#and plot. just have it in the same world. wouldn't that be absolutely crazy and insane

[a-little-monotonous]

...oh i was wondering how on earth they were gonna fit all of part II in just seven episodes and the answer is. They Aren't

[joeldarling]

Sweet Girl - Oldman!Joel x F!reader (+18)

Summary: You’ve been watching Joel for a long time and when Maria puts you to take care of the horses, you discover that he’s watching you too.

Warnings: MINORS DNI! F!reader, porn without a bigger plot, AGE GAP (reader is in her early 20’s and Joel is 60), no reader description at all, fingering (f receiving), handjob in general. Not a long thing, sorry.

Word count: 1.1k

A/N: English it’s not my first language, so I apologize in advance for any typos. At this point I feel like oldman!Joel and I have a long term thing and I love it. You can find more spicy and oldman!Joel in my masterlist as well. Feedbacks are utterly appreciated and my requests are always open. 💌

You have known him long enough to realize that Joel Miller is definitely not the man for you. Your parents disapproved of how rude he was to everyone except his own daughter, how he had arrived years later in Jackson and seemed to own absolutely everything with his head held high and not even tolerating minuscule offenses that the rest of the population there would have found harmless.

You were born and raised in Jackson, long twenty years where you never knew anything in the world beyond the fragile walls of the apocalypse. Your father didn't let you go on patrol with the others, and as an important figure on the council, he had enough authority to spare you from that… but you wanted more. You wanted to know the world or what was left of it, you wanted to face something to feel worthy of such protection when certainly there were people out there who didn't have the same privileges.

Maybe that's why you didn't refuse when Maria offered you a temporary job in the stables, promising that she would soon transfer you to the dilapidated and moth-eaten library they were trying to preserve, even without any regular readers. Maybe that's why you didn't respond sharply when Joel arrived with his horse, asking you to help him, and then started returning every single day.

You started wearing your best clothes, which wasn't much, especially there, and started caring more about your appearance, even though no one was there to notice how eager you seemed to attend a manual labor job that involved dealing with animal dirt and vaccinating them, something Joel taught you very well. He would gently take your hand, his rough skin against yours in a delicate way, you could feel his calluses and it sent waves of heat all over your body.

You had never touched yourself before, your father used to say it was a sin, but you knew that not even he believed in God, after all, wouldn't He have spared everyone years ago when it all started?

Then, you discovered the pleasures of knowing your body and felt slightly dirty, felt that thinking about Joel while reaching your orgasm was almost like a mistake, but his smell, something between whiskey and outdated men's cologne, his deep voice and everything else... drove you crazy.

You didn't stop him when he cornered you against the wall for the first time; he was even older than your own father. Joel's suffocating presence soaked your worn cotton panties and he knew it. He had been watching you from afar since the moment you walked into Tipsy Bison months ago, wearing a short dress, and despite feeling immensely guilty, he didn't let it go to his head. Joel was grateful that your father was a big idiot for protecting you from all those stupid men who stared at you like you were a piece of meat in the city. Including himself.

When he found out you were in the stables, he couldn't contain himself. He claimed he would just admire from afar, but the solicitous way you treated him... Joel wasn't made of iron, he was the worst kind of man. And even with his age and being considerably attractive, he had never dared to give in to anyone since he arrived in Jackson.

Not until you.

He pressed his body against the wall, staring into your big eyes that blinked slowly, completely hungry for you. Joel attacked your lips and didn't even care about the possibility of Tommy or Maria walking in at any moment, he needed to devour you, and he did. He pushed up your yellowish-white lace dress, bringing his rough hands to your pussy over your panties, groaning against your lips as he realized you were already wet for him. Joel deduced that you were a virgin and wouldn't dare to be such an asshole, no matter how much he wanted to mark you as his own. He massaged your clit with his fingers slowly and pulled his face away from your mouth just to capture your reaction; you looked like you were about to melt right there, just for him.

Joel groaned undeniably, his own cock hardening against his dark, slightly tight jeans, begging for some kind of relief, fantasizing about fucking you right there and making you moan loud enough for everyone in Jackson to know who you would belong to very soon. Despite being in his sixties, Joel still had a lot of stamina; you awakened his wildest side.

“Such a good girl that ya’ are… Already wet for your old man, hm?” His voice was completely hoarse, his breathing ragged as you felt your own body tremble with the pleasure granted by his brief touch. Joel continued, as if all that mattered was the fact that you were so vulnerable to him. And maybe it was. “Gonna make ya’ cum for me, bet your virgin tight cunt wont’t hold much longer and then… Sweet girl, I’ll find a way to be in the middle of your legs paintin’ ya’ white with my milk.”

“Joel… Please…” You moaned, sighing as his touch seemed to be in every single one of your bones at the same time, his fingers moving in circles on your pussy while his own mouth was busy kissing your lips, neck, and exposed collarbone. You knew you'd have problems later, but you didn't even care when he made a point of marking your neck with a hickey.

“Cum for me, darlin’. Lemme see this pretty pussy of yours pulsin’ just for me.” He asked, and you seemed to hesitate as you realized you were the only one receiving something, but he looked deep into your eyes and shook his head no. “Nuh-uh, later, sweetheart.”

And then, you felt the peak, but Joel didn't stop like you always did when you felt yourself getting there. Your eyes rolled freely in their sockets and you felt your legs tremble. He was still there, moving his fingers and giving you every extra instant of pleasure. When he finally pulled his fingers away from your pussy, Joel brought them to his own lips, tasting you, his eyes still dark and his own cock clearly hard and needing attention. He would never be satisfied with just a little of you.

“There you go, good girl. So sweet for me.” He held you more carefully, bringing one hand to your hair and pushing the graying curls back in an attempt to look minimally presentable, and then looked deep into your eyes and said: “On your knees, honey. I’mma teach ya’ a lesson and then take care of ya’.”

And you did, you obeyed him. How could you not?

[chocochiffonnn]

Dial Tragedy

➸ Pairing: Idol! Lee Heeseung x Fem! Reader

➸ Word Count: 1.5k

➸ Synopsis: Working an eight to five had you in the absence of your phone, and leaving you with a boyfriend spamming you like crazy with missed calls and messages.

➸ Warnings: Fluff, based on Heeseung's snippet on 'Dial Tragedy', a bit of kissing, the plot strays off a bit, not proofread.

➸ Author's Note: lol just a lil short release from my drafts guys! writer's block been hitting me like CRAZY. also, i refuse to believe her wouldn't call their partner this callsign lmao.

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SOMETHING ABOUT TODAY WAS STRESSFUL— dressed in piles of stress from the tedious workload, buried beneath documents and documents, all of which were due the following day.

The clock inside your lit apartment hit 7PM. Way past your official dismissal. Something you failed to realize as you left the building, simply too busy to get the hell out of there and sink into the comfort of your own couch.

So you do. You take off your feet-killing heels, removed your jacket, and practically threw yourself at the comfort of the soft mattress you’ve been dreaming of since morning.

Then you breath a long, heavy, tired sigh.

It was like a repeat. Paperworks, emails, calls, meetings, brand deals, eat, sleep, repeat. And when you get too tired the world keeps spinning and it tells you, no, it practically demands you to repeat the process you’ve grown accustomed.

You rolled your eyes, reaching towards your bag to open your phone which you had not touched since you left your apartment—

Five missed calls.

Twenty unopened message.

Fuck.

From all the the work and exhaustion you felt from today’s event, you forgot you had boyfriend. Something which you never usually forget so easily. You must’ve been worked to the bone to even let go of the thought that your boyfriend had been leaving you calls and messages.

He must have been worried sick.

Worries ebb your features as you hurriedly open your phone, only to be greeted by another incoming call by none other than the said man. You picked it up, and the first thing that you heard was his hoarse voice—

“… Angel?”

He whispered. You smile, opening your mouth for a brief moment then closing it again.

“Heeseung, baby?”

“Why haven’t you been answering my calls and messages?”

You sigh. As much as it made you sound mean, you do love it when your boyfriend is clingy. Usually, he rarely has time to do so given his schedule of practically touring the world. But then again, it was something that you had to get used to in the midst of your relationship.

“I’m sorry, I was bombared today at work. My boss kept nagging me about some documents that were due the following day. Ugh.”

You rolled your eyes at the thought of your stupid boss.

Heeseung sighs on the other end, “have you eaten yet?”

Smiling, you bit your bottom lip to suppress the chuckle that came along your way. Despite having every reason to be upset and perhaps stubborn, Heeseung had always been one to put others first before himself. A trait which you absolutely adored about him.

“Not yet, I didn’t touch my breakfast nor lunch today.”

“Okay, well… What are you doing now?”

“I’m sitting at my sofa. I can’t even move. Enough about me, what did you do today?”

On the other end, you heard a bit of shuffling. Heeseung grunts a little. “Takeout?”

“Hmm?”

“You like takout?”

“… Yes, why?”

He goes silent on the other end. Then, your doorbell rang. Though exhausted, you pushed yourself forward and looked through the peephole only to see none other than your boyfriend, standing there, a plastic bag in hand.

He spoke on the phone,

“I got you takeout, angel.”

The same words you heard from the other end of the door. With a gasp, you swiftly opened it. Heeseung stood in full view, dressed in a pair of hoodie and sweatpants, holding up your favorite takout with a smile. His hair was a bit disheveled, eyes a bit puffy from the lack of sleep.

“Heeseung?”

“Hi.”

He steps forward, grabs your waist with his unoccupied hand, and kissed your forehead gently. Warmth spread across your stomach as you felt the heat from his body spreading across yours.

“I thought you said you were in Japan for tour.” you mumble beneath him, Heeseung continued to press little kisses on your forehead.

“Mm. We got home earlier than planned. I guess you forgot to backread the message.”

“Oh! I’m sorry, I—”

He cuts you off, “it’s alright angel. Just missed you.”

Heeseung drags you a but forward, closing the door with his foot. All the while, he keeps your body close to his, not once letting go. For a minute, he stays there, and you slowly engulf your arms around his waist in a hug. Despite being pressed against his chest, Heeseung seemed comfortable with the way you were positioned.

“You’re oddly clingy today.” you muffle against his chest, he laughs, caressing your hair with his free hand. “Angel, I was worried sick. I’ve been trying to reach out since this morning, and you weren’t responding. I was performing with you at the back of my mind and everything.”

Heeseung pulls away from the hug, forming his lips into a thin line. His fingers reach out towards your cheek, squeezing it.

You groan. “Ow.”

“I can’t blame you, but I can’t help but be a bit upset, angel.”

Okay, maybe he was upset.

He plays around a bit, gently dragging your cheeks to the left, right, until eventually, Heeseung just squeezed both cheeks with one hand and kissed you abruptly. “You gotta tell me what’s up, yeah?”

You nod. Your job, perhaps in comparison to him, was much less of a loadwork. Answering calls, dealing with papers, and sitting in front of your desk for ten hours straight. While his consisted of constantly moving around, exerting his body to perform— though, Heeseung had never failed to keep you well aware of his whereabouts and things that’s been going on in his life.

“I’m sorry…” you pout, Heeseung’s little bambi eyes soften and sparkled a little. He couldn’t possibly stay mad nor upset with that face. So, he softened, smiled, and kissed you once more on those plump little lips.

“Let’s eat this takeout I got you, angel.”

“Okay…”

You weren’t budging, shoulders slumping slightly. You felt guilty, you really did.

Heeseung sighed, clasping his fingers with yours as he dragged you to your couch.

“C’mon angel. Don’t stress it out too much.”

Eventually, the two of you reach the sofa, Heeseung carefully sat you down, ignoring the mess of your belongings everywhere. He unwraps the takeout, taking the utensils and generously giving you a piece of the food.

“Aah.” He instructs, playing around a little making airplaine noises and gesture as you giggle at his little antics. You play along, mouthing an ‘o’ as he feeds you what felt like heaven beneath your tastebuds. Heeseung saw you jolt a little, nodding aggressively at the taste of the food.

“Good bite, angel.” he mumbles, prepping another bite for you to take. Occasions like these were rare for you, barely having the time to get your boyfriend all to yourself given his schedule. There were times where you’d wish he hadn’t become an idol at all, maybe settle for a job that’s less intense. But Heeseung didn’t work that way, and the both of you knew it. He thrived in the thrill of the industry. As for you? You supported him as much as you could, knowing performing had always made him happy.

“We had a little post-tour celebration today.” Heeseung brings up, giving you another bite of the food.

“With the members?”

He nods. “They’ve been asking me about us and our relationship.”

“What did you say?”

“And… I’ve been thinking, angel— is it alright if we make this known?”

“Make what known?”

Heeseung hesitates a bit, dropping down the fork and keeping his eyes glued to you. One of his hands find a way to crawl to yours, slowly intertwining them together. “Our relationship. I’ll announce it at our next tour.”

You felt your mind buzz at the thought. To make your relationship public would practically be comparable to throwing yourself inside a lion’s den. You’d be eaten alive. Heeseung would be eaten alive. The group would be eaten alive. Their company—

Heeseung lightly flicked your forehead with his finger.

“You’re overthinking it again, angel. I’ve talked to the manager and the members about it.”

“… What did they say?”

“They asked me if I was really sure about it, the manager even scolded me–”

You lightly pushed him in the chest, “Heeseung!”

“But we’ve talked about it thoroughly. Everything, I swear. This, and us. I don’t want to keep you in the shadows, angel. It’s unfair to you.”

Heeseung gently picked up your hand that he was holding, pecking your knuckles gently. His other hand brushed a strand of hair away from your face.

“I’ve never felt that way, baby. Don’t worry about me.”

The way Heeseung’s eyes shift to concern make you soften a little. Always so kind and thoughtful.

“I want the world to know I have the prettiest girlfriend, though.”

He keeps your forehead close to his, the warmth off his body radiating to you in such a comfortable manner. It was like he always cradled you like a child, careful and considerate. It was practically second nature to him at this point.

“Is that okay, angel?”

He whispers, kissing you softly like it was the first time.

And when you nod slowly, giggling like a toddler, Heeseung simply cooed and cradled your cheeks.

“Okay. I’ll let the whole world know— that’s my girl.”

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[beforetimes]

On the role reversal au: Binghe's pov of Shen Yuan falling into the abyss

Like? Binghe dissociating over the cognitive dissonance of his sweet, precious disciple being a demon. He pointed his sword at the boy demon, convinced that he would show his true nature. Hurls accusations. Because he had to believe the kindness was a trick of Shen Yuan's or else where would that leave the one absolute he believed in in this fucked up world?

Except Shen Yuan starts pleading. Begging his Shizun to let him explain. To believe him. To let him live, to let him leave.

And it's the most selfish, greedy part of him that snaps out in anger through the haze of his mind that Shen Yuan, the caring, doting boy he needed to be able to even find the will to crawl out of bed some days was not allowed to leave him.

He finally sees the earnest, desperate, begging eyes full of tears, asking Shizun not to hurt him. Not a demon, just Shen Yuan.

No, no, that can't be right, can't be real, because if it is, then he'd just stabbed his most precious disciple, hurled heinous accusations at him. The sweetheart of a boy who is the reason he has the will to even get out of bed some days. Shen Yuan has to show his real colors as a demon or else- or else-

The cliff crumbles under Shen Yuan. And Binghe sees the thing that will replay in his worst nightmares to come:

Shen Yuan, as his mind registers that he's falling, instinctively reaches out to Binghe, silently pleading one last time for Binghe to save him from falling into hell, despite everything Binghe had done not moments before.

And Binghe had done nothing but watch him fall.

Shen Yuan had only ask Binghe to listen. Pleaded that he was still the same boy.

And Binghe had let him fall.

Binghe had let him die.

Shen Yuan, who had continuously reached out to Binghe through ups and downs, reached out one last time for Binghe to save him, and Binghe had let him die.

It was no different than if Binghe had actually pushed the boy off the cliff himself.

Binghe falls to his knees and wretches. Among the grass, he spots glints of familiar, shimmering silver. The shards of Xui Ya that had broken when it couldn't handle the outpouring of Shen Yuan's demonic Qi.

He had thought the blade perfect for Shen Yuan when he'd received it. A beautiful blade for a beautiful soul. A perfect mirror of who Shen Yuan was. How could Binghe have said such awful things to him, when it was clear to anyone who looked at his blade and seen how perfect he was?

And, he thinks back, was it not Shen Yuan who had tried to convince Binghe that some demons could be good too, just like how humans are both? Had Shen Yuan some inkling into his origins and tried to test how Binghe would respond to such a revelation? Hadn't Binghe punished him for that?

Had Shen Yuan died believing Binghe scorned him? Hated him for his blood? When he needed Shen Yuan just to keep breathing? No. No-

His fellow peak lords, when they find him, have to pry the shards of Xui Ya from his hands lest he cut his own fingers off with how tightly he holds them

this crazy ass post you're ruining my life. but like also. yes. all of this. yesss.s.s......

i'm ngl i think when i eventually do write this full fic out i'm going to have to rewrite the abyss scene sooo many times. i'm already anticipating it. because there are just so many things going on at once that it'd be a disservice to go with the first draft and leave it. and picking who's pov to go with will be! so hard!

bcz wow you really laid out binghe's thought process so well. sort of disbelieving yet numb and conflicted and!!! the idea that he wouldn't know whether or not to regret shen yuan falling into the abyss until he was already on the way down is! so good! love that bad!

thank you kindly for putting this in my inbox i will be chewing over it for many days while i plot this fic :^)

and that detail about xiu ya ohhhh don't even joke lad. i wonder if there'd be a canonical way to explain luo binghe maybe like. stopping the healing process from reaching his hands so he could look at the scars and be reminded of his failure.

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[cherrribun]

swings my legs.. can i request the twst 2nd years with a grumpy reader that never smiles whos ticklish

is that corny ..

TWST Second years x Grumpy!Reader (who's ticklish)

this is a silly little request!!!!! and i love the tweels+ruggie with my whole heart im so joyous to get to write them! i should reallt invest in not writing while at work tho lol

Characters: all second years!

TWS: none!

a/n: you know i accidentally formatted them pretty similarly, but i think theres some gems in here lol

Kalim Al-Asim

-kalim has not a single bone in his body capable of being rude to someone, or to think of someone as less than because theyre a bit grumpy

-he treats you with the same excitement as anyone else!

-kalim has the biggest heart and would constantly ask if he can do anything to make you smile, he would buy a million balloons and throw you the biggest party known to man on your command

-it would honestly be a pretty big deal for him

-his partner in (love) crime cant smile? he thinks you cant hes unaware some people just dont smile

-sevens help you when he finds out you're ticklish

-you're a bonafide goner

-it probably happened when he was one day asking you about what makes your heart soar

-kalim being his extraself and using big hand gestures and that heart melting smile, whipping around a stuffed animal to demonstrate how he would have plenty of performers for you to watch should it make you smile

-the arm of the stuffed animal grazes your side, and you crack the most miniscule smile

-with the eyes of a hawk kalim zeros in, and he like pauses

-bye hes diving onto you and absolutely attacking you with his fingers faster than you can think

-byebye grumpy, hello painful ribs!

-this boy is absolutely over the moon when you literally can’t not smile

-”your smile is so pretty!!”

-he probably pushes it a littleeee to far, to the point you can't breathe and you're using every fiber of your strength to swat him

-hes the worlds happiest campe

Jamil Viper

-he appreciates your grumpy attitude not even gonna lie here

-you're less likely to do something reckless and get into trouble, saving him the trouble of having to constantly worry

-not that he doesn't worry about you, he doesn't particularly like that you sulk in the corner of rooms

-but hes glad he doesn't have to run around, lord knows he could use a rest

-hes kind of like you in that way

-jamil honestly isnt the type to initiate tickling so don't get your hopes up on that front

-someone else had to have introduced him to the fact ((((kalim))))

-jamil wasn't even in the room, you were simply hanging out with kalim and he happened to pass by, and he was absolutely entranced by the sound of your laughter

-idly stood watching like a freak in the doorway

-the smile across your face is a relief he didn't know he needed

-he wouldn't tell you he saw that, thats something he would like to keep in the most prestige condition in his memories

-souvenirs are better left inside

-but he definitely tries to sneakily run his hands up your sides when you cuddle, just to make you squirm and fight a grin

-his little plot to say he found out himself!

-hed never be a full on tickler, but he would definitely make you smile from those little touches <3

Ruggie Bucchi

-this guys very familiar with grumps

-you seen his dorm before? all grumps in some way

-so hes pretty accustomed to it, albeit he gets a bit bothered he cant make you at least snicker

-yeah hes buggin’ you constantly about it after a point

-”you're a real stick in the mud”

-so he starts to lowkey harrass you

-always slipping things into your pocket, he breaks into your dorm to mess around and push things a bit too left or right

-anything to get you to lighten up at least a little

-tough luck, hyena, reader’s too busy scowling at the password change on their computer

-’hint: the hottest guy you know’ smooth ruggie

-you start slouching around him and giving him a crazy ass side eye when he tries to mess with you

-he takes it as a sign to kick it up a notch

-with his spare time, he lingers around you until you guys are alone, and when he certifies the coast is clear

-lol why r u tickling urself

-he used his signature on you good luck soldier he's absolutely dying when he sees you break out into a mix of laughter and completely confusion for a moment

-you're mad af but you literally can not do anything

-honestly he's probably laughing and smiling more than you, probably on the floor (so are you!!!)

-he absolutely makes a break for it when hes had enough

-this is your new life now, he will do it again

Riddle Rosehearts

-riddles a man of seriousness

-he's practically the fun police even after his overblot

-not in a mean way, hes just a strict guy

-and hes unappreciative of your grumbling about the rules, but enjoys that you go along with them

-honestly doesn't notice your lack of smiling until someone (trey) points it out to him

-riddle lowkey is terrible with reading people and their body language. very likely autistic im not gonna lie

-when hes told he has an epiphany and frets a little

-he begins to worry hes the reason you dont smile and are always grumbling and pouting

-so he tries to make it up to you

-studying with you, making sure you always have pink clothing for flamingo care, fixing your tea nightly

-hes a little off put when you dont even smile as you thank him

-worlds most insecure boyfie alert

-if you pick up on this, you have got to tell him its not him

-you just naturally are inclined to being a bit of a grump, and you're stone faced cus. thats just how you are!

-riddle lowkey doesn't believe you but tries to push it aside, until he sees you tweak when ace one day comes up behind you and runs his fingers up your side and you jolt forward

-lol riddle sees that little upturn of the corner of your lips

-have fun with them! theyre bothing tickling you

-when riddle comments on it, passingly teasing your smile, be sure to get him right back

-hes just as if not more ticklish

Azul Ashengrotto

-good luck dude

-youre life long friends with azul, hes KNOWN youre ticklish

-behind his working front, the sleaze, he knows how to have fun

-and if hes ever over your grumbles about the lounge and its customer base, when you get back to the dorms hes getting your ass

-everyone can use a laugh, he knows it, and that's exactly why he does it

-if youre too grumpy for too long? tickled.

-he wants to see you smile? tickled.

-HES having a bad day? lol tickled.

-uts been almost routine since you were kids

-chasing eachother under the water, messing around in fits of laughter and smiles

-you knew azul before the tweels, and when they joined in and first got introduced to the little game? bye they're ridiculous

-azul honestly could take a page out of his own book though. even if he tickles you to make his day brighter he doesn't always do this

-if your typical bringing him a snack, helping at the lounge, or other methods aren't working dont be scared to give him a taste of his own medicine back

-childhood friends what if i cried

Floyd Leech

-he knew almost instantly

-floyd is hands on and touchy feely even before he knew you were ticklish

-so he like found out instantly

-good luck soldier he thinks its the funniest thing everrrr

-landers are so strange, he notes how you literally convulse

-this guys such a freak, hes immune to being tickled too so its completely unfair

-and because hes got no shame he will do it whenever he sees fit

-man doesnt care if youre working, if he's working, if youre in class or in the halls

-free game when youre dating a freakazoid

-oh you aren't able to get away from him either, hes a giant who can run

-anytime you act like a grump around him hes got this look on his face like he's challenging you

-”yeah shrimpy?” ass

-as if its high comedy to ruin any sort of seriousness around anyone, even if azuls in the MIDDLE of making a deal with someone

-azul doesnt find it as funny, driving away his business at what price??

i

Jade Leech

-the calculating eel he is

-he knows something is under your surface per say

-jades like a freak empath, like sayaka maizono

-hes got the intuition of a god for some unknown reason

-its no surprise to him when floyds buggin you and accidently gets you to crack when his hair is tickling your neck

-jade doesn't let floyd know about it your ticklishness, thats his alone to mess with

-he wants to take you by surprise, and pounces on you like he wants to eat you alive

-youre alone headed back to your dorm one night, whatever dorm it may be

-doesnt matter if its octavinelle, savannaclaw, ramshackle, or even diasomnia

-boom theres a lurking shadow and the second you turn around jades freak ass has his hands under the sides of your shirt

-lol can u imagine other people hear your shriek and then look out their dorm and see the scary ass eel tickling u and ur literally gasping for air

-jades got this nonchalance about him too like its the most normal thing to ever happen

-you get nervous he will do it again after

-he does

-but he's strategic, he makes sure youre fully off guard each time because thats when youre “most vulnerable”

-hes strange

Silver

-lololol silver is as much as grump as you actually

-”i will be your shield” ass

-he's probably the most unscary person youve ever got to know however

-he in his heart is a diligent and considerate person

-he will often confide in you about his irritation when it comes to other students not really listening to him

-which makes you a bigger grump to other students

-its a bit of a cycle

-cue lilia who has a big interest in silvers little situationship with you

-lilia as the old man he is has some vital information to let you in on

-lilias got this big smile as he saunters over with the swagger of a champion

-hes snicker as he lets you know

-”silver is the most ticklish fae in the world”

-armed with this information you decided to ungrump the second grumpiest person in the world (ur number one g)

-so one day youre alone with silver and you remember what the old fart told you

-when silvers got his mind busy with chatting you up about dreams his been in, he goes silent, slow turning as he sees your hand reaching for his side

-a beat passes before you're literally tackling the kid, and then he gets all mad and throws u back

-lol tickle fight

-who knew two grump stone face brickheads were so silly

[erinwantstowrite]

Wait did Loki already know about Dick and Jason and all that because he did research /before/ Peter got sent there on not just he was there without telling Peter? And that's why he ended up in that universe specifically cuz he had family there? Or I did I misread something?

oh no Loki is fully lying out of his ass right now. but really he's not lying, it's more like he's not telling the full truth ? idk how much I can really tell you guys cuz I don't want to spoil it... alright, so i can't tell y'all what he was doing specifically but i can tell y'all his general plan and some character insight

i'm feeling in a slightly spoilery mood so!!! if you don't want to know anything about what Loki is up to, don't continue reading! but be aware that at this point in time, there are some things that we just won't know about Loki in the fic itself that i'll talk about here!

before all of this he had absolutely no intentions of teaming up with Peter, he was just exploiting a weakness and trying to get Peter out of the way (this is the same as to what he did with Thor). he knows that Tony would be distracted, and in their efforts to find Peter they would probably be stressed out and their forces would thin because finding usually involves splitting up. they would also have to deal with Mysterio and Ohnn (....and a secret third character 👀). it would give him plenty of opportunity to go in and try and pick them off one by one. except it's not working on the Avengers side. we'll get more to this later 😁

after his first meeting with Peter, Loki figured that Peter would probably be a good place to get some intel if he needed it, because Peter trusted him and was not aware about Loki and his past with the Avengers (or at least not fully aware). the more that he learned about the Bats and Peter's relation to them, as well as learning about Peter, the more he figured it wouldn't hurt to have Peter on his side. he thought that he could twist Peter into believing the Avengers weren't coming. his plans have been shifting around, meeting his needs since the beginning. he's been standing off to the side and pushing the characters around trying to figure out what they will and won't do, like he's observing a game and they have no idea he's moving pieces around when they weren't looking.

however this plan was going to take a lot more time... and Klarion summoning Thor ruined it completely. he had to speed up the process and make his offer quite literally months before he thought he would. so in a way, we can thank Klarion for derailing Loki's plot

Loki had no idea what would happen when he directed Ohnn and Mysterio towards Peter. he knew that Ohnn had been traveling between worlds for a couple of months, but he had no idea if Peter would even survive going to this other universe. he also had no idea about Peter's relation to the Bats until he started digging around for his new plan (Plan: Exploit Peter's Love for his Parents). the thing is, is that his plan would have failed no matter what, because Loki failed to see that Peter's adopted family cares deeply about him, and this bond means just as much as any blood ties he could have. his own insecurities about his standing within his own family got to him. when he was digging around in Peter's life he saw that Peter's foster experience had failed. and he might, maybe, just a little bit... feel bad that the family that was going to adopt Peter were killed because of what happened in the Battle of New York.

so: while he has been very intentionally manipulating Peter... he was thinking of Peter's best interest after a certain point. instead of him not caring what happened to him as long as he was out of the way, Loki did start preparing to make sure that Peter could stay in this world and that he would be taken care of. because i don't believe Loki is an evil person, and even now he's just a little silly. he might have been a little bit crazy with Thor, but to be fair, every other time Loki had a plan and he wasn't crazy enough, Thor came out of it. I feel like they have different standards than what we would as humans. because if you have a sibling then I feel like you'll understand me here... me and my brother used to fight a lot and while we never actually chased each other with knives, we did chase each other with other weapons (whatever wouldn't actually kill but was within our reach) and I think this is their version of that. like me and my brother are super close now but when we were kids we tried to kill each other a lot lmfao. so Thor will probably forgive Loki because that's his brother. (and I'm pretty sure that Loki was under some form of manipulation by Thanos during the Battle of Manhattan/New York??? correct me if I'm wrong, but if that's the case Peter would eventually see that Loki isn't an evil person.) Loki is very chaotic neutral in my eyes, leaning towards evil or good depending on the day. so he's gonna get his ass kicked for trying to take over the world, but like, that's just his enrichment... you gotta let him try every few months/once a year or you're not doing enough to entertain and care for your sneaky God Alien Guy

[nikethestatue]

It doesn’t matter whether the bonus chapter was at the end of the book or not. The only pov we have of Az ends with him thinking of Gwyn. Not Elain.

Most people read the bonus at the end of the book anyway. So the last thing they remember is Az feeling a spark in his chest for Gwyn and thinking of her smile as a thing of secret, lovely beauty. His shadows reacting to her in a way they haven’t with anyone else.

After the bonus, we get more gwynriel moments and not a single scene between Elain and Az.

Oh, but dear Anon, it does matter. It matters very very much.

Because you see, if this WAS the end of the book, then we could just 'well, it will be developed in the next book'...however, SJM had another 300+ pages of ACOSF to develop Gwynriel post Solstice. Really drive it home. Just like she did with Nessian, for example, in ACOWAR. Where they weren't together, but hell, were they hot n heavy. There were no doubts were they were going. There was passion and devotion, angst and heroics, even a willingness to die together--all as a secondary romance, observed through Feyre's eyes.

What better way to set up Gwynriel in the same way, only through Nesta's eyes. It would've been perfect. Azriel pining and yearning. Gwyn asking Nesta about him. Both Emerie and Nesta noticing Gwyn's rabid interest in him and teasing her about it. Azriel randomly dropping a word or two about Gwyn to Nesta or Cassian. Azriel giving her his hand once she crossed the finish line of the obstacle course. Their fingers meeting gently when he handed her a dagger that he chose himself from his collection, explaining to her how it would fit her hand best and offering to train her. Azriel going absolutely crazy over Gwyn being in the BR and defying Rhys's injunction. Cassian and him plotting how to get the girls out...The book ending with a scene of Gwyn and Azriel in the hallway of the River Estate, him whispering 'you survived. I didn't know what I would've done if you...and Nesta, oh and Emerie didn't survive." Gwyn would blush and whisper "you taught me well. I wouldn't have survived without you and everything you taught me." Then she turns around and starts to walk away before throwing a look at him and saying 'you make me want to live, shadowsinger'.

Alas.

SJM did not do any of it.

So enjoy my version of Gwynriel romance because that's all you are getting.

She had all the time and pages in the world to set up Gwynriel. And she didn't do any of it. Wonder why?

[quintessenceofdust88]

Gabby, you made ne so crazy about Nonna Rosa and little blobs i can't stop thinking about her find out she's gonna be great-grandma and constantly calling Tommy to make sure he takes good care of his pregnant husband. And they are going to see her and she's knitting so many stuff for babies and absolutely adores pregnant Buck and touches his belly a lot, baking and cooking for him a lot too. She spoils her grandson in law bc she's so so happy and greatfull her Tomaso found the man who loves him and who gives him family. She also speaks Italian to babies through Buck's stomach. Even when they are back to LA. She has so many Italian fairytales memorized and she reads it to babies through the phone . (bc her great-grandchildren would speak it better than their father. She'll make sure if it.)

Tommy even a little jealous his nonna calls every day to speak to babies and Evan, not him, but when he sees Evan, with his belly big, on bed rest, napping while his phone is on speaker and his Nonna's voice reading stories he heard from her too, he feels so happy. That's his family. He did it

Anyway this is my head canon of your fic 💙

DIANA OMG AND WHAT A SWEET HEADCANON IT IS 🥹🥹🥹

I have SO MANY ideas about Nonna and the Blobs, you have no ideaaa!! Let it be known they aren't her first great-grandchildren, but they're her Tomasino's which will automatically make them her favorites!! (Cause Tommy is her favorite grandson given she basically raised him ❤️). But she wouldn't cut him any slack, she'd make sure he takes good care of his pregnant man!

The amount of knitting she'd make for these babies!! She'd make them blankets just like she made for Thomas when he was a baby (and he still has it!!), and they'd be ready when they.come to visit her (like, a week after she found out Buck's pregnant hehe). And awww, her constantly touching his bump and baking him all his favorites! ('Tommy, help, I don't think I can eat any more cinnamon rolls!' 'Sweetheart, I couldn't stop her from feeding you when you weren't pregnant, what makes you think I can stop her now??')

Nonna has the best recipes for morning sickness and for healthy pregnancies ('Pah, drugstore vitamins! What you need is a good Italian chicken broth, Evanino!') and she sends them home with about a thousand Tupperwares when they go back to LA ('Nonna, I don't think we can get through airport security with this' 'Hm, next time you should come in your elicottero, tesoro')

Would you believe me if I told you I had this exact idea of her telling Italian fairytales for the babies?? The same ones she told Tommy when he was a kid 🥺

But I do think she'd come to LA (on her own cause 'I've traveled all the way from Italy sixty years ago, Tommaso, do you really think half a country will keep me from taking care of my boys and their babies?'), at least temporarily, once Buck gets closer to due date because there's no way she's missing the birth of her bisnipoti. ❤️❤️

(They don't have a guest room ready for her, so Bobby and Athena offer for her to stay with them. Two days and they start plotting ways to never let her go back to Indiana again)

She spends all afternoons with Buck, telling him stories about her childhood in Italy while she cross-stitches. And when he naps she talks to the babies in the softest voice so as not to wake her Evanino.

And Tommy? Tommy would of course be a little jealous (he never had to share Nonna's top spot before hehe), but yeah, his heart would burst with happiness. Especially one day when Evan's cuddled up to him on the couch, napping contentedly after they hosted a barbecue for their fire family, and Tommy's gently singing an Italian lullaby for his bump. That's when Nonna comes to him and presses a kiss to his forehead: 'What a beautiful life you've created for yourself, Thomas. I'm so proud of you, bambino mio.'

Anyway thank you smmm for sharing your headcanon with me, darling! Nonna and the blobs mean the world to me and it makes me so happy to see you love them too!!! Your ask truly made my day 🥹🥹🥹

[lemotmo]

Do you really think ABC won't consider bringing Bobby back?

I'm wondering if maybe ABC was in the same boat as Tim and not fully aware of exactly why people loved the show? It makes sense that ABC is focused on Buddie, and big emergencies, and emotional speeches as the draw for the audience, because that's what a lot of their other drama shows rely on. Tim clearly was focused on Bobby and Athena (specifically her cop storylines), and his movie homages, and seemed convinced a "shocking" death would shake the show up in good way (🙄).

Meanwhile, the audience started getting louder and louder about missing the firefam interactions, wondering why Eddie was missing and his story wasn't happening on screen, and then absolutely no one was on board with Bobby's death. Half the audience was furious but willing to let it play out, and the other half were convinced it wasn't happening because of all the foreshadowing, and by the time the dust settled, no one was happy, or felt like they or the characters were in any served by this story.

I'm not sure if ABC, after nearly two dozen seasons of Grey's killing characters off every couple years and losing almost all their main cast (ending up with a fluctuating and apathetic audience), was prepared for the loud and continual backlash from 9-1-1 fans. I also don't think they were prepared for how sloppy the storyline and rest of the season would play out, and how ill-received by the audience it would be.

With the so-perfectly-laid-it's-almost-comical-they-didn't-do-it fakeout death plot, they have the option to bring Bobby back while still making sense in universe. I can't imagine they wouldn't at least consider it.

Honestly? No, I don't think they'll try to bring Bobby back. Mainly because... possibly? I think Peter might not want to come back at this point? 🤷‍♀️

In hindsight it's pretty clear that something was going on behind the scenes in 8b. The second half of the season started out strong and then something happened that shook it all up.

There was the way they cut up different episodes to make place for 8x14, there was Bobby's abrupt death, the weird script leaks, the fun the cast had at the funeral, the way they didn't even try to hide the funeral, the strange Peter send off that didn't seem like a real send off at all...

I am inclined to believe the Peter story that has been going around, that he asked for less screentime and the negotiations for that fell through. It would explain ALL the weirdness of 8b.

I truly think that everyone was convinced that the negotiations would go well and Peter would resume his role as Bobby. They'd have him wake up in his coffin like in that 'fake' script and then he'd retire or something like that, so he would have had less work hours.

But then something changed and the negotiations fell through, which left everyone in a strange place, because the show and the cast hadn't taken Peter's goodbye seriously and now it was too late to make it right again.

ABC is probably willing to wait it out as well, hoping that eventually people will start looking forward to season 9 again and the cry out to bring Bobby back will stop.

After all, the show still does very well in the ratings. It hasn't really declined since Bobby died. So I think they'll just move on from here into season 9, having the 118 navigate life in a world where Bobby died.

I confess that I'm curious about what the show might be planning for season 9. There will be a different firefam dynamic for sure and I'm intrigued by the concept of that and how they'll show this change to us.

I just hope that you are right and that they have realised that we watch this show for the firefam and their interactions and not the crazy emergencies. I mean, the emergencies are fun to watch, but they shouldn't become more important than the characters' arcs. They need to sit Tim down and have THAT conversation. It's critical that he doesn't venture off into weird movie plot arcs anymore and stays on course.

Here's the thing though...

I am no one special here. This is all just pure speculation based on a story that hasn't been confirmed. Ultimately, if ABC really wanted to bring Bobby back? And Peter would be willing to come back? They certainly could and I'd be more than happy to have him back. 😋

So please, feel free to ignore my opinion on this. I'm just a fan like you. What do I know? 🤷‍♀️

[akkivee]

A sudden thought I had in relation to my epiphany while thinking about the NGE parallels, but I'm starting to wonder if BB and BAT's lack of deeper plot is BECAUSE of their ages? Like they're so young, (Hitoya is 14 y/o at heart adsjflkasdjl;), so realistically why would they be involved in government shenanigans? But really, what I'm starting to wonder is if they're actually meant to represent the struggle of youths inheriting a world destroyed by the prior generation, a struggle that is pretty universal with the millennial and gen Z demographics globally. Like all they can do is survive the best they can with all the craziness happening because of the actions of the characters older than them.

i'm not sure if bat's there just yet, despite kuukou going thru some of that by proxy of being on a team with ichiro back in the day, but yes absolutely on bb's part lol, it's how they help hypmic's worldbuilding lol. bb also expresses a desire to change their world, but are pretty aimless about it for the most part, which you usually ascribe to youth lol

the block party tho shows ichiro's initiative to change the world and is also meant to show the hope for a better world adults (esp those in higher positions, like the neighbourhood president in bb's track) tend to push on to the youth, as evident from rei using this as a time to point ichiro to the real fight, and samatoki in his next appearance saying he understands the power hope can have. (hip hop was born from these high school kids throwing a block party calling for the end of gun violence that was killing their community. the block party is taking inspiration from that real world event)

bb and bat share a same writing beat where they introduce an ideal that's very important to live by in their messed up world and is an overarching lesson hypmic wants to impart, such as the need to protect your community or the importance of music, and i wouldn't be surprised if bbbat are in a more unique position to follow thru with those ideals bc they're young and without adult responsibilities, and that hitoya is there as the adult arguably with the best position to help them further along those ideals (bc adults need to be able to help clear the way for the youth too, instead of making it harder for them to change their/our shitty world)

[eldewinddolly]

FowlFest : TLC AU

I've been wanting to take part in Fowlfest but wouldn't dare to ; I feel like I don't really belong in the Fowldom but that's a me problem. So, I've been thinking about the AU prompt ! My most beloved AU is more of a canon-divergence, but I just love to imagine how things would have turned out had Artemis gotten his memories back by himself after TEC. I've written a whole ass fanfic about this though, and it's a bit off-topic so I won't expand on that ; still it's the first thing that came to mind. BUT ! To get to the point, one thing I've been wondering about a lot lately : what if, when Artemis and Holly (and the demons) came back from Hybras, they didn't arrive three years after they went missing, but three years before ? Just like. Imagine that. To avoid causing time paradoxes, Artemis and Holly would have to hide in seclusion for a few years to not runinto their younger selves ; the good thing is, if they manage to wait it out, they would be able to reappear in Taipei right after vanishing, so Butler and the Fowl family would at least be spared the anguish. But they'd still have to hang around for about three years in a timeline where they already exist, and try not to wreck the space-time continuum. Holly would definitely want to try to save Julius from Opal, which Artemis probably wouldn't allow her to do because it would absolutely break the timeline. What if they can't resist trying to fix the mistakes of the past ? What if they decide to go back to their lives even with their other selves still being there - how would that go ? Also, I said three years, but it could be more. They could return right before the Fowl Siege, or even earlier than that ; Artemis would have a very hard time deciding whether to try and not have his father be captured by the Mafiya. Alternatively they could even appear as far as like the seventies, but that's a completely different beast of an AU altogether. Lame crackfic telenovela plot-twist in that case : Artemis II ends up being Artemis I and the universe explodes. what the hell did my brain just suggest There's also the fact they are coming back from Hybras with demons ; can the demons just join the People ? Then the whole initial plot of TLC would be very different. I guess I like this idea because it could go many ways depending on the genre you want to explore. It can be a dystopian, lovecraftian horror thriller if the timeline starts unraveling ; or a funny, crazy time-travelling adventure with many shenanigans ; but also an intimist, philosophical tale about Artemis and Holly being stuck in and out of their world, forced to live like ghosts while another version of them lives their life and makes the same mistakes they did, having no friend to reach out to but each other. It can be sad, but also wholesome - them ending up admitting that what they went through all these years made them who they are, and even when given the chance they wouldn't change anything. I don't ship them but I like that it would be an opportunity to deepen and strengthen their bond whether platonically or romantically depending on your preference.

Anyhoo, that's where I'm at. Sorry it's a bit lame and probably been thought about before :(

[wordy-little-witch]

I was minding my own business distracting myself from my brain, just scrolling on reddit looking for Buggy content and I am FROTHING

Screen shots from the reddit post under the cut, then I will be going feral

I'm losing it. I am LOSING my mind. Because if you like. Really think about this, I am. Oh my gods i am spiraling.

Oden, from Wano, who returned to Wano, who served Whitebeard and later Roger, who knew Buggy and knew his powers and could read the poneglyphs and HAD to have known, in some capacity, what Pluton was, where it was, and had Suspicions.

Buggy who fell ill before Raftel, before that final island and had to be left behind due to it, where the greatest treasure laid in wait, where the end of the world is at, surely as it may be -

Shanks, who, by and large, seems to know more than he necessarily SHOULD, who had that secret conversation with Roger that resulted in clinging, in crying, in heartbreak-

We know Poseidon is an ability, is currently in Shirahoshi, and that Luffy, for whatever reason, could hear the Sea Kings- Luffy who is Nika, who is the Sun, who will be King and carries the Will of D in his veins and voice and vivid demeanor.

Luffy has reason to be connected there. Thematically, it makes sense for an old, overarching plot.

But Buggy "could be the strongest if he trained"; Buggy served as a cabin boy on Rogers ship; Buggy is a fool and a fraud and keeps fucking up into success, confusing the hell out if the people who KNOW him; Buggy who has the Chop Chop Fruit, uncuttable and slitable at will, and who also has a CANON history of loving topography and who makes BOMBS-

And Pluton, the most destructive ship in existence, so much so that the blueprints were kept hidden and held carefully to avoid the schematics falling into the wrong hands - and after the 3D2Y movie, after the Groseade, while it may not be canon, it does sort of put things into perspective - especially when you think on how Franky and Iceburg were flabbergasted by the blueprints, were stunned and confused, when Pluton is under Mt Fuji and would need the WALLS REMOVED AND TORN DOWN to be released and retrieved.

And the Groseade needed a Devil Fruit user to BE as dangerous as it is. And Pluton is bigger, badder, stronger.

Not to mention that it's PLUTON - Pluto - Roman God of Death, the same deity in Greek mythology known as Hades, a name so connected thematically with the afterlife that calling the very land itself by the name Hades is understood in some cultures.

And Buggy, sweet Buggy, crazy Buggy who makes an Olympic sport out of narrowly avoiding death and failure and lucks out to comical effects - he's in hello kitty roller skates on a damned tightrope when it cones to that.

((Also, Hades/Pluto is also associated with wealthy (coughBuggycough) and fortune (CoughCoughBUGGYCoughCough), psa))

Now did you know that nuclear energy is fucking. Potent as HELL. And it's generated with nuclear fission, nuclear decay, and nuclear fusion. It's a meticulous process, but it quite literally boils down to Splitting, Breaking Down, and Putting Together Again.

And if Buggy's Devil fruit could awaken, if he could impose those properties on things OUTSIDE of his body, wouldn't that be more than possible? Wouldn't that be completely feasible, with his history in making WEAPONS, in making BOMBS? The chemical knowledge to do that would be wild, the physics and mechanics alone would be absolutely insane.

But Buggy could damn well be the key there.

If he trained, if he developed his skill and control, he could be the strongest - maybe not literally in a one on one battle royale of brute strength, but he could essentially pilot a nuclear reactor of a giga-ship, the likes of which even FRANKY balked at.

I have... so many thoughts rn and I am LOSING it bc AAAAAAAAAAAA

[merakiui]

ooh, Mera!!! any tips to seduce Jade?

In the context of TMDG (because Jade is so seduced in the fic), I think it boils down to a few key things that will leave Jade absolutely smitten:

✧ have the same crazy energy as him. You're passionate about and obsessed with Floyd (wrong eel in Jade's humble opinion), while (unbeknownst to you) Jade is very infatuated with you. The two of you are so unhealthily obsessed, so in a way it's like a mirror reflection. And Jade likes that sort of energy. You always liven up a room because you're so genuinely, painfully you. Also, he just likes being able to tease you when you're in the middle of monologuing about why Floyd is so perfect lol.

✧ engage in the weird flirt-banter Jade likes to have with you. Is he flirting? Is he threatening? Is he foreshadowing????? Is he plotting something???????? You can never know, but ooooo does it get his blood pumping when you snap back with your own witty retorts. Similarly to how Floyd gets hyped for a fight or a challenge (if he's in the mood), banter leaves Jade an excited wreck, especially if you can't come up with anything good and so you default to: "stupid, sly eel" or "asshole eel" or any insult placed before eel. He thinks you're so cute when you're insulting him.

✧ know little things about him. Though he doesn't like being transparent, he is immensely touched when you remember certain details about him (details he would have thought were easily forgettable because you're so focused on Floyd and everything he is). So when you bring up the mountain lovers club or his interest in mushrooms and you show genuine curiosity for these hobbies of his? Oh, he wants to marry you right now!

✧ you sort of have him wrapped around your finger. He's like a big, scary guard dog who is collared by his overwhelming attraction to you (metaphorically, of course, but then he wouldn't mind it in the literal sense) and if you were to tug on his leash he'd come padding forwards. He's just so whipped for you, and there's something enticing to Jade about this fragile human having so much power over him. He would kill for you, sacrifice everything for you, drop everything and elope with you, carve out his heart to please you. So why do you continue to chase after Floyd? :(

✧ be yourself and don't hold back. Jade likes unfiltered, shameless you. The you who treats failure like it's the end of the world when it was really just one small blunder. The you who is so wrapped up in an uncertain romance. The you who eats his cooking and grades it accordingly, lowering the score when he annoys you out of petty childishness. The you who is so easy to please when he puts on Floyd's voice. Every part of you captivates. Even the sides of you that are ugly and not the healthiest, he loves those just as much.

✧ there's so much more I could write, but just know he is in love with you and doesn't want you to change for the world. <3

[bossthebicon]

a ranking & summary of my thoughts on gmmtv 2024 part 1

pluto: this is my everything already. A GL??? with two of my fave actresses film & namtan??? AND a complex, interesting plot??? I'm obsessed already!!! this looks so good I'm so happy it's happening & it will become my whole personality once it airs!!!

the trainee: I genuinely believed, even with the rumors that off, gun, view, kapook & sea would be in a show together, that we wouldn't get an offgun show this year. AND I WAS WRONG!!! is this what it's like to always fucking win??? like genuinely, my ship is THAT ship, I'm so lucky & happy and I love them so much <3

peaceful property on sale: duuuude, this looks so fun??? I was already hooked when I saw new's over the top character, but a ghost haunting show with taynew, jan & mook??? absolutely incredible! this looks ridiculous & I know I'm gonna love every second of it!

my golden blood: bruh, thank goodness I was warned about jossgawin in advance or I might have had a heart attack, but honestly????? THEY ATE THAT! and mond playing the villain????? babe, that casting is incredible & perfect, I'm obsessed!!! I usually don't like supernatural stuff but I was also a teen wolf fan bruh so atp I'm gonna EAT that shit UP!!!

wandee goodday: you might not know it, but I have a super power. every time I start being a fan of someone who hasn't done bl, they do bl the following year. this year it was nonkul, and next year it's gonna be great sapol. AND I LOVE THAT FOR ME!!! this looks really good & fun, the characters are interesting and the story not too crazy or too basic. I can feel that it's gonna be good!

ploy's yearbook: a female-led show & the return of mond as a main??? BLESS!!! I love most of this cast, this looks fun as hell, I adore my gmmtv girlies... gotta watch this for sure! love seeing earth in more roles outside of his ship too!

enigma 2: I still haven't watched season one, am planning on watching it very soon, but I've heard great things so I'll be sure to catch season two as well! especially since I really liked toey jarinporn in the recent lakorn to the moon and back so I'm excited to see how she does!

my precious the series: as you know I've watched the movie in theaters, but I'm excited for it to be out as a series too, especially since there's extra scenes! seems like it might be even more lovable, and also if it's on gmmtv's youtube channel I'll finally be able to gif the iconic scenes :')

high school frenemy: this looks interesting & I like sky, but I feel like the plot doesn't make sense if it's not a love story... idk I feel like since this is adapted from a kdrama it's just gonna be a frustrating story that should be a romance but is reduced to bromance instead... I might still watch though :')

only boo: this looks kinda cute though basic. I don't know both main leads but might watch it.

we are: this has all ships I like, especially marcpawin & aouboom who deserve more spotlight, so I will be watching, but the plot seems really basic so I'm not expecting anything out of this world...

kidnap: this plot seems interesting but the cast isn't so... yeah.

summer night: I was so confused by who is supposed to be with who in the show lol, honestly I was down for dunkphuwin lmao, but this looks too messy for me :')

my love mix-up: I absolutely despise remakes even though I enjoyed kieta hatsukoi & like geminifourth, and although I'm certain this version will fix the chemistry issues of the original, I'm not gonna be watching it.

ossan's love thailand: same thing as for the previous show but even more so bc ossan's love is such a product of its time & shouldn't be remade in 2024 imo...

[whitherwander1595]

Pastoralism in Modern Fiction

Okay. First things first:

Pastoralism refers to a narrative construct popular in the Elizabethan era in which people (usually young people) go into the woods, wander around, and return to their normal life, now substantially changed by their time in The Woods.

One of the most iconic examples of this is A Midsummer Night's Dream. A whole bunch of young people (Hermia, Helena, Demetrius, and Lysander) leave their boring lives and the problems that come with them (Hermia and Lysander want to get married, but Hermia's dad says "nah" and wants her to marry Demetrius instead). They wander around the forest (which happens to be populated with scheming faeries) and eventually return to their home (Athens) with new perspectives on life (Hermia and Lysander can get married, and so can Helena and Demetrius).

Of course, this is drastically oversimplifying the plot, but this same basic formula can also be applied to many other plays of the era, including As You Like It and The Faithful Shepherdess (John Fletcher's absolute trash fire of a play, which you should totally research for a good laugh).

But the thing about pastoralism? It never went away. Like any good, enduring trope, it grew and changed with the public consciousness.

Let's talk about Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

Yes, that's right. The 2017 action film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, national treasure Jack Black, Karen Gillan (always Amy Pond in my heart), and Kevin Hart (yes, I stalked the IMDB for this).

Obviously, there is some disconnect between the structure of a pastoralist play and what we envision when we think of a pastoral setting. For now, let's separate a pastoral setting from a pastoralist premise, and focus just on the pre-established equation for what makes a pastoral play.

A bunch of young people (Spencer, Martha, Fridge, and Bethany) exist in their boring everyday life with their boring everyday problems (I.E. detention).

They escape this ordinary world into a land of foliage and fantasy. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the faeries end up influencing the development of the story. In Welcome to the Jungle, the element of fantasy is the video game setting. While pastoralist media does not explicitly require an element of fantasy in order to work (as shown in As You Like It) it's usually needed as a way to lower the characters' inhibitions. By putting them in a situation so far-removed from the ordinary world, they can truly figure out who they are.

By going through this wild, crazy, and dangerous situation, the characters are able to return to their normal lives, significantly changed by what's happened (as shown by their newfound friendship).

If we're going by the previously established definition of pastoralism, then Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle fits the bill of a pastoral play.

Modern-Day Pastoralism

As mentioned before, there is going to be a bit of disconnect between Elizabethan pastoralism and modern-day pastoralism, but similar elements manifest themselves (purposefully or otherwise) in all sorts of movies, books, and TV shows.

Pastoralist plots are alive and well in modern media if you know where to find them, though most of the plots skew to the "action/adventure" side of things rather than the "romance" side that was popular back in Shakespeare's day.

This probably speaks to how people have begun to view the outdoors. Rather than being something strange, wonderful, and freeing, it is now seen as something that, while still freeing, is also very dangerous. This is expected, as people have increasingly gravitated towards urban life.

However, with the increased romanticization of pastoral aesthetics (I.E. Cottagecore, Gremlincore, etc.) I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing media reflective of an earlier, more joyful interpretation of pastoralism.

With this in mind, I would like to propose a means of identifying such forms of media.

The main characters must begin their stories with baggage from their ordinary lives.

They somehow end up in a natural environment.

Said natural environment must lower their inhibitions and/or upset the status quo established in their "ordinary world".

They are significantly changed by the time they spent in said natural environment.

One of the shows that immediately comes to mind is Lost, which more or less follows the guidelines.

Each episode features flashbacks (or, as the case may be, flash-forwards or flash-sideways) to the characters' lives before the plane crash (the normal world).

They crash on an island (the natural setting), presenting them with the challenge of surviving not only the natural world, but the strange and supernatural influences on the island.

This disrupts the status quo they adhered to, causing them to grow and change as people.

But that's just a theory... a literature theory! (Nah, it doesn't have as much of a ring to it.)

[nayialovecat]

The Ink Demonth 2023 - Day 23. Contraband

Day 23. Contraband Crossover: Craig of the Creek, Disenchantment Apparently Workshop toys are a pretty bad currency at least for the time being, but wait until you have some more of them, Kit, and you can make the best trade in your life: "limited edition toys from haunted studio, only from me!"

Kit, as well as the Trading Tree itself, come from the cartoon "Craig of the Creek" (I drew Craig once), which is an extremely nice Cartoon Network production showing kids playing on the titular Creek. I love it for many things - firstly, it brings back sentimental memories from my own childhood, secondly, it is a wonderful cross-section of different types of kids and their behavior, thirdly - it shows small problems in a completely different light. Every parent should watch this series to understand things better. I especially love the episodes that alternately show what the kids see - and what is really happening (e.g. during the game "the floor is lava"). My objection is the same as against Bluey: that it is a bit unrealistic that all the kids always take part in the games and accept the sometimes problematic rules (e.g. when playing hide and seek or being trapped in a maze) - that no one will say "ok, I've had enough, I'm not playing with you anymore". But apart from that - a wonderfully presented world of imagination, actually a mini-community. This series was also "nominated" for the City entry for a while, but I decided that I wouldn't find anything else for the Contraband (plus wanted to draw Kit).

I really like the character of Kit. This little, enterprising girl is something of a higher instance of the creek - thanks to her, kids (for a small fee) can eat their favorite sweets or snacks without having to leave their playground and go to the store, she also sells toys and gadgets. I ship her with Craig - all the episodes of them working together confirm in my eyes what a wonderful couple they'll be when they become teenagers. I'm honestly counting on it, because of all the girls hanging around Craig, Kit is the one who best suits him in terms of character and common interests.

More observant people may also notice a guest from another cartoon, this time absolutely not for children - the demon Luci from "Disenchantment" - a series by the creators of Futurama aimed at adult viewers, a somewhat modern fairy tale, and partly a parody of many well-known stories. If someone is an adult and doesn't know it, I recommend it. A wonderful story with a very good ending to the whole plot. Luci, the personal demon of the main character, Princess Bean, is undoubtedly my favourite character. I love his physical two-dimensionality, to his absolutely non-one-dimensional character. I love his texts and the fact that in all his participation in Bean's adventures, he never forgets for a moment that he is a hellish being, and his "do it, do it" is always wonderful. In his original storyline, Luci was considered a "weird cat" by those around him, hence Kit's text (while he's actually just another of Bendy's "cousins" that the ink demon is wandering around with).

As for the technical side... it took a lot of time to colour, but was surprisingly fun. It was the first time in a long time that I shaded in such a strange way. Oh, it's worth noting that the colours of Bendy's clothes were entirely developed by my daughter, Ursa. Kudos to her! By the way, I wonder who Bendy stole these clothes from X"D

Finally, I will just mention that the Contraband theme was originally associated with "The Owl House" and Eda's stall, but I moved it to another place with a better idea. And that's why Craig landed here.

PS. I don't like Kopiko, but I'm not crazy about avoiding showing existing products in my drawings. But seriously, I didn't feel like changing the name, so here you have it, a covert advertisement for the hideous Kopiko coffee candies. You're welcome, Kopiko.

Bendy and the Ink Machine (c) Joey Drew Studios Inc. Craig of the Creek (c) Cartoon Network Disenchantment (c) Matt Groening Sammy and the Ink Machine (c) Nayia Lovecat