#anyway as always thanks for enjoying my extreme rambling lmao

[mrlarkstin]

I always have a personal fascination with how children change people's characters SO, with this in mind, how did Eramus deal with becoming a father? Was he nervous, scared or excited (or maybe all of them at once)? Are there mistakes in his own upbringing he wants to correct or protect his children from? How did he feel the first time he held them in his arms?

First, thank you for this ask I LOVE talking about Eramus and his relationship with his kids!

Second, buckle up, here comes the lore drop lmao.

Eramus' children are his everything. His oldest, Harklan, is the whole reason he became the Warrior of Light originally. He never really wanted to have a child as early as he did (21), he wanted to wait until he at least was closer to 30 or in his 30s (I like to HC that Elezen life spans are similar to D&D elves life spans, I believe we also got a bit of a look at the life spans of elves on the First when a Viera said "We live longer then three of your elven lives" or something, anyways thats just me rambling and my own little HC territory lmao, I like D&D) but his partner at the time (Lahabrea in disguise, but that is a WHOLE other lore drop for another post LMAO) had other plans and the two ended up having Harklan. It, was not a pleasant experience at the beginning (CW: Pregnancy talk) and Eramus was RIDDLED with fear, anxiety and depression, he didn't enjoy his pregnancy like a lot of his friends and such had, he was scared, nervous, something wasn't sitting right and it was genuinely a very unpleasant experience. Not to mention how odd his partner was acting towards him and their unborn child. By the time Harklan was born Eramus was extremely depressed and distant towards his child, his partner was acting strange towards Harklan and Eramus really just, didn't know how to be a father. He was scared, he didn't know what to do and would constantly call his mother for help, advice, anything. He loved his son, but he was scared of him.

After some time, Eramus began to warm up to the boy and started to fall in love with him. But it was also around that time that his partner's whole attitude changed, he wanted the boy gone and demanded they try again, that Harklan was "wrong", everything was wrong. Confused, Eramus didn't agree and said that Harklan was perfect just the way that he was. But his partner didn't agree. And not to get into it (its another post's lore drop LMAO) but one night, Eramus grabbed his son and fled into the night, running away from Gridania, running away from his life, his home and going into hiding for a couple years with his son before slowly reappearing and starting his journey as the WOL (there is a lot more but this is the TLDR). Harklan, is the whole reason Eramus left on his journey and even became the wol, the intense desire to protect his son is what caused his partners downfall (another lore post LMAO) and him to become the saviour of the Star.

There was a lot of trouble on the road, trying to care and raise a toddler while on the road, while trying to keep him happy and protect those around him. He didn't know if what he was doing was right, he his son resented him for not letting him set down and roots anywhere. Eramus had to hide his emotions constantly, he'd have to remain calm and collected in tense situations all so his son would not pick up on his emotions and get scared, sad or panic. His mother taught him so much, but there was so much more he had to learn on his own, he couldn't turn to anyone for years until he finally, finally stopped Lahabrea once and for all.

Eramus refuses profusely to talk about Harklan's father, he won't even tell Estinien or Vrtra. Only one person knows and thats Thancred, and Thancred would never tell anyone without Eramus' express permission.

His love for his son is what caused him to lose his leg (another lore drop LMAOOOOOO omg, there is so much I am SO sorry this is never ending), his love for his son is what caused him to become wol, to become a hero.

By the time he died in Ultima Thule and Vrtra's blood gave him new life his son was 7 and told him that he never resented his upbringing, thanks to his dad he got to see SO much more then any other kid will ever get to see.

Annndd then Eramus wound up pregnant again. LMAO. New body, new anatomy, new everything and, well...(CW: Eggpreg) he found out he was pregnant with an egg after a night of passion with Estinien and Vrtra. Something, none of them knew how to deal with. Eramus is a dragon now and this is now something he has to deal with.

Being pregnant with Altan egg was as scary, if not more scary then when he was pregnant with Harklan. None of them knew what to do, his blessing of light and his Oath (>.>) interrupted his full transformation into a dragon, like how other Ishgardians turn fully and eventually cannot revert back to their humanoid forms, Eramus can freely transform between the two (<.< >.>) and that caused a lot of confusion. He grew scales, fangs, his pupils slit, he should be a dragon, but he was stuck in a half and half state and they weren't sure if he was carrying a clutch, they prayed he was so it would be easier to birth, or if it was just one egg.

But this time, he had loving and caring partners who supported him, a son who was cheering him on and excited to meet his new sibling or siblings. Despite some fear, this time, he was excited. Happy and looking forward to his new little one.

When Altan hatched, he cried holding her in his arms, he was so happy. SO excited. His little family was whole, he was surrounded by love and so much happiness.

INHALES

TLDR: HE LOVES HIS KIDS AND WOULD ACTUALLY DIE FOR THEM THANKS OKAY BYE MWAH THANK YOU FOR THE ASK

HAVE HIS WHOLE FAMILY! HIS ADOPTIVE PARENTS, BOTH PARTNERS AND HIS CHILDREN! WOOOOO

[leonenjoyer69]

Wanted to ask something about your bbg Elias, s there any difference between his face shape to Robert's the way Edward is different from Henry?👀

Been a while since I've last read your fic about Elias (two weeks in total but MAN those were some ling weeks-) so I might be forgetting stuff or small details about it cmdbcjbdksbxksbd

Don't worry, I forget things about my own fics very quickly 💀 I need to reread it and pump out the next chapter already, no matter how much I may dislike it. Also, honestly I've rambled and come up with so much stuff seperately from the story that I don't even remember what lore has been included in it! I just know there's really not much at all 💀 But!!! Yes there are differences! Uh, more below the cut cuz I'm gonna include art and stuff lmao

Okay, so, first of all, Elias's face is less round than Lanyon's, and a bit shorter. basically, his jaw is a bit more refined and also less chubby than Lanyon's, I guess. You know how hyde's face is shorter and chubbier/rounder than Jekyll's? Yeah, well, since Lanyon's already got his cute chubby cheeks, I figured Elias could lose some of that, he's still got very squishable cheeks tho, lil fella :3

otherwise, other facial differences include:

-lighter freckles, but still definitely visible, and he may have more than Lanyon

-lighter(?), less saturated skin

-usually has more of a flush on his cheeks

-less round eyes, generally have a more squinted look, since he's more sensitive to light (blue and green eyed gang with a sensitivity to light, rise up!)

-eyebags/sunken eyes

-hair is a pretty obvious one, they have completely different hair types (what those types are I couldn't tell you tho) and colors (and lengths, obviously)

-more scrunched up nose, basically always has that line between his eyes on his nose. kinda gives a small feeling that he's always a little disgusted, though people kinda got used to it as his usual appearance.

-funky lil eyebrows! They kinda end like Jekyll's do, with the little squiggle, but way less extreme and more up than down, if that makes sense? (pic of him bald for ref lmao) this is something that usually doesn't get noticed I feel because of how his hair covers them

-when front facing, he has the same lil nose thing that Lanyon has, that goes over the bridge of his nose and under his eyes. He's also just inherently got this insanely sad look I suppose 💀

And then there's,,,, this one. Uh, his body is far more lithe than Lanyon's, and his ribs show a bit. His freckles also span his chest and back and shoulders like Lanyon's do. His collar bones and such are also more present

OTHERWISE, for comparisons, this is,,,, one of the 3 times (basically) I've drawn Lanyon, and I don't really like it ngl, messed up the eyes too much, but some of the differences should kinda be visible.

Otherwise, there's also this piece--

Where I like how Lanyon looks and kinda,,, don't like how Elias looks, bc I kept messing up HIS eyes and mouth 💀 literally the best Lanyon I've drawn tho, shout out to this Lanyon specifically 🗣️🗣️

Anyways!!! Yeah!!! They certainly have their differences, as well as their similarities, I love my babies so much and I really really need to update my fic... Once the English language returns to me. Thank you for the ask, and I'm glad you enjoy my story and characters :D

[daemonwritesstuff]

MATCHUP EXCHANGE WITH @sugutoad

A/N: Thank you so much for doing yet AGAIN another matchup exchange with me :) I hope you enjoy this mootie.

You have been matched with… Alicent Hightower!

☆GENERAL / SFW HEADCANONS

ROUND-UPS: aegon ii targaryen, ser harwin strong, criston cole.

• First of all, I think this pairing is so cute! I literally support any kind of pairing my mootie requests because everytime they seem to match her somehow and yet again, you found another amazing character haha. But anyways, I think alicent would find you so cuteee~! but as usual she would give you that judging look (she isn’t truly judging you but she wants to see what kind of person you are before she does anything with you.

• She loves your blunt nature, she can relate to you on some level and some people also think she can be kind of cold at first but they just don’t know what she goes through. She loves how creative you can be! She’ll try to help you imagine some things, and she would use your creativity for plans she can make, your so smart to her and she adores you so fricking much!

• She vibes with your humor so much, she doesn’t really like when you self-degrade yourself though, why would you even say such things about yourself? If anyone ever said anything bad about you she’ll send cole to go personally handle that person. She’ll comfort you whenever your crying as well, she’s also a sensitive person somewhat and I can see you guys crying together while cuddling each other, it’s so funny, cute and sad at the same time lmao.

• With her around you’ll never have to feel judged or outcasted, she also feels the same way (which she is somewhat outcasted, you guys can also relate on that but whoever outcasts you guys are just sad losers anyways). You’ll always be heard no matter what, and no one will dare to ask you to repeat yourself. She praises you so much for your personality (she’s basically worshipping you as if you were a god sent angel).

• She finds it so cute whenever your rambling about something and you accidentally stumble over your words, she looks so love sick whenever she hears your voice. She also watches you from afar when your daydreaming, you look so ethereal when your lost in your own thoughts, I think anyone can tell that alicent is so in love with you (without her dead ahh husband knowing).

• I think she would be more possessive over you than you can probably ever be, if she sees any man or woman trying to flirt with you or seduce you she’ll go over there and make it EXTREMELY oblivious that your her’s and will threaten them with a dagger to their necks. She loves you so much and I’ll tell you this, you guys are definitely gonna die at each others side at the very end.

☆NSFW HEADCANONS

• You guys would have had sex while she was cheating on her husband (not the best idea but whatever). She felt a throb in her core whenever she was around you and would imagine the most dirtiest thoughts that would make other people blush if they were to ever know.

• You guys either have really soft, emotional and sensual sex until midnight or 5-10 minute quickies (in the most (semi) public places possible where you can get caught anytime). Whenever she sees you wearing something that shows a lot of skin she’s pulling you in the nearest room or bending you over any surface that’s near the two of you. You guys also have the most sloppiest make out sessions ever and you both will leave hickies and lipstick stains on each other to show off (she wishes she can show them off tbh).

• She’ll also buy any toys you like while she’s away on something, she’ll also tease you with those toys whenever she thinks you have been bad and you need to be punished according to her. She’s a switch tbh but more dominant leaning, she’d also have some kind of authority kink where she would want you to listen and obey her every word.

• You guys definitely had threesomes with criston sometimes, alicent was probably the one to suggest having a threesome and you agreed and you guys enjoy having threesomes here and there, you’ll only have them though whenever you both are really stressed.

• For the aftercare stuff, she’ll spoil the shit out of you with that stuff, sometimes she would be too tired afterwards and snuggle up against you and fall asleep, but when she’s not, she’ll have the maids and servants prepare a bath for you two and rub all kinds of good smelling oils on your body and wash your hair, she would definitely trace patterns on your forehead to have you relax against her.

☆ HOW YOU MET YOUR LOVER

You and alicent were actually really good friends with rhaenyra and you guys would spend your time together, and after rhaenyra stopped being friends with her, alicent was kind of devastated and you were there to comfort her and be there for her… She has always loved you ever since then, you were there to help her when her marriage was getting rough for her or if you were there to help her when she had children. She knew that you were gonna be with her for good, and she still knows that to this day.

☆ WEDDING

Your wedding would take place after viserys passes away, and you wouldn’t have a ton of people around you either, it was better to keep the marriage private for both of your sakes, her children and some of your other family members from your house were there for the wedding. It was a short and simple wedding but yet so full of love and emotional.

☆ FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU

Alicent’s favorite thing about you is how… passionate you are about things, but really, she can’t chose just one thing about you, everything about you is her favorite, but if she were held at gunpoint and she had to say one thing then it would be your passion for things you like to do.

☆ RELATIONSHIPS TROUPES

☆ sensitive person (you) x comfort person (alicent)

☆ “I don’t think she likes me…” (you) x “I’m so in love with her what do I do” (alicent)

☆ “I would kill for her” (alicent) x “I would die for her” (you)

☆ SONGS (one romantic one theme song)

O’light — Kikuo (theme)

Always Forever — Cults (romantic)

☆ FAMILY

Rhea Hightower

Rhea is the first daughter of Alicent and Anna. She’s known as a very stubborn girl that’s really strong headed, she loves hugs from her moms so much and alicent loves comforting her whenever she’s crying. Alicent loves combing her beautiful brown long hair for special events.

Aesira Hightower

Aesira, the second daughter of Alicent and Anna. Good gods protect this child because she is the most sweetest and kind girl that anyone would meet, she was always so sweet, including when she was born and that brought both of her moms to tears of joy. But after the dance of the dragons it changed everything, but she’s still that sweet little girl somewhere down in her heart.

Baelor Hightower

Baelor, the first son of Alicent and Anna. He’s the protective sibling over his family and he was raised to be a gentlemen. He doesn’t allow any kind of person to even be near his sisters and he sometimes does stupid stuff on accident, when he giggled during a funeral one time he got an entire lecture, but he doesn’t care anyways.

Einar Hightower

Einar Hightower is the son of Alicent and Anna and the twin brother of Ewelin and is the 4th child. He’s kind of a trouble child, he has really dark eye bags due to not sleeping much at all but he is a really intelligent child and knows so many things about the world. He’s always seen with his half-sister Helaena studying and talking about insects and he has the worst crush on Jacerys Targaryen.

Ewelin Hightower

Ewelin Hightower is the daughter of Alicent and Anna and twin sister of Einar and is 5th child. She’s the most beautiful child ever and she has claimed the title of flower of the realm. She and Cole are really close to each other, she sees him as a father figure and she always goes to his matches and goes crazy whenever he wins. She loves playing so many instruments and also enjoys cooking (but was banned from the kitchen for a short while after she almost burnt the whole castle down).

Drystan Hightower

Drystan Hightower is the son of Alicent and Anna and the 6th child. He is another intelligent and charismatic child of the house. He’s an incredibly gifted sword fighter and almost always wins each match. He was the only sibling to have a dragon egg hatched in his crib as a baby (all other kids got to claim their dragons later due to Anna’s Targaryen blood).

Elysia Hightower

Elysia Hightower is the baby of the family and the 7th child between Anna and Alicent. She was an unplanned child but the couple was happy to have one more baby. She is obsessed with romantic and history a lot! You’ll see her studying in a library a lot of the time. She loves doing her hair a lot and it’s always done in so many styles and she tries to get herself into her elder siblings schemes.

☆ FAMILY LIFE STYLE

• I think this would be alicent’s chance to become a better mother than she ever was to her other children, as much as she loved them she was never to be there for them 100% of the time. And when you guys had your first child she was determined to be the best mother to your and her children.

• You and her are always taking the kids out to have fun a lot, it’s a little bit hard to have 7 (and sometimes a +3) kids put in public because sometimes they start to act up or start arguing with each other and you guys would have to scold them to stop.

• There are also a ton more mouths to fed as well, and the cooks have to make different meals for both of your children morning, afternoon and evening. The younger kids sometimes pick at their food and alicent has to tell them to eat now or they’ll never be getting any dessert or an entire lifetime (she doesn’t mean it truly but she’s worried for her children’s health).

• For her children’s birthday, she goes all the way to spoil them and get them all the things they ever wanted. She wants her children to be successful and strong so you guys have your children in school and learning how to use a sword to fight against their opps.

☆ DATES

• It’s hard to leave the palace with 7 children (+ 3 more aka alicents other children). But usually you guys are able to have the older siblings or other adults watch the children so you guys can go out and enjoy yourselfs without being the stressed out adults you guys are <3 she’ll buy you so many presents and sweets while you guys are out. She’ll gift you fancy perfume and you guys would wear the best dresses as well.

[prettyboykatsuki]

ohhHh hi it is specialgradefckr from the other day! asking on anon because my main blog is in a completely unrelated fandom that i've totally lost the love for lmao.

honestly it was such a mood seeing your reaction bc YES. it was weird!! it was DIFFERENT! it was Some Kinda Mood going on in that fic!!!

sometimes you just. get a neat little idea. a little corner with all these nooks and crannies to mess around in. you light up and you just GO. and what comes out of it seems kinda weird, definitely not what you'd normally write but GUESS WHAT!!

this world has a place for funny little fics! weird stuff!! what is the POINT of being a writer if you are not making your dolls take off their clothes and smash after a suicide attempt and discussions of sexual slavery???

i actually came across your work wayyyy back when i first got into jjk. i read "How To Be A Dog" and i still don't know what to say about it.

the best way to describe my feelings towards that fic is that it's like i got there late to the party. there's some meat left on the bones i haven't eaten. i don't think i've gotten everything out of it.

for example, i had to re-read some sections over again to fully parse what was going on with the reader's curse (i think it was a snake and i am saying that from memory, scout's honor). and the fic spends a lot of time in gojo's POV, which I very much enjoyed!

but most fanfics, especially reader-inserts, stick to the reader POV and are written to be much more immediately digestible than other forms of fiction. you know the characters, you know the setting, let's get to the MEAT of it.

but your fic was like, the type where you really need to Pay Attention to each and every line, because each line does contribute something distinct to the characters or tone. it was so DENSE and i was NOT prepared to run into that while cheerfully looking for noncon gojo/reader porn skjfhglhdsg.

it's rare to find a fic that goes that hard. like if you want your fic to be That Deep you gotta commit to it, you know? and you don't have to do that for a fic to be good or enjoyable, you just do it For The Art, because you see what the fic could be and you want it to be that way. kudos to you.

it was an amazing work of fiction. maybe one day i will have the attention span to read the whole thing and actually feel like i'm understanding everything and the fic will stop haunting me whenever i think about it

anyways apologies for rambling in your inbox, i do hope you don't think i'm too weird lmao i just really like writing and fics. thank you for sharing yours <3

SDFKJSDJKFSDKJ i agree!!

i think like. i love the genre of absurd stuff so much in my media consumption but ive always had a hard time finding space for it in fanfiction. so writing that gojo dark comedy fic was an attempt to make some room for it and try my hand out and it ended up being a person favorite piece despite how insane it is

so i was really happy hearing other people enjoyed it and were rececptive to it bc really whats the point if you can't go and write something completely insane just for shits and giggles you know. sometimes u get a neat little idea and u just gotta go ham on it i agree

ALSO AAAAA !! A HTBAD READER IN THE WILD.... htbad is like. genuinely my magnum opus at least to me. its one of those things where i dont think im ever going to fully recover from it so when people tell me they've read it i automatically feel super emotional.

it is . super high praise to hear that you feel like you get something from it every time you read the fic. im not much of a planner but i really did pour my soul into each and every line of that thing so it means the world that it comes through!!

CHEERFULLY LOOKING FOR GOJO NONCON JHHDSJFKSD WELL YES ... i understand though i think that fic tends to jumpscare ppl in a similar way all the time since its extremely heavy tonally. it was definitely a fic i wrote For The Art if nothing else and definitely a fic i incidentally poured a lot into it. it genuinely always means the world to me to hear good things about it and im so so so elated to hear you talk so highly about it.

THANK YOU FOR READING. AND FOR LEAVING ME SUCH A KIND MESSAGE. i was basically dead on my feet last night trying to do anything but i was extremely happy seeinf this before bed. i hope today is kind to u

[deafeninggardenerpanda]

if we’ve covered some red flags, what are some of your green flag ships? like of those “fuck yesssssss” ones that you really enjoy

AYO SELF CARE HOURSSSSSS. i do genuinely like talking about the controversial ships but thank you for the positive vibes anon! love that

under the cut, just because the post is a little long:

actually im not super into shipping i think? i definitely value being able to imagine a dynamic for even the nichest pairings and have a lot of fun stretching or emphasizing certain parts of each characters' personalities to get them to work the best while opening up the potential for some development on each characters' side (thats exactly why im doing the ship bingo! its a ton of fun!), but theres very few things i actually like. Ship beyond surface level thoughts tbh. and recently the things i actually do ship have gotten increasingly niche. so enjoy this ramble that mostly pertains to specifically me and only me LMAO /lh

metadede ofc is the big one. not niche obviously. extremely beloved by me hiiiiiiiiii. they just have so much to work with in canon it makes so many varied interpretations which are a blast to see honestly. in general i love seeing how people portray their friendship too. an idiot whos smart to smart guy whos an idiot communication. enemies to friends to lovers..... their personalities bounce off of each other really well and the content the community makes is always a+. actually im going to take the opportunity to share my favorite mtdd fic ever. this is like pretty much peak metadede to me if anyone wants to know what i hope my personal interpretation will live up to [link!]

people might be able to tell ive been getting very into dametaberge. oh my god im so insane. no one look at me. dmk+jambacult found family Real. i have like three comics in my drafts for them. its mostly dametaberge thoughts rn but i like to think susie joins them later to make a poly ship. dmk and susie are a little tense at first but susie is, "like so over her knight phase," as she says, which dmk is extremely conflicted about whether to be offended or relieved at. and then they learn how to relax around each other and are always the two in the relationship to have awful destructive ideas, which flamberge vetos or approves of on a case by case basis. they get very happy and excited when flamberge approves of their awful plans

and of course my beloved gsa ships.............. theres falsgato which i am incredibly insane about thanks to my friend dragging me into it and now its a thing in my animeverse. enemies to friends to lovers I KEEP SAYING IM SO WEAK FOR THAT. dragato was a huge asshole to falspar for Various reasons regarding the nature of the gsa and perhaps dragatos own personal insecurity, but once they lost the war they got to bond since dragato like, realized how little the shit he antagonized falspar for actually mattered in the first place. and falspars a guy who really sees the best in people and ahahahghdjk its a whole thing its a whole thing i wont go into it rn LOL

theres also metarthur which is my very very beloved longtime rarepair. which i um. uh. ahahahah............. i get very slightly nervous talking about on main because a lot of people hc arthur as meta knights dad or parental figure but i shouldnt be nervous about hc differences really....... anyways theyre supposed to be like parallels of each other. people who are opposites thematically (arthur being leader of the gsa; mk being a former deeply infamous demon beast) who find themselves in similar positions in that they both kinda struggle with their sense of purpose vs their sense of self. meta knight sees his past struggles in arthur and so he finds himself drawn to him. he cant really Solve his situation, but (during their war-time relationship specifically) he hopes to offer some solace to him which functions as a form of catharsis to mk himself too. the two get to connect and understand each other in a unique way. i wont get too into this one right now either lol since the dynamic changes a lot depending on if its their during-war relationship or post-war relationship but theres the basics. i have a comic expanding on their general relationship in my drafts too but its at the bottom of my to-do list tbh. maybe someday though

im only into this one casually nowadays but morphogala... you really cant go wrong with "knight of death saves the greatest warrior in the galaxy from their torturous fate". something something the themes of wishing for the release of death being subverted into yes, death itself releasing you but in a way that actually Saves and rescues you instead. the hope and love in spite of all of the hopelessness AHHHHGH the themes of this one make me so weak. theres so much potential...... i really love this one on an aesthetic level too

you know i take my comment on "not super into shipping" back i think my multishipper ass has disillusioned myself into thinking being insane about like 4-5 ships isnt enough or isnt the norm. maybe i am insane about shipping......... oops

ships that make my thumbs up list in that i like them in concept but dont ship myself would be: marxolor; any of wave 3 x each other tbh. i have them as just besties in my hcs but paired up in any way is very fun; i kinda like shadow metadede but im really particular about the dynamic of that one; fransoos gets a very big thumbs up from me for themes and concept+enemies/rivals to lovers; metagala is. i dont super get it myself but the aesthetics alone are absolutely on-point enough to put this one in the thumbs up category. yayyyyyyy. im sure theres more that im missing but i think that covers any that arent too niche

[threadsun]

Sorry in advance if I'm missing your point but imho it is possible to bland out a character so much they become For No One. Perfectly inclusive insertability i think would potentially mean denying even our own voice (and by proxy our experiences) to shine in a work, too.

So ig i mean to say while inclusiveness is important it's (to my mind) best served by diversity of choice-- many different specific things for many different specific people-- rather than by shooting to create things for everyone. Many different creations by many different voices.

(I personally try to make the stuff I can't find and want to see, but I think I am probably extremely white bread by a lot of ppls metric lmao, so I try to boost other creators where possible bc I love creators and I think art of any kind is not a zero sum game. There's room and a place and an audience for all of us, no matter how hyperspecific we may be)

All that to say when it strikes, it strikes, even with requests n stuff. I think. Maybe. Or maybe I'm rambling. That's also always possible lmao

Oh 🥺

Yeah, like I know I can't be Fully Inclusive of Every Possible Experience and still write stuff that's in any way compelling. Sometimes I just need a reminder that that's okay, and that instead of it meaning I shouldn't write, it just means my writing won't be for everyone and that's okay. And that it's okay to just write things for myself and not worry if anyone else is interested or not.

I tend to write a lot of self-indulgent stuff because I don't see people like me in fiction and I'd like to. But then I worry people won't be interested if they can't relate to it. So it's reassuring to know that other people also enjoy art even if they can't relate to the characters!

Anyway thank you so much this is exactly what I needed to hear rn 💙 you're amazing!!

[retphienix]

(a lot of) Oberon stuff

I decided instead of using my stockpile of forma for farming more kuva and tenet weapons for mastery rank fodder, I'd dump them into oberon because...I mean, why not

tbh, I just kinda like them. They were one of my first faves years and years ago and I haven't really touched them in years because, surprise surprise, they are/have been/continue to be kinda "mid" as power creep and buffs have spread to other frames.

AT LEAST for a layman player. Some tuber with maxed arcanes and 30k plat can probably post some build claiming Oberon is the best because he can't die, as if the arcanes aren't doing the heavy lifting lmao.

Despite that, they have always been my favorite support frame on an aesthetic and conceptual level, and I've always been annoyed that the druid healer frame is pretty much the worst healer in the game with Trinity spamming free full heals with free DR, Wisp being BUSTED (love her), and now Citrine just casually giving everyone free DR- HoTs as a passive- and orbs (also LOVE her).

ANYWAY, I sat down and theorycrafted some stuff, I was THIS close to putting my stockpile of umbra forma into him and just making him a pseudo tank that kept up phoenix renewal (maybe another day, and a second oberon prime lmao because I'm not overwriting all my hard work).

The plan was to basically push his armor and health to the extremes and just kinda, exist. Okay, saying it out loud sounds boring, so I'm glad I didn't do it, but I did really want to push his power strength high as hell while tagging on Primed Flow and some basic eff/duration to keep renewal going alongside all the beefed defenses.

I deleted that build idea so here's a mock up that's clearly inaccurate since it's lacking the flow etc but that tasty Effective Health was the goal (I'd have definitely used some staples like rolling guard etc instead of like gladiator resolve):

At the last minute I decided to do some browsing for other ideas and I came across some niche steel path gimmicks abusing quadratic scaling from ragdolling enemies interacting with his Reckoning augment.

tl;dr, stack enemies, use reckoning augment, silly funny extremely good things happen.

Now at first I figured the build just wasn't for me, but the more I thought on it, and the more I tweaked it for my own enjoyment and not just copying the max/min setup, the more it sounded interesting to try.

So I did it.

He's not done just yet, obviously. No subsume because the intended subsume is Gyre's to grant better energy economy and abuse the whole "ragdoll + reckoning = broken" thing, so I'm not even utilizing the interaction yet.

Also few shards, needs more shards.

Also it's still a work in progress- I'd like to toss on at least 1 go-to survival mod on him, but I haven't decided what I want to axe to do that. I'm thinking rolling guard for more leeway since he's shield gating (my first real build to abuse the mechanic) but figuring the values out on this build was tight enough without thinking "Oh, one more mod!" so we'll see. He can currently survive just fine in steel path content owed mostly to the CC of the mass radiation, tbh, and that might not even be an issue if the gyre interaction works out to just making everything too dead to hurt him in the first place. We'll see.

But the gist of him, as he currently exists, is pretty simple.

He nukes with his 4 and uses his 2 to ignore status / the need for primed sure footed on steel path builds.

The augment for his 4 is fucking fantastic thanks entirely to it scaling off range.

Too bad this patch note isn't right and it's still bugged and can revert to the 3m starting range whenever it wants in online content :/

Regardless, I mostly wanted to ramble on the short design journey on making this new build because the mid-point-result has been EXTREMELY fun to play lately.

Sure, he's not getting much use out of his renewal, and he's not enjoying the silly fun of smite infusion, and he's lacking some core parts to his build (that subsume is like 2 days out), BUT! As is, as a max range shield gating nuker, he's having a lot of fun. You know, when warframe doesn't decide to remove the range mod effect for no reason.

I honestly hadn't ever thought of making him into a nuker before, so mostly the novelty is making it fun.

I have only ever tried making oberon a mass CC gardener who keeps renewal up for that armor bonus, or a mass healer with eff/duration to allow it, or a smite infuser to assist groups with being weapon platforms.

Nuker never appealed to me because his 4 never appealed to me, his 2 and 3 were my faves and his 1 (with augment) was a simple radiation buffer.

Using his 4 so much and to such great effect is honestly just fun lol

Good stuff.

[jd-205]

Yesterday I've finished Seversin and I don't know what to do with my life now...

Now a bit of rambling about the final episode (spoilers included)

I was afraid of the final episode (ep. 20) after reading some posts on twitter. At first i didn't even wanna watch it at all. But I gave it a shot anyways and...

I liked the first half. The first hour or so was really great and i enjoyed it.

Thoughts about the first half:

I liked 💚

• Kiss, finally!!! They just look superb together in general and i was enjoying it a lot. All their together scenes! ❤️🔥

• I had a good laugh during the camping scenes.

→ For example when they were sleeping outside, I laughed a lot at Asya's internal monolog when she got scared of the potential bugs and scorpions because that would be me!

• I even liked how was Tolga a bit grumpy because that would probably also be me if i was forced to sleep outside without any food etc. lmao. I appreciated that Asya was really positive about it and didn't mock Tolga for example during the first morning and she just noted that thanks to that experience she now knows that Tolga gets grumpy when hungry and tired and that he hates sage tea and drinks coffee every morning and that she wouldn't have figured that out otherwise.

• Tolga's marriage proposal was one of the best I've seen in dizi land imho, truly beautiful and magnificent!

I didn't like ❌

• Tolga destroying the camp to scare Asya into going back to İstanbul, even though i could probably let that one slip but Tolga paying someone to scare Asya at evening was over the top for me and Asya got rightfully mad at that.

• We didn't see how they had negotiated the 3 days of camping. From the viewer's point of view we only know that Asya kidnapped Tolga (without Tolga's complains) and wanted to stay in the middle of nowhere with him (with a bit of Tolga's complains). Then when Tolga got grumpy Asya proclaimed that they agreed on staying there for 3 days and then returning to İstanbul. If we saw that, I would be glad because it looked like Asya got everything her own way without taking Tolga's opinion into account at all.

• They both got some good points during the camping and it went downhill pretty fast only thanks to lack of communication (as always) and no desire in finding compromise (Asya was tired of all the intrigues on and off set and needed to be away from everything; Tolga on the other hand got extremely stressed being in the middle of nowhere away from everything; and they both failed at understanding the other's point of view).

• minor complain: the coca cola product placement came off as kinda silly and ridiculous imo, but i am aware that it's not easy not to make pp seem silly lmao

Thoughts about the second half:

I liked 💚

• Nesrin and Kadir ❤️🔥!

• I think it's positive that Nazlı realized her mistakes and wanted to reconcile with her family but it could have been done better given the terrible stuff she had caused.

• I don't really want to put into positives that the main couple stayed together in the end because that's required by the genre in my opinion and i wouldn't watch any piece of media if the main couple did not stayed together.

• I kinda liked that Tolga accepted the offer and took over his father's company which kinda tied the plot line together but on the other hand it seems unrealistic that he would be able, as an actor, to take over the biggest production company in Turkey and be successful manager but hey, in a fictional world anything's possible so I'm rooting for him.

I didn't like ❌

• Asya and Tolga arguing into break-up after the camping. Imo they both were tired and frustrated which was justified given all the mess they went through in the last couple of episodes but they didn't cope with their emotions in a healthy way and ruined their relationship unnecessarily.

• Everyone overwhelming Asya and Tolga when they got back when clearly everything was not alright. Like okay, they got rightfully scared for their loved ones but it was just bad to start screaming questions one over another when the couple got back as visible hot pipe mess.

• The time skip when AsTol weren't together. In last episode it was unnecessary.

• All the drama was meaningless. I kinda understand (even though i despise it) that they put drama to attract viewers for the next episode but given the fact it was finale they could have made just cute happy ending without all the bs and making the couple apart.

• Asya and Tolga to reconcile for the last like 30 seconds of the series was just a bad joke. They deserved better as characters as well as the actors and we as the audience.

• Selin having nearly no consequences for all the terrible stuff she had done. I don't find it enough that she got kicked out of the company and she moved abroad given all the stuff she had done which was just straight illegal.

What i would change ✨

• I think the first half was good, I would only cut out Tolga paying the guy into scaring Asya. I think that their argument still on camping was kinda understandable but unnecessary, but okay if we let that happen then I would make them reconcile right after. The conversation in the very finale should have been here right after getting back from camping and letting off steam.

• I could see the time skip work if they were together, Tolga taking over the company, they both agreeing to star together in another romcom. When applying time skip they could make the very finale better. Maybe i could see something similar to the ending of Ayşe and Emre (Asya and Tolga's characters) because right then Tolga realized he wants to spend the rest of his life with Asya and start a family together. So it would make sense to show a brief moment of their happy family life.

• Coincidentally I've seen the finale of Erkenci Kuş today so they could make something similar using the time skip. In a couple of minutes we see engagement, wedding, birth of children, family life and happily ever after of Sanem and Can. So it is possible to pack a lot of stuff into very little time using a well thought out time skip.

Final thought:

I loved the first half but the second half was just wasted potential.

Overall I loved Seversin as a whole though, I may wrote my thoughts about the series as a whole in a while.

[tom-whore-dleston]

👗 honey baby au: when reader first laid eyes on Simu

Dress me up👗 - Send me any scenarios or concepts that you envision for any of my AUs (Teach Me Tonight, Honey Baby, The Avengers Sweethearts) and I will write a drabble or head canon for them

Far From Ordinary

Pairing: !sugar daddy Simu Liu x f. reader

Warnings: eventual sugar daddy x sugar baby relationship, awkward first meeting, Simu comes off a lil stalker-ish but has good intentions, hella rushed writing 💀

Summary: You went from being Simu's biggest fan to his sugar baby.

Word Count: 1.5k

Notes: I apologize in advance for how badly rushed this was but I think Simu and Honey Baby's intro was looonnnngggg overdue 😅 like I've had this fic sitting in my docs for months and I managed to finish it in less than an hour lmao but anyways, shoutout to Kat for holding me accountable with this one 😘🫰🏽 Remember to reblog and comment if you enjoyed what you read 😊

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You met Simu the day the Shang-Chi trailer was released, which also happened to be the same day as his birthday. You were having dinner with your friend when you both saw him, and you, being an extreme Marvel fan, freaked out. Your friend didn’t really know who he was, but they did encourage you to go talk to him. He was having dinner with his parents, but they both left to talk to the waiter in the back. Meanwhile, Simu pulled his phone out to keep himself busy.

After a quick breath check, you finally stood up to approach him. Simu must have sensed you walking towards him because he turned off his phone and set it down on the table. The moment he looked up at you, it was as if time stopped and the world around him ceased to exist. You were the only thing in his view and he basked in your beauty. On your end, you thought you could have swooned at any moment by how gorgeous he was up close.

“H-h-hi!” you squeaked nervously. Simu sensed you were nervous so he shifted in his seat so he could face you, but that only increased your nerves. “Umm…are…y-you-”

Simu smiled and chuckled lightly. “Yes, I am Simu Liu.”

You bit your lip in excitement. “Wow, umm, first off, congratulations on the Shang-Chi trailer. It looks so good! I can’t wait to buy tickets to see the movie. I really love Marvel and seeing that you are the first Asian superhero is SO cool!”

You never noticed due to your nervous rambling but Simu’s eyes twinkled the more you talked about Shang-Chi and Marvel. The next thing you say is what caught Simu’s attention. 

“Oh and another thing, if it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t be pursuing an acting career. I’m kinda in the same position that you were once in. You see, I have always loved acting and always wanted to become an actor. Of course, my parents disapproved of it so to please them, I went to college for business. And let me tell you, I HATED it! My parents finally saw how unhappy I was in college and they finally approved of me pursuing acting. So long story short, thank you for inspiring me to follow my dreams!” As you were catching your breath from your tangent, Simu smiled so big that his cheeks hurt.

“Wow, I’m speechless,” was all that he could conjure up.

“Yeah, I mean…Sure I’m drowning in student debt on top of paying for my acting classes, but hey, hopefully I can pay it off in the future.” Simu awkwardly laughed, causing you to kick your own shin. “Oh my gosh, I’m sorry. I probably should not have shared that information with you.”

“No need for apologies. I’ve been there, too.” His eyes sized you up, studying your features. “By the way, I never got your name.”

Words cannot even describe how embarrassed you are. You were so caught up in your scatterbrained thoughts that you forgot to mention your name. You finally told him your name and followed up with another apology. 

“Hey, no apologies necessary.” His bright grin helped ease your nerves as you shook hands. However, it was short lived when his parents returned to the table, followed by a waiter who placed a plate of mochi ice cream with a lit candle on top of the table.

“Oh, I- uhhh, happy birthday! Oh my- I hope I’m not interrupting-“

“No, not at all. Your company has been a pleasure so thank you!” Simu glanced over to his parents who were staring and smiling at you. He then glanced back at you. “Oh by the way, these are my parents.” You extended your hand out to them to shake, but instead they each brought you in for a hug. 

You didn’t see but Simu was smiling to himself watching his parents hug you as if they have known you forever. It was odd to him because he had never been this intrigued by anyone this quickly, let alone a fan. And to see his parents react so positively to another woman was something he wasn’t used to. The sound of your voice brought him back to reality.

“Hey, before I head back to my table, can I get a photo with you?”

Simu blinked before flashing another smile. “Yes, of course! Let’s do this!” You handed the phone to Simu’s father before crouching down to his level. This allowed him to snake his arm around your mid back. The feel of his large hand on you sent shivers up your spine while you awkwardly threw up a peace sign. After the photo was taken, you hugged Simu tightly before grabbing your phone from his dad. 

“Wow, oh my gosh!” You giggled with a squeal. “Thank you so much, Simu! You literally made my entire night!” You paused and shook your head. “Actually, you made my whole life! I can’t thank you enough. It was so nice meeting you and your family. Happy birthday, too!” You noticed the mochi ice cream starting to melt on the plate before saying your final goodbye to him. 

Turning on your heels, you head back to the table you shared with your friend, who was laughing at you with an eyebrow raised. 

“What?” you questioned, scrunching your face at your friend.

“You are soooo awkward. But good for you for talking to him all by yourself.” 

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A few hours have passed since you had your encounter with Simu Liu. After you got back home, showered, and got comfortable in your bed, you decided to post the picture you took with Simu on Instagram. You wrote a long paragraph which was essentially a regurgitation of your conversation with Simu. Without thinking much of it, you tagged Simu in the photo before posting it. After a few minutes of scrolling through your feed, you felt your body falling asleep. 

Right as you were about to drift off, an Instagram notification caused your screen to light up. Groaning in irritation, you checked the time and grumbled louder when you realized that it was half past midnight. Your phone buzzed again, skepticism plaguing your brain. You hoped that your friend sent you a meme so funny that you would eventually forgive them for pulling you away from your slumber. However, when you opened Instagram, your heart sank so low to your stomach that you thought you were going to throw up.

You read a DM from Simu Liu that was essentially him asking to be your sugar daddy. In disbelief, you checked the profile to make sure it wasn’t someone trying to impersonate him. After scoping out the profile five more times, you were positive it was him. Your first instinct was to get up and start pacing around your room, debating on if you should answer back. 

Maybe he sent it to you on accident. That message could’ve been for another person that he was probably going to send money to. Besides, you weren’t anyone special enough to receive money that he earned himself. 

But his message sounded like it was tailored to you. Especially when he brought up how it was a pleasure meeting you at dinner that night and hearing your story sparked something in him. You eventually gave up indulging yourself in your internal dialogue and passed out on your bed.

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The next day, you were opening up the boba shop your family owned when Simu walked through the door. Once you made eye contact with him, you stood in the middle of the shop paralyzed as the mop in your hands slipped out of your grasp and crashed to the floor. Simu’s lips cocked into a smug smirk as you struggled to pick up the mop.

“What a coincidence running into you here.” As strong as your crush was on him, you couldn’t help but be intimidated by him. Especially after receiving that message from him over Instagram.

“Are you stalking me?”

Simu chuckled. “No. I just wanted to get boba and I heard about how great this place was. I wouldn’t have guessed you worked here.” You gave him a tight lipped grin as you returned the mop to the storage room. When you came back, Simu had situated himself at one of the tables.

“I’m starting to think you aren’t here for boba.”

Simu shrugged. “Well, I was. But after seeing you again, I will admit, I’m kinda hurt you didn’t respond to my message-”

“So that message was legit? You, Simu Liu, want to help some ordinary girl like me pay off their college loans? What’s in it for you anyway?”

“Nothing.” You raised an eyebrow in suspicion. “Like I said before, I saw a little of myself in you. If there’s any way I can help you, I will gladly do it. Besides, you are far from ordinary. I can see you becoming a star. Just let me help you out, honey.” That was it. You would have never thought that your celebrity crush giving you a pet name would make you fold so easily. Yet it did.

“Did you just call me-”

“Is that a bad thing?”

“No,” you smiled, cheeks burning hotter than the weather outside. “I liked hearing it.”

“So what do you say, honey? You game?”

You were, in fact, game. You were so game. With that, you shook his hand, sealing a deal that will change your life for better.

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[yyangish]

enha bias line as ariana albums !

note: i have no idea where this idea randomly came from but as a huge fan of both ariana and enhypen, it felt very necessary ! >< hoping that any fellow ari–enha stans enjoy this because it was such a fun thing for me to do. 

members: jungwon, sunoo, jake, sunghoon 

YANG JUNGWON // 양정원

• definitely very in-depth and detail-oriented

- THANK U, NEXT

• has a determined side but also a vulnerable side that can’t help but show sometimes

• songs like imagine and needy :(( 

• he’s certainly somebody who works hard for his goals (7 rings kinda vibes) but he can get caught up with the weight of being a leading figure so young

• therefore his emotional moments are bound to come through (nasa, ghostin, fake smile)

• but we all know he does his best and he’s doing amazing <3

• also can we talk about the aesthetic of this era !?

• loving the high school, mean girls kind of vibe. it’s very preppy and reminds me a lot of tamed-dashed, which, in turn, reminds me of jungwon because he stood out to me so much >< 

• the jungwon ult in me is rambling aaa ! 

• anyway tun jungwon supremacy <3 

KIM SUNOO // 김선우

- SWEETENER

• has a fun, airy, and uplifting side :P

• songs like borderline, pd, sweetener and rem <3 

• but also an emotional side that deals with hurt and healing

• sunoo definitely has to struggle sometimes with keeping a positive aura ): 

• and that’s completely understandable. everybody needs time to wind down and think by themselves for just a moment

• songs like better off (my fav btw!), everytime, and breathin TT

• also he just gives me HEAVY ntltc vibes, he seems like he’d love that song (i mean so do i 😭) 

• sweetener was made to try and grow from the pain brought by the past

• and it’s a great example of how it isn’t always successful at first, it takes time to fully grow and learn from things that used to hurt

• but it does happen <3 

• and just like sweetener, sunoo reminds me daily to keep trying my best with whatever goes on. brighter days are always ahead! 

• also rq the colors and vibe of this era were so beautiful! :( the ntltc music video is so gorgeous and unique, it’s a masterpiece. like sunoo (’: <33 

SIM JAEYUN // 정재현

- DANGEROUS WOMAN

• ROMANTIC <3 

• a mature and adventurous sense 

• the dreamy aesthetic too hello?? 🌙

• he really reminds me of moonlight, into you, and touch it 

• touch it is literally such a breath-taking song, it brings me to tears every time i’m not kidding LMAO

• u cannot tell me jake wouldn’t fit the vibe of this album PERFECTLY.

• black and white, moon obsession, and romance <3 

• i feel like jake is more of an experimental type, maybe?

• like not afraid to show how in love he is, or how scandalous he can be HAHAHA

• jk it would definitely cause a scandal but for the sake of my happiness let’s just ignore that k! 

• also be alright is SUCH jake vibes too

• he would definitely be the kind to cheer you up and always be there to promise the better days that are ahead :( <3 

• he gives me extremely optimistic vibes, i love him sm 

• let’s not even get into how heart-breaking yet beautiful thinking bout you rlly is :(( 

• jake dw era <3 if this doesn’t drive u crazy yet pls give it time bc woooo ! i need this I NEED THIS

PARK SUNGHOON // 박성훈

• definitely an album about TRUE growth and passion

- POSITIONS 

• like u can literally see all the passion poured into this album 

• especially in tracks like pov, safety net, love language, and off the table 

• hoon always reminds me of someone who is just ... mature??

• and in the BEST way possible 

• like i feel like when he’d make a mistake, he would do everything he can to fix it as soon as possible and learn

• plus this album is all about ariana’s discovery of real happiness and true love after so many hardships

• and that can be interpreted in different ways that remind me of sunghoon <3

• he literally just looks like pov :( 

• if pov looked like someone it would look like hoon, no doubt

• it’s also a pretty mellow and chill album, which is how i see his personality for the most part

• he feels pretty laid back and calm, but there’s obviously a fun side too :P

• like six thirty and 34+35 (bc it’s a light song >< ignore the lyrics for now </3)

• and the entire positions aesthetic is actually SO pretty wait

• the color palette rlly looks like something sunghoon would be into 

• woohoo positions sunghoon era!! 

• (u can’t convince me that hoon wouldn’t look incredible in the positions merch sweats btw. <3)

[albatris]

Happy sts!

Everything I know from Riley and Lloyd is that she's a cool vampire and that he likes desserts. So! How about some random rambles about them two?

happy sts!! I'm very very late with this one, apologies!!

thank you for the question :D yesss, Riley and Lloyd deserve more love from me, I don't talk about them as much as I should.....!

Riley's character arc is a little spoilery so I won't go into the specifics of her story too much.......... she's one of Nat's neighbours! she lives in an apartment across the hall from him n has always been quite friendly on the occasion they cross paths, in the generic "hey we're neighbours and you don't seem terrible!" sort of way :3 but he's uhhhhh. Nat. so he has not paid very close attention, and is often way too nervous in interactions with strangers to actually, like, bond with them or even really register what's happening hahaha

when they officially first meet, she's rather offended that she knows his name and even that he likes to be called Nat rather than Nathaniel, but he doesn't remember who she is at all :P

but yes! she's a vampire too, and has been for..... around six years? for her first appearance in the story, she basically just kind of. Senses the presence of a vampire in Nat's apartment and also knows that Nat is a weird paranoid hermit who, to her knowledge, has never had a single person over to his apartment in the three years he's lived there, so like..... someone being In There is weird enough, and the fact that it's a fucking vampire?? she just kind of goes "oh no someone's gotten inside and is about to eat my weird neighbour" and very anxiously and politely tries to break in and rescue him lol

so they have a moment at the door where she's like "are you okay??? do you need help??" and he's like "dude what?? I was just having a nap?? I'm fine??" n then they both just kind of look at each other and have the Oh I'm Staring At Another Vampire realisation and are like. ah. well this is awkward

anyway, Riley is very cool!! an extremely popular person who makes a good first impression! she loves bright colours and clashing patterns and zany makeup and gaudy earrings, her fashion tends to be very eccentric and bold! she tends to get a lot of compliments on her sense of style and her multicoloured hair c:

she's the first friend Nat makes on his own without Quinn's help in. a very long time. like most vampires she's very physically affectionate and loves to laze around and snuggle with friends, and a lot of her and Nat's hangouts consist of them draped over each other on the couch n poking fun at whatever overdramatic soap operas are on :P

she's very bubbly and mischievous and loves a bit of good-natured chaos and shenanigan-causing :P she's a bit of a prankster and she does enjoy taking Nat for a bit of a ride and seeing what ways she can mess with him or make him believe silly things (mostly 'cause he's a very new vampire and doesn't really know what he's doing yet lmao), but it's all in good fun :3 she's an extremely sweet person at heart and loves to fuss over her friends

she doesn't have the same fatal allergic reaction to direct sunlight as Alex does, but still gets pretty nasty burns and blisters, so she's mostly nocturnal too. she uhhhh. works as a tour guide for haunted locations and does ghost tours, basically! which is arguably the most fun profession I've ever given any of my characters xD

she is a lot more casual with her hunting habits than both Alex and (usually) Nat, no particular planning involved. she tends to wander round the city late at night or hang out at bars till she finds some creep to target. some bigoted dirtbag loudly talking shit or some shady fuck slipping things into other people's drinks, that sort of thing. extremely valid hunting technique imo. eat more creeps 2k22

she and Quinn do NOT get along at all, since Quinn has a bit of a Reputation among vampires lmao. she's heard a LOT of dodgy stuff about how sneaky and manipulative Quinn is and knows damn well how dangerous it is to rely on them or be involved with them in any capacity. she's highkey terrified of them which is Fair. and she worries a lot about Nat being involved with them, and often urges him to distance himself as much as possible. she's not "overprotective", her concerns are perfectly reasonable and she's watching out for him. although Nat's relationship with Quinn does take a different trajectory than the usual Quinn + new vampire relationship, she's a big part of why Nat starts to call Quinn on their bullshit initially

Riley also assumes when Nat is kidnapped and she later finds Quinn snooping around his apartment that Quinn had something to do with his disappearance....... she is PISSED and almost fuckin beats the shit out of Quinn right there in the hall before they can convince her they're just as worried about him fjfkdks

Lloyd is........ the epitome of Just Some Guy, and we love him for that <3

he's 38! he's an air-conditioner repairman! he’s mild-mannered and a little bit oblivious and unobservant, but a humourous and friendly person c: the sort of guy who’d hurry across the road to help you carry your groceries if he saw you struggling! a guy who gives you his seat on the train without being asked :) a simple, honest man. just a good lad

he's not actually involved in the main plot, like, At All. he’s just sort of There. hanging out. reading Quinn’s books. eating toast. makin himself comfortable while objectively horrifying nonsense happens all around him. he’s got no stakes in the Garble power struggle or in anything the main characters are involved in. he’s got no unhinged skills or violent energy. he’s just like “oh, these people seem nice :) I wonder what they’re all so worried about?”

he’s literally just some guy. a perfectly pleasant totally average human man who gets adopted into this gang of objectively batshit people, mostly bc Nat had a weird day one time and decided to just go “hey random human I’m vaguely fond of, I’d die for you!” and everyone else just followed suit because, fuck yeah, it’s Lloyd. team mascot maybe. free air-conditioning repairs. whoooo

Lloyd........ oh, he stumbles through an entire horror novel full of blood and guts and mind-control and vampires and murder and not a single bad thing happens to him. he’s ridiculous and oblivious and I love him. he just wanders through the entire story from start to finish avoiding certain doom at every turn. he’s Literally Just Vibing

so yes, he’s mostly just there for the comedy factor of being Just Some Guy, but he is still a beloved character....!

he's one of the very very few people who got involved with Quinn entirely voluntarily! no contracts or trades or blackmail or threats. Lloyd regularly donates blood to Quinn’s causes just 'cause he wants to, rather than use it as payment for Quinn's. uh. services. or for any other shady reason. he just thinks it's a nice thing to do :3

he had a vampire niece who he was very close to, thinking of her as a daughter, though she's no longer around. Lloyd does have a great deal of sympathy for most vampires (the ones he’s met have all been pretty chill) and wants to help make things a little easier on them. I don't think he has any real idea of half the shady shit Quinn is involved in.... Quinn was just The Person to speak with as a starting point, and a ""safe"' middleman for dealings with a lot of Darwelaide's vampire population :P which is how Lloyd initially came into contact with them

he’s one of the first human customers of Quinn’s that Nat meets, mostly by accident, n Quinn is kind of like :)))) because they generally go to great lengths to keep their vampire and human customers separate, and (particularly for Lloyd, the most convenient and easy source for vampire snacks Quinn has ever met) ensure anonymity and safety for the human customers. ‘cause like. hm. when it comes to selling or trading or donating blood for a bunch of terrifyingly powerful apex predators to snack on, most humans aren’t SUPER comfortable with said predators Knowing Things about their lives and also associating their scent with food

Nat’s very oblivious to this fact at first and hasn’t exactly twigged yet that there’s such a significant power imbalance between himself and humans now, n just kind of appears in Quinn’s living room like “hi!! :D oh I recognise your scent, your blood is really tasty, congrats on the good blood. anyway I’m about to make pancakes do you want pancakes???” n poor sweet Lloyd is just kind of like “???? I guess?????” while Quinn is. horrified. because they totally forgot Nat was here

anyway, they’re really fucking good pancakes. Nat gets a rather stern talking to from Quinn (”PLEASE be chill and do not frighten away my favourite customer, if you want to be friends with him that’s fine but you have to do it entirely on his terms and back off the second he asks you to”) and Nat and Lloyd establish a friendly not-quite-friendship-yet relationship. an amicable acquaintanceship :3 with Very strict boundaries and in a safe setting, of course! Nat doesn’t even get to know Lloyd’s real name until quite late in the story, until Lloyd personally offers it

Lloyd ends up basically holding his blood for ransom in exchange for Nat’s cooking, particularly the sweet breakfast foods like waffles and french toast :P so Lloyd is CONSTANTLY demanding to know where Nat is if he’s ever not around when Lloyd comes by. like. Quinn’s easiest customer now has Demands, which is irritating for Quinn dfgjfhdkgh

Nat n Lloyd are only just sort of friendly and chatty with each other in passing until probably book two, after Nat’s first official meeting with the Ethels. Nat has arguably the most viscerally distressing day of his life (so far!) and comes out of it feeling ten different kinds of fucked up and traumatised and weird. n Lloyd just happens to be the first ordinary human he runs into after All That

n Nat just kind of latches onto him in a frenzied panic and is like “Lloyd, this world is so fucked up. everything is so terrifying. you are so small and soft and human. oh my god I’m so stressed. listen to me. listen to me. I’d die for you. here’s my phone number. we don’t have to be friends and you don’t have to talk to me. but if you’re ever in any trouble at all you can call me and I’ll come fuck shit up for you. Lloyd. Lloyd. I’ll start a fight for you, Lloyd. I’ll flip a car, Lloyd. holy fuck. oh my god. you’re so soft. I am going to cry. I will protect you”

n Lloyd’s just kind of like “okey dokey :) how nice!”

which is how things kind of kick off properly lol

anyway Nat adores Lloyd, Nat refers to Lloyd as his best friend, Nat is always first to jump on the Lloyd hype train. n everyone else in the gang also just kind of grows SUPER fucking fond of Lloyd. they love him!!! he’s Lloyd!!! idk, I think Nat’s hype for this regular fucking random human is contagious. like he’s just so genuine and excited. he’s so invested in Lloyd’s wellbeing and success. and Quinn, while fond of Lloyd from a business perspective, is kind of just like............ this is Lloyd. this is just Lloyd. why are you all so hyped about Lloyd?? I’m so confused. he’s the definition of Perfectly Fucking Average

but any time Quinn is even slightly mean to Lloyd or makes a Quinn-esque vaguely bullying remark, Nat just gives Quinn the saddest most disappointed look in the history of sad disappointed looks. until Quinn is basically guilt-tripped into playing nice and joining the Lloyd hype train

in this house we love and appreciate Lloyd

:D that’s it from me. mwah <3

[elliesguitarstrings]

The New Girl ~ The Date

Peter Parker x Stark!Reader

Masterlist || Series Masterlist

Warnings: a few swears, fluff ig lol

A/N: ITS FINALLY HERE!!! so the series is technically done but i thought it would be cute to do a one shot of the date since it would be hard to describe just in texts lmao. i’m so so so sorry this took me so long to write i had absolutely no free time on spring break and then i had exams so i wrote this extremely fast pls don’t judge if this is bad but i hope you enjoy anyways 🥰

this can be read without reading the series first but it might make a little more sense if you have read all the parts :)

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The last bell rings in your 7th period class, signaling the end of the school day, and you immediately jump out of your seat and make your way over to Peter's desk.

"You ready to go Parker?" you ask excitedly.

"Yeah, I have to grab some books from my locker first before we leave though," he replies, packing up his stuff.

"Okay, but this time I'm coming with you. I'm not letting you leave me waiting again."

"You're never gonna let me live that one down are you?" he smirks.

"Nope," you giggle, "now hurry up, we've got a date."

After you stop at Peter's locker you take the short walk down to Delmar’s. It isn’t awkward per se, but you can tell that Peter is nervous. So in an attempt to ease his nervousness, you take his hand and intertwine your fingers with his as you walk. Unfortunately, this only results in him completely forgetting how to function and his face turning as red as a tomato. Nonetheless, you continue to drag him to the sandwich shop and Peter quickly regains composure for the rest of the walk.

When you arrive, Peter walks up to the counter, greeting Mr. Delmar.

“Hey, Mr. Parker! The usual I presume?” the man smiles.

“Yup, and a bag of chips with that please.”

“You got it!” Mr. Delmar turns to you, “And who might this young lady be? You got a date kid?”

Peter immediately blushes, his eyes widening. Saving him from embarrassing himself, you speak up. “I’m y/n, and yes, this is a date. Peter said this is the best sandwich shop in Queens, so I thought I’d give it a try.”

“Well he’s not wrong, this is the best sandwich shop in Queens. So what’ll it be for you?”

“Oh, um, I’ll just have the same thing as Peter. Chips too please.”

“Coming right up. And don’t worry about the cost, it’s on the house today.” he winks at Peter.

“Oh, thanks.” Peter says with a sheepish smile.

After a few minutes and some small talk between you and Peter, your food is ready. Mr. Delmar hands Peter two bags and gives you both a knowing smirk. “Alright, you kids have fun on your date. Try your best not to weird her out too much Parker.”

Peter laughs, clearly embarrassed. “Yeah, um, I’ll try. Thanks Mr. Delmar.”

As you walk out of the shop, Peter hesitantly turns to you. “So, um, I was wondering if you wanted to come over to my place to eat our food? It’s not too far from here and my aunt is at work right now so we’ll have the place to ourselves.” His eyes widen, “Not that we’d be doing anything! Just because she can be a bit overbearing sometimes and I don’t want her to like, ask a bunch of questions or anything weird like that. We can just eat at a park somewhere if that’s better though. I just thought since last time we hung out at your house this time we could hang out at mine-”

You cut him off, smiling, “Peter, calm down, that would be great! Let’s go to your place.”

He lets out a relieved sigh. “Awesome, okay! Um, it’s only like ten minutes away so just follow me.”

You arrive at his apartment a few minutes later, out of breath from trying to catch up with Peter who was practically running the whole way home. He unlocks the door and you follow him inside. His apartment is quite small, but it's homely and welcoming, filled with lots of pictures and decorations.

"So, uh, this is it. Do you just want to eat on the couch? Maybe we could watch a movie or something?" Peter asks.

"Sure! Sounds good." You settle on the couch in the living room, taking out your sandwich and chips while Peter turns on the TV. He grabs the remote and makes his way back to the couch, sitting on the opposite side as you. He considers sitting right next to you, but he's afraid that it would make you uncomfortable, so he decides against it.

"What do you wanna watch?" he asks as you hand him his food.

"How about a Star Wars movie? Those are always good." you suggest.

Peter turns to you excitedly, "You like Star Wars?"

You smile, "Of course I like Star Wars! It's like, the best movie franchise ever."

Peter just stares at you, looking completely astonished. He can't believe that you, a beautiful, rich, confident girl, could like Star Wars as much as an awkward geek like him. "You good?" you giggle.

"Yeah, um, I'm fine. Does Empire Strikes Back sound good to you?"

"Sounds great! Now let's eat, I'm fucking hungry." you comment, making Peter chuckle.

You're only about twenty minutes into the movie when you both finish your food, and Peter seems tense. He's anxiously tapping his foot on the floor, seemingly too focused on the movie whenever you look his way. You can tell that he's thinking about something, but you aren't sure what. For the first time today, you start to get nervous, worried that he isn't enjoying the date. He's barely talked to you since the movie started, and he's sitting on the complete opposite end of the couch as you.

"Is everything okay Peter?" you finally speak up, your curiosity getting the best of you.

Still avoiding your gaze and staring at the TV, Peter answers, "Yeah, um, I'm good."

He's obviously lying, but you choose to ignore it for now, "Okay, just checking." Maybe he's not feeling well from his food?

After five more minutes of silence, you finally break. You reach over and grab the remote, pausing the movie, causing Peter to finally look at you. "Hey! What was that for?"

"Peter, something's obviously wrong with you, you've been glued to the TV this whole time and you haven't said a single word to me."

"I'm, uh, I just really like the movie. That's all." he responds, still avoiding your gaze.

"Come on, I know that's not true. Something's up with you Peter. If you aren't enjoying the date just tell me and I'll leave. We can just pretend this never happened and we'll be friends." you deadpan. While you seem completely indifferent on the outside, you're desperately hoping that he doesn't end the date like this. You really like Peter, and even though you just met him, you don't know if you'll ever see him as just a friend.

Peter looks up at you, frantically shaking his head. "Nonononono, that's not it at all! I'm having a great time!"

"Are you sure? Because it really doesn't seem like it to me."

"No, trust me, I am. It's just, um-" he pauses.

"It's just what?"

He looks down. "Nothing, nothing. Nevermind."

"Peter, just tell me. Please?"

"I, uhm, I'm just nervous, that's all." he whispers, feeling ashamed.

You let out a sigh of relief, your own nervousness fading. "What would you have to be nervous about Peter? We're just watching a movie," you giggle.

He begins to ramble, "Well, its just, you're really pretty and I really like you a lot and I don't want to do anything wrong since I already fucked it up the first time and I wanted to sit next to you and cuddle while we watch the movie but then I didn't want to make you uncomfortable because this is only the first date and I didn't want you to hate me because you thought I was some weird perv who just wanted to touch you and I now feel stupid because now you think I'm not having a good time even though I am having a good time so I still fucked it up even though I was trying really hard not to."

You raise your eyebrows, trying to process everything that he just threw at you. "Woah, that was a lot," you start. "But you don't have to be nervous, I don't think you fucked anything up... And also, I wouldn't think you're a perv if you came and cuddled with me while we watch the movie." you smile slightly.

Peter catches on. "Oh... so, um, do you want to cuddle now then?" he asks timidly.

"I thought you'd never ask," you laugh, crawling over to his side of the couch and sliding under his arm to snuggle into his chest. You can feel his heart practically beating out of his chest, and you look up at him. “Peter, relax. You really don’t need to be so nervous,” you giggle.

“S-sorry, I’ve just never cuddled with a girl before.” With the way he was acting, you would think you and Peter were about to have sex, or that you were at least doing something a little more dirty than just cuddling. You don’t mind though, it's actually kind of cute. Plus, to be completely honest you haven’t had much experience either, so you feel better knowing that Peter is just as nervous as you are, probably more.

You smile, cuddling closer to him. “Just turn the movie back on idiot.”

For the rest of the film, you and Peter snuggle close on the couch. He absentmindedly plays with your hair as you lay on his chest, making your heart swoon. You two could honestly stay like this forever, and neither of you would mind. But your phone dings with a notification. You groan, not wanting to get up, and slowly reach to the other side of the couch to grab it.

“It’s my dad, he wants me to come home for dinner.” you frown.

“Oh, well, um, okay. Then I guess you should probably get going. I really don’t want you to leave though.” Peter blushes.

“Neither do I, but you know how my dad gets.”

“Yeah,” he chuckles, “I’ll walk you out then.” You and Peter both get up from the couch and walk to his front door.

“I had a really good time today.” Peter grins.

“Me too.” you step closer to him and pull him into a tight hug. You pull back after a few seconds, your arms hanging around his neck and his still on your waist. You smile, “I really like you Peter.”

“I really like you too Y/N. So much.”

Without hesitation, you both lean in and close the small gap between you. The kiss is short, but it’s not awkward like everyone says first kisses are. Peter’s lips are soft against yours, and it makes you warm inside, like hot chocolate on a cold day. It’s perfect.

You pull away only when you hear the door unlock and open. “Hey Peter, what do you want for dinner- oh?”

“MAY!” Peter yells, embarrassed.

May smirks, “You didn’t tell me you had a girl over!” she turns to you, gasping “You must be Y/N! Peter has told me so much about you. Oh my god, am I interrupting something? Is this a date? You guys are using protection right-“

“May, please stop!” Peter pleads as you giggle, both of you blushing profusely.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ll leave you two alone. I have to go to the grocery store anyway, so just pretend I was never here.” May winks.

You shake your head, “Oh, no worries, I was just leaving actually, my dad wants me home for dinner.”

“Oh, well alright then, goodbye Y/N I hope you two had fun! And I also hope I’ll be seeing you again soon!” she smiles

“I think you will.” you smile, “Bye Peter, see you at school tomorrow.”

“Bye Y/N, see you tomorrow!” he grins, still blushing.

You walk out the door, giddy and reminiscing over the kiss that you and Peter shared mere minutes ago. As you leave, you can hear May questioning Peter about the date, and you can’t help but smile knowing that May is already in support of your relationship. Although you and Peter haven't explicitly talked about it, you're almost positive that Peter would want to be your boyfriend, and you know for a fact that you want to be his girlfriend. But you don't want to pressure him into anything, so you decide to wait for him to ask you, whenever that will be. You just hope it'll be soon.

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[mentally-in-northern-italy]

The Best Potioneer (pt. 1) — Harry Potter x reader

***not my gif***

Request: “Hii, I love your work! I was wondering if I could request a Harry x Slytherin!reader, maybe set during the last year at Hogwarts and enemies to lovers? Thank you 💚”

Summary: You despise Harry. Your Slytherin friends seem to have strong opinions of him already, but during your sixth year, you also seem to have found a reason to absolutely hate the boy. But when you’re forced to work on an assignment together and stay up all night, is it possible for those feelings to change?

Word Count: 2.6K

A/N: Thank you so much for the request @obsessedwithrandomthings ! Ahhh, I really hope I did it justice!! I’m sorry I had to split it up into two parts because it turned out *way* longer than I expected it to! It was so hard to come up with a valid reason to hate Harry, he’s such a sweetheart, but I tried my best lmao. Anyways, I had such a fun time writing this and I really hope you enjoy!! And stay tuned for part 2!

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You crossed your legs as you nodded politely in agreement with something that Professor Slughorn had said. In all honesty, you had had no idea what he was rambling on about, no one did, really, but still your face held a bright smile as you nodded once again. Your head of house, Professor Slughorn had invited you, among with various others, to his newly formed club.

Your eyes briefly surveyed the others that were sat at the table with you, all listening -- or at least, pretending to listen -- to the Professor about some very rare ingredient that he skillfully was able to find in some remote region. To your right sat Blaise Zabini, a fellow Slytherin, and to your left, a Hufflepuff that you had never talked to before.

All of them were here for one reason, of course; they seemed to show that they were extraordinarily skilled at something. Or, they were related to someone who was. You hoped it was the former in your case.

You liked to believe that you were here not because of your extremely famous Potioneer father but because of the talent you, yourself, possessed when it came to Potions.

Potions had always been your favourite. You liked other things, of course, but none of them satisfied you like Potions did. The feeling of accomplishment as you gaze down at a finished recipe in your cauldron bubbling, to you, was exhilarating, and you couldn’t seem to get enough of it.

Evidently, this was also the case for your father, who after graduating Hogwarts, had gone on to become a Potioneer, brilliant in his field, and make a name for himself. You hoped that you would be able to do the same.

“But enough of me blabbering on,” Slughorn chuckled heartily, “I’m sure you’ll have plenty of opportunities to hear me talk about myself.”

You met his gaze and smiled politely, making sure that he knows you’re paying attention.

See, Snape had always been fond of you. Snape, as the Potions Professor, gave you brilliant marks (which you deserved, in all fairness) and didn’t even try to hide the fact that you were his favourite. While others got a cold and disapproving glare from him when they had made a mistake, you received helpful insight on where you went wrong. Snape gave others a monotone sentence of approval at their success, while he gave you… Well, he gave you the same thing, really, but you could tell it was more heartfelt. As heartfelt as it gets, coming from Snape and all.

You were determined to impress Slughorn as well. You had decided that sheer talent can only go so far; teachers were human, too, after all. It was with no doubt that you concluded that every teacher ought to have a favourite, someone they will always favour over the next. And, similarly, every teacher has one student they would never think twice about, someone they didn’t even notice. While you were certainly grateful that you weren’t the latter, you weren’t exactly pleased at your position in the middle. It had always been all or nothing for you. You wanted to be the favourite. The best there can be.

But, that was proving to be a little difficult and unexpectedly, it was because of a certain raven-haired, bespectacled, and utterly clueless -- in your humble opinion -- Gryffindor boy.

You had never paid much attention to Harry. He had always been insignificant in your life, having only shared a couple classes with him over the years. And, even in those classes, you had only exchanged a few occasional words. The bottom line was, you didn’t hate Harry and you didn’t like him. He was just… Harry. A Gryffindor.

It was almost as if the universe saw this and decided that this wasn’t enough. Just like you disliked your mediocre position in Slughorn’s class, the universe disliked Harry’s mediocre presence in your life. After all, you were always one to go big or to go home.

It was as if Harry had been pushed onto the stage that was your life, forced to play a role, as soon as your sixth-year Potions classes had begun. And, Harry might be a hero to some, but in your play, he was easily the opposite.

All because Harry had started doing exceptionally well in Potions. You didn’t know what it was. His potions always turned out perfect, capturing Slughorn’s praise. Praise that you wish you were receiving. Naturally, before you knew it, it turned into a competition, both determined to out-shine the other. You couldn’t let him beat you.

A recent occurrence annoyed you, in particular, just a few weeks ago, when Harry was able to brew a draught of Living Death perfectly, and in record time. You were close, of course, but Harry had managed to do it before you, resulting in him getting awarded with a vial of Felix Felicis and getting praised relentlessly by Slughorn. Harry, being aware of just how much you resented him doing better than you in Potions, sent you a small smile as he stood at the front of the class, holding up the vial of the luck potion. It was clear at this moment that you had to be better than Harry. There was no other option. Excelling at Potions was in your blood.

However, the sole reason behind your undying hatred for the boy was not just the fact that he had magically turned into a brilliant Potioneer. No, it was also because of your friends, who were mainly Slytherins, had told you all about their interactions with him over the years when you brought up how he seemed to have claimed your spot at the top of the class. Since you only got a one-sided testimony from your friends, you were always led to believe that Harry was in the wrong.

If Harry were being honest, he wasn’t exactly sure why you hated him and wanted to beat him so badly in Potions. Regardless of the reason, Harry certainly wasn’t one to back out from some (un?)healthy competition. A part of him only seemed to want to compete with you on principle; a typical Slytherin vs. Gryffindor feud. He certainly didn’t take this little competition as seriously as you did.

But this ‘competition’ for you meant a lot more.

“Ah, Ms. [Y/L/N],” Slughorn directly acknowledged you for the first time that evening, “how lovely it is to have you here!”

“It’s a pleasure to be here, sir,” you replied kindly.

“Tell me, how is your father doing?” Slughorn questioned with genuine curiosity, “I haven’t heard from him in ages! Correct me if I’m wrong, Ms. [Y/L/N], last I heard, he was running some sort of experiment trial with sleeping potions?”

Your heart sank. You couldn’t help but think you were only here because of your father. You despised the thought. You caught your smile from faltering and took a breath in.

“He’s doing well, Professor,” you nodded, “And yes, he is running an experiment with sleeping potions. Unfortunately, he hasn’t shared much about it with me just yet.”

“Oh, yes, yes,” Slughorn said to you, “He was always quite the expert at sleeping potions…”

He paused at this before smiling and turning his gaze from you to Harry, sat directly across from you, “But of course, we have another emerging sleep potion expert in the room!”

At this, you grudgingly turned your head to Harry as well.

Great. Just the thing you needed this evening; to be reminded of your failure to brew a sleeping potion, one that your father would easily be able to brew in his sleep.

You continued to try to smile politely as Slughorn once again, started to praise Harry for his perfect potion. Harry smiled and accepted the compliments quietly, but he shot you a few glances in between, which only made you angrier.

“Quite remarkable, indeed,” Slughorn praised, “Wouldn’t you agree, Ms. [Y/L/N]?”

“Yes,” you agreed, still smiling, although you knew that everyone could tell it wasn’t genuine, “It is quite interesting how much Harry has been able to improve this year.”

“Indeed, indeed,” came Slughorn’s response who nodded and smiled at Harry.

“In my opinion, it just seems too good to be true,” you continued, your smile turning more into a grimace, as you shifted a little in your seat, “how exactly did you manage to brew a potion like the draught of Living Death so brilliantly, even though you could barely manage to brew a draught of Peace just last year, Harry?” You tried to keep your tone curious and casual, but you failed as a few murmurs broke out amongst the table, clearly picking up on the tension in the air.

“Well,” Harry began, holding your gaze keenly and smiling slightly, “I just followed the recipe.”

“Of course,” you said as you nodded slightly, patronizing him, “but was crushing the sopophorous bean in the recipe?”

“I--” Harry tried to reply as he, too, shifted in his seat. His smile had vanished.

“And,” you continued as you rested your elbows on the table, “Is ‘following the recipe’ a newly acquired skill?”

“No,” Harry kept his calm as you struggled to do the same.

“Because, if I recall, you couldn’t simply ‘follow the recipe’ last year,” you accused and narrowed your eyes. You had stopped pretending to be polite. More whispers and murmurs broke out while Slughorn watched this scene unfold in distress, “Or the year before that, or--”

“Are you trying to imply that I cheated, [Y/L/N]?”

“How lovely of you to finally catch on, Potter.”

Slughorn seemed to have decided that he had seen enough. “Alright! That’s enough, Mr. Potter and Ms. [Y/L/N]! Everyone, help yourself to this delicious chocolate cake! This ought to calm some of you down a notch...“

You and Harry kept your gazes on each other, both unwilling to break first as several people around you finally started to talk again, instead of listening intently to the heated interaction between you two.

Finally, Harry was first to break, looking away from you and picking up his cutlery.

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If it wasn’t already clear to you that this year just was not your year, it became clear when Slughorn declared that your class would be working with partners on the next assignment.

It became crystal clear, however, when you got partnered up with none other than Harry Potter.

You groaned as you walked back to your assigned seat beside Harry after arguing -- respectfully, of course, -- with Slughorn for fifteen minutes straight on just how well you could do on this assignment by yourself. It would be an understatement to say that you were severely displeased when Slughorn repeatedly suggested this was a two-person job.

You took a seat beside him with a frown set on your face, as Harry glanced at you from the corner of his eye. He was dreading this as well, of course, but certainly not as much as you seem to be dreading this. Was it because you hated that he was a Gryffindor? Perhaps you thought he was lesser-than because he was a half-blood? Or because he hung out with the Weasleys and Granger, both considered to be near the bottom of the wizarding social status hierarchy? He decided that it most likely was a combination of all of these, judging from the green and silver on your robes.

The truth was though, you couldn’t care less about what house he was in. Or, who his friends were. And, you certainly didn’t give a damn about his status. You resented him because he was doing better in Potions than you were, but you hated him because that was just the norm. You were expected to hate him. Only now, you actually had a reason to.

But now, because he was paired up with you, his failure was your failure. His success was your success. You couldn’t one-up him this time… you would have to actually cooperate with him. Interact with him. You scrunched up your face at the thought.

“Memory potions!” Slughorn clapped his hands as he started to tell the class about their upcoming assignment, “Who can recall what those are?” He chuckled slightly at his own joke.

Hermione Granger’s hand shot up.

“They’re exactly that, sir,” she informed, “They can boost one’s memory for up to six hours, depending on the dosage.”

“Yes!” Slughorn seemed pleased at the answer, “Yes, Ms. Granger! Memory potions are very powerful, indeed… I had a particularly nasty experience with those once…” He trailed off into telling his very underwhelming anecdote that no one really cared much for.

“Oh no,” you whispered, not particularly to anyone, as you realized it’s going to take Slughorn a while to actually get to the point.

“We’ll be here a while,” Harry whispered back, which surprised you. It was a very rare occurrence for you two to whisper to each other, and even more unusual for you two to be agreeing.

“But never mind that!” Slughorn said finally, “You lot will be brewing memory potions!”

Almost instantly, you grabbed a hold of your Advanced Potions book to examine the recipe. A few others did the same and Slughorn visibly noticed.

“Ah,” he said, “You won’t find the recipe in there. You will have to find the recipe yourselves.” He smiled. “After finding the precise list of ingredients and measurements, I would like you, with your partners, to brew the potion.”

You furrowed your eyebrows in concentration. Find the recipe?

“This assignment is, of course,” Slughorn went on, “a competition. The first pair of students to successfully brew a memory potion with effects lasting for precisely 7 hours will receive an O on the next essay!” He smiled as his eyes moved around the room. “You have until next week, but this potion can be done in a day...” His smile grew, waiting for a reaction from the group.

The students in the room all had no idea how to proceed. Find the recipe? 7 hours? This assignment seemed like way too much work, all for an O on the next essay?

“Alright! Get to work, you lot,” Slughorn urged as he laughed and walked back to his desk, failing to elaborate.

You looked around the room to find that everyone had started to talk to their partners, trying to figure out how they would be going about this peculiar task.

“We need to stay up all night,” you said quickly, turning your head to face Harry.

“What? Why?” he questioned with confusion in his eyes, “We have a week!”

“Zabini and Greengrass will most definitely stay up all night,” you told him urgently, “I know it. We need to beat them.”

“But--” Harry tried to reason with you. Spending all night working on potion with you? He wasn’t exactly looking forward to it.

“Look, do you know where we might be able to do this?” you ignored what he said previously, turning to get a fresh piece of parchment, “I was thinking of an abandoned classroom, but Filch will easily catch us.”

Harry did know a place. But did he really want to work on a potion all night? With you, no less?

“Fine,” you sighed as you once again turned to face him, “You need to sneak me into your common room then.”

“What? No!” he exclaimed, alarmed. He was not about to do that. For all he knew, this was all just some clever ploy to get back at the Gryffindors for beating the Slytherins in the Quidditch match last week.

“Where else would we go?” you question irritably.

“What about your common room?”

“No. I already told you Zabini and Greengrass will probably use it to brew their potion tonight.”

“But, I can’t sneak you in.”

“You have to!”

Harry was conflicted. He couldn’t sneak you into his common room, and he didn’t even want to think about what would happen if he were caught in your common room.

“Fine, okay,” Harry said as he fixed the glasses on his face, thinking, “I might know a place.”

“Okay?” you said, getting incredibly frustrated at his cryptic response, “Please enlighten me, oh Chosen One.”

“Just meet me on the seventh floor tonight.” He ignored your clever response and gave you a straightforward one. Like he always did.

“But there--” you tried to protest. The seventh floor had no classrooms that you could use.

“Just--” Harry also seemed to be getting frustrated as he insisted, “Just do it. Alright?”

“Fine,” you crossed your arms and leaned back into your seat.

You expected the night to go horribly. You expected a dreadful night, filled with insults. You expected your hatred for Harry to only have increased in the morning. What you didn’t expect was what actually happened.

(Part 2 has been posted!)

[burningthetree]

For the Writers Ask Game! I want to hear the answer to so many! Feel free to ignore some of them :) 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20 :)

Ahhh I love you, thank you for your interest <3 I rambled a lot and this got so long lmao so it's all under the cut! I couldn't ignore one because you know I love talking lmao

13. What feedback did you receive for your writing that stuck with you?

A classmate at uni read an essay I wrote for one of my classes (I almost failed that class because my professor failed said essay LMAO) and she told me that I should submit my writing to a magazine because my prose was good. My professor also called my prose 'impressive' so that was a huge compliment and I choose to focus on that now lmao.

Something else I often think about is how one of my classmates in high school worked at a radio station and asked me to join him for a discussion on writing. I had to prepare a short excerpt and read it out loud on the radio which was horrible because it almost made me cry because I was terrified LMAO but then it ended up more than fine, and some friends who listened to the program actually reached out to me and told me that they liked my writing – I know this feedback is really simple but I was 14 years old (same age as when I wrote that horrible 1D fic LOL) and it meant the world to me (and the overall experience did, too. Still does.)

Another one: when people told me my writing made them cry. Because it's like, I made you feel things? I caused emotions? What is this wizardry? The made-up story made people tear up? Wild.

Okay lol last one: A friend at uni asked if he could read my fanfiction lmfao and I was so self-conscious about it but I shared it with him anyway, and he texted me as he was reading it and he also gave me feedback in person. It was nothing specific, but just receiving thoughts from someone I know IRL and who enjoyed what I wrote (though he only read four chapters because it was too much lmao and he knew nothing about the fandom) meant SO much to me. Also he appreciated my jokes, and that always gives me a boost in self-confidence. We ended up joking about some aspects, which was also great – it taught me not to always take things to seriously! (And yet here I am overanalysing this lol)

14. What is something that you feel weird/uncomfortable writing about?

Easy. Physical intimacy. Lol. And I don't mean hugging and cuddling and snuggling, because that is more than fine, but as soon as it gets to a further level, I just can't do it. I feel so weird and extremely uncomfortable when trying to write it (and I have tried!) and it just feels so wrong lmao. I know why it's not for me, and I've accepted that it's too hard, I'm too self-conscious, and I admire everyone who has ever written it.

17. Tell us a fun fact about your current WIP.

I have two WIPs so I'll give you two fun facts that might not be 'fun' but it's all I can come up with. Fun fact 1 is that I thought I wouldn't have to do research, but it turns out that I don't know enough English terminology in music that I have to look it up all the time LOL

Fun fact 2 is that I am FINALLY embracing a hyperfixation I have had for three years now so I'm combining that with my other hyperfixation because why not. Pretty sure you can guess at least one of them, but it is amazing to finally write this after thinking about it for so long.

18. Show us a piece of dialogue you really like.

This dialogue is really short and all and it probably makes no sense outside of context but I thought it was super cute when I wrote it and you even pointed it out, so this is it!

"Practise your 'b', Keiji." "Bo." "Yeah?" "I'm p-practising."

19. Show us the line you want readers to remember from your story.

This is so hard. I don't know if I've written any memorable lines LOL uhm. Oh. Maybe the simple "I want to play volleyball." It makes no sense out of context, but in the context of the story, it means a whole lot and I always love to remember last lines in books that I read, so I tried to close my story with a meaningful line as well to round off the entire plot in a way that is satisfying for both me and hopefully the reader lol.

20. Do you have one piece of advice for your fellow writers?

Last year, I was at a workshop where an author (her name is Denise Mina) talked about her writing and gave tips on (crime) writing, and she said this: "If you can tell a story, you can write a story – you just have to write one sentence after the other." That kind of stuck with me, because it's true – so every time I have writer's block and feel like a failure, I try to remind myself of this and, although it doesn't always work, it sometimes does!

Another piece of advice is to write without being afraid of judgment, because there will always be people who judge you, no matter what you do and how you do things. Even authors who have won awards still receive criticism in many ways, and what one person likes isn't what another person likes. What I'm trying to say is that, when writing, you should always aim for what you enjoy, and not think about what others enjoy. That helps me to find actual enjoyment in the writing process, instead of constantly worrying about what other people might think. As long as I'm happy with my writing and my progress, then I've achieved my goal! (This is easier said than done and I'm still mortally afraid of people judging me LOL but it's a good reminder!)

[ellenoir]

@doomedog and @alkalinefrog thank you both so much for asking about my baby! Of all of the Death Note characters, Near holds a very special piece of my heart. I think it's my left ventricle.

On to the soft headcanons! Requests for this are still open, so feel free to send them in!

On a side note, my Near doesn't feel much connection to gender or pronouns, they shift constantly based on immediate state of mind. Which means I will write their pronouns 'inconsistently' based on how the relevant hc makes them and me feel.

•  what they smell like 

The most prominent scent is the very specific, sensitive skin products they use. Milk and oatmeal based body wash, shampoo and conditioner. They also smell like unsweetened coffee from drinking so much, with an undertone of something sweetly musky that is very uniquely her, almost like old books and hot water with honey.

•  what their favorite smells in the world are 

They have a love/hate relationship with petrol stations, so we'll get that one out of the way first, the rest are all loved. Bedsheets on the third or fourth day on the bed, when they go from being extremely washer fresh to comfortably familiar. Raw tobacco (Watari would smoke his pipe outside the building, but Near liked the smell anyway.) Salty sea air. Peppermint or aniseed sweets. A loved ones' just removed jacket.

•  what pajamas they wear/what they wear to sleep in 

Near actually tends to take the bottoms off to sleep. The fabric twisting up around their legs is uncomfortable, and if it happens during sleep it can affect their dreams. They sleep in an oversized pajama top and briefs/panties, whichever one they're feeling more at the time.

•  my favorite ship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them 

I will ship Near with just about anyone. Mostly because I just kinda like DN turning into a big old poly puddle (thanks @resilicns for turning me onto this path lmao). Let's go SuteNia because I've been feeling their chemistry a LOT lately.

Don't get me wrong, Near likes to be held in bed as much as the next tiny. Stephen's arms help her quiet the overactive ramblings inside her skull. But I'll let you in on a little secret. They both love it best when Near is the one holding Stephen, her chin in his hair and his nose buried somewhere around his collarbone. They show each other their vulnerabilities more than anything then. Stephen shows that he's not always composed and strong, and Near shows just how much she needs him in her life. In their bed, that's their most precious moment.

•  my favorite friendship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them 

Okay so I love the idea of Near having quite a bit more respect for Misa than anyone else. Why? YOTSUBA👏ARC👏POWERHOUSE👏 (he also respects Matsuda even if he would advise him not to run into the building like that). Looking back on how Misa was caught, it was by sheer chance. A single strand of dyed blonde hair falling on the VHS tapes and being sealed inside the envelopes? That was an absolutely miniscule oversight that honestly impressed him greatly.

As for a cute hc? Misa and Near bond over the movie Labyrinth by Jim Henson. Near is absolutely enamored with the incredible puppets and costumes in the movie. Misa straight up loves David Bowie. Misa will sing along with Dance Magic Dance, loud and clear, and dance all around the room as it plays until Near can't help but start to sing and sway along. Misa holds out her hands, knowing not to touch without permission - and Near actually reaches out and takes them, lets her pull him up and start to dance!

•  a song that reminds me of them

Hrrmmmm... Hollow and Sorry About Your Parents by Icon for Hire, weirdly enough Sober by P!nk, and Teeth on a String by Stick and Poke. Yeah, all of these songs are sad, and TW for undertones of an abusive relationship on the last one. If I had to pick a nice song for Near... Oh, I know! The Show by Lenka!

•  what animal i think they would be if they were an animal 

Cat. Easy pick. Near likes to do things on their own terms and their own schedule and does not care much for how other people want them to behave at each moment. However, they love deeply and fiercely and will tolerate a surprising amount of annoying behaviour from someone who is in their pack (my beagle can almost jump on one of my cats and he adores her, despite him being skittish and not hesitating to swat when he's sick of paws almost squashing him). Enjoy to simply sit in the presence of a loved one and do their own thing compared to constant need for direct conversation and interaction. Will hiss, growl and swat when displeased and does not suffer fools gladly.

•  what position they sleep in

Loosely curled on her right side, grabbing the pillow and pulling it down towards her front, under a heavy weighted blanket. Near has her hands gently curled in front of her, somewhere between her breastbone and nose. Her legs fold up beneath her, her right leg a little bit tighter to keep her balance as the left leg falls on top. At one point, she looks at body pillows and finds the full wrap around designs. Its love at first sight. She gets one delivered and almost immediately drops off the first time she pairs it with her beloved heavy blanket

•  their favorite drink

They subsist on large amounts of coffee (small amounts of milk to offset the bitterness), but its not quite their favourite. Near loves boba! Honeydew, almond, matcha and the classic are her top choices.

•  a gift i would give them if i could

What do you give someone with everything...? I would like... If they accept it? Companionship. The fact that Near keeps working with Halle, Rester and Gevanni even years later makes me think they would like some sort of reliable, consistent company. They do have a sort of loneliness that they have to endure, the kind that comes from being the strange one, the out of place one, the one who has trouble connecting to people.

I'm not sure if I could think of anything else. Maybe make them a drawing, or find them some interesting or intricate toys they might like.

[cattles-bians]

exes au part 12

post directory

obsetress: don’t ask why i had this thought because i couldn’t tell you but

obsetress: jamie wakes up in the middle of the night one night and is like “i... had a dream. about vi”

obsetress: and dani’s like “ok baby” and just nuzzles deeper into her pillow and jamie’s like

obsetress: “no, dani, a... a dream”

obsetress: and dani’s like “oh. oh” and is immediately wide awake and bright eyed

obsetress: and is like “was it any good?” and jamie is just. already flushed so red and flushed deeper and dani just hums

em: sighs wistfully

em: i also love that something compels jamie to tell dani Immediately

em: oh the perils of begrudgingly being friends w ur gfs ex

em: jamies like um. no see i can see all these different things my brain mashed together and WHY i had this dream and danis like ok but that wasn’t my question....

obsetress: jamie finally throws up her hands “of course it was”

em: jamie: And You Can’t Tell Vi She’ll Be Insufferable

obsetress: dani, very plainly, at brunch the next morning: so vi

obsetress: jamie looks like she’s going to have a heart attack and dani lets her sweat and then just smiles sweetly “i like those sunglasses. are they new?”

em: jamie what’s the problem (nothin. indigestion)

obsetress: dani very smug n thinks she’s very funny

obsetress: (she is a little funny)

em: one of jamies many ‘oh that’s why they dated’ moments

obsetress: “fookin sick, the both of ya”

em: idk why you had this thought but i’m GREATLY amused

obsetress: skskksksks right

obsetress: jamie explaining her dream to dani in great detail afterwards

obsetress: dani sitting there nodding and hmming “oh that sounds like her. no, she wouldn’t do that. now THAT she would be very good at, you’d like it”

em: i need a moment

em: jamie thinks the dark hides her massive fucken blush but it Doesn’t

em: dani can feel her heating up

obsetress: jamie “i don’t ask you to do this” dani “you’re not stopping me”

em: dani critiquing jamies sex dream is such a fucken funny concept sjdhdkhdkdhdkc

obsetress: RIGHT

obsetress: i’m dying

em: dani: oh no that’s OOC

obsetress: she wouldn’t have a riding crop jamie, it’s 2021, not 16—

em: jamie: it’s a wet dream do u really think it’s gonna have beta readers and a three act structure

em: dani hums

obsetress: dani: well did you enjoy it

obsetress: jamie: i— dani: did you?

obsetress: jamie mumbling yeah

em: jamies like i’m gonna interrogate dani next time, see how she feels- but she forgets dani is incapable of feeling shame

obsetress: like dani wouldn’t just launch into a ramble

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em: viola

obsetress: fuck

obsetress: yeah

obsetress: to jamie, specifically,

em: to jamie specifically andhdjhdjd

em: once again ironic jamvi has turned, in my brain, into ‘yes and....’ jamvi

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obsetress:

obsetress: jamie sending this to viola n vi's like

obsetress: she doesn't get it because she's convinced her taste is immaculate

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em: anyway this is ooc even for exes au but i keep thinking abt like. jamie tryna crack how old viola is (she cant be 34 im 30 it doesnt make sense) and going through her fb timeline like. 'aha! motivational quotes. gotta be late 30s' and danis either like

em: danis either like 'you have a notebook where you write down all the quotes you like baby' OR shes like haha ok thats fair (posts another motivational quote on her fb)

obsetress: god i love that so much

obsetress: both of those dani responses are

obsetress: honestly porque no los dos if we're already going ooc

obsetress: i do think the first bit "gotta crack it she can't be 34 i'm 30 it doesn't make sense" is in character fwiw

em: obviously i was inspired by ur post in the milf channel abt viola always saying shes 35

em: big brain

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obsetress: this is literally just. exes au rebecca

obsetress: down to the caption

obsetress: vi and rebecca patiently staging like full photoshoots for each other every time one of them wants a pic otp: i'm not high maintenance, you're just low effort

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em: bold 2 say that we don’t think about jamie and vi tho

em: gotta keep some sorta. presentation of respectability

em: they absolutely couldn’t date tho

obsetress: lmao ikr

obsetress: yeah no they'd kill each other

obsetress: now just thinking of silly circumstances and um

obsetress: rebecca's out of town and dani's flying back from some iowa thing jamie couldn't get away for to go with

obsetress: and viola's like "oh, just stay at ours, it's closer and i'll get you a car"

obsetress: and just like

obsetress: imagining the two of them cohabitating at vi's for a night

em: jamie sneaking around at night tryna find the bathroom and runs straight into vi in a face mask and a dangerously low dressing gown Again

obsetress: the parallels to canon

obsetress: im giggling

obsetress: walks straight into her path

em: opens a door. sees something she doesn’t want to see. immediately turns and walks away

em: god the face mask would make her look like the lady in the lake

obsetress: yeah

obsetress: vi wants to go out to dinner, jamie's just like "i'm already getting up early to go to the airport, can't we just have an easy night in"

em: what did i say before. that thing abt if ur friends w damie you will inevitably walk in on them

obsetress: god yeah

em: flip of that.

obsetress: oh GOD

em: god they would argue about dinner

em: bicker about EVERYTHING

em: dani and rebecca both make the married couple joke

em: jamie goes pale

obsetress: wait sorry i just went back to tahirahs insta post and like

obsetress: katie parker commented and was like "i love these shots of you" and she was like "thanks luv " and i'm like

obsetress: why does this....... still track........... with exes au...............

em: perdy is always a little too flirty w vis paramours

obsetress: always! except dani for whatever reason

obsetress: she's just scared of dani

em: Please

obsetress: rebecca's like "i don't see what the problem is. she can do what she wants, but you trust me, don't you?" "of course i trust you" rebecca shrugs "that's it then, isn't it?"

obsetress: anyway vi huffs n crosses her arms n pouts a little bit and is like "well i don't want her to"

obsetress: rebecca is endeared and uses the opportunity to her advantage like the top leaning switch she is

em: dani rebecca parallels: always dtf

obsetress: perdi and vi fighting and vi's like "are you even gay? or do you just want what i have?" and perdi is like "does it matter?"

em: are you even gay perdi nahdkdhdkdhd

em: perdi is like you KNOW about jamie and viola crinkles her nose bc she forgot about that and she’s starting to respect jamie as a person

obsetress: djflakdkfjldkadjLDJFLSKDFJLSDKFJx

obsetress: i screeched

em: viola: you only MET jamie because i hired her for landscaping you fucking-

obsetress: just thinking about perdita watching jamie working on some property sweating in a tank top and Deciding

em: bringing out some lemonade etc

em: haha you look parched

obsetress: smiling widely, turning on the charm

obsetress: jamie is very attractive and very swoonworthy, but perdita 100% only goes for it because she refuses to let viola have one (1) thing

obsetress: and that extends to lesbianism

em: viola's like no this is normal right. siblings competing. rivalries etc and danis like uh i’m an only child and jamies like uh i raised my brother

em: they don’t know how to tell her sure it happens but it’s also extremely fucken weird vi

obsetress: jamie: you have to tell her dani: why do i have to tell her jamie: you tell her everything dani: i don't tell her–– ok, i tell her most things. i'm not sure i want to tell her this though jamie: why not dani: she's not... she's not gonna like it jamie: So You Might Be A People Pleaser,

em: jamie: i can’t tell her. she’s only just forgotten the perdi thing. what if she remembers i’ve

em: in depth character study of viola and perdi’s fucked up rivalry

em: violas like goddamn it do i have to fuck jamie to get even

obsetress: i––

em: she decides against it

em: jamie is none the wiser

obsetress: she Considers it tho

em: jamie would die on the spot if she knew

obsetress: weighs the pros and cons

obsetress: the best part is like

obsetress: this is all post-danvi and pre-damie right so when dani n jamie see rebecca and vi at that video store

obsetress: viola's like wait.

obsetress: wait

obsetress: dani ending up with the hot gardener her sister fucked because she has bizarre jealousy and possession issues is really just the cherry on top of a shit sundae

em: the funniest part of all our very tangled lore is like

em: none of it contradicts bc it’s even funnier when it’s Extremely Ugly And Messy

em: because lesbians are just... like that

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obsetress: exes au au where viola did fuck jamie, the video rental shop scene is 100 times more awkward

em: don’t think about it don’t think about it dont

em: i am thinking about it

em: jamie has to deal with having been railed by all three of them instead of just the two

em: it feels very uneven to her bc rebeccas a doll, dani, u don’t understand, and ur only running into one ex,

obsetress: talk about the mortifying ordeal of being known

obsetress: "wait, that's your ex?" "yeah" "dani" "what" "dani" "what" jamie's voice is hushed but a lil pitchy and a lot panicky "i think i fucked your ex" "you think?" "i fucked your ex" "you fucked her or she fucked you? because i'm sorry, baby, but i really don't think––"

em: sorry, baby, but i really don’t think-

em: SCREAMED

obsetress: that might be my fave lil bit i've ever written adlfkjasdklf

em: dani being a little too interested in jamie getting railed is like. everything to me

obsetress: jamie's already big blushing

em: a little secret between hannah obsetress and em cowlesbian but i am So thinking abt it

em: patreon exclusive exes au au

[em edit: you can imagine how long this lasted]

obsetress: no one is happy about this situation except dani, who is delighted

em: after, jamie's like. what did u mean by u don’t think that...

em: puffs out her chest

em: i could have-

em: danis like yeah but i know u didn’t did u

obsetress: dani clayton ilu

em: danis like um

em: completely unprompted bc dani ‘finishes a conversation 5 hours later’ is really funny to me

em: danis like i did tho

em: jamies like can you DROP IT

em: she’s SMUG

em: she’s so pleased w herself

obsetress: in bed with the lights off jamie's pulling the sheets up and closing her eyes afterthought

obsetress: just a happy lil hum and an "i did, though"

obsetress: and jamie knows IMMEDIATELY what she's talking about

em: dani never lets jamie live it down

obsetress: never!

obsetress: they'll be washing dishes one day "hey baby?" "hmm" "you slept with a landlord"

em: oh um. flipping the whole ‘experienced jamie virginal dani’ trope everyone loves but

em: i love the idea of dani being like hey jamie did u ever- and jamies like (grumbles) does it matter

em: dani is mentally applying a gold star to her chart

obsetress: ksdljfskdfjlsdjflksdjaf

obsetress: the gold star

em: at this point dani is absolute just tryna tease jamie so she’s like oh well when- and jamies like ok i get it

em: jamie Pretends not to be a little interested

obsetress: meanwhile vi and rebecca very matter of factly swapped stories the first day they Realized

obsetress: vibecca swapping stories and their stories complimenting each other so well that they're like well. hmm

obsetress: glad those two found each other

em: two praise kinks u say

em: ok sorry one more thought i’m thinking abt like

em: jamie staying over (idk if this is before or during damie) and viola and perdi are having yet another spat on the phone and violas like

em: no you ALWAYS do this, whatever you think you’re doing with rebecca-‘ and she barely hears some muffled sorta ‘oh, sorry, remember jamie-

em: and jamies doing the maths. hmm

em: jamies like actually i refuse to examine this further. self care

em: brings it up with dani later and dani LOSES her shit laughing

em: haha jamie you got willoughby’ed

obsetress: SCREAMS

obsetress: you got willoughby'd

obsetress: how does one get willoughbyd asking for a friend

em: yeah same asking for a friend

obsetress: dani, gigglesnorting: wait, you hooked up with... with perdi?

obsetress: (dani hates perdita because viola hates perdita and it is a deep seated hatred she refuses to unlearn)

obsetress: a loyalty strange and enduring, despite it all

em: to be fair perdi is the Worst

em: all of these characters i love to make sympathetic and then perdi is where i draw the line akdhdkhd

em: it’s funnier if she’s awful

em: like a viola that never gets therapy

obsetress: lldjfkaskldfj god same

obsetress: it's too good

em: danis like wait hold on. lemme get a pen

em: makes a silly little chart

em: if the fandom tries to make jamie into a shane the l word character i will simply take that and make jamie mortified abt her uh. well! a pretty girl is nice to her and she forgets how to behave

em: jamie's like oh sure like u don’t have embarrassing flings- and danis like yeah but i don’t interact w them on a daily basis jamie

em: also i didn’t fuck perdi

obsetress: skskskflsdflks

obsetress: "you did fuck perdi though, right? because that just be embarrassing, jamie, if she had been the one who..."

em: skgsdjhdkdhdk

em: jamie grumbles something abt pillow princesses and dani like

em: CLAPS her hands in glee

obsetress: jlsdjflkJSDFKJSDFJ

obsetress: GOD

obsetress: she's immediately pulling out her phone to text vi

em: jamies like why would u message her sister that u freak n danis like oh no theyre very open with each other it’s uh. hmm. anyway