#at least I make money now lmaooo :’)

[neonstatic]

back to work tmr :/ what even is the point

[channelinglament]

Is it okay if I send this idea. Imagine yandere hsr hearing you singing love songs. Imagine you singing a song like call me maybe. The characters would think you are asking them for their number.

AHAHAHHAH THIS IS GOLD✨️✨️

Since no one specified characters, I'll chose randomly (I actually started spinning the wheel in google lmao-)

- this is a reaction, not a drabble like I attempted ;w;

@2broschlininahotub

Trailblazer(Caelus and Stelle)

(You can think of one or both, I referred as they/them because I wanted you to pick the one you're comfortable with, or both if u want to. I mean, they're the same person-...but I can't help but think of them as twins lmaooo)

╱|、

(˚ˎ 。7

|、˜〵

じしˍ,)ノ

^ this is them.

"Did our Aeon just started singing??"

- they would just stand there and listen

- until they understand this is a romance

- Are you proposing your love for them?🥹

..You're asking for their number?

...💳💥💳💥💳💥💳💥 (this is Welt's credit card)

- You can get not only their number, but their(Welt's) money aswell!

- Also wdym by "You just met them"..?

- If they somehow manage to hack your phone (50/50 chance) then they'll 100% call you

...10000% call you if they manage actually..

They will not leave you alone afterwards tho..

You love them right?

Dan Heng

- ...

- * blushes and looks away *

- ૮ ˶ᵔ . ᵔ˶ ა

- Would definitely find a way to hack your phone and get your number. Though, probably, by this moment, you'll be at Herta's space station.

- would not question why did you start singing. Actually would ask you to sing more, he absolutely loves it.

..just don't sing it nearby others..

-2/10 would not recommend. Sing only to him. At least only romance songs (or around the trio)

March 7th

- Uwah!♡

- This is so cute!

- Ofcourse you can have her number!

- Would you like to take pictures with her?

- Maybe a date even?????

- *Furiously writes in her diary several pages about your "confession" for her*

/ᐢ⑅ᐢ\ ♡ ₊˚

꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ ♡‧₊˚ ♡

./づ~ :¨·.·¨: ₊˚

`·..·‘ ₊˚ ♡

Please sing it only to her.. just in general

She loves your voice, but

She can't chose, if she wants everyone to hear you, or if your voice should be only to her (or trio)

Silver Wolf

(Yes 2 gifs)

This two gifs is literally what she is doing after hearing what you just sang (while you're still singing-)

- Hacks your phone, takes your number and adds her.

- Even tho Herta froze her game accs...is willing to work with her and that robo-guy to bring you here.

- Doesn't wanna share with Herta and others..so would steal you afterwards

- Say hello to life with Kafka and Blade

- Until others find you..

Gepard

- *Blushing intensifies*

- He would turn into tomato

- His face would be redder than Riddle Rosehearts's hair

- Stutters

- Malfunctions

- But happy

- When you're here, would take you on a date. And give you his number almost immediately.

- Sadly cannot do anything before Herta, SW, Welt and others bring you here.

..He's so angry that he wanst the first one to see you, but at least you're here now

He understands that you need to communicate with others but..

Make sure to pay attention to him

___________________________________________

..Want me to make part 2?

..if yes then what characters? Or should I spin the wheel again?

https://spinthewheel.app/RJM6E2G5Di/link

[phoenixyfriend]

Post-O66 Mace going into hiding as a pirate with a crew like Hondo's, is that anything?

I got a bunch of input on discord. Calling this one:

A bunch of pirates, a Jedi Master on the run, and a traumatized twelve-year-old.

Kicking off with a key part of it all is @atagotiak (Tia):

He’s annoying because he’s such a stick in the mud (by which I mean it’s rather inconvenient for a pirate crew when the new recruit has morals and stuff) But he’s too valuable to get rid of, due to having all that experience with administration

I am enamored with the idea of Mace's main job being just. Pirate Admin.

Mace: So this is what I am reduced to. Aiding and abetting… in tax evasion. Hondo: And piracy. Mace: The tax evasion is a bigger hit to my pride.

Tia:

The pirates are annoyed that despite him stopping them from going through with the more immoral (and lucrative) plans they’re still making more money than before

Pirates: How are we making more money now-- Mace: Have you heard of a budget.

@jebiknights (knights):

okay but traditionally pirate ships have a quarter master who is high ranking, in charge of the bounty of every prize and therefore in charge of dividing everything up fairly like that could work really well lmaooo

The crew runs into Obi-Wan during the Leia incident and it's just time for "I can explain" on both ends.

Tia:

Hey, d’you think the pirates go after force sensitives? Mace managed to talk them into recruitment and/or relocation instead of selling to the empire. (And that’s another thing that could possibly have worked out better for them than the immoral option (not least because the empire doesn’t really treat its allies well)) Obi-Wan: and how are you dealing with Hondo’s… nonsense? Mace: eh, it’s not like he’s any worse than you or Yoda. (Mace is probably just messing with Obi-Wan. Probably)

Also I'm thinking that one of those initiates that Hondo let go(?) that one time finds them because a pirate might be likely to sell them out but they're demonstrably competent at evading arrest, so maybe-

And that's how Mace ends up with another padawan. Maybe Katooni.

@dracothulhu:

Hondo would put him in so many stupid costumes

knights:

i also just realized that mace loses both of his hands in rots..... hondo tries to convince him at least one of said hands should be a hook or a lightsaber

Tia:

Probably deliberately playing straight man about it. He doesn’t care about dignity that much, but there’s benefits to exaggerate how humiliating he finds it Hey, y’know what’s piratical? Eyepatches

[vibrates in response to baiting for Nick Fury jokes] Love it

Tia:

I do think as much as jokes about Samuel L Jackson’s other roles are fun, pirate Mace shouldn’t swear much, even after becoming acclimated to pirate life.

knights:

also i agree i think pirate mace shouldnt swear much, he should get to use his classically trained acting chops and give dramatic speeches like hes the love interest in a pirate romance novel hondo is swooning in the background .... nixy im about ready to start crack shipping them bc of this dammit this is going to pick at my brain isnt it dhgisrjgser (pirate mace not the hondo/mace part) honestly the funniest thing is that mace would probably really enjoy being a pirate after all of the beauracracy he had to deal with in the senate during the war. things are much more simple even if everyone drives him nuts lol listen mace didn't intend to get directly involved in the actual like heists probably, he is there to lay low and also to keep the ship organized and make sure hondo doesnt blow all their money on booze and "investments", but then hondo's dumbass probably gets in over his head along with his first mate and some other crew members and mace is starting to like the life hes living esp bc he is still able to help people on the Path in between thievery and tax evasion, so he goes to rescue them and is like... what am i supposed to do i am too recognizable i am supposed to be dead and puts on a disguise and just goes for it

Another thing Mace is good at is contracts He is. Painfully good at it. He doesn't enjoy it, but watching Hondo draft up a contract is almost painful. (Hondo is smart at this. He's clever. He's experienced. But he didn't take multiple classes on contract law.)

Tia:

Hondo never seemed especially book smart, and he never made a promise he hadn’t at least considered breaking so contracts would be a weak point for him

[multifandomslxt]

NCT 127 and their sugar daddy ratings Pt.2

part 3 coming soon

Moon Taeil

Solid 10/10 (THE perfect candidate...as long as you listen.)

He's a finance bro lmaooo

he makes bank

and could easily open his own business

but

"it's too much of a bother and then I won't have time to spend with you"

you met in a cafe

you spilled hot coffee all over his laptop

and while you were apologizing he said it was fine

and pulled another one out of his bag.

lmao.

Y'all kicked it off though.

where Yuta is Possessive

Taeil is the strictest mf sugar daddy out there bih

he speaks once

so you better fucking listen

if he says

"no, you can't have that y/n"

do not

and I repeat

DO NOT TEST THIS MAN!

he will break your fucking back

"you are well aware that I do not like to repeat myself so be a good fucking girl and quit your fucking whining."

he gets angry in a calm way

and we all know how calm men fuck when they get angry lmaoooo.

It's important to also note that

when he takes care of you

he takes care of you for the long run.

invests some of your allowances into stocks

btw your monthly allowance is a 100k

"omg but he's just in finance"

I forgot to mention that he owns a lot of stock as well

hence, he makes a damn good amount of money

you only got 100k because you begged him to

LOWER it.

if it were up to him you would've been getting more than that.

with that being said

most of the time you don't even get to spend most of your money

why?

because he is ALWAYS buying you shit.

Mark Lee

an excellent 8.5/10 (he's a good man Savannah!!!! just don't tease him lol.)

He is an author.

a very successful one at that.

he doesn't even write books for the money no more

at this point, it's just for fun lmaoo

Yall met at one of his book signings

surprisingly made the first move

by writing his phone number on the back of your signed book

it was horrible handwriting btw you couldn't make out if it was a 3 or an 8

obviously, you contacted him (because who tf wouldn't??)

and yall kicked it off

and started dating

yes he is Also your boyfriend and Sugar daddy

he is definitely the type to spend on you only when you're in a serious relationship

he wouldn't do the plain sugar daddy -sugar baby relationship

hence the 8.5

if you haven't listened to Radio by Lana del Rey

then please do because

your entire relationship is the exact vibe that song gives off

has an obsession with buying you diamonds every time he travels

spends on you to the point where you have to BEG him

to let you at least buy coffee for yourself

once bought you an entire coffee shop because you said you liked the Caramel Machiatto one time.

he's so damn playful and dorky most of the time honestly

you have to initiate skinship most of the time

unless you tease him...

chileeeeeeee

now about teasing him...

you know that shit we like to pull

talking bout "You wouldn't know what to do with all this"

and

"you can't handle me"

yeahhh that shit don't fly over here lmaooo

he has fucked you in the car at the side of the road multiple times

just because you like to talk big.

"Cock so deep in your pussy and all of a sudden you can't speak huh?"

"repeat what you said, I can't handle this? the fuck am I doing right now then?"

listen he fucks you so hard you actually scream and cry out

he becomes ruthless\so different from what you're usually used to

if he feels guilty about being too rough

he buys you one of three things

a house

a plane ticket

or another diamond...

Kim Doyoung

please you already know 12/10 (The man himself. Stict as hell though)

He is 100% on the Forbes 30 under 30 list

The man is Powerful, influential, and Wealthy.

he's also really nice and sweet in public

even doing volunteer work

He could've stopped working by 23

but he didn't and now he has money to last generations

yall met at an animal shelter where both of you were volunteering

He immediately took a liking to you

yes...he's a boyfriend/sugar daddy as well

HE IS TRADITIONAL.

You my love, will not lift a finger

you wanna go somewhere?

his chauffeur will drive you

you wanna get some new clothes?

LV, Chanel, YSL Etc.

You hungry?

he has the most expensive restaurants on speed dial

one thing bout Doyoung

he not finna let you stay in no damn crappy apartment

IMMEDIATE UPGRADE

The type to get pissed off if your old apartment locks aren't as secure as they need to be.

I can confidently say that you have the power to turn a morally good man into a fucking criminal.

WHEN IT COMES TO YOU THE MAN WILL DO ANYTHING!

You would argue with him that he babies you too much

which would piss him tf off

you made a mistake once and ghosted him for a week

Nigga showed up at your apartment @3 in the morning

demanding an explanation

"you better have a damn good explanation for acting like a fucking brat."

he is so fucking stern with you

it turned you tf on (Can't blame you)

he is 100% fucking you on the spot

"Spoiling you is something I'm supposed to do. So shut your fucking mouth and take it."

Made sure to let you know that the next time you ghost him (there wont be a next time)

he'd fuck you in his office with the blinds open.

[luckyqueenreign]

Final thoughts….

Yep it’s official LITG fully gave up on us being the main character. Because how the hell do we walk back into the bedroom, everyone gets to talk about our night but us??? Not even a dumb ass “sister chat” to debrief?!

Then the final date outfits… fb really couldn’t be bothered to add in another outfit or two??? Look I hate how much they cost as much as the next person.. and I definitely have been swapping between like three dresses all season but this is final dates!!

So we knew from the texts adventure date = yacht and romantic date = beach date. I’m sorry but what’s adventurous about a yacht?? Lol. I love how ozzy keeps saying he doesn’t care about how the other dates are going and ours is better but then asks how we think the other dates are going. I thought we didn’t care about them?!?! Also reading through this date and spending TWENTY NINE gems for that cringe fest when playing THTH the dates and everything is FREE and you actually have good convos with ur dates. And he’s really just gonna keep repeating that he has a “special question” to ask us… bruh 🙄 YOU SHOULDVE ASKED LAST NIGHT

All MC could say about her date was we got on a yacht and Ozzy popped open a bottle of bubbly. It was a proper adventurous. LOL I mean if you say so! WHATS WITH ALL THE PRANKS THIS SEASON??? Pranks are the new feet!!! Pls stop hyperfixating on one thing and making it the entire seasons personality. Why was lewie in a suit?? You mean to tell me he’s rather workout in a suit rather than change into something more comfortable, in the middle of summer… in mallorca??

Grace babe!! It’s time to move on!! Picking a dress to make Ozzy regret his decision?! GIRL! Maybe that’s why he wants to ask us to be his gf in front of everyone at declarations..ok I already knew this was coming but Amelia saying it now in dress shopping makes it real he’s def gonna ask her to be his gf and Ozzy is gonna ask us… UGHHHHHHHH

The Ozzy dance and the bits scene after was cute but it seems like they’re trying to cram in as much bits as possible. I’m not complaining but wish we had more opportunities throughout the season with Ozzy.

At this point Ozzy better propose. I’m not here for the LITG proposals AT ALL but we need to one up Amelia. I will not stand for us being the same!!! Grace and Marshall’s speeches were weird that they mentioned Ozzy in them at all. Same with Bella and Lewie. Like everyone just needs to move on! Dying at the lack of spell check “your amazing good lucks” I stared at that for at least a minute, flabbergasted they really spelled looks like that. I’m sorry EXCLUSIVE?!?! That’s it??? He could’ve added in he wanted us to move in together… an i love you… something!!

Ok idk if this has bothered anyone else this season but MC has gotten like 95% of the texts all season. And now at the finale you’re making her read out the entire final?? At least make other islanders read too!

As much as obviously I loved winning. If Amelia had won but Toby stole the money I actually would’ve been just as happy. I wish there was a scenario where this could happen, so if you wanted the happy ending u could have it but if you wanted absolute chaos then that was an option too.

HAMISH LMAOOO. Best. Choice. Ever. I know my Hamish girlies are gonna be so happy with the choice to leave the villa with him 🤣

And another season coming already… ugh lol

[thegreymoon]

Eternal Brotherhood

LMAO, so all their ridiculous posturing in the street was actually a secret code 🤣🤣

They are such idiots 🤣🤣

***

Oh, so Si Yilin is the OTP with Ka Dan?

Interesting and hilarious! I can get behind that!

I like him but she bores me senseless. I've seen people hating on Ning but at least she's funny. Ka Dan has been such a cardboard cut-out so far, it's super hard to relate to her.

***

LMAO, A-Xiu's ridiculous ass dressed up as the princess, didn't it 🤣🤣

***

The assassin is a WOMAN??

Who do we have so far?

Baichuan and A-Xiu's boss? 🤔

I am not happy with either of these choices.

***

LMAO, his constipated ass is already in love as if he had never seen a woman before in his life 🤣🤣

Sorry, Si Yilin, sucks to be you 😂😂

***

Really gorgeous!

Also, Baichuan showing up at the prison is suspicious af, but also looking like a misdirection.

For now, my money is on the boss being the assassin.

***

LMAOOO, Ka Dan escaped 🤣🤣

Looking forward to more of her trickery!

***

When does she start using her brain, though?

Or is she going to wait for Si Yilin to rescue her after she betrayed his trust and escaped?

***

She was seriously intending to slit her own throat??

And here my stupid self thought that she was conning them into giving her the knife so that she could murder them 😑😑

And of course, it was Si Yiling who had to save her, smh.

I can't stand her.

***

LMAOOOOO, he's an idiot and there is no woman, but, girl, you really need to grow some standards 🙄

***

Facepalming forever 🤦‍♀️

What I can't figure out yet, though, is whether he's subconsciously self-sabotaging or if he is deliberately trying to make himself as obnoxious to her as possible because he thinks nothing good can come out of her loving him.

***

He's been shot by an arrow through the chest but let's worry about her spraining an ankle, smh.

***

And now he has to carry her despite the arrow through his chest because she is too delicate to walk on her own two feet on anything but a perfectly level road, and is also apologising for the "disrespect" 🙄

I cannot.

***

LMAO, if he's not careful, Lord Lu will mistake his nonsense for actual flirting and then he'll be in extra trouble 😅

Seriously, though.

I know that my yaoi goggles are perpetually glued on, but even the average viewer must see that all their interactions so far have been sexually charged, right? The intent might be comic relief, but the sexual innuendo is 100% there.

***

I MEAN!! 🤯🤯

If this was a Western show, there would be a bajillion kinky fics on Ao3 within a day of this airing!

It's not even subtext at this point.

***

LMAO, Si Yilin wishes 🤣🤣

***

LMAO, what even 🤣🤣

I thought he would get Baichuan or Ning to dress up, not put on lipstick himself 🤣🤣

Anyway, for this to work, Lord Mu Qi must be really invested in the peace talks being a success. Yikes.

Also, I have to wonder if Lord Lu was to see him like this, he'd be more or less inclined to kidnap and abscond with him to the North, peace talks be damned 🤣🤣

***

Mu Qi is really invested 😅

He is definitely playing along.

I'm curious if Lord Lu is behind the attempted assassination and that's why he's insisting on seeing "her" because he knows she can't possibly be there.

***

I'm so glad he's not an idiot and I'm absolutely going to be shipping him with A-Xiu 😋

***

ASK LORD LU!! 🤣🤣

Also, I love Lord Ge to bits 🖤

[ashes-writing]

outer banks ● one girl two guys pt 2 ● j.maybank + t. thornton

warnings

angst, jealousy and tension, reader has a not so good home life -drunk / childish parent and an absent father/no clue who her real one is-, Kiara Carrera and you/yn do not get along well at all and the reason why is revealed here, writer attempting something she’s never actually attempted before ( complicated relationships, fml ) swearing, mentions of 🍃and alcohol, probably a lot of fighting / confrontations because JJ is a Pogue and Topper is a Kook and yn/you/reader will be irrevocably caught in the middle of the bullshit.. oh and most likely, a little bit of the filth at some point in the future.

<- female reader, vague physical description that may become less vague if/when I do more with this.

word count

4783 exactly. Welcome to part 2, ig?

( i know where this is going now. there will be more parts. you're all going to be quite sick of my bullshit by the end of this probably, lmaooo.)

summary

continued from ( here ) One girl. Two guys. One a Pogue, one a Kook. Who will win your heart? My summaries are shiiit omfg.

taglist

the doc is ( here ) and presently, there's nobody, not a soul on it for outer banks. if you want to be tagged to my outer banks content, add your name.

@tbmunson bestie i love youuu and this chapter would not have come out without our talk. seriously, babes, I owe you my fucking life for this.

other links

masterlist ● jj's masterlist ● topper's masterlist ● about + rules

You wake up to the sound of your mother coming home from wherever she slept the night before, yelling your name. 

With a little grumbling, you pull yourself out of bed and make your way into the living room. “It’s 8 am.” you’re not amused at all as you stand there with a hand on your hip and the other one caught in thick and messy hair. “Go to sleep, alright?”

Through the partially open front door, you can see Luke Maybank sitting outside on his porch, a cigarette dangling between his lips and a cold one in his hand already. There’s no sign of JJ’s dirtbike, so you’re hoping he’s at the Chateau. Away from his father. You linger at the front door long enough that Luke looks up at you and gives you one of his creeper smirks and this is what prompts you to slam the  door shut. After you’ve shut the door from where you mother left it open, you get your mother wrangled into bed down the hall. Lowering the lights and closing the blinds. As you’re walking out of her room, she gives you a small smile. “You’re such a good girl, ___. Always takin care of me.”

You sigh and nod. Because there have been times, when she’s too drunk to function or she manages to run up a tab that’s higher than her mortgage payment and there’s no spare money to make a house payment or get yourself food or other things you need.. You’ve toyed with the idea of running away, just living on your own. The truth of the matter is, you’ve been raising yourself since your dad walked out when you were 12.

,, and technically, I’ve been raising her too.” the thought comes and it’s bitter, it leaves you frowning. When she tries to get you to give her a hug, you’re kind but you’re firm. “Sleep, mom. Go to sleep, ‘kay?”

“Okay, angel. Mommy’s t-tired. We’ll talk later though.”

You walk out of her bedroom and into the kitchen, where you slap yourself together scrambled eggs and a few strips of bacon. The fridge is getting bare again and you’re more than a little glad that you get paid at the end of your shift at the Wreck in a few hours.

As you’re walking back into your bedroom, you see the screen of your cell phone lit up.

A missed call and a text.

The missed call is from Topper, which is surprising, considering you were at least 85 percent sure you completely botched the little conversation you guys had the day before. You start to get ready for the day and you text him back.

← Sorry. Fell asleep.

← What’d you want?

When he doesn’t answer, you kind of put it off to him being busy or him only calling because he’s bored in the first place. So, you gather some cutoffs, your favorite cropped white shirt and your makeup kit and you step into the bathroom. As you’re brushing your teeth, you realize that JJ’s texted you.

→ Pope and John B wanted me to tell you they missed you. 

You smile a little at the mention of your mutual friends. But you’re frowning as soon as it hits you that JJ hasn’t made a peep about missing you. You shove the intrusive thought out and turn your attention back to an attempt to do anything you can to tame the wild beast known as your hair, scowling when you can’t even get a messy bun to stay without snapping hair ties. After the third hair tie, you give up on the messy bun and you opt for a french braid going down either side of your head instead. “Meh, it’ll have t’ do.” you shrug as you look at the final result in the bathroom mirror.

You text JJ back because unlike him, you’re not going to leave somebody on read when they’re reaching out like he’s done you for the better part of two weeks. 

← Tell them I miss them too.

Three dots pop up, then they disappear. This goes on for at least two minutes until those three blinking dots are finally gone and you’re flipping off your phone screen and grumbling. Because you wish he’d just say whatever it is he apparently keeps trying to text and get it over with.

The second text is from Kiara and you’re rolling your eyes. Did she not get the hint when you exploded on her yesterday afternoon during your shift when she wouldn’t shut up? But you remind yourself that it’s better to at least attempt to be nice until people give you a reason not to.. And you remind yourself that your outburst was a little ridiculous, she doesn’t know you have feelings for JJ Maybank too because it’s not like those feelings are out on display or anything.

→ I did it.

Your brows knit together and you give your phone’s screen a blank look before texting back. You’ve completely forgotten about what she was asking your advice on while you were both working. 

← Okay then. Awesome, I guess?

After you text Kiara back, you grab your phone charger and slip your cell phone into the back pocket of your cut offs. And since you’re only working til 1, you grab a beach towel, your earbuds and your swimsuit. You’re thinking like a little time at the beach is a good idea because it’ll keep you out of the house. Out of your mother’s hair while she’s sleeping it off before her shift at the hospital.

Then you grab your key and you’re locking it behind you when you hear JJ call your name from his house across the street.

You wave.

He frowns a little.

And starts walking over.

“Where have you been lately, huh?”

“Working, JJ. I’ve been working.” you explain calmly. And every part of you wants to ask him why it matters, after all, he’s the one who started distancing after you attempted to act differently, clue him in to how you felt.

“Okay, what’s with the attitude?” JJ asks, standing taller, folding his arms over his chest and God help you, you try not to stare at the way it makes biceps even more defined or calls attention to the way his shoulders are broader now, but  you can’t stop yourself from staring a little. You shake your head and laugh.

“You know how I feel about her hanging around.”

Blue eyes darken. He gives you this sarcasm filled little laugh. “She was your best friend, y’know. And she had a rough time. Kiara’s our friend too, ___.”

“And? She’s the one who abandoned all of us. But I guess you guys are just gonna overlook that because she’s back now.. Until Michael and Anna get tired of her ‘acting out’ and make her stay away again. Or things get too real out here in the real world for her and she ditches us when we need her, man.” you’re angry and you’re bitter and you don’t mean to snap, but you’ve done it. And you can see him flinch a little. He covers with one of his cute lopsided grins. “Hey, whoa.. Easy.” 

It takes him an entire ten minutes, but he finally asks about how your life is going. And normally, it would’ve been the first thing he asked. “How’s everything going… with your mom, I mean.”

“It’s fine, JJ. Nothing to worry about.”

“No, you’re upset.”

“No, JJ. I’m fine. Totally fine.”

As you’re standing there, your cell phone rings. And it’s Topper again. And every part of you is tempted to answer the call but you let it go to voice instead. And you’re staring up at JJ, shaking your head sadly. “I gotta go. I’ll see you around later.” and before you can stop yourself, you've stepped a little closer. Resting the palm of your hand against the front of his shirt as you look up at him. Then you realize what you're doing and you step away, start to walk away because if you don't.. You're going to say something or do something. "Later, JJ. I'll see you later, alright? I've gotta.. go." you call out over your shoulder because even taking one glance behind you might make you change your mind and linger longer than you have time for right now...

“Yeah. I’ll see you later. Hey.” he calls out to you as you’re walking down the road and you turn back to look at him, “Take it easy on Kie yesterday, you really hurt her feelings.”

And you start to ask him what about your feelings, why aren’t you allowed to feel anger at her suddenly wanting things to go back to exactly the way they were, but you stop yourself. Because Kiara Carrera isn’t worth losing your oldest best friend over. And if you do too much, it stands to reason that you’ll push him straight into her arms. Where he’s only going to get used and tossed to the side when Kiara decides she’s done playing at bad girl for a second or third time.

He’s your best friend. The boy you love. You don’t want to see him hurt.

You’re wandering into work and the place is already crowded. You’re fuming because you stopped at an ATM in the gas station and checked the balance of your shared account with your mother and you found out that apparently, during her little 3 day bender, she drained it and the account is now -100. 

And you had the light bill scheduled to come out. So when Kiara spots you and wanders over, practically floating up to you as you tie on your branded apron and grab a pen and pad to take orders, you are not in the mood to deal with whatever your former friend is about to tell you.

What you’re not expecting is for her to tell you that she went for it and she told JJ how she felt. And you’re definitely not expecting the way it feels as if someone’s just taken a sledgehammer to  your own heart. Because she’s too giddy, too happy. You can tell already this is just another one of her whirlwind decisions and you know it’s heading for disaster.

And you’re pissed. Because not a single time during your conversation with JJ before you came to work, not once did he mention anything Kiara’s standing in front of you telling you. Parts of you don’t want to believe her but the sinking feeling in your gut is what has you realizing it’s most likely true.

,, See? You weren’t the one he wanted.. If you were, don’t you think he’d have picked up on the way you were trying to be more affectionate with him and responded? What’d he do, ___? He got distant.”  the thought comes and it somehow makes you feel even worse.

Between your mother choosing to be the irresponsible one yet again and this, you’re done for the day and you can’t take anymore. And Kiara looks so happy, so proud of herself, maybe even a little smug as she stands in front of you.

You’re not perfect. You want her to hurt like you are.

So you roll her eyes and laugh. “It’ll last like two weeks tops. That’s how it always goes with you, right? If you break my best friend’s heart, you’re dead to me. Have fun, I guess.” you shove past her and make your way over to a table filled with old money Kooks to take their order.

You can feel her staring, gaping at you as you go about your job. 

By the time your break rolls around and you’ve heard her talking about it to John B when he comes in to pick up his order, you’re even more hurt and bitter than you were at the start.

And it’s true what they say, hurt people hurt people.

Because the first thing you do when you’re standing out back to have a smoke and at least try to salvage your mood for the day is to text JJ. In anger.

← fucking seriously? We’re supposed to be best friends, JJ.

← You can’t just tell me you’re with her? I have to hear it from literally everybody else?

← not cool, dude.

← Have fun, i guess.

And after this, you’re just.. Done.

As in, totally finished. Can’t take another shitty thing happening to you for the rest of the day. With almost two hours left in your shift, you find Kiara’s dad and tell him you need to take the afternoon and the next day off, something has come up and you need to deal with it. And while it’s kind of a lie, it technically isn’t.

You smirk just a little when Michael is telling Kiara that she’s got to give up her day off and the rest of the afternoon to cover for you and you hear her complain that it isn’t fair. Every part of you almost storms over and tells her that what isn’t fair is the fact that you covered every single shift she missed when she ran off to God knows where with your friends and nobody was telling you whether they were dead or alive.. But you’re just done and checked out, so you leave the restaurant instead.

JJ hasn’t texted you back and somehow, this doesn’t surprise you. And you’re at least fifty percent sure it’ll be a while before you hear from him again.

And you’re trying to come to grips with that. Sad because this is not how you saw your friendship with JJ Maybank ending at all. Frustrated because you know if you even attempt to open his eyes, it’s just gonna drive him even closer to her. Jealous because you know that the whole reason this whole thing is even affecting you like it does is because you want him but you were too scared to speak up.

The rain starts to fall and you pause your walk to throw up your hands and look up at the sky. “Seriously? Rain? Now?” you wonder aloud and the sound of laughter and an idling vehicle have you glancing around. Your gaze settles on Topper Thornton’s parked Jeep. He’s watching you, amusement making doe eyes dance. 

“Everything okay, ___?”

“Swell. Everything is just swell, Topper.” you call out as the rain starts to increase, the loudness of thunder as the storm that’s been threatening to break for the last hour and a half finally settles over the island. You’re laughing too, soaked to the bone.

“Get in.” he’s giving you this charmers grin. It’s actually kind of cute. You eye him warily. “Aren’t you a little far from home right now, dude?”

“Yeah, well.. I saw you walking and you looked upset. Just get in. C’mon.”

You mull it over and in the meantime, the rain isn’t getting any slower. The storms not coming to a lull, either. If anything, it’s only getting slightly more intense. 

You shrug. Grumble “What the fuck, why not. It’s not like he’s a stranger.” to yourself as you slink over to his Jeep and open the passenger door to climb in. As soon as you’ve shut the door behind you, he finds somewhere to turn around and he’s heading towards your side of the island. The awkward silence is too much. Silence, in general, is too much for you at the moment and as soon as you start to really overthink everything yet again, you’re sniffling quietly.

Topper reaches out to lower the volume on the rock station playing on the radio. And he’s gazing at you in concern as the Jeep rolls to a stop at the last red light before you’re leaving town behind. “Are you alright?”

You shrug. And you’ve always hated people seeing you cry, especially people you feel will somehow use that against you later on, so you train your eyes on the grass and trees going past as you take off again once the light is green. 

Topper repeats his question two more times and on the last time he repeats it, you break. You’re telling this poor guy everything that’s been going on lately. Everything. Even your mother’s repeated shenanigans with the money. And it’s more than a little embarrassing, you want to die or vanish every time your mouth opens and more pathetic woe is me crap keeps spewing out, but you can’t stop.

And it hits you. This is the first time in a long time that anybody’s even made an attempt to ask you if you’re actually alright. And you’re not.. You’re really, really not.

Topper pulls into a rest area and puts his Jeep into park.

“C’mere, it’s okay.” he holds his arms out and you look at him, a brow raised for a second before you find yourself just melting into him a little. Crying it out to a point where your mascara is streaking the front of his soft baby blue plaid shirt. As you pull away -and it’s way too quick for him, he’s stunned at how good it feels to hold you the way he was- you look at the front of his shirt and cringe as you mumble a pitiful apology.

“It’s okay to not be okay, ___.” he mumbles quietly after a second or two. And then he grabs a fast food napkin from his console and wipes your eyes a little. Awkwardly apologizing as soon as he realizes just how close he is and stops to think of how he might be invading your personal space.  “Sorry..”

“No, it’s.. It’s okay?” you’re shocked that you’re saying it. Even more shocked that he’s reacting to your meltdown the way he is, as opposed to walking away or shutting down. Ignoring you until you’re okay again.

And deeper down, you’d probably die before admitting it, you felt good. When he was hugging you, you could feel this calmness kind of take over. And you’re left to feel horrible because up to this point, you’d written him off with the rest of the Kooks on the island.

All this is shoved out of your head as he nears your side of the island. Where the pavement turns to dirt roads and the modest family homes turn to older homes, most in need of serious repair. “You don’t have to, uh.. You can just stop somewhere, my house isn’t far. I don’t wanna be trouble or anything.” you speak up quietly. 

Topper shakes his head. “Nah, it’s fine. Besides, I just saw lightning.” he stares at you, watches you squirming in the passenger seat. He knows you’re probably embarrassed about the way you were just falling apart in front of him, he’s seen you around long enough to have taken notice of the way you always act like nothing bothers you. And he’s surprised to learn that you’re not as tough as you make yourself seem.

He tries -and fails- at mentally replaying the way you melted against him just minutes ago. He knows he’s screwed now and it will haunt him night and day. Because something just kind of clicked while he was comforting you. And it’s something that right now, he can’t even bring himself to wrap his head around.

Because admitting that he might feel something deeper than a physical attraction, well.. That’s dangerous territory, especially when he remembers the hell he went through with Sarah Cameron before she finally chose John B not so long ago.

“Okay, well.. My house is down the next road. On the right. Pink shutters.” you manage to mumble after you finally make yourself stop staring at his side profile while he’s driving and not paying any attention to you but where he’s heading instead. Topper nods. “Right.. Pink shutters.”

As your house comes into view, you take a few shaky breaths and prepare yourself to go inside and possibly have to deal with your mother. Parts of you are hoping she’s gone again just so you don’t have to because you know you’re only going to think about her blowing through all the money you saved and you’re going to be angry, you will yell and argue and say things you shouldn’t.

And she’ll yell back, she’ll cry, she’ll remind you that you’re the reason your father left. Then you’ll be forced to tell her that her affair is the reason your father left. Because finding out he wasn’t really your father, just in name only, well.. Kind of made him angry. And he was finally just done taking care of your mom whenever she’d break down or shut down like she tended to.

Topper pulls his truck to a stop behind an early 2000’s model Mustang and he looks over at you, watches as you seem to be preparing yourself to even go inside the faded white house with the pink shutters and the sagging front door. “And here you are… Are you sure you’re okay, __?”

You sigh. “Kind of have no choice, Top. Thanks for the uh.. The lift.” you’re leaning in over the console before you can stop yourself and you’re more than a little tempted to give him at least a peck on the cheek but you manage to stop yourself. You reach up and give damp blonde tipped hair a little fluff instead. As you’re getting out of the Jeep, you pause. “You’re actually not a prick.”

Topper chuckles and shrugs. “Who would’ve thought.” he’s smiling at you and the thought sneaks it’s way past your iron clad defense, surprising you. When he smiles and it’s a real one, he has a nice smile. Dimples, too.

You shut the door to the Jeep and watch him drive away for a few seconds before rushing into the house.

Your mom’s still sleeping it off, she’ll probably sleep until the absolute last second that she’s got to be getting up and leaving for her  shift in the hospital on the mainland. So your deep-ingrained childhood habit for nights like this kicks in and you quietly make your way back to your room, shutting the door behind you. Flopping across your bed and just letting out a long and ragged breath.

–

“Why’s that asshole on our side of the island?” JJ is fuming as he watches the silver gray Jeep Topper Thornton drives pull to a stop in front of your mom’s place. From behind him, Pope speaks up with a shrug, “Dunno man.”

JJ clenches his fist. “I told her he was an asshole. And he’s one of them!”

“Dude… you’re trying to be with Kie.” Pope points out, falling silent under JJ’s stormy glare. JJ picks up his vape pen and takes a hit. And he turns back, watching as Topper’s Jeep drives away after a minute or two. You’ve gone inside by now.

→ What the fuck was that, cupcake?

→ C’mon, we talked about this. Dude is an asshole.

→ Look, I just don’t want you getting hurt or something.

He slips his phone back into his pocket and turns his attention back to packing up some clothes to go over to John B’s place for a few days. Pope is waiting in the doorway, shaking his head.

“You know you can’t have them both.. Right? It’s either ___ or Kie.”

JJ tenses slightly. “___ will come around. She just needs time. She used to be Kie’s friend too.”

“Yeah well.. Pretty sure Kie’s mom ended that when she made that stupid call two years ago and got DCPS poking around.” Pope studies his friend solemnly. “If you’re so sure it’s ___… why are you even bothering with Kie, man? It just doesn’t make any sense.”

“Because..” JJ takes a few deep breaths and he shrugs. “If I go for it and it fucks up.. I’m gonna lose her completely.”

“And you’re not already, man?” Pope questions. JJ flinches a little. “She’s just been busy with work.”

“Mhm.” Pope moves out of the way so JJ can walk out onto the porch. And JJ spots the light on in your bedroom window, pausing to stare across the road at it. Until you catch him and rush to untie the tarot card print tapestry you have up as a curtain. JJ frowns a little. “She didn’t even wave.”

He’s starting to walk over and Pope grumbles to himself about it, catching up to his best friend. “I need you to stop and think right now, man. If you go over and you’re mad about Topper coming by.. It’s only gonna drive her to him.”

“It won’t. All I’m gonna do is talk, Pope. Okay? Trust the process.”

“Okay, alright. But I warned you. Okay, look.. Remember how she was trying to be more affectionate? And you kind of shut her out? And you’ve been avoiding her.. All I’m saying is if you go over there and you’re angry, man.. You’re never gonna be able to fix all that.”

When JJ doesn’t listen, Pope grumbles to himself and throws up his hand before walking back across the street. “Fine. Don’t listen, buddy. Whatever happens just happens I guess.”

JJ’s knocking on your door and as he stands there waiting on you to answer, he’s trying to decide what he’s going to say to you, going over that in his head. Because maybe if he plans out what he’ll say, it’ll be easier to actually say it.

But when you haven’t opened the door by the fifth or sixth knock, he’s a little annoyed. He walks off the porch and makes his way around to your bedroom window. Starts knocking on that instead. “Hey! Don’t you hear me outside?”

You pause the television show you’re watching and glare at the tapestry covered window for a few seconds. “Go home, JJ.” you call out loudly enough to be heard through the crack in the window. “I mean it. Go home.”

“What the hell was Topper doing parked outside your house?”

“Nothing, alright? Damn. Not that it matters or anything, but nothing happened.”

“You were in his Jeep, cupcake. C’mon, you know better than that.”

You roll your eyes and laugh. “Are you calling me stupid right now, Maybank? Seriously? Because that’s what this sounds like.”

“No! No, I just.. Look, he’s a Kook, cupcake. He’s not one of us.”

“And? Look, you know perfectly well I’ve never bought into this whole epic feud you all have going, JJ.” you call out before rolling over on your bed to sit up and pull the window to your bedroom completely shut.

JJ gives you an irritated look when you lock eyes with him through the window and you give him a little shrug. He throws up his hands at you and you can see him mouthing that you need to listen to him.

You assume that he’s left, so you unpause your show and go back to watching.

But then, about fifteen minutes later, you can hear him knocking on your door again. He even does the stupid little “Housekeeping?” that usually makes you laugh and forget how annoyed you are with him at the moment to go answer the door.

Tonight though.. Tonight it’s only making you even more annoyed.

“Why the fuck does it matter? You’re with Kie now, doofus. Focus on that. On her.” you grumble to yourself as you roll your eyes and slip out of bed to go into the living room and turn off the porch light.

“Come on! Talk to me!”

The porch lights go off and JJ is left to stand in fading daylight on your front porch. He’s staring at the front door in determination. He knocks again and finally, you just can’t deal another second. So you throw the door open and lean in the doorway, arms folded.  Annoyance in your eyes. “Get off my fucking porch, Maybank.”

“Not til you listen to me, cupcake. Because apparently, you’re all hot and bothered by that.. Kook asshole.”

You laugh and roll your eyes. “It’s actually not even like that. Anyway, aren’t you with Kie right now? Why aren’t you.. Ya know.. With her? I didn’t ask you to come over and bother me.”

“You’re my best friend. I don’t wanna see you get hurt.”

You raise a brow. “You act like I’m gonna go for him.” and you’re annoyed at the way JJ automatically jumps to that conclusion about you. So you pull the front door shut. “Get off my fucking porch, Maybank. Go spend time with your girlfriend!”

JJ is left to stand there, staring at the door. Baffled. Angry because you’re not listening and it’s like you’ve forgotten just how bad the Kooks are.. Or even the fact that not too long ago, he was in a pretty bad fight with Topper.

“C’mon. Let her cool down before you completely mess this up, JJ.” Pope speaks up from behind him and JJ sighs, waving a hand at your house as he nods in agreement. “Maybe if I back off she’ll come to her senses on her own.”

[anonymouspuzzler]

Hey, Puzz— hey!! Look OVER hERE

Get QUESTION GAUNTLET'D! ! !

• Between Buck and Davey, who's the neat freak and the messy partner of the relationship (or like. Who is. The one who. Cleans often while the other makes a mess lol)?

• How does the trio personally unwind after a long day of work?

• What's their favourite chores if they like doing em?

• Who would be most likely to get excited abt buying new sponges and dishwashing soap...... (I personally am very guilty of this LMAOOO)

• Who is most likely to impulsively buy. Things?

• Does any of the trio collect things? Ik Minnie likes animals a lot but I'm talking more of. Trinkets and stuff. And if so, what would they usually collect? (Can they show me..... /Nf)

Found myself suddenly thinking of domestic fluff for your OCs while I was washing dishes woops ehehehe. I'm also a sucker for. The mundane and the sweet little things that can happen during that 👍

THE BLORBOS FRO MY HEAD HAVE INVADED YOURS AND NOW I GET TO REAP THE BENEFITS BY TALKING ABOUT THEM ON PURPOSE!!! HAHAHA YIPEEEEEEEEEEE

Generally speaking, Buck's the neat freak of the two - Davey isn't exactly a mess by any means, but he's pretty laid-back about stuff, whereas Buck likes things A Certain Way and spends a lot of his free time on chores and tidying stuff up. (It's exactly the opposite in their workspace, though. Davey's Actually Professionally Trained and tends to try and keep tools and supplies properly cared for and sorted and such, and their tech and whatnot maintained as professionally as he can manage, whereas Buck is full. yeah yeah just slap some duct tape on that bad boy. put another fan down there to deal with that thing that keeps spewing smoke. it's fine. don't be a baby about it)

Davey's big on just putting something on TV or playing video games to unwind, as is Minnie. Buck kind of does the same, but he's more about just kind of sitting back and having something making noise in the background vs. actively watching or doing something, if that makes sense. Minnie also enjoys doing some reading (as does Buck on occasion, but to a much lesser extent, and not usually after he's been working and is already exhausted), and Davey will occasionally take a jog to wind down if he's got the energy to spare. (Buck and Davey are also big on some good ol' fashioned post-work Casual Physical Affection, but less so now that Minnie's living with them. They Will Not Be Making Out In Front Of Their Niece Actually)

Buck, despite complaining, actually generally likes most if not all chores. He likes getting his living spaces Clean and In Order! Davey and Minnie, by contrast, are pretty ambivalent at best to chores - I don't think there's any they'd say they "like." (Secretly Minnie's come to enjoy helping to keep the workshop clean, though.)

Buck. One Hundred Percent Buck. Davey and Minnie Do Not Understand but like Davey at least is happy his boyfriend's happy.

They all have their weaknesses for this, with asterisks - Minnie's both an impulsive shithead 13 year old and actually Very Recently comes from a background where she Could just kind of buy whatever without consequences, so in that respect she's the most likely. Davey, meanwhile, likes little useless trinkets and such and can be a little bit driven by impulse on occasion, but 1) he's a reasonable adult who has learned, sometimes the hard way, that he doesn't need and shouldn't have everything that briefly strikes his fancy, and 2) if he decides he wants it anyway he's a supervillain he's just gonna steal it. he don't have money lmao. Buck is the least likely EXCEPT that he's very susceptible to like... dark pattern type marketing-slash-game things? What I'm trying to say is Buck spent a lot of money on Cookie Run until Davey got it off his phone and password locked the app store

Davey collects video games! especially older ones he played growing up. He's also got a soft spot for weird old technology in general, but doesn't actively seek it out so much, though occasionally Buck or someone like the Junkyard Queens'll gift him something they find along those lines. Speaking of I guess technically Buck collects junk and scrap and such to tinker with. Like i Guess that counts

[redswaberkez]

ok so its been more than a month since my graphic screen is arrived and bein used almost every day for 6-12 hours its time to do a lil review under the cut

(obligatory warning for longreads my english is a crap and yada yada) my bby boaris (kabanchik) cintiq 16'. (old one from 2020) I bought the tablet for a loot of reasons, Very Reasonable ones and not so reasonable too LMAO. Earned money with blood and sweat (literally💥) ANYWAY. Tablet's size is perfect for my needs, not way too small, not way too big, the screen workspace is the same with my old laptop (give or take few mm) This cintiq isnt from manufactor, its used before tablet from someone else in 'from the assembly line' condition. As soon as tab arrived i immediately ordered a ptotective film to prevent the appearance of The Hole. You what im talking about.

I was afraid that it would be extremely inconvenient for me to work with it and that the purchase would generally be unsuccessful, because before ONCE IN MY LIFE 7 yrs ago i had an experience w cintiq 24' and it wasnt really comfortable then. AND i had always used a regular plain tablet. BUT NOOOPE everything is PERFECT and i love it.

PROS!! - brain loves to see what u are actually drawing. Its easier to control every single move and stroke therefore it drastically buffs your skill. The progress of it development i mean. U have to get used to it. the tablet itself wont give u a 'make my skill insane button' u have to WORK ON IT obviously. (says the one who've been stuck in cps for a month straight OUGH) - it works as another monitor. so u can do whatever u wish using two of them. or u can just buy random tablet screen and use it as a SINGLE monitor lmaooo. -doesnt overheat (my main display overheats noticeably thank god i dont need to place my arm over it). -uses one single thicc cable which divides into three at the end (usb hdmi and power cables) - thin, from 1cm to 1,5cm +-, wheights somewhere 1,5kgs, has small stand legs which gives it ahh +- 30 degrees tilt angle. U can travel with the tablet but it needs pc or laptop to be connected with. -i havent seen its guts but i bet the circuits are...fine... i hope so.. at least if it wont overheat then the circuits wont burn down.. makes sense.. yeah.... -I also didnt notice any problems with drivers or connection for this month. u just turn ur pc on and ready to go.

CONS. - ur neck is bout to die if u gonna work like me cuz its tilt is only 30 degs (u can buy a normal stand tho. or a monitor bracket and stop torturing urself). SHRIMP POSTURE CHEEEECK. - it doesn't have buttons like my tablet had. Its a taste preference honestly. for someone its a pros for me its a cons. EASILY COUNTERS BY it might seem crazy what im bout to say A KEYBOARD. you just need to get used to it. again. - should i even mention the price? ofc its a con. since mine is a former usage one it was a lil cheaper than usually. but I knew what I was buying ((WACOM)) so i aint complaining now. - small really small con: sometimes cps wont react to pen button clicks but ig its even a program problem than tablets (easily counters by pressing space button one time). its really just a biiit annoying and nothing special. It works great all of the time. - THE PEN TIP WEARS OFF WITH FIRST COSMIC VELOCITY. ig its affected by protective film (its matte). counters by TITAN PEN TIP (plus now its a weapon if u are brave enough) -due to its protective matte film there is a small insignificant diffs between two screens but its not really this big. At least between mine displays. Diff btw my old laptop screen colors and tablet is fucking HUGE (lap is a 12 yrs old veteran have some respect🙄) - OK OK OK LAST LITTLE NIGGLE. Since I play shooters like valorant and...cs.. and move my hand powerfully across the table, I HAD to look for *that very specific place* for the tablet so that everything would be perRRRFECT by millimeters (ocd moment)

notable mention that takes a special place in my heart

wait while we talk to your displays 😥😥😥😥 omg..... cried....died.... my sons...

thats all i can say for now

[tsaritsa]

tagged by @fullmetalscullyy, @firewoodfigs and @littlewitchbee for the greatest hits of 2023. ty all for the tag!!! i admit, it did take me a little bit to think of 10 diff things that i found good, so a new addendum to my usual 5 new years resolutions is to make a point of noting down these good things, lest they be lost to the ether like the others haha

my beloved eri came to visit me and it was such a joy to welcome her into my home and just talk and gossip. we got to feed penguins!!! i got to show her the milky way!!!! we got drunk and watched hunger games with emma. i'm so blessed to have friends that are so dear i want them to come crash at mine and i want more of these sorts of things to happen (as best we all can in a cost of living crisis lmaooo).

speaking of friends, i'm pleased to say that i was able to grow my small group of friends -- online and off -- to slightly-less-small! y'all know who you are, and i'm grateful to each and every one of you <333

i got a lot of tattoos. they're dope. my artist is like my tumblr feed personified. she just Gets It.

i built my own pc!!! it was a very scary and intimidating process, but she runs baldurs gate 3 like a CHAMP. (anything for my astarion).

i successfully finished nano, and now this month i'm basically doing another nano as i try to finish up this new fic. i cannot believe that i've broken 100k words and i'm STILL not done. maybe with a 150k draft i'll have a story in a coherent plotline (doubtful. i waffle a lot. rip moobeam who promised she'd edit it for me).

i've also gotten back into reading fiction a little more seriously -- entirely because of emma, but i am very grateful for her reccomendations. there's a few of us doing a bookclub and i cannot wait to have a discussion this month when we're all at the halfway mark!!! it's gonna be lit.

in other real life stuff, i worked really hard to build up my savings. hopefully 2024 will bring more money to me, or at least i'll get a better handle on my spending. (she says, despite booking flights and holidays HAHAH).

part of that ethos was investing in pieces of clothing/accessories that would stand the test of time, and i want to continue these kinds of purchases into the new year. i think the next big purchase for me will be a replacement pair of leather boots -- my current ones are getting towards the end of their life with the inner sole.

despite working full time, i also completed two seperate courses for study! one was directly related to work, but the other was for purely personal pleasure: an introductory course for tikanga māori. the next step of the tikanga course wasn't avail for me this year, so instead i've signed up for night classes for te reo māori instead. i want to incoporate more reo into my work and feel more confident in conversations, so this was a natural step. i've also got another work-related course on my plate too, so i will be a very busy bee for 2k24 hehe.

in 2023 my health had to take a bit of a backseat but in the last few months i was able to get back on top of it! this year is already off to a great start for me: i'm getting back down to a more comfortable weight, my strength is still improving, and my mental health and sleep hygiene are feeling more... within my control??? i've sorted out my priorities a bit there. turns out living on 4 hours of sleep on the regular isn't healthy lmfao

tagging @beesbeesdragons, @mountainhaunt, @liquorisce, @soufflegirl, and @dairogo -- only if y'all want to!

[koocycle]

I saw this pretty interesting reddit post and it was asking women who were in long term relationships, whose partners prioritized their careers/money over the relationship to describe their experiences and I immediately thought of our over wine couple lol

I read thru lots of the answers and it was actually pretty consistent in that the women who's partners over-prioritized work because they were motivated to have a secure future for their families ended up just fine in the end. they were able to overcome the tough period of time because the partner eventually prioritized their work less and less as they achieved their goal.

and the women who's partners were clearly over-prioritizing their career solely for themselves and their ego ended up being not so fine/ended in divorce or break ups a lot of the times.

Its probably pretty obvious why things would end up the way they did in the women's stories, but I still found it super interesting!

anyway it had me thinking that ow jk clearly started off with the intention of building a secure future for them because he desperately wanted to be able to give y/n all the things he thought that she deserved, but at some point it started to become less about that and more about how far he could advance and move up in his career, how impressive of a position he could achieve etc. now the problem is that his motivation has changed but he's still dishing out the same excuse that doesn't apply to their situation anymore every time the issue is brought up.

it's like he can't admit to himself that the reason he works as much as he does is because he values money and prestige and the opinions of other rich people at fancy functions and dinners over his wife's feelings. because admitting that would mean having to stare in the face the fact that he hasn't been as good of a partner as he should have been.

and then he paints y/n as the bad guy for supposedly being the road block that is trying to prevent him from "giving them a good life", when a. they already have a pretty fantastic and comfortable life, and b. all she wants is a stable relationship where he's more present than he is currently. she's not even asking him to stop work completely, just work a little less.

I honestly really feel for y/n because she really isn't asking for a whole lot, all she wants is for him to meet her halfway and he's created so much emotional strife between them over that by refusing to see the reality of everything. it must be so frustrating!! I don't even know what i'd do in that situation like.. I really don't think any man or dick is worth being that unhappy and hurt for. you either meet me halfway or goodbye lmaooo

even if he's jeon mf jungkook and the loml!! though i'd argue that I wouldn't really consider someone the loml if they did me the way ow jungkook is doing y/n 😂

oh god that’s such an interesting take!! i hadn’t thought of it like that before. also cute how your first thought was the ow couple 🥹

now that i’m reading it again, it makes much sense when you tell about the men who’s initial goal was to secure a good life! not justifying anything or anyone, but it must be so easy to get sucked into a world of business when they keep you on the job for at least seven or eight hours a day. so interesting to hear they eventually prioritized their relationship over their jobs when the most likely had to go through some sort of reality check to get to that point

he did indeed start off with the fact that he wanted to build them a secure future, and now it’s obviously escalated into something more, where his status grew more and more important. so it probably makes people wonder which one of the two scenarios you read about applies to them…

[jemgirl86]

I want to know more about Celebrity :)

Hi!!

So, I started this for one of the Samtember prompts, and we see how that turned out what with it being November and all lmaooo, hopefully it’ll get finished one day though. Anyway, it’s just a short and sweet little meet cute/maybe meet awkward where Sam is a famous author and Bucky is a super fan. Here’s a preview:

“It smells like tuna salad in here.”

“Tony.” Rhodey said his name like it was an admonishment in of itself.

“What?” Tony said, shrugging. “It does.”

“Well, that makes sense… you know, considering this is a breakroom,” Rhodey deadpanned, resisting the urge to roll his eyes.

“Yeah, speaking of that… Why are we even here?” Tony asked, glancing around the room, a barely disclosed sneer on his face.

“Tony,” Rhodey repeated, that time simply sounding over it.

And why wouldn’t he? It was obvious Tony was about to make them have the same conversation they’d already had at least a dozen times during the past month.

“Sam is a finalist for a Hugo Award for goodness sake,” Tony continued, either unaware of, or uncaring about the fact Rhodey was just about overflowing with annoyance. “He’s probably the most talked about author in the genre right now, yet he’s doing signings at nine hundred square feet, blink and you’d miss ‘em, hole in the walls? For free?” He scoffed. “Sam shouldn’t even be here, none of us should.”

That time Rhodey did roll his eyes.

“We’re here, because our client wants to be here. And Sam’s here because he likes meeting his fans—

“He could meet his fans at a con and get paid real money for the appearance, instead of peanuts, and charge for each individual signing.”

“—in small, intimate settings whenever possible, like this mom and pop bookstore, and doesn’t believe in charging for autographs. We’re here because Sam wants to show love to one of the first stores that carried his work,” Rhodey finished, matter of factly.

“Yeah, yeah,” Tony sighed, “he’s a saint, and that’s why we love him, but since we love him, and since he’s paying both of us a pretty generous fee for our services, shouldn’t we be trying to do right by him? Shouldn’t we be finding him the best deals? I mean, if he’s going to be donating half his salary to charity, shouldn’t we be steering him in the right direction, and at least be getting him the best salary we can?”

“Well,” Sam drawled, wryly, from his spot by the door, where he’d been leaning unnoticed for a quite a few moments, listening to his booking agent and manager, who were also married, and also two of his oldest friends, have the same tired discussion they’d been having over and over again since he’d hired them. “As long as you’re getting me the best opportunities and deals you can, while still following my guidelines, I’ll be happy.”

“Wouldn’t you be happier with more money though?” Tony wanted to know.

Sam laughed. “No, I’m good.”

[the-kipsabian]

Yo hi there! I’m very sorry to bother you at this time of the day, just reaching out if you’d be so kind to check the post that I pinned on my blog and maybe give it a little help by boosting/sharing it? it’s for my cat :((( and we need help to get him the dental care he needs. It would really mean the world to me and I understand if you don’t, still appreciate you and stay safe! and btw, please do send me a msg to reply or answer the ask privately instead as I want avoid other blogs to think im a spambot or what, once again im sorry for asking this, praying you’d consider! 🫶🏽🥹

you know what

no 🙏❤

hey kids, lets play a game of spot a scam again!! (im copying the message ive replied with before here and the original is at the bottom if you wish to reblog that one :) just editing this a bit here to show the new stuff they are putting out there in this very message yay!!)

okay this is literally the same story ive seen before at least three times. its word to word the same. youre not even trying

reblogs only from original posts. they have gotten "smarter" tho as this blog followed me in attempts to try to show its "real". and yet they havent reblogged from blogs they supposedly follow, only from probably the top posts from some popular tags and only from the original posters. also please note literally all the posts in their blog have been reblogged today within the past three to four hours (apparently im so loopy i cant read times rn, its been about the past 15 to 16 hours but the point still stands, they are all reblogged within the last 24 hours)

also they try to act more human with a decent description and likes and follows turned off. dont try hun

their only original post as far as i scrolled (which admittedly wasnt very far as its obvious this is a scam lol) is the donation post. unsurprisingly

ive said it before and i'll say it again - they seem to target people in similar positions that they are supposedly in, trying to pluck that sympathy cord with "your pet is sick so you are sensitive and know how this feels". this isnt my case rn but i obviously have posted cat photos and i have a donation ko-fi link in my pinned post sssoooo

"pls consider answering this ask privately" lmao so what people dont know youre a scammer? NEXT (they literally say this now like lmaooo for real? so that people dont think youre a scam bot?? honey please are you even trying)

a simple search even within tumblr tells you people already know about this. the account, the story and the cat. you aint fooling anymore

if unsure kids, ask a friend and google things 👍 reverse image search, for example, is your best friend!! also googling the latter half of the given paypal name reveals immediately that this is a scam. plastered all over the first search page lmao

also kids, in case youre asking "well what bad could a one little me reblogging a post even if its a scam do if i dont donate :/" 1. im sorry what and 2. it makes them look legitimate which they are not. the more notes the more trusted the source cause tumblr is full of idiots (sorry not sorry ive been here for over 11 years i know what people are like) plus you put your friends, mutuals and followers in a risk of participating in a scam. and have your name associated with it as well. do i need to go on?

anyways hi go report this blog and always be hesitant if someone you dont know asks you for donations like this. unless its a beloved mutual on your dash, reconsider. stay safe, thanks 💜

looking forward to being unfollowed and blocked immediately after posting this, but i'll be sure to report you for a scam. :) also fuck you for using someone elses poor cat and their situation to literally scam good natured people out of money, what the fuck is wrong with you

peace and love, fuck you ✌💜

[evilwickedme]

20 questions for fic writers

Thank you for tagging me <3

How many works do you have on ao3?

69 lmaooo

what’s your total ao3 word count?

407,178 which is. A lot

What fandoms do you write for?

My current main fandoms are DC comics and marvel comics, but I've also been writing a lil btvs. Historically I've written a fuckton of Harry Potter, The Witcher (TV), a decent amount of leverage and daredevil (TV), the raven cycle, all for the game, and a few other fics in some random fandoms

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

before we get married, I need to get permission from batman; hang on til the chaos is through; in which an entire university becomes far too involved in Pankratz and Vengerberg's love life; This is all just HR paperwork waiting to happen; and The Sound Of My Own Voice (Asking You To Stay)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I respond to every single comment, with exactly one exception, that absolutely haunts me. The person just kept replying to me no matter what I said and I couldn't make them stop

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending

Mornings, for sure. One of my first ever spideypool fics back from 2016. Peter dies at the end. know we're not together (but I won't forget you) is a close second though

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Oh I don't know, I have a lot of happy endings but they usually follow a fuckton of angst. Maybe in which the daily planet staff are 100% convinced that the kent-lanes are fucking superman, but I wouldn't call that a traditional ending

Do you get hate on fics?

Nah, although I've had some unnecessarily harsh public bookmarks

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Oh yeah. My first ever smut sucked but then I wrote so much in 2021 for the witcher that I actually got pretty good at it, or at least as mlm sex. I have some body dysmorphia issues around vaginas and I never feel like I write that well. Anyway I tend to go for excessively sweet or incredibly kinky and borderline unhealthy fics

Do you write crossovers?

Only the buffy/jason fic, unless you count daredevil tv and marvel comics or itsv and marvel comics to be crossovers

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not as far as I know

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes!! It's incomplete unlike the original fic but someone translated most of I'm a mess (but I'm the mess that you wanted) into Russian. This wasn't the question but @flowerparrish also podficced the first chapter of my jaybuffy fic!!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes but I removed it from my page following an extremely brutal and somewhat traumatizing fight with some of the people I was cowriting it with

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Mmmm I don't know, that's a good question. For a long time I would've answered jily. Spideypool is probably the main contender now, although spuffy could give it a run for its money - despite the fact that I've only written one fic for them (and implied them in my jaybuffy fic), I've adored them since I was 13, which is. Over 12 years ago fuck

What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Mmm I'm always hoping I'll finish my wips, but the ones I doubt the most are my yennskier fic (no progress in over a year), my literati fic (although I did make some progress about a month ago), and I don't plan on going back to my drarry Hogwarts professor au for obvious reasons

Edit: OH ALSO the Witcher s2 outsider pov is never ever getting finished I'm sorry I know I promised it to a lot of people in the comments but it's not gonna happen

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue and characterizations imo

What are your writing weaknesses?

Descriptions my fucking God I struggle so much with them

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'm fluent in Hebrew and my first ever fic was in Hebrew, so if that came up I'd feel pretty comfortable with it. Anything else I'd have to approach someone who spoke the language, and I'd rather just write it in English and say it was in the other languages

First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter and again, it was in Hebrew. I recently described what it was about to a group of friends who called it, and I quote, "adorable". I was ten or eleven at the time and I do not plan on reposting it.

Favorite fic you’ve written?

That's a toughie. I think probably I'm a mess (but I'm the mess that you wanted), but Under the Pink Hood, Of Three Times Lily Evans Changed Her Mind About James Potter, and know we're not together (but I won't forget you) are all honorable mentions

I'm not a tagger - I usually don't even participate in these kinds of posts - but I guess @not-the-blue @supergirlboy @penny-anna and any other mutual or even follower are invited to participate if you wanna

[samsspambox]

the nxx villain au you didn't need, but i'll give it to you anyway bc it won't leave me alone

now, stellis is a place with a shit load of crime and tbh, are you sure you wanna invest into the real estate market here? anyway, what if our gaggle of hot protagonists were actually villains? you know, more in theme with the city they live in? i will be offering up some different options for them to be different types of villains in part bc maybe you want them to be morally grey, but also bc i cant decide what villain they should be.

be warned: will be talking about stuff villains do (death, drugs..) so read with caution if you're uncomfortable with this stuff!

red flags aside: here we go!

Luke

okay so going from least morally grey, i think this mf could be a vigilante

hear me out, he already has this innate sense of justice if he joined the nsb (well,, he was recruited when he was 16/17 so did he really join by his own volition?)

anyway

vigilante pearce but he doesn't hold back the punches bc sometimes, stopping someone means getting blood on your hands

it also fits well with his lone wolf tendencies we see in chapter one where he literally shuts off the fucking coms while investigating something

sub point: assassin for hire luke pearce

no moral compass, just having a target and ending the target (:

i also think he could a lab rat/field agent combo for a counter intelligence agency that the nsb doesn't fuck with

or alternatively: what if the nsb didn't find luke but herrison did?

he could be one of the fuckers working on the nxx drug but also? what if he went out and tested it unsuspecting people?? a whole ass menace to society

this one is kinda tangential but: underground mass drugs/arms distribution luke pearce

mob king luke pearce? mob king luke pearce.

i mean hes already in this space in game where he doesn't want mc to see him as raven bc that's the 'worst version of him' so what if, fuck it, he embraces that?

with his bio-engineering knowledge he could be the one making the drugs and save on the labor lmaooo

Vyn

fake psychic

LMAOO HEAR ME OUT HEAR ME OUT

he can easily read people and based on that he can tell them what they want to hear (no, this isn't me plugging the mentalist as a show you should watch, stfu)

anyway he has a flair for the dramatics and can perform magic tricks too, you could put him in a daytime television show and he could make millions

similarly about reading people i could see him being an interrogator but like,, the shady type

they type that if you're held hostage would rip you to shreds and he wouldn't even have to touch you

he can also serve as a type of lie detector??? again, vyn would be pretty good at reading people

here's a big one: traitor to svart

he already hates the place and he's basically given a position of power if he stays

he wouldn't be good at reading people in this one bc he didn't go to school for psych, he focused more on how to run a country

but i feel like vyn just has this really good talent for reading people regardless of training

anyway he kinda just,,, let's people fuck over svart and everyone is none the wiser

Marius

he could be an art thief tbh

i'm not talking about copying paintings— well he could do that as a side hustle but no— i mean like actually going in and stealing paintings

he could resell them under the guise of 'i found this stolen artwork and i just had to save it, you know? now give me money'

he wouldn't even be held as a villain he'd be a fucking hero

next one: he's the son of a person with a conglomerate empire do i really need to say more /j

no but fr him as a villain could just be him not caring for what's happening in the compay

who's to say he wasn't the one to send giann off bc he wanted the company? (yes i am implying that marius had giann killed, this is a villain au)

another one who could be a good candidate for a mob boss but here's the catch: this fucker would also be involved in politics

after all, no one can come after you if you make laws that prevent people from coming after you!

tax fraud, disappearing people, parties, admission fraud, you name it. he's probably done it. no one can catch him tho (:

Artem

listen i mean this from the bottom of my heart and as an artem stan: he's boring.

there's no feasible way for him to become a villain without outside incentives. he's literally one of the least corruptible people in the game, how do we get him to be a villain?

well, we blackmail him. we force him to be a villain.

see, arty will defend his clients to the bitter end. what if he pulls a baldr and that also means 'by any means necessary'? just one time wouldn't hurt, right?

wrong. now ingrid roseworth has some pretty incriminating stuff on artem, but if he signed on with baldr she wouldn't release that stuff

oh he wants to take them to court? pity, then the whole world will know what he did without them even lifting a finger.

so he goes to baldr. it just snowballs from there until he's bribing his own father. there's no rest for the wicked, after all

this is literally the only way i can see artem go villain. he's too straight-laced to actually become a villain and he believes too much in justice

well, he can also go vigilante but again, his moral code wouldn't allow him to do it.

would they be in a group? i don't think so?? i'm like 90% sure that all of them being villains would mean they would clash heads often enough, so no. if i were to put them in a group tho?

id go with assassin luke, traitor vyn, bad ceo von hagen, and then blackmailed artem. they're all plotting the fall of svart so that marius could buy his own country. vyn doesn't care what happens to the place, it isn't home to him. marius just wants a country. luke is there bc he's getting paid and so is artem, though he'd use the fall of svart as blackmail to ceo von hagen, since it was planned from the beginning.

and yeah. those are my thoughts for a villain au involving the nxx! have fun <3

[faszaakisshobbi]

the rest of the december tc challenge!!

18. What do they usually sit like while teaching?

Well she usually stands next to me, but she has her tall stool and she sits on it with good posture and crosses her legs on the stool yk? Or she will sit and swing her feet sometimes idk. or she will sit on the piano bench. She hardly sits though.

19. If known, how long have they been teaching for?

ooh idk, she always taught for extra money support but I would say for a good 15 to 18 ish years.

20. Have you got any pictures of them? If yes, how did you get them?

She lets me take recordings of her sometimes while she plays certain excerpts or whole movements of pieces. 

21. If you could tell them one thing with no limits, what would it be?

I would tell her how much she means to me and how thankful I am for everything she’s done for me.

22. How are you dealing with your feelings for them? Are you pulling away or getting closer to them?

Im getting closer to her and she acts warmer/closer to me after each time.

23. If you heard your TC was now famous, what do you think it would be for?

Performance musician?? Idk what else.

24. If you could get them anything as a Christmas gift, what would you choose and why? Does your TC like Christmas? 

If I could, I would give her as much time as she could ever want. Realistically, maybe a really nice note, a handmade art or jewelry (from myself or other local), and a hug <3 

25. If known, what are your TC's political beliefs?

She is quite on the liberal side (90% sure).

26. Does your TC set much homework?

Well she expects me to practice between each lesson and at least make a little bit of progress between each time I see her. I don’t have a practice log or anything, she has enough trust with her students and would be able to tell anyways.

27. Do you know if any other student has a crush on your TC?

Honestly probably not (there are 6 of us)

28. Is your TC currently dating anyone to your knowledge?

Unfortunately she is dating my Luthier and so I know and actively see both of them lmaooo. and ive seen them together and interacting too. (They’re kinda sweet but also 😧). She loves him a lot, though.

29. If your TC was a colour, what colour would they be and why?

She would be a darker, warmer, purple color.

30. In the new year, how would you like your TC's class to progress?

I really hope that I expand my repertoire and show her im really motivated. I hope to get more confident in my playing too. I want to grow closer to her and do things out of lessons with her.