#feel like im missing smt ;v

[rottenberries]

heyoo rip not me rockin up fashionably late...... anw hi it's gemma ( s/h, 21+ ) here w my serial monogamist, serial cheater nate archibald knockoff, yoon hanbin! he's the adopted oldest son of old money philanthropists n the founder of the very popular cafe chain, angelique ( cough he also plagiarised the entire idea of angelique frm some underrated cafe during his gap yr in france ). that's the gist of it but u can read a more detailed version of hanbin under the cut! as alw, pls hit that LIKE button n ill come rollin into ur dms!! mwah!!

for my sisters in the church of astrology he is a libra sun / aqua moon / pisces rising so like im not tryna justify his tendency 2 cheat but im saying it's written in the stars

anw hanbin was born broke as shit ill b honest he was put up for adoption @ gangnam orphanage as a newborn god knows why ( jk it's prob bc he's the product of some illicit affair or smt )

he gets adopted j shy of his first bday by philanthropists slash the yoon chaebols ( specifically the ones in charge of the hotel chain!! ) who took helping the less fortunate to the next level ( think angelina jolie )!! he's currently the only adopted child of theirs and they have 2 more kids after him who are both biological children so yeah ngl hanbin has some feelins ab that

said feelins are: growin up a rich kid to chaebols often means that they're far too busy to take care of u even tho it's not like they don't want to so naturally hanbin n sibs deal w some neglect even tho it's compensated w lots of money n maids thrown at them BUT the point is despite facing the same level of neglect as his sibs he kinda takes it personally n thinks maybe ?? it's bc he's adopted OR did they j adopt him for the good publicity despite havin no evidence of this ?? yea gr8 logic

despite that overall he's honestly a p nice kid?? plays w other kids well and doesn't yk misuse his wealth or family's status for Evil or no good he kinda is just vibin frankly

one thing ab hanbin tho is that he is a serial monogamist bc of his upbringing n he kinda looks for love in the wrong places and is constantly jumpin from relo to relo ( even jumpin 2 the next relo before the prev relo is over i.e. Cheating )

finally catches up to him when he's in his high profile relo re the subplot n gets caught cheating fr n is the talk of the town : )) since then it's like the ruse is up he's a cheater n everyone sorta knows but then again everyone forgives him bc yk he's Very Wealthy n very friendly and charming and kind and ""goodhearted"" when he's talking to u

regardless my man Hates drama so by the end of his final yr he jets tf off to france for a gap yr!! the impt part comes when he's staying in this soho part of france n there's this rly small rly underrated family owned cafe near his accom called angelique!! it was named after the owner's daughter n has a rly homey vibe n is beloved by the locals, v warm and friendly and welcoming w dim yellow lights and irregular flower pots and stuff on the menu that genuinely looks like it's baked by ur mom and hanbin alm feels... at home here? it's the most at home he's felt and he frequented this cafe A Lot during his stay in france!!

when he finally makes it back to sk he finds that he rly misses the place so he asks for some money frm his parents to open up a cafe in gangnam that's Just like it so that he can have his own little angelique where he lives!! the Problem is that he never bothered to ask for their rights or anyth ( tho im p sure legally he doesn't need to since they haven't bought any rights for it in sk so he hasn't committed any crime ) but yea he literally ripped off the style n colour palette n menu items,, think red bull origin story

anw the cafe clearly speaks to a lot of ppl bc it became so super popular so his parents being rly nice 2 him kinda "'""invests"" in his cafe to make it a chain1! n within 4y he opens up a bunch of diff angeliques all over seoul and even has the latest branch in busan!!

personality-wise i would say he is genuinely a rich kid down to the core...... n by sayin this i mean he has their honestly blissful ignorance like imagine j being like oh wow i love this cafe let me open a cafe Exactly like it right down my st like no askin them for permission no nth no unds of flopping or bankruptcy to j act on a whim this is some peak rich kid bs

this extends past j business ofc n even to women like !! he is out here serial monogamist and cheating on them bc he's spoiled rotten n also somehow neglected so he looks for love in a lot of women and falls head over heels in love w them then ditches for the next shiny thing like !!! sir is ariana grande atp yes and

but when u meet him in the flesh i would say he's rather soft spoken and gentle natured,, v Pleasant to talk to in general so it's alm easy to be lulled into thinking wait ig he's a good guy?? also born to well-known philanthropists n in yoon fashion donates 50% of proceeds frm his cafe to charity so it's Very easy to think he's a good guy like even he genuinely believes he's a good guy ask any lie detector but it's like .... when ur lookin at him from afar and away frm his charm u realise wait some of the shit he does is rly .... horrendous? like imagine calling a man who chronically cheats and steals ideas a good guy ???

also kinda insecure ab his birth and ig this is also why he so desperately wants to be a good guy!! overcompensates to prove that he's a yoon by doin yoon things so a lot of him being ""good"" is not so much him being a good person but a deep need to show people that he's good and he's earned his place as a yoon, a terrible insecurity that he has zero awareness of so will continue doin thanks

idk why i can never be concise atp it needs to b studied : )) anw here r some plot ideas!!

serial monogamist needs a string of exes so prob a few frm when he got back from france frm 2017-2024!! id say his longest relo would last approx 1y bc my man is honeymoon period ONLY crowd boos

on that note im guessin he is back 2 relevancy re: gg when she posts ab him cheating on his most recent gf ,, basically jan 2024 so anyone wanna have a v fresh break up frm like 2wks ago pls lmk ... also anyone who wants 2 b the person he Cheats w lmk too...

is the type to be totally against bullies then sits w ur bully durin lunch bc that's his friend but He's not bullyin or anywhere near that vicinity so !!! : )) anw that said if ur muse is a menace it don't mean he can't be friends w u bc he will be !!

on the other hand a kid who's been bullied who he's friends w then one day u find out he's friends w ur bully wud u confront his ass !!! him tryna diffuse the tension like hey bro Relax alright ik this is rly difficult for u but we gotta remain civil yea otherwise Ur the bully ( yea he's an ignorant headass )

erm movin away frm that anyone who knows him frm france!! mayb yall didn't rly meet or bump into each other in sch bc diff circles or diff yrs but ur one of the few koreans in france so he's v thankful for that n yall make fast friends!! funny if this is where u caught whiff of angelique that cafe he's obsessed ab n brought u to then now he's the "founder" of angelique in korea n it looks Exactly like the one in france hm .....

nv did uni but i imagine he's taking of getting a cert in business this yr bc it's useful for his business but yea !! if ur muse is doin uni rn mayb they could kinda meet there thru some club or smt? prob some save the planet club lbr also funny if u know ab his cheating shenanigans and how he can be a real ignorant asshole but in the uni he's all smiles n everyone loves him n ur the only one who can see thru him ( truly,, idt he can even see it himself )

someone who frequents angelique!! maybe u got stood up on some blind date set up by ur parents n he came over n tried 2 cheer u up!!!

this needs 2 b plotted extensively but a biological half-sibling ....... im gna say im not keen to explore his life outside being a yoon too much but it'd be fun to kinda allude 2 this n them j being like my mom had a kid in 98 before she was ready 2 settle down or my dad had an illicit affair w some peasant woman n knocked her up n ditched her in 98 n he's like o that's cool hey wait a min .......

er anyth and everything else!!

[voidcat]

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16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

WHY DID THIS ONE GET LONG AS WELL- anyways again, written short and superficial bc u can already guess what comes after each answer in depth. this got too long and incohorent. i feel like that stereotypical adhd meme now....... thank u for the ask wife ily<3

tropes: highschool aus. youre stuck at school all day, still minors, prefrontal cortex still underdeveloped etc etc the downsides are soooo many. if ya want a good old modern au and have characters be classmates etc do a college au or smt. it gives more liberty too. used to dislike soulmate aus but turns out it was more abt the writing. they can be v good when written well (or w characters that match one another)

idk if this counts but people's need to always ship characters tgt like- do people not exist outside of relationships? is that the state we are in now? let them breathe. also vice versa when it comes to esp lgbt implied relationships for characters that are written w each other in mind. when erasing one, you take a part of the other one and toss it away too (ie: agott and coco in wha.) (ie for the former: dazai and chuuya. dazai and fyodor. tbh both dazai and fyodor w many charas... sigma w many charas. like for fyozai for example, u dont have to make them always abt ships those are character foils, i can assure u u will enjy the characters w/o shipping them at all times too... same goes for aku and atsushi as well.)

toji fushiguro on his own. there was a choso ship too ngl but i mightve just missed smt bc by then jjk became a chore to read so ill just skim over or read it quickly.

ykno that character type in media like edgy brooding man etc etc i wont even finish it iykyk, go touch some grass, learn to enjoy the small joys in life, accept that you cannot do everything alone or by self secrificing and accept the help from others. (the exact type of character that would miss the whole point of evangelion and prefer end of eva movie as the true ending... pls go get therapy)

again, the looks like a kid/teen but is actually a goddess timeless creature wtv thing.....

at the beginning of the series when they try to infodump the reader/audience on the lore of things by having a character recount stuff but its just heavy info dump and so painfully obvious theyre doing it for the sake of reader/audience?... yeah (aka the beginning of dune book) if we take this to fics: chill, not everything has to have plot, u can just write a timestamp type of thing, u dont have to overexplain everything, youre exhausting yourself for this too.....

idk how well this one fits but writing a character into smt painfully ooc for the sake of angst (like- cheating for some characters. or idk if youre gonna go for an infidelity trope at least lie the groundwork solid enough for it to make sense and fit.) also skaterat aus (im sideeying u haikyuu fandom from 2020..... if u were there u know exactly what i mean)

OK FORGOT TO ADD chatavters esp women whose entire purpose in a series is to contribute to the development of the male lead...... by extension manic pixie dream girls too

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[neomedievalist]

Im curious on your take just cause I see your smt v posts on my dash, how dramatically different is it from early smt? Is it like how with persona 1 and 5 is dramatically different or a different type? (Idk much on nocturne, iv or much of the newerr stuff im just obsessed with i, ii and other earlier smt spin offs😅) What makes v so bad?

oh man this is hard for me to answer i’ve played a decent amount of smt1 and 2 but haven’t beat either of them. i think calling smtv a bad game isn’t really fair i just think it falls a bit short in some key places

gameplay is absolutely fantastic and no one can argue with that. really really good tight combat with great customization and incredibly satisfying and terrifying battles. it really makes you stop and plan for bosses rather than powering through and it’s great genuinely great. now i disagree with some people on this: i did not like the exploration aspects of the game where others ive talked to really liked them. i just felt exploration really wasn’t rewarding. i think while the game looks visually great it can be a bit lacking in originality in the area designs. if you’re a fan of early smt the thing that’s going to shock you the most is the fact that there are only two dungeons in the entire game. i’ve just finished one of them and it’s just. just awful. not at all fun to explore and the puzzles can boil down to “just wait for the right timing 4head”

the story is just. nonexistent. it’s clear they were trying to go for a minimalist story like nocturne but missed out on what made nocturne actually good. i am mentioning nocturne a lot specifically because smtv is very obsessed with it. the drum of amala and specifically referring to the conception by name makes smtv canonically a direct sequel to nocturne. however these feel more like references to get into fans who liked nocturne’s good graces as nocturne Is pretty much the most popular smt. alignment is incredibly weak as i mentioned before i am about 60 hours in and i’m just getting to have meaningful choices presented to me, and as i’ve been told, the final alignment choice is simply one dialogue choice that decides your alignment for the rest of the game, which is to say that all the dialogue choices throughout the game don’t matter.

all in all, i don’t truly think it’s a bad game or a shit game like ive been saying. i think it falls incredibly short to other smt games in what it’s trying to do; it just feels really derivative. i’ve heard the game was in development hell for quite some time and the story was rushed which really sucks.

anyone else have more input?

[messiahman69]

eight pages of single spaced smt v ranting/rambling now that im done with the game (more like whining about missed opportunities/potential)

SMT V

was one of my most anticipated game releases for this year. SMT is a beloved franchise for me due to its handling of concepts and mature themes that I have not seen explored in other rpgs handled in such a way. Which concepts and what themes? Well for one, people die (nothing new to jrpgs i know), Or at least when characters tend to die in smt iv (Issachar) and smt strange journey (the crew of the arctic expedition the main character is a part of), their deaths are not taken lightly – death and criticisms of how the world is governed in its overall treatment of people seem to be themes that are tackled in the smt franchise– especially when it comes to the “routes” aka the multiple endings the games are known to have.

Most smt games boast three factions, law chaos and neutral– most smt fans know what each route implicates. But for the rare rare unfamiliar with smt person reading this. Law and chaos tend to be extremist takes on how society should be ran. Law boasts totalitarianism and loss of individuality all for the sake of maintaining a utopian peace (and theres angels running it all too, working  underneath a very strict God), chaos tends to favor what the name implies – a lawless land where might makes right and if you want something then use your fists and willpower to overcome any obstacles (demons run rampant in this one) while the “neutral” route tends to be a human safe option, where neither law nor chaos win – but it is never portrayed as a good end since it is just an extension of the status quo and the factors that led to the events of a smt game taking place. I feel as though smt challenges the player to question what pushes people to make extreme decisions. It asks what would you do if your values and beliefs were tested to their limits. Most games featuring a cast of characters that eventually start to drift as the apocalyptic circumstances force them to fight for their beliefs or die on the spot.

Unfortunately, smt v is a game that is missing these weighty choices and changes of character that the cast of smt games are known to go through when face to face with life or death circumstances.

Im actually pretty impressed with its remixed versions of the typical law, chaos, and neutral routes

Actually now that I think about it law is more or less the same

But law is not even shown to have a utopian spin to it, but rather smt v seems to push law as the faction for people that don’t like to think for themselves and would rather have another being make choices for them, and that’s literally it.

Which is a shame because law is a lot more than that, and this game only shows that loss of independence side of law, I don’t even like law but here I am advocating for it. Law in previous games seem to be a good and decent option to consider if one wants to live in perpetual peace.

Chaos in this game is now I almost want to say the same as how the world is now, which is to say inhabited by many gods. Which I find confusing since all these gods is why there is so much fighting, the game doesn’t really explain why an extension of more fighting amongst gods is a good thing. Nor does the chaos route explain how the reign of myriad Japanese gods will be an improvement. Actually what bothered me most about that route (and to some extent the game itself) is the lack of attention given the rest of the world. We are told that Tokyo is basically in a state of decay since it is literally Tokyo after the conception happened in smt 3. We are never told how the rest of the world is taking this conception. I would have been fine not knowing or caring about the rest of the world if this game did not feature the other gods from bethel.

If this game had said that the rest of the world exploded thanks to the conception, I would be fine, but we are shown zeus representing Greece, odin representing … Nordic European nations? Whatever, and Vasuki/shiva representing india. Are we ever told how those nations, or those representatives are handling their respective societies? Nope! I really wish the routes in the game were focused on letting you side with the factions of bethel (I would sign up with india) but sadly that is not a choice as you are tasked with killing rather than talking to each representative not too long after the bethel summit section of the game

These characters should have been given so much more care in terms of their character, views, even boss music – unfortunately you just murder them in some boring winter outdoors area, nothing special like the fight with shiva – which I wish each representative got a special stage and fight to emphasize their country of origin.

Your choices in smt v may as well not even matter – the only punishment you get is in a side quest that charges you money if your choices do not match with what route you end up with. Your human cast of characters don’t really care about what you say, their view of you does not change, and the events still happen as normal until the last hour and a half of gameplay (and that’s just because of some boss fights changing, and the final boss as well)

Speaking of, fuck all pretenses of trying to type calmly I just want to rant

How come I can’t fight lucifer if I go neutral, the other routes get to fight lucifer and they don’t have to complete a billion side quests and beat shiva (just learned shiva is a requirement for the lucifer fight in smt v neutral??)

Also each route sucks ass

How is neutral going to coincide with yakumo and nuwa? Yakumo literally tells you he thinks weaker people should just die off and for a while I thought he was pushing for chaos but nope! Mr “I think only Japan and Japan alone matters” is the real chaos guy but yuzuru only comes across as having tunnel vision and being extremely narrow minded. Nobody thinks to ask hey how is America doing right now (first off, fuck my cringe ass country, second I only bring up America because even smt 1 brings up America AND it has ties to odin, something I thought would be a recurring trend in this game since we have odin -- but doesn’t end up happening! Which is sad, that’s a missed opportunity for a reference and tie into smt 1, speaking of references

My god does this game love smt 3, I had high hopes for this game soley because the developers said they were aiming for another smt 3 like experience, which in my mind was like “great idea” as I love smt 3 for its bleak setting, pushed by very artistic dungeons and music, and the variety of npcs you come across and the human cast. This human cast, who really seem to be taking all this apocalypse stuff pretty appropriately ! like imagine for a second youre an unstable highschooler (who wasn’t) and your entire world has ended, no more family, school, nothing. And now you’re alone, isamu and chiaku are fantastic characters who develop their own sense of identity when coming to terms with what is happening to the world around them, and like I said I bring up smt 3 because the developers said they were using it as an inspiration for this game

They say inspiration but there is hardly a drop of atmosphere or depth in character writing in smt v that resembles what smt 3 held.

I am not asking for characters to be beside me the entire time, I am simply asking that they transform and adopt views they weren’t aware they had and embrace them. This cast of characters is so. So, bland???? Theyre dead fish

They don’t react to stimuli im sorry to say theyre so lame

Dazai and miyazu are the biggest culprits for being living corpses that won’t even flinch with a live taser pressed against their temples.

I remember being at such a loss that miyazu, nor the rest of the human high school students were stunned or amazed to be in the fairy forrest. Can you imagine standing next to oberon, THE oberon from Shakespeare and being like “I wish I was in bed right now” (ß one of the npc lines that stuck with me) and miyazu being like wow theyre so nice 😊 its like BITCH, YOU ARE IN A *FAIRY* FORREST. ARE YOU NOT IMPRESSED? OR AMAZED TO LEARN THAT FAIRIES EXIST? THERE IS A TALKING JACK O LANTERN RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, you could say wow this is like a fairy tale come to life, nope nope none of that, no , observations are none whatsoever just “wow they healed us and thanks for looking out for my brother” (her brother, who is entirely capable of taking care of himself) and what gets to me is that miyazu doesn’t question anything, was she aware that her brother worked at bethel? How long has he been working for bethel? How does she feel about her brother working for bethel? Hello? Earth to miyazu? Nope. Nothing she says is note worthy in my head, maybe the line about wanting to be a nurse but

Like what? Also is her short life span the reason why yuzuru works for bethel? Are they helping him keep her alive? I guess not since its revealed that Khonsu was doing all that, and

God Khonsu what wasted potential

I was so looking forward to how Egypt was going to participate in an smt game! Egypt! Wow ! I was very excited at the prospect of Egyptian participation in my smt game (hes on the goddamn cover) but to have his entire character development happen off screen, he falls in love with a human, and she reciprocates to this in such a weird way like

Oh my that part towards the end of khonsus quest where he Is about to kill himself for miyazu – and the game gave me three options to stop him, do nothing, or a third option which I don’t even remember – I genuinely thought I was going to make the choice for miyazu who – is standing two feet away watching me have a pretty dramatic battle with the Egyptian God Ra in the buttcrack of a concrete building in oberons backyard (very . epic . setting to be fighting Ra. I know. ) miyazu did nothing lmao oh my god I was hoping khonsu would forcefully fuse himself with her without her consent but I guess for nahobinos to form it has to be mutual but imagine if you will, Khonsu willing to force himself upon miyazu with the intention of saving her life (which I mean I guess he was considering? But iris said that if he fused with her the nahobino wouldn’t be miyazu anymore and Khonsu was aware of that) still though a lot of wasted potential, actually what sucks a lot is that all of this Khonsu stuff is shoved in a SIDE QUEST. The guy on the cover art has character development off screen and this information is revealed by NPCs in a SIDE QUEST, an OPTIONAL SIDE QUEST. ONE that you can prematurely end if you decide to kill Khonsu on the spot after his boss battle (which I was considering doing since at the time, since I didn’t know if letting him live would have some kind of repercussion in my throne seeking adventure) but alas.

I don’t even like his design hes just a green dude, and if you look at iris shes awesome, even seth is this dragon thing but khonsus just a green lad. Fuck man ra and their design given all its importance suCKS,

Yuzuru sucks so bad man oh man, muh Japan. Muh rebuilding of Japan (hey bro hows the rest of humanity doin---MY JAPAN IS GOING TO DISSOLVE PROTAGONIST DO YOU NOT CARE—oh ok then) if this was a better game they would’ve written yuzuru as a racist and that would have been interesting but nah like I said he comes across as having tunnel vision and the game doesn’t really bother explaining why hes willing to work with bethel or fight for Japan other than some shallow “gotta save my home” vibe. Also he could not be any more bland I swear, the game shows you what a nahobino is capable of, how powerful they are, even yuzuru comments on your power, and then when hes told he can be one too, his reaction? …. Yuzurus reaction….? “wow” and that’s it, hes not even asking you, the protagonist, what its like to fuse with another being, he doesn’t care what its like for you, another nahobino what its like, how you feel about it, how it feels, nothing -- all he says is “I hope we don’t fight” pretty ominously in Ueno and its like ok??? What prompted that? since yuzuru and the protagonist are on pretty good terms practically the entire game. And by good terms I mean absolutely nothing gives you the chance to side against him even at that point when he says that. It comes off as an empty threat. If I was given the choice to run away from bethel I would have done it. Hell this game coulve vastly improved if aogami was more involved

Look, near the beginning aogami is taken to bethel to have his memories examined and to restore his memory function. That doesn’t happen ever again, tsukiyomi could have been a better villain (or character) if he displayed the same distrust that Abdiel expresses for us. We are literally a threat to his plans as a nahobino– and he could’ve side eyed us with suspicion and have aogami come for more frequent memory examinations as we grow in power – something I would be doing if I was concerned about a powerful potential ruiner of my plans. But nah, tsukiyomi is like youll side with us right protagonist? And doesn’t give me the option to do anything but listen and do as he says. Now again, im pulling this out of my ass as I write this, but I suspect his lack of suspicion IS because we fused with his “brother”

Actually what the fuck is aogami even – we are told that tsukiyomi fused some magatsuhi into artificial bodies, but aogami is mass produced, and he barely seems to hold a will of his own, so by fusing with aogami are we seen as being more – robotic? Willing to follow orders? The nature of our fusion isn’t exactly addressed – like I don’t know if the protagonists actions are influenced by aogamis will and our fusing with him, but nothing in the game suggests a conflict of interest between the actions of aogami and the protagonist (would be interesting if aogami stopped our hand in the middle of killing tsukiyomi…..more wasted potential)

Oh my god speaking of – the demon king in that dungeon being mr vagina vulva was sooooo lame, I was hoping lucifer would have a more direct role in the game considering as how this game is practically nocturne 2 electric bugaloo but nah lucifer stays hiding like a coward the entire game – like do you know how active that guy was in checking in on us in nocturne?

Actually we get zero character interaction in general, and no im not counting tao’s return as character interaction, shes a pathetic excuse of a saint. In smt saints are usually beings with massive importance, which smt v got the memo for but it forgot to include the fact that the saint of smt 3 was heavily sad over her lack of power and lack to do anything. Yuko was nothing but an instrument for the worlds demise and left to be a bystander afterwards, unable and incapable of shaping the world to how she deems fit as she is unable to obtain Reason like Chiaki and isamu could. God that was cool. My god, man I did such a massive groan when they showed me super Saiyan tao I was like are you serious what even happened to you and why are you returning to me

One possibility I just came up with now is her returning to us because of our nature as a nahobino, in which case why the fuck does she not side with yuzuru when I reject the concept of recreating the world in the neutral route – would that not be fitting ? seeing as how she literally fucks off when I tell her im not interested in remaking the world? Oh youre so lofty and holy and powerful wow, ok bye she just flew off never to be seen again for the rest of the game LOL oh wait didn’t she kinda fuse with us by giving up her life for us? Im making up reasons because as much as the game likes to spell out stuff for me sometimes it really doesn’t do it for questions im genuinely wondering

Actually we aren’t told anything about taos backstory she says she had powers when she was little and worked with bethel when she was young but what does that even imply, did tsukiyomi seek you out when you were a kid, are you an orphan, where is your family, how do you feel about the conception, what the fuck did you do when u worked for bethel even – none of this is brought up.

I hate to say it but dazai is the only written character and his arc is PATHETIC

Dude I was laughing so HARD when he swept his hair back like what where did that come from why are you acting like a villain???? They tried to make him villain coded and his entire character to that point has been sniveling whining cowardly bufonon, and even that’s not enough for me to accept his view that someone else should handle his decision making because he was actually handling himself pretty well in the location leading up to the demon king castle and managed to make it in pretty far! All by himself and the demons that Abdiel provided him with, now we don’t see how he handles these demons in detail – maybe they did all the work for him who knows, but the fact of the matter is that for a character so insecure being given the opportunity to help Abdiel and advance in a dangerous location by himself would be more reason for him to gain confidence

Im writing all this because he does not change his ways despite all that, actually what pissed me off so much is his presence during the bethel summit, actually

Nobody stepped in for nahobino when Abdiel decided to fucking fight us, wouldn’t dazai or yuzuru step up for their former classmate about to die? Or tsukiyomi step in since we technically work for bethel Japan (and our death would mean the loss of a powerful asset)? Nothing happened! So after beating the shit out of Abdiel and so mercifully sparing her (not my choice to do that) after she tried to KILL me, dazai hobbles over like some decrepit dumbass and asks wahhh, im so sad protagonist, wont anyone think of wittle Abdiel, like bitch she just tried to kill me why don’t you ask me how im handling my bruises, and he asks me where she is, like zero concern for the protagonist – it doesn’t even matter if you tell him or not and his view of you does not change if you withhold this information

Actually dazai had zero concern at our first reunion in Da’at, and that should have been an indicator for how the rest of the game was going to handle yuzuru, dazai, and tao’s reactions to the protagonist

We all went to school together? Does nothing matter? I can see tao and yuzuru feeling detached about dazai and the protagonist since they have been known that the Tokyo we live in is a lie, but for dazai to have a similar disinterest really got to me. If anything it felt like a betrayal lol we were homies when we found out that Tokyo was fake , but omg dazai treats the falsehood of Tokyo and disappearance/unknown status of the rest of the world like it’s a Saturday cartoon – which again could be what they were trying to express with his character. But he doesn’t even say something stupid like, wait if Tokyo is fake how am I getting my super cool American imported camera for my youtube series, like, im begging for a crumb over here

His hobby as being a youtuber isn’t even expanded on, its just like a bow tie – just arbitrarily added on traits that serve only for…. Looks? I don’t know, none of this character information is brought up or referenced in any interesting important way – just like miyazus nurse ambitions, that’s not really addressed and nothing is leading up to that impression that she likes taking care of other people because the entire game before that reveal shes this meek stupid thing that cant speak up or do anything, shes not a go getter, or someone that takes care of people. Hell they could’ve just had her say I take care of yuzuru who is so hard working by making him lunch I don’t know.

How does 50 hours of gameplay have so much nothing, fuck man like I beat up nuwa and we get stopped by yakumo and he introduces himself and then they leave, ok? Later for no reason and with zero build up here comes yakumo again and hes back for?? Well the dialogue implies that nuwa wants to keep us alive (despite her wanting to kill us so badly when we first met) because we’re interesting, she does so by doing a stupid little saunter away and leaves us with yakumo who.. again I cant even remember why he wanted to kill us – I guess because he knew wed get in his way and he doesn’t like us because we are working for bethel ! hmph! (I wouldn’t be working with bethel if I had the choice)

SPEAKING OF CHARACTERS FUCK THAT STUPID RED MOTHERFUCKER GOKO WHAT THE HELL WAS HIS DEAL OTHER THAN BEING STUPID AND ORANGE AND STANDING AROUND MUTTERING SOME NONSENSE AND HUFFING HIS OWN FARTS IN A CORNER OF THE WORLD. Oh my god I was laughing really hard when I went neutral and blew up the throne and all he could do was idly stand by and be like “NO” LIKE THAT’S ALL DUDE?? DID YOU NOT KNOW I WAS GONNA DO THIS LMAO

He doesn’t stand by any side and probably licks pavement in his free time because he does fuck all the entire game I don’t know why they even added him in the game, the game could have replaced each of his appearances by a loud obnoxious fart sound effect and the game wouldn’t have changed because that’s how I felt like every time I had to interact with this bitch, just listening to him was akin to pressing my ear against some ass and hearing it rip because he didn’t contribute anything to anyone. I had to google what his deal is just now and hes actually Amitabha, a celestial buddha whos job is watching the world in wait for someone worthy to take the throne, which again I was hoping hed be a boss fight when I signed up to destroy the throne but nah he just idk stands there and thinks about how many toes he can shove in his mouth god idk what they even added him in for.

Speaking of yakumo again, I got his backstory or at least tid bits of it from npcs, that’s pretty lame. These guys again. Are on the cover of the game (at least nuwa is) and they get so little attention, nuwa just wiggles her ass here and there when shes involved in a scene and says barely anything of relevance (all she talks about is yakumo) oh wait she did explain how he acts once but that wasn’t even a cutscene it was just normal dialogue

SPEAKING OF, you know what deserved a cutscene – the reveal that aogami is susano-o. what a let down, they talk about it like its another Tuesday and afterwards aogami doesn’t address this and you as the protagonist aren’t given a choice to ask about anything, I have a feeling even Flynn was allowed to ask some plot heavy stuff when the game gave him the choice :/

My biggest struggle is trying to verbalize why and how nocturne did what smt v did but way better. They have the same amount of character interaction I feel like, and nobody really interacted with demifiend for a majority of the game. But it hits different, maybe it’s the massive changes everyone went through as you yourself were busy galivanting around trying to survive I don’t know, but now that I think on it, the characters of smt 3 were actively in the plot – Chiaki fuses with gozu tennou, isamu fuses with a bunch of similarly depressed spirits in the amala network – they do this because their views on life changes as soon as they stick around post conception Tokyo and come to terms with the fact that they cannot go back to the Tokyo they once knew. I always looked forward to my next run in with character in that game because they would kind of update you on stuff. Hell even isamu is like bro why didn’t you save me when I was in thors stupid chaos jail cell and kinda guilts you over it before he fucks off to the amala network.

Wait why did yakumo even break into the medical lab at bethel god….. all I know is he handed out demon summoning programs to people in Tokyo but that still doesn’t get addressed or go anywhere

Also no Stephen 0/10 game

The axiom is not brought up, Stephen given all his importance in the diamond realm dlc isn’t brought up (maybe hes gonna be dlc again), ugh, the events of smt 4a are not addressed. I was really hoping he would be here to address the franchises biggest mysteries but I guess silly redesign lucifer does that as a lore dump in the final 30 min of gameplay lmao

Lucifers redesign is OK, that’s it. I don’t like his legs, this is going into the subjective zone though and if you like lucifers redesign then that’s ok, im just kind of disappointed because it has one of the things I don’t like about doi’s demon designs and that’s having a bunch of useless  lines all over the demon’s body (take a look at loup garrous arms, or redesigned smt 4a satan’s chest)

Wait a second smt v lucifer and smt 4a lucifer have the same stupid stubby legs what gives…anyways I also dislike smt 4a’s satan, silly big hands, non functional wings? Whatever im going into my subjective tastes too much..

Nahobino as a concept is very interesting and I wish it was expanded on more, for example, was the being that lucifer killed also a nahobino before he ascended? I think its implied yes but that still doesn’t cover the axiom/great will’s role in all this. And I very much love how our existence is a constant nuisance to Abdiel since if god were alive then the formation of a nahobino would not be possible and it could be that every time she looks at us she is reminded that the death of god could very well be real and is something she is trying not to address or come to terms with.

For no reason I want to bring up that I dislike amanozako

No reason why, I just cant stand her, she is another goko to me and every word out of her mouth is flatulence to my ears. I think she comes across as doing fake mannerisms, which even she points out at the end of her questline like “oh whoops teehee did I reveal I was trying to use you like a bodyguard” and im like girl this has been obvious with your annoying ass the second we met why are you acting like it worked oh that’s right I have zero input regarding anything as a silent protagonist.

Da’at environments needed some kind of diversity, I can only go through so much sand and listen to bland weird trumpet horn and not lose my mind. It took until Taito for me to start enjoying the overworld AND its music combined, every other area I felt like I was trudging miserably (while still having fun finding treasures ß probably my first compliment of the game) oh yeah and fairy forest was nice but I hesitate to call it a forest, its more like a sad river with all the npcs shoved in one corner and the rest is whatever, but please like even dark souls (yeah yeah I know why bring up that) has cool environments – evil swamp, shady dark forrest, CAVES, spider nest, CASTLE (I guess smt v had the demon king castle but it felt like a series of weird red corridors and funny air vents),

Ok im tired I literally cant see myself writing more about this I cannot give a fuck I would die for aogami I wish he said more stuff in game but hes a sweety and I don’t understand the dedication maybe its his programming but

Wait why was aogami sent to fuse with the protagonist in particular and not someone like dazai I don’t get it. Ugh. Another thing not addressed. I was ready to abandon each route for aogami but I wasn’t prepared for him to die for me and by die I mean cancel out the existence of demons

Hang on that’s an issue I have with this game none of the demons seem to give a single FUCK about their surroundings, the ones in smt 3 were like oh wait are we fighting with the ones from hijiri right now? And theyd be like omg whats happening, but here they really really don’t care, um,

Yeah but I guess aogami is our himbo burroughs who loves us because even burroughs didn’t seem that into it when you decide to side with the white and kept giving you status updates on the reactor thing u were beating the shit out of on how damaged it was but aogami was like. My own death? Sign me the fuck up (he does say he would have done the same actions if u go to true neutral ending tho) um.

Yea no Stephen 0/10 miss that motherfucker

(my actual rating for smt v would be a 5/10 – the gameplay is SO FUN. I loved exploring, I loved demon fusions, I love running around, getting lost.. one entire point is awarded for shiva’s tandava animation and boss music lol)

[okyio-archive]

                                                HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Hey guys !!! I just wanted to do a little smt smt for y’all (I know it’s like just a doodle (of either u/icon/oc) but I wanted to do smt ?? I can’t make cc / have time to make a grand ol edit so aksdjhf) to show how thankful I am for everyone I’ve met + how I appreciate you guys sm for being super supportive + loving. I didn’t have much time cause I’m going on vacation ( still need to pack haha) + I won’t have access to my game/laptop during the holidays so today was the only free time I had asdjfh. If I had more time, I would have drawn all of you guys buT know that i love each and every one of you because you have made a positive impact in my life and I’m super grateful to have y’all. You matter so much to me and I wish I could give everyone a good ol hug!!! ily + please take care !!

But here’s some ol cheesy ass stuff below (drawings are from l -> r):

@grapfruit :: hONESTLY i dont even need to say anything cause you know how much i love you okay?!?! idk why you stuck w/ me for so long like i’m not even that good of a friend?? like ur super social butterfly + im like a slow fucker at replying but u still stuck w/ me umMM?? legit the v first time u msged me about being from HK i legit fangirled b/c i loved ur sims + style sm and you’re one of the v first frds on here that i really clicked?? like it’s rare for me (even IRL) for me to find ppl im fine w/ but ilysm and i love how we’re super chill tgt + have v similar interests (i mEAN food is #1 priority lets be honest) but I only wish you the best w/ everything in life + i legit care about u sm that i practically adopted u as my sister ok yeah hopefully i can find time to meet up w/ u buT for now ily than ks

@ridgeport :: !!!! margarITA IS2G you’re the best at everything: cc making, story telling, editing okAY you’re the perfect package + i want to thank you for taking the time in doing this + being such a huge part of the community??? i legit can’t imagine this community w/o u?? so thank you for being here + blessing us every day. i hOPE you have a great life cause you deserve everything ok ilysm please have a safe holiday !!!

@chocolat-souffle :: okAY I LOVE HOW WE CLICK SM + we can rant about shit + be open about it + we relate to each other sm?? like our opinions, fashion sense, life in general, food etc?? i’m so thankful that we met on here cause it feels like we would be vvvv good frds if we met irl :’+) ilysm and thNANK YOU again for being so patient w/ me + my slow replies i hope you’re having fun on vacay !!! ilysm okAY

@catplot :: !!!!!! yES U SEE THAT PIXEL THING ON THE CORNER, IT’S OUR FAVOURITE THING AHAHAH bUT I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT WE MAGICALLY FOUND EACH OTHER I S2G IT’S FAITH !!! yOURE 100X BETTER ARTIST THAN ME oKAY and I’m wishing the best okA i hope work isn’t too stressful + youre spending a gol ol jolly time w/ ur loved ones ilysm an d i hope we  can continue drawing di!Ck$ tgt for a v long time ily

@meisiu :: i hope you’re doing well w/ ur finals :’+) !! i can’t believe we have sm in common (animal crossing, bujo, sims, canto culture????) like i legit would lOVE to spend more time getting to know you but i just want to rave bout how sweet you are + your builds always amazes me?? i love them sm + once your finals are done, i hope you’ll spend a good time w/ ur loved ones :’+) !! tysm for posting your content everyday !! ily

@whiite-tea :: !!! you’ve been my legit #1 cheerleader since like the beginning. legit you msg me on the daily to make sure + check up if im okay + i’m really thankful for that??! you’re always here supporting me + others + put others first before yourself adsfj yoURE TOO KIND LOVE OKAY?1 remember youre loved + i hope school’s not too stressful :+( !! ilysm !!

@1tens :: yEAH OKAY JES LIKE ILY?? I WANT TO GET TO KNOW U BETTER BUT I KNOW WE’LL BE COOL FRIENDS CAUSE UR SO SWEET + I LOVE UR STYLE SM ??! LIKE U MAKE THE CUTESTS SIMS EVER + UR STYLE + EDITS ARE TO DIE FOR!!!! and you take the time out of your day to comment on like everyone’s post + you’re adorbs okay? im only wishing you the best + tysm for supporting love ilYSM :’+)))

@twikkii :: i drew nissi if you’re okay w/ that :’+) !! but i s2g you’re the cutest ever and my heart is always thinking about you okay?! you make the cutest edits + gameplay pics ever i legit get so excited whenever you post. you’re so sweet + kinda to others & i’m always wishing that you’re doing okay !! ilysm + i’m so thankful i met you- you really taught me things + i appreciate you sm kjadhf have a good holiday love :’+)

@dnasz :: okay honestly everything you post is so cute + aesthetically pleasing?! your builds are amazing (like wanna teach me lOL??! i legit jaw dropped when u post ur most recent ones) + you’re super sweet + kind to others. everyday i look forward in seeing you post cause i know it’ll be amazing :’+) i hope you’ll have a great holiday love !!! 

@simsao :: the fact that you match colours so well is inspiring. I’ve always struggled w/ colours + your posts are so unique that it has challenged me to step from my comfort zone + try to explore + play around w/ it more?! so thank you sm for posting + i love your aliens uGH!! your edits are super unique like idk how else to describe them but i love them sm. + your self sim ones atm are my fav omg we legit have sm in common akjsdhf bUT thank you sm for posting + i hope you have a great holiday :’+)

@smubuh :: ABBY!!! okAY i’ve raved about you before but you’re such a sweetheart and a person I really do aspire. You’re kind, hardworking and have a beautiful mind + soul. I rarely look up to anyone but I can safely say you’re one of them !! Thank you for bringing so much to the community - you’ve taught us so much (esp when you have a super busy schedule). I hope you have a great holiday w/ your loved ones + your family :”+) ily !!!

@4fig :: !! i hope you’re doing well w/ ur exams love !! i know i’ve told you so many times but you’re one of the few reasons why i joined this community - your edits are legit my aesthetic ?! every time you post i’m always in aw because you create the most beautiful sims + your editing style is one of my favs. i honestly would love to get to know you better once you’re done w/ everything but you’re really kind + sweet + i only wish you the very best :’+) have a great holiday love !!

@faeflowr :: yeah your edits are my fav okYA?! scratch that EVERYTHING you post is beautiful :’+) your sims, gameplay, edits - they’re all amazing + I love them sm. bUT most importantly you’re so pretty iRl omg?! if i had to choose who’s my fav simblr posts are itll be you cause i love everything you do + your aesthetic is legit exactly what i love aksjdhf ily !! i hope you have a great holiday :+)

@ughplumb :: yEAH ILL FOREVER CALL U UNFPLUMB CAUSE YOU’RE FKING BEAUTIUL I SWEAR U CAN BE A MODEL OK idk why you aren’t like ?? i love how you make ur sims cause i can never make good sims like yours - they’re all beautiful just like you ;’+) aND im excited for you to post but take your time okay ?!? tysm for being here + ily !!! i hope you have a great holiday !!

@mooon-sims :: yeah who do i go to when i need a lookbook?? your styles the best ? i love your new editing style + im so glad youre still here :’+) i know it gets tough esp w/ collage apps + school but im so proud of you okay?1 you’re a strong fighter + im glad you still pull through in posting !!! ily + remember to keep doing you okay?! have a great holiday love :’+)

@blarffy :: !!! okAY YEAH EVERYTHING YOU DO IS PERFECTION AND LIKE EVERY1 CAN BACK ME UP HECK U HAVE LIKE 128736 SPOUCES LINING UP OUTSIDE THE CHAPEL RN bUT thank you sm for posting ?! i know we dont talk that often but youre super sweet (maybe it’s a canadian thing?!? LOOL jokES) but i would love to get to know you better cause youre fking bomb?! thank you for blessing us w/ ur content + i hope you have a great holiday :’+)

@pink-tea :: okAY I MISS YOU AND YOUR POSTS !!! i swear youre so sweet + i love your aesthetic so much ajksdhf buT youre still here always supporting me despite having a super busy life so i thank you for that !! i’m always here supporting you + waiting till you post cause i miss them sm :’+((( i hope youre doing well regardless + remember i always love u !! have a great holiday love!!

@liltofu :: !!! i love lov elove your aesthetic + sims + style so much?! every time you post i get really excited cause you never disappoint? i’m always so jealous of your editing style cause it’s legit my fav thing ever alskdfj + i use like 99% of your recolours cause u pick out the best things to recolour?! bUT i hope youre doing well !! ily + have a great holiday love :’+)

@dust-bubbles :: awh man you’re always here spreading love + i swear youre my lil sunshine :’+) thank you for taking the time out of your day for sendin me love?! like i always smile when you do + i appreciate your unconditional support sm !! i’m wishing you the very best in life cause you deserve it ?! ily + i hope you have a wonderful holiday :’+) 

@nolan-sims :: i just want to say thank you so much for the ongoing love + support you give + show to the community. not only are you super sweet + caring but you take the time out of your day in making cc for us?! so thank you for being part of this community - i really appreciate you sm + i only wish good things happen to you + everyone around you :’+) ily + i hope you have a great holiday w/ ur loved ones !!

@ayoshi :: okAY you’re the sweetest little bean ever + your fashion sense is amazing okay ?! i have ALL your cc downloaded so thank you sm for being part of this community + blessing us w/ ur bomb ass cc + edits :’+) i appreciate sm the time + dedication you take out of your day to make stuff for us !! im only wishing you good things + i hope you’ll have a great holiday !!

@obi-uhie :: i WISH I COULD ROCK YOUR CONFIDENCE OKAY ?! you legit inspire me sm + i love how unique your sims are okAY?! keep doing you + i love everything you do :’+) i hope youre having a great holiday love !!

@suspiciouslypinklady :: !! youre so sweet + i love your confidence?! i’m super thankful for the love + support you always give whenever things get tough + i appreciate it sm. it makes things a lot easier + you’re seriously such an angel. i hope you have a great holiday w/ ur loved ones b/c u deserve the v best !!

@viiavi :: okay i just want to say thank you sm for the love + support you give whenever shit hits the fan LOL your kind words + msgs really help me a lot whenver things aren’t the best so I thank you for that. thank you for being so kind, thoughtful + caring to everyone in this community :’+) i really appreciate that sm + i hope you keep doing that !! i hope you have a great holiday !!

@dicoatl :: i swear youre always so kind to others ?! im so sorry you’ve been getting so much negativity these days but i know you’re a super strong person who’s doing their very best + im super proud of you okay!! ive been loving your new edits recently + it really shows youre experimenting a lot + it looks amazing :’+) so thank you for being here okay? have a great holiday !!!

@oakglow :: catherine !! your editing + story telling is amazing?! i mean i can’t write for shit LOL but i love it whenver your post esp knowing you’re busy w/ life. so thank you for that :’+) i hope you + your loved ones a great holiday !! 

@simmerjade :: jADE I MISS YOU !!! I HOPE YOU’RE DOING WELL !! you’re one of the v first friends i made here in this community + ik youre super busy rn w/ life but im so glad we’ve met ?! i hope life’s treating you v well + youre not too stressed out from school - i know you can do it :’+) im always here supporting you whatever you do + remember ilysm !!! have a great holiday love !!

@waffle-pxels :: i know we dont talk that often but the times we do youre so kind ?! tysm for being here + supporting me :’+) i really appreciate u sm + i hope youre doing well !! have a great holiday love !!

@simharaa :: i MISS YOU SM OKAY aND I S2G I HOPE YOURE OKAY !! again my heart goes out to you + your family but please take care okay?! you’ve been here since day 1 + i’m super glad we’ve met cause the times we’ve talked i truely treasured sm :’+) i’m loving your edits + im so glad youre back posting again !! i hope you + ur fam a speedy recovery + remember ily !! youre a strong bean !!

@simsluname :: lunA!!! your gifs are amazing + i love how we grew tgt in this community ?? i remember we both started off together + been supporting each other since the v beginning when we joined this community :’+) thank you for being here + blessing us w/ ur gameplay pics + teaching us how to gif ?? like w/o you i wouldn’t have learned ajksdfh so thank you for that & ilysm you’re so cute !!! have a great holiday love !!

@alternacorn-sims :: you’ve been a long time supporter and i’m super thankful for you?! you’re always here liking my stuff + sending positive vibes + love :’+) i hope youre doing well !! please keep doing you + remember that i appreciate you sm :’+) tysm for being here + i hope you have a great holiday w/ ur loved ones!!

@expressgo :: thank you for being so patient w/ me ?!! i’m a super slow replier but we manage to be able to talk + i’m so glad we do?! thank you for reaching out to me at the beginning + i really enjoy talking to you:’+) youre super sweet + we can talk about like everything ?? your cats are adobs + i wish you the best + happy holidays :’+) ily !!

@hazelios :: i seriously have all your cc downloaded in my folder + i appreciate it sm whenever you post content + cc for the community :’+) so thank you for that !! you’re always super kind + sweet whenever we talk and i only wish you the very best !! ily + i hope you have a great holiday !!

@simsthatsparkle :: !!! you’ve been like one of my og supporters for a v long time and i’m super thankful for you being here?! i can’t imagine the love + support i get + idk how else to express my appreciation asjkdfh i only hope you the best + ily !! i hope you have a wonderful holiday love :’+)

@femmesim :: okay you’re a hUGE inspiration to everyone in this community + i’m so thankful that youre here?! your edits + story telling is breath taking + it hits me all the time when you post ?! so thank you sm for creating bomb ass content + telling stories that aren’t often told. please keep doing you!!! i hope you have a great holiday :’+)

[cannedapricot]

Baking Christmas Cookies with! Lai Guanlin

christmas collab with @alliwannado-w1 and @jihoonslattee!! make sure to check their special christmas scenarios out when they’re posted!

ah, christmas

the season of giving

children laughing and giggling 

the feeling of rolling around in snow with loved ones

basically what i’m trying to say is,

chirisTMAS IS A HOOT EVERY YEAR

NO SCHOOL

NO ANNOYING CLASSMATES

NO NOTHING

the only awkward thing you’d have to deal with is greeting the relatives who you didn’t know even existed until christmas

“oh my gosh!! y/n you’ve grown so much!!!”

mind: um do i know you 

mouth: “haha yeah”

relatives would start streaming into your house from december the first

those relatives were the ones who /really/ got into the christmas spirit

you know

the type that puts their tree up straight after halloween 

as more relatives come, you’d be forced into sharing a bedroom with your parents because,

“soz your aunt is coming over with her whole family

??????

ok fine :c

you just hope that her five kids won’t ruin your framed jbj poster

on the last day of school, you were ready to leg it

you and your friends had made plans to pig out and eat discounted christmas cakes for the evening 

so there you were in class

staring at the clock every other second

as your teacher drones on and on about staying safe during the holiday season

which is very important please do stay safe guys

and as soon as the bell rang, you and your friends dash towards the door and out into the hallway

everything was going smoothly

you had nearly made it out of the school 

UNTIL

you feel a tug on the back of your shirt

and yoU COULDN’T MOVE ANYMORE

YOU WERE GONNA BURST

LOOK THE CAKE STORE HAD A CRAZY SALE AND THOSE CAKES WERE WAITING FOR NO ONE

AND SO YOU TURN AROUND,

“HEY MATE LOOK I’M A LITTLE BUSY-”

“are you going to be around this evening”

“SO IF YOU COULD KINDLY LET GO- oh hi guanlin”

das right

you turn around to find the basketball team’s star player and ‘ideal guy’ of your school, lai guanlin

“of course i’m gonna be around i live there”

you reply with an eye roll

hm why was guanlin heading over to your house?

get ready for a long ride kid

well, your parents are super close with his parents thanks to some complicated events

and your parents, being the jolly people they are, invite the lais to spend christmas over at your house every year

there was a room in house especially saved for their family???

a majority of guanlin’s winter clothes were in that room because he knOWS THAT HE’LL BE THERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR

if he runs out of hoodies or smt

he’d text you to bring him one tomorrow

and you guys meet in the janitor’s closet

lMAO WHAT KINDA SHADY DEAL Y’ALL DOING BACK THERE 👀👀👀

guanlin’s friend and other hot basketballer, yoo seonho caught you two once

he followed guanlin one time because he was curious 

look this boy waS SURE AS HELL NOT HEADING TOWARDS THE BATHROOM 

and he busted you two in the closet with you holding his hoodie 

and he was like

oooooOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH I SEE ;)))) 

*finger guns while moonwalking away*

it took a lot of persuading to get seonho to not say anything

y’all bought him a month’s worth of lunch rip wallet

what’s worse was the time the whole school thought you two were dating

you had run out of sweaters and complained to your mom about it

she pulled out this jacket outta no where and figured it was yours

it had your school’s logo on it you see

and you didn’t think twice and wore it to school

bUT TURNS OUT

IT WAS THE BASKETBALL TEAM’S VARSITY JACKET

AND GUANLIN HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HIS VARSITY JACKET GONE MISSING A FEW DAYS AGO

YOU TWO WERE THE HOT TOPIC OF THE SCHOOL

RIP YOU

it died down after a few weeks though

you had made some excuse of finding it on your desk and thinking it was yoo seonho’s (who you pretended to be /really/ close with)

guanlin played along with this excuse

seonho was just,,,,,

;))))))))))))))))

“DON’T”

“i’m ;) not ;) saying ;) anything ;)”

THIS BITCJ

the relationship between you and guanlin was like a ‘summer fling’

except

it wasn’t summer and it wasn’t a romantic fling

like

y’all would be super close during the holiday season 

due to the fact that you two were the only high schoolers there lol

but as soon as school starts again

y’all back to strangers

the first time it happened you were shocked :ccc

you thought that perhaps guanlin was too embarrassed to be caught hanging out with you

considering he was at the top of the food chain after all

you’re used to it now lol

sure, guanlin was tall and hot and whatnot 

but uh

seeing him in ugly sweaters and playing board games with him every year kinda ruins the way you see him

especially since he destroys you at monopoly every year bduSDVU HOW DARE-

“aiight i’ll be coming over tonight”

“gotcha”

HONESTLY IF ANYONE HEARD THIS CONVO WITHOUT CONTEXT YOU AND GUANLIN ARE GONNA BE TALK OF THE SCHOOL AGAIN LOL

“HEY Y/N IF YOU DON’T HURRY UP WE’RE GONNA LEAVE WITHOUT YOU”

guanlin lets you go with a snap of his wrist

he let go so suddenly that you fall to the ground lol

guanlin pretends to not notice and heads towards his squad lmAO

“OKOKOK IM COMING OK DONT L E A V E”

you scramble up and towards your friends

that evening, you return home with a full stomach and your arms full with different boxes of cakes

man the cake shop adventure was a blast

you get surrounded by your baby cousins almost immediately lol

after you basically get robbed by them,

guanlin appears with a pouty face

you know, that face he made when the pink sausages were being cute together ikcydkfkd

“you said you’d be here”

“i????am????here?????”

“i meANT EARLIER”

oh

“YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THE CHILDREN ABUSED ME :CCCC”

wow what a turn from your convo together at school

he’s adorable

WOWZAS HOLD UP Y/N NO ROMANTIC THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR PARENT’S FRIEND’S SON WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE HOT STAR BASKETBALL PLAYER AT SCHOOL >:(

you push the thoughts away as his parents come to greet you

in no time, you fell into the rhythm of seeing guanlin everyday

you had to tbh, he’d force you awake every morning by playing shitty christmas carol remixes and singing along to them

“aLL i waNt fOr cHRIStmas iS yOUUuuUuUuuuUU”

“SHUT UP YOU DIRTY TOENAIL” 

FLINGS PILLOW

LETS OUT DOLPHIN SCREECH IN RESPONSE

it was cold and you just wanted to sleep in :’’’’c

you can’t believe this dumbass is the same guy from school who everyone except seonho lol thinks is a model

you and guanlin were basically joined by the hip everyday

“oh hey y/n can you swoop by the store and buy some milk?”

“sure buT CAN GUANLIN COME????”

“YEAH CAN I COME???”

but he’d wear a mask in case someone from school shows up at the store

on the way home, he saw you rub your hands together and realized that you weren’t wearing gloves

anD BEING THE SWEET, SWEET BOY HE IS

HE TAKES YOUR HAND IN HIS GLOVED ONE AND SHOVES IT INTO THE POCKET OF HIS JACKET

IM NOT CRYING YOU ARE

you stare at him

he suddenly finds a wall interesting

but he didn’t let go of your hand 

even though it was in his pocket already

you thought he was just being a gentleman you know he is and trying to keep your hand as warm as possible

BUTTTTTTTTT

YOU DON’T SEE HIS FACE SLOWLY GLOWING RED

my scenarios would be so much simpler if y’all juST KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER’S CRUSH UGH

come christmas eve, the adults were like,

“we’re gonna take the kids out to see the parade and then go carolling, we all know that you two don’t want to join us!! so bake the cookies pls lol ok bye have fun”

it was a thing every year to bake cookies and leave them for santa

usually anything that had to do with food was the adults’ duty

bUT THIS YEAR THEY DEEMED YOU TWO MATURE ENOUGH TO MAKE COOKIES WITHOUT BURNING THE HOUSE DOWN

you two acted like the babies there but ok

“so,,,, wanna get started?”

“hell no lmao lets marathon show me the money”

best believe that’s exactly what you two did

until you realize it’s been hours since they’ve left

anD THEY COULD COME HOME ANY MINUTE

SO IN PANIC YOU CHUCK THE TV REMOTE AWAY FROM GUANLIN WHO WAS READY TO PULL UP ANOTHER EPISODE

“BRO WYD”

“BRO WE NEED TO START ON THE COOKIES UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET BEATEN UP BY THE CHILDREN AGAIN”

“BRO U RIGHT”

guanlin steps over the sofa with his damned long legs

“you’re so extra man”

guanlin squints his eyes at you skeptically

you were literally rolling over the sofa

“who’s the extra one again?”

you huff because shit hes right you’re even more extra than he is

guanlin pulls out the recipe left for you two while you grab what you were 100% sure that you two would need

a bowel? check

flour? check

chocolate chips? oh they’re in the pantry-

NOT ANYMORE

GUANLIN’S GOT THEM

AND HE’S S N A C K I N G ON THEM

you, an intellectual, run up and try to take them away

but guanlin raises them above his head

this boy’s a giant

anD HE KNOWS THAT

he sends you a shit eating grin as you attempt to take the packet by jumping lol

in the end, you punch him in the stomach

and as he doubles over in pain, snatch the chocolate away

how to deal with tall people 101 by yours truly

you run back to the kitchen, choco chips in hand

WHILE LAUGHING LIKE A CHILD SMH Y/N

and guanlin, claiming you cheated, ran after you

“SAFE!!!”

you scream, reaching the kitchen

turning around, you were ready to tease guanlin about his loss

but he was right in front of you

there was only a tiny distance between your bodies

BOY HE WAS CLOSE

“yoU KNOW WHAT,,,,,, HAVE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS DAMMIT”

YOU TURN YOUR BACK TO HIM, FLUSTERED

guanlin smiled as you chucked him the sweet treat

not at the chocolate but at how adorable you were

“i’ll leave enough for the cookies don’t worry!!”

he did alright

there was an average of two chips per cookie

it’s :) ok :))

it’ll :))) have :)))) to :))))) do :))))))

guanlin was off to the side licking off the left over batter from the bowl

>:( this boy didn’t do shit but eat and stir the batter

you were stuck with measuring and making sure that they don’t fail >:(

siGHS

you shove the cookies into the oven and squat in front of it for a while, making sure that it was baking for sure

until you feel something hit your back

snapping your head back in shock, you see guanlin with the bag of flour in his arms

HIS LAUGHING FACE SAID IT ALL

“okAY JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN’T HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT THIS YEAR DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN-”

whoops theres another handful of flour 

that hit your face

upon seeing this, guanlin doubles over in laughter

“ALRIGHT YOU ASKED FOR THIS”

you picked up the ingredient closest to you and threw it in guanlin’s direction

it just happened to be an egg

IT HIT HIS ARM AND CRACKED

IT WAS NOW YOUR TURN TO LAUGH

“Y/N!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT!!! THIS JUMPER IS EXPENSIVE”

but it didn’t really matter how expensive that jumper is

it ended up covered in all sorts of things

and that’s how your kitchen floor ended up too

the playful handful of flour guanlin threw at you started a full on food fight

the kitchen was MESS but neither of you cared, you guys were waaAAAY too happy to care lma o

at one point y’all started to use spoons as catapults 

guanlin’s bag of flour seemed endless but you had run out of eggs

so you duck behind a counter and scan the kitchen for anything else you could use as ammo lol

your eyes landed on the butter but you hesitated for a second

A SECOND TOO LONG

GUANLIN DISCOVERERS YOUR HIDEOUT AND DUMPS THE REST OF THE FLOUR ON YOU

“GAME OVER”,

HE SCREECHES IN VICTORY

WHO KNEW YOUR SECOND OF HESITATION WOULD LEAD TO YOUR DOWNFALL

you scowl

“i let you win”

he scoffs

“you just don’t want to admit that i’m b e t t e r than you”

huFFS

YOU STAND UP, SLAMMING YOUR HANDS ON THE COUNTER

“thATS BECAUSE YOU AREN’T!!!!!!!!!”

he playfully puts his hands on the counter as well on the opposite side

“then tell me why i keep beating you at monopoly as well”

“i’m sENSITIVE DON’T BRING THAT U P”

“oh really?”

“Y E S”

“do you wanna have a go at beating me at connect four then?”

without noticing, the two of you had starting leaning towards each other over the counter

when you realize, your playful banter had ceased and you were staring into his eyes

and

shit

you realize at that moment that you were completely head over heels for him

your feelings for him had been building every winter leading up to his one

you had thought that they were completely platonic

but your burning face told you that they weren’t

you notice guanlin’s eyes looking down at your lips

and his adam’s apple going crazy

you gather up the little courage you had

leaned in 

and pressed a small kiss on his nose

guanlin’s head went blank

diD HIS CRUSH JUST-

you let out a small giggle and say,

“if you wanted to kiss me, you could’ve just done so”

“waIT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN???”

ur man is almost gonna faint gdi

“do yoU NEED ME TO PUT IT INTO WORDS? UGH I CAN’T BELIEVE I FELL FOR AN IDIOT”

guanlin’s lips raise into a smile

“you like me?”

“BOSUGBOURSB I’M TAKING IT BACK”

“doN’T! OK UH I LIKE YOU TOO DUMBASS”

“WAIT FOR REAL??”

you hop over the counter so there wasn’t anything between you and him

and guanlin lets out a smile bright enough to rival the sun

“yeah”

and with that, he brings you into a huge hug

and falls onto the couch with you in his arms

“guaNLIN WE’RE GONNA GET THE COUCH DIRTY”

“WHO CARES LMAO”

you snuggle against him

even though he was covered in egg lol

“hey guanlin, can i ask you something?”

“mhm?”

“why do you act like you don’t know me at school?”

“i-it’S A STUPID REASON”

“WHAT?????????”

“I THINK I’D BURST FROM AFFECTION FOR YOU IF I SAW YOU EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR”

“ARE YOU SERIOUS??”

you two were idiots

but you were idiots for each other

bonus: you two fell asleep in each other’s arms and the rest of the family came home just in time to save the cookies from burning

“i knEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN LOOK AT THAT M E S S”

no body heard that one aunt rant about the state the kitchen was in

everyone crowded around you and guanlin

cooing at your sleeping forms

“mom, are they gonna have kids???”

“uobaoBVODVBSO BILLY NO”

bonus x2: guanlin happily shows you off the next year at school

seonho the snake in this au made a bet with your friends and now your friends owe him a month’s lunch

bonus x3: you two share your official first kiss on new years hoW CUTE SVEFUDOS GOALS AMIRITE

y’all ready for christmas?? haVE A SPECIAL COLLAB SCENARIO THAT’S HAPPENING WITH IRIS AND CHI AKA TALENT IF IT WERE PEOPLE

guanlin may look chic and all at first but we all know he’s a actual child inside :’) i don’t think i did my boy justice with this au but i added my son seonho!! :’)

have a safe holiday and more christmas aus will be out very soon this week oops