#THIS IS THE BUS MEME IF ANYONE IS WONDERING

[subterra-rose]

Haha wow guys hope she comes back safe from her trip :))))

[evilminji]

"DO BETTER!" Says Now Televised Fanboy

He, Dash Baxter is a Phan-Stan!! It's kinda his thing. See, he's a fancy ass talk show host now. Married Paulie, moved out of Amity, actually DID something with his life. His parents? Did not approve. Long n short of it? He got kicked out.

Paulie's parents were PISSED.

Retaliated by giving him all the help he needed getting EVERY scholarship he qualified for. He went to a really nice college. Missed his girlfriend like mad. But she was off in Metropolis, terrifying weaker men. Conquering the fashion scene.

And SOMEHOW? Thanks to that long talk he had with Phantom (*incoherent fanboy gibbering noises* SO COOL!) he's worked to be... more of a LEADER, you know? Less of an asshole. Cause he's popular. People copy him. He can't be an asshole.

So, somehow, when he's punching out some try-hard that thinks he's hot shit for bullying a Nerd? He and the nerd get talking, right? Cause the guy got his glasses completely fucked up. And it's what Phantom would do.

But GET THIS? Guy's never HEARD of Phantom! Is super curious, cause he runs a small time Hero's show on the web. And, Dude? Is it your LUCKY DAY! Cause you just met THE number 1 fan of Phantom, hands down!! He makes his VERY spirited case, about why Phantom is THE best Hero to ever have lived. And this guy?

Entranced.

In AWE.

Just straight up BEGS him to join his show. Cause apparently? He was BORN for it. Which? Yeah. He HAS been giving speechs to the team for YEARS now. And Talking at fan meet ups. Leading fan meet ups. Hosting parties... actually, now that he thinks about it? He DOES do a lot of public speaking? Huh.

But still, he's about to say "no", when?

Dude mentions? He'll get to talk about Phantom.

SOLD!

It. Blows. Up. Absolutely EVERYONE is in love with his pretty face, hot bod, and STRONG opinions. But they ALSO have no idea who Phantom is! Paulie! This is CRIMINAL! Horrifying! What is going ON!?

Some bullshit information black out, apparently. At least according to her... friendly Nemesis? The Goth Dweeb. Who's engaged, apparently? So good for her. Unsurprisingly, it's too the OTHER Dweebs, but still. Bout time she started planning to drag them to a court house. She's the only one with any spine in that group! If she waited for THEM to propose?

Not even as Ghosts, man.

They'd get distracted by shiny nerd shit and whimp out.

Still... a world where NO ONE knows how Awesome, Phantom is? Not on HIS watch!

So he works it in. To every segment. It becomes "his thing". Oh? Super man saved a kitten from a tree? Cute. Well PHANTOM saved a bus full of Ghost Puppies from a shady, rouge, Goverment agency. Do BETTER, Superman!

The Flash, who is a cheap knock-off and stole his name, took down an Ice Villian? Adorable! PHANTOM stopped a Rouge WINTER SPIRIT with the help of YETI WARRIORS then assisted in giving FREE medical care for anyone who needed it! Here's a picture of him making GHOST ICE SNOWMEN for small children! Do BETTER, Knock-off!

What's THAT you say? Wonder Woman fought a GOD in down town paris?

Excellent work Wonder Woman. Flawless as always. But YOU, god-boy, are a disappointment! All that power! And WHAT do you use it for? Are you even supposed to BE here?? PHANTOM uses his power to HELP people! Is awesome and knows TONS of better gods! You're just salty you didn't make the cut!

DO BETTER!

And obviously? No one believes him. There's no record of this "Phantom" guy. The pictures look fantastical and vaguely glitchy/glowy. Not quite right. They GOTTA be photo shopped. Manipulated somehow. But? As a shtick? A fake "perfect Superhero" is kinda funny and unique.

And it's one hell of Fake Hero!

A Dead Champion? Who fights gods and monsters? Rouge agencies? Sassy and tragic? With a mysterious past? Pretty cool! There's even an Offical Comic from some guy that went to the same high-school as Baxter!

Of course, as Baxter get more and more popular? The "meme" hero, Phantom, get more well known? People get more interested in where Dash grew up. You know, just a bored Google. Maybe see if the hero was based off a local legend or something. But... huh...

The Town website?

Weirdly? Sanitized.

Like... like aggressively sanitized. All smooth edges and no details. Very "move along, citizen". Ha ha... it's part of the joke right? They get it! They'll just look up local restaurants or som-....

Wait...

Hey, guuuuys?

Are you finding ANYTHING?

And! Nothing. And I do mean NOTHING! Triggers the "oh? Secrets???" Instincts of a Hacker, like finding a hard blank wall of "KEEP OUT". Especially when it's somewhere it rightfully shouldn't BE.

All it would take? Is ONE person, of decent skills and an account on Certain Forums, getting bored enough to Google the Dude On The TV(TM)? For the GIW's lil walls to come crashing down. Because yeah, you can stop ONE hacker. Even two. Probably five or six.

But how about thousands?

Hundreds of thousands?

From every time zone. Competing. Just to see what you HAVE and don't want them to see. Maybe they do something with it, maybe they don't. But fuck it, you're being RUDE and now they're CURIOUS. And THEN? Oh. Oh holy shit.

Not a meme.

Very real.

Not a joke.

The walls come crumbling down, down, down. Ripped apart by hundreds of hands. Emails sent to every sort of agency. The JLU line inundated with emergency tips. Not a joke. Not A Joke. Holy Shit, IT WASN'T A JOKE!

Phantom is REAL!

And there, on TV, stands the Man. The signal FINALLY breaching containment. Fighting off the invading God of the week. Built like statue, hair like an aurora borealis of white fire held almost delicately in place by a CROWN of ice, a suit made of void and starlight. Inhuman. Beyond human.

Here to help.

A laugh that crackles like ice and the snap of winter, rolls through the air like coming storms, rich and somehow warm. A smile that bares teeth, yet turns so KIND when he looks upon humanity, as though we are precious and worth fighting for. A living star.

A... a once living star.

And in the center of it all? Wearing his BESPOKE, custome made, Number 1 Phan full body outfit? That's right. Dash Baxter. Ha! You fuckers doubted him! Behold his blorbo and WEEP, ya fuckin casuals! The BESTEST of boys! The FINEST of Heros! Superman? Could NEVER.

And now? The weather!

@babbling-babull @nerdpoe @the-witchhunter @ailithnight @hypewinter @hdgnj @mutable-manifestation

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

ok so in case anyone's wondering how the banban escalation is going:

chapters 1-2: no hallucination sequences

chapter 3: we being out hallucination sequences on a roadtrip with all the main characters while listening to rockit music and being chased by the spider. banban recreates a meme immediately. we crash because the jellyfish is just so annoyed by banban he doesn't look at the fucking road

chapter 4: CHOO CHOO FUCKING CHARLES

chapter 5: doesn't exist

chapter 6: we get hit by a fucking bus

chapter 7: skydiving out of a plane which proceeds to explode for no reason

and we still havent made it to the fucking beach

[emo-gremlin]

Hey, you're cool! *hands you more MFN as memes/vines*

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Lenard: what's cooler than being cool?

Gordon: financial stability

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Lilianna: an octopus is just a wet spider

Ricky: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

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Lenard: SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD WAS GONNA-

George: end on December 21, 2012. I bought all this fucking pasta as a way to celebrate the end of the world and now I'm $10,000 in debt, my taxi got towed and I have wet pasta everywhere in my house

Lenard: ...I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

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Ricky: swear words are illegal now, say one and you'll be fined

Handy: heck

Ricky: you're on thin fucking ice

Ricky: oh no

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Lenard: what if mayonnaise came in cans?

Lilianna: that would suck because you can't microwave metal...

Noir: *walking by drinking coffee* good morning to everyone except you people

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Noir: anyone wanna get into an argument with me?

Ricky: ok cream cheese isn't that good

Noir: I was kidding but you know what fuck you for real

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Unfriendly Lenard: I hate being high, why I hear footsteps?

Craig: are you walking?

Unfriendly Lenard: oh shit

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Junebug: vanilla soy latte is just 3 bean soup

Gordon: why must you do this at 5am

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George: a haiku for the bus drive who deliberately cut me off

George: *clears throat*

George: I swear to God bruh, let me catch you in the streets, bruh I swear to God

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Unfriendly Lilianna: I find the fact I will never experience a sword fight in my entire life terribly tragic

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Lenard: sorry, liberals, there's only 0 genders

Junebug: there's one gender ad we have to share

Craig: Gordon said its my turn on the gender

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Norman: I wanna jump off a building and not die. Just relieve stress by slamming into the sidewalk and then get up and go get a slurpee or something

Ricky: Norman are you ok

Norman: no ❤️

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Norman: *screams into jar* everything is fine :)

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Gordon: I saw your last report card

Noir: *not even looking up from his phone* congrats you can see

Gordon: oh so you wanna be smart?

Noir: that's why I go to school

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Gordon: hey Junebug how are you today?

Junebug: I swallowed a golf ball!

Gordon: uh- are you ok?

Junebug: I can't poop! :D

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Ricky: hey Lillianna

Lillianna: can you get in the oven and clean it?

Ricky: bye Lillianna

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Junebug: if it weren't illegal I would eat cereal for every meal of the day

Gordon: I have some wonderful news for you

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Gordon: Noir asked everyone at dinner what color Norman's new shirt was. After we all said grey, he turned to him and said, "Now tell them what color you think it is." And Norman just quietly replied, "Dark white."

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Lilianna: Lasagna is just spaghetti flavored cake

Fritz: I will pay you money to never speak again

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George: fellas is it gay to fall in love with another man and spend your life with him

Gordon: that is the literal definition of gay

George: :0

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Gordon: *texting the puppets* At airport! Bye guys! Love ya to the moon and back, you're the best! Bust a nut!

Noir: I'm not sure Gordon knows what that means

Tax: I Physically cannot breathe

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Lilianna: God released me into the wild and now he's hunting me for sport

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Fritz: where can I order a pretty face

George: from your mirror

Tax: WHEN DID EVERYONE IN THIS HELL STUDIO BECOME SMOOTH AF

Lenard: 2023: the year the Neighborhood learned how to flirt

Norman: oh my

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Noir: 1 universe, 9 planets, 7 seas, 7 continents, 809 islands, 204 countries, and I had the unfortunate luck of meeting you

Tax: THERE ARE 8 PLANETS YOU UNCULTURED SWINE

Noir: VIVA LA PLUTO FUCK YOU

Gordon: I'm pretty sure 'viva la Pluto fuck you' is the best sentence I've ever heard

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Craig, Fritz and UF Fritz belong to: @gayfraggle

[actuallyastingray]

Rookie of the Year - The "K" word

Life was full of disappointments.

Sometimes it was a flat tire, sometimes it was a cheating spouse, sometimes it was a flooded basement, and sometimes it was sleeping through your alarm.

And sometimes, after a nine-and-a-half-hour bus ride through driving snow and winding mountains, it was disappointing to show up at your hotel only to be told that your reserved rooms were currently flooded.

"Once again sir, I can't express how sorry I am for the inconvenience this has caused you. All this cold weather has been playing havoc with our pipes. Rest assured we will compensate you for the issues."

Coach was no stranger to disappointments in his line of work. A single misplay during a match was enough to unmake weeks of preparation and training. It would take a lot more than burst pipes and flooded rooms to faze him in the slightest. The hotel manager, a tall mustachioed man, was busy combing the room database in order to find proper accommodations for the team. Seeing as they would be camped out all week until the Iron Tank match, Coach at least wanted everyone to be comfortable, and not worrying about overflowing bathtubs during the stay.

After a good half hour of searching, questioning, and phone calls, the new reservations for Supa Strikas were finally close to completion.

"If I would give you some peace of mind sir, would you like me to show you around your rooms? I can have the porters start bringing up the luggage in the meantime."

Coach nodded in approval, "I don't see why not. If nothing else, it would help me in learning my way around the place."

The manager leaned slightly to the side to look over Coach's shoulder.

"And, err, this will be a...solo tour I take it?"

Coach smirked. He didn't need to turn around to see what the manager was glancing at. The Strika bus hadn't exactly been meant for long car rides, and nine hours stuck seated with minimal internet service would drive anyone crazy. He knew from experience that the team could be real drama queens when faced with discomfort. Today however, the boys had been real troopers toughing out the inconvenience with minimal complaints. After a long plane ride and equally long bus ride, the team were sore, tired, and hangry.

Though currently, they were sprawled across some of the lobby couches, either asleep, falling asleep, or in Dancing Rasta's case, feigning sleep.

"A solo tour is fine. Don't worry, I promise they won't be going anywhere or causing too much trouble while I'm away."

Still, as he made his way towards the waiting elevator behind the manager, Coach made sure to knock on the wooden paneling.

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Shakes wasn't asleep, at least not yet. Realistically, he should have been asleep five hours ago during the road trip. Being a teenager meant he was hardwired to resist the allure of sleep regardless of how exhausted he was. Over the past few hours, he had used various distractions to keep himself awake; texting memes to Spenza, playing the demo for SL5000 XL, practicing Brislovian, and listening to podcasts. Haven long since exhausted all forms of distraction, and thus himself, he was reduced to scrolling through Nadder all while being sandwiched between Blok and the armrest.

Just a little longer. Just...a little...and then I can sleep in a real bed. I can have pillows...and blankets...and be warm...just...a...little...

His eyes drooped lower and lower. A voice inside him kept telling him to stay awake until Coach got back, but after so long without sleep he was shutting down. Somewhere nearby he could hear someone snoring, though he lacked the mental process to wonder who.

Maybe...just a few...and then I can...sleeeeeee.....

"PORTER? PORTER! PORTER!!!!!!"

In the enclosed space of the hotel lobby, the shrieks echoed like a roaring crowd of Super League fans. Shakes was jolted away from the blissful reprieve of sleep, accidentally kicking his shins on the underside of the coffee table. Pain and surprise combined to drag him back to wakefulness. Curled up on the couch, rubbing his shins and fighting back curses, he bore witness to the culprit behind his rude awakening.

Truthfully, he had only heard stories about these mythical beings. Once considered an alien concept to regions outside of North America, videos from Altivo Industries later made knowledge about them widespread. They supposedly had the power to numb others into states of rage and agony with their words alone and could reduce conversations to screaming matches in the blink of an eye. Those who survived an encounter with them were scarred for life and would commonly regale others online with bizarre and incredulous stories of their encounters.

Shakes had never encountered one of these creatures himself. He had only heard stories from Cool Joe, who was far more familiar with their kind. And yet, here it was before him, the Reaper of Retail, the Fiend of Food Service, the Neighborhoods Worst Nightmare.

The American Karen on holiday.

This particular specimen looked exactly like the stories described them: badly bleached blond hair styled in an inverted bob, tiger-striped yoga pants, faux fur coat, expensive handbag, and fake stick-on nails that looked more akin to talons. She stormed up to the booking desk where the scrawny, meek looking receptionist stood.

"EX-CA-UUUUUUSSSE ME! But WHEEEEEREE is everybody tonight? A guest has to walk into the hotel carrying her own luggage? No porter, no bellhop, no concierge, no valet? I was told this was an upscale establishment that would cater to my luxury experience, and yet ALLLLLL I have experienced so far is incompetence."

All this yelling was accompanied by vigorous finger snapping and foot stomping. To Shakes, now wide awake, it was a rather fantastic spectacle. He was used to El Matador acting like a five-year-old on occasion, but never so consciously, and never in public.

The poor receptionist had gone board stiff during the Karen's rant and looked ready to go bolting out the front door in terror. He must have been either well trained or well paid as he swallowed his fear and bravely engaged with the Karen.

"Sa-sa-so Sorry madame. We've, er, we've been having a lot of trouble with all the recent storms, so you see..."

"And HOOOWWWWWW is that my problem?" came the rude interruption.

The receptionist swallowed again, "We'll we...we are a bit short-staffed at the moment, a-and our current staff is busy accommodating our guests right now..."

"Well get them down here," Karen's screeching interruption came again, "I am a guest and I have not been accommodated in the slightest. I will not be treated like this. Get the staff down here and get my bags unloaded. RIGHT! NOW!"

Suffice to say, even exhausted Super Leaguers were incapable of sleeping through a screaming tirade of this magnitude. Grunts and curses resounded as the rest of the team struggled back to wakefulness. Needless to say, no one was pleased to see why they had been so rudely disturbed.

"Ugh, Karen alert." A still half-asleep North Shaw groaned out.

Cool Joe was the only once conscious enough to reply, "Maaaan, are we really doing this right now? This couch was just starting to be comfy too."

Amidst the complaints from Supa Strikas, Karen was still giving it her all up at the booking desk while the receptionist was barely keeping his head up.

"Honestly! WHYYYYYY is this so difficult? It's like you are intentionally trying to be difficult. I sincerely hope not ALLLLL of the staff here are completely incompetent."

"Ma-madame, there is no reason to go about insulting the staff. We are all doing our very...."

"'gasp' ARE YOU CA-UESTIONING ME!? I would very much hope not. I happen to be very good friends with the owner, who by the way promised that I would be absolutely pampered to during my stay here. Your behavior right now will affect how much money I will be spending here."

"I..I...madame I've said it will just be a few minutes while our staff collect themselves..."

"Well, those had better be some very short minutes now, won't they?"

Poor receptionist. He had turned the color of sour milk and looked about to be sick. It must have been his first Karen encounter. All he could do was take a shaky breath and try to compose himself.

"I...will see about getting them down here...as soon as possible. I...er...do you have a reservation, madame?"

Karen, huffing and puffing, turned away and waved a hand dismissively.

"Well of course I do you idiot, but considering how I've been treated so far I will be speaking to someone about getting an upgrade to my accommodations. Or do I need to call the owner?" She shot one last glare over her shoulder at the poor guy, "First you will see to bringing in my luggage, personally if necessary. Then I will be back to discuss my upgrade." The receptionist was left staring down at his desk, seemingly shell shocked by the whole encounter.

Back at the couches, Supa Strikas were shooting venomous glares at the Karen while trying to stay comfortable on the stiff couches. Shakes was still massaging his throbbing shins when his vision turned...orange tiger-striped patterned. His eyes had barely started to drift upwards when the loud retort brought everyone to attention.

"AH-H-HEMM"

It was perhaps the most forced sound anyone had ever made in the history of throat clearing, and had the situation been any different Shakes probably would have burst out laughing. Unfortunately, his sleep deprived brain decided to respond in the worst possible way to a Karen.

"Can I help you?"

The Karen looked positively bug-eyed as she scoffed down at him.

"UGH! Is it not common knowledge that a man has to give up his seat to a LADY? Clearly you have no culture or breeding."

They all eyed her with barely concealed annoyance.

"Uh, last I checked lady, there were about four other seating areas in this lobby." North Shaw jabbed a thumb over his shoulder to another richly decorated set of couches behind him, "Feel like, I dunno, maybe giving one of them a try?"

Karen didn't even have the grace to turn and face him as she answered, "I don't care what couches are over there. I NEEEEED these ones because I'm waiting on a reservation which is far more important than whatever you vagabonds are doing. Now get up and give me my seat."

Shakes, regarding her like a petulant child, sat back and made to make himself comfortable, "No"

"NO! WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO?!"

He shrugged, "No means no, and it's a complete sentence. So 'No' I'm not getting up."

"Yeah, and those rules don't apply here, crazy pants," Karen spun around to glare at a smirking El Matador, "You see, he may be a gentleman, but you're no lady."

Amidst the chuckles from Supa Strikas, Karen flushed a shade of red that matches their jackets, "HOW DAAAAAAAARE YOU! I will not stand here and tolerate these insults."

"Then stand somewhere else and we'll just insult you there too. Cause honestly, you're just making it too easy at this point," North Shaw piped up again.

The laughter and jokes at her expense seemed to be frying the Karen's brain. She turned a darker shade of red while glaring at each of the Strikas in turn before turning back towards her initial target. Or at least, whom she assumed was her initial target. Her french frying brain somehow seemed to have mistaken Blok for Shakes.

"Alright you, up and at em'," She barked, foot stomping again in earnest, "Cause judging by your size, lord KNOOOOOWS you could do with standing."

Blok simply crossed his arms and sat back, mirroring Shakes pose, "Grzzl!"

Karen looked like she had been shocked. Still red in the face, she stared bug eyed back at the defender with equal parts confusing and rage.

"W-What?"

Blok crossed his arms tighter, "Grzzl gru grzzl," he repeated more insistently.

Karen turned redder still. "What is wrong with you? Do you speak English? Are you even talking? What is even happening?"

"He's Brislovian lady," Shakes growled at her none too kindly, "He doesn't speak English, but he told you 'No' in case you were wondering. And for the record, we're closer to Brislovia then we are America so you shouldn't be judging people for not speaking English."

"Grggbl grub grzz burzzle grrr," Blok supplied helpfully, now pointing at the irate woman.

Karen, still pomegranate red, raised her voice to a shriek, "Don't you DAAAARE point at me. You are INVAAAAADING my personal space."

Blok smirked, then raising his voice a few octaves, repeated back, "Grzz gr GRAAABLE brzl burb."

He now had Karen's full attention, so she fortunately didn't notice Shakes trying to conceal fits of laughter.

"What are you SAAAAYING? Talk normal!"

Blok once again raised his pitch, now imitating a clear falsetto, "Brzzlr brug GUZZZBLR? Bruglr blurgh gruzz," His speak was complete with exaggerated pantomimes that had the rest of the team in stitches.

Karen's brain was now fully short circuiting. With her wide lower body and beetroot red face, she looked like a volcano ready to erupt, "...this place!....THIS PLAAAAAAACE!!!..."

Her shrieks had finally roused the receptionist, who bravely approached the raging she-devil.

"Ma-madame? Please I-I must insist that you lower your..."

Karen turned her fury upon this convenient new target.

"YOU!! THESE IMBICILES... THROW! THEM! OUT!"

"Wh-wh-WHAT? Madame I cannot possibly do that."

"You can and you will. They have intruded upon my luxury experience, and I have every right to demand them evicted from the premises. Now do as I say and get rid of these...HOBOS!!"

Behind her, an irate El Matador surged to his feet snarling, "Hobos?" and had to be pulled back into his seat by Big Bo

"Easy El Matador, Easy. She didn't mean it."

The poor receptionist was turning pale, either with fear or nerves, which contrasted magnificently with Karen's still tomato red face.

"M-m-madame, I...I cannot do that. You see they are..."

"They are a bunch of useless vagrants" (Big Bo and Dancing Rasta had to restrain El Matador this time) "You will evict them right away or I will be calling my lawyer AND the owner."

"Bu-but...it's Supa..."

"YOU DAAAAAARE TO QUESTION ME? I AM A CUSTOMER AND THE CUSTOMER IS KING!!"

The receptionist looked all the world like a kicked puppy in the rain; utterly defeated. He blinked a few times as if fighting back tears before making one last attempt to salvage the situation.

"Eh-emm, a-a-at least let me contact my superior before doing so."

Karen, her face only now starting to return to a more natural color, threw her hands up in the air.

"Finally, some progress. I have no idea why it takes forever to get anything done in this place. While you're at it we can see to my room upgrade. I expect a jacuzzi, fully stocked snacks and liquor bar, 24-hour room service..."

The duo marched back towards the front desk; Karen once again oblivious to the sneers directed at her back. Twisting Tiger was the first to break the silence.

"Can you believe people like that exist? I'd call her a witch, but I don't want to insult Grimm's fans."

Shakes was still glaring at Karen's retreating form, "Tell me about it. And here I thought Skarra had no class."

"Grubble Grrzzz," Blok chimed in with his own two cents. Then he did something quite unexpected.

Cupping one hand over his mouth, in a shape somewhat like a duck bill, he blew a loud raspberry in Karen's direction.

It was hard to say who had the more entertaining reaction: Karen, who immediately spun around now fully purple in the face, or Shakes, who had to chomp down on his jacket sleeve to stop himself from roaring with laughter.

Other than a few sniggers at Shakes' reaction, most everybody was silent as Karen stormed back over to the couches, looking all the world like a T-Rex bearing down on its prey.

"Who. Did. That?!" She was apparently so mad she briefly forgot to scream.

"Who did what?" Years of practice meant Dancing Rasta could pull off a mean poker face, especially when amused.

"That...NOISE! It was one of you. I know it was!"

"Seems to me ze only one making all ze noise around here is you," Klaus tried to sound sympathetic, which wasn't helped by the cheeky grin he was sporting.

The receptionist, noticing his charge had gone astray, came scurrying back over squeaking, "Madame, your room..." But it was too late.

Karen was now spinning in circles, arms flailing. The poor receptionist had to jump out of the way to avoid getting clobbered.

"I WANT A DISCOUNT! I WANT AN UPGRADE! I WANT THE MANAGEEEEERR!!!"

Her back turned once again, she missed Twisting Tiger lean over to Cool Joe and whisper, "She said the 'thing', pay up."

Nobody in the lobby was taking situation at all seriously anymore. How could they, when faced with a raging, blueberry faced, tiger stripped monstrosity who could only blubber out incomprehensible demands. The Strikas, the hotel staff who had crept out to see what all the fuss was about, even the formerly timid receptionist were laughing uproariously at the spectacle. Unfortunately, it wasn't over till the fat lady sang.

Karen seemed to be unable to handle the scenario she found herself in. Never before had she been faced with so many people blatantly disrespecting her. She kept spinning about, trying to fixate on a single appropriate target. Ultimately, she settled on her original target, the skinny teenager who was still snorting into his jacket sleeve.

Shakes was still blinking tears of mirth out of his eyes, so he was initially unaware of the approaching danger. Too late did he see the she-demon storming towards him, talons out and ready. He wasn't ready, but Blok was. Quicker than even Karen could react, the Brislovian defender was out of his seat and planted himself between the demoness and her quarry.

Dead silence. The team, now on high alert, were all on the edge of their seats in case they needed to react. The receptionist had seen an opening and scooted back to the front desk.

Blok and Karen stood facing each other. He had a good two feet on her, but her shapely thighs and ample waist meant she likely outweighed him. Blok broke the silence first, jabbing a finger at the still purple faced woman.

"Grrrrbl grrr gun grrrrrrrr"

One didn't need to speak Brislovian to hear how angry Blok sounded. He was more growling like an angry bear than speaking.

"DON'T you DAAAAAARE touch me," Karen hissed back. Once again oblivious to going on's behind her back, she failed to notice Dancing Rasta and Big Bo now on their feet.

"I tink it's best ya went off ta bed, madame. Don't be makin' dis worse or else..."

"OR WHAT? What are YOU going to do. I will have my lawyers sue you to pieces and thrown out on the streets. You beasts! YOU CRIMINALS! YOU..."

"WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?!!!"

Coach stood framed against the lights of the closing elevator doors, looking all the world like an avenging angel haloed by the sunrise. Slightly behind him, the mustachioed manager was took in the scene with a calm but perplexed expression before scurrying over to the front desk and the still pale receptionist.

This time, it was Karen who broke the silence with a loud, hissing inhalation. At first, Dancing Rasta assumed she was about to attack, or worse start yelling again, until he noticed the look of unholy glee on her face.

"FINALLY! The MANAGER!"

She clomped over to Coach, grinning like Skarra after a successful foul. Coach, unfazed, raised an eyebrow at the approaching threat.

"Is there something I can..."

"YES! You WILL be helping me. I expect no less from the manager."

If Coach could have raised an eyebrow any further, he would have, "And what exactly..."

"First of all, your staff is absolutely atrocious. I have had nothing but problems since I walked in the door. You would be wise to fire them all. Secondly, I was promised nothing but the best from the owner himself. By that, I mean that only the very best accommodations which YOU PERSONALLLLLLY shall check me into. I do not trust any of these other simpletons to handle my requests and quite frankly..."

She rambled on and on, never once pausing for a breath or to see if her demands were being met. Behind her back once again, the real manager looked like he wanted to interject, but was busy trying to talk the poor receptionist off a ledge. The rest of the staff were staring at the display with a mixture of apprehension and wonder. Meanwhile, Supa Strikas were staring with growing looks of horror. Nobody, absolutely nobody, ever got away with talking to Coach in such a way. This woman was so completely oblivious to the fact that she was signing her own death warrant.

"...and finally, I want these...these...ADDICTS thrown out immediately."

Everyone froze. Karen still had her back turned, but the Strikas could see Coach's eyes blazing at her words.

"...Excuse me?"

"Are you DEAF? I. WANT. THEM. THROWN. OUT. like the trash they are. I will not tolerate living on premises with such worthless people. If they weren't homeless trash already I would sue them, but that takes too much money. Just get rid of them any way possible thank you."

Silence.

Any other time the Strikas would have been incensed by her words, but she had made the fatal error of saying those words in front of Coach of all people. Coach hadn't moved a muscle during her rant, and the glint from his glasses kept them from reading his expression. It was highly unusual, very highly unusual for him to remain tolerant in such a situation, and the team were internally bracing for an eruption that would put even Karen to shame.

But it never came. Instead Coach did something that had everyone (expect Karen) even more frightened than before.

He smiled.

A small knowing smile that none of the Strikas had seen before. Then, without pause, looked over Karen's shoulder at the team watching with horrified expressions.

"Boys," His tone was soft and calm, and everyone's danger senses were suddenly going haywire, "Why don't you head up to your rooms on the fourth floor. I'll be up shortly after I... handle things here."

Another pause. The hotel staff didn't move. Basic training had never covered what to do in such a scenario. Then, quite gingerly, the team grabbed their bags and edged their way collectively towards the elevators. Distantly they could hear Karen's renewed screeches, but it was mostly drowned out by a white noise of fear. Coach had bravely turned his back on her to watch them go, and the last they saw of him before the elevator doors closed was that unnerving smile.

Nobody spoke on the ride up. They all just stood in silence while the elevator music provided an awkward replacement for the screaming she-devil in the lobby. When the elevators finally dinged open on the fourth floor, nobody was thinking about unpacking. They gathered in the hallway, staring back at the elevators as if expecting something terrible to come bursting out of them.

"I don't vant to go back down zere. I'm scared of what I might see."

"She's completely loco. Do you think Coach...?"

"I don't hear any police sirens...yet"

The converstaions continued until Dancing Rasta decided to break it all up.

"Alright guy. Let's, well, best we just get settled in for now. Nothin' we can do about it for now."

It was like a switch had been flicked, everyone suddenly remembered how tired they were.

"About time too. I'm ready to sleep until next season at this rate."

"Yeah, me too. Hey Shakes, before I forget, what was that thing Blok did to that psycho that freaked her out so much?"

Shakes paused halfway to his room. Behind him, North Shaw was waiting expecantly for his answer, and his silence now had the rest of the team hanging on as well.

"Oh, er, well, you see it's a Brislovian thing," He replied, cheeks heating up with embarrassment. The looks he and Blok were getting made it clear nobody was buying the answer.

"No duh, so is everything else Blok says, no offense big guy. So what made this so funny. C'mon bro I'm gonna up all night thinking about it at this rate."

Shakes tried to back up, but was still mostly surrounded by his teammates.

"Wellllll....Brislovians don't refer to Karens as, well, Karens. They have a way of...insulting somebody who is crazy belligerent in public like that. I read about it from my Brislovian guide on the bus."

Shakes pulled out the little red booklet from his pocket for emphasis. North Shaw was starting to look more and more amused as the reality sank in.

"Wait, so that thing he did was like giving someone the finger in Brislovian?"

"Err, kind of. Yes and no."

"Well what does it means?"

"I really shouldn't say North. It's...kind of colorful, and err, demeaning, and well....HEY!!!"

Dancing Rasta had come up behind Shakes and plucked the booklet out of his hands, then flipped through it to the page Shakes had bookmarked. His eyes went wide in shock and immediately snapped it shut.

"Oh my! Yes, VERY colorful indeed. Shakes, Blok, I do hope the both of ya aren't using dat sort of language in public?"

Shakes had the good grace to try and look offended.

"Whaaaaat? Noooooo, c'mon captain, you know us. We're way more mature then that."

He gave Dancing Rasta a good impression of puppy dog eyes for emphasis.

"Grouble gruzz gurg"

Blok stuck his lip out in an unmistakable pout as well. Together they made for one of the most unconvincing displays Dancing Rasta had ever seen. But he never had time to try chastising them for it.

*ding*

Everyone froze as the elevator doors slid open behind them. Coach stepped out looking pristine. Not a wrinkle in his jacket nor a crease in his tie. The smile was still present but was now more satisfied than sinister. Dusting himself off, he cooly regarded the collection of shocked expressions starting back at him.

"Settling in okay, boys?"

Klaus broke silence first.

"COACH, YOU'RE ALIVE! I mean, you didn't kill anyvon. I mean, is she still...?"

Coach held up a hand to silence the onslaught.

"Everything has been taken care of boys. Why don't you all get unpacked and I'll see you tomorrow for breakfast."

He walked calmly through the assembled Strikas to his room and swiped in, pausing only for a cheerful, "Goodnight." And then he was gone.

Still in the hallway, Blok whimpered something in Brislovian and held up his travel bag in front of him like a shield. Shakes patted him on the shoulder, looking shell shocked.

"Yeah, big guy. Very scary indeed"

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As it turned out, the night one encounter with Karen was the most dynamic thing to happen to Supa Strikas that week. The blizzard raging outside had proven too much for the rest of the Supa League. Rumor had it that the Fortress Stadium was also suffering from frozen pipes and had to be closed down for emergency maintenance. All things considered, being stuck in a rustic hotel for a few days was quite nice.

Of course, the team was still dying to know what transpired between Coach and Karen after they left. Approaching Coach of course was not happening. Nobody was that brave. The hotel staff were being unnaturally quiet about the whole ordeal, out of either fear of awe. Most of them gave up the search after the first few days, though Klaus and El Matador still routinely checked under the lobby couches and tables for bloodstains.

Three days later, a pause in the weather allowed the Strika bus to roll in for emergency evacuation back to Strikaland. Another nine-and-a-half-hour bus ride, followed by another twelve-hour flight back home was not something Shakes was looking forward too. Fortunately, he'd spent the entire day before downloading everything from movies to podcasts to keep him entertained on the ride. As the team filed in, he pulled out one of Spenza's conspiracy playlists (How Technicalli were using cloning technology to win the Supa League) and prepared to bore himself to sleep. That was, until an insistent tapping on his shoulder jerked him out of his stupor.

"Blok? What is it?"

The Brislovian defender was grinning and pointing out the window towards something on the sidewalk. There she was, Karen in all her unholy glory. After a week of listening to Klaus' theories on how Coach could have made her disappear, Shakes was honestly surprised to see her in one piece. Well, mostly one piece. Her hair was a bit of a mess and she clearly had not put any makeup on recently. She was currently turned away from the Strika bus and glaring at the hotel, coffee cup clutched in her claws. Shakes looked back at Blok, the beginnings of a smirk forming.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Blok nodded, and they both took their seats closest to the windows.

A few minutes later, the Strika bus began its departure down the road towards where Karen was standing on the sidewalk. On reflex, she glanced at the large red bus coming her way just in time for two of the occupants to throw open the windows and jointly call at her.

"BYE KAREN!!"

*pbbbbbbbbbbbbt*

The banshee screeches that followed them down the mountain could have been mistaken for a pack of wild Grimm fans. But inside the bus, they were drowned out by the raucous laughter of the men in red.

Hey Supablr. Remember when I said I had no writing schedule? By that I didn't mean I was gonna disappear for three weeks, but between this monstrosity of a short and getting wrapped up in a dozen other drafts, I got overwhelmed. Next one hopefully won't take as long.

Also thinking I might put these on AO3 since this isn't going to be the only long story.

[kit-teung]

bad buddy fandom getting-to-know-you meme ):)

template by @fiercynn, tagged by @hereforlou! this is exciting, thank you so much for tagging me <3

name and whatever you want to share about yourself

i'm (na)tasha, a freelance artist from eastern europe, i really love mountains, lemons, teal colour and when it's hot as hell outside. you might know me from c-drama/novel fandoms - that's what i mostly draw on my main blog (which i'm being weirdly secretive about, but if you want to know the url you can message me about it off anon)

when did you watch bad buddy/join the fandom?

episode 5 was trending on here and a mutual who abandoned tumblr almost completely suddenly came back to reblog like 15 rooftop kiss gifsets in a row, scream in tags and then disappear again which made me go huh. what's all this then. lemme check out the first episode. and then by the time episode 6 aired a few days later i'd been already all caught up (can't remember exactly but since i have a tendency towards binge-watching i have a suspicion i watched all five episodes nearly in one sitting). for some personal reasons i'd rather not get into i never got a chance to create anything back then when it was airing and after, and so here i am finally joining the fandom more than a year later!

favorite ship(s)

(apart from the obvious) 📢📢📢TONGYOD📢📢📢 !!! also i was never big on crossover ships but then our skyy 2 happened and altered my brain chemistry

favorite character(s)

sometimes it's pran, sometimes it's pat. i don't control the part of my brain that decides which one of them to hyperfixate on out of the blue

favorite episode(s)

(again, apart from the obvious) i really love episodes 2-4 where they get to reunite and just hang out with each other. i love you bus stop shenanigans. also episode 11 because i'm a sucker for beach episodes, especially when they are mellow and bittersweet

favorite scene(s)

episode 8 balcony scene my beloved. inkpa darkroom confession scene and the way love's voice was trembling as she was on the verge of crying. also that bit in episode 11 where pat wakes up alone, goes out and sees pran playing the guitar outside and pran turns to greet him and SMILES SO SO BIG ugh my heart is doing somersaults as i'm typing this

one thing you would change about the show if you could

put pat in crop tops. cmon

what are your some of your favorite fanworks made by other people? 

any of the artworks by @thatgothsamurai, but especially this one

any of the artworks by @shikanji, but especially this one

any of the artworks by @hereforlou, but especially this one

any of the artworks by @kornswasianguyswag, but especially this one

this fanvid, the best fanvid ever that i've accidentally stumbled upon when searching up "bad buddy same page" (i think i was looking for the mock trailer lol)

this fic by @oldlace

this fic by @aroceu

and a special shoutout to all the wonderful gifmakers and meta writers, you guys are the real mvps <3

(if you create fanworks) what are your favorite fanworks that you’ve made?

well, i haven't drawn much bbs fanart yet, but from the ones i've done so far i especially love this inkpa

also pls look at this korn i drew in the bbs discord server

a song that makes you think of bbs (the ones in the show don’t count lol)

does same page count if it technically wasn't in the show ah no wait pat sang it in episode 12 damn it ok this one i guess

idk anything else you want us to know?

this show's name in my native language is a pun that i can't explain

unfortunately i don't really know anyone in this fandom yet (unless.. @aroceu have you done this thing?), so i'm not tagging anyone, but if you're reading this and you really want to do this, you can say i tagged you!

[kirklandsheartsecrets]

What would it be like for the brothers if their partner has a dangerous job that they're heavily dedicated to? Like that occult detective one that I came across, Arthur knows she's capable since she's smart and knows how to fight with or without magic. But she's still human and her fights are against supernatural beings, and maybe there was this one incident where she went missing for a month because she banished a monster along with herself because she needed to push it down inside the portal. She came back, but she looked roughed up after spending a whole month in another realm and probably took her time to get home.

UK brothers x reader II reader with a dangerous job II headcanons

England

as you described it, he knows its fine

however he also keeps in mind that you're only human

no matter what abilities you have

death is still possible

overthinker kind

he needs updates

at least 2 a day

so a whole month with no sign ?

The whole government is looking for you

will scold

scold loudly im sorry

doesn't mean he doesn't understand your job

he actually understands it better than anyone

won't tell you to be careful

but will look for a solution for keeping in touch if that happens

quite surprised by the roughed up appearance

doesn't make jokes about it

he is a serious man

also he wants to be involved too

your dedication is his dedication

wales

worried about it on a deeper level

but

acts like a sociopath about it

it's like he choose to be disconnected about this part of your life

knows your'e your own individual

so he doesn't try to change your mind over it

you wanna die ?

OK

next question please

when you come back after this month

he almost ignores you

sociopath about it but also doesn't want to bother you ??

help him

does wonders how you'll die to be honest

Northern ireland

admirative

wants to be involved so bad

but does tries to give you other job ideas

you have to travel a lot, in our world but other universes

tries to keep you in the UK

''You know, monsters do exist in the UK, don't you take care of these''

the only monster you'll catch there is kids at the back of the bus

dedicated in your job ?

He is dedicated on trying to keep you home in the morning

does a really great job on it

but you still have to go and often unexpectedly

no life signals for one month

asking england for help

starts worrying deadly after a week

when you come back he is literally crying

will never get used to your dangerous job

needs a lot of reassurance about it

ireland

doesn't take this seriously

but in a dangerous way

do not wait until it's too late for him to realise

so it needs a proper talk just the two of you

supports you anyways in this job you're doing

but wouldn't want to be involved either

immortal but it's too much for him

thinks you're smart so you'll be fine

that's not how it works Sean

sees it as military kind of dangerous

no matter how hard you tried to explain he is taking this too lightly

but he prays for you often

owns many good luck charms of all kinds that he shares to you

when you were gone for a whole month

he wasn't worried

he was just curious

the longer you leave

the more you'll have to tell him

needs a wake up call, coming back roughly after one month isn't enough for him

sadly

scotland

lord above

what the fuck were you thinking

wasn't there another way to push it in the portal ?

You're smarter than this [NAME]

literally the think [NAME] THINK ! Meme

not calm about this whole dangeorus job situation

keeps reminding you your mortal condition

asks if he can do the job for you

you came back to a really angry scotland

you were of course exhausted but this was not what you expected

):<

angry scotland waiting for you everyday at the door

started worrying after 4 days

but that's because he really loves you

he tries to cherish every moment with you

call him selfish but he doesn't want you to die because of this job

even if it was for honor

[mal-zoya]

Honestly tho, watching ep 7 and seeing Viserys continuously defending and denying Rhaenyra's wrongs even when they (her bastard sons with Harwin) are right in his face. I can also think of another valid reason as to why Criston Cole would defect to Alicent.

If Rhaenyra wanted to torture Aemmond simply for saying the truth, and Viserys would have gladly condoned it. I can only imagine what would happen to Criston if he got Rhaenyra pregnant and people found out he not only broke his vows but sired bastards with the crown princess as well. His entire existance at that time depends entirely on him having Rhaenyra's favor, so Criston doesn't really have anyone in his corner who he can trust to protect him unlike Rhaenyra with Viserys.

And also judging by Rhaenyra's to a young boy's, her half-brother no less, suggestion that her sons are bastards, one does wonder what her response would be if Criston Cole had rejected her advances more firmly/harshly? One also wonders what her response would be if someone finds out he slept with her? Would she had protected him or would she had thrown him under the bus to protect herself?

i gotta say, i don't think viserys would condone aemond tortured, and i will even give rhaenyra the benefit of the doubt, because when she said "sharply questioned" in her mind, i don't think she meant tortured. book!rhaenyra who said it originally - that's another story...

well, criston, he thinks he is the white knight, right. rhaenyra called him that and in his mind, that's exactly what he is. so when she came to him, he complied, the power imbalance was questionable but that's not the problem here. later when he asked her to run away with him, i think he convinced himself that he is in love with her, she is in love with him, she will leave everything for him and it will be solution to his broken vows ("love is the death of duty" *coughs*) but she said 'no' and everything shattered for him. certain people made memes of the "so you want me to be your whore" comparing him to daemon and harwin that they would "gladly" take it and he is just whimp - you know, not everyone wants to be someones side piece, let's be real here.

so, again, in his mind he was rhaenyra's white knight, that they will live simple life, but full of love, he will protect her and her response was basically "no, i choose power" - and he couldn't take it, and on top of that he imagined what that would cost him, and it almost did, alicent could just throw him to wolves and that, i believe did it. alicent saved him twice. while rhaenyra got married, didn't care what happened to him and got another boyfriend in 10 minutes. and also he lost him shit with joffrey.

everything bad that happened to him - breaking his vows, losing his composure, begging her and her refusal, killing joffrey, had something to do with rhaenyra. everything good - restoring his vows, the friendship, the reassurance, someone standing up for him, that was alicent.

so i don't think that his loyalty to alicent is weird, it makes perfect sense. same as his bitterness towards rhaenyra.

[sugarsh0ts]

in case anyone’s still wondering if the kids are alright, this high schooler on my bus cut class today to make Dark Souls memes out of photos of people she doesn’t like

[pontevoix]

shirabu & goshiki

ship meme | @pridewon​ in conversation with this post

Who cooks meals for the other?

goshiki is considerate. goshiki is too kind for his own good apparently & he’s learned to predict shirabu’s energy levels & schedules even while there’s a layer of unpredictability in goshiki’s own schedule. it’s a good thing, shirabu thinks, at 2:00 in the morning when he picks at some of the mackerel with miso on his plate. because shirabu’s own cooking is unreliable & when he’s particularly caught up in his own mind . . . he’s prone to making less healthy meals. quick, easy, & salty —- those are his standards. that or . . . rice with eggs & salad. but shirabu can’t play that game with goshiki. he hasn’t said it aloud (in exact words), but he does care for goshiki’s professional career. he’s invested, so on the days he’s feeling proactive he has spoken to a classmate studying nutrition & then wondered if he should ask someone professional & then demands goshiki get recipes from a nutritionist associated with his team. shirabu tries to cook those things when it’s his turn to cook. when both goshiki & shirabu are caught in a hectic schedule though? it’s a lost cause. they resort to unseasoned batches of food more often than they’d care to admit.

Who spams the other with memes?

for the record, shirabu does not try to boost his own ego by sending memes that goshiki doesn’t fully understand or think of as funny. for the most part, he actually doesn’t question anyone else will find them funny at all. he usually sees memes when he tries to navigate app windows with one thumb when his mouth is half-crammed with lunch or when he’s midsip of coffee or when he’s on the bus. if he thinks it’s funny , then it’s worth being shared with even the most . . . minimally typed enthusiasm ever. that being said, he does find it funny when goshiki just either reacts with a “!!” or a thumbs up because then he does realize his mistake & he doesn’t regret it. sometimes if shirabu laughs, he doesn’t need someone to laugh with him. he just wants to share his amusement.

shirabu meanwhile does understand the memes that goshiki sends him & he doesn’t really laugh. sometimes he just thumbs down reacts but accidentally heart-reacts the explanation gives & then follows up with a text “lol.” that being said, he likes getting memes from goshiki. even if he thinks they are literally… the worst made jokes in the world.

Who likes to tidy around the house?

neither of them likes tidying, but they are both used to cleaning ritually. on most days, shirabu usually tidies first thing in the morning, so the mess sorta . . . accumulates until goshiki does his ritual round of the apartment to tidy up here & there. they rotate taking turns doing deep cleans of the bathroom because they’ve both seen too much hell in communal bathrooms, but the way it shakes out? goshiki does the cleaning that makes a visible difference in the day to day. shirabu handles the cleaning that accumulates — dishes, laundry, sweeping, taking out the trash. & then shirabu goes hypermeticulous & decides it’s time to deep clean if he wants to get his act together —- it’s lucky when those days overlap with goshiki’s busy periods, & otherwise they just give goshiki a bit of a break. that being said, they do go through messy periods together & when one notices that the other has finally started a clean up . . . it’s time to join in. it’s a bit of an unspoken ritual, & shirabu makes tea for them after they finish a joint cleaning session. they take their tea while watching tv, & shirabu ends up tangling ankles with goshiki.

Who likes to play pranks on the other?

neither plays pranks. goshiki thinks that shirabu is capable of unspeakable acts of retribution. shirabu also think that he is capable of unspeakable acts of retribution, but none of that is really predictable. all they know is that shirabu without doing anything or saying anything is capable of making the energy in a room . . . so . . . tense that both of them feel as though they’re working on electrical wires. shirabu is very proud of this. goshiki is very confused by this. that being said, shirabu doesn’t actually prank goshiki. if he accidentally flusters goshiki with a question or a topic ( ‘ wasn’t it your mom’s birthday yesterday? ‘ or ‘ you told ____ you’d bring a plus one to the wedding last week ‘ ), he lets goshiki sweat it out & then genuinely laughs. goshiki always complains a little, but that’s because there are worse things.

Who asked the other to move in with them?

so in answer to your own response: shirabu without a doubt does actively try to find his own place after 6 months - 1 year when he goes through another phase of “i need to get my act together,” & until they have something articulated, he’s in this mindset of “i need to move on; i need to be my own . . . my own (blank). ‘ so moving out sounds so tactical & purposeful. if they have an articulated relationship, then it’s a whole freaking mess because shirabu can’t plan or justify moving out unless they have some sort of problem and & he keeps laying out “roommate vs partner” guidelines so that they maintain a distance. also within that world . . . he may see potential conflicts of rooming logistics if/when goshiki is doing a lot of traveling matches — he’s not sure it’s a problem if he ends up commandeering too much of the apartment when goshiki is gone. shirabu is susceptible to shame. the way he moves in ( discretely ) makes him jittery until they talk about it.

Who is in charge of the music during a car ride?

lmao they do the coin flip or no music compromise regardless of who is driving. shirabu doesn’t keep a car in the city, but in the scenarios he has a car . . . he lets goshiki drive often, & he prefers being the passenger. he doesn’t know why, & he thinks it’s dumb . . . but honestly? he just likes forms of transit where he isn’t responsible &/or behind a wheel. that being said, if the traffic is bad or if it’s a longer ride . . . shirabu will propose a podcast as a compromise after fifteen minutes of silence. it not really a compromise because both of them are bristling ( & a little blue ) after a 15 minute news update, & they debate what to listen to next if anything. it turns into listening to a radio update about the baseball teams, which neither of them are invested in.

Who is more likely to tickle the other mercilessly?

1 ) here’s the fun thing. the extremely fun thing. shirabu is ticklish. not terribly, but being tickled beneath his jaw makes him shrug his shoulders up & turn his face. he doesn’t break composure, & there’s not an audible laugh or shout or anything. but without fail, he always ends up squeezing his eyes shut & scrunching his face. to shirabu, it feels like he’s making a sneezing face. he’d rather that no one know this about him but . . . oops! 

2 ) shirabu tickles goshiki, but it’s largely incidental. most of the time it’s little jabs & pokes to the ribs to get goshiki’s attention / get him to focus / guide him to something or / to annoy him. other times . . . shirabu grew up with younger siblings who are bad with boundaries & then with the familiarity of teammates. when he’s comfortable or not hyperfocused, he is a bit more tactile. not wildly so, but he might wind up drumming his fingers against goshiki’s arm or knee if he’s nearby & if he’s trying to say something. he might wind up wiggling his toes beneath goshiki’s leg if he’s trying to hog more of the couch. he might blow a stream of air against the back of goshiki’s neck to make him jolt. no one can say that shirabu doesn’t have fun.

Who needs to hold the other during scary movies?

again, shirabu is accidentally tactile in ways he doesn’t notice. for most any other netflix binge or movie night . . . he does tend to have some form of contact with his couchmate. touching elbows, legs outstretched on the couch, etc. of course, shirabu is entirely unfazed by scary movies & actually finds rom-coms/comedy films more frightening than horror films. that said, shirabu winds up sitting pretty compactly in the corner of the couch for comedy movies. for scary movies, he . . . notices goshiki’s tendency to hold onto a pillow & the way his spine is ramrod straight. he notices goshiki sometimes inches closer, & shirabu doesn’t really make it easier for him. neither of them really subscribe to the “clinging when afraid” mentality, & shirabu doesn’t expect it from goshiki. however . . . he is semi-curious to see if goshiki will initiate contact. it’s kind of a challenge?

Who has to help the other when it comes to technology?

for any technology that’s actually complicated or accidentally complicated ( the washing machine they bought works the opposite way of what any rational person would expect ! ) . . . they refuse to read the instructions. shirabu says his eyes are too tired to try to read something he shouldn’t have to read, & goshiki just kinda forgets that the instructions exist. they tackle a technology problem in a frenzy for 30 minutes before giving up, taking a breather, & then returning to the task at hand. they’re always much more efficient at their second attempt.

that aside, they have . . . really weird social media. idk why i’m continually blending technology with social media but it needs to be said — goshiki has a professional social media page & then a really private personal that’s full pictures that he thinks are cool but really seem like shitposts with friends. goshiki sometimes hears shirabu laugh aloud in a different room when shirabu stumbles across one of goshiki’s recent social media posts. meanwhile, shirabu’s social media is simultaneously . . . awful & goshiki doesn’t understand it & it’s very clean. shirabu goes through a phase about twice a year where he deletes all of his old posts & so there’s only about six posts at a time & they’re really impersonal —- he’ll post a picture of something he’s doing with friends where either he’s not looking at the camera or he’s not in the picture & he’ll caption it with the date & the activity. goshiki tags him in pictures where shirabu’s actually smiling though, so he doesn’t look exactly like a bot.

also, shirabu is really bad at texting. he often leaves things on read or really just responds with a voice memo lmao. it backfires on him with goshiki if shirabu recorded the voice memo half asleep.

Who likes to get a bit frisky in public / an inappropriate setting?

both of them veto that. it’s never even been a conversation, but neither of them think it would be fun for themselves or for the other. privacy is a concern, & consequences are a concern. & even with that, pda has never really been shirabu’s thing — which is not to say that (in an appropriate setting) he doesn’t do … affectionate things without thinking, it just can’t really be called to attention because then he’ll start thinking about it. but that aside although frisky behavior is vetoed in public settings —- there are days / moments / special scenarios where they might be at a public place & shirabu will just decide that he’d much prefer if they were alone. sometimes, he communicates this by stepping on goshiki’s toes a little —- goshiki does not really translate this lmao. other times, he might send a text to goshiki that really says says something like “time to go” followed by a “lol.” & again, this isn’t always about the frisk — there are moments when ( in public, but sufficiently alone ), shirabu just tips his head against goshiki for a second and calls it a day.

Who wakes up first, and do they wake up the other or let them rest?

goshiki is more regular about his sleep schedule than shirabu, but it’s really dependent on his calendar. as i’ve talk about before, shirabu kinda rotates how his schedule works throughout the month. they have about a week every month where their sleep schedules pretty much overlap, but beyond that? they work it out day by day — goshiki texts to find out the answer, shirabu sends sometimes voice memos, or periodically tries to share his calendar with goshiki so that he can prompt goshiki to share his too. however, goshiki’s calendar is not . . . entirely helpful because goshiki usually writes his schedule out by hand somewhere.they are firm believers that one person’s being awake does not mean that both of them have to be awake. but they do sorta try to be each other’s alarm clocks on days where it’s possible. this is partially to try to thwart the ceremony of repeatedly hitting the snooze button . . . but also it’s just ( sometimes ) nicer to wake up to a person. not that either of them are particularly gentle at all about waking the other up. shirabu ranges from tossing a pillow at goshiki to get him up, tapping the bottoms of his feet, laying next to him &/or threatening to throw out goshiki’s lunch if he doesn’t get up.

Who is always taking pictures of the other when they aren’t looking?

goshiki’s out here thinking he’s mighty sly. shirabu tells goshiki that he’s got eyes on the back of his head & knows when goshiki’s camera is out. it’s not always true —- goshiki probably has the most terrible pictures of shirabu of anyone . . . but he also probably has some of the best pictures of shirabu. meanwhile, shirabu is the opposite. he’s really good at sneaking pictures because sometimes he’ll act like he’s narrating a voice memo text or something while he does it —- goshiki will periodically find pictures of himself on shirabu’s phone that he has no recollection of. they’re usually decent pictures, too, which surprises him because he only sees shirabu take out his camera when goshiki’s doing something embarrassing.

Who always forgets their wallet and never ends up paying for anything?

lmAO the truth comes out. goshiki forgets his wallet frequently, & shirabu used that as justification for how slowly he eased into paying rent. that aside, he likes paying for goshiki sometimes anyway — shirabu’s pretty good with budgeting money. he’s always kept an eye on what he owes & his bills . . . but he’s also not afraid to spend. so while he makes sure that he pays what he owes, he sometimes gets a bit confused when goshiki tries to pay him back for something in cash.

Who can’t sleep because the other snores or moves too much at night?

goshiki’s snoring has woken shirabu up —- & shirabu doesn’t actually snore or move around too much in his sleep, but he does steal the blankets. this is something he denies, but get used to having some cold feet, goshiki. besides that, shirabu only really calls out goshiki for snoring if it’s particularly loud on a given night. otherwise . . . he doesn’t actually mind it. but there are days when shirabu wakes goshiki up for snoring & neither of them are sleep & goshiki tries to get a second blanket in the meantime &

shirabu ends up hogging that one too. then he presses cold feet against goshiki’s calves as goshiki starts to complain.

Who is better at video games, and do they let the other win or show no mercy?

so here’s the thing — they don’t play against each other at video games often, but they both backseat drive for one another while the other plays. one can be sitting there, knee deep in an intense & difficult part of a game, & the other is sitting with a snack giving recommendations for literally no reason & watching pretty intensely. though they don’t play against one another, they’re both pretty competitive when they do play games, so they get invested no matter who’s playing. in co-op games, they coordinate magnificently though verbally they never sound like they’re agreeing on anything. if goshiki starts to tell shirabu to do something, too, shirabu’s already doing it & vice versa. again, they’re really competitive about it & feel smugly triumphant at their success. but after one or two successes, they’re ready to call it quits for the night because they each sit there, pointing at the other, saying can you believe the nerve of this guy?

Who always gets up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and accidentally wakes up the other?

lmao shirabu’s slightly convinced goshiki sleeptalks because of the number of times goshiki 1) has started to ask if things are okay when accidentally woken by shirabu & 2) then has immediately fallen back asleep. shirabu does always apologize for waking goshiki, though . . . & goshiki never hears. at this point, if he’s feeling particularly sheepish, shirabu will drag the blanket (that he previously stole) back over goshiki & figure that goshiki must have kicked the blankets off in the night.

[awlwren]

I posted 3,146 times in 2022

That's 2,181 more posts than 2021!

8 posts created (0%)

3,138 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@possiblythreefourthspeahen

@tanoraqui

@exlibrisfangirl

@garbria

@uenaina

I tagged 3,146 of my posts in 2022

#funny - 606 posts

#art - 505 posts

#indeed - 459 posts

#everyday life - 434 posts

#animals - 380 posts

#accurate - 358 posts

#speculative fiction - 350 posts

#second time’s the charm - 334 posts

#ffxv - 314 posts

#nature - 267 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#like what is your relationship like with your parent/uncle/whatever when you’re a a couple centuries younger but you’re all millennia old

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

5 Most Recent Songs Ask Meme

I was tagged by @exlibrisfangirl Thanks! Sorry it’s taken so long.

In the Shadows by Beyond the Black

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

Mama Tried by Merle Haggard

Breathe/2 a.m. by Anna Nalick

Bones in the Ocean by The Longest Johns (performed by Paul from LLR/Desert Bus)

Tagging… @exlibrisfangirl again, @shieldmaidenofsherwood, @garbria, @whumpwriterforlife, @meissashush, @starjunco, @whostarlockeda03, @noirbriar and anyone else who would like to try.

2 notes - Posted December 3, 2022

#4

Fandom: Final Fantasy XV Rating: Teen & Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationship: Titus Drautos | Glauca & Nyx Ulric Characters: Titus Drautos | General Glauca, Nyx Ulric, Original Niflheim Character(s) Additional Tags: Screams from Across the Hall, Medical Torture, Science Experiments, Starscourge, Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment, Scheming

Summary:

Titus was annoyed. Annoyed with this whole situation, with the rattle of the airships, with the buzzing under his skin pushing him to do something. Fight. Unfortunately, he hadn't found a good opening just yet. In which Titus gets to learn a bit more about who organized the "rescue" and what they want. It's just about as fun as he expected and all too familiar in the worst ways. And some new ones. Drautos PoV for Whumpwriterforlife's "Starving for Truth" Whumptober Day 6: Screams from Across the Hall

5 notes - Posted October 7, 2022

#3

Song URL Tag Game

Rules: Spell your URL with songs, and then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL.

I was tagged by @exlibrisfangirl - thanks! It was fun. ^_^ I hope your pain continues to abate.

A - All God’s Critters (A Place in the Choir) written by Bill Staines

W - Who Needs Sleep by Barenaked Ladies

L - Lullabye (Goodnight, my Angel) by Billy Joel

W - What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

R - (Rice in the Microwave) It’s a Great Day to Be Alive* by Travis Tritt

E - Edelwiess from Sound of Music by Rogers & Hammerstein

N - Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers

*this would seem to be cheating, but this song is exclusively referred to as the Rice in the Microwave Song among my household (we call/text each other whenever we hear it) and I actively have to look up what the actual name is so I say it counts.

Tagging: @garbria, @shieldmaidenofsherwood, @glaivewaffle (see the pity I took on you?), @whostarlockeda03, @starjunco, @newlyorange, and, at your convenience, @sanzochan.

5 notes - Posted January 4, 2022

#2

Poor little meow meow and eeby deeby for FFXV for the ask meme?

*squints* You’re fishing for a specific answer here, I can feel it.

Eeby Deeby: Once this would have been Drautos, but having to write him so much has reluctantly made me slightly more sympathetic to him and move him out of this category. I’ll go with Verstael Besithia instead. Man chose evil scientist as his personality and went all in. Each one of those clones deserve to get their satisfaction from him, and all the citizens of Niflheim that fell to the “vanishing disease” and all the citizens of Lucis to MTs. And probably more.

Poor Little Meow Meow: Drautos has not quite earned this spot yet either, despite your hopes. :P He is in limbo. This one was much harder; I’m not as familiar with the whole cast as I should be. Maybe the astrals? I like pondering blue/orange morality, and where they might have come from, I guess. But I don’t care enough to write about them specifically yet. Let’s go with the Lucii. Yes, they are assholes, and cause a hell of a lot of collateral damage, but it’s interesting to think about how much they are slaves of destiny as well, a destiny they knew they wouldn’t live to see, and what it must be like to be stuck inside the ring/statues of the old wall for so long. They can be my “faves” in that I‘d probably enjoy writing about them, even if I think they need some perspective. (And maybe freedom)

6 notes - Posted February 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Favorite Character from 10 Fandoms

I was tagged by @shieldmaidenofsherwood and @exlibrisfangirl. Thanks for thinking of me! No thanks for making me make decisions. :(

Rules: List your favorite character from 10 different fandoms and then tag 10 people.

Rather than try to actually chose, I'm just going to do the last 10 characters I used their tag to find fic for on Ao3, from most recent to least.

Nyx Ulric from Kingsglaive/Final Fantasy XV. RIP to your feeds; this man has captured my attention for almost a full year now. Wow. He is trying so hard to save his friends in spite of everything, but also isn't afraid to chew people out who need to hear it. There are so many blanks to fill in, too.

Elrond Peredhil from the Hobbit/LotR/Silmarillion. A very old, but enduring fave from back when my dad read the Hobbit to me when I was eight or so and started my love for Tolkien. He was wise and smart and helpful, and gave people shelter. Instant fave. Nice to see him getting some more love lately!

Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan from the Vorkosigan Saga. All you people here on tumblr made me decide to start the series and I adored her and her husband and so was very disappointed to see less of them as the series shifted to their son, not that he isn't fantastic! But I've always had a weakness for the previous generation, so this is nothing new.

Luke Skywalker from Star Wars, my original blorbo, as the children say. I got introduced to Star Wars when I was six and it has been an obsession ever since. What can I say, I am basic and weak for main characters. I was heavy into the EU and so I started to draw away when Episode II came out and I could see it killing itself trying to cope with contradictions, but Luke, with such a burden always trying will always be a favorite. 4b. Mara Jade also has gotten a character tag search, but she is in the same fandom so she doesn't get her own number. But don't neglect her!

Jason Todd from Batman comics. I fell sideways into this fandom through an old mutual who loved him, and since that's how I came into the fandom I have stuck with him. I tend to latch onto a character and stay loyal, so here I am, through some very bizarre characterization and storyline choices, having learned from this man and fandom how to pick and chose fanon and canon very harshly. Definitely a character that when written well is very very good, and when written badly (or how I don't like) is horrid. 5b. This is basically a (hopefully more mature) carbon copy of how I got into BtVS through a friend obsessed with Spike.

Clark Kent from Superman comics/shows (yes this counts as separate fandoms). Another oldie. My grandparents had the 1940s cartoons as some of the few brother-approved VHS tapes they had, so I watched a lot of it, and then STAS came out and I was hooked. What can I say, I love characters who always try so hard to be the best they can be, and the reminder that even the Man of Tomorrow, for all his powers, can't do everything.

Meliara Astiar and Vidanric Renselaus from Crown & Court Duel by Sherwood Smith. Yes, both of them, shut up. I got on a nostalgia kick and they have a few excellent fics on Ao3. Ultimate culture clash, all the tropes and they make it work.

Trafalgar Law from One Piece. (No, I am not caught up and will not be until Wano is done.) He...he also tries so hard but in a different way. He tries to be serious in Luffy's world and it never works and it's great. Trash man trying to be creepy and trying so hard. And he's genuinely badass, he just cares too much and it cracks me up. And then his backstory breaks my heart.

Eve Baird from The Librarians (tv show). Mama Baird knows what she wants and knows her skills and is doing all she can to protect her idiot Librarian and equally chaotic LITs, but isn't afraid to admit when she needs to learn from them as well.

Alberich from Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey. Another nostalgia lookup, with even less fic. I like mentors, okay? I like older people learning and teaching and I always have, even when I was young. I actually haven't read much of this series, but I got his two books and enjoyed them, and didn't do much with the rest.

I'm going to chose to interpret the lack of women on this list as a critique of the books I read and not solely of me myself. But it's a good trend to see as I try to figure out what to procrastinate by reading next. (as is the appalling lack of explicit POC. Ouch.)

Again, these are the most recent character tag searches I've done on Ao3, not my top 10 characters, because this took less decisions, honestly.

Absolutely no-pressure tagging of @garbria, @whumpwriterforlife, @starjunco, @sanzochan, @whostarlockeda03, @noirbriar, @newlyorange, and @maychorian, along with anyone else who wants to go. I would love to get more character reccs, honestly. It's gotten me started on two series that I've enjoyed but haven't gotten far enough in to seek out fic yet for risk of spoilers. ^_^

10 notes - Posted April 10, 2022

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[back-to-louis]

Hi! I’m new here and am solo Louis fan. I don’t have opinions on his personal life/ sexuality bc quite frankly, I don’t give a fuck. I just take his word for everything, and I also don’t stan 1d or Harry at all so I have no wish to care about outdated theories 😭

I wanted to know, do u think Louis will ever free himself from having such a large portion of his fan base be so weirdly obsessed with his personal life? I know someone who went to a FITF listening party and (minor spoiler) she said the album is gonna go off and it’s gonna be very poppunk/ upbeat indie so obviously that will draw in some normal ppl, but I wonder if Louis will ever free himself from ppl like doll lady and the larries who have said the most vile shit about his son and disturbed his peace by singing Harry’s song outside his tour bus while he was napping. Like I wonder if they’ll ever just leave the fandom bc I am personally counting down the days until they do. They think being an oopsie dad makes Louis a villain (which is so strange like most kids aren’t planned 😭) even though he constantly proves that he’s wonderful. And the way they treat women is just… abnormal. I really hope they give it up soon bc it’s been a whole decade like MOVE ON

Heya, welcome and thanks for your message and I'm sorry for the late reply!

I think that unfortunately Louis will always have (possibly a majority of) CTs and other hater "stans" as part of his fandom in part because CTs don't ever really fully die (even when larries say they hate being here, they can't stop being here because the validation they require can only be acquired in the CT spaces), and in part because the nature of social media spaces these days encourages engagement at the cost of community. The controversies and bad "hot takes" and memeing and mobbing drives engagement in these spaces which makes it easy for people to stay whether or not they enjoy the source material (or the source creators!)

I think the question is more whether this all translates to album sales/streams or butts in seats at concerts, and... I don't know. I used to worry more about this with LT1, but as for now I am at a sort of peace that a certain number of CT/haters will always buy tickets and travel because they need to feel they're doing a communication with "Larry" at all times, and they won't give that up. I've seen that they don't have an impact on how Louis performs, interacts, talks about or goes about his life, so... I guess my take now is that I hope they keep paying his bills!

I think next tour will give a better picture of that. Freddie will be seven (!), Harry will have been in two movies and will likely still be with Olivia. I'd say anyone who is still around in 2023 is probably never leaving lol.

[pocasu]

dear diary today i got mad about people memeifying squid game again

[shotgun-cake]

Bake Sale Ficlet 👀✨✨✨

Please

Funny YOU should ask, when it's a ficlet based on one of your prompts from forever ago. The "milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" prompt.

It's been stalling me a lil bit 🥤

'Bake sale' ficlet:

“Where are all our starving customers?”, Mónica whines, putting the near liquid chocolate fondant back into the cooler. “Band practice and drama club are supposed to be over by now.”

“Dress rehearsal for Romeo and Juliet was today, that's probably why drama club is running late,” Martín blurts out.

A bit too fast, judging by Mónica's raised eyebrow.

“You know, cause the play is this weekend!”, Martín explains, defensively, doing his best 'it's not weird that I know that' face. “They said it over the speaker this morning. If you'd paid attention instead of making out with your ding dong!”

“Hey, I'm helping you guys out!”, Denver protests, proudly waving his pitcher of lemonade. “Not cool, man.”

Mónica glares daggers at Martín, and he makes a mental note not to insult her boyfriend's intelligence again. Not in front of her, anyway.

[linawritestwst]

Hello again! Your last request was absolutely perfect? Do you think you could possibly do the dorm leaders with a similar shy/awkward s/o when you have the time? Thank you so, so much! Your writings are so cute! ♡

dorm leaders with a shy and awkward s/o headcanons (gn!reader)

° 𐐪𐑂 ♡ 𐐪𐑂 ₒ 𐐪𐑂 ♡ 𐐪𐑂 °

warning: mentions of bullying

i'm glad that you liked what i wrote that time!! <3 i hope you like these headcanons too!

riddle rosehearts.

♡ he doesn't really understand why you act like this. but you most likely have a reason for it, right? he really hopes that you're so shy not because someone in nrc made fun of you or hurt you, because that student will lose their head right when riddle finds out about it.

♡ riddle is always very proud of you when you stand up for yourself or you gather courage to speak your mind. even if those are baby steps, they are still steps, you're making progress! he would also be very protective of you, if anyone looks at you even in a slightly wrong way, riddle will make that person regret it.

♡ riddle tries very hard to help you with your confidence. you're a heartslabyul dorm leader's s/o, you should act like a king/queen/ruler you are! there will be soft and sweet moments like when riddle suddenly hugs you (in a kind of awkward way, but he's trying his best!!) and says: "you're okay. you're an amazing and a talented person, i'm so happy to have you as my partner. i just wish you could see yourself the way i see you."

leona kingscholar.

♡ .. why? why are you like this? why are you so shy and quiet all the time? can't you speak properly at least once, without leona having to ask you to repeat what you said? it's not like he dislikes it or anything, he thinks your shy personality is very cute (it's very fun to tease you), but still.. you're so much better than most nrc students, act more confident, will you?

♡ as mentioned before, leona likes to tease you and watch your face become more and more red. he thinks the way you become embarrassed so easily is cute and he likes to surprise you with sudden kisses. but if you say that you're not comfortable with it, he'll understand. in fact, he will be proud of you for saying that, because you're making progress and you're setting boundaries.

♡ like riddle, he's also a protective boyfriend. but if with riddle it's obvious, then leona suddenly standing next to you and putting his hand on your shoulder when someone says something bad about you can be quite unexpected. but he's got your back, he will make your bullies pay for even looking at his s/o.

azul ashengrotto.

♡ the way you act reminds him a lot about his younger self. so yes, he looks at you and he's like that one ramsey meme. "oh dear, oh dear, gorgeous." azul will make leech twins follow you around when he's busy so that he could be sure that you're protected and that no one will hurt you. and no one does, not with jade and floyd by your side.

♡ he genuinely wants to help you become more confident. no deals, no contracts, simply actual help from your boyfriend. if you have any problems, please let him know, he will support you and will do anything he can to help you.

♡ no one will treat you the same way he was bullied when he was a child. if someone is brave (and stupid) enough to do it, OH WELL, they're about to find out what happens when you mess with octavinelle dorm leader's s/o. but he won't let you find out what happened, because you're too kind and you'd say that you don't want your bullies to suffer. that's very sweet of you, but azul is just giving those people what they deserve.

kalim al-asim.

♡ like leona, he doesn't really get why you're so shy. you're such a wonderful person, you have nothing to be shy about! but he understands that all people are different and he just needs to accept your personality!

♡ if you don't feel so good during one of his parties, he will immediately go with you to a more quiet place. yes, he likes parties and he likes when there's many people around, but if you feel overwhelmed, he will understand it and try to calm you down. if you say that it's your fault for "ruining his party" and "he should go and have fun with others", he will smile, shake his head and say that you didn't do anything wrong. you're just different and that's okay!

♡ if you say "sorry" too much and say that you're awkward, he will remind you that the way you express yourself is valid and you don't have to apologize for it. he fell in love with you exactly because of your personality and who you are, why should you apologize for it?

vil schoenheit.

♡ to others, it may look like he's annoyed with your behavior, but he's actually just worried about you. he wants you to understand how beautiful and precious you are, so he will remind you about it as often as he can. whenever you're about to apologize for the way you're acting, he stops you and says that he doesn't think that you being shy is a bad thing, but you should really do something with your self-esteem.

♡ and he would love to help you with it! he praises you, he says how wonderful you look today and he wants you to remember your self-worth. he may get a bit strict with you, but he just!! cares about you!! a lot!!

♡ when you manage to do something despite your shyness and awkwardness, he smiles proudly and kisses your forehead, saying that you've done well. he loves you, but he also wants you to love yourself and he's sure that you can eventually learn to do just that.

idia shroud.

♡ HE FEELS YOU. YOU TWO ARE THE SAME. won't force you to socialize and become more assertive at all, if you want to stay in with him, he's totally fine with that! he would love it actually! you two don't need other people to have fun, it can just be you and him playing games and watching anime together!

♡ doesn't think that you need to change anything about your personality at all, you're perfect just the way you are! he loves you with your shy personality and awkwardness and all of your little quirks. he loves his introvert s/o and he will never force you to spend time outside if you don't want to!.. ah, you actually want to go outside with him? w-well, about that..

♡ but if anyone thinks that you should change and says something bad about your personality, idia already has their ip, he already hacked all of their social media and he's about to make them pay for their words. and after he's finished, you two can talk about the new chapter of your favorite manga!

malleus draconia.

♡ he finds your shy personality adorable and he doesn't get why you and other people think that you're awkward. he doesn't think there's anything bad with the way you act, but he'd love to know more about you. he hopes he will hear more about your interests and passions one day.

♡ also you both can bond over some of your personality traits! malleus doesn't really know how to socialize properly too, so maybe you two can learn to get better at it together! lilia also thinks you two are cute and he supports your relationship.

♡ malleus loves when you actually say your opinion or say what's on your mind, even though you're his s/o, you're still a mystery to him. though maybe it's only right for you to be like that, i mean, it's not like you know all of his secrets. he wants to understand you better and he hopes you'll be able to open up to him.

[familyfriendlyweed]

makeup sessions (karl jacobs x fem reader)

a/n : hi! this is my first tumblr post. i have written stuff on wattpad in the past, but it’s still quite new to me, so please be nice :]] i accept positive critism and advice, as that most definitely will help me grow as a writer!

 Y/n let out something between a squeal and a scream at the same time when she saw Karl's tweet. her face was beat red and her lips couldn't help but curl into the stupidest grin ever.

the tweet read :

hey @) y/nhasursocks wanna do my makeup at my stream today :]]

 it was the simplest tweet, yet it meant so much to the girl. Karl and Y/n were always really good friends, they often streamed minecraft together, but never in a million years did he yet ask her to be in his stream in real life.

 Y/n picked up the phone with trembling hands, already seeing a bunch of likes, comments and retweets to Karl's tweet. before answering, she got curious to know what the people say. cautiously opening the comments section, the girl scanned it through with her eyes. a bunch of "awwwwws" and hearts could be seen, which worsened her already red cheeks.

With her heart thumping hard against her ribs, she started writing her reply :

sounds great! <3

 for a moment Y/n hesitated to press the "reply" button with the "<3" emoticon in the comment, but then she figured she and Karl sent lovey dovey emojis/emoticons in the past to each other anyways, so, she pressed the "reply" button at last.

 in an instant, her reply started gaining more and more likes, comments and retweets. Y/n was never really popular, having her clout was only because of Karl being her friend, so seeing this much attention was weird to her. but she didn't care about that right now. all that Y/n cared about at the moment was the fact that Karl appreciated her enough to actually invite her over.

 a little bit later in the day, Y/n received a private message from Karl, which said :

hey Y/n! I'm really glad you're up to stream together <3 i planned on starting the stream at 4 pm, but you can change the time if you're busy :] here is my address (don't tell anyone! :D) - (random address lol)

 Y/n answered :

 thanks for inviting me bestie!! 4 pm is cool, I'll be there! <33

 she set the phone down, unable to remove the blissful smile from her face. she has never felt this way before - it was really weird, but the constant butterflies in her tummy reminded her that it's a good feeling. taking a few deep breaths, Y/n reminded to herself that all she has to do is to go to Karl's house and have a good time AS FRIENDS - no romantic stuff is needed.

  ~~~~~time skip~~~~~

  Y/n got off from the bus at 15:50, but she still had about 5 minutes to reach Karl's house. in what felt like forever, the girl felt a sting of what was unmistakably fear and guilt - what if she was late? and what if Karl would be annoyed with her for that?

 slowly she broke into a panicky run. passing careless citizens, who all looked at her fear-stricken face curiously, she finally made it to the front door of Karl's home. Y/n pulled out her phone and found the code that she was supposed to enter next the main door. she quickly dialed it, a beep beep beep was heard and she entered.  

 finally making it to Karl's apartment, Y/n stopped to smooth her hair and straighten her clothes so she doesn't look too shabby. her body seemed to be moving on its own - her finger pressed the doorbell automatically.

 Karl opened the door almost in an instant - he wore a warm smile and before Y/n could stutter a "hello", he pulled the girl into a big welcoming hug.

 "hey Y/n! it's so cool you made it!" Karl exclaimed, still holding her close.

Y/n's head was spinning, she needed more time to process what was happening. but nevertheless, she finally lifted her own arms and hugged the guy. burying her face into his sweater, she inhaled Karl's scent deeply - he smelled something like honey and warm days.

"hello, Karl." she mumbled with a grin on her face.

"come on, do you want to eat something before the stream?" Karl asked, letting go of the girl and taking her hand into his instead, leading Y/n into the house.

"oh no, I'm full. let's get straight to business." she answered, the blissful smile and content blush never leaving her face.

"alrighty! you already know, but we'll have an eventful makeup session, and then I thought maybe play some minecraft so the stream isn't too short?" the guy asked, opening his bedroom door.

"sounds great!"

Karl smiled and went to his computer :

"you ready? I'll start the stream now."

the girl quickly fixed her hair again and gave him thumbs up :

"ready."

Karl started the stream with facecam on and as soon as the chat saw Y/n, it went absolutely wild.

"guys, give her a rest, poor girl just came!" he laughed, drawing her a chair. Y/n thanked quietly and sat, waving to the chat timidly. in the corner of her eye, she saw comments like "she's so adorable" and "look at Karl being a gentleman" in the chat and her cheeks grew more red, but this time from satisfaction.

"well, as you guys know, Y/n agreed to be in my stream today, and since some of you don't really know her, she's a really good friend of mine who also streams and does youtube videos - so go support her!"

from that moment Y/n relaxed more and more with each minute. it was fifteen minutes into the stream when she already felt as if at home.

"Karl, you have a hell lot of lipsticks, where did that come from?"

"uhhhh, I only bought them for the stream today!"

"oh really? why are they all used, then?" Y/n asked giggling and showing them to the stream.

"hey- don't expose me like that!"

"chat, clip it, CLIP IT!"

all was going really well, Y/n was having a really good time with Karl AS FRIENDS. it was really nice. but all hell broke loose when the time to put eyeliner came.

"alright, I have no idea why, but you have four eyeliners."

"they're my sister's."

"haha, yeah, yeah, alright. Which one do you want big man?"

"hmmm, the one in your left hand!"

Y/n set the other eyeliners on the table, quickly glancing at the chat. her cheeks grew very very red…

"Y/N DO THE MEME SIT ON HIS LAP" "SIT ON HIS LAP" "THE MEME, DO THE MEME!!!"

  a/n: if anyone is confused, this is an example of the meme i’m talking about :

the girl tried to act as if she hadn't seen the comments, but Karl was already by her side, reading them with her.

"meme… what meme?" he wondered out loud. Y/n got the impression that he was genuinely confused.

'chat, shut the fuck up, please shut the fuck up.' thought Y/n, but of course chat was just being chat.

"SHE SHOULD SIT ON UR LAP" "THERE'S A MEME WHERE A GIRL DOES A GUY'S EYELINER WHILE SITTING ON HIS LAP" "WE'RE NOT FORCING BUT YOU GUYS WOULD LOOK SO CUTE"

Y/n hid her face in her hands, unable to control her blushing. Karl just chuckled sweetly :

"chat, calm down, she's going to die from blushing."

he put on the "please stand by" screen and scooted over Y/n :

"hey, it's fine. we won't do it if you don't want to," Karl then leaned closer and whispered, "I'd be pretty glad if you agreed, though."

Y/n lowered her hands, showing off the big red hue on her cheeks. for a split second Karl's eyes widened -  she looked really adorable.

"I'd also be glad." the girl said, almost not believing her own words.

Karl's adorable smile came back and he leaned back:

"well then, come here."

Y/n stood up shyly and straddled his legs, grabbing the eyeliner in the process.

"do you want me to turn on the facecam?" Karl asked quietly.

the girl nodded :

"I don't mind."

he turned it on and put his hands onto Y/n's hips. even without looking at it, Y/n knew the chat was blowing up at the moment.

"you guys better subscribe, because we're providing very good fanservice." said Karl jokingly and Y/n laughed. turning to him, she opened the eyeliner and put it next to his eye, only to find him staring at her in an awe. the girl blushed as a strong urge to kiss him kicked in. it looked as if Karl wanted the same thing.

at the precise same time, they both leaned in and pressed their lips together, Y/n putting her hands onto Karl's cheeks to hide the view from the chat. the kiss was very short and with no tongue included - but it was the most sweet kiss Y/n has ever shared with someone. she pulled away, an identical grin to Karl's on her face and hugged him very tight - they almost fell off the chair.

laughing, she continued to do Karl's makeup as if nothing happened and everyone watching the stream wasn't fainting and clipping the kiss. this will be talked about for a long time, but as before, Y/n didn't care about that, and nor did Karl.

a/n : anddddd cut! it’s quite wonky, but i believe it’s pretty swell for my first mcyt fanfic :]] let me know what you think of it and if you have any tips or advice on how to make my future stories more enjoyable! thanks for reading and i hope to see you around <3