returns with a suggestive wink as he stands up. Nevermind then. “We do have something planned for this stream and because no one seemed to be able to spit it out, I will!” He says, shooting us a passive aggressive smile. “Today, our very own Y/n will be cutting… Dream’s hair!” –Quackity starts the wheel of fortune music, from his phone, blasting it from his speakers– “So, Dream, get in the hot seat and get ready for the haircut of your life!” 

After handing off his phone to Sapnap, Quackity picks Dream up bridal style and carries him into his chair. When my boyfriend is seated, he shoots Quackity a grateful nod and gets back to talking to chat. How strong is this man and why does Dream seem so casual about it?! Is this a common occurrence when I’m not around?!

I place myself behind Dream and mess with his hair as he talks chat through the process I’m going to take. “...but Y/n’s been cutting my hair for years now, so my hair won’t be totally messed up!” I roll my eyes and give him a quick flick on the back of his head, causing him to turn around and pout at me. With a short laugh and a shake of my head, I give him a chaste kiss before turning his head back to the camera.

“Don’t worry, chat, it’s just going to be a trim– nothing extreme.” I reassure, noticing some people asking. The room goes strangely quiet. Furrowing my eyebrows, I look between Dream and Sapnap who are sharing a look with one another: Dream’s face is reluctant and Sapnap’s expecting… What did they do?

“Umm, Y/n…” Sapnap starts, gaining my attention. “So you know when Dream got so mad when he lost the arm wrestle and wanted to do a rematch…”

“Yeah– what did you two do?” These little shits.

“Well…” 

“Sapnap, stop beating around the bush and just tell me what you did.” I deadpan, trying to prepare myself for the worst.

“If Dream lost the arm wrestle… you’d have to give him a Yee Yee Mullet.” He says, practically hiding in on himself.

It takes me a few seconds to process what he means and by the defeated look on Dream’s face and sympathetic looks from Karl, Quackity, and George, I know that Sapnap wasn’t kidding. 

“Y/n?” Sapnap squeaks out, trying to meet my eyes.

I slowly turn my head to meet his eyes. I take a deep breath, weighting my options before deciding with saying: “You bet fUCKING WHAT!?”

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This post was inspired by...

Got dAYMN DREAM

[storiesforallfandoms]

gamer girl ~ machine gun kelly

word count: 1504

request?: yes!

“Hi could you do one where Colson girlfriend used to stream, like you know, fortnite, 2k 21, you games and all, but she quoted along time ago, so her boyfriend Colson doesn’t know. One day a fan found out about it and posted saying “I did not know she used to stream” and it kinda went viral, your boyfriend still has not find out until her went on a interview and the interview brought it up, and when he camed home he said I did not know you used to stream. And bla bla bla you do whatever you want with the rest“

description: in which he finds out about her job before they met

pairing: machine gun kelly x female!reader

warnings: swearing

masterlist (one, two)

“What’s your Twitch channel name?”

You looked up at Colson in confusion. The two of you were cuddling in bed watching TV when he had asked you that.

“How do you know about my Twitch channel?” you asked.

“I was doing a live stream earlier and someone mentioned how they didn’t know you used to stream. I told them I didn’t know either.” He gave you a look before leaning down to kiss your nose. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

You shrugged. “I haven’t done it in years. I quit or retired or whatever before we met. It didn’t seem like anything important to bring up.”

“Why did you quite?”

“It stopped being the community I loved and it got a little toxic. I only meant to take a break, but then I never got around to going back. Eventually I just...forgot and moved on.”

“Would you show me some of your old streams?”

You were hesitant. Sure, you had been a little popular when you used to stream. You were proud of what you were doing at the time. But you hadn’t watched anything from the channel in years, you weren’t sure if you wanted him to see it.

But he was watching you expectantly, and how do you say no that that cute face?

You sighed in defeat and untangled from Colson’s arms to reach for your laptop. You were shocked that you remembered the password to the account. Hundreds of streams from years before filled your scree. You played almost every popular game at the time, from Fortnite to CS:GO. Memories from your time as a streamer flooded your mind and just like that, you kind of missed it.

You held your laptop out to Colson. “Pick one.”

He scrolled through your videos before deciding on the very first time you ever streamed. It was barley an hour long, and it started with a half hour of you making sure your screen recording and your audio worked before getting into the actual game. It was before you had gotten big enough to afford an actual camera to do facecam videos, or a mic that didn’t make you sound muffled. You cringed at yourself, having forgotten this part of your streaming career.

“You’re adorable,” Colson commented.

“I’m so cringe,” you said. You were resisting the urge to close the laptop and throw it out the window. “Watch one of the most recent ones, they’re so much better.”

“No, I wanna see your actual journey.”

He chose a stream from a few weeks later. Also barley an hour long, but this time you jumped right into the game play when the stream started. This was when you started getting some viewers, as every now and then you’d pause to read a message and to thank any new viewers that had joined.

The next one was your first facecam video. A younger you sat at the upper corner of the screen, curled up in your gaming chair as you played some story based game that was chill. This was one of your first big streams, where you hit over a thousand viewers for the first time.

Before you knew it, a few hours had passed and you and Colson had watched through basically your entire Twitch career. Your final stream was almost five hours long, with the last half hour being you trying to stall ending the stream because you had announced the break you were taking. You could remember feeling so heartbroken that day, like you knew you’d never return to this community that you had so dearly loved at the time.

“Babe, you were amazing!” Colson said. “And you were so popular! I mean, that part I’m not shocked about because of course you were popular, but still! You really should’ve went back to streaming.”

“You think so?” you asked.

“I do. I can tell you were so passionate about it back then. I know you said you needed a break, but I think you should’ve kept up with it after some time. It seems like it’s your calling.”

Colson put your laptop aside and resumed your cuddling position. You thought about what he said and considered that maybe he was right. You did love when you used to stream, and you hated coming to the decision to take that break. Maybe you should’ve gone back to it.

Maybe I still can go back to it.

~~~~~~

All your old streaming equipment was in storage at your mom’s place. It took nearly two hours of digging to find it, but there was everything, still mostly in tact. You didn’t have your old gaming PC anymore, but the computer that Colson had was definitely enough to stream for a couple of hours at least. Just long enough to see if the community even wanted you back.

Logging into your Steam account and being met with the icons of the games you used to play, with the hours underneath of how long you had played them, was like a wave of nostalgia hitting you. You felt like you were back in your room on day one, preparing for your first ever stream all over again.

You tweeted out a link to your channel, but nothing else. You decided to see how many people cared enough just to click on the link and bring them to where your latest stream would be ready to start. You loaded up Twitch, selected a game to play, and took a deep breath.

Here we go. No turning back.

You hit the button to go live and your screen lit up. You looked at the viewer count, watching it slowly tick upwards. You tried not to feel too disappointment by the lack of engagement you seemed to have. There’s still time, you reminded yourself.

“Hey everyone,” you said. “It’s been a while. Like a few years I guess. That break I took...it was pretty long.”

You awkwardly chuckled. A message or two popped up in your chat welcoming you back. You tried to smile, but your excitement to stream was starting to disappear fast. Maybe this was a bad idea.

“I decided to ease back into streaming with an old classic,” you said, opening Fortnite onto your screen. “Something I can mindless play for an hour or two while I remember what it’s like to stream.”

You started playing the game. You tried not to focus on the numbers, but you found yourself glancing at the viewer number every now and then. It was barley to 100 viewers, and the chat wasn’t very engaging. You wondered if any of these people were old fans of yours, or if any of them even cared about your stream.

You were silent for a while due to the lack of viewer engagement. You were debating on ending the stream early when suddenly your views skyrocketed and messages were coming in hot and heavy. You didn’t have time to read one message before it disappeared into the sea of others.

“Holy shit,” you said. “Okay, pause, let me turn on slow chat mode.”

While you switched the chat mode, you got your first donation chat message. The familiar jingle attached to those messages rang through your headphones and you looked up to see what someone had said.

“good to see you back (Y/N)! I missed you so much!”

“Thanks, I’m glad to be back,” you responded. “Where did you guys come from out of nowhere? Did everyone suddenly see my tweet?”

The chat confirmed that that’s basically what happened, but not because everyone happened to stumble upon the tweet suddenly. Colson had retweeted it, with the caption: “My girlfriend is returning to streaming tonight! Go check her out!”

You chuckled and shook your head. “That man, I swear. I love him.”

You went on streaming for another two or three hours before deciding to call it a night. You thanked everyone for tuning in and promised to actually be back the following week with another stream.

It wasn’t long after you shut everything down that Colson came home. He appeared in the doorway of the spare room where you had set everything up for your stream. He had a wide smile on his face, one that you couldn’t help but mirror.

“You started streaming again!” he said.

“I did!” you said with a laugh. “I thought about what you said and I knew you were right. I did really want to get back to streaming. I missed doing it.”

“You’re still a natural at it, too.” He took you into his arms and kissed you. “I’m glad you decided to do it again, babe. You seemed like you really loved it before.”

“I did, and I still do. Thank you for giving me the push I needed to do it again.”

“Anytime. Do you think I could be in one of your streams in the future, though?”

You giggled. “Maybe, but you have to get better at video games first!”

[lucy90712]

first kick (pregnancy series)

Series masterlist

George:

Me and George have been having a super chill weekend together after a few busy weeks which he has tried not to do throughout the pregnancy because he wants to spend time with me and enjoy it but sometimes work just takes over and thats ok and he knows that but he still feels bad. We have been watching a lot of movies today now that our baby can hear things we have to introduce her to our favourite films like Harry Potter which we have been binging all day.

About halfway through the 4th film George went to get more snacks for us because I was really craving popcorn today. When he left I thought I felt movement in my stomach but I couldn't be sure but then it happened again and was much stronger this time, it was definitely a kick which was something that hasn't happened before.

"George come here" I said

"What is it?" he asked running over

"She's kicking" I said

I took his hand hand put it in the place where I felt the kicks before and it wasn't long before they happened again. They hurt a little bit because the kicks are right in my ribs but it was still an amazing feeling to know that our little girl is moving around and happy in there. George looked like he was about to explode with happiness at feeling his little girl moving around. He left his hands on my bump for ages not wanting to miss a single kick but eventually he had to let go when I had to use the bathroom but he quickly put his hands back on my bump when I got back.

Our movie marathon was quickly forgotten about and instead we mostly sat in silence watching my bump for any signs of movement only occasionally talking when we got bored of staring at nothing but our baby doesn't like the attention not being on her because as soon as we'd start talking she would begin kicking again.

Dream:

One thing about being pregnant is not being able to sleep. I have been really struggling to get to sleep tonight not because I wasn't trying but just because I couldn't get comfortable and when I did I would need to pee which is just a continuous cycle.

I was tossing and turning before I felt small little kick in my stomach I ignored it at first because I thought it was just my sleep deprived brain but when it continued I realised that it was the baby kicking. It felt so odd to know that was our baby kicking especially because we have waited so long for this moment because despite starting to show quite early on not much has happened since which worried the both of us but our doctor just told us that everything was fine. The doctor warned that when she starts kicking she probably won't stop because it has been so long of a wait which I'm not very excited about.

Clay has been editing most of the night so he's in his office so I thought I would get up to tell him seeing as I'm not going to get any sleep anytime soon. When I went in the room he was talking to Sapnap but he muted when I came over.

"Are you ok? Is everything alright?" He asked

"Yeah I'm fine but shes kicking" I said

I guided his hands to the place that I could feel the kicks so that he could feel them too, he almost squealed when he felt the first kick but he kept it mostly together although there was a huge smile on his face. He unmuted to tell sapnap because he was just so excited.

"She's kicking Sap shes kicking" he said

"Yeah shes really going for it" he added

I couldn't hear what Sapnap said because Clay had his headphones on but by his responses I could tell he was also excited for us. Sapnap and George have been really involved with his pregnancy mainly because Clay tells them everything so they are generally just as excited as we are at each milestone.

Clay made me sit with him while he finished editing so he could keep his hand on my bump to feel every kick and it was quite relaxing actually and for once I actually felt tired enough to fall asleep so the two of us went to bed and I had one of the best nights sleep I've had in ages.

Sapnap:

I'm chilling watching Netflix while Sapnap streams and of course thats when I start to feel movement in my stomach I have felt things before just like the baby moving around so I didn't think much of it but the feeling soon changed and was more forceful. I immediately knew that it was kicks and I felt bad that Sapnap wasn't here to experience it.

I thought about what to do and in the end I texted him to say I was going to come into his streaming room just incase he had facecam on so he could be prepared. He text back worried about me but I decided not to respond because I was almost at his door.

Sapnap looked at me as soon as I opened the door and told his chat he would be back in a minute before muting his mic. He rolled his chair over closer to me and I took his hands and put them on my bump without saying anything so that he could work it out for himself. His expression changed very quickly into one of pure joy and a small squeal left his mouth as our son continued  to kick.

He didn't want to go back to his stream but I made him at least for a little while so he didn't just end and make the viewers worried so he did but he wanted me to stay in the room incase the baby kicked anymore. The mood of the stream changed and it was much more upbeat and he was playing a lot better than he was before which I thought was really cute that he felt so motivated by it.

Quackity:

Me and Alex are out on a drive like we do sometimes, we have nowhere in particular to go we just like driving around blasting music and other people probably judge us from their own cars but we never care because we enjoy it.

We were driving around not too far from our neighbourhood when I felt small little kicks in the bottom of my stomach which I knew right away was the baby but I didn't say anything for a minute because I didn't want to tell Alex if it was going to stop and he was driving. But when it continued I decided to tell him because I didn't want him to miss this moment.

"Alex shes kicking" I said

"No way hang on let me pull over" he said

He found somewhere to safely stop the car ands we both took of our seatbelts off and I got him to put his hands on the bottom of my bump where the kicks were still happening. He was so happy when he felt her kick using his free hand to grab one of mine and squeeze it.

We sat at the side of the road for a while before the baby calmed down and stopped kicking so much which gave us the chance to go back home. On the ride home we talked about how exciting it is that our baby is moving around and we get to feel like she's really with us on an everyday basis.

Karl:

Karl has been gone all day filming and he still won't be back for a few more hours but I just started feeling kicks in my stomach which are so strong you can see the movement on my bump. I felt so awful that Karl wasn't here to experience it but to make him feel like he hasn't fully missed out I filmed it for a bit and sent it to Karl.

He FaceTimed me as soon as he read the text and I had the camera on my bump as we talked and I tried to make him feel better that he wasn't here in person to experience it. He was so excited to get home and try and get the kicks to start again so he can feel them which he has been looking forward to for a little while.

A few hours later he came home and we sat together on the sofa trying to do everything we could to get our son to start kicking again. We tried most things before I played some music which seemed to do the trick because the kicks started again and Karl watched it before putting his hand on where the kicks were happening. He was so happy and that made me happy despite the uncomfortableness of the constant hard kicking. We went to bed to lay down while the baby kept kicking to make it at least a little more comfortable but it really didn't do a lot and I just had to wait for it to stop again.

Wilbur:

The baby has been super active recently but not really kicking just like wriggling around especially today I've been super busy and she has been joining in. I finally got a chance to sit down this evening and thats when I felt kicks, the feeling was different to just movement it was stronger and more concentrated in one spot.

I knew Wilbur would be sad to miss this seeing as he's at his office streaming but I decided to text him so that could know it was happening. I watched him look at his phone to read my text because I was watching the stream and right away he told chat he needed to end and that was it the stream was over. I got a text back saying he was on his way so I tried to keep the baby kicking  until he got back.

Wilbur made it home in record time and didn't even lock the door when he came in to not waste anymore time. He sat in front of the sofa as I laid down and guided his hand to where the kicks were still happening and he could definitely feel it because a huge smile appeared on his face.

"Wow she's really active isn't she" he said

"Yeah she's been moving around all day I swear she doesn't sleep" I replied

"I hope she sleeps when she's born" he said

"Me too" I agreed

[sleepy-dreamers-inc]

Going to School with Ranboo!|| 📌

[i was going to answer this but i was a big dummy dum dum and accidentally deleted the ask bUT I REMEMBERED YOU DEAR ANON]

irl / in-game

Genre| fluff and (minor) angst

h e a d-c a n n o n s||

Sypnosis|

You and Ranboo go to school together, so have some scenarios and thoughts about it!!

Artist| grapeichie on twitter!!

warnings| bullying, stress, swearing

Note: you are a streamer in this!! You are also in the SMP!

optional platonic or romantic!!

- so going to school with Ranboo is both amazing and weird. You two have tons of stories of the dumb shit that happened there.

- Nobody will ever find Y/N and Ranboo far apart, even if you guys dont share classes one of you will randomly appear and at this point no one questions it

- Both of you meeting up at eachothers classroom/locker to walk together to your next destination

- Both of you helping eachother with schoolwork, Ranboo would totally tutor you in any subject you struggle with. Both of you go to his house but you two end up getting bored, so he does a Facecam stream with you in the background vibing. (It was so much fun)

- You guys are both the teacher’s favorites and least favorites. You both add so much life to the school but thats the exact problem.

- Y/N: haha look at that high waisted man he got feminine hips!!

Ranboo: NOOOO THATS THE THING HE’S SENSITIVE ABOUT

That Poor Teacher:

- I can totally imagine some kids in your school being invested in the SMP and both of you just nervously sweat in the background. Bonus points if ya’ll’s friends are into it so its just absolute panic

- You trying to help him not be awkward, especially when it comes to talking to new people. I can totally see like a new girl trying to talk to him and he just panics, so you have to step in and explain and help the poor boy out.

- You two are like,, inseparable. Like literally rarely does anyone see you guys apart. So this kinda urks some people who have crushes on him, or literally just your stereotypical bully.

- So one day while you we’re grabbing things for your next class, someone slammed against the locker next to yours, slamming yours shut in the process.

“Well well well, if it isnt the clingy one. Im surprised your not with that dork, you two practically don’t function without the other.” The guy snickered, leaning forward directly in Y/N’s face.

“And how is that any of your concern? And why does it matter?” Y/N said, standing straight up staring at the guy. “Because your fucking pathetic, thats why. Your useless without him and both of us know it.” He spat, pushing Y/N to the floor with a thud, they’re books crashing to the ground around them. Snickers could be heard from around them, as well as gasps and ‘oh-no’s’.

“Awww whatcha gonna do now, freak? You gonna go cry to that loser? Because i have a better idea. Your gonna shut up, and if not, he gets hurt.” The boy said, picking Y/N up by the collar of they’re shirt, and soon slamming them back into the lockers. All he did was laugh and walk away, muttering “pathetic, good for nothing freak.”

- You went home by yourself that day, usually Ranboo walks you home so you two can hangout, but you were nowhere to be seen. This went on for 2 weeks, and you practically avoided him at all costs, not wanting him to get hurt.

- But when he walked into school one day and saw Y/N being harassed by a group of people, he surely wasn’t the one hurt.

“Awww, cant move?” One said, twisting Y/N’s wrist even more, bruising they’re arm as they whimpered in pain. “Awww i think they’re gonna cry!!” Someone else chimmed in, one girl quickly said “better take a picture of this before the moments gone.” As she giggled, snapping a photo of you in the middle of being bullied.

“Delete it, and leave.” Ranboo said, looking down at the three who were currently tormenting you. You looked so sad yet happy, but you knew what was about to happen. “I thought i fucking told you not to tell him, guess your getting it.” The guy said, kicking your stomach and slamming you against the lockers.

You never in your wildest dreams expected Ranboo to punch someone, he was so sweet and charismatic, very passive and neutral. But now, your bully laid on the floor, a bloody nose, and Ranboo towering over him. “Dont. Touch. Them.” Ranboo snarled, leaning down and looking at the bully directly in the eyes.

- A fight soon broke out, leaving one guy with a black eye, bloody nose and a bruised arm and shoulder. Ranboo got suspended, but you left with him, not wanting to be at school and instead with him.

- While walking home he stopped, pulled off his white and black hoodie, put it on you, and soon enveloped you in a hug. Y/N return the favor, and all he said shakily was ‘i love you’

- God no one ever fucked with Y/N again everyone was scared spineless

- The entire SMP had a ‘bruh’ moment when you two told them. Of course Techno was very happy about Ranboo beating some kids up.

- But like back to happy stuff,,

- Kahoot? Idk if you guys play it in school but i do, and both you and Ranboo are such a power duo in Kahoot games

- Trading each others lunch because thats what duo’s like you two do, share with the homies

- Both of you being referees in sports because if other wise someone is going to accidentally get hurt

- You having to walk Ranboo to the nurses office after he got hit in the face with a basketball.

- The librarian does not like the fact you two cannot be quiet. You both are constantly cracking up and can never keep it down

- I know for a FACT one of you got your hands on the teacher’s computer, and i know one of you are playing memes during class while your Teacher is screeching

- All your teachers think both of you are cheating because you have synced brains and get every single answer the exact. same.

- Pulling some kind of huge end of the year prank

- Both of you speaking in zoomer language and not even your classmates have any idea what your saying

- I can see both of you accidentally writing/typing ‘pog’ into a essay/class assignment and your teacher being VERY confused

- Blasting fan-made songs about both of your guys characters and everyone liking them, and both of you are just giggling and smiling because they dont know

- Your friend group see you two doing something and they’re just like “ah shit, here we go again”

- Both of you going to school events only to ensue chaos and be idiots

- On the first day one of you getting lost and the other having to go fetch the other one

- Both of you crashing at the others house to study but it probably didnt go well

- You two are honestly just encased in your own little shared bubble, just vibing and being yourselves

- i feel like this is going on forever and most of it was just angst so I’ll go ahead and cut this off lol

a/n: TWO UPLOADS IN ONE DAY??? CALL ME GO-

Okay but in all seriousness i hope this was not total shit and actually pleasant to read. Idk i just feel like this bad

Anyways I promise I’ll get to working on pt. 2 of dad wilbur but i have some other requests i need to work on. But in the meantime simp for Ranboo and Wilbur okay bye