#It's funny cause one time i was actually trying and making progress

[wakanai]

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[tw: ed; fat shaming]

[yingdu-lover]

Link Click theory : Lu Guang is actually the one who died in the original timeline

edit : I DO NOT REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS THEORY. RATHER IT WAS JUST A FUNNY AU IN MY HEAD.

It was a fun theory, mostly propelled by the visuals from Vortex-Overthink, a few lines from Vortex, Overthink, Dive Back in Time and Flash, where the perspectives of CXS and LG seem to overlap. It DID make me feel Lu Guang's personal past is also distorted (presumably by death). The misleading cliffhanger of the last episode of season 1 still seems very sus to me. What if Lu Guang's attempt to save Cheng Xiaoshi causes HIM to draw the death node to himself? (It kinda happened tho with Li Tianchen stabbing him)

It's all about gambling probability, there are many players and every player's move influences the progression of the game. Lu Guang may not die in the original timeline, but I can't deny the punishment for changing the past very much hints towards death.

Cheng Xiaoshi took the bullet for Lu Guang, otherwise he had been dead and gone. Clear cut OUT!

The video for '3,2,1!' also shows how both of them are trying to reach each other. The lyrics are actually very dark under the sweet tone, Cheng Xiaoshi talks about heading towards his death step by step and Lu Guang also ruminates on death, mortality, fragility of human existence.

Lu Guang's flower is 'forget-me-not', if you know the real German legend, you know how death haunted the tale is. Memory, remembrance of a beloved one.

[theliving-radio]

Big brother malleus ... I love him 🥺 . What about a baby sibling who had a brother back at their world ?? How would he feels about that ??

“You have an older brother back in your home world?” Malleus asked after you told him the new information.

Currently, you were showing Malleus how to sculpt with air dry clay. He’s been showing you the process of how gargoyles were made, and you suggested how you want to make small little figurines of them. Malleus was ready to get his supplies ready to carve mini stones, but instead you just showed him a small container you got from Sam’s. Curious on it, he joined you in your little arts and crafts endeavors.

Malleus was happy to spend time with you. Anything you two did together was a special moment for him. When both of you were talking, you confessed how you had an older brother back in your home world.

That threw him for a loop.

“Why haven’t you told me about him?” Malleus sets his little clay sculpture down and turns to you.

You avoided his gaze as you sprayed more water onto your creation, not wanting it to quickly dry out. “I dont know, it just never got brought up. How my life is like at home, I mean…”

“What makes you bring it up now?”

You huff out a laugh as you roll a small piece of clay, then attaching them to the head of your sculpture. There was a long pause of silence before you let out a sigh. “He’s a college student, Art being one of his majors and he took an interest in sculpting.” Your hands dip in a small bowl of water to get some of the clay residue off.

“I would watch him bring home his projects, amazed by what he’s created. There was one time he brought home a sculpture of a woman holding a vase. And you were able to place flowers inside her vase! He gifted it to me after I graduation from middle school.”

Malleus was listening intently as you recalled memories with your older brother. Your ACTUAL Older Brother. Not him. He watched as you rattle on, telling stories with a bright smile.

And slowly that smile started to fade.

“On my seventh birthday, he gifted me air dry clay like this. We spent the whole day making figurines, and little trinkets. We made so many that mom couldn’t even find a place to display all of them…”

You set your gaze down at the small gargoyle you made. He was lumpy looking. Cracks started forming from the clay not being set properly.

Malleus watches you as you zoned out staring at your own figurine. He notices how your eyes were starting to gloss over, and that pained him.

He crossed his arms and closed his eyes, deep in thought. He then hummed as he opened his eyes again and stared at you.

“I’ve made up my mind.”

“What?” You sniffle and quickly wipe your eyes.

“I’m going to find a way to meet my Baby Brother.”

There was a long pause as you slowly turn to face Malleus.

Did he really just say that?

“Crowley says he’s trying to make progress on how to make it back to your home world, yes? I do not doubt for a second that my magic will allow me to come back to Twisted Wonderland once we visit your home world.” Malleus nods to himself, already planning on how the meeting will go with his Baby Brother. If he’s just as kind as you, then there’s no doubt that they will get along.

The fae prince opens his eyes when he hears your loud laughter, a few tears roll down your face as you went ahead to wipe them away. You look at Malleus and he only tilts his head at you, causing you to laugh even harder.

“My dear Baby Sibling, I don’t understand what’s so funny.”

“You! You’re what’s so funny!”

“I still don’t understand how.”

It took awhile for you to calm down, and when you did, you got up from your chair and hugged Malleus. His eyes widen at the gesture, but after a few seconds he wraps his arms around you as well. He didn’t know what caused you to hug him all of a sudden, but a hug from his Baby Sibling is always welcome.

“Thank you, Horton. You’re a great Big Brother.”

“I’m glad you think so. I would do anything for my Baby Sibling.”

You pulled away and went back to your own chair, going back to playing the air dry clay.

“So, would my new Baby Brother like Gargoyles?”

“Like them? He wrote about them for an Art History Project. He even made a miniature one for our house.”

Malleus could hardly wait to meet his new Baby Brother.

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A/n: Hello! I enjoyed this small idea! I really like to think that as soon as Baby Sibling mentions this to Malleus, he’s just “My family is growing bigger by the day”.

[nekropsii]

Aww. On one hand, I'm glad my words touched you. On the other, it makes me so deeply sad knowing even the smallest glance towards granting one basic human dignity is enough to drive one to tears. I wouldn't even call my words the bare minimum - I don't think that countering the common idea that a group isn't inherently abusive should be the bare minimum. The bare minimum should be casual respect, the same that's afforded to any other person. The bare minimum should be me not even needing to say any of this in the first place.

NPD is so heavily demonized, especially right now. There's wave after wave of people claiming "Narcissistic Abuse" is a valid term and viciously attacking anyone who breathes in the direction of contradiction, every single search adjacent to NPD results in almost nothing but article after article on, specifically, how to hurt people with NPD, or protect yourself against them... There's conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory posted online quite literally painting them as actual real demons, like, Demons, from The Bible, or linking them to the Jewish Reptilian conspiracy theory, and it's just completely and utterly gut-wrenching. Even in spaces that proclaim themselves as safe, or progressive, or bigotry-free, these unjustified, bigoted snap judgments occur. It's the worst.

NPD is not something that I have. I don't have any Cluster B Disorder, actually. But I'm sympathetic because they're all fucking human beings the world has decided is socially acceptable to turn into a Sinister Other, a Walking Otherworldly Threat, like this is a fucking fiction novel or a video game. I'm sick of it.

There's a few people in my immediate circles who have NPD. They're all good people. They're nice, they're funny, they have perspectives on things that I deeply value, they're smart, and I treasure their proximity so much. They've never done anything wrong, and certainly haven't done anything wrong purely on the basis of being some Evil, Conniving Super Villain. They're literally just hanging out, and I'm glad to know them. My life is better and more enriched having known these people. They have never wronged me, and I don't think they ever will. And even if they do, it would not be because they have NPD, it would be because they're a living being. As people, we all have the capability to harm others. Animals have the capability to harm other animals, too. Plants can harm you. This is not a trait unique to the Disordered.

Us people without NPD need to do better, to listen to our friends and siblings with NPD, to help boost them up so that we can help end this wretched fucking curse - or, at the very least, quell it. We need to help them speak louder, and amplify their cause with our vocal support. Ableism will never go away, but the least we can do is try to move towards making it not as socially acceptable to be bigoted. None of us need a Sinister Other to combat. This is not war, this is not the medieval times. We do not need this. We do not need to beat a persecution complex into ourselves to excuse persecuting others. We do not need to live in constant fear of the idea of the line cook who just wants to go home and play Dark Souls, or the office worker passing the time by thinking about their 3 cats, or the high schooler at home reading their favorite shoujo manga, or the guitarist driving home tapping their fingers on the steering wheel to the beat of the radio. These are not your enemies. They are people going about their lives. They've literally never hurt you. Stop projecting your fear of abuse onto strangers - onto minorities.

My message to people without NPD is to fucking check yourself if you believe in Narcissistic Abuse, or automatically assume that people with NPD are up to something. Especially right now, that is a very, very vile, dehumanizing form of absolutely rampant ableism that we needed to take extreme steps to mitigate fucking months ago. Years, even. The best time to shoot this bigotry and burn it's corpse was the moment it started rising. The second best time is Now. Interrogate yourself. Realize that people with NPD are literally just human beings. Stop being awful to your fellow person. The way people think and speak about people with NPD is just absolutely disgusting, and everyone needs to apologize to them right now.

My message to people with NPD is simple: You deserve one billion dollars for having to put up with all of this shit. It's actually deranged. Trust me, there are others out there that think this is horseshit. You are not alone.

[bellherald]

Law and Caring; Cora-san's Wish

I think it is both very funny and incredibly touching that Law had helped Cora-san and Luffy by saving their lives through either mercy of keeping a damning lie or direct medical intervention and then they do not leave him alone. Both of them refuse to leave him behind during his self-destructive episodes, literally picking Law up and carrying him off to face his fears and keep him alive. For Cora-san this included hospitals for his disease, but both of them end up going against Doflamingo directly.

They face down Doflamingo and ultimately he loses. Because of Cora-san, he lost Law and the Op-op no mi; because of Luffy, he lost everything—including Law and the Op-op no mi once again.

Both Luffy and Cora-san are known for being rather determined people and physically violent when mad. Luffy was not being the most gentle ride and accidentally hurting Law compared to Cora hurting Law from hospitals, their relentless drive to ensure Law makes it causing some damage in the progress. The fact that both would rather die first then let Doflamingo kill off Law, pushing him out of Doflamingo's reach and taking the attention upon themselves.

It’s fascinating how for both Law and Luffy the other can remind of loved ones they've lost so fiercely. No wonder they both care for each other.

Luffy has never doubted that Law is a good person; if anything, he ends up taking him for granted and assuming he will agree with his behavior, like with expanding the alliance. Law does, but to him that's really besides the point!

Law's got a facade of a cruel pirate and a reputation to back it up. Apoo calls him out as known for brutality at Maineford and the G-5 marines are terrified at the sight of Law, wanting to turn tail immediately. Hawkins is intimidated by the murderous man that doesn't fear not reaching tomorrow. He's known for taking a hundred hearts to become a Warlord, and, in all respects, the man is terrifying. Law can dice people into bits and do as he pleases.

And yet, despite what you hear, we see repeated moments like this. Flipping the script from last time where Luffy was advocating for action on a countries behalf, Law is the one actively arguing for the citizens. A captain of a silly, friendly crew that loves him, cherishing his accomplishments and hyping him up even as he's exasperatedly sighing in the back. He saves Luffy's and Jinbe's lives for no good reason that could justify a cruel pirate intervening in a war just to save people. Law cares for the Punkhazard children of his own volition when the goal is accomplished even knowing Doflamingo is on the way. He repeatedly saves people by teleporting them from certain death, from Sanji, Luffy, the samurai, Viola and Rebecca. Law doesn't directly kill anyone, even stating that he doesn't like killing. His abilities are centered around not the taking of life but instead to preserve it.

Law has a tendency to help people out despite him trying to seem uncaring and a scary pirate and then that coming around and biting him because they end up caring for him back. Cora-san, Bepo, Penguin & Shachi, Jean Bart, Luffy & the Straw Hats, Punkhazard, Dressrosa, Zou, Wano. It's a consistent facet of his character that I thoroughly enjoy.

Despite his bluster with the samurai being on the ship, everyone knows better and is genuinely thanking Law for letting them on. After all, he’s the one who saved them from sinking in the first place. Then he saved the plan too! It was a small but super cute interaction that made me very gleeful while also very clearly summarizing the Trafalgar plight. A doctor cursed to save lives and then pretend that he doesn't do that, actually. No one listens to him trying to be a scary pirate, he's constantly undermined in his efforts.

Saying this seems counter intuitive considering the last time they parted as enemies Law proceeded to save Luffy's life, but whatever helps him sleep at night!

Law doesn't admit to caring easily, it's incredibly terrifying for someone who has been burned so severely in his life to face down potentially bonding with other people as anything other than inviting more pain. Especially when he's keenly aware of the active hunt his fruit draws upon him and the name he bears. He ends up confessing to it in his actions. It's part of why he is so consistently disgruntled with being seen positively, being kept at a distance keeps him safe. Law has multiple layers to keep from connecting with those around him but we see people getting through the cracks in them. Law can't help but leave those gaps because he is a doctor; at a fundamental level, he cares about the well-being of other people.

Even when it seems hopeless in Law’s life, where he is unable to move and faced with once again being dehumanized, coveted, used because he is not a human to a monstrous Blackbeard but instead a valuable tool—Law is saved by people he’s saved before. Law’s bluster about being enemies was passed over by both the Straw Hats and his own crew who had worked together even with their alliance ‘over’ and the goal complete. Chopper had been working on something for Bepo and because of that bond, it is the Straw Hats helping Law and Bepo avoid a fate we saw for another D. defeated by Blackbeard all those years ago in Pre-TS. Not seen as a human, but a tool for the powerful to use and kill for their own gains and greater schemes.

Law knew Doflamingo was a monster. He didn't care. He wanted to use Doflamingo to become one himself and being use as a tool by Doflamingo was fine by him. After everything that happened to him, he wanted to be a monster in his last years because the world stripped everything away from him.

His family, his home, his dignity and rights as a human being, his future… Cora gave them back. Law got to be human again, not a monster.

Cora-san got what he had wanted from the beginning, for Law to have the opportunity for a free life. He safeguarded Law's heart and helped bring him back, making sure that the boy who cared enough to keep him alive wasn't snuffed out. Destined not just for destruction but greater than that, Cora-san freed him from Doflamingo's strings by making him care again.

Law keeps that spirit alive through the carefully considered kindness he keeps tucked away from open view. Seeing it is always a treat, but seeing the kindness as the gift that keeps on giving? Law is surrounded by care, both his own and the people around him.

[findher-ogg]

I think Piper Wright Fallout 4 is one of those characters who's good in theory but not in practice. I was thinking about her as a character in relation to her setting and I genuinely think her archetype would be better suited to the NCR than it is to the Commonwealth.

Which I think comes down to how Bethesda handles their games, environment and attitude wise, as opposed to Black Isle and Obsidian. The West coast has basically recovered. New Vegas is a tourist attraction. The NCR are on a rapid tirade of imperialist expansion that's only achievable because they, as a nation, have recovered from the war and grown from it. If you compare Shady Sands in Fallout 1 to Diamond City in Fallout 4, its kind of funny. Shady Sands started out with decent houses made from dirt, with solid foundation and some of them having actual windows. The average settlement in Bethesda Fallout (like Diamond City or Megaton), meanwhile, are just shanty towns made from tin.

In the Commonwealth's case this is made even more insane by the fact that Fenway Park (where Diamond City is located) is surrounded by mostly intact houses that, with a bit of fixer-uppering, could be lived in relatively normally compared to the tin shacks of Diamond City. I think Megaton gets more of a pass because the Capital Wasteland got nuked to shit, but you get me.

Returning to Piper for a second, let's take a look at her character: she's a spunky, somewhat annoying character who's very invested in the freedom of the press and so forth. She's got a working printing press and everything, which is super impressive considering how run-down the rest of Diamond City is aside from the Valentine Detective Agency signs (seriously, where did they find the materials for those). She runs Publick Occurences solo with her sister, and it's all well and good. Ignoring the witch hunts she sends people on about synths.

And I get it. I think this specific gripe with Piper as a character comes from having played this game for the first time in 2024. The synths don't really hold up as an allegory for anything, and the entire story surrounding them is very "trying to be progressive in 2014". Which is fine, I think it is just a symptom of the era the game came out in, but still.

Piper's character, as a spunky yet annoying journalist who believes the people deserve to know what's going on, would be far better suited in a more developed location on the West coast -- specifically, Freeside or somewhere within the NCR.

I think Piper would suit the Followers of the Apocalypse, for example, serving as an informant to keep them in the know about what's going on between the Strip, the NCR and the regular Freesiders. Plus, having a funny, anarchist-themed newspaper you can receive in-game where she touts her hatred for the Securitron police force is a funny mental image. Equally, I think she'd suit living in Shady Sands -- right at the heart of the NCR's seediest political manouvres as the decisions are made. Imagine her as a journalist who frequently pushes back against the Mojave expansion, for example, and how the NCR is putting too many resources into a lost cause instead of more important things like healthcare or housing. That way, you could still keep her extreme hatred for the upper class in The Stands while making it make more sense within the setting.

Leading on from this, this made me realise how Bethesda also just aren't very deliberate with how they utilise history in their games. Which makes sense, to a certain extent, given how destroyed absolutely everything on the East coast is. But still. It's a little stupid.

The core conflict of New Vegas -- the Legion vs the NCR -- is actually a really deep-cut history reference at its core. The NCR is the Bear, the Legion is the Bull. In mid-19th century California, people watched bears and bulls fight for fun.

There are other, better examples, I'm sure. But I'm British and this is my personal favourite example, so this is what I'm using. History plays such an important part of New Vegas' themes and messaging -- it's a story about how, when, and why humanity needs to move on from the past and look towards the future.

Bethesda Fallout, by comparison, will frequently and shallowly tout "nukes bad" while letting Liberty Prime lob them at Super Mutants, or encouraging players to nuke each other's houses in Fallout 76.

Piper exists partially as a nod to the Boston Herald, and how it's one of the longest-running/most influential newspapers in America. A lot of publishing has its roots within Boston, and I think it's an interesting reference to take.

And I think this is a part of Fallout that Bethesda does get -- a lot of what people do in the post-war world is inspired by what came before. Caesar's Legion and its ideologies come from Edward Sallow not understanding basic Roman history properly and using it to fuel his agenda because it looks cool. The Minutemen are exactly that. The New California Republic are the new US government, right down to the borderline facist intentions and ideologies. I could go on.

And this comes from Fallout being a series about the cyclical nature of violence. "War never changes, but men do through the roads they walk" is the story here. War cannot change if men do not change, because war exists in an endless cycle of violence that can only be broken if man chooses to break it. And they've failed at it so far, right?

And this is where I go back to Piper. Her nod to history isn't as intentional as anything in New Vegas, and I feel like she would have been better served as a character if she was in New Vegas instead. Because her entire character would make more sense if she was living in the more developed and rebuilt towns of the West coast as opposed to a dilapidated shanty town on the East.

I have more thoughts about this but tl;dr Bethesda should really put more effort into making sure their history references and homages make sense to the setting contextually, in the same way that New Vegas does. That game was developed in 18 months and still has far more care put into its historical references than Fallout 4 does. And I love Fallout 4.

[pookietv]

moving in | george clarke

i love the idea of moving in with someone so :,)

four years into your relationship, you had decided it was time: between the two of you, you were a little sick of the lack of privacy in your relationship, despite the hilarity of kissing in the kitchen for a second and the awkward moment of arthur hill walking in on you, or being in your flat and falling asleep on the sofa together to the amusement of your flatmates, you figured it had been long enough now. so you were moving in together.

and you were so sure it was going to go smoothly...

until you actually had to move in, that was - between a sea of cardboard boxes that made no sense to you, making george carry everything (because what's the point of having a man around if not for manual labour?) and slight confusion of what furniture still needed to be ordered, you had decided that george could be left to try and build a tv stand in the front room whilst you tackled the bedroom.

however, what you had failed to realise is how awful you were at building flatpack furniture from ikea yourself, the double bed frame you were trying to build still laying in pieces on the floor like it was half an hour ago, your hands fiddling with screws and a feeble attempt to read the instructions for what seemed like the 100th time, so engrossed in your efforts that you barely heard george come into the room.

"need a handyman?" he teased, and you groaned jokingly as you looked up and turned your body slightly to face him.

"turns out i'm useless, george, i cannot even build the bedframe," you laughed to yourself, and he grinned and poked you slightly, asking you to move along.

"well, if you like, i can finish, or... you know, start, to build the bed if you start sorting out the clothes in the cupboard? you can manage that, right?" he said cheekily, and it was your turn to nudge him with a slight smile in return.

"okay, fine, you can live out your handyman dreams and i'll start on clothes," you smiled back, standing up to go to one of the many other brown boxes, opening one that george had packed, and beginning to get to work, folding jeans into draws and hanging up jumpers and t-shirts into an organised section for him in the wardrobe, occasionally looking back at george, who had made more progress on the bed frame in ten minutes then you had made in half an hour, and you had to admit that you were staring at him a little, 'cause he just made something as simple as building flatpack furniture look good.

when you got near to the bottom of the second box of georges clothes, you found a shoebox labelled 'sentimental' and giggled to yourself, causing george's head to turn and look at you.

"what's so funny?" he asked, as you smiled and pulled it out, showing it to him.

"what's hidden in here?" you asked with a grin playing on his face, and his face went slightly red, though he shrugged and tried to act nonchalantly.

"just old pictures and stuff, i don't know," he said, turning his attention back to the building in front of him in hopes his face would go a little less red.

you sat down cross legged next to him, putting the box in front of you, "can i look?" you asked with a hopeful head tilt, and he groaned a little and agreed.

so when you opened the box to what was practically a memorial for everything to do with your relationship, you looked back up at him with the biggest smile, lightly pushing his shoulder.

"george! you soppy boy," you grinned as you pulled out pictures of you guys from both when you started dating to recently, an old cinema ticket, a small lego man you had given him after making it at the lego factory after telling him very convincingly that it looked just like him, a small note you wrote him explaining why you had to leave his flat early one morning, and a collection of many other things.

his face was still a little red as he looked up, but he was grinning before he shrugged again, "just felt like i should keep that stuff, i like having it all in one place,"

at the bottom of the box, there was a small velvet bag, a black one, and you pulled it out with a quizzical look.

"what's this?" you asked curiously, and george's eyes widening with an even more bashful look made you giggle.

you opened it slightly, tipping it out into your hand to see a small pendant necklace, with a small golden sun at the bottom of it, and you look back up to george, your eyebrows slightly scrunched up.

"i, um... got it a little bit ago, never really knew when to give it to you, i just saw it and thought it looked pretty, and i thought it would look nice on you, then i just felt a bit awkward every time i was going to give it to you,"

a slight warmth spread through you, and your bottom lip stuck out slightly at the adorable gesture, "well, seems like the right awkward moment is now?" you laughed slightly, and he nodded.

"well, it's not a candlelit dinner but it'll have to do, right?" he joked back, and you nodded. "do you like it?" he asked, and you nodded.

"it's really pretty, george," you looked back down at the small pendant in your hand before looking back up at him, "can i put it on?" you asked, and he smiled with a nod.

"well, that's what necklaces are for, right?" he grinned.

"well, does it come with a lifetime commitment to building ikea furniture?" you laughed back, and he mockingly pretended to be thinking for a while before looking back at you with a feigned look of reluctant agreement.

"well, i suppose so, i mean god forbid if i had let you build the bed," he teased, "i have the fear the bed would collapse the second we got in it if i had left you to build it,"

you were just thankful that george was surprisingly helpful, putting everything together with no complaint, checking the water and the gas, pottering around and doing odd jobs with a content look on his face.

"george?" you pottered into the kitchen after finishing unpacking the bathroom toiletries, where george was unpacking a kettle and microwave, and he looked up at you and confirmed he was listening with a small 'hm?'

"should we order a takeaway? 'm thinking maybe we deserve it after all the hard work building furniture and moving?" you said with a smile, and he rolled his eyes playfully at you.

"our hard work?" he teased, and you gave him a small grin.

"hey, i built a quarter of the wardrobe!" you laughed back, and he nodded his head.

"oh, yeah, of course you did babe," he curled his lip in amusement, standing up and pressing a kiss to your forehead, "takeaway sounds good, just let me finish up quickly getting these in the boxes and we'll leave the rest for tomorrow? most of it is done anyways,"

"sounds good to me," you smiled, and walked into what was now the living room - a little bare still, but it had a sofa and a tv, and it would obviously feel more homely the more you were there. but right now it was still kind of surreal - you lived with george.

once the food had came and you had put on some tv show you both knew far too well in the background for noise, whilst you were eating you looked at george with a small smile.

"weird that we, like, live here now. like.. we live together," you said, and he laughed.

"yeah, i get no more late night cuddles with arthur and chris," he mockingly frowned, and you giggled at him, playfully putting your hand on his shoulder, feigning support.

"it must be so hard to move out from your boyfriends' house," you grinned, and he nodded, playing along.

"it is... and now i'm just stuck with you," he said with an amused look on his face, "being your live in handyman."

"oh, shut up, you wouldn't have it any other way," you jabbed him playfully before leaning into his side.

[directdogman]

hey dog! sorry to bug you with a coding question, but i'm learning rpg maker mv for a fangame & i'm wondering how you did a couple things. if it's not too much trouble, could you quickly explain some of it? i've scrounged around as much as i can but i cant find what i need so i thought it'd be worth asking directly ^^;

how did you get the players name to show up in the message log? i know theres a plugin that adds the name windows for other characters & i've got that figured out, but i have no idea how to get the players name to show up in the history after selecting stuff

how'd you get the graphic for the route diverging choices to show & play During choices? so far ive figured out that looping the images recreates the visual but then the game doesn't progress, bc its just stuck in that loop...

how'd you disable ( + grey out) dialogue options after selecting them??

how'd you add the fullscreen option? i found a code that was supposed to add a fullscreen option to the optionscore settings but that one just breaks the plugin & i simply Don't know enough javascript to figure it out myself

i'm using all the same plugins that dialtown has so clearly these are possible without extra ones, i just don't know how to do it,, thanks for explaining your pronoun system a little while ago btw! i wasn't the one who asked but your post was super helpful when i was setting it up for myself :D

It's been close to 6 years since I started making DT, and I had to figure out a few solutions to specific issues that cropped up which I've likely forgotten now, but I'll answer what I can remember. I'm also gonna give you some advice and advise you not to use RPG Maker for projects like these.

I basically Scott Cawthon'd DT and forced the engine to yield to my demands because I wanted to use the one I knew best. A few of these solutions are over-complicated because the easier ones (which would've worked in other engines) had to be constructed differently. I'll also mention a few solutions to problems you might not have encountered (but inevitably will if you try to recreate DT.) With that out of the way...

1)

You'll want these settings for the backlog plugin. the \c[x] commands refer to standard name colours. Log special inputs set to true, followed up by this below:

\n<\c[4]\n[1]\c[0]>%1

With \n[1] being the name you want and the number after the first c being what colour you want.

I'll also save you a potential future issue: I'd actually recommend you find the backlog plugin I used in DT's files (located inside the www/js/plugins folder) and use the version I have instead of the official release if you're not already, because I made a small change to fix an error. Basically, it breaks slightly with the plugin that lets you bring up the menu during dialogue because text reloads when you leave the menu and re-enter the text box, causing text to be logged at least twice after you pause it. If you keep bringing up the menu, you'll get constant duplication. I simply added a line of code that tells the log not to have two duplicates in a row. Not a programmer, but it seems works.

2)I did it in a funny way to ensure the engine wouldn't screw it up. Basically, there's 3 steps to the event and it's kinda hard to explain (and would be annoying to reproduce without a lot of trial and error for a beginner.) It's easier if I show my code. The first thing I do is run a common event (you can also just paste this code in and run it from the event) that renders the frames used by the popup, so they're loaded into memory + ready to go.

As you can see, they're set to 0 opacity but now ready to be used. Obviously they have to be on a layer that isn't being used by anything else in the scene (and won't be during this part of the game.) I run this event ahead of time, usually 4 messages before the choice comes up or so, so even slower PCs should have time to get them up.

The 'if head' thing just switches between the files for phone/typegingi's heads. I render each frame on separate layers and toggle their opacity from one to the next on a single frame to avoid flickering (bc RPG maker's renderer is hot trash and I have to work around it. Case in point.)

Step 2 is a second command event that orders the frames to fade in.

One layer is the text (which doesn't move) and the other is the first frame of the little head animation. A switch is also turned on at the end, and this signals the animation to go, which is handled by an event on any map where a choice like this comes up.

The event page that handles the animation itself has 2 pages, one to handle the animation as it goes and the other to handle when it stops (note that you could use one page and simply use a conditional branch. I didn't.)

Set to parallel so it runs in the bg behind normal events. As you can see, every 17 frames, I command one image to fade out over a single frame and another to fade in. It loops perfectly, cycling from middle frame, to left, to middle, to right, back to middle. Finally, when you select any route diverging choice, it sets off a second switch, which activates the second event page and commands the game to dispose of the graphics and then turn itself off.

Basically, it's the same animation but with a twist. The text is faded out over 60 frames and then the same animation is played as before, except the values it fades back into go from 255, to 170 to 85. Each of those commands is also followed by a 17 second fade to the opacity of the next frame. So, frame one renders in one frame at 255. Then seventeen frame fadeout to 170... Next frame renders for 1 frame AT 170, then fades out gradually to 85. Then next frame renders at 85 during 1 frame, fades to 0. This is how i synced the turning animation to fade out convincingly.

At the very end, I turn both of the switches this event page uses off so both event pages don't continue on loop. I also have a check for the first event variable to check if the game should still think the animation is running, as a failsafe. I don't remember if this mattered.

3)It's a function in the YEP Extended Message Pack. You'll see the commands for hiding (temporarily removing) + disabling choices (greying them out) as you scroll through the help list, almost 2/3 down. The thing you have to remember though is that messages that are commanded to be hidden/disabled will STAY disabled unless you turn them back on. So, ANY time there's a possibility to make a choice with a disabled or hidden message, add this plugin command to EVERY selectable choice

ClearChoiceSettings

This will ensure the game doesn't break from having a choice permadisabled. If you use loops or labels to make the game return to a previous choice, make sure the looping point is BEFORE any logic that may disable/hide a choice so it doesn't autoenable everything if the game has to go back.

4)Make a new RPG Maker project, copy the js folder from www/data/js and open the new project alongside your other one. Then check my YEP Option core plugin and follow this path in the plugin editor

This code should work.

On a similar note, I'd also take a look at how my plugins are ordered, if your list is different. I had to meddle with the list to make sure some plugins functioned correctly. This engine is held together with duct-tape and spite, so do what this advice what you will.

Hope this helps!

[child0feden]

SUMMER BREEZE

peter steele x pregnant! reader

- general headcanons for peter with a pregnant partner!

i remember being so obsessed with this man when i was younger, i could not shut the fuck up about him! i hope you like it anon <3

- requested by anon | view my metal masterlist here

reading music recommendations: glass by daughter - summer breeze by type o negative

- honestly, i feel like due to his general height, strength and build, peter could still very easily pick you up when you are pregnant!

✩ if you offhandedly mention that your feet kind of hurt or your back aches a little whilst the two of you are on a walk, peter will just take you into his arms and pull you up to eye level with no struggle at all…

- at family gatherings or at the baby shower? you are always sat comfortably on his lap with one of his big arms thrown around your waist and his large hands stroking your noticeable bump through your maternity dress!

✩ your newly added weight that is bound to come along with pregnancy is absolutely nothing to him

- with his genes, your hormones definitely cause you to get mad at him so much for even giving you his baby at all

✩ like, why are you carrying a 6 ft 8 inch man’s baby right now? why are you doing this to yourself? why did he do this to you?

- but you never really mean it, of course, and he knows that! so he never gets upset at you, he usually finds it pretty funny and cracks a small smirk before coming to comfort you when you suddenly burst into tears and chastise yourself for being so mean to him

✩ and you better not dare to ever even try to put your own shoes on around this man when you are pregnant!

- he will be bending down and putting them on for you all the time, being incredibly and almost overly gentle as to not get your skin caught in a clasp or tie the laces too tight around you, asking you if they feel okay and if they are comfortable enough before he stands back up

✩ peter is just so in love with watching your baby bump grow just a tiny bit everyday! ever since you first told him you were pregnant, he was waiting for the little bump to finally show up

- when your bump first appeared, he was actually who noticed it first… it was early one morning and you were just brushing your teeth together in the bathroom of your shared house, his broad figure looming behind you before he halted his brushing and brought his hands to your stomach, making eye contact with you through the bathroom mirror as he pulls your sleep shirt tighter against your stomach just a little bit to really highlight the tiny bump

“ you have a bump… y’see it? ‘s only small for now, that’s our baby in there… ” ( his voice is so calm and gentle as he says it, as if he is trying to approach or soothe a baby deer )

✩ after that day, whenever brushing his teeth behind you in the morning, he will always bring his hands down to your stomach to feel the bump! he will always tap against it three times to symbolise an “ i love you ” as he awaits the day he will feel his baby kick back against his hand

- he definitely takes physical record of the bump progression after that day too!

✩ he has an old polaroid camera that he takes pictures of your bump with, he takes at least three pictures every month! he scribbles the date down on them before taping them inside of a photo album that grows fuller with each passing month of your pregnancy

- i feel like peter is the type of father to not actually want to know the gender before they are born!

✩ he just knows that he will be happy with any gender, it is his baby! so he just does not really see a major point of knowing before they are born…

- but if you really wanted to know the gender before the birth, he would definitely do it for you

✩ he will absolutely want to practice braids and other hairstyles on you before the baby comes! wether his baby comes out a boy or girl, braids and other cute hairstyles will be useful and he wants to know the process

- you guys either sit in a comfortable silence with the tv on low as background noise or you have quiet little conversations whilst he practices, likely talking about music or talking about the baby

“ i like this style… ‘s not too hard, you know? really gender neutral which is good too… ” ( he has a little trouble with braids and plaits because he has such large fingers but he is absolutely determined to get the hang of it for his child )

✩ i can see peter actually really liking a few of the weird food cravings you have…

- stuff like pickles dipped in nutella? yeah, he weirdly kind of likes them! he is never against trying new stuff, no matter how strange, so when you held it up to him and told him he just had to try it, there was no hesitation from him at all

✩ he chews it normally, not making a sour face or even gagging! i mean, he does not think it is incredible but he thinks it is strangely nice enough and indulges in all of your cravings, so long as it makes you happy

- peter lets you wear his shirts all the time when you are pregnant! i mean, he always let you wear them anyways but when you are pregnant with his baby? he almost wants you to wear them more than you want to yourself

✩ he just really wants you to always be incredibly comfy and he knows just how oversized his shirts are on you, obviously! and he just thinks you look super cute with a baby bump, wearing his shirt whilst your hair is messily tied up or clipped back away from your face

- but he also loves when you wear quite fitting things, like dresses that really showcase and hug your bump…

✩ that just really gets him going so bad! he thinks you are so insanely hot with a bump, you are so beyond beautiful carrying his child with the infamous pregnancy glow to your skin! he will always hold you on his lap, his hands tapping against your stomach as the baby kicks in response, his mouth pressing kisses to the skin of your shoulder and speaking lowly against it

“ y’look so beautiful, you know that, honey? so gorgeous carrying our baby… ” ( no but seriously, he already thought you were the most beautiful woman in the world but now with his baby? his attraction to you somehow doubled and he cannot get over just how amazing you look )

- peter buys so many little cat and bat plushies for the baby, they had a vast collection before they were even more than a few clumps of cells…

✩ he always comes home from tour with so many new little plushies and toys, you probably do not go with him because travelling whilst pregnant is not fun at all and he just hates leaving you and the baby, even if they are still in your stomach

- oh my gosh, he would definitely get one of those little build a bear plushies with the press noise things inside!

✩ he puts a short recording of your babys heartbeat inside, so that he has a piece of them when touring, because obviously they are not born yet and cannot talk babble to him over the phone as he wishes they could

- he calls you every day and at least three times, spending hours on the phone with you! asking you if you have definitely ate, if you feel okay, if you are comfy and all that jazz, he just needs to know you are okay when he is gone!

✩ so when he finally comes home with a bunch of plushies and toys he picked up in different cities, he shows you them all whilst the two of you are laying in bed together, smiling whilst you coo at how cute they all are

- he probably does not speak much when showing them to you but he will speak up to tell you a special reasoning behind why he got some of them! like how a cute vampire one reminded him of himself and a princess one reminded him of you <3

[deaddovedecadence]

Title: Puppies

Warning(s): manipulation, yandere shit, yelling

Summery: after a fight with bruce, duke brings you a gift (but not is all that is seems to be)

Bruce is a dick when he’s angry, but he never yells and that’s the worst part. He takes, takes everything that you are and makes you feel so small, and sometimes you think that this is what Jason run, because if he had to deal with this when he was young then why wouldn’t he.

You’ve curled up in your bathroom, the room door that locks, and you’ve rested yourself against it, not thinking about how you’re breaking another rules because there are so many rules and you always seem to fuck up even on the days that you're trying to be good. There is not good enough for them, there is nothing you can do to get your freedom because they are all faster, stronger, smarter then you are. They've done a millions times and you've never been held hostage and been told that it's for love.

this is nopt love, this is possession and you do not want possession. Does freedom even exist for you, made something that you didn't used to be by them, because of them.

"Hey," there's a voice from outside the door, pulling you away from the spiral that you've sunken into. You don't respond to the voice even though you know that it's just Duke, Duke the only person not to raise his hands againt you, never cruel, always patient, always kind. It was with him that you meant to go on a outing with but now, you don't want to leave this bathroom, because at least it is safe in the bathroom.

There's a soft rapping sound and Duke sighs, "I heard that Bruce lost his mind, huh? That probably really sucked." He's making an understatement and you both know it but Duke is gentle anyways, (a predator) coaxing you out of your hiding spot. "Tell me what happened and I'll give you a surprise." he says, and Duke's surprises are always good so you start.

"I didn't know that bruce didn't know about our outing," you whisper, "i was waiting on the front step and he saw and he lost it. Duke, am I really nothing without you?" There's a hissed out sigh from Duke, "You know that Bruce gets anxious about us, right? Specially you an Jase cause you're new and Jase is fresh home. He didn't mean to." You know that and yet, it's not enough right now. "I told you what happened," you snap, "so give me my surprise now."

Your (not a) brother laughs, "only if you unlock the door and come out.” You unlock the door, slowly opening it. It’s duke and he’s holding something, well two something’s actually. He’s holding what look like twin Rottie puppies and they’re so cute. “I thought you’d like to have someone besides me and Jase. You take one of them and coo and it. “Whats their name?” You mumble, holding the puppy tight across your chest. “I thought it might be funny to name them Shadow and sunshine. I’d take shadow, she’s a girl, and you could have sunshine, he’s a boy .” You croon and Sunshine with his black fur and bright blue eyes. “They’re perfect. thank you duke.”

Duke smiles, “and because they are puppies, we get to go to training together so more outings.” You grin at him, crooning at the say that sunshine yawns. “Can he sleep here?” You murmur, and Duke nods.

“Thank you Duke,”

“Welcome Sunshine.”

-

Bruce is getting some work done with his son storms into his office, eyes glowing in way that they only do when he’s angry. “What’s wrong?” he says, and Duke hisses, that sound more animal then anything a normal human could make.

“You really had to fuck up all my progress with them? I got sunshine to the point of not wanting to escape and you nearly ruined all that because you’re scared.” Bruce stands, staring at duke. “I did not know,” he snaps, “I did not know and I didn’t mean to.”

His son laughs, the sound cold. “I know that but that doesn’t mean you ruin all my fuckin progress with Sushine cause you a paranoid motherfucker.” Some of Duke’s gotham is slipping into his accent as he speaks, never yelling but obvious furious. There’s a knock on the door, and Dick slips in, looking at the two of them before sighing, “just go spar it out and you’ll feel better.” Duke slips out of the room, tiling his head in a way that means follow so bruce follows.

Author’s note: Duke is such a scary yandere to me bc this man really be bending you in ways that you can’t even notice. Yes the dog was a plot to get you to stay with them and not run. Duke genuinely does not care what he has to do to protect his family and I think that he’s so real for that /j

[diamondwerewolf]

Tumblr essay nobody asked for

Geeta doesn’t dislike Larry, she’s just trying to curb his propensity to settle.

Some of this information I’m paraphrasing comes from the main Sar/Vi game, the DLC, and Pokemon Masters EX.

To start, a detail I don’t seen discussed is this:

Larry’s shoes and his briefcase are worn. See the scuffs and the rip. He uses the same items over again, probably until they can’t be used anymore. He prefers to use the same Pokémon type [normal] , and has noted himself that he seldom switches things up, and should probably keep up with talented people from time to time. Which implies he doesn’t believe himself to be talented, which I’ll get back to later.

Another note to make about Larry, is that he’s reasonably stubborn, which goes hand in hand with being ‘set in his ways’. He says in Masters that he enjoys being Average, and only searches for the extraordinary in foods, as long as the restaurant isn’t too busy. That’s another hint at his introversion, apart from not wanting to be highly recognizable, which I may discuss later. So in synopsis with some additional points Larry is:

-Resistant to change

-very independent

-quite firm in his opinions or beliefs

-somewhat introverted

-a workaholic despite his complaints

Let’s take a break and discuss Geeta.

[Here she is noticing that Larry is enjoying a change of scenery. ]

She initially comes across as overbearing as chairwoman of the Pokémon league, but her decisions come from a genuine place. She cares about -progression- , of not just Paldea, but of all of her employees. I think this is fair.

Geeta mentions in masters ex that she loves collecting rare gems, literally and metaphorically. She’s a recruiter but also a nurturer. I assume someone who works so closely with the school was probably a teacher at some point, too.

You’ll notice, primarily in masters and the PkmnSV DLC that Geeta gives Larry tasks that, I assume, are meant to rouse him out of his comfort zone. Why don’t you use flying instead of normal types all the time? Why don’t you go to this event and mingle? [ she’s the one who encouraged Larry to hang out with Kabu] Would you be willing to leave familiar territory, that well trodden path, if it was for your job??

She doesn’t have a close eye on Larry because she dislikes him. I actually think Geeta worries he doesn’t enjoy working for the league, or that he’s wasting some of his potential. Mind you, Larry was hand picked for his jobs. The elite 4 are her rare, sparkling gems. Pillars of strength for the region.

She’s attempting to nurture Larry, and like a scrunched shiba on a leash, he’s an older man who doesn’t want to budge. He’s a ‘free spirit’ in masters. There’s irony in him being very resistant to being told what to do. It’s funny. Of course he’s going to think she’s hawking on him. He’s that kind of guy. He wants to do what he wants, which may not always be the best.

I think out of all of her employees, Geeta may mention him the most across all materials. My shipping delusions aside, she does think he’s special. But she may not be fully aware of his introversion. Half of Larry’s resistance to striving is probably to avoid talking to more people than he needs to.

Classic case of miscommunication, because Larry doesn’t give her any direct feedback. I think he should. She would probably adjust her tasks for him.

Some last thoughts, cause I don’t know where to put this:

-Larry has excellent taste in food, while Geeta’s tastes are pretty bland [this is from masters] VERY FUNNY

-Larry thinks himself to be average, while being one of Pokémon’s more unusual characters. He’s perplexed if the player picks him as a favorite gym leader.

-Geeta often has to force larry to take breaks. I’m still wondering what else this may imply about him. He complains privately, but he does work hard

[goddessofroyalty]

Share with the class some of your favorite young revolutionists/parents Vander and Silco headcannons.

Despite all the stress and busy-ness of their lives during those early days it's actually some of the simplest times of their lives because the goals, especially their long-term ones, are so clear to them and it does feel like they are making progress towards them even if it's slow (victories definitively feel sweeter and less complicated). And while people are starting to join on to their cause they aren't being looked at to be the leaders and make all the decisions.

Vander tries to bring little gifts home to Silco when he comes home. Not everyday and nothing big. But especially if a smuggling shipment has something in it that he thinks Silco would like (and it's large enough that one thing missing won't get noticed) he'll bring it home for Silco. If it's food he won't try any himself until he's given it to Silco.

While the number of actual toys their kids have is minimal (as in dedicated "this is a toy purchased for a child" and not "this is some rubbish this child has taken home") there is a constant stream of books going through the house. Few stay in their possession indefinitely but it's are something they keep their eyes open for whenever trading with sailors travelling through or generally in the things that pass through their/Benzo's hands. If they want their children to stand on equal footing to those in Piltover they will do the best they can to educate them.

They're a weird mix of being very paranoid protective parents and also very blase ones. And there is logic to it (much more protective against outside threats to their kids vs blase to kids doing dangerous things) it is a bit funny to think about. But also they are very on the same wave-length in what to be protective vs blase about despite never really talking about it.

There's not many photos of them at that time but in just about every one of them they are doing something that is not advisable with a baby/young child also in frame (smoking, cleaning blood of gauntlets, sorting through stolen goods).

They are a very intense relationship especially in the early days. So the kids are just as likely to witness them having a full blown in each other's face yelling match as they are them being obnoxiously affectionate with each other. Sometimes the yelling matches end with the obnoxious affection. Both sides of this actually get more intense as the years go on. It kind of all becomes Background Noise for the kid.

They've made arrangements for if they end up dead or in Stillwater. And I think between them and Benzo there's a rule that if they are doing anything big one of the three stays home (which clearly continues to when they're older - Benzo isn't out the night of the bridge).

[sam-keeper]

Hey Look At This Comic: Homestuck Beyond Canon (Again)

you know that first time in The People's Joker where she's doing her "worst thing that ever happened to you" stand up gimmick, just having Poison Ivy recite their tragic backstory while Joker stands there getting blitzed out of her mind on drugs and laughing hysterically?

I felt that, lol.

Homestuck has this... tone that's always appealed to me, one that's sort of in that wheelhouse. So much of the humor in Homestuck is deeply goofy, while gradually drifting, like an unmoored boat, towards a waterfall with a bunch of sharp rocks at the bottom. that's, to an extent, just dark internet humor. I've been around the block, I grew up with Perry Bible Fellowship; Andrew's penchant for shock jokes wasn't new to me at the point where I hopped on the Homestuck ocean liner (they called it unsinkable!). but often its jokes structurally involve a kind of escalation from funny, to fucked up, and back to absurdity again, and that has both always been my sense of humor, and certainly my experience of personal catastrophe. and what makes Homestuck often so resonant is the way past that point of absurdity it finds a personal or thematic resonance.

I mentioned, in my last post like this, that for a while Beyond Canon felt unwilling to push the audience outside its comfort zone, and could come across as outright fawningly apologetic for stuff that, not to put too fine a point on it, I watched my friends put their hearts into before HS2's cancellation. I also mentioned in that post, though, that one moment a few updates ago made me sit up, stop skimming, and pay attention. this joke, specifically (cw for pet death and also pet suicide I guess?):

this is pretty weird and morbid! what a fucked up little story! I love the structure of this joke. In a few lines we get this progression from a genuine exploration of Jade's traumatic experiences trying to live like a normal person on Earth C, which cascades into this weird, pretty upsetting anecdote. then it escalates further into the farcical image of the suicidal hamster. it's a propulsive joke, a vehicle with no one at the wheel, and structurally Rose and Kanaya's interjections underscore both this energy, and the true to life sense of a conversation-turned-frantic trauma dump. I've certainly both endured and inflicted a few of those in my life! and, of course, Kanaya's frustration acts as a second punchline to the scene, reminding us that the whole reason this argument is happening is cause Kanaya's mad that Jade fucked Rose behind her back. it's like if the Spongebob glass bones and paper skin gag was contextualized by cuckoldry.

that's enough to justify the joke, and it was enough to keep me actually reading rather than skimming like I had with earlier upd8s. it's a well formed gag that has sharp, uncomfortable edges while remaining, at least to me, very funny. that's Homestuck, or at least baseline writing sizzle Homestuck.

what pushed it over into more interesting territory for me, though, was the pages that followed, which delve deeper into Jade's choice to keep her and Rose's child "Yiffy Longstocking Lalonde-Harley" (pfftttthahahha) a secret. I love the art above of Jade passing Yiffy out through a window, menaced by shadowy claws all around. it's a fittingly fairytale image for the Witch of Space--a reminder of the weird multiple registers of this story about stunted adults who also happen to be universe-spawning gods. it also demands a serious reread of other elements of the chapter. Homestuck likes to operate on registers at once absurd and resonant, after all. like, Jade's comment about not wanting people to "bark at [Yiffy] while walking down the street", in the context of defending her action of impregnating another woman's wife, could be understood as her talking about specifically transphobic street harassment. it's just filtered through the Homestuckian absurd situation of Jade being a magical dog girl.

in that context, why have a whole riff about a suicidally lonely hamster? well, surely if there's a metaphorical pet dying of loneliness in the Homestuck Epilogues in particular, it's none other than Jade Harley. isolation is core to her narrative: one of the current demiurges of the metanarrative informs her that as a Space player lonely power is her destiny! of course this bizarre, disturbing, and unhinged anecdote would resonate with her to the point of becoming fixation. like, it's barely subtext right? not dying of loneliness is her stated reason for wanting to have a daughter. not wanting her daughter to suffer her same lifelong social isolation is her stated reason for keeping that daughter secret, even if it meant making a deal with a sugary devil.

it's that level of deeper resonance that makes the joke so characteristically Homestuckian, or Hussnasty if you will. I'm glad I jumped back on when I did. the writing feels more and more confident these days. which is great, because beyond this kind of sharp, multi-layered character driven humor, Homestuck's style is most defined by being unapologetically itself.

this review originally ran on Cohost May 23, 2024. you can read more reviews in the Hey Look At This Comic tag and support me on Patreon.

[bulgingforbucky]

Lethal Cravings

PART ONE HERE NSFW Warning: Qimir physically hurts you, he's paranoid and developed trust issues, threats about k!lling you but it's ok you love him, they're toxic, no aftercare. Summary: Months after Qimir accepts you once again for betraying him, turns out he hasn't completely came to terms and healed from the betrayal. Tags: @brattyzanny

"After all this time, would you consider betraying me again?" He asks as he trains you. "No Qimir I wouldn't. That's absurd," you say making him chuckle darkly. "You know what's absurd? I still don't believe you. You lurk around me like you're just waiting for the right moment." You shake your head at his assumptions as he goes on. "If you are, then you should strike now. I am vulnerable, but you still wait. Why?" You try to speak, but he cuts you off. "Don't you think I can tell? The way you look at me, I can see it in your eyes. That desire for power."

"Master please, I would never betray you. I am devoted to you. You're paranoid!" you declare. "Qimir I said sorry! I thought we were making progress? I wouldn't do that-" you try to reason with him moving backwards before you trip over a tree root sticking out of the ground turning your back to him to maintain your balance. Before Qimir could process his own thoughts he quickly grabbed his saber impulsively slicing against your back causing you to yell in pain falling to the ground. When he pulled the saber away for a split second he felt concern and regret? Your body starts to shake from adrenaline as you feel the burning sensation on your back reaching back to touch it. Your clothing is burned as you hiss at the contact frowning feeling the damaged skin. You look up at him with a sad expression with a hint of hurt.

His hand wraps around your neck as he shouts at you, "You think a simple sorry is going to change the fact you tried to get me killed!?" He starts to fume seeing your terrified expression. You try to apologize more but his grip around your neck prevents you from speaking you can't deny, that the man does have a point. You are in no place to apologize, as you are the one who betrayed him in the first place. Qimir looks at you with rage as he watches your face slowly turn red from the lack of air. Qimir drops you on the floor and crouches down, rubbing his forehead. "God you infuriate me, it's actually funny," he says in a calm tone looking down at you.

You move closer to him trembling in pain on your hands and knees until you're close to his legs before burying your face in the fabric. "Master I'm sorry, forgive me please I'm sorry. I know I've given you a reason to not trust me but please I wanna be- I'm with you," you whisper as the words fill Qimir's head. You beg him seeking his forgiveness and maybe even comfort. He looks down at you, seeing you on your knees before him, where you should be. His warm hand pats your head before it travels to your cheek caressing it as he disarms himself.

You feel the tears running down your face as they seep through his pants. You look up at him, trying to make out his face through the blurriness letting out a small sniffle. Qimir grabs your jaw and tilts it up forcing you to look up at him, "Don't start with the tears it's annoying, toughen up." he says in a stern tone before leaning forward. He stares at your face, admiring it before he closes his eyes and kisses your forehead.

You immediately lean into him hanging onto him like he's a lifeline. "You don't deserve this, you don't deserve anything, anyone. Not even me." Qimir mutters making you shake your head. "Don't say that, Master please don't." Qimir leans back in and kisses your lips roughly. You let out a soft moan when his lips touch yours. "God you haven't learned anything, you're so sensitive and emotional, it's actually embarrassing." he insults you making you look down in shame. "I'll do better Qimir I swear it, I'll be the best."

"Yeah? You'll be the best?" The dark-haired man looks interested standing up. "Show me." You immediately grab his pants and start to untie them, Qimir raises a brow impressed. You pull his pants down enough for his half-hard member. "I see you actually are learning something, but it's not enough you still have to work on your mental and your physical skills, not the pleasure skill." Qimir scoffed as you cut him off, "Not that, I want to reunite with you, wanna show you my loyalty please?"

"Loyalty? I doubt it, but I'm willing to try and see if you can prove your worth to me once again." You lick the base of his cock making Qimir shiver. You leave kisses on the side of his dick making his eyes narrow before you take the tip in your mouth swirling your tongue around. "Don't be a fucking tease." Qimir scolds you grabbing your hair and pulling your head down.

Your mouth was suddenly filled with Qimir's warm cock hitting the back of your throat causing you to gag slightly. You hit his thigh in protest causing him to huff, "Say something about being pushed down and I'll make sure you fucking suffocate." He threatens making you whimper and give in to him. You start bobbing your head up and down slowly. Qimir encourages you as his grip on your hair tightens when you pick up the pace.

"God you're such a stupid girl hm?" he pulls you off while you pant for air. "I'm sorry, I was stupid master I was so stupid. I wasn't thinking clearly." you mewl. "You never think clearly unless I have the upper hand which explains why you made a dumb decision like that." You're not allowed to speak anymore because Qimir forces his dick into your mouth again, you gurgle on the tip as you start to suck and lick gagging on him.

"Shh, you got it. Just like that yeah." his cock throbs in your mouth as you shiver from the feeling. You take him deeper in your mouth steadying your breathing so you won't gag. "Don't fucking stop," he warns, his cock was now fully hard and twitching against your tongue. The salty taste of precum made your taste buds tingle while you whimper relaxing your throat before you start to suck him more effectively. You roll your back muscles feeling the heat from the sun hit your saber wound making it hurt more than it is, but you try to put that aside as your master's pleasure is more important.

He is more important than you. Than anyone. Or is it just the emptiness you so desperately want to fill. Even though you'll reject it, even if it sucks the life out of you at the same time, making you a shell of yourself.

Your cheeks are hallowed as you suck on your master's cock yearning for his approval. Pulling back off him you replace your mouth with your hard jerking him with a tight grip. Qimir groans as his head falls back trying to thrust into your hand. "Please Master, let me be good for you. Wanna be good, wanna be yours."

"You don't get that privilege, be grateful I haven't killed you. Say thank you, you ungrateful whore." You frown at his insult as your hand works him slowly. Not answering you receive a hard grip and tug on your hair. "Say it! Or so help me I'll split you in half right now." He threatens you yanking your wrist pulling you away from his cock holding you in a tight grasp. You wince in pain, "Thank you Master." you manage to say as fear floods your tone.

"For what?" He says immediately making you correct yourself. "Thank you for not killing me and giving me another chance Master. I won't take you for granted again," you say with deep sincerity. His anger somewhat decreases before he places a kiss on your forehead. Shocked, you immediately lean into him seeing the comfort and safeness he can provide under all the darkness and dissociation. "Come here, 'cause I see you still can't follow directions."

He pushes you to the ground tugging down your pants with your underwear. "You want it?" Qimir asks hearing you beg already. "Yes I want it, it's been so long please." You feel him tug off your clothes throwing them to the side and grabbing your legs. "And who's fault is that hm?" He parts your legs seeing your wet pussy pulse for him. Qimir leans down lifting your hips and kissing your slit. "Master." You gasp squirming a little. Your eyes roll back feeling his hot tongue lap over your slit as he probs at it. You can feel your slick coat on his chin as you start to grind into him.

You smile slightly missing the feeling of him touching you like this not wanting him to stop. His mouth travels down a little to suck on your sensitive clit. "Oh Master." you move your hips more chasing the increasing feeling of pleasure. The man growls feeling you do this pulling back and wiping his mouth.

His tongue gets replaced by his finger and you immediately clench. The pace gets set as he moves his finger inside you getting you ready for his cock. "So tight. You haven't had anything in there since you left?" He asks with a grin. "No, no one else." You admit before Qimir kisses your hip softly, "Good. No one else ever will understand you the way I do. But you knew that didn't you." Your body shudders as he says that, the man pulls out his finger licking it clean before he grabs ahold of your legs.

"You ready?" He asks as his husky voice makes you shiver. "Yes." You say as he positions himself over you before you feel his tip pokes your entrance. He sinks in slowly so he won't hurt you taking his time. Once his dick is fully seated inside you, you moan at how deep he's penetrating your depths. You feel every inch of him as he slides back out and then he slams back into you.

He's moaning above you and his face is full of bliss. You look down between your legs to see the point where he's fucking into you and the sight of his slick-covered member going in and out. His cock keeps pumping into your wet pussy as your moans grow as well the dept of Qimir's thrusts. "I'll do whatever you want Master, whatever you want I will follow by will please."

"Oh force, Qimir please-" He grabs your jaw hard making you protest. "It's Master. Say it." His fingers dig into your skin before you immediately respond. "Master." a whimper comes from you before you receive a kiss to your temple. "You have to re-learn your skills too?" He taunts you receiving a "no" from you. "I know Master, I know. If you want to though, I'll be happy to obey and learn from you."

He rolls his hips pushing his cock inside more making you clench on him. His hand grips your side pinning you to the ground. "Please Master- I need more." You plead and he stops making you whine. "That is not how you talk to your Master now, is it? Respect me." Qimir demands as you squeeze his cock. "I'm sorry Master please give me more. Please?" He gives you what you want resuming and speeding up his pace.

Your eyes roll back in pleasure when Qimir fucks you. The feeling of him moving against you makes you dizzy, the fact that Qimir is using you again like this is a dream come true. "Thank you, Master, thank you for this." you mewl. Qimir smirks pulling you back onto his cock making your breathing hitch. "Yes, Master yes." you encourage him wanting to boost his ego as your body bounces against him. "You're so wet, all for me isn't it? Making you so desperate and wanting." The Sith grunted deeply which you confirm. He focuses as he prioritizes shaping you into the person he wants you to be.

What he needs you to be.

Your cunt squeezes him as you let out loud moans. "That's it, my pupil, take Master's cock." He keeps you still as he lets out moans. His hips slap against yours making his cock reach deeper inside of you. "Too good, fuck." Your voice cracks before Qimir grabs your thigh lifting your leg. "You better not have me replace you, 'cause I will." Your heart starts to race quickly. "Please don't replace me! Choose me please, please. I'm yours Master's. You're mine." you express with need and sorrow.

"I'm not yours," Qimir responds quickly against your ear hearing your sound of sadness before circling his hips moving in your wetness. You start grinding back onto him needing more of him despite the sting in your heart, and burning on your back. Pants come from you as his balls hit your sensitive clit. "Look at you, you're giving me your pussy?"

You nod your head, "Yes Master I am. It's all yours." your voice quivers as continue to move your hips giving yourself to him. His cock starts to hit your G-spot making you cry out. "Right there! Harder please!" Qimir grabs the back of your neck pushing down onto you before moving harder. You gasp in pleasure, a whine escapes from you as you're being fucked roughly.

Your mind blanks out as he thrusts deep. His cock is hitting the right spot, and it's going to drive you over the edge. "Please, rub my clit please?" you beg softly for him. Qimir's arm that's supporting your weight moves down to your clit tapping it lightly. "Rub this?" He teases before rubbing it on circles. Your body jolts from his contact as you receive more stimulation. "Yes please, please." he hums feeling your clit throb against his warm finger.

"You always feel good on my cock." Qimir groans rocking his hips to get more of you as he possibly can. Your cunt flutters around his thick cock as you get close. "Master- I'm-." You try to warn him but he doesn't stop moving as he listens to you babble against the ground, "Yes, come for me, you know how I like it."

"Master I'm coming." You're in a daze as you try to hang on for him. He leaves small kisses on your neck chuckling slightly holding you and supporting your weight. "Come on my cock baby." A cry leaves you as your pussy grips him tightly with your hearing muffling as you come around him. "Master!" Your orgasm takes over you as you keep moving on his cock prolonging your orgasm as you gasp. He follows closely behind you before he pulls out releasing on your back.

Silence surrounds the both of you as pants are only heard. Qimir looks down at you actually looking at the wound he caused as it immediately reminds him of his scar that was given from his master. Qimir quietly pulls you to him kissing around the wound that he made. "Let me patch you up," Qimir says in a tone you're not familiar with as you relax letting him do what he wants.

As long as you're with him, you don't care. Even if both of you aren't good for each other.

[ivys-garden]

Hivy, I'm Ivy, and it's time for..

Life Series Alliance Analysis Session Recap:

Scars Snail cam is the best thing to happen this season.

Yes, another week means another session of Wild Life and damn did this one live up to the name. This session's Wild Card was the Infamous immortal snail, an idea originating from a meme that asked if you would press a button to get one million dollars if it meant an unkillable Snail would Chase you and if it ever touched you, you'd die.

This session's snails were far more dangerous though, resulting in far more carnage and downright Junji Ito-Esk descriptions of the incredibly ominous snails. On session 3 there are already 3 reds on the server and, had Grian not called end of session early, we would have had a first player out. So much happened and yet no progress was made, let's see what the teams were up to.

Also, 34 DEATHS WHAT THE FU

The Fast And The Furious (Gem & Joel)

I'm not calling them the family. That name is already taken. And is also lame.

The dynamic duo start the session by immediately forgetting they're supposed to be trying to shake their Villainous reputation by vowing to convince everyone to kill Pearl & Impulse, an incredibly stupid plot for many reasons:

1.Everyone they convince sucks at they're job

2. By gems own admission, Impulse barely did anything to her

3.joel literally forgot about this, since it wasn't important

4. Pearl literally did nothing to her, she was just they're as Impulse was having a rake in there chest (no the poisoning doesn't count, Pearl would do that to anyone)

5. If Pearl is to be punished for just being in the area, then why aren't Cleo & Scott also punished?

6. Gem and Impulse have no interactions this session

7. Pearl and Impulse STILL don't realise Gem hates them

8. Gem repeatedly calls what she's doing “Social Deduction”... no.

Gem actually has a lot in common with Impulse, they're both being extremely ruthless for no reason (if these two become thr final two and there isn't an AMV of there journey through teh season set to Ruthlessness from Epic I will literally eat snow.)

How will this saga end? Idk but it's very funny. keep it up.

Apart from that Gem built a wall, befriended her Snail and neither died. Well done!

(Sidenote about the Gem-Impulse beef, people forget this since he hasn't mentioned it yet but Joel makes it his mission to kill Scott every season. These teams would still be against each other regardless of what Impulse did, which is also very funny)

The Final Girls - (Pearl, Scott, Cleo, Impulse & Bigb)

Oh Deer. That's a lot of deaths very early for the faverouites to win

So to start, Impulse’s Creeper farm is a bust and likely will never be seen again. Whoopsie.

The team also decided to move a smidge closer to everyone else. Due to the snails no substantial progress could be made on this endeavour from most of the team tho, luckily Pearl (after dying to her snail, immediately proving herself as the teams crash test dummy again) was able to get a grip on her snail and get the build started, unfortunately as Pearl is building it is almost certainly going to become a tower…. Oh Pearl also died again building it. What's up with her this season?

Moving on to the perpetual drama that I'd this team’s dynamic, where once again we see the contrast between how Tumblr acts like this team is and how they actually are, with everyone just having a grand old chill time joking around and petting dogs. Crazy to think that a team made of these 5 goober would actually ENJOY when they're teammates cause chaos, Hmm?

A lot of this team's session is actually spent apart, meaning that there isn't much to talk about with them. But Pearl is on Yellow now, meaning she is definitely killing someone next session (an action the whole team is one board with btw). Once again proving herself as the attack dog of the life Series, she asks the team who to hurt. Impulse tries to convince her to attack Ren for killing him, but Pearl shoots this down, once again proving that she is NOT ruthless like impulse. Remember everyone, Pearl might be a little chaos gremlin but she does need a reason to kill or she won't do it. She isn't actually just a murder machine like in double life

That's the funny thing about double life actually. Pearl has moved in from the tower, its everyone else who is stuck in it.

Anyway, grian has a big ol target on his back, we'll see how that Pan's out next week.

Oh also SNAIL RACE HELL YEAH MOTHER FU

The Bam-Boozelers (Scar, Lizzie & Jimmy)

Lizzie thinks snails are arthropods.

Remember when I said Jimmy was the only confident one on this team? Well I guess he didn't have the confidence brain cell this week because he died. He died so much. The entire session for these guys is pretty much just trying to save Jimmy.

This doesn't go very well at all. Jimmy is able to get one life back through a deal with Ren, but all other attempts to intentionally kill someone fall flatter than Scar in session one. At least he does take initiative and blow up Joel's Hidious-Horrible-No-Good-Mobile. Great work big man!

Aslo, Jimmy admitted to being the harvester of the end! The canary curse isn't dying g first it's dying RIGHT before the Finale! That's Canon! I was right! VINDICATION!

The Tuff Guys (Bdubs, Etho & Tango)

Word of advice, if you need to constantly say your tough, your not.

Somehow despite making literally negative progress, this team still managed to do a lot. Bdubs immediately starts the episode with some light gaslighting on account of being bdubs. After this it is decided he must “do something tuff” and so he is sent to go mess with the Bam-Boozelers.

Keeping up with tuff guy tradition, bdubs doesn't do anything. Instead he enlists the Bam Gang to help him make up a story about how totally bad and evil he is. Bdubs is also allowed to come stay with them when the tuff guys inevitably fall apart. An offer bdubs is willing to accept even after Jimmy & Scar get him killed.

In other tuff news, Etho is desperate to prove that he is super tuff and shows up to kill the Bam-Boozelers cows…while they're away meaning he did not have to display any tuffness. He literally just needed to be in and out before they got back. He also takes a second shot at the final girls at gem's request again, and like the first time it goes horribly. The first time he gets distracted by the snail dance party (who wouldn't) and when he remembers what he actually set out to do, the most tuff then he can think of is empty threats and mild littering. C- for effort.

And then there's poor unfortunate Tango, not only does he go to red this session but he also loses his house after being blamed for the cow deaths etho caused. Oh but don't worry he got revenge on scar… in a way that was easily repairable and did no actual damage apart from massively lowering his own reputation.

That is the great tuffness of the tuff guys everybody! They're failing at everything and getting overly stressed about shelled gastropods!

The Spanners (Grian, Mumbo & Skizz)

Grian seemed to think this card would be easy, and I geuss it is if you k ow what to expect and have one of your mates Snail watching you all episode.

Now, Skizz, majestic failure that he is, went yellow super quickly and so the entire session is spent trying to save his but in a multitude of ways, all of which skizz manages to fail at spectacularly. Grian does manage to save Ren from Yellow for about ten minutes and at the cost of any chance he had of Impulse not killing him.

Eventually skizz gave up on all the compilated plots and just wacked Lizzie until she died.

He then immediately got killed again God damn it skizz.

OK so skizz massively lowered they're reputation with the Bam-Boozelers for nothing AND Impulse's revenge meter is full and his team won't hold him back anymore AND I think Martyn might still be peeved at the Enchanter situation AND Tango probably still wants to kill them AND despite what grian says Gem and Joel don't seem to care about them beyond nudging them to kill Impulse so yeah these 3 are super dead, I give them like a session until one of them drops.

P.S Mumbo calls the Snail meme a “thought experment” and I found that very funny and I think you should too.

Also apparently Jimmy and Grian debate what to do about the snail all the time??

Renwood (Martyn & Ren)

There will be a live Snail reaction meme over yaoi of these two I just now it.

Fallowing they're arc of being nice this season, Renwood goes on a great friend finding journey, allying with Gem & Joel on the condition of totally being super mean to Impulse promise and forming a friends to the end Pack with Jimmy at the cost of a spare life.

Ren probably regrets that particular pact as, while trying to perform a great horse search, he loses a life. And another. And so he must kill, allying temporarily with the Spanners to get a kill on Impulse, something that he immediately regrets, proving he is less of a Rottwiler and More of a Labby. Luckily for ren he avoids Impulse's revenge list for now on account of apologising, getting instant Karma for it and the other final girls desperately holding Impulse back.

Martyn on the other hand has a far better time, gallivanting I'm the Nether with etho for potions (he died doing that but shhh), organising the great Snail dance party and joining up with fellow Chaos Gremlins Pearl and Impulse to have some fun with snails and tnt.

With potions in hand the Renwood duo and Etho got up to all sorts of mischief, turning ren invisible and making Scar's Snail invisible, resulting in him almost dying twice and being out of the series���oopsie.

Also Martyn sucks at explaining the Snail meme and thinks the all spice guy and kool aid man are the same person.

Predictions?

With more information comes the first Predictions from me.

●Someone goes out and soon. Probably Skizz or Scar. Jimmy will survive tho, after all the canary curse means he's the harbinger of the end of the series… though with how it's going, next session very well could be the end of the series.

●Grian Is getting murked next session, probably by Pearl.

● The tuff guys will fall apart. Bdubs will buy with the Bam-Boozelers, Etho with Gem and Joel and Tango will be left scrabbling for someone to team up with.

● Joel will try to get revenge on Jim for blowing up the car and will fail

● Etho will continue to look like a total loser

● One of the people yet to die loses a life next session.

So uh yeah. I'm gonna go lie down for until next week.

Until then I've been Ivy, and this has been… whatever this was.

[humongousgothskeletonfarm]

TGR CHAPTER 22 THOUGHTS

and spoilers!!!

GUYS I THINK THIS IS THE LAST POST I JUST WANTED TO SAY IM GLAD THEY WERE SUCH A HIT AND U ALL LIKED THEM I RLLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ONLY I WOULD SEE BUT IM HAPPY UR ENJOYING MY RAMBLING AND STUPID COMMENTS

- THEAS HERE???

- HOLY FUCK GUYS ANDREWS LETTING AARON DRIVE HIS CAR THIS IS CRAZY OMFG WHAT A DEVELOPMENT ARE WE ALL EXCUTED ABOUT THIS PROGRESS????

- NEIL CAUSING DRAMA FOR THEA AND NOT GIVING A SINGLE FUCK ABOUT EXPOSING THE FACT THAT THIS IS HER SECOND VISIT TO THEM IS SO FUNNY HES SOOOOO UNSERIOUS HE LEGIT JUST DIPS OUT LEAVING A TRAIL OF CHAOS BEHIND HIM

- “Not her first visit to the Foxhole Court,” the reporter guessed. ​“The court? Unknown.” Neil gave a careless shrug he immediately and obviously regretted.

THIS DAMN NEAR SENT ME INTO HYSTERICS HIS NUMBER ONE HOBBY WAS NEVER EXY IT WAS ALWAYS FUCKING WITH REPORTERS THATS HIS TRUE LIFE CALLING

- good lord i fucking despite jeremy’s family. i hope he can get out of there soon i rlly do

fuck u warren

- cat and jeans matching bikes i love them😭

- jean being so proud of his bike is everything and so is jeremy saying “Jean was more interesting by far.”

- JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ANOTHER RAVEN IS DEAD. this is actually just sad.

- ANOTHER TWO? one of them being cody’s cousin which icl i completely forgot about BUT WHAT WHY TF WAS NOBODY KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM

- laila riding a motorcycle to get to jeremy coz he needed her :(

- “She was saying something about loosening every screw on Bryson’s desk and chair.” CATALINA ALVAREZ PLS MARRY ME UR SO FUNNY AND COOL IM SO IN LOVE WITH U

nora if ur listening i am currently requesting a neil, jean, cat teamup. they could be unstoppable!

-“But I will choose you every time. You, and Cat, and Laila, every time. I will lose them all if I must.” GUYSSSSSS DONT PLAY WITH ME RN THIS MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. JEREMYS HEART JUST EXPLODED BTW IDK IF YALL CAUGHT THAT

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

- istg, nora making jean ride a motorcycle was one of her best decisions. i never would’ve expected it and i love it. i wish i was as cool as jean

- oh ew that’s so fucking disgusting. poor lyle.

- “Some of it… It was very long and very boring.” — me when i’m asked if a read the terms and conditions to literally anything

(sorry, now isn’t the time or place to be joking)

- “It is hideous, but it is better than wearing black.” ohhhhh he’s SO bold now,, i remember a time when jean moreau would’ve never dared to every think that let alone tell a raven that. he’s progressed so much 😭

- “Thank you for visiting. It is a rare treat to see Jeremy happy.” guys stop i love william actually he’s an honorary member of the group now

- “If she doesn’t know you enough to trust you now, she never will.” “You don’t know that.”

he said what he said, clock it jean! nah in actuality this shit is so sad poor jere constantly fighting for his mothers approval, going along with her demands to please her rather than doing what’s best for him. he keeps trying, keeps pushing himself for a shred of her love :(

- jean 🤝 neil: having the most boring fucking favourite colours

(i can’t judge i always say black)

- “Brown like the gaze that sought Jean out in every room, but that last thought wasn’t one he could linger on.” KICKING MY FEET RN GUYS

- the daffodil artwork :(

- jean brushing his fingers through lailas hair because he knows it is a sign of affection between the girls and he knows laila needs some comfort. when will nora stop inflicting this pain upon me

- TANNER IS JEANS DUCKLING

- “He slowly separated her hair into sections. It’d been years since he’d done this for Elodie; he could barely remember how it was supposed to go. He tried and failed and tried again, until he got far enough to understand what he was doing.” DO I HIGHLIGHT THIS YELLOW FOR HAPPY AND SWEET SCENES OR BLUE FOR MADLY DEPRESSING SHIT????

- “But the braid in his hand was a rope back to sunlight and solid ground” they’re his safe place :(

- “She prayed for a dragon to save her.” ​Laila’s tone was gentle, like she thought he’d retreat if she spoke too loudly. “Not a prince?” ​“A dragon could tear our house apart to free her and carry her far away.” OH NORA STOP UR JUST TORTURING ME AT THIS POINT LET ME LIVEEE

- “He had a feeling he knew the answer, but it worth a try anyway: “Peaches are trees?” Her nod had him grumbling discontent into his water” bruh he’s so fucking cute i wanna squish his face

- what’s the bet that now that jean has agreed to a dog, the dog they end up getting loves jean the most out of all of them (jean will slowly warm up to it)

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR!!!!!

- “You don’t even have a bed yet,” Jean complained. ​“I have a face she can—” you have a what sorry cat??? i think u got cut off at the end there

- jeremy being so excited for the dog is fucking adorable

- JEAN HAVING A STARING COMPETITION WITH A DOG, LOSING, AND THEN RESORTING TO TELLING THE DOG HE DOESNT SEE THE APPEAL IN HIM IS SO HILARIOUS HES SUCH A BITCH

HES FULLY BEEFING WITH A GERIATRIC DOG RN CALLING IT OUT FOR ITS HYGIENE AND GETTING OFFENDED FHAT IT MIGHT UNDERSTAND FRENCH

NOW HES TELL THE DOG ITS PARENTS ABANDONED IT

“Maybe it perfectly timed its own to his and that was why he always missed it.” i think this is paranoia jean, the conspiracy theories r a step too far

“Jean stared it down, refusing to lose to a beast he could easily shove inside his backpack. He lost” genuinely might have to be the funniest part of the whole book

- Jean v Rex the saga continues: jean bullies rex over his name. jean is clearly more affected as rex is a dog and cannot understand english. “He is not a dinosaur”

- “studying Jean’s face like the secret to the universe was just out of reach.” oh!

- “He’s asleep.” ​“He’s faking it,” Jean said. ​“He likes you,” WHAT DID I TELL U

- “We do not,” Jean corrected him, but both men ignored him.” jean getting ignored by dogs and humans alike today

- “He almost asked, then decided he didn’t need to give the impression he cared.” yessss jean! ur so nonchalant rn i promise.

- “Embrace fatherhood.” nothing to say just that this whole chapter had me so delighted. a very welcome tone change from everything else that had just happened

- “Not for me, Jean warned himself, but for one moment, just this moment, he would let himself pretend.” AHHHHHH GUYSSSS ITS HAPPENINGGGGGGG

AND THATS A WRAP GUYS WTF THANK U FOR JOINING ME ON THIS JOURNEY I HOPE U HAD FUN. THE BOOK WAS GREAT THANK U MS NORA SAKAVIC AS ALWAYS. ILL SEE U ALL AGAIN WHEN BOOK THREE IS OUT!!! IM GONNA GO READ SOME FANFIC NOW