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#I’m like dude??? you’re putting out so much free content on top of super cute merch like a mf machine!
anaquariusfox · 1 year
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No shade towards this user! But I would actually love to address this statement or thought process.
(And its actually £37 for you!)
But nonetheless, there are many things to consider when you’re criticizing an artist for the price of their works and here are a few!
How much time goes into the process of a piece(s)!
For example, I made not only one zine, but two in the span of 7 months. While working a 40+ hour a week active job. So all my free time was consumed with this zine. You may think $43 is a lot for a zine, but I am just one person make a whole NSFW zine. I wasn’t one of 20+ artists and fic writers putting one piece into a whole zine. And I won’t undervalue myself and my time! Also, most of my commissions, for one custom piece, cost more than not only my nsfw zine, but both my zines combined.
How much time goes into the technically side of the piece(s) (I.e. creating the actual zine with printing companies and sizing and resizing, and shipping and handling artists usually handle themselves)
For myself, it was hours and hours of file converting and resizing and in the end it still didn’t look good in zine previews, that’s why I decided to go digital.
The exclusivity of the artwork(s)
You’ll find a lot of things of this nature are either limited time products or exclusive to the product itself! For example, all my pieces in my NSFW zine, are for the zine supporters only, as well as my SFW being half favorite pieces and half new, zine exclusive pieces!
The content of said artwork(s)
My zine for example, is a “taboo” type of artwork, it’s basically a book full of porn. Not a lot of artist draw porn and even less nsfw artist, share it on social media! But here I am, sharing a whole exclusive zine of porn for two lovable characters! Oh, and as trans characters haha. They’re t4t in my zine because I draw the representation I want through my favorite characters!
* And in the end really! *
You’ve got to understand, as artists, we are putting out so much free content on social media. Whether it’s every day, every other day, once a week or once a month. You, as a consumer of our work, get free content (both old and new), all for free! Is that not wild?! For example, people pay $10 a month to see all the porn I’ve ever drawn on Patreon on then get to see the latest porn and sfw stuff I post! Ive been told by so many friends that I should charge more even! But that’s not the point of this post.
Artists could never share again, or put their craft and skills behind a massive paywall, but we love sharing and putting art into the world, cause fuck, a world without art would kill me. I literally love scrolling through my social media and seeing all my mutuals and artists I follow share their work and interests through art. I love seeing their minds work and what they felt so proud of to share it with the world.
And on top of that, if you think something is a bit too high in price, just remember all the free content the artist puts out, remember what art piece you love the most from them and why you followed them in the first place maybe! And by purchasing an item(s) from them, is a way of showing them support for all the joy their art has brought you 🫶😊 and just supporting artists in general vs large corporations who usually underpay their artists or just straight up steal art.
**In the end, I won’t undervalue my time and skill for a quick sale cause I’ve had people happily support me at the prices they are and I’m so grateful te for them.**
*** No artist should undervalue their work! We have a skill and took time to create this skill and study our skill to become better and better 🫶***
I do hope that anyone with the same mind set as this user, might have a new POV on the artists side/ BTS side of an artist and content creator when judging their prices.
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the-fairy-anon · 3 years
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Yo! I was thinking for a vinnie imagine like one where they meet at a party and they both are super cuddly and stuff and it’s cute as hell. ???
its called ✨being nice✨ | V.H.
be nice lol this is the first time I've written a fic in YEARS feel free to send feedback tho :))
summary: basically the req but they already know of each other
pairing: vinnie x influencer!reader
FaceTime from ZARBAAAA...
“Start getting ready shawty. Theres a party tonight me and the boys are gonna grab you at 8″ Troy instructs as soon as you answer. A little taken aback by the abrupt start to the conversation and the news that after laying in bed avoiding mirrors because you felt gross all day, you have an hour to resurrect and make yourself presentable. “Dude what?” “You heard me. You’ve either been in your apartment or mine since you moved out here and you don’t even come over to chill most of the time you just work in the studio with Ben. You need a night out, doctors orders.” rolling over I begrudgingly huff out a “fine”. I guess I have been overworking myself a little... “Good. By the way the party’s at sway gaming and its 7 right now so hop to it love ya bye” he rushes so he can hang up before I can protest. 
Fuck.
Sway gaming? Now I can’t just look cute I have to look HOT. I stomp my way to the bathroom and start getting ready and after managing to work my way from gremlin to goddess I grab my phone to check that I’m not running late and see that I have a text from troy.
ZARBAAAA
btw vinnie specifically mentioned you when telling me who to bring ;)) 
I shake my head walking over to my closet and replying
probably bc we have the same friends??? 
and we haven't met each other yet??
its called ✨being nice✨ heard of it?
Vinnie is really cute but I don’t wanna get my hopes up like come on, who doesn’t have at least a little crush on him. I grab this really cute white satin corset top, my blue baggy jeans with white hearts spray painted on them, and my af1′s because you can’t really go wrong with them. I chuck on my pearl necklace and some fun earrings and then back up to see the full fit and damn. I look good. I go to take a pic only to get another text from Troy.
ZARBAAAA
sure... nice... that's what we're calling it. 
be there in 5 btw sorry I’m running late don’t wanna keep you from lover boy 🤩🤩
I roll my eyes at the text but then blush at the thought of him wanting me there and not just to hang out with him and the boys, I bite my lip to stop myself from smiling as I indulge in the fantasy and then shake myself out of it... I should go brush my teeth again though just in case...
ZARBAAAA
get in loser we're going to get you fucked.
Settling for some gum and extra lipgloss I unplug my phone and head out to Aarons car but not before shooting troy a quick ,
charming🥰🥰
and letting my roommates know I’d be out for the night.
The ride there was chill with Aaron and ben on aux getting the four of you sufficiently pumped for the party while they all took turns bullying you for Vinnie’s little name drop. You turn to them before you walk up to the house pointing a threatening finger at the three of them and simply leaving it at “Not a word.” because you couldn't deny that their friend was VERY attractive and you had no issues getting to know him, especially since you tend to be an overly-friendly-lovey-drunk, but you didn’t want them to make things weird or ruin your chances before you even knew if you had any. 
Aaron opens the door and Vinnie spots the four of you and turns toward the kitchen with a big smile yelling “YO JORDAN FOUR MORE SHOTS” before coming over to greet you. Giving his boys bro hugs and then smiling at you and pulling you in for a brief hug saying “Its nice to finally meet you! I’ve heard so much about you, your music is insane I love it.” causing you to turn to Ben and if looks could kill he’d be dead on the floor “You played my music for him?? Dude I told you I wasn't even sure if I wanted to put it out I don’t think its good eno-” “Y/N are you kidding me its insane, like so good you're so talented, I literally asked what song was playing so I could put it on my playlist. You’re an incredible artist, I don’t think you could make a bad song if you tried.” Vinnie gushes totally flattering you “oh wow uh thanks that's really sweet Vin” grinning at him and just as he opens his mouth to reply Jordan yells from the kitchen “ARE WE DOING SHOTS OR NOT BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE IM TAKING ALL OF THESE-” “Jordan babe you're not taking 8 tequila shots” Maddy rationalizes shutting the idea down immediately and passing shots around as the five of you make your way into the kitchen. “Wait there’s an extra” you say “yeah it was for Kio but he's...busy” Jordan explains resulting in a chorus of “ohhs” coming from the five of you as you see him in the corner trying to get with a girl. “Guess we gotta give it to the newbie as initiation” Maddy jokingly suggests and you laugh “I mean if I haaaave tooo” feigning hesitation then downing both shots with no chaser. “I knew I was right to tell you to bring her” Vinnie tells Troy before taking his as the rest follow. 
After a few rounds of pong (which you were forced to be Vinnie's partner for by none other than Mr. Zarba himself), cheers to the governor, and flip cup you guys were all pretty drunk and decided to just grab some drinks and sit on the couch for a bit since Maddy and Jordan left, presumably to go fuck, after Maddy made a solid shot in pong and Jordan decided that that called for an aggressively heated make out session in the middle of the game. The boys took up every chair so you had to sit next to Vinnie on the couch. The three of them smirking at you all the while because they’ve never seen you flustered before and they’re quite enjoying the show. 
Vinnie sits next to you but not too close trying to read you, not sure if you want him that close and definitely not wanting to make you uncomfortable, but he knows he's in the clear when you look at him and giggle “I don’t bite ya know” almost pouting that he decided to sit as far as 5 inches from you. Scooting closer and putting his arm around you, the two of you cuddle into the corner of the couch, and you let out a very happy sounding sigh seeing as your little move worked better than planed. Vinnie smiles at your contentment “Better?” he asks, “Much.” you smile up at him grabbing the hand that hangs over your shoulder and interlacing your fingers. He bites his lip trying to decide if he's really gonna say anything but this is the perfect opportunity to make his move and before his brain could stop him he leans a little closer to your ear and “You know I asked Troy to bring you for a reason...” flies out of his mouth and with wide eyes you look at troy who's too absorbed in playing with mochi and the boys to notice the shocked look from his best friend or the girl who is clearly trying to flirt with him. “What?” you question thinking he just wants to hook up or something and he can probably tell what's going through your head because with a panicked look in his eyes  he rushes to reassure you saying “no no no not like a one night stand thing!! It’s just- the boys always talk about you and how funny and talented you are, and I could already feel myself developing a little crush on you a few weeks ago, just based on how you sounded in stories and your music, and then I saw you on Aarons story two weeks ago and I’ve -shit I sound so lame right now- I’ve been trying to figure out how to hit you up since then but I couldn't because I feel like you’re way cooler than me and honestly you’ll probably get clowned on for being seen with me-” you could tell he was starting to get in his head so you look at him with the softest eyes and put your hand on his cheek to make him look at you “Did you throw a party just to talk to me?” but he doesn’t even have to answer you because the bashful look on his face says enough. You practically coo at him because holy shit that's so cute and then your brain is like kiss him!! and you don’t even think twice about it, kissing him till you're just smiling against his lips and pulling away making him follow yours, not ready for it to be over, only to see all the boys staring at you totally gobsmacked because nobody was expecting that. Vinnie’s jaw a little slack as he tries to form a coherent thought. “I FUCKING DID IT BOYS!!! I DID IT!! NOW WE CAN HANG OUT WITHOUT HIM ASKING ABOUT HER! LETS GOOO” Troy shouts to himself more than anyone, making the two of you jump from you daze, driving the sweet embarrassed boy in front of you to hide his face in your neck groaning because Troy really didn’t have to do him like that. You giggle placing a comforting hand in his hair and turning your head to whisper to whisper in his ear “Wanna go make out?” knowing it’ll cheer him up and next thing you know you're in his arms heading toward his room, kissing his neck and laughing. With a cacophony of “YO WHAT”, “VINCENT SHES TOO POOR FOR A BABY!!! WEAR A CONDOM!!”, “CAN I BE THE GODFATHER”, and “YEAH GIRL, HE’S ABOUT TO BE REAL NICE” following from your stupid ass friends.
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tsukkisbean · 4 years
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cuddling | headcanons
genre: fluff!!
characters: kuroo, bokuto, akaashi x gn!reader
warnings: none
a/n: idk how i feel about these but,,, inspired by conversations i had with some mutuals!! read under the cut for bokuto and akaashi! also sorry i got really soft for akaashi and ended up having a lot of dialogue hahaha,a,,
original request here
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kuroo tetsurō
i know most people see kuroo as a super tough charismatic dude but sometimes he just wants to be coddled like a baby don’t even try to change my mind on this
after a particularly rough day at work he comes home with a tiny grey cloud over his head : ( he gives you a quick hug and kiss but doesn’t stick around for long
you finish up whatever you’re doing grab a bag of chips or something from the pantry and run up to your shared bedroom to find your boyfriend laying in bed on his side, under the covers
you peel the covers off his body and dangle the chips in front of him
“baby, do you want me to feed you?”
he can’t help but smile at you, tugging on your arm gently to pull you onto the bed with him
you happily oblige, immediately climbing in and snuggling up against his back
you prop yourself up onto your elbow, your hand gently threading through his messy bed head and he lets out a content sigh
he leans his head to rest on the crook of your neck, while you have one arm slung lazily around his waist, occasionally feeding him a chip or two
you throw one leg over his hip, and automatically his fingertips finds your leg, mindlessly tracing patterns over the fabric of your pajamas
he’s holding his phone in one hand, randomly playing through cute cat videos that show up on his recommended
“y/n should we get a cat?”
“if you really want one but why do you need one when you have me?”
his body rumbles with laughter in response to your snarky comment
before you can get mad at him he turns his body to catch your lips in a kiss
he sits up, pulling you up and into his lap, your legs automatically straddle his hips, and arms encircling his neck
“are you feeling better now?”
“y/n i never have a bad day with you in my life”
bokuto kōtarō
bokuto is away for a game so you’re at your shared apartment all by yourself for the weekend
to help pass the time you start a new show and you end up getting really into it
hours pass and now you’re wrapped up in a big blanket, sitting on top of a bunch of pillows on the floor in front of your tv, so into the show you don’t even hear the front door open, or the approaching footsteps or even the booming voice of your boyfriend that’s been calling you since he left the elevator (sorry neighbours)
being the impatient, excitable man that he is when you don’t respond for the nth time he decides to try to get your attention a different way
just as the show is about to hit it’s climax, your body is shoved to the floor, face stuffed into the pillows and you completely miss the big reveal
when you try to get up, your body is held down by a heavy weight that is your beefy (<33) boyfriend
“bo get OFF before i hurt you”
“you already hurt me when you ignored me for the past 5 minutes”
“wait when did you get home?”
“exactly my point y/n”
you have nothing to say to that so you just let him lay on top of you, his head resting on top of yours, arms and legs sprawled out
you reach one arm out, slipping it under bo’s  and automatically his hand curls around yours
your other hand reaches behind you, gently curling and uncurling against the nape of his neck
while the two of you watch tv (mostly you because he has no idea what’s going on) he’s placing kisses all over your neck and on your cheek and jawline
“bo i’m trying to watch”
“pay attention to me :-(”
“the episode is almost over, i’ll pay attention to you after, okay?”
the episode comes to an end, and your half your body is asleep from being stuck in one position for so long and so you call out to your boyfriend to get him to move
when he doesn’t respond you notice how slow his breathing and how still his body is against yours in contrast to his usual energetic behind
then you realize he’s fallen asleep on top of you but you don’t mind because you know how hard he’s been working with his team
akaashi keiji
recently, akaashi’s been working late nights at the office so that he can meet deadlines so the two of you haven’t spent much time together
so when he gets home just after midnight he’s surprised when you come running to greet him at the front door but he immediately pulls you into his arms, and buries his face into the crook of your neck just drinking in your presence because he missed you that much
he knows he really should wash up and get ready for bed, but he can’t bear to leave your side so, still holding onto each other, the two you shuffle over to the living room, plopping onto the couch
you’re sitting between his legs, one of his hands intertwines with yours, the other holding one your favourite books, flipping to a random passage
his chin rests on your shoulder, whispering each line into your ear, occasionally pausing to place a chaste kiss on your cheek or temple
“i am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and i’ve led a common life. there are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. but in one respect i have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: i’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.”
his voice is so soothing, and you can feel yourself teetering between consciousness and sleep but you try your best to keep your eyes moment, not wanting morning to come where he’d have to leave you again
he shifts your positions, all while still holding your hand, so that the two of you are now laying down and this time your bodies are facing each other, legs tangled together
you hear a soft thunk as he places the book down on the coffee table, his now free hand making it’s way to rest on your back, tracing small patterns, mostly hearts to silently show you he loves you
his mouth is busy placing gentle kisses on the knuckles of your hand that’s still locked with his
“keiji, where do you see yourself in 10 years?”
he lets go of your hand, and you can’t help but feel sad at the sudden loss of warmth but the feeling quickly fades when both his arms hold you tight, your head meeting his chest
“here with you, just like this. only thing that’ll be different is that i’ll have put a gold band on your finger”
though he can’t see it, he can feel your lips part into a wide smile against his chest
the two of you lay there in your peaceful bliss, his steady heartbeat lulling you to sleep
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xpeachesncream · 3 years
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please could you make taehyung jealous for the next perfectly wrong drabbles? 👉👈
perfectly wrong | drabble [3]: if it’s one thing taehyung truly has a love-hate relationship with, it’s the fact that you have such a sweet, kind and warm demeanor towards everything and everyone.
word count: 1.8k
warnings: pretty fluffy, implied sexual content, cussing, tae is petty but also pouty
notes: feel free to send requests like this to my inbox and i will get to them! it may not be right away but i promise i’ll take a look. it can be for anyone in the perfectly wrong series. same thing goes for off the grid. however, please note that there are certain things i won’t write about - extreme mental/physical/verbal abuse (we’re all about fun, lighthearted pettiness here and nothing serious), threesomes, orgies, any extreme, intense smut because i’m still not used to writing smut like that. basically anything that you might be uncomfortable with or wouldn’t do in real life, i most likely will feel uncomfortable too and will not write about it! pls keep that in mind, thank you! love you all tons! 💗
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Taehyung will not hesitate to let people know that he's your man and your man only. You thought he might have learned from the entire Jungkook situation, in which in a sense he has; he no longer acts weird about how close you and Jungkook are, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get jealous outside of that bubble.
He was the campus fuckboy, after all. He knows the capabilities of the boys here. He knows the intentions of the majority. He's familiar with the stupid little games boys play. If anything, he helped play a role in the stupidity of many boys on campus. He was a champion, the walking fuckboy 101 bible - they wanted to be Taehyung and they did everything to follow his ways.
So, when he's ordering coffee and sees a guy trying to lay his sweetness on you, getting all googly-eyed and licking his lips like you're his last meal on Earth, he doesn't like it one bit because he knows that look. He's been there before, especially with you. It doesn't help that you're super approachable, welcoming anything and anyone into your arms like you're some kind of saint.
The anonymous dude [Taehyung can't tell from afar] apparently cracks a joke, because you're entertaining it and playfully shoving him aside. You're beaming from ear to ear, tears almost streaming down from whatever joke he's telling you.
You hadn't laughed like that with him in awhile, nor has he seen you smile so big like that. Obviously, it's the jealousy talking. You loved Taehyung more than anything, and he was the only one who could make you feel the way that you do.
"The fuck?" He mumbles to himself.
"Here's your coffee, Tae." The barista says softly behind the counter, her gaze going between him and the scene. He can't keep his eyes off of this interaction, praying to the heavenly being above that the boy will get the hint and leave before Taehyung can get there. But he doesn't. He continues to crack jokes or whatever the hell he's doing to make you laugh the way that you're laughing. You rest your chin on your palm as you look at the dude in front of you, head tilted, looking all cute and shit and you don't even know it. Tae's eyes widen when he sees you place a hand on his shoulder and give it a gentle squeeze.
"T-thanks, could you actually just toss it in a to go cup, please? I think we're gonna head out instead." He dug his hands in his pockets as he keeps watch, the barista silently doing as asked. Taehyung quickly grabs the coffee and heads out to where you're seated, the dude still all up on his woman like he had been waiting for the right opportunity to pounce on her ass all day.
"Wow, are you serious? Christian that's hilarious, I'm sorry. Maybe you should have gone for that installment instead. Either way, I think it'll look amazing. It'll look so good when you finish it." He hears you reassuring ol' dude. You look up to see Taehyung slowly approaching, his forehead furrowed like some kind of angry, old man waiting for kids to get off of his porch. Curls all defined and fluffy, he didn't look intimidating to you one bit - but Christian squirms in his seat, finally catching the hint that Taehyung was not happy about him sitting that close to you with his arm brushing up against yours. Taehyung's eyes were piercing right through him, colored lenses intensifying the look.
"S-sorry, I was about to—"
"No, please stay. Let's all gather around and talk about each other's day." Taehyung sarcastically scrunches his nose and does a shimmy to show that he's actually not fucking playing right now and Christian better know what's good for him.
"I was just asking her for some advice on art class." He stands to nervously dust himself off. Now, if it's one thing you know too well, it's how petty Taehyung gets when he's jealous. You quietly sit there, a little hot and bothered with how Taehyung is acting, but you also want to laugh at how people really find Taehyung so intimidating. If you all only knew how much of a baby bear he was behind closed doors.
"Cute. You do know the fucking art room is two steps behind you, right? You know, where the professor usually is at." He steps forward, jaw slightly clenching.
"Look man, I really didn't mean any harm." Taehyung nods. "I was just about to leave."
"Don't forget to pick up your googly eyes from the floor." Taehyung shoots him a finger gun and clicks his teeth. "Wouldn't wanna misplace those for the next time you try and use them on my girlfriend again." Christian leaves without saying anything else, causing you to snort.
"What was that about?" You chuckle.
"Let's go." He sternly says, handing you the cup of coffee.
"I thought we were gonna sit and drink this here?"
"Or we can just sit and drink this at home." You hurriedly get up to follow him as he starts walking towards the car.
"Are you really that upset?"
"Are you really that upset?" He mocks your tone as he continues to walk to the car.
"Real mature, Kim Taehyung." He looks over his shoulder to glance at you with those eyes before looking back at the car. He silently opens the door for you, avoiding all contact. You silently giggle to yourself because even though he could get annoyingly petty like this, he still found ways to be a gentleman and cater to you. You watch as he plops into the driver's seat, sipping his coffee as he stares out at the campus. "Tae, what are we doing?"
"You wanted to sit and drink this here, right?"
"You're annoying." You roll your eyes and sit back. Was he really doing this right now? Taking your ass to the car to enjoy your coffee, away from people?
"Says the one who was all it'll look so good when you finish it. Ouuuu, either way it'll look amazing." He mocks your tone. "If anything, you're the annoying one, acting all cute when you know these dudes have it out for you. Since when do you shower people with compliments like that? I thought I was the only one."
"No, they don't, Christian is just a good friend from class and I was just trying to help give him some solid advice."
"Oh, so he's a good friend now?" He raises his eyebrow. "Jungkookie is a good friend. Hoseok is a good friend. Yoongi is a good friend." He counts on his hand, showing you the three fingers he has up. "Where's Christian at? I don't see him on that list. Christian is not a good friend." He puts his hand out as if he's waiting for your response. "Wooooow, it's quiet, no back talk, ey?" You put his hand down. Did I tell you he was also a comedian at best?
"Babe, stop." You pout, but he shakes his head. "Why are you acting so jealous right now?"
"Cause! The way you were all smiley and laughing with him. Praising him. Playfully pushing him and shit. You barely do that with me."
"You have got to be kidding. I've done that with you time and time again, I barely spend time with anyone else but you. You always make me laugh and you always make me smile, much more than anyone else."
"A-and you were like squeezing his shoulder so sweetly. You had this soft touch when it came to him even though he was looking at you like he was thinking some foul shit. You just— You just give it so easily."
"Baby." You chuckle. "Okay, that's just way too far."
"I know it all too well. I know a boy's brain like the back of my hand. So yeah, we're enjoying this coffee in here whether you like it or not." He furrows his eyebrows. You give him a moment to calm down before you reach over and caress his cheek. He welcomes your touch and you can instantly feel him relaxing as you continue to touch him gently.
"You're too cute."
"No." He pouts.
"Taehyung, you know I love you. And you know you're the only one who can make me feel all sorts of ways - one being happy and incredibly giddy from your lame jokes."
"They're not lame."
"They're lame." You joke as you scrunch your nose. "But that's what makes them unique to you. I wouldn't have it any other way. And on top of that, you know I can never stop smiling around you no matter the circumstance. Like now." You smile at him because honestly, he was being too fucking cute and you wanted nothing but to cuddle him at home. He had such a jealous side to him that little things ticked him off, but you knew he cared and just wanted you to himself. You couldn't help but feel the same, hence the girl at the mall being all flirty with him.
"Honestly, you're gonna be the death of me." He looks at you, his cheek falling deeper into your touch while you giggle. "Seriously, it's not funny. You had me experiencing heart palpitations when you touched him like that, it's not a joke."
"Relax." You chuckle. "You're dramatic."
"You wanna talk dramatic?" He looks at you. "She got all flirty with you when she walked off and you didn't even say anything!"
"Okay, I get it!"
"Mhm." He wiggles an eyebrow. He begins to start the car and pull off, the ride pretty silent. You knew he just needed a moment to get over himself, so as soon as you step into your apartment, you put your things aside and throw your arms around him.
"Babe." You plant kisses all over his face.
"Mmm, no—" He says in between kisses. "You— don't— get to do that—- and expect to— win me over— just like that."
"Uh huh. Yet, you're still kissing back." You say, pushing him towards your room. All you had planned was just to cradle your big baby and cuddle him until he felt better. You've learned that's how Taehyung gets over most things. Truly.
"Y/N, I'm not joking." He lays on his side after tossing his keys and phone on your night stand. He throws his hood over his head, while you throw yourself onto him, being the bigger spoon.
"Hey." You forcefully turn him around to make him face you. He does nothing look at you, allowing you to place a soft, passionate kiss on his plump lips. He gives into it, deepening it while tugging you closer to him. "You know I only have eyes for this handsome guy right here, right?" You boop the mole on his nose.
"Good, cause I want you all to myself. Stop being such a fucking saint. Be mean for once. I know you can do it, since you always catch an attitude with me." You laugh.
"Whatever, Taehyung. If that makes you feel better."
"Good." He smirks. "Come here. I'm trying to show you that you're mine and only mine." He wraps his arms around you and snuggles tightly against your body until you hear him softly snoring into your chest.
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chil2de · 3 years
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How are you today? If its alright with you, can I request a Atsumu x fem reader where she has a super tomboy style and ALWAYS wears baggy clothes, but one day atsumu comes over to hang out and the only outfit she has left is kinda a tight fitting shirt and for the first time ever Atsumu realizes just how curvy his girlfriend is
sorry if thats to specific! feel free to ignorethis!
warning - miya atsumu x reader
hiii! i’m doing okay anonie, thank you and i hope u are faring well!!! so um this ended up being a LOT longer than i expected pls forgive me it was supposed to be a cute lil drabble but now its like uh 2k words aJdhfhhd, i really loved this idea!!! don’t worry ab it being too specific i actually like that and it helps give me a general idea about the req
well whilst this isn’t tooooo nsfw there are a few small themes in the beginning + swearing since i write atsumu like that and implications of sexual content ig at the end but aside from that? just some fluff for our fav king. characters are aged up and i am unsure how it would work but call it anime logic and enjoy! thanks for requesting! (okay rereading the ending is lowkey smut why am i like this)
“b-cup.” atsumu huffed with confidence. he took a large swig out of his water bottle, nodding his head wisely in affirmation.
“really? i’d say c-cup.” suna chimed in, his half-lidded gaze narrowing.
“nah, it’s b-cup”
“what the hell are you two talking about?” osamu interjected, concern and disgust thick on his features as he came over carrying a few towels.
“(y/n)’s bra size” suna nonchalantly responded, his eyes flicking up for a few seconds as he accepted the towel from osamu.
“‘tsumu i knew you were messed in the head but, suna? have you caught his germs?”
“fuck are you making it sound like i have some viral disease?”
“you don’t?” suna snorted, plopping down onto the floor to sit cross-legged.
“why don’t you just ask her?” osamu’s gaze flickered onto yours from across the court. you felt your ears burn from the way the three of them were staring at you.
was something on your face?
a bug? dirt?
“huh? like i’m supposed to say, hey baby girl, what size are your tits?”
“i’m still saying b-cup”
“c-cup”
“i think b-cup” osamu joined in, watching atsumu screw his face at him
“you goddamn hypocrite-“ “who’s being a hypocrite?” kita inquired with a half-hushed tone, making his way over with a few protein bars
“oh my god i’m going home” atsumu groaned, resting his palms on his knees as he stood up. he beelined towards you, his exhaustion painted his lazy smile beautifully. he still had the energy to turn around over his shoulder and flip his middle finger up at his team whilst his right hand snaked around to your waist.
somewhere around your waist. it took him a little bit of digging through all the fabric.
it didn’t matter to him, though. as much of a jackass as he might’ve been, he never judged you for the way you dressed. even if it meant that sometimes you looked a lil bit homeless, at the end of the day- he still had that glimmer in his eyes whenever he saw you.
you would be his favourite baby girl, no matter what.
“is that my shirt you’re wearing?” he hummed, glancing down to look at it.
it was, in fact, one of his shirts. it was matte black in colour, with a small dip that would showcase atsumu’s collar bones. it was a little bit faded from the many wash cycles it endured throughout its lifetime, but he would always notice the small tear in the bottom right section of the fabric.
“sorryyy, i know you just washed it but it smelled so nice. also, wow, did you put on deodorant? you actually smell like a man it’s kinda creepy”
“i always put on deodorant you dipshit, you’re always crying about how pretty my face looks so your nose doesn’t pick up the scent. it’s verbena citrus, buy your own because i know you’ll try stealing mine so i’m putting a padlock on that shit.” atsumu scoffed, digging his fingers into your sides to tickle you as you walked. you squirmed, swatting him away as you dug your hands into the pockets of your joggers. they were not atsumu’s, unfortunately, for you found out the hard way that you would literally have to drag the excess fabric behind you like some train dress or bundle it up and fold it, which, in retrospect- did not look too aesthetically pleasing. you settled for your own joggers and favourite high-top sneakers to match.
“you know you’ll say all this but give me your deodorant anyway, right?” you stuck your tongue out at him. he rolled his eyes, ruffling your hair.
“hey.” he called out, causing you to direct your attention towards him.
he nudged your arm with his elbow.
oh.
“give it here.”
you uncurled your left hand out of your pocket, zipping it up to make sure the contents inside didn’t spill. atsumu slid his right hand away from your waist and opened his palm up, intertwining his fingertips between yours into a tight lock. he grazed his thumb over the back of your hand, giving you a small squeeze.
“that was the cheesiest and most corniest thing you’ve done and i hated it” you made a mock gagging sound, averting your gaze.
you could feel the blush fresh on your cheeks, heart pounding in your chest like it was about to explode.
“wait, you thought i was holding your hand because we’re dating? i’m just doing it because i know your dumbass would get lost” atsumu snorted, throwing his head back in laughter.
well,
you could still see the light blush tinting his cheeks. and it wasn’t the sunset.
“mmm, should i wear this one- wait-“ you grabbed the shirt, folding it upwards as you took a small whiff. well,, you did wear it yesterday… yeah, you did put it in the laundry basket,,, no, it didn’t smell toooo bad, but..
you groaned, tossing it back into said basket as you furrowed your brows in concentration.
you heard the doorbell ring which only caused you to panic even further. you just needed a shirt. literally any shirt. you were about to cut your freaking pants out and sew them together to another pair for a shirt.
since it was a friday, you had atsumu walk you halfway home. you only lived a street away from him, and the apartment was conveniently built on a fork between the road down to his house and the supermarket. hence, he dropped you off and went to the store all by himself like a responsible adult to grab some snacks for the weekend.
“it’s open!” you called out, leaning your jaw back as you shouted in hopes for your voice to travel further.
in that moment, just in the corner of your eye- you saw a familiar flash of black.
you swooped the fabric up, quietly humming in pleasure when it smelled like laundry detergent and fabric softener.
you lifted the shirt over your head, struggling to pull it down for a few seconds.
you admired yourself briefly in the mirror.
it was a casual t-shirt. it reached down to the middle portion of your arms, though it was significantly less baggy than all of your other clothes. you liked to sleep in it during hot and stuffy summer nights, but rarely found yourself using it otherwise.
it’s not like you didn’t like these kinds of shirts.
but when given the option to look “stylish” or comfortable, who wouldn’t pick comfortable? that’s what was important to you above all. clothes that made you feel like you were constantly in bed were a godsend from the heavens.
“hey dipshit, i spent twenty minutes jumping stores for you but no one sold any (favourite drink) so i got you-“ atsumu halted in his steps, the grocery bags curled around his fists were suddenly forgotten and discarded as he caught sight of you through the doorframe.
you were clad in a pair of old white shorts and a black t-shirt, complimentary of the fact that everything else was currently in the laundry machine. atsumu could outline every single damn crevice and dip on you, and he burned that shit so deep into his retinas that he would still see it when his eyes were closed.
he felt his breath hitch, something deep inside him resonating, growing feral like hunger.
he still stood by what he said,
baggy clothes or not, you were beautiful.
but he wasn’t expecting this
“so you bought what?” you inquired, twisting your torso halfway to greet him as you finished brushing through some knots in your hair at the vanity.
“huh?”
“you said there wasn’t any (favourite drink) so you got what? did you fall and crack your head open on the way here? cause it looks like it”
you could feel your heart squeeze, body temperature increased twofold as icy hot waves wracked every inch of your skin. there was a cold sweat that rolled down the back of your knees.
“shut the hell up, i hate you” atsumu grumbled, forcing himself to turn away from you and stomp off to the kitchen with a pout.
“jesus christ give me strength i hate this woman, where the hell does she get off thinking she can get away with looking so good like that” atsumu mumbled incoherent curses underneath his breath, shakily unloading everything he bought out onto the counter and stuffing the groceries into cabinets and the fridge.
“‘samu, i hate you but dude i need twin telepathy, give me strength so i don’t deck this woman right here right now” he cursed, gritting his teeth. his self-control was about to fly out the window.
“you okay?” you popped your head through the door, leaning into the kitchen.
he could see the outline of your prominent collarbones, the way the shirt still fell a little bit and hung loosely off of your frame. he could see the start of your stomach.
god, it should’ve been illegal the way he wanted to grab your thighs. he wondered for a second what it would look like with his fingerprints etched into your skin there.
“want a few tissues and some lotion?” you snorted, nestling up beside him to help. you gazed at him, watching him keep his eyes narrowed on the packet of pistachios he was fumbling with.
you thought it was cute.
“listen- if you’re not ready yet then i’d suggest that you find something else to wear cause holy shit if you don’t get away from me right now i swear i will not restrain myself-“
“i’m ready” you hummed, giving him an innocent smile. you toyed with your hands behind your back, fiddling with them as butterflies swept your abdomen.
atsumu snorted, eyebrows creasing in confusion. he turned to face you, setting the pistachios down.
“alright i’m not saying this to boost my ego, but, what did you say?”
“i said i’m ready”
you watched his brain stir, gears ticking and turning like clockwork.
atsumu let out a low sigh.
“yeah, yeah. well, then.”
his right hand slammed against the wall, caging you in. he leaned into you, looming over you as his half-lidded eyes burned holes inside your soul. you felt the air tense and switch around him, carnal desires swirling behind his gaze. his chest was so close to yours, practically flush, save for the tiniest gap. you could literally feel his heart hammering.
he was so invasive, so close, yet so respectful. he still kept his distance, just n case you changed your mind.
“are you sure this is what you want?” his voice was hot and slick against the shell of your ear, voice husky and octaves deeper. you could feel the sexual tension dripping from him.
you wrapped your arms around his neck, resting your forehead against him.
“i’m sure, ‘tsumu.”
a loud chuckle ripped from the depths of his chest. it was so hearty, and fuck, it made you clench.
atsumu swooped you up all in one swift motion, hands hooking underneath your thighs as he shoved you against the counter. he sent everything clattering and thudding in the process.
“don’t say i didn’t warn you, doll.”
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glitxhwayventeen · 3 years
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Lonely Together
Jihoon: Chapter 4 (Waves)
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Characters: Jihoon x female reader
Genre/Warnings: multi-member au (different scenarios), werewolf au, fantasy, fluff, suggestive content, mentions of marking, angst (kinda maybe sort of?). Any others will be put as warnings when future chapters are thought up/written. Please let me know if I missed anything!
Author’s Note: So I’m trying to not make every story super depressing. At least for now. So I took a shot at some average fluff for Jihoon’s chapter. Let me know what you think! It’s a bit short, but I’ll edit it some more to juice it up when I have the free time.
Please remember that all of these chapters and the content within them are a work of fiction! They’re just for fun/entertainment!
Bold= Dialogue Italics= Thoughts
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Chapter 4: Waves
You were still getting used to everything, which no one could blame you for. You weren’t used to being around humans let alone lovey happy couples all the time. It was all… disorienting to you. You understood why the rest of the pack acted the way they did with their mates, in a way you also felt some primal need to be the same with Jihoon. But it was just… quite a big adjustment for you.
It wasn’t bad by any means! You knew you’d get the hang of most of it eventually. But there were some things you weren’t sure you’d ever get used to. Like the constant PDA of the couples around you. You didn’t understand the need to be that close to someone all the time or need to be that handsy. You always wondered if maybe Jihoon wanted to be like that, but you never really had the courage to ask in case you wouldn’t like his answer.
You also knew you’d never really like the fact that the pack seemed to refer to you more as a mate than as a wolf. You grew up being a wolf above all else, you considered yourself a wolf first. Now, you were Jihoon’s mate. Just one of the girls. You ate with them, you hung out with them, and you were treated like them even though you were just as strong if not more so than most of the males. Soonyoung didn’t get treated that way even though he was technically Seungcheol’s mate. It seemed unfair. That thought seemed to leave a bitter metallic taste in your mouth, but you just dealt with it because that’s just how it was now.
And you knew you’d NEVER understand the need to give your partner sweet little gooey nicknames. I mean, who the hell decided it was an adorable idea to start calling the person they fuck baby? How the hell was that SUPPOSED to be cute? It was creepy to you. You could tell it visibly bothered Jihoon that you hadn’t called him anything other than his given name, but you just couldn’t bring yourself to call him by anything else. Every cutesy petname you could think of just felt… wrong to you. Sweetheart? Shit didn’t make sense. Hearts were NOT sweet. Sugar? He wasn’t composed of glucose or fructose so that wasn’t right. Prince? He wasn’t royalty, well, at least not that neither of you knew of. Daddy? Even creepier than baby. So you just opted to leave it at Jihoon.
As for you and Jihoon, you’d been doing alright. You were still rather shy around each other, but you were definitely more obvious in your affection with each other. For instance, at breakfast you always seemed to find yourself scooting your chair as close to his as you could manage. And he always made sure you were within his sight. You weren’t sure why. Where could you have possibly gone when you were stuck with a bunch of wolves? But it did make the chambers of your heart constrict extra whenever you noticed him trying to look for you. You had to admit, It was kinda cute.
There was still one problem. You two hadn’t… consummated your bond yet. You were still unmarked even though it had now been weeks of being in the same house together. He hadn’t even tried to sleep with you. It had you confused, shouldn’t he have wanted to have sex with you by now?
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“Dude quit being a little bitch and just do it already!” Soonyoung groaned at his younger brother while he pinched the bridge of his nose.
You were currently outside learning how to play soccer with Somi, just far enough away to where you couldn’t hear what was going on inside. They were all watching you guys from the window. You felt someone staring at you so you looked up from the ball next to your feet towards the house. Your mate was eyeing you and had a fond smile flashing brightly at your from his spot. You gave him a sweet one back with a little wave added before you continued on with your fancy foot maneuvering past the younger girl and scored a goal, causing you to jet your hands in the air in celebration. God he loved you.
Jihoon looked away to sigh and he ran his shakey hand through his slick hair, “But how am I supposed to do that? You fuckers are here every second of everyday and she can hear everything that goes on the same as I can. You’re all way too distracting. If she’s anything like me-” He was cut off before he could finish his sentence.
“Which she is.” Mingyu stated with a giant grin on his face while crossing his arms over his chest.
“IF she’s anything like me, she doesn’t want you guys listening in or around when we’re going at it. She’s too private for that” Jihoon emphasized, trying his best to contain his annoyance at the taller boy for his smugness, “Plus, you’re all too lovey with each other, it makes us both awkward and uncomfortable.” He admitted.
Joshua laughed and slapped his hands on his knees where he was sitting down at the table, “So you’re telling me that WE make YOU GUYS uncomfortable? Have you ever even been in the same room with yourself? You’re both ridiculously intimidating to the girls because you’re so quiet. WE know it’s because you’re just shy. But THEY all think you’re some sort of psycho killer dude!”
“Yeah if looks could kill, we’d all have been long dead by now!” Snorted Wonwoo, who had his arm wrapped around his mate possessively.
Jihoon raised his chest out defiantly, slightly annoyed at his pack mates for making fun of his cold exterior, “Yeah? Well at least I can keep my hands off my mate for more than a split second!”
He never really understood the need to keep partners away from other people. That is, until the other day when Chan had accidentally brushed up against your front while trying to reach for a plate. He all but chewed him up and spit him out for it, though you didn’t know that as he did it once you had gone up to bed. He couldn’t help it. His inner wolf just snapped at the poor kid. Though looking back, he’d still do it again. No one should be touching you but him.
“Not for long. You’re getting soft. You’re laughing more at the things she says, you’re joining us on errands more because she goes with, you’re getting more and more protective over her because she’s not marked and you don’t want anyone taking her away from you” Mingyu proudly spoke up much to Jihoon’s shock. He happy that he had taken the smaller wolf off guard with his statement, “You’re getting just as whipped man. You want my advice?” He asked, seeming pretty genuine with his question.
Jihoon nodded at him. Mingyu was surprisingly one of the few who could actually keep a few feet’s distance from his mate. Out of everyone in the pack, he would’ve DEFINITELY expected him to be the one most likely to be attached to his lovers side. But he when he found his mate, he didn’t get possessive over her at all. He just let her do her own thing with relative freedom. He figured he must have had some sort of secret behind being able to control himself and, for your sake, Jihoon figured he should take any help he could get before he got bad.
“Mark her as soon as you can. It helps. You wont get as jealous, at least around us, because we’ll smell you on her.” He shrugged towards his elder, quickly going over and kissing the top of his mates head who was sitting on the ground braiding Josh’s mates hair.
The thought of marking you sent a weird feeling through Jihoon’s veins. He WANTED to. But the real question was, would you LET him? “I don’t know. It could help I guess. But again, you bitches are always here and if I EVER want to do anything with her, you assholes can’t be anywhere near or she’ll refuse.”
“Okay okay! What if we were to all go visit Taeyong’s pack later? Then would you get the stick out of your ass and just fucking get it over with?” Seungcheol interjected with a heavy chuckle.
He was just as glad that his younger brother found you as everyone else. He really needed you in his life, even if he didn’t want to admit it. So he knew he had to help him figure out how to finally make things ‘official’ with you.
Jihoon thought for a moment. There didn’t seem to be a reason why that couldn’t work. He’d just have to make sure you knew to stay behind which, considering how touchy feely the others were, you’d probably be more than happy with that, “That’s….. actually a good idea.”
“Yeah no shit Sherlock. That’s why he suggested it” sneered Jeonghan. Jihoon sent him a small warning growl before Hannie went and collected the other mates and boys to tell them the new plan for the day.
He couldn’t lie, he was super fucking nervous. Other than that day you found out you two were mates, he hadn’t been left alone with you. At least not completely. There was always someone how because of how many people that lived in the house. He didn’t have much experience with girls. He had more experience than you did, but he was still trying to grasp the whole ‘mating’ thing. He didn’t know where to even start. He couldn’t just go up to you and go “hey I need to mark you or I’m gonna go crazy so we need to fuck like rabbits.” I mean, what kind of loser did that? He had to start thinking of a more subtle approach.
And, as if on cue, in came you and Somi from outside after Jeonghan had called for you both from outside. Your cheeks were a bit flushed from being in the sun and your hair that was once put up in a neat ponytail was now falling out in locks towards the rest of your face. You had grass stains on your knees and you had a bit of dirt on your forehead. You looked like you had gotten into a fight with the ground when in all reality, it was just your first time playing a child’s game.
“So, we’re going somewhere?” Somi ran up and kissed Chan on the cheek before he cuddled her in his arms.
“Yeah. WE are. THEY’RE staying here.” He let a playful grin plaster on his face as he pointed at your and your mate.
You cocked your head to the side in confusion, “We are? Why’s that?”
Chan gulped down his dry throat and shifted his eyes towards Jihoon, who was now staring daggers into him, “Oh… um- well… because…”
“Because we’re gonna be doing coupley shit over at Taeyong’s today and Jihoon said you wouldn’t want to watch us make out.” His sentence was quickly interrupted by the oldest alpha, much to your mate’s relief as his answer seemed to satisfy you.
“Ew yeah no. I’ll stay here that sounds gross,” you shook your head and scrunched up your nose in disgust, “Though I think I’ll take a shower. I feel almost as gross as you all are together.” You chuckled as you mad your way up the stairs and to the bathroom.
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A little while later after everyone had got themselves together and understood why they suddenly had to leave, they began to head towards the door to depart. You were now upstairs in your bedroom, a towel tightly wrapped around your body and hair as you read a book to work on your Korean. You were pretty good with the actual speaking portion of the language, minus your accent of course, but you were still having a bit of trouble with the spelling and reading. And since it was the native language of most of the people who lived in the house, you figured it was best you study up on it a bit more to become more fluent.
Before you knew it, the others had left. You began focusing on a page of plural ways of speech and were brought out of your gaze by a soft voice near the doorway of your bedroom, “How’s the studying coming along?”
“It’s going about as well as dealing with humans after centuries of avoiding them.” You figured, putting your book down on the bedside table and looking at your mate who was now moving to sit at the end of your bed.
“That bad huh?” He joked while bringing his hand to touch your naked thigh. It brought a light pink blush to your cheeks, but you did your best to avoid it as much as possible and continued the conversation.
You shrugged the heat one your face away, “It comes and goes in Waves. Besides, It could be worse”
“And how’s that?” Jihoon questioned, giving you a tilted head in response.
“I could have had to go watch all the other suck face all day with another pack.” You laughed in amusement at your own joke.
Jihoon hesitated for a moment before he responded, “Well… yeah… about that…” he trailed in an effort to avoid the situation.
“What about it?”
“Wellllll….” He took a deep breath in so he could finish his sentence, “They decided to leave for me- well for us- so we could… have some time alone together…” he brought his newly hot face down to look at his lap so he didn’t have to look you in the eyes as he spoke.
“Alone time?” You bit your lip to hold back a knowing grin. You knew exactly what he was trying to say. But you really wanted to HEAR him say the words. Half to confirm your suspicions, half so that he would squirm a bit.
“Uh yeah. Alone time…” he started to pick at his nails to distract himself. He had never really been this nervous before. Why was he even nervous? You were his mate. It’s not like you’d have an issue with it all… right?
Your pulse was starting to race. The thought of what could happen was heating your body up to the point of concern. You weren’t sure why you were reacting this way, maybe it was because he was your mate, maybe it was because now you could go into heat, you didn’t know. But you did know that if he was going where you thought he was going with his sentence, you’d definitely not be complaining.
You gave him a wondering look, “What do you mean by alone time?” You faked innocence in your question, playing with the edge of the towel wrapped around your body.
He groaned in frustration and threw himself to the bed, landing on his back with a light thud while his hands found their way to his face, “They all left so I could mark you okay?? I knew you wouldn’t want to do anything like that with them here. But I knew I needed to do it soon so that my jealousy wouldn’t get the best of me. So Cheol agreed to have everyone leave for the day so we could just-get it over with” He sighed out, hands still covering his eyes so he could ignore your no doubt astonished face.
But instead, you found yourself straddling him in your easily droppable attire. His hands automatically sent themselves down to hold your hips once his body realized what was happening.
“You know, you could’ve just said that to begin with you know” you seductively let out. His face was absolutely stunned at your sudden behavior change. What actual fucking alien world had he stepped in when he came into your shared room?
(Updated 9/16)
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whaticameherefor · 4 years
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Gallavich Kisses Ranked
I was challenged to rank my favorite Gallavich kisses and let me tell you how hard this shit was. I love them all so much, they are all special for one reason or another, and sometimes, depending on my mood, the rankings shift. But I’ve been challenged. So challenge accepted. Before we get more kisses this season (and we fucking better get so many I need to make a list for season 10 ALONE - hey, a girl can dream, can’t I?) I wanted to get this up. I’ve focused on the regular kisses here - we all love the forehead, cheek, neck, and hand kisses but this list was already hard to rank so I’ve left them off. I tried to meta as little as possible but sometimes I couldn’t help myself. And I’ve linked the original posts where I sourced the gifs from - so go reblog!
Sidenote: I do wanna thank Cam and Noel for their consistent dedication to eating each other’s faces because that’s half the reason this ranking was so hard. 
Under the cut, because this is so long. Eesh.
1 - Club Kiss 
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Ok. I know what you’re thinking. The club kiss is my favorite kiss? How original. BUT. Let me tell you, sometimes it’s not. I go back and forth between this one and number two depending on how angsty I’m feeling on any given day. But, this kiss was monumental in Ian and Mickey’s relationship. Mickey’s ranting his little jealous heart away and Ian just wants to kiss his cute little enraged boyfriend so he goes in for the kiss and Mickey recoils but then Ian pulls back to eyeball Mickey. Ian, the little shit, is just like “dude we’re in a gay club wtf are you doing” and he’s DARING Mickey to make a move. AND THEN HE DOES. I don’t really need to go into too much detail about this kiss because it’s been done before but we all love this because it was the first time they’d kissed in public and they were in a safe space and Mickey was finally starting to accept himself and their love and I’M CRYING. It was also the first time they decided they loved how the other person’s face tasted apparently because they went for it. I support this. 
2 - Docks Kiss 
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Oh ho ho. This kiss. This fucking kiss. As I said, some days this is my favorite kiss because it makes me want to set myself on fire. This whole scene - there are just no words. Holy shit the PASSION. You know in fanfics when they’re like “and their lips crashed together” and “their tongues battled for dominance”? THAT’S THIS EXACT SITUATION. Without fail, makes me lose my damn mind and when I’m feeling a bit angsty, this takes top spot. Why, you ask? Well, this is the culmination of being apart for 1.5-2 years (coherent timeline we hardly knew ye on this show) and it’s like the dam just breaks. The sexual tension from their bleacher meeting earlier in the day has spilled over and has them both anticipating this moment. Ian’s been battling with himself about whether or not he should even be there but he came and he’s waiting and then Mickey appears from the fucking shadows reaffirming his belief in Ian and their love and his little “C’mere” before they come together RUINS ME. It does. I die. They literally eat each other’s faces here. We stan. 
3 - Dugouts Kiss 
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Controversial opinion here, but I loved this dugout scene. I completely understand those that don’t like it, though. Do I wish that it didn’t go down the way it did? Of course! But I can try to appreciate the moment and what Ian wanted to do. Yes, it got violent, but guess what? That’s who they are. And like it or not, violence is sort of their knee-jerk reaction for dealing with things. They’re two flawed and fucked up boys from the south side of Chicago just trying to live life and love who they love. They’re not great at communicating (bless) but this was Ian’s bid to let Mickey know what he was feeling and what he wanted. And his methods may have been dubious (as they often are, lbr here) but they were effective. Mickey got the message and instantly stopped treating Ian with kid gloves. This *could* have been the turning point in their relationship but it’s Gallavich so they’re only allowed 30 seconds of happiness before everything goes to shit again. This gains major kudos because it was at the dugouts and the whole reason Ian brought them there was because he wanted to feel something again and he remembered how he realized he was in love with Mickey the first time they were there and he wanted to recreate that moment. The beer, the pull-ups — poor BB was trying so hard. After they beat the shit out of each other, they share this kiss. And it’s raw, and bloody, and messy, and it’s so real and so them and I fuckin’ love it. Fight me. No, but if you really wanna know my thoughts on this scene, ask away! 
4 - Border Goodbye Kiss 
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This kiss is so poignant and it fucking breaks my damn heart. Ian’s saying goodbye to the love of his life. Once again wanting Mickey to be free without him and I just — just thinking about it makes me cry. Ian wants to say goodbye properly, he starts to cradle Mickey’s face but Mickey rears back, distraught. Realization sets in that this is goodbye - but it’s not the end, it can’t be, but still, he can’t let Ian go without one last kiss. So he steps up and it’s a beautiful, loving kiss. So soft yet sensual and they pour everything they’re feeling into this kiss. They pull away, noses brushing against each other as Mickey strokes Ian’s cheek, just soaking each other up before they part. Jesus, this hurts. 
5 - Endgame Kiss 
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This is another incredibly emotional one. Ian’s scared shitless in his first few moments in prison. He lets his facade slip when he’s safely in his cell and just when he thinks he’s gonna get a few minutes to himself the door opens behind him. He turns around and surprise, bitch, it’s the love of his life. Ian’s face runs the entire gamut of emotions. Mickey fills him in on what’s going on and Ian’s still pretty speechless as Mickey saunters over to his bunk and lays down, hands behind his head in a “come hither” pose if I ever saw one. And once Ian realizes he’s not dreaming and Mickey’s actually there he jumps onto the bed. He gently caresses Mickey’s face, just drinks him in, still in shock, and then he starts to lean down but he stops, unsure, until Mickey’s little nose boop lets him know to go for it and they meet in the middle in a loving embrace. What’s that salty taste? Oh it’s just my tears because I’M CRYING AGAIN.
6 - Stop Kiss 
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Yes, I’m counting the docks kisses as distinct kisses because they all have very different feels, what of it? Before this kiss, Ian’s proceeding to freak the fuck out, talking some bullshit and Mickey’s really not having any of that. His soft, commanding “stop” before he *literally* licks into Ian’s mouth. His gentle caress down Ian’s neck. The way Ian MELTS into the kiss. GOD. This is so SOFT and I can’t even deal.
7 - Spiderman Van Kiss 
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Points for originality. Points for the callback to the first kiss and the parallel gif sets we got. Points for the fact that Ian grabs the cigarette out of Mickey’s mouth and braces himself on Mickey’s chest. Points for the way Mickey grabs onto Ian and rises up to meet him and his hands are roaming all over Ian’s arms and head, pulling him in. I’ve seen people say they think Ian’s avoiding Mickey’s question about seeing him again, but I don’t see it that way. I think this is Ian’s way of reassuring Mickey that they will absolutely see each other again. How could they not?
8 - Wedding (from hell) Kiss 
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A severely underrated kiss, in my opinion. (So underrated I had a tough time finding a big enough gif to use on desktop!) Ian’s just put his heart on the line. He begged Mickey not to go through with the wedding, telling Mickey if he gave half a shit about him, he wouldn’t do this. And we all know that Mickey has to go through with it. It’s a life or death kinda situation and poor Mickey can’t really figure out a way to tell Ian that and Ian just doesn’t get it. So Mickey does the only thing he can think to do in the moment and that’s to lay a big fat passionate wet one on Ian before they descend into debauchery and defile the kitchen of that hall. 
9 - First Kiss 
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So so so important for our beloved Mikhailo. Ian laid down the gauntlet and Mickey picked it up and said fuck you, I’m not scared, I’m gonna kiss the crap outta you. You can see Mickey thinking about it before he does it, biting his cute lil lip. Ian’s look of pure shock and happiness after it ends is so adorable. Mickey flipping him off as he runs into the house is so on brand. Such a perfect first kiss for them.
10 - Afterglow Kiss 
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First of all, we all know this but godDAMN what a crime it was that this scene was cut. It was beautiful, beautiful lovemaking punctuated by a passionate kiss between the two of them before Mickey passes out from exhaustion. How very dare they leave this scene out. It wasn’t hurried, but still you can sense the need to be connected afterward. Mickey sighs blissfully once it’s over and Ian lays back, content for the moment. Ugh, I just love it.
11 - On The Run Kiss 
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This one’s just a super fun, we’re about to bang and I fucking love you kiss. Once again, Mickey’s “C’mere” is a thing and it’s a thing I very much enjoyed. It’s light, not really loaded with meaning, but it’s pretty empowering that Mickey just kicked his former cellie out of the car so he and Ian could knock boots. It’s the precursor to some pretty hot bangin’ - at least that’s what we assume because all we get to see is the freaking car rocking and we’re not privy to the details unlike every other (straight) couple’s sex scenes. Anyway…
12 - Old Lovers Kiss 
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The final docks scene kiss! Before this, Ian pushed Mickey away and is back on his bullshit about the boyfriend he’s had for all of 5 minutes and how he has his life together and blah blah blah. But Mickey knows what’s up. He sees right through Ian. “Whatchu doin’ here then?” And he’s daring him. Mickey’s the one challenging Ian now and he’s not worried. Because then Ian steps up and they kiss and this is really just about getting the show on the road since they start to get undressed and then some more iconic stuff happens and then “they fuck like old lovers.” Love that for them. 
13 - Dream Kiss 
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While this one’s a bit tainted because he’s clearly in some kind of manic delirium state to be dreaming so vividly, it’s still a very beautiful moment. It sweet and chaste and soft and tender. These boys
Well, there you have it. Thanks to @marzgaperez for challenging me to make list. It was super fun to put together. Hope you all enjoyed the trip down memory lane as much as I did :) How do your rankings stack against mine?!
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( Requested ) This is selection of starters is from Season 3, Episode 84: The Boy King and the Prince. ( I will be making 1 more part to this to finish the episode ! )                                                 Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3
Trigger Warnings for: Sexual content, Violence, Suicide Mention and Swearing.  Feel free to change anything within these starters that you see fit to make it work for your muse and the receiver’s muse ! ( Some sentences have been modified for length, understanding, or to give fuller context. )
“ Don’t bring up the sky. Do not bring up the sky ! “  “ Man, you’re kinda uptight. “  “ If you talk about the vacuum again - you’re gonna die, son. “  “ Okay, well - I think I have a lot of claim to this kingdom. “ “ Just because you’re on some coin, suckin’ on boob - doesn’t mean that you have any of the powers to govern. I, sir, know how to govern ! Through fear ! Through forcing people to fight ‘til the death ! Through demanding people bring you delicious treats, like ______________ ! “ “ Well, there’s parapets over there ... “  “ Is that too much to ask ? “  “ How about this: a ________ quiz ! “  “ Can the _____________ have its own sound effect ? Having the same one as your last segment makes me feel cheap. “  “ Okay, I love it. “  “ Yeah, I like that one ! “ “ I can take just as good as I can give. “ “ First question: What would you call a stick, with markings used to measure something ? “ “ Okay, I see what you’re doing here. “  “ You know what puns get ya ? They get you torn apart by the villagers because they don’t respect you ! “  “ I just remembered I have to sit down and lay down for a minute. “  “ _________, you’re in real danger. “  “ If you spend your entire day punin’ around, you will make the villagers ornery and they will drag you out of the castle, and they will draw and quarter you in the town square. “   “ Real ________ quiz ! “  “ _______, I don’t know what to do, I scrambled over and got them a __( insert delicious treat )__. Now, I’m afraid to give it to them ! “  “ Do you have my animal stuffed with another animal ? “  “ It’s an ear-dog ! My favorite ! “  “ Oh shit ! ______, stand in front of me ! “  “ _________, you’re gonna die this episode ! “  “ I’m with you so far ... this hypothetical is great ! “ “ You’re lounging on your cushion: being bathed in various milks ( and by maidens of various heights ) ... “  “ So far this question is relaxing ... “  “ You feel something creep in --- the boredom of having your every whim met ! ... What do you do ? “  “ What do you do, tough guy ? “ “ Let’s see, I run away from responsibility - join an acting troupe - then hide away with my friends - then, I become a woman named ‘ Lady Parts ‘, become the Baron’s girlfriend, agree to marry him, I run away and then go become a spy in the _____________ and then write a book ... and then make my way back home. “  “ ... Close, but super wrong ! “  “ You make your Uncle kill your Aunt ! “  “ Jesus Christ, that wasn’t even a hard one ! “  “ Why would I do that ?! “  “ ... Because it breaks up the day !!! “  “ It makes the boring day where you’re having your every whim met, just a little more interesting ! You use cruelty ! Ugh, geez - you want this guy to rule ?! “  “ Now, _____________, you must know that I respect you as a sovereign ... but you must understand what caused you to lose your first kingdom was that you made them all kill each other, or, themselves ! “  “ Oh, yup. “  “ So, have you learned any lesson ? When you rule over a kingdom perhaps you should not -- “  “ Okay, well I shouldn’t --- I mean, that first time was a fluke. “  “ What I’m going to do is try to seize control of this kingdom where there is no ruler, and still people, um, instill fear in them ... and then, um, yeah - Hope it works out this time ! “ “ Well, I’ve got some bad news for you - because hereditarily speaking: you’re not poised to seize power over this kingdom, because I’m on the coin sucking a boob. “  “ That could have easily been me ! “  “ No, look at the back of the head ! That’s me ! “  “ Take the coins to the smelters, add a little crown that’s slipping down over his eyes, ( ‘cause it’s a little too big ) --- and that could be me. “  “ No ! “  “ If you want to make it look like ___________, you could unbutton that one little button of his butt flap that’s always, like, hanging down so you can see his adorable little butt ! “  “ It’s really cute. “  “ Okay, okay - it is cute, but don’t point it out, alright ! “  “ Ugh ! This is worse than that time I went to the beach and that dog grabbed my little beach shorts ... “ “ I mean, obviously you are next in succession - you’re the rightful heir to the throne here - but, he’s a pretty adorable little boy king. Like, I could see that being enough for him to slide into becoming the king ... right ? “  “ The people are smarter than that ! “  “ They don’t just vote for something because it pleases them. People do their research ! “  “ Alright, I didn’t want to go here: but, my cuteness is my cross to bear. “ “ I had a spell put on me and i am forever a boy so my reign will be longer, blah blah blah blah blah ! “ “ Well, then don’t be here !”  “ ... and yes, it does make it a little difficult to be taken serious, but if it will get me the throne ... I will eat a bowl of spaghetti really messy, and dump it on my head, and slurp up the last long noodle ... “  “ What did you say ?! “  “ Sorry, I meant: Pasghetti. “  “ Fucking, thank you ! “  “ Listen, look, I’m sorry - but I have to ask: will the last noodle kinda slap ya in the face ? “ “ If that’s what it takes, yes. “  “ If that’s what it takes to seize power and instill a reign of cruelty that will last a thousands of years, yes. I will let the last long noodle slap me in the face. “  “ ____________, this is a compelling argument. “  “ Yeah, especially if after he does that - he’s gonna turn to nobody, shrug and say: ‘ Hims did it again ! ‘ “ “ Don’t give him positive advice ! “  “ ... I’m still a little loopy from dentist chemicals. “  “ I will rule with a cute fist. A cute wittle fist ! “  “ I’m starting to get a little bit nervous. “  “ You’ve got a plan as to how you’ll become king/queen ... right ? “  “ It might be i could bite you and you could start crying ? “  “ ... Then, the entire kingdom comes ‘round to support me ? “  “ I can’t rely on a cuteness competition. “  “ You don’t know shit about cute, dude ! “  “ Oh, I don’t know shit about cute ?! “  “ You’ve got this weird look on your face. “  “ ... okay, so you go sexy. “  “ He goes cute, we go sexy. “  “ What you do is you stand on top of a carriage, and you’re washing the carriage ... and the suds start to froth up ... “  “ That’s your solution to everything ! “  “ Does anyone recognize a celebrity here ? Anyone !? “ “ Didn’t he die ? “  “ Okay, alright - I don’t want to hear about my mum ! “  “ You are fucked my friend. You are fucked ! “  “ You’re fucked like a sky hole. “  “ ‘Cause I got cute for fuckin’ days. “  “ Drop out of the monarch election ! “  “ ... and in that three minutes, I saw it all. “ “ I saw my life as a 40 year old and enjoying the music of Eric Clapton ... “ “  If I were a 40 year old man - I would have loved that joke, but I fuckin’ hate it now. “ 
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Top ten bloggers, and name the reasons why
Oof!
That’s a hard one because I follow a lot of bloggers and they’re all incredibly awesome people, but I can only list ten so I’m gonna have to leave out all the rest.
I also have to think about which order to put them in, and the reasons why lol but here goes:
1. @gaylibertariansc is definitely one of my favourite bloggers and the reasons why is because he’s just a really cool dude. Very laid back and open minded and we have a lot in common. We’ve been following each other for a while on Tumblr (and now on Discord) and he just seems like the kinda guy I’d wanna have a beer with. He also has some very good takes on certain issues. If you’re a libertarian-minded person, I highly recommend you check him out even if you don’t agree with some of his views.
2. @keyhollow is definitely one of my favourite bloggers, for a number of reasons. She’s smart, she’s beautiful and she’s a real sweetheart, who’s nice to everyone...so long as you’re not rude or disrespectful or anything like that, of course. She’s a scientist and she gets a lot of asks, most of which are profound scientific questions and I enjoy reading her responses to them. She’s a smart girl who knows her shit, and I’ve learned a lot from following her and reading her posts, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask her. Her inbox is ALWAYS open and you can ask her whatever the hell you want.
3. @everyflowerneedspruning is one of my favourite bloggers. He mostly does fandom content - specifically Game of Thrones. He’s a Tyrell fan, which is kinda odd because most GoT fans prefer House Stark and/or House Targaryen (myself included) but that doesn’t matter to me because he’s cool. We’ve also got a lot of similar opinions on most issues, but he only talks about them with me in private because he seems to prefer to keep his views to himself, which is totally understandable. We’ve been following each other for a while and he seems like a pretty cool guy. He’s nice, and he’s smart, too. If you like Game of Thrones, I recommend you check him out.
4. I recommend you check out @itsbarbiebitcheeees, too. She’s a really cute and sweet girl and she’s also a big fan of Pewdiepie uwu
5. @un-caffe-per-favore because she’s a really cute, pretty, adorable and sweet little lady. Emphasis on little because she’s very short and I enjoy teasing her for her height lol but she’s totally cool with it XD
6. @all-ringils-blazing because she’s a lovely girl, very attractive, pretty, cute, sweet and we have so much in common. We have the same taste in music and we’re both in the same fandoms (Game of Thrones, The Witcher etc.)
7. @robert-the-redhead-lover he’s a really cool guy, funny and we both agree on a lot of stuff. We also both love puns XD and he has an awesome taste in women. All those red-haired girls he posts are super cute.
8. @adaptive-manipulator she’s a very cute and lovely girl we’re both metalheads \m/
9. @kayrowsyrup she’s a smart girl and we agree on a lot of stuff. We’re both bisexual, neurodivergent, pro-gun, pro-free speech, pro-shipping, nerds who are into video games and anime.
10. @lastsonlost because he’s awesome. Don’t believe me? Check out his blog. This guy calls out bigots, sexists and racists both on Tumblr and in real life, he has HUNDREDS of sources and links to prove he knows what he’s talking about...and we both have the same taste in women, too lol
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Owner Training - 4
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It was Saturday afternoon and you both were enjoying a lazy day at home. Yoongi had even gone so far as to let you scratch his head while the two of you binge-watched some shows that he’d always wanted to see but was never able to.  He’d never admit it, but you could hear the low contented rumbles in his chest that you were sure would become outright purring at any moment. 
Moments like these were becoming more common and you couldn’t be happier. He was obviously coming to trust you a little more each day; the haunted wariness in his eyes often replaced with amusement (mostly at your expense) and dare you say it, peace. Perhaps soon he’d trust you enough to tell you about his past. You were so curious, but not enough to force him to bring up what you were sure was bad memories. 
The quiet atmosphere was suddenly disturbed by someone knocking on the apartment door. The rhythm was playful and slightly annoying since it wouldn’t stop, and you knew it could only be two certain people. You’d completely forgotten that you hadn’t told them about Yoongi yet, nor had you thought to set up a meeting. 
Yoongi’s ears flicked to face the door and you saw him try to subtly scent the air. You wondered if his nose was good enough to smell them through the door. He peeked at you and raised an eyebrow. You shrugged and stood up, shuffling towards the constant knocking. 
“I’m coming. Stop knocking!” 
Of course it didn’t stop. You swung the door open, the dog hybrid behind it smiling sheepishly with his fist raised to knock again. 
“Tae Tae, you’re lucky you’re cute.” 
Your brother Jimin giggled and ruffled his dog hybrid’s hair. 
“Isn’t he?” 
You sigh and swing the door wider to invite them in. 
“What are you guys doing here?” 
“We haven’t seen you in a while and missed you. Wanted to see if you would have dinner with us.” Jimin answered. He’d already spotted Yoongi sitting on the couch over your shoulder and his jaw dropped. Taehyung was scenting the air and still hadn’t noticed him. 
“Why does it smell like a cat in here?” 
As soon as he rounded the couch he spotted Yoongi. His ears were flat against his head and he looked poised for flight. Taehyung bounded up and got right in Yoongi’s face trying to sniff him. Yoongi actually hissed. 
“Yoongi!” 
“What?! The mutt’s in my bubble. Dude, you reek. Back off.” 
“I don’t smell, do I?” Taehyung whined. “Jiminie and I just had a shower together this morning.” 
“Remember when we discussed telling me too much information, Tae Tae? I don’t need to know about you and my brother in the shower,” you sigh and sit on the couch next to Yoongi, trying to block him from Taehyung a little bit. 
You adored the lab hybrid, but he was perhaps a little too enthusiastic for someone like Yoongi. 
“Guys, this is Yoongi. He lives with me now. Yoongi, this is my brother Jimin and his boyfriend Taehyung.” 
“It’s nice to meet you, Yoongi,” greets him with an enthusiastic smile. He’d been trying to bully you into getting your own hybrid for years. “How long have you been here?” 
Jimin’s voice is overly sweet, meaning you were in deep shit. He was no doubt going to whine and complain as soon as he got you alone, using every tool he had to make you feel guilty as hell for not telling him the moment Yoongi moved in. His favorite routine was to act like you not telling him something meant that you thought he was a horrible brother and he’d start crying actual tears until you begged for forgiveness. 
“I dunno. A bit,” Yoongi answers warily, eyes flickering between the two guests.
“Oh...alright then. Welcome.” Jimin’s smile turns a bit sly as he looks at the two of you and the way that Yoongi was basically using you as a shield. You were a little worried about the thoughts that were going through your brother’s head. He was a snake. An adorable one, but still more devious than most people realized. 
Yoongi acknowledges him with a grunt, his eyes narrowing when Taehyung plops down next to you on the couch and wraps his arms around you. 
“It’s been forever since we’ve seen you. You’re gonna come eat with us, right? We’ll buy you lots of meat,” Taehyung pleads cutely, rubbing his cheek against yours. 
You smile and scratch Tae’s ear. “I suppose we could, yeah. Yoongi you hungry?” 
You turn to him and are startled to find him glaring at Taehyung, looking for all the world like he wants to take up the nearest item and bludgeon the poor pup. 
“I guess. They’re paying, right? I’m going to eat a lot.” 
Jimin laughs and pulls Taehyung off of you, wrapping his arms around the hybrid’s waist. 
“You can eat as much as you want, Yoongi. Our treat to welcome you to the family.” 
Yoongi scoffs and you know he’s going to make Jimin eat his words. 
“We’ll meet you there, okay? I want to take my own car so we can stop by the store later,” You tell them and jump up to walk them to the front door.
Your brother hugs you quickly and waves to Yoongi as he pulls the still chattering Taehyung along with him to leave. As soon as the door closes, Yoongi grabs you and shoves you gently against the wall. You stare at him wide-eyed as he glares at you. 
“You smell. You let the mutt scent you.” 
“Did I? He just hugged me.” 
“And rubbed his dog stink all over you. Hold still,” he rumbled, his face coming closer and closer to your own. His tail wraps itself around your waist, the end flicking every now and then like it does when he’s agitated. 
When his cheek hit yours, you couldn’t help jumping a little bit in shock. You’ve cuddled a tiny bit in bed when he claims he’s freezing, or there was that one time when he was sick and pulled you into his blankets, but this was more deliberate. He was literally rubbing his cheek all over yours with his large hands gripping your hips, giving a rumble of approval a few moments later. He then moved lower towards your neck, giving it a little sniff before it received the same treatment as your cheek. 
His hot breath ghosting over your skin made you tremble and you were desperately trying to will away any inappropriate thoughts. The poor thing was just doing what his instincts called for and here you were wishing he was throwing you against the wall for another reason. What a horrible owner you were. 
“Let's go,” he mumbled, and your eyes shoot up to meet his amused smirk. You wonder if he knows what he does to you or if he just thinks you’re super ticklish. 
“Collar, Yoongi. I know. Don’t look at me like that,” you sigh at the glowering hybrid. You were super proud of how normal your voice sounded. 
“Fine, but you have to wear yours when we get home,” he grumbles, grabbing the collar from the entry table and wrapping it on. 
You snort, knowing he’s made the same threat at least five times now and has never made you go through with it. 
“Where are we going anyway? They just said meat,” Yoongi asked on the way to the car. 
“We always go to the same place when Tae Tae wants meat. There’s a BBQ place that’s hybrid friendly downtown. Lots of options. I think you’ll like it.” 
Yoongi is snapping his seatbelt into place when he growls, “Don’t call him that.” 
“What?” you glance over at the irritated looking hybrid. “Tae Tae? That’s his nickname.” 
He shrugs while looking out of the window. “Don’t care. Don’t like it.” 
You’re mystified by his apparent dislike of all things Taehyung. Did the whole cat vs. dog thing translate over to hybrids as well? 
You shake your head and focus on driving. The ride there is mostly silent. You have a feeling that if he disliked Tae this much he wouldn’t have come if there wasn’t food promised. You’ll have to get them together more often. Maybe if he gets to know him he’ll realize Taehyung is a sweet guy. 
Once there, it’s easy enough to find Jimin and Taehyung, mostly because Jimin is hollering at the waitress for a bottle of Soju and Taehyung is standing up on his chair waving at you two. Yoongi is glancing around, taking in the number of owners there with their hybrids, all of them made obvious by their collars if not their ears. 
“Welcome welcome!” Jimin greets happily. “I already put in several orders for meat, but if there’s something specific you’d want, Yoongi, feel free to ask for it.” 
“What all did you get?” 
“Mmm. A few different flavors of pork belly, sliced brisket, and some sausage to start. We always do meat, then rice, then cold soup. It comes with all the sides and Tae Tae charmed them into giving us some free gyoza, too.” 
Yoongi hums and flips through the menu for a moment, and you can see him occasionally peeking up at Jimin like he’s trying to gauge how much he can get away with. 
“Let’s add an order of shrimp, lamb skewers, and mackerel,” he says bravely, throwing his menu on top of the pile like he doesn’t have a care in the world. You smile proudly at him. 
The waitress comes by with a plate of gyoza, cooing over the newest hybrid addition to the party. She boldly pets Yoongi’s hair and surprisingly he lets her with minimal fuss. 
“You know, we also serve sushi and sashimi. I could bring you some nice and fresh sliced tuna if you’d like, kitty?” 
Yoongi blushes at the name but nods. She smiles and pats Yoongi’s cheek, rushing off to get the food. 
“They really like hybrids here,” Jimin laughs at Yoongi’s flustered expression. “She’s also known for taking in strays and sometimes holds fundraiser events for the local shelter where I got Taehyung from. That’s why we like coming here a lot.” 
Taehyung smiles sweetly and nods, pouring Jimin a shot. He thanks him with a kiss before shooting in within seconds, his ability to drink alcohol like water always awe-inspiring. Yoongi watches them curiously. 
“How long have you guys been together?” 
“Oh, years. I adopted Taehyung as soon as I turned eighteen, right when Y/N and I moved away from home and got an apartment. She was furious at first because I kinda did it on accident and adopted him after seeing him playing in the shelter yard without telling her. Thankfully, he’s a sweetheart and grew on her.” 
“Like a fungus,” you deadpanned, making Yoongi snort in amusement. Jimin quirked an eyebrow and shook his head before he continued. 
“She says that now, but she cried when we moved into our own place. Anyway, at first I only got him because he was cute and I don’t like sleeping alone, but he’s so easy to love,” Jimin brought Taehyung’s hand to his lips, kissing it gently as the other blushed and gave a little whine. 
Yoongi observed them avidly. “Huh. And it’s not hard? Ya know, cuz he’s a hybrid?” 
Jimin nods in understanding. “Sometimes people say stuff, but at the end of the day, what do they matter? He’s perfectly capable of making his own choices. In fact, he started it.” Jimin snorts. “He’s happy and he makes me happy and as far as I’m concerned, that’s all that matters. Fuck everyone that says it’s not okay.”
Yoongi is curiously silent and soon distracted by the food being piled onto the table by the waitress. She sets his sliced tuna and rice in front of him with a wink and he mutters his thanks, shoveling it into his mouth greedily while the rest of the food cooks. Thankfully, she’d also brought another plate of gyoza and some marinated salmon in case the humans wanted a bit of a treat as well.  
Soon, with food in his belly making him content and happy, you notice the tension slowly leaving Yoongi’s shoulders. He began to actively talk to Jimin and Taehyung, even going so far as to ask them questions and even let Jimin make him a pork belly wrap. It made you so happy to see Yoongi getting along with your family. 
“Y/N?! I thought that was you!” 
You gasp in happy surprise as one of your friends from high school is walking towards your table. He’s grown so tall and handsome, you couldn’t believe it. 
“Minho?! Oh my God, wow. How are you?” 
You jump up as he opens his arms wide, letting him hug you. You swear you hear a faint hiss behind you, but you’re too excited to pay attention. 
“I’m good. Doing some acting and stuff,” he smiles brightly down at you, stilling holding you close. 
“I saw that! I watched one of your dramas and I couldn’t believe that was my Minho. You’ve come a long way from our drama geek days,” you giggle as he blushes at the praise. 
You turn in his grasp to address the table, still smiling excitedly. 
“Guys, this is my friend Choi Minho. Minho, this is my brother Jimin, his boyfriend Taehyung, and this is Yoongi.” 
“A pleasure to meet you all,” he nods, then glances at Yoongi with a friendly smile. “Your boyfriend?” 
You blush and wave your hand, embarrassed. “Oh, goodness no. He’s just my hybrid.” 
Yoongi gasps and you glance at him curiously. The look he’s giving you cuts to your soul, like you’d betrayed him. It takes you a second to realize what you’d said that was so insulting, and when you do, you cringe and unwrap yourself from Minho. You hold a hand out to Yoongi. 
“Yoongi, I’m sorry...” 
He’s trembling as he drops his chopsticks and stands up, nodding to Jimin and Taehyung. 
“Thank you for dinner.” 
He pulls his hoodie over his head and turns towards the door, flashing you one last look before he starts walking. You could have sworn his eyes seem a little wet. 
“Um. I’m just gonna go. Minho, it was nice seeing you again. I’ll call you guys later,” you nod your apology and rush out of the door, hoping to catch Yoongi. 
He’s nowhere in sight so you run to your car and drive it up the road slowly, keeping an eye out for the bright red hoodie. Finally, you spot him as he’s walking up the street, his hands jammed into his pockets and his head bowed. You pull up to the side of the road and roll down your window. 
“Yoongi. Please, I’m so sorry. I said that without thinking. Please get in.” 
He ignores you and keeps walking and you follow him in the car slowly. 
“Please.” 
He pauses and looks back when he hears the tremble in your voice as you try to hold back your tears. You feel like absolute shit. 
He observes your face for a moment before he sighs and finally walks to the passenger side and gets in. You shut the engine off and turn to him. 
“I’m so sorry. That was such an asshole way to explain it. I apologize.” 
“Is that how you really think of me, though? Am I just a hybrid?” he asks softly, and your heart breaks over how desolate he sounds. 
“Of course not. You’re my Yoongi. I just spoke thoughtlessly.” 
He doesn’t look convinced but at least he’s looking at you now. You can see the wet track of a single tear on his cheek. 
“But is that all you see when you look at me? A hybrid? A freak? You know that I’m as much a man as anyone else, right? Sure, I have certain behaviors and thoughts due to what some asshole scientists did however the fuck many years ago, but I’m not some dumb animal,” he growls, waving his hands in frustration. 
You nod, frantic for him to forgive you. 
“I know. I know you are amazing and so much smarter than me. I would never, ever, think you were lesser than me.” 
You can see him softening a little and grasp his hand. Thankfully, he lets you. 
“I’m not your pet,” he states forcefully, staring into your eyes. “I have thoughts and feelings and desires, the same as every other fucking person.”
“Absolutely. Please forgive me.”
He sighs and squeezes your hand before releasing it. “Yeah, okay. Two things first.” 
“Anything.” 
“Never make me watch you slobber all over some other guy again. He’s lucky I didn’t scratch his face.” 
You blush and nod. Did that mean he was jealous? 
“Also, you owe me ice cream now.” 
You laugh as a small smile grows on his face, thankful for his obvious olive branch. Anxious to get things back to normal, you agree. 
“I do. As many scoops as you want.” 
He straps himself in as you start the car once more and pull onto the road. After a few moments of silence as the two of you let your emotions calm, he reaches over and laces his hand with yours. He stares at it as you peek at him from the corner of your eye. Suddenly, he brings it to his lips and presses a gentle kiss on it, not unlike he’d so intently observed Jimin do to Taehyung earlier. 
You kept your eyes on the road for the most part, but your heart was racing as you tried to figure out what this meant. He’d been so adamant about your need to see him as a man instead of just another hybrid. You’d thought it was just because of his need for independence and the basic respect that many of his kind were denied, but what if it was more? What if he wanted you specifically to see him as a man? You knew already that you were attracted to him, but was that enough for you to brave actively being with him? To brave society’s disapproval and condemnation if they were to learn that you “lowered” yourself to be with someone that was considered barely human? 
As you later watch Yoongi contentedly eating his five scoops of ice cream, you’re reminded of your brother’s words from earlier. You know he makes you happy, and if you can manage to make him happy too, what does the rest of the world matter? 
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guardianofmemes · 5 years
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fallout 4 companions best to worst
with funny images at the start of each character review! DLC companions included! also BIG TIME SPOILERS FOR FALLOUT 4 OKAY 3 2 1 GOOOO!
1. nick valentine - clockwork PI 
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positives: he’s a robot detective who loves neon and smokes even though he has no lungs you know he’s a man who appreciates aesthetic.
negatives: none
2. old longfellow - old salty 
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positive: grandpa time. he's perfect. this man is everyone's rough and tumble but supportive grandfather. he's a rough block of wood, well worn and with a sense of humor, drinking habits, great dialogue, fantastic personality and can follow you around, he never outwears his welcome. he can even follow you around the commonwealth. rivals nick valentine for best companion to me.negative: i can't really think of ANY.
3. codsworth - lovable orb 
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positives: truly a stalwart companion, never abandons you, waited 2 centuries for the player character. it made me upset you couldn't romance them, the character who truly had a connection with you. they're fantastic and the top 3 was a REALLY close call.
negatives: cannot romance, wHY TODD YOU COWARD
4. preston garvey - minutemen general 
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positive:  i can't even bring myself to post a jokey image for him he's just that good. god his character is good. he's a broken man, but he still doesn't stop helping others, or giving up hope. he's truly a good person, but not unrealistic. he has his limits, and can bend and break. and unlike other companions strangely, he DOES have more loyalty breaking points than the others, like if you side with raiders he will shoot you on sight. unless you deviate from the carefully curated quest paths in which case aaaaaaa also his backstory good, and i like how he faces his inner demons, altho i wish he'd just take the mantle of general. he honestly deserves it.
DOWNSIDES: ANOTHER SETTLEMENT NEEdS OUR HELP. making any companion a never ending, radiant quest hub, is a BAD FECKIN IDEA BOYO. BUCKO ITS A BAD IDEA. as a result of him being a radiant quest hub, its the onbly thing people know about him, care about, and experience while in game, because before and after every character interaction is something about his radiant quest hub quests. also romancing him feels HORRIBLE just like mac cready.
5. john maccready - ratface 
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positives:  Positives, I like snarky mercs. And he had real Scout vibes.Honestly if you forget he existed in any other fallout games, on his own he's a decent companion. I like having him around, he's like that coworker of yours who keeps stealing office supplies but he always has spare smokes if you ask. honestly maccready is like if you dipped piper in the FEV. he's just a better version of her.  she's too heavy handed i'm sorry
negative:  again bethesda's bad design about being afraid of upsetting consumers. because once you finish his personal quest, spoilers getting the cure for his infant son's sickness, he should IMMEDAITELY RETURN TO HIS SON. WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE MAC AND CHEESE. GO RAISE YOUR SON. also romancing him just feels dirty and manipulative. this MAN IS CLEARLY STILL GREIVING FOR HIS DEAD WIFE!!!  most of the romance paths honestly feel dirty and manipulative to me, like you're taking advantage of their friendship and trust in you
6. Ada - actual wife 
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positives: i love robots and this is like if curie didn't suck and wasn't born sexy yesterday. she has a character arc and is cool and has personality and also she's made of different robot parts when she starts out and that's cool. her story is good and even her generic lines are charming.
negatives: after the mechanist dlc is over she has no more unique cool things to say, and its sad they didn't prepare enough dialogue for her
7. john danse - paladin pants 
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positives: danse is a trooper, he's a boot boy yeah. in literal apocalypse land tho, understandable. also he is loyal to his team and anyone he considers his friends. once he spoilers is exiled from the brotherhood for being a synth and loses his way he does lose some of his hangups, becomes a more thoughtful person. his character arc is good, i like how he ends up.
negatives: holy fuck my cat just jumped in my lap he's like my way or the highway haha. anyways back to pants paladin. like i said he has some hangups, aka his racism from living in the brotherhood, a proto-fascist military cult. but honestly this doesn't make him a bad character, and he does get better from it. i'm gonna be real here the only negative about him is again, THE ROMANCE PATH. IT FEELS SO NEGATIVE AND DIRTY AND MANIPULATIVE. like i see people say he's a bad character but no he's just a bad person. and even then, he does learn and adapt.you can have characters who aren't good people in your stories
8. piper - waifu bait 
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positive:  extra extra read all about it, the tracer of fallout 4 not totally a bad thing tho, she's just.obviously the companion you're supposed to like the most.
negative:  her quirkiness has its charms but it can be KINDA much sometimes. also she’s obvious waifu bait. however in the end she's really more a person i'd want to argue with as a friend and hang just chill around she's pushy tho and i don't like being railroaded into certain quests or storybeats.
9. dog - dog 
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positive: dog is dog
negative: is not robot detective or butler, but is still good
10. deacon - MY EYES!!! 
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positives: charming spy man, so deep in the weeds he doesn't even know his own past or even if he's a synth. that's quirky and cute. he also has that very obvious spy charm of, his disguise is just him wearing clothes. iits funny like superman putting glasses on.
negatives: honestly he's just kinda bland. he's such a mystery wrapped in an enigma locked in a puzzlebox owned by that demon guy with the needles in his head, that there's nothing to know about him. really i can't figure him out. or get to know him.then again some of that is due to trust issues. i mean neat character trait but there's not much for me to consume here.
11. john hancock - anarcho beef jerky 
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positive:  he's a pretty free wheeling kinda dude and i like that, he stands up against bad authority, to an extent, and that's where some of my issues crop up
negative:  it could also be blamed on shitty bethesda afraid you wouldn't do certain content if it locked you out of your favorite companions, but he'll stand with you through allying with the institute, the brotherhood, anyone. also his anarchist leadership style has resulted in a lot of issues for his community he doesn't seem keen on fixing or reflecting on anytime soon. also constant substance abuse and he'll encourage you to take on the party hardy lifestyle tooi just look at freeside i mean goodneighbor i mean freeside and i think "man you're supposed to be the king i mean the mayor you should do better". ripoff of the king i'm gonna rip off the bandaid tbh, not even as cool as the king. the king really looked out for freesiders while hancock kinda just... meanders about the place. being mayor with no authority on purpose just makes you, a guy who kills people sometimes.
12. automatron - build-a-bear workshop BUT WITH GUN 
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positive: there's a few distinct personality modules and voice actors for the automatron companions, each one is enjoyable, i liked them, and they were all different from each other. i consider them like mini companions. plus being able to build your very own custom robots with any parts you want is the most epic part of this companion.
negative: the dialogue for the voice actor packs is pretty limited, like pretty limited. not a lot to hear before they loop. i'd have to say these are more neutral than even X6-88 for me
13. X6-88: oh that uniquely named courser that showed up as i destroyed the institute, wait he was a companion??? 
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positives:
okay negatives time
negatives:for real tho he's just uh, again kind of a Nothing character. not as disappointing as Strong tho. As an institute courser he's just... well he just Is. he exists. doesn't really question his nature tho, or consider what life would be like outside the institute... its like if Danse had no character arc at all and spoilers just stayed in the brotherhood like a good proto-fascist feudalistic power armored boot boy. he feels like a quota like todd howard walked in the design room and said "we need an institute companion" and then the designers said "... fuck. we're almost done with the game's story okay lets cook something up". i'd have to say he's perfectly average. he's like the bland guy from the wendys commercials about how spicy their chicken is
14. porter gage - why do i keep stepping on this rake 
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positives: his armor looks cool, and his voice actor is good. i like that a raider character is portrayed by a sneaky advisor type instead of just a chest beating tough guy on chems. porter is an interesting take, and his motivations and methods are interesting.
negatives: his motivations don't make sense though. he's seen over and over in his life that raiders simply are unsustainable and don't work, always breaking apart. yet he... still wants to be a raider, and advise raider gangs? it doesn't make sense. also if you buddy up with him preston will hate you, and you have to eliminate your OWN settlements in the commonwealth. sorry porter but i'm not willing to make that kind of sacrifice at all. he's alright as a character but not really deep. having a backstory doesn't mean you're deep, that's Bethesda Deep™. Bad, no. Die now with the rest of nuka world, gage.
15. strong - fallout 3 was a mistake 
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positives: non-human companion, i like that. super mutants are always cool
negatives: lumpy and misshappen as fuck oh god he's like a slab of moldy ribs. also his character? what character? he's just a bog standard super mutant, not even a cool one from the west coast. he's just an orc, a raider painted green with half a brain and a penchant for eating people. he doesn't change or evolve, he's just. he's a Nothing character.
16. curie - born french yesterday 
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positives:  so i guess i should start with the positives since that's a trend in this list now. positives! robot, and one that's both aware of how the world's dead but wants to learn, and make it better. i always like robots, and well. uh. robot. i'm out of positives now.
negatives: she is the living embodiment of th e born sexy yesterday trope. profoundly naive, yet unimaginably wise. and spoilers once she gets a SEXAYYYYY human bod from a braindead synth, her naive nature is played up even further as WHAT EEZ DIS STRANGE FEELING UWU I FEEL HORMONE AND LUUUV its bad, its bad its bad. french maid plus nurse wrapped into one, with the mind of a child, aka its the born sexy yesterday trope. and you can only fuc once she's out of the robot body and this makes betheseda COWARDS. LET ME HAVE MY ROBOTS.
17. cait - drug
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positive:
negative: commit go away from my game. rude, not fun to be around, substance abuse storyline is NOT handled well. also in boston the one irish character is all fucked up come on man.
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moon-hyuks · 5 years
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Ani to ASTROAD (Starlight 2019)
here is a master post of my journey to see astro on March 26, 2019 half way across the country - this post is really long but i gave it section headers so u can skip to parts u are interested in reading about !! this contains probably an excessive amount of information and also has a lot of me speculating what I hope astro thought of me with high chances that they thought none of it but let me dream please and thank you so disclaimer: this is an incredibly self indulgent recount and please be prepared to uwu with me over mostly rocky
i hope for all of you that wish to vicariously live the concert through me, this post lets you do that and that all my images let you visualize the views <3 
table of contents in case there’s something specific you’re interested in reading (or something specific you want to skip)
me outfit
morning prep
waiting in line
goodies i got
entering the venue
concert time!
best moments: real love, love wheel, merry go round, encore talk, and by your side
how i looked post concert 
hi-touch experience
photo op experience
reasons i think rocky knows of my existence
my personal concert tips
things i am thankful for
i’ve spent like 7 hours writing this and would really really love and appreciate any and all interaction with this post like if u have a comment or feel a feeling let me know and cry alongside me
OUTFIT !!!
here is my outfit the day of !!
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more pics so u can see the YYY but my hair was in a ponytail for the concert
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when I initially decided i wanted to make a YYY shirt I was kind of concerned that maybe rocky didn’t really think about it anymore since his last YYY i think was 5 months ago,,,but tHEN the instagram accounts happened at the beginning of march and :
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so this was confirmation for me that like, he is actively aware of YYY’s existence and likes it ??? wanted it for his instagram he actively typed rock_yyy
(this is his new bio i think it’s because he thought that minhyuk202523 was like only his login name and that Rock_yyy would be what showed up when he made posts and didn’t realize that Rock_yyy was just his name listed in the bio so he changed it) 
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MORNING PREP
originally i intended to line up around 9 or 10 am, since I didn’t really know what I would do in line for so long ?? but my goal was to be within the first 100 people because I wanted to be within 3 rows to the front of the stage and i estimated based on photos that the front of the stage could fit maybe 30 across ? i wasn’t to keen on being early early because I watched a lot of concert experience youtube videos in preparation and the one girl I watched a lot talked about how she could be in the back but would end up 1st or 2nd row because she was able to push her way through so I figured I’d be able to maybe wiggle myself past 1 person if she could get herself through a crowd (spoiler: i didn’t have to do any wiggling) but around 7 am there was word that there were already like 30-40 people in line so i was like OKAY i gotta get in line. the number on my hand was 65, but a lot of the girls in front of me didn’t have numbers which honestly the numbers didn’t really do much it really was honor system
but anyway i ate breakfast at denny’s around 7:30 ish and then made a run to walgreens to buy myself some water and some food for a friend in line! i was in line around 8 am
WAITING IN LINE EXPERIENCE
my back reALLY hurt from sitting on the ground with no back rest, I drank 2 bottles of water the entire time and didn’t really have a full lunch or dinner? which for me was actually okay because I wasn’t exhausted or dehydrated in the pit since my side wasn’t crowded. 
there were a LOT of people asking us what we were in line for and we would say “concert” and people would be like “ooh who for?” we’d say “astro” they say “who’s that” we say “kpop” and then they walk away 
I made some friends in line too! 
the two people right in front of me in line i can’t remember their names because we didn’t exchange social medias rip but they offerred me a garbage bag to sit on !! i think they were like 21 and 24? and are avid concert goers, one of them studied abroad in korea and had the opportunity to like go to music shows daily and stuff so they knew a lot of ins and outs and the girl that was 21 (dude she was cute as hell) was the one to give me the inside scoop: she really liked the warfield stage because it extends on the two sides aka there’s no fence or security at the two ends of the stage (my drawing of it is further down in this post) so with this information I was pretty set on going to the right side of the stage 
allysa & michelle - these were the two girls right behind me !! they were cousins and about my age, both of them were so pretty ??? and i did the most talking with them before the concert. At some point when the line got smushed though I can’t remember where they ended up 
randy - moonbin stan same age as me and he was my bathroom buddy, we walked to the mall together to use the bathroom while someone held our spots in line and he was a really swell dude !! he kept feeling bad because hes like 5′10 to 6 foot range and he didn’t want anyone to get mad at him for standing in front of him, but it’s really not his fault that he’s tall :(
kayle & kaila - THESE GIRLS WERE REALLY CUTE and bud buds and they were the ones right behind allysa & michelle in line but somehow ended up right behind me when the line got squished? they were also the ones right behind me in the pit I think what happened is they were behind me in security and just followed me to the end of the stage so we all had a mf blast with no one pushing us it was great (these are kaila’s videos of the concert which are really high quality and feature my glowstick waving back and forth half the time oops)
tenzin - this girl was the most intense out of all the people i met !! intense as in she brought in an actual camera on a tripod that at one point security told her to put away (which she ended up just pulling out like 10 minutes later) here is her youtube channel !! she was also a rocky stan and did a lot of screaming rocky’s name a lot of my concert footage has her screaming for rocky. she’s a couple of years older than me but she was really short so im glad she got to stand where she did bc otherwise if she was center pit she would’ve saw NOTHING
rachel - the only person on tumblr that I knew was going to the concert !! except she wasn’t planning on lining up early because she had to work so i met her at the mall about an hour before doors opened! i didn’t talk to her for that long because my mind was just like get in line bc we go inside soon but she offerred to bring me dinner and i really appreciate that :))))))))))))))))))))))
even though wristbanding officially started at 4:30, they started handing them out around 3:20 ? 
GOODIES I GOT IN LINE
these are the things that I got while in line !! the fan I paid for and the two rocky photocards underneath my yellow and purple wristbands I got as a part of donating to the purple slogans project. everything else was a freebie!
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this pouch came with my rocky slogan when i ordered it before the concert and I am so so happy that it did because it was perfect for holding my goodies (and also that slogan served me so well)
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GETTING IN THE VENUE
So they began letting us in at 6 pm, they set up four security lines and had us file into whatever was the fastest moving line. I ended up actually getting in before some of the girls who were in front of me in line because their security line was slower. 
this is my drawing of the stage LOL the white part at the top is the stage, the 😃 are security and the 😍 are the other fans that got inside before me. we entered from where the red arrow is !! the blue line is the barricade/fence that separates fans from the stage & security, and the blue ‘x’ is is where i stood! 
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wait i actually found a picture of the stage so i’ll just add it here! i drew myself in
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so I knew that i wanted to stand on the right side because rocky spends a lot of time in choreography on the right side, but i did NOT realize how much rocky stood on the right side of the stage when they weren’t doing choreo, like anytime they stopped to do talks, and for at least 3 slow songs they sing without choreo he stood on the right side (By Your Side, Real Love, Love Wheel) so i was truly blessed by the stars that day 
another thing that was super lucky was that we entered from the left side of the stage, so the blue barricade fence probably filled up first and then people started to file in to try to be central, there was at least 60 or 70 people inside before me but the right side of the stage was still open ??? i’m pretty sure the girls that went in the pit in front of me i saw end up right behind me because they weren’t as decisive as I was in being okay with standing at the very very end of the stage
this was my view of the stage!! on the right side you see the speaker and on the bottom left corner you see the polaroid camera of the girl who was standing to my left, so basically we were free to put stuff on the stage! it was probably like a 4 foot stage ish? it was up to like my collar bone
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here’s the really blurry selfie I took but the two girls smiling were the girls behind me in line !! it was cute they were honestly really really cute people and i wish them the very best in life
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Also this other girl I met the day before at the airport her name was ten and she was actually the cutest person ever !! she had leftover glowsticks she was handing out so I wrapped the glowstick i got from her in my purple fairy lights to be my pseudo light stick for the concert! here is what it looked like ft. sanha looking at it 
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however this is the color of robong: 
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so my fairy light glow stick definitely stood out like a sore thumb amongst the pinker purple robongs, i was more blue purple ?? here’s another pic but the pink thing is the color of robong and the purple thing in the bottom right is my fairy lit glow stick
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CONCERT TIME!
here was the setlist featuring some parts that i remember having experiences and interactions during!! the best parts are bolded, underlined, and italicized
Someone uploaded the entire concert ?? thank u 
Always You 
the opening was so epic !! the background graphics were so pretty and the spotlights were really dramatic. 
this was my first time seeing the boys up close and moonbin  was the one to walk out on my side and holy shit he actually looked like a robot ??? not like stiff and lacking emotion but like i could not believe he was a real human being he just looked too perfect ?? 
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the way he walked out he just had so much stage presence and like it was my first time seeing his face in person and wOW he looked incredible my brain was really like this is what it’s gonna be like they just look like this and i’m gonna have to deal with that for the next 2 hours
With You
THIS CHOREOGRAPHY IS INCREDIBLE 
also MJ looked very very very pretty in the glittery jacket
he looks really comfortable performing on stage truly our main vocal 
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Crazy Sexy Cool 
Opening Ment 
so this was my first time being so close to a stage in concert ?? so i recorded a lot of the first three songs and once they stopped for the talk rocky was RIGHT in front of me and I was shook 
my initial view of rocky once they ended crazy sexy cool and lined up to talk: 
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so even though I recorded a lot of the first songs, since this was my first concert this close i wasn’t sure how much i wanted to record? a lot of the videos i watched about people’s concert experiences advised to live in the moment so i decided to put my phone down and focus on getting rocky to acknowledge me!!
i was also self conscious because i didn’t want my phone to be in the air and blocking the people behind me 1) because i felt like i was concert friends with them and i wanted them to have a good time to and 2) i felt like since i was already at the literal foot of the stage i could just record at eye level instead of above my head
so i held up my banner with the  라키 facing him covering half my face and held my fairy light glow stick in my right hand with it and just kept staring at him until he looked over and when we made eye contact i gave him a little wave with my glowstick and he nodded so i take that as he acknowledged my rocky banner and the fact that i am rocky biased so i put my slogan down because i can’t hold the slogan, bop with my light stick, and record videos at the same time
i got to lay down my rocky slogan with 라키 facing him so that he could see it on the edge of the stage since i had no security or fence in front of me ! i think he was probably able to see it the whole concert and may have aided in me getting some extra uwus
this is what the stage was like
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my slogan: 
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so if rocky was standing where the i drew the blue stick figure, my slogan was facing him where the red arrow is pointed
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based on this photo i really do think he would’ve been able to see it from the stage so I hope he did but I really genuinely think that he was aware that I was there to hype him which is why I got glances in my direction 
Real Love
WATCH THIS MOMENT HERE
(also watch videos in 1080p for the full experience)
first rocky was kind of nodding his head to the song and then when he sees me and my glow stick waving back and forth to the beat, he nods his head side to side to follow my glowstick 
(this ends up happening a lot through the concert, most of my videos of eye contact moments rocky (and moonbin once) bops his head back and forth in time with my glow stick and then smiles) 
my god when his eyebrows went up and his eyes went wide and he gave a little smile at the end my heart was REELIng from the warmth 
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like 10 seconds later he looks at me again (which honestly is such a short time span for me to get two separate moments of 2-3 seconds of eye contact)
this time it was because i shouted YOON SAN HA
the only thing that I thought was working against me was the fact that I didn’t have an official light stick, but i think this moment proved early on to Rocky that I really do know ASTRO and their songs and wholeheartedly love their discography 
the way i see it and hopefully the way he saw it was that in order for me to do such an improv fanchant without interrupting sanha’s line is if i’ve heard the song a ton of times which indicates i know the song
(so now i think my no robong is actually becoming a positive thing because i have established myself as someone who knows their songs and my glowstick is unique since it’s wrapped in fairy lights so it’s easy to spot me again)
i’ve also watched some fancams of sanha at the time and he had 0 reaction he probably couldn’t even hear me so the fact that rocky heard it and wanted to let me know that he both heard it and appreciated it i am really thankful for 
the part of the song I YOON SAN HA’d was when he sings: “I didn’t know you spent (me: YOON SAN HA) countless days and nights (rocky looking at me and smiling and nodding)
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and then he gave me a lil wave !! i think when I saw him acknowledging my yoon san-ha chant i waved at him with my glowstick and he waved back
now that we’ve reached the end of my favorite(?) concert moment here is the link again if you’d like to watch it after reading my recount of it:  WATCH HERE
the fact that this happened so early on in the concert was also pretty crucial i like to think bc rocky was 1) aware of my existence and 2) aware that i really did know astro
here are just some more pretty photos of them during real love when they walked towards the right side of the stage LOOK HOW CUTE SANHA IS HE’S SO CUTE
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Dream Night
DURING THIS SONG JINJIN WAS MOSTLY IN FRONT OF ME AND GOD HE WAS BEAUTIFUL
he looks reALLY good with slightly baggy clothes because he’s got such a little waistline that it emphasizes when tucked into his pants basically he looked so GOOD
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Butterfly
during butterfly i did a pointing dance with eunwoo!! i wrote it down as dream night but it was NOT dream night and I know it was earlier in the concert because after i had my Merry-Go-Round moment with Sanha I thought to myself I don’t need to write this one down because i’ll remember the sanha moment
also the graphics were so beautiful in this song LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND
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Moonwalk 
MOONWALK IS THE HOTTEST CHOREOGRAPHY I’VE EVER SEEN IN PERSON 
AND THIS MOVE IS SO HOT
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Should’ve Held On
Confession
both should’ve held on and confession were fantastic live like the choreography of should’ve held on is sososososo good and confession through loud speakers ???? Fucking BANGS 
but i didn’t really take videos of these because they were performing at the center of the stage and I couldn’t really see so i just experienced it 
Talk 
Love Wheel
this is rocky one frame before his first rap of love wheel
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the next moment when he starts rapping i like to believe he was like that one rocky girl is on that side let’s look over there like hopefully recognizes me as glowstick fairy light girl who shouted YOON SAN HA and is swaying to literally every song
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look at his eyebrows go up !! wow !! i love that !! i’m !! just !! !!! !!! no words just exclamation marks
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I JUST LOOKED UP THE LYRICS THAT HE RAPPED WHEN HE LOOKED AT ME OH MY GOD 
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wow right now my heart is soBBING HARD 
here is where you can watch  and decide for yourself if it was for me but i really think that eyebrow raise and nod was for me SORRY MINHYUK FOR NOT KNOWING WHAT THE LYRICS WERE AT THE TIME BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS 
this is me for sure over analyzing it but just let me live in dreamland okay these are the lyrics he sings when he starts to nod and i will just go on with my life imagining that he chose to tell me there are ties between us oKAY 
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okay okay moving on to the next acknowledgement of love wheel
the next moment to watch
rocky's initial glance of this moment hopefully it’s bc he recognizes who i am 
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his head starts to tilt !!!
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the beginning of his smile + his eyebrows going up i think this is where he recognizes who i am or at least what i am (glowstick girl)
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then he hits me with that :] 
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AND THEN HIS TEETH SHOW HE SMILES A TEETH SMILE and his eyes are squinty i hope it was happiness but it could’ve also been the lights in his face lol
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i really want to think he thought i was cute with my glowstick and my swaying bc he looks away from me but he’s still got this big ass grin on his face thank you minhyuk i’m so !! about this because this wide teeth smile seems like he was genuinely happy seeing me or that my glow stick waving was something he found cute and he couldn’t help but smile 
lets do a pretend recount where he looked at me with a :] face and i smiled really big with my teeth and sway even more to the music (because honestly i think that’s what happened but my brain is blurry who knows but lets just pretend okay) and that moment made him big smile bc his brain was like ah she cute that was cute
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this is also the moment i think moonbin notices me waving my glow stick back and forth 
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his head also starts to go back and forth in time with rocky who was nodding his head with my light stick so i think they were both mirroring my swaying
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he also starts mouthing the lyrics along with me !! i really think this was meant for me truly
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watching bin sing along with me makes me uwu so hard (god the shape of his mouth he really reminds me of toothless)
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his arms go up to sway along with me
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and that concludes love wheel,, soft times
love wheel was very very good to me 
(other people’s fancams of love wheel so in the future i can watch these moments from other perspectives) 
Loraine L. || 
I’ll Be There
Merry Go Round
THIS ONE WAS ANOTHER REALLY CUTE MOMENT
WATCH HERE (video creds are to the girl behind me because i needed both hands to dance this and i didn’t film merry go round at all)
basically during merry go round i was really dancing to it because I love merry go round and the choreography is really easy to follow along to and so when they do this move i mirrored sanha (this is at the end of the song but i was dancing like this the whole song so i feel very blessed that sanha saw me do it) 
actually how it went down in my head is that sanha and i made eye contact here
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he looks at me featuring my glowstick which if i do say so myself is likely eyecatching bc it twinkled like stars
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he’s still looking at me and i think here we go this is the lil dance move where u make a check mark with ur hand and shrug ur shoulders here WE GO i’ve been doing this dance move every other time throughout the song but this time I have one of the member’s attention it’s now or never
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his hand goes up
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my hand is also doing the move with my left hand so i’m mirroring him 
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his uwu may have began here (also you can see the end of my glowstick)
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this makes my heart go !! because you can see the smile start to form
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and my right hand holding my glow stick has dropped to mirror his right hand which he can definitely see because it’s the glowing hand (in the video you can see the moment my right hand drops it makes me warm to watch it)
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AHHHHHHH I DID THIS I MADE SANHA PUT THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE
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AND THATS NOT THE END OF IT 
when i posted it on twitter this is what riley (who went to the LA concert said)
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SO BASICALLY I MIMICKED CHOREO OF THE MEMBER OF ASTRO WHO STATED THE CONCERT BEFORE THAT HE THINKS ITS CUTE WHEN AROHA MIMIC ASTRO’S CHOREO PURELY BY THE STARS ALIGNING FOR THIS MOMENT god it’s so cute to think about the fact that sanha probably found it so cute that i danced w/ him i’m glad he looked at me at this moment and also glad that i was on this side of the stage that he was on wow thank u universe for all of your giving
Cotton Candy
Talk
Baby , Breathless, + Hide & Seek
 i didn’t record any of these I just shouted fanchants and had the time of my life because i’d seen the choreo many many times on screen so i didn’t need another video of it i just wanted to experience it and let me tell you even though the concepts are cute and were probably once performed in a cuter way, they really performed them with like a manly aura ???? while still being cute ???? 
also during breathless the girl to my left,,,i think she might’ve shushed me from all my screaming awk. 
Ending Talk 
so rocky doesn’t really look at me in this video at all but i think it’s an important reference to get a feel for what my side of the stage was like? 
WATCH HERE
the important thing to me here is that the girl to my right keeps shouting for rocky and I think she gets a lil eyebrow raise and a wave at some point? but even though she keeps calling for him he’s not responding 
whereas i feel warm bc all the moments i got i never yelled his name (the one moment i did yell a name was during real love and it was sanha’s name asdfklja;) so i just am soft for my own interactions
All Night +You & Me
Encore Talk
(during jinjin’s speech) this one is the one where my camera visible shakes
WATCH HERE - the screen caps don’t do it justice this moment is so much more heart pounding on video so i recommend watching the video, reading my play by play comments, and then watching the video again
he’s kind of nodding and glancing at people and then he glances towards me
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looks away
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and then comes back to look at me !!!
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in my  brain this is how it goes: he’s looking around the crowd and just giving people nods when he sees them and then he glances to me and notices that i am staring right at him and decides like yeah this girl oh this girl !
he blinks twice and looks at me
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and the eyebrows !! they go up uwu
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seems like he’s taking a deep breath but he’s nodding multiple times
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i think my response to this is to wave my glow stick at him so he responds with a wave in return
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if you want to watch the moment in slomo you can because i did that so i can watch it over again in slow motion WATCH HERE
the next one is during eunwoos speech WATCH HERE
it starts with rocky looking up at the upper balcony and just taking in all the aroha that are in the room
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i like to think at this moment he’s just feeling the love and feeling thankful for all the aroha that came to support them that day. 
and then i get a glance
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he seems to recognize me our at least want to acknowledge me because he nods his head like three times
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and then he gives me the :] scronch
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this one is during bin’s speech
WATCH HERE
he see
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he like
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he nod
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so this next one is not meant for me
watch slow mo
he is watching the crowd
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the girl on my right screams ROCKY & he just looks at me ??? 
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but i wasn’t paying attention to him and he noticed i gave no reaction when he looked, figured i wasn’t the one who screamed and searched elsewhere
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realized the girl next to me freaking out
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he gave her that hella eyebrow raise
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she was audibly dying and he knew he did that to her his lil smirk
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but basically the relevance of this moment is that he looked at me first just assuming the scream coming from the side of the stage was me ??? i guess he figured out by now that it was not my voice but the girl next to me (my voice is mf deEEP) 
By Your Side 
okay if you’d like to truly live this with me i would highly highly recommend watching my entire By Your Side Rocky fancam 
WATCH HERE - as you watch just sit and pretend that you’re the one standing at the edge of the stage and just stare at his face (make sure ur in 1080 HD) (the backgorund is also so pretty!!)
the thing i keep focusing on is how long and quality the glances i get are and the fact that he gives out maybe 6 or 7 glances total the whole song ????
if you just want to watch the beginning for this next moment you can watch here (it loops)
so basically at the beginning of the song I get this little glance
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and rocky is just kind of looking around at the crowd for the intro 
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and then gets to me and just STOPS
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I’VE REPLAYED THAT MOMENT SO MANY TiMES BECAUSE MY HEART STOPS TOO and he turns his shoulders very subtly in my direction aH
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we start to get a lil smile
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and he’s moving his head back and forth with my glowstick waving
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either that smile was for me or because of me and i’ll take either one
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you can hear my whine after the first solid 4 seconds of eye contact oh god i like actually gasp and whinee genuinely shocked that’s my voice oh my godd
WATCH THIS NEXT MOMENT HERE
so this is at the end of the song once again he sees me and starts nodding at me as my glow stick is going back and forth and he gives a lil :) smile and starts to copy my movements with his head ALSO it’s not just my glow stick going back and forth like my entire head is waving side to side too so this is him mirroring me moving my entire body with the music like when he wasn’t looking it was just my arm going back and forth and then when the eye contact was made I start getting more animated and moving my entire head too back and forth and he copies me and AH its so cute 
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and then he looks away okay 
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AND THEN HE LOOKS BACK ???
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and then looks away for real real but BOY WHY DID YOU GIVE ME THE SECOND GLANCE WHAT DID IT MEAN was i just to cute did u miss me already :))))) jkjk
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and then it’s hard to tell in my fancam because the lights get bright and you can’t really see his face, but at the end of it I really think he looked at either me or the girl next to me (she screams so it could mean it was her, but my camera actually shakes so honestly that might’ve been he looked at me and i was just so shook like my hand became unsteady) but either way it was in our direction and we FREAK
lets pretend that rocky knows that the concert is coming to an end and he just wants to get a second glance at me okay to memorize who i am bc he knows that people at the front of the stage get that photo op and honestly because my hands were in the air its possible he saw the hi touch wristband too but anyway for the sake of my dreamland lets pretend the double glance was him trying to remember me o k 
Call Out
i was jumping so much during call out god i was having the time of my life
there were a lot of videos on twitter of like astro taking phones and singing to them during call out so tons of fans were trying to do that including the girls on both sides of me but i didn’t see astro take any phones 
the girl next to me brought a polaroid camera !! and during call out she pointed it at rocky and he came up to her and posed !!
she also got an MJ polaroid too !!
here they are: 
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photo creds to her, this is her twitter:  https://twitter.com/bigbangtann/status/1110775727157207041
mj was so SO SO Hyped just watching him jump around on stage was so endearing 
also like they re did call out like at least 9 times and they kept psyching us out like legitimately they were leaving stage like moonbin rocky and sanha ? left stage and then call out started playing again and they ran back on 
and for one i think eunwoo genuinely thought the concert was over because when the chorus for call out played again he turned around to face the audience like legs shoulder with apart knees slightly bent and the most confused look on his face but he joined the party anyway
i saw rocky spin live
POST CONCERT
so here was my outfit after the concert!!
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i tied my shirt up to show off my waist bc originally it was like this but i thought i’d look cuter with it cropped so i put it up. also I originally had the rocky slogan over my shoulder (not covering the YYY) but i was scared of having to worry about it slip off and i know during the concert the boys tuck banners into their jeans
highkey i like how i look in crops so i tied the shirt up because i wanted to look as cute as frickin possible when i met rocky bc i wanted him to be proud that i’m his fan 
after it was over and they officially left stage and lights came on it was time for hi-touch!!! there weren’t really clear directions and i didn’t really know where to go and I was scared of missing the hitouch because i didn’t know where it was happening? but we had to wait awhile while they were setting up and staff were trying to yell out all the rules like no recording, no grabbing, one hand only, keep the line moving, etc. 
HI-TOUCH
here is a picture of the venue, the white part is where all the people with photo op only were standing, the blue guys are the staff members blocking the photo op only people from trying to sneak into the hi touch line, and the red circles + table on the right is where astro was for the hitouch!
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here was the hi touch order feat. the table
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so my main goal going through hi-touch was to get rocky to notice my YYY shirt, since I had bought both benefits I knew that I was going to see them a second time so it wasn’t like an all or nothing hi-touch for me. 
MJ - he is so sweet honestly i’m glad he is the first in line because the way he smiles at you is so genuine and made me feel comfortable like okay we can do this andrea we can do this
he kind of smiled like this ? 
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but his eyes were more crescent like and he was standing next to moonbin so he looked really tiny even though he wasn’t 
all i said to MJ was “hiiiiiiii”
Moonbin - he honestly looks like a Ken doll he looked at me like he looked at the camera for his cover of men’s health i swear except for he was looking down at me because i’m only 5���3 and he gave me a little eyebrow raise (my guess is that he saw my shirt saying YYY and thought it was cute like i had a whole rocky banner tucked into my pants i was very clearly a rocky kid) 
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he was probably the MOST unreal to see in person and 2nd most different looking on screen and in real life 
to moonbin and for all the members onward all I said was “thank youuu” which initially i was annoyed with myself for but came to be content with the idea that my soul didn’t blurt out I LOVE YOU but blurted out thank you because that’s what i must’ve truly wanted to say to them 
Eunwoo - god eunwoo i’m so sorry because rocky was right next to you my brain did not store anything of our interaction like i’m pretty sure i looked him in the eyes and said thank you and touched his hand but I do not remember what he looked like up close all my brain could think about was rocky (i hope he also thought it was cute that i was so fixated on rocky because i feel like eunwoo gets a lot of love and wants his members to also get love to so i hope i made rocky feel loved that night) 
Rocky - i got to rocky and looked into his eyes (they are so big wtf) and touched his hand with my right hand and pointed to my shirt with my left hand and he raised his eyebrows and nodded like 5 times like yes yes yes yes yes. initially my thought process was that he was kinda done with me ? like if it was any other context the nods gave me a dissmisive vibe but now i realize it’s probably because of the language barrier - he probably didn’t know what to say in english to acknowledge it but he wanted me to know that he understood so he kept nodding because universal acknowledgement is nodding 
i was initially unsure because i don’t remember him smiling only nodding but after giving it some thought i really do think he was trying to let me know he understood we just lacked language to communicate that
if anything he made this face when nodding and he was blinking/closing his eyes when nodding
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Jinjin - after rocky I realized i really needed to move on to jinjin and so i look over to jinjin’s face and he’s smiling so mf big at me (also because the girl in front of me had moved along awhile ago both jinjin and sanha were looking at me since i took so mf long with rocky oops) 
this is kinda how he smiled at me (no teeth) but his eyes looked more crinkly 
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here is how it goes down in my head after giving it some thought of what i hoped happened in his brain: 
me: taking too a long time with rocky and the girl hi touching jinjin already moved on so naturally the thing he would do is watch me since i’m coming to him next 
him: sees that i’m mf whipped for rocky (the YYY on my shirt) and grins super big even before i see him bc only a hella whipped rocky stan would make a YYY shirt and he’s happy for rocky that i both exist and am here
at least that’s how i want to think it happened 
Sanha - sanha also was watching my interaction w/ rocky and jinjin bc i took so long with rocky i just remember looking him in the eye, touching his hand, saying thank you, bowing a little bit, and taking in how old he looks in person up close like I forgot that i am older than him because he’s so tall and looks so grown 
and then once i left hitouch i reentered the pit to wait for the photo op!
PHOTO OP
so again the red is astro, the black box by them is where the chairs were, the blue people are security, the green person is the staff member making sure people go in groups of 7, and the yellow person is me after going through hi-touch! the pink line is the line that i followed after ending hi-touch and waiting for photo op. 
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the security guards stood to keep Hi touch (HT) + Photo op (PO) separate from PO only and I have two guesses for why? 1 is to avoid having people trying to sneak in for a second hi touch and 2 to let the PO only people go first for pics since HT + PO people already got to see astro up close once. 
here is the order for photo op! ft. some free photocards i got! the white dots are the 7 chairs and the arrow is the direction we walk from, so if you’re #1 in line you walk down to rocky, #2 by sanha, etc. from where i was standing (the yellow person in the drawing) i could see the photo op happening!! 
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since we could see the photo op happening, people knew the order the boys were standing in and were trying to form groups to be with people with different biases. As a rocky bias I’m pretty sure there were people looking for a rocky person to join their group, but i didn’t jump on the chance right away and instead watched the other people who were finishing up their hi touch i was basically just taking in the fact that i was 6 feet away from astro 
the staff member that wristbanded me (a real sweet person) was yelling at the people in the pit trying to organize themselves into groups of 7 to get their bias, saying that the groups we are making don’t matter until we get counted off by the staff and you have to leave the pit to get in the official line, there were like at least 30-40 people who had formed groups and made their own line with groups of seven, i wonder how it went for them if they really did end up with their bias or not
and then i watched a moment where the first person in line should have walked down to rocky but instead sat down in the chair in front of eunwoo, and the staff tried to get her to scoot over so she moved one chair over to sanha and still left rocky’s chair empty and it made me sad for him and i didn’t want any of the members to ever feel sad watching that so that was the moment that I was like I don’t care about forming a group to get in front of rocky, i am okay sitting in front of any member, and since rocky is at the end no matter who i sit in front of i’ll get a chance to say bye to him as we walk away. 
the desperation in the air to sit by your bias was real i know that everyone in that room loved astro but in the moment that you’re about to take a photo the air got really tense
so i just got in line and told myself it’s okay if i’m not #1 and I don’t get rocky, being in this line there’s still a 14% chance that I do sit in front of rocky, and if the universe wants me to sit in front of rocky I will like legitimately the thoughts going through my mind were if it’s fate then it’s fate and i’ll leave it up to fate to put me in front of rocky if it wishes to 
and i’m walking up to be counted off and the girl in front of me gets #7 and the man (in the photo above the green man) stops me from walking and I am hyper aware that i am number one in line right now which means I am heading to rocky’s chair but like i couldn’t believe it I asked the green man “am I number one” and when he said “yeah” my knees buckled a bit and my jaw dropped and i just got smiley from then on because wow the universe really does love me and is acknowledging my efforts to go see astro + rocky live like my courage to take a solo trip and all my anxieties around travelling by myself and going to a concert by myself were being returned with a seat in front of rocky like literally my back would be inches away from him and just HOLY SHIT
yeah so i get ushered forward to go sit down and me being first in line ALL of astro have their eyes on me like imagine this except all of them are standing in a line
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and i walk up to rocky with just this huge ass smile on my face because HI ITS ME I GOT UR SEAT except for i’m completely silent i just stand in front of his chair and look him in the eye and he raises his eyebrows and his eyes go a lil wide and he nods so me on autopilot i sit down in the seat and then i think like maybe i can say something to him so i try to turn around to look at him but i turn halfway over my shoulder and see sanha’s profile and i am just floored there like i don’t think my heart was going to be able to handle seeing rocky standing above me looking me in the eye i was too shy to turn all the way around and then they started countdown like 3 2 1 photo and i was like oH!
i did double peace signs because i couldn’t function for anything else and i really am curious to see how the photos came out and what on earth he was doing behind me i have no clue but u sure as hell bet i’m gonna over analyze those too <333 because that’s just me <3333
anyway the pictures are over so they yell NEXT and i stand up and turn to look at rocky and just to meet his eyes again he looks me in the eye and makes a teeth smile and nods twice and bows his head a bit I really felt fulfilled in that moment and i hope that was the rocky acknowledgement blessing 
i walked out of there knowing it was more than i could ever have imagined
Reasons I’ve been using to justify to myself that I truly got Rocky acknowledgement (this part is incredibly self indulgent, fair warning)
UPDATE: SOMEONE WITH P2 THAT WAS BEHIND ME AT THE CONCERT READ THIS POST AND RESPONDED:
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THE FACT THAT SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED I KEPT GETTING LOOKS MAKES MY HEART SOAR like it’s not just me thinking i got a lot of looks someone else was like wow he keeps looking at someone over there AH 
and it makes me realize that yes rocky gave me a great night but it wasn’t just like he picked me and gave me lots of looks and waves like i must’ve been doing something that made him stop and look at me every once in awhile and FRICK IF THIS AINT THE CUTEST THOUGHT EVER I DONT KNOW WHAT IS
thank you so much for this i’m !!!!
since i was at the edge of the stage right in front of him he had a view of my face? even though there were definitely lights in their faces at some point he was probably able to see my whole face
at the beginning I showed him my banner + made eye contact and he gave me nods so I feel he probably saw it and because i put it at the edge of the stage for the rest of the concert i hope he was able to associate me with that banner (i only knew of one other girl at the SF concert with the same banner from movement rocky fansite) 
since the banner was tucked into my pants as I walked up it was at the very least visible for the photo op (it may have been blocked by the table during hi-touch) and if he remembered the banner from the concert he may have been able to recognize who i was based on it ? 
since his original insta bio had rock_yyy he was probably still aware of what YYY was and cared about it and it means something to him and the fact that I saw him once for hi touch and once for photo op and pointed at my shirt for hi touch i feel like he must’ve seen it ??? and since I was first in line for photo op walking to the seats all of the members saw me walk past them then and probably read my shirt and maybe also knew i was whipped anyway 
I got a lot of nods and eyebrow raises and I like to think that it’s due to language barrier he couldn’t really verbalize his acknowledgement but he did his best to keep nodding to let me know he understood what I was trying to tell him (also like i was equally unable to say anything and i think i looked more calm than I felt inside) 
also making my heart soar is knowing that i got eyebrow raises and that eyebrow raises in body language is often like a “hey i see you” or indicative of attraction just let me be soft over this okay
I think I got quite a few double glances during the concert because I spent the majority of time looking at him whereas the people around me might’ve been watching whoever was singing or looking at their phones so when he was scanning the crowd he’d do a double take when he saw me bc i was staring back at him so he’d give me a lil nod (i watched a youtube video where this girl recommended focusing on your bias during a concert so i took her advice, also he was actually ethreal and i had a hard time looking away from him)  
also !! a lot of my interactions during the concert was rocky looking at me and his head going side to side and my glow stick was definitely going side to side and it makes me warm knowing that even if it’s not super clear that his eyes are on me bc my camera quality isn’t the best, that the fact that his head is going back in forth in a lot of the videos probably indicates that the eyes are for me & my glowstick buddy
the YOON SAN HA yell moment was definitely when I peaked 
I really hope that i made park minhyuk feel as special and appreciated as he made me feel that night !! I hope that i stood out as a rocky fan in SF and possibly the whole of STARLIGHT 2019 USA i can wish he has a very tiny part of his heart filled with my love that night 
i feel like the other members had to have seen my shirt ?? like how could they not have when i was first in line walking towards them for photo op? and if all of them didn’t process it I hope I gave Rocky something to flex about after they went back to get their stuff together like my dream fantasy is that post photo op rocky is like hey hey did u guys see that aroha with the yyy shirt yeah that was for me DID YOU SEE THAT GUYS DID YOU SEE IT and for his heart to just be soaring because of it
also i like to think he just had a soft spot for me because i never got any like, winks or smirks or performance rocky trying to wreck me it was all little glances and double takes and extra blinks and lil nods and tiny smiles and sometimes teeth smiles and mirroring me swaying i am just a whole soft for the entire experience 
Collection of Concert tips: from my personal experience this is a summary of what I recommend !!
For GA: 
keep an eye on how early other people intend to line up! and also note that a lot of people might say they are going at 9 but actually end up going earlier, so keep that in mind!
it’s best if you either have a car parked near the venue or a hotel if you plan to camp/wait in line for a LONG time because that way you can drop of anything you had just to keep you occupied or free things you got that you don’t need in the concert that way when it gets time to go in you don’t have a lot of stuff on you 
try to be friendly !! I know it’s hard to talk to people sometimes like especially for me since I was solo and everyone else around me came in pairs there were times i kind of just started talking to one of them and the person they were with joined the conversation but i always felt like i was third wheeling but it was fINE 
I would recommend bringing as little as possible if you have a GA ticket. Getting through security quickly can actually get you ahead of 10-20 people who have larger bags or more amounts of stuff.
if you want barricade line up early EARLY. if you’re okay with not getting the fence but still want to be close and are okay with not being in the center, the sides are very highly likely WAY more open than the middle is 
personally, I don’t think I’ll be lining up again for an ASTRO concert, I got more than enough interactions that day and I don’t think i need to be that close to the stage again, someone else should get that spot next time! I think I’ll still buy P1 tickets but hang out in the back of the pit where there’s a lot of space to dance around and just have me a blast in the back !!!
I would highly recommend to anyone who also needs to fly to a concert tour to consider going to the last show!! it gave me time to really get hyped for it and minimized the amount of PCD since there isn’t a US show after the one that I saw. I also got a lot of time to prep where i wanted to stand, how early i wanted to go, game plans, etc. 
My THANKS TO 
FIRST thanks to anyone who has gotten this far and has read any of this post because I really spent a long time recounting my experience and it would mean the world to me to hear your reactions/favorite moments/if you enjoyed reading this because i think in the future i will end up reading this post any time i want to relive this experience 
thank you to everyone who liked the posts i was making about me being on my first solo trip I was comforted knowing that there were people acknowledging and supporting me on that ???idk how to explain it but it made me feel a little less lonely travelling on my own 
thanks to my times abroad without my family that gave me the confidence that I could do this trip on my own !! and thanks to my mom and boyfriend for believing that i could do it because honestly even though I wanted to do it there was a part of me that thought i wasn’t ready for it but both of them thought i would be fine and i was !!
thanks to my dad for making me not get a hostel and instead stay in an actual hotel, even though i paid more for it than i intended, i felt safe in the area and i really liked my room! also thanks to him for driving me to and from the airport so i didn’t have to spend money on that 
thanks to myself for saving half my paychecks for the past year and a half which gave me the comfort of knowing i have the money to afford this trip 
thanks to my friend for living near san francisco for being part of my deciding factor to go to SF instead of LA!! I’m really really glad I went to SF because the venue was smaller and it was definitely less hectic than the LA concert and allowed me to have a really really nice view of the stage that I don’t think I would’ve gotten in LA 
thanks to the girl behind me for filming a lot of the concert and getting my sanha interaction on video 
thank you to the youtubers who made videos about their concert experiences and gave tips and tricks that made me excited for the concert and gave me some good inside tips for being GA (especially thankful to shyla oliver who talked about the triangle forming in the pit and recommended going all the way to the side for front row) 
thank you to my camera for actually capturing a LOT of the moments i made eye contact with rocky because i wasn’t really looking at my phone to see if it was recording any good footage i was focusing on staring at rocky’s actual face instead 
thank you to the universe for : 
not giving me a P1 ticket from ticket sales. it made me buy a P2 ticket first and then a P1 ticket off of someone on facebook
making it hard for people to resell their P2 tickets because that convinced me that I should maybe just keep both tickets for both hi touch and photo op
putting the astro concerts during my spring break which also convinced me to go
not having me buy a robong any time in the past years because i really think my glowstick fairy light helped me stand out 
i really truly feel like the universe was giving me a lot of wins with this concert as an acknowledgement of me putting myself very much out of my comfort zone to get to this concert and to pay for this trip (the most I’ve ever spent on myself at once before this was my $220 bike,,,this trip cost me almost $1500 total) 
i am truly truly truly so thankful because i feel like the stars aligned for me to not only go on this trip but to have an amazing concert experience and to feel especially appreciated by the idol i have been supporting for 3 years now
and finally thank you to astro and especially rocky for really making my night special <3
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3x14 Review
Hey so for once this is actually super positive! I loved this episode and can’t wait to gush about it! So without further ado, I’m gonna get the stuff I quibbled with outta the way before diving into what I liked:
The Bad: — I think my biggest problem overall was that scene between Alec and Lorenzo. I understand Alec was being protective and he goes into Fierce Mommy Tiger mode around those he considers family and those he loves (I think it’s important to show that Magnus isn’t just his boyfriend, Magnus has become integrated into the thing Alec bases his life around). But I had hoped Alec would have figured out by now that a Nephilim threatening to depose a Downward leader over an apartment is…..unideal, at least. — I get that this may have been designed as a plot hook as an understandable yet stupid thing Alec does that comes back to bite him later (i.e., if there is a Downward civil war in New York, and Lorenzo decides to fuck Alec over). Alec’s strength and weaknesses are tied to his family, and I think it’s a very believable mistake for him to make. I don’t expect him to be perfect, I just hope the narrative treats his threat to Lorenzo as less of a “pure uwu cutesy bf” move and more of a mistake, even if Lorenzo is being cruel to Magnus. — Honestly y’all I expected something WAY worse. Losing the apartment was nothing compared to the drama I expected—I thought Lorenzo was gonna ask Magnus to spy on Alec or go back to Asmodeus or something awful. Thankfully that was inverted by a very obvious attempt to get Magnus to move in with Alec, because apparently he can’t buy a new house with all his money. — I also quibbled a little with how Clary was written, especially in that scene where Jace comforts her (or, really, when Jace makes what happened to her about him and how angry he is and how he’s going to kill Jonathan etc. It’s a pattern with him, esp where Jonathan is involved, and I have more to say about it). Clary has always been a very temperamental, look before you leap sort of person, and I’m not sure that if she figured out Jonathan had hurt Jace she would just smile and pretend along. Clary would FREAK. This is Jocelyn’s daughter, y’all. The knives would be out. She stabbed herself to stab him before and she’d do it again. She has ALL the tools at her disposal to rune him or run away. — To be clear, I’m not shaming Clary for what she chose to do or not confronting a violently entitled dude who kidnapped her once already, I just felt the arc was artificially extended to let Jace be the hero instead of letting Clary kick Jonathan’s ass off a pier and rune him. There’s no way that bitch can swim. It seemed kind of….not how Clary would react and kind of artificially done for Jace and Jonathan’s benefit. — Last thing, which isn’t even a quibble but I feel people will be confused if it’s not on here: the Maia and Jordan thing. I’ll go into it more but basically: if they’re doing what I think, I think it worked shockingly well, but if it’s played straight yeah it’ll be Unfortunate.
The Good: — I’m just gonna come out and say this episode was AMAZING. Since this is mostly a positive review I’d like to credit the writer specifically—Zoe Broad. Honestly just the overall coherence of this episode was greater than any of the ones in S3 for me, it flowed from one scene to the other and there was no point where I had the urge to check Facebook or whatever. The dialogue was pretty good overall and truly amazing at parts, and I felt she had a pretty good handle on the characters, despite this being her first episode, which was very impressive. — I actually ENJOYED the ship content??? Clace was absolutely adorable on the rink, with Jace’s sometimes annoying bravado being played wryly both on his part and by the script. “I was born ahead of the curve” delivered with a smile and then nearly falling on his ass was. Very good. And Clary’s little “you’re doing better than me….when I was six” was equally great and I just. Really liked it? They felt like real people on a real date and it felt real and dynamic and cute. — Same with Malec’s grave-robbing date. Usually their scenes start to get weighed down by drama or just general “talking to the audience to make them happy rather than each other,” but this was just cute AND advanced the plot, and connected them back to the main storyline. I hadn’t liked how they were quarantined away from the main story and I’m glad they’re back, even if the “losing Magnus’ loft” was a weird way to do it. — Maia and Alisha particularly were really the breakout stars of the episode. Alisha really really SOLD that dialogue and was honestly incredible. Her terror and anger and desperation felt so visceral and real that even though I knew it would be resolved in the episode, it was gripping and I genuinely needed to know what happened next. — I also did like how Zoe wrote Maia (that “frickin” was TOTALLY a stand in for fuck and I APPRECIATE it) and I felt she really captured how she feels about Jordan—she does care about him as a person, or rather for the person he was at some point, but still refuses to not to push down on her own anger and hurt for his or anyone else’s sake. I felt it was really complex and confusing and emotional for her and overall I think that scene was meant to give her a sense of closure. Just because she recognizes that Jordan does care about her and can be supportive of her, doesn’t mean she’ll necessarily jump back into his arms. — That’s kind of my reading—I’m not sure where they’re going, obviously, but my instinct was that the less chill stuff Maia says (implying they may be going a romantic arc) was more due to the fact she was PANICKING IN A LOCKED CLOSET WITH A DYING DUDE. Like she says “I’m confused” like yes she meant before but honestly right then she obviously was, and I don’t really see the show going for Jordan/Maia? Especially since Todd has hinted Maia has a “don’t need no man” arc. Like she drifts apart from Simon but gets back with someone she hated for years?? Not seeing it. — However if they do go there I’ll be really disappointed, mostly because of the missed opportunity for complexity but also because yeahhhhh maybe not the chillest thing with how many people interpret their relationship as abuse. (I could make a separate post about it but yeah). — Onto Magnus. God okay I don’t know how others felt but I felt Zoe really got to the crux of why Magnus misses his magic. That how he feels connected to the world through his magic was just…such a good insight and it really impacted me because it wasn’t just some generic “magic is what makes me who I am,” it was so much more deep and personal and I felt it meant a lot that Magnus finally put that into words for Alec. He’d clearly been struggling to impart to Alec how he felt, both in terms of “how do I even explain this loss” and a his own emotional reticence. God that grave robbing scene!!!! — Umm the Morningstar sword actually being a sword to summon demons?? Kind of weird?? Esp if they play it off as an actual Morgenstern relic?? Not sure what’s happening but it was cool?? — honestly dudes I’ve been FUCKED UP about the Luke storyline and SUPER STRESSED and now IT’S ALL HAPPENIGN someone SAVE HIM oh my GOD I’m actually so stressed I’ve been stressed for 9 months FREE HIM — Ok now to Jonathan bc lbr y’all know I can’t shut up about him. Ok first off, that scene with the seelie gal, oh my FUCKING GOD I was screaming what a LOSER GHSDKLFJhghghhghgg. And she insults his shitty dialogue?? Zoe ma’am may I PROPOSE??? This keeps getting wilder and wilder I can’t believe they’re GOING THERE. THEY’RE GOING THERE SO HARD. HE’S SUCH A WILD LOSER. Can you BELIEVE he found someone off shadow world fetlife to be like “I’m a Morgenstern and I love you bro you’re so hot and clever and lovable” I just can’t. I bet you ANYTHING she tops and is only in it for the shadow hunter ass. — SHAPESHIFTING. YALL. I BUST A NUT. Look, it fixes so many fucking plot holes. His eyes look SO COOL when he does demon magic. He’s so OP and Chaotic Stupid it’s not even a joke  I Lov my Mary Sue Son. — Honestly having Jonathan impersonate Jace is so brilliant (remember when he said, “I don’t want your pity, I want your life?”) Like it is so fucked up but I love it.  Not looking forward to the mind control but maybe he just whispered “I’m a bottom” into her ear and ran off in her ensuing shock and confusion. You can’t prove me wrong until next week so until then LA LA LA LA CAN’T HEAR YOU — Personally I liked Dom’s performance as Jonathan, but not to be that Bitch I felt Will was a lot more subtle about it. Dom gave him a straight up thousand mile stare whereas Will played him as something charismatic and good at lying with a little edge of Something Wrong, a strain behind a smile. Sure, Jonathan was probably nervous for his little kidnapping date, but I felt it was unrealistic that he was so suave and convincing (sans the part where Aline comes to visit him that was hilarious, Jonathan you’re an idiot) as Seb and then is like “I eat ants sometimes” as Jace. Like. He’s an obsessive bitch. He’d have practiced Jace in the mirror. Fuck you. Probably while saying “fuck you.” ANYWAYS. — Izzy doing science? It’s not much but I’ll fucking take it lmao. I’m excited to see where Heavenly Fire is going. Matt’s Latin is still abysmal but whatever it’s ok. — also that rose?? A kiss from a rose?? Honestly this ep was so clever and thematically connected and just FLOWED like an ACTUAL EP OF TV god I’m emotional!!!! Thank you Zoe Broad ma’am you are a hero!!! — Again I’m gonna point out both Jace and Jonathan have a designated Brooding Fireplace. — Not super hyped about Heidi coming back but hey this ep was Worth It.
Anyway tldr I really liked it and wanted to spew semi-coherent positivity for once! About more characters than just my stupid fave!!! Wow!!! Good writing is SEXY and I LOVE IT!!!
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Nintendo Direct Feb 2019 BREAKDOWN
So, that direct was pretty okay right? If you missed it or even if you didn’t, I’m gonna be taking a look at everything announced and giving it a vague excitement rating! Enjoy!
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Super Mario Maker 2
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This was a pretty great way to kick off this direct. With the promise of a host of new features coming in this entry to build upon the first, including the introduction of slopes (finally) and a new texture pack based on Mario 3D World, I reckon this is definitely one to mark in the calendar. Mario Maker 2 is slated for a, gratefully soon, June 2019 release.
Excitement Rating: YEEHAW
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
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The long awaited third entry in the MUA series, to the surprise of many, is in fact a Switch exclusive. For those who don’t know, this is a hack-and-slash fighting game, of course tied heavily to Marvel comics. This entry seems to be riding in off the back of Infinity War, with Thanos and the Black Order showcased as central villains. Honestly, this game looks like it could be fun, especially with friends, though I don’t think it’ll turn out to be anything special.
ER: Sure, why not!
BOX BOY! + BOX GIRL!
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This adorable little puzzle platformer is making its debut on Switch this spring, with the promise of local multiplayer and more levels than ever before. Looks to be a goodun for fans of cute, minimalist art design and box-based puzzles and the like.
ER: Cool! Those boxes can move!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Ver. 3.0
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Nintendo sort of slapped us in the face with a lovely, welcome announcement of a new Smash update! Oh boy! New features! And then they turn around and say they aren’t gonna tell us what they are.
Oh.
Kind of makes me question the point of putting this in the direct a little, but I’m sure whatever they’ll add will be cool! On top of that, a tentative release window for Joker was given (before the end of April this year) and we got a cheeky look at some of the new spicy amiibos, being Snake, Simon and the Pokemon Trainer lot.
ER: Yay?
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker Updates
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Here’s one that definitely caught me offguard, but I’m more than happy with it considering I just picked up the game. Part of the new Captain Toad content is free, adding in proper 2 player co-op where you can both play as Toad. The paid ‘special episode’ stuff struck me as a little odd, considering this game was already a Wii U port that’s now getting even more paid DLC. Regardless, it’s not too pricey and you can even pick up the first DLC course now, with the rest coming March 14.
ER: That’s cool! 
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
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This not-quite-Castlevania game could easily be mistaken for a knock off of that franchise, but seems to have some defining elements of its own. The art style is bold enough to make it unique and the game seems to have an interesting variety of puzzles and side quests to make this more than just a run of the mill 2D platformer. An obvious choice for those with a Castlevania shaped hole in their hearts.
ER: You go bouncy vampire lady
Dragon Quest Builders 2
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What is basically just Dragon Quest Minecraft with a story mode apparently, this oddly charming sandbox game was seemingly popular enough to warrant a sequel. And I won’t lie to you, it got me a little excited. As a fan of Dragon Quest its art style and general building-ness, I think I might have to pick this one up. And it’s got a cool retro map!
ER: I’m not excited, you are
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age: Definitive Edition
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In case you hadn’t guessed, I literally adore Dragon Quest. The bright colours, the developed characters, the expansive world, awesome monster designs, great soundtrack and lame sense of humour, it all just gets me. It just sort of sucks I already own this on the PS4, where I can’t access all this new content. Oof. But yeah, pick this up if you can. You won’t regret it if you’re a JRPG fan.
ER: More like echoes of an exclusive age amirite
Disney Tsum Tsum Festival
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Oh.
I won’t lie to you right now, nothing screams ‘soulless’ to me more than small Disney plushes with all the personality taken from them being stuck into totally random minigames. Don’t get me wrong, I love Disney (mostly through Kingdom Hearts but that’s besides the point) but I don’t think this elicited much excitement in anyone.
ER: I guess this exists, huh?
Starlink: Battle for Atlas - Spring Update
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This was another one that surprised me. Considering how mind meltingly badly Starlink bombed, partly down to its odd reliance on the whole ‘toys to life’ craze that died out in 2013, I really didn’t think there’d be any further support for the game and they’d just sort of slip it under the rug. But nope, we’ve got some more Switch exclusive missions involving some more Star Fox characters, as well as the introduction of Wolf’s buddies. Honestly, I think Nintendo needs to do themselves a favour and just release a new Star Fox game.
ER: Great, if for some reason you bought this!
Rune Factory 4 Special & Rune Factory 5
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Here’s a series I’d literally never heard of until last Wednesday, but the only way I can describe it from what I’ve seen is it looks to be a cross between Animal Crossing and kind of also Dragon Quest. You cook stuff, you farm stuff, you fight things and you can get married if you want, so definitely cool if you’re a fan of the series. But also cool if you’re someone who wished Animal Crossing was a bit more JRPG. Alongside the announcement of a remastered Rune Factory 4 later this year, as well as confirmation of Rune Factory 5 sometime in the future.
ER: Cool! Plants and stuff!
Oninaki
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An action RPG with an intriguing premise and a rich, dark colour scheme, Oninaki seems very eager to set itself apart from other JRPGs on the market and still manages to stand out just a bit, even in a direct that’s basically been packed with JRPGs. Oninaki explores themes of reincarnation and grief, following the story of one grey-haired dude saving lost souls from a place called the Upside Down the Beyond to stop them from turning into monsters. Another one to add to the list if you like edgy RPGs!
ER: Edgy and cool
Yoshi’s Crafted World
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Another update for this adorably cardboard entry into the long running Yoshi series, we’re finally getting close to actually being able to play it. Nintendo showcased some of the more interesting variants of gameplay, with the use of rafts, cars and planes definitely making this seem that there’s some substance here to go with the style. Alongside this, a demo released on the eshop so go play that if you haven’t already and decide if it’s for you!
ER: Wow, this game has a Labo costume! I’ll definitely grind for that!
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
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Finally some more info about Nintendo’s latest instalment in their anime Game of Thrones series Fire Emblem, we got a big ol infodump about some of the stuff to do with the game. While the video itself will explain everything better than I can, this time players will be able to interact with three kingdoms and three main protagonists, all of this centralising around one academy the game is set within. Overall, this game certainly looks interesting to play, but one I’m not quite sure I’ll be picking up just yet. Basically, if you’re unfamiliar with the games but love a tactical RPG, this one is a no brainer.
ER: Edelgard’s design is pretty cool. If one of them has to get into Smash, I hope it’s her.
Tetris 99
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The game many have been calling Tetris Battle Royale, this is the very first Nintendo Switch Online exclusive offering and it’s totally free if you’re a member. It’s Tetris and you have to win against 98 other people, also playing Tetris. Nice!
ER: Tetris block for Smash
Dead by Daylight
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As a game I got for free through Playstation Plus, it should be fairly obvious that this port isn’t one that excites me greatly, especially after seeing the quality of the graphics in the trailer the direct showed us. While the concept of an online match with several survivors and one killer sounds good on paper, it seems as if the quality of this port may leave a lot to be desired. But still, this could still only be early development footage and we really have no idea how it’ll look by the end.
ER: Tentative
Deltarune
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Undertale is one of my favourite games of all time, so of course it excited me to find out I’d finally be able to play the sort of sequel, Deltarune, which Toby Fox has taken in the interesting direction of splitting the game into chapters. The first of these chapters will be free (yay I like free) and it certainly seems like the same abstract sense of humour and charm present in Undertale has been carried over to this sequel. Definitely one to watch.
ER: Always excited about cartoon doggo
Daemon X Machina
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This mech-fighter has been floating around in various Nintendo directs for a fair while now and it’s encouraging to see the game come close to release. In a commendable move, the producer of the game has offered a free demo of the game allowing you to pilot your own custom mech and experience a boss battle in the demo known as ‘Prototype Missions’. The aim of this to gain feedback from potential players in order to make the game as good as it can be, which is amazing! It’s honestly a bit of a dream world where every game developer and publisher is as open and transparent as these guys, so kudos to them. As well as this, the game looks pretty heckin’ fun so it’s definitely worth picking up the demo off the eshop and giving these guys your feedback!
ER: Big ol’ robots hell yeah
GRID Autosport
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As of yet, the Switch has lacked a realistic racing game. Enter Grid Autosport, which seems to be packed with a variety of cars, tracks and game modes, including all DLC from the original release of the game. Not one for me, but I’m sure there’s plenty of Switch owners out there whose racing fix isn’t quite satisfied by Mario Kart.
ER: V big if ur a car person
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
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This game was notably created in collaboration with neurologists and those who experience psychosis in order to properly portray the main character and her mental health struggles. Following the quest of Senua as she fights to save the soul of her dead lover, this game created a huge wave through the industry when it first launched and won major awards for its artistic design and performance. While this isn’t one I’ve had the chance to try yet, it certainly looks as if it provides a brilliant, emotional experience from beginning to end.
ER: A lot
Mortal Kombat 11
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This was one everyone basically already knew about, but this direct gave us a reminder of the release date and various features such as custom characters. For fans of this long running, brutal fighting game, get April 23 in ur brains.
ER: Cool
Unravel Two
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This adorable puzzle platformer sees you and, optionally, a friend take control of two little creatures made of yarn as they navigate a colourful world and help each other pass various obstacles. For those fans of platformers like the Yoshi series, Unravel is definitely one to consider.
ER: Cool
Assassin’s Creed III Remastered
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This is the iconic stealth fighting series Assassin’s Creed’s first outing on Switch, but if this footage is anything to go by, it’s not looking brilliant. While this once again could be put down to unfinished development, the first look at a game is often the most important, and a slow frame rate shown during the direct could mean this game isn’t what fans want it to be.
ER: Tentative
Final Fantasy Release Dates
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For fans of the legendary and slightly intimidating JRPG series, several games in the series both new and old will be coming to the Switch in 2019:
Final Fantasy VII on March 26th
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon EVERY BUDDY! on March 20th
Final Fantasy IX is out now!
ER: Cloud is my favourite twink
Astral Chain
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Admittedly, at a first glance, this title in a brand new franchise didn’t particularly excite me. But after having another look, I can definitely see where all the hype is coming from. This looks to be a hack-and-slash sort of action RPG with all the edgy story elements and setpieces of that ever so popular steampunk genre that players seem to love these days. With all these mechs, explosions and edgy voiceovers, it makes me think that Xenoblade Chronicles and Deus Ex had some kind of torrid love affair. On top of this, with a dev team that has Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101 and NieR: Automata under their belt, this is a game that will almost certainly impress when it finally comes out on August 30. Platinum Games might just have another winner here.
ER: Big yes
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
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oKAY, let’s be real, this is the one that really knocked it out of the park. At least for me it did. As the final reveal, this made me scream a little tiny bit. I think we’d all heard the rumours of a 2D Zelda coming to Switch, but I was highly skeptical to say the least. But a wonderfully charming and artistically bloody P E R F EC T remake of Link’s Awakening?? HHHHHH. They even kept all the Mario enemies for some reason! Oh boy, whenever they release this in 2019 apparently really can’t come soon enough.
ER: AAAAAAAAAAAAA
That was all for this direct! I hope you enjoyed my silly, unplanned breakdown of all the cool things that happened. Til the next direct!
Oh and if you’ve got a craving for more game news, be sure to check back on my blog March 1st for the second ‘issue’ (lol) of my monthly viddy game mag!
Stay hydrated my dudes.
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hyungtop · 6 years
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dogsitter!dokyeom
veterinary sciences major who looks after people’s dogs when they go where their dogs can’t follow :(
meaning on vacations or business trips lasting a few days up to a week
usually he dogsits/housesits when he has breaks during university
but if not, he lives in a house with a front yard and four other guys who don’t mind having a dog or two around since they’re Mostly Broke College Students who can’t afford to raise their own
can be scatterbrained with his schoolwork but is uncannily on top of doggy schedules
whistles as he walks his dogs and cheerily waves good morning to his neighbors with a plastic bag of poop hanging from his belt loop
baby talks doggos while they eat and rubs their bellies afterwards to make sure they don't get gassy
always tempted to sleep on the floor with his canine clients but his roommate minghao talks him out of it every single time
so he lets the dogs sleep on his bed and wails the next morning when he realizes no amount of vacuuming will remove the amount of hair on his covers
don’t trust him with the treats, the entire bag is going to be gone in a day because he’s unusually weak in the face of a biscuit-hungry doggo
also hand feeds some of his leftovers to the pups because he's a soft boy and ouch those sad eyes get him right in his fragile lil heart
gets down on the ground to cuddle, it’s not unusual for his housemates to come back from class or work and see him passed out on the tiled floor from where he fell asleep petting the dog
you met dokyeom in general biology freshman year and you’ve been friends since then
he showed up half an hour late to the first lecture, hair a mess and backpack hanging open, and blindly sat down right next to you
initially you'd been irritated because who the heck decides to sit right next to someone else when there are so many empty seats in this lecture hall and it's 10am i can't deal with thi--
you look over and he's staring at his notebook, but his face is so, so sad with his eyes watering and lip trembling
and you realize he doesn't have a pen so you pull one out of your bag and slide it over to him
he jumps and knocks his knees against the little fold-out desk before looking at you with so many stars in his eyes
you decide you quite like that look on him and oh, that smile is unreal is he actually a child of the sun
the rest of lecture goes by and at the end of class, he shoves all of his things and runs out the door, probably to his next class
but you're sitting there like ...i really liked that pen...let's see if i ever lend my pens to strangers ever again
to your surprise, he's outside the door when you finally make your way out of the classroom, bent over with his hands on his knees and slightly sweaty
you poke him and he immediately snaps up straight, so quickly that he scares the both of you
and then he shoves your pen back at you with a "sorry, i ran off with your pen but don't worry! i remembered!"
the grudge you'd resolved to hold against that mess of a boy with a cute smile in your bio class immediately dissolves and you shyly say "it's fine, you could've given it back to me next lecture"
he smiles at you again, this time a little less wide but no less radiant, and says "i'm seokmin, but people call me dokyeom. hello!"
you introduce yourself and you're about to ask for his number when he gasps and goes "i'm gonna be late for my next class. sorry, i'll see you next time!" and then he's off, his oversized sweater billowing out as it fills from the wind of his passage
sure enough, he plops down to you ten minutes into the next lecture, looks at you, and just sighs
"i'm exhausted. anyway, what's your number?"
fast forward a couple of years, dokyeom's grown a little taller, dresses a little better, and religiously uses the calendar and reminder apps on his smartphone so he doesn't show up after half the class is over
and you're still good friends with him, you've seen him freak out over almost everything imaginable but you've been his support through it all
so it's nothing out of the ordinary when he calls one day and you pick up to hear him making wheezing noises and freaking out
you're like "hold on, calm down. speak. slowly."
dokyeom sucks in a huge breath and goes "um i think i might be a doggy daddy and i don't know what to do can you come over please"
you throw him a dirty look until you realize you're on the phone with him and say "dokyeom, you've been dogsitting for two years. what could you possibly need me for"
"please just come over i need your help, i'll see you when you get off work bye"
then he just hangs up and wow you really have no choice but to go over to his place
you might leave work half an hour early because whether you want to admit it or not, you're slightly worried
your boss just waves you off with a laugh and tells you to have fun with your boyfriend
when you arrive, his housemate mingyu opens the door and greets you with a bright smile before telling you that dokyeom's in his room
so you go upstairs and go straight to the room where you can hear the sound of minghao's yelling and dokyeom's whining
dokyeom's on his bed, hugging a very content-looking shiba inu to his chest and cowering in the face of minghao, who's gesturing wildly and calling dokyeom all the possible variations of "dumbass" that he can come up with
but they immediately stop when you open the door
you glance back and forth between the two of them before sitting next to minghao on his neatly-made, dog-hair-free bed
the dog in dokyeom's arms immediately tries to bound across the bed towards you but dokyeom holds him tight and whines again
"so...what's the problem?"
minghao scoffs and jerks his chin at dokyeom
"wait until you hear what this idiot has to say."
"okay...i planned to dogsit for this guy who lives down the street from us for just a few days but he never came to pick his dog up. and when i dropped by his place, his house was empty, he changed his number..."
you share a look with minghao and dokyeom whimpers, sounding uncannily like a dejected puppy himself
"don't look at each other like that! i just thought he was super rich so when he offered me two thousand bucks for a couple of days, i took it!"
"dude, i told you that guy had a moving truck in front of his house a few days before he came to drop his dog off. you're the one who didn't listen."
dokyeom frowns and buries his nose in the dog's fur, refusing to say anything more, so minghao sighs and flops down onto his back
"this guy here wants to keep the damn dog."
dokyeom looks so guilty when you look at him again and you go "dokyeom why"
he goes "dokyeom why not!? i can't just put katsu up for adoption when he's already been abandoned once!"
you're just like ...the dog's name is katsu
minghao props himself up on one elbow and says "the only one of us who could afford a dog is junhui, but he's never even home because he's out doing whatever"
"junhui...?"
"yeah, we went to elementary school together back in china and he's here studying abroad for a year"
you're like oh...interesting but then dokyeom throws himself into your lap and goes "pLEASE RAISE KATSU WITH ME"
his face is so close to yours, his tanned skin is so beautiful and his eyelashes are so long and have his lips always been that full and pink
your mouth says "uh...yes?" and dokyeom starts screaming with joy
meanwhile minghao gives you this disgusted look like he knows exactly what you were thinking and you shrug because how hard can it be
very hard, apparently
dokyeom calls you every time he goes out every time he goes to buy something for katsu which both inconvenient and flattering since it shows how much he values your opinion
or he'll just drag you along with him and then end up taking you back to his house, you can't say no to dokyeom or katsu
seriously an adoring dog dad who takes pictures and videos of you and katsu nonstop and coos over how cute you are
this means you spend more time at dokyeom's house than you do at your own place and you become well-acquainted with minghao, mingyu, wonwoo, and junhui
if dokyeom's busy, you'll take katsu to the park or on a walk with one of them so you all get to know each other very well
after dokyeom adopts(?) katsu, junhui comes home a lot more to play with katsu, but more to spend time with you and take you out
(which dokyeom absolutely hates, not that he'd ever tell you or junhui that)
and after wonwoo makes a joke about how you should start paying rent because you're practically their sixth housemate, you get the idea that you might be coming over a little too much, which might be because dokyeom makes up the most ridiculous reasons to get you to visit
which makes you very unsettled because all the claims of dokyeom being your boyfriend and dokyeom being head over heels for you suddenly have some substance to them
but who are you kidding, you come over because you have a soft spot for him and seeing him with katsu makes you fantasize about raising a dog with him in the future...among other things
it's been a very long day at work for you when dokyeom calls and asks if you can come over because katsu's acting weird and dokyeom thinks he might be sick
you're exhausted and cranky and have a bunch of other schoolwork to catch up on but you decide to drop by for half an hour anyway to say hello
dokyeom opens the door and you shoulder past him without saying anything to go find katsu and the smile falls from his face because you didn't even say hi
after you've given katsu a treat and let him nuzzle against your hand for a while, you say “there’s nothing wrong with katsu though? he seems fine and he's eating"
dokyeom sets down a cup of tea in front of you, the kind he's taken to buying even though he doesn't like it much because you like to drink it, and sits down at the dining table in between you and wonwoo
"um...yeah. i guess he's fine, must've just been me being worried for no reason."
at this point you're like wow great i just wasted so much time here when i could've gone home and done something productive
and before you can stop yourself, you ask "if there's nothing wrong with him, why did you tell me to come by? you know how to handle dogs, couldn't you have figured it out without bothering me to come hold your hand like you do with everything else?"
mingyu stops chopping vegetables for soup in the kitchen and wonwoo glances at you from where he's in the middle of turning a page in his book
the look on dokyeom's face changes from concerned to completely devastated and the anger drains out of you immediately
“oh, dokyeom, no. i didn’t mean it like that, i’m sorry.”
dokyeom stands up and stares blankly at the ground for a second before saying “i’m going out.”
he snatches his keys from the counter and a few moments later you can hear the garage door opening
“fuck, i’m so stupid.”
mingyu comes over and pats your shoulder and says “not as stupid as i am. that’s what i thought, but after what just happened, clearly...”
you squint at him and he quickly pulls his hand away to make a quick exit
then it’s just you and wonwoo sitting at the dining table, you with your cup of tea and him humming under his breath as he reads
when mingyu’s footsteps disappear, wonwoo looks at you over the top of his book and says “he likes you, you know.”
you’re like wait mingyu who what and wonwoo closes his book, using his finger as a placeholder before he nudges glasses up his nose and says very plainly “seokmin. seokmin does.”
before you can toss out some half-assed excuse, wonwoo continues
“listen, i like you a lot because you’re not dumb like most of our friends--" here mingyu lets out a muffled "hey!" from the kitchen "--and even without any of us saying anything, you figured out he was making excuses to spend time with you. why wouldn't you think he likes you?”
wonwoo raises his eyebrows and you sink a little further in your seat when you mumble “it’s too good to be true.”
he sighs and rolls his eyes before telling you, “i like you, but hearing seokmin talk about you both when he’s awake and asleep is getting on my nerves. confess, fuck, get together, i don’t care. just make him stop pining. make him happy.”
with that, wonwoo disappears upstairs
you sit at the dining table for a long time, long after your tea has stopped steaming and the sun has set
when you hear the garage door opening again, you jump from your chair and skid down the hallway to the door leading into the house from the garage
sure enough, dokyeom's stepping through, looking tired but otherwise okay
“dokyeom!”
dokyeom jumps and whirls around, eyes wild, but when he sees you he shrinks in on himself and pretends to look at something on the ground
he tries to sidestep you but you grab his shoulders and lightly press him against the wall so he can't move
even then he ducks his head and tries to ignore you so you say “seokmin, look at me."
he listens, of course he does, because he's as soft for you as you are for him
"seokmin?" he nods but freezes when you lean in and tell him that you like him very much
“do you really?” he asks in this sad little voice
��yeah, i do! why wouldn't i? you’re sweet and smart and witty and caring and cute and--"
you’re ready to continue for another good few minutes but dokyeom’s hand covering your mouth cuts you off
but only for a second, before you start angrily mouthing off at him behind his fingers lee seokmin don't interrupt me in the middle of my heartfelt confession
dokyeom just laughs at you and moves his hand to cup your face instead
“shhh, stop talking. let’s kiss.”
well you can't argue with that so you pull him close by the lapels of his coat and kiss the gentle smile right off his mouth
(and that’s how jun finds the two of you when he arrives home twenty minutes later, furiously kissing while wrapped up in dokyeom's coat. he whines about how dokyeom's ruining the sanctity of the house and dokyeom waves him away, looking entirely too smug)
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So this is going to be a rant. A very long coming rant. No names will not be stated. Feel free to ignore and pass over this. =3 This is going to be kind of all over the place.
So first of all. WHAT THE FLYING FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT? Like seriously, oh man people are so fast to stab each other in the back that there’s no sense of real trust between folks. Like why are people surprised by the simplistic of kindness? This should not be a thing on this server. Like oh man you gave me a glyph? Why? What’s your motive? Uh it’s called im not a dick? Why is that a mindset on this server. CAUSE WE MADE IT THAT WAY. No one is free of saying they didn’t do it. Like oh man, I’m gonna post about how I never intentionally step on someones toes but then Im gonna do something I *know* will piss off a group of people cause lawl fuck them. I see it everywhere. Sure I’ve done it. I’ll admit that! I’m not some sweetheart that doesn’t get angry. Yea, when I’m pissed, I’ll be vengeful as shit. But guess what, I don’t go around making people feel like shit. Sure I’ll try to upstage someone but I will never go out of my way to put them down or make them want to quit. What’s with that mindset where oh I don’t like them so they should get off my server. Like this isn’t elementary school, this is not a box of crayons you get to decide who uses and who doesn’t.
Furthermore, You’re so full of fucking crap. Oh its a miscommunication. Once is miscommunication, twice is coincidence, but three, four, ten times? That’s you doing it on purpose. So learn how to not do it, or stop being a jerk that pretends to be victim of miscommunication when you’re just taking everything personally even when it’s got NOTHING to do with you! Oh this person left when I showed up. Maybe they’re avoiding you, maybe they’re not. Trying to force your presence on them isn’t gonna make them want to be around you either way! Like shit man, If I’m avoiding you it’s so we don’t start shit. Oh man that doesn’t make me a cunt, that makes me adult enough to know to walk away when it’s making me unhappy. This bullshit of “Oh I don’t like them, but I continue doing stuff with them is cause if I don’t it will start drama.” That’s dumb. Like beyond dumb. If you don’t like someone, you don’t gotta say shit. Just WALK AWAY. Oh you like RPing in this one spot? Guess what, this game is HUGE. You will find another spot you like. You dont gotta stay in one city to get the RP you want. You got friends, just be like “Hey can we RP here?” and 9/10 times, I assure you, they will be like yea sure lets go. There’s this magical thing called imagination, where you can go somewhere abandoned and pretend to be in the same place you just were. Oh I want to RP in a city but I don’t want to go to Stormwind or Silvermoon? Oh shit Old Dalaran tends to be empty! Poof new city to rp. Don’t want it to be a city but want a harbor? Dude Ratchet and Booty Bay are great, and so is Venture Bay in Grizzly Hills! Like dude there is endless possibility. Oh you wanna RP in a human city without anyone finding you and your friends? Guess what.. There’s instances! Look at Old Stratholme. Don’t talk to Arthas and enjoy a nice city! Old Hillsbrad! Blackrock Depths! Gnomergan! Magisters Terrace! Oh man it’s like there’s a lot of dungeons and raids! MAGIC!
Also what is with this arrogance on the server? Like why does majority of people HAVE to like you? Whats wrong with just having fun with a small group of people? Like you are stressing yourself out with this idea that you have to be what the server expects you to be. Oh you’re a house guild? You better be really into politics or the military! Uhm no, Hows about I’m a house that earns money via taking care of farms and fisheries? Oh you’re a Blood Knight Guild? Must be SUPER serious 24/7 no fun allowed. Uh dude, Ima go have a snowball fight cause I can only fight so much. “We pride ourselves on being super serious, always in character.” That’s so EXHAUSTING though? Like have you tried being IC everywhere you go? You burn out FAST. Gotta take a day to do stupid shit like take over a brawl arena on the Isles with guildies and cackle and run around giving people hugs before killing them. Do old content or play browser games! “Oh so you run a lot of community shit? Does that mean thats all you do? Ima come to all your shit.” Man, fuck that. Maybe I wanna do a guild event where we just go swimming? I dont want a bunch of people outside the guild crashing it cause lawl you’re the community person.
And especially gonna call out the paper abusers! There are some great people who are so kind as to run papers for us, but just cause they post your shit, doesnt mean it is 100% server cannon everyone must follow you. And you are stupid for thinking thats how that works. Guess what, another point! Just cause you think you’re top shit for x,y,z, does not mean that the paper HAS TO show up and report on your crap. They got lots of people coming to them, so guess what, they might not get to report on your shit. Or maybe one paper isnt reporting the same way another is. So what? They’re doing this to have fun, not a job. You gonna start paying them money for tokens? No? Then shut the fuck up about they owe you whatever. They owe you NOTHING! Idgaf if you’re bffs, you do not get to make demands of them!
What is this stigma about politics? “Oh well they are trying to control me!” Uh no bitch, sit your ass down. So a bunch of noble rpers wanna form a council and start doing noble shit. Good for them! Let them do what they want. No one is forcing you to acknowledge them or what they are doing. Like I can turn to a noble house and be like fuck you, and they’ll just shrug and go on their way cause guess what. They dont gotta put up with me! Same goes for if they try to force a rule on me. I get to laugh and walk away cause bitch I didnt agree to shit. Its like *gasps* we don’t have to listen to other players. AMAZING I KNOW!
You know what’s really great? Talking to people. Its a beautiful thing. And you would be surprised how much better you feel talking to someone straight on. Like shit, lets say someone pissed me off cause they booked an event over mine. Shocker, it will happen! Talking to them generally lets ya sort shit out so it either A. Doesnt happen again. or B. You can work together. Or you can come to terms with each other and be like breh I dont wanna do stuff with you and heres why, now Im gonna go so we arent at the same place cause I dont wanna cause a fuss. Oh look at that, you are now an adult and everyone understands and isnt left going “Why is this person suddenly avoiding me? What did I do wrong?” Its a *great* feeling getting it off your chest and lets the other person get closure. Now thats not to say walk up to someone and be like I hate you cause you stole my dress. Like no. Now you’re being petty as shit and need to sit your ass down. Same goes for if you go I hate you so you should kill yourself. Like seriously, thats not needed and you just look like an ass.
Finally, fuck all yall for making fun of someone with mental illnesses or experiences. Oh this person has PTSD, lawl lets do stuff to set it off. Yea you’re an ass. Oh this person hears voices? Lets make them feel like they’re going crazy by playing jokes on them that make them question reality. Yea, how about I punch you in the face? Hardy har har. No seriously, fuck you. Like yes this is me mad, go fuck yourself. Its not cute, its not funny, its seriously offensive and cruel.
End of rant (for today)!
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