#complete sass tutorial

[sweetlyvibe]

PERIODS SHOULD COME WITH INSTRUCTIONS

You curled up on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, staring blankly at the TV. The cramps were relentless, and your mood had taken a nosedive. You sighed, wishing this day would just end.

Rintarou shuffled into the room, phone in hand, completely unaware of the war your body was waging against you. He plopped down next to you, gently nudging your shoulder.

"Hey, you okay?" he asked, his eyes briefly flicking to the snack wrappers scattered around. "You've been quiet all day."

"I'm on my period," you muttered, pulling the blanket tighter around yourself.

Rintarou blinked. "Oh... right. Period stuff."

You nodded, trying to suppress the wave of irritation bubbling up, but his cluelessness was doing little to help.

"Is there anything I can do? You want more snacks?

Heating pad? Wait, no, I think you're supposed to, like... drink water or something?" he rambled, a look of genuine confusion on his face.

You couldn't help but groan. "Rin, you've been my boyfriend for how long, and you still don't know what helps during a period?"

He smiled sheepishly. "Hey, I'm trying! There should be a guidebook or something."

You glared at him, the cramps making your patience run thinner by the second. "What do you think I am, a video game? 'Oh, press X to relieve cramps? No, you genius, just... I don't know, don't act dumb for a second."

He blinked again, obviously not expecting the sass.

"Alright, alright, sorry. No dumbness today. Got it," he replied, though you could hear the playful tone sneaking in at the end.

But you weren't having it. "Rintarou, I swear if you joke one more time, I'm going to Google "how to bury a body in silence."

He chuckled under his breath, clearly not taking you seriously. "Is this what they mean by 'mood swings'?

You're like, one roast away from a stand-up special." You turned to him, eyes narrowed. "You're not even funny, Rin. That's why you never got invited to any comedy shows-because you're the joke."

His mouth dropped open slightly, completely taken off guard by your sudden roast. He blinked in confusion, looking at you like you'd just challenged him to a duel.

"Wait, hold on. When did I become the target here?" You gave him a pointed look. "When you decided to be all 'haha, mood swings' while I'm suffering. I'm in pain, and you're the one making jokes? How about I trade places with you and see how you handle it?"

Rintarou's playful expression vanished, and for the first time in the conversation, he seemed genuinely stumped.

"Uh, okay, yeah, fair. No more jokes," he said, a bit more subdued.

You let out a deep breath and slumped back into the couch. "Thank you."

He scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "So... uh, want some chocolate or something? I can go get some."

You rolled your eyes, a small smile finally breaking through. "Chocolate is always a safe bet, Rin."

Rintarou nodded, still looking a little bewildered but clearly trying. "Got it. Chocolate it is. And maybe, like, some flowers? Just to be safe?"

"Flowers won't fix the cramps," you replied dryly.

"But they might fix me, right?" he said, giving you a hesitant grin.

You groaned, but this time it was softer. "Fine. Go get the chocolate and flowers, you big idiot."

Rintarou chuckled, standing up to leave. "On it, boss."

As he walked out, you could hear him mumbling something about how "periods should come with tutorials." You couldn't help but smile, despite everything. He was clueless, but at least he was your clueless boyfriend.

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[chigsprincess]

hiii I'm back for another request! can you do a chigiri/aryu with a reader who often forgets to do their skincare? (I have some skincare stuff at home but I always forget to use it 💔) you can also add characters if you want!

food---->🍿🍪🍙🌯🍢🍨🧃

Glow together

a/n: don’t worry girl, i’m the same. i’ll stay consistent for like a week, then i forget about it all over again, but luckily i never had much trouble with my skin

Aryu Jyubei

He treats every pimple like a personal betrayal. When he gets one, it's a "crisis of epic proportions."

Preaches about how important it is to stay ✨glam✨.

He has a multi-step skincare routine, color-coded, scent-layered, and seasonally adjusted.

Dramatic gasps are a daily thing, if you say you went to bed without moisturizing, he acts like you just confessed to murder.

Keeps an emergency mini-routine in your drawer, labeled step-by-step with sticky notes like “Use me, or suffer the consequences.”

He pretends to be mad when you forget but secretly loves getting to pamper you. He says things like: “I guess I’ll just have to save your pores myself…again.”

Every now and then, you surprise him by doing the full routine and he nearly weeps from joy.

Chigiri Hyoma

You genuinely mean to take care of your skin. You buy the products, you even watch tutorials. But somehow… it just never sticks.

You’re more likely to use a face wipe and call it a day, despite owning a 10-step routine he curated just for you.

He’ll sneak SPF onto your face when you’re not looking. A kiss on the cheek followed by, “Boom. You’re protected. You’re welcome.”

Your skincare routine is often done side-by-side. Him applying his creams with precision, and you messing up the order until he sighs, smiles, and fixes it for you.

You always say that dating him comes with “free glow-ups and unlimited sass,” and it’s absolutely worth it.

Every time you actually complete a routine, he dramatically fans himself: “You’re radiant. A dewy masterpiece. Who are you and what did you do to the love of my life?!” You just throw a pillow at his face.

Itoshi Sae

He doesn’t pester you about it much, but his skin speaks volumes. Flawless, calm, and somehow always perfectly matte or glowing at the right time.

When you ask him how he keeps his skin so perfect, he’ll say something like, “Consistency.” With an accusing look.

You’ll use body lotion as face cream and think you’ve done a good job, much to his silent horror.

Again, he never nags you about skincare, just silently puts the products out, in order, every night, hoping you’ll use them.

Occasionally, he’ll apply your skincare for you. Completely expressionless, yet somehow incredibly gentle. It’s weirdly romantic.

Despite his aloof exterior, he never forgets what you’re allergic to, which products work best for you, or when you’re running low on something.

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[l0vegl0wsinthedark]

Draco and Harry never expected they'd have a girl but they're really really good dads???? They let her pick out her own clothes and toys when she's old enough to point and they spoil her so much??? It's too much to bear. They don't give a shit that she plays in the mud all day (bath time is a riot ft. Giant bubbles, coloured foam, and one if not two completely drenched dads) and they have to remember not to laugh in front of her when she sasses them (some sort of rock paper scissors to decide who needs to sit her down and talk to her about respect). The neighbourhood boys are a little scared of her because she's just better at everything than they are and doesn't even blink at a bloody knee. They're just such good dads she's an incredible kid they're very content.

Oh but they're both shit at plaiting her hair. They have to learn after a point because she likes to wear her hair long (she keeps sprouting about a foot of it overnight when they even so much as trim it - Harry is like 👀👀👀). She takes after Harry in that way but she has Draco's hair, nearly white and SO FINE they both just ahsgdhskksdj CAN'T.

They're given live tutorials by Hermione, Luna, Molly, and even a very impatient Ginny who cannot believe how stupid they are. Heck, even Pansy Parkinson sashays in one day ("AUNTSY!!!" and "Tut tut sit, darling. What have they done to you?") and her fingers move through the fair hair, shockingly quick and dexterous ("WAIT, Pans, I don't follow!!" and "I don't get how many sections she made. Seven?"). They're hopeless.

Which is why they start practice-braiding each other's hair before bed each night. 😌

[night-faye]

"Let the demon child come out and play!" everybody who knows Nezha lore turns to stare at the camera. I knew with this episode, you'd have two more reasons to hate Peng than just Macky and Mei lol. "This isn't worth your life." "You're right. It's worth far more than that." *sighs in lore.* You need therapy too, this show made it worse. "No matter what options it's giving you, you're always going to end up in the same spot." "Ooooh, thanks Macaque. You went through more effort than usual to make me feel like dirty dirt dirt. Good job, round of applause." ABSOLUTELY CRACKING UP AT MK DISHING OUT ALL THIS SASS AND MACKY'S STUMPED LOOK AND AWKWARD EYE ROLL gosh that face- "You were supposed to realize by now that the choices the game's giving you aren't the only choices you've got. Life isn't some pre-written thing like a video game where you have to do what the tutorial says." "It's time to start making your own choices. Something I wish I'd learned a lot sooner than I did." DULY NOTING THIS DOWN FOR THE S4 SPECIAL. We know, it's hard for you to be pushy when you were younger, always following Wukong and friends. Also ow, the cut to the drawing they made together :') two different art styles, they DID draw that together and Wukong kept it all this time :') :') :') Well now that we're in the S4 special uh hehe, you can see where it comes in :) "Only you get to decide who you are, kiddo." That had NO right to be as soft as it was. Haha yep, very weird how the Celestial beings instantly react to that. Only other thing those three have in common excluding MK is dying and being brought back in different ways.

1) SoySauce Duo is a TREASURE. It's so funny watching MK gush about how Wukong was all cute and cheeky, no WAY he did nothing wrong. "Sir, my client is just a fluffy monkey. Let him go. Is it a crime to be silly?" He'd make a great lawyer lol. Meanwhile, Macky is RIGHT THERE lol. It's ok we already heard his perspective. But he's holding back and is just like.......dude. did you even read the book.

2) Love love love the trope of Macky constantly collecting more monkeys. Those little guys missed him a lot, surely. Also LOL at MK laughing at Macky's expense over being called "bud." There's a misconception that Macky would be calling Wukong "peaches" nah that's all stuff like "your majesty" meanwhile Wukong is nicknaming this grumpy ball of fluff something cute like "peaches." Hard agree with his anguish tho like tell us what happened already for realsies we're still waiting for part 2!! 3) "We have to try. He'd do the same for any of us." Meanwhile Macky: *thinking back to MK's S3 rant and the cave divorce* "I can't believe I'm sticking my neck out for Wukong. Again." says monkey not being forced to do anything. Love also, how he apparently read all 2,000 pages of this book. just divorced ex-best friend nemesis you want to kill things. ALSO 😭 that "Wukong, what have you done." has crazy emotion. you two know each other so deeply. Notice how Wukong's eyebrows used to be all messy like Macky's here 🤔 something something, monkey who tries to appear more like a civilized human to belong somewhere and not be seen as a savage beast. 4) Who knows really why Macky was bandaging himself alone or what fight he got into off screen. Just warrior things. But hey 👀 that promise he reminded Macky of in the 2nd ep this season. It is ILLEGALLY CUTE AND PRECIOUS how Wukong is able to dispel any doubts or concerns Macky has just by poking him all goofy like that and UGH THE CUTE SHY SMILES THAT HE CAN'T HELP BC OF HIS STUPID OPTIMISTIC SHINING LIGHT OF A FRIEND and the FREAKING HAIR RUFFLE "Quit it, eat your dang peach." He says with a complete smile audible in his voice bc his friend is stupidly endearing. "You're a peach!" OKAY WUKONG.

>*throws myself off a cliff*<

[trash-monkey]

What The Hell Is This Mess!

Chapter 2

With a great struggle I spend days stumbling around trying to get a handle on the control of the three bodies with speaking and learning how to use the weapons as best as I can, I decided Hanma would be better with the longbow like a sniper since he's soon to be heightened senses from his Archetype; order of the Lycan making him perfect for stealth when needed and Draken is the close combat of the team because of his class so he gets the Great axe while Sanzu Archetype is gloom stalker making him also perfect for stealth but closer in contact unlike with bows like Hanma. If it wasn't for Kesor helping us by pointing out things we can eat until I can get a grip on things I wouldn't have survive and I use my down time to read through our character sheets thoroughly.

"I want a bed." Hanma complained from his branch in the tree we've used to sleep in for the night and layed in a while longer after waking up.

"Well, I want a warm bath so shut the fuck up." Sanzu sassed before giving the leg he could reach a kick.

"We all know that we have the same mind so why are we arguing!" Hanma replied to the kick which Draken rolled his eyes at before answering.

"Because we're bored plus we're practicing speaking so whenever we meet people they won't notice we basically have a hive mind." With that Draken hops down with the two following behind as Kesor appears from wherever she was.

"I believe you're finally ready to explore the island of Iris as you've been on its beach for the pass few days." She snapped the HUD into existence once again to show a unfinished map with the island name at the top and three small yellow dots flashing on the only beach of the entire island.

"Well, you wouldn't let us go farther then a mile out." Hanma complained to the floating child.

"You wouldn't survived a day out there without a good handle on your control, some beast or wildlife would have killed you for dinner!" She puffed up her cheeks while her arms are crossed over her chest right as a notification pops up in the middle of the HUD.

(Main quest)

Congratulations! You have completed the tutorial inorder to survive this brand new world! Here's your reward!

- Rage

- Hunter's Bane

- Favored Enemy

- Favored Terrain

Each of us expect Sanzu has one class feature unlocked which allows us to read them now, we glanced at each other before doing so.

Rage (Draken)

While raging, you gain the following benefits when not wearing heavy armor:

- Strength improves

- When using a melee weapon with the new improved strength you may or may not gain a bonus of extra damage

- You are harder to slash, price, and bludgeoning

- Raging last 1 minute unless you are knock unconscious and you can only rage one time a day as of now.

Hunter's Bane (Hanma)

You have survived the Hunter's Bane, a dangerous, long-guarded ritual that alters your life's blood, forever binding you to the darkness and honing your senses against it. Now you can track fey, the undead, and fiend's as while being able to recall information about them.

The Hunter's Bane also empowers your body to control and shape hemocraft magic, using your own blood and life essence to fuel your abilities. Be warned! A target may resist some features if they know how to.

(At midnight you'll go through the painful process of the Hunter's Bane to never be the same again)

Favored Enemy (Sanzu)

Your favored enemy is monstrosities!

You can track and recall information on them while being able to speak their language if they can speak!

Favored Terrain (Sanzu)

Your favored terrain is Forest!

When using a skill inside your favored terrain your proficiency improves while traveling an hour or more inside gives you the following benefits:

- Difficult terrain can't slow the group down

- Your group can't be lost unless magical means

- Even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling you remain alert to danger

- If your are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace

- When you forge you're able to find more food then usual

- While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, size, and how long it's been since they have passed through the area

"Welp, you're leading us through this forest as it's your specialty." Hanma gives Sanzu a shove.

"I can't wait to watch you weather in pain tonight!" Sanzu snarled back while giving a glare in return of the shove but only caused Hanma to laugh which Draken sighed at before leading the other two farther into the forest.

"Kesor, is there any towns on this island?" She nods, pointing in northeast and southeast directions.

"There's only two villages since this island doesn't get a lot of visitors which I'm only allowed to point you the direction they're in." She shrugged her shoulder before following behind us and so it quickly because night which we already choose a tree to sleep in, Hanma groans at the aches going through his body also causing it to sweat which we quickly decide to move to the base of the tree so Hanma can't fall from it and get injured. The higher the moon rises the more the aches become, Sanzu has Hanmas sweating head laying on his lap while Draken uses a piece of cloth to lay on his forehead try to cool him off as we already removed his clothing expect his pants. We stayed awake with him a night, at some point we had to force a thick stick between his teeth so can't break them.

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[hellhathfrozethoverthinking]

Mega Man 2 Powered Up - Dialogue (*Metal Man route)

see this post for further details on what exactly the hell i'm doing here.

my idea for how the Wilybot story plays out is basically like: dr. wily has made a severe and continuous lapse in his judgement error regarding the Alien. shit is buggy and actively dangerous to use. now, with his life at top priority, you have to stop him from getting this plan off the ground before something drastic happens.

your bros are of course going to be in your way the entire time, following orders and unaware of what you know. you've got to subdue them to get to wily.

"why don't you just tell them what you know?" SEE you could do that if these werent a bunch of combat robots who solve all their problems by attacking them until they go away. this has the unfortunate consequence of doing Mega Man's job for him, but hey. PRIORITIES RIGHT

in order to make them playable, you have to beat them buster only, just like in the original. the explosion animation will change into a warping one at the end of the fight so you can tell.

oh also instead of Roll's voice, all WARNING! calls are heard in a bitcrushed, tinny monotone, implied to be the default voice for your assistant minion.

OKAY WHATEVER LET'S GO. METAL TIME

(OPENING MONOLOGUE)

Narrator: The year is 200X. In his first attempt at world domination, mad scientist Dr. Wily was defeated by the super robot named MegaMan. Seeking revenge, Dr. Wily escaped from the public eye…and returned with eight robots geared for combat. MetalMan is one of them, armed with ceratanium blades, but his sharp eye takes issue with his creator's new scheme…

(TUTORIAL STAGE CUTSCENE)

[Metal Man runs across a dark corridor somewhere under Wily Castle in the middle of the night.]

[His COM unit begins to ring as he's running. It rings twice before he picks up, still running.]

Metal Man: What do you want, old man?

Dr. Wily: Metal Man! Snide as usual, I see…are you out performing security checks on the base like I ordered?

Metal Man: Quit breathing down my neck and maybe I could.

Dr. Wily: Cut the sass! Right now, I'm in the process of drawing out Mega Man! Finish up and be at your post by the time we're ready to begin our attack, or else!

[Dr. Wily hangs up. Shortly after, a strange low alarm begins ringing. This catches Metal Man's attention, and he proceeds to the right, beginning the tutorial stage.]

(VS. CENTRAL COMPUTER)

--WARNING!--

[The terminal situated at the top of the room lights up, the machinery beneath it whirring to life.]

Central Computer: "DWN-009" IDENTIFIED. PLEASE COMPLETE EXERCISE 001 TO CONTINUE.

Metal Man: Look, I'm just here bug checking. Can we not do this right now?

Central Computer: LOCKING DOWN…

[The room itself undergoes a shift, simulating a challenge course tailoured to Metal Man's abilities. When this shift is finished, the terminal monitor begins counting down.]

Central Computer: INITIALISATION COMPLETE. GET YOUR WEAPONS READY.

(POST-TUTORIAL STAGE CUTSCENE)

[The simulation terminates. A door on the other side of the room opens. Metal Man automatically follows the path into the control room for the Alien. A screen glows near Dr. Wily's seat.]

Metal Man: Finally. Stupid tedious anti-invasion measures.

[Metal Man sits in Dr. Wily's seat and scans the Alien program for errors.]

Metal Man: Everything looks fine. What a waste of-- [Cue program stability error SFX.] ...oh. Guess I jinxed it.

[Metal Man's COM unit rings again, only once this time before he picks up.]

Metal Man: Wow, perfect timing. We need to talk, it's about plan E.

Dr. Wily: You listen to me, this is urgent! Mega Man's just beaten my mech, and he's at large! Move your chassis out of the castle and get in position -- I've got preparations to make! NUAHAHAHAHA!!!

Metal Man: Oi, I'm serious, this is--

[Dr. Wily hangs up before he can interject. Metal Man shuts down the Alien program.]

Metal Man: ...If the old man gets in the chair as it is, he's toast. Forget preparations, I need to stop him before it's too late.

[Metal Man warps away to another wing of Wily Castle, in a flash of red and blue light.]

-LOADING...-

[Metal Man arrives in an arm of the Teleport Station and stops in front of a large, idle monitor. A Pierobot is waiting on the left.]

Metal Man: So, what'd you bring me?

Pierobot: Da-daaa!

[The screen cuts on, showing the eight robots available on the stage select.]

Metal Man: No points for precision, but it'll do. Now it's just a matter of convincing the guys to work with me.

Pierobot: Daa-daa-da-daa!

(VS. MEGA MAN)

--WARNING!--

[Mega Man is teleported into the scene in the usual fashion he would be if he were the player character.]

Mega Man: So you're the one stealing metals from the recycling plant! I've been looking for you!

Metal Man: Aw, what a coincidence, me too! Now beat it before I slit your puny throat.

Mega Man: ...Fine. I guess if you won't go peacefully, this is where we part ways.

(VS. AIR MAN)

--WARNING!--

[Similarly to his appearance in Mega Man: The Power Battle, Air Man emerges from the eye of a developing tornado.]

Air Man: THE METAL MAN COMETH! And he stands before my greatness, not as an ally…but as an opponent?

Metal Man: Quit your blustering and shut this birdhouse down before I lose my patience.

Air Man: The audacity…! The great AIRMAN shall not be made to dishonour his mission by command of hoodlum youth such as yourself! BEGONE!!

(VS. BUBBLE MAN)

–WARNING!–

[Similarly to his appearance in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Bubble Man rises up in a giant bubble. When it pops, he performs a backflip stroke.]

Bubble Man: B-buh?! Metal Man, what are you doing here? And why do you look so...tense?

Metal Man: I can think of a few good reasons. You won't be one of them if you try standing in my way, bubble guts.

Bubble Man: Gnh...Y-you, you think you're gonna threaten me, huh?! N-not anymore! I'm not scared of you!!

(VS. QUICK MAN)

–WARNING!–

[Quick Man dashes across the raised floors in a blur. At the peak of his third jump, he flips into a pose on the room’s right end.]

Quick Man: Seriously, Metal? I was expecting Mega Man! Unless…hey, you didn't come to cut in front of me, did you?!

Metal Man: No, of course not. Obviously I'm here to sell you dental insurance.

Quick Man: Shut up! If you think you're gonna beat Mega Man before me, you got another thing coming!

(VS. CRASH MAN)

–WARNING!–

[The pipes on the right end of the room explode violently. Crash Man is blasted in, but recovers with a roll and stumble to a stand.]

Crash Man: You snake...stabbing us all in the backs like this...

Metal Man: If you care anything about what'll happen to Wily if I don't, you won't fight me about it.

Crash Man: TRAITOR! Raise your hand to him AND I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!!

(VS. FLASH MAN)

–WARNING!–

[Everything freezes until there’s a sudden burst of white light. As it clears, Flash Man materialises on the right end of the room in a pose.]

Flash Man: Tell me, Metal Man…what exactly are you trying to prove by covering your heart in razor blades?

Metal Man: Good luck dissecting that. I know you love pretending to be enlightened.

Flash Man: Hmph. There's a line between independence and isolation, you know. Be careful you don't cross it.

(VS. HEAT MAN)

–WARNING!–

[Heat Man’s box sits plainly on the floor until it jumps. His arms and legs pop out, and the lid opens in a flare of fire once he’s fully standing.]

Heat Man: Mets! Hey, you bring me an E-Tank? I'm cooking in here…

Metal Man: You can get one free if you drop the mission with me.

Heat Man: Boo. I'm not catchin' heat from Wily just 'cus you wanna act dumb. Get lost.

(VS. WOOD MAN)

–WARNING!–

[The trees and their leaves above shake vigorously. Wood Man falls to the ground in a crouch, with a resonant rumble.]

Wood Man: Dude, you might have an axe to grind, but this…isn't there a better way?

Metal Man: You think this is personal? C'mon Wood, be reasonable about this. Just fall back.

Wood Man: Man, I had a feeling you'd snap one day. Someone's gotta bring you back to your roots.

(“WILY CASTLE APPEARS” CUTSCENE)

-LOADING…-

[Metal Man returns to the station. The room's lights are lower. The screen is idle and no longer reflects the stage select.]

Pierobot: Da-da-daa! Da da da!

Metal Man: Well, well. What do we have here?

[The screen settles into a clouded sky. The camera zooms into it until the perspective is from the sky itself, which is tracking Dr. Wily’s capsule as it moves through the growing storm.]

Metal Man: Heh. That's our geezer, alright.

[Dr. Wily flips open the lid. His irises are red. He briefly acknowledges/teases the camera by pulling a face and waggling his eyebrows. He shuts it again, and tries to outpace the camera.]

Metal Man: Old bat probably thinks it's still MegaMan on his bumper. What's worse, he's not taking any of my calls. I might have to grab the reins from him by force.

[While Metal Man is speaking, Dr. Wily vanishes through the clouds. When the camera catches up through the fog, it focuses at the bottom of the fortress. Cue prelude. It tilts up just in time to see Dr. Wily retreating into the eye of the skull. There is a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder.]

Pierobot: Da-da-da-da da da da-daaa?

[The monitor then comes back into play as the view of the fortress becomes a grid map.]

[The camera pulls out and fades back in to the station, where the two are standing, facing the screen.]

Metal Man: Right. Good thing I don't follow the rules. I'll just have to carve a path in. Shouldn't be too hard. I kinda live here.

[The two turn to face each other. The Pierobot smiles at him.]

Metal Man: All you have to do is make sure I have a stable link back to this room in case I need repairs, capice?

Pierobot: Da-da! Da-da da-da-daa!

[The map then becomes selectable, per fortress stage.]

(VS. MECHA DRAGON)

–WARNING!–

[Mecha Dragon’s body lurches bit by bit. She then roars out a blaze of flames.]

Mecha Dragon: Rrrrr….chaarrrrrrr…?

Metal Man: Oi, behave. You bite me and it's back in the chamber for you, bessie.

Mecha Dragon: Choarrr….CHHOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!!

(VS. PICOPICO-KUN)

–WARNING!–

[The eyes in the walls peek before flashing various colours in quick succession.]

Picopico: CONTEMPTIBLE PRESENCE IDENTIFIED. SCANNING...PLEASE STAND BY FOR CLOSING WALLS.

Metal Man: Contemptible, huh? Cranky 'cus you're a wall, ain'tcha?

Picopico: MALICIOUS INTENT DETECTED. PLEASE WAIT...ENGAGING TERMINATION PROTOCOL.

(VS. GUTS TANK)

–WARNING!–

[Guts Tank rolls onscreen, then straightens up, punching its fists together.]

Guts Tank: I'VE...GOT...GUTS.

Metal Man: Got anything else…? Brains, maybe?

Guts Tank: I'M TAKING…YOU DOWN…WITH ME.

(VS. BOOBEAM TRAP)

–WARNING!–

[The eyes of each cannon rove about and glow until they fix on Metal Man. They then blink in unison.]

Boobeam: Metal Man is here? Metal Man is here! Here? Lies! See? Hi!

Metal Man: I know you idiots can hear me! Lay off or I'm tearing you all a new one!

Boobeam: R-request? Negatory! Invalid? Code breach! Fire? He will! At will? We will!

(VS. THE DR. WILY TELEPORT STATION)

*Conditions for this one being, only the first robot you encounter here is the one you have any dialogue with. The WARNING! also only shows up once.

–WARNING!–

[The robot you’re rematching appears in the same manner and pose as they did when you first fought them. Their textures appear somewhat holographic.]

(VS. WILY MACHINE #2)

–WARNING!–

[The mech descends on screen with just a bit of puffing steam. Dr. Wily then drives his capsule into it, and pushes the windshield open. His irises are their usual colour.]

Dr. Wily: YOU!! What on Earth are you doing?! This entire time, you've done nothing but counter my attacks on the city! Whose side are you on?!

Metal Man: Yours, old man, now quiet down and listen! Look, your Plan E's got a fatal error…

Dr. Wily: SILENCE, YOU DISOBEDIENT TWIT!!! You've meddled with my plans for the last time! I shall pound you into scrap with Wily Machine #2! I'll even make a better, stronger robot from your parts! See if you ever question me again! NUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[He shuts the windshield and prepares the guns.]

(PHASE 2)

[The face of the ship breaks off, revealing Dr. Wily in the cockpit.]

Dr. Wily: GAHH!! No no no no no no no! Now you've gone and done it! But I'm not beat just yet!

[He improvises a temporary solution, shedding any extra broken parts. Wily Machine #2’s HP refills.]

(PHASE 2 - END)

[Wily Machine #2 fully breaks down. While it does, the floor begins to rumble.]

Dr. Wily: Grrgh…it looks like I'm going to have to break out plan E after all…don't get in my way!

Metal Man: No! Dr. Wily!!

[The floor gives way from underneath of Metal Man before Dr. Wily is seen getting away. This transitions the player directly into the secret final stage.]

(VS. DR. WILY?)

[Quietly, Dr. Wily’s capsule descends. He jumps out of it and floats idle in the darkness. It spins away on autopilot without him. No warning is given. His skin texture is buggy and his irises are red.]

MetalMan: Wily, have you lost it?! I said no!

Dr. Wily?: Defeat your own, will you? Intercept my authority, will you? You have no idea O-F THE W-WORLD-D-D-D ENDING POWWWER I HOLD, BOY.

[Halfway through the last sentence, his body begins to transform in a jittering, unstable manner. Metal Man takes a step back, worried. The vast starscape fades in around them once the Alien is fully uncloaked.]

Alien: YO-O-OUR PETTY CONCERNS ARE INCO-NSEQ-Q-QUENTIAL. KNEEL BEF-BE-BEFORE ME AND WITNESS THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF DOC-T-TOR ALBERT WIIIIL-LY.

(POST-ALIEN BATTLE)

[Dr. Wily is in a panic as everything begins to deteriorate. Warning sirens and like alerts fill the air.]

Dr. Wily: What's…what's going on…?! This thing is out of control!

[Dr. Wily is seen trying to get everything back in good working order behind his terminal, until Metal Man approaches him and picks him up from behind the control panel by force.]

Metal Man: Alright old man, you're done. Time to go home.

[Dr. Wily struggles to resist arrest. The hologram generator falls to the floor and breaks, catching fire.]

Dr. Wily: Aaaack! You insolent robot! [Cue fanfare.] Unhand me this instant! Give me a few more minutes, I can fix this! It'll just take some emergency hotwiring and--GYAH!!

[Both Metal Man and Dr. Wily teleport away, presumably to safety. The control room is then left to combust and collapse inwards.]

(ENDING CUTSCENE)

[The camera is focused on the now black stage select screen. The ancillary teleport station, partially crumbled and shrouded in darkness, is then dimly illuminated by it whirring to life. The Pierobot comes out from under some rubble, celebrating this.]

[Dr. Wily then falls in from above, looking very ragged. This scares the Pierobot. It turns to him with wide eyes.]

Dr. Wily: Ough...my head...

Pierobot: Daa! Da-da-daaa-da!!

[Dr. Wily gets up quickly with a grimacing angered expression.]

Dr. Wily: Oh! Conspiring with one of your flunkies, were you?! When I get my hands on you, I...eh?!

[Dr. Wily looks around for Metal Man. The camera pans slightly with him to show they did not arrive in tandem.]

Dr. Wily: Where did...I thought we both...?!

Pierobot: Da-da-daa...da-da da daa da.

[Dr. Wily takes over the computer and immediately gets to work trying to locate Metal Man's signal. A picture of Metal Man, shut down and stuck under support beams and brick in an unknown location focuses into clarity.]

Dr. Wily: Metal Man...? How in blazes?! You! Dispatch a team to retrieve him at once!

[The two parties go their separate ways.]

[The camera gradually zooms into the monitor feed until the view is of Metal Man's body on the ground, in real time. [Cue ending theme.] The seasons pass him by outside, as do events of what's happening in the background while he is inactive. As the song draws to a close, the rain stops. Dr. Wily's capsule flies in front of the sun, indicating he and his robots have finally found him (after the events of the epilogue circa Mega Man's route). The camera slowly, and then quickly pans up through the sky to the stars, and thus begins the staff roll.]

[Post-staff roll, the player is prompted to save once more before being returned to the company logos and opening cinematic.]

--END--

[clusterduck28]

Hunter Back On His Bullshit AU(?)

Okay, check this out, it's the Human Realm, Connecticut, Gravesfield, the Hexsquad has been hanging out here for a solid month or two, everyone is slowly but surely settling into their new routines, Hunter is deep in the process of working through his identity crisis, it's fine, it's whatever.

Amidst all the uncertainty one thing becomes clear to him: despite all the horrible horrible emotional baggage attached to it, he still really misses being Golden Guard. The sense of unquestionable authority, the confidence, the sass, the outfit, OH THE OUTFIT... He simply can't help himself. Denying that Hunter might very well still be Golden Guard's biggest fan would be an act of Self-deception and We Don't Do That Anymore, Hunter! (internally, to himself). Anyway, he's very conflicted about this, he keeps rotating the general notion of GG in his head with no particular end goal in mind, it's just sort of there fading in and out of the background as he's going about his day working at McDonalds, never bothering him too much, nor ever really going away entirely.

One day though, something clicks into place. Nobody's really sure where exactly he got the idea from, might've been one of the movies Luz has been showing the rest of the squad in order to help them catch up on human culture. Could it have been The Batman? Spiderman? Perhaps an odd episode of Darkwing Duck that was supposed to be fulfilling the role of background noise but managed to inexplicably get a strong grip Hunter's attention? Regardless of where it came from, it soon became clear that the idea of caped and costumed vigilante justice has firmly planted itself in Hunter's mind and he'll be damned if he didn't at least try to do that cool thing where the guy goes and beats up a bunch of nasty bank robbers and cape go whoosh while he's doing it and it looks really cool or something like that.

Aided by insomnia, an old sawing machine, YouTube arts and crafts tutorials and an occasional concerned chirp of encouragement from Flapjack, it takes him about 2 weeks to put together a near perfect replica of the old GG uniform, complete with the mask, the cape and even the GG seal! You know, the one that is coincidentally happens to have a near one to one resemblance to the Gravesfield town seal, which is extremely convenient for Hunter as he doesn't have to reach too far for his new superhero name - "The Gravesfield Guard"!

On his first night out TV cameras managed to catch him miraculously saving a small kitten that was being mugged in a dark alley way by an evil scientist while tied to burning train tracks with a speeding train full of bank robbers and thermonuclear bombs on its way.

Crazy situation, I know, Hunter's luck is just like that that, the important thing is that he rescued the kitten in the end, okay? At least that's the kind of thing he'll be saying to the rest of the family next morning after they are horrified to find out about his antics through the morning local TV news because of course he was trying to keep it all a secret from them too. He end up spending the rest of the day having a big ol' nap and waking up to an ✨INTERVENTION✨ and they collectively come to the conclusion that if you're gonna be back on your bullshit you should at least let ppl know beforehand, sheesh...

[reverienebula]

FFXIV Scions as youtubers:

WoL: pretty much the guy who makes knifes out of anything, only it’s any weapon. Sometimes fray cameo

Y'shtola: Debunking "lifehacks" with a side of sass Urianger: Video essays about the fae, primals, and movies

Thancred: unlisted channel of home videos of Ryne and family. there is one pubic video call "proper gunblade maintenance"

Lyse: exercise and fitness routines, how to make a sweet smoothie

Papalymo: tips and tricks for writing essays and the art of magic.

Alphinaud: 100% completion Lets plays

Alisaie: speed runs, also does Esports

Tataru: Sewing and cooking tutorials

G'raha &Krile: A overly sarcastic productions style channel where Red and Yellow teach you all about history and myths.

Estinien: How to train your dragon AMVs, and Vlogs of him and Orn Khai's travels

Feel free to add more <3

Edit: Ascian Ver.

[softholand]

cherry flavored kisses - t.h

pairing: tom holland x youtuber!reader

summary: tom and harrison try to do your makeup while answering questions to know ‘who knows you better’

warnings: swearing, a lot of dialogue

words: 3.2k

a/n: this is absolutely not my favorite writing, but i still quite like it so, here you go!! lol i really hope you guys enjoy it, i love writing this series (can we call it that?) and i have so many ideas for it :)) please, let me know if you like it and want more of these <33 i think that’s it for now, enjoy!!

Another day, another video to film. This time you weren’t alone though, you had your boyfriend Tom and one of your other best friends Harrison with you, to film a video you had been dying to.

You were finishing setting up your camera to start recording when you felt two strong arms wrap around your torso. “Tom, stop! I have to finish this!” You chuckled, already knowing the owner of those arms. “Couldn’t resist, you look good from the back.” Before the warning, Tom swatted your ass, causing you to let out a muffled scream, which got the attention of Harrison, who was previously on his phone.

“C’mon, you guys will seriously keep flirting with each other during the whole video?” Harrison huffed, tossing his phone away. “No, we’re not!” You assured your blonde friend, but Tom had a different idea. “Speak for yourself, love!” He smirked, happy to annoy his friend. Rolling his eyes, Harrison said, “I already regret accepting this!”

Once your equipment was ready, you called Tom and Harrison, who got settled in your bed, with you between the two. “You guys ready? Did you turn off your phones?” You asked, not wanting to have anything getting in the way of your filming. When both boys assured you they had, you relaxed, pressing the small record button on the remote on your hand.

“Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel! Today I have two very special guests here with me. On my right side we have Tom Holland and on my left, Harrison Osterfield. I don’t think you’ve ever been officially to my channel before, Haz?” You asked Harrison, to which he responded, “No, I don’t think so! Hello everyone!” He said, flashing the camera an smile.

“Well, you guys are already familiar with Tom, so he doesn’t need any more introductions.” You sassed, laughing at his offended face. “Rude!” He said, before giving the camera a little wave. “Hi guys, it’s me again, Tom! I know, I know you guys have been dying to see me again, what can I say?” Your boyfriend let it out, taking complete control of your video.

“Okay, that’s enough, movie star! Can we actually start the video now?” You asked, Tom, letting out a laugh. “Yeah, yeah! Go ahead!” He rolled his eyes to the camera, but you could feel the small kick he gave your foot, wanting to make sure you knew it was all a joke. You smiled, and before you could say anything else, Harrison came through.

“What is the video about, by the way? ‘Cause, I don’t know if you guys know but we have absolutely no idea what we’re doing here.” The blonde said, pointing to Tom and himself. “Yes, they have actually no idea why they’re here.” You laughed, being met with worried looks from both of the boys. “I didn’t like that laugh,” Harrison exclaimed, being followed by Tom. “Should we be scared?” Asked your boyfriend, but you quickly shrugged them off.

“No, just shut up and let me tell them, and you, what you’d be doing. On today’s video...” you said, before getting the makeup box you had put together for this video, which was hiding under your bed. “You are going to be doing my makeup!” You exclaimed, laughing at the boy's surprised reactions.

“Haven’t you realized I’m not wearing any?” You asked, pointing to your bare face. “No! You know you look beautiful anyway, love!” Tom cooed, making your cheeks grow red. “Oh, shut up!” You rolled your eyes, flashing him a smile.

“I don’t like this!” Haz let it out, inspecting some of your makeup products. “Isn’t it fun?” You smirked, making him roll his blue eyes. “You’re kidding, right? How am I supposed to do this?” The blonde huffed. “Actually, this is a test to know if you watch my videos, cause you’ll have to recreate one of my looks.”

Tom and Harrison shared a look that could only be translated by the word fear. “You do makeup-related videos?” Tom asked, completely oblivious. “It was not a proper makeup tutorial, it was more like a get ready with me.” You smiled, trying to ease both of the boys' nerves. “Well, clearly you both haven’t been watching my videos, so it’s your fault you have no idea what to do.” You sassed, putting your tongue out.

“We’re fucked, mate!” Your boyfriend chuckled. “Don’t swear on my videos, Thomas!” You scolded him, slapping his arm. “Okay, so I’m gonna show a picture of the look you have to recreate but that’s the only help I’ll give. You can’t ask me anything related to makeup during the video, got it?” You questioned, to which they nodded. “Also…” before you could finish your sentence, Tom added, “There’s more?”

“Yeah, I’m going to be asking you questions about me while you do my makeup, to know which one of you knows me better.” You squealed, feeling the excitement in your veins. The boys didn’t seem to be so happy, especially Harrison, who claimed this was not fair, since Tom was your boyfriend, therefore know more about you.

“We’ve been friends for forever, Harrison! I bet there’s stuff you know that Tom doesn’t.” You said, getting an offended reaction from Tom. “Hey!” He protested, to which you rolled your eyes. “Can we start now, please? We’ve been here for 10 minutes already.” You pleaded, getting them to finally agree.

“Okay, where do you guys wanna start?” You asked, being met with confused glances. After a couple of seconds, you heard “Foundation!” and “Primer!”, all at once. “Yeah, primer! That’s exactly what I said!” Tom tried to cover it up but Harrison wasn’t having it. “Fuck off, Tom! I said it first!” Swatting the blonde's arm, you went back to scolding, “I told you two not to swear!”

While the boys started to choose between your selection of products, you took back your phone that was currently sitting on the bed, with the selfie you took with the look they had to recreate. “While you guys start on my face, I’ll ask the first question. What do I like more: sweet or salty food?” You asked, closing your eyes for Harrison to apply the primer on half of your face.

“Sweet!” Tom answered, squeezing some of your favorite primers on his hand, before applying it to your face. “Yeah, you’re like an ant. Always looking for crumbs of sugar.” Harrison responded, making you chuckle. “True, I have a very sweet tooth.” You smiled, before going to the next question. “What is one of my biggest fears?”

While they looked for a foundation, they answered, again at the same time. Tom said spiders, while Harrison said, clowns. “I mean, you’re both right! But if I had to choose it would probably be clowns.” You said, laughing at Harrison's little victory dance. “C’mon, you can even look at a spider, love. You always call me to get rid of them.” Tom protested. “Well, yes but I would rather have to kill a spider than a clown.” You tried to reason but ended up making the three of you burst out laughing.

When you finally recovered from your fit of laughter, the boys started with their foundation choices. “Wait, you only put your skin tone foundations here, right?” Tom asked, still trying to find the perfect one. “Yeah, I’m not that evil.” You laughed. “Can I use this to apply it?” Harrison asked, holding one of your beauty blenders. “What did I say, Haz? No makeup-related questions.” You smirked, hearing him groan.

“God, I hope this works!” By your side, Tom started spreading some of the foundations he had placed on the back of his hand. “Okay, next question! Am I an early bird or a night owl?” Harrison was quicker than Tom this time, “Night owl! She just doesn’t sleep. It’s ridiculous!” He complained, to which you scoffed. “I do sleep, but I’d rather stay awake until 3 am than having to wake up at 6 am.” You reasoned.

“Just admitted, love! You stay up ‘cause we have lots of fun in bed.” Tom winked, making your face grow red, and Harrison gag. “Seriously, Tom?! Ugh, disgusting!” The blonde exclaimed while you tried your best to calm your nerves. “You did not just say that!” Tom only shrugged, laughing at both of your faces.

“Moving on, what was the most embarrassing moment in my life? Oh no, I already regret that!” You said, scared about the answers you were gonna get. Tom laughed while trying very hard to blend your foundation with an eyeshadow brush. Great.

“The time you slipped and fell into the water fountain.” You instantly cringed, remembering the moment vividly in your head. “God, I hate that I told guys that!” You let out a groan, asking for Harrison’s answer. “I was gonna say when you walked in your underwear without realizing Tom was doing an Instagram live, but that's pretty good too.” Harrison laughed, making you blush at his words. “Oh my god, I had completely forgotten that!” You exclaimed, joining your friends in laughter.

“It’s okay, babe! You looked really good.” Tom stated, pecking your lips. You blushed, still getting flustered by his compliments. “Thank you!” Smiling, you kissed him back, before checking your face in one of your blushes to see how they were doing. “That’s actually not bad, good job, guys!” You high-fived them, laughing at their smug faces.

“What’s next, then?” You waited for an answer, which came from Tom this time. “Concealer?” He was so unsure of his answer that it ended up sounding more like a question. “I don’t know, is it?” You shrugged, glancing at Harrison. “I think so, all I know is after concealer, you have to contour,” Harrison stated, taking you by surprise.

“By your shocked reaction, I think we’re right.” Tom laughed, you and Harrison quickly joining him. “Okay, while you guys do that, I’m gonna ask some other questions. Ready?” When they both nodded, you continued. “What is my favorite time of the year?” Tom immediately answered, afraid Harrison would say it first. “Autumn!” Your boyfriend proudly said, while your friend's answer was “Christmas!”

“I do love Christmas but my favorite has to be autumn, it’s just the perfect temperature and the trees are all orange. It's beautiful! So, point for Tom!” Tom smirked, making Harrison roll his eyes. “Next one, what am I allergic to?” You asked, and that was the only question you weren’t sure they had the answer for.

Harrison looked at you as if that would give him the answer. “You don’t have any allergies.” He stated, to which you shook your head. “I have one.” At that, he stopped applying the concealer to your face, totally focused on his next answer. “I have no idea, Uhm, pollen?” The blonde tried, but he was wrong.

“Walnuts, she’s allergic to walnuts!” Tom triumphantly exclaimed, knowing he was right. “Realy?” Harrison asked, to which you nodded. “I had no idea, you know how dangerous that was? I could give you something with walnuts and kill you?” He inquired, making you laugh. “I wasn’t going to die, Haz! It just gives me bad itches.” You clarified, watching him nod.

When the boys moved on from concealing to contouring your face, that was when things started to go south. Tom chose a colorway too dark for your skin tone, while Harrison put so much on your face turned orange. “I’ll give you guys one tip, just ‘cause I don’t wanna look like a clown at the end of this video.” You told them, before explaining they could go back to the concealer to clean the mess they made.

Once everything seemed good, they moved on to blush and highlighters, and you to your next question. “How many tattoos do I have?” You waited for the answers, while the boys kept painting your face. “Two, your star sign on your finger, and a butterfly on your ankle you did when you were 16 and regret it since then.” Harrison proudly said, making you wince at his words. “Ouch, you didn’t have to go that hard, Haz!” You smirked, looking expectantly at your boyfriend.

“What’s your answer, Tom?” Taking a break from your face, he cleared his throat before answering. “Three, the two Harrison said and a rose on your hip.” The brunette smiled knowing that, once again, he was the only one right. “Another point to Tom!” You exclaimed while Harrison looked at you like you had two heads.

“See? I said this game wasn’t fair! How could I know you have a tattoo on your hip?” The blonde protested, making your roll your eyes. “That’s not an excuse! The tattoo is visible when I wear a bikini, Haz!” You tried to reason, but clearly, he wasn’t having it. “Oh, sorry I don’t pay closer attention to your body!” Harrison mocked, sticking his tongue out when you flipped him off.

“The rose is my favorite one,” Tom stated, a smile wide on his face. “I wonder why!” Harrison exclaimed, and this time, it was Tom who flipped him off. “Okay, you guys finished with the skin, then?” You inquired, taking another look at yourself in the mirror. Overall, it wasn’t bad. There were a couple of patches here and there where they messed up the contour but, to your surprise, it actually looked decent.

“Now, you guys are lucky I chose a look with no eyeshadow.” You stated, getting excited about the next part. “But you’ll have to put false lashes on.” You smirked, knowing what was to come. “And you call that lucky?” Harrison inquired, making you laugh. “C’mon, it’s not that hard! Here, I’ll show you how to do it.” Taking the lashes from the box, you started to show them how to apply the glue and carefully place the falsies the closest to your real lashes as possible.

“God, I’m sweating!” Tom breathed, making you laugh. “I’ll close my eyes for you to apply, ok?” The boys nodded, and once your eyes were closed, you could hear their nervous breathing at each side of your face, making you chuckle. “This is stressing me out massively. You’re buying dinner tonight for making us go through this.” Your blonde friend sighed. “Oh, shut up! I do this every day!” You flipped him off, still unmoving.

Once you felt they stopped moving, you asked if you could open your eyes. Deciding to do a little prank, you pretended to open them, only for it to be stuck. “Oh my god, I think you guys glued my eyes shut!” You cried, already dying to watch his reactions. “What? We could do that?” Tom exclaimed, completely freaked out. “y/n, look at me!” Harrison asked, and you felt his hands going to your eyes.

“It hurts!” You whined, “trying” to get your eyes open. “Fuck, what do we do now?” Tom practically yelled, making you laugh, which obviously confused them. Opening your eyes, you saw two shocked faces, staring with wide eyes, right back at you. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I had to!” You laughed, feeling tears starting to form in your eyes.

“I can’t believe you did this!” Tom breathed, while Harrison shoved you harshly, absolutely pissed. “You fucking asshole! I’m never filming with you again!” He stated while you tried hard to recover from your fit of laughter. “I’m sorry!” You apologized, doing your best puppy dog eyes for them.

“My hands are shaking!” Tom informed, showing his hands that were in fact, shaking. “Baby, I’m so sorry! I didn’t know you’d believe it.” You said, guilt coating your words this time. Tom assured you it was okay, even saying he did find the prank kinda funny in the end. Harrison did not agree with your boyfriend, pretending to be mad for the rest of the video, even though the corners of his mouth gave him away.

Seeing you guys were filming for about forty-five minutes already, you decided to not even check the boy's work with the lashes, going straight to the last question, while they applied lipstick. “Okay, so here’s the final question, what is my body count?” You smirked, Tom’s expression completely shifting.

“Seriously? That is the question?” He inquired, raising his eyebrows. “Hey, they suggested the question.” You defended yourself, pointing to the recording camera. “I’ll go first then, let me see…” Your blonde friend said while pretending to count with both of his hands, over and over again. “Fuck off!” You flipped him off, watching his smirk grow in size.

“I’m kidding! But uhm, I would say five?!” Raising your eyebrows, you nodded, before turning back to Tom. “What’s your answer, sir?” You playfully asked. “Six, the answer is six!” He rolled his eyes, annoyed with the question. “Oh, shit! I’m so stupid! I forgot to count Tom!” Harrison face palmed himself, making you burst out laughing.

“Yeah, sorry to break this to you, mate but we already banged,” Tom smirked, shooting you a wink. “Tom!” You scolded him, while Harrison pretended to gag. “Gross! I didn’t need the image of my two best friends fucking in my head.” Harrison exclaimed, making your cheeks grow red. “Okay, that’s enough! Are you guys finished with the makeup?” You quickly asked, dying to change the subject. “Yeah, yeah!” Harrison murmured, while Tom smirked.

Taking your blush, you finally checked yourself in the mirror to see the finished look. “Oh my god, it actually looks good, guys! Good job!” You exclaimed, shamelessly fixing your lashes. “Well, I’m not gonna be the one judging who did it better, so now it’s with you guys. Who do you think did better, Tom or Harrison?” You asked, showing both sides of your face to the camera.

“About the questions, I’m pretty sure Tom won.” You stated, much to Harrison’s dismay. “Of course he did!” The blonde rolled his eyes, making you laugh. “Good luck next time, mate!” Tom teased, a smirk sitting proudly on his face. “Stop it, you two! Now say goodbye before I finally end this almost hour-long video.” You groaned, dreading the moment you’d have to edit the video.

“Bye everyone, thank you for watching! Please, vote for me!” Tom smiled, giving the camera an adorable little wave. “Mate, you already won the questionnaire, let me have this one,” Harrison whined, sounding like a child. When he said goodbye, you finished your outro, before finally stopping recording.

“We did it! Thank you, guys! It was a little chaotic but you did a great job.” You smiled proudly. “Of course, anything for my girl,” Tom stated, getting up from his spot on the bed, stopping right by your side. With both hands on your hips, he closes the distance between you, landing a soft kiss on your lips. “Okay, I had enough of you two for today. Bye!” Harison exclaimed, before also getting up, leaving your bedroom.

“Why do you taste like cherry?” Tom asked as soon as he let go of your lips. “Oh, it’s probably the lipgloss. It’s cherry-flavored!” You explained, asking if he liked it since his eyes kept trailed to your lips. “Hum, I love it!” Your boyfriend smiled, and this time it was you who closed the distance, giving him another one of your cherry-flavored kisses.

funny story (that’s actually not funny at all): the water fountain part it’s based on true events 🥲 lmao

tagging: @stuckonspidey @bi-writes @duskholland @screamholland @missnxthingg @wazzupmrstark @peeterparkr @veryholland @cali-holland @mrs-hollandstan @uglypastels @storybookholland @bi-lmg @spideyspeaches @sinisterspidey @rosyparkers @hollandswife @sunshine96love

[inkandpen22]

Somewhere (1/?)

Pairing: Sirius Black x Female!Reader  

Warnings: None

Word Count: 1.7k

Series Summary: Based in the early summer of ‘78, tonight Y/N is celebrating her 18th birthday. Her protective older brother and their friends take her out dancing. She envisions the perfect night! 

A/N: In this story, muggles are aware of the wizard world. The series is based on West Side Story and POV switches between Sirius and Y/N. The red dress is based of the Saturday Night Fever red dress btw lol 

Masterlist

Reader

While business slows down in the boutique, I hurry along on finishing last-minute tasks before the weekend. The goal is to get all of these orders done before closing. 

“Hey, Lauren?” I shout for my best friend as she finishes stocking up the backroom for the weekend. 

“Yeah?” She calls distantly. 

“Could you bring me two of those navy cardigans when you come back out?” I recite, looking over the shipment list in front of me. 

“Sure thing!” She complies. 

Today is my eighteenth birthday. To celebrate, my older brother, Brady, is taking me out to the disco with our friends. It’ll be the first time I can go out to a club and drink. That’s not the most exciting part of today either! I’m officially an adult, a functioning, independent, member of society. My brother and his friends will no longer see me as the youngest who’s in constant need of looking-after. Brady has always been overprotective, but Lauren has tried to help convince him that I can take care of myself. Lauren and Brady have been dating since they were in high school, almost five years now. They’ve graduated from college and Lauren is eager to be married. In my opinion, it’s only a matter of time. I can’t see either of them with anyone else. Plus, I already consider Lauren my sister. 

Lauren appears out from the backroom with a bright grin as she joins me at the register counter. “So, are you excited?” 

“Yes! It’s going to be so much fun!” I gush, practically bursting. “Finally after four years of watching you guys go out with me, I can join!” 

She gives me a knowing look, “did you ever end up showing your brother that dress you picked out?” 

I bite down on my lip, pretending to return my attention to the order sheets in front of me. I can already hear her reprimanding, Brady’s too when he sees the bright red off the shoulder dress I picked up yesterday from the shop down the street. The fact that it’s off the shoulder will go over like a led balloon. 

Lauren’s jaw drops, “Y/N!” 

“I know, I know,” I sigh, trying my best to avoid a lecture. Moving around to the other side of the counter, I head to the office with the order sheets. 

Lauren follows on my heels, “he’s never going to let you go, especially if you step out of your room in that dress and those matching heels you bought!” 

“But it’s my birthday!” I plead, turning to face her with puppy-dog eyes. “My eighteenth, the most important one! It’s my first night as an adult.” 

Lauren sighs defeatedly and I continue to express a poor, pitiful, pout. I can tell she’s on my side, but she also doesn’t want to go against her boyfriend. I understand her predicament, yet then again, my brother can be unreasonable too. 

“I’ll see what I can do,” she offers, rubbing her temples stressfully. 

I jump up and down, pulling her into a hug. “Thank you! Thank you! Oh, thank you!” I repeat profusely. If Brady is going to listen to anyone, it’s her. 

“Ah, ah, ah, don’t get excited just yet,” she parts from me with a stern expression. “Your brother won’t be happy. I will vouch for you, but it’s up to you to stay in line. Tonight is your chance to really prove to Brady that you’re not a baby anymore.” 

I nod my head frantically, “yes, yes, of course! Tonight will be perfect! Promise!” 

Lauren narrows her eyes with a smirk, unconvinced. She hums, taking the sheets of paper from me to put them in the office. 

Tonight will be perfect! I can feel it. I’ve been waiting for this night ever since I can remember. After tonight, everything will be different. 

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Reader

As I listen to my Gloria Gaynor record, I stare at my reflection in my full-length mirror. More specifically, I admire the red satin dress that hangs off my shoulder. It’s everything I imagined it would be. As I think about it, it’s funny, I don’t feel any older, I don’t look any older, yet I feel different. 

Over the music, I hear a series of knocks on my bedroom door. "You coming, Y/N?” Brady calls from the other side. “Lauren and the others are here!"

"In a minute,” I announce, lowering the volume of my music. “I have to do my makeup!"

"You look fine as you are!" My brother insists as I hurry into my bathroom. "Besides, someone is really excited to see you..." he insinuates.

"I have to look immaculate,” I argue, rushing to put on my makeup in front of my skin. “Plus, Jay can wait!"

Working as fast as I can, I follow a makeup tutorial Twiggy did for Cosmo. It’s crucial I perfect my eyeliner and large lashes. 

"We're just going to the disco," he huffs, growing impatient. He would never last as a girl.

"It's my eighteenth birthday!” I remind him. “It's the first time I can drink and actually go into a club. Let me do what I want!” I then shoo him away, "go entertain your friends downstairs!"

"You have ten minutes!” He announces as a form of compromise. "Everyone's waiting for us!"

Mouthing the words to Gloria’s latest album, I’m practically dancing already and we’re not even at the disco yet! If only tonight could last forever. I want to ponder every minute, every second because tomorrow will be just another day and the magic will be gone. 

Sirius

James stopped by my apartment to go over things for his wedding to Lily, but I have other plans. 

"A disco?" James repeats with a frown, rolling over to lay onto his stomach on my bed. “And why would we want to do that?” 

"Muggles really love them!” I tell my best friend as I move about my bedroom to get ready. “Plus, it’s the start of summer! We are officially Hogwarts graduates, what better way to celebrate!” 

"Why can't we just go to a bar in Diagon Alley?" He reasons. 

"You'll like this place, promise! Muggle music…” I struggle to describe it. “It’s unlike anything I've ever heard before!"

"But muggles are so... mundane,” he shakes as though he just caught a chill at the thought of them. 

"I invited Remus and others too," I mention, certain that'll help convince him to come.

"At least we'll know people, I suppose," he shrugs, at least now considering the idea. 

"Just give it a chance, James. Watch, after tonight you're going to want to spend every night of our summer holiday there!" I predict, nearly positive it’ll happen. 

"Oh alright,” he complies with a huff, rising up from my bed to get ready. “I guess we don't have anything better to do," he grumbles on his way to the door. "Plus, we won't have to worry about any Death Eaters joining in on the fun."

Reader

I hurry down the stairs, to join Brady and his friends, Jay, Adam, and Henry, in the living room. The boys and their girlfriends have already started drinking while listening to some Queen in the background. They’ve gathered around on the couches and armchairs as they’ve done countless times before and after going out together. My brother is the only one standing, leaning against the fireplace mantel with a glass of scotch. Brady is the first one to notice me enter the room, he takes in my appearance in a scan of his eyes and waves me over. Clenching his jaw, he downs the remainder of his drink. 

“What are you wearing?” He asks rhetorically, wasting no time to reprimand me. 

“A dress,” I sass. 

“Cute,” He remarks sharply, not finding amusement in my response. “Go change, now.” 

“Oh come on, please,” I beg, taking his hand pleadingly. “It’s not that revealing and it’s my birthday!” 

He shakes his head, pointing toward the steps. “Go, hurry up.” 

“One night! One night and I’ll return it first thing tomorrow!” I negotiate. 

He glances between me and his empty glass, twirling around the leftover ice cubes, clearly debating whether he should accept my offer. 

“Please…” I mutter, pouting dramatically to get a rise out of my brother. 

He huffs and turns to the group. "Alright!” He shouts to gain their attention.” All eyes shift to me and my brother. “Jay, boys, I need to keep an eye on Y/N,” Brady commands of his buddies as he wraps an arm around my waist protectively.  “It's her first night out and the last thing she needs is uninvited attention, especially from wizards," he mutters the last part with disgust.

I look up at my brother in confusion. “Do you think they'll actually go to a human club?" I ask him, the idea never once crossing my mind. 

Wizards don’t really interact with us. In fact, they’ve created a whole other system and lifestyle apart of our own to avoid us. Different schools, stores, forms of government. I would imagine they have discos of their own. 

Lauren steps forward, "they're actually considered human-"

"Lauren!" My brother barks, causing his girlfriend to bite her tongue.

"That's debatable," Brady’s best friend, Jay, grumbles disdainfully, focusing on the drink in his hand. 

Henry and Adam hum in agreement, looking at Brady like he’s a preacher. 

"If we do see some, just stay clear, okay?" Brady orders strictly. Based on the sharpness of his stare, I best not test him. 

"How will I be able to tell?" I mumble, having only seen a wizard once or twice my whole life, at least consciously. 

According to Brady, and the others, wizards have the uncanny ability to appear normal just like us. However, in recent years, there’s been trouble amongst the wizard race. There’s a group of wizards who want their society and ours to be completely separate. My family and Brady’s friends are quite fond of the idea. In fact, most people are too. It’s such a frequent topic in the news,  in addition to the tensions surrounding it,  that I’ve grown annoyed by the dramatics. 

"Believe me, you'll know,” Brady assures. “They're so dependent on their magic that they can't help but use it."

"Okay, I will..." I mutter, wondering if I’ll truly see magical-beings tonight.

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Masterlist

[pen-and-a-microphone]

Six The Musical Dance Masterpost!

This will be updated (in the reblogs) whenever I find new resources

An important update that will also be in the reblogs! The actors are not allowed to teach AYWD or IDNYL. No matter which workshops you book, the official line is that these are not allowed to be taught. 

In some cases, people teach different choreo to those songs, and that’s allowed. Due to this, I can’t be finding a way to notate that choreography and then post it. I’m pretty sure that’d get me in trouble, so I’m not gonna push it. I will keep providing tips for learning them, but I won’t go against the official instructions that the actors have been given.

Note I forgot to add but that applies to everything - squats. Do them frequently. There's a lot of squatting in the show, and boy you need good thigh muscles.

Ex-wives

The first and second verses are basically made entirely of posing. If you know the beats (which are very obvious and accented), the moves are easy. Each queen does something different on these beats, so you might want to pick one, or make up something of your own. These poses are the same in many live performances.

For the chorus(es), the moves are generally simple hip movements/steps. Easily followed from any bootleg copy you may have access to. The dance breaks/instrumentals are harder, and I have not yet found a proper tutorial for them.

Chorus and dance break performance, which could be followed. However it does end part way through, so I’d recommend just using this for the chorus/break section  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFpqZjy54Ns

Visible choreography for the backing parts of the introductions verse (where the queens introduce themselves in a line/two lines) Deliberately pans out so that the chorus choreography is not visible, and the final chorus is from Six, not Ex-wives (this is a common thing in live performances of this) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJbaU4j0JCo

The final chorus mirrors the first, but so far I have not found a tutorial or live performance of this.

General advice - Learn the post-chorus dance break from the best source you have, since it’s the hardest part (if possible, and when I find one, I will put a tutorial for this section). The rest is very simple to follow from any performance, but make sure you’re watching the correct steps. Ex-wives is often performed live as a mashup with Six, so the choreo is different - there are quite a few live performances that I haven’t included links to, and this is for a reason.

No Way 

The intro is made solely of one movement repeated on a (helpfully emphasised) beat. Easy to see and follow from your bootleg.

There is not currently a tutorial or live that shows all of No Way (to my knowledge). It does have some full choreo (rather than just hip movements or basic steps) during the verses, that might be hard to follow from a bootleg

No Way dance class (NOTE: these moves are not in the correct order as far as I know, however this is a useful intro for how to do the steps. I used this to learn the movements, then used videos of live performances to put them together in the right order) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzMd3oDAY0&t=4s

No Way second chorus and dance break, full tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehdKQoZN_cU&t=2908s

General advice - The dance break is really fast, and really difficult, but it’s not impossible if you take time to learn it - you can always put your YouTube at 0.75x speed (or even 0.5x, which I did while learning). Again, don’t follow the wrong choreo and get confused. Vicki’s tutorial is helpful for showing points you can “hit” if the full thing is too fast or difficult. It’s very Beyonce and pretty sassy, so have confidence. Lots of hip movement, and salsa moves.

Don’t Lose Ur Head

Intro is simple to follow from any bootleg.

Lots of acting in this one. Boleyn interacts with the backing singers in a very different way to Aragon. Luckily, this means less complicated choreography in the verses, because a lot of the movement is either “shock”, “running to another point on the stage” or “leaning in to hear the tea”. Basically choose your own facial expressions and movements, and later poses.

Perfect live performance. Easy to follow for the verses, especially the second (which I haven’t found in this clarity anywhere else, lots of performances cut away) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY77XqKoNr4

DLUH choruses 1 and 2, tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uEhNp-nVDU

Dramatic wedding moment? Again just acting with some blocking

The third verse has hardly any choreo, which can be seen in the west end live performance. The build up to the final chorus (ie the back and forths of “what was I/she meant to do”) is just improv jamming, so make it up as you go along.

The final chorus looks very “improvised having fun”, but there is still choreography. It is much looser than the other choruses, which means you can have more fun with it than the very precise movements of the earlier choruses.

General advice - The first few bars of the choruses uses a really difficult step, one which looks easy. Spend ages on this, until it’s second nature, or you’ll struggle to do the choreography for the rest of the chorus. This song is very acting heavy, and aside from the first and second choruses, the choreo isn’t super precise. The neck movements are sharp, and there is a risk of giving yourself whiplash if you jump right in - remember to stretch your neck too, it has muscles and you can pull them (I’ve been there, trust me).

Heart of Stone

Time for a break! Heart of Stone does not, as far as I know, have any choreography. Probably good to give the queens a break from all that high intensity.

Haus of Holbein

There aren’t any live videos or tutorials (yet/as far as I know)

Fairly basic steps in the verses, which could be followed from a bootleg. Lots of box stepping and posing.

Choruses are just improv, they do whatever they want, provided they’re acting like they’re in a rave. I have no idea if these were ever properly choreographed, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the script just said “go insane”. There are some parts where they pause, but this can be followed from your bootleg.

The intro and outro are just walking diagonally, staggered one by one.

General advice - Have fun. Have all the fun. Go completely mad with your improv. The more dramatic you go, the better it fits with the song. Unlike DLUH, the chaos is not the choreographed kind.

Get Down

First verse is lots of tiny movements, which are easy to learn from live videos. Clicks, head movements, etc - precise, but simple.

A useful section for learning the first verse/chorus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik6zKj08A28

Performance with full choreo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UlRCPLu9FM

Another performance with full choreo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io-cQWqAfX4

The end of this class has part of the chorus of Get Down, which is helpful for both learning the moves, and learning the general style of dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlWQBREK5Fw&t=10s

General advice - Full sass. Take your Beyonce sass levels from No Way and times them by 10. This is, in my opinion, the hardest dance in the show, so I struggle to give good advice about it. It’s hard, but there are plenty of videos showing the full thing - I’ve managed to learn it by slowing these videos down (0.75x speed on YouTube). There’s lots of isolation of specific body parts. However, cover all your mistakes with more sass - my personal trick is just acting like I’m doing it perfectly, because the sheer self confidence of this number is enough to carry you through.

All You Wanna Do

Full disclosure: I do not yet know this one. However, I have a dance class on Saturday with Aimie Atkinson, which should help me learn it. The following is therefore much more vague, and will be updated once I know more.

From what I’ve seen, the steps in this are quite repetitive. I think the choruses use the same choreo, or at least very similar. Very high energy, but much like the rest of the show, movements are on the beats (accented, clear beats, thank you ladies in waiting).

I Don’t Need Your Love

Again, I do not know this one well, but I will be updating when I do.

The majority of this of is like Heart of Stone - there’s no choreography, and the queens get a rest.

There’s a section of improv between the sitting down and the choreographed section, which is just the queens jamming.

The actual steps don’t start until “Remember that I was a writer”, and they’re very simple, not too precise, and could be followed from a bootleg.

Obviously in the actual show there is a break before the “remix” section, without dancing. The “remix” section has choreography, but again it is pretty simple.

The final chorus is the only one with full dancing, but there aren’t any versions I could find on YouTube, or any tutorials. However, I could follow it from my bootleg, and I think I’ll be able to learn it from just that.

Six

This quite nicely mirrors the previous numbers. For example, there isn’t any backing dancing for Seymour or Parr’s sections. Aragon’s section uses moves you will have already learnt in No Way. Cleves uses new moves but keeps her sass and the same sort of dance style. Boleyn and Howard do have new moves, which I think is a reflection on character development - the choreo is more fun and happy, similar to the starts of their numbers, but obviously not the endings.

Live performance that shows all the correct choreography - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqc3zJ1nva0

The chorus is super easy, and most of you probably already know it. These women have been doing what basically amounts to a high intensity workout for a solid 75 minutes, so the choreo was never going to be super hard/taxing.

Six main chorus, tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjf1jrSFwsw&t=2s

The “we’re six” dance break is a little harder, but should be easy to follow from your bootleg.

[sophiexwrites]

A Gift from the Ghost King

Inspired by this awesome headcanon from @give-nico-a-gun, thanks a ton for the inspo! It’s come to be a long-ish one, 2.2k words.

Trigger Warning: Mentions of Christianity and needles, but not in the medical context... it’s really just harmless and sweet.

Setting: General Riordanverse/PJOVerse with canon/established Solangelo.

Mentioned couples Christmas sweaters from the shop (link).

Note: because most people recognise American-English more than normal English, I’ve decided to go American this time, like dropping the u when I have to and using ‘sweater’ instead of jumper so that no-one gets confused (fingers crossed I do it properly).

Nico and Will, for all their opposites, had one major thing in common: they were raised Christian. Neither were quite sure why, since their mothers were well aware of the Greek pantheon of gods rather than a monotheistic one, but they supposed their childhood communities wouldn’t have taken sweetly to the change. 

Which meant the emo teen wasn’t focusing on Halloween this October, but on Christmas. Already. What do you get someone who claims to have it all? 

Talking to his friends didn’t help much. Most of them suggested medical equipment or a simple day off; there were even a few jokes about sunscreen that Nico didn’t quite understand. Those of them who knew Will better said they were buying him new arrows, notebooks or trinkets to fit his sunny-surfer-dude aesthetic - those were great ideas but Nico couldn’t copy them. Will knew him well enough to tell whether it was Nico’s idea or not. The pale teen scowled, wondering why he even asked. He was completely stumped. 

Until early November, that is, when Will began to drop hints. Nico only realised it when when his boyfriend convinced him into a store just to look at their collection of couples Christmas sweaters, covered with sickeningly sweet messages and nicknames.

"Aww. look Neeks - this one says ‘Don't go bacon my heart’!" Will laughed a laugh that turned Nico's cheeks to bright red, pointing at the sweater closest to them. It was attached to another one, reading ‘I couldn’t if I fried’, along with a drawing of a fried egg reaching out toward the other’s bacon.

The hints came a few more times before Nico swallowed his pride and decided to learn how to make one from scratch. Why DIY? Because everything Will did for Nico was done himself: from writing and playing his own music (nevermind how Will’s voice was definitely not winning X-Factor material), to the fake Mythomagic set full of realistic depictions of the gods, or the admittedly adorable summertime picnics with more food and baked goods than Nico could ever eat. Nico felt it was time to return the favor, and step one was learning how to knit.

It started clumsy and full of holes. Nico seemed to have a talent for dropping stitches. The section he was working on started too tight, then so loose that it was almost falling apart. After two weeks of constant secret practice, however, along with more YouTube tutorials and undone rows than he was willing to admit, Nico made something basically shaped like clothing. 

But it was just regular, boring clothing. Of course, Nico knew Will would be overjoyed at just that, but this was the first Christmas the couple planned to spend together, at camp. It was time to go big or go home.

Long story short, Nico swallowed his pride again: this time, to ask his step-mother how to embroider. He was met with suspicious glances and wary questions before Persephone began cooing in delight.

“Oh, that’s the cutest thing! Who knew you could be so soft?” She giggled, already rushing around for threads, test fabrics and needles. “Though I suppose you take after your father, he’s secretly a big softie, y’know - now, are we doing patches, appliques, or diving in the deep end and sewing right onto the yarn?” Nico had a rule not to dive into anything, but with Christmas soon approaching he had to learn fast. Somehow, too, he had to keep it a secret from Will. By December 10th, he’d pretended the wide-eyed needles poking out of his cabin floorboards were totally a prank from Cecile, and Hazel definitely left behind the scrap of paper filled with wobbly cursive last time she visited... Will simply hadn’t noticed. Nico was just glad his boyfriend didn’t have time to read what was on the paper before he snatched it away; that would have ruined it all.

Christmas came quickly, fronted by sleepless nights of embroidery and fingers full of pinpricks for Nico. But he was glad to have it done by Christmas Eve, all wrapped and stashed under the black tree in the Hades Cabin. Usually, he would be spending the night alone, but tonight a warm Will-shaped bundle of joy hugged him while they slept. Nico could only hope he would be as happy the next morning.

“Is this one from you?” Will asked, voice quiet with hidden excitement. Nico nodded, too nervous to speak, pulling at his plain hoodie. The wrapping fell away as Will teared and tugged, soon left left cradling a lump of fabric. “This is... beautiful, Nico!” The nervous boy’s chest sagged in relief, smile stealing onto his face as Will threw off the sweater he was wearing and donned the new creation, spinning around in his rush to the nearest mirror.

“Do you like it?”

“Oh Gods, Nico, of course! Did you make this? Thank you so much!” Will held it up before putting it on, gifting Nico with a laugh like soft rain pattering down on a warm summers day as he read the words out loud. “Significant Annoyance? That’s perfect!” Nico laughed with him, glad the nickname was still well-received, as the teen slipped it on.

He was the greatest model Nico could have asked for. A narrow frame showed off the fabric well: a stunning blue, deep and bright at the same time. Nico thought he’d chosen it because it was cheap, but when Will put it on he realised it’s because it matched the doctor's eyes perfectly. The body of it fit well, even if the arms were a little loose, which made Nico glad he hadn’t painstakingly added rows upon rows of purled stitching for a cute pattern or edge. It wouldn’t have been worth the struggle - the embroidered words were centerpiece enough. They spilled across Will’s chest in a haze of silver, grey and white; threads mixed and blended in the way Persephone had learn from Athena herself. The 20 letters had taken ages to get right, but to see them coupled with Will’s pure joy and excitement as he studied them in his reflection made all the effort worth it.

Needless to say, it beat Will’s gift to Nico that Christmas... which may or may not have been a good thing, because Will’s competitive nature soon swarmed up, and he was already making a gift of his own by the New Year.

“Kayla!” He rushed, panting, into the Apollo cabin from the infirmary. “Please tell me you know where I left my other needle?” Will held a lonely knitting needle in his right hand, pointing it at his half-sister.

“Laundry pile.” She replied, waving behind her towards said pile. It was mainly full of denim and orange cotton, but Will managed to extract the pale wooden tool after some digging. “Why, are you making something again?” It had been years since Will had done any knitting, having been taught by Malcolm Pace of the Athena Cabin during Will’s first few weeks at camp, so Kayla had every reason to be curious. 

“Yep.” Will fell onto his bed, after fishing out a ball of yarn from under it. “You know the sweater Nico made me?”

Kayla laughed, sitting up straight. “The one you’ve been wearing almost every day since?” 

“Yeah, I want to make him one too.”

“What, for Christmas next year or something? Are you just going to hand it to him now?” His head was bent too far over his busy fingers to see as she raised an eyebrow at him, but he knew her sass too well. 

“Oh, totally. You know me, just can’t wait to be organised and do everything in advance.” He grinned down at his work, shaking his head slightly with concentration. He didn’t want to drop a stitch, after all. “It’s his birthday on the 28th, I’m going to give it to him then.”

His sister aww-ed in delight, deciding (for once) to leave him be so that he could get it done on time. Will appreciated that, because he had a lot of work to do in the coming month - or, rather, 27 days.

Will certainly worked hard in those four weeks. Between shifts at the infirmary, general camp stuff and counselor responsibilities, he barely had time to himself let alone keep spending enough time with his boyfriend to make everything seem normal and knit him a sweater. Much like Nico had, he considered just buying one ready-made or getting someone else to help him, but he was eager to do it properly. So, it was a relief after sleepless nights and busy days that Will was finally finished with the sweater three days early; only the embroidery left. But Will was tired and had already misspelt half the terms on his latest patient file, so he had to keep it simple.

GHOST KING 👻  He finished, snipping the end of the silver-white thread. Will held it up to Kayla and the light, dusting off any last threads. “What do you think?”

“Ghost King...” Kayla read, a small smile on her face. “With a tiny ghost, too! That’s adorable, Will.” She wandered a little closer, inspecting the gift in the light cast from the sunrise. “You used a template, right? Because you can’t draw, and your handwriting has never been that good.”

“Geez, Kayla, no need to be so harsh.” Will smiled, clearly joking. “Of course I did, it’s got to be perfect for tonight.” It was already Nico’s birthday; Will stayed up all night to finish on time. Kayla knew this and sighed, deciding to make her brother get some rest.

“I’m covering your shift today, you need to sleep before you have your date tonight.” She decided, swinging Will’s bag over her own shoulder and giving his weary face a last look. “Seriously, sleep. I’ll make up some worthy excuse and tell Nico, he’ll understand.” Will protested for only a moment before yawning, and flopping down onto his bunk.  A sleep couldn’t hurt...

He woke up near sunset that day, almost time to meet Nico. It was a rush for him to get ready and properly awake, but he made it to the woods just as the sun disappeared below the horizon. 

“Will!” Nico waved from the edge, a small look of worry on his face. “I was, um... beginning to think you wouldn’t come.” He admitted, and Will felt his face burn in shame for making his boyfriend worry, even a little.

“Of course I’d come, I just slept in all day. Sorry.” He said, and they wandered a little deeper into the woods, searching for the clearing. Nico insisted it was no problem, which made Will feel more at ease. He was still excited, however, to show Nico what he made (the gift was hidden in his bag, with food for the birthday picnic). 

The two made their way into the clearing in content silence, Will secretly itching to see Nico’s reaction to his gift. But he remained as patient as he could, happy to enjoy Nico’s smiles, quiet laughs and stories, enjoying his birthday together in the peaceful way Nico loved. In fact, Will (and Kayla, but she was sworn to secrecy) was the only demigod at camp who knew it was the Italian boy’s birthday - all Nico’s other friends were off in New Rome or the mortal world, after all. It made for far less stress on Nico’s half: he didn’t want random people wishing him a happy birthday all day. No, Nico di Angelo was perfectly joyful to spend the night with his Significant Annoyance under the stars, especially when he surprised him with a gift.

“Here you go.” Will said, presenting a soft package wrapped in black paper with tiny ghosts. The Son of Apollo bought it specially for that, and the remaining roll would stay unused in his cabin except from wrapping Nico’s other gifts: so he was relived to see the other boy smile ever so slightly. 

“Thanks, Will.”

“Don’t thank me yet, you haven’t opened it!”

“Okay, okay!” He almost laughed, ripping the paper to reveal an equally dark sweater. “Wow, did you make this?” Will hummed in excited agreement, watching Nico unfold and hold it up to the moonlight. 

“Oh my Gods.” He read the words and for a moment Will thought he was going to hate it. But then Nico laughed - no, giggled -  a clear, pure sound cutting through the crisp air like a knife through cake. “It’s pretty cool, thanks Will.” The compliment wouldn’t seem like much to an outsider, but Will knew it meant a lot. Nico turned to look at the blond with his dark brown eyes, plain and simple in a way Will could get lost in forever. They were creased at the sides as he smiled, a true smile with his eyes that Will enjoyed so much. He looked good, too, with the well-fitting black sweater on, small letters and tiny illustration embroidered on the neckline. 

“Stop staring.” Nico suppressed a smile, going red as his boyfriend shook his head slightly before looking Nico in the eye again.

“Aww, but you look so cute!”

[homefryboy]

dude, your art is so freaking iconic,would you be willing to spill some of your drawing process to us humble plebeians?

wow, thanks! I’ve never rly been asked abt this before, but if you’re curious, here’s how I do it.

I’ll use something simple as an example. Like Kermit!

yeah of course, man.

I use paper and pencil like any other ragamuffin, then outline it with my handy dandy tracing pen

Don’t sass me, frog. Then do all the editing in Photos. A bunch of brightness and exposure adjustment, etc

I used to use colored pencils and markers but it’s been more efficient to just use the mark-up tool, which I should’ve probably looked up tutorials for from the beginning instead of fumbling my way through it, but c’est la vie.

No argument there. And I make whichever fixes I can. I’ll usually want to color the background or add some other lil stuff too (shading, maybe)

Lately, to end with, I’ve been putting the pics through the filters to see what they look best in.

But sometimes, as in this case, I think the original looks best

And tada, my doodle is complete!

“…did you mess up on something? that last one looks a lil differe—“ NO IT DOESN’T.

Hope this was informative! ^^

[majorxbennyxboy]

TURN but it’s a videogame

it opens with a faux-tutorial cutscene on Woodhull Farm: while Abe and Mary dialogue, the player is prompted to do things like move the camera and help Sprout walk, however, it seems to glitch and lag until, as the player is prompted to toggle first person pov, the scene abruptly changes to redcoats and distorted dialogue, with first person unable to be turned off. the player can still move the view to look around, but with the scene intercut with blurry flashes of other scenes, it’s difficult to work out what’s going on...until the pov drops

the pov blinks and, though things are hazy and tilted at first, it soon settles and the player is now looking through Ben Tallmadge’s eyes as he wakes surrounded by fallen dragoons. through Welsh’s approach and Ben’s subsequent flight from Rogers and his Rangers, the player is given an overview of the games Fighting, Moving, Stealth, Looting/Inventory/Equipment, and Environmental Interaction mechanics. The tutorial ends when the player successfully reaches the rebel camp and completes the objective of speaking to Scott.

After the tutorial, Ben and Abe are the playable characters, but others are unlocked as the game progresses. Mary is initially playable in mini-games but is unlocked as a full playable character after the main ‘Season One’ questline is completed, whereas Anna becomes available much earlier. Caleb is another playable character, with Robert Townsend also unlockable as part of an ongoing questline.

The game is completely open-world. Some areas are technically locked as far as, what you can do is dependent on progress in the game, but with determination pretty much everywhere can be accessed...sometimes at the player’s own peril. For instance, you can barge into the camp you found, but unless the right connections have been made, your character will likely be shot at and/or arrested, forcing you to escape, bribe, or try to talk your way out.

There are loads of minigames and side-quests! Many NPCs will play draughts- some want to place wagers or otherwise offer prizes for playing, some interact much differently based on which character the player is using. likewise, some areas can be interacted with differently with different characters - there’s always something new to find.

A lot of the minigames yield useful items- cooking can get you food or medicine, you can learn lockpicking from Sackett to access more areas, send secret letters, complete retrieve-and-deliver quests in exchange for other items...even just chill and play some domestic minigames and quests if that’s your speed.

One side-quest is straight up just helping Alexander Milliner get some tea for his mother who’s a camp follower.

You can ride horses! You can interact with all the animals, pet the doggos, feed apples to the horses! Investigate crimes!

If you get to Robtown’s Coffeehouse before actually starting that quest, he’ll just play draughts and sass you and that’s it

There are dancing minigames

Honestly the whole thing is just a biggo cross between Skyrim, The Sims, Harvest Moon, Minecraft, Animal Crossing, Assassin’s Creed, and Dark Souls that’s. exactly what it is.

there’s like a free expansion pack where you can play as Loyalist Characters too. with every other character if you want to feed a horse or w/e it depends on what’s in your inventory but with Hewlett he just. always has apples if there’s a horse nearby.

there’s another free expansion pack that lets you create your own character and choose sides and even be a double/triple/quadruple/so-on agent if you feel like really getting dangerous

There’s probably Even More but this is already rapidly derailing so!

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[moaccyrk]

I love the fluidity/motion in your art! How do ypu manage to line your art while keeping that energy? I feel like even if my sketch has good motion/energy my line art always makes it look super stiff. Thanks!

Hey, firstof all, thanks for the compliment!!

I really love dynamism and motion exaggeration,I feel like that gives more life to my drawings even when they’re not doinganything extreme =)

Now, to be completely honest with you, I have so many things to say about this that resuming them is a bit troublesome, so I’ll try to make this short and ellaborate it later in a tutorial or something, but here some things:

1) Myway of drawing is, in a word, curvy.Most of the things I draw have a slight curve or a very pronounced one,straight lines are only used for veryrigid things (like guns and precious stones) and some anime-inspired dynamiclines. But even then, if I feel like it’s gonna be better, I say screw this and draw chubby tanks and roundy mechas! =D

2) Whilethis isn’t exactly realistic, I usually draw my characters with very flexible bodies. That’s mostly aquirky of my style because I’m very inspired by the method of work used by animators (which is something I learned before I got animation skills).Basically, when depicting movement, you have carte blanche to slightly bend anatomy torepresent movement.

3) Anythingcan be made dramatically dynamic with the power of Perspective and Foreshortening!

And finally, some reading reccomendations:

1) Force - Dynamic Life Dawing for Animators by Michael D. Mattesi. It’s a book that I found during college and it was really important for the development of my artist mindset :D

2) Griz and Norm. You can’t go wrong with tutorials made by pro animators, they have a lot of stuff on dynamic life drawing, including stuff about hands and feet. I’ve learned a lot from them =)

3) The Etheringthon Brothers. Their tutorials are pretty extensive, I reccomend them for both drawing and storytelling! I specially like the ones about composition and the “post-it script” writting method =D

4) 100 Art tips of what you should and shouldn't do by Sass Teng. This is one of my favorite artists ever! I feel a certain connection with her art style and I’ve adopted some of her drawing principles to my own.

So, to wrap things up, I think those sources I linked are enough to learn what I’ve learned, but if you’re really interested on me ellaborating my method, I guess it’s a good idea to add this to my “pay-what-you-want tutorial e-book project” idea.

I dunno when that’s gonna be done, I still need to write a proper script for it, but I guess I could launch installments on my patreon?

Now, that’s an idea. I don’t really have any idea what to do for my patreon, so I guess this is cool, right?