#christmas in july collab

[sageistri]

Jimin had a solo era where he had 10 days of mostly local promo except for Jimmy Fallon for his 6 song EP (1 b-side + 1 title track) in Mar 2023 + 1 collab (with Kodak and Jvke) in the F&F movie franchise in May 2023 + 1 collab with Taeyang of Big Bang in Jan 2023 with accompanying mvs for both collabs + 1 fansong released on christmas week 2023 with 30 hours of notice and recycled footage for its mv + 1 documentary released on weverse in Oct 2023.

JK had a solo era where immediately after hiatus he released left & right in June 2022 with Charlie Puth who's pretty famous in his own right, a world cup song in Nov 2022 and performed solo in the opening ceremony which was watched by 1.5 billion viewers. He then proceeded to release Seven in July 2023 with latto who's also pretty damn famous in the west with Grammy winning producers and an accompanying mv with Han So Hee. Seven is perhaps the most payola'd kpop song of all time - I can't even list it all down without making this ask huge but suffice to say that with all the ads and playlisting on several platforms including tth from day 1 and some help from spotify to keep all his combined versions together instead of splitting them and probably a tiktok heating deal - seven managed to stay on top of global for weeks and netted a bunch of records.

However moving on, JK performs at good morning america, is supposed to perform at the mtv emas (gets cancelled) and announces his next single 3D with Jack Harlow at Global Citizen Fest at NY releasing in Sep 2023. He also has a collab too much with kid laroi and central cee in Oct 2023 with an accompanying mv. After that we're gearing up for his all English album release in Nov 2023 with a 11 track album. He has features from major lazer and dj snake and songs composed and produced by the likes of Diplo, Ed Sheeran and Shawn Mendes. He goes on to perform snty at Jimmy Fallon, Times Square and iHeartRadio live. While none of his songs post seven are as heavily payola'd, they're still very well promoted. In Dec 2023, he releases a remix of SNTY with usher with an accompanying mv. He also features in hots in single I wonder in March 2024. Finally he's released a fan song never let go for festa in June 2024 which is a fansong but has a bunch of benefits usually seen for digital singles but no MV.

Obviously I haven't mentioned everything like their ambassadorships, their single bad decisions with benny blanco (mostly because I forgot about it), smaller promo like suchwita, JK's radio interviews, his visualisers, Jimin's Korean shows, either of their mnet performances, their myriad of tiktoks, their dance performances on youtube, JK's week-long station head parties or accompanying Yoongi on the D-Day tour. Plus as I said I can't mention the full length and breadth of JK's promo compared to Jimin in smaller aspects like number of remixes / remix albums or cd stock because this'll go on forever. And of course this is only the status as of today. We know pjm2 is coming as is probably a documentary for JK and their travel show together. Though I've probably missed out some things for both, I think I've covered the main points of both the solo eras.

There's a bunch of stuff happening here. For one JK's solo era is spaced out very well regardless of who else among BTS is releasing. While other members are clustered in specific times to avoid overlap, JK manages to have the most well spaced out solo era sometimes to the detriment of a member whose promo he might be encroaching on (debatable but I think it's true). The world cup gig which undoubtedly went to BTS being co-opted as JK's solo has never sit right with me but whatever. People can delude themselves about how in demand JK is but the truth is Latto, Jack Harlow and others probably got very well paid for collabing with JK and were certainly approached by Hybe / SB projects rather than the other way around. Same goes for them putting the full force of their marketing department in netting all those performances in the US plus awards. The new jeans controversy gave some insight into how Hybe can use their leverage to net spons, awards and performances when they want to. The fact that most of the collaborators JK had are good buddies with 🛴 isnt lost on any of us. JK's almost exclusive focus on the western market with all English songs is also noteworthy. I haven't even mentioned Jimin's sabotages because I can see how it's debatable but certainly JK's team at Hybe / SB projects were at the least way more careful handling his releases than whoever the hell is running things for Jimin at Hybe even if you don't want to acknowledge the sabotage he went through or the sheer disrespect of having his album release cut off by another members. Also not going into the bs with the delay in Jimin's RIAA certification just so that JK could get that first kpop soloist title or the insanity of Jimin's billboard sales filtering versus JK's premptive itunes preorder for seven before the official announcement of the BB rules change and helpful midweek sales updates that seven had.

After all this, it's amazing that JK's main point of comparison is Jimin. The fact that jjks and armys still feel this compulsive need to compare JK with Jimin after he releases something inspite of JK's peers supposedly being Taylor Swift now (their words not mine) speaks to both how JK was unable to capitalize on his heavy marketing and records versus how much Jimin was able to achieve with Face and Like Crazy.

JK managing to get the most likes on tiktok, staying on charts after heavy playlisting, becoming the darling of kpop stans - notoriously known for being visual stans and extremely fickle, and getting a bunch of kpop awards at the end of 2023 and probably 2024, having the most name recognition among all the members, still needing most of his streams for SNTY to come from Thailand, having album retail sales equal almost the same as Jimin inspite of the huge difference in gross album sales - are these really worthy accomplishments after this extremely long list of moves he's made? Jungkook was very popular to start out with and has always been the darling of armys - to the extent that he managed to avoid getting boycotted inspite of being associated and working with a bunch of zionists for golden. Apart from his new kpop fans, did he manage to net new fans during his solo era though? Or are his main fans still the armys he started out with in the first place from his time in BTS? Is this what anons in your asks think we're supposed to believe is impact?

Impact is what happened after BTS released Dynamite and Butter. A breakout star or single is what Baby was once upon a time for Justin Bieber or Espresso is to Sabrina Carpenter today. You get gp fans when you release good music like Olivia Rodrigo or Billie Eilish. You get critical acclaim when your albums have overarching themes that were carefully constructed and thought out like Beyonces albums. Your solo fanbase becomes more dedicated when you share parts of yourself in your music like Taylor Swift does.

When you make an album with care and dedication, then even when your label doesn't give a damn about you or actively tries to suppress you, your song can still chart more than a year later with your solo fanbase working dedicatedly towards you. That might not be a PCA, but it's a damn sight more valuable imo.

Sorry for how long this got. I just kept remembering more and more stuff to include...

Wow... This is such a perfectly summarized version of the major points and opinions we've all had since jimin's debut... I love it, this is probably the best ask and best post related to this whole thing i have ever read.

It is good for pjms who still ask certain questions about stuff we already talked about and I can never find the exact post where we already talked about it so I'll pin it.

[graygiantess]

Timeline S1 canon-adjacent Armandaniel fics

So all my non-AU S1 Armandaniel fics take place in the same universe and I reference back and forth between them a lot. They can all be read separately, but they are one body of work. They weren’t uploaded in chronological order so I thought it might be useful to post a chronology (partly because I keep confusing myself).

Color coding:

Decisions series

Penthouse Shenanigans series

Not part of a series

Devil's Minion Era:

1975 - Like That, M

November 1976 - Baby, T

1977 - Pleasures remain (so does the pain), E

1978 - Issues, M

1979 - Pearly Whites, M

1979 - The Way to a Man's Heart, T

1979 - Boy Meets Toy, E

1979 - Boner Killer, M

September 1981 - Not Going Anywhere, E

Dubai Era:

June 2022 - The Monster of My Memories, 3 chapters, E (for chapter 3)

June 2022 (same day as Monster) - Parting Gift, T

Early July 2022 - Truth and Reconciliation, 3 chapters, E (for chapter 3)

Late July 2022 - Popcorn, E

Late July 2022 - Glasses, G

Late July 2022 - No, M

Early August 2022 - Triple Word Score, T

Mid August 2022 - Silver Lining, M, with illustrations by @xxhellonursexx!

Mid August 2022 - Lazy Sunday Afternoon, M

September 2022 - A Moment on the Lips, M

Late September 2022 - Daddy, M, collab with @Verimuru - a gorgeous comic!

October 2022 - You to Me Are Everything, T

Early December 2022 - Home For Christmas, T

Mid-December 2022 - Shave, M

January 2023 - As Long As It Takes, M (written halfway through S2 but still very much part of this series)

February 2023 - Heavy Drum, M, with illustrations by @xxhellonursexx!

Late February 2023 - A Steady Hand, M

Early March 2023 - In Hell Together After All, M

Vampire Daniel:

Early April 2023 - Breakfast in Bed, E

These are just my canon-ish Armandaniel fics. I also have some AUs, other pairings and two Claudia-POV Christmas fics.

[dressupdragonne]

Events From 2022 that have NOT had a Single Rerun

Single SSR:

💕 Demon's Portrait: Lilith • Devil's Whisper

NOV 14 - 22, 2021

💕 Planet Wanderlust (iPanda): Momo • Cutee Planet Wanderlust

(even though it's a collab technically, it has reran on the TW server)

APRIL 13 - 18, 2022

💕 Reedpipes of Old: Aphrodia • Reedpipe Song

APRIL 23 - 29, 2022

💕 Reverie Carnival: Loen • Clown's Welcome

JUN 15 - 21, 2022

💕 Wave Invasion: Caprico • Euphonius Night

JUN 25 - JULY 1, 2022

• FUN FACT -> this event has not rerun on any server including the TW server

💕 Ocean of Storms: Loen • Glint in the Night

SEPT 12 - 18, 2022

💕 Sprouting Confession: Ai • Sprouting Love

OCT 18 - 24, 2022

💕 Secrets of Star Sand: Priestess Tess • Starry Sands

NOV 10 - 16, 2022

Double UR:

💕 Queen's Christmas Ball: Erika • Pure White Tranquility (UR pavilion), Erinka • Passionate Lantern Feast (UR pavilion), Momo • Snowy Deer Jingle (SSR recharge), William • Christmas Academy (SR welfare)

(I ran out of space for pics for the other suits in this event, just trust me lol)

DEC 22, 2022 - JAN 1, 2023

My Opinions:

They could be sprinkling all these Single SSRs all over the place and totally catch us up on reruns. In fact it would make way more sense as it would force new players or people who didn't finish into a bind of spending or skipping. I just literally don't understand from a business standpoint why they'd just NOT rerun them. This ain't even a 2 reruns waiting for the special return pavilion situation. They haven't even gotten that far. Anyway it's frustrating me because I'm missing pieces from 5/8 of the singles from that year and I want to finish them 🙃 I'm so close on most of them.

Source: atsukii's GitHub (won't let me link in post I will drop link in replies)

EDIT: Removed Reminiscence of Flower and replaced with Devil's Whisper. Apologies, my source was not up to date. (And I sorted by pavilion and I guess devils whisper didn't count as pavilion since it was tiered rewards).

[bitchlessdino]

When We Didn't (m)

A SVTHUB COLLAB

Pairing: afab!reader x jihoon

Genre: fluff, slice of life, angst, smut

word count: 4.9k

tags: extrovert!reader, opposites attract, flashbacks, college au, slow burn, pussy drunk!Jihoon, slight exhibitionism, oral (f. recieving), fingering

Summary: Remember when we almost? But we didn’t. And now what, you’re gonna sit alone, underneath your barely standing Christmas tree and not expect me to sit next to you? Maybe we should’ve.

author note: make sure to check out all the other member this collab at this link or @svthub !

5 years ago

You scramble to get to the first class of the morning, thinking to yourself it should’ve been a crime to have classes before 10 am. It was the first day of freshman year and you were already late.

The lecture hall was packed to the brim seconds before classes would start. You’d scan the descending seats, hopeful for even a few inches of space. A faint voice starts to speak out next to you and looking down you see a man with utterly soft fairytale-like features. He initially stuns you at first until you realize he’s telling you there’s an empty seat next to him and you whisper to him plenty of words of thanks.

You settle beside him, taking out things from your backpack, throwing quick glances back at him, and eventually realize the severity of your consequences when you notice how you forgot to pack all the necessary items for your first day. “Fuck.”

The quiet man nonchalantly offers a pen, peeking through his specs. “Here.”

“Really?” You take it from his grasp. “Thank you.”

He nods and turns back mindlessly to his journal, preparing himself for the note-taking. After some more scrambling, you sheepishly poke at his shoulder and avert his attention back on you, seeing that awkward apologetic grin on your face. “I don’t want to bother you again, but can I have a sheet of paper?”

He nods, tearing one out and handing it to you the same way he had the pen, which you accepted graciously. “And…I didn't bring my textbook so–”

“I’m not tearing you pages from my textbook because you don’t have yours.”

“Not that,” you reassure, unsure whether he made a joke or if he actually thought you’d ask that of him, “If you don’t mind sharing, that’d be great. It’d only ever be for one time.”

The man sighs, begrudgingly pushing his book until it centers the both of you. “There.”

“Thank you,” you whisper and scoot closer to him, almost too close for comfort.

He pays you no mind for the rest of the time, even when you cross the invisible lines that were essential to common courtesy. He knew he just had to deal with it one day (which was far from the actual truth), and lucky for him, you knew how to be quiet for the most part anyway. The class came to an end eventually and he was grateful for that, he just had two more classes for the rest of the day. Picking up his belongings, you block off his path with a smile.

“Thanks again,” You bring out your hand for him to shake, “I’m Y/n.”

“Jihoon.” He answers plainly, barely reciprocating your gesture before getting up to follow everyone else through the exits.

You mouth his name as if committing it to memory and was quick to get a step behind him. “You should let me thank you sometime…Jihoon.”

“That’s not necessary.”

You halt in front of him before he could exit the doors. “At least a coffee. We are gonna be classmates after all.”

He sighs, avoiding those puppy eyes that come naturally to your golden retriever energy. He usually avoided people like you. People like you were draining, distracting, and he’d rather stay cooped up in his apartment rewatching Inuyasha for the thousandth time. 

Yet.

 “Just a coffee?”

Your eyes light up like the fourth of July. “And your insta?”

Present Day Christmas Eve

“But I wanted to celebrate Christmas with you,” You whine over the phone.

Your mother’s reassuring voice resonated from your phone. “Sweetie, you’re young and able-bodied, you’ll find something better to do than hanging around two old coots.”

“Well, you old coots have a one way trip to Hawaii, how will I top that?”

It turns out your parents hit the jackpot on some bingo night at the community center and would be traveling without you. No doubt, it hurt that you wouldn’t be going, but it hurt more that you wouldn’t be with your family since you spent pretty much every Christmas with each other. It was like things were changing before your eyes. You were growing older and older and you weren’t their little kid anymore. You were on your own.

“There’s always next year, sweetheart.”

You sigh defeatedly and hang up before trying someone else. The dial tone became an incessant noise in your ear after several attempts of contacting your friends. The messages blew up soon after rejection and apologies. Who knew on the Eve of Christmas no one would be available? (Of course, you knew but it couldn’t help to try).

“Y/n, I’m sorry.” 

Groaning into the phone in frustration, almost sobbing into the phone about to hear another rejection come from a loved one’s lips. “You’re kidding.”

“This is me and Mingyu’s first Christmas together. Maybe try Cheol? Yeri? Joshua?”

“They’ve been talking about their alps for months!” You slump in your loveseat and whimper into the cushions. You could hear your friend’s sigh of pity on the other line. “Come on, there has to be one other person in your same predicament.”

“I don’t know about that.”

You've gone up and down your contact list, almost closing in on coworker numbers, and acquaintances, including a hookup that slipped his number in your phone without looking. Even that sounded tempting at this point. Lucky for you, you weren’t that desperate.

There was one last person you thought to call though. They’re also the first person you thought to spend Christmas with besides family. A person that you thought could spend all your time with. The question was whether he wanted to spend such a holiday with you. 

Sometime after your first encounter

Jihoon planned to continue his quaint life as a college student, but you didn’t make it easy. Despite the lack of assigned seating, you made sure to take the seat next to him every day, waving at him when you enter the classroom after him a beat later. You made sure you wouldn’t come to class late again just to sit next to him.

“Hi, desk mate—I mean Jihoon. See I remembered.”

He sees you take your seat, settling in on the fact that there was pretty much his designated seat now no matter how early he arrives, “Hey.”

Taking his things out of his bag to be blindsided by you who pushes packaged convenience food in front of him. “Breakfast!”

“You said it’d only be coffee.” He points out a matter of fact.

“I did.” You point to bottled expresso. “Right there. Everything else is interest.”

He sighs, taking the coffee and stuffing it in his bag. “I’ll just take this. Thanks.”

“Come on, you’ll be hungry later.”

He flips through pages of his textbook, happy being using it alone, “I’ll survive.”

You somehow became a thorn in his side seeing you routinely and he made no effort in changing that. Where he was, you went. You made yourself nearly impossible to avoid. Over time, he found himself relying on you because of it. Though he found you a nuisance at times, it wasn’t all bad. You were chirpy and clingy, but that proved yourself to be useful at times.

“Shit!”

Jihoon never runs for a few reasons: it’s tiring, he gets sweaty, and he gets red. Really red. So, being tardy to lectures was not on the agenda, until the day he had no choice.

He burst through the lecture hall much like your first day, late for the first time ever in his life, he blames it all on his dorm mate that came home drunk and insisted on him dancing with him in the middle of the common area for no reason and cleaning up his puke soon after (yeah maybe his roommate’s name rhymes with toonyoung). 

He tries getting to a seat inconspicuously as possible if any were available, and that’s when he hears your harsh whisper. Your hand waves him over and pointed at the seat next to you that had your backpack currently occupying it.

He sighs but nods at you in a quiet thanks before accepting the invitation. You grin from ear to ear watching him get in his seat and pass him a Pocari sweat, like some kind of guardian angel. “You’re a bit red. Have at it.”

He gulps looking back at the refreshment and accepts it before chugging half of it down in desperation. “Thank you.”

“There’s always more if you need it.” You lightly nudge him before directing your attention to the lecture.

He glances back at you, wondering how you always keep that optimistic smile on your face relentlessly, how you never grow tired, and he starts to think about what motivates it all. You were an average student like he is. What was there to smile about?

Class ends again like aways and much like other days, here you were following him like a newborn puppy. Most days he ignored you, but that day he didn’t bother trying. Instead, he felt a sense of gratitude. 

“Does this mean you’ll let me have your insta now?”

Not stopping in his stride, he flattens out his hand in your direction. “Phone.”

“Really?” You ask as happily as a child, already taking it out and unlocking it before handing it to him.

He immediately pulls up your contact list and adds himself in, his name as plain and straightforward as possible. He hands it back to you. “I put in my number. I don’t have Instagram.”

“That’s fine! I can call you all the time now.”

You try retrieving it before he pulls it away with an authoritative expression.  “Not all the time.”

“Alright, alright.” Finally grabbing hold and editing the name by adding a heart to the end. “So, what’s the rest of our day look like?”

Present day Christmas Eve

“Y/n.”

Your relationship with Jihoon now was hard to put into words. You were no longer classmates, and now you even wonder if you are even classified as friends. Your history was everything but nothing all at once. If you had a gun pointed at your head, your brain wouldn’t process the answer fast enough to save yourself. Just exactly what were you to each other? Better yet, what were you to him.”

“What’s up?”

He could hear your signature chipper on the other line, somehow weirdly nostalgic. “You called me.”

“I know, but it’s Christmas Eve, what are you doing?”

“Mmh, just, around.”

You scratch your head at his vague answer. Jihoon was indeed a man of few words but not that few. “You’re alone, aren’t you?”

Jihoon may have forgotten about the holidays coming around the corner and made no plans, but that was easy being the workaholic he was. He clears his throat, lingering in the awkward silence he’s put upon himself, “…Well—“

You shake your head at him as if he could see you, “Oh god, you are. I’m coming over.”

He could hear you rustling in the background, eyes rapidly blinking at his realization. “W-w-why?”

“Well, because.” You answer, the rattle of your keys heard through the phone.

He blinks, awaiting for other words to follow only for them to never do. “Because?”

“Yeah. Because.” You bite your lips, hoping he doesn’t hear how hard you’re smiling. 

“…Don’t you have plans?”

You hum, breaking out into that smile you tried suppressing. “I do. With you.”

Last year of college

“No.”

“Why the hell not?”

Jihoon was open about being a hermit. He didn’t make an effort to go to places like parties, clubs, or even school events. Not that he didn’t get invited, because he had plenty of invites, trust him. He just thought it was a desperate attempt for most people to do the inevitable: get drunk, get laid, or get embarrassed. 

“I don’t like parties.”

“But I’ll be there.” You tug his arm, pleading with him with your eyes.

He pulls himself away from your grasp. “More than enough reason not to go.”

“You love me don’t lie. I’m the light of your life.”

The unamused look on his face told you otherwise but despite the protests, you convince him somehow to come through. Never in this lifetime did he think someone could persuade him to willingly go to a frat party and now here he was with his peers, who were all drunk and out of their minds, including you.

You had plenty of drink, quickly becoming one with the music and atmosphere that almost worried the introvert. If you weren’t careful and he hadn’t been around, who knows what would’ve happened? Even if you had been annoying, you became tolerable, he desire no ill will disposed on you.

You cling to him harsher than you usually do, which he let happen. The stench of cheap beer and wine coolers staining your clothes and breath. Jihoon knew who could’ve been in a better situation, but at this moment it could’ve been worse. If not for you, there’d be more people coming up to him that he could help without pestering him to drink, play beer pong, or something of the equivalent. You were more than the perfect excuse to do no more socializing than necessary. So as far as he knew it, tonight should’ve been just fine.

“Jihoon…Jihoon…” You play chopsticks on his shoulders, imagining them as a big piano.

“What?” He answers, nudging you off him.

You drape your limp arms over him. Your hot breath tickles his cheeks, which on grew pinker from the body heat. “I’m like, super, fucked…”

Of course, the downside of all this was you were drunk enough on behalf of everyone else attending this party combined.

He rolls his eyes knowingly, a taut grin on his face as he tried helping you from falling over in your seat. “I know. I was there when you almost drank yourself to death.”

“But, but…I have a secret…shhhh, don’t tell anyone.”

He shrugs his shoulders, mindlessly tending and listening to the ramblings of a drunk college student. “Who would I tell?”

You stabilize yourself against him, cupping a hand to his ear. “To be honest…I like you a lot…”

He softly scoffs in disbelief. He pushes away sweaty strands of your hair away from your forehead before flicking it lightly, tossing you back with a giggle leaving your lips. “I see…Well, that’s a shame. I tolerate you.”

You pout childishly, latching to his bicep helplessly, “That’s okay...”

He pinches his nose, “…You reek of alcohol.”

“I should reek of you.” 

“That made absolutely no sense.” He says, playing dumb.

“It means…I want to kiss you.”

He didn’t like how that affected him. Even with his sobriety, he could feel how his heart’s pace match yours without delay. This awe-stricken gaze in your eyes he couldn’t comprehend paired with the sweet image of your puckered lips aiming towards his face. Why was he even a little bit tempted? 

His palm falls flat against your lips, protecting you, and maybe even himself, from a mistake waiting to happen. “…You’re drunk…You’ll forget all this next morning.”

And that’s what happened. After that night, you puked your guts out, holding on to the toilet bowl for dear life, and were knocked out soon after with the aid of Jihoon and your dormmates. You don’t remember a wink of that night, waking up the next day with a headache and Tylenol with water by your bedside. You don’t remember your drunk confession, or the way you openly threw yourself at him, nor the look in his eyes when you admitted it. 

Jihoon, however, remembered everything. It haunted him. He feared it happening ever again. He couldn’t like you and you weren’t supposed to like him. It was better off this way. Right?

Present day Christmas Eve

Although a lot of things changed, a lot still didn't. Jihoon still didn’t drink, but he had to have been drunk if you were actually standing in the middle of his apartment right now with a grocery Christmas ham and a carton of eggnog (the worst possible combination by the way). Your all too familiar smile woke up the pit of his stomach that was vacant when he last saw you. It brought back that same fear again. A part of himself wanted to close the door on you but every other fiber in being was resilient against it. 

So now here you were, heading to his kitchen, placing the eggnog in his fridge, and taking out the grocery ham from its packaging. “I’d have more food, but I was in charge of the ham and eggnog this year. The turkey’s less popular cousin and the season’s choice of drink: dairy…I obviously got the shorter straw. Ha-ha mom and dad.”

His eyes just curiously followed your every move, wondering what made you decide to be here of all places after all this time. You raid his cabinets like it's your own home, taking out a small sum of food he had, thinking to yourself that you could probably conjure up something appetizing. Otherwise, it was gonna be coke zero for dinner, which didn’t sound too bad at this point. “Thank god you have more than ramen in here. I was worried I was gonna have to throw you an intervention after visiting.”

“What are you doing here, Y/n?” He finally asks.

You look up from your busy hand and meet his eyes, still unreadable and solemn. “I’m celebrating Christmas with you.”

“Why?”

“Why not–Oh my god, you have a tree.” You approach his barely hanging tree that was only a foot taller than its owner. “This is…cute. Questionable how it’s still standing, but cute.”

He raises a brow, “Now, you’re insulting my tree?”

“I said it's cute, didn't I?”

Jihoon felt his lips twitch in an almost smile. “You’re annoying as always.”

“Nice seeing you too Jihoon.”

Last year in December 

“Funny. I thought you two would be going out by now, not, what’s his face, Wonwoo.”

You were often seen around the guy, chatting, laughing, and sympathizing. Wonwoo was part of your Latin History lecture and he knew how to keep you entertained. Rumor had it that you were seen spending more than platonic time together. It was almost the amount of time you were used to spending with Jihoon, if not more.

“Yeah, well. Up to them.”

Soonyoung looked back at his roommate with concern. Despite Jihoon having not said a word, His feelings for you were blossoming before Soonyoungs eyes and he finds his roommates wandering your presence. He felt the shorter man open up more because of you and maybe he could find his own happiness someday. 

It was all until Wonwoo came into the picture. Tall, handsome, and sensitive. Untouchable, compare to Jihoon. 

“He’s not even all that …okay, that’s a lie. I’m huffing copium right now, he’s gorgeous,” he admits as he scrolls through the spoken man’s instagram.

“What’s your point, Soonyoung?”

Jihoon lacked life in his eyes and if it was possible, Soonyoung could’ve heard his own heart shatter at the sight.

“Just..hang in there, buddy.” The blonde pats his peer on the back, and his ineffective reassurance goes unnoticed.

Whatever the hyperactive roommate meant was none of Jihoon’s concern. He was busy ignoring the erupting feelings he had for you. To make the matter worse, he had to deal with the fact that he perhaps lost the many chances to act on his feelings. For all he knew, Wonwoo could’ve been the real deal.

But then again, that wasn’t any of his business.

“Hey stranger,” You sit beside him in a place you were both familiar with. 

He smells the whiff of hot cocoa with a hit of peppermint emitting from your cup. It was your usual. You placed it next to his toffee latte, sweeter than what he’s used to, but free of charge thanks to Seokmin who oozed desire for validation. He convinced himself that it was the caffeine making his heart twitch. “Hey.”

“Excited for winter break?”

“That’s…a word to describe it for someone.” He veers back to his laptop, pretending to work.

“What no plans again?” You pester with a playful smile, leisurely sipping.

Jihoon simply shrugs. “No.”

This was your favorite time of year and you believed everyone deserved to have a good time on this specific occasion. Every year, you spent it with family, presents, and dinner, just cherishing everything you had to be grateful for. It was contrary to Jihoon who had spent alone every year since college. His family was thousands of miles away from him and a ticket to reach them would've cost a leg and an arm. This was a lonely season for him.

“How about spending the holiday with me and my family this year?”

He pauses his movement to look up at you, your smile lets his infatuation for you fester like a disease, grinning cheek to cheek in that cute way it does which was indescribably delightful. He could feel his heart swell, the sweat on his forehead pour, and the unsettlement of his legs shake. It was only some time ago he came to terms with his feelings but the truth of the matter was he was never good with feelings. They were too intense for him to understand and he knew that only meant immense disappointment in the end. He wasn’t willing to take that chance.

“I think you should be with Wonwoo.” He returns back to his screen, typing the same word over and over again, “Good reason to check out the lights they put out in town.”

You scoff, your heart swelling for an entirely different reason. “Do you really mean that? You really rather I spend Christmas with Wonwoo than with you?”

There was this look in your eye and sternness in your tone. He had never heard something like that come out of you before, but he couldn’t help it. Self-sabotage came out naturally at this point. You being hurt was only momentarily, he reassures himself. He was doing the both of you a favor.

“Yeah. I think that’s the best use of your time.”

“…Fine.”

You pick yourself up to leave, tears brimming your eyes before finally walking towards the exit where the windchimes followed.  The cold winter air hit you like a slap in the face, quickly drying the hot tears that came running down your cheeks. 

This was it for you. You were done trying. For good this time.

Present day, Christmas Eve 

When you insisted on helping him fix up his tree, you noticed how pretty looked under the Christmas fluorescent lights. He never realized that until now. Probably because he never had the chance. 

Your attention to detail was admittedly admirable. He was glad that part of you hadn’t changed. 

“I thought about this probably a thousand times, you know.”

“What?” Jihoon entertains.

You step down from the stepping stool to put it away after you gave the tree some finishing touches. Thank god for the popcorn in his pantry. “Spending Christmas with you. It was really hard to come here. And I'm not talking about several feet of snow I had to plow through to get here.” 

“Why would you do that for me?”

You scoff, finding it ridiculous how easily he ignores the obvious. “I don’t know. Because you’re my friend. You deserve a nice Christmas. I like doing things out of the good of my heart. Like I was gonna leave you alone? Again?”

“What about you? Didn’t you have anyone to celebrate with?”

You roll your eyes. “Not the point.”

“Seems like the major point.” He retorts, almost sounding amused.

You sigh, walking towards him, “Yeah, everyone else canceled on me, but I’m glad that out of everyone you were available.”

“So I was last choice?”

You furrow your brows. “No, god, could you drop it? ”

“Just why spend Christmas here then?”

“Because I like you!” You shake your body furiously as you threw a tantrum, close to pulling your hair out from the roots. “God, knows why? You’re cold, mean, and distant. You couldn’t be more disinterested and it’s infuriating.”

“Why like me then?”

You body goes limp, clenching your fist helplessly, “I don’t know. Sometimes you were nice to me. It felt nice. And I hope that maybe…that meant something. Then you’d go ignore me like I did something wrong…I never had to work for it before.”

You felt your head spinning in circles. You were too old for this shit. You weakly falling to your knees, Jihoon quickly following to meet your level. “H-hey–”

“I thought if I approached you enough maybe you’d like me back. No matter how hard I tried, you wouldn’t do anything! God, was I naive and stupid. I should’ve never had co—“

Jihoon leans forward and kisses you square center on your lips, stealing your words and breath away. The pressure of his plush cushion makes your frustration dissipate; his hand takes the side of your head, stroking you tenderly. He parts from you when he feels your body calm down, looking back into your eyes glistening in the tears you didn’t realize you had shed.

“Maybe they worked…so your methods weren’t all terrible.”

You were the quiet one for once. His rare smile perks up his face, eyes filled with love and sincerity. You gaze at him as he hugs your cheek with his hands and wipes your tears away with the pads of his thumbs. He embraces your shaking body, soothing your back with the cool palm of his hand.

“...You’re such an asshole.”

“I know. I’m sorr—”

You tug on his sweater to reclaim him, melting into his sweet warmth, finally. You were over the moon. It only took you roughly five years. You finally had him where you wanted and now you were never willing to let him go. Five years all worth the wait.

Present day, New Year’s Eve

“Mmh, hmm…”

“Are you sure you’re getting this all down?”

“P-positive.”

Jihoon chuckles at your disposal. The vibrations of his soft laughter vibrate through your core and are quickly followed by the harsh stripe guided by his tongue. His arms underneath and around your thighs had your legs pressed against his cheeks, thumb teasing the shape of your clit before he’s pinching it as he engorges on your warmth. You hold the phone away from you briefly to whisper a ‘good god,’ and return to the conversation at hand.

“And you’re making sure Jihoon’s going. How did you manage that?”

“Oh,” you chuckle nervously, “just some, mmh, convincing.”

“Knew you could do it. He always did have a soft spot for you. Well, let me know what exactly you do also because I’ve been trying to get him to DJ my wedding all year—“

“Oh…right,” you bit your lips when you feel Jihoon’s tongue fuck inside you, tasting your insides and spreading you open. 

His grunts were soft but coherent, exhibiting the satisfaction he was tasting inside you, sucking against your folds, dribbling his spit and your moisture all over his chin and neck. He can’t help but dig deeper, getting his nose in the action. He practically loses all his senses at this point, but he didn’t care; not that he couldn’t breathe, or how his heart pounded, or that you were on the phone with someone. You were worth the wait.

“Anyways, when are you coming?”

“Oh…soon…” You slur, hardly listening to a word.

Jihoon snickers.

“Great, because I know I said seven but since you’re bringing—“

Jihoon snatches the phone from you and puts the phone mic next to his swollen lips, “We’ll get there when we get there, Seungkwan.”

“Wait, Jihoon? You were with—wait are y’all l—YOU NAST—“

Jihoon hangs up before the younger man can finish, tossing the phone randomly somewhere on the bed, and is finally able to let you finish.

“B-baby…he definitely knows now…” you whine.

“Fuck, if I care. Just focus on me, hmm, you taste so fucking good.”

He brings your legs up to leverage you in the air. On his knees and your legs on either of his shoulders, he devours you ambitiously, fingers fucking your knuckles deep in until he feels you shake an earthquake. You shout his name without remorse, begging for more.

“I’m really about to cum, Jihoon. Please, can I?”

Your voice laced with honey, you look up at him with tears in your eyes, sweat beading down your forehead, Jihoon couldn't help but let you do whatever you want with him. “...In my mouth.”

He latched himself on you, tongue fucking your insides as he ran his fingers rampage along with it. Your hips twitch in his embrace until you're practically thrashing in bed, clutching pillows, throwing them aside, lacking almost all control of your limbs. When he comes back up to the surface for air, he’s wiping the mess on his face with the back of his hand.

“You’re a mess,” You laugh, heaving your chest.

“Speak for yourself.”

You snicker only to quickly be brought back to reality. “We do need to get those groceries though. Seungkwan needs them.”

He raises a brow at you, readjusting his legs to pin you by your wrist, that smile to first appear a few days ago not seeming to waver in the slightest. “Sounds like I haven’t tire you out enough.”

“Baby—“

“I have more work to do.”

Giggling, you feel him embracing your sweaty form beneath him, peppering kisses all over you neck and cheeks until the finally reach your lips, chasteful compared to the event just few moments ago. You smile against his kiss, “I guess we still have some time?”

He strokes your hair, kissing your forehead. “Of course, to make up for the times when we didn’t.”

[female-malice]

what are some of your favorite female lead metal bands? i love spiritbox personally

Subrosa, Oathbreaker, Brutus, Jinjer, Julie Christmas (she has various projects like Made out of Babies and Battle of Mice as well as other solo and collab albums)

Also Kylesa, Mammoth Wizard Weed Bastard, Chelsea Wolfe metal collabs, Emma Ruth Rundle metal collabs, Lingua Ignota metal collabs

I'm sure there's more. @varginhamonologues also asked for doom folk recs. That's Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle, and Darkher. You could put Subrosa in that category. Also Radie Peat and Lankum. And the German singer Nico

[sitp-recs]

HP Rec Fest, Day 4

As a big enthusiast of HP art I couldn’t be more excited about today’s prompt from @hprecfest. In my experience, the fic + art combo always feels like a special treat and makes the reading experience all the more immersive and magical. If you’re a Drarry fan make sure to check the HD Big Bang Fest which brings amazing collabs between writers and artists. I was hard pressed to rec my all-time fave A Sword Laid Aside by @korlaena with stunning artwork by @saulaie, but in the spirit of reccing new, lesser known works I’ve picked 2 Drarry fics and 1 rarepair. I’m so delighted to rec authors and artists I’ve admired for such a long time. Thank you all for sharing your talent with us!

Day 4) A fic with art:

Drarry

Memento Mori by @fantalfart and art by @crazybutgood (M, 24k)

Seven is the number on my door. It’s the amount of scars I bear on my chest. It’s the time I wake up every morning. Seven is how old I was when father beat me for the first time, and seven years later I felt the force of a Cruciatus by the same hands.

this is such a cool and creative case fic, I was hooked since the start and can’t believe how CBG’s origami art only enhanced the sense of mystery and the story’s creepy, dream-like quality. brilliantly well thought and executed, I promise this will haunt you for a while!

Waking Up Slow by @sweet-s0rr0w and art by @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm (E, 22k)

'Twas the night before Christmas, although it’s July / Draco’s a shopkeeper, no-one knows why / There’s hiking and witch caves, freak snowfalls and more / Bad Christmas jumpers, nosy neighbours galore / Narcissa’s here too, but… something’s amiss / And what’s in those chocolates that’s making them kiss?

WUS is one of my 2023 favorites but for some reason it remains criminally underrated so I’m here to invite you to embrace the Christmas spirit and go read this sweet story asap. I adore this charming and quirky shop owner Draco, watching Harry fall for him was such a treat. Just like the story, Joy’s art is rich, creative and tender, with layers of soft angst expertly woven underneath 🤌🏼

Rare pair

The NottPott Chronicles by @amarillis39 and @missmrah (E, 35k, ongoing) - Harry/Theo

A series of moments from Theo and Harry’s lives as they learn to navigate their relationship, deal with their demons or just simply revel in each other’s company. Every story can be read as a stand-alone.

this luxurious series is a feast to the eyes and an absolute rarepair classic in my opinion; a must read to all NottPott fans or those curious about the ship like myself. I was immediately sold on this hot tattooed power couple being sexy & tender across a series of deliciously intimate slice of life vignettes.

[layraket]

All the art I posted this year! (2023)

96 posts in total!

15 march - lil guy [oc art]

15 march - Yellow cow [og art]

15 march - Back [oc art]

15 march - Miss Beloved [ranboo fanart]

15 march - Friends [og art]

15 march - Bird practice [og art]

15 march - Soe redesign [oc art]

15 march - Spore [oc art]

15 march - She's cool [oc art]

15 march - him [oc art]

15 march - I found you! [oc art]

22 march - animation test [oc art]

4 april - Backgrounds practice [og art]

6 april - Asexuality day [og art]

16 july - God Killer [loz fanart]

18 july - Hyrule practice [lu fanart]

18 july - Wind and Hyrule [lu fanart]

19 july - Wolves vibing [lu fanart]

19 july - Ravio and Hyrule [lu fanart]

23 july - creatures gang 1 [lu au]

28 july - creatures gang 2 [lu au]

30 july - creatures Legend and Hyrule [lu au]

31 july - She [og art]

1 august - Are you sure? [lu au]

3 august - Rito duolingo [loz/duolingo fanart]

6 august - creatures gang 3 [lu au]

6 august - creature Time [lu au]

7 august - creature Wind [lu au]

9 august - creature Hyrule [lu au]

10 august - creature Twilight [lu au]

11 august - Red Link ms paint [loz fanart]

11 august - creature Four [lu au]

14 august - creature Wild [lu au]

15 august - creature Warriors [lu au]

20 august - Smol wind Big dragon boat [lu au]

24 august - young Hyrule [lu fanart]

24 august - fluffy wolfie [lu fanart]

25 august - more Ravio [loz fanart]

25 august - smiley Sky [lu fanart]

26 august - Ravioli cheek [lu fanart]

28 august - sheikah paw [lu au]

31 august - Light dragon traditional [loz fanart]

4 september - Wind spanish swears hc [lu fanart]

9 september - Wing bois Wild [lu au fanart]

10 september - el wiwi [lu fanart]

13 september - Wild and Sky hug [lu fic fanart]

15 september - Wolf cut Twilight [lu fanart]

15 september - Idependencia Salvadoreña [og art]

17 september - Sunset [lu fic fanart]

23 september - Crop top trio [lu fanart]

23 september - funny cat traditional [og art]

25 september - friend pfp [oc / og art]

28 september - Food comic [lu au]

1 october - Flufftober day 1 [lu fanart]

2 october - Flufftober day 2 [lu fanart]

4 october - Wind Vio and Wolfie jenga [lu fanart]

6 october - Flufftober day 6 [lu fanart]

8 october - Flufftober day 8 Collab [lu fanart]

10 october - Flufftober day 10 [lu au]

11 october - Flufftober day 11 [lu au]

14 october - Wind painting nails [lu fanart]

16 october - Flufftober day 16 [lu au]

17 october - Time throught time [lu au]

19 october - Flufftober day 19 [lu au]

19 october - Puppy menace [lu au]

27 october - bird [og art]

31 october - Halloween art Twilight [lu fanart]

1 november - eepy wind [lu fanart]

8 november - shadow doodle [loz fanart]

12 november - Ika's DTIYS [lu fanart]

12 november - The guy [side blog og art]

15 november - Ben drowned [side blog creepypasta fanart]

18 november - shadow doodle naiiilss [loz fanart]

18 november - cursed au idea that turned into a real au [loz au]

18 november - ma boi [loz au]

20 november - Wolves playtime [lu au]

24 november - quinceañera wind [lu fanart]

30 november - another boi [loz au]

2 december - Farm Wolf [lu au]

5 december - ms doodle of ma boi [loz au]

7 december - Ravioli commission [lu au fanart]

9 december - Pretty design traditional [loz au]

10 december - Sea bunny [lu au]

14 december - The smartest there [side blog oc art]

14 december - Eepy triple threat [lu au]

18 december - big brother wars brainrot [lu fanart]

21 december - wars with mask and hot chocolate [lu fanart]

22 december - la creature [og art]

22 december - sky patetic [lu fanart]

22 december - ma boi again [loz au]

22 december - toon link [loz fanart]

22 december - pretty design strikes again [loz au]

22 december - crazy fox [lu au]

24 december - christmas triple threat [lu au]

25 december - jolly shadow link [loz fanart]

31 december - new year [loz au]

[mint-ty]

I get the disappointment re: the lack of bojere content. We were all expecting more, especially after finding out that JO would spend so many days with him. But I don't think Jere hates bojere, considering how much he himself has willingly and knowingly fed us bojere enjoyers. But I do feel like he is afraid that his involvement and presence throws a shadow over JO, and really wanted JO to have their proper moment in Finland now, and not make it about him. And having been to both shows, I think it was the right call. I feel like even bringing Häärijä on stage on Saturday, while cute, was unnecessary and a bit of a mistake. Sunday's show was the perfect JO experience and I'm glad they got to have it and that Jere was able to enjoy it from the audience for once. And also he is on vacation and kinda in between "eras" right now, and JO is also moving on from ESC, so I feel them playing Cha Cha cha now would have felt weird. Idk, maybe they'll do something in July, when Jere is back to work, so to speak. Or maybe they won't. But I'm happy they'll at least get to meet again fairly soon. Especially when I think about last May and Jere crying, because he didn't know if he'd see bojan again. 🥺❤️ And I'll continue to wish for a proper collab song, so that they would always have an excuse to perform together if the opportunity arose and it wouldn't be awkward (like playing just Käärijä or JO song would be, I think)

(puting under cut because I'm just waffling depressing shit)

man, anon, I don't even know why it's hitting me so hard. The weird thing is that I fully agree with everthing: him on stage would have been unnecessary and kinda setting a bad precedent, and I'm happy they keep their friendship private, as they should. (the friendship that is absolutely real and I never doubted that). But the timing and the way it was done... like the silence is so fucking loud. The only conclusion I can draw is that Jere regrets doing things the way he's done during JO Nordic Tour... Am I now a bad person that I enjoyed that content? Because whenever I had a bad day it was such a comfort to look up videos of Jere and Bojan... but if he regrets that those videos are public, I feel like I'm not allowed to rely on them anymore.. That we're not invited to Bojere anymore.

And again it's completely fine, they don't own us anything. But the christmas is gone and I don't know what to do now.. I keep reminding myself that I can't expect anything and honestly that's very depressing.

I also undestand that these are fully my personal issues, I'm most likely overthinking all this to oblivion and I'm also sorry for bringing all this up here. It would make me most happy to know I'm the only one feeling this way.

Oh and I love you anon, I hope you have a good day 💖

[yutopia-eleftheria]

Inazuma Eleven Collaborations Part 1

One of the things that I abolutely love to do ! ♥ Seeing each other's art style collide into one piece of art is such a thrilling experience !

Note that all collabs are done and shared in Instagram, so I'll be putting the Instagram usernames from the people whom I participated in collabs.

Also note that the collabs are put in order, so from the first one made to the most recent one.

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Tuesday July 11th 2023 :

Inazuma Eleven Collab with @luna_thunder_ !

Her OC is Luna, her main OC from her account.

My OC is Ana Lee Rina Quagmire, also known by her alias Rina in here, the younger sister of Dave Quagmire (Saginuma Osamu).

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Thursday August 10th 2023 :

Inazuma Eleven Next Generation Collabs with @blancafbki !

Note that this is also the Ares Timeline.

My first Next Gen OC is Chaotrix Quagmire, the daughter of Dave Quagmire (Saginuma Osamu) and Zéké Valanche (Segata Ryuuichirou).

My second Next Gen OC is Scar Froste, son of Shawn Froste (Fubuki Shirou) and Joaquine Downtown (Matoro Juka)

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Saturday December 16th 2023 :

Inazuma Eleven Collab with @sonicfire97

His OC's name is Angelo.

My OC's name is Ana Lee Rina Quagmire, younger sister of Dave Quagmire (Saginuma Osamu).

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Friday December 23rd 2023 :

Inazuma Eleven Next Generation Collab with @kivin00spritte !

Her Next Gen OC's name is Naguta Haruya, daughter of Claude Beacons (Nagumo Haruya) and her OC

My Next Gen OC's name is Randall Love, son of Byron Love (Afuro Terumi) and Henry House (Hera Tadashi)

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Tuesday December 27th 2023 :

Inazuma Eleven Christmas Collab with Hannah !

The Original slide with the OC is available on Instagram, and it was launched by @daylight_heavenly12 for Christmas !

My OC's name is Ivoiria Xénao, my French OC from Rose Griffon !

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Saturday January 13th 2024 :

Inazuma Eleven Collab with @CuteSnowy_Chan. Her main account is @daylights_heavenly12.

OC's name is Adrien Hunters

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Monday February 27th 2024 :

Inazuma Eleven Next Generation Collab with @moonymphe !

Her Next Gen OC is Ai Afuro, daughter of Byron Love (Afuro Terumi) and her OC

My Next Gen OC is Mumbo Jumbo Withingale, son of Claude Beacons (Nagumo Haruya) and Bryce Withingale (Suzuno Fuusuke)

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BONUS !

Saturday March 25th 2023 :

Inazuma Eleven "Collab" with @serika_afuro (@serikaafuro on Tumblr) !

This one was more of a gift that I made for her as she also did gifts for me, so I decided to draw our OC's together as they are both the sisters of Joseph King (Genda Koujirou) in our respective timelines and AU's !

Her OC on the left is named Daisy King, she is the younger sister of Joseph.

My OC on the right is named Amy King, she is the twin sister of Joseph and they have another twin named James, which means they are triplets.

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 08/03/2024

Reach for the Submission, Immortal Fes

Season 5 Featured on: Bloodstained Bounties ~ The SiIvaGunner All-Star Summer Festival 2021 Collection [Event Side]

Ripped by minindo, Myeauxyoozi

Requested by crickqt! (Ask Box)

And so we reach the third installment of this, I guess "Trilogy" of Minindo Touhou rips. It's fascinating, especially as someone who doesn't really know much about the games, to see how Touhou music gradually became more and more prominent on SiIva over the years - it began as mostly just Princess Sylvyspirit's passion project on the channel back in Season 1, yet gradually grew into becoming one of the channel's most known sources for good ass rips. Touhou creator ZUN was featured in both King for a Day Tournaments, we finally got the long-awaited Touhou album right before Season 5 began, and as Season 5's big summer festival event drew to a close, it was a Touhou rip - Reach for the Submission, Immortal Fes - that co-signed its ending.

I've gone on record saying that Season 5 was the time where I was...least engaged in the channel's activity. I believe I described the Season as feeling "aimless" back in my rip :), which in hindsight I wouldn't exactly say is accurate, It's moreso just that it was a period where the channel was doing things I wasn't quite as enthusiastic about. In a way the change was to be expected: the team had put the main narrative of the channel on hold since Season 3 and spent both episodes of Season 4 specifically on building up to, performing, and celebrating the King for Another Day tournament. Season 5 (and the final months of Season 4 Episode 2) was then, in a way, the first time that the channel wasn't really tethered to any recently set-up beats to follow through on, with the Christmas Comeback Crisis already long on hiatus and the King for Another Day tournament officially wrapped up. As a result, we got a ton of interesting, out-there projects that we likely wouldn't have otherwise: The beginning of SiIvaGunner Fusion Records/SGFR in snow halation but it shreds and Running Through Cookie Country, the debut of Friday Night Funkin' and the ridiculously high-effort rips made for it such as Epic Rap Battles of History: Funny vs. Funnier; and of course the continued emphasis on voice acted side stories, with various audio dramas such as Curse of the Fallen Angel in Knowledge of the Depths and today's topic, SummerFes 2021.

SummerFes 2021 may not have had as much immediate emotional pathos as its predecessor in Season 4 Episode 2, but used its standalone nature to great effect - a super distinct western theming with some of the best art on the channel, tons of left field events like Christmas in July with Nostalgic Blood of the Gregg ~ Old Source and Dream's birthday with Five Dreams at Night 1.16, and so much more. In closing out this vast, varied fun time of rips, Reach for the Submission, Immortal Fes is more than just a meme medley mashup - most all of the jokes are, in chronological order, reflecting each part of this greater SummerFes event. The annual PSY Day, the Spirited Away anniversary event, the Dream event (synced with *Dream* Land's music from Smash 64 to also cover Super Star Symphony), Beatles Day...its a full-on journey, a trip down memory lane of the entire event and just how much fun it all was.

Minindo's ripping prowess is something I've emphasized before in the prior Touhou rips of his I've covered, particularly Beautiful Dreamer, but it absolutely bears repeating: a rip this varied and large in scope only works because the guy is exceptionally good at what he does. And while I definitely prefer Beautiful Dreamer as a listen due purely to how focused and refined it is, Reach for the Submission, Immortal Fes still manages to give me those same feelings that the smaller-scale Fusion Collabs on the channel have always done, of sending me on an audio journey through an super-event that, though less fondly than others, I do still hold very dear to my heart. A lot of people became fans of SiIvaGunner through King for Another Day and its subsequent celebration in the Season 4 duology, and SummerFes 2021 did an excellent job demonstrating just how good the team is at keeping you engaged even with seemingly so little to actually work with.

[kaibutsushidousha]

FGO 2023 roadmap prediction

New Year: New Year campaign featuring Kotomine Kirei, the main villain of Fate/stay Night and Fate/Zero.

January: Nahui Mictlan part 2 featuring Anubis, the current main villain of Fate/Requiem.

February: Valentine's event featuring Francesca Prelati, the main villain of Fate/strange Fake.

March: White's Day event featuring Michael Roa Valdamjong, the main villain of Tsukihime.

April: Kara no Kyoukai Main Interlude featuring Araya Souren, the main villain of Kara no Kyoukai.

May: Adventures collab featuring Bai Ruolong, the most marketable villain of The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II.

June: Gudaguda event featuring Maxwell's Demon, the main villain of Fate/type Redline.

July: Anniversary campaign featuring Sodom's Beast, the main villain of Fate/Grand Order Arcade.

August: Summer event featuring Bazett Fraga McRemitz, technically the villain of Fate/Hollow Ataraxia.

September: That Luluhawa sequel BB has been promising for years featuring Twice H. Peaceman, the main villain of Fate/EXTRA and Fate/EXTRA Last Encore.

October: Halloween (aka Witch's Night) event featuring Kuonji Alice, the expected final boss of Mahoutsukai no Yoru.

November: Fuyuki 2 featuring U-Olga Marie Animusphere, the main villain of Fate/Grand Order.

December: Christmas event featuring Amakusa Shirou, the main villain of Fate/Apocrypha.

[junkissed]

junkissed wips.

masterlist ->

☆ please read my guidelines before making a request! ☆ last updated: 12 july 2024. this is a list of all my current wips and projects in progress. this post will be updated frequently, so check here to see the status of your request! — if you're particularly excited for one of these and want me to make it a priority wip, send me an ask! the more interest there is in something = the more motivation i have to write, so i will try my best to get it done :) genre key: [🤍] = requested; [🐈] = requested for 1k event; [ M ] = smut; [ F ] = fluff; [ H ] = humor; [ A ] = angst; [ ☆ ] = high prio wip

• virgin!shua corruption ☆ [ M ] - status: currently writing (1.2k)

• minghao + wedding night ☆ 🐈 [ M, F ] - status: currently writing (2.0k)

• the king's gambit 95z collab [ M , A , F ] - status: unfinished (currently 22k) planning to finish this summer!

the fics i have started but am not currently working on; will revisit soon.

• model!woozi [ M, ? ] - status: on hold (1.5k)

• svt reaction - another member walks in on you ☆ 🐈 [ M ] - status: unfinished (2.8k)

• ex!jun x new bf!minghao (not a threesome) [ A, M ] - status: drafting

• actor!jun x actor!reader 🤍 [ M ] - status: unfinished (0.8k)

• joshua + corruption drabble [ M ] - status: unfinished (0.3k)

• college ta!hoshi [ M, F ] - status: unfinished (currently 0.4k)

• assistant teacher!seungkwan [ F, ? ] - status: unfinished (currently 0.6k)

• joshua + fake dating [ M ] - status: unfinished (currently 0.9k)

• junhao bondage threesome for bee 🐈 [ M ] - status: unfinished (currently 0.5k)

• jealous jun 🤍 [ M ] - status: unfinished (currently 1.9k)

• santa claus hoshi [ F, M ] - status: unfinished (currently 0.3k)

• mingyu + valentine's day edibles [ F, M ] - status: unfinished (currently 0.8k)

• wonwoo "a boyfriend for christmas" part 2 🤍 [ M ] - status: on hold indefinitely (0.9k)

• seungcheol "mistletoe inn" part 3 🤍 [ M, A, F ] - status: on hold indefinitely (1.9k)

the asks currently in my inbox that i plan to write! if yours isn't listed, then i may still be considering whether or not i'll write it due to time/inspiration, or it may have been combined with another similar ask.

• bf!shua + birthday surprise 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• jun - bathroom exclusive (bedroom exclusive part 2) 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• cat hybrid!jun for mars 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• vampire!jun + royal au for mars 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• jun + ot13 exhibitionism blowjob for mars 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• husband!jun blowjob 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• jun + premature ejaculation 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• jun + horny in public for kai 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• jun + spanking/pussy slapping 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• jun + size kink 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• virgin!jun + corruption for 💤 anon 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• woozi + post-workout sex 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• woozi + manhandling for alicia 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• soft dom!hao + dumbification for mika 🤍 [ M, F ] - status: not started

• hard dom!hao + dumbification for 💤 anon 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• minghao x nude model gf [ M ] - status: not started

• mingyu + sensory deprivation for freya 🐈 [ F ] - status: not started

• dk + scavenger hunt proposal 🐈 [ F ] - status: not started

• dom!vernon + dumbification 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• vernon + marking 🐈 [ M ] - status: not started

• vernon eating you out + fingering for nova 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• sub!jun & dom!vernon threesome for alicia 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• best friends junhao poly threesome for mars 🤍 [ M ] - status: not started

• virgin!dino & bf!jun threesome 🐈 [ M ] - status: not started

© junkissed.

[whalehouse1]

Holidays/Seasons according to the FGO player base:

January: New Years

February: Valentine’s Day

March: White Day (also known as Why Are The CEs Getting Worse Day)

May: Collab Season

June: Usually a story chapter

Late July/Early August: SUMMER!!!

Mid-August: Anniversary

Early September: Nerofest

Late September/Early October (this one does slide around a bit more than the others): NOBBU Hunting season

October: Liz-o-ween

December: “Christmas”

[brxkxnhxxrtsclxb]

okay… i see a lot of complaints regarding mattel and monster high. specifically the skullectors / collector lines in general. and yes, the complaints are valid. i myself have a couple for them cuz mattel do be doing some… questionable things at times xD

what i’m getting at here specifically is about people complaining they’re releasing too many collector dolls back to back. it’s obvious right now in october. first we got vampire heart draculaura for pre orders, then the off-white collab, stitched in style frankie and now the nightmare before christmas set. i understand where people are coming from. i honestly do not blame them for complaining because they are expensive dolls and no one has that money to drop release after release. i get it and completely agree

sometimes i do wonder though… the collector dolls dropping back to back… maybe it’s because we’re not suppose to buy every doll. i don’t think mattel expects us to buy every single drop. i’m gonna use draculaura as an example since she literally gets everything. draculaura fans had the haunt couture doll, howliday doll, the SDCC freak du chic and then vampire heart. that’s four dolls… but they were spaced out ?? haunt couture was somewhere around february - april 2022, howliday was october - december 2022, SDCC for july 2023 and then vampire heart on october 2023… there’s gaps between the releases for the same character. and i’m leaving out next year’s clawd and draculaura howliday love edition one

howliday clawdeen, howliday skellita and stitched in style frankie to me seem to be for other collectors who either missed out on draculaura or are simply not a fan of her. of course, if you bought draculaura and want these dolls and have the income, you’re more than welcomed to get these dolls as well !! i’m not saying you can’t in case someone gets the wrong idea. by all means if you love the doll, go for it !! but the majority do not have the luxury of this income and it’s understandable. bills and necessities have to get paid. they come FIRST !!

all these collector dolls though… i believe we’re not suppose to buy all of them. just the ones that truly speak to you♡ there’s gonna be a doll made for everyone. this current release didn’t appeal to you? we have the next one. eventually one of them you’ll like. happened to me with the skullectors >.<

at times there are two releases back to back that we love and want. if you can get both, go ahead and do so. but sometimes we have to sit and debate which one we love a little more and which one we’re willing to let go. point is, if you don’t have the money for it, that’s okay !! there will be more dolls to come♡ and sometimes we see a new doll and realize: “yeah. i’m happier with this one / like this one better than the one i missed out on”

i personally loved vampire heart draculaura but i didn’t like the way her bangs were styled, so i skipped her. it’s the little details like these that count as well. sure, i could restyle her hair to my liking, but it just wouldn’t be the same. if one day i’d have to sell her, a collector would want her intact to how she was originally styled, so i’d rather not mess with it, but that’s just me :3 on collector dolls, the reason i buy them is cuz i love them the way they are originally ♡

thank you for reading if you came this far !! sorry for the ramble >.< i just want people to know it’s okay to not have every doll. it’s okay to skip a few. it’s okay to not like a small detail or even the entire doll and it seems everyone does. and the opposite is okay as well. it’s okay to love a doll everyone seems to hate. it’s all okay. everyone gets a chance at getting what they want and if you miss out, you will get the next one♡ there’s a doll out there for everyone♡

[raplinesmoon]

hiiiii love! if you would answer n, q, & w for the ask game??

Hi Jess!

I’m so sorry, I meant to answer these last night but I fell asleep 😭 here we go!

n: is there a fic you wish anyone else would write (or finish)?

There are too many to count!! In terms of what I wish someone would write, I tend to love guy wrenchingly angsty fics, so any version of that — ie. a vampire trying to find a cure for their own immortality, or circumstances that just prevent two people from getting together because the timing is right! I’d also love to see really complex fantasy and sci-fi AUs, but I know it’s a lot of work to write that and I’m so appreciative to people have done it already! I also adore slow burns, and genuinely wish there were more of them! Another guilty pleasure of mine is the TV show The Originals, and I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a BTS fic based on because it’s so good (far superior to TVD imo)!

In terms of fics I’d like to see finished, the immediate ones that stick out to me are Bound by obiwrites on AO3 (absolutely showstopping amazing work), and I wish someone (me) would write a sequel to my own Yoongi fic Before The World is Big because I am sitting here grappling with the fact that I left it unfinished and with no resolution between the main pair🥲

q: how do you feel about collaborations?

I have, and this is just going to be honest on my part, very mixed feelings 😣 I’ve hosted two collabs for Jin and Yoongi’s bdays but then also been part of collabs that have fallen through or that I’ve had to leave for my own reasons. I think the ideas are amazing and if they’re executed, lead to awesome fics (I especially like when the collab fics all tie in with characters and universes) but I do think it can put unnecessary pressure on fic authors to write. That’s also kind of the reason I’ve never really opened up requests either because I’m one of those people that if I don’t feel like writing something, I won’t. I’ve read and enjoyed many collabs though! One that sticks out to me was the BTS Christmas in July one from last year!

w: do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

I think it goes both ways! Sometimes if I get a super specific prompt, my brain gets hung up on one detail about it and that can make or break me being able to write about it. But at the same time, I like having guidance about what to write! Also like I said above, I’ve never formally taken requests for this reason bc my muse is very fickle and I don’t want to disappoint people if I can’t fill them 🥰

fanfic ask game

[akaryuga]

2022 Summary and Happy new year!

Thank you all of you!₍₍٩( ᐛ )۶₎₎

Hope anyone who seeing this post have an awesome 2023!

January: suffering (FYP)

Sooooo many things happen this year for me.

all the travel, emigrate from JP to UK.

I think 2023 will be more settle down.⁽⁽ଘ( ˊᵕˋ )ଓ⁾⁾

And I could focus on drawing make stuff!

Also I hoping for more HPHM collab/friends in 2023!|･ω･｀)+

February: END OF suffering

March: Graduation, Planning itinerary, Executing the suitcase (so no drawing or picture)

April: Kansai Tour!USJ!

May: Exhibition, Diving, buy many stuff

June: Theme Cafe/Leaving Japan to England

July: Adapting & getting to know the UK

August: Start modeling/writing my V settings

September: Various testing of modules & looking for suitable software

October: test motion capture, llandudno&London MCM Tour

November: travel around the UK to visit Christmas markets, play the new PKM game

December: Christmas HPHM co-painting! Go to the castle! Finally went to the indoor funfair today!