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Subplots: When Do They Suck?
How can writers avoid the dreaded D-level B-plot? Today we're talking about how to identify and bolster weak subplots.
I saw this topic spring up online recently, and it got me thinking: what makes a subplot bad? As a writer, it’s an important question—the fewer bad subplots, the more money we make. The more money we make, the faster we become eccentric weirdos hammering away on a typewriter in our custom-built, cliff-perched, storm-wracked Enya castles. I mean, the more fulfilling art we can make or…
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psychopathy - alpha!simon riley x omega!reader (MDNI)
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omegaverse smut with loser simon riley who thinks he’s damaged goods but even that won’t stop him. (aka he’s so fucking obsessed with you and yet is so convinced that he’s not worthy enough for you that he sneaks into your office to fuck a pair of your used panties)
possession. bone deep obsession. everywhere he goes, you’re fucking there. maybe not physically, but traces of your scent, of your being, linger. a mug you sipped your coffee out of every morning that he stands by too long, the clear, sticky sheen of your chapstick still present on the rim (“simon, the fuckin’ a/c in here is on too godsdamned high all the time, it wrecks my lips”). the gun you had just used out on the range that you had meticulously cleaned before placing it back in the armory that he can’t help but sniff like a damn thing possessed as he walks by, your scent all but ingrained in the metal after spending so much time by your side. then, the tiny fucking post-it notes with your messy script littered around base, little reminders to yourself about plans and paperwork. no one notices when a few go missing, stuffed together in a wadded mess in the front pocket of his cargo pants. anything to keep a little piece of you closer to him. one post-it he stole sits in the top corner of the mirror in his private bathroom (perks of being an officer) is a messy reminder he swiped off of your desk a few months prior, a small coffee stain in the corner from where your mug from that morning had sat on it.
meeting with simon @ 13:30 (:
it was the smiley face scrawled after the little reminder that had really made his heart skip a beat, the ugly sense of need overtaking any rational thought. the small spark of innocent joy making his head go haywire.
simon is fucked. in more ways than one. sure, the fact that he’s absolutely obsessed with you is definitely part of it, but beyond that, he knows that he could never actually get close to you in the way that he craves. he’s broken. damaged. an irreparable, miserable excuse of an alpha that is little more than a living, breathing weapon.
none of that stops him from wanting it though. from spiraling.
and one day, he feels it. the feverish itch deep in his being, the very first signs of pre-rut. he knows what he’s supposed to do, what he should do, but the possessive, obsessive part of his fucked-up mind is hyperfocused on one thing and one thing only: you.
it starts small. he knows you go to the gym every morning before settling down to do some paperwork in your office, and he knows you keep your dirty gym clothes, rife with your sweet omega pheromones, tucked away under your desk. so, he sneaks in when you step out for a moment, determined to just snag a single piece of your clothing, just to keep the ugly beast inside him at bay. to keep him from doing something he knows you’d regret.
but, oh dear gods above. someone is watching out for him somewhere in the universe, because sitting right at the top of the bag is the pair of the panties you had worn to the gym, neatly-folded like it’s a present waiting just for him. he could cry from the way your heady, sweet scent wraps around him as he pulls the still-slightly damp scrap of fabric to his nose, inhaling deeply. his eyes roll back, a deep growl ripping itself from his chest. he doesn’t even care that the pheromones - your pheromones - are slightly stale on the fabric. it’s you. his mind is reeling, and the feverish itch climbs ever closer to its peak, and he can feel his rut barreling towards him at full-force.
his logical side knows he needs to keep his distance. he knows he’s not good enough for you, that he could never be the alpha you need. but fuck, how he wishes he could be. he glances at the door for a moment, attempting to gauge how much time he has before you get back, but his rut-addled mind is slow, thoughts sliding through honey-thick. all he can focus on is your scent, and the way his cock presses heavily against his cargos.
he doesn’t even think. he pushes out from underneath your desk, but he doesn’t go far. he settles behind your desk, his back to the wall to keep his sight on the door. he tells himself it’s to make sure he can see when the lock starts jiggling, so he can pretend this never happened, but a part of him, a sick, twisted, damaged part of him, is hoping that you will catch him (and that you’ll like it).
your panties are pressed back to his nose as he quickly unbuttons his cargo pants, his cock thick and heavy and already weeping as his scarred finger sweeps over the slit. his eyes roll back as he takes himself into his hand properly, stroking quickly as he huffs at your sweet scent.
but it’s not enough. it’s not enough.
his hand is rough, and no matter how much pre-cum leaks from his angry red slit, it’s not nearly as pleasurable as he knows sinking into your tight, slick heat would be. he groans in frustration, tears of obsessive need pricking at the corners of his eyes. he throws his head back as his thumb brushes over the particularly sensitive underside of the head of his cock, but it’s still not enough.
well, if he can’t fuck you, he’ll take the next best thing.
he brings your panties down to his cock, wrapping them around his length as a barrier, your pheromones wrapping around his cock in a mockery of the way he wants them to, and he starts fucking up into his hand in earnest. it’s better, but all he can think about is mounting you and fucking you stupid until his knot locks you together. as the images flash through his mind, he leans forward, his free hand holding onto the carpet as he adjusts himself so that he is on his hands and knees, completely fucking into your panties like he wishes he could fuck into you.
he’s so close. surrounded by your pheromones that have soaked into your office space, he doesn’t think he’s ever been this close to absolute ecstasy. the pistoning of his hips is getting sloppy, and he can feel his balls tightening, but then he hears it. your keys engaging the lock on your office door. he’s fully panting now, trying desperately to reach his release before you get inside, so that you don’t have to witness the true level of his depravity.
he hears the lock click open, and that is what sends him over the edge. he cums loudly, growls and groans and your name falling past his lips as his cum soaks the panties still wrapped in his hand.
he’s still on his hands and knees, his massive body shaking from the magnitude of the release as he tries to catch his breath, and he hears your keys clatter to the floor, accompanied by a sharp gasp of surprise.
“simon!?”
#starlit-writer#simon ghost riley x reader#omegaverse smut#simon ghost riley#simon riley x reader#simon riley x reader au#fanfic#simon riley fanfic#alpha!simon riley#omega!reader#smut smut smut#smut without plot#this is so depraved and part two will be just as bad#dark smut#simon ghost riley smut#simon riley x reader smut#simon riley is a freak#have fun with this#cod smut#tf141 omegaverse#tf141 a/b/o#tf141 smut#cod omegaverse#cod fanfic
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#me at the writers rn do you know you have 30 minutes.#perhaps its cuz its been 3 weeks since i saw him#and 5 weeks since i saw irving b#but i really am gettin so antsy about his prospects re this season ending satisfyingly#theyre holding his plot relevance hostage and it feels BAD.#save me leaked train station scene#severance#severance spoilers#irv tag
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... peace on planet bottom, then there's whatever this is
#i am wondering about the chocolate roses#was the first half of the crew working on those roses on valentines day#and now the second half of the crew is making them on white day?#no... that's not logical... maybe they were all working on them around the same time#but the images of their activities is only released to us on these specific holidays#did eiden pull a 'when i worked briefly as a cake decorator they taught me how to make these cool choco roses'?#and everyone in the clan got a Aha! moment and wanted to make their own roses. in some grand cake for eiden??#they are all doing edible arts and crafts. idk how they were separated by sex position but sometimes things work out that way. i guess.#[side eyes the strange dimensional portal that segregates them.] this portal can only induce pain (in me)#but maybe... the rose dante is holding away from blade is his PERFECTED sample?#and he's seen how blade has been steadily adding things to the roses. glitter. inedible things. strange divots and patterns#blade has the ABILITY to make perfect identical roses like a production line. but will he do it? no. not cute#every rose should have some personality. a little flair. a little lumpy petal here and there#and dante is all NO . you may perceive this lesser specimen (Rose B) as a distraction. but my true aim is preserve the integrity of Rose A#the bottoms were making their roses in the daytime. the tops are partying at night. what does this mean#will they all welcome eiden home at midnight (he was out on some bland social gathering with aster and huffy nobles?)???? WITH ROSE CAKE?#but quincy has meat. why he got meat? to keep morale high? because he's not a fan of sweets? because his creature friends preFER meat?#well. meat and cake. not a bad way to party the night away#but the... wine? champagne? pls dont tell me theyve been drinking. do not give the tops alcohol. BAD things will happen#so many stressed eiden dolls.... i wish him peace... maybe one day he can lie peacefully on a bed of roses and not be set on fire#he would have to risk it during a daytime bottoms outing. apparently (and even then the risk is still not nonexistent)#(mostly because edmond+food creates an uncharacteristic uptick in disasters. plus the puppy exuberance. plus rei . just rei)#(once again i feel sorry for oli. is he the only one with a metaphorical eiden doll fire extinguisher? we should do a plot twist.#make OLI the one to accidentally set eiden doll on fire. and garu extinguishes it. enrich their experiences with novelty and unlikely stats#this image was brought to my attention by a puppy hellbent on showing me yakumo's distressed expression#can't say i'm displeased with it
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Get Ribbon-ed , Heart boy
(slight) alt ver and a ver for funsies under here:


(if the ace gacha comes back, i may spend One more x10 pull to try and get his card... maybe...)
#twst#twisted wonderland#ace trappola#playful land event#art#ram's art#this is solely just to pick on ace for not coming home in the gacha...#I was saving for november 5th for the b-day but... The card artwork plus the elements it has........#i want it :[#I didn't pay much attention to the event when it came out on the jp server- so i only know a few plot-beats here and there#so this isn't like. spoilers - I genuinely dont know much past what I've played up to tbh------ this is just based on the vibes of the card#(and bullying ace - as mentioned before lol get puppeteer-ed Trappola >:] )#but i look forward to it continuing :] it's been a blast so far lol-#sure hope nothing bad happens! yay!#the hosts of the park are sooo nice and trustworthy seeming! not suspicious at all! yippee!#oh yea- sry for the basic doodle- im allllll backgrounded out because of other doodles i've done for my other tumblrs--- rip#i adore the clothes in this event though-- wish i could do them justice-#when will a twst event NOT give me clothing to yearn over............#if twst officially sold the clothes as merch i'd be first in line-
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I recently started watching The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu (the last episode I watched was S2 ep 7) and I'm curious what the general consensus is on Luke & June vs Nick & June bc I really like Nick for June and Luke doesn't seem terrible at all. Still, that one flashback scene where he reassures June that they should stay together even though they started their relationship while he was still married to another woman, "she doesn’t matter because we’re going to get married. I’m going to make you happy." gave me the ick.
Like, you married Annie, too and you still cheated on her so how is that at all reassuring? I'm still waiting for a flashback that shows what Annie and Luke's relationship was like bc I have absolutely no clue why he cheated on her. I can understand why June technically cheated on Luke with Nick which was bc she was trapped in a terrible system where she was abused and felt unloved and unwanted and she was separated from her loved ones and she just wanted to feel something. So far I haven't seen any dialogue from Luke saying anything about what his marriage with Annie was like but if I had to guess, based on the episode where Annie stalked June and accused her of "stealing her husband" as if he's not also a human being capable of making his own choices, maybe they had differing views/ideas on what they wanted out of marriage, or he fell out of love with her, or he cheated just to cheat like a lot of douchebag guys do.
And yes, I am aware that June is also in the wrong for knowingly going after a married man, she isn't innocent in this either. She did seem to consider ending the relationship after Annie confronted her (which, why did it take his ex confronting you for you to consider not getting with a married man? Did Moira not give you any criticism for it? She seems like the type who would bc real friends tell you when you did sth wrong and they hold you accountable but judging by how they act around each other Moira seems very supportive of their relationship) whereas Luke didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with staying with the woman he started a relationship with while he was still taken at any point in time but that means nothing since she did end up staying with him despite that.
Sorry for how long this is, I originally meant for this to be shorter lol I'll put a Keep Reading tab in case ppl just want the tl;dr at the top. So, with all this considered I'm wondering if everyone else that enjoys this show wants June to end up with Nick or stay with Luke and which one is supported by the majority of people?
#no spoilers please!#original post#the handmaid's tale#luke bankole#nick blaine#june osborne#tht#the handmaids tale hulu#june x luke#june x nick#osblaine#i'm very curious to see if june reunites with luke and stays with him or she ends up with nick and starts a family with him#or if she reunites with luke and breaks it to him that she fell in love with someone else and she doesn't want to be with him anymore#right now I can't tell where the show is leaning bc they're not trying to make either of the guys look really bad so the other guy looks#more appealing.#also just to clarify the romance/relationship aspect is not the sole reason I am invested in this show. I went into it knowing it's based o#a feminist novel (that i haven't read...yet) and tbh i wasn't expecting there to be any romance aspect of it at all and i still would've#been hooked without it since I love feminist media.#idk if i've made a post saying this before or not but one thing about me is that I usually can't get into a piece of fictional media like a#movie show or book without there being some aspect of romance even if it's not the main focus of the plot and it's just a b-plot. I think#feminist media just might be my exception but I was pleasantly surprised to be proven right when I thought there was a vibe between June &#Nick in S1 like I thought my brain was way too rotted by all the romance media I consumed throughout my life that I thought Nick was#interested in June like that but it turns out I wasn't that crazy after all.
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Dear, James -4
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Harry has seen his Papa in many states before, whether he remembers them or not is different, but he knows he was there.
He has never seen Papa as angry as he is now, clutching at the front door, rage rolling off him in the form of magic, causing the ceramic key and trinket holder near the door to crack and the wood under his feet to splinter. He can see how Papa is clutching at the door so hard his fingers turn white as he peaks into the front hallway.
Papa told him to stay in the kitchen, to continue eating, but he didn't listen, shoveling in the last of his cereal so it didn't get soggy in the milk before he carefully walked to the front door. Harry can't see who's past the door, Papa has the door mostly closed and his body in the opening. He wants to know so badly, he itches for it, but Papa always said that curiosity isn't a good thing. But Papa is also very angry right now, and maybe Harry can get a kick in before he's sent to his room...
"I heard of what happened... Mr.Black" The voice of the stranger paused between the words oddly, and Harry watched as the wood on the door started to peel from where his Papa was gripping it.
"Sadly I still insist, you have the wrong house. Please get off my property." Harry can see how Papa's jaw clenches, and well, Papa is wrong, he is a Mr.Black, and he did also get fired from his job recently. It was upsetting, but as Papa said, they still had enough money so that Harry could have seven children and those seven could have seven children each and they'd still be comfortable for life and then some.
He doesn't want to have seven kids though, but that's not important.
"I don't believe I am ever wrong," The voice said, and Harry wrinkled his nose. Apparently Papa has the same reaction because when he opened his mouth to speak, the stranger spoke again.
Harry is glad they have magic, as the ceramic piece by the door finally shattered, keys and rings and one of his mini plastic dinosaur from several years ago that he keeps forgetting about scattering along the surface of the hall table.
"You're son is very like you, despite appearances." Shit. Caught. He tried to shuffle back to where he wouldn't be seen, but Papa turned his head too quickly, a glare being pinned on him, and Harry couldn't help to shuffle in place before rushing up to his parent's side, holding the back of Papa's shirt. He's been caught already, why not ride it out?
"Get off of my property." Harry nods enthusiastically, frowning at the old man in front of him because his Papa is right and the man needs to go.
Though the stanger's beard is very long, it's funny, the grey compared to the colorful... something or other that the man is wearing. He still isn't welcome hear though.
"I have a job opening for you, Mr.Black." The man says and Papa rolls his eyes, groaning, giving up all pretenses of pretending. Harry would have kept with it though, if he was Papa, just until the man gave up.
"Oh? What a coincidence. I just get fired from my job as an astronomy professor and suddenly you're here, telling me you can solve my problems." Harry has to fight down a smile at his Papa's tone. So sassy.
The stranger raises an eyebrow, and Harry can feel the anger flare again, so he tries his best, leaning against Papa and he thinks it works. He can't feel it much anymore, but Papa is still so angry.
"I wouldn't know what you are implying Mr. Black."
"Really." Papa doesn't ask a question, keeping his glare and, personally, is Harry was in the strangers position he would have already been sent up to his room.
"I believe it would be best to talk about inside however." The stranger smiles and Harry can't point it out, he's never been too good at that, but it doesn't feel like a nice smile. Harry doesn't know how that's possible.
"How about you go and suck the dick of the lover you left rotting in prison again." Harry should tell Papa to put a coin in the swear jar, but he holds it in. It can be excused just this once he thinks. Papa deserves a swear once in the while.
The stranger doesn't say anything, just staring and staring until finally Papa bites out a "Fine." and lets the man in.
Harry would have just shut the door on the man, but oh well.
The stranger walks in like he knows where to go already, and after a few seconds Harry is surprised that the man does, walking right past them and going to the sitting room. Papa sighs and turns to Harry.
"I thought I told you to stay in the kitchen."
Harry shrugs, "You were taking too long."
Papa sighs and rolls his eyes, but still kisses the top of Harry's head as he passes while Harry hangs back, looking at what Papa will have to fix later, because despite Harry having a wand already and knowing how to use it, Papa says it's just for emergencies, and a few peeled pieces of wood, a cracked photo frame, and a broken ceramic is probably not an emergency. He bites his lip, but still turns to follow the older two into the sitting room.
When he gets there, Papa is on one side while the stranger is on the other. There's almost like an invisible line across the room and Harry doesn't hesitate before standing next to Papa.
"Did you get the letters?"
"Harry isn't going to Hogwarts."
The man raises an eyebrow as Harry looks up to his parent with a puzzled expression. He knew he wasn't going to Hogwarts, that's not what he's confused about, he already has most of his stuff for Beauxbatons anyways. What he doesn't understand is why the man is bringing it up.
"We need an astronomy professor, and with your recent gap of employment, I thought we could come to a conclusion Mr.Black."
"I'm perfectly fine where I am."
It's silent for a second before the stranger sighs, shaking his head, "I heard that another Mr.Black and a certain Mr.Potter are quite distraught as of late."
Harry watches as Papa stands up straighter, and he can't help the uncomfortable bubbly feeling in his stomach because Papa clearly doesn't like this man, and suddenly he's bringing up people who Harry knows he's related too. They've always been sensitive subjects when it come to his parent.
He looks down and tugs an arm away from being crossed against his chest and holds that hand. He thinks some moral support could help, but Papa still crumbles the same, letting his other arm drop and pushing his shoulders back as he stares at the man.
"What about them?"
Harry knows that his papa still cares about his brother and his ex, but Harry doesn't. He's never even met them for Merlin's sake, they never even bothered to visit or see either of them despite how lonely Papa has been.
Yes, they still have Aunt Pandora and her wife Aunt Lily, along with their daughter who is Harry's best friend, but Harry knows that Papa still misses them, from how he gets caught staring at the letter writing supplies late at night, how even after all this time Papa will stare at a photo album that Harry once managed to sneak a peak into only to see the so called family that left the both of them to fend for themselves. And Aunt Pandora. She was also in the photobook.
The stranger purses his lips, and Harry squeezes on his Papa's hand. "It seems they recently got a letter that was quite disturbing. Left them both in shambles, my dear boy."
Papa wrinkles his nose, but apparently let's whatever comment he had saved up go.
"A letter from the name Regulus Black."
"That's not new." Papa sounds bored, but Harry can tell by the sudden slight squeeze on Harry's hand.
"Ah, my boy, but it is. See, apparently they miss you. I've seen them for years, and despite everything now is the time they seem quite torn up."
Papa lets out a breath of air and Harry watches as his free hand clenches. He's almost tempted to reach over and hold that one too, but then he wouldn't be able to frown at the stranger. Somethings are a higher priority then helping his papa. Like discomforting this random old guy. He doesn't seem to be fazed, but Harry swears it's working.
"If they regretted it, a letter would have sufficed instead of you coming here."
"They believe it's been too late for far too long. I thought I'd go out of my way."
"I'm still not taking your shitty job, I'm fine right here. I can find another if needed."
The stranger walks closer, "Can you truly, Mr.Black?" The way he says it means something that Harry either doesn't know or hasn't caught onto yet, but one look at his parent and it seems like he's the only one, face paler then normal, eyes slightly wide as he stares as the other man. A noise of confusion escapes him and Papa's head shoots down, looking at him for a second before turning back.
"I can, I know I can."
The stranger smiles a little, like something Papa said was funny, and now the weird feeling in Harry's gut traveled up to his chest. What does the man mean? Why is he hurting Papa in their own home? Sure it might not be physically, but that's not the only way someone can hurt. He knows that, so why doesn't the stranger? Is it because that is what he is? Nothing but a stranger?
Papa's jaw clenches and his eye twitches in a way Harry doesn't think he's seen before, "What did you do?" The stranger doesn't answer though, smiling the same weird smile as he has in the past before speaking himself, already moving out of the room.
"I'm sure you'll make the right choice my boy."
Papa is still standing there as the front door shuts and Harry finally asks the question that has been on his mind since he saw the man.
"Who was that?"
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#DEAR JAMES IS BACK#anyways dumbledore is the bad guy this isnt new but he's the b plot#im writing this for the DRAMA and the ROMANCE not to kill an old man#though killing the old man is a bonus#marauders era#marauders#harry potter#dead gay wizards#dead wizards from the 70s#hp marauders#regulus black#james potter#jegulus#sunseeker#starchaser#harry potter marauders#the marauders era#dear james au#regulus x james#james x regulus#trans regulus#trans regulus black#james loves regulus#.twrites
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My most unpopular Zelda opinion is that I sincerely think LOZ is at its worst when it's trying to tell some serious epic fantasy story. Like nobody agrees with me on this but it's a hill I'll die on.
#LOZ's stories are several decades behind the rest of the fantasy genre#they often rely on plot points/characters/worldbuilding that fantasy has long since moved away from bc they're overdone and boring#a medieval european fantasy story where a knight and princess fight against a flat evil using magic mcguffins is a pretty hard sell to most#because it's. y'know. overdone and boring. cliché.#LOZ is at its best when it either a) forgoes this structure entirely (link's awakening/majora's mask)#or b) focuses on other aspects over its story (minish cap has this kind of plot structure but the plot is not the real focus of the game)#(that is the creation of a whimsical and unique fantasy world + its unique game mechanics. at which it succeeds and it's incredibly charmin#but when it plays this story straight and asks me to care about it (skyward sword/ocarina of time/tears of the kingdom/twilight princess/a#it inevitably falls flat for me. ooooh look fantasy story number 23954. riveting.#I like all of these games and enjoy at least some aspects of their story but fact of the matter is that the stories are deeply unimpressive#OOT's story is the best of a bad lot because that does interesting things with its childhood/adulthood theme#but even then the actual plot is so terminally generic that I regularly forget I even played it. it left little to no impression on me#LOZ is so good when it's weird and so boring when it's generic#my posts
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succession beach episode when
#main plot is kendall gets a bad sunburn b plot is shiv and roman are having a haikyuu level volleyball match in the background#m
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Lucy lives!au where both lucy and desmond are tensely sitting on the fact that Clay Told Desmond She Is A Templar and neither of them know how to approach this without outing that fact to everyone (Desmond does not want his dad to kill her)
OUGHHHH.
and the way it completely flips the little power dynamic they had going on. because whether desmond likes it or not, whether he wants it or not, lucy's life is now completely at his mercy. one wrong word and. well. they're called assassins for a reason. and while i think there's multiple stories in the series of assassins becoming templars, there's basically none about templars becoming assassins (or assassins again) which tells you about all you need to know about how willing they'd be to let a "traitor" back into their little gang.
and that's just got to feel terrible, right? especially now that desmond knows. if he can just read between the lines of what lucy has told him about vidic from her perspective, what clay has shown him about how she was turned. terrible awful moment of realizing that it's playing out all over again; only now lucy owes her life to him for not giving her over to the assassins. i don't think desmond would like that at all.
and like. to me there is zero question that part of the reason lucy latched onto desmond more than she was probably supposed to according to the whole templar double-agent plan was that he was someone she had a modicum of control over. she was very much in control of the flow of information to him, he owed her for getting him out of abstergo, and in all likelihood, she probably intended to protect him from them as best he could (a track record which does not reflect well on her! considering what happened to clay! but i really do think she intended to.)
so, that is gone. not only is that gone, but her world's been up-ended, again. she's not a quite a templar, not quite an assassin, and oh, right, the sun is still going to explode, and they barely know how they're going to stop it. desmond was in a coma for who knows how long, and now he looks at her different. he knows. and now they're all going to be in close proximity with his dad and her mentor who will not risk the whole world for either of them, shaun's still being twitchy about 'what if desmond was a templar spy' with no idea how close and how far off that assumption is, and there's also that fucking alien isu ghost lady who tried to kill her through desmond! not a fun time for lucy, all things considered.
and like despite that, i think the old dynamic they had still remains. desmond relies on lucy. she's now proven that she's a completely unreliable anchor to reality, but still, she's the one he's got. they started this animus shit together; they're gonna finish it together. lucy is still trying to pull the incredible balancing act of pushing desmond far enough to get what they need without breaking him entirely, something that's getting harder and harder by the day because like. three. well, no, four, huh. haytham, too. so four memory dives in, there's... if not damage, then a disconnect. between desmond and reality. that can't be undone, only managed.
everything that happens already leaves their little team so isolated from the outside world, but alsjdlksa i fucking love the idea of lucy & desmond being even isolated from the other assassins. terrible secret gang.
#the best gift i can give to any character set is to shoot them with the isolated codependency beams#i think. let lucy live and desmond has someone to bounce his thoughts off of for 'fuck what if the assassins *can't* handle this'#in a way that might be. like. a little productive?#because okay cool isu tech might save them. they also have no guarantees that it will beyond like. hope and ghost alien lady's words.#i don't think lucy could convince desmond that abstergo/the templars want what's best.#but i do think that they could both pull each other closer to a middle ground.#like. abstergo bad. but they also fucking live there. on the planet. if the solar flare happens they die too. so like.#clearly they also want to stop it. to what extent is probably the questionable bit! they'd probably let the majority of humanity#get scorched to preserve what they want.#but undeniably. they have resources the assassins do not. lucy knows what those resources are.#keep her in the game and desmond knows what plan B is. whether or not it even comes down to using it.#thinks about them trying to plot this. and that lingering tension between them that exists because lucy lied once and might be lying now#and desmond is choosing to trust her while there's a ghost of clay in the back of his head screaming at him that he's an idiot#and they can't let any of the others catch on to the fact that they're even *considering* abstergo's resources as a possibility.#ask#assassin's creed#lucy stillman#desmond miles#puts them in the worst situations <3 because i love them <3#also i think desmond and lucy should get to kill vidic together. catharsis.
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I have never once thought about giving actual SYKD recommendations on tumblr (mostly because it is something that you, collectively, are not exactly clamoring for)
But I have occasionally debated giving you a couple of SYKD books that I went, "I have literally zero idea what is happening in this book synopsis, so obviously I have to download it."
So something between a regular "what I downloaded" recommendation like I'm some fancy book influencer
and "here you HAVE to smell this, it's awful."
#stop b think of the children#I cannot stress enough that a book having a weird synopsis doesn't mean it's unreadably bad!#it just means it has a weird synopsis or a LOT of plot that they don't want to fit into the blurb
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NIA, YOUR NEW THEME IS SO CUTE ….
Also I have a question for you.
who is Cove. I do not go here but I would like to. Tell me all about him please (staring at you like this, btw)

I would love… to hear about the two of you if at all possible… heart emoji heart emoji heart emoji
ACK. Khalix 🥹 first of all THANK U!!! Heh wanted 2 switch things up for the summer + mustard's art 🙆🏻♀️🩷 And I Fawking Love Macarons... and they were a perfect nia wifeiy colour combo.. i can't believe my life...
OLBA (DLC) spoilers and me being soggy ahead. ended up Supah long.. sowwy...




cove james holden is the boy next door across the street love interest of the free hit coming-of-age visual novel "our life: beginnings and always" by GB Patch. you play through 4 life phases from ages 8 - 23 and it isn't necessary to date him but for Me he Is The childhood friends to lovers story...
he loves the sea!! it is his special interest (diagnosed with autism when he's older) :3 he surfs, volunteers to clean the beach, has pet fish, gets super excited about visiting the aquarium, etc
Um. 🥹 he struggles with new things + taking steps in your relationship and can be overwhelmed.. e.g. sleeping in the same bed, you can go to a soiree and he leaves to calm down,, so 🥹 he's very grateful that you support him and are so patient 🥹 even when he's frustrated with himself 🥹 and he always wants to try his best because of/for you 🥹🥹 and you get to see him grow more confident 🥹🥹
crybaby.. /So affectionate... he cries easily and is very sentimental and tenderhearted (◞‸◟,) the amount he cries in the wedding dlcs is . fbehjbgjb MY BABY... he loves you so much...
My Clingy Baby. everyone knows he always wants to be around you so he gets affectionately teased (ᵕ—ᴗ—) when you date you can set his initiative level and i always make it high so he's very physically affectionate . can't be blamed for this..
heheh.. young cove flirting.. he wants to do a cheesy pick-up line about fish and . building up to it you can Tell he's trying to say something so you just wait for him to get the courage. and if you do one for him he gets all flustered.. GAH!!!
his favourite flower is white linen poppies ^___^
he thinks anklets are attractive... Heh... HEhehehe...
described as a slob . it is ok though. like he'll wipe his hands on his pants and there's always sand in his room but i am endeared by this.
he shimmies as a happy stim :3
gets excited about food... sweets.. fruit + nut flavours... you can give him your dessert and he :0 ?! ... :D !! and is very grateful EEUEUEUEUE
his relationship with his parents, specifically his dad,, um. rough spots. divorce (which he blames himself for. for a while.) + moving + little cove in general. But. he loves both of them and he really grows up to be a daddy's boy 🥹 he's so happy seeing his dad when you visit.. ☹️☹️🩷
^ they are silly . you guys celebrate your moms' wedding anniversary and they dress up more than everyone else because It's a Fancy country club!! 😭 and when they see each other they're like See! He gets it!! 😭😭
cove gets angrier if someone is mean to you than to him… stands up for you and makes sure you're alright… orz
sweetie pie... sweetheart... always so sweet... he offers to give you his homework when you think you've lost yours... you ask if he can come over and he says Ok and is climbing through your window in 2 minutes no questions asked… he holds his hands over your ears if you think fireworks are loud…🥹 Bwah
cove cares. Soo Much. about you. and seeing you happy. there's a point where he surprises you with 3 date plans and you're like hmm...? and his dad asks you to check on him because he noticed cove kept looking up How to make someone happy. and you find out cove was scared that growing up he wouldn't be able to make you as happy as he does now while you're neighbours and you have like. every relationship advantage possible. and he doesn't even Know how he makes you happy now,, so he wanted to make an active effort for you..... and if you decide to Surprise Him instead, he cries and he's like.. See? This is why. I want to do things for you. You're so sweet to Me. AAAGHHH!!!!!!!
this is another sillier example but he gets so excited when you take home extra wedding cake FOR HIM but later if you say You want to eat all of it he's immediately like Okay !! ^___^ without realizing you're jokingsbdjsbfdb
like he is a LOVERBOY!!! 🥹🥹 he loves you so deeply from the years you spend together and he loves seeing You grow into yourself and is always very supportive... he would do so much for you... heelp...hleepmemeem ...
there's. haha. you can joke like. Wanna go make out in an alley.? and cove's like ! 😳!!? and he's flustered bc woah it's like 6am. But he's into it. and i think that really did somethign crazy to.my brain. lIkefe. th.e.g ghgouhghgmyhy. gohuhgnmygfo!?@?!? me whwne. when we. wnhenthe. twhwneeehwwnen. gelpghl
akaashi and cove are equal to me in terms of Amount of Time Thinking About Them during the Day and husbandboyfriendness. this is important for you (all) to know. also 14dwy ren but. anyway. i'm very uniquely fond of cove... like That's my baby... seeing him grow up and gain confidence... but he'll always be your crybaby / romeo / space cadet / Cove. I cantbreathe
Um. some thangs about us. eueuuewhghh
we get matching tattoos of our favourite flowers!! his poppies and either tulips or lily of the valley for me. haven't decided. bwah
i volunteer with him at the beach 🫡!
apartment 2gethah... we have his pet fish.. heh.
i will by mitski and HTTYD (Romantic Flight) are on the wedding playlist. also promises from hadestown... i'm embarrassed to ask for them but cove supports me wholeheartedly and wants it to happen...
the anklets i have… smoking duck gif. cove notices whenever i get a new one . There is an NSFW Wedding Night DLC and Let's jusr say. I wouldwear the first one i ever bought. or a fav. Hhahah. … that dlc is crazy btw /pos.
he's a switch btw. and you . he canonically likes . it's. i'm sos orry i;m crashign out hold on
wedding ceremony in a poppy field.. reception at aquarium...🥹🥹
we visit the place we got our wedding cake from every year 🥹 get it and perhaps a new flavour too 🥹 sorry i'm wedding dlc-pilled That shit is serious 4 me. lord
i am the passenger princess. joke bear smile. HBFSJBFD cove keeps a photo of us tucked in the overhead mirror
^ also has a picture of us/me in his wallet.. i half-joked about getting lockets for us but the photos for those have to be So Small this was the simpler option... he rarely switches it out but all of them are safely tucked away in a box when that happens
growing up & seeing me crush on fictional characters he'd be like . . . and compare himself a bit ☹️😭 but. they are often Like Cove. so it becomes a silly thing he teases me about. Like oh and what do you see in this one? and im like bro please.. 😔 You..... BDHSJSSJD
#**oh myglob Edit. I havent played thru in AGES so i may b misremembwring thangs. Jsykk#🌼🐚#pinged#eeueueue KHALIXX THANK U FOR ASKING... BWAHHHHHHH 🥹🥹🥹 i dont talk about him a lot bc. im shy. but it is SERIOUS.#. i miss cove guys. FAAWKK MYLIFE i need 2 talk abo u t himmore.. I will always talk about him when prompted. know this.#he is very special to me... my everything...#fundamentally changed my life in high school and now im supposed to graduate uni next year... sobs...#olba is such. a sweet and lovely game to play. There is So Much content for free. but also DLCs. Like.#i dont know if its a great first vn bc its so long bUt definitely a fantastic pick if ur prepared and like childhood friends to lovers!!#like !! plot points from 8y.o can be brought up at 23!! u can start dating multiple ways!! different proposals!! no bad endings!! AAAAGHH..
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Finally glad the mouthwashing fandom-at least on here- is finally coming around to see the idea that neither curly or jimmy are completely innocent nor should be babied or completely villainized because to do that you'd need to *checks notes*
Completely ignore how mouthwashing is a story of how systems of abuse are kept in power. Particularly rape culture and the patriarchy that encourages these actions while also encouraging bystander effect from other men close to predators...which is all encouraged under a system like capitalism.
Idk read more of tha rant in tags I got carried away I fear.
#its all interchanging systems babe#if i see another post babying curly#or removing any amount of humanity from jimmy#im going to assume you simply dont want to interact with the meat of the game#you just looked at overall plot points and story beats with a glance and refused to give this wonderful game its flowers#stop turning these complex character into one dimensional things you can comodify like prepackaged food#this also heavily includes anya and the weird way you guys also baby her#shes a grown woman...a tramatized one yeah? but a grown woman who should be treated decently#not just spme one note preformative doll you wave around in order to comfort and baby curly or to shit on jimmy in the most ooc way possible#same with swansea#my goodness#mouthwashing#seriously ik fandom always does this but mouthwashing tumblr somehow impressed me?#with how much they could miss themes and intricacies for their preformative turn to the camera so they can say#“grrr this character bad and is monster lets throw a bunch of cluster b disorders at them and remove any character to prove a point ”#“wow this character is completely absolved from his actions and is too innocent to be deeply analyzed...#lets give him a playtoy supporting female character to dote on him and loft him up despite her own trauma!“#rant#im sorry its just soo annoying#usually im a “do everything you want forever” type girl#but its seeing the fandoms hypocrisy in jow they treat charscters like jimmy and curly and swansea that makes me realize#media literacy is soooo down hill.#quick give me a 500 word essay on why you think *shittiest take ever* is acceptable!
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Started rewatching spn in season four why is this like evil psych
#it’s evil#they have that shining reference tho#also a WHOLE episode is dedicated to finding out how Dean gets out of hell#and pretty much NOTHING happens. there’s no a or b plot it’s just that and then Sammy diverges near the end#so that Dean can have a little chat with cas (they want to kiss so bad holy shit they wanna I swear to g-)
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been busy Not Drawing but allow me to rough design the Sirens' Song finally
#damn the fuck kind of tags does this bad boy get#sailship#worldbuilding#anyway. she's kind of a cross between a (smaller) portuguese galleon and a chinese junk#with a rig somewhere between a sloop and a brig :]#i just knew I needed the captain's quarters to be in the fore while the crew's quarters are at the aft for Plot Reasons#and i rlly wanted both a forecastle and a quarterdeck. because I like how they look#and went for a tiller over a wheel because A: it's not a Huge ship so a tiller would work. B: i like it. strays a bit from the expectation#of a lot of Sailboat Stories. with the classic Pirate Ship Look#also tho the Song's not a pirate ship! they're merchant sailors! she's an interislandary cargo vessel#hence the big ass hold and smaller crew#also gunpowder isn't really a thing in synsolic so they don't have cannons. which Also saves space#ballast would just be placed in the hold wherever it's needed to keep weight distributed well. there's no set Room For Ballast like some#(mostly larger) ships have#oh also the actual rigging up there is very simplified Obviously. she's got way more ropes and blocks n shit than that#that's just kind of the Main Places Things Go. and obviously it would vary with tack#she's got stairs instead of ladders because satyrs can't rlly use ladders as easy as humans can... like they COULD but theyd need#much broader steps so u may as well make stairs. on account of Hoofs#oh and i didn't draw it. i forgor. but the capstan Is on the weather deck and is about above the galley#:] that is all. i <3 sailships#mayhaps one day ill design the serpent's tail and/or halcyon. methinks the tail is more sloop-like and the halcyon is Big. ish#idk what it was designed for tho. like the tail was a fishing vessel. the fuck was the halcyon????
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oh yeah we also watched the school for good and evil movie last night. my thoughts about it can be summed up as “aesthetically stunning, zero substance”. it’s like if cotton candy were a movie. my favorite part was how you could tell that they really really wanted to cast noah centineo as the male lead
#jesper from s&b tv show was in this movie and i couldn’t get over it#bad movies with j&j#jamieposting#i will say though. aesthetically STUNNING.#costuming? hair and makeup? set design? on point. when sophie gets a cunty little bob and starts serving? she ate i fear#did the plot do literally fucking anything cool? no
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