#I think maybe it needs to be somewhere else...idk

[luv-again]

The “well struck Amy” is rotating in my mind. How would banter go between Shadamy?

And what would be the source for the banter?

okay. i tried to answer this at an earlier time but my entire response deleted 🤩 BUT i decided to take some extra time to put some special care in (aka adding ✨️ pictures !! ✨️). anyway, you have no idea how much this rotates in mine !! idk if this is common knowledge, but team sonic racing is genuinely the reason i rediscovered shadamy and fell into the sonic fandom in the first place. i grew up on the sonic racing games, they hold such a special place in my heart 🥹🩷

so behold, as bee talks, at length, about tsr and how this can best be interpreted for further shadamy banter because she has no self-control or sense of brevity

under the cut <3

shadamy banter

shadow and amy’s connection pre-tsr is only a small handful of interactions based on acts of kindness, trust and respect. but then this game comes along and gives us something else : playful banter

amy is a lot harder to speak on, as her playful jibes extend to the majority of the cast (a true feast for your multishipping needs <3) but she gets the opportunity to unleash her more competitive side, which i feel is somewhere between hardcore and social in this game. with shadow, a lot of her lines aren't too harsh on him, but when they are,, she's actively wanting him to give it back. i'll do a few little dialogue dissections further down, since what and how she speaks to him is quite interesting

as for shadow, the difference is a lot clearer and HE is the reason why i'm on the shadamy train. what he says to amy is just— i'll get to that. his wit in tsr alone is nothing short of caustic. he rips into his opponents with little care - telling them to suck it up or dishing out backhanded comments. but amy ? oh, he puts a little more care into his words with her. he knows and means exactly what he says and he's even a little smug ! he can get into teasing with her without being downright mean (actually, in retrospect i that might be a lie. in my gameplay experience he's never been rude to her). this side of shadow was almost completely lost after sa2 and heroes, so for his character alone, these little moments where he can be a little silly again is so great (my blorbo, my scrunkly <3)

now who would i be if i didn't do full-on voice line dissections (it's the english/actor kid in me, i fear). of course my word is not gospel and i am just cherry-picking lines and looking at them through the shadamy lens, so feel free to take my analyses with a grain of salt if you want :)

if you want to listen to the audio yourselves, here's some voice clips provided by TrailBlazer1 on youtube : amy // shadow

amy lines

she's so egging him on. if it were anyone else, i'm sure they wouldn't get away with it, but amy ?? oh, she can prod away with him. she wants him to retaliate in this low-stakes situation. she's inviting him to the fun !! she's the cutest <3

look at the competitive edge coming in ! maybe she's trying to tell him she's more than capable of crushing him (which i'm sure he's aware of). it's both a warning and an encouragement to face her

ooohhh boy. her tone in this one is lower, level; challenging. this girl wants the "ultimate life form" to live up to the name, to back up what he preaches and— no way this wouldn't kick him into gear. that's such a splinter under the skin type of comment. if anyone can get through to shadow, it's amy (i am very much a broken record on that one lmao). think what you want about this statement but i'm also giving it the innuendo eyes 👀

shadow lines

oh come on, shadow full well knows amy isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. shadow in any other case treats her like a lady better than most. this is a tease, a pisstake, if you will 🤭 point is, i don't think he's actually all that mad about her giving him a good one-two on the track

okay, in all fairness this seems a tad rude, but hear me out. shadow's obviously regarding amy's poor performance here. BUT. i like to think he holds amy in high regard — an equal, dare i say — and seeing her show anything that's sub-par probably disappoints him as much as it would as if it were him in her place. i want to interpret this one as pushing her to be the best she can be because he knows she's a worthy opponent / ally

when i said he was the reason i'm on the shadamy train, THIS was the comment that sold me. go ahead, tell me this isn't banter. tell me this isn't teasing. tell me this isn't a blatant innuendo. do WHAT, shadow ? want to explain that one to the class or— ? jokes aside, not only is he teasing her, he enjoys getting a reaction from her, else what does he mean by "i can do this all day" ? no, he wants to. what he'd do to get amy to react so animatedly . . . he wants to be the one eliciting these reactions from her.

. . . or something. like i said, salt grains, but that's the subtext i get

long and unwanted dribble aside, what would further shadamy banter look like ?

TL;DR : i think it best comes through where they can be competitive and not too serious about it. see reckless challenges, teasing jabs and subtle innuendos ;)

this "well-struck" comment from the crossworld previews really sits right with me overall, shipping goggles or not. shadow still shows he respects amy and treats her as an equally formidable opponent and that's something i really love about their dynamic : they never undermine or underestimate each other

all in all, i am so excited to see what crumbs crossworlds has for us !! i am itching with all the possibilities. it's so nice to see these two cut loose and interact, however briefly <3

thank you so much for these asks as always, they really fuel my chatty side hehehe >:)

[erwinsvow]

Ok idk if you ever watched Pretty Little Liars? We’re a similar age and I was obsessed when I was a teen… anyways, there’s a plot line where a new character moves back to town, and the day before she starts at her school she hooks up with a hot guy at a bar, next day finds out it’s her teacher (lowkey looking back that’s creepy as fuck like sir that girl is underage, idk 13 year old me thought that was the hottest shit ever)

Anyways was thinking about a non-creepy version where it’s the night before reader’s placement in the local ED, she couldn’t sleep so she goes to a bar near her new place and orders a beer, not drinking it just fiddling with the label. An older, attractive gentleman takes a seat next to her… they get flirty, not mentioning each others names… both wanting a distraction from their work lives… quick dirty fuck in the seedy bathroom that leaves reader literally ruined… the next morning reader walks (more like limps) into the ED and guess which attending agreed to cover his coworkers shift this morning?? Our fav Jack Abbot, her mystery bar hook up :) I knooooow he’s staring and clenching his jaw I just know it!!!

omg stop the way this is PLL and greys. i haven't seen much of pll but i know the plot which 13 year old me ate up and now i realize is also very .... ok thats enough. however the screencaps from the show are so aesthetic when i make my moodboards!!! i make boards i don't post and there's a lot of emily ones i particularly love because her hair looks like mine :-) BUT ALSO. the meredith and derek of it all. i'm sure people have talked about this and i never wrote it or anything but oh my god. because personally. this is just a god tier trope. going for a drink to calm your nerves the night before residency starts. jack had a long day and knows tomorrow is gonna be even longer with all the new interns (and he has to be there for the day shift since he's a senior attending. ugh. he'd be so annoyed and need something stronger than a park beer.) sits conveniently next to a very pretty girl taking her worries out on a bowl of peanuts and a half drank beer. conversation (about what, he can't exactly remember. just remembers somewhere in between laughing at your jokes and realizing how nice it is to talk about anything besides the hospital. and you, for the first time in so long, take his mind off of everyone he couldn't save that day) leads to two tequila shots each leads to dirty steamy bathroom sex leads to !!! he walks you home and you, still tipsy and on wobbly legs, mumble about how you hope you're not hungover or anything since you really want to make a good impression in the morning. and him, pussy drunk and slightly in love, nods along to your words while staring at you. no numbers exchanged, just you saying "maybe i'll see you around in the bar?" and him saying "drink a cup of water and take two ibuprofens before you sleep, kid" and then 6:45 am, bright and early, with no hangover and a bright smile you walk into your first day as a real life doctor and... your first patient is running a trauma with jack abbot also known as the man who screwed your brains out last night in a dirty bar bathroom. can you just imagineeee the eye contact and the staring during introductions. robby having to elbow jack because he's not paying attention to anyone else. dana's "what, you know that kid from somewhere?" because you are basically a kid!!! to everyone!! you're an newbie. like mark sloan once said you're forbidden fruit. and he is soooo not that guy, not the sleeping with interns and interfering with education guy. somehow turns into that with you though—works extra days and checks in on you on the hour and tries to almost soften the blow of working there, inadvertently? doesn't want you on traumas that are hopeless since he doesn't want you to get upset like he knows you will. it's not good but he still does it, still justifies it. the more he learns about you the more besotted he gets. bonus: a month and a half later, you miss your period and take a pregnancy test that's positive.

[clumsypuppy]

i like him

[sunbloomdew]

the way to the moon is about holding on (to the promise you don't even remember making, to the person you loved, to the life you never got to live but refuse to give up). it's johnny choosing to be with river time and time again, it's johnny holding on to all the paper rabbits river made even if he didn't know their significance, it's river keep trying to remind johnny of their shared past, it's river giving up her treatment so a place that means the world to her is protected, it's eva and neil trying their hardest to send johnny to the moon, it's eva taking the risk in hopes of making it

the way finding paradise is about letting go (of your mistakes, of the unrealistically perfect life you never lived, of the person who helped you through your darkest times but who now keeps you stuck in the past). it's colin letting go of faye despite being afraid, it's colin keep replacing pages in his book with new ones, it's faye knowing that colin never needed sigmund's help, it's faye telling colin he has to let go of her if he wants to live fully, it's neil and eva trusting faye despite what it means for them, it's neil taking the risk in hopes of making it

[lilacella]

Is there more chaos AU???? Do Remus and James find Sirius??? What’s that hunk up to now??? 👀

Hello! I realise this ask was for part 5 but I will utilize it for part 6 😊

Tagging @polaroidcats for good measure! Can't let her miss this.

(Part 5)

Anyways, Part 6 let's go🥳:

What is beeping behind Remus? What could it be? It isn't his keychain - he is still holding that - OH.

Could it be?

He reaches back under James' confused eyes and indeed, on the floor in front of the backseats there is a small blinking keychain. Just like the one he has. Remus picks it up tentatively and waits until it stops beeping. Then he presses the button of the new keychain.

They immediately scramble out of the car looking for traces of footprints in the wet ground around the car but they can't find anything. Nor can they find any traces of forced entry on the car. No trace of Sirius to be found either.

The little heart on Remus' key starts to blink. So it's a couple set...

He exchanges a look with James.

Which means...the keychain was in the car all along!

With this newfound shocking news, they start searching the car, and - lo and behold - they find a rock in the trunk of the car! And not just a rock - a rock with another set of coordinates taped to the bottom!

Is Sirius hiding in there? Maybe he has set up a secret camp between some of the - very sparse - trees? Has he built a yurt unnoticed??

Is that were Sirius is?? They are EXCITED! James immediately video calls Lily and yells about it to a squealing Harry. He doesn't understand what's happening but is ready to be happy with dad in the little box.

After the call, James and Remus start the car and drive towards the location but are quickly stopped. The road ends and there is nothing but a small path leading into the national park...

Of course he hasn't, what a silly idea! Who would think of something like that? No, Sirius is in fact - and of course - hiding in a cave! He is not eating rats though. He has a little camping cooker and is living off of canned ravioli and shit like he's on a festival. But without the music. Sometimes he sings and it echoes in the cave...

He doesn't have to live in this cave. He could have found an empty house to squat in - this area is filled with rich people's empty holiday homes he could break into - he could have faked an identity to get a job, like he has done before... But after what happened he doesn't feel like he deserves to live a good life. He had one and he wasted it bit lying to Remus. And to James. Oh how he misses them! He never had someone that made him this happy 💔

So he left and hid here, and has since been facing the cold and the damp and the acid reflux from the canned food, dreaming of the soft bed and Remus' boney arms that held him so warm and cozy 😥

But some strange hope made him drop his keychain into James' car before jumping out and then - after seeing it parked at Remus' house when he snuck by to catch one final glimpse of the life he lost - a rock with the coordinates of the cave where he hid the money. Where they'd find him. If they came looking.

Now, "wait Sloth", you may call out! "They already found the money from the bank heist!"

Oh my dear children, you don't think that that's the only criminal thing this man ever did, don't you? It's just the one he got caught for!

Anyways so he is in his loot cave, practically sitting on his money like Smaug or a shipwrecked pirate - but the only thing he wants is his happy life back 😭💔 He would give up everything if he could just go back to that - to that normal life that he never really got the chance to attain in the first place...

Oh, but that won't ever happen. Remus will not come. James will not come. And if, then only to arrest him. Well, if that happens then so it be! Sirius is ready. If it means he gets to see them again one more time...

He gently cradles his gun in his hand.

[popcorn-plots]

aight. motivation time again, self-care edition

10 notes and I put my dirty laundry in the washer

15 notes and I fold my clean laundry (both from the washing machines and the already clean laundry)

20 notes and I write a scene from my Trans Stephen AU (just one scene. trying to unlearn the idea that I have to write from start to finish)

25 notes and I clean my desk and bookshelves

30 notes and I wear my new binder and pronoun pin on Monday when I see my friend [my binder doesn't fit, but I wore my pronoun pin]

35 notes and I'll ask my friend to help me with my cosplay goals [no date yet, but I asked!]

40 notes and I'll try and find the motivation to fix my Cloak + find the materials to fix my belt for the Strange cosplay

[shiberamune]

rant in tags DONT READ!!!! or do. idgaf

[tasty-littl-snack]

thanks for being unabashedly shyan. not to be accusatory but some people out there need to loosen up

I get that because it also took me a while to be like "can I post rpf on my rpf sideblog that I created for posting rpf" and the answer is yes. (you can notice that not all posts are tagged shyan mostly because I don't think they're shippy enough to be that way. And then I realized that this is the lens I want to view their content through and here we are).

And then watcher turned out to make other fun shows that I enjoy and I couldn't stop myself from writing long posts about so that's what this blog is now I guess.

I get that rpf is ~controversial~ or not everyone's cup of tea and I'm fine with that, that's what the block button is for feel free to use it. I tend to do that for reasons that are more superficial than that.

But also yeah it all boils down to "making the content you want to see" and for me that's 2012 tumblr style analyzing the way they look at each other and imagining a gay reason for that. It's really not that deep at the end of the day like I don't think they should divorce their wives about it or anything, it's more like shipping a thing because it compels you not because you want to see it happen for realsies.

Also it's really hard to come up with a hetsplanation for what they're saying and I think at the end of the day that's how I enjoy participating in fandom and it is what makes me happy so I'm gonna do that.

[artificer-real]

and here come the negative emotions. right on cue...

[deus-ex-mona]

pretty minor thing to think about, but i find it interesting how chapter 7 is the first chapter illustration to show chizuutan as chizuru (instead of chuutan)

like, i get it’s a flashback chapter, but we hardly got to see her as chizuru in the previous few chapters thus far… maybe we’ll get to see more of her as her true self after the hiyori fight/make up? only future chapters may tell, i guess…

[mirrortouchedsea]

Day 15

“Tatsumi-senpai, have you ever kissed anyone?” Kaname asked, sitting across from the other boy in the catacombs. Everyone else had left for the night leaving the two of them alone. 

“Why are you asking?” Tatsumi replied, confused as he moved one of his chess pieces on the board. Kaname didn’t know anything about how the game worked and was mostly just guessing at where the pieces moved. 

“A-ah it’s nothing, I was just wondering…I haven’t kissed anyone.” Kaname could feel his face heating up. God this was embarrassing, why was he doing this? 

“I haven’t kissed anyone either.” Their game of chess forgotten for the moment. Kaname’s face burned even hotter. 

“Would you--would you like to try kissing?” He barely squeaked out. How was the great Kaname Tojou such a loser when it came to his crush? He should be confident and yet here he was. 

“Can you repeat that, Kaname-san?” He loved the way his name sounded in Tatsumi’s voice. It made him want to die in the moment though. 

“Can I--Can we try…kissing?” His voice was still soft but evidently loud enough for Tatsumi to hear if the slight blush on his face was evidence of anything. Tatsumi gently moved their chess board to the side and slid closer to Kaname. Kaname felt his heart rate pick up at the proximity as Tatsumi leaned in closer. 

How was he supposed to kiss? He tried to remember the movies and how they did it, closing his eyes and letting Tatsumi guide him, his lips slightly parted. The moment Tatsumi’s lips touched his he thought he would fly, and evidently his mouth moved before he could think, as Tatsumi let out a yelp and brought a hand to his lips. 

Kaname bit him. Oh how embarrassing! It wasn’t enough to draw blood but still! 

“I’m so sorry Tatsumi-senpai! I didn’t mean to do that! Oh god--” 

Tatsumi laughed. Kaname stopped in his tracks as Tatsumi continued laughing. He wasn’t laughing at Kaname, though, or at least not at Kaname as a person, but rather at his reaction to the whole thing. 

“It’s okay, Kaname-san. We can try again if you’d like.” 

“Y-yes I’d like that very much.” 

They leaned in again and Kaname clenched his jaw to keep himself from biting Tatsumi again, but he got a little overeager again and felt their heads bump into each other and not where their lips were (which was where he was aiming for). Kaname curses under his breath but Tatsumi giggles again (a heavenly sound to Kaname’s ears) and cups his face before gently guiding him to Tatsumi’s lips. 

Kaname was too in shock to do anything for a moment. He was kissing someone. And not just someone. He was kissing Tatsumi Kazehaya, heartthrob of Reimei Academy. He closed his eyes and relaxed, reaching to grab Tatsumi’s blazer and pull him closer. He felt their teeth clack together but it wasn’t as bad as their first attempt and for Kaname, that was enough. 

They pulled away, panting heavily, and Kaname noticed that Tatsumi’s pupils had dilated. He wanted to pull Tatsumi in for another kiss but held himself back, at least for a moment. 

“That wasn’t so bad,” Tatsumi spoke, breathless and full of affection. 

“No, it wasn’t.” Kaname pulled Tatsumi back in for another kiss, narrowly avoiding bumping their heads together again. He could do this forever, just him and Tatsumi in the catacombs, kissing to their hearts content. 

[connormoving]

loveee when a character is crushed under the weight of someone elses expectations for them love when a character dedicates their entire life to something they never even wanted for themself love when the only reason a character keeps going is because theyre Supposed to and bc theyre supposed to make another person happy/proud. YES !!! CLAPPING !!! YES !!!!!!!!

[orcelito]

I do find it so funny that I will graduate college days away from my birthday. Like my birthday is literally in between the end of the semester ("graduation") and commencement

It really will be like a joint graduation & birthday party for me lmao

[katierosefun]

yes every single day is a reason to start anew and no, i will not be setting incredibly high expectations for 2024 because the unfortunate truth is that life is all about rolling with the punches, even if they really hit hard, but also. something fantastic about how people still choose new year's day to go "ALRIGHT. NEW YEAR. TIME TO SHAKE OFF THE COBWEBS"

[scionshtola]

i love picking and choosing which viera lore pleases me to apply to cori and which to toss into the wind

[horse-heaven]

kinda grateful that we’re off for obedience training this week bc I’ve got a lot to think about before we go back. our class on Wednesday was messy, to put it lightly, for a variety of reasons, including my own anxieties and frustrations, Roland reacting to my emotions, and the fact that it was storming outside, among other things, but I think another major factor was the instructor. so far, in the three weeks we’ve been doing this class, we’ve had three different instructors, which has been a bit chaotic but has worked for the most part. the instructor we had on Wednesday was the only one who I have not liked working with. I feel like she was far too impatient with Roland and I and didn’t give us much of a chance to work out any mistakes or work through our struggles, leaving me feeling like I was constantly struggling to keep up with the rest of the class. she said that she’s used to working with the more advanced classes, which might be part of why it felt like she wasn’t giving us much time to learn anything.

my current predicament is trying to figure out what to do next. I’m not sure if she’s going to be teaching our classes for the rest of the beginner class (I’m really hoping she isn’t, but idk), but if she is, it’s not going to be very encouraging to try to stick it out and finish. on the other hand, the beginners class is only for about 6 weeks, and then we could move up to the intermediate class. I’ve watched the intermediate classes and seen the instructors and the way they’ve been taught, and it seems like something Roland and I would both do well in. so im thinking i should just suck it up and stick it out and finish the beginners classes so we can move up. surely it can’t be that bad, right?