#THIS BETTER NOT FLOP I AM SO PROUD OF THIS LIKE ACTUALLY

[staraxiaa]

sunflowers, the afterword:

author's corner/first thoughts.

okay. so. i am insane. i am a god. i just wrote 18k words for a fic that i thought of, planned, and created fully in less than two days, bc someone said i like to make ppl suffer and yes i do. but then i was like, i am GOING to write fluff and i took it personally. to that one reader, thank you!! anyways. i wrote this with the intent of using the prompt "you wanna kiss me so bad it makes you look stupid" and barely even ended up using it. i don't know whether to laugh or cry. i hope it doesn't flop but also it's okay if it does bc i literally spent almost 48 hours brainrotting and word vomiting like it's out of my brain now and this feels glorious. it was random unfiltered thoughts and grinding away at 3am until i am empty. no thoughts left in my head. can you see? i could eat the world raw, the itch has been scratched. the sheer amount of motivation i had w this fic is never happening again. cheers! will update as i think of things! sorry to anyone who ends up reading this fully. i have been unreasonably fixated and have brainrotted over this for two hours, inclusive of sleeptime. while sleeping. i kid you not. i would wake up and something would click and i would hop over to the laptop and fucking grind away i am so sick of myself

unwritten scenes, headcanons

you guys are 20. you haven't started dating yet. you're a doctor. you guys are yelling at each other. you say 'you want to kiss me so bad it makes you look stupid.' katsuki's so angry that he does. ⇁ this was the original ending btw but i thought this one kinda fit better he brings you sunflowers sometime. real ones. he's sneezing all the while. you take one look at him and you die of laughter. he's still sneezing. you tell him: you know i actually didn't even care about them until i found out you were allergic. ⇁ if i could write nsfw i would do it here like dude do u see the vision omfg a whole side plot where he's like what the fuck do you mean you weren't dating deku. you're like. what the fuck. are u stupid. someplace where you actually address how you treat midoriya, his lack of a quirk, and how you stood by and watched it all happen ua sports festival. you kick everyone's ass. #you have been trained by eraserhead and you are super duper cool i also don't remember if i included this, but: your mother asks you after the first evening. "you're not really friends are you." you say: "nope!" and it is the happiest she has ever seen you. the ua boys try to flirt with you and get hurt really stupidly a lot on purpose. you wonder why they've stopped showing up. it's bc katsuki gives them a whole earful. and you're like bitch what the fuck im a doctor and and hes just tsundere about it first kiss scene instead of the ending where he's like you care and you're like of course i do??? what the fuck?? are u stupid?? you guys start yelling at each other and you're both acting like ur 2. he calls you stupid and blind. you call him ugly. he's so mad he literally just lurches forward and kisses you. it's awkward and messy and you guys are so mad at each other. you literally headbutt him in the face. ah young love. ⇁ this was another alternative ending more exploration behind reader's character, her insecurities, and about some of the stuff i info dumped before the start of the katsuki povs? i feel like i didn't handle that as well as i could have, but i also didn't want to go on 10 billion tangents for things that had very little relevance to the story. i also think the transition to the last scene was a little abrupt, but tbh at that point i was just so ready to call it like. i just didn't see the point. i think it would have made for a more natural reading experience, so here's the tea: he's proud of u but u guys are angsty and ignore each other until after training camp. [more brainrot pining moments]. if i had to write the above scene, i think i'd do something along the lines of: you're first aid relief at the sports festival, not actively participating. dunno if you'd be nearly as badass, though. you definitely get pissed when they muzzle katsuki and probably get rly mad but ofc u cant show it. so u just unmuzzle him and walk away and hes staring after u. this is ur ??? elsa arc? i dont remember the disney princess. the training camp is torture. aizawa makes u run with them. you tell him straight up that u hate his guts. he grins like that is the best thing anyone has told him in his life. katsuki definitely blows up some earth monsters for u. but while ur not looking. he's angsty like that. the bath scene? oh lord u just know he blows mineta up. maybe he lowk fucks it up too and you have to heal it! the potential HAHAHA. i dont know how you end up getting kidnapped, but id probably just bullshit a reason like ur the #1 healer in the world hurr durr and afo wants u! idgaf if the plot makes sense or not this is entirely secondary to my scheming. katsuki just about loses it when he hears you're one of the targets -> how you get kidnapped? idk. you're not a remedial student, so you're probably participating in the game (odd number of ppl right). unsure of how i'd handle the news of your kidnapping: just know katsuki loses it again. for like the 5th time. yipppeeeeee

character notes, thoughts

your quirk is literally just you take people's injuries into your own body and heal it yourself. you're superhuman. i put 2 thoughts into this: 1) you're a healer and 2) i like cool characters. congratulations. you have now been born. i don't even remember if i kept the shouto scene. but anyways i think my bias was showing. just had to throw him in there. also the kuroo mention. sorry i'm totally normal and i mean it ⇁ btw i love you all (everyone who likes/interacts with my fics) but i joke to my friends everytime someone interacts w my first bakugo/midoriya ones from lacuna bc guys!!! my shoto fic is RIGHT THERE!!! the baby that launched the entire collection. please show him some love this reader is probably one of the favorite ones i have written, more of an oc at this point i think, and i wasn't expecting her to grow on me so much. but lowk i love her and am so proud of the way i wrote her growth!! i do feel like i wrote her very soft, but i hope her flaws were made very clear⏤ she is meant to be a sort of unreliable narrator, so she also is overly critical of her own, but there were several things that were not addressed as i was writing, particularly concerning midoriya. (quirk, the bullying, bystander's guilt.) however, i think that including them would have made me go off on a tangent, and detract more from the main point of the story i also do think i wrote katsuki a little ooc, if only because i didn't see the point of including what's already there in canon. sorry. my brainrot did not extend that far, and by the end of this, i was literally ready to drop. his perspective isn't meant to be all-encompassing (in the story, it may seem like it purely bc of how i paced it) but those are meant to be like. random thoughts that appear in several scenes. reader does not have bakugo living rent free in her head 24/7, and neither does he. they're just stupid and pining and i just wrote all the moments in my head where they do.

[fishsticksloser]

Hi! So, I've been thinking about this request... We know how skilled the turtles are when it comes to battle, and it's even shown that April is really skilled in a lot of things, even when it comes to combat. So I thought of a request that's, I guess, would look better in a short fic form, or maybe something like what you did in the "First Kiss", and it's about how the reader(gn) is anxious about how they might be a burden, "a third wheel" since they aren't that skilled or helpful, and this feeling could be multiplied after the events of the end of the second season when April is said to be a part of the family and even played her part in the final battle against Shredder.

Feeling Useless

RotTMNT x gn!reader

Warnings: angst, insecurity, fluff, comfort, not written as hcs, post movie (like... right after, they're still injured) :))

A/N: I can't believe how much I got done before my break... I'm actually really proud. :))

Donnie

Donnie was laid on his stomach, his arms around your waist, head in your lap. He was grumbling again.

Everyone, including you, had banned him from his lab. Sitting his shell needed to heal so he needed to rest, not be in his lab working for days on end.

"I'm useless if I'm not building something." Donnie huffs, flopping his head in your lap, exasperated.

"You can't be serious." You roll your eyes, the caressing of his head pausing. Donnie chuffs in frustration that you've stopped petting him.

"I'm the most serious I could possibly be, darling." He answers, nuzzling your hand, a silent plea for more pets. He looks at you, that signature deadpan look on his face. "What use am I right now?"

"I dunno, you make a pretty good weighted blanket." You shrug, your tone playful and teasing, seeing a hint of amusement reflected in his eyes. Donnie rolls his eyes, a small smile on his lips. "But seriously, just because you're not making anything doesn't mean you're useless. Mikey isn't cooking or painting, Raph isn't training, Leo isn't skateboarding. Are they useless too?"

"That's not—"

"It's the same." You cover his mouth, seeing his eyebrows draw down. "If they're not useless, neither are you. If anyone here is useless, it's me."

That caught Donnie's attention, frowning at you. "How could you say that? You're the one who fixed me up... You're the one keeping me sane when I'm not allowed me in my lab." Donnie sits up, now sitting in front of you, holding your hands. "How could you say that about yourself? You're not... You're not useless. Not to me."

Leo

"Hey, babe, what's up?" Leo greets, seeing you sit in his room. He crawls into his bed with you, kissing your cheek. Leo tosses some pillows to the foot of the bed, propping his cast up.

"Oh... Um, nothing. Just came to hang with my crippled boyfriend." You answer, trying to hide your insecurity. Leo laughs, nudging you.

"Good, your crippled boyfriend was told to come back to bed." Leo chuckles, kissing your temple. He wraps his arm around your shoulder, pressing a harder kiss to your hair. "But, I can tell something's up. Hit me with it, sweetheart."

"You guys are so... Strong and skilled. I mean, it took seven of you to stop an alien invasion..." I began with a heavy sigh. Leo was always good at detecting emotions.

"All of us almost died in the process, but go on." He nods, his hand rubbing your shoulder and arm comfortingly.

"Even April and Casey..." You continued, shooting him a look which made him clam up instantly. Leo listened intently, his free hand finding yours. "You all are just amazing... And I'm worried that I'm not... Useful."

It's quiet for a moment, Leo's comforting rubs stop as well. You turn to look at him, seeing his brow furrowed.

"Useless?" Leo mumbles, he turns to face you, his hand cradling your face, squishing your cheeks a little. "Absolutely not. You may not be a fighter... But you're always here, ready to help. You learned how to make a cast!" Leo motions down to his leg, his voice slightly playful. He sighs, leaning forward to rest his forehead against yours. "I couldn't ask for anyone better. You're so amazing."

"You may not be a fighter, but you're always there for me. Always here to stitch me up, to comfort me."

Mikey

Mikey hated not being able to do things as normal, Leo got mad anytime Mikey did anything with his hands. So he laid with you next to him. You were rewrapping his hands and arms, seeing him pout.

"I know, Mikey... I wish I could be more useful." You sigh, tying the wrap to keep it secure. You move to his other side, unwrapping the old bandages.

"What do you mean?" Mikey asks, frowning at you. The hand you weren't working on cups your cheek, wanting you to look at him.

"I just... I mean, if I was able to fight, maybe things could've been different. Maybe you wouldn't be hurt." You answer simply, like it was the most obvious thing.

"I can tell you right now that it would've had the same outcome. Not because you're useless, but because this is what it took to win..." Mikey tells you softly, his unbandaged hand moving to cup your other cheek. "You're far from useless cause I need you..."

Raph

Raph was isolating himself. From Leo mostly, scared of trying him and scared that he'll try to hurt Leo again. You were the only one allowed to visit because you never saw him when he was infected. So here you were, laid on top of him like a weighted blanket, his claws lightly trailing up and down your spine.

"Raphie, I promise you won't hurt them. All that alien junk is out of your system." You mumble, feeling the smooth rumble of his churrs. "They miss you..."

"Raph knows..." He sighs, his churrs fading out. He rolls, making you fall next to him, both of you facing each other. "Raph's just... Scared. Havin' nightmares about it."

"You're gonna have to face them at some point, can't stay stuck in here forever, big guy." You tell him, watching as he nods in acknowledgement. His eyes sad and scared, but filled with understanding. He kisses your palm, giving you a deep churr of gratitude.

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"I just... Don't know what to do. I feel useless..." Raph hears you talking to Mikey, his heart breaking at your words. "I just want to help him..."

He can't hear what Mikey says, but he retreats to his room, sitting to collect his thoughts.

You felt useless? How? Did he do something wrong?

When you come in, Raph's head snaps up to look at you. His eyes full of guilt and sadness. But he didn't want you to know he'd heard. Instead he pulls you to him, biting his face in your chest.

"I... I think I'm ready..." He mumbles, keeping you pressed against him. "But I need you... Will you stay and help me?"

[candyskiez]

Saw ur also a ???% fan… 👀

Care to share your thoughts around him? Or headcanons if you have them? :D

1. You just noticed? I have NOT been talking enough about him then. I will rectify this immediately. (This is a joke you're good)

2. SO.

These will be scattered. Because I am a very scattered person.

I will flip flop between if I like the disconnect between ???% and Mob better as a plural thing or an allegory .I like both! Both is good! He's so fascinating as an allegory but also he's the most accurate representation of being plural I've ever seen and it's not even canon. So like. Two cakes!

I will always be insane about the manga version of confession arc. Hold on I need to talk about this in detail or I'll actually die.

His fucking. His fucking talk with Mob. "And you were never...never...looking at me." WHAT IF I SCREAM. Literally everything he says to Mob is so interesting and also relatable as shit whether you view it as plural or as an allegory. Both is good. Like you can view him telling Mob he forgot to protect himself and all that shit as like "You only do these good things to ease your own guilt. You don't actually want to be around people. You're selfish. This is who I am. I want to be able to exist without trying to be normal. I want to be able to be seen and not be harmed for it. I am tired of everyone ignoring this part of me because they prefer you. Would they actually do what I've done for them, or are they using me?" Like. Holy shit. It's so so fucking OW especially as an autistic person. But also as a system it's so easy to read him going "You pushed all the memories you didn't want onto me. You let me handle the things you didn't want. You shoved everything onto me, and I took it with stride because I loved you. You let me take all the hard things so you didn't have to face them, because you're a coward. This is my body too. This is my life too. Why don't I get to have that? Why do I have to give it up because you don't want me? They're my family too. You don't get to decide I don't deserve to exist because you hate yourself too much to admit I'm here." Like. Its so easy to read it as him being a protector who is SO fucking resentful of all the shit he's had to deal with, all the memories he has to hold alone, all of the shit he's experienced, and not a sliver of gratitude. Like goddamn does it remind me of my experience being a system. Either way the distance from him and the relationship between him and Mob has been my favorite part of the show since I started watching. And the manga is even more interesting and it's so!!!!!!!!!!!

More confession manga thoughts!! Him saying "Ritsu is my little brother. He was calling me Nii-san." Is so. He said that when Mob asked who he was. He viewed that as a solid part of his identity. RITSU is a massive part of his identity. Does he view Mob as not Ritsu's brother then? Does he feel like he was cheated out of his own family? I wouldn't be surprised nor would I blame him for feeling like that.

And even more confession arc shit. Hi. Thinks about how ???% in the anime at least had to steel himself before raising his hand at Reigen. He hates him but he still cares about him. He hates him but that guy raised him as much as his parents did. Clawing at the walls.

Actually y'know what I haven't talked about my thoughts on Reigen and ???% with anyone but the friend that I watched the show with and that is a tragedy that will not stand. ???% hates Reigen so so much but also cares SO much about him. Thinks about he passed out the second Reigen told him his parents were fine, and contrast that to him saying that he can't listen to Reigen in confession. He knows that if he listens to Reigen he'll believe him and that fucking terrifies him. He'll follow after Reigen because he means the world to him, because that man raised him, because he just wants him to be proud of him so fucking badly. He'll go back to being miserable and trapped, and everyone will go back to pretending he doesn't exist. He's terrified of Reigen, I think, because he knows Reigen is a good liar. Reigen can make him believe things. And he doesn't like that. He doesn't like how gullible he actually is. That's why he doesn't trust anyone- he's gullible enough to believe anything, so he has to distrust ANYTHING, no matter how much sense it makes, because he knows he can't trust his own judgement. He's been tricked before. He'll be tricked again. Don't trust anyone. Don't trust anything you see. This is another thing that works with either autism or plurality. The autism trauma of being lied to and deceived as "jokes" constantly turning you into a trust issue riddled mess that doesn't trust your own judgement or view of people, or a traumatized protector who FORMED to help you deal with people taking advantage of you and now distrusts everyone you love because "it happened before, it'll happen again, i wont let it happen." Or both!

God. I just LOVE ???% y'all don't understand. He's everything to me. Please god read the manga. I don't know if the translation I read was completely accurate, but I love the manga and anime both so so much. ???% is my favorite character as anyone who knows me can tell you and I will never shut up about him. My GUY

[bigball-thefrog]

Kiss me like you mean it: Buggy X Reader

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Alright lads I'm back with writing and posting again. Like I said in my pinned post I am sorry if you came for Dsmp and streamer fics but that hyper fixation has finish and I've now moved on to One Piece. I hope you'll all still enjoy my writing and stay for it. Now let's get onto the warnings

Warnings:

Slight angst

Buggy is sad and insecure

Angst to comfort

Gender neutral reader

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Buggy the Clown an infamous pirate in the east blue. Known for being a sadistic and insane clown that has killed many and stolen millions, he doesn't care who he's killed and as far as everyone sees he's a confident and arrogant pirate that thinks that he's the best around. Yet you know better. You're one of the few people that have been blessed to know Buggy more personally and intimately.. You're one of the few people that has seen him at his most vulnerable and know that this whole scary pirate persona is not entirely true. Yes he still acts confident and cocky in front of you but that's only to impress you. When you two are truly alone and there's nothing to impress you with, he's soft, he's quieter and he's very insecure...

(Reader POV)

I was sitting in mine and Buggy's shared room reading when Buggy stormed into the room, throwing off his jacket and hat and flopping onto the bed, mumbling something about a stupid Strawhat. I put my book down and smiled at him. "Hey my Huggy Buggy~" I said as I cuddled up to him and kissed his cheek. "I'm not in the mood today doll..." Buggy groaned as he turned and layed on his back to face me. I smirked and got on top of him, putting my hands on either side of him and looking at him seductively. "Oh are you in the mood for something else my captain?~" I leaned down to kiss him but he pushed me off of him and back on the bed. "I said I'm not in the mood!" He yelled as he turned and faced away from me while curling up into a ball.

I frown a little when I hear him choke back sob, not wanting to cry in front of me. I scooted closer to him and put my hand on his shoulder. "Buggy? Do you want to talk about it?" I asked with a sympathetic tone, gently caressing his shoulder. "Why do you love me? What is so appealing to you that you'd fall in love with me and stay with someone as pathetic as I am!? Why!?" He yelled as he turned to me again, this time tears falling down his painted face. I cupped his face and brought him closer to me, "Because you're Buggy The Clown, Buggy The Flashy Fool, Buggy The Genius Jester. You're the most talented and flashiest pirate in the sea and in proud to have someone as amazing as you~" I said as I gave him a gentle kiss on the nose.

"Stop. Stop lying to me! There's nothing special or amazing about me! I'm just a pathetic clown that can't do anything! I couldn't even get a stupid map from that stupid nobody Strawhat!" Buggy shouted again as tears of frustration fell down his face. He pushed me away again and hid his face in his hands as he let out a few sobs. I pulled him into an embrace and he quickly wrapped his arms around me and burried his face into my chest as he cried. I rubbed his back with one hand as I gently scratched his head with the other. He eventually looked up at me with his clown paint all smudged. "I know that you don't actually love me... There's nothing to love. But please, just kiss me. Kiss me like you mean it, kiss me like you actually love me so I can feel just a little bit of love... Please..." Buggy said with a desperate look on his face. I leaned in close to him and gave him the most tender and loving kiss I could. I put his hand on my cheek and pulled me closer, deepening the kiss and holding me in place.

I truly love Buggy with all my heart, yet he just can't see it. I wish he could, he wish he knew how much I loved him and how much I would do for him. I'll always be there for him, to show him I love him and that he is actually great. No matter how long it takes, I will spend the rest of my life showing him that I truly care him and would never leave him for anything.

I pulled away from the kiss and made him look at me, "Hey, how about we go and take a relaxing bath and afterwards he clean off all that paint and I can get one of my face masks for you to make sure your face stays moisturized and beautiful alright?" I say to him with a smile. He smiles and nods "That sounds nice...~" "And if you'll let me I can wash and brush your hair while the face mask sits~" I said with a wink. He turned a soft shade of pink and turned away embarrassed, "Now you're spoiling me sweetheart!" He said playfully as he looked back and kissed me on the cheek before getting up while taking my hand and dragging us both to the bathroom to begin our peaceful night.

There's my Buggy that I know~

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Lordy Loo this man has completely taken over my mind these past few days. I've been craving Buggy angst and I think this has helped a lot. I already have a few things planned but I still will do requests. Take care and I'll see yall in the next post.

Kelly🐸

[strawberry-cowmilk]

Here's the other one! Selective mute lover mc (separately again) who hasn't actually spoken a word to the boyfriend, when the bf has the worst day says "I love you" verbally (Lucifer, diavolo, barbatos and Simeon, ((again if you want beel and Satan((I feel like Satans would be specifically cute since you know he's wrath and going near him when he's ANGRY is dangerous))

Hi, welcome back! I'm doing the same format as before if that's okay. Enjoy!

Mc tells them they love them after a rough day

-> lucifer, barbatos, diavolo, simeon, satan and beelzebub x mc

important: I am no expert on selective mutism, if I mess anything up, let me know

mc's gender is not mentioned, not proof read

content warnings: drinking in lucifer's part, (mild??) violence and screaming mentions in satan's part

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Lucifer

lucifer has had bad days, but never like this

some last minute important paperwork came up, asmo and mammon accidentally destroyed the potions lab, the house has a leak in the bathroom and beel ate the router again, guess who's paying for all the damage

lucifer flopped into his office chair, completely filling up a wine glass

that was when you walked in, the first thing you did was take the alcohol away from him

he felt terrible, drinking is in no way a coping mechanism, he should have known better

just as lucifer was about to apologise, an 'I love you' came out of you

this man is so proud of you, enjoy your week of being spoiled

Diavolo

today was a day filled with meetings with the driest devildom nobles

also there was a lot of paperwork due this same day, plus rad needs a new potions lab since it got destroyed by two clowns who mixed every substance together

in short: the day was filled with stress

when diavolo came home after the 3am meeting, he went straight to bed

the prince didn't even greet barbatos or chance his clothes, just hopped under the sheets right away

you were chilling in the same bed before, though, and jumpscare aside, you could tell diavolo was unhappy

you tried your very best to get over the anxiety and told him you loved him

diavolo carefully held you, you made his night better

Barbatos

barbatos is proud of the flawless work he always manages to do, but today wasn't his day

he accidentally knocked a vase over and burned dinner, making the smoke alarms go off

although diavolo insisted everything is fine, it didn't feel like that for barbatos

the butler was clearly mad at himself for messing so many easy tasks up in the same day

you want him to feel better, so you went over to him to just spend time by his side

and eventually you got the courage to say you love him

it seems like all negativity evaporated from barbatos, he knew you loved him but hearing you verbally say it, he's so proud

'I love you too, dear'

Simeon

there was a lot of drama going on in the celestial realm for a while, so simeon had to go up there

and when he came back to purgatory hall, he found out solomon had cooked food while luke was taking a nap

simeon acted like everything was okay, but on the inside he was screaming and fighting

hopefully tomorrow will be better, right?

little did he know you were going to make the rest of the day better

before he went to bed, simeon went to the house of lamentation to wish you good night and to see you because trust me after the drama of the day, he needs to see his favorite human

it was really quiet, but simeon's pretty sure he heard you say 'I love you'

he's so happy! but he knows that was probably really hard for you, he'll stay the night if you want

Satan

the rad professor put him and lucifer together to work on the next project, the cat cafe was closed and he dropped the book he was reading in the toilet

satan can be really good at keeping his anger under control, but the amount of things that went wrong today was too much

he went to his room, closed the door and started throwing stuff in all directions

when you were walking past his door with levi, you could hear the noises from inside

levi was too scared to go in, but you were worried, so you opened the door

satan was about to scream at you for coming in, since he could have hurt you, but he didn't in fear of scaring you

he sat on the floor, head in hands when you approached him and told him 'I love you'

every drop of anger vanished, he'll thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone for him

Beelzebub

it was a lot of small stuff that piled up

first, he couldn't find belphie for a good while in the morning, then the rad cafeteria was closed, later at akudonald's the ice cream machine was broken, also the sole of his shoe came off randomly and it rained the whole time during sport practise

he just wanted to go home and eat in peace on his bed

you were with him the whole day, actually, you saw everything go wrong

poor beel doesn't show it but he's annoyed to the max right now

you really want to comfort him, but how? time to leave the comfort zone

beel thought he imagined it at first, but smiled widely when he realised you actually said you love him

he tries his best to not squeeze you too hard when hugging

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

The kid having to summon a bone attack for the first time is so cute!! may I ask for another part where after a long time has passed, they've gotten much better and even showed that they can spell with the bones, saying: "THANK YOU, DAD!"

Undertale Sans - He's proud dad right now. He's very proud dad. He's so proud dad he needs a moment to turn around and desperately try to hide he's crying. That's too many memories in once. He then crush his kid into a hug.

Undertale Papyrus - Yep. That's his kid. He's going to show off so bad to Undyne as soon as you're sleeping. He got the whole thing on camera and he's in a mission to make everyone jealous because his kid is soo cool and he's the best teacher ever.

Underswap Sans - He cheers. It was long, and hard, but you're finally able to summon bones without breaking a window. He won't miss that you inside bones storm for sure. Thank god it's over.

Underswap Papyrus - He's recording and crying like a baby at the same time, overwhelmed. He tries to congratulate his kid but all the kid can understand is something like "ajkjfkedso". Honey is so proud. He will cry for two hours after this and several times a day the next few days because he's so proud.

Underfell Sans - He flops on the ground. That's it. You know how to use magic. You don't need him anymore. He's dead now. You ask him if he's ok. He says dramatically that it's alright, he understands you're almost an adult and will give up on him soon and that's he's definitely fine (no) with that. Hum... Maybe wait a little before telling him you have a boy/girlfriend, he's not ready yet.

Underfell Papyrus - He shows you a 8/10 sign and tells you some of your bones still need better calibration, but other than that it's pretty good. And you did all of that before Undyne "genius" child so he can't be more proud. How about you two go to show off and humiliate them to celebrate?

Horrortale Sans - He purrs like hell and goes hug his kid. The kid purrs back. Oak froze, Willow froze, the entire world froze. Oh shit. There's two tractors in the family now. The world is doomed. It's purring hell now.

Horrortale Papyrus - He screams with excitement and snatches his kid from the ground. He then runs around the neighborhood holding him Lion King style screaming his kid can do magic, totally forgetting his back problem. He'll probably regret that later, but for now he is just so happy.

Swapfell Sans - There's a long anxious silent as Nox is judging. The kid waits for it, a bit stressed. "It's... not bad." Omg. It's a compliment! It's like Christmas. The kid jumps in his arms. Nox awkwarly pat their head. He's... a good father? Somehow? Wow, he never expected that.

Swapfell Papyrus - That's so great! Come on, he's going to teach you to do that with all the words Mom forbid him to teach you! And then you two can write "Fuck" right in front of a police car as you're driving on your tricycles on the highway! Great parenting, Rus.

Fellswap Gold Sans - He screeches. "BONES ARE ATTACKS NOT PLAY TOYS STOP THIS." Also, he is maybe a bit blushing. Ok, he is maybe a bit flattered. The kid knows it and keeps showing off. S/O says he's a big tsundere. "I AM NOT A TSUNDERE SHUT UP." The kid writes "yes you are" with bones. Wine gasps, offended.

Fellswap Gold Papyrus - He runs in the bullets to hug his kid and knocks himself out with your bones. You're kinda worried. Wine sighs. Well thank god your cool uncle was there to actually teach you magic because with only Coffee you wouldn't have gone far.

[ricksanchezbignaturals]

suicide attempt mention and s7e3 spoilers

ok aaaaa omg episode 3 was insane. im just gonna compile my feelings here.

i absolutely loved the unity episode in season 2 so getting to see it again was a pleasant surprise.

despite thinking he has some weaker episodes, i really like curtis and think this was a great one. he's a little bit insane and i appreciate that about him.

and i think the wong/curtis/rick dynamic was fantastic. "suck my dick and lose my number" "if you invite me to the wedding i'll shit in the punch" (or yknow whatever those lines were, my memory's not great), absolutely hilarious.

"don't talk to them like that" or something when the president called unity bitch. idk what exactly is the deal with unity's pronouns, but you know that line made my nonbinary ass happy. i do sort of wish they committed to it/its or they/them for unity since even though it's a hivemind it's sorta like female coded? like there's been a lot of drama and bullshit about rick being queer even though unity was like his first love interest we got to see. and hey there's nothing wrong with banging hot alien chicks under the control of a hivemind. i just feel like rick's queerness gets danced around a lot, and dating an entity like unity is sort of a cool microcosmic expression of pansexuality and that aspect could be leaned into more.

rick was a tad too quick to put a gun to his head for comfort, but he has clearly made a lot of progress. where the first unity episode ended with him making an attempt on his life after getting dumped, when unity says it doesn't trust him, here he grabs a drink and goes and sees curtis. i need to actually watch the scenes side by side when i get the chance but the end of this episode did feel like a very intentional parallel to the suicide attempt. that scene has stuck with me for a long time, to the extent that even as i didn't think he was going to attempt again, my stomach flip flopped when he was in the garage.

and i am really proud of rick, don't get me wrong, but does anyone else think it's a little suspicious? i don't think the way he's been taking to people or dealing with stuff has been out of character, just that it's been weird timing, yknow? like there's been a lot going on with his personal relationships this season and he's clearly making an effort to treat people better and work on his mental health. but like why now? when the last season ended, rick was having a mental break the likes of which we've never seen. what brought him from how he was doing at the end of season 6 to how he's doing now? it does worry me a bit to be honest.

this is more about the season as a whole so im just tacking it on the end here, but the animation??? as someone who knows nothing about animation and has square brain, i don't know the right words to describe it, but it's feeling real different in a good way.

[iamjustalittle]

ABO, Mpreg, Alpha Max / Omega Daniel, ~800 Words.

This was the first fic that I wrote about Maxiel when my friend asked me to take a look at this madness of a couple. And I did and went insane. So the dynamic is not very exactly what I think they will share if I write it again but I think it is kinda funny nevertheless.

Family Day was usually Daniel's responsibility. Daniel was super popular among kids, parents, and teachers – at this point, it was no surprise. Every time he went to pick up Jasper, their little boy, he brought some snacks and bribed many of the kids' classmates, which went a very long way.

Although Daniel loved Family Day very much and even wanted to take the opportunity from Max again, the healthy development of a child required both fathers to do their jobs. It was really weird how he got to this point if you thought about seven years ago. Daniel had been (literally) screaming like a pile of chicken in front of the mirror when he took a look at the pregnancy test and woke up Max, who went straight into full panic mode. He had only had some dumbass experiences with kids, them flopping to the ground and crying, and he had been dying, laughing his brain out by their side.

How he had made it this far, he had no clue, but for one, Daniel was very proud of himself.

He had to comfort himself with something good because Max going to Family Day alone was stressing him out. Max was a very good dad, don't get him wrong, but sometimes they, both of them, pulled some ridiculous dad shit that a dad would do.

The theme of Family Day was to build electric toy cars. Parents and kids worked together, and based on the results of a series of small games, they could choose different parts to assemble the final car. Finally, the cars raced on a 100-meter track on the playground.

Both Verstappens were very serious. Between the two, one was much more serious than the other—one of them went to the teachers almost at every step to discuss the reasonableness of the race design. Well, this indeed put the teachers and the principal in an awkward position. This seriousness could be understood because Family Day was planned based on the parents' different professions, and the WDC was probably not included in the teachers' prepared plans originally. Max thought they should. This was Monaco, at the end of the day.

Things finally got out of control when they were ready to bring the race cars on the scene. Little Verstappen had probably never been treated this way by his dad, as Max just snatched away the better toy tire that they won from the previous game. He faced his deflated tire on his toy car and watched his dad write on his own car: "No.1 Verstappen."

"Daddy," he poked Max's waist. "I am No.1 Verstappen."

"Who said that?" Max raised the toy car in his hand and examined it from the back (rear wing), actually not even giving his son a glance.

"Papa. Papa said I am the best Verstappen!" the son said proudly, patting his chest.

"Papa's number is 3. How does he know who No.1 is?" Max said sincerely. "Papa is lying to you. I think I am No.1, and everyone can see that. I mean you also have Ricciardo in your name!”

Jasper just could not understand what he was talking about. He’s six. But Max just kept going.

“And you know, daddy’s name is Max. Do you know what Max means? Max means the greatest in English. Which means No.1.”

“And also the first No.1 to your papa. Most importantly.” He added. Sebastian’s face showed up in his mind for a moment, which made his voice even louder and clearer.

At least this time his son got the memo.

When Daniel arrived at the scene, his son was still sobbing in the teacher's arms and didn't want to come out. Max stood beside the teacher, looking helpless, with messy hair and shirt. He tried to coo and had no luck whatsoever. He scratched his head, also on the edge of freaking out as he glanced at Daniel, with a scent full of chaos. "We haven't even competed... He has been crying! Why is he crying?"

Daniel's veins were about to pop from his head. He apologized to the teacher, half-knelt in front of little Ricciardo-Verstappen, wiped his tears, hurriedly offered him a strawberry lollipop, and then hugged him, patting Jasper’s back, while giving Max a stern look. "What did you say?"

"I didn't say anything, I mean, my car is just a little better than his, that's the truth..."

An Alpha being stared at by an Omega and retreating, how strange. Max began to pull his hair again, and he started to explain with his hands everywhere. "I said I am the number one Verstappen... You shouldn't lie to him because I mean you love…"

"Max Verstappen," Daniel interrupted. "Shut your mouth."

[yakumtsaki]

So we all know that unlike his performances as a) a lover for Cyneswith b) an aspiring murderer, iVan’s performance as a servobot has been a complete flop. But worry not, cause now that he has a job, it’s gotten even worse!

-Ugh.

-UGH.

-UUUUUGHHHH -W̷H̶A̵T̶'̷S W̵R̴O̸N̴G J̶O̴J̵O̷🧟 -This isn’t your job, it’s iVan’s job!  -I̵ D̵O̷N̸'̷T M̸I̶ND, C̸O̷C̷K̷R̴O̸A̸C̶H̴E̴S AR̴E T̸A̶S̷T̸Y🧟 -Well I do mind, I’m getting carpal tunnel on my rotting bones from all this housework!  -I̴ H̴A̶V̶E R̷O̶T̸T̵I̶N̸G B̷O̶N̴E̴S T̵O̷O🧟 -Yes Sandy, I know, maybe if you laid off the constant zombie talk you’d be able to keep a man. -M̴E̵A̶N̴🧟 -It’s time to have a stern talk with iVan!!

-𝙳𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴, 𝙱𝙾𝙾𝙶𝙸𝙴 𝚆𝙾𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙻𝙰𝙰𝙰𝙰𝙰𝙽𝙳🎵 -iVan, we need to talk.  -𝙸 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙳 𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝚆𝙷𝙴𝙽 𝙸 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝙸𝙽 𝙱𝙾𝙾𝙶𝙸𝙴 𝚆𝙾𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙻𝙰𝙰𝙰𝙰𝙰𝙽𝙳🎵 -Yea as long as your not finding it with my daughter, now listen- -𝙳𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝙼𝙴 𝙹𝙾𝙹𝙾. 𝙸 𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚁𝙾𝙱𝙾𝚃. -FINE. Now look, you are my prized scientific achievement and I’m very proud of you for developing self-awareness and all that crap, but you’re not fulfilling the basic purpose of your creation and it’s completely unacceptable! -𝙳𝙾𝙽'𝚃 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝚁𝚈, 𝙸 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝙰𝙽 𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙰 𝙰𝙱𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃.

iVAN ARE YOU KIDDING ME

-𝙸 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚈𝙴𝚃 𝙳𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙻𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙳 𝙰 𝚂𝙴𝙽𝚂𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙷𝚄𝙼𝙾𝚁. 𝙽𝙾𝚆 𝙸𝙵 𝚈𝙾𝚄'𝙻𝙻 𝙴𝚇𝙲𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝙼𝙴 𝚂𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚈 𝙸𝚂 𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳.

Oh, so THIS you can do! It’s unbelievable how useless everyone in this house is. 

-Not me, I got promoted again AND I got a chance card bonus!

NICE, how much?

-$1300!

Stop wasting my time, will you? This isn’t generation 1.

FAMILY LAW? Are those big bucks coming from Sugar’s divorces??

-They sure are!

-I got a promotion and a bonus too, but that’s not the only thing I brought back from work! 

It better not be Sugar’s next wife!

-No no, relax-

-It’s just a cold that’s gonna become endemic to our household for the next 20 years! 

Oh wow Sophito, that was really the only thing missing around here, you’re the best!

-WOOOO MY TWO UNHOLY CREATIONS FIGHTING TO THE DEATH!!! ANOTHER PROUD DAY FOR SCIENCE 

-Now listen here little daytime wolf, you tell your boss that I will give him Sophito and Liz’s baby once it’s born, ok? 

JOJO

-What? I’m not ACTUALLY going to do it!

Aren’t you??

-Of course not, what kind of patriarch do you think I am? 

The kind that hates all his children? 

-Oh please, can you blame me??

Good point.

It’s time for Moody to leave us💔

-DADDY NOOOO

-Goodbye Servilia darling, I’m off to join your mother in Heaven! 

That’s so sweet, Valentina is definitely in Hell💔 RIP Moody, you were the first and probably last good dog we ever had, we will miss you terribly💔

I don’t even have time to mourn Moody’s passing as I get this pop-up and it turns out NEON VEST IS BACK HERE AGAIN AND FIGHTING DON. WTF

-WAAAAAH -That’s right bitches, there’s a new psycho spurned lover in town! I’m gonna handle this rejection so poorly it will make Jack Do look like Claire!! 

-FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! -WOOOOO -Liz did you just get your first bump?? -Omg I did!  -That kid is gonna be a fighter!!

Oh please GOD NO. 

-GET REKT NEON VEST  -MY NAME IS AIDEN AND BEFORE THIS IS OVER YOU WILL ALL LEARN IT!!

We don’t WANT to learn it, just stop showing up here! 

-NEVER. I WON’T GIVE UP UNTIL CYNESWITH GIVES ME MY FIRST KISS

What??

OH MY GOD AIDEN WHY WOULD YOU ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN

-Um, do I know you, huhu?🌸 -We banged in the Downton hot tub!  -You’ll have to be a lot more specific💗

Omg it’s Wyatt! He hasn’t shown up in ages, man even as a ghost you’re lazy as fuck.

-Jòjò? Jòjò, c’est timeoix tò joiné moi!

Ya it’s beyond time, Wyatt, but unfortunately we’re in the middle of another wolf party:

-Ok wolf, enough is enough! Tell me how much money you want to bite me and it’s yours!! Just give me a number!!!

-ARE YOU TRYING TO BRIBE ME WITH MONEY? IT DOESN’T EVEN TASTE GOOD🐺

-Well you can buy whatever meats you want with it!!

-I DON’T SUPPORT THE MEAT INDUSTRY, THAT’S WHY I ONLY EAT HUMANS🐺

-What?

-YA I’M AN ANIMAL MEAT VEGETARIAN🐺

-CALL ME WHEN THAT BABY IS BORN🐺

NO HE WON’T. You won’t, right?

-Of course not! Probably.

-WOOO ANOTHER FIGHT  -GO iVAN, KICK DON’S DUMB ASS -I’M SO EXCITED BY ALL THIS VIOLENCE I SERIOUSLY MIGHT GIVE BIRTH

LIZ HOLD THAT BABY IN UNTIL JOJO IS A WEREWOLF

The night of bloodshed continues as Dobronega beats up Kitana. What is it with all our pets beating up their own children?

-DON’T EVER AGAIN QUESTION IF MY SCAR IS REAL, GOT IT, YOU LITTLE FLOP??

Klaus aren’t you just so excited about Dobrie becoming your mother in law? 

-I’m old now!

You look so cute!!

-Well don’t be deceived because I’m still a force of pure evil!!! Now where’s Cyneswith, I want my belly kisses!!!

-I’M HOOOOOOOOOME🌸

Cut that ‘ME’ out and the statement still stands! So I actually had Cyn re-get her slacker job after she got fired on the first day (lol) because I figured ‘aging professional party guest’ was super in character-

-plus the less she’s home, the less we’ll have of this shit! I’M TIRED

I’m also tired of delusional moron Sophito, who apparently saw everything Sandy is suffering and went ‘I gotta get in on that’.

-So tell me Sandy, does being a double zombie feel different than being a regular zombie?? -B̵R̸A̸I̷N M̶O̵R̵E R̸O̴T̴T̴E̶N̵🧟

See Soph, you’re already there!

Case in point!

-Can you believe it babe, I got my second bump! -Oh darling, let’s stand even closer to that beautiful glow of the burning floor so I can admire you! 

iVAN. WHY. 

-𝙸'𝙼 𝚃𝙸𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙺.

THEN WHY ARE YOU COOKING

-𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝙸 𝙰𝙼 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝚄𝚃𝙻𝙴𝚁.

Right! Funny how you’re only the butler when it’s time to start fires! 

-i̵V̴A̴N̷ Y̵O̷U F̷U̸C̷K̶I̴N̵G L̸U̷N̷A̶T̴I̷C, I̵'̷M̷ N̶O̴T̴ D̴Y̷I̷N̵G A̵ T̷H̷I̸R̸D T̴I̸M̴E🧟 -𝙾𝙷 𝚈𝙴𝚂 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙰𝚁𝙴.

Ok everyone shut up, it’s wolf party time, you’ll tank the score!

-Come on, wolfie, bite me.. Look at these beautiful bony fingers.. You couldn’t get meat this delicately aged if you ate a mummy.. -SORRY JOJO OUR RELATIONSHIP ISN’T HIGH ENOUGH. TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE, IN TURN LEAVING YOU DICK IN BONY HAND🐺

FUCKING HELL ALREADY. HOW HIGH DOES THIS RELATIONSHIP NEED TO BE

-At least as high as mine and my only son’s is! I love you, Sophito!💗 -Mom PLEASE think about this. How can he be your son when his name is SOPHITO -What? It’s a cute name I picked, huhu!🌸

-OK THAT’S IT, MY NEXT DIVORCE CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH -Yes, my death can’t come soon enough either. 

Agreed.

LOOKS LIKE FUCKING DAGMAR BERTINO’S DEATH IS COMING SOONER THAN EXPECTED THO LOLOL. GET HER MOODY ILY (and I love that this mod apparently allows ghosts to appear in daytime if the storm is bad enough???)

-I SOILED MYSELF!!!

Just like I used to soil myself when we were broke and you showed up with bills! Karma’s a bitch but Servilia isn’t, look at her getting along with Xander! Finally something nice around here-

-OMG IT’S TIME. YOU CAN DO IT, LIZ

-GET OUT YOU LITTLE BASTARD, GET OUT

-Liz no pressure but once it gets out, wanna do it?

Sophito istg..

It’s a girl and a GINGER. RECESSIVE GENES STRIKE BACK AFTER 2 GENS WTF

-Who cares?! It’s my beautiful perfect baby no matter what!  -I care! Now that the baby has my hair color I can’t give it to the wolf!  -Jojo what are you rambling about? -Nothing Liz, congratulations!  

I name the bebecita Felina because a) Sophie’s Spanish heritage b) we are cat people c) I’m going through a deranged cowboy phase and was listening to this. Welcome to the world, Felina, how exciting that generation 5 is here, nothing is gonna overshadow this special moment- 

-AIDEN WTF. WHY ARE YOU HERE

-YOU KNOW WHY I’M HERE. GIVE ME MY FIRST KISS, CYNESWITH! YOU DEFLOWERED ME WITHOUT KISSING ME, THIS CANNOT STAND   -Um, hard pass, but I will accept a flirt with both my husband and robot lover present!💗

CYN NO

-CHEATING ON ME DURING A BIRTH? THIS IS A NEW LOW, CYNESWITH -I know right? Huhu!🌸

-𝚆𝙴 𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃 𝙶𝙾𝚃 𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝚃𝙾𝙶𝙴𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙱𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙺 𝙼𝚈 𝙼𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙱𝙾𝙰𝚁𝙳 𝙰𝙶𝙰𝙸𝙽? -I’m so sorry iVan, it just happened, I never meant to cause all this drama just to take attention away from that stupid newborn baby!💗

Ok then. As far as our births go this was one of the more successful ones, at least no one died!

-I hate this family. Goo goo. 

Everyone does, you’ll fit right in💛

[devildom-moss]

OMG HIIIIIIII it's the anon that requested monster! Simeon!!! I just wanna say that I absolutely LOVED IT!!!! And the newer monster! Barbados one as well! The absolute angst in both of themmmm....UGH IT WAS SO GOOD. Genuinely so utterly OBSESSED. AND I was so unbelievably giddy when I saw you posted it🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺I was literally kicking my feet so excited about where it was gonna go UGYF^&*UYT^R%E^&*(U*&^F&8 AND AND AND UUGGHHHH you're out here gonna make me draw monster! Simeon too!!!! AUGHH!!! Oh speaking of tho, I did draw monster! Barbados, but idk when(or if >>) it'll be done tho😅haha. Also, I'm not sure how you want me to send it so you can see it. I'm cool with posting it and tagging you(tho it'll be a bit embarrassing since you'll know who I am LOL), but idk if you're cool with that or not so I wanted to ask first ^^ ehe that's all I think. Have a great day!!!! ❤💞💖💗💕

I'm so glad to know you loved it! To be honest, I was a little bummed that the monster!Simeon fic ended up being my biggest smut flop thus far (13 notes) (it might have the lowest notes for any writing, actually). It was a little disheartening, but knowing that you liked it makes me feel a lot better.

If you want to draw monster!Simeon, I wouldn't dream of stopping you. I'm a proud art enabler/encourager.

Also, as long as you're okay with it, I'm okay with being tagged in the post if you finish it or post a WIP or something. Please don't be embarrassed. It's super flattering and nice! But I definitely understand the feeling. Thank you so much for checking first, that's so considerate.

I hope you have a wonderful day, anon

[the-blind-assassin-12]

Happy 2024, everyone!

I hope everyone reading this had a fantastic holiday season, and that they got to celebrate and enjoy it exactly how they wanted to. I hope old memories were remembered fondly and that new ones were made to add to the collection. And most of all, I hope the next 366 days (we’re leaping this year, friends!) are so incredibly good to you. 🤍

& now for the annual year end wrap up / new year intentions post

Out with the old…

Woof. I know I was nowhere near alone in having a rough time in 2023. It seemed like so many of us were struggling for various reasons, and I hate that for us. I truly hope that the new year is kinder to everyone.

Personally, it was one of my lowest years all around. Despite there being some really fun high points, I struggled in literally every aspect from creatively to mentally, and at times it was nearly impossible to string two or more good days together. If it weren’t for the love and support of my friends and (some of) my family, I honestly don’t know how I would have gotten through it. Things haven’t changed much just because the calendar flipped, but I’m doing my best to stay afloat and hopeful that things can start to get a little bit better.

Creatively, I let myself down in 2023. Last January I came up with a list of some writing goals that I wanted to accomplish, and friends, I barely made a dent. It was so disheartening that halfway through the year I stopped posting my updates because there basically were none, and focusing on my flops was not doing it for me. Yes, engagement was down and that was a bummer (let’s all scream and shout at each other a lot more this year, deal?), but my main hurdles came from stress and anxiety related to regular life things - and I did a terrible job at cutting myself slack for that. All I did was add pressure to something that has always been fun, and that was absolutely not cool of me.

Especially because there were things I wrote this year that I was actually quite proud of, failed goal list be damned. So this year…

… In with the new!

This year my goal is just to write: What I want, when I want, as much as I want, and as much as I can. I’m going to try to finish as many things as possible while still indulging any new sparks of inspiration. And I’m gonna try to do better at being cool to myself while I’m at it 💁🏻‍♀️

Oh! And! I’m going to try my best to do my part in reviving the engagement level with more reblogs and comments and visits to inboxes.

With all that said, I’m going to try to work on some specific things to start the year, mainly: Recall, Survivor Blues, Unfinished & Aphelion. But with no pressure or time limits or anything like that.

So that’s that on that. A year of lower expectations might be just the thing to get things kicking again. As always, I am so thankful to every single person who supported my writing (and in turn, me) over the past year more than you can possibly know. Wishing everyone lots of luck, love, strength, health and happiness in 2024!!

🤍✨

[tennisarchives]

hiii, 1, 4, 5, 14 & 35 for the gif questions/ask game or whatever (yes i am greedy)!

Love your gifs, thank you for your service 🫡

1. What are your top 3 favorite sets you’ve made

1.) naomi arriving in australia. the colors are amazing and naomi looks so pretty and the footage quality was nice and crisp!! i love love lovee looking at this one <3 plus her top is fire and i really wanna buy it from her collection

2.) jannik with the dog in toronto. first of all this dog is adorable like cmon what a good boy. second of all i love how soft the blues and greens of this one looks like it just fits my personal color preferences. but also the og vid of this was so incredibly faded that im proud of the gifset bc i was still able to make the colors pop despite that!

3.) the 2023 wimbledon final lyric edit. this is the only gifset ive made for tennisblr that involves actual creative editing (bc its soooo much harder for me personally haha) and while its not perfect im still really proud of it! plus long live is one of my fave songs and yeah it just has my heart

4. A set that flopped but deserved better

flop is a bit of a misnomer bc i def had bigger flops numbers-wise but this gif of jannik's side profile in turin never got the notes that jannik gifs usually get. but its very dear to me because of the colors! and the light reflecting on his eye! and the shadows contrasting with the outline of his figure and his hair! like ugh prettyy

5. What is your favorite movie/TV show to gif

well i suppose i'll just answer this in terms of like, what form of tennis content i like to gif? cause i don't really gif movies or shows haha. but essentially my favorite content are videos outside the court where they follow players around an area or smth. like the turin media day (not the one with game, i mean the one that shows them walking around the halls and stuff). these things usually have great quality and cinematography, which makes for really pretty gifs!!!!

14. How long does it usually take you to make a set

it depends on how many individual gifs i have in it. generally i take 15-20 minutes per single gif. the first one in a set could take longer tho, bc that’s where i test out coloring. then, since my gifsets are usually from one continuous (or sorta continuous) film/video, i just copy those settings into the succeeding gifs and make minor adjustments if necessary

35. Do you change your giffing style a lot or do you have a set routine

i have a routine! and i actually talked about it in depth for an anon one time. ive been doing it that way since i first started giffing back in i believe december of 2021 (for my footy blog lmao) based on some random tutorials i found at the time. and it’s now the most comfortable way for me so i hardly ever change anything! if ever anything different happens, it’s gonna be in the specific methods i use for coloring. but the general style is the same

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Talk Hockey To Me

(tag game)

tagged by @eliooliver83 and @oetter mwah love u both kisses

Tell me about:

1. The thing that got you hooked on hockey

oghhh long story for Sure. i became like. distantly enamored with it watching the bruins with my dad/brother during the 2010-11 playoffs like that and soccer were the only sports i could bother watching. then in 2019? i re-read check please, became obsessed with it on that read through, started following the players some characters were based off of - namely sid and segs. then segs lead me down a path of delusion and insanity forever. so like. either the 2011 bruins cup run, check please, or tyler seguin.

2. Your first ever fandom friend

was trying to think of tumblr moots but ! technically predates my hockeyblr era by a couple yrs. met @stickypucky through. s. stephen johns discord/minecraft server. in 2020! i think!

3. The jersey you would most like to own

it feels sacrilegious that i dont own a roope or robo or otter jersey?? so any of theirs. Need. would also kill for a mooterus jersey sorry that design fucked

4. YOUR player (you only get ONE so choose wisely)

if i said anyone other than miro i think i would collapse dead.

5. A pairing that deserves more fic

listen. i agree with 2124. u all might expect me to say 424. however. i would pay the first person to write 455 or 42455 a billion dollars. i need harls hero worship turning into "oh hes a bitch and i like him so much" ness. i would cry tears of joy .

6. Your favourite on-ice moment

OKAY . niche roopemiro moment i am abt to throw at u. first thing that came to mind was when they had a FLOP ASS zone entry moment and miro just barrels straight into brick wall roope and they have to giggle abt it from last season. it was one of my first gifs and ik there are better sets of it but. here's mine. sooo pathetic and stupid and uncharacteristic of their perfectly in sync asses.

THEN

link someone else's art/fic/etc that you love & think everyone should check out

first of all everything stars hyacinthed has written i hold sooo deep in my heart especially the 1053 fics. THIS ART STUDENTS ROBOHINTZ FIC... so special 2 me for reasons i am sure u can figure out. many more fics tbh but ummmm there are sooo many beloved hockey artists/poetry ppl/gifmakers/editors/etc i love the work of i have to fire off here. this is not all of them by FAR but. follow all of them Now.

adelphenium / stillfertile / kitnita / 39oa / txstars / ghostgeno / oetter / teex / castilles / cats0p / nash13 / suburbanbonfire / nhlportraits / a million more i am POSITIVE i am forgetting...

AND

link something you made & are proud of & want people to see

ummm. most stuff in my art tag but especially fond of this miro and this intense delly recently. also my flying stars au..... also my miro sacrificial lamb edit...... many such things i actually am proud of shockingly !

no pressure tagging, sorry if you've already been tagged or did it and i missed it or u dont do these things etc etc:

@rookiestars @veryconfusedunlabeledguy @icecoldversace @saltandpepperbox @stillfertile @stickypucky

[wayvsphantom]

ok hihihi im home from kcon so i wanna write everything i felt n saw before i forget it lmaoooo

nmixx: honestly super cute!! i didnt know the TWO songs they did but they were fun little summertime bops! i was up and moving for their "the feels" twice cover tho and i thought i was sick of that song shout out to the girlies for performing it really well!

ive: ok i dont know if my section is just women hating or women defending but my whole row sat down for their TWO songs and everyone got on their phones (including me!) instead of watching. I was genuinely upset and angry that the stylists for ive put them (actual minors, actual schoolgirls) in slutty schoolgirl uniforms, furthering the sexualization of minors needlessly and im glad people around me were also not supportive of it. anyway i heard them perform kitch (got literally no love from my section) and love dive (slightly more love from my section) but pls can they get some help im tired of seeing them do an overly sexual love dive dance break in slutty outfits when they are actual minors

cravity: they had good energy! i didnt know their TWO songs but they had good vibes and worked really hard!

taeyong: ok i thought i wasnt gonna vibe w his set but he came onstage and i LOST MY FUCKING MIND!!! like he really just has a star energy on stage it cant be stopped like he was my first ever nct bias and hes everyones bias for a reason!!! also shalala was so fun live the bass shook my bones fr ! taeyong you were great !! he should be really proud of that performance (of his TWO songs)

shownu n hyungwon: ok i did not realize how much i loved them until they performed on stage they were both so fucking good ?? like i fully need a mx tour bc i wanna see them so bad now ?? they peformed those TWO songs w such a fun sexy grown man energy that i was deeply missing lmao 10/10 pls come back to LA

wayv <3: OK U KNOW IM SOFT ON THEM BUT OMG THEY WERE SO FUCKING CRAZY GOOD WEISHENV U WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS THEY CAME OUT TO SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAMS I COULDNT BREATHE I WASNT READY AND THEN IT WAS A NEW SONG (that i was not feeling i cant lie) BUT THEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE KCON THEME SONG OR WHATEVER so i was able to breathe again.... anyway fake out over they came back later in the night and they WE4RE INSANE!!! LOVE TALK!!! U WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!! EVERYONE KN EW EVERY GODDAMN WORD TO THAT FUCKING SONG!! I was getting teary wayv u r not a flop u are the most famous group in the world!!! xiaojun is unreal pretty btw also yangyang and hendery.... omg TEN!!! TEN IS SO TALENTED AND PRETTY!! also i fully understand the winwin hype now i would die to protect that man ok okokokokokokok INCREDIBLE!!! they also gave us eng ver of phantom she was cute too!! the dance break finale gave me chills omg but i was missing kun :/ wish they couldve at least mentioned him but whatever.... WAYV WORLD TOUR ASAP

taemin <3: honestly the greatest performer ive ever seen live like holy shit thats a once in a lifetime talent right in front of me like yes i am very biased that is my ult right there but like he truly cannot ever be replicated. he came out swinging w advice and the boom that was "NEVER GET THE KEYS TO MY LOCK" the crowd was readdyyyyyyy and after advice this man got a 5min standing ovation every single person there recognized his god given gift to serve and it was incredible to see LITERALLY FUCKING CRAZY AND THEN THIS MAN GETS ON THE GROUND AND WE'RE DOING FUCKING CRIMINAL??? THE SONG THAT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY?? and he even did the slutty little cuff removing w mouth move and i lost my v oice screaming so hard i feel so lucky to have seen that my life cannot get better anywayyyyyy MOVE!!! WE MOVED!!! HE MOVED THEY MOVED I MOVED WE ALL MOVED!!! THE GIRL THE MYTH THE LEGEND THE MOVEEEEEEEEEEE!!! those hips.......... yeasssss......... !!!!! he was swinging that concave ass like his life depended on it! he was also soooo flustered from everyone going insane like ik he wasnt expecting it taemin you will be famouus for a thousand years babygirl and he said big shinee news coming soon so !!! soooo!!! world tour!!!!

ok i think i hit every group i will unpack the wayv m&g too but i just had to get this all out kcon will pay for their crimes of 2 song every artist like i'll never go to kcon again or recommend it to anyone but i had fun!

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art vent, kind of makes me look like a shallow person

FOR clarification i'm 20. turning 21 in two months. yippee! what an eye opener

the point of trying to profit your art, especially using your art to help fund for survival since you were 11 - you realize that while you want to improve your art for yourself, you're so consciously aware of what parts would appeal to strangers who see your art.

because you don't want to appeal to others to enjoy your art, you want to appeal to others to garner money and funds. i've ebegged on this site for almost a decade, on so many different accounts and even used my art as much as i could to get even more money. to pay bills, to pay for food, to help my mother in medical emergencies. since i was only 11 years old, by the way. a lot of the time, while it is a huge part of my reason to keep improving -- i don't actually think of reasons such as improving my art because 'i want to go to college' 'i want to be better' as much as my main reason being: i want this to sell to people.

that being said, my art style is something im so happy with right now for myself. but i think like. you have to really make your art your signature. that way, people will want to buy what you can give them. but algorithm is just, so hard to fight with now. the heartbreaking part is that, even if i'm at my 'peak' in art.

and my art has always been my one consistent interest, thats never faded. it's apart of my daily life. my routine, my medicine, my hobby, my enjoyment. i need this to live in many different ways. whether it be for providing my funds via commissions, coping art for trauma, or generally to express my happiness for things in my head, etc. i need this hobby or i will die. its the one skill ive had my entire life thats stuck, and its something i'm *good* at. and i've kept up with it to this day.

my art looks consistently good. flattering. i would say at some points it feels.. professional, sometimes. i am consistently proud and satisfied with my art and haven't struggled on pieces as much as i used to several years ago. it took me 2 months to come up with illustrations. now ive been pumping them out with ease. commissions are so much faster. quicker. ive really upgraded. i'm efficient, quick, and my stylization journey has been amazing.

yet..

this has been the hardest i've ever fucking struggled to make money, ever. since i was 11 years old. i've never.. had so much difficulty. i feel spoiled, honestly, when i know so many other artists struggle filling commissions too. but i've always had good fortune, i guess. good luck. but not since the year began. it's been so hard to fill in requests, so hard to fill slots. even when my prices are cheaper, it's still so hard. which is crazy, because 2 years ago i was consistently filling slots like crazy. i had consistent income, for the most part. i was able to help my family, avoid eviction, pay for water, clothes, food. emergencies like car wrecks, medical stuff -- god, its insane how much my art has helped me. it's scary. to think about what woulld happen if i didnt have this skill.

back then, like my art looked like this in 2021.

i look back and i wonder. this is fine, its definitely my art style. but how did i makee so much money off of stuff like this? so much more than i do now? i still draw fanart, and my art's been getting better. i think its honestly just bad luck, or maybe algorithm has flopped a lot of my stuff. either way, it's sort of humbling. Extremely humbling, that even with all this improvement - it still may not be enough to get me anywhere. i've never struggled before, trying to open commissions even when ive always focused on original content primarily. i know its hard to get popularity when you only draw ocs, but ive been fine for the most part. getting by, until lately.

i think i'll just have to keep working harder. see what people enjoy, but its just really ego crushingi think. And i could care less about popularity or anything. i think the really awful part is that im just stressed all the time about how i can keep making money off of this when its been so hard to even fill slots, let alone gaining peoples interests. Is this competition related? is this just a shit time for artists? am i just flopping. Who knows.. ohwell. ill survive

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Congrats on the 500 followers I love your stuff so its well deserved!!! If I could please have a matchup id be over the moon! 🌺

My pronouns are She/Her. Im short, chubby, and adorable! I have fluffy curly hair, glasses, and I love wearing dresses and skirts or cozy sweaters. I usually wear bright colors or vibrant patterns a-la miss frizzle think pink skirt with grapefruit print or dress with cacti/dinosaurs but then I pair it with cute combat boots and a leather jacket.

My hobbies are baking and video games. But I also love taking walks, gardening (born and raised farm girl), going to museums, and learning new cool facts to add to my fact hoard. Basically I will watch documentaries for fun usually while also baking brownies.

Im an ambivert and flip flop from leave me alone in my bed nest to recharge to going up to strangers to tell them I love there makeup or hair. I try hard to be a kind genuine person who brings joy into the world but admittedly I have a petty ice queen side to me, like it takes a LOT to piss me off as im very patient and forgiving (messing with my loved ones is a fast track tho) but once I’m there I will take them down and they wont see it coming as I can be quite the sneaky ‘manipulative’ type. I do use my evil powers for good sometimes like helping 3 couples meet/confess.

I’m very loyal, but take a while to trust others and open up. Once someone has gained my trust and friendship I am very loving and affectionate this includes cuddles, massages if permitted and hugs. My love languages are Acts of Service and Words of Affirmation, so friends can expect random bombardments of genuine compliments or if they mentioned something they wanted / needed done consider it taken care of.

Despite all this and often being called the ‘mature one’ or ‘the dependable one’ by my friends I am actually very shy and easily flustered, I cant handle compliments of flirting without combusting. I will go from serious and put together handling things like a boss to squeaking and completely falling apart if someone says something really nice to me. I cant handle getting gifts either.

Uhh idk how to finish this so fun fact time I guess:

Did you know that certain chicken breeds can lay naturally occurring blue eggs? I raised several and those chickens are often very independent compared to other breeds. They still like getting hugs and pets tho! Also the eggs taste mostly the same but the yolk has more flavor.

i match you with trey clover!!

you two give me unintentional couple that are the parents in a friend group? whenever there's some trouble going on, especially within heartslabyul you two are someone like deuce usually comes to for advice. i'd imagine you two would always be baking with each other-- he'd be in love with someone who enjoys it as much as he does. only better for the dorm because that means twice the amounts of sweets obviously...

with what trey does in the science club, he does have a knack for growing plants in the school's botanical garden. as he also uses it to grow his own fruits and such for baking. he'd gladly show you what he's doing, he is particularly proud of his strawberries for tarts hehe.

it's funny because though trey thinks the world of you-- giving any kind of romantic compliments is so difficult for him. i mean, he's canonically bad at flirting. he can't help but feel bashful whenever you yourself seemingly shower him with praise. he tends to show his affection through acts of service like you, he wants to be someone that actively goes out their way and does something for you to brighten your day. trey wants to be reliable to you, because he's such a mess bringing it into words, he shows you all the time.

trey is affectionate but around others its very discreetly, hand on your back, playing with your hair, he likes holding your hand, he'd urb his thumb over the back of it too.