#and maybe they're all both right and wrong

[justslightlymental]

"All of them goddamn" - Saja Boys x Reader

Yo... This is just pure smut with just slight plot, also shoutout to this person @k45kart for the idea. (sorry if i tagged wrong person) also another person who wanted to be tagged: @eliengoddes

Okay uhh anyways TW or whatever warnings: Smut, gangbang (obviously) 5 demons cmon guys, I MAY HAVE WRITTEN JINUS NAME WRONG SO IM SORRY. Oral sex both receiving, degrading, praising, uhhh p in v, without protection (dont do this if u dont want kids.) Marking, breeding lowkey, demons going out of control. MAYBE SLIGHT DUB CON??? (its very much consensual but my writing style might fart on itself.) I forgot what else. Cringe warning i havent written anything in ages okay - Everything was okay.. Everything was going to be FINE… The fans were happy with our newest song… And the Honmoon was shining brighter than ever, even a tingle of gold flashing across our eyes, we were so close!!! But then Rumi lost her voice, right in the middle of our rehearsal for our live premiere of “Golden”. Before any of us could say anything she asked for 5 minutes and just ran off to god knows where! “Oh my god, what are we gonna do??” Zoey panicked, her arms flailing around. “Calm down Zoey.. It’s going to be fine… just give her some time alright?” Mira placed a hand on her shoulder to calm Zoey down, though I could see through her poker face. “Yeah, like Mira said. Give her some time… surely she will come in time.” I said, a nervous/worried smile across my face. And she never came… The next time we saw her was at our apartment, she looked shaken up. The only thing we could offer in that moment was comfort and that we did. We decided to go out for some dinner. Rumi still didn’t seem like herself, until she finally spoke. “I'm sorry about the show..” “It’s okay.. don’t worry about it!” Zoey smiled, placing a hand on her forearm. “Besides, Bobby will handle it.” I smiled as well, trying to comfort her.

And just like that he called us and once we answered we heard loud voices in the background and an out of breath Bobby yelling about how he can’t handle this, so many disappointed fans and the network losing their minds. Mira quickly shut off the phone. “We can just schedule another live show within days. Don’t worry!” “I don't think that's possible… my voice, it's in trouble..” Rumi said, awkwardly. “In trouble?? Then why did you push up the Golden release then?” Mira continued, confused. “My guess is the Honmoon, isn’t that right?” I smiled softly.

“(Name) is right.. The Honmoon.. it flashed gold, we are so close and it's so important!”

After that dinner we were brainstorming how to fix Rumi’s voice quickly. And Zoey had the “best” idea to go get some magical tonics from this one place she had heard of. And after we finally got the tonics and as we came out of the clinic Zoey was rambling on about after getting her voice back we could finally focus back on the important stuff like fans-

“Fans!” Mira whisper shouted as we saw some shadows turning into the alleyway we were in, our disguises were not the best so we tried our best to quickly become more unrecognizable-

Until we saw THEM..

Our eyes went wide as the guys walked our way, they all looked so… handsome so sexy… Rumi was the only one who didn’t look absolutely down bad until she saw the 5th guy with black hair.

Meanwhile I was looking at each and every one of them, I mean yeah some of them looked a bit sexier than others but I guess that’s because they're more my time than the others.. When they passed us I could honestly feel all of their gaze landing on me for just a moment before they continued on their way. What the fuck just happened.

And that is how we met our WORST enemies for the first time. Turned out they were a fucking demon boyband. DEMONS in a boyband yeah that's right! I don't know what crack Gwi-ma was on when he sent them to our world but IT’S WORKING. Though I do have to admit… I wonder what it would feel like if-

I smacked my head against the wall groaning, BAD (Name) BAD!!! Do not think of such unholy thoughts about your enemy, especially DEMONS.

We got suited up in our battle gear and oh my I must admit we are always so fabulous. We knew the boyband who are now better known as the “Saja Boys” would be at this game show tonight, we stood backstage looking at them gulping huge amounts of hot sauce, uh yikes. That’s gonna burn coming out- AANYWAY! Rumi said we should wait for them to come backstage and then jump down and make quick work of them, the perfect surprise attack!

We giggled a bit in anticipation as we took our spot over the stage, looking down at them. Little did we know the Jinu guy had noticed us and just as he took the mic talking about “special guests” joining us the lights turned to us at the same time he announced our name. We quickly hid our weapons and forced huge smiles on our faces.

“Yeahh! Hello everyone! We just wanted to yknow congratulate the Saja boys for their successful debut!” Rumi said with forced enthusiasm And after that the game show host and saja boys themselves said we should all slide down into the ballpit, the audience got in on it too so of course we had to oblige, though the leather we wore really made it… awkward to say, the noise was horrible too. Once we finally made it into the ballpit everyone still cheered and now it would be the time to end the show, both us and the Saja boys bowed to each other in fake gratitude and respect as the curtains closed. However once we were finally out of the publics eye they ran off within seconds and we almost had no idea where, but we managed to be able to track them down, to a fucking bathhouse. We had no choice but to go in and it was thankfully empty, and there they stood. “You really followed us here? The men's portion? You guys really are thirsty huh.” Jinu chuckled along with his bandmates. Then the demons came out of nowhere from small ruptures, but like there were a lot of them. You couldn’t lose focus for even a second and if you did it might be game over. At one point my eyes landed on Jinu who just smirked “Have fun you four.” He said as he ran off with everyone else. I looked behind me to see Mira, Zoey and Rumi in a deep fight, they seemed to be taking care of everything fine though, so I took off running after Jinu. I jumped into the air ready to slash him but he managed to dodge my blows one after another, until I finally managed to kick him in the stomach. We landed in a secluded room, it seemed to be a small sauna, the heat made both of our bodies sweaty, yuck disgusting. Finally I managed to corner him, my (weapon’s) handle against his throat as he tried to push me off. The adrenaline was flowing through me, maybe that’s why I felt extra strong right now. “Hah.. you’re a bit stronger… But not strong enough for all of us…” Jinu chuckled. That had me confused, until I could sense the presence of four other people behind us. My eyes widened and my throat closed up on itself. I couldn’t move, I don’t know if I was sweating from the heat or from the fact 5 extremely attractive demon guys were currently alone with me. Jinu quickly took advantage of my shock and pushed me away, I landed on my back, gasping for air. It hurt a little bit but nothing could compare to the sight after I opened my eyes groaning. “There you are… Sorry about the push, hopefully you're not too hurt darling.” Jinu smirked, his eyes glowing a little bit. “G-Get away from me!” I struggled, quickly standing up and forming my weapon once again, surrounded by them.

“Still got a fighting spirit huh? We like that… But don’t think we haven’t seen the way you look at us.. And honestly the feelings are mutual.” Jinu smirked, his fingers slightly grazing my cheek. I was speechless, I felt so small surrounded by them. I could feel their eyes roam my body, taking in every curve and shape. My knees were growing weak, I could feel my body reacting in ways I haven’t felt in awhile. I felt embarrassed, my cheeks flushing a deep red as I tried to not look at any of them. I felt a hand on my shoulder making me flinch. “Calm down bunny.. I won’t hurt you.. too bad.” A deep voice whispered into my ear, I turned around quickly seeing the guy named “Abs”. (bit of a silly name tbh…) ANYWAY “D-don’t-” I struggled to form words until a hand covered my mouth, it was Juni. “Yeah, you’re right… No one has to speak…” He smirked, his other hand slowly going down from my shoulder towards my chest. My eyes widened, I should be struggling, I should be fighting them… But for some reason I wanted this, I wanted them all… I felt myself growing more hot and bothered by the second. The 8 pair of eyes watching Jinu’s every movement, and my reaction. It turned me on so bad. And I swear to god I feel like they could sense my need, with the way their eyes seemed to sharpen with lust. “What do you want…” Jinu asked, uncovering my mouth. “I-I want you… I want you all..” My words were quiet, but that didn’t seem to bother them. It was like a trigger, they had my consent and they wouldn’t back away now. Juni fell back towards one of the seats with me landing on his lap. I moaned out as I felt my ass on his crotch, and he was hard. His knees separating mine as I was exposed to the other guys, not completely nude.. yet. I didn’t even care about how fucked out I already looked, all I cared about was getting that sweet release. “Someone’s impatient hm?” Jinu whispered before his lips attacked my neck, his sharp teeth grazing my skin. I whimpered, it felt so good. The other guys had come closer as well, Romance sitting down on my right side and Mystery on my left. Both of their hands found their way to my chest, feeling me up through my suit. Who knew it felt this fucking good to be touched by like 5 guys at the same time. Oh god I feel like a whore, but honestly i'm a proud hoe rn! 

Abs crouched down between my legs, Baby standing behind him as he preferred to just watch, knowing he would get his turn soon. “I think this suit needs to come off, right boys?” Abs smirked, his hands caressing my inner thighs. “You’re right, I can’t wait to see what you’re hiding under here…” Romance sighed happily, Mystery just nodding along, not really a man of words I see. Their hands turned into a soft purple hue, their nails growing in size as they made quick work of ripping my suit into shreds. I tried to cover myself up but Jinu was quick to grasp both my arms and lock them behind my back. “Don’t cover yourself darling… You wanted this right? To be taken and used by all of us.. you truly have no shame, do you?” He talked softly while Mystery and Romance both leaned down to take one of my tits into their mouths. All i could do was moan through his little speech, my core was on fire, growing wetter by the second. I don’t know if the heat made everything feel 10x better but I was enjoying this. I enjoyed the feeling of being exposed to their hungry eyes, I loved the way their mouths sucked on my tits, the way their tongues swirled around my nipples. My body arched into Juni’s body, my thighs trying to squeeze together to create some sort of friction. Abs was quick to separate my legs to get full access to my core. I did feel slightly embarrassed with his staring but that quickly dissolved as he just dove in like a starved man. His tongue swirling around my clit, making my hips buckle. His movements were precise, taking slow licks up my slit, before sucking on my clit against, his right hand closing in. Fingers painfully close to my opening. I moaned out loudly, begging for him to touch me, to feel his fingers inside. I guess he felt merciful because that’s exactly what he did. I was wet enough to fit 2 of his fingers with no problem, his long slender fingers curling up inside me. It didn’t take long for abs to find that special spot inside me that made my whole body seize. I could barely let out any noise, so over-stimulated, with Juni’s mouth on my neck, Mystery’s and Romance’s mouths on my buds, their hands cressing my stomach and sides. My eyes opened just slightly, the first thing I saw was Baby standing behind Abs, his hand slightly rubbing over his jeans, his eyes seductive as he stared down at me. I felt even more hot knowing the fact he was still enjoying himself, just staring. But I couldn’t think about him for long with the way Abs fingers thrusted deep into me and his tongue on my clit, it was enough to bring me dangerously close to climax. I yelped loudly, hips shaking. “I-Im so close- Please- Let me-” I gasped out, pushing my hips towards his mouth, needing him as close as I could have. “Greedy this one isn’t she?” Baby spoke up for the first time, enjoying watching how his bandmates brought (Name) to the edge of pleasure. “She is so intoxicating… Her scent… I wonder if she tastes just as good.” Jinu said, eyeing down at Abs, slightly jealous of how he was the first one to taste her. With the last curl of his tongue she came undone, her head thrown back in pleasure. Romance and Mystery separated from her breasts, looking down at the mess Abs created. All of them felt their senses heightened up, pupils dilating after smelling her. Their bodies fight against turning into their demon forms. Juni stood up with (name) still in his arms, turning around and setting her against the seat. She was still struggling with getting air into her lungs, slowly coming around from that intense climax. “I think we are all a bit too clothed for this next part.” Romance said smugly, his clawed hands already working on removing his shirt. “She might pass out after seeing what’s coming for her.” Mystery said quietly, following Romance’s lead. “She’s gonna pass out no matter what after we’re done with her.” Jinu grinned. 

(Name) slowly shook her head, coming back to reality, her eyes opening. In Front of her was the shock of her life, she yelled out. All five of them, completely bare, the marks on their bodies glowing ever so often, and oh my god even their dicks had the same marks. Also talking about dicks they were all so different.. Some of them had more girth, others length, already dripping with pre-cum. She felt like she was under some sort of spell as she slowly moved off the seat onto the heated up floor, sitting on her knees, hands traveling up Jinu’s legs and thighs. She looked up at him through her lashes, she looked absolutely ravishing, hair messy, some of it sticking to her forehead, her expression flushed, so full of need. Jinu’s breath hitched as his clawed hand took hold of her hair, bringing her face closer to his cock. “Open wide baby.” He instructed. And she did, her tongue rolled out as the tip landed on it. She could already taste the saltiness of his precum, so delicious. Her mouth closed in on it as her tongue rolled around the sensitive tip. He groaned out while thrusting deeper into her mouth. “Fuck.. Her mouth feels so good- I could get addicted to this.” He moaned out, fangs growing out. “Oh you’re making it sound a little too good. I want some.” Baby chuckled, pushing Jinu out of the way. Taking his place. “Hey! Wait for your turn you fucking moron-” Jinu cussed but decided to let him have his moment, instead just jerking himself off at the sight of her being used by them. (Name) whined at the loss of Jinu’s cock but was soon satisfied again after Baby pushed himself into her warm mouth. His dick was a bit shorter than Jinu’s but the girth was amazing, and like he wasn’t SMALL in any way. Actually none of them were. “Oh shit- You’re right- h-hell.” He whimpered. (Name) looked at the other men who were touching themselves, she didn’t want them feeling left out. She took hold of Abs and Mystery’s dicks, moving her hands up and down. Both of them instinctively reacted and thrusted into her hold. Mystery’s cock was long.. And Abs was just… oh yeah he was the big boy of the group definitely. 

“What a good girl…” Romance smiled, looking down at her. “S-shit.. I-I’m close-” Baby gasped out, his thrusts becoming faster, abusing the back of her throat. She was loving the treatment, even if it was harder to breathe. Her cheeks hollowed out completely, feeling every curve of his veins. “Fuck!” He yelled out as his hips stilled, spilling his load down her throat and she drank up every drop. “Look at that! Drank up everything, what a good slut.” Jinu smirked. Abs and Mystery both were moaning messes as their muscles tensed, her hands working magic on them. She didn’t take long to recover as her mouth went closer to Romance’s cock, taking the tip into her mouth, swirling her tongue just like she did with Jinu. This made the poor guy let out broken whimpers, his legs almost giving out from the sudden sensitivity. Jinu had walked behind her, crouching down, his hand traveling down her stomach towards her cunt. Fingers slowly circling her clit, making her eyes roll back into her head. She separated from Mystery’s cock and turned her head towards Abs’s dick, giving him the same treatment with slight difficulty due to the size difference. It didn’t take long for Mystery to cum onto her hand and arm, and the other to separate from her mouth, spilling his cum all over her chest. “You enjoy being marked by all of us huh?” Romance asked, tilting her head up towards him. “Y-yeah… I-I love it, I want more, please.” She begged, out of breath, whimpering due to Jinu still touching her. “Hah.. I wonder what your huntrix friends would say if they saw you like this.” Abs smiled, his finger stroking her chin. “I-I don’t care… I just want you all.. please. Help me.” She moaned out, getting on all fours. “Well look at that- So submissive.. so perfect.” Jinu said, eyes slightly wide not expecting that. But who was he to complain or deny her. His hands landed on her waist, the tip of his cock just against her slit. Moving his hips up and down just teasing her opening. Though even if she wanted to tease her more, his own self control was slowly withering away. So with the help of his hand he finally sank into her pussy. The feeling was euphoric, both of them immediately letting out strained moans. Her walls gripped him like no tomorrow, so wet, so tight. “Oh.. oh my god- S-Shit- I-I can’t-” He choked on his words, losing himself to his desires. While she was getting absolutely fucked from behind Romance took his spot in front of her mouth, getting on his knees, taking hold of her chin. With a quick ‘open up’ His cock was deep in her throat. She had never felt such pleasure before, seeing the men who just came on her already hardened up and ready to each get a turn with her, it was so sexy. Her body was being rocked back and forth, Jinu’s thrusts growing faster, the sounds of skin clapping together loud. His dick kept hitting that sweet spot in her, she had never felt this full before. All of her whimpers and moans just turned into vibrations against Romance’s cock who could feel himself very close to cumming. Both men reached their climaxes at the same time, spilling deep inside her, not caring about pulling out. The feeling of Jinu’s hot cum inside her was enough to push her over the age as well. Their juices mixed together. As he pulled out her hole leaked, making her thighs sticky and warm. “Help her up guys.” Abs smirked, him and Baby lifting her up from the ground. Her legs could not hold her weight, she was completely at their mercy. She was still so high from her recent orgasm she couldn’t form any words. Though she could feel her right leg being lifted over someone's shoulder. Thankfully she was very flexible. She could feel someone's hands squeezing her breasts, pinching her nipples, making her suck in air. 

She then felt someone's cock lined up with her entrance again, it felt huge… She could almost guess that- Before her thoughts could finish she saw pure white. Abs slammed himself in her, her pussy clenching around him like no tomorrow. He grunted loudly, his other hand holding the leg on his shoulder and the other on her waist. She whimpered and moaned with every thrust, his dick easily smacked against her cervix, his pelvis hitting her clit with every thrust. “O-oh- Oh my- Shiiiit-” She shook her head, trying to get away from his harsh treatment, it felt too good. She was too sensitive. “P-Please- Ah- Slower- No-” Her hands were pulled behind her, making her body arch in an awkward angle. His mouth quickly over hers, shutting her up. “Shit man- This pussy is amazing! Ah- I don’t know how long I can hold my form back-” Abs grunted, his marks glowing brighter, same with the others. “Right?! She is so intoxicating, I want to taste her soul… Ahg-” Romance inhaled her scent, his tongue licking her neck. “Do you think she could take two at the same time?” Mystery asked with an evil smile. “She definitely could… go for it… break her for good, that’s what she wants anyway.” Jinu laughed. Mystery went behind her, as the others gave him space. Abs slowed down for just a moment, both of the men looking at each other with a sly smile. Mystery lined up his dick right next to Abs and sunk in. She let out a loud yell, the pain… It was delicious. It was good, she had never been this full, never this turned on. “Oh my god look at that! She took it with no problem!” Baby and Jinu both laughed out loud. Both Abs and Mystery now worked together, creating an odd rhythm but it worked. When one went in the other went out. All of her spots being hit continuously was too much, she felt weird, something she had never felt before. “A- Im cuming- Im cuming-” She repeated before her cunt clenched hard around the two men who also just about got pushed over the edge, painting her walls white. The pressure was too much as she squirted out right onto Abs’s abdomen. Both of them retreated from her warmth, leaving her disappointed, she was obsessed, she needed more.

“You still want more? What a slut you are… oh god-” Jinu said, sweating from holding himself back. “I want more of her.. I need more of her.” Romance said. He was the first one whose self control cracked as his body turned purple, his demon side in full show. He basically snatched her out of Abs and Mystery’s hold, bending her over one of the seats, slamming himself right on into her. She yelled out, legs shaking her body rocking back and forth against the wooden surface. His thrusts didn’t falter, hand pushing down her back, keeping her down. It was inhuman how fast he could move against her, making her unable to understand shit. She was completely fucked out. The other guys were staring at their bandmate losing himself, and the way she was completely bare, completely at their mercy for them to destroy finally seemed to snap any of their self restraint. Baby was the second one who snapped, he jumped towards Romance pulling him out before he could finish his peak, pulling (Name) from the seat, placing her on her back, inserting himself into her. Immediately hitting her sweet spot causing her to cum right then and there. Poor Baby had been edged for so long that when her pussy clenched around him deliciously he just came deep into her, but that didn’t mean his cock didn’t get hard again immediately. “Out of the way, I want this pussy again.” Jinu pulled him off, his form also now changed. “Ah- J-Jinu- SO sensitive- Wait-” Though her pleas fell into deaf ears as some sat in front of her pressing her face into their dick. It was Mystery. She didn’t waste time giving him access, still tasting all of their cum on his cock, tongue swirling around him, savoring the taste. Abs and Romance kissed along her body, occasionally sucking and biting, leaving very visible marks on her. Jinus dick was smacking into her hard and rough, chasing only his own pleasure, he was indeed a selfish man. But even if he wasn’t looking out for her that doesn’t mean his thrusts weren’t painfully pleasurable. Every thrust felt like pure torture, her clit was so sensitive even the slightest touch had her body seizing up. Her eyes watering up from everything happening, make up becoming ruined. Jinu’s clawed hands sank into her waist, drawing the smallest amounts of blood. His grunts loud as he came into her for the second time. Mystery separated from her mouth after feeling himself cumming, ropes of his cum going onto her face, messing up her make up even more. All of them looked down at her on the floor, her poor pussy completely messed up and leaking, her face ruined, hair messy, body full of marks. All of their dicks got even harder, it's like she was their own aphrodisiac. 

“How do you feel?” Jinu sighed, his eyes dark with lust. “Mmmh-” She couldn’t say anything else, her legs twitching. “Fuck she looks so delicious like this…” Baby groaned, itching to sink deep into her again. “Can’t we just bring her with us? Our own personal cock sleeve.” Romance sighed dreamingly. She opened her eyes slightly, slowly coming to her senses, everything hurt, but it was so worth it. Her hands roaming through her body feeling the sticky cum and the marks they had given her just a moment ago. “Please…” She whimpered. “Aw you poor thing… We fucked you so good you can’t think about anything else now can you?” Abs smirked next to Jinu. Just as Jinu was about to go in for a kiss he heard distant yells, it sounded like her voice was being yelled out. He stood up looking at his bandmates and nodding at them, they all turned into pink smoke, disappearing from sight. “Sorry to cut this short… and not being able to take care of you more… But your friends are coming, and I don't think you wanna be seen like this…” He chuckled, snapping his fingers as the pink smoke surrounded them both, suddenly her clothes were back in one piece and he was completely dressed up. “I recommend you just tell them you got beat and somehow left alive… you figure it out… But don’t worry, we’ll see you real soon…” He gave her a kiss before disappearing. And right on time too. “Oh my god there you are!! Are you okay? Are you hurt?!” The girls bursted into the room, looking at all the messed up seats that just looked broken and then staring at her messed up hair.

“I-Im fine… Really- Ahg-” She groaned still not being able to stand properly or even realise what the fuck just happened. “We need to get you home!” “Don’t ever run off like that!!” The entire journey home she was scolded but all she could think about was Jinu and his final words. And overall the fucking gangbang she just went through… THE BEST sex she had ever had, honestly. She looked out of her window after finally being left alone by the girls and could feel herself growing wet again, not being able to forget how their touch felt and how their cocks felt inside her. Oh yeah she was definitely waiting for the next time. - thanks guys i did my duty

[themathomhouse]

I have to assume you're deliberately misunderstanding prev at this point, but on the off chance you're not I will repeat what they have explicitly said one more time, with some of my own emphasis because tbh Lucas isn't an especially bad example of what I was talking about. He's just the best known on tumblr. He is, however, awful at acknowledging the work his first wife did on Star Wars and how much that contributed to the success of the trilogy, and, exactly like prev said, has tried to take the reins himself in the subsequent years and demonstrated exactly why she was needed in the first place.

George Lucas isn't a bad film editor. He's also the person who wrote the script and directed (the first) Star Wars. I think it's fair and accurate to say that the (first three) Star Wars films are a product of his vision - and where he was inspired and helped by other directors and collaborators, he's actually great at acknowledging their contribution!

With one exception.

Marcia Lucas is an excellent film editor. She isn't the only editor who worked on Star Wars at all, but, as prev said, the team who worked on the films overall win awards for being particularly good - and Lucas himself acknowledges that he's not the best editor or director! He didn't direct episodes V or VI because he is actually capable of understanding where his strengths lie. This is why he hired other people to edit his films!

One of those people was his then-wife. They are now divorced. Likely because of this divorce, and also because the divorce was partly caused by Star Wars, he now fails to tell the story of how the Star Wars films were kind of a mess when they arrived at the editing suite. Marcia (who had also edited his previous films, because she is a professional film editor and an excellent one) understood his vision and also made several changes without which most people who worked on the film say it would not have come together. George had great ideas, the effects would have been great, but it just wouldn't have sparked a phenomenon the way it did without her work. And he himself used to acknowledge this!

Until they got divorced. Which was right as Episode VI came out. And now he doesn't acknowledge her as much as he really should - and if I remember correctly, Spielberg has called him out on this!

Like I said, I actually don't think he's a particularly egregious example. He's someone who usually is great at acknowledging his collaborators and he's often good at acknowledging where he needs someone else to do something because they are better at it. He hasn't made a film that's anywhere near as good or interesting as the original Star Wars honestly in no small part because he actually has taken a producer role or co-writes or generally just doesn't want to be the director as much since Star Wars. Where he has done, like prev said with the tinkering with the original trilogy, and like EVEN HE says about episodes I - III, the result is just not as good as it could have been.

I'm basically commenting here because your misunderstanding of prev comes off as incredibly bad-faith, especially as this post is constantly just tagged as George Lucas in a way that honestly? I don't think is fair. But prev was actually very specific as to what they were referring to with him, and they're right! Like. Famously right. But I'm hoping that I'm wrong about the bad-faith and this will help both you and others see where prev was coming from, as well as tbh maybe people could tag this as F Scott Fitzgerald because that man literally stole segments out of his wife's diaries without telling her until she read it in his published works, that's more what I was getting at.

I've also just spent all these paragraphs giving context to Lucas mostly because of other posts, when what you're saying is that not only do accolades mean nothing, but it apparently also means nothing that he is not actually a professional film editor. The editing team, of which Marcia was part, was composed of people whose entire job is to edit films. That is why he hired them instead of doing it himself.

okay but if you ever see a male creative who had a string of great work and then everything else he did was dogshit, go to the "personal life" part of his wikipedia and look at his relationships. you'll either find a major tragedy he didn't recover from (completely understandable) or, more likely, there was a woman in his life doing uncredited shit editing his stuff or contributing generally and she's not there anymore.

I told a friend about this phenomenon in literature and he called me weeks later like, I remembered what you said about women doing uncredited work when tim burton came up. he made a string of bangers then everything else just was nowhere near as good. the timeline matches perfectly to when he was with this german visual artist (lena gieseke). he's done some good work in collaboration, but if things were dug into I suspect we would find she did a lot more than people realise.

so yeah whenever you look around like wow women didn't work in history, or, women aren't auteurs, or, there just aren't as many great female writers - societal reasons for that aside, half the time they absolutely did.

[lexirosewrites]

For whenever you host a Slick Sunday next 🧡 (or whenever you want to post it)

I've been thinking of Alpha Eddie trying desperately to baby trap himself with Omega Steve. They've had a thing going on for a few months, but haven't explicitly said what that thing is. Steve is all in and assumes that he and Eddie are courting and very solidly in a relationship (he's not wrong). Eddie is also all in and is doing all the good Alpha things but is also trapped in a constant thought loop of "what are we?? I need to lock this down. Dear God, how do I lock this down?"

He's not trying to trick Steve into having a baby or sabotage any contraceptives, but he certainly isn't the one suggesting they wear a condom, and Steve reasons that since he's on birth control and they're both clean, he's rather that they didn't use one most of the time.

Any time Steve has a stomach ache, boating, a minor illness, any kind of food craving, or fatigue, Eddie is jumping on it. He's the first one suggesting that maybe they've accidentally hit on the one in a million odds of pregnancy despite the pills. He's all, "Don't worry Stevie, I'm with you on this. I'll get a better job and take care of you. I won't rush the courting, but you won't give birth without a mate."

Steve always gets a pregnancy test done right away to double check, and it's always negative and he's not relieved, necessarily, because he wants pups with Eddie terribly but he's also like "false alarm!" and Eddie always deflates a little.

Steve cottons on to what Eddie is doing pretty early on and is just planning to 'forget to take his birth control' for a couple of days and really give Eddie the baby trap he's been waiting for

they’re so silly when they don’t communicate. put a baby in him, Eddie!!!

[destinysbounty]

I think I wouldn't mind Zane's NPC-ification quite as much as I do, if it didn't feel like they were also retconning the fact that he was ever a person to begin with.

Like, sure, I totally understand. Dragons Rising has a huge ensemble cast, and the RGB trio + new ninja are the clear focus. And I don't mind that! Everyone who does get proper narrative attention is written so wonderfully and I adore what we have. But...sometimes it feels like they're just kinda divvying up everything that makes Zane who he is and giving it to everyone else, and never even briefly acknowledging Zane's ties to those traits.

Remember when Zane used to have prophetic dreams foretelling future events? Me neither. Hey Lloyd, how are your visions coming along?

Or, y'know how one of Zane's most integral plot lines, character details, and motifs is his struggles with memory and identity? Remember that time he got amnesia and was then both manipulated and magically corrupted into being a villain? Nah that never happened, anyway check out what Jay is up to now

Or, does anyone recall how Zane is a canonically really good cook with pies so delicious they made Jay cry on screen? No that's Arin's thing, actually

Heck, we even have our quota of ~Silly Robot Beep Boop Bop~ jokes fulfilled by Lobbo!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on any of the other characters for having these traits. Nor am I arguing that Zane should have a singular monopoly on these types of storylines. But when they take traits that have for so long been primarily associated with Zane, like cooking and visions and amnesia, and share them with someone else without even briefly acknowledging Zane's prior involvement...idk. It just feels like they're trying to repackage all the things that make Zane interesting while still writing him out of the narrative. It feels like they're going "whaat? Zane, have personality outside of being a generic robot character?? That never happened!" Like they're just trying to have their nindroid and kill him too.

And I mean, to some extent I can understand their hesitation. It's the same reason the Mr. E/Echo reveal got scrapped in s8 - theres just way too much going on right now, and the narrative load required to explain somwthing this complicated during a reboot/sequel would just bog down an already very complicated story. Zane has a very convoluted backstory that, for new fans dropping in to the sequel series for the first time, may be difficult to explain. How do you recap Zane's history with amnesia in a neat an tidy way for the next gen story, when there's already so much going on?

Like i said, i get that. But they could at least make, like, brief blink-and-youll-miss-it allusions, yknow? Like how they played the Ice Emperor theme during Zane's existential crisis during drs1, or when Zane told Zanth not to follow dancing birds in drs3. Tasteful, subtle, doesn't require much insider knowledge and newer fans could easily interpret it as a noodle incident comment without losing out on their comprehension.

Maybe after Jay gets eliminated from the Tournament, Zane offers to go after him saying, "I've lost myself once or twice before. If anyone understands what he's going through, it's me." And if you want to preserve the plot unobstructed, maybe you can have it so that either Zane fails to get through to Jay or Jay is gone without a trace before he can get to him. Maybe there's a brief scene of Zane making a pie to try and cheer Sora up, but she can't eat it because it reminds her too much of Arin. Or maybe Lloyd has a panic attack over his visions and Zane is the one to offer him the advice about not fighting the vision and letting it come naturally.

Don't you see how easy that is? You would change literally nothing about the story at large, and you're not detracting from the main plotlines or character arcs that are quite validly dominating this series. But you're also throwing a bone to the people who actually like Zane. Like???? I'm not even asking for much here, man :/

Idk. Maybe I'm just bitter and need to touch grass, who's to say

[carolperkinsexgirlfriend]

There's nothing inherently wrong with writing a fic where the character biases are obvious. For example, if you're writing a Stranger Things fic, and you're focusing on the ramifications of Steve and Nancy's break-up in season two, it makes sense to write it sympathetically toward Steve if he's the POV character. He's the one telling the story. He knows how it happened for him, and no matter how hard he tries, he's never fully going to understand Nancy's side.

That's good writing! After all, that's how conflicts occur in real life. If there's two sides to a conflict, they'll both often think they're in the right, even if the truth is usually a little more complicated than that. It's human nature to think in patterns that will confirm the beliefs you already held.

The problem is, that in fandom situations like this, one point of view is usually much more prevalent than the other, and that almost always falls along the lines of race and sex, i.e., we never hear the women and/or the POC side of the conflict. In the instance mentioned above, that means that Nancy Wheeler will always be a bitch who cheated on Steve Harrington and broke his heart, end of story.

And this repetition of the same point of view in fanfic, again and again, is how you get people viewing these interpretations as canon instead of a biased retelling from a POV character.

And maybe it's just fandom, and it's not that deep, but the stories we tell and the way we tell them do work as a feedback loop for those of us who read them. And that feedback loop has always been that the white man's pain is sympathetic, and everyone else's isn't.

[dungeonmalcontent]

So, I'm looking to migrate from 5e to Daggerheart. I'm not gonna rant about which is better if either, but I know I'm disaffected by the OGL screw up and the implementation of 5e'24. I'm ready to move on from 5e, even though I have a lot of homebrew ideas for it burning through my skull.

I like DH so far, it feels like a fun and interesting system and it's got the social momentum that I can actually rope a group in on a game.

This next part is sort of a rant though.

However, I will say that DH does not have the tools available for virtual play. In order to run Daggerheart seamlessly on a VTT (any vtt) you tend to want three things: 1) virtual character sheet, 2) virtual minis, and 3) virtual dice rolling. And these resources are just not available.

For the character sheets, you can do pdfs, and that works fine... if you can manage to figure out how to make a modifiable character sheet pdf that saves information between uses. You might also know about Demiplane Nexus, which has a sort of DNDBeyond thing going, they make character sheets and have player integration for a lot of TTRPGs. Except their website (and it is just the web app, no mobile compatibility so far as I can find), insofar as the DH character creator and other utilities, is very badly laid out. They don't have good economy of space and the page just feels bad to look at. But, hey, at least you can make a character... right? Kind of. If you aren't paying for anything extra, they don't provide support for about half of the character classes. You can't even select them. Same for the sub-classes too. And it's not a matter of whether they're in the SRD or not. They're arbitrarily restricting content. But, hey, if you actually buy the book through them you get access to all the content, that way if you wanted to run a group with the game, you could share the content and you could all use the Demiplane. Except no. You also have to pay a subscription fee to share the content you've purchased.

So what about virtual minis? Are there any VTTs that support Daggerheart? There are a few that claim you can use them for DH, but I can't verify all of them. FoundryVTT says it can, and seems to be quite popular, but it isn't free and I can't find a way to just test it in the demo they provide. Then there's roll20, which I've used a lot for games, but their only support for Daggerheart is done through Demiplane. You can still do minis generally on roll20, because you can do minis generally with pretty much any VTT, but roll20 is at a serious disadvantage by only having support through Demiplane (and I'll give more reasons later). And there are others, but they only offer basic token manipulation and no systems.

And then there's dice rolling. And I'm just going to drop the formalities and pretense here. There's absolutely no virtual dice roller that handles duality. Except, technically, Demiplane does handle dice. Kind of. Demiplane rolls dice the same way that Roll20 rolls dice (there's probably more than just export integration going on there, they're partnered to some degree probably). But it's probably the closest you can get to a system that actually rolls duality. The readouts for these virtual dice rolls on both Demiplane and Roll20 (because the integration results in the same product) look like this:

And, now, maybe you can tell me what's wrong with this readouts. If not, I will preface this by saying that what we are seeing is progress. You can see that it rolled 2d12, labeled them correctly as hope and fear, and shows the bonus applied to the roll. And if you can't figure out the problem, I'll show you another readout, this time with advantage.

If you still haven't figured it out, its the total. Using the duality system, you roll 2d12, one of which is the fear dice and one of which is the hope dice. You use the higher of the two, granting you a hope point if the hope dice is used, or granting the GM a fear point is the fear dice is used. If you have advantage, you roll a d6 and add the result to your roll, or you reduce your roll by 1d6 if you have disadvantage. And then you add the modifier for the action you are taking (+2 in the case of this attack roll). But what the readout is doing is essentially /roll 2d12+1d6+2 (as you might do on Roll20) and then adding extra graphical elements. And this isn't the worst thing in the world, but it can and will likely confuse a lot of people that aren't paying close attention. And apart from this, there are other badly implemented elements. The reroll option literally just returns the same result you just got. So if you think that, for whatever reason, a roll needs to be done again because the result doesn't fit, you're out of luck because you'll just get the same result. The dice roller also lets you add more than one disadvantage or advantage, it also lets you roll with both advantage and disadvantage (all things which the rules specify aren't possible). So, it's a start, but it's also real dumb.

So what's my takeaway here? Use paper sheets and physical dice, even if you're going to use a VTT for character tokens and such. It'll work. But it isn't ideal. There aren't any digital resources built for Daggerheart. And it could really use them.

[viktorarcanedeservesbetter]

OOOO I love this all and I'd like to also add my two cents!

One cent: I don't think Jayce and Viktor were ever going to be allowed to directly make inventions that would actually help people (specifically those in Zaun) not necessarily because of any anti-Zaunite mentality, but because there would be no profit. Which, to me, is why their inventions they demonstrate to Heimerdinger are helper products for workers-not things like air purifiers or assistive technology for the masses. Almost like a compromise: these things will help Zaunites by reducing pain, injury, harm-but it doesn't stop them from being exploited-aka it won't reduce the amount of money people make off the workers.

Both the claw and the gauntlets (though we later see them used as weapons oops lol) can be argued-and they do present them as- things that would still allow the houses that make money off the miners in the fissures, just without risking worker health. I can totally see (had Heimerdinger not persuaded Jayce to avoid presenting them) the council actually taking these on-because it wouldn't have effected their money-making.

Something like air purifiers? Why would they sponsor those if there isn't money to be made off of them (unless they were to sell them). The most ever done for Zaun up to this point in their direct benefit was the Kiramman's ventilation system.

Which like-wild promoting as giving people a basic need such as fresh air as "innovative" but hey! That's a different post.

All in all-I don't think they would have ever been allowed to make things that would directly help people. Because 1) They're already wary of magic (certainly not helped by Heimerdinger's presence) and 2) there is no direct benefit (aka money) that the council/Piltover gets from those types of inventions the way the Hexgates benefit them.

and Cent Two:

I personally don't think Hextech continues after the show. Not only did everyone experience the horrors and damages of magic-but the Hexgates have been destroyed (save for the main physical structure) and not a lot of people, due to the renewed fear of magic itself-are going to jump to the urge to restart everything.

Additionally-as Jayce explained-the poisoning effecting Ekko's tree was from the misuse and overuse of the Hexgates. If he spread that around or it got out-everyone living in Zaun is going to be rightfully pissed and try and prevent it from happening again if they were to try.

I mean, Jinx was only able to rack it with the notes from Jayce's journal, and Ekko and Powder required Heimerdinger's help (as he understood how hextech worked) to make the acceleration device-which, as proven in show-is deadly if used even past 4 seconds. (shout out to the Goat Vastaya employed by Ambessa, you didn't deserve that) So like, even a device that isn't a weapon (though it was used as one-boom, headshot!) or overused for money-is deadly.

(We can also talk about how all Hextech used in the show, from the hexgates to the gems to Ekko's device, ends up being destructive no matter what in the end.)

Hextech-any form of it-will always fail, no matter if it's Jayce and Viktor at the helm or someone else-because magic is not meant to be used like that-not without consequence. I think Caitlyn (and Vi) would come to understand it, and while she keeps the schematics, I don't think she'd continue Hextech.

So I can totally see the council banning magic use again. Maybe not like Demacia, but close to it. Begrudgingly maybe-as that means the money they got from the Hexgate use is gone-but then again, they all almost got assimilated from magic use, so they might be okay without it.

HOWEVER

I can see someone going, "well, Hextech went wrong because they used it wrong, but I, random scientist, can do it right" and therefore starting the whole process all over again. The show kind of proves Heimerdinger right in that regard-it was never meant to be manipulated like that-and there will never be a "right person" to control magic for commercial use the way the hexgates were used.

But, as proven with Ekko's device, the Hexgate use in general-Hextech use will always end in destruction. Hopefully the characters left would understand that-and thus (hopefully, for everyone's sake) Hextech dies and fades with it's creators.

who decides the future of hextech?

Hot take: I don't think Hextech functions like a scrappy tech startup at all. I know the Arcane writers have made this comparison themselves, but it doesn't really track with what we see in the show.

It's made pretty clear that Jayce and Viktor have at best limited control over what direction Hextech goes in. In a city that's hostile to and suspicious of magic, they need the continued goodwill of the Council, and the wealthy families who sit on the Council, for their work to continue to exist at all. And that shapes how Hextech develops.

For the first 6-10 years of its existence (however long you think the S1 timeskip is), Hextech consists of one (1) project: the Hexgates. A major piece of international transit infrastructure, utilizing a brand-new technology that no one knew was even possible a few years earlier, and requiring a massive financial outlay for construction years before seeing any profits. Frankly, taking that from the very first shaky proof of concept to a fully functioning piece of infrastructure in less than 10 years is astonishing. This isn't like inventing Facebook; this is equivalent to creating the internet itself.

An infrastructure project on the scale of the Hexgates could be entirely state-funded (and therefore state-controlled, answering to the Council). But from the dialogue and visual storytelling, I think it's reasonable to infer that Hextech functions more like a public-private partnership.

In the modern era, PPPs have come to be associated with privatization and neoliberal capitalism. But funding infrastructure development this way was common in the 19th century too, closer to the time period from which Arcane draws its steampunk-ish inspiration.

So who's picking up the tab? I think it's some combination of government funding from the Council and private funding from Mel Medarda and the Kirammans.

We see one other Kiramman-funded infrastructure project in the show: the Undercity ventilation system.

And, as we see in that case, what may seem like a purely benevolent investment for the good of the city as a whole comes with a very high potential for control. (And where do the Hexgate plans end up at the end of the show? In the Kiramman family vault, accessible only with the Kiramman key.)

The Kiramman family crest is all over Hextech at Progress Day. It's prominent on the stage when Jayce speaks, positioned as equal to his own House.

Cassandra Kiramman introduces Jayce's speech, and Jayce gets trotted around the Kiramman family tent like a show pony beforehand.

The Kiramman crest is also on the box containing the hexgems, which makes me suspect that the facility needed to process the gemstones is either owned or financed by the Kirammans.

Mel's influence is more subtle. There's no Medarda crest on anything associated with Hextech; once you learn a bit about Mel's relationship with her family, that is not surprising. But clearly Mel feels comfortable speaking to other investors on behalf of Hextech, without feeling the need to run it by Jayce or Viktor first.

I think this exchange implies that (1) getting additional, outside investors is something new that they haven't done to finance earlier rounds of Hextech development, and (2) Mel is planning ahead in case the Council doesn't like the direction Hextech is going next and they need to secure additional funding.

I wouldn't be surprised if Mel was the one who steered them toward shipping and long-distance trade as a marketable use for Hextech in the first place, something many of the councillors seem to have an economic stake in.

Throughout this whole scene with Jayce and Mel, the Hexgate model sitting on her desk is very prominent. It's the first thing we see in the scene; the color and lighting make it stand out; and it appears in the frame in multiple shots. It's the thing that's always there between them.

Mel and Cassandra Kiramman are also councilors, and along with Heimerdinger they are Hextech's main allies on the Council--3 out of 7. Jayce and Viktor really can't afford to piss off any of them...which gets complicated when they want opposite things.

At the time of Progress Day, Hextech is at a turning point.

This conversation implies that they have not had a lot of freedom to develop and build whatever they wanted in the years during the timeskip. It's an interesting reversal of the dynamic we saw from them in 1.02 and 1.03. This time Jayce is the one forging ahead, confident they can get what they want, while Viktor is the one pointing out obstacles. (This is also the first time we see Viktor's face post-timeskip and register how much sicker he's become, which...oof.)

Regardless of how much they talk about "bringing magic to the people," I think it's notable that both their little spiels focus on how these inventions would increase worker productivity. This is a presentation designed for people who are thinking about their bottom line. And they seem to expect that any new developments with Hextech will have to be given Council approval before they can proceed.

(I think all of this puts the Hexcore in a slightly different light, too. It's quite possibly the first Hextech device since Jayce's original prototype that they've built without thinking about the pitch meeting. It's not a single-purpose object with an immediate, obvious use. In the beginning, it seems to recapture some of that original sense of wonder and discovery. And Viktor built it. I can see how he would be protective of his creation even before things Got Weird with it.)

And then, of course, everything goes off the rails. The gemstone gets stolen; Jayce gets pulled onto the Council. And after that point, every new Hextech object that Jayce makes is a weapon.

Jayce and Viktor's arc can be read as a story about the hubris of scientists thinking they can control forces they don't understand and anticipate every possible consequence, or a story about their naivete in thinking they could keep their research somehow above politics in a world full of conflict. And it's not not about those things. But it can also be read as a story about how discovery, creativity, and people's natural altruistic impulses get constrained by capitalism, and how often innovation is only valued if it can be made to serve war or profit.

(As for who controls the future of Hextech after the end of the show? With Viktor, Jayce, Mel and Heimerdinger all gone from Piltover...Caitlyn, probably. A detail I would love to see someone use in a fic.)

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

At risk of sounding like a warhawk, I feel like a ceasefire will just put a lid on this problem for a few years at most, after which we'll be right back where we started.

It depends, really. Where at the point where nothing more can really be done with bombings. If we want to enact regime change, we need boots on the ground and neither Trump or Israel are willing to do that. Which is the right choice, because regime changes through invasion rarely work out as intended and we don't need to be putting American soldiers directly in harm's way for this. But the last two years have completely changed Iran's position in the middle east.

Before, they had multiple proxy forces. Syria, Hamas, the Houthis, Hezbollah. Syria fell and the new government is no friend to Iran. In fact they allowed Israel into their airspace to bomb Iran. Hamas is all but destroyed and has no ability to attack Israel. Same with Hezbollah. Same with the Houthis. Iran no longer has any insulation. Iran's nuclear capability has been destroyed. All their infrastructure is gone and most of their nuclear scientists are dead. It will be years before they can even think about getting a bomb, and meanwhile Israel has shown that they can destroy 20 years of nuclear build up in about a week and also infiltrate Iran at will, since many of the strikes Israel carried out were carried out wither by, or with information gathered, by Mossad agents in Iran who have been there for months. All the Iranian military leaders are dead. The mullah's regime gets its legitimacy by claiming to be divinely ordained to not just rule Iran, but to usher in the apocalypse so Islam can win and rule the world. They talk of the great honor of martyrdom yet the supreme leader just spent the last two weeks cowering in a bunker, and everyone knows it. Iran hasn't been this weak in generations. Even if the people( many of whom hate the current regime), don't rise up, the Ayatollah will be fighting off anyone in his regime that senses that weakness and wants to grab power for themselves. They're also surrounded by Muslim countries of a different Islamic sect, and both Russia and China, their greatest global allies, have shown that they won't come to Iran's aid against the US or Israel. Putin basically told them "sorry, you've got the wrong number" and China didn't even pick up the phone.

All this means Iran is no longer the threat they used to be. And they won't regain that position for a long time. Maybe never. Obviously the best outcome is the people rise up, overthrow the Islamic theocracy, and institute a modern secular republic. But even if that doesn't happen, the world is safe for a long time and the biggest impediment to the current trend towards westernization and stabilized relations with Israel in the middle east has been defanged. There's a very real chance that, no matter what happens internally with Iran, we might see real peace and stability in the middle east.

Either way, a massive problem has been solved long term, and we didn't lose a single American life in the process. That's definitely something to celebrate, and it's one of the most competent and effective pieces of governing I've ever seen.

[hiding-under-the-willow]

For your hermitcraft/ghosts au

If you are going to go with the zits being inventors whose machine blew up and killed them, I think it would be very funny if every one of them blames another one for screwing something up that caused the explosion

Oh of course, it's only natural.

[mumblesplash]

actually now that i think about it malevolent might have one of if not my favorite execution ever of the ‘two characters have to share one body’ premise. like in theory i’m a huge fan of that trope but in practice very few stories do it in a way i find interesting

[ungraceds]

julian's   right   ,   he   isn't   some   random   guy   --   it's   exactly   why   she   hadn't   mentioned   him   .   he's   special   ,   somebody   important   ,   and   she   wanted   to   keep   him   to   herself   to   avoid   something   like   this   .   a   disaster   .   it   all   unravels   before   she   can   stop   it   .   one   minute   ,   julian's   right   in   front   of   her   ,   and   the   next   ,   tyler's   slut   shaming   her,   and   then   they're   both   rolling   around   on   the   ground   throwing   punches   .   it's   complete   madness   and   it   happens   so   fast   that   she   blinks   ,   and   swears   ,   that   pandemonium   has   taken   over   .   people   are   shouting   ,   screaming   ,   and   all   she   can   do   is   watch   with   wide   eyes   and   a   horror   stricken   look   on   her   face   .   jayce   is   shoving   past   the   growing   crowd   ,   bouncers   appearing   out   of   thin   air   ,   and   they're   all   trying   to   break   it   up   while   she   stands   by   being   absolutely   useless   .   hears   fallon   beside   her   ,   asking   what   happened   ,   grabbing   arielle's   arm   and   trying   to   tear   her   away   from   it   .   but   there's   one   thought   that   sticks   :   this   is   all   her   fault   .   isn't   sure   how   ,   or   when   ,   tyler   got   the   wrong   idea   but   somewhere   along   the   way   ,   they   wound   up   on   two   completely   different   pages   .   or   ,   honestly   ,   two   different   books   .   now   ,   this   jackass   who   she   considered   a   good   friend   is   punching   the   guy   she   likes   in   the   face   ,   and   possibly   breaking   his   jaw   or   nose   over   some   measly   kiss   .   she's   an   idiot   .   suddenly   ,   her   brain   is   clicking   back   on   and   she's   moving   ,   elbowing   her   way   through   the   crowd   and   ignoring   her   best   friend   shouting   after   her   .   "   julian   !   "   she's   frantic   ,   glancing   around   the   chaos   before   spotting   both   him   and   jayce   ,   and   a   bouncer   ,   near   the   exit   .   "   hey   ,   wait   !   wait   !   "   almost   loses   her   footing   ,   hand   flying   out   to   catch   on   his   shoulder   to   steady   herself   ,   and   that's   when   she   faced   with   his   injuries   --   a   bloody   nose   ,   potentially   a   busted   lip   ,   maybe   even   a   black   eye   and   some   bruising   along   his   jaw   .   "   fuck   ..   "   her   fingers   are   lifting   towards   his   face   before   she's   quickly   dropping   them   back   to   her   side   .   guilt   weaves   through   her   system   like   a   poison   --   that   ,   and   anger   .   both   at   herself   and   tyler   for   causing   this   .   "   i'm   sorry   .   i'm   so   sorry   .   "   frowns   ,   feeling   jayce's   eyes   burning   the   side   of   her   face   ,   and   she's   swallowing   unsteadily   ,   "   let   me   ..   i'll   take   you   home   .   i'll   drive   you   --   "   and   as   she   goes   to   find   her   keys   in   her   bag   ,   she's   realizing   that   she   didn't   drive   ,   and   she's   wincing   ,   "   or   ...   if   you   give   me   your   keys   ,   i'll   drive   your   car   .   it's   the   least   i   can   do   .   "   eyes   bounce   between   his   and   in   the   back   of   her   head   ,   she   knows   that   he   probably   wants   nothing   to   do   with   her   ..   that   this   whole   incident   proved   she's   more   trouble   than   she's   worth   .   it   has   her   confidence   waning   ,   the   offer   seeming   foolish   now   .   "   i   -   you   know   what   ,   nevermind   .   maybe   it's   better   if   jayce   drives   you   .   that   would   -   that   would   be   make   more   sense   probably   .   "

julian   is   pissed   and   annoyed   ,   nail   having   popped   the   bubble   they   were   in   ,   only   to   be   met   with   the   one   person   that’s   been   gawking   at   her   all   night   .   he   had   a   feeling   something   like   this   would   happen   .   and   if   it   hadn’t   tonight   it   would’ve   next   time   .   calloused   palms   remain   on   her   thighs   ,   his   thumb   gently   caressing   along   soft   flesh   as   he   remains   close   to   her   ,   not   turning   to   face   him   ,   even   as   he’s   glaring   at   the   other   .   yeah   ,   i   do   actually   .   what   the   fuck   is   this   ?   has   to   bite   back   a   laugh   ,   but   he’s   unable   to   hide   the   way   the   corners   of   his   brims   twitch   ,   as   they   threaten   to   curl   into   a   wide   grin   .   and   as   he   feels   her   digits   caressing   along   the   back   of   his   neck   ,   he’s   leaning   closer   to   her   ,   single   hand   slowly   dragging   up   her   thigh   ,   only   to   curl   into   her   waist   .   you   invited   me   to   rub   your   new   boyfriend   in   my   face   ?   she’s   attempting   to   calm   him   down   ,   but   it   doesn’t   work   .   not   when   he’s   spitting   venom   instead   .   fun   ,   right   .   is   that   what   you   call   fucking   random   guys   in   bars   ,   arielle   ?   statement   has   him   turning   around   ,   hand   reaching   behind   himself   to   curl   around   hers   ,   lacing   their   digits   .   “   i'm   not   some   random   guy   .   ”   states   ,   the   muscles   of   his   jaw   tightening   ,   as   hues   lock   with   his   finally   .   thumb   caresses   along   the   length   of   hers   ,   and   then   ,   “   my   name   is   julian   .   ”   allows   it   to   hang   in   the   air   ,   for   a   split   second   ,   hoping   it   clicks   .   but   he’s   assuming   arielle   hasn’t   mentioned   him   to   homme   ,   and   while   a   part   of   him   wonders   why   ,   he’s   not   allowing   himself   to   wonder   ,   not   now   anyway   .   “   you’re   gonna   see   me   around   a   lot   ,   buddy   .   ”   gives   her   hand   a   squeeze   ,   and   then   ,   she’d   never   go   for   a   loser   like   you   .   he’s   snorting   now   ,      shaking   his   head   ,   “   cool   .   whatever   you   say   .   ”   he’s   turning   around   ,   and   just   as   he’s   about   to   speak   up   ,   and   suggest   leaving   to   go   somewhere   else   ,   strong   palm   curls   into   his   collar   ,   and   tears   him   away   from   her   .  

“   what   the   fuck   are   you   doing   ?   ”   ty   is   shoving   him   ,   and   julian   is   stumbling   backwards   ,   brows   creasing   over   browns   .   “   dude   ,   calm   down   .   we’re   not   doing   –   ”   really   ?   is   this   the   kind   of   guy   you’d   go   for   ?   what   –   you   were   really   just   going   to   take   him   home   with   you   ?   i   didn’t   think   you   were   such   a   slut   ,   arielle   .   he’s   being   shoved   again   ,   except   this   time   ,   julian   is   fighting   back   .   “   you’re   not   fucking   calling   her   that   –   ”   won’t   allow   it   .   he   won’t   .   i'll   call   her   whatever   you   want   .   his   fist   collides   against   tyler’s   jaw   ,   feeling   bone   crack   against   his   knuckles   ,   only   to   earn   himself   a   punch   in   the   face   ,   too   .   one   that   has   him   stumbling   back   and   falling   onto   the   ground   .   julian   has   never   been   one   to   get   into   fights   ,   but   he   is   now   .   he’s   not   going   to   let   anyone   disrespect   her   like   that   .   doesn’t   care   if   it’s   a   friend   or   not   .   “   get   the   fuck   off   me   !   ”   he’s   yelling   ,   attempting   to   knee   him   in   the   stomach   ,   but   it’s   useless   ,   as   tyler   aims   another   punch   at   his   cheek   .  

[sysig]

You’re looking a bit different than usual! (Patreon)

[skitskatdacat63]

I now feel an immense urge to edit scenes from Andor episode 8 to Shostakovich Symphony 11 Mvmt 2 because HOLY SHIT. Unfortunately I think it'd be entirely too self indulgent/long-winded and only appeal to me but, god, IT WOULD FIT SO INCREDIBLY WELL AAAAHHHHHH

[non-un-topo]

My Neekeys over the last two-odd years. I was curious to see the changes 🤔

[cleofast300]

sometimes online discourse makes me feel insane