#and it started with the only customer I actively dislike

[rowanhoney]

Mixed Day hmmm

[ashipiko]

—NIKO CIMARRON

All information on Niko Cimarron ATM! Will most likely be updated ☆

—MORE UNDER CUT

BASIC INFORMATION:

Class: 2-A

Birthday: October 24

Height: 176cm

Dominant Hand: Right

From: Land of Pyroxene / Shaftlands

Club: Film Studies (visits on occasion, inactive member)

Favorite Subject: Magic Analysis

Best Subject: Animal Languages

Likes: Making a profit

Dislikes: Getting outsmarted

Favorite Food: Berries / Berry flavored things

Least Favorite Food: Anything too hot

Specialty: Balancing on the line of lie and truth

GALLERY:

VOICE CLAIM:

YUU’S INTERVIEW:

— Scarabia Dorms - Niko’s Room —

for easier reading, all yuu dialogue will be in italics and all niko dialogue will be in a normal black font instead of green.

There you are. Surprised you came to visit me, Carrots.

> You know what I’m here for, Niko.

> Why are you surprised?

No need to act like that. Interview, right? Or should I say an interrogation? If you wanted to hang out with me, you didn’t need to hide around the bush, you know…

It’s cute seeing you all dodgy, but still. ♡

> I think it matches your vibe.

> You’re one to talk.

Yeah, yeah. How many questions do we have planned for today? Don’t take too long, now. I’ve gotta start pumping out those treats for my profit.

…Oh. No need to worry about a pen and paper, I’ve got one for you.

> I didn’t expect for you to be so prepared.

> (…They’re cuter than expected.)

Something something about matching the vibes… They’re modeled after an old movie about cops and so, interrogating. Figured you’d like them. A carrot for Carrots. It’s cute.

It’s about time to start though, huh?

> Yeah.

> No more wasting time.

INTERVIEW: START!

1. Can we get some basic info about you from… you?

A second year Scarabia student who’s a fox beastman. I guess I’m what you’d call a charmer, thief of the heart, man of your dreams… I’ve heard it all. But the real name’s Niko. Niko Cimarron. My surname means “Wild”, so you could call me Mr. Wild if you like that too. Heh, actually, it’s a business thing, so I guess you’d only call me that if you bought my products… Say, Carrots, you feeling like you need a snack? I have some lefties if you’d like.

> No thanks.

> Why not?

They’re tasty, I prommie~.

2. Speaking of which, what are your “pawpsicles” made from? How do you make them?

Those little things? Why, I’ll let you know I put my blood, sweat, and tears in those treats. Makes me happy to see other people happy, like the faces on a thaumark. To make ‘em, it’s just some tasty berries from the school grounds that get mushed up to get juice, where they go into a mold and freeze up. It’s hard work! I’ve gotta walk so many steps around the school and all across campus… You’re lucky you never saw me in my first year. Took me a while to get used to the schedule… Though, I’m a well-organized man now, I’ll have you know. It’s good for the public image.

3. You’re from the Shaftlands, aren’t you? Do you have any connections to Vil, Cater, or Jack?

Connections? I have them with everyone, really… though I don’t think those three are really aware I came from the same place as them. To be fair, the Shaftlands is a pretty big area. People even go as far to call it a utopia.

If anything, I’ve talked to Diamond more at NRC than anywhere in the Shaftlands. Is that because I never even saw him once? Maybe. So I can’t say about back then, but I can enjoy a good conversation with him now. He’s a good customer and a good influencer. Back then, he got me a good chunk of costumers off of a Magicam post, so I’ve got to give it to him. Who knew people could just follow trendy things at the drop of a hat? Crazy, right?

Vil is a major celebrity, and Jack, I didn’t even know existed ‘till this year. I’ve got nothing to say about Mr. Hardhead, but I’ve had my fair share of talks with Vil. When we were kids, I got a wave from him once… It was great bragging rights. Heh, he kinda freaks me out now though. The reason why I don’t actually participate in club activities. He’s probably too high of a standard for a lowlife like me, so it’s not something that bothers me anyway.

4. You don’t seem to have a Unique Magic. Any reason why?

Ah. Magic? A little bit of a sour topic for me, Carrots, ow… I’m just a late bloomer, is all. I’ve got magic in me, but I never played around with it when I was younger, so I’m way more rusty than all of the other guys here. It doesn’t mean I don’t know the brain stuff, though. Just inexperienced.

If I’m being dead honest, it’s kind of a miracle how I got into NRC. I guess they wanted the fox vote, huh? Heh.

5. Not sure if I’ve seen you around a lot with one particular person. Is there a secret someone?

Secret someone? Getting jealous, are you? Haha, I would’ve never taken you to be the type!

> Not the focus of the question.

> That’s not…!

It’s your fault for wording it like that. You’ve got to watch your words, Carrots. Well, the business life is a cold one, isn’t it? Being around a bunch of highschool guys isn’t really the “ideal” grounds for making business partners either, so it is what it is. At least this way, I get all the profits, so I don’t mind. If you want, I can save a spot for you by my side. ♡

> Again, no thanks.

> Maybe after I get a break from all the things this school brings.

Keep me in mind~.

6. Our last question. You say a lot of random stuff. People get annoyed with it pretty often. How do you feel about that?

…? Oh, you picked up on it, huh? Heh, I mean… I guess I could come clean. I think it’s interesting you haven’t walked away from me yet, y’know. Usually people aren’t into this stuff.

> You are annoying, but…

> (Would it be mean to say something?)

I appreciate you, Carrots. A little too much than I’d like.

Usually people don’t really like the stereotypical foxiness I bring to the table. They run away because I’m either something they don’t wanna get mixed up with, or just something they don’t like. I think you’re a weirdo who’s looking for entertainment when you come into my room and talk to me like this.

…But I guess that just means that you like the way I talk to you, right? You can’t get enough? Is that what’s happening here? ♡

> For a second, I thought you were going to need some comfort, but I guess not.

> Really, it’s fine, Niko…

Don’t pretend like your cheeks aren’t a little red. I like the reactions I get out of you. ♡

Is that all you wanted? Yeah? Alright, we’re done here, then. Hand me the pen, would ya?

> It was nice being able to talk to you like this.

> (That was a quick turnaround.)

…Yeah. Hurry on up, shouldn’t you be studying up on actual things worth studying? Live up to that Smarty McSmart Pants title. Bye-bye now~.

INTERVIEW: END!

> (I feel like Niko’s more than meets the eye.)

> (I feel like Niko’s… hiding something.)

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TRIVIA:

Niko is actually magicless. Not entirely, as he does have some running in his blood, so he didn’t lie, but it’s not enough where he can successfully conjure spells. Because of this, at NRC, he often has to get by with con-artist type excuses and acts. It works most of the time, as he has Crowley’s support. For now, he’s getting by with the excuse of being a late bloomer, but I’m sure suspicions are beginning to rise… Perhaps, if this were to be found out that he’s unable to conjure spells, he would be kicked out of NRC.

He made it to NRC after being dared to attempt to con his way in by his magicless best friend. His name is not noted, but he’s a very angry and violent French fennec fox. Niko is often bullied by him.

He can be considered a fan of Vil.

Niko enjoys the pop genre a lot, but is embarrassed to admit it.

Despite being a playboy, Niko is easily flustered at the thought of someone making moves on him.

Even though he doesn’t want to, he feels obligated to play into the deceitful foxiness of himself, because that’s what people naturally expect of him. It stops them from getting curious about him, as it seems like they’ve already got him figured out.

He says things that are considered shallow, like flirting or bargaining because he wants to get a reaction out of people. Niko does small things like this for small reactions — enough of these small reactions will fulfill the same satisfaction of seeing someone he loves flustered or happy, he thinks. In truth, he knows it won’t amount to much. Niko tries to satisfy himself enough so that he won’t need the real thing.

Niko feels very guilting for deceiving everyone at NRC, especially the prefect. Even still, he doesn’t have the heart to tell them that he truly doesn’t belong here, taking up a spot possibly for somebody who deserves it much more.

Niko’s way of thinking suggests that if he acts distasteful enough, it will cause people to stray far away from him. He believes that he really is just a lowlife fox, but the truth of his actions is something he think people would hate him for most; living in a lie. Because of this, he acts like a playboy and an annoyance in attempts to get people to stay away, preventing them from finding out the even uglier truth of him.

Additionally, he’s afraid to have the truth leak out because he doesn’t want to leave NRC. Though he doesn’t have much, he doesn’t want to lose the little bit he does have.

Even still, Niko craves for someone who will take time to understand him. Which is why he’s so attached to the prefect.

More to be added!

[nyxthejinx]

Answering to this desperate cry for help

Maaan this was so much fun fr, i hope I made these bad boys justice. Also, didn't know what kind of format I should be using and especially how to repost the original thing, since copying and pasting on the reblog would be absolute hell rip

𝐓𝐖: people biting each other but in an affectionate way, idk lemme know if there's more

𝐅𝐭.: Dottore, Xiao, Childe - GN!Reader

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 1.1k (in total)

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨: 3rd Made in Abyss soundtrack - Kevin Penkin (yes, it's that good, no comment)

𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞

OHOO he's gonna be so intrigued by this weird habit of yours.

We all know he's not big on social interactions and all -he barely values human life- but when you came into the picture he felt invested in someone for the first time. Hence he observes... Normal people, to learn the basics.

He's smart, a quick learner. Will understand in no time your likes and dislikes, but one day you?? Bite him? Chomp like a feral newborn kitten? Oh, his scholar personality spikes through the roof.

Dottore's never seen anyone bite their partner like you do, it confuses him at first, although he won't say anything and just chuckle. He'd rather observe you and come to his own conclusions before asking.

Was it a one time thing? When, how and where do you like to do it? Is there a deeper meaning, a show of intimacy? Need for attention? Affection?

Yeah he'll treat it like a maths equation, that's how he is.

Some days you'd see him without his mask, leaning particularly close to your face. Other times he'd set his gloves aside and let his digits linger on your cheeks and jaw for every little thing. (He knows he’s difficult to bite because of his clothes)

"Oh Dear, look at your lips, they're chapped/full of crumbs/smeared with any other kind of food/every single excuse he can come up with."

It takes you a bit longer than you would've wanted, but you realise his true intentions eventually. If you feel smug you can just chomp on him randomly and see him lose his mind (he thought he'd figured everything out rip dottore.exe).

I advise against it though, he'd repay the torture tenfold. (aka not cuddle with you even if you ask nicely).

Overall, Dottore finds this habit of yours cute. You're a nice little, innocent thing in his eyes and that just adds to your charm.

Yeah you can be a 1.90m tall menace of a person and he'd still tease you, an arrogant, mean jerk >:(

After some time he starts biting you back (ouch shark teeth), not in a painful way ofc. He's so casual with it, most likely to strike when you least expect it just to see your surprised and/or flustered face.

Or to have you chomping in return, even ;)

I'd say 7.5/10, good chomping partner but will "fight" back.

𝐗𝐢𝐚𝐨

My guy, poor guy.

He's another social inept, we all know why.

He started to learn about human customs after meeting you, and you've helped him out a lot, but he's still so stiff.

He probably gets a heart attack every time you give him a surprise hug. The day you chomp on him his soul leaves his body.

It's not that he's a scaredy cat, physical touch just overwhelms his senses if he's not prepared :((

Asks you to tell him beforehand next time.

But aside from that he doesn't seem to mind. He finds every human custom weird in a way, this one is no exception, and eventually it becomes routine yeah?

I think he's a perfect subject for chomping, with all the exposed skin he has. I mean, look at his shoulders! The urge to sneak up from behind and just CHOMP.

He's got muscles for days too, won't shatter your teeth on his bones. AND HIS CHEEKS- his baby cheeks, they look so soft how can you not bite those.

But yeah, just give him some time and he'll get used to this.

Xiao's not stupid either, he notices right away that you're the only human partaking in this activity, or in public at least. Lowkey feels happy and proud to have you as a partner, you're so special and unique :( <33

At some point he'll want to try it out as well, but he's sooo shy about it and a bit scared he'll hurt you. You gotta make him confess with bone crushing hugs.

When he eventually chomps back he's UGHH so soft with it. For Xiao it's more about the meaning and the bonding experience than the chomp itself.

9/10 if you're fine with doing all the chomping. 8/10 if you want chomps back, but definetly recommended.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞

Run. RUN. RUN FOR YOUR CHEEKS' LIFE.

He is THE chomping menace.

Let me tell ya, you're putting your life on the line. It's like a declaration of war and he will not hesitate to respond with all he's got.

We know for a fact that he's always up for a challenge. If you're crazy enough to engage and bite him first, well I hope you have a survival plan for the rest of your life cus he won't stop.

It can and will escalate in a "fight" if you're in a private space (you know the tickle fights where you become a mess of tangled limbs? That.) If you try that in public though? He's gonna look at you like a damn predator.

He'll eat your cheeks once you get home, good luck.

His bites are rough-ish too, unfortunately for you. He’d never hurt you on purpose, and is always careful with his strength, but in the heat of battle he’ll forget; 7 times out of 10 you leave the field with a 32 teeth bite mark. 

I think he is more of a cheek guy than anything. They're always available and easy to reach, regardless of your height, and it's also so intimate because who else touches your face? No one, aside from him.

He's the chosen one.

And don't think it will stop at the first time, no no. You've unlocked a new hobby for him. He'll put so much effort in it, it's terrifying.

If you act surprised or flustered well, bonus points in his opinion. Your face is just priceless and will make a habit to make you react that way.

At that point you either fight back or succumb. His soft spots are his stomach (duh, nibble on the exposed skin when he's in his work clothes, I bet he's ticklish), his nape, collarbones and overall the base of his neck.

The rest of his body is still a good chomping surface, but his instincts kick in and his muscles go taut, it's like biting a rock and has no effect on him.

Childe will definitely give you a hard time. It's up to you to take advantage of the right moment and give him a good revenge chomp.

Honestly, he's my fave ever but I'll give him a 5/10 just because of that. Can't even bite the man in peace anymore 🙄

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[bonefall]

How are we feeling at the book finale? Because outside of the Sunbeam girlboss moment telling Berryheart just how bad of a family she was AND maybe possibly foreshadowing her rejecting Nightheart, I think we miiiight get some more Dark Forest cats than planned before :D (also I may be wrong but- didn't Podlight have children? Would he even be eligible as Medicine Cat in BB?)

Podlight's totally eligible in BB! He has no canon children and I didn't give him any. In BB there's also an interesting quirk in that Podlight is notoriously Mistystar's... not EXACTLY a good-for-nothing grandson, but a bit of a "fratboy" working through daddy issues. Is is extra funny for this cat to be a villain lmao.

Also: Better Bones RiverClan Family Tree

Anyway... my thoughts on the spoiler thread's ending. Mostly negative, unfortunately. I am really hoping that a lot of this is misrepresentation.

I've enjoyed every book of ASC that's come out so far, but if this thread is accurate, this is going to be the first one that I actively dislike. It sounds like there was a serious nosedive in quality.

ON THE ENDING; Park Cats, and The Berryheart Gathering.

Park Cats.

It is profoundly frustrating to me that we had TWO traveling books in this arc. Do they not know by now that traveling books are widely detested for a reason??

Frostpaw and Nightheart were AWAY FROM THE CONFLICT for most of this book, what the fuck?

The plot barely advanced at all. There's been one major conflict in this entire arc, the invasion of RiverClan, and we are 4/6ths of the way through without any other major battles. This is boring.

Riverstar is a major character through this bullshit, now with a magical perfect connection to Frostpaw through plot convenience so he can give her tutorial tips, because GOD FORBID we have a more grounded story for once. I'm so sick of DOTC fanservice. Was a super edition not enough?!

And speaking of Riverstar's Home, they pretty clearly ripped a lot of inspiration out of it. Frostpaw and Nightheart go on a journey with random human-related shenanigans before finding a cardboard cutout of a culture

I'm not gonna lie guys. I do not like the Park Cats. I HAVE TO SAY; It's a step in the right direction

They are not demonized. They are treated as good and legitimate. They are seen as having wisdom and living peacefully.

This is Good. This is Fine.

(im still kind of mad they needed riverstar to come save them back in riverstar's home, like every non-clan culture does apparently, but HOKAY fine ok it's fine)

.....butt.

They're boring. guys, they have one thing that is unique to them, and it's meditation. They live in perfect peace and harmony. there's nothing there.

It's easy to be a perfect, peaceful society if you have no conflict ever.

IF THE SPOILER THREAD IS ACCURATE, we don't see them address strife, how they DO handle disputes, what DOES happen when a cat engages in "criminality," or even really see what their spiritual beliefs are besides "meditating"

And that's why the idea of Frostpaw taking away a good lesson from living with them strikes me as so hollow. WHAT is she taking from them? JUST vague, quiet meditation?? Why couldn't Riverstar just magically teach her that?

It also bothers me that this culture is exactly the same as it was in Riverstar's Home. It's in stasis. Nothing has changed, nothing has grown, they haven't picked up new customs. They don't even seem to have their own history besides remembering that Riverstar showed up generations ago.

It's not a culture, it's a plot device.

I swear, I'm really trying to like them, but RH left this really sour taste in my mouth and them showing up again in this book has only made me more frustrated.

I AM happy that we're going to maybe start trying to address the violence of Clan Culture, but it is coming in the middle of a book where nothing fucking happens, and they're starting to fumble the bag on the xenophobic radicalization that I'd been praising in the past few books

And by that, I'm referring to...

Berryheart's Gathering

through the books so far, I've been praising the slow rise of tension coming from the radicalized members of ShadowClan.

I think the way that Berryheart and her little Concern Club had been slowly escalating in their bigotry and violence was (and remains) unironically fantastic.

We had started off with it just being a group to "discuss the issues," which evolved into active bullying and harassment, progressed into attempted murder, and we left off on the idea that Berryheart's Hate Group was planning something with RiverClan's murder party.

And we are reaching a turning point in that arc, the payoff of a long and well-laid escalation, with...

normal democracy.

berryheart and her supporters approach puddleshine reasonably with their concerns and intent to call for a vote to depose tigerheartstar. doing the thing the fucking code addition was made for

This comes AFTER Sunbeam has a Girlboss Moment telling off Berryheart for being a bad mom in front of the whole gathering and everyone claps, mind you, so this is clearly supposed to be the narrative's big "oooo consequences for Berryheart" moment

So anyway Berryheart brings up that they want tigerHeartstar deposed, and then Puddleshine's like "haHA THIS WAS A ROUSE"

"Actually I only told you i agree to point out how this code addition can be exploited over a disagreement with ONE issue!!!!1"

i just...

im......

would Brokenstar training babies be One Issue? Would Bramblefake being a bully to his entire clan be One Issue? Would Leopardstar allowing Tigerstar to take over RiverClan be One Issue?

One Issue....

And MIND YOU I'm Pro-tigerHeartstar, actually, but the WHOLE fucking point of the rule is that you can depose someone who is not acting in the best interest of the Clans. Fym ONE ISSUE??

IT'S A BIG ASS ISSUE!

So anyway Berryheart is embarrassed in front of everyone, tigerHeartstar tells the group, "You're going to support me or get out of my Clan"

All of her supporters fall in line, but Berryheart chooses exile.

So Berryheart and her group isn't punished for the hate crimes, it didn't lead to anyone getting actually hurt, this faction of cats just settled back down and Berryheart alone was exiled for political opposition to occupation.

not the hate crimes

GOTTA STRESS

The hate crimes did not cause lasting damage, the radicalized group did not cause any violence at this gathering

Berryheart is exiled for political opposition to occupation.

The consequence she faces for the hate crimes was simply not having her son Spireclaw back her up because she caused trouble for Fringewhisker. Like it's on the same level as being a bad in-law and not ATTEMPTED MURDER BASED ON BIGOTRY

And tigerHeartstar, jesus christ

His consistent trait has been becoming unreasonable WHEN HIS FAMILY IS THREATENED. WHY are we tossing this out the window now?

I REALLY REALLY hope that the spoiler thread is misrepresentation, and tigerHeartstar didn't ACTUALLY exile her but said something like, "this is what we're doing. don't like it, leave. you don't have the votes"

SO FOR NOW; I'm going to reserve judgement on what the writers are doing with tigerHeartstar.

This seems like the exact sort of thing that may be worded in an inaccurate way

But that said,

I'm beside myself with disappointment in this turn of events. Why is this about legitimate political proceedings? Why did they make the CULMINATION of this arc about bigoted violence and radicalization a legitimate, peaceful attempt to use the process THEY JUST ADDED, FOR THIS EXACT PURPOSE?

Anyway, then it ends on a cliffhanger

Podlight claims to be the new medcat, pointed out as just being a political maneuver, to appoint Splashtail as the new leader.

Frostpaw watches on in shock and thinks about how bad it is that a murderer is now in charge of RiverClan, and how no one would believe her if she told them all now

I sure hope the next book contains something worth reading. like a fight or something. in the battle cat series. in the arc where theyre trying to say something about violence.

[heartscrypt]

meet the world's worst girlboy, cyrus de seirene! he's twisted from the mermaids in peter pan, as well as ursula's vanessa form in the little mermaid

pspspsp come ask me about her pspspsps

MORE INFO UNDER CUT

NICKNAMES:

Koi Fish / Nishikigoi-chan [Floyd]

MISC:

Monsieur Sea Starlet / Monsieur Étoile de Mer [Rook]

He was once bound to his job at the Mostro Lounge through a contract, but after Azul's overblot, he has continued to perform out of his own free will... though it tends to be based on whether he feels like it that day, which is deeply upsetting to Azul (who would much prefer Cyrus to at least show up on a consistent schedule). However, Cyrus literally does not care. He lives on his own time. Much like he does with Floyd, Azul just has to deal with it.

Cyrus is Azul's voice trainer. This is a leftover aspect of the contract, from when Azul needed to plausibly sound like Cyrus for Swim With Us to activate. Post contract-destruction, however, he still serves as Azul's voice trainer "because Inky soooo needs it. Where would he even be without me? Don't ever say I'm not as generous as the Sea Witch."

The contract she made with Azul was in her sophomore year (Azul's freshman year, when he started the Mostro Lounge). It dictated that in exchange for continual updates on the life of Cyrus's ex (super messy, we do NOT have the time for that), Cyrus would attract customers to the newly opened cafe using any means necessary for as long as Cyrus attended NRC. For the deal's collateral, Cyrus gave up Swim With Us.

However, Azul was rarely allowed full use of Swim With Us because 1) Cyrus needed it to continually perform duties at the Mostro Lounge, since the contract's terms lasted for as long as he was at NRC and 2) Cyrus pointed out that Azul would have a hard time completely taking Cyrus's voice for himself, considering everyone at NRC likely had heard Cyrus sing or speak at one point. They settled on imbuing Swim With Us into a cheap Coral Sea souvenir shell-shaped pendant that Cyrus would wear around his neck and which Azul had the right to take off of him and wear whenever he needed it.

In the heyday of Cyrus's contract with Azul, Cyrus didn't only use Swim With Me to lure students into the cafe. She'd also use her magic to subliminally message customers into staying longer, buying more and more items off the menu, and tipping generously. Definitely unscrupulous business practice, but hell if Cyrus cares. It's not any worse than targeted advertising. Post-contract destruction, she's toned down on using Swim With Me to influence customers. Mostly only because the spell drains a lot of energy that she could be using to.... I dunno. File her nails and scroll through Magicam while Azul glares at her because she's still technically on the clock even if she's not singing.

Although Floyd refers to her as Koi Fish / Nishikigoi-chan, Cyrus's merform actually more closely resembles a clearfin lionfish.

FULL SPRITE:

In her human form, she bears a striking resemblance to Prince Rielle-- from afar, they look incredibly similar, save for hair shade, hair style, and eye color. She sometimes leverages this similarity to her advantage, but generally dislikes the comparison. Her merform is much more distinct in appearance so she pretty much only gets this comparison when she's on land.

[cornie-heesan]

Part One: "Leave me out in the forest to rot"

Staring| non idol! Bang Chan x fem!reader

Featuring| Other members of stray kids as supporting characters

Started| April 30, 2024

Ended| ???

Part| 1/???

Word Count| 789

A/N| This is going to be a multi-part fic where each chapter will come with it's own set of warnings to adequately fit each one.

pt. 2| All of my writings are works of pure fiction. In no way are they representative of the idols mentioned in them. If you don't like them, don't read them.

pt.3 The writing style of these parts will vary depending on the situation. Some parts may be written in 3rd person 'You' form or through the perspective of a narrator.

WARNINGS| none really, besides cussing because I am the way I am. This part is short. Trying to ya know, set the scene with this series lol

There are certain things that some would consider the simple joys in life. For example, reading a book, painting a picture, or even listening to a favorite podcast. However, those who do not enjoy some of these activities would rather you suffer a horrible day and spill an entire hot pot of coffee where coffee is not intended. 

Y/N is one of those simple pleasure kind of people- whereas her coworker Jeongin is one of the world’s biggest haters of her happiness. This is how the three opening baristas of The Cup House start their morning. Agonized screaming, cursing, and a whole batch of coffee wasted.

“Yang Jeongin, I swear to god when I get my hands on you- your ancestors will detest your very existence!”

“Fucking bite me, Y/N! I am not listening to that stupid podcast anymore!”

Felix watches in pure horror as the youngest of the baristas throws a dirty dish rag at Y/N- only adding fuel to the fire. From his couple of months working here, Felix has determined that the relationship between you and Jeongin borders on homicidal siblings. If one of you is worked up, then the other is right there to make it worse than it needs to be. 

“Guys! We literally open in two minutes!” Felix tries his best to start cleaning up the coffee around the two of you bickering- next thing he knows you’re standing behind the counter in nothing but the lacy bra you told him about over the weekend. 

“I swear to go Jeongin when I tell Mr. Kim about this bullshit he’s revoking your access to the fucking tips.” 

All the commotion leaves all three baristas too distracted to hear the bell above the door. Y/N and Jeongin are bickering back and forth as Felix tries to hand Y/N a dry shirt to cover up with before any customers, let alone their boss see what’s happening.

“Wow… When Han said there was interesting service here, I didn’t think he meant this.” There’s a low whistle that causes the baristas to freeze- before turning to the two men on the opposite side of the counter. Jeongin and Felix recognized them as two of the employees from the music store across the street- a place they frequented often on their shared days off.

Y/N tries to keep her blush at bay when her eyes met those of the purple haired customer- he grins sheepishly trying to keep his eyes at a respectful level. Damn this man and his cute fucking dimples. Y/N snatches the shirt from Felix before glaring at Jeongin "Fuck you, Innie," her shoulder checks his as she storms by- blush crawling up her neck.

"Did we just witness a breakup?" Changbin snorts leaning against the counter "If I ever dated Y/N- I want someone to leave me out in the forest to rot." Jeongin scoffs before turning towards the kitchen to make a fresh batch of coffee. Chan watches him wide eyed before meeting Felix's already exhausted eyes- "They are friends through Y/N's younger brother. So like, by proxy they have to dislike one another."

Chan slowly nods, "but, why was her shirt off?" still confused about what The Cup House was all about "IN, spilled an entire batch of black coffee on her. I didn't stop their fighting in time to stop the strip show, unfortunately." Felix sighs grabbing the cups for their regular orders.

"I'd smash" Changbin smirks in the direction Y/N wandered off towards before a heavy slap landed on the back of his head "Shut the fuck up Bin,"

"Wait," Han stops the music playing throughout the store "You guys walked in and Y/N just had her shirt off?" He can't believe that "The one day I don't offer to go get the coffee!" He yells before getting a response "Dude, she didn't even spare me a glance. I doubt she would've noticed you with the way she was going in on Innie," Changbin snorts

"But she's so mommy when she's yelling like that" there was no hesitation with Han's response. He's always had a bit of a thing for women who yell and degrade him. Chan's eyebrows furrow as he looks away from his laptop. "You two need professional help," he says while grabbing his headset to pull over his head.

"Goooood morning, ladies and gents it's Chan,"

"Binnie"

"And ya boy Han- thanks for tuning into 3racha. All things music and a little bit about our personal lives," at this Changbin snorts "More like ninety-five percent our personal lives and five percent music."

"So, here's my first question out for the twitter audience- how would you react if the cute barista across the street was just serving you in her bra?"

So, this is part one. I wanted to use this as an introduction to the series. Also, to introduce the personalities- somewhat- of all those involved. You'll learn a bit more about the personalties of Chan and Y/N the further we get into this.

[ashuriasims]

New Legacy Challenge for THE SIMS 4!

In this legacy challenge we will start from the basics of the base game andgo through the expansions, like we did back in the day when they launched! For more in depth gameplay you can do your best to limit the expansions or use the website James Turner has created in order to disable packs of your choice ~

However it is not necessary, and I am sure you can make a beautiful story with any approach you go with!

Some basic rules and notes:

1. You only lose if your active heir dies before you have finished the goals of that generation 2. Follow the rules best of your ability; I know I am one to bend the rules so feel free to do so 3. You will start with a Young Adult with a normal lifespan 4. No money cheats! 5. Get yourself a plot in Willow Creek, Oasis Springs or Newcrest and then change you money to 0. → To put an exact amount of Simoleons in a household’s funds you must first open the Cheat Console by pressing “Ctrl + Shift + C”then type in “testingcheats true”, type in “Money X” with the “x” being the amount you’d want and in this case 0. 6. Feel free to skip expansion you do not own or wish to play; we have freedom here! 7. I would also like to suggest a custom save file to enhance the start for you, make it more interesting with new sims, new lots etc. 8. You are allowed to accept or decline all likes, dislikes, extra personality traits ~ They are there to make your sim and life more interesting! 9. Complete the goals before moving to the next generation; careers, skills, aspirations etc unless otherwise guided by the generation rules. 10. If a career or collection is bugged or somehow impossible to complete, accept defeat and just move on.You are supposed to have fun, remember that!

The rest of the rules for each generation or shall we say expansion pack are found here, on google sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ckGyHwkAgf6ZVIk9UFaQ9CV7P-q-3A2A66XJymPH8jQ/edit?usp=sharing Each generation has their own tab for easier navigation.

Happy Simming! -Ash

[sleepymccoy]

Here are my methods of enjoying Tumblr these days. I share these as a recommendation to all

Likes

Hide your likes from public view on your blog

Stop liking posts, either reblog them or don't interact. If you mean it as a recognition you've seen a mutuals personal post, send a heart emoji in replies

In your activity feed, make it custom and untick likes. Genuinely, this change makes tumblr feel like 2013 tumblr again for me

Ask games/post interaction

If you reblog an ask game or prompt list or whatever, send a couple in to the person you reblogged from

If anyone sends you a prompted ask off anon, quickly check their blog to see if they've reblogged the same ask game post or whatever and send them a few back (I often say I'm going to do this in the tags, so people know not to use anon)

Don't use the reply function to interact with posts that could be a reblog. If you're talking directly to prev, replies make sense. If you're just talking, reblog it. It's your blog, it's about you, don't just address one individual with that. Replying is more like sending a DM than anything imo

Similarly, if you vote in a poll and care enough to send a reply explaining yourself... Maybe you care enough to reblog it actually. Just reblog it

Everything on tumblr is public, you are not overstepping a boundary to screenshot and share tags, or reblog a personal post to chat. If they didn't want it online, they wouldn't've put it online. So just start talking, get interacting!

How to find people to follow (in steps)

Post something that you would like to see on tumblr. You will have to put a bit of effort in. I like seeing original art and fandom statistics, so I post those things occasionally and do this, it's great

Tag it well. Reblog it a few times

After a couple days or so, go into the notes and have a look at every blog that reblogged it. There's no point checking the blogs who only liked, they clearly won't be people who reblog the stuff you want to see (cos they only like). The people who reblogged your post are likely to reblog other similar posts too

Scroll each blog for a minute or so. If you see nothing you dislike, just follow them

Enjoy how much more of the stuff you like is on your dash! I see so much original art now

[ghouljams]

I feel like my old lady oc Beryl in your AU has definitely raised baby Fae changelings previously, hence why she seems to have a spidey-sense for Fae and their shenanigans. Part of the reason she offered to house the Mimi Fae (let's call her Sketch) is because she just misses having cheeky young fae running around the house.

Unfortunately, this means she views any fae that appears visually younger than her as BABY. She adores Love because she's so bubbly and provides good business, this of course extends to Ghost too. When he comes in he'd best be prepared to have his cheeks pinched (somehow through his mask??) because aww isn't he such a sweet boy, buying art supplies for his lovely lady!

Can and will let Love talk to her for hours about her boy while she dusts the store.

Dislikes that Soap actively eats her clients, but she's willing to put up with his existence because the poor boy looks hungry. Has he lost weight? Has he been eating well?? There's no eating anyone in the store, but she can't kick him out of one of his favourite hunting grounds, he'd starve!!

She probably knows the witch, if only because she sells ink and gemstones, and probably met Price at some point. If the witch has ordered something in that takes a while to arrive, she'll probably just drop it into Price's hands like "this is for your lady, be a good boy and give it to her." She gets free delivery, Price gets to save Witch a trip into town, a win win.

Meets Gaz when he's out with Price one day. She thinks he's absolutely darling and keeps telling him that such a sweet boy will definitely find someone who makes him happy soon.

Was very suspicious of why König was hanging around Leibling (leave the poor girl along you naughty boy!!) until she reluctantly explained that no, he's her boyfriend, the old hen doesn't need to whack König with her handbag for harassing a young woman. Of course, she immediately flips and starts cooing over what a handsome man he is while smooshing his face, just look at those lovely claws and that massive tail! Can she see his true form? Can she not? That's for Beryl to know.

-🦖

I absolutely adore Beryl, I'm adding her to the Fae Shopkeepers Union.

The craft store is Love's favorite shop, she just goes in and spends hours talking about markers and pens with Sketch and Beryl until Ghost comes by to figure out where she's been all day. The sort of customer that upsells everyone. "If you're getting that set of markers you should grab this sketchbook too, the paper weight is perfect for them. Plus this pen! And if you haven't tried this pencil you're missing out." Loading up a stranger with hundreds of dollars of add ons because she can't help giving her opinion to strangers.

Witch and Liebling both stop in to commiserate about fae customers and to pick up supplies. Liebling can only get the good floral wire and ribbons from Beryl's shop after all, and Witch can't find the right paper weight for spell tags anywhere else. It's absolutely not because Beryl dotes on them.

Price appreciates the excuse to go see Witch. Witch is very suspicious that shenanigans are going on with the deliveries.

[thesmallmeggles]

*clears throat*

Revised 🟣Violet🟣 × 🍍Zanzo🍍 Lore

In light of new development that came about during RP, I felt it was necessary to create a more concrete story summary to follow.

As a heads up, it's a bummer. CW: Toxic Relationship (Better safe than sorry even if it might not apply)

👇Under the Line Break as per usual👇

Refresher: Violet and Zanzo were friends. :) They first met as cashier and customer, and started hanging out more after Violet got ditched by her at the time boyfriend at a convention.

(Z: "Hey, don't be upset about that clown. Hang out with some cool people instead!")

When Kale takes over Vandelay, he promotes Zanzo, which results in dropped communication with Violet because of growing busyness.

Which brings us to...

Romance Phase One (Pre Canon)

As it turns out, both people's feelings evolved into something more than platonic. (Violet crushed on Zanzo first, but she never said anything because it'd be awkward. Zanzo didn't feel anything romantic towards Violet until this point.)

However, there were three big stumbling blocks:

1. Working at Kale Era Vandelay Technologies has brought out the worst in Zanzo

2. Violet and Zanzo both have residual traumas that neither have worked through yet which affects how they communicate with each other. (Violet has next to no boundaries, Zanzo tramples over them, they both have poor self esteem)

3. 🧜‍♀️Caramel Roscoe🧜‍♀️, Violet's "friend" and roommate, actively sabotages their relationship because she's mad that this anime loving loser stole her favorite punching bag best friend. (Similar to Zanzo and Violet, she also has issues, but is less inclined to self improvement or recognize that she needs to do so in the first place)

Some Notable Events

In the beginning, Zanzo learns through the grapevine that Violet moved to the island, but instead of contacting her as himself, he pranks her by catfishing. When Violet meets up with him, she's more confused than amused. (This incident also kickstarts Mel's dislike of Zanzo.)

When Mel's actions grow too extreme, Violet moves in with Zanzo

Violet injures Zanzo during a sparring match. (He was teaching her how to parry and she struggled to grasp it. Emotions were high.) When Violet attempts to apologize, he rebuffs her

A month or so later, Violet witnesses Zanzo recalibrating SPECTRA on Roxanne. Basically the final straw leading to break up. (She also gets busted by Kale.)

Zanzo decides the most humane method of handling the situation is erasing Violet's memories with this machine he built. It only seems to work because most of Violet's early Vandelay Island memories are stress induced blurs + she's acting (theater kid)

After the break up, Caramel harasses Zanzo, which includes submitting falsified behavioral reports to HR under Violet's name. (But because this is the Kale Era, nothing comes of it.)

Romance Phase Two (Post Canon)

I've explained in an earlier post how Zanzo and Violet reunited, but to summarize: it was completely by chance several months past.

Zanzo sees this as an opportunity to be a better boyfriend this time around. He... kind of succeeds.

Violet is conflicted. She's relieved that her friend's alive but past pain and current guilt prevents her from fully connecting.

They're currently separated again and working on self discovery. (Zanzo's having a harder time with it.)

Some Notable Events

A lot of Zanzo centered schenagians - getting into fights, kissing dudes, that kind of thing. Violet isn't thrilled about any of this.

Zanzo retrieves 💓Shiruko💓 (D0K1-D0K1/Zanzo's Robot GF) from the old labs to supplement the lack of affection he's getting from Violet. This ends in disaster. (Shiruko is mostly fine- she has free will and a girlfriend now.)

Zanzo confesses about the memory erasure in the break-up, believing that Violet didn't know about it. (He had ordered a VA-SER to do the deed.)

A couple instances of Zanzo giving anonymous gifts to Violet post break up - first one was a data share of Phase One photos + videos (gift of memories), second were wigs and outfits for a pair of vandalized (Mel's doing) custom dolls.

Because HR is back in business, they conduct an investigation into the reports and sus out Mel. She gets criminally charged and Violet cuts off ties with her. (Some friends helped Violet find another place to stay in the meantime. Though Mel ends up moving out of their apartment while Violet is away.) She still goes out of her way to harass the pair.

Under the assumption that Zanzo plans to make an AI clone of her (as if one robot GF weren't enough), Violet confronts him in person to confess that she faked amnesia. Her reasoning being: "okay, this behavior is concerning. I need to come clean about the amnesia thing so he can drop this rose-eyed view of me and move on with his life." Yeah... 😥 This plan didn't work out. (And Violet moved on with this plan knowing that- like, girl.)

The Million Dollar Question: Will/Should They Get Back Together?

Honestly, I'm not sure. 😕

If Mel weren't involved, things might have turned out better between them. Even without her, Violet and Zanzo need to get their acts together for both of their sakes

[teaabun]

I realize that I have a few posts of my IDV OC, Cas… But I haven’t talked about Cas. So!! I’ll talk about him so my followers actually know who he is when I show him 🥹

STORY 📚

This is Casimir Valentin, otherwise known as The Tailor. Before he went to the manor he owned a boutique in London. This boutique was mysteriously burned down one night after something (or someone) caused a fire. His hands, shoulders, arms and chest were burned (some of my works of him is outdated I’m very sorry-) in result of this. After loosing years of work, and no idea what could have possibly caused the fire, he was absolutely devastated and fell into a depression of his lost work.

Many theories of what happened to Casimirs Boutique floated around his area of London for a short time, some saying that he could have possibly burned his own building down to earn money after he was starting to lose business. Others say that Casimir was fully unaware of what was going to happen to his Boutique that night. These theories quickly faded as most peoples attention were drawn to the recent murders that happened around the same time as the Boutiques burning.

At some point, Valentin got a letter in the mail from a mysterious “Otelus Manor”.

The manor found interest in his work, and the many outfits and designs that he created would be wonderful displays for the manor. If he could possibly… come and work for them, they would pay him wonderfully in exchange.

Not only would they pay him, they would also reveal the true culprit behind the burning of his Boutique.

With a family he needs to help support, and years worth of outfit designing under his belt, he entered into the manors game, not knowing much what to expect…

PERSONALITY 🎭

Casimir’s stoic and brooding demeanor often intimidates others at a glance. However, he can be pretty gentle and cater to others. It’s the customer service mentality. He’s soft-spoken, yet blunt at times, unafraid to speak the truth.

EXTERNAL TRAITS 👤

( Just as a warning, I do not know if these traits are balanced AT ALL. This is just for fun! )

- Outfit Switch - Casimir is a incredible tailor with many tricks up his sleeve. When entering into a locker you have the choice to “change” into another character. You temporarily disguise as another player. You do not get this other characters abilities, however you are an exact visual copy until you are hit by the hunter or enter into a locker again. If the survivor you took the appearance of was hurt when you “change” into them, you will appear hurt.

[ Awareness ] - Casimir was cautious when walking home alone at night with a murderer on the loose, and always thought of good places to hide. Upon entering into a lockers radius, your trail entirely disappears, and will be active for around 5 seconds. It takes 60 seconds (1 minute) to recharge.

- Urgency - Casimir works well under pressure, entering and exiting a locker speed is increased by 50% (he has a different animation so it doesn’t look as silly in my mind but also feel free to imagine the regular locker animation just incredibly sped up)

- Intricacy - Detail is important in his work. Casimir can only heal in 12.5% increments. Healing is slower but can also heal chip damage.

- Exhaustion - Finally… a break. When not near the hunters radius, running/walking/crouching speed is reduced by 10%. When not in the hunters radius, the scope of success in calibrations are reduced by 40%

GENERAL INFO. 📋

- Likes: (Andrew, Aesop.) Dimly lit rooms, acknowledgment of his work (it doesn’t happen as often as it should), designing.

- Dislikes: Jack the Ripper, fire, the smell of gasoline.

(NOTE: The likes and dislikes are generally these general concepts and tend to be oversimplifications of a characters personality, and should not be seen as only this. Thats just me writing in the IDV format.)

- Name: Casimir Valentin

- Nicknames: Val, Cas

- Birthday/Character Day: February 14th

- Nationality: British

- Character Type: Assist/Contain

- Height: 4’11” (149.86 centimeters)

- Occupation: Tailor/Outfit Designer (He’s more specifically an outfit designer for the manor) (He’s basically like my weird in game reason for the costume essences)

MISC. 📑

- There is a sort of joke theory around the manor that he’s a vampire. He is not. He just wears black and walks around with a lace parasol. He’s just a guy.

- He wishes to be called Mr. Valentin, but most of the time people in the manor just call him Cas or Val. He doesn’t mind, but he would prefer that if you are professionally referring to him, please call him Mr. Valentin.

- A lot of the general outfit themes are created by the manor Baron himself. The Baron commissions both Ms. Nightingale and Casimir to create outfits for essences. Both create designs and bring them to the Baron to see what designs he likes best. Then, Cas usually is the one who does a lot of the sewing and creating of the outfits. In order to get alot of these outfits done, he pulls all nighters… quite often actually.

- In order to give Cas more time to create commissioned works, Cas does not appear in games as often as other survivors do. He has ran in last minute for matches multiple times because he had to run halfway across the manor to get to where hes supposed to be.

- Speaking of, Cas has to run around. A TON. He typically is the one calling hunters and survivors from their rooms to do measurements for outfits, and at this point anytime someone gets a knock on their door its like… 40% Cas asking them to do quick measurements.

- He is very stoic somehow despite all of this work. He takes alot of pride and joy into all the work he does for the outfits of the manor.

- However he is very overworked and tired most days. Days he does have where there is NO work is a rarity and god does he appreciate them.

- He enjoys coffee with some nice sweet creamer in there… its something to look forward to.

- In… some timelines, I def do like to put him in a poly relationship with Andrew and Aesop as his two other boyfriends. They are in love and holding hands. Only in my mind. You might see some posts come up of designs based off of other essences that involve Andrew and Aesop, its me inserting my Very Cool And Fun OC into the mix and having fun with it.

- Andrew and Aesop love him to death and hate to see him overworked so sometimes they try their best to take over designing for him. This comes up with very… uh… mixed results. Its not that they’re bad ideas! They’re just not executed in ways that are exactly viable or workable sometimes…

- All of them (Aesop, Andrew, and Cas) have a tendency to stay up at night and tend to all work at night, Cas just stays up during the day. AND the night. And YES its unhealthy he is very aware.

- He is very stoic and very calm most of the time, HOWEVER he has the ability to be very blunt and is not afraid to correct or openly defend something. He is not that much of a doormat, thank you very much.

[springsims1]

SpringSims Save Version 1 Download (Newcrest)

Newcrest is the best world in The Sims 4 as it's blank.

So I decided to take on a journey to create my own save file but start in Newcrest using only BASE GAME to have a clean slate to see what I can do in The Sims 4. I spent a long time on this save file, especially with building every lot and making townies with backstories, careers skills, and likes and dislikes.

What's Included:

15 lots (4 Community Lots, 10 Residential Lots, and 1 Rental Lot) 9 new families (all with skills, careers, relationships & stories) New environmental activities (painting, gardening, grilling)

What do you need:

The Sims 4 Base Game (it's free)

No mods or custom content are necessary

Requirements and download instructions are under the cut.

Watch a tour of the save on my YouTube Channel

DOWNLOAD HERE

Make a backup of your Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Saves folder.

Download the save file below (SpringSims Save V.1.zip)

Unzip the folder, copy the save file (Slot_00000011.save)

Go to file explorer: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves

Paste the save file here: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves 

If it says you already have a file of that name, change the slot number. You should probably choose something higher. Just make sure you don’t have that slot number already. (Example: change Slot_00000075.save to Slot_00000076.save)

Open your game and enter the save. It is named “SpringSimsSave1.0”.

Enjoy and share your gameplay of the save! @springsims on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #springsimssave

[fleuraward]

Introducing: Tsubasa Shimizu

PICCREW USED ^ / All info under the cut

Troupe: none, helps Mankai out backstage Age:            Year 1: 26            Year 2: 27            Year 3: 28 Pronouns: any Gender: non-binary Height: 164cm Birthday: August 9 Blood type: B Occupation: veterinarian Motif Flower: forget-me-not Image color: #86a0c4 Hobbies: playing violin Favorite food: churros Least favorite food: cinnamon Likes: animals, reading, writing music Dislikes: some customers, hot weather Family: mother, twin sister Strengths: things that require a steady hand Weaknesses: bad with ‘jumpscares’ Signature:

Official Introduction

"Yeah, well, I flunked that. Try again next life."

Tsubasa is a veterinarian at Veludo Vets after their career in music went poorly. They are pessimistic and down-to-earth due to the experience of their failures. Though, at heart can still be pretty goofy and silly. Regardless, Tsubasa holds a fondness for art and literature, but especially music. Despite claiming on giving up, Tsubasa is prone to having ‘life-changing’ song ideas and writing them down. They’re often the normal half to someone else’s eccentricities, despite being eccentric themselves. For some reason, finds themselves to be popular and used to get love confessions in front of work often.

Trivia        - has a gem collection.        - allergic to shrimp. - can't drive... passenger princess

MANKAI – First Contact

Friends with Tsumugi and Tasuku throughout childhood before Tsubasa moved away to pursue music. Tsumugi and Tsubasa also dated once but it ended mutually and they’re more like an odd friend duo. They bumped into each other at a café and ended up chatting and catching each other up about their lives, in which Tsubasa insisted to help support Tsumugi with his acting dreams since their own dream got shattered (lol). Eventually, Tsubasa helps fill in for the lighting crew using their learned experience when studying music as well as stagecraft and has since helped when Mankai was understaffed or when their job allowed them.

HISTORY

Tsubasa when younger always wanted to study music, it was a large passion of theirs and they studied it through any means they could – self taught, a tutor – whatever they could get their hands on. When moving onwards through their education, an incident happened while Tsubasa was with their father. Their father was a travelling singer, moving his way through Japan to share his songs. This lead to a period of Tsubasa’s live where their family moved cities for quite a bit. However, on one of the lives Tsubasa was with their father and sister on, a staging accident happened and some of the set crumbled during the live, hitting their father on impact which eventually led to severe injuries and his death. Tsubasa despite the trauma, had tried everything to get onto the music scene, but no matter their best efforts they couldn’t get noticed due to only been seen for being their father’s child or not good enough. On their mother’s insistence, Tsubasa has been dissuaded from music and art-based careers, so they decided to pursue a career path to be able to help animals. They are, however, still very upset about not being able to have a chance to heal and follow their true passion, as they wanted to make their mother happy.

Tsubasa still holds a large collection of books, most of them given in secret from their sister. Despite not actively pursuing a career in music, Tsubasa still has them all and holds them all dear to their heart.

RELATIONSHIPS – CAST

Tasuku Both of them met each other through knowing Tsumugi and got on instantly, although Tsubasa isn’t really a theatre nerd, they do their best to try and understand and provide input and the conversations. Both used to go to the gym together when they were younger. Nowadays they exchange embarrassing stories about Tsumugi.

Tsumugi They both used to date but are now an odd pair of friends. Their romance started as people shipping them, so they were like “ok let’s do this” and it lasted exactly 3 weeks before they were like “this isn’t working out” and broke things off, though they stayed as close friends. Upon meeting again, they return to how things were. Tsubasa heard about everything Godza has done and has threatened to cause a ruckus at Godza numerous times, much to Tsumugi’s chagrin.

Homare GOODNESS. A silly pair for sure. They met when post-Tsubasa watching one of the Winter Troupe’s plays and was invited to join them for drinks. They instantly hit it off. They tend to talk about poetry together and both bond in their pursuit of art. Tsubasa is someone who’s kind of pent up, and Homare is someone who is good at lighting the atmosphere when needed. They bring each other balance.

Homare, along with Itaru, is someone who supports and encourages Tsubasa into the idea of producing music again. This encouragement eventually leads into them working on some music together, with Homare using his poetic ability to help Tsubasa weave together a story.

Hisoka Both have a big sweet tooth and get on well. Tsubasa often bribes Hisoka with sweets other than marshmallows. Hisoka gave a threatening shovel talk when Tsubasa gets together with Homare. They’ve gone to cat cafés together though.

Guy They originally don’t really talk much one on one, but they tend to look out for one another. Tsubasa eventually found out that Guy is into vinyl records so sometimes they sit and listen to music together in room 206.

Azuma They go drinking together sometimes. Tsubasa is insanely jealous of how pretty Azuma is and his general aesthetic, so sometimes they have girls nights (makeover nights) with Yuki and Azami also. They sometimes talk to Azuma about boy drama as if they’re his little sibling or something, leading them to be teasingly dubbed “little Azuma” at least once.

Chikage Not really friends, but Tsubasa finds his stories interesting and wants to know more meanwhile Chikage does his keeping to himself kinda thing. Mutually grossed out at each other’s eating habits (Chikage’s spicy food, and the weird combo’s Tsubasa thinks of).

Itaru Tsubasa has seen Taruchi’s streams before and usually listened to wind down after a stressful day at work, so was kind of flustered and embarrassed to encounter Itaru at the dorms and hear his voice. It was like a real life jumpscare for them. They, post clearing up that Tsubasa is kind of a fan, end up getting along. Both seem to enjoy kniround a lot even if Tsubasa isn’t much of a gamer. They sometimes feel bad for Itaru spending so much on snacks for others so surprises him with some themselves. They’ve bonded over magical girls and Miku, on telling him about their failed music career, Itaru suggested using Vocaloid to make songs.

Mother – A rocky relationship, they do not keep in contact and when they do it is passed messages on between them through Tsubasa’s sister, Chiharu. Tsubasa feels as if they’re blamed for their father’s incident.

Sister – Tsubasa and their sister, Chiharu, get along well and are often seen hanging out together. Despite being twins they try their best to look different so people can tell them apart, with Chiharu having an arguably more ‘fashionable’ aesthetic and Tsubasa wearing something their sister dubs as ‘extreme nerd’. Tsubasa is often teased a lot about their crush on Homare.

[kielakeet]

Brain won't shut up about Destiny 2 so rant time wheeeee

I have probably like 700 hours conservatively in destiny 2. I've been a member of a clan for a while and have played almost every kind of content in the game at least enough to know if i like it or not. I understand all the mechanics. I also haven't been able to enjoy much multiplayer content in the game at all until the semi recent introduction of Onslaught.

Some of this is to be expected. I dislike the pvp modes because I have a motor disability that gives me an inherent disadvantage and people sweat like they bet their house on this unranked match. Sure, it's not for me but it's also not required by any means.

But the problem arises when I also struggle to enjoy cooperative content, because the game is primarily designed and developed for people who want to play like it's their job and think player expression is about what emotes you buy.

D2 has an incredibly diverse amount of available playstyles. Just about every modicum of battle strategy can be tweaked and honed in on what feels best to you specifically. Class, subclass, customization within those subclasses, weapon types, combinations thereof, not to mention exotic weapons and armor that do just about anything you can think of.

But once you start getting into even slightly advanced content, the game starts enforcing strangely stringent rules over what works and what doesn't. A call to action to my fellow d2 players: when was the last time you saw an Arc Warlock in content harder than a Nightfall?

In this journalist's opinion too much of the game's content is geared fundamentally towards people who plain and simple *do not particularly like Destiny 2's gameplay.*

Most Warlock players I know are breathing sighs of relief because *their best tools are being made worse.* I'm not an expert, but that sounds like a particularly dire balancing situation.

I'm reminded of the game that was my baptism into the fps genre: Team Fortress 2. Playing off-meta loadouts in the PvE gamemode is liable to get you kicked because players are there more for the rewards of playing than the experience. A similar thing happens in Destiny, perhaps to a lesser degree because a rare drop in D2 can't be sold for a cool hundred bucks if you don't feel like hanging onto the potent status symbol. The content most heavily pushed by the devs is the kind that attracts dogmatic optimization slaves.

I won't argue there isn't a time and place. You shouldn't be running Stormtrance in Pantheon. I can accept that. The problem lies in the most interesting and diverse content also being policed heavily in the same way as the most difficult activity the game has ever seen. The only way you get your trance build into raid night is if someone else is running a Well, and they're still gonna ask you to swap to void or strand when the going gets tough.

To put together something of a point, I find the metagame of Destiny 2 to be in a nigh unacceptable state and the root cause of the issue seems to be a design philosophy that caters to people who expect to be able to identify what the best thing is and have that always work forever so they never need to fall in love with the beautiful complexity the game offers them.

[rpschtuff]

I also thought I'd make a quick post going over my experiences and observations using the beta editor, as someone who put off switching for months and months and has now been using it for about a week. If you're putting off making the switch because you're not sure what it will be like, and are worried about committing to a broken editor, this post is for you.

General Observations

Overall, the editor itself really isn't that much different. A few things are in different places, such as blockquotes being under the dropdown and being called indented now, but it's not the buggy, broken mess that I half-expected it to be. A lot of the bugs that various people have reported on have already been fixed by staff. (And you can report bugs or just general complaints to staff! There's a feedback section of their form and they are actively taking user suggestions into account. Just remember to be nice about it.)

Sometimes bold, italics, and small text will act up and not apply correctly. But frankly, those would act up on the legacy editor, too. And if things are being weird, it's fairly easy to select the offending text and just fix it.

Things I Like

By far my favorite feature of the beta editor is the ability to disable reblogs on a post. As someone who runs a roleplay blog for a pretty popular canon character, I've gotten used to typing all of the names L.ike Th/is in order to prevent my posts from showing up in search, and slapping a huge "do not reblog" disclaimer onto everything -- only to have some personal who apparently can't read reblog it anyway. But now I can simply take my OOC posts, headcanons, metas, whatever, and set it so that no one can reblog them.

I love the ability to edit tags without having to completely delete and rewrite them. I've gotten so used to having to redo tags over a single typo that the realization of this the other day left me in shock. You can just click inside the tag and change any of the text that you want.

The new content label system is pretty good. You can clearly designate a post as having mature content, and your followers can choose in settings whether they want to have those flagged posts viewable or not. It's another feature I'd love to see Tumblr expand on, and add some more options to flag a post as, it's a really good start.

The post scheduling system is much more clear than before. You can actually schedule a post and feel confident in the exact date and time that it will go up, unlike the previous system that felt like a wild shot in the dark.

You can add colored text to posts pretty easily. There are a bunch of preset colors, and while I haven't played around with it much, I understand that adding custom colors via HTML is pretty straightforward. It's not a feature I personally use much, but it's neat.

There are also additional font and styling options, like Lucille, Chat, and Quote. Again, not things I use very often, but cool features to have.

Things I Dislike

Tumblr will remember your old tags, but without any capitalization. If your frequently used tags have capitalization and you want them to be consistent, you'll have to retype or paste them in every time.

When you paste an image URL into a post, it will insert the image as before, but include that link below it, with no way to easily remove it. This is an issue for those using gifs or icons with transparency, and simply pasting the image in directly will cause it to display incorrectly. As someone who uses a webpage of my icons when working on threads, I now have to download the icon I want to use and upload it, which is a minor annoyance compared to simply copying the image link and pasting it in.

[murswrites]

🌸3 Years of MURSWRITES Event 🌸

🌸 I’ve Aged Three Years On This Blog 🌸

I started this blog (originally @peakymarvelworld) in March of 2020 at age 15. I’ve just turned 18 and this blog has changed a lot over the course of the last 2 years. I’m titling this 3 years of MURSWRITES since it technically has been for me personally but in actuality, it’s only been 2 years and some months. This event is going to be very similar to my Spring Break Speed-Run Event.

The sleepover options are all little tidbits that make me, me :) I thought it’d be cute to customize the name lol, sending just the emoji is fine by me! I also think it’s really clever that the timeline equals 18 and I did 18 character LOL

🌸 Important Info 🌸

Timeline: July 6, 2022 - July 12, 2022 Types of requests: Headcanons, blurbs, even drabbles if I am inspired* What is this event celebrating? My 18th birthday and 2,500 followers!  What kind of activities are included? A sleepover event & mini fics again!

🌸 What Does The Sleepover Entail? 🌸

🌞 Cancer Sun: i’ll answer any burning questions y’all have for me

🌝 Pisces Moon: random headcanons for any of the characters listed below! send me an idea or just send “pisces moon w/character name”

⭐️ Virgo Rising: no context ships, send your name, sexuality,  your gender & pronouns, fandom &  3 things about you ---- (ex: ⭐️, rowan, bisexual, nonbinary, he/they, stranger things, i’m sarcastic, i like cats, pink is my favorite color!) MUTUALS ONLY

🌸 Chaotic Evil: fuck, marry, kill with any 3 characters from any of my fandoms or those listed below :)

🌈 INTP: vibe check - see if i pass your vibe check by sending something you like, dislike (whatever) and ill give my opinion on whatever it is!

🌸 Who can I request for? 🌸

Ada Thorne-Shelby (Peaky Blinders, S1-S6 minus the series finale )

Adrian Chase (Vigilante, DCECU)

Alina Starkov (The Sun Summoner, Grishaverse)

Benedict Bridgerton (Bridgerton S1-S2)

Bonnie Gold (Peaky Blinders, S1-S6 minus the series finale )

Bruce Wayne (Batman, The Batman 2022)

Connor RK800 (Detroit: Become Human)

Diego Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy, S1-S3)

Eddie Munson (Stranger Things S1-S4)

Joel Miller (The Last of Us)

Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games, Books & Movies)

Matthias Helvar (Grishaverse)

Matthew Murdock (Daredevil, Daredevil)

Malyen Oretsev (Grishaverse)

Steve Harrington (Stranger Things S1-S4)

Tobias Eaton (Divergent, all Movies, his book, books 1 & 2)

Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinders, S1-S6 minus the series finale)

Yennefer of Vengerberg (The Witcher 3 & Netflix S1 & S2)

🌸 Prompt Lists 🌸

Angst, Terror, & Anger

Dramatic / Worried

Fluff Alphabet

Hugging / Kissing

Peaky Blinders

Sassy / Humor

Bliss / Fluff

Random / Misc

Songs

🌸 Specific Rules 🌸

* The type of request written will be decided by me, so if you send a request asking for a headcanon, it will be deleted. I will write your scenario, idea, etc. as I see fit.

🌸 Mutuals🌸

@musicallisto

@imaginesbymk

@sinfulshelbys

@peak-a-blinder

@smallheathgangsters

@anthonysharmaa

@irishwhiskeys

@sleepypeaky

@vostokovasmelina

@bitchroyy

@amysteryspot

@myriadimagines

@bonniesgoldengirl

@retromafia

@starkeysslut

@theowritesstuff

@retvenkos

@noesapphic

@flysafepapi

@swanimagines

@moonlit-imagines

@druiigg

@murderousginger

@peakyswift

@3xc3lsior

@peakyblcnders

@peakywitch

@the-radio-star

@staygold-bebold

@tommydoesntpayforsuits

@promenadewithme

@brokenandheadoverheels

@danihow

@thereagles

@raccoon-is-my-spirit-animal

@royaltywhxre

@writeroutoftime​

@writersmacchiato