#also: i tried making the animation sync to the music

[azurityarts]

Made a little song for a class project! I'm definitely not super well-versed in music, but I still think it was worth sharing! with a lil brooke animation to boot 🎶

[wave2tyun]

apple cider | ☆

pairing: huening kai x reader

genre: fluff, childhood friends to lovers

summary: you were foolishly blind to the feelings you held for your best friend, huening kai, until one they, they started to bottle up like soda pop

warnings: slight injury?? nothing serious<3

word count: 3.5k

notes: apple cider by beabadoobee has been ON REPEAT!!!! these past few days!!!!1!1! which is why i believed it might be the perfect time to bring this fic back!!😋 i love love love writing things based on songs, and this is (obviously asbdsjha) where the inspo for this fic came from, as well as the studio ghibli movie 'from up on poppy hill'!! :D also, is it just me or do 24 hours in a day simply not feel like enough anymore......?😖

☆ = repost from my old blog!!

huening kai was the definition of a sweetheart. grandmas loved him, animals adored him, he was the type of boy anybody's parents would be delighted to meet if you brought him home. and most importantly, he was your best friend.

you and kai met in kindergarten. your very first interaction happened when your parents were late to pick you up, so you, a sensitive child started crying a river. kai was even faster than the teacher to approach you, napkin in his hand and a sweet smile on his face. he patted your back until your parents arrived, sometimes cracking some pokemon impressions in an attempt to make you smile again like he saw you earlier that morning. during your arts and crafts session the next day, you made kai a sloppy drawing of his favorite pokemon character, which, to this day, he insists is the greatest gift he has ever received, the treasured piece of paper sitting in a frame on his nightstand to remain in pristine condition.

from that day on, you only ended up spending more and more time together. you switched seats so that you could sit next to each other during classes, played together during breaks and became lunch buddies, an unspoken promise which had been kept during primary school, middle school, and even now, as you were both high school students in your last year. kai grew up to be a piano prodigy, thus becoming the president of the school's music club. you, on the other hand, wasn't any interested in any extracurricular activities, preferring to stay in bed and sleep your day away on the days where your parents weren't attacking you with house chores. still, you and kai were stuck together like glue. you talked on the phone every day at midnight, rambling on about your day or about anything that crossed your mind; you tried your best to meet up outside of school whenever your schedules allowed, popping a cold bottle of your favorite sweet apple cider.

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your eyes scanned the tables for kai once again. he told you to meet up at the outside dining area, but 15 minutes had passed and he was nowhere to be seen. you huffed, placing your tray down at a table where some of your classmates sat. ‘can’t believe he’d ditch me today’ you angrily pierced the straw through your milk carton.

the sound of a loud horn startled you, making you almost choke on your drink. the highest windows of the school were opened with a bang, paper scrolls coming out of them, followed by the heads of some students as they were peeking out.

“are those the club leaders?” someone at your table asked.

“yeah...seems like so” yunjin answered “what are they up to now?”

you shielded your eyes with your hand, squinting as you tried to read the words written on the papers.

‘lack of freedom kills the people’

“they’re protesting” you broke the silence, making everyone’s head turn towards you “the principal has been wanting to shut down the clubs”

some students gathered around the dining area, they moved in sync and with fast movements, taking out the grate that was placed over the water basin outside. you shrugged, going back to your meal. you weren’t exactly sure what they were going to achieve with this. not even a minute later, yunjin gave you a tap on the shoulder, pointing towards the roof.

“isn’t that-“ she stopped midway, unable to finish her sentence. your face was instantly drained of color at the sight.

it was huening kai.

“what the hell is he doing up there” you mumbled, frowning. you didn’t have a good feeling about this- whatever this was.

huening kai had a bright smile plastered on his face, the whole school’s attention being on him. he coughed then cleared his throat before loudly speaking.

“if our words weren’t enough to reach principal Jung, then that means that it is time for us to turn to actions” he inched closer towards the edge of the roof. his voice remained confident, but his hands betrayed him, shaking as he held the mic close to his chest.

you gulped. you felt nauseous, an empty feeling was taking over your stomach despite the distance between the roof and the ground not being that high.

“if you don’t want to respect us- we will make ourselves heard” huening kai turned his head, looking back at the boys behind him, who gave him a short nod. then, he put the mic down, taking a deep breath before diving into the air, aiming for the water basin.

the plan was easier said than done, and kai stumbled into a bush before landing down on his knees in the shallow water. the members of the photography club were quick to capture the moment, just like you were quick to jump out of your seat and approach the boy. “are you okay-“ you reached your hand out to help him stand up. kai’s smile never faltered away, and once he was back on his feet, he gave you a wink as he clasped your hands together. the bright flashes of the cameras surrounded you in an instant, the photographers pushing through to get “the best shot”.

your cheeks turned a bright shade of red, and you let go of his hands, mumbling as you went back to your seat “stupid- so stupid” you continued to stuff your face with the sandwich you had packed in your lunch bag. why was your face burning that much anyway- you shook your head, trying to ignore the thoughts invading your mind, as well as the hushed whispers coming from all around you. you couldn’t let such foolish actions disturb your day.

kai, as usual, still called you that night. you, however, loved being stubborn. when you saw his name coming up on the screen of your phone, you contemplated for a few minutes, before swiping to deny the call. ‘that should teach him’ you thought. barely a minute later, you were already regretting your decision. you were still mad at him, yet, for some reason, you still wanted to hear his voice, just like every other night. it never mattered to you whether it was a proper conversation. you didn’t care what kai would be talking about- you just wanted to feel like you had him, in some way, close to you, though your pride didn’t allow you to be the one to initiate another call. why was it that you wished to hear him so badly? after all, you didn’t even like him...right? or at least- you didn’t even like him that much- right?

you tossed and turned in your bed, unable to let your eyelids close.

fuck.

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

dark circles adored your eyes as a result of the poor sleep you had last night. you wished you could skip the first period and remain in bed for just a few minutes more, but your mom wasn’t having any of that. she took the blanket off your bed and opened your window, forcing you to get up and get ready for the day.

you stood in the hallway, head buried in the school’s newspaper, which teased ‘a revolution’ as well as ‘an endearing romance’ with a big image of you and kai holding hands on the front page.

“is there any way i could make it up to you?” you heard a voice near you.

you closed your locker’s door, kai’s face coming into sight, grinning as always. you wanted to ignore him for the day, pretending to be mad at him for the embarrassment that he had put you through the day before. but kai knew you too well- he had already anticipated your reaction to his stunt, and he wasn’t going to let you get rid of him so easily.

“depends. do you have anything in mind?” you crossed your arms, leaning on your side against the locker.

“apple cider, 10 pm at the playground. sounds good?”

you bit your lip to fight back the smile that was threatening to take over your face. looking down at the floor, you chuckled.

“i guess that would suffice. we’ll see”

the bell rang, signaling the end of your break. kai took the chance to quickly ruffle your hair before sprinting to his class. ‘dork’ you snorted, putting it back into place before going your own way.

you were quick to prepare dinner that day. both of your parents were taken aback by the stark change in your attitude compared to how you behaved in the morning, the sudden surge in energy being questionable. they chose not to bring it up though, afraid that they might ruin your mood. you arrived at the playground at 10 pm sharp and sat on one of the swings there, protecting the other vacant one from the kids that still lingered around until kai came. and soon enough, there he was, apple cider bottles in his hands (just like he promised) as he approached you. you smiled at the sight.

“are you that happy to see me?”

“you wish- i’m just happy to receive the apple cider” you joked, lying through your teeth.

“ah- i’m hurt” hueningkai frowned, dramatically putting a hand over his heart. you laughed at his cute antics. he took his place on the swing, handing you one bottle.

“that jumper looks pretty on you, i like it”

“t-thanks” you stuttered, looking down, failing to see the tips of his ears turning pink. you took a sip from the bottle, the taste so refreshing and all too familiar.

“so- did you manage to convince the principal not to shut down the clubs?”

kai chuckled, reminiscing the events “yeah-“ he stood up, putting his hands on his hips and clearing his throat before speaking again with an exaggerated lower voice “never in my 40 years in this field have i ever seen such- such outrageous actions” pinching the bridge of his nose, he continued “whatever, just do whatever you want. at this point it’s less of a pain to let you continue than to cancel everything”

you burst into laughter at his silly act. kai always had his imitations spot on, and to you, it was much more entertaining than any kind of comedy movie.

“i’m glad it wasn’t all in vain” your smile died down upon noticing the bandages wrapped around his hand “is your hand okay though?”

“oh- yeah, don’t worry about it, it’s just a scratch” he replied quickly, stuffing it in the pocket of his jacket before sitting back down. you sat in silence for a while after that, kicking around the pebbles underneath your feet.

“i’m sorry” kai whispered softly.

“hm? sorry for what?” you frowned.

“sorry for getting you involved in this, it wasn’t supposed to be like that- i told the other members of the club to remove the picture from the article but they didn’t listen”

“hey- it’s okay” you reassured him “it was out of your control, it wasn’t like you knew this whole fiasco was going to unfold”

“but-“ he tried to argue,

“no buts” you interrupted him, laughing “whatever happened, happened. plus- i got to drink some apple cider. even better since it was with you- so, it’s all good”

kai returned your smile, he seemed to be a bit more at ease after hearing those words. you wished that you could have found the strength to get up and give him a hug too, but you were too afraid that your heart would burst if you did that now.

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“i’m home” you shouted as you stepped inside the house. leaving your bag on the floor in the hallway, you dragged your feet to the kitchen and put on the apron to get started on your dinner. your parents never got off work before your classes ended, meaning that the responsibility of preparing food for everybody always fell on you. you opened the cabinet underneath the sink to get some potatoes, but your hand reached out into nothingness. confused, you crouched down to have a better look. your face dropped as you realised that there was nothing left inside. that one vegetable was the whole star of the dish, meaning that there was simply no way to substitute it.

‘shit shit shit-‘ you stormed out the door, wanting to slap yourself in the face as you recalled the moment your mother asked you to stop by the farmer’s market in the morning. maybe, just this once, the traffic would be jammed and your parents wouldn’t be so quick to return home from work. you struggled to put on your jumper as you also held a basket in your hand, wanting to be as quick as possible. just as you were about to make your way down, you someone called out from behind you:

“need a ride?” kai was riding his bike to his grandparents, but stopped in his tracks upon seeing you in such a hurried and panicked state.

“god- yes, please” you fumbled over your words. the timing couldn’t have been any more perfect; you were so grateful to see him there, you could almost see a ray of light shining on him and a halo on top of his head.

“have a seat then” he laughed.

you quickly sat down in the back of kai’s bicycle. looking down at the steep path in front of you, you gulped “are you sure it’s okay for us to ride together?”

“just hold on tight” kai took hold of your hands and wrapped them around his torso before pressing on one pedal with his foot. you couldn’t even brace yourself properly for the impact as you went down the hill of doom; your head instantly hit kai’s muscular back, and you found yourself holding his body tighter. you closed your eyes, trying to shift your focus from the citizens passing by you in a blur, to the sweet scent of his fruit-punch shampoo invading your senses. kai swiftly took a turn to the left, effortlessly avoiding all the possible obstacles in his path. thankfully, you both made it to the farmer’s market in one piece.

sighing in relief, you lifted yourself up and walked to the nearest vegetable stall around. kai remained right next to you, making a purchase of his own. he munched on a freshly fried hashbrown as you did the necessary shopping, holding a second piece in his other hand.

“all done” your shoulders slumped down, the whole thing had drained you both physically and mentally. you quirked an eyebrow as you looked at kai eating.

“what?” he asked, throwing the last piece of food in his mouth “i need energy to go back”

“right” you sighed “thank you so much. i might live to see another day because of you” you tried to joke. in reality, the thought of your parents scolding you alone was enough to make your heart start beating faster.

“don’t worry about it” he chuckled “here- take this” he handed you the hashbrown he had been holding. you took it reluctantly, not having expected to receive something like this.

“eat it- it’s good. plus, you need energy too” kai grabbed his bicycle again, positioning himself on the leather seat “i have to go now, you should probably hurry too.” he smiled “take care, y/n” kai sent you a little wave before setting off. you stood on the side of the road for one more moment, smiling at the hashbrown in your hand. you took the first bite as you started to go up the hill again, the worries that were clouding your head quickly disappearing.

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somehow, soon enough, you found yourself in front of kai’s house. you wanted to thank him for his sweet gesture from a few days ago. if it weren’t for him, your parents would have probably kept you locked in the house. you didn’t know what you were going to say to him. staring at the box of cookies you brought with you, you tried to muster up the courage to knock on the door.

knock knock knock

you waited patiently, biting your lips.

‘maybe there’s still enough time to run-‘

“y/n- hi, come in” kai opened the door, greeting you.

“hi” you blurted out. stepping inside, you took off your shoes, then silently followed behind kai as he guided you towards his room. piano sheets were spread out everywhere- on the floor, on his desk, on his bed. you’ve never seen it look like such a mess.

“oh- sorry, were you practicing?”

“tried to- the music festival is just around the corner, but the song choices are killing me”

“can you show me?” you asked, it was always a pleasure to hear kai practicing, but this time, you were also using this as an excuse to organise your thoughts properly.

“yeah, come here” kai patted the empty space beside him on the piano bench. you hugged the cookie box close to your chest, the short distance between the two of you making you feel nervous.

kai’s fingers glided along the black and white tiles, wrist playfully flicking up as he changed up the speed with ease to create a flawless, harmonious symphony. it sounded perfect- it always did.

“that was great” you spoke softly as he finished up the piece.

“wanna try?” kai offered.

“s-sure” you stuttered, putting down the box. somehow, despite all those years that you’ve known each other, you had never given learning piano a try.

kai took hold of your right hand, placing it on the keys “you have to use the pad of your fingers” he put his hand over yours, gently pressing down to demonstrate. you prayed that he couldn’t hear the loud sound of your palpitating heart “then- move your wrist up before moving on to the next set of notes, then down, like a feather falling” you started to feel light-headed, the feeling of kai’s warm hands on yours making you unable to concentrate on the task at hand. you looked up at him, his face now much closer to you than when you first started practicing. kai’s hand stopped guiding yours, yet didn’t let go of it. he glanced at you, his gaze stopping on your plush, rosy lips.

“holding you closer right now- would that cross the line?” he spoke softly, in a daze.

“maybe i want you to cross the line” you whispered back.

kai stood still for a moment, letting your words sink in. then- with gentle movements, his hand came to rest on your jawline, thumb rubbing against your cheek. he seemed nervous- so nervous to not ruin all of your built-up relationship up until that point. but fuck it- you looked so pretty with that jumper he adored, sitting gingerly on his piano chair, inviting him to finally feel his lips on yours. how was he supposed to resist? and when kai closed the gap, his mouth meeting yours in a gentle peck, it felt so incredibly right, so good and sweet.

one more peck.

his body shifted even closer to you.

another one.

his hand came to rest on your lower back, yours grabbed hold of his soft black sweater.

and once more- but this time, you both let the touch last longer, melting into the feeling.

“can i kiss you more?” kai asked, voice barely above a whisper, his thumb was caressing your lips as he spoke. you nodded, eager to indulge yourself into the taste of his sweet kiss. you hummed as he pressed his lips on yours again, the butterflies in your heart unable to settle down. he grinned into the kiss at the sound, his heart felt warm knowing that you wanted this, and enjoyed this just as much as he did. you pulled away, giving the mole at the corner of his lips a kiss, then you left another on the one near his temple, ending with the one you adored most, the one on his nose. you cupped his face, the temperature of his cheeks rising against your fingertips. kai chuckled as you hid your face in the crook of his neck, the adoration you felt towards him becoming almost too much to handle.

“do you want to stay the night?” kai asked bashfully, his fingers playing with one of your sleeves “i have some apple cider left” he looked up at you, eyes gleaming with hope.

“of course i want to” you giggled, dipping down to leave another peck on his soft lips.

3 bottles of apple cider down, you and kai laid down on the bed, legs tangled with each other as he played with your hair and you braided his. you joked around, playing with the plushies on his bed, sometimes stealing kisses on the cheek from each other and falling into another fit of shy giggles yet again. and when you finally drifted off to sleep, hand in hand, you swore you had never felt your heart feel more at ease.

@huekalover3000 @maybabe00 @sunoooism @boba-beom

[kicktwine]

wanted to ask, could we get a look in to how you put together your animatics?? I've been toying with the idea of trying to make one of my own, but I've got no idea where to start

oh yeah totally

though to be fair, a HUGE chunk of my time is spent listening to about 20 seconds of a song and imagining how the images move around like a little movie, and I refine a ton of stuff in my head before starting to actually put scenes down on paper. This happens with non-music boarding too, imagining different versions of how the scenes line up with dialogue/music. So step one: put a song on repeat and daydream for at least two hours. But, if you aren’t sure how to do this, I’d suggest looking at animatics, MAP projects, AMVs, animated musicals, fight scenes, etc. what do they do that’s cool? Imitate them.

after that, I have most of the main images with some blank spots im not sure how to fill until I put them down. I make something like this and get the compositions of each main image looking more or less okay in this form. This is also the stage I figure out the in between blank spots. I try not to have weird camera moves or other storyboarding don’ts, but some storyboarding donts are completely valid to break if you know what you want aesthetically. As usual. This one was actually pretty clean, but check out all the framing edits. i always have to make the frame bigger

If you really don’t know what goes in between things, don’t be afraid to focus on some little details of the scene, pull out and show us the setting, put some flowery symbolism on screen, give us some fun little comedic anime inserts, or do what cowboy standoffs do and build tension. What we used to do was draw paws stepping across the screen or eyes blinking, lol

next comes audio sync! I like to get the timing extant on copies of these rough thumbnails before moving on. It helps my brain work through smaller more animated movements + testing if the things I came up with for the blank spots work. and also just makes it happy. And also, most importantly, it tests if the compositions work. If you can see it, the whole sequence with mom was a blank spot until I sketched it. I usually do this step in roughanimator even if i don’t finish it in roughanimator. Keeps it very rough.

after this is just a lot of polishing and layers! For lots of small animatics, I just use roughanimator and leave it like that. It’s surprisingly good for a very basic program. But, for things that need tweens or lots of camera movement, I use toon boom harmony. It’s more powerful and is actually supposed to be used for animation, which. Yknow. I do. I tried storyboard pro, it wasn’t my favorite.

Here are some, I guess, miscellaneous more technical tips for making your animatics feel nice!

If you’re going for lots of movement, try out timing it so big movements or scene transitions line up with the spikes in the audio WAV. If it doesn’t feel right, move it a few frames BEFORE the spike/audio beat. Your brain usually wants to see something move barely before it hears it - this works for dialogue especially. BUT! Don’t feel like you have to do this for every beat. unless you want to feel like Wes Anderson, which you can do and I will not stop you.

If you’re going for something slower with not that much movement, try motion tweening! or adjusting something very slowly so we don’t linger on one still image for forever.

you don’t need crazy camera angles for everything, but put a few in there for spice. This all depends on your mood you want to cultivate. Slow = flatter, spacious, details; fast = lots of moves, weird angles, perspective; disorienting = slow/jerky weird angles etc etc. the camera has emotions built into it. Because the camera is you! surprise!

watch storyboarding tutorials. lots of people zoom in too much when they draw and I am not excluded. Also, keep in mind the eyesight rule. It’s hard for me to explain concisely but… you as the artist are always leading the viewers eye somewhere, with every shot you make. Don’t make them dizzy by having the center of attention jump around to six different spots for six shots straight - if you find yourself unhappy with a sequence, especially a fast one, see if your line of sight is going all over the place and try moving the subject of a shot or two somewhere else or having them move/gesture towards the new shot’s focal point so the viewers eye moves there naturally. I’m actually not great at doing this when words/lyrics are involved, pmv makers have my respect.

contrast is your friend. If you want to emphasize a big fast move or big bright image, put little slow moves or simple images right before/after it. and vice versa! this counts for camera too!

easy camera shakes are just 3-4 frames of cam down/up/down less/up less, a blank tween or two (easing back into normal), and then a key for your desired normal camera location. Or left/right, whichever.

your brain needs about six frames to fully register an object as being an object. If you want someone to see and really See it, rather than just get a glimpse of it and go "What was that!" It needs more than six frames.

don’t be afraid to experiment!!!!!! And don’t get overwhelmed! Everything I just described I MOSTLY do off instinct, which you’ll get a sense for after you make one. Or like…. Ten. Does it feel good in your heart? Then that’s what’s important. Find an idea you want to make move, figure out your limits (programs, attention span, drawing capability, make sure not to commit to a minute long amv if you dont KNOW you wanna do a minute long amv), and plan around that. When I was A Child, people on youtube were just making like three amvs per second and cringe hadn’t been invented yet so they were all mostly untrained unpolished and so so important and based to me. Stop thinking so hard about it. You gotta get that animatic out there into the world or it’ll start fermenting in your brain and make you sick. So what if it doesn’t turn out exactly the way you imagined it? You’ll have another idea tomorrow. And if it matters that much, you can always do it again. Go make! Good luck!

[4am-enha]

Enhypen Eve. 🎄

Description: Spending the majority of your Christmas time alone this year, you found it hard to get into the Christmas spirit. Seven boys decided you feeling alone on Christmas was totally unacceptable. They unexpectedly take you out on a very eventful, Christmas filled day.

Word count: ≈ 3.3k

Genre: fluff, friendship, attempted comedy.

Pairing: Ot7 Enhypen x Female Reader

Tags/includes: every enhypen member, friendship with enhypen, she/her pronouns used, spending christmas eve with enhypen, ice skating, christmas shopping, snowmen, christmas movies and cookies, christmas light seeing + walk, friendly fluff, appreciation, niki being a menace as usual, grumpy hoon.

Warnings: swearing, small mention of animal death?

Note: !! This is purely an imagine for entertainment and should not be taken seriously, nor does it have anything to actually do with the real members of Enhypen thank you !!

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Christmas Eve was here.

That was hard to believe.

It just did not feel like Christmas at all this year, let alone Christmas eve. No matter how hard you tried to get yourself to register that it was finally that time of year again, you still felt like it was just another day. Even after listening to Christmas music on repeat all day, the only thing you felt like you had achieved was contributing towards paying Mariah Carey's bills for once again, another year.

You had been living alone for a while now and ever since you had, you realized the importance of being around loved ones for Christmas. Christmas just wasn't itself without your family around. You reminisced on all the joyful and vivid moments from the past Christmases. How exciting it was to get ready for your aunt and cousins to come over so you could show them your new gifts, and then open more gifts from each other. The funny board games you'd all play together after Christmas dinner, especially UNO, the one game your dad would continuously cheat at by hiding cards under his ass.

Unfortunately, the nostalgia still wasn't enough to get you in the Christmas spirit. It was probably because you had not gotten the chance to participate in Christmas-like events this year. You felt defeated. Maybe this Christmas was just going to be unusual, and you'd just have to accept it. 

Your seven friends: Jake, Jungwon, Jay, Heeseung, Sunghoon, Sunoo, and Niki, had heard you complain how “Christmas just isn't the same” for weeks now. They could visibly see how much it impacted you. This time of year was usually important to you. They couldn't endure seeing you so deflated over it (and they also couldn’t stand hearing you complain). They didn't want you to feel so alone. That’s probably where they got this ‘grand’, unorganized idea from.

“I’ll give you ten minutes.”

Sunoo tugged on Heeseung’s sleeve, “Come on Heeseung, don't be such a party pooper.” 

“I’ll give her five,” Sunghoon added onto it bluntly.

“So, you guys just expect me to magically be ready to go, even though you just turned up, unannounced, with NO notice, asking me to go on a mystery day out with you all?” you questioned, eyebrows raised in pure disbelief.

“Yes,” Niki, Heeseung, and Sunghoon answered almost perfectly in sync. It was like they had rehearsed being annoying together.

You stared blankly at the seven boys standing at your door.

“Can we come in? It’s really cold…” Jungwon mumbled from behind the others, coming forward and exaggeratedly shivering to convince you for an invite inside. It was actually very cold, however.

“Whatever. I'll be ready in 20 minutes. I’m not negotiating,” you sighed and signaled with your hands for them to come in and sit down in the living room.

Niki eyed the console across the room and groaned rather dramatically, “I’m already bored!”

“Just say you want to play Niki, It’s fine. Make yourself at home. I’ll be right back,” you said before rushing up towards your room.

Niki whispered under his breath with a smug expression, "don't mind if I do," and grabbed the controllers, “I’ll 1v1 you Heeseung.” Niki loved having a competition whenever he possibly could.

“If you want to cry, then sure,” Heeseung shrugged and stated harshly, very confident in himself.

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If a room bursting with people was loud, you could assure anyone that the seven boys in your house right now were louder. There were constant screams and yells, (mainly from Niki who was predictably persistently losing against Heeseung in their game,) booming through the floor as you ran around trying to decide on a final look. Luckily, your neighbors were away this Christmas.

You hated short notice plans because it made you feel rushed and unprepared. Everything you put on felt ugly or out of place. You didn't have the slightest clue as to where the boys were even taking you today. You kind of wanted to cry, when a gentle knock was heard on your bedroom door. 

“Who is it? Come in.”

Sunoo peeped his head round the door, “hey, are you almost ready? It’s just that Sunghoon is getting impatient-”

You threw down the jumper you held in your hands and your shoulders quickly sank into a small strop, startling Sunoo.

“Is everything okay?” he asked cautiously, not fully understanding why you were upset yet.

“I'm so frustrated. I only decided on an outfit a minute ago, and now I feel like my hair looks like a mess. It's all over the place, I'm all over the place! I really just want to cry.”

“Oh no don't cry! It’s nothing I can’t fix,” Sunoo smiled, “sit down, I’ll style your hair.”

For the next ten minutes or so, Sunoo styled your hair perfectly with an average pair of old straighteners you had not really used in a while. It was a small talent he had. He loved doing his friends' hair, especially Niki's when he would allow him to. He styled your hair like the aesthetic pictures on your Pinterest board.

Finally, you both finished up and made your way back down the stairs- where the other six had been waiting for a while now. They all turned as they heard the pair of you arrive at the scene.

“Wow! You look so pretty!” Jungwon exclaimed, making you smile after all that frustration and struggle. If only they knew the effort it took.

“When did Sunoo even leave?” Niki questioned, finally taking his eyes off of the screen in front of him.

Heeseung looked you up and down and gave you a small thumbs up. Somehow, that was a very good sign from him.

“Nice to know you care about me enough to not notice the lack of my presence,” Sunoo rolled his eyes.

“Come on, let's go,” Jake urged enthusiastically. He had no idea what was going on, but the anticipation was killing him. He could just run around from eagerness.

“By the way guys, where are we even going?” Jay suddenly asked very confused. Noticeably, it caused a sudden tension and silence. Glances were shared, but nobody said anything, because nobody was sure.

“You mean to tell me you don’t even have a plan?” you raised your voice, staring in shock at all of the boys yet again- a common occurrence when you had these goofballs as your friends.

Jungwon put an arm on your shoulder, “relax, of course we do, Jay is just being silly, aren't you?” he shot a glare at him, “we are going to go Christmas shopping first, and then get some lunch.”

That plan was created on the spot, but you didn't need to know that.

You beamed with excitement, “since when did you guys like shopping with me?”

“That’s just sad...” Heeseung mumbled.

───※ ·❆· ※───

It had been about an hour since the eight of you had arrived at Starfield Mall. You had all split off into different groups depending on the types of stores you each wanted to explore. Currently, you were walking around a clothes store with Sunoo and Jay. You had picked up a few things whilst wandering around the store; you would have had a lot more in your hands if Jay didn't critique your fashion sense every time you picked up something you thought was cute. 

“I have an idea!” Sunoo exclaimed.

“Hm?” Jay hummed, eyes still on the clothes rack which was making that awful screech noise as the clothes hangers slid along.

“How about you pick out some outfits for us to try on Jay? We can do a little fashion show try on! You know, since you want to critique our clothes choice so much...” Sunoo grumbled that last part to himself.

“I don’t see why not,” Jay looked at you for your approval on the matter.

“Sure! Just don’t make me look stupid, alright?” you widened your eyes and crooked your head slightly. Scary. It was an understandable reaction though, since you had basically been traumatized by being Jay's model for clothes in the past- in which he pranked you into wearing something hideous.

“Pfft, since when did my fashion taste fail anybody?” he scoffed in response to your reaction, which he had taken a slight offense from.

And with that, the show began.

Before long, Jay was stressing, rushing back and forth from the changing room grabbing different sizes and alternate colors of things, “Why are Women's clothes sizes so difficult? This doesn't add up at all. Personally, If I were a woman, I would be angry at the world."

Meanwhile, you and Sunoo were hyping each other up and taking mirror selfies. At one point- Jay somehow ended up being dressed up in a ridiculous bright pink, frilly outfit picked out by yours truly. Was it revenge? Perhaps. His expression showed that he was clearly not impressed, but he also held back a laugh as he examined his reflection in the tall mirror he stood by.

"Damn my butt looks good in this," he kept declaring.

You spotted a photo booth nearby, so of course after your little personal fashion show, the three of you took some cute pictures with some Christmas props.

As you exited the booth, you collided with the other five of your friends, who had already expected you to be here of all places knowing you and Sunoo were constantly taking pictures when you could.

“I’m hurt. You guys took pictures without us?” Jungwon frowned.

“Who said we can’t take some more?” you suggested, leading to all eight of you cramming into a booth clearly not built for this many people at once. You were all jammed shoulder to shoulder, stepping on each other by accident- causing yells and silly arguments, but overall, it ended in giggles and hilarious pictures you would each treasure for a long time.

You all got lunch together soon after. Well, after you had all spent a good fifteen minutes bickering over what food to have.

You all spent time laughing at the pictures and talking about what each of you had gotten up to the past couple hours. Eventually, the topic of what you would do next was brought up.

“I was thinking we could play outside in the snow,” Jake slurped his ramyeon.

“Yeah, let’s do that. I can't stand shopping anymore,” Niki contributed, throwing a quick shady look at you. You raised an eyebrow in response as to say, 'what the fuck did I do?' and he stuck his tongue out, pulling a stupid face. As expected, you did it back. Niki just had to have the last word and was about to do something else when,

"Knock it off," Jungwon warned the pair of you, causing you both to immediately stop. Jay snorted at the sudden obedience.

“I actually went outside earlier, and I saw an ice-skating rink nearby. Maybe we should go there? Sunghoon can show us some tricks! Plus, I’ve always wanted to try it,” Jake volunteered Sunghoon, staring directly at him, who was completely and utterly zoned out and unaware of what he had just been signed up for.

“Oh yes please! Please teach us some of your ways, teacher Sunghoon!” you shook him by the arm, snapping him back to reality.

“Huh? Oh, it's been a while though-”

“PLEASE?”

“ALRIGHT, JEEZ.”

───※ ·❆· ※───

“This was an awful idea,” coughed Sunghoon as he looked around at his friends falling on their asses and knees every ten seconds.

Surprisingly, Sunghoon had stuck to his word and had attempted to show you all how to ice skate. Of course, It was not as successful as he would have wished it to be. What did he expect? It was a recipe for chaos.

Niki was skating around pulling everyone down with him, almost pissing himself seeing everyone slip and fall. Jake was clinging onto the wall for dear life, terrified of Niki coming near him, while Heeseung teased him for looking like a scared puppy. Jay and Jungwon were waddling and sliding like penguins. The only one who had seemed to get the hang of it was Sunoo, it had taken him a while though.

You had been beside Sunghoon the whole time, trembling each stride you took. It didn’t take long until you fell face first, lucky not to seriously injure yourself. Sunghoon hurriedly bent over to help you up, laughing for what you recalled was the first time today. Wasn’t that nice? It took you embarrassing yourself and almost getting hurt to crack a laugh out of your friend. 

You awarded him an annoyed look, “thanks.”

He held onto you and slowly skated with you, catching up to the others that were still causing havoc in the rink and burdening the workers.

Although ice skating did not go as well as you had imagined, and it had ended a lot sooner than planned, you still knew it would be a treasured memory to look back on and you didn't regret trying it out- even if your buttocks thought differently. Besides, Sunghoon had lightened up a little too.

After that mess, everyone got tired rather quickly. You all decided to go back to your place for cookies and Christmas movies. There was a lot of snow on the way back home though, and the idea of a snowball fight was brought up- which was apparently too strong of a temptation to resist.

Jake and Jay made snow angels together after pushing each other into the snow, leaving them with the consequence of their clothes being completely soaked. Not very ideal, considering they had no spare clothes with them and would have to borrow some of your ‘girly’ pajamas- that's if they would even fit. You were sure you had some oversized lounge clothes they could borrow anyway.

You had all stopped to make a snowman. It wasn’t very big, but it was made with love. Heeseung searched for some items to sculpt and create its face- a few rocks, leaves, and two small twigs. Niki and Sunoo worked together to make smaller, baby snowmen beside it. They made seven- representing them all.

“The big one is Niki because he's so freakishly tall,” Sunoo blurted.

“Technically I’m the oldest, so I think it should be me,” recommended Heeseung, interrupting Niki's argument to Sunoo's statement.

“It looks great guys,” you whispered in awe, smiling widely and taking many pictures of the creations.

It had taken a lot longer than it should have to get home. Everyone was all bright red and freezing from the snow that was thrown at each other. You had slipped a few times in the snow because of the hidden ice that lay beneath it. Everyone was tired before, but now they were exhausted.

Later, Jake wrapped you up like a burrito in a few blankets in an attempt to warm you up as you all huddled and watched a few Christmas movies. 

As you sat and watched, you couldn't help but drift off into your thoughts. Today was really unexpected, but it was so sweet. You were having a great time and you felt loved just having your friend's company. You smiled to yourself.

“Is she crazy? Why is she smiling right now?” Niki pointed at you, finger shaking a little like you were a monster.

“Huh?” you had zoned out for merely just a second, but you were already getting criminalized for it. Tears welled up in Niki's eyes.

“THE DOG JUST FUCKING DIED IN THE MOVIE AND YOU ARE SMILING?” Niki sobbed, clearly very impacted by the tragic scene you had missed in the movie.

“That's not what I-”

 “WHAT ABOUT THIS IS FUNNY TO YOU?"

You weren't sure how to respond, you stared in bewilderment.

"THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CHRISTMAS MOVIE, WHY IS IT GIVING ME DEPRESSION?” he wailed louder, taking everyone by surprise. Sunoo and Jungwon tried to comfort him and glared at the others who were trying not to burst out laughing. It was a lie to say Jungwon wasn’t holding back a giggle himself though.

You shook your head in astonishment and munched on some of the cookies you had made with Jay and Jungwon earlier. You had no idea how passionate Niki was towards dogs in movies. You learn something new every day supposedly.

Then an idea struck you.

“Hey, the house down the street goes all out with their Christmas lights every year. It’s pretty impressive. They have a light show and everything. Should we go see it? I think Niki needs some fresh air anyway,” you shared your thoughts.

“I like the sound of that,” Heeseung stood up, “I usually go for a walk in the evenings anyway.”

Everyone waited until Niki was stable again, and then got their jackets on. It was just a brief walking distance.

It wasn’t the most eventful thing you'd done all day, but somehow just standing around laughing and talking while admiring Christmas lights with your friends felt the most precious of all. You all huddled up close and some put their arms over each other's shoulders, grouping everyone in to stay warm. Without them, this would have been just another plain experience, but with them, it was irreplaceable.

“This one looks like Niki,” Jake pointed at a funky looking light up elf on the ground, earning a hard shove from the younger.

“Nah this one is Jake,” Niki pointed at a dog figurine wearing a Christmas hat, “and this one is Heeseung,” he pointed at a snowy looking dear, “oh and this one, this one is definitely Sunghoon,” of course- pointing to a penguin. 

“When is the “Sunghoon is a penguin” torment going to end? We all know full well, I'm too handsome to be one of those things.” Sunghoon hissed.

The teasing and the “this you?” jokes went on for a while.

Not long after you had all first arrived, the owners of the house came out and gave everyone hot chocolate and chatted for a while- explaining all the different lights and stories behind it all. Everyone was having such a good time, but as it got later, it got colder and darker, and you finally decided it was best to go back home.

You walked home calmly with Jungwon, Jay, and Sunghoon. The others had run and rushed ahead, chasing each other, being loud, and being themselves. 

You admired the cold breeze of winter blowing on you, the few Christmas lights here and there, the snow glistening under streetlights on the paths you walked, the humming of festive songs coming from your friends beside you, the pinch of cold on the tip of your nose. The boys really knew how to make you feel better, even without directly stating it, you knew they had done this to make Christmas feel special for you. 

You wiped away a tear or two, but for some reason the tears just kept coming. It had all moved you so much. You were just indescribably grateful, and this is what Christmas was truly all about. 

“Nono why are you crying?” Jay asked, noticing the flood of tears streaming down your face all of a sudden.

“Thank you for today,” you sniffled. The few that were still beside you hugged you tightly, held your face and wiped your tears away with their sleeves.

“Merry Christmas guys,” Jungwon smiled, “It’s midnight.”

Then it hit you. There it finally was. 

There was that nostalgic feeling you had longed for so much recently. It felt like Christmas, and it was all thanks to the silly, loving seven boys making you feel at home as they always did. This Christmas was one for the books, one you would tell your grandchildren about, one that would make next year's Christmas hard to match in greatness.

Christmas day was finally here, and there was nobody you would have preferred to spend it with.

AN: ello ello~ thank you so much for reading this! let me know if you enjoyed it <3 i apologize for not posting as often, i’ve been really busy lately- but i managed to squeeze in this ot7 christmas special. if there are mistakes, close ur eyes. LOL. merry christmas and a happy new year to everyone that celebrates it <33 may 2023 bring you good things 🫶🏻. MUAH ily!!

[rightpastnowhere]

MORE. FOR U

Ok ok ok we all collectively will not shut up about how Percy is endeared by Vex's ears, right? well UNO REVERSE CARD! His lil round human ears are so fucking cute to Vex. It's also very funny for her to parse out how sensitive they are vs half-elven or elven ears.

In modern AUs their taste in music seems very different at a glance but meshes SUPER well. Percy is rocking to MCR and anime intros and Fallout Boy and old rock'n'roll (that his dad and Julius loved), Vex is grinding to pop and country, and everyone is like 'surely not' until they pull up to give Pike a ride and are just blasting a Taylor Swift song together (she joins in obviously). Or on a train sharing earbuds and the poor folks the next seats over can hear Monster by Skillet from there and these two are mouthing along and sharing Dramatic Looks.

Trinket keeps bringing cubs home. He's a male bear, bears don't raise cubs in pairs (males don't participate at ALL), but he's a Ranger companion and lives as long as Vex does. And given he's a fit specimen he's probably the sire of a lot of cubs in the area (Vex and the Grey Hunt have got to watch out for inbreeding effects KJTRNHRKN). So every now and then he'll find a hurt or abandoned or sick cub and bring it back, and Vex nurses it back to health (and Dan too), and suddenly they Have Another Bear. Oh Dear. Sometimes Vex and Trinket make a conscious effort to train the cubs to live in the wild and release them a ways away once they're old enough, but the three bears we see in C3 is Only The Beginning.

The first time Percy tried really growing a beard, Vesper made Unhappy Faces when he'd give her kisses and in a fit he shaved it all off. He needed some talking-tos about it. His baby girl was SO upset and it make HIM upset OKAY -

It's advised that guests do not wander the halls of Castle Whitestone alone at night. They assume, naturally, that this is due to Ghosts or Restless Spirits - no the de Rolos are just. like that. Cass would rather everyone avoid the trauma of hearing them having a good time. Also the kids' darkvision means they have shining pupils if light hits them in the dark and someone fell down the stairs once so there's that too.

Percy fucking agonizes over blue now. Getting a gift to match Vex's feather takes up at least 3-12 hours of a given project. At this point he has custom paints mixed for it and will scour stalls and shops for gems of the right turquoise.

He also owns way more fur than he'd expect, because Vex is a ranger and can at least make a decent muffler or trim for mittens or ruff for his winter coat out of some of her more impressive catches. His favorite, though, is a tiny fur thing that's badly worn. Vex insists it's a bird. *it does not look like a bird,* it looks like a pointed rock with two bead eyes. It was the first thing she tried making him and it, well, it didn't come out as she'd expected. He still stims with it often, it practically lives in his pocket - like she was in Pandemonium, when VM were transformed into birds. She says she hates it, but his earnest adoration for this little silly thing she made really makes Vex so damn happy.

OH MY GOD SHE WOULD LOVE HIS EARS,,, HIS LIL ROUNDED EARS,,, SO SOFT N ROUND,,,,,,,, OMG

YOUR MUSIC TASTES FOR THEM ARE SO IN LINE WITH WHAT'S IN MY HEAD NGKJRNGK. vex imo has the most chaotic playlists because there's just one for all of her music. it switches from lizzo to mumford & sons without rhyme nor reason. and they WOULD be taylor swift stans with pike i LOVE THIS. AND GOD,, THE MENTAL IMAGE OF HER AND PERCY DRAMATICALLY LIP-SYNCING LIKE HUGE NERDS..... MY CROPS ARE WATERED. MY SKIN IS CLEAR

THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING NGKJRNKJGNR i simply think vex deserves an entire legion of bears who love her, and many of them on the castle grounds. only the best for the grand mistress of bears. (trinket mimicking vex's adopting behavior is SO CUTE I'M GONNA CRY)

percy upsets his baby One Time and suddenly he must change everything about himself. i love him so much i cannot stand it

NKGJNKJENG the de rolos fuck nasty and it is a burden upon those who think themselves to be fearless... my heart goes out to the unlucky few who dare. ALSO THE FUCKING. QUARTER ELVES. JUST LIKE A BUNCH OF CATS IN THE KITCHEN AT 2AM WHEN YOU WANT A SNACK. IS PERFECTION.

GERKGNERJN percy will do anything to maintain his wife's aesthetic

VEX CRAFTING HIM THINGS...... PERCY KEEPING HER FIRST LIL BAUBLE BECAUSE HE LOVES HER................ STIMMING WITH IT CAUSE IT'S SOFT................................ picturing vex finding out and endeavoring to acquire so many soft things, making him a bunch more knick-knacks once she's better at it, wearing soft clothes, just, oh my GOD she loves him SO MUCH

thank you again for this absolute unfathomable joy, i squeaked out loud at least 3 times, i am full of serotonin once more

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

SHARON DEN ADEL Explains Why WITHIN TEMPTATION Used AI Technology To Create Recent Music Videos

In a new interview with Wikimetal, vocalist Sharon Den Adel of Dutch metal titans WITHIN TEMPTATION spoke about the band's decision to use artificial intelligence technology to create the videos for their recent singles "Bleed Out" and "Wireless". Asked if she and her bandmates were concerned about the variety of dangers AI poses, ranging from the small to, potentially, the existential, before embracing it for the creation of their videos, Sharon said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, yes, very much, because I understand the concerns and I hope there will be a law soon to guide everyone to what's allowed and what's not allowed because sometimes it's not very obvious what the dangers are and that will help people to make the right decision, I guess. For us, it is a tool that we love, especially because of the fact that it gives so much opportunity and a lot of times, it would not be… It's very expensive to do what we did actually now normally, and it still was a very expensive video, though it may not look like one… We were very happy how it turned out because it became a very new type of video for us, something that we would not able be to be to afford because it takes so much time. And also money-wise, it's very expensive to make something like that similar, an animation like that. We always wanted it, and this is the first time that, with a tool like this, it's still even possible. And we wanted to have like a painting coming to life, and that's what we tried to do. And it worked out like that. But like I said, the lip sync is something that needs to be worked on in the future; that's something that AI is not very good at. So on that point, that's a little bit less beautiful. But on the other hand, we did everything in the same way that we normally do. We use the same group of people, worked with the same people, I mean. And so we had the director, we wrote the storyline together. There were actors who were filmed, the band was filmed, everybody was filmed like we normally do, but the only thing is we added someone to it, to the team; that's the AI specialist. And, of course, there's a lot of things to still figure out what to do with AI in the future. But I think there's a lot of upside, not just in the art way, but also in hospitals, like finding certain cures for certain things — not cures, but maybe problems, like scans and everything; it goes easier with AI, for instance, than it normally would with a lot of people, which is more expensive."

Last month, WITHIN TEMPTATION released a brand-new single "Ritual". The song is the focus track of the band's upcoming album, "Bleed Out", due out on October 20.

[okodnol]

Answering Hazbin Hotel Questionnaire in Great Details

from nayla (@misfirerules) on twitter

☆ who’s your favorite character?

Alastor and Vaggie (one was instant and the other slowly grew on me and now i legit can't choose)

Alastor is a trickster with standards, he punches up, confronts bullies, but honestly he's just so cute i automatically forgive him any crimes. Bonus points for helping me realize being affectionate with friends doesn't ruin your bad boy persona, it shows you're secure in it. Don't redeem him it's demon cruelty!

Vaggie is a tragic reformed soldier who desperately tries to repent for her war crimes; the juxtaposition of regular tough attitude and complete guard dropping for Charlie endeared me to her a lot. 'Whatever it takes' came up and i was like oooowww~

Also this scene before the final battle where she tells other hotel residents to save themselves cause "We.. I can't protect you anymore". She CARES

The funny thing is that Vaggie and Alastor share that strong preference to only socialize with women (me too! i feel so seen!) but CAN'T STAND each other

☆ what’s your favorite song from the soundtrack?

Stayed Gone and Hell's Greatest Dad, obviously. I also composed the complete tier list (i feel SO BAD for placing It Starts with Sorry this low):

Stayed gone | Dad beats dad

You didn't know | Ready for this | Finale (big musical theatre ones)

Poison

Respectless | Out for love

Happy day in hell | Loser baby

Hell is forever | Whatever it takes

It starts with sorry

More than anything

Welcome to heaven

🎶 it will take time to cover your vast multitude of sins 🎶

If i were to take into account visuals, first place would be either Loser Baby or Poison

☆ who are your otps?

I don't have a strong preference, but Charlie and Vaggie check too many of my personal boxes:

working on a project together

back-to-back fighting scene

picking a woman from a garbage dump

and nursing her back to health

DRAMA of one being another's lifeline

and never using it as leverage ever

fierce protectiveness goes both ways

casual pda

Wanted to do a full diagram and it turned out i'm so much more invested in friendship dynamics i need a separate chart for them

(what will be friendship categories? mentor/student, making each other better/worse, bonding over unique exp; we as a society should develop this concept)

As you can see i was kin assigned Lucifer and took it to heart lol

☆ who’s your least favorite character?

I don't care that much about Adam and Lute, actually

☆ are there any ships you hate?

I have an irrational personal vendetta against Alastor x Lucifer; i enjoy a good fan work, but the concept itself pisses me off; like, there's a painful power disbalance and zero positive interactions in canon

Adam does not deserve to be shipped with neither Lucifer nor Lilith. Lute kinda deserves him, but i prefer them as comrades

☆ least favorite song?

I don't feel much for Welcome to Heaven

☆ what made you watch hazbin hotel?

I think it was impossible not to watch it at the time, and of course i did, i adore this classic DeviantArt edgy lanky angular over-the-top style

☆ what made you love the show?

aesthetic really clicked with me

groundbreaking animation

lots of musical numbers

lovable characters

mlm & wlw representation

deconstruction of religion

you can tell VA's and artists had fun working on it

it's an inspiring indi-project success story

If we're talking about the animation specifically:

the character and camera movements are full of energy and satisfying to watch

characterization through body language

complex emotions

exciting action

interesting shots

you also can rewatch scenes multiple times cause characters on the background are doing stuff too

creative coloring and lighting

everyone is SO PRETTY

upturned eyes, sharp features and teeth they seemingly had to invent a new lip-sync technic for

☆ how long have you been a fan of hazbin hotel?

After i watched the pilot it took me a while to start Helluva Boss, but we binged it with a friend few years ago and i was really invested in this universe since then

☆ what’s your overall opinion on the show?

Innovative industry-changing trendsetting project we do not appreciate enough yet as a society. As a person who loves musicals, animated music videos, action, fighting and dancing, i was finally fed~

It's a crime it wasn't given more episodes; it's so tightly packed that even if i have some issues with pacing and priorities, i can't imagine HOW it can be rearranged without loosing important elements that are there already. I also firmly believe that fast story is better than less story so i'm against "just cut stuff out" approach

☆ if you could remove anything or someone from hazbin, what would it be?

This one scene where sir Pentious got dragged into a sex room as a joke 😑

☆ do you have any theories? If so what is it?

— The reason you end up in Heaven or Hell is that deep inside you're sure you deserve to go to Heaven or Hell (stole this idea from tumblr). That's how Adam ended up where he did. And sir Pentious unlocked a new mechanic cause he was exposed to the idea of redemption by Charlie (my 5 cents)

— There're more former exorcists in Hell besides Vaggie, and Carmilla saw them

— Rosie will teach Charlie how she made Cannibal town that nice of a place

— Alastor killed the most cruel and ruthless overlords, that's why the more decent ones, like Zestial / Carmilla / Rosie accepted him into the club (fandom commonplace)

— Alastor didn't kill Husk but kept his soul cause Husk wasn't that bad of a person in his overlord days and Alastor actually likes having him around

— Alastor doesn't own Nifty's soul

— Nifty is actually crazy powerful, she just wasn't properly motivated to unleash it on anyone yet

— Angel sold his sould to Valentino not out of desperation but cause he was manipulated into thinking that was a good idea somehow (he put a heart in his contract signature, also not my theory)

— both Angel and Husk will get their souls back one way or another

☆ opinions on the Vees?

Velvette is the coolest V. Vox is very relatable cause he's so done and just wants to do his job in peace and he still can't cyberbully to save his life. Valentino is a great reminder that your life can be ruined by an IDIOT which adds an insult to injury

I was dead sure Vox and Valentino are married. I hate the fact that i enjoy Valentino's dynamic with other Vees that much

I know and love Vox and Velvette's VAs from their Broadway performances as Marvin from Falsettos, Helene from Great Comet and Persephone from Hadestown

☆ thoughts on adam?

Adam can die in a fire, the genocidal maniac. He's much MUCH worse than Valentino, there's even no comparison, but i feel like fandom thinks the other way and it's wild. He was an extremely entertaining antagonist, but please don't return him in season 2

☆ if you could be best friends with any of the characters, who would it be?

I feel nerd kinship with sir Pentious but i don't think we'll be like Best Friends; i could see myself forming something like that with Vaggie if i happen to fall on her good side

☆ which scene from hazbin has permanently stuck to you?

~ hey! sssoo.. i see, the club has a sEx room! ..so i was thinking, maybeEe, you'd want to.. aa.. doo aa sExss with me 🕶️

Also the amount of serotonins Rosie and Alastor's duet gave me..

☆ who’s a character you want to see/see more in the upcoming seasons?

I need to know what happened to Eve and i need sir Pentious to be present and plot-relevant

Would be nice to meet Angel's sibling(s) and Lilith

Vaggie needs friends and support network outside of Charlie; hope Carmilla will keep mentoring her and Rosie keeps mentoring Charlie

Really excited for more Vox and Velvette

☆ what are your hazbin hotel hot takes?

The hatedom for this show is wildly disproportionate and uncalled for and it's genuinely breaks my heart cause i fear it may discourage other animators with personal projects. Hazbin deserved MUCH more praise and recognition

A good chunk of the critique can be boiled down to:

don't vibe with aesthetics so it's bad

story is not what i expected so it's bad

bad faith reading

evaluating animated show by static character sheets and random in-between screencaps

petty neatpicks

PLOT RELEVANT HOT ΤΑKES:

Sinners don't need redemptions, they need to be left alone by Heaven and work on making Hell a better place

Sir Pentious did not get a good ending, he lost all the friends he just made (it may turn out for the better but right now i'm sad)

Charlie did her best in Masquerade and as an untrained group therapist at the Hotel, cut the girl some slack, she does learn from mistakes

It's possible for Alastor to simultaneously like and help Hotel residents when he can and pursue his own agenda when he must

I think Mimzy is cute, sue me (we need more pathetic women representation, hope we'll get it in season 2)

Fandom plz stop with the infantilization of Nifty; people realized it's a problem with Velvette, which is cool, but Nifty still suffers from it too often

☆ any headcanons?

— Alastor plans on actually befriending Charlie to have a powerful willing ally like Rosie who can help him get off the leash

— Alastor decided to fight Adam to show off his powers and publicly defeat the First Man, but miscalculated catastrophically (stole this one from my sister)

— Nifty will be forced to choose between Alastor and the Hotel residents at some point in season 2

— Charlie subconsciously treats Hotel guests the way she was treated by her parents as a kid cause it's her only point of reference

— Vaggie and Angel will grow closer cause they're very similar in their protective nature, realistic worldview and self-neglect (season 2 i'm begging you)

— both Charlie and Vaggie visited Rosie and Carmilla, respectively, after the final battle to tell them how it went

— Carmilla will introduce Vaggie to her daughters and they will start hanging out sometimes

— Charlie will introduce Vaggie to Rosie

— Vaggie had good relationship with other exterminators during her Heaven era, even with Lute at some point, and she always hated Adam

— i like the idea of Husk winning back either Angel's soul from Valentino or his own from Alastor in a game of cards (it's like poetry; irl don't play if you're an addict though) or any other seemingly inoffensive game

— after he looses Angel's soul (and get his own beaten out of him preferably) Valentino will reevaluate his life and start dating Vox officially

— Cherry and Husk will become unlikely pals through Angel

— the apple tower is more likely Charlie's office, not Lucifer's, but he will be involved with running the Hotel

— considering Lucifer is actually a sincere, nice and caring person, it will be HARD for Alastor to win back the spotlight after he returns to the Hotel

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wow you got that far here let me share some sketches i did:

[bryhaven]

Top 10 Films

Thank you for the tag, @onigiri-dorkk! I've been tagged in a number of challenge posts, and I will try to get to them soon ahah 😅

This was supposed to be a discussion of films but then again, I managed to find AOT/SNK and RivaMika parallels while going through this list 😂

This challenge has been fun and it was hard to pick only 10, let alone rank them! But for the sake of the game, I tried 😌

10. The King and I (1999)

A musical animated adaptation of a Siamese (now called Thai) King who hires an English schoolteacher to have his country learn western modern ways. It was very amusing and enjoyable that the villain and accomplice here are written as comedic. And the added young love story between the crown prince and the servant girl is endearing. And I'm actually fond of forbidden love tropes ahaha. Plus the musical scenes are fun and brilliant! A great family movie! 🥰

9. Troy (2004)

A story focusing on the Trojan war and the heroes in it. I've always enjoyed historical and legend-type movies as they give a glimpse of life in ancient times. I appreciate Achilles (Brad Pitt) and Hector (Eric Bana) in the movie so much that I included them in my AMV tribute to heroes and legends. The Iliad, which is the battle between Achilles and Hector, is one of my favorite legendary fights. Plus one of Achilles' last scenes and the line, "You gave me peace, in a lifetime of war." is so heartwarming. And now that I think of it, it's something that Levi could say to a certain special someone during post-war. 😏

8. Unknown (2011)

An action-thriller revolving around seeking the truth, hence the title. Liam Neeson always delivers when it comes to action and suspense-filled scenes (plus he is the namesake of my Ackerchild OC 😌). The story progression will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you wondering until the plot twist turns into an answer with a shocking revelation. His character is also badass, brooding, and serious, while also suffering from injury and trauma. Reminds me too much of a certain someone in SnK. 😄 Plus the way that the two main characters develop from reluctantly working together to understanding and caring for each other is just *screams in RivaMika vibes*

7. Brother Bear (2003)

A story about literally walking in another's footsteps to learn a valuable lesson by seeing the other's point of view. It showcases brotherly and familial love in a lighthearted adventure. Watching the movie has a significant and special meaning to me for personal reasons. The plot twist is absolutely heart-wrenching and beautifully executed. Plus the original soundtracks gave me chills, were perfect for each and every exhilarating scene, and hold the rare honor of making me cry. 😭

6. Taken (2008)

Another one of Liam Neeson's action-packed movies. This revolves around the rescue of his character's daughter from human trafficking. As always, his character is badass, brooding, and serious. Some daddy issues, wherein his character struggles with fatherhood to a growing teenage girl. Fatherly love 💖 and gotta love the brilliance of how he tracks down his daughter and saves her. His style and strategies blew my mind, it's amazing! Plus that line in the GIF is iconic!

5. Entrapment (1999)

A story of two thieves, skillful in their own ways, working together to steal an ancient artifact. I love how they came up with brilliant spy-like strategies and synced together to accomplish the task. Recollecting this reminded me as well of @chaosisbeauty23's "Are you in?" two-shot spy story. It gave me similar vibes. Sean Connery's character trained Catherine Zeta-Jones' character, they had trust issues and conflicts, and they grew close through the duration of the preparation until they eventually got to trust each other enough to continue working together. Plus the age difference! Rings a bell? *screams again in RivaMika vibes*

4. Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

A story of a cop helping to crack a major drug ring and ending up having to save a prostitute and her daughter to ultimately resolve it. I guess I have always been fond of unexpectedly-working-together and damsel-in-distress tropes, and this movie has two of those tropes in it! 😂 Recollecting this reminded me of @nuri148's "Not a Pirate" where Mikasa has a child. I love the chemistry between Jet Li and Bridget Fonda here, you can feel the tension and awkwardness ahaha. Plus the height difference! *screams again and again in RivaMika vibes* ghad seriously why am I associating these films I watched years ago with the current RM fics I've read bahaha 😂😅

3. Con Air (1997)

A story of an ex-convict trying to get home to his family after he's been finally freed. I always go soft whenever strong, badass, brooding guys show tenderness and affection with regard to their families or the people they care for. Levi Ackerman as a father, anyone? 😌 This story hits with both the action and the feels. Plus the "How do I live without you?" performed by Trisha Yearwood is just *chef's kiss*

2. Brave (2012)

A story of a princess struggling with life as a royal and trying to find her own path. Merida is my favorite Disney princess and I find her relatable in ways. I enjoyed the adventurous-type songs here as well. I absolutely love her unconventional and strong character which deviates from the typical dainty and girly princesses. She's spirited, stubborn, and won't take any BS 😂 Plus she's great with a sword!

1. The One (2001)

And finally at the top 1 spot is coincidentally "The One" released in 2001 bahaha 😂 another one of Jet Li's action-packed movies which I love. And there are two Jet Lis in here ahaha. The story revolves around Yulaw (Jet Li) traveling across the multiverse hunting down and killing all his counterparts or other selves until only two of them are left. With each counterpart killed in every universe, the energy and power get divided between the remaining surviving counterparts resulting in them having increased strength, intelligence, and speed. I've mentioned this in a post before that this is similar to how Levi's and Mikasa's superhuman powers came to be.

I absolutely love the plot and story progression in this sci-fi setup, which makes you wonder, what if we actually have alternate personas in other universes (and we just don't know about it because there are people who make sure that we don't know in order to ensure peace and balance)? Plus Jason Statham's character as an ally here was unexpectedly funny!

I also appreciate the romance factor in the movie in the sense that, it is shown as trust, comfort, and care. Doesn't need to have all the kissy scenes or so to show genuine love. And one of Jet Li's character's lines about his love here is just 💖

Jet Li always delivers as well when it comes to action and suspense-filled scenes. Plus just look at the parallels below (The One vs AOT S3):

Using a dead person as a shield then obliterates everyone afterward.

Jet Li's characters in movies are usually brooding, badass, serious, and aloof from people. Plus he is charmingly handsome and rather short in stature IRL too! Yep, Jet Li is a real-life Levi Ackerman 🤣😌

I swear I watched all of these way before I even encountered Attack on Titan. I didn't mean for this to be too long and to include much RivaMika and AOT, but it was fun recollecting the movies and then associating them with my brain rot 😂

Now that I have this list, I realize I tend to gravitate towards action movies and familial ones. Plus most of these movies have that one badass, brooding, serious guy who is insanely skilled and strong, and has a reputation but also soft for their loved ones. Geez I already have a type way before Levi Ackerman bahaha 😂🥰😌

None of these movies are focused on romance but the couple GIFs are intentional bahaha 😏

Tagging: No one, no pressure. 😅

[emzlol]

‼️ Rant post ‼️

❗The next speech includes topics like bullying, if you're uncomfortable with that don't proceed forward to the speech, thank you.

I'm very disappointed in the current generation and state of internet.

Yesterday I stumbled upon a short on YouTube created by a young slavic YouTuber.

She tried to recreate the short animation under the name of "oo ee oo" by channel (channelcaststation) , inspired by HatsuneMiku, featuring portion of the vocaloid song "Anamanaguchi" , that went viral a while ago on YouTube Shorts, in her style, just like many other animation channels did and showed her progress.

She left the original video in the background while her drawings were playing along the moves, trying to sync with the original video.

Now.. what is my problem with this video?

I do not have issues with the video in particular.. it was cute, it was innocent, it was someone's efforts to learn animation and make something for other's entertainment.

What I DO have a problem with is the reactions this video got in return upon reaching publicity.

People were insulting and attacking the video with the reasoning for their actions being that simply;

She, as a kid and non English speaker, DIDN'T credit the original artist after featuring their video in the background of her own animation.

She "traced" the original animation - which btw is absolutely not the case.

"The art was ugly".. 🧍🏻‍♂️

What.. the.. shell...

People, presumably many ranging from the age of 11 to 18+.. bullied a kid, a kid that doesn't even speak English, because she didn't credit an artist after trying to recreate a popular animation short in her style?

Do you guys even realize that she doesn't know what crediting is?

Do you realize that it's a literal KID we are speaking of???

Have people forgotten how kids work?? Because I can damn well tell you a non English speaking kid is highly unlikely to be aware of the concept of crediting artists online.

This kid saw the many videos of other artists recreating this innocent musical animation and the kid wanted to try and do the same, it meant no harm to the creator and it meant no harm to the fans of the particular person and fandom.

She just wanted to do something and showcase her skills like every other kid would do if given the chance!

But what did she get in return?

Spam comments of people, probably older than herself, hating on her for something she couldn't have knew she's supposed to do, a small mistake if you will.. and also calling her art UGLY while she's just a KID.

Even going as far as REPORTING her.

Kids aren't supposed to draw masterpieces, they're still learning!

LET. THE. KID. LEARN.

Also the like begging is wild.. it's pathetic how they're trying to get likes off of bullying a literal kid..

Also here's pictures of the comment section and the video in question.

I'm not going to credit the girl just in case somebody decided to be an ass...

[markjohns]

SWARM from McGloughlin Brothers on Vimeo.

SWARM - A McGloughlin Brothers Film

Directed By - The McGloughlin Brothers Music and Sound Design By - Max Cooper Animation / Camera / Edit By - The McGloughlin Brothers Fluid Art By - Roman Hill, Thomas Blanchard & Oilhack Drone Photography By - Colm Hogan Special Thanks to Léa Morel, Paul Mignot, Brendan Canty & Greenlight Films

Stream / buy vinyl EP and limited edition prints: ffm.to/swarm Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2maxcooper and enable alerts

McGLOUGHLIN BROTHERS: Development and destruction seem to go hand in hand when it comes to human progress on earth. There is a celebration of the human ability to create sophisticated environments in which we inhabit, but also a concern at the price that we are paying for this.

Feeling alien is easy here.

- - -

MAX COOPER: This project was something special for me. Two of my favourite artists, brothers, and long term collaborators, Kevin and Páraic McGloughlin got together to create a short film with huge visual and conceptual intensity.

It is the story of our planet and us on it. Swarming. The huge scale of our impact on the planet presented as beautiful and terrifying growing structures as we see population growth time lapse set against frenetic activity.

Usually I write music alongside rough visual ideas from my project stories, and rely on the video artist to synchronise them for music videos. But this beast of a short film was presented more or less finished, and I had the daunting task of how to make the music live up to the feeling and spectacle of the film. As well as sync to the barrage of visual cues.

It turned into a bit of an obsession, where I was trying to find the right sounds to link with every new scene, and given the number of scenes, it turned into one of my most detailed pieces of music. If you can listen in HD format with headphones there are many details to find in there, often using spatial/binaural format to make them audible amongst the chaos.

Kevin and Páraic also had a big role in guiding the musical style as it’s their film rather than my music video this time. We tried several different ideas, and they encouraged me to go the route of my sansula pieces which you may notice the link to. It’s a small thumb plucked instrument that I play and record and has formed a major part of my sound over the years.

The main element that I started with was that big pitch bending synth chord sequence. It seemed to capture something of the growing intensity and power of the film, and I could also sync the pitch gliding to the longer scale visual arrangement. The whole process of building the arrangement tightly to the film yielded an unusual musical structure for me, which was a nice habit breaking process that gave me some lessons to take into future projects.

It took a long time to create an audio mapping, but they have made such a beautiful visual spectacle it was a total pleasure to work on and obsess over. Big thanks to Kevin and Páraic McGloughlin for getting me involved in this short film, and I hope some of you can hear and feel the love and sweat and tears we all put into the project.

- - -

FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM

Directors:

@paraicmcgloughlin @kevinmcgloughlin_gram

Music / Sound Design: @maxcoopermax

Fluid Art: @thomas_blanchard @roman.hill @oilhack

Drone Photography: @drumhog

Thanks: @leamorel @paulmignot_dir @brendanfeelgoodlost @the_wild_seeds

[visualcontext-stimuli]

SWARM from McGloughlin Brothers on Vimeo.

SWARM - A McGloughlin Brothers Film

Directed By - The McGloughlin Brothers Music and Sound Design By - Max Cooper Animation / Camera / Edit By - The McGloughlin Brothers Fluid Art By - Roman Hill, Thomas Blanchard & Oilhack Drone Photography By - Colm Hogan Special Thanks to Léa Morel, Paul Mignot, Brendan Canty & Greenlight Films

Stream / buy vinyl EP and limited edition prints: ffm.to/swarm Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2maxcooper and enable alerts

McGLOUGHLIN BROTHERS: Development and destruction seem to go hand in hand when it comes to human progress on earth. There is a celebration of the human ability to create sophisticated environments in which we inhabit, but also a concern at the price that we are paying for this.

Feeling alien is easy here.

- - -

MAX COOPER: This project was something special for me. Two of my favourite artists, brothers, and long term collaborators, Kevin and Páraic McGloughlin got together to create a short film with huge visual and conceptual intensity.

It is the story of our planet and us on it. Swarming. The huge scale of our impact on the planet presented as beautiful and terrifying growing structures as we see population growth time lapse set against frenetic activity.

Usually I write music alongside rough visual ideas from my project stories, and rely on the video artist to synchronise them for music videos. But this beast of a short film was presented more or less finished, and I had the daunting task of how to make the music live up to the feeling and spectacle of the film. As well as sync to the barrage of visual cues.

It turned into a bit of an obsession, where I was trying to find the right sounds to link with every new scene, and given the number of scenes, it turned into one of my most detailed pieces of music. If you can listen in HD format with headphones there are many details to find in there, often using spatial/binaural format to make them audible amongst the chaos.

Kevin and Páraic also had a big role in guiding the musical style as it’s their film rather than my music video this time. We tried several different ideas, and they encouraged me to go the route of my sansula pieces which you may notice the link to. It’s a small thumb plucked instrument that I play and record and has formed a major part of my sound over the years.

The main element that I started with was that big pitch bending synth chord sequence. It seemed to capture something of the growing intensity and power of the film, and I could also sync the pitch gliding to the longer scale visual arrangement. The whole process of building the arrangement tightly to the film yielded an unusual musical structure for me, which was a nice habit breaking process that gave me some lessons to take into future projects.

It took a long time to create an audio mapping, but they have made such a beautiful visual spectacle it was a total pleasure to work on and obsess over. Big thanks to Kevin and Páraic McGloughlin for getting me involved in this short film, and I hope some of you can hear and feel the love and sweat and tears we all put into the project.

- - -

FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM

Directors:

@paraicmcgloughlin @kevinmcgloughlin_gram

Music / Sound Design: @maxcoopermax

Fluid Art: @thomas_blanchard @roman.hill @oilhack

Drone Photography: @drumhog

Thanks: @leamorel @paulmignot_dir @brendanfeelgoodlost @the_wild_seeds

[azhumide-blog]

Week 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcYOflpxPSY

1. Well-considered AV relationships

The first thing I thought about was synchronization when consider AV relationships, and that includes foley and effect sound synchronization. In my application, foley sound is the sound has to be sync to the visual and it is not only the timing, but also consider about the auditory perspective. I add studio and convolution reverb to simulation the reverb environment that match to visual, adjust eq and channel volume to sync the distance and direction of sound.

Reduce or mute sound foley sound when appropriate is another important point for AV relationship in my sound design. This can be interpreted as narrative levels of character internal sound. For example, when people concentrate on one thing, their brain will automatically ignore some external sounds, this implementation can be found bullet time sound design.

In contrast, sometimes sounds need to be amplified to exaggerate, this can be to tell the audience that this is an important point in the story, or to add power and thickness to the visual. I implemented this in the shooting and some vital footsteps sound.

It's worth noting that I add a riser before every vital moment such as jump, explosion, and some camera movement, and release it as the top. It can be released in many ways, sometimes visually, sometimes with high impact effect or foley sound. This creates a lot of sound and narrative dynamics for the visual.

2. Professionally implemented SD/score

I used synthesizer in Ableton for individual sound designs like drone and UI sound, Then I'll import all the sounds in Premiere pro. In Premiere Pro, I could sync the AV more easily, and more importantly, I could add effects to each audio clip. It makes it easier for me to manage it because I don't have to create a lot of tracks, and I can still add sound effects to the tracks.

I tried to avoid reusing vital sound material as much as possible, while using different sounds of the same type, I try to make sure they don't sound too different in thickness and quality.

Through discussion, I knew that this is a cyberpunk animated 3d short film It's about a scientist being hunted by a cyborg hunter. I start to make some drone sound for the score at first WIP as music score for first scene, it seems like a simple and effective way to construct an atmosphere of mystery and danger. But Desmond said it was not the music he had in mind, then next few weeks in the group we sharing music and discussing the functionality of music score. I ended up with a synthesizer techno, I think synthesizers are perfect fit for the cyberpunk style and techno type of music can also create the tension of battle.

I cut and added some hi/low pass filters to let the drums at the right time to get in, in order to achieve valence and activation in music score narrative.

3. Appropriate workload for semester

There are three of them in this cooperation, Kim and me are sound designer and Desmond is animator. We had an offline meeting at the very beginning, through discussion Kim and I intend to work separately rather than together due to we have different styles and we want to be as creative as possible, but we still share some ideas to each other’s. When doing this way, we're giving Desmond more options to choose, He can choose which of our two versions he likes better, or he can choose some of each version and make a perfect version. We also recorded his requirements for sound design and the atmosphere and world view he wanted to construct.

We have a weekly meeting where we discuss what the animators are going to take next, and then we show the animators our work and ask animator to make choices and suggestions. I also ask questions about the details of the animation, such as the mood and state of the character, the environment and the world outside the camera.

I also raised some animation camera movement issues during the WIP discussion, Desmond said there will be recompose the camera movement in first scene after all the scenes are finished. So, I decided to optimize the sound of the train after the camera was redone.

4. Onboarding class feedback

A challenge that stumped me was about the sound of trains, I recorded myself to understand the difference in the sound of trains in different directions and at different distances. However, the train in the animation is a very high moving object, and the same reference cannot be found in real life, but through the feedback in class, I basically understand I should have focused on the woosh sound synchronization not the sound of the train itself.

It was mentioned in class that my footsteps were not synchronized with the picture, which I realized when I was making it. The figures in the picture move very fast but their legs move very slowly. A great idea from the class is add more weight on each step that give it more power so it should be make sense that character is moving fast.

Till week 12, I have accomplished sound design in three scenes of this project and there are two more scenes that Desmond is working on that will be finished at 10th June.

[stormblessed95]

BTS During April Fools

So I know this post is late, I'm still doing it! But they are SO funny and cute during this day. I wanted to share, for those who might not have seen them all, all the cute pranks they've pulled on ARMY over the years. 💜

2014

They changed their profile picture MULTIPLE TIMES from multiple members lol

Jin went first changing it to his dog, with the accompanying tweet here and here. Then Hobi took over, posting his own photo and the tweets to go with it here and here. To which Jimin replied with his own tweet and a ninja turtle attack selca asking why jhope hyung was taking over Twitter. Lmao Jin changed the photo to himself, then a photo of Yoongi as a drawing. Then Tae took over, changed the photo to one of himself as well as tweeted a baby photo of himself where he shared he was secretly actually a prince in hiding. As well another tweet about being the leader now. Jimin then took over, changed the photo to himself and tweeted another selca saying Tae is dominating the twitter.

2015

They changed their Fancafe layout to BTS as girls as well as changed their Twitter layout again a ton lol

BigHit Entertainment official Twitter even joined in, with pretending everyone was secret agents, changed their layout and posted photos

Some of the Twitter layout changes included Baby Jimin, as well as Jimin Mon doll takeover, and Tae Designer, along with a challenge from Tae Designer part 2, of which Jimin responded to, asking Tae to please teach him his ways. Lol. Then there was the general prank tweets too. RM tweeted that he accidentally cut off his tongue and can no longer rap due to spicy food. Jin tweeted that he was a webtoon writer who shared a name with BTS Jin. Hobi tweeted a selca, saying "I'm Ugly... April Fools." Lol

2016

We have ONCE AGAIN gone through MULTIPLE profile switch ups on Twitter from many members. Lmao including Sope, Jin, Laserman, TibetMon, Jhorse and Busan Boys.

We had Sope make their official Twitter debut. Lmao with an announcement tweet. And follow up tweet of them lip syncing to HOMME. Which was then followed up by Jikook switching it up and making it the Busan boys Twitter instead. Where they posted these selcas together. Followed up by teasing Sope by posting their own singing video together to HOMME. (Okay vocals 😭). Jin and RM switched it to the Alpaca and Tibetan respectively, only to then also spam the timeline with each animal in various ways. Like so many tweets. Lol Ill just link one of each 🤣 Jins here and Joons here. Tae is the one who took over to change it to JHorse, and he also posted along with it a video of horses saying "with Master V." Hobi then also posted a Screencap of Tae texting him about it, saying that "on Twitter, I tried using aeygo on you hyung." Lol cute.

2017

They changed their twitter profiles twice this year. First was JinMin who changed their bio to "No its not. Yes, it's right" and pictures of them matching. And then Tae changed it later to photos of himself and their bio to "music is my life" too. Lol

The tweets that go with it too. Lmao Jin tweeting out the photos of JinMin matching. Jimin the day before had tweeted out other photos of them in the same matching outfits after their concert, so I'm including those selcas too because they are so cute. Tae tweeted out the photos he used for his layout as well, with the caption "I'm tipsy." Lol

2018

Again, the insane changing of the profile pictures war took place. Lmao Lee Hyun, PDogg and Bang PD did not escape this year either 🤣

The tweets accompanying this madness are here too. Lmao Lee Hyun being tweeted here and here. Pdogg getting his own tweet too here. Bang PD got his first tweet here. And then they started using his photos to play rock paper scissors lmfao. Which are scissors here and paper here. Someone's apology tweet to Bang PD and blaming the whole thing on Jin. Lmao This was then followed up by regular prank tweets too. From Suga, who tweeted a photo of a Sugarcane field and said "I miss my hometown." Lol and the absolute most iconic prank from Jimin, who tweeted out a link to a news article about how NamJin have been confirmed dating for a year now. His tweet said "BTS Jin ❤ BTS RM they have been in a relationship for one year already. # JIMIN # Hyungs_ILoveYouGuys" lmaooooo if you followed the link it took you to a fake website for April fools. Lmao the link doesn't work anymore though, sorry. 😂 Jin replied to it too. Lmao "because I'm so mad at Jimin. I'll do a acrostic poem about Bang Sihyuk" lol and his Poem was posted.

2019

Jin took over and changed the profiles to himself and a lobster. Sope later took over themselves again too

Their accompanying tweets, from Jin, greeting hello with a pun on prawn. And from Sope, Korea's Number 1 Singers, Sope. And you cant forget the iconic Sope Vlive where they announced their breakup/disbandment as a prank on ARMY lol and Joon congratulating them on their breakup 😭🤣

Nothing happened in 2020....

2021

Hobi pranked us on Weverse saying he died his hair, but was caught fairly quickly by ARMY finding the original old photos/videos he had cropped lol

2022

Hobi pranked us again on Weverse this year. Saying he was leaving for the airport when he wasn't going until the next day. Lol Jimin changed the Twitter layout to make it his own twt and Tae changed it after him to make it his. Jin, Jimin and RM changed their Instagram bios/profiles as well too. Lol

Link to Hobis Weverse post

And the accompanying tweets to Vmins Twitter takeover. Jimin joking around like he didn't know how to change the layout back with a mischievous tone. Tae posting a Golf Video of him at the flagship Top Golf in Vegas and tagging a pro golfer in it too. They are so cute!

They are all so funny for real 😭🤣

[skylaryozora]

I'd love to see them actually performing some, say, anime-style songs, oh my, that would be awesome.

On this occasion, let me write a little rant.

One of the reasons I kinda like S5 (apart from Harmonix design and pretty casual outfits IMHO) was this short scene where these two got the spotlight in a good sense. Something I wasn't emotionally ready for, I kid you not, I was fangirling so much when I realized that Riven admitted he had been taking guitar classes and actually wrote A FRICKING SONG, AND HE. STARTED. SINGING. And to top it all, it turns out he has a pretty good vocal.

But all of a sudden, Musa joins him and starts singing as well. As much as I stan Rivusa, I can't understand something about this whole situation. First, how tf does she know the lyrics if he has just revealed that he had written it? Is she improvising? People justified it by pointing out that Musa is said to know melodies of people's hearts or something, and that's why she is able to sing together with him. But even if that's true and may make sense to someone, there comes the second issue...

Girl. He wrote a song for you. SO LET HIM SING and show that he is a good performer.

Knowing that your girlfriend is a fairy of music, you probably hustle hard to create something decent so as to impress her, and when the time comes, you want to show the best of you. But instead, she joins you or rather steals the spotlight, because she clearly dominates the rest of the song, eclipsing you as a result.

This feels wrong for me because it shows how Musa-centered this relationship is. Things are usually shown from her perspective, and she is made to play the first fiddle even if Riven tries to display his skills and prove he made a genuine effort for her. Her being a fairy of music and being an expert in this field in a way doesn't justify her behavior here, and I would say it's very selfish. All the more because this event is not even commented on later, in neither of the seasons, and in Musa's flashbacks from S8 we actually see her reminiscing about (all the bad things ofc) him meeting up with the female guitarist and jumping to conclusions that he was cheating on her, and NOT A GLIMPSE of him revealing his secret and singing a song he wrote for her, in front of a huge audience. I can't get over how biased and ridiculous it all is, poor writing at its finest.

If I remember correctly, Riven was actually singing before, in S4, which also wasn't that much commented on. So it wasn't that much of a revelation that he can perform.

Also, don't get me started on Winx forming a band all of a sudden and Bloom soon putting Musa in the shade and becoming the main vocalist (the latter is just outrageous, but yeah, the protagonist takes it all). A similar thing happens with other specialists accompanying Riven. Everyone goes in barbie-style into a world of music which in real life requires years of training and a knack for it all in the first place. Here, everyone suddenly knows how to play an instrument in sync with everyone else, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Same with Winx girls riding horses or playing sports (correct me if I'm wrong). Their individual interests and talents are for some reason overshadowed and flattened by the miscallenous and random things they end up doing together for the sake of... What actually?

Feel free to add anything, I really needed to vent. That notwithstanding, I do enjoy the song La Musica and the fact that they had their moment together, even though I'd rather see Riven singing separately and later them singing something else together. So yeah, I have a love-hate attitude towards this scene.

[cafedanslanuit]

♡   —   pairing: eren x reader

♡   —   tags/warnings: mentions of cheating and alcohol. side aruani and yumihisu. honestly just a feel-good fic, with humour and fluff <3

♡   —   a/n:  honestly, this is the most “romantic comedy” fic i’ve ever written and i love it <3 shout out to @ofoceansandtombstones​ that beta read this one mwah thank u

♡   —   masterlist

There was an ill taste in your mouth that wouldn’t go away, no matter how many drinks you had. And you already had more than a few. From your spot on the table, you could see your friends dancing and having the time of their lives. You really wished you could join them. Nevertheless, you had wasted all your energy forcing a smile and clapping along during the ceremony. Once you had arrived at the hotel reception with the rest of the guests, you had slid a bill to a kind waitress and told her to keep the drinks coming. 

Ymir and Historia were dancing in front of you. Stoic, sour-faced Ymir couldn’t help but smile as her sweet girlfriend twirled and giggled, her cheeks red and eyes just the tiniest bit unfocused. Next to them, Sasha, Jean and Connie were owning the dance floor, moving in sync to the happy music. A grin formed on your face as you saw Connie lifting Sasha up and her almost falling to the floor. Jean was holding his stomach as he laughed loudly.

On a nearby table, Mikasa looked over at them, a small smile on his lips. She was sitting next to her girlfriend, who was holding her hand as they watched their friends dance. You saw her girlfriend leaning over to her and whispering something in her ear, to which she chuckled. It was so strange -and so beautiful- to see Mikasa laugh that it took you aback. And apparently, also the girl she was with, because her lips slightly parted as she watched her in awe.

“How’s the party animal doing?”

You looked up and saw Eren staring down at you with a funny expression. He was wearing black dress pants and a white shirt. The first two buttons were undone, and he was carrying his suit jacket over his shoulder and a beer on his other hand.

“Someone’s gotta keep an eye out for everyone,” you replied with a shrug. Eren scoffed and took the seat next to you on the empty table, leaving his jacket on the nearest chair.

“I mean, I know attending your ex’s wedding isn’t bound to be a good time, but you’d think you would try to put on a happy face.”

You rolled your eyes. “Hey, at least I’m here.”

“After Mikasa tried her best to convince you during a whole week,” he said. You turned your head to Eren, eyes wide open. “What? Of course she told me.”

“That little… That’s it, I’m going to tell her girlfriend about that one time Mikasa got drunk with us,” you muttered angrily, standing up. Eren was quicker and pulled you back to your seat.

“You and Armin broke up a year ago. Why are you so upset he’s moving on?”

Before you could answer, the music stopped and the dance floor erupted in applause. Eren and you watched as Armin and Annie walked in between their guests, greeting everyone as they made their way to the bride and groom table, covered with a pearl cloth and decorated with the finest flowers. Every detail screamed elegance and you knew Armin had been the one to decide most of it. It had his taste written in every napkin and strategically placed flower.

Armin’s smile was almost too big for his face and if you had to guess, those small red marks on the external corner of his eyes meant he had been crying just a few minutes ago. You rolled your eyes. So sentimental. On the other hand, Annie’s smile was far less noticeable, but for someone who always repressed her public displays of emotions as much, that little smile must have felt heavenly to her new husband.

Husband. You took a big gulp of your drink.

“I’m telling you this because I care for you,” Eren said, redirecting your attention to him. “You’re looking like a petty ex.”

“Rather be petty than a cheater,” you shrugged, finishing your drink. You gestured to the waitress and she immediately walked to you, handing you a full glass. Thanking her, you wasted no time in taking a sip.

Eren’s eyebrows were deeply furrowed. “What do you mean?”

“Armin never told you why we broke up, right?”

Eren scooted his chair closer to you and you bit back a laugh.

“He said you just weren’t good together,” he said, trying to remember his friend’s words. “And you said something similar when I asked you back then. Where does this ‘cheating’ thing come from?”

You let out a long sigh. “Maybe it wasn’t cheating. Not by definition, at least. But when your boyfriend starts dating someone else a week after you broke up a two-year-long relationship and he gets engaged four months later… you draw your own conclusions,” you explained, taking another sip of your drink and making a grimace. “Fuck, this one’s strong.”

After not getting a response from Eren for a long moment, you finally turned to look for his emerald eyes. You could almost see the numbers flying around his mind, trying to make sense of everything you had just told him. It was endearing.

“Wait, no-- wait,” Eren gestured at you with his hand. He stopped himself again and took a sip of his beer. “The first time Armin told me about Annie was in February. I remember it clearly. We were shopping for Mikasa’s birthday gift and then he went to pick something for Annie. And you guys broke up around Halloween, that’s the time I found you crying-- in Jean's backyard during our costume party.”

“We had a big fight at that party. We hadn’t broken up,” you clarified with a smirk. “He broke up with me after Mikasa’s birthday party. The same party he convinced me not to attend.”

Eren’s face dropped once all the pieces clicked together. He turned his body to look at the bride and groom table, where Armin and Annie were taking a sip of their champagne glasses and talking to each other enthusiastically, while the rest of their guests kept dancing.

“That son of a bitch,” he breathed out. You burst out laughing at his reaction. “No, I mean it! I really thought you had broken up during that Halloween party! You didn’t upload any more photos together, I don’t even remember even seeing you together--”

“I told you, we were fighting and… not in the mood for photos or public dates. Most of those months were spent at his apartment, fighting over really, really stupid things or just not texting each other for days,” you explained. “Honestly, when he broke up with me he made the decision I was too afraid to take. He was right, we weren’t good for each other anymore. But... fuck,” you chuckled icily. “I wish he would have broken up with me before getting with Annie.”

Eren listened in silence, his eyes still on his friend. You gave him time as you kept drinking, your gaze drifting to your friends again. You really wished you could have the energy to join them and forget Armin and Annie. It was true you didn’t love him anymore, yet seeing them together only made you remember how you had been fooled by someone you thought loved you the most.

You had had many dates ever since, but no one ever stuck. It was fun, getting someone’s attention for a couple of weeks, but then you couldn’t help but ghost them, putting up shitty excuses like wanting to focus on yourself and not having enough time to spare with them. You had lost so many amazing opportunities with both boys and girls that a couple of months ago you had decided to stop dating at all. It was lonely for sure, but at least you didn’t find yourself feeling guilty for not being able to open yourself up emotionally for someone else.

“Want to get back at him?”

You turned to Eren so fast you almost hurt your neck.

“What?”

“I have an idea. Just play along,” he explained, standing up.

“Eren, hey, what are you--”

“Everybody! If you could give me a minute please!”

You watched horrified as your friends started turning to you and Eren, confused at the commotion. Eren kept waving his hand, gathering more and more people’s attention, Armin and Annie included. He even gestured to the DJ to lower the music and she complied. In a few seconds, all the guests of the party were looking at you, who was still sitting down with a confused expression, a drink in your hand. Once he deemed enough people were looking at him, you saw him fumbling with his hands nervously.

“Eren,” you called for him again in a whisper, but all he did was take the drink you had in your hands and put it on the table.

“Sorry for interrupting, I know a lot of you were having a lot of fun dancing. But all I’m asking is one minute of your time. I hope that’s okay with you guys,” he grinned back to the bride and groom table, where they were as confused as all the guests around. “I have something really important to say.”

“Eren, no, you can’t tell them about--”

“No, no, give me a moment,” he hushed you again. The DJ walked to both of you and handed an inalambric microphone to Eren.

You didn’t like how devilish his smile turned.

“Great, thanks, this is much better,” he told the DJ, who just kindly smiled at him. “Anyway, I don’t want to take much of the bride and groom’s time, so I’ll try to be concise. The thing is…” he said, turning to face you. “I love you.”

Your mouth flew open as you heard multiple gasps coming from the guests. Yet, you couldn’t bother with looking anywhere but Eren’s eyes. What was he doing? Since when did he have feelings for you? If he wanted to say something, he could have easily said something a few minutes ago, when--

Just play along.

Oh.

Your questioning glare turned into a big smile and you noticed Eren softly nodding at you.

“You already know how much I love you. Honestly, I never get tired of telling you so. And hiding our love from our friends has probably been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. Sorry about that, Mikasa,” he said, gesturing to the woman.

You could imagine your friend’s dumbfounded face, but you knew better than to turn and check for yourself. You knew you wouldn’t be able to hold in your laughter.

“So I’m here in front of all our friends and some other guests I don’t know to ask a simple question.”

In a swift movement, Eren got down on one knee. Your hand flew to cover your mouth, trying your best to hide any trace of laughing on your face. The flash of the cameras startled you for a moment, but that only meant Eren’s plan was working. The excited murmurs and squeals only fueled Eren, as he pulled up a ring and showed it to you. You immediately recognized it as one of the rings he had been wearing a few moments ago. 

“Would you marry me?”

A huge, honest grin made its way to your face and you nodded quickly. You grabbed the microphone Eren was holding and spoke right into it.

“Yes, I’ll marry you!”

You hadn’t listened to a crowd erupting in applause and cheers as loud as the guests at Armin’s wedding when Eren slid his ring on your finger. Once again, the flash of the cameras were right into the both of you as you leaped into his arms. He stood up while holding your body close to him, even giving you a small spin and you buried your face in the crook of his neck.

When he finally put you down, the music resumed and all your friends began running to the both of you.

“You’re fucking crazy,” you whispered to Eren, holding his face between your hands. He laughed.

“Kinda ruined the reception, huh?”

“When the fuck did this happen?” Jean inquired as soon as he reached you.

“Dude, why didn’t you tell us?” Sasha whined, with a small pout. “But congratulations!” she quickly followed, hugging you tightly. As you hugged her back, you felt someone taking the hand that was now wearing Eren’s ring.

“This is one of your rings,” she noted, shooting Eren a dirty glance. He lifted his hands in surrender.

“Hey, I didn’t plan this! But I will get her a prettier one soon,” he said, winking at you. You laughed and shook your head.

“Nah, I like this one,” you replied. You shared a knowing grin and soon it was Connie’s turn to hug you.

While you were hugging your friend back, you saw in the corner of your eye Armin getting up from the table and starting to walk to both of you. Your smile immediately vanished from your face and once Eren caught it and followed your eye trail, he understood the reason why. You heard him mutter a curse before he pulled you from Connie’s embrace.

“Well, we’d love to stay, but my fiancée and I want some time alone.”

“C’mon, you haven’t told us yet how you got together!” Sasha complained.

“Next time, we promise,” you hurriedly assured her.

Eren picked his suit jacket from the table and before Armin could reach your group, you quickly walked away, exiting the hotel. Eren whistled to a taxi and you jumped inside, telling the man behind the wheel to drive. Loud laughter filled the vehicle as soon as it began moving.

“How-- how did you even have this idea?” you asked him, holding your stomach as you laughed. “Dude, Armin looked so upset, we totally stole his thunder.”

“That was the plan,” Eren shrugged, a winning smirk on his lips. “Knowing the gang, everybody’s going to be talking about us and the engagement for the rest of the party.”

“Remind me to never have you as an enemy,” you chuckled, leaning back on the car seat. Letting out a long sigh, you took off Eren’s ring and handed it to him.

He shook his head. “Nah, keep it. As a souvenir of today,” he winked.

“Thank you,” you smiled. You put the ring on your thumb this time, since it was too big for your ring finger anyway. “You didn’t have to do this at all, and yet--”

“It’s okay,” he assured you.

“No, really. It’s just-- I’ve been having a tough time since the breakup,” you admitted. “To have you doing this for me means a lot. Makes me feel someone really cares for me. I never said anything to anyone back then because Annie is also a part of the group and I thought…”

Eren leaned his head towards you.

“You thought…?”

“I thought you would pick her too. It’s stupid, I know,” you shrugged, turning your head to Eren. “But Armin had just broken up with me and a week later he was already in public with Annie. Back then, I thought everyone knew we had just broken up and if no one had said anything was because they didn’t care. So I just… stopped hanging out with all of you as much as I did before.”

“Yeah, I noticed that,” he muttered.

“You did?”

Eren nodded. “That’s why I asked Mikasa to pressure you into coming to the wedding. I hadn’t seen you in a while.”

“You could have just asked me to hang out, you know,” you teased him. Eren chuckled, pushing some of his loose hairs behind his ear.

“I think we know by now I don’t take the conventional route.”

“Yeah, all of the guests know that too,” you quipped, making both of you laugh.

This time, when the laughter came to an end, you realized how close your faces were. Your noses were almost brushing as you both were lying your heads on the back of the car seat. You looked into Eren’s emerald eyes and noticed he wasn’t looking away from yours either. Was it the alcohol that made his cheeks turn a lovely shade of pink? If it was, then you could say the warmth crawling up your face was its fault too. It had to be the alcohol, or else, you would have to also ponder about the reason your heart was beating out of your chest at having your friend so close to you. He was handsome, he had always been and you knew this. But why were you losing all your composure just now?

A brief look at Eren's lips gave your thoughts away and, in less than two seconds, he was pressing his lips against yours.

For a spur-of-the-moment kiss, as you thought this one was, it was rather soft. Eren kissed you as if he thought you were the most expensive and fragile thing he had ever seen. But of course, this was just a product of the adrenaline and the fact that -as far as you knew- he hadn’t been dating anyone as well, right?

Your small theory crashed and burnt when you felt his hand softly cradling the side of your face. No. This wasn’t an adrenaline kiss, neither one that you gave without a thought. Maybe it had been unprompted and maybe you hadn’t seen it coming, but it sure as hell seemed he did. Eren’s lips gilded against your with ease, revealing a soft tenderness you didn’t know he possessed. You kissed him back, matching his rhythm as you softly pressed your hand against his chest.

Eren pulled away from you softly, and if his longing eyes were any indicator, a bit reluctantly.

“Hi,” he breathed out, making you grin widely.

“Hi,” you replied. You gently caressed his cheek with the knuckles of the hand that was previously resting on his chest. Eren took it and kissed your palm, making your heart flutter.

“Sorry to interrupt kids, but where are we heading?”

The voice of the taxi driver startled you, making you pull away from Eren. He chuckled at your reaction and then looked back at the man.

“Take us to that pizza place near the central park. Gotta have a celebratory dinner with my fiancée,” he said cheekily, taking your hand into his. You squeezed his hand back, his ring digging a little on your skin.

“So young and engaged already? Congrats!” the driver said, turning left and heading towards the direction Eren had given him.

“Thank you!” you smiled brightly at Eren while he took your joint hands to his mouth and placed a kiss on your knuckles.

A part of you knew you weren’t taking that ring off anytime soon.

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Hiii! I loved your Iwa fluff headcanons and was wondering if you could do one with Suna? thanks <3

yesyesyes i would love to!!! iwaizumi’s version. 

↬ when suna was younger, he really, really wanted a pet bunny. like he really, really loved bunnies, and would beg his parents day and night for one. he even made a really badly edited powerpoint on bunnies and why he deserves one (aside the editing, it was a very persuasive powerpoint. they filmed him while he presented it and the video haunts him to this day). his parents were relentless, though, and didn’t get him his bunny. instead, though, they surprised him with a cat. a cat isn’t as high maintenance since they’re very independent creatures, but can also be very fun. they figured any pet would make him happy. they were wrong. suna hated her so much and would never interact with her. like to the point where he nicknamed her “bitch” and now she mainly answers to that instead of her name. but all that only worked against him, and the cat just kept getting more and more attached to him.

↬ suna now loves her so much, and she’s just as attached to him. like he would kill for her, honestly. it’s his cat >>> everyone else. he has an album on his phone dedicated to pictures and videos of only her, and her bed is in his room because she always ends up sleeping there anyways. he realized later on when he grew older that a cat was the perfect animal for him, and he’s not sure if it’s a parents thing and they really knew or they were just winging it and hoping for the best, but she’s his favorite ever and he would risk it all for her.

↬ his favorite sleeping position with her would be when he’s casually laying on his back scrolling through his phone and she comes and crawls along him to lay on his chest. the warmth he feels within his chest like he just gets so giddy.

↬ suna is crazy obsessed with serial killer documentaries, horror movies, unsolved mysteries, everything like that. his favorite pastime is watching and reading these things, but honestly, it’s not even a like, “wow that’s so cool,” and more of a, “suna what is wrong with you???” type of thing, because he’s the type to have like insidious 2 in the background as he does his homework or gets ready or something. it’s kind of scary how unfazed he is with things like that.

↬ but! yeah he’s extremely brave when it comes to horror movies, borderline unhinged, but his biggest fear? his phobia, if you will? spiders. insects in general, really. he will scream like a sixth grader that’s yet to hit puberty if he sees a spider crawling near him. once he was peeing in the miya twins’ bathroom and some kind of cockroach crawling on the wall and nearly fainted. thank god he was already peeing because he would’ve pissed his pants either way. it’s so embarrassing for him, so he’s so good at hiding it. he just freezes impossibly when he notices an insect and doesn’t take his eye off of it until someone else notices it and kills it. there was this instance when they were at a training camp and he kept feeling as if something was crawling on him, but assumed it was just really hot and his skin was tingling from that. something was crawling on him, though, and it was not just really hot. Top 10 Most Traumatic Moments of his life, especially because atsumu’s first instinct was to record the whole thing.

↬ suna is extremely, and i mean extremely, touch-starved. physical touch has always made him uncomfortable for a reason unknown to him, so he never really accepted hugs or kisses from his family, and would feel so icky if he was roped into a group hug b by his teammates. so when he met you, he thought you’d be so against the fact that he’s uncomfortable with it, because who would want a partner that doesn’t wanna touch or be touched? turns out he actually craves it, and needs it badly, he just needed to take his own time and pace approaching it, and with how understanding you were, he doubted he could ever figure this out without you. he just took it slow, you know? but the more he touched you — held your hand, pinched your cheek, rested his head on your shoulder, pecked your lips for a few seconds longer than last time — the more he wanted you.

↬ when suna became comfortable with the thought and idea that yeah, he actually craves physical touch so damn bad, he wouldn’t stop touching you every second he could. he became insanely clingy, no matter if you were in public or alone. just always has a hand on you at all times. when he’s alone with you, he’s always trying to cuddle with you. you wanna sit and chill on your phone and not really talk? sure, just come do it with your head on his chest. you wanna watch a movie and munch on some popcorn and possibly share a drink? of course he’d love to! just come sit between his legs with your popcorn on your lap so he can steal some and also offer you some sips from the drink. you don’t wanna hug him after a game cause he’s too sweaty? that’s too bad, he wasn’t asking for permission. so you see, suna is a clingy mf. like latches onto you like a koala clingy <3

↬ suna’s music taste is very diverse. his favorite genre is alternative and rock, like the neighborhood, arctic monkeys, etc, but he also loves, loves loves glitchcore music, but also will un-ironically listen to kpop, and rap, and hannah montana’s old music too because why not. he just doesn’t care. if a song is good, it’s good. so what if it caters to a bunch of 12 year olds and not him? who decides that anyways?

↬ suna is very good at hair. like so good. as his sister started to get older, and her hair grew longer, she would sometimes ask him to do it for her before school. at first he was terrible at it, except maybe ponytails cause his hair was long enough at some point to push back into a ponytail, but everything else like parting her hair for pigtails or doing braids or a bun… he was just awful. so, in response, he’d just practice. he’d watch videos as he’s doing his little sister’s hair and be so focused, with his tongue sticking out a little and his eyes squinting as he tries to get it accurate. eventually, he becomes a master at it! you find this out when one day, as you’re just over at his house, his sister comes into his room with a hair tie and a brush and he just carries her up onto his lap and braids her hair as he chats with you and it was so endearing and so impressive and you genuinely believe that was the moment you realized you were in love with him.

↬ he offers to do your hair for you all the time now!! especially if you’ve just showered and are too lazy to brush it and tie it in some way, so he does it for you. he’s actually so, very gentle when brushing your hair, you don’t even feel a thing. if anything, it makes you really sleepy.

↬ when he joined the national team and started to become more and more of a public figure, he’d send you really explicit fan art of him and other teammates he was shipped with just to piss you off. if he was feeling really bold, he’d send you smut written about him. he says he wants to make you jealous. he just wants to provoke you in every way possible, really. one time someone made an edit plot twisting you and him to him and like atsumu so he downloaded video star and made such a bad edit of you and him and posted it on his twitter and instagram and it went viral. like it was one of those edits of just pictures flipping and hearts flashing and lights spasming all over the screen it was so bad it made you cry with laughter. that was his way of telling the world, no one but this person for me, right here <3

↬ i think he’d be very good at doing chores and cleaning and all that, despite how lazy he is. i just think it’s a habit kind of thing, where he grew up doing laundry and making his bed and cleaning his room and washing the dishes that he genuinely doesn’t mind doing it cause it’s natural for him. and he’s learnt to enjoy it.

↬ suna’s favorite color was deep, deep purple at some point, but now it’s between green and black.

↬ he’s caught up with all seasons of keeping up with the kardashians. please don’t ask him why, he doesn’t even know.

↬ once when you were out with him you just gave him a rock that was on the floor and he’s kept that rock with him ever since. like it’s in the drawer next to his bed and sometimes he just takes it out and holds it in his hand while he’s doing homework or scrolling through his phone.

↬ he spams you a lot. like at any time time of the day he just sends you a million videos of him doing the most mundane things; he sends you a video of him eating some almonds and at the end it’s just him going, “i’s good,” or him lip-syncing a song you sent him to listen to, or him trying to do eyeliner because why not. or maybe it’s pictures of him and it’s always ridiculous: him exaggerating him thinking, and then captioning it “thinking,” or just a picture of him on the roof with a peace sign and a pretty smile, or a close up photo of his face saying, “miss u.”

↬ he also spams you with memes all the time. and there’s no set type, it’s just all kinds. really corny memes and really cursed memes, wholesome memes and also memes that bully you. it’s all about the versatility.

↬ suna loves to sleep, he really does, but before meeting you, the only place where he could properly fall into a deep sleep was his bed. after meeting you, anywhere where you were next to him was the perfect place to sleep. if he had your presence near him he could sleep, it didn’t matter, especially if he was resting on your lap or shoulder or gripping onto your hand or resting his legs on your lap. he just wants you close to him, you know? like he feels so safe and comfortable when you’re around, it kind of scares him if he’s honest.