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farshootergotme · 14 days

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I cannot believe I'm saying this but I just argued with someone who was insisting that Dick is abusive and cruel to his family and friends while excusing Jason's actions as "the pit did it". Please give me sweet/cute moments between Dick and his friends/family, whether that's just him listening (like the time he dropped everything so Tim could vent to him) or helping out etc

You ask and I'll deliver!

Dick, Bruce & Alfred

Alfred expressing his gratitude to Dick for being there after Bruce died: Batman #689

Dick and Alfred with an arm wrapped around each other: Detective Comics #838

Dick and Alfred grieving Bruce together: Nightwing (1996) #153

Alfred welcomes Dick: Nightwing (1996) #101

Dick tells Alfred he misses him: Missing (1996) #126

Alfred and Dick hugging: Gotham Knights #25

Dick hugs Alfred: Titans Hunt #2

Dick tells Bruce that if he wants him to wear the cowl again, he will: Batman and Robin (2011) #34

Dick helps Bruce save Damian in the simulation: Batman and Robin (2011) #23

Dick saves Bruce and they hug: Robin and Batman #3

Dick hugging Bruce after he and the league are saved: JLA (1997) #75

Dick calls Bruce “dad”: Nightwing (2016) #100

Dick tells Bruce he'd die for him: Robin (1993) #13

Dick asking Bruce if he wants to talk: Year One: Batman/Scarecrow #1

Jason & Dick

Dick gives Jason his old costume and his phone number in case he needs to talk: Batman #416

Dick catches Jason before he falls off a train: Nightwing (1996) #106

Dick calls Jason “little wing” while they work together: Nightwing (1996) #106

Dick tells Jason about Bruce firing him and apologizes for Bruce about him using Dick to make Jason feel small: Nightwing v4 annual #1

Dick hanging out with Robin!Jason: Nightwing v4 annual #1

Dick tells Jason they're brothers: Nightwing v4 annual #1

Dick tells Jason he's proud he's put the guns away: Nightwing v4 annual #1

Nightwing calls Red Hood “Robin” to calm him down: Nightwing v4 annual #1

Parallel to the past: Nightwing v4 annual #1

Dick promises Jason he'll talk with Bruce so Jason doesn't get in trouble after helping the Teen Titans in a mission: The New Teen Titans v2 #31

Dick offers Jason help: Batman and Robin (2009) #6

Cass & Dick

Dick offering Cass to talk: Batman: Family v2 #7

Dick and Cass apologize to each other: Batman and the Outsiders v2 #14

Dick and Cass cooking together: Nightwing (2016) #106

Dick and Cass working together to find the truth about Bruce murderer’s allegations: Batman: Bruce Wayne – Fugitive

Dick and Cass race each other: Batman – Legends of the Dark Knight #184

Cass describes in her journal how Dick told her about Cinderella and made her laugh: Batgirl (2000) #58

Dick stops Jason from attacking Cass: Batman & Robin Eternal #3

Tim & Dick

Blindfolded bonding: Nightwing (1996) #25

Dick hugging Tim and kissing the top of his head: Nightwing (1996) #139

Dick inviting Tim on a mission: Nightwing (1996) #142

Dick makes Tim laugh: Robin (1993) #71

Dick cooking for Tim: Batman #512

Dick complimenting Tim's skills: Robin 80 Years of the Boy Wonder The Deluxe Edition

Dick complimenting Tim's skills 2.0: Nightwing (1996) #6

Tim tells Dick that he will always be there for him: Red Robin (2009) #12

Dick changes his plans to stay and listen to what Tim needs to talk about: Robin (1993) #156

Dick and Tim hanging out: Secret Origins 80 Page Giant

Dick calls Tim his little brother: Secret Origins 80 Page Giant

Damian & Dick

Dick and Damian hugging when they find out the other is alive: Grayson #12

Dick hugs Damian relieved that he's okay: Nightwing (2016) #20

Dick assures Damian they'll find Bruce: Nightwing (2016) #29

Damian admits to have missed Dick: Nightwing (2016) #20

“We are still the greatest”: Nightwing (2016) #20

Dick comforting Damian as he cries: Batman v3 #33

Damian thanking Dick for being there: Batman v3 #34

Batman!Dick saves Damian's life and praises his work: Batman and Robin (2009) #3

Damian tells Dick he is his favorite partner: Batman Incorporated v2 #8

Dick and Alfred acknowledge Damian's efforts to be better: Batman and Robin (2009) #22

Damian throws up and Batman!Dick comforts him: Batman - Streets of Gotham #7

Dick calls Damian his Robin: Robin (2021) #5

Damian says he doesn't need the Titans because he already has a friend in Gotham (Dick): Teen Titans v3 #92

The (Teen) Titans & Dick

Wally and Dick hugging: Nightwing 1996 #141

Wally asks Dick for help to find Linda: The Flash v2 #214

Donna and Dick hugging: Titans Secret Files #2

Dick listens to Garth's problems: Titans v2 #15

Dick tells Donna that he's there if there's anything she wants to talk about: The New Teen Titans #14

Dick helps Roy find Lian and bring her home with him: Action Comics #618

Dick kissing Donna’s forehead: The Titans (1999) #28

Titans pillow fight: The New Teen Titans v2 #32

Dick and Gar talk about Vic: The New Teen Titans v2 #48

Steel and Gar talking about Dick: Titans (2016) #27

Nightwing argues with Batman to save Cyborg: JLA/Titans #2

Roy opens up to Dick and Dick tells Roy he'd trust him with his life: Outsiders (2003) #11

“Who wouldn't fall in love with that wouldn't fall in love with that strength and that smile?” – Donna Troy: DC special - The Return of Donna Troy #2

Dick calls the Titans his ‘safety net’: Nightwing Secret Files and Origins

Wally tries to distance himself from his loved ones but goes see Dick when his statue won't stay turned away: The Flash v6 #9

Others

Dick comforts Jon: Nightwing (2016) #89

Kara thanks Dick for being a friend and brother to her: Justice League of America v2 #60

Superman calls Dick the multiversal constant for being confident, kind and cool in every universe he's been: Nightwing (2016) #9

Friends: Nightwing (2016) #9

Some heroes help Dick move out and Dick thanks them for their assistance: Nightwing #153

Dick Grayson, the most trusted man next to Superman: The Brave and the Bold v3 #15

Dick's neighbors talking about him: Nightwing (1996) #87

Dick gets powers for two hours and spends time with Superman: Nightwing (2016) #104

Jim tells Dick his cops prefer him to Bruce: Batman and Robin (2009) #13

Nightwing leading the Titans: Teen Titans (2003) #23

Dick relates to Conner and tells him he has to start trusting himself as Dick trusts him: Teen Titans (2003) #33

“You know, everyone's right about you. You totally rule.”: Teen Titans (2003) #33

Kyle's first impression of Dick: Green Lantern (1990) #81

Oh man! This is awful! How can Dick be this abusive? Oh, wait! he isn't.

Well, sorry it took me a bit, but I hope this helps!

There's more characters' moments I wanted to add but it was taking me too long so I decided to leave it as it is.

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ginnyrules27 · 10 months

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I'm putting down for cat litter bc no one ever wants to, and best to get the yucky stuff out if the way asap. Plus Aurora would probably appreciate it even if it means she shows that appreciation by immediately using it 😂

You would be right lol! So this was the first one I did as I'm trying to not vacuum until 11 am (don't want to annoy the neighbors) so here is your before pic and after (and no, I'm not going to show a picture of a full cat litter box, I'm not that insane. But I did have to sweep the sunroom because of all the cat litter that was on the floor so you got a twofer!)

For your snippets, I hope you don't mind if I use your ask from last week...well for three of them, since cat litter was worth four snippets, I will have to use the Wheel of Fate for the last one lol :D

Persephone nodded with a small smile. “I’ll be right back,” she said and got up to go get all the kids some food. Sure they hadn’t said they were hungry but they had all dragged a mattress with an adult woman on it who had been little more than dead weight. They would need some food.

-Half and Half (chapter 35, currently 2505 words)

“This is nothing to be amused about Hades! Honestly I can’t believe you asked me to come a day early when mother and I were still enacting our way to break Zeus down so we could get some help in…” Persephone vented as she walked into the room, her voice trailing off as she saw who was in Hades’ arms.

-Small Twists of Fate (chapter 36, currently 2850 words)

Benji shrugged. “They’re not our Claudine and Aurora though. They haven’t gone through what they have,” he said softly. “Hopefully though, what we change here won’t change our future…and just create a new timeline.”

-Truth or Fiction (chapter 106, currently 2478 words)

“Plus it’s a way for Ben to still have shadows since Emir and Akiho don’t need this club, being born royals,” William spoke up.

Ben rolled his eyes fondly and shook his head. “Don’t tell me Emir and Akiho put you up to that. Guys, why would I need to be shadowed here?”

-Choosing Life (chapter 51, currently 1797 words)

Liv rolled her eyes. “Will you two hush?! The royal carriage is going to be seen any moment!”

“Yeah…you do know Prince Ben is a: completely out of your league and b: has a girlfriend right?” Maddie asked.

“I don’t care about him! I want to see what gown his new girlfriend’s going to be wearing! Think about it Maddie, we’re about to be shown what the kids of the Isle wear for formal events, nothing like this has ever been done before!” Liv squealed before groaning. “Oh I wish we were there!”

-Untitled Liv and Maddie/Descendants fic (not actively being worked on, currently 1337 words)

#responding to ask box #ask box #answering ask box #snippets

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ifbrd · 2 years

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Gravity Falls Dipper and Stan's Relationship Throughout the Series

Happy ten year anniversary to Gravity Falls!

Years ago when season one was airing, I started an analysis titled "Dipper looks up to Stan and wants his approval" that I, of course, never finished. So I decided on the ten year anniversary of Gravity Falls that I would type it up and finish it, now with the context of the entire series. I wanted to give the series a rewatch and watch the episode commentary...but I waited until the last minute and then had a family emergency sooooo I'm doing this from memory and some fast forwarding through episodes that I needed a refresher for! I thank the people who gave me their list of Stan and Dipper focused moments for me to rewatch! Anyway.... Stan and Dipper’s dynamic has three major points throughout the series, separated by season one, season 2A, and season 2B, with a bit of "transition time" between each of them. I will talk about each of these, the specific relevant episodes, and how they all connect.

Season 1: Dipper Looks up to Stan and Wants his Approval

Going off my original idea from when we only had season 1 to go off of, Dipper and Stan's dynamic starts with Dipper looking up to Stan and wanting his approval. Now you might be tempted to argue, siting that Dipper never approved of Stan's crimes, seemed suspicious of him, and generally at this point in the series saw Stan as a weird relative he and Mabel were forced to stay with rather than any kind of role model. There is some truth to that, however there's one thing about Stan that Dipper often wishes he was: a "manly man." It's not secret that Dipper is self conscious about his masculinity. Heck there's an entire episode dedicated to it which I'll talk about in a minute. Dipper's definition of masculinity is to be strong, tough, muscular etc. Dipper is not any of these things, hence his insecurities. Stan, on the hand, is exactly all those things. Stan is Dipper's exact definition of a man, so while Dipper might not approve of a lot of Stan's actions or many of this other qualities, he does respect Stan's "masculine" traits. So if this old geezer sees Dipper has a man, then Dipper must be one, right?

Episode 106, Dipper vs Manliness

This episode starts with Stan and Mabel making fun of Dipper because he's not particularly manly. He's yet to hit puberty, his music tastes lean more to the feminine side, and he fails the "manliness tester" in the diner. Dipper runs off, upset, into the woods and meets one of the manataurs (totally guessing on spelling there...) who encourages him to talk about his "emotional issues." The first thing out of Dipper's mouth is "My own uncle called me a wimp--" He doesn't vent about Mabel, who was also teasing him (though you could chalk this up to them being siblings and him therefore not caring about her teasing, or even the fact that a 12 year old girl probably isn't going to have a great understanding of what it means to be a man.) When Dipper refuses to kill the multi-bear and gives a big speech to the manataurs about how he basically thinks they're all full of BS, he says it was extreme confidence. He knows he's in the right. However a scene later he's seen walking through town looking sad. This sad feeling doesn't go away for Dipper until he talks to Stan. Stan says "You were your own man and you stood up for yourself...you did what was right even though no one agreed with you. Sounds pretty manly to me." And Dipper's mood immediately shifts to being happy.

Episode 110 Fight Fighters

Robbie, being the totally mature teenage he is, picks a fight with Dipper. Since Dipper is 12, half Robbie's size and has "noodle arms," he's understandable scared. During his panic attack, Stan tells him "Look kid, you got yourself a choice here. You can either go face him like a man, or hide indoors like a wimp? What'll it be?" and of course we know that Dipper chose to hide like a wimp, however, it always struck me as odd where he choose to hide--The arcade. A public place. (A public place Robbie has seen him hanging out, but that's besides the point here, just really dumb thinking on Dipper's part) There's not much reason for Dipper to have left the Mystery Shack. He could have stayed in his room. Sure Robbie would know exactly where to find him, but Robbie can't legally trespass into the house. Maybe there's an argument to be made about how Stan would have handled a teenager waiting outside, wanting to come in to fight his nephew, but I think more so what's going on here is that Dipper is avoiding Stan. He's not just hiding from Robbie, he's hiding from his uncle too. He doesn't want Stan to know he chose to be a wimp. This is supported later, when Dipper brings Rumble into the Shack, hears a door open and tells Rumble "uh oh, I think I hear my uncle, stay perfectly still." implying that he doesn't want Stan to know that he brought to life a body guard for his fight.

Episode 114 Bottomless Pit!

I just want to bring up one little moment from Dipper's story, Voice Over. After Dipper gets his voiced changed by one of Mcgucket's concoctions, Mabel and Soos both hate his new voice. Dipper angerly storms off saying "I'll find Stan! He'll like my new voice! You'll see!" Fairly self explanatory.

Episode 116 Carpet Diem

This episode is sort of the inciting incident that will eventually lead to Dipper and Stan's first dynamic shift. Dipper and Mabel accidentally switch bodies while in a competition to butter up Stan to give them a newly discovered room in the Mystery Shack. At one point, Stan pulls "Dipper" aside for "the talk" (a moment of silence for Mabel's innocence.) Afterwards Stan tells "Dipper" that he found him "more likeable than usual." Stan throws in that he might change his mind and give the room to Dipper instead of Mabel. Mabel panics when she hears this and decides to tell him off in hopes of making him mad at Dipper and giving her the room instead. Once she's done, Stan says "Finally standing up to me huh? HA! I love it! I've made my decision! The room is yours, Dipper!" We find out a few episodes later that Stan is hard on Dipper because he's trying to "toughen him up." This entire scene is a reflection of that, "Dipper" stood up to him, which made Stan proud so he decided to reward Dipper for it. The thing is, that wasn't Dipper, it was Mabel. And Mabel didn't tell Dipper why Stan gave him the room, there wasn't really a reason to. So now we are in an interesting position where Stan has just rewarded Dipper for standing up to him in hopes of encouraging that behavior further, meanwhile Dipper has no idea that that's what Stan wants from him and therefore has no reason to change his behavior. I believe that this is what lead to the events in Dreamscaperers. Stan, now believing that Dipper can stand up for himself, was trying to get Dipper to man up again, but we'll cover that more when we get to it.

Episode 117 Boyz Crazy

So there's not much to offer here in terms of Dipper looking up to Stan and wanting his approval. There are moments we could dissect in that regard, but I think this episode is more important for Dipper and Stan's relationship in that it shows us what their relationship could be when they are on equal footing. They are a great team that get along great when they are in a position where they understand each other. It also works really well to show the audience that Stan really does care about Dipper, despite his gruff exterior. This narratively is helpful for Dreamscaperers, because Dipper spends the episode believing that Stan hates him, and has his suspicions "confirmed" by one of Stan's memories, but the audience, on some level, knows that despite that memory, it can't be true. Stan wouldn't have been as supportive of Dipper in Boyz Crazy if he didn't care. He wouldn't have offered Dipper to go bowling with him if he hated Dipper. Stan is not the kind of person to pretend to like another person, no matter who it is.

Episode 119 Dreamscaperers

Remember in Carpet Diem when Stan rewarded "Dipper" for standing up for himself and telling Stan off? And how Dipper wouldn't have known to change his behavior because it wasn't actually him? Well this is where all of that builds up. Stan has been expecting Dipper to stand up for himself and tell him off more, but he hasn't done it. He's acting just as wimpy as before, like it was a fluke, like it didn't even happen. Stan now believes he's seen Dipper not be a wimp, so he knows he can do it, he's just choosing not to. So Stan's best bet to bring that back out of Dipper is to be harder on him, make him mad, make him want to tell him off. This leads to the conflict of the episode, because Dipper doesn't understand why Stan is doing this, he simply thinks Stan hates him. While walking through Stan's mind, looking for a memory that tells Dipper what Stan thinks about him, Dipper finds a memory of Stan telling Soos "I just wanna get rid of him." Dipper hangs his head, and shuts the door, and stands there for a second. The shot stays just long enough for you to know just how much this hurt Dipper. (Thirty bucks says he cried) Thankfully Dipper later stumbles on the memory again and watches the whole memory and learns that Stan doesn't hate him, simply wants him to "fight back" and is hard on him to teach him that. Now that Dipper knows, he changes his behavior and starts fighting back. Yes with Bill and later with a choke hold on Stan in this episode, but also in the following two episodes

Season 1 Finale and Season 2 Premiere: First Transition Time

Now that Dipper understands that Stan wants him to fight back, he starts doing so, but in the two episodes that follow, Dipper is fighting back in a way Stan doesn't necessarily want him to. This is more so the case with Scary-oke but let's look at Gideon Rises real quick first

Episode 120 Gideon Rises

This episode has Dipper and Stan's roles somewhat switched. Stan is quitting (like a wimp but also in a "responsible adult" kind of way) and Dipper is ready to fight back. I've also seen people point out that how Stan and Dipper solve their problems in this episode are switched, Stan uses his brains like Dipper normally would have, and Dipper uses his brawn like Stan normally would have. Dipper's actions are likely being subconsciously influenced by Stan throughout this episode. After Gideon discovers that Dipper has had journal 3 all along, and states that Dipper only won all those times because of the journal, Dipper practically gives up, believing Gideon to be right. Dipper is giving up trying to stop Gideon much like Stan gave up trying to stop the pint-sized brat. Stan's current actions are likely aiding in Dipper's mindset here, but on the other hand, Stan's influence throughout the series up to this point is likely part of the reason Dipper was so determined to stop Gideon right after Stan had given up, and why Dipper worked up enough bravery to attack the Gideon bot to save Mabel.

Episode 201 Scary-oke

This is when Stan's "toughening up" of Dipper bites him in the butt. We didn't at the time the episode aired, but we know now how much Stan cared for Ford, how he saw his brother get lost, literally and metaphorically, to the supernatural, and how alike Dipper and Ford are. We also learn in this episode that Stan had been lying to the kids about the supernatural in an attempt to keep them away from it. Stan doesn't want Dipper and Mabel going out seeking all the weirdness in the town. He doesn't want to lose them like he lost Ford. He probably doesn't have to worry too much about Mabel in this regard, but Dipper is as stubborn as Stan and as curious as Ford. Dipper is an easy target to get lost in the mysteries. So Stan continues to deny the magic. But now Dipper has learned to fight back, and there's been too much obvious stuff that's happened for him to simply brush off Stan's ignorance. Now Dipper is actively fighting against Stan's wishes. Consider their argument in Stan's room after he catches Dipper calling the government agents. If that conversation had been about anything else, Stan probably would have found the entire interaction funny because Dipper was all worked up, and would have left the conversation with a sense of pride because Dipper isn't taking any BS. However because of what the argument was about, Stan's now in a situation where Dipper is fighting to go after the very thing Stan doesn't want him anywhere near, not to mention risking Stan's entire mission to get Ford back. So the argument escalates into Dipper getting grounded, Dipper leaving annoyed, and Stan letting out a frustrated sigh. The episode ends with Stan admitting to knowing about the towns supernatural happenings, and Stan wanting the kids, mostly Dipper, to promise not to go seeking out the weirdness. Dipper makes Stan swear that he doesn't have anymore secrets, and they agree with their fingers each crossed. Personally, I'm a little bummed that this scene never came back in the form of another argument between them, but I think it does a little something to show where their relationship goes after this.

Season 2A Dipper and Stan on Equal Footing

Dipper is no longer trying to impress Stan or is seeking his approval, more often than not Dipper simply speaks his mind to Stan in a blunt manner, just like how Stan has always talked to...well everyone, but Dipper for the purpose of this analysis. They still care about each other, but they have a new respect for each other now and it shows off in them being able to say whatever they want with each other. Scary-oke somewhat symbolized this by having them both confidently lie. One isn't lying while the other is telling the truth, one isn't feeling more guilty about their lie than the other. Not the healthiest symbolism, but I think it works. Most of the moments that support this are just that: mere moments. But they are mere moments that say a lot about where their relationship is at.

Episode 203 The Golf War

When Stan offers some "Stan-cakes" for breakfast and describes what Stan-cakes are, Dipper says, without hesitation or remorse, "Pass!" When Pacifica shows up at the mini golf course and goes all Regina George on the Pines family, Stan talks about punching her, but Dipper tells him he'll handle the situation, and Stan let's him without a second thought.

Episode 206 Little Gift Shop of Horrors

Believe it or not, but this "not canon" episode actually has a lot to help us see where Dipper and Stan's relationship is at. More specifically, this episode shows us how Stan's sees Dipper at this point in the series. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but my interpretation of this episode being "not canon" was that the stories Stan told were completely made up, but the idea of Stan telling a customer those stories to get the customer to buy stuff was canon. That interpretation is key to this analysis. One of my English teachers always told us "The key to a great story is that same as a key to a great lie: It needs to be 95% true. If the story is mostly true, it'll make that last 5% believable." Gravity Falls itself is a great example of this. Gravity Falls itself doesn't exist, but it was based off of real locations, the characters in the show were based off of real people, embarrassing moments for said characters were inspired by real life embarrassing events from the cast, etc. And we all know that Stan is a great liar, so likely his story telling has a bit of truth to it that we can dissect. Since Dipper is in the stories, we can assume that this is how Stan expects Dipper to act in theses types of scenarios.

Hands Off!

Dipper puts on some glasses and exclaims "Professor glasses! They make me look like a genius!" and it shows that Stan knows how much Dipper values his intelligence, or even perceived intelligence, and implies that Stan sees Ford in Dipper given that the glasses Dipper tries on look somewhat similar to Ford's. After Stan steals the watch from the hand witch, Dipper scolds him, showing us that Stan expects Dipper to speak his mind, particularly regarding things that Dipper doesn't approve of or thinks is a stupid idea. It's also interesting when you consider that since Stan is the one telling this story, he likely had some mental idea of where the story was headed, that in the story, he'd be in the wrong and Dipper would have been right. This implies that Stan also thinks Dipper is smarter than he is and/or respects his perspectives (neither of those are worded right to describe what I'm thinking but I think you can decipher what I meant). This continues when after the kids discover Stan's hands are gone, Dipper is the one in the story to tell Stan what he needs to do. Dipper tells Stan what to do much like a parent would tell a child what to do in this situation to make things right and get his hands back. When the hands attack in the Hand-Witch's cave (these sentences are slowly sounding more and more crazy), Stan and Mabel run away from the hands, but Dipper's instinct is to fight back. Dipper is now at a point where Stan assumes that he'll fight back when in trouble, even when Stan doesn't, which sort of calls back to Gideon Rises.

Abaconings

Again we see Dipper striving to prove his smarts, and getting insulted at the notion that he might not be smart enough to solve his new puzzle. I feel like this one, even more so than Dipper wearing "professor glasses" shows that Stan sees Ford in Dipper. We also note that Dipper quickly gets carried away with Waddles and their now shared pursuit of knowledge, implying that Stan believes Dipper will keep pursuing knowledge until he can't anymore (like his pig partner deciding to be dumb again), even if it means upsetting others in the process (like say, failing to notice that he's getting in the way of Mabel being able to spend time with Waddles). There's also a brief moment when Mabel tells Waddles how sad she is that he's not hanging out with her anymore, where Dipper looks sad/sympathetic that Mabel is upset, which shows us that Stan knows how much Dipper does care about Mabel. Which we see even more of in Clay Day.

Clay Day

Not a whole lot here IMO, mostly Dipper being a caring brother, so likely this is Stan projecting his relationship with Ford onto the kids.

Episode 211 Not What He Seems

Much like how Carpet Diem was the inciting incident for Dipper and Stan's first dynamic switch, Not What He Seems is the inciting incident for the next shift. The past few episodes Stan and Dipper's relationship is the best it's been, they can get along and poke fun at each other and over all just be themselves around one another. Moments before getting arrested, Stan attempts to explain to the kids what's been going on, and decides to put it off because he knows it's going to change things. When Stan gets arrested, he claims he was restocking the gift shop as his alibi. Both Dipper and Mabel believe him, no questions asked. They immediately put a plan in place to prove Stan's innocents when Trigger says something that makes Dipper question his uncle for a brief moment, "I've seen it all before, false names, double lives, one minute they're playing with water balloons, the next, they're building doomsday devises. Your uncle scammed the whole world, you gonna let him scam you too?" This comment shakes Dipper up a bit, but he brushes it off and tells Trigger he doesn't know what he's talking about. Dipper's trust in Stan has been questioned, but it's not gone yet. Stan and Dipper specifically have come too far for that to be true, right? No way the man who was hard on him to toughen up, and who he now can get along with easily, is some kind of super villain right? Dipper can still trust him right? Until Dipper sees the other two journals in the secret lab. Dipper has now seen Stan's fake IDs, the newspaper clipping that Stan Pines is dead, this mysterious lab under the house, and now it's clear that Stan has had the other two journals. The prequels to the very journal that Stan claimed was fantasy in Gideon Rises, the prequels to the journals that Stan made Dipper promise to only use for self defense and not to go looking for trouble. "Was anything he said to us real?!" Now Dipper has lost pretty much all his trust in Stan, he suggests that Stan stole the journals, that Stan is a master criminal and he's trying to destroy the world. However, you can tell that there's still the tiniest bit of trust left in Dipper, as when Stan bursts in and tells Dipper to back away from the machine, Dipper doesn't, but he also still does not press the button. If Dipper really 100% didn't trust Stan right now, then he would have pressed the button and stopped the machine right then and there. Dipper knows there's no logical reason to trust Stan, he says it himself "I should trust you why? After you stole radio active waste? After you lied to us all summer?" but he still doesn't immediately press the button. He still waits just long enough that Stan could have started to explain himself (which like maybe you should have done that Stan!). In many ways the portal scene calls back to Scary-oke, Dipper is fighting back, just like Stan originally wanted for him, but he's fighting against Stan's goals.

Start of Season 2B: Second Transition Time

This transition time exists because the introduction of Ford changes Stan and Dipper’s dynamic, but said change hasn’t fully come into play yet. Stan and Dipper are still on equal footing but changes are coming soon.

Episode 212 A Tale of Two Stans

On Dipper's side of things, once he learns why Stan did all that he did, he apologizes to him for not believing him. There are absolutely no hard feelings on Dipper's end towards Stan. Dipper also later tells Mabel that he doesn't know if having "the author" back is good or bad, showing Dipper acknowledges that things are going to change. Meanwhile for Stan, he's not upset that Dipper didn't believe him, he even says that he wouldn't have believed himself either. He later tells Ford to stay away from Dipper and Mabel because "I don't want them in any danger, because as far as I'm concerned, they're the only family I have left!" A statement that takes us nicely into Stan's mindset in the next episode

Episode 213 Dungeons Dungeons and More Dungeons

This episode starts with Dipper being awestruck by Ford and Stan telling Dipper that Ford is dangerous and to stay away from him. Stan doesn’t want to loose either of the kids to Ford, so he’s taking precautions to keep them, specifically Dipper who’s been unknowingly idolizing him all summer, away from his brother. Stan then pretty much continues as normal, including in how he behaves around Dipper. When Dipper wants to play dd&md and Stan doesn’t see the appeal, he teases Dipper, or more specifically the game, like he normally would. The episode ends, however, with Stan apologizing (which lets face it is strange for Stan. It’s not strange for Stan to be sorry, but usually he says sorry with actions not words) and telling Dipper the game is too nerdy for him, but if Dipper wants to play it with Ford that’s okay. It’s not fair for Stan to keep Dipper from Ford, who shares his interests, just because Stan and Ford aren’t getting along. Stan and Mabel don’t share Dipper’s interests, and there’s not much to suggest that Dipper is in any danger by spending time with Ford. So, Stan let’s Dipper hang out with Ford, but this changes things at least on Stan's end. Everyone has always liked Ford better than Stan, and now Dipper, who his relationship with has come a long way, is gravitating towards Ford as well.

Season 2B: Stan Wants Dipper’s Approval

For this final shift in their dynamic, I don't think the shift is on Dipper's end at all. I think Dipper feels the relationship he has with his grunkle Stan is exactly the same, it's just that now he also has a good relationship with his grunkle Ford as well. But for Stan, things are different. Bonding with Dipper has never been easy for Stan, but of course Ford can bond with Dipper easily. Between Stan's inferiority complex when compared to Ford, Stan's need to not lose his connection with the kids, and Dipper's growing bond with Ford, Stan starts trying to be an impressive uncle to both kids, but especially to Dipper.

Episode 214 Stanchurian Candidate

I’ve been trying to avoid episodes and moments that focus on Stan’s relationship with both of the kids, because their dynamic as a family is different than their dynamics individually. So I wanted focus solely on Stan and Dipper moments/ episodes. However I have to make and exception for this episode. This episode is focused on Stan's relationship with both of the kids, but I'm going to use it as a Dipper and Stan focused example for a few reasons: 1. What happens in this episode just works too well with the thesis I have going here 2. Of the few episodes left in the series, Stan is only playing a significant role in like half of them, and one of those is the finale, and other is Dipper and Mabel Vs The Future where he's spending more time with Mabel than Dipper, 3. the arc of Stan and Dipper's relationship is pretty much wrapped up in Roadside Attraction anyway, to make room for other awesome things in the finale. With that said, let's look at this episode in terms of Stan and Dipper's dynamic. Stan's inferiority when compared to Ford is very apparent in this episode, and is made worse by his family, including Soos, being very impressed with Ford, who is clearly not trying to out stage Stan in any way. Stan spends the episode trying to impress everybody, but especially Dipper and Mabel, and other reason I want to use this episode to focus on Stan and Dipper's relationship is because the consequences of Stan not being an impressive relative are bigger, in Stan's mind, with Dipper than they are with Mabel. At the end of the day, Mabel is Mabel, she loves everyone. You have to really screw up for Mabel to not like you, there is little Stan could do at this point to emotionally lose Mabel. Dipper, however, will hold grudges and gravitate towards people he feels more comfortable with, has a better connection with, or is impressed by. Mabel has been easy to bond with, Dipper has not. While this episode focuses on both Dipper and Mabel, it's Dipper who makes most of the comments that set Stan off: "It's too bad Ford isn't here, he'd run, and win too!" "We'd respect you if you took things more seriously" and letting it slip that they've been mind controlling him (although that one there's some other obvious reason Stan should be upset that the episode just kinda glosses over so I will too I guess...) Stan is so focused on trying to impress the kids, to be their hero, that he refuses to accept their help. Wouldn't it be more impressive if he could do this on his own with ease? And you can see how much it means to him when he gets upset that they don't show him "respect" (more like adoration) like the rest of the town. Like I said above, I don't think Dipper changes his behavior at all for this part in their relationship. Since Dipper has learned to "fight back," he's been very blunt with Stan when he doesn't agree with him, and we can see that shining through here. When Mabel tries to nicely state that their reluctance to have Stan run isn't because they don't think they can do it, Dipper interrupts her, tells her it's okay and bluntly says to Stan "We don't think you can do it." When Stan saves the kids and is pulling them up, Stan apologizes, Mabel apologizes and says they should have supported him, win or lose, and Dipper simply chimes in "Probably lose" while he's still dangling over a cliff and, as Stan points out, could still be dropped by Stan. Another interesting detail on Dipper's end, when it's announced that Stan didn't win, Stan and Mabel look shocked, but Dipper looks angry.

Episode 216 Roadside Attraction

This episode’s placements always struck everyone as odd. There is no acknowledgement of all the craziness that went down last episode, or the craziness that’s about to go down next episode. There’s no mention of the rift, the force field they just built around the Shack and no sightings or mention of Ford. It’s like a season 2A episode that got plopped in a very strange point in season 2B. Because of this, I’ve been many write this episode off as pointless, and I have to respectfully disagree. Sure, it doesn’t do much for our main plot and all the crap that’s about to go down, but it’s a very important episode for Stan and Dipper’s relationship. This episode wraps up their arc. They do have a bit of conflict in the finale, but the root of that conflict has more to do with Stan and Ford than Stan and Dipper. As much as having Ford in more episodes would have been nice, it’s actually very important that he’s not in this episode, or at least not playing active role in the episode. Stan has spent this half of season 2 feeling overshadowed by his brother, and having Dipper choose to spend more time with Ford than Stan. Ford was able to get a closer relationship to Dipper in one afternoon than Stan could over the course of the summer. Not having Ford in the episode is important because it gives Dipper and Stan an opportunity to bond without Ford’s influence. It gives these two a chance to bond like they could in season 2A. Upon seeing Dipper struggle with girls, Stan decides to give him some advice. Stan reveals later that he's by no means an expert when it comes to getting girls, however, it's probably safe to say he's better at it than Ford, who isn't even there. This is the perfect opportunity for Stan to be an impressive grunkle to Dipper, he can give him girl advice. When Dipper vents that he messed up his chances with Wendy, Stan makes a very casual comment "Yeah...chances..." which is important because he's holding back. Normally he would have made a comment like that with confidence and laughed, but he holds, back, looking like he doesn't want to hurt Dipper's feelings with that comment. It's a huge difference from season 1 Stan, because this Stan isn't trying to toughen Dipper up, he's desperately trying to keep his connection with him. Much like in Boyz Crazy, this episode shows us what Stan and Dipper's relationship can be when they are on the same side, when they are supporting the other with their problems ... I guess the best way for these two to bond is with girls because that's the common factor in these two episodes XD At the end, after Dipper has hurt Candy's feelings and Stan has barely escaped being eaten, Stan confesses to Dipper that he's not an expert on women, and gives him a warning about being a pick up artist. He states that when it comes to women he's a failure. Dipper smiles, points to his arms where he's rubbed off the girls' contact info and says sympathetically "Hey, we're both failures." The smile Stan gives Dipper back is the sweetest damn thing. This was one area where Stan thought he could help Dipper, Dipper will go to Ford for any other topic, but this was something Stan had a chance to help Dipper with and failed--and Dipper doesn't care. He's upset about what happened, but doesn't blame Stan, he still sees Stan as an equal, they are both failures. If Dipper won't hold a grudge at Stan over this, Stan probably doesn't have to worry about losing Dipper to Ford. Dipper then even acknowledges that Stan's advice did help with his confidence.

Conclusion

Dipper and Stan don't connect with each other very easily. They have very different interests, personalities, perspectives and sometimes even values. It's much harder for these two to bond with each other than it is for Stan to bond with Mabel or for Dipper to bond with Ford. But they still care about and respect each other. They look up to each other, want the other's respect, and have no problems being blunt with each other. Stan has helped Dipper be tougher and more confident and Dipper has helped Stan feel less alone in the world. Dipper certainly has a strong bond with Ford, and Mabel has a strong bond with Stan, but because of Stan and Dipper's very different personalities, they have a bond they had to work to create, and it's one that I don't think either of them could have with the rest of their family.

Feel free to add more moments or thoughts and I thank everyone who made it to the end of this!!!

#gravity falls #stan pines #dipper pines #stanley pines #gravity falls ten year anniversary

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I think Jin Guangyao’s backstory makes him a really compelling antagonist. The first few times his name appears in the novel, he’s presented as the current leader of the Jin Sect, “the only illegitimate son whom Jin GuangShan approved of” (chapter 11) and whose merits allowed him to become Chief Cultivator, the highest position of power in the cultivation world. The more we learn about him, the more we realize the situation wasn’t that simple.

As we’re repeatedly shown through Empathy, Meng Yao’s life wasn’t easy at all. When he was young, he was scorned by everyone for his lowly background no matter what he did. Even the other prostitutes in the brothel where he grew up made fun of his mother's delusion that one day Jin Guangshan would give her and her son a better life. Even Mo Xuanyu, another illegitimate son, was treated better than him by Jin Guangshan, because his mother came from a good family. “At least Jin GuangShan still remembered that he had such a son and brought him back to Koi Tower” (chapter 48), while Meng Yao and his mother were completely abandoned.

After his mother died, Meng Yao went to find his father, but of course he wasn’t received. Instead, he was kicked down the stairs of Koi Tower and rolled down the steps from top to bottom. How did he react to this affront?

Allegedly, he didn’t say anything after he got up. Wiping away the blood on his forehead, then dusting off the dirt that got onto his clothes, he picked up his belongings and walked away.

(Chapter 48)

We always see him react like this against adversity. He never gets angry, never yells, never vents his frustration in any way. We don’t know what kind of feelings he harbors in his heart. This is much more terrifying than Nie Mingjue’s volatile temper.

After this, Meng Yao didn’t give up at all. If anything, this experience gave him more determination to see his and his mother’s dream fulfilled. He didn’t have strong spiritual powers because he had started cultivating too late, but he was gifted with a keen mind and a lot of resourcefulness. He was refused by the Jin Sect, so he went to the Nie. He managed to attract Nie Mingjue’s attention by doing the things he knew Nie Mingjue would approve of, like helping civilians during the war. We don’t know how much of it was due to his own concern for the well-being of the common people. On one hand, Jin Guangyao built the watchtowers to help people in the most remote areas, despite meeting a lot of opposition for it, both from his father and the other sects. On the other hand, he used innocent prostitutes to murder his father and then killed them, so he doesn’t seem to actually care about the common people. I think most of his actions while he was in the Nie Sect were calculated to make the sect leader notice him.

Nie Mingjue’s righteousness made him stand up for Meng Yao when he heard people bad-mouthing him. Nie Mingjue had his flaws and a black-and-white morality, but he was fair to his subordinates and gave credit where it was due. He showed his appreciation for Meng Yao’s hard work and attitude by appointing him as his deputy. Meng Yao’s situation in the Nie Sect of course wasn’t ideal and he struggled to be accepted (the scene with the cultivators refusing to drink from the teacups served by the “son of a prostitute” was telling), but being the sect leader’s deputy was the highest position he could have achieved only through his merits. I believe that if he had decided to stop there and be satisfied with what he already had - a good position, two sect leaders who supported him - his life would have been much happier.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Meng Yao’s past, coupled with his habit of bottling up his emotions and remembering every affront he received, had made him accumulate years of pent-up resentment. Nie Mingjue offered him the opportunity to go where he wanted instead of using Meng Yao’s debt of gratitude to keep him by his side. He even wrote him a letter of recommendation to give to Jin Guangshan so that he could be appointed to a good position in the Jin Sect. However, Jin Guangshan didn’t even meet Meng Yao. He completely ignored his presence and even feigned ignorance when Nie Mingjue went to inquire about him. In that kind of environment, even Meng Yao’s superiors could get away with taking credit for Meng Yao’s achievements. When Nie Mingjue went to look for him, he caught him precisely while he was taking revenge.

What Meng Yao did that time was definitely questionable. Even in a world like MDZS where revenge is completely justified, Meng Yao went too far by murdering his superior for stealing his credit. The problem is that in the Jin Sect, Meng Yao didn’t have anyone he could complain to for his superior’s wrongdoings. His father couldn’t care less about him and everyone else secretly rejoiced to see him struggling: in a society where birthright was everything, the son of a prostitute was lower than them even though his father was a sect leader. Nie Mingjue told him to confess his crime and accept the punishment the Jin Sect would give him, but that was like sealing his fate. There was no way Jin Guangshan would judge him fairly. The mere son of a prostitute daring to murder a respected member of the Jin Sect? Meng Yao would have been lucky if they didn’t execute him on the spot. Nie Mingjue didn’t consider all of this because his rigid mentality prevented him from seeing the nuance in Meng Yao’s situation. He thought that if Meng Yao truly had his reasons for killing his superior, the Jin Sect would acknowledge it. He didn’t take classism into consideration because he couldn’t see past his own privilege.

Nie Mingjue’s mentality was too black-and-white, but he wasn’t completely wrong, either. In that moment he caught a glimpse of Meng Yao’s true nature: that of a schemer and a manipulator. From that moment on, Nie Mingjue could never trust Meng Yao again like he had done in the past. He didn’t completely give up on him, though: after the end of the Sunshot Campaign, when Meng Yao was finally recognized by his father and became Jin Guangyao, Nie Mingjue accepted to become sworn brothers with him because he wanted to bring him back to the right path.

At the time Meng Yao had apparently achieved his goal: his father had recognized him and given him a place in Koi Tower, finally acknowledging his merits. However, that was far from the truth. Jin Guangshan had no intention whatsoever of making Jin Guangyao his heir; he gave him the tasks of a servant and made him do the things he wouldn’t dirty his precious heir’s hands with. He ordered Jin Guangyao to get rid of all the obstacles that prevented him from reaching the position of Chief Cultivator, and Jin Guangyao did. Despite this, his father never cared for him and never really accepted him. On top of that, Madam Jin didn’t show an ounce of compassion for the illegitimate son of her husband: she kept venting her frustrations on him as if Jin Guangyao was at fault for her husband’s vices.

Jin Guangyao was mostly isolated in Koi Tower, but somehow he kept believing that someday his father would actually recognize him. What made him lose faith completely was what Jin Guangshan said about his mother:

“Why was a sect leader who spent money like water unwilling to do the smallest favor and buy my mother’s freedom? Simple—it was too much trouble. My mother waited for so many years, weaving together so many difficult circumstances when she talked to me, imagining for his sake so many hardships. And the real reason was only a single word: trouble.

“This is what he said, ‘It’s especially women who’ve read some books who think they’re a level higher than other women. They’re the most troublesome, with so many demands and unrealistic thoughts. If I bought her freedom and took her back to Lanling, who knows how much fuss she’d make. It was best that I let her stay where she was just like that. With her conditions, she’d probably be popular for a few more years. She wouldn’t have to worry about her spendings for the rest of her life.’

“‘Son? Oh, forget it.’”

(Chapter 106)

Jin Guangyao did a lot of despicable things in his life. He had the chance to stop and be happy with what he had so many times, but he never did. He kept obeying his horrible father’s wishes and sacrificing innocent people for the sake of his own ambition. He had a lot of talents and skills he could have used to do good, but he wasn’t a good person.

His backstory does an excellent job at explaining his behavior and motivations. It makes him a complex character, far from one-dimensional, and I think it’s great that the ultimate villain of the story is a character like him. Jin Guangyao’s evil deeds weren’t justified in the least, but spoke of a resentment born from real struggles and the desire to climb the social ladder to prove that even someone like him - the son of a prostitute, scorned and ridiculed by everyone - could reach the top of the cultivation world.

#mdzs #mdzs meta #jin guangyao #meng yao #nie mingjue #jin guangshan #jgy #nmj #jgs #character analysis

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wakandama2 · 2 years

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Listen, I've been since I was 12 years old and watch him drop the Poetic Justice video on 106 n Park and then my big brother bought me the Section 8 and maad City CDs for my 13 birthday.

Whenever I listen to Kendrick, I'm playing thee entirety of the albums.

I can literally on listen to 5 songs out of the 18 song on this album.

I know this was suppose to be an album about him exploring his regrets about hoe he grew up, his action during his career but some of these tracks should have been use for his vent, then stuck in a crate.

Also, when the fuck did 🤢Kodak Black🤢 and Kendrick have this close of a career friendship?

This has some of the weakest use of his talents for vocal, dialect, character and pitch uses. He actual let his little cousin Baby Keem out fo him one some track!

Also Aunties Diaries....was an attempt, I can see the attempt to talk about his journey of growing up with and understanding his transgender family members and the transphobia he observed and how he learned to just accept, defend, learn from his transgender family member but (and I'm not transgender) this song was a fucking mess of a way to convey that that felt very insensitive to the trans community and queer community. With all the misgendering and use of the f word, like Kendrick, you either need those said transgender family members input of a Black trans sensitivity writer. Or this could been a song for the crates.

Anyway, gonna go relisten to DAMN and maad City.

#kendrick lamar #rant #music review #i said what i said

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fantasy-dating-sim-trash · 3 years

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How to eat Crayons

MC: "Who takes off the wrapper when they're eating crayons? Just eat the entire crayon, don't be a bitch!"

All 7 brothers: ... *blinks in the audacity of this bitch*

Satan: that's not healthy! Nor should you be consuming a product that's not intended to be eaten.

Lucifer: MC you've been spending too much time around Mammon.

Satan: however if you have eaten crayons can I ask you some questions? *puts head on his hands to study the MC* I'm interested in knowing how it could potentially effect a humans body. Don't spare any details. *Pulls out a pen & notebook*

Lucifer: *pinches the bridge of his nose* Don't encourage this kind of behavior Satan.

Mammon: *offended noises*

Levi: *snickers*

Asmo: *horrified* MC That CANT POSSIBLY GOOD FOR HOW U LOOK!?! You can't do that to your gorgeous self!!

Beel: wait you can't eat crayons?!?

Belphie: Beel we talked about this. *sighs* No you can't eat crayons.

Beel: *puts a finger up to ask a question*

Belphie: yes that means with & without the wrapper.

Lucifer: *gets out of his chair* I'm done I can't do this anymore. Don't talk to me for the rest of the night... Wait make it the rest of the week. All of you are giving me an intense migraine. *leaves*

MC, Satan & Belphie: *share a look*

Beel: *sad demon noises*

Belphie: *pats Beel on the back*

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MC: *sitting on the counter in the kitchen legs swinging* Hey, Beel. I've got a question for you.

Beel: *looks up from the fridge* What's the question MC?

MC: Do you think different foods help with different cravings?

Beel: *forehead scrunched and goes back to looking in the fridge* I'm not sure I follow. Like different cravings? Like you're just hungry? Maybe go eat something?

MC: *shakes their head smiling* Not that kinda craving Beel. A different kind, I guess? Like chicken NUGGIES! *nods their head* Like how nuggies can only satisfy the craving for death for a short period of time!

Beel: *head whips up confusion and concern evident on his face* Satisfy a craving for what now MC? Why would you crave that??? Do you need to talk about anything? I'm always here if you need to talk or vent about anything that's bothering you?

MC: *laughing* I mean that's a very Beel response. I'm not sure what I expected as an answer but that sure didn't disappoint me. Its just back in the human world most people aren't what you would call okay I guess. So we often joke about it a lot. As a way to deal or cope with all the stress we feel. Since we relate to the fact being alive is really hard and hasn't gotten easy as time has gone on.

Beel: That's not a very good thing to joke about. It is kinda worrying that you think that talking of that as a joke.

Satan: *blinks in shock while walking into the kitchen* I'm not entirely sure what I walked in on, but if it helps I'm always down to bring some anarchy to the human world. *smirks* You know just for some additional fun and chaos. Plus it would be fun to add a little spice to humans boring, mundane lives up there. *shrugs* Also MC my door is always open for you if need to talk about whats going on in your brain. *flushes red slightly and looks away*

MC: *give a small smile* Thanks both of you for the offer. I really appreciate it and I'll take you both up on it, if the need arises. I promise! Oh Satan I was just asking Beel if he thought specific foods would help with different cravings. Like how nuggies make the craving to die go away for a little while. *quizzically cocks head slightly to the side* Do you have any interesting thoughts about this?

Satan: *goes to fill his water bottle of water, pondering* You mean like how spicy foods help with the craving of stopping your thought process temporarily? It's Especially helpful when you want to stop with any kind of negative thinking. Since you're more focused on how spicy the food is, and how it burns your mouth? That it stops you thinking about anything else except the burn. However that probably would only work if the person has a low spice tolerance. You mean like that MC?

Beel: *concern growing and his jaw drops in worry starts picking at the food at random*

MC: *snaps their fingers* YES EXACTLY LIKE THAT! You understood what I was getting at! Like that Beel?

Beel: *concerned noises and starts grabbing bigger quantities of food from the fridge* Are either of you okay? How... What... *his eyes going wide and flickering from side to side, starting to mindlessly pitting the food on the countertop beside MC*

MC & Satan: *share a look*

MC: I think we may have broken his brain a little bit.

Satan: *walks up near the MC closing the water bottle* I'm in agreement with you on that one. I think he's just buffering and trying to process what we said. Just give him a minute.

Beel: *puts the last of the food on the countertop, closes the fridge finally looks at both the MC and Satan*

MC & Satan: * eyebrows raised*

Beel: *grabs both of them into a bear hug and squeezes them tightly* You know I care about the both of you right? I love you both a lot!

MC: *squeaks tries to squirm* Beel ...you're crushing... me a little...

Satan: *squirms and struggling to get out of Beel's grip, getting red in the face* Beel, I'm gonna ask you nicely. Could you possibly please let go of us? You might hurt MC if you squeeze any tighter! They're human and a bit more fragile than us.

Beel: *shakes his head although loosening his grip a little bit* Nope! Not happening! Right now I'm making sure the both of you know you're valued and loved. Since that's part of being a family! We may fight and argue but we're supposed to be there for each other at the end of the day! So I want you to know I'm there for each of you!

Satan & MC: *look at each other in defeat knowing that when Beel has made up his mind theres no changing it. They both stop struggling and just let him hug them. Both of them internally vowing to make sure not to make him this concerned over them again. Plus Beel did give the best hugs out of all the brothers*

Beel: *happy demon noises as he hugs them*

Belphie: *walks into the kitchen wondering where his twin was sees the current scene happening. snickers and sighs a little to himself while slowly backing away fully knowing what happened. Since he's made that mistake before and not wanting to get dragged into it. He really did have the best twin brother, he was sure of it. Smiling to himself he goes back to his shared room to have a nap*

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Lucifer: I've got three moods.

Lucifer: 'Existing'

Lucifer: : 'staring at the wall',

Lucifer: or 'working'. That's all I know how to do.

Satan: *popping his head in* You give yourself too little credit about what you know how to do. You forgot you know all about being Diavolo's bitch boy! *starts running away cackling*

Lucifer: *goes after him*

Later

Mammon: *finds Satan strung upside down from the chandelier*

Satan: Totally worth being strung up! It just proves my whole point! *looks at Mammon blonde hair hanging out of his face* What?!? Lucifer and I had a creative difference in opinion. He said he only knew how to do three things. I just pointed out the fact that it wasn't true. He knows all about being Diavolo's little bitch boy.

Mammon: *laughing* Honestly that makes sense. But you forgot the most obvious thing he knows all about doing.

Satan: *eyes shine* Oh and what would that be? *smirking and his eyes go a bit wide but that fact goes completely unnoticed by Mammon*

Mammon: *shrugs* As if you don't already know. The most obvious fact he forgot is that he's a huge buzz kill and ruins any chance of fun we try to have by being an overbearing dictator.

Satan: *snickers and scoffs* Oh. How could I forget about that?

Mammon: *realization hits, sighing* He's behind me isn't he?

Satan: *raises an eyebrow* What do you think?

Even later

MC: *finds both brothers string upside down from the chandelier, sighing* What did you two do this time?

Mammon: *scoffs* You assume we did something wrong? Ha!

MC: Gives a pointed look*

Satan: *looks at Mammon* Mammon you really aren't all there sometimes I swear. Obviously something happened BECAUSE WE'RE STRUNG UPSIDE DOWN! *coughs* From the chandelier.

Mammon: oh right. Yeah we messed up. *shrugs*

Satan: We were just honest with Lucifer and he didn't like our version of the truth. Weirdly enough Mammon and I agreed on something for once.

Mammon: yeah! Like he only knows how to only do three things? As if!

Satan: Clarifying on Mammon's point, Lucifer said he only knew how to do three things. I then told him that he knew more than what he was giving himself credit for. Like he knows all about being Daivolo's little bitch boy.

Mammon: I then found Satan string up from here. Then told Satan the he forgot the most obvious thing Lucifer knows how to do. That being such a pain in my ass or a massive buzz kill whenever anyone wants to have any kind of fun. *grumbling*

MC: *laughing and smiles* I think you two are forgetting another thing he knows how to do pretty well! That is stringing his brothers upside down from the chandelier as a form of punishment. So he knows how to do more than 6 things clearly! *sees the look on the boys grim faces then feels a looming presence behind them, sighs* He's behind me isn't he?

Mammon & Satan: *small nods*

MC: *whispering* damn it..

Even more later

MC: *hanging right side up with the two brothers upside down* He's such a god damn buzz kill! He's so goddamn sensitive about what anyone says about him! He think he knows everything. Holy hell, he really doesn't know how to handle the god damn truth!

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MC: *yelling at their D.D.D. screen* QUEER baiting is wrong, so LETS ATTEMPT MURDER! *sighs* Fucking hell why would they do such a thing!?! Don't pander to the community and say explicitly there's gonna be queer CONTENT ONLY FOR THERE TO BE NONE OR LIKE A 60 SECOND CLIP!

Satan: *pops his head through the door* Did I hear someone mention murder? *walks into the room*

Belphie: *wakes up from his nap on the couch* Murder?

Mammon: *attempting to walk into the room nonchalantly* What kinda murder we talking about here? Not that I care that much about it anyway but you might as well tell me while I'm here anyway. *flops on the ground near the MC*

MC: it's just this show I enjoy. The creators of it announced that there was gonna be a canon queer ship in the new season, and I will say they sounded mighty excited about it. Only for one of the queer couples to be killed off within like a minute of showing the representation!!! How could they do that!?! I just wanna murder them for doing that. *pouts, puffing out cheeks* it ain't fair!

Asmo: * walking into the room as well, then fluffs and ruffles the MC's hair giving them a hug from behind* You're so adorable when your mad MC!! I didn't think you could get any more adorable!?! How ever we don't want those wrinkles to leave any marks do we? And for them to make you less cute. *pats their cheek, moving to the front of the MC then sitting next to them*

Mammon: OI! STOP TOUCHING AND GETTING HANDSY WITH THE MC, ASMO! I WAS THEIR FIRST! YOU NEED TO BACK OFF!

Asmo: *rolls his eyes*

Lucifer: *storming into the room* What the hell is all this commotion I'm hearing out here!!! I can't do all this paperwork or get any WORK DONE THAT I need to with all of you making so much damn noise!

MC: *Glares* I want to attempt MURDER LUCIFER! I'M VERY UPSET RIGHT NOW! CAN'T YOU TELL HOW DISTRAUGHT I AM!

Beel: *comes into the room with a mouth full of food* waph abpfft Murffph fjdbdisnem?

Lucifer: *pinching the bridge of his nose sighing* MC, you need to stop acting like Asmo; we only have room in this house for one drama queen. And Beel how many time do I have to tell you NOT to talk with your mouth full of food. Nobody can understand what you're trying to say.

Asmo: I AM NOT A DRAMA QUEEN LUCI! *puffs up like a cat and dramatically gasps* How could you say such uncouth things about me! I am the absolute epitome of beauty and grace! You take that back Lucifer!

Satan:*sighs* Lucifer can you just shut the hell up and let the MC explain. It's not that hard to let other people or demons speak without you interrupting them. You could just let others speak their mind and have an opinion that doesn't align with your own for once. Or are you too proud to admit it?

Beel: *food swallowed at this point* My bad, I said what about murder?

Levi: *barging in all huffy* ughhhhh what's with all the noise I can't watch the newest episode of my anime! Can't you normies be quiet at any time of the day?!? There's only so much time in THE DAY TO WATCH ALL OF THE STUFF. I'll never get caught up at this rate.

Lucifer: Satan... You better watch what you're saying or I'm GONNA STRING YOU UP NEXT TO MAMMON FROM THE BANNISTER OR THE CHANDELIER!

Mammon: OI! WHAT DID I EVEN DO THIS TIME!?!

MC: *realizing this spiraling out of control, and that they have to say why their angry quickly and loudly* OMG Y'ALL NEED TO SHUT UP AND STOP ARGUING ALL THE DAMN TIME! I'M UPSET OVER A SHOW I WAS WATCHING QUEER BAITING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY!!!

Everyone: *blinks in stunned silence*

Levi: *understanding crosses his features* I'll summon Lotan!!! Thats such an unfair and unusually cruel thing to do!!! We can murder them by drowning or Lotan can do it! I hate it when creators of a show do that to their audience!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM!?! Its like when you think a ship is gonna happen in a story and it gets all set up and then they go the completely OFF the rails IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!

Satan: *nods and scoffs in annoyance* That's the absolute worst. Like what was the whole point in setting up that plot and storyline!?! It was a complete waste of everyone's time. *grins* I've definitely got some nice spells and curse I've been dying to try out, that we could use on the creators.

Asmo: We can totally ruin their reputation on all social media platforms!!!

*everyone else starts slowly getting angry about it and starts supporting the idea making plans on how to murder the creators who made you upset*

MC: *sitting there dumbfounded at how fast the mood changed, and it how seriously they were contemplating actually murdering these people*

Mammon: so we are all in agreement then. WE RIDE AT DAWN TO MURDER SOME QUEER BAITING BITCHES!

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MC: *grumpy* fuck being nice Imma start biting people

Lucifer: *walks past* You need to be on your best behavior MC. To set a good example to the rest of the exchange program.

MC: *glares then bites Lucifer's arm*

Lucifer: *looks down like Excuse me*

Satan & Belphie: *snickering*

Belphie: I guess they do bite? Who knew?

Asmo: *looks over* That's kind of kinky. You know MC u can always bite me, and we can do more than just that if your down for it.*practical purrs that out* The invitation is always available and only just for you *smirks & winks*

Lucifer: *glares* you have to the count of 3 MC to get off my arm or else the punishment will be severe. I do not care if you're a human. Get OFF NOW!!

Mammon & Levi: *attempting to pull MC off Lucifer's arm*

MC: *bites down harder out of spite*

Mammon: You don't wanna piss him off MC! Now is not a good time to do that!

Levi: It would be wise to stop biting him MC! You don't wanna be strung up from the banister!

Satan: *is filming the whole ordeal*

Beel: if u want MC u can have one of my lollipops? Instead of biting Lucifer. *hands over an extra giant spiral lollipop he had been saving*

MC: *reluctantly let's go, and takes the lollipop* FINE! I'll stop. for now... Thanks Beel! I appreciate you sharing this with me! *smiles at him then starts to eat it, while grumbling* He shouldn't have told me what to do, fucking bitch.

Lucifer: *glaring*

The other 6 brothers: *trying not to laugh*

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The Athlete (m.j.h) - Waning Crescent Hotel

Please read this (W.C.Hotel) if this is the first post of this series that you see. Warnings: Swearing, Mentions of death Genre: Angst, Hotel Del Luna AU, Choose your own adventure, SVT x Fem! Reader Staff: Yong (Spirit General Manager) / Jiwoo (Human General Manager) / Soon Bok (Room Manager) / Mun Hee (Front Desk Receptionist) / Shin (Grim Reaper assigned to Waning Crescent) Word Count: Ending A - 5.1k / Ending B - 5k

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"Hey Soon Bok." I call out to her after spotting her walking the hallways.

She doesn't respond but her groaning and mumbling echo off the walls.

I quickly catch up to her and get her attention. "Hey, what's got you groaning?" I ask and she finally notices my presence.

"Oh, hey, (y/n). Uhm, the guest in room 385 left the room in a complete disarray so it'll take a few days to get it back in shape." Soon Bok says as we walk through the hall together.

"How badly did they screw it up?" I ask, trying to imagine what kind of damage would take a few days to fix, especially in this hotel.

"Well..." Soon Bok sighs, "Apparently their two of their past lives were complete opposites on the political spectrum and it got out of hand." She waves her hands for emphasis, "I think they broke every single piece of furniture we had in that room."

I run my hands through my hair in absolute annoyance, "How many days do you think it'll take?" I ask.

Soon Bok tilts her head to the side in thought, "I really don't know. 6, maybe 7 days."

"Damn, and the Gods can't do anything to help?" I probe, wondering if I'm going to have to send a message up myself.

Soon Bok shakes her head with disappointment. "No, I already asked."

"Damn." I exhale, "Did the guest leave?"

"I put them on the first departure out of here." Soon Bok says smugly, "Deserved it when I saw their room yesterday."

I nudge her shoulder with my own and smile satisfied, "Perfectly deserved."

"And not to mention that they were so loud!" Soon Bok continues to vent, "So loud. I had guests complaining about them for days."

I put a sort of comforting hand on her shoulder, "You handled them well." I tell her.

"The Gods don't pay me enough for this shit." Soon Bok says with sarcasm as we walk out onto the second floor balcony.

"They don't pay any of you enough." I reassure her with a tiny smile as guests mill around us.

Soon Bok lets out a short laugh before going back into manager mode.

"(y/n)!" Jiwoo comes running into the lobby from the pool in a panic. "(y/n)!"

I share a look with Soon Bok for a split second before we start down the stairs.

"I'm right here." I call out to Jiwoo who jogs up the stairs to meet me.

"There's sort of an issue." Jiwoo mutters lowly.

"What kind of issue?" I press further without lowering my voice.

He motions towards the indoor pool, "A couple guests are fighting at the pool. It's getting out of hand."

Soon Bok nervously chuckles, "How bad could it ge-"

A faint splash and a few screams interrupt Soon Book mid sentence. The sound freezes me in my tracks for a split second before I walk towards the indoor pool as annoyed anger grows with every step I take. Soon Bok and Jiwoo are right on my heels.

When we bust through the pool doors, a few guests are standing around the edges of the pool looking mortified at the two guests brawling in the water.

I stop a few feet into the room and cross my arms over my chest while staring at the two females fighting and splashing water everywhere.

"How did it start?" I ask, leaning towards Jiwoo so he can hear me.

Jiwoo shrugs, "I honestly don't know how it started. All I know is that they were arguing over something and then they started shoving and pushing each other. And that's when I came to get you." Jiwoo explains, "I didn't want to experience another incident." He continues and I nod, remembering a few years ago when Jiwoo tried to get between two quarreling guests and took a substantial blow to the chest. From which he could've died had I not been ten steps away.

"Good idea." Soon Bok comments her approval and I'm surprised that she could hear him through all the noise and the echoes.

I take a breath and send a loud whistle to cut through the noise. The noises settle down and all the attention turns to me.

"Why are you creating a racket in my hotel?" I direct the question at the two soaking wet women in the pool.

The two women stare blankly at me but neither says a word or moves a muscle.

I roll my eyes at the lack of response and heavily sigh. "Fine, if you don't want to answer me, then I'll give you a choice, either get out of the pool and forget whatever you were fighting about or stay in the pool and be on the very next departure out." I give each of the women one last look before turning and walking out of the pool.

"Keep an eye on them," I instruct Jiwoo, "If they don't leave the pool in 15 minutes, call Shin and tell him to get them out of here."

Jiwoo nods obediently and stays in the pool while Soon Bok continues to follow me.

With the situation resolved, I can finally return to the subject that I wanted to talk about.

"Did you get Jun situated in his room?" I ask her as we walk.

Soon Bok nods, "He's in room 106 for 15 days." She informs me.

I nod and change direction towards the elevators. The elevator doors open and we step inside. Just as the doors begin to close, Jiwoo comes running and Soon Bok, with her fast reflexes, holds open the elevator doors.

"They left." He skids to a halt before the elevator.

"Good. Good." I nod in approval.

"I will make sure they don't do anything else during their stay." Jiwoo informs me and Soon Bok steps back to let the elevator door shut.

"And if they do, call Shin." I tell him.

Just as the elevator doors completely shut closed, a man walks behind Jiwoo and glances my way. For a split second our eyes meet and I see a smile grow on his face.

Jun's face.

~The Fifteenth Day~

"You've gotten sloppy, Jun!" Michelle, Jun's sparring partner, laughs and it pulls a laugh from Jun.

"Maybe you're the one who's gotten sloppy." He counters with a smile.

I shift on the bleachers to try and find a more comfortable way to sit but the benches are unyielding. The training center for national athletes is pumping the A.C. and I wrap my sweater closer around my shoulders, eyes still trained on Jun and Michelle.

The clock on the wall displays the time and I only have a few more minutes until Jun is released from training and mine for the rest of the night.

Jun defeats Michelle with ease and pulls away happily cheering.

I smile at his energy and he spins around in victory. When he stops, he spots me in the stands and waves extremely wildly.

Waving back, a giggle erupts in my throat. Jun jumps a couple more times before saying bye to Michelle and jogging into the locker room.

Not five minutes later, a sweaty Jun jogs over to me after changing out of his training clothes.

"Hiya." He smiles happily, readjusting his bag on his shoulder.

"Heya." I reply, mirroring the smile.

"What did you think of my training?" Jun asks, offering a hand to help me up.

I take his hand. "You were getting a little sloppy towards the end." I smirk and we start toward the exit.

"So you're siding with Michelle now?" Jun questions, playing the offended card.

"Us girls can see things." I wiggle my fingers at him just as Michelle passes us.

"Like you slacking." She comments to Jun and gives me a high five.

Jun's shoulders sag in defeat, "I go through hours of training only to be judged by my girl and my training buddy."

"Enjoy your night!" Michelle calls out to us and jogs to the person waiting at the curb for her. Presumably the fling she's currently into.

"You too, Michelle!" Jun waves her away, almost relieved that we're finally alone together.

Jun grabs my hand as we walk away from the center and towards the town where Jun's apartment is.

The scene meshes into another. This time we're sitting in his apartment, on his couch, with dinner plates sitting empty in front of us on the coffee table. The TV plays some random show we're binging and Jun's arm is wrapped securely around my shoulder.

I start to feel his warmth around me and he starts humming along to the theme song when a sinking feeling suddenly sets in my chest. I know what I'm going to find on my desk when I return to the hotel tonight, but my heart is determined to hold off as long as I can.

Snuggling in closer to Jun, I feel him chuckle.

"Cuddly much?" He asks.

I slowly nod, "Just don't want this night to end just yet." I mumble, breathing in his scent.

"You can stay here all night if you want." Jun says into my hair but I sigh.

"I'm needed at home tonight." I tell him with a pout.

"I know, but the offer is still there." Jun says with a soft smile.

"Jun," I get his attention, "Can I ask you a hypothetical?"

"Okay?" Jun agrees only a little confused.

I rest my ear against his chest and listen to his heart beat, "If I died,"

Jun sucks in a breath, stopping me.

"Hypothetical, remember." I remind him and rest a hand on his stomach to stop him, "If I died young, would you find someone else?"

"Do you want me to?" Jun questions.

"I mean, I wouldn't want you to spend the rest of your life grieving for me." I explain, "I would want you to move on but still remember me."

"Then I would do just that." Jun affirms with a nod, "I would probably grieve for a while... A long while." He corrects himself, "But I think I would. I would think that you would want me to live my life to the fullest and enjoy every aspect, including love."

I nod, satisfied with his answer, "That's exactly what I would want you to do."

"What would you do?" He asks in return.

"The same." I answer, knowing my answer holds no weight to him, "I would grieve and then slowly start to live life again but I would remember you throughout my life."

Jun smiles, satisfied and kind of smug. "I'll be hard to forget." He squeezes my shoulder, playfully.

I smile and rub my hand in a circle over his stomach.

But the fabric doesn't feel the same. It feels more... soft... more like... bedding.

I blink open my eyes and find my hand resting on the pillow I have held up against my body.

Rolling onto my back, I sigh heavily and close my eyes but the memory of Jun's warmth around me still remains.

"Can't a memory just be a memory?" I ask the air around me, not expecting an answer. "Why do I have to feel every lingering sense?"

I pull up the covers and cocoon under them for comfort. And just as I'm getting comfortable and warm again, I hear the faint opening and closing of my office doors. I run my hands over my face before turning my head to read the time.

8:33 pm.

I shoot up in bed as Mun Hee calls out for me. My pajama shirt falling down my shoulder.

"(y/n)?" He calls out and I rub my eyes.

"In here!" I yell back, hoping he hears me, and fix my shirt.

I throw the covers off of me and swing my legs over the side of the bed. Then my bedroom door opens and Mun Hee walks in with his eyes squeezed shut,

I take one look at his face before asking, "Why are your eyes closed?"

"I don't want to see anything I'm not supposed to when in your room." Mun Hee states with a hand still on the door.

I chuckle at his consideration, "You're all good. I'm clothed and nothing is laying out in the open."

Mun Hee slowly opens one eye to check the area and when it passes his inspection, he fully opens both eyes.

"Uh, the hotel is in full swing." Mun Hee comments while eyeing me still sitting on my bed.

I nod, "I know. I slept late."

"Are you okay?" He asks with concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine." I tell him, "Just been dreaming."

"Dreaming about?" Mun Hee presses and I stand from my bed.

"None of your business, dear." I smirk at him and head for my closet.

Mun Hee shrugs, "Okay well, Yong told me to come up here and wake you up and tell you that she's bringing Jun down in like an hour and a half."

I flip through my hanging clothes and a small bubble of panic bursts in my chest. "Fuck, okay." I quickly pick out navy slacks and a white blouse and hang them on the closet door.

"I'll leave you be then, now that you're awake." Mun Hee says and backs out of my room, closing the door behind him.

With Mun Hee gone, I head to my bathroom to shower for the day.

Once I'm showered, dried, clothed, and put make up on, I stand in front of the mirror for a final outfit check. Smoothing out my pants, I mentally give myself the pass and walk out of my room and down into my office.

"What are you still doing here?" I am shocked to find Mun Hee sitting on the sofa playing on his phone.

Mun Hee shrugs, not looking up from his phone, "Had nothing else to do."

"You're supposed to be at the front desk." I say, crossing my arms over my chest.

"I was..." Mun Hee trails off and taps his screen quickly, "But then Yong came and told me to come get you cause she was going to bring Jun down. I got here and you were still upstairs so I figured I'd wait for you."

"How long ago was that?" I ask, walking up to him upset that he didn't come get me sooner.

"Uh... 15 minutes ago?" Mun Hee says, looking up at the ceiling, calculating.

"Fif- Mun Hee!" I yell at him and head straight for the doors. I stop with my hands on the handles and turn back towards him. "And you," I point a finger at him and he looks up at me, "Get your butt back down to the front desk before I send you out on the next departure." I threaten before leaving my office and heading straight to my garden.

"So, you bloomed for the others and me?" Jun asks the chrysanthemum(s) as he crouches down.

I stop behind the bench and lean on my hands, just watching him. Jun tenses as he feels my presence in the room.

"You would've made a scary ninja with that silence." Jun chuckles and turns on his heels to face me.

I smirk, "Think I would've looked good in the black clothing?" I ask and Jun tilts his head to the side. His eyes scan my body up and down.

"Maybe." Jun shrugs and stands to his feet, walking towards me.

"Maybe?" I ask, holding my hands over my heart, feigning hurt.

"I'm kidding," Jun giggles and leans in closer, "You would look fantastic in black. I would love to see you in that."

"Keep dreaming." I whisper and move to sit on the bench.

Jun dramatically plops down onto the couch then lays his body down with his head in my lap, looking up at me.

"My biggest dream just came true though." He says with innocence.

"And what is that?" I ask.

Jun smiles, "To see you again."

"Me." I repeat his answer and look sadly at the tree. I feel Jun's eyes study my face but I can't bear to look at him.

"That hypothetical wasn't a hypothetical." Jun says with a sigh.

I open my mouth to explain but nothing comes out so I close it again.

"I mean I know you didn't leave on your own. But did you have to leave right after you asked that?" Jun continues to question, "Did you know you were going to leave?" His stare burns into my face and I'm forced to look down at him. Only I kind of regret it.

The sadness that fills his eyes rips at my heart and the tiny sliver of hope that my answer will be the answer he wants to hear sits right in the middle of the sadness. But I have to be the one to destroy that hope he has.

I set my jaw firm and take a deep breath. "I had a feeling I was going to have to leave soon after that."

"How did you know?" He asks. I can see he's trying not to let his sadness take over.

"Something in my gut told me that the Gods were going to make me leave soon after that night." I explain, "I just didn't know I was going to receive that note that night."

Jun sits up properly and puckers his lips, "Oh." He says, "You could feel stuff like that?"

I shrug, "Sometimes. But that night I definitely felt something. And when I got back here, there was a note on my desk and I wished I could've spent more time with you."

"Me too." Jun agrees and wraps his arms around me, hugging me close. "Though, I can't believe you kept this amazing place a secret."

"I couldn't tell you. I couldn't tell anyone." I tell him, leaning in closer. Just like the night before I left.

"You can't tell anyone?" Jun asks, emphasizing 'any.'

I nod, "Absolutely no one." I confirm, "The human world just isn't ready to know of this world yet."

"Hmm. That's probably for the better." Jun agrees. "I kept my promise, by the way."

"Which one?" I tilt my head in confusion.

"How I would try to live my life after you 'died.'" He uses his fingers as air quotes when he says 'died.'

I smile with happiness, "What did you do then?" I wonder.

Jun inhales proudly, "I went on to win three national titles and then retired."

"You," I ask shocked, "You retired?"

"Hey, it took me 8 years to win those three titles." Jun defends himself, "But yeah, I retired. Well, sort of retired. I started coaching with the team and that lasted a solid 30 years or so and then I went into real retirement."

"I'm sure you were a big hit with the athletes." I think about Jun coaching younger athletes and encouraging them to do their best.

He catches the faint smile on my face and chuckles. "I don't know about that." He reminisces, "I was pretty hard on them."

I look at him with wonder, "I doubt you were that bad. You're Jun. You did what you did so they could grow and be amazing athletes."

"You think?" Jun asks.

"I know." I smirk, "They appreciated every single thing you did for them."

"How do you know what I did?" Jun giggles and I widen my eyes in innocence.

"I just do." I stick my tongue out at him but he's quick to wipe it away with a kiss. I hum happily, "So, did you ever have kids? A family?"

"A family?" Jun repeats my question, "Well, uh, yeah. I did have a family."

My eyes light up but a dull pain throbs in my chest. "Tell me about them." I smile in hopes the job in covering up the pain in my chest.

Jun exhales, "What do you want to know?" He asks.

I shrug, not really sure what exactly I want to know. "Anything. Everything... Well, maybe not everything." I correct myself with a small cringe.

"Alright," Jun tilts his head in thought, "For starters, I had a girl and boy. Jihyo and Scott. Jihyo was older than Scott by a few years. But damn, he protected her like he was older." Jun chuckles and I echo it, "You know, there was this once - was? Is? Happened?" Jun mumbles in confusion at his own story.

"Spit it out." I laugh and playfully hit his chest.

So," Jun says while laughing a bit, "I was well into my coaching career and Jihyo was a solid high schooler and I somehow happened to be the matchmaker for my daughter and my future son-in-law." He runs a hand through his hair, "I had this athlete, bright, great kid, though a little loud at times."

"Like someone I know." I mumble but Jun hears me and smacks my arm.

"Anyway. We had a small end of year party at our house one year - which by the way, was not my idea." Jun raised his eyebrows for emphasis, "And of course, my kids were there, milling around with the team. The usual. Well, the spunky kid runs into Jihyo, and I mean literally runs into her, and before I knew it, they were dating. Boy, did I give him a hard time when I found that out. But then I blinked and they were engaged! And then I literally breathed, and they were married with a kid." He shakes his head in disbelief.

"So she grew up good?" I reiterate.

Jun nods, "Grew into such a beautiful woman. Reminded me a lot of you."

"How so?" I wonder and look over to find his eyes soft like a plush pillow.

"She held her head up high, even if the world was pushing against her. Like you did." Jun explains, "Jihyo was always very cool, calm, and collected with the outside world but whenever she was around the family or her husband, she melted like snow in the desert."

"I did not melt like snow." I defend myself.

"Oh, yes you did." Jun squeezes me closer. "Like the first time you came to see me at the training center. You were so cold and shut out to literally all of my teammates." Jun laughs, "And then as soon," He drags out the word, "As I walked up, you smiled and literally gave my teammates whiplash."

I laugh at his recount of the day.

"I swear the guys wouldn't shut up about it for a whole week." Jun says, then continues on, "And Jihyo, Jihyo came to really enjoy champagne."

My mouth drops open in happiness though I'm not 100% sure as to why I'm so happy to hear that.

"Yeah, she came to visit one day and we had some wine with dinner. Which got us on the topic of alcohol and then poof! Out of nowhere, she says she really enjoys champagne." He smiles wildly, "I nearly dropped my wine glass when she said that."

"Did she end up loving it as much as I do?" I ask with high hopes.

Jun snorts loudly, "HA! I don't think anyone loved or loves champagne as much as you do, my dear."

I hum in satisfaction, "What about your son, Scott?" I ask, wanting to know more. "Was he an athlete like you?"

"Scott," Jun whispers his name, "In high school, Scott swam and was pretty good. He was on varsity and went to university on a sports scholarship. Super smart kid too. He definitely didn't need the scholarship to get into school but it did help with our finances."

"I'm sure it did." I comment. "What did he go to school for?"

"He got a degree in teaching." Jun informs me, "He tried the high school age, ended up hating it then moved up to the college level. And that, that stuck."

"Oh, what about Jihyo?" I wonder, remember I never asked, "What did she major in?"

"She went to medical school and became a nurse." He says, "Made one hell of a nurse too. God, I'm proud of my kids."

"You should be." I encourage him, "It sounds like you raised them well."

"Well, I sure hope I did!" Jun laughs, "They took all my hard earned money. And then when mine ran out, they took my wife's."

I giggle and bury my head in his chest. His laugh vibrates through against my skin and his heartbeat echos through my ears.

"I'm gonna rewind a tiny bit." I tell him, "I wanna know more about you athlete days. What you did, where you went. All of it."

Jun smiles while exhaling, "Alright, so we're going back to my amazing bachelor days." He dramatically states and I roll my eyes. Cause he definitely has a big head about his days as a national athlete.

As the sun rises, introducing a new day for the human world, Jun and I are deep in the world of his life and the adventures he took. The different places he traveled with the team. The things he learned while training and competing. The trouble he and some of his teammates caused during the competitions. Oh and all the girls that, supposedly, were all over him whenever he was in public.

Like always, Jun keeps the mood light and fun. Even through the sadder stories, he still manages to keep me out of the deepest parts. Always protecting me. Always keeping me afloat.

By the time the sun is setting, we've started talking about my life and my time at the hotel. A lot of the stories, I am telling for the first time. Mainly because I've never had someone to tell them too. Everyone I would tell the stories to had already experienced them first hand. And with each stories, I manage to make Jun bark out laughing a few times.

When our laughter has died down, the sun lays dangerously low in the sky. Barely a sliver still visible above the horizon. And it's the signal that our time together is ending.

"Hey," Jun says, noticing the disappearing sun, "Do you have one of those time machine thing? Something that can turn back time?" He asks with full curiosity.

"You know something like that doesn't exist." I tell him with sass.

Jun shrugs, "Just wishing." Then he rises to his feet, his shoulders set in resolve. "Let's do this."

"You know I'm not coming with you, right?" I ask cautiously, standing up in front of him.

"I know." Jun sighs, "But you still can walk me to where I need to be, right?"

"Of course I can do that." I smile.

He holds out a hand for me to take, "Then let's go."

I chuckle and grab his hand. He happily grips my hand tightly and swing it between us as we walk out of the garden.

"Why don't you decorate the place more?" Jun asks, looking around the lobby as we enter.

"Is it not decorated enough?" I question, taking in the elaborate designs that adorn the walls and the floors.

"It could use a few posters of me." He says smugly and points to the elevators, "When I was still an athlete, I had posters of me plastered everywhere, including on elevator doors."

"When you accomplish something incredible in this world, I will do that." I say with a raised eyebrow as we pass the elevators, on our way to the departure door.

"I did accomplish something." Jun banters back.

"And what was that?" I ask when we reach the door.

He leans in close and whispers, "I loved you." Before opening the door and walking ahead.

His words stun me but only for a second. Once the second and the shock have passed, I quickly make my way after Jun and catch up with him after some strides.

"That was a feat 12 other men accomplished as well." I remind him and loop my arm around his.

Jun chortles, "But I know that I was a special one."

"You were indeed special, Jun." I reassure him.

As we approach Shin and the car, Jun giggles and Shin has to fight back a smile. We stop a few feet away and Jun turns to face me.

He releases a large breath and holds my gaze. "Why am I more anxious about this moment than any other competition I've ever been in?" He asks quietly so only I can hear.

I wrap my arms tightly around him and stay silent.

"What?" Jun looks down at me, "No smart ass answer? No silly comeback?"

I sigh, "No because I don't have an answer." I tell him honestly.

"You don't have to have the answer but an answer would be nice." Jun says softly.

Pulling away, I force a smile as tears line my eyes, "You don't have to be anxious." I tell him in a weaker voice than I would've liked. "You'll be at peace."

"But you won't be there." Jun pouts.

"Someday soon I will be." I say and a tear slips out. Jun is quick to catch it and wipe it away.

"Then I'll wait. I'll sit and wait until you do." Jun says determined. "I will climb a tree and be on the look out for you every single day."

I choke out a laugh and it brings a smile to his face. He leans down and presses a light kiss to my lips.

"I'll see you over there." Jun whispers before letting me go and walking to the awaiting car.

When he reaches the car, he turns around and dramatically waves his arms while saying, "I love you, (y/n)!" In the loudest voice ever. I'm pretty sure everyone in the hotel can hear him.

"I love you, Jun." I call back through the tears slipping down my cheeks.

With one last triumphant smile, he ducks into the car. Shin closes the door behind him and the car rolls forward, taking Jun to peace. The car disappears into the fog and when the last glow of the taillights disappears, a white chrysanthemum at the base of the tree in the garden withers away.

I rest a hand over my heart and remember the echos of our laughter. I hold onto that laughter as I make my way back into the hotel. I hold onto it and wait for next love to arrive.

Return to the Navigation Page (Waning Crescent Hotel) to choose the next guest.

"I can't wait to keep you laughing for all of eternity." Jun says with a mischievous smile. He stands up and drags me up with him.

"Who says I'll be laughing?" I quip.

"Me." Jun says knowingly, "Cause I can always make you laugh." His hands tickle my sides and I runaway, laughing.

Halfway out of the hallway, I stop.

"Hey, hey." I get his attention and he stops, standing to full height so I'm slightly craning my neck, "I have to say good bye to my employees."

"They still have to stay?" Jun wonders.

"Somebody's gotta keep this hotel running." I tell him with a light smile, "And I need to release Jiwoo so he can live his life."

Jun nods and grips my hand firmly before continuing on our way. We walk hand in hand to the lobby where Yong, Mun Hee, Soon Bok, and Jiwoo stand solemnly.

"So this is it?" Mun Hee asks with tears in his eyes. "This is the day you leave us?"

I wrap him up in a hug, only a tiny bit annoyed that he's being so sappy. "Maybe I'll get punished again and be back here by the end of the year." I try to joke but Mun Hee abruptly pushes back from me.

"Don't you dare say that. You better not return here." He says angrily through his tears.

I chuckle, "I won't come back. I promise."

Turning to Soon Bok, I thank her for her service and her amazing work. Something I never did and should've done more.

Next onto Jiwoo. I also thank him for his and his entire family's service then I unclip the bracelet that has held him to this place.

"When you leave today, you won't be able to find this place again." I inform him, "I hope that you'll be able to go and live your life happily."

Jiwoo nods, "Thank you for letting me work with you. I won't ever forget you."

I smile sadly, "You will. But thank you."

Finally I reach Yong who is sniffling and trying so very hard not cry.

"You'd think after all these years of waiting that I'd be prepared for this day." She says through sniffles.

"Thank you, Yong." I rests my hands on her shoulders, "For everything. Thank you."

With lips pursed together, she leans forward and wraps me in an unexpected hug. But I soon wrap my arms around her and squeeze her tightly.

We pull apart after a couple seconds and I wipe the few tears that have escaped from her eyes.

"Keep this hotel running beautifully." I tell her before Jun grabs my hand again.

With final waves of goodbye, Jun and I walk out to the foggy forest that will take us to our resting place.

At the edge of the forest, Shin stands next to an idling car, a somber look on his face.

"(y/n)." He says when we reach him, "It has been an honor working with you. I wish you both a peaceful rest." Shin bows his head and I pat his arm.

"The honor was mine." I tell him with a smile. Now the tears start to line my eyes as the realization fully sets in.

I'm free. I served my years of punishment and now I'm free to let my soul rest.

I turn back towards the hotel and look up to the top where the rooftop patio is outlined with bright string lights. Then to the mid floors where random room lights are turned on, some guests staying in while others opting to experience the hotel's many services. Then to grand base where guests would be milling around, waiting their turns to leave this world.

"(y/n)?" Jun softly asks pulling my attention to where he sits just inside the car, "Are you ready?"

I take one last quick look at the hotel before turning away from it. "Yeah, I'm ready. Let's go."

I lower myself into the car and Shin securely closes the door after I am completely inside. As the car begins to drive forward, Jun securely grabs my hand and I let his warmth guide me towards our final destination.

In the garden, the final chrysanthemum withers and dies so that no more stand at the base of the bare tree.

#kpop #kpop imagine #seventeen imagine #seventeen #seventeen jun #seventeen jun imagine #jun imagine #moon junhui imagine #moon junhui #writer-k-pop #waning crescent hotel

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mercyandmagic · 4 years

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Hi, mercyandmagic thank you for answering my asks... :D

Don't know if you remember, but I've asked before of your top 5 fav mxtx characters, and you've answered yours. If you don't mind me asking, can I ask you, why you like those characters (in a longer asnwer)? Sorry, if I ask you similar question again......

Yessss. This gonna be long. We’ll start from 5th and work our way to #1.

5. Wei Wuxian

First, there’s just something incredibly refreshing about an untamed (ahem) character who says the thing everyone thinks but won’t dare say. It is my second-favorite character trope (We’ll get to the first). Plus, he has a great sense of justice and a self-sacrificing spirit... and yet he is capable of great cruelty, sadism, and hurting others to vent his pain (Nightless City, Wen Chao). Believe it or not, the fact that he has done great evil he cannot undo makes me love him more... because he knows it.

In Chapter 68, when he’s confronted, he doesn’t deny killing Fang Mengchen’s parents, nor taking Yi Weichun’s leg. He doesn’t show anger at their valid pain; he merely points out that nothing he can do now will undo the damage he caused.

He also has a low tolerance for BS and a high level of empathy. The fact that he scoffs at the cultivators gossiping against Jin Guangyao, the fact that he isn’t happy they have a new scapegoat, speaks a lot. Plus, he can easily understand why the Hook Hand’s final victim needs to scream (Ch. 124), why Jin Guangyao spared Sisi (Ch. 111) and made the Guanyin Temple (Ch. 110), why Nie Huaisang doesn’t want to admit what he did (Ch. 110), etc. Wei Wuxian is just great.

4. Qin Su

She deserves far more appreciation than she gets. She was involved in the Sunshot Campaign. When society judged Jin Guangyao and Meng Shi for their status, Qin Su never did. She loved the man who saved her life. She was willful enough to be the pursuer in her relationship with Jin Guangyao (Ch. 47), and was open to sleeping with him to ascertain their marriage (Ch. 106). She’s naive and trusting, despite losing her son. She’s loyal AF even to Bicao, even though Bicao literally sold her out for jewelry (ahem, Ch. 85).

Qin Su. only has a short side role in the larger novel, but she’s a fully developed human. That’s incredible.

3. Lan Wangji

I relate to Lan Wangji more than any of the other characters. Not being able to communicate, or being afraid to – relatable. Plus, having grown up fundamentalist Christian, I find the way in which Lan Wangji’s stubborn rule-following gives way to a willingness to break the rules when it does no harm or helps those he loves... inspiring. Like, he goes from having himself beaten for being pulled outside the Cloud Recesses (something this scrupulosity-sufferer relates to very well) to giving Wei Wuxian the Emperor’s Smile hidden in the Jingshi (Ch. 65).

If I may add, I read MDZS around the same time I watched GOT Season 8. There’s a similarity in how Wei Wuxian and Daenerys Targaryen have murderous breakdowns after losing everything and everyone close to them. And yet instead of putting Wei Wuxian down like a dog (side eyes Jon Snow), Lan Wangji takes him away, tries to save him, still believes he is capable of good. In his own words, he’s “willing to bear all of the consequences with [Wei Wuxian].” Lan Wangji believes in redemption, in chance after chance. He’s refreshing in a world that believes one deed can stain you forever. I love him.

2. Lan Xichen

He’s just... good? Like, really good? He has to balance leading a clan with a society that is very Not Good, and this definitely leads to some gray points (The Wens, saying nothing in support of Mianmian, etc). But he, like Qin Su, refuses to judge people for origins. He always has to see the good in others – as Ch. 105 says, “whenever he heard there might be hidden reasons, he just had to hear it.” Lan Xichen wants to know and sympathize with everyone’s reasons. That’s just... wonderful.

It’s notable that his whereabouts for the First Siege of the Burial Mounds are unknown. Lan Qiren led the Gusu Lan Clan, not Lan Xichen (Ch. 68). Which makes me speculate that while he thought Wei Wuxian was done for, he couldn’t bear to participate in killing the man his brother loved.

He’s a touch avoidant, as seen when he tells Wei Wuxian he does not want to know why his mother killed his father’s teacher (Ch. 64). (I will also defend him agains the charges that he was wrong to try to reconcile Nie Mingjue and Jin Guangyao – they were his friends and Lan Xichen believed in them. Those two made their own choices, and it was Not Lan Xichen’s Fault).

Anyhow, he’s good. And he loves Jin Guangyao. I know MXTX said she did not write a romance with them, and I don’t think they ever would have cheated on Qin Su. But that does not diminish that Lan Xichen’s seclusion at the end of the novel, is described as “exactly reversed” from when Lan Wangji was mourning Wei Wuxian (Ch. 114).

1. Jin Guangyao

My favorite character. trope, the sneaky bastard with daddy issues! What makes Jin Guangyao stand out even among all my favorite sneaky bastards is that... his actions are so very gray that IMO he’s not even really a villain.

For real, what did Jin Guangyao do? Kill his brother who tried to kill him first and was slowly losing his grip on reality and hurting him and Nie Huaisang anyways? (Ch. 49, 50) It was still wrong – and I firmly believe that the motivation was payback for ‘son of a prostitute,’ (as Wei Wuxian suggests, Ch. 104) and not safety – but my point remains. (Plus there’s the implication that Jin Guangshan willed it, too). (Ch. 106).

Married his lover after discovering she was his sister to keep her from being an unwed mother? (Ch. 106) In that situation, I wish he had told Qin Su so she could choose, too, but I fail to find anything condemnable in Jin Guangyao’s actions there.

Furthermore, when writing “Sentiment” and now “Sunlit Jade,” what I’ve been struck by is that most of his misdeeds end with killing Jin Guangshan.

The possible exception is Jin Rusong (and since our main source for the idea of cold-blooded filicide and framing of an innocent clan leader is Clan Leader Yao, I am highly skeptical). And Xue Yang remaining alive, but again, we don’t know if Jin Guangyao chose to let him go with a warning/beating severe enough to disable his leg, or if Jin Guangyao truly meant to kill him (I favor the former position, but it’s open for interpretation).

Now, how Jin Guangyao kills and the fact that he does kill his father is wrong. Burning the brothel? Wrong, though I understand his hatred of that place and the people there. Killing the He Clan? Wrong, but 1) it’s on his father’s orders, and 2) he has a rather intriguing reaction when Xue Yang shuts He Su in alive with the corpses. (Ch. 118).

He looks for something to “comfort” himself.

This is strange, because he’s previously been a torturer (Ch. 47). What is more torture to him?

I don’t know the answer, but it speaks to someone who suffers a lot, who did a lot of terrible things in pursuit of a love from his father that never came. And someone who, once he gains power in the position of Chief Cultivator, implements a program to save more commoners’ lives than ever before (Ch. 42).

That’s not the action of a villain.

[Sidenote, and based off a comment that wryhun on AO3 once left me: What I love the most about Jin Guangyao, and MDZS as a whole, is depending on the perspective you take, anyone can be an antagonist or a protagonist.

Jiang Cheng can be Wei Wuxian’s tsundere shidi (reader perspective), or he can be the serial killer of demonic cultivators who refuses to help commoners with spirits unless people have already died (Innkeeper’s perspective, Ch. 92).

Nie Huaisang can be the avenging didi (often a fan’s perspective), or the person who treated the juniors like fodder, killed cats, and sliced up a woman’s body just for revenge (Wei Wuxian’s perspective in Ch. 110, Jin Guangyao’s perspective in Ch. 108).]

Jin Guangyao is an antagonist because his goals conflict with Wei Wuxian’s. But he’s really no worse than many of the other characters, and in fact, while all have suffered, he’s arguably suffered some of the worst circumstances of all.

He makes poor choices, although he insists he doesn’t have a choice. I believe that he believes he has no choice... but he does. And that is so very, very tragic.

I love him and want the world (or really just Lan Xichen) for him.

#jin guangyao #lan xichen #wei wuxian #qin su #lan wangji #mdzs #mo dao zu shi

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ajokeformur-ray · 4 years

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Hey, can I get a matchup if you’re still doing those? I like traveling, excitement, I really like showing my partner affection, food(lol) and just want to be around someone that isn’t annoyed with me. I just wanna go out and do things sometimes but also like to stay inside and chill. Also someone who can deal when I’m in a stupid mood swing. Thank you!!!♥️♥️♥️

Hi, my love!💗 I’m actually really excited to write this for you which is why I lowkey insisted that you send this in lmao 🤣 You and Pat are perfect for each other and I hope that this gives you an overproduction of serotonin skksksk you deserve nothing less than the best of everything!💜 If you dislike anything here, please let me know and I’ll redo it for you!

Word count: 1, 106.

This GIF made my heart drop its uwus omg sweet angel (❁´◡`❁)

I’ve already said it twice today but I’m going to say it again because you deserve to feel good about yourself and your love for this sweet angel: you and Patrick are perfect for each other. He is spontaneous and he likes to do things in the moment; he lives in the moment so it makes sense. He is always fully present in the moment and as you’re a lover of travelling and excitement, Pat often sweeps you away for late night dates. He won’t even tell you that he’s coming, you’ll just have a knock on your door. For more formal dates, you will know a few hours in advance but for the most part is everything spontaneous and unexpected, just like the way you and Pat fell in love with each other. You quite literally bumped into each other in the hallway in high school one day but you didn’t shy away from him; no, you apologised and Pat flashed you a surprised smile. At lunch that day, he sat beside you, causing rumours to spread around Padua High like wildfire, and years later were you still together. Pat was a one partner person, like a penguin was he, and he fought for you and your relationship with everything that he had. There was nothing that Pat wouldn’t do for you and often even did your formal dates get derailed because Pat would see something which caught his interest and he would point over to it. “So, ah - I know I said we were gonna go to dinner but - ya’ up for it?” It seemed as though Pat made himself the sole reason for your brain developing serotonin. Pat loves every single thing about you and that will never be any different.

Pat is a very affectionate person and so are you, so the two of you are inseparable when you’re together. You’re almost always touching in some way. When you’re out in public, Pat has an arm slung around your shoulder, his fingers stroking along the tops of your shoulder and making you shiver warmly, or if it’s a closer setting where there are lots of bodies, his arm is tightly around your waist, his fingers resting lightly against your hip. You love food and so does Pat, he’ll eat almost anything as long as it’s edible, and most of your dates do involve food in one way or another. he also carries food in his bag so if you get peckish when you’re out, Pat conveniently has a snack bar for you. “Here, Anaya,” He’ll be super casual about it, his fingers brushing yours as he hands it to you, and he’ll flash you a smile and kiss your forehead with a chuckle. Pat really loves you and so much of what he does is for you and for your happiness; he gets all the happiness he could ever need or want just from being with you. He is never annoyed by you and even your strangest quirks are met with a familiar smile. Pat adores everything about you and when you first met did he want to just dive into the deep waters of your psyche; and now, years later, even though he knows you like the back of his hand, he still wants to do that. He can’t ever get enough of you and the way that you always make sure that he knows he’s loved. Pat can’t doubt it even on his darkest days because you’re just so obvious about it and Pat really admires the way you’re so open and honest about yourself and your feelings. If ever you ask him for reassurance that he’s not annoyed by you, Pat cups your face in his hands, his thumbs soothing over your cheekbones, “Anaya, love, look, listen - I fell for you, so, ah - enough of the talk, okay? I don’t want you any other way than you are right now, okay?” On the word ‘now’, Pat’s hands tighten emphatically on your face and he presses a kiss to your forehead, his chocolate eyes full of love and adoration and pride for you.

You’re an ambivert; sometimes you like to go out and sometimes you like to stay in and Pat somehow always knows which one you would rather do on any given day. Just one look at you and Pat knows your entire mood; how you’re feeling, why you may be feeling that, and whether you would rather stay in and cuddle and watch films together while he chucks popcorn into your hair and laughs when you crinkle your nose up in pretend annoyance or go out for a night on the town. Either way, Pat knows you and he’s always so accommodating to you and your wants and needs. Pat definitely always puts you first, if only because he knows that you do the same thing for him. By putting each other first are you able to take the best care of your own selves and you have the healthiest, most wholesome relationship of anyone who came out of Padua, and you last too. I said earlier that Pat’s like a penguin, they give their One a pebble. But Pat, some years later, gives you a rock. It will last until death do you part. Pat truly does love you with everything that he has and sometimes you almost choke on the loving look in his dark eyes, which swirl like galaxies.

Pat loves you for you; at your best, at your worst, and at every point in between. He lives in the moment and that means that he’s able to keep up with your mood swings; he knows how to handle you when you’re feeling every emotion but more than that, you know how to handle him at his every emotion, too. He’s quick to anger and he’s often defensive when he feels cornered or doubted or when he’s interrogated, but his unconditional and undying love for you always makes him stop and take a breath. “Anaya, look - love, what’s got your panties in a twist, hm? Talk to me.” and he will sit there and listen to you, or watch you pace up and down the carpet, or he’ll take you somewhere to help you vent your frustrations in a healthy way, like paintballing... Pat really does live and love for you and there’s nothing you could ever say or do which would ever make him any less proud of you or love you any less! You’re his one and only and you’ll be together for the rest of your lives!

#fan-of-pretty-much-2-much #requests closed #patrick verona #patrick verona matchup #10 things i hate about you #10 things i hate about you matchup

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guyinlovewitheremika · 4 years

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the monthly waits from pieces and bits of Erens POVs are really exhausting lol as well as the tension of the whole arc

Ah hello! all my frustrations with everything post-marley arc in one ask, lmao. A bunch of venting and complaining under the cut.

Yeah I couldnt possibly agree more. I honestly believe the manga had a wonderful structure at the start of the timeskip--the swich to the marley pov made sense and built tension to meet everyone else again--which we then did with eren. His pov may have been gone but his dialogue was super layered and had a lot of info to dissect.

And the more time we spent with him the more we learned! when he met with reiner he really showed off so much of his growth and it was insightful af, then later his internal pov started to return, emotions appeared every now and then, and we saw his relationships with everyone from paradis again. There was a progressive increase in information. Then, we get back home, manbun eren happens and...yeah. He’s being a dick to everyone for no reason, his pov is gone entirely and he only shows up every few months (honestly I almost checked out of the story from 106 to 116, the whole eren pov thing was really getting to me). Then ofc he starts being more prominent, and we even finally get paths! But even those chapters just open more questions than answers, and so clearly leave out crucial information (Grisha still passing down his titan to Eren despite telling future-memory-ghost-zeke to stop him??? “that scenery” intentionally not being revealed to manipulate the audience), then eren for some reason tells everyone he’s gonna kill them all and then he’s just gone...and now we’re getting random memory snippets that are clearly placed here again purposefully to make everything look one specific way... Eren the basement is just so tiring lmao. And the problem is that he’s the lynchpin of the story, he’s the character driving everything forward, the central piece of the plot, the protagonist, and the antagonist. all the while really not actually being all that prominent in the story for the most part. Once you realize Eren is the plot, everything else just feels so terribly drawn out, and we all know that, if we still had full access to his complete pov the way we used to for the first 90 chapter, 75% of the tension wouldn’t be there, and none of the drama that isayama planned these last couple years would really work. Resulting in monthly storytelling that, at its core, feels very frustrating God Im so sorry for hijacking your message like this anon lol I just really need to vent about this sometimes it seems lol

#welcome to guy's monthly snk angst #and this is why I was gone for so long lmao #its just so tiring #I really miss the days when I didnt have to worry if my all time fav fictional character was a genocidal maniac lmao #those were the days #answered #anonymous #Anonymous

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nonmillennialstruggling · 5 years

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Update- re: long-term guests

I posted about this situation earlier so that I could post to vent. I didn’t have the heart to blog after I got back from the mountains mid-November. Here is the update. Long post: Sorry I tried to collapse the recap and I don’t know why it isn’t working. Within that text collapse I also tried to collapse the update and within that text collapse I tried another text collapse etc. Each section is described in bold before-hand.

Recap of What I’ve Posted About Already:

Friend, grandma, and dog got evicted towards the end of September. I offered them a place to stay. He took the futon in the living room, grandma took the bed in my room, and I put an air mattress in the front room for myself where I literally had 6 inches between the air mattress and my desk. He was talking about finding a place for October 1st.

I don't see him actually leave the house that last week of September, but I figure he’s just been through a lot he needs a bit longer. I keep checking in with him in and let him know that I have to clear a longer than 30 day stay. It’s apparent that he needs longer, and he starts talking about November first.

I still don’t see him leave the house the first week of October, so I raise the issue to him again. He says he has found a place already actually and that they are getting it ready for him but that he is still looking at other places to have other options. He refers to this place being prepared for him a few additional times. I go away for a week, come back and he says that the place fell through because of the eviction on his record, which showed up on his credit report. This means that when he said the place was ready, he didn't actually have an approved application and lease ready to sign.

I raise the issue of a move out date with him again. He says he has found an extended stay hotel that was affordable and that they are moving out the end of October.

The week before they are to move, he says that his former landlord filled an elder abuse claim against him. Since I've been seeing how he cares for his grandmother I know that the claim was not made in good faith. I say goodnight to his grandma the night before they are to move, and it doesn't seem that she knows she is supposed to leave the next day. Moving day comes and my friend says that his friend who works for "the state" actually suggested that he not move because of the elder abuse investigation and that it would look like he had more stability if he stayed put. He says his friend had access to some notes about his case and that the only negative thing noted so far was that his grandma was not in a medical bed. He asks if he can set it up in the front room for the wellness visit. Wellness visit is supposed to happen next week, the first week of November.

I let them stay longer and know that I will check in after the wellness visit. Hearing that they weren't moving that day though was really really hard for me because at this point I’m really tired of being on the air mattress displaced from my room, in the front room where traffic wakes me up at 5 30, not having solitude, and also having to use white noise to screen out the news that my friend has on 24/7 in the living room. Also, November is a hard month for me and I really wanted my place back to myself for that reason too.

I go away for more travel and when I come back the medical bed is not set up and the wellness visit did not happen. I continue checking in with him about the investigation. I also in this time learn that his friend who works for "the state" works in the prison system and it is really weird to me that she would have any access to notes on his elder abuse case. (I contacted the agency that does the investigation to confirm whether or not someone outside the agency working for the prison could access any case notes- they said no one outside of the agency would have access to their case notes but that local police departments are also contacted and would have records too. The police department says that records from a local police department on an open investigation would not be shared with anyone working in the prison system under no circumstances).

The Update:

I go away to the mountains mid-November. I think it was right before I went, I escaped to my desk downtown and felt very grateful to have it. I wondered what I will do when I have to give it up when the lease ends but then I realize that I’m never sharing my place like this again. I can do one week on an air mattress and one month of someone on the futon. I come back from the mountains and can’t do the air mattress after a few days in an actual bed so I book an Airbnb for the rest of the week, that he did pay for.

He says he will move out the weekend before thankstaking to an extended stay hotel. He talked about moving in with his friend who works for the prison system but says that her mom just went into the hospital. I wish the case were closed before the move (if in fact there is a case). There is an interview scheduled the Thursday before he is to move and I really hope the case is closed because that would be before the move. At this point I am definitely fraying around the edges and recognize that I haven't been in my usual routines and that it has affected my productivity. If he is ok moving, I am ok with it.

I check in with him after the interview on Thursday and ask if he is still intending to move this weekend. If he says he needs more time I plan to offer him more time but ask that he move out either the weekend after the investigation closes or, since investigations can take months, at an agreed upon date, whichever is earlier. I figure one month would be proper notice. And I felt ok about this since he had previously indicated that an extended stay hotel would not be an issue. He says he is still planning to move that week, so I am glad to hear that.

Sat I say goodnight to his grandma and it also doesn't appear that she’s aware that they are moving tomorrow. This of course seems weird to me. He says that his friend who works for "the state" is supposed to help him move tomorrow. He doesn't have a specific time but says he will be in contact with her.

The next day it is 1 pm and she hasn't come yet. I check in with him because I had planned to be available to help with the move and wanted to check in to see if he needed my help or if I should just go downtown to work. (He can't drive because of a suspended license so I wanted to be available to help with driving). He indicates that he should have it covered with his friend and I let him know that if he needs me then he can just text me.

He Asks for More Time:

Here is a text I got from him later that day and following is my response and his response back. Also, I'll just state for context that after the fact I am pretty sure that he didn't have a hotel reservation and hadn't transferred his grandmother’s home health care to a new address (I inferred this from texts that occurs after the exchange I put below):

Him: Hey (Name). The money I planned to use for the extended stay was going to come from monies I let (name) borrow. She doesn't have the money to give to me and most likely won't have it well into December. I've included her here to verify. However, can we work out another agreement where I move my grandmother to the office so you can have your bedroom back? I literally have $106, for what I planned to buy groceries. (Name) has agreed to come over at 10 tomorrow morning to go get her bed, I need to arrange with storage company. I know this isn't what we agreed to but I just don't have the resources at this moment. I hate to be leaning on my friends like this but I truly don't have any options; my brother won't send any money and I'm trying to get my license sorted while the property is being sold. I know getting your bed back and not sleeping on the air mattress is important. I know it's more important to have your space back, yet I'll make things as comfortable as possible until I'm able to figure this out

Nov 24 6:10pm (time stamp)

Me: I can put it on credit and ask that you repay me when (name) is able to re-pay you in mid-December. Before you moved in you had talked about finding a place for October 1st, and then you were searching for November 1st, so I didn't discuss a concrete move out date with you. I was actually really looking forward to having my place back to myself November 1st though because this is a hard month for me. Then of course I wanted you to be able to get the wellness visit behind you (which I thought would happen the first week of November) and figured that we could set a move out date after the visit. Since you said you were moving out today though I didn't have that conversation with you. If money is the issue I'll spot you.

Nov 24 6:12pm (time stamp)

I've loved having you, your grandmother, and (dog's name) stay with me but I am an introvert and need quiet and it has been a much longer visit than I anticipated. While I have loved having you stay with me I have anticipated having my place back to myself November 1st and then today and it is hard for me when that is changed the day off. I'm confused as to why you would say you were moving out today though if you weren't able to confirm with (name) in advance that she could re-pay you. At any rate if money is the issue, honestly I want my place back to myself at this point more than I'm concerned about my credit limit and can lend that to you.

Nov 24 6:13pm (time stamp)

Him: I completely want to affirm I recognize your need for your space. I've tried my best to stay out of your way. I didn't find out until today that the resources I thought I'd have wouldn't be in place and I immediately notified you. Taking that amount of money from you, after you've opened up your home, wouldn't be helpful for my own mental health. Is it possible to put us out after I'm paid for December? With the research contract and my stipend, I should have enough to pay first/last/deposit for some place. It seems the holiday may not be a time where you want others around, yet it's completely opposite for my grandmother where this'll be the first time without her family and loved ones besides me.

Nov 24 6:13pm (time stamp)

My Response:

The things that were weird to me about his reply were: 1) that I had just stated what would be best for me and he implied that him staying would be actually be better for me than me helping them with a hotel stay, 2) he asserted their needs as more important than mine rather than equal, and 3) he referred to me putting them out when I was just asking that we follow our plan.

Since I was offering a way to address the barrier that he said he faced I told him I couldn't do longer and that I was offering a way to meet the barrier he said he faced. He tried to push back but I held firm.

He moved himself, his grandmother, and some of their things on Monday. His stuff was all over when I came back Monday night and he hadn't done any cleaning, which was annoying because there was syrup that had spilled and hardened on my bedroom floor and a chewed up rug and things like that that I cleaned up Monday. I thought that "moving" implies taking all your stuff and cleaning afterwards, so I didn't explicitly state that these were my expectations. I don t feel that I should have had to do that though.

He said he was picking the last of his stuff up Wednesday morning, which turned out to be Wednesday night at 10 30. He did some other things that were not cool that I won't go into here.

If I give him the benefit of the doubt, I have to conclude that he is at best clue-less. The other extreme would be seeing him as having an agenda of manipulation. I think he has intentionally lied to me (I mean the thing about his friend seeing the case notes is a blatant lie) but I don't think he has an explicit agenda to be manipulative.

Also, just for the record he is not and has not been in a place of shut down that may explain not planning his move or cleaning up afterwards. And I have encountered another thing that is most likely a lie that I won’t go into here either.

I did raise the issue of what may be a feasible pay back plan because I figured at this point that I really needed to have firm boundaries with him because otherwise he would take advantage. He agreed to it. I also followed up with him on a paper that he said wanted to send out for publication about a month ago that I hadn’t seen a submission confirmation email for yet. He hadn’t submitted it and I’m realizing that I really hate it when I meet agreed upon deadlines in order to keep a project on track where then the next person responsible for the project (who requested my piece be done by a particular date) just drops things. I will never start another or project with him again.

I am also feeling protective of some folks in academia who he may interact with. I think their issues with him would likely be limited to him dropping the ball on projects and/or proposing a lot of projects that he wants to do for prestige more than he wants to do in order to build a meaningful research portfolio. Still, I know at least one person who may be more generous if they think he’s just in a hard position, and I am feeling protective about that.

#long-term house guests #I may add other tags later but don't have the heart to tag more now.

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LONG POST AHEAD IF U LITERALLY WANNA KNOW ME PERSONALLY JUST READ THIS LMFAO

1: Name: Arche/Jupiter, my close friends know my real name so!

2: Age: High school has just been done so try to guess

3: Fears: Heights, oral presentations, the dark

4: 3 things I love: Drawing, men- concept art n stuff like that

5: 4 turns on: Oh here we go- uhh thighs, messy hair? when they give u The Look or when they. say things i will not talk about here HHGBDF n uhhh Arms 👀👀

6: 4 turns off: weird macho attitude, overly confident bullshit, being selfish and fuckboys in general

7: My best friend: not sure what this means but my bff is named Daphnée n i love her and ive known her my whole life so

8: Sexual orientation: homosexuale

9: My best first date: :))))))) as if

10: How tall am I: sigh. I’m 5″4

11: What do I miss: sometimes i miss the feeling loved ig

12: What time were I born: 12:19

13: Favourite color: pink!

14: Do I have a crush

15: Favourite quote: My senior quote!! “if what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, I’m telling you I’m immortal”

16: Favourite place: well? my room ig? I like my yard too

17: Favourite food: ugh ramen,,,korean dishes are TASTE as fuck but i also like classic ass spaghetti so like lol

18: Do I use sarcasm: does it look like i dont

19: What am I listening to right now: dr.phil LMFAO

20: First thing I notice in new person: Hair and eyes!! also how they laugh

21: Shoe size: Like. a 7-8 in women’s 6 in men’s

22: Eye color: Hazel/Golden yes bitch let me be special

23: Hair color: it’s either dark brown or golden brown idk

24: Favourite style of clothing: bruv its either kpoppie fuckboy or uwu skirts pastels

25: Ever done a prank call?: no i have anxiety

26: Meaning behind my URL:

27: Favourite movie: rise of the guardians and HTTYD

28: Favourite song: Comeback Home (BTS cover)

29: Favourite band: looks in the camera i dont know nan molla huh

30: How I feel right now: I’m fine im hungry

31: Someone I love: shoutout to my babeys in my server ily

32: My current relationship status: Single(tm)

33: My relationship with my parents: theyre fine ig just a bit tired

34: Favourite holiday:

35: Tattoos and piercing I have: Ear piercings? that’s it

36: Tattoos and piercings I want:

37: The reason I joined Tumblr:

38: Do I and my last ex hate each other? I sure hope not?

39: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts? A bit ig?

40: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted? Literally no

41: When did I last hold hands? Like last Friday

42: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning? 20 minutes

43: Have You shaved your legs in the past three days? no i havent shaved in like months

44: Where am I right now? in my room, in quebec, canada

45: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me? bitch i sure hope my friends would

46: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level? fuck my ears

47: Do I live with my Mom and Dad? yeah

48: Am I excited for anything? yeah? yeah

49: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to? ig? always

50: How often do I wear a fake smile? just at work tbh

51: When was the last time I hugged someone? not long ago i cant tell but my friends r cuddle monsters so

52: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me? i havent kissed anyone so

53: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not? lemme think uhhh no not rlly im not dumb

54: What is something I disliked about today? i woke up n i thought i had school lol

55: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? oh john cock i want to be ur best friend

56: What do I think about most? i daydream 24/7

57: What’s my strangest talent? uhhh i can put my thumb behind my hand?

58: Do I have any strange phobias? trypophobia, if thats “weird”

59: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? depends on what the video is, mostly behind

60: What was the last lie I told? idk answering to my deadname

61: Do I prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? online

62: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens? I slightly believe in ghosts? also aliens GOTTA exist so

63: Do I believe in magic? i think!

64: Do I believe in luck? yeah

65: What’s the weather like right now? very pretty i filmed a video outside!!

66: What was the last book I’ve read? L’Étranger d’Albert Camus in french class

67: Do I like the smell of gasoline? yes my dad’s a mechanic

68: Do I have any nicknames? a lot a lot

69: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had? bitch @ my birth #neverforget

70: Do I spend money or save it? i have 40$ in my name right now

71: Can I touch my nose with a tounge? no

72: Is there anything pink in 10 feet from me? yes highlighter

73: Favourite animal? cats or otters

74: What was I doing last night at 12 AM? FBISDFD NO WE DONT TALK ABOUT IT

75: What do I think is Satan’s last name idk he can have any last name he wants!!!

76: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it? everytime i start hearing “waiting for you anpanman” or “i just wanna go home” 👀👀

77: How can you win my heart? aaahh. be a twink. b fashionable. b funny. cheesy. pls romance me like a npc in the sims 2

78: What would I want to be written on my tombstone? s(he) died smh

79: What is my favorite word? cunt is SUCH a satisfying word

80: My top 5 blogs on tumblr? oh great uh honestly cant be fucked

81: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say? please have brain. PLEASE

82: Do I have any relatives in jail? i sure hope the fuck not?

83: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power? either invisibility or mind reading

84: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on? ahaaa “what are your intrusive thoughts”

85: What is my current desktop picture? my lesbian sims getting married LMFAO

86: Had sex? no

87: Bought condoms? no

88: Gotten pregnant? NO

89: Failed a class? i think yeah maths last year

90: Kissed a boy? :(((

91: Kissed a girl? no

92: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain? no

93: Had job? I have a job rn so

94: Left the house without my wallet? yeah when i go to school

95: Bullied someone on the internet? define bullying?

96: Had sex in public? virgin squad

97: Played on a sports team? yeah

98: Smoked weed? no ew

99: Did drugs? no ew

100: Smoked cigarettes? NO EW

101: Drank alcohol? yep

102: Am I a vegetarian/vegan? no i’d die

103: Been overweight? i’m twig

104: Been underweight? i think i was underweight when i was young? i was very Small

105: Been to a wedding? yes very long boring

106: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight? bruh. everyday

107: Watched TV for 5 hours straight? probably?

108: Been outside my home country? ONCE

109: Gotten my heart broken? TWICE !

110: Been to a professional sports game? yesss canadians game!!

111: Broken a bone? no

112: Cut myself? not technically

113: Been to prom? SOON SOON SOON SOSOSNSBFSHDD

114: Been in airplane? once

115: Fly by helicopter? i am not rich bitch

116: What concerts have I been to? noneeee- WAIT NO MARIE MAI

117: Had a crush on someone of the same sex? not sex but for the purpose of pretending i have a penis yes plenty

118: Learned another language? yeah!! i learned english, i almost learned spanish and i’m trynna learn korean now

119: Wore make up? i try!! but i’m not super good

120: Lost my virginity before I was 18? not 18 yet but it’s goin that way

121: Had oral sex? as if

122: Dyed my hair? i wishhh

123: Voted in a presidential election? I WISH THE ELECTIONS R ONE MONTH B4 MY BIRTHDAY

124: Rode in an ambulance? nope

125: Had a surgery? yes at a week old

126: Met someone famous? i think yes but i was super small

127: Stalked someone on a social network? define stalked?

128: Peed outside? yes

129: Been fishing? YES

130: Helped with charity? i think? we do volunteering so

131: Been rejected by a crush? not directly

132: Broken a mirror? no

133: What do I want for birthday? boyf......boy..boyff

134: How many kids do I want and what will be their names? oh man uhh maybe 2-3, i dont know their names yet honestly

135: Was I named after anyone? MY DAD NAMED ME AFTER A FUCKIN CLIENT HE MET. as for my actual name now I named myself after my fav video game character. lit

136: Do I like my handwriting? yeah!!

137: What was my favourite toy as a child? bitch hot wheels

138: Favourite Tv Show? hells kitchen,,,,judge judy,,,anythin like that

139: Where do I want to live when older? honestly i wish i could just live in japan or tokyo, or new york? but i will most likely end up in montreal

140: Play any musical instrument? i used to play the clarinet last year!!

141: One of my scars, how did I get it? the one on my knee, i scratched my desk with my knee

142: Favourite pizza toping? my dad makes AMAZING sea food pizzas,,,

143: Am I afraid of the dark? a lot

144: Am I afraid of heights? A LOT

145: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad? idk prolly? im a bit of a goody two shoes or however u spell it

146: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end: dont we all

147: What I’m really bad at: organizing my anxiety n shit i get overwhelmed

148: What my greatest achievments are: finishing high school

149: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me: honestly has to be that time someone dug up my vent post about being dysphoric to try to say i hated myself with some dumbass DySphorIa Is SelF HaTRed argument

150: What I’d do if I won in a lottery: pay my parents’ debt off, buy 284223$ of BT21 merch, pay my whole college/uni and transition

151: What do I like about myself: idk i like how i literally do not give a fuck anymore and ive learned to love myself instead of trynna care

152: My closest Tumblr friend: @peptobismol-official @ace-landofthesun @dorkalisious and ana but idk her @ anymore :((( ana pls

153: Something I fantasise about: we dont talk about that

154: Any thoughts on the paranormal?: lit. please stop crawling in my ceiling !

ok now that u know my whole biography. go doxx me ig. bye bye

#Arche.txt #asks #ask #long post

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