#feeling fishy 2.0

[ifearzombies]

Little Things You Do That Make The Brothers Fall For You All Over Again

Lucifer: - When you help mediate a fight between ANY of the siblings. It helps strengthen the family and helps with healing from all the trauma and grief. - You turn your phone off when in his room. His brothers have made him slightly paranoid of pictures of him being taken without his consent and you taking that precaution to alleviate his concerns means the world to him. - You try. You try so hard in school because you know it’s important to him and Diavolo and so when he sees you bent over books and asking him or Satan for help it brings him so much joy.

Mammon: - You call him your first. He loves hearing it and making him feel like he’s extra special to you. - You go full in when you decide to help with a scheme. When you made the panda plush, he saw how much work you put in for just him. - When he catches you dancing and singing in your room. He sees how cute you look and how much joy you have and it just melts his heart.

Leviathan:

- You talk to Henry 2.0. You come in and take a minute to say hi to him and ask the little fishy how he’s doing. The fact you treasure Henry makes him treasure you more. - When you try to follow along with what he’s talking about. His own brothers barely listen to him. They can’t follow. They don’t really try. But you? You do. He feels seen and heard. - When you come in with a blanket and just curl up in front of the giant aquarium and just vibe. You watch him play games, talk to him. But you just quietly share the space. Just to be beside him. He has cried in happiness over this several times.

Satan:

- You aren’t afraid of him and his anger. You should be. But you don’t treat him like a bomb about to go off any second and hold him close. He loves when you hold him and don’t shirk from him; even when he’s mad. - When you join him in playing with his secret cats. - When you learn a new spell and excitedly show him. He loves magic almost as much as Solomon, so seeing your exuberance over learning something is a treasure.

Asmodeus:

- When you relax and let him just fix your hair or do your nails and just chatter away. You work so hard to help everyone in the house, the palace, and PH, that you relaxing with him is just so lovely. - When you are asleep beside him and he can just look at how pretty you look sleeping in his bed. - When you tell him he’s beautiful. He knows it, but hearing you say it with that sincere, loving look on your face just makes his heart melt and he feels TRULY beautiful.

Beelzebub: - When he sees you cooking. You tend to cook larger portions or a whole second meal just for him when you cook and he knows it’s hard work to make that much food. You have a sore back when you’re done and you have to clean the mess. But you do it anyways. Just for him. He always hugs you when you cook and gives you a smooch. - When you gift him food from your pocket. You always have food on you and he knows if he needs something between classes or he can’t get to the kitchen, you will inevitably offer him something. The fact that you keep food on you for him shows you’re thinking of him all the time and he loves that. - You accept his invitations to whatever he’s doing. Working out? You’re there spotting if you can. Snowboarding? He is now teaching you to snowboard. You accept his invitation to spend more time with him. You’re mortal. Your time is precious and you’re giving it to him. He can’t help but fall in love again when he thinks of it.

Belphagor:

- You go to the attic a lot when he asks because it’s now a special place. It sucks going up that many stairs after a day at RAD. And he knows it. So the fact you agree just for him? Amazing. - When you sleep and he can go in your dreams and he finds you dreaming about him and Beel. He admittedly gets jealous if it’s anyone else. But knowing you’re in his thoughts that much when dreaming?  He can only try to snuggle you more to let you know he loves you even more now. - You aren’t afraid of him. Like Satan, you really should be. You were killed by him! But even when you have nightmares about that moment, and he’s watching, he hears your thoughts and how you know he was lashing out in pain. And that you really wanted to help him. And then when you wake up after those nightmares; those night terrors of your literal death, the first thing you do is hug him. He asks the stars what he ever did right in his life to deserve you.

[sleepy-yet-intruiged]

Heeeeyyy, may i request flustering Jade,Floyd,Leona and Ruggie pleaaaasseeeeee???

Tweels, Leona Kingscholar & Ruggie Bucchi flustered HCs

[sorry this took a while, i was having a hard time coming up with anything for the tweels and Leona]

Jade Leech

what kind of ultimate flirt are you /j

he looks stunned for a split second before turning away

tries his best to hide how flustered he is, but you can see his cheeks turning light pink

100% tries to fluster you back

“Oh my, aren’t you quite the charmer. [insert smooth pick-up line]”

this fucking Bastard Man (affectionate)

don’t start a competition over this. You Will Not Win

Floyd Leech

unlike his brother, Floyd will absolutely show how flustered he is

“Aaaah? Little fishy’s got me all warm and fuzzy inside…”

gives you a big hug and spins you around while laughing

probably drags you around with him for the rest of the day

you made this eel so happy :)

Leona Kingscholar

oooooooh boy

this will go one of two ways

if he’s feeling tired, he’ll put up an act of “whatever. fuck you” but you can see him becoming softer

but if he’s already in a better mood, he’ll smirk in a smug way and try to fluster you back

might pull you into his arms so you can nap together

this fucking Bastard Man (affectionate) 2.0

…wait, is he purring?

Ruggie Bucchi

he is SO CUTE when he’s embarassed

his face goes all red and he just kinda stands there, processing what happened

once he gets over the initial shock, he recollects himself and cackles

“If ya like me so much, why don’tcha buy me some donuts to prove it, hm?”

if you point out that he’s still blushing, he gets flustered all over again

[hungryriverbeast]

Saw your post from a while back about Tharizdun being Predathos, and ive been making posts of my own similar theories on my sideblog too. Here's something to add to the evidence pile;

The recent episodes and the convo with Teven Klask hint at the demons of the abyss feeling bolstered by Predathos, wheras by Teven's account, Asmodeus is nervous. But why would the demons be feeling strong enough to do these incursions in the material plane if Tharizdun (who resides in the Abyss) is itself a betrayer god and thus presumably just as vulnerable as Asmodeus and the other betrayers? Theres something extremely fishy there that stands out like a sore thumb to me. And if Tharizdun isnt himself Predathos, id bet money that he's at least related in some way.

(Sorry I forgot to reply! Ty for this ask and the juicy evidence!) I agree and even caught up to the current episode (88) I still think Predathos is actually Tharizdun or at least an off shoot, like how Ukatoa is an offspring of the betrayer god Zehir.

Tharizdun has always been described more like an "It" and very alien, and being the "chained god" I can absolutely see it being Predathos chained at the center of Ruidis (with the dispel magic device the party found in e88 being a key tool in breaking those chains.)

We saw with the Angel of Irons in c2 how Tharizdun will mask itself to appear as whatever best influences others, so I can see how this would affect not only the folks living on Ruidis, but appeal to someone like Ludinus and his goals especially.

These commandments I found on the wiki seem to line up even more towards what we know of Predathos so far:

Personally? I think the lore about how Tharizdun is purely evil might be a narrative/opinion pushed by all the gods, because of course if it is actually Predathos and it eats divinity (and notably not the Elementals) they would absolutely see it as evil. But I don't think a hungry predator that has to eat to survive is inherently evil, but it is obviously dangerous with a lot of consequences for Exandria if let loose. The documents they found said it came from beyond the stars, so honestly the vibe I'm getting right now is a hungry beast sent ahead to clear out old divinity to make way for something new, like this "Epoch of Ends?" Is that just poetic language or a detailed plan/prophecy someone might know more about?

So on the one hand, I hope the party is able to stop what Ludinus is doing so a lot of people don't die...but on the other hand I love big d&d drama and would love to see a calamity 2.0 where some gods get chomped and Matt can shake up the system so we can see some new gods form, some mortals ascend or have old gods take new roles.

I hope we get some more ancient lore drops soon & I'm excited for tonight's episode :]

[huaandbloom]

I see you also ship Barbara x Bennett what else do you ship

OHOHOHOHOHO I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED–

I'm just gonna assume you're asking only about Genshin ships. I'm a multi-shipper so there will be repeats.

Warning: very VERY long read. I got a bit more extensive than I thought I would.

Ships that have a chokehold on me:

Keqing x Heizou: would hate each other at first, but with enough time and maybe one night of forced deep conversation realize that they have a lot in common? Both are very dedicated to their work, almost to a fault, but have very different working styles

Barbara x Bennett : I'm a sucker for character A chastising character B for getting hurt while they patch them up

Amber x Razor: hc Amber to be 18-20 and Razor to be 17-18 in case anyone's alarmed. It's the bunny x wolf and "outgoing girl helps awkward and closed off boy get out of his comfort zone" for me

Jean x Diluc: fully convinced they're exes and Diluc still has feelings for Jean at least. You can't tell me that one of the reasons he went to the summer islands wasn't to see Jean in her summer fit

Kazuha x Xiangling: mostly QPR, Xiangling canonically sails with the Crux Fleet sometimes so I'm pretty sure they have an established friendship of sorts already

Ayaka x Thoma: am a sucker for royalty x servant type dynamics, they'd be really sweet together, and I totally bought the pre-Inazuma rumors that they were gonna be fiances...

Xiangling x Xiao: all it took was one(1) fic which is now lost forever :( but either way I'm sold now

Mona x Scaramouche/Wanderer: look aesthetically pleasing together, plus I like the bickering between the two of them in the fics I read

Gorou x Kokomi: my loves my babies my everything the apple of my eye the peanut to my butter the fried to my rice to yee to my haw the dog leans over to kiss the fishy in the pond memes the- (has been shipping them since 2.0 livestream and refuses to let go)

Ships I can enjoy:

Bennett x Fischl: mainly for the ship name puns, but also I like their friendship a lot it's very cute

Ayaka x Kazuha: angst edition in which they try to maintain a long distance but after a while Ayaka can't take it anymore and breaks it off. Other than that I think they look really pretty together and they think really highly of each other

Beidou x Ningguang: Lantern Rite 2021 sold me on this ship. Like sure you guys, you just play chess and nothing more. Sure sure sure-

Xinyan x Yun Jin: Lantern Rite 2021 also sold me on it

Katheryne x Wanderer: @probably-impossible has me hook line and sinker it's such a silly ship but also makes so much sense for some reason?? Content for it has died down but I look back on that time fondly

Dehya x Dunyuzard: look me dead in the eye and tell me they aren't dating. You can't

Cyno x Nilou: the fanarts get me every time in a way I can't explain I feel so much feeling whenever I see them that it borders on having a chokehold on me. It's only here because I only feel the feelings when I remember they exist which isn't very often

Albedo x Sucrose: Windblume had me feeling a certain way let's just put it that way

Amber x Eula: similar-ish dynamic to Amber x Razor and admittedly they have more canon content than the aforementioned ship ever will (cri)

Itto x Sara: childhood friends to petty bickering enemies to lovers. Need I say more.

Chongyun x Xiangling: used to ship them in early game because of that one character story where Chongyun accidentally eats a chilli at Wanmin and then apologises to her profusely

Hu Tao x Xiao: grumpy x sunshine-ish that's it that's the tweet

Kaeya x Rosaria: bi4bi drinking buddies (romantic)

Kaeya x Kokomi: aethetically pleasing and amazing fanarts I must say

Cyno x Layla: an online friend sold me on this and I think it's just neat

Wanderer x Traveler: the love-hate potential is there and I can appreciate it. It's an acquired taste personally, but now I kinda dig it.

Bennett x Chongyun: both constantly get less-than-desired results in their respective lines of work

Ships I can see happening I guess:

Cyno x Tighnari: I like imagining them as a divorced couple co-parenting Collei lmao

Alhaitham x Kaveh: it's fine I guess?? I just see so much fan art that frankly it's become oversaturated for me

Dainsleif x Kaeya: I don't care much for Dain but I like royalty x knight so there you go

Venti x Xiao: this would go under "ships I can enjoy" but now I have beef with it. No it doesn't have anything to do with the fandom or the shippers /gen but I'd rather not get into it

Hu Tao x Yanfei: y'all YanTao nation people make good fanart ngl

Ei x Miko: they're wives. Not a big fan of them, but they're wives

Childe x Traveler: used to ship it but not so much anymore for some reason

Xiao x Traveler: except it's one-sided 'cause I'm a bit evil like that

[spnfanficpond]

New Member Spotlight - September/October 2023

The Pond is always growing and we want to make our new members feel welcome! Here’s a list of recent additions to our fishy family, along with a little info about them!

Guppies, Jellies, and Mutuals, oh, my!

@inenochian -

Other SM names? - InEnochian on AO3 and Discord

OTP? - Destiel

Other fandoms? - Merlin

Looking for in the Pond? - Prompts, connections, advice, collaboration, also fic recs and to let more people know about things I've posted.

Pairings you read? - Destiel

Genres you read? - I like canon fics but LOVE historical AUs. Happy endings are a must but angst fluff and pining are wonderful. Omegaverse is great! Smut is good as long as there is plot.

Favorite writer(s)? - This is hard. IntotheSilentLand & UnicornPoe for the way they paint soft angsty pictures with words, Anryrei and Queerwerewolf for hot smut and great plot, sometimeswelose for amazing Dean Winchester angst, there are others - I can't decide!

What do you like to write? - Historical AUs, fixits, AUs in general

Masterlist!

Most underappreciated fic? - the light paints kisses on his skin.

Something you haven't written but would like to try? Why not? How can we help? - Omegaverse - I'm just nervous about it. Also present tense writing - I like to read it but it's hard to write. Not sure how anyone can help but when I'm ready I'll def reach out!

@dragonardhill -

Other SM names? - dragonardhill on AO3

OTP? - Wincest

Looking for in the Pond? - Just interested in the community and positivity of interacting with others who enjoy fanfic.

Pairings you read? - Dean/Sam, J2, Dean/Sam/Jack

Genres you read? - All of the above. I read 4-5 fics, sometimes more every day lol

Favorite writer(s)? - too many to choose one!

What do you like to write? - I write very little to be honest but would like to get back into it. I got on a sam/dean/jack PWP kick during later SPN seasons - mostly due to prompts and relationships with a couple other fans. That’s most of what is on my AO3 works but Sam/Dean is my OTP.

Masterlist!

Most underappreciated fic? - Again, there’s not much to choose from and I only write PWP! This isn’t really underappreciated but it’s super short and my fave. Warning for underage weecest. These Tornadoes Are For You

@pizzagirlxnsfwx - This new member is cool and mysterious like Rowena, but without the witchy spells. We think. No guarantees.

@thepromiscuousduck -

Other SM names? - Promiscuous_Duck (AO3)

OTP? - Destiel

Looking for in the Pond? - I want to meet like-minded people, maybe make some friends, and get more readership for the series that's kicking my ass. lol

Pairings you read? - Any combination of Team Freewill 2.0, along with original characters or side cannon characters, so long as Dean, Sam, Cas, and/or Jack are involved. This includes Wincest.

Genres you read? - I'll read just about anything, but angst needs to have a happy ending for me. It's my escape, I don't want to be left crying lol. I have a weak spot for the coffee shop trope. It can't be overdone!

What do you like to write? - Happy, fluffy AU with some drama. Right now, that with a lot of smut and incest.

Masterlist!

@annahmiraculousmillenium -

Other SM names? - A-nah on AO3, mimiaou on Discord

OTP? - Wincestiel

Other fandoms? - Miraculous and Yu-Gi-Oh!

Looking for in the Pond? - I just wanted to read about how people in fandom help each other make art.

Pairings you read? - Oc insert and the oc have to be really interesting. Ship: Wincestiel!!!! Poly fic : Hell yeah!

Genres you read? - Angst, smut, crack,fluff,hurt/comfort, happy ending, open ending(hopeful ending) Tropes: time travel, time travel fix it, bodyswap, sharing a body (mouah! One of my favorites), slow burn (it's Soo worth it), identity crisis, identity reveal, reverse-verse AU

Favorite writer(s)? - Not yet!

What do you like to write? - Dialogue heavy fics, whenever I get to writing them.

@lunaroserites -

Other SM names? - @gattinachyann (Twitter) and Lunaroserites (AO3)

Other fandoms? - Marvel, The Boys, Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Gotham Knights (CW Show), and many more.

Looking for in the Pond? - Friends, other authors, more things to read

Pairings you read? - Reader Insert mostly, some OFC. I’ve been into Castiel and Dean fics but I’ll read just about anything from Supernatural!

Genres you read? - All the above? Fav tropes are only one bed, sweetheart (derogatory) to sweetheart (affectionate) or enemies to lovers, touch and you die, grumpy character/sunshine character. I also adore Soulmate AUs and most other AUs!

What do you like to write? - Fluff. I’ve been in a real Castiel kick lately lol. I like to write happy stuff, very little angst. I enjoy tooth-rotting fluff.

Masterlist!

Something you haven't written but would like to try? Why not? How can we help? - I love AU but can’t seem to write them well, so world-building tips would be helpful!

@the-family-business67 -

Other fandoms? - Marvel

Looking for in the Pond? - To grow my audience

Pairings you read? - I read reader inserts, mostly Dean or Jensen x reader, but also Sam and Jared

Genres you read? - pretty much all, love abo and soulmate stories

Favorite writer(s)? - @luci-in-trenchcoats who has so many amazing stories and encourages me to share my own work and @jawritter who brought me to Tumblr in the first place.

What do you like to write? - What ever inspiration strikes. Mostly Dean or Jensen x reader with a few Sam or Jared x Reader.

Masterlist!

Most underappreciated fic? - Love Again

That's all for this month, folks! (If we're missing anyone, let us know and we'll add them to next month's list!) Make sure to say hi to the newbies and make them feel welcome! Thanks to all from @manawhaat, @mrswhozeewhatsis, @mariekoukie6661, @thoughtslikeaminefield, @katbratsupernaturalwhore and @heavenssexiestangel!

[certifieddisaster17]

Spencer Reid

Unwell

Tying the Knot

The Cutest You

That’s My Wife ❤️

Snowball

Sunday Rituals, Books and Bagels

All the women he’s loved before ❤️

Can’t Sleep

Home

Not a Virgin

Let’s make history together ❤️

Morning Cuddles

The Alphabet Game

Haircuts and Happy Endings

Feeling Faint

Subtle

A Secondary Characteristic

Boxers and a Sports Bra

Department librarian and Spencer’s girlfriend

Spencer’s Secret

If you Love Her

Happiness Looks Good On You

Pumpkin

Hidden Feelings

Introducing you to his mom….

Pretty boi

Books and Notes

Alaska

Perfection

Carry Me Then

Under the Weather

All Stitched Up

A Stranger

Venus

Never Have I Ever

Secret Life

The Problem With Probability

Sweater

The Public Eye

Bittersweet but Mostly Sweet

Just Between You and Me

Betting Game

One hug and the secrets out….

Secrets Out

The Girl in the Bar

Gorgeous

One Lie, Two Truths

Tuesday Trip

Unbelievable but Verified

A Memorable Hero

Soulmates

Set Up

Spencer Reid 2.0

Lie Detector

Telling Spencer You’re Pregnant…

Ouch

Just Friends

Baby fever….

Swooping In

Not so Skinny Anymore

Smells Fishy

Geniuses at Work

Spencer just boasting his girlfriend to everyone…

Spencer is a dorky sex god and we love him for it

Spencer Reid’s hands: a look book

[moorishflower]

did you also want gay sex anons like fishy bc recently I was cuddling my gf and started laughing bc I thought of the phrase "I need to cum in her but I have this stupid ass pussy" and somehow that led to us actually having sex

anon I would LOVE to partake in the gay sex messaging system

"stupid ass pussy" is also how I feel tbh there should be pussy 2.0 that includes interchangeable options

[aqqleshiqqing-archive]

TELL US ABOUT THE CONFESSION JIL

@fishy-moirails I GOT YOU BOTH COVERED

first of all thank you for being so interested HUUEHHEUE IT MEANS ALOT 🥺🥺🥺 OTL YYWYEEURHEYRHEE OKOK STORY UNDER READ MORE!!! Bullet point styled writing my beloved

sorry if it seems like it's moving too quickly?? LMAODOAS I JUST WANTED IT TO GO TO THE PART™ AHAHSHFHHSHD there's a lot of skips shshh no I am not rewriting this draft I am winging it on one go

ALSO THIS IS VERY LONG I WARNED U AHSHSHSHDHSHDHEJJR

• tom hates christmas. always does. it was already december 23, two days before christmas

• edd knew that tom would be doing stupid stuff like wrecking havoc, burning down beautifully decorated trees, crushing presents down, that kind of stuff

• he had to think of something clever so that tom wouldn't go ruin the celebration again, it was really exhausting. he NEEDS to be distracted... by something.... or someone

• suddenly, edd had a bright idea. jesse! he had noticed by now that tom and jesse may have a thing going on with each other, but never said anything about it

• edd was the only one who noticed them first being so, subtly sweet to each other, and witnessing tom overreact over the idea of liking jesse — his stunned and red face said it all.

• edd calls up jesse on the phone. a quick wholesome small talk ensued, after a few minutes he asks her for a favor

• "anyways, can you go out with tom, tomorrow?"

• huh!??? it was completely out of the blue. edd suddenly asking jesse to... to... go out with him?? wasn't she subtle about her adoration for him?? it sounded like he knew. but she digress

• edd's reason was that "matt and I are going shopping, and tom is gonna be ..... er... lonely by himself.... uh. yeah"

• (but in reality he really was begging her to keep him distracted from becoming grinch 2.0. he's bad at making reasons)

• that was ..... a very peculiar request. isn't he an adult already? he makes him sound like ton is still a baby. what a way to degrade a man's honor like that.

• "well, I mean.... I guess I can do that, bu-" her voice slowly trailed off into silence

• "GREAT. THANK YOU. SEE YOU LATER" and then edd signs out

• jesse stood there confused, that was incredibly odd??? but no matter, she did want to try to go out with him, she just didn't know how. but now with this prompt suggested by edd, she can't just let it slide — and the most fun holiday was just in a few days

• the next step was actually asking tom to go with her.

• it's probably best she texted him about it.

~~

• back in edd's house, tom sat on the couch minding his own business, and then his phone vibrated

• a message from jesse

• he couldn't help but, feel a little bit of excitement whenever he read that name. they rarely texted, and if they did, it was very short lived, but tom still cherished it

• still, he felt nervous because it was from her!! he was secretly admiring her too, how would you feel if you saw your crush texting you?? you'd wanna act cool even in text!!

• 'hi tom! :D' the message reads out

• he responded casually. 'heya, what's up?"

• 'its x-mas eve tomorrow, and i was wondering if you wanted to come along with me? maybe go to a mall? we can go buy presents for edd, matt and tor.d!'

• a tightness swelled on his throat. he's overthinking now

• xmas.... with her??? tom suddenly felt weird... he had huge distaste for this cheery holiday.... but with her???

• is this a date?? he felt nervous

• she didn't know about his opinion about xmas, nor does he wanna look like an asshole in front of her about it....

• he doesn't want to reject her either — he would love to go out with her anytime...

• ...

• ...maybe christmas doesn't sound so bad...

• he types out his response

• "oh sure, why not? :)"

• thank goodness did texting really mask their actual emotions and red tinted cheeks. but it's settled now

~~

• the next day, it's December 24. edd sleeps comfortably in bed, he's murmuring by himself.

• "mhm..n... christmas eve...."

• edd suddenly shoots up from his bed, eyes wide awake

• IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.

• TOM BETTER NOT BE PREPARING HIS AMMUNITION FOR TOMORROW

• edd runs to his bedroom. he's not there

• CRAP CRAP MAYBE HE'S ALREADY DRAGGING HIS ROCKET LAUNCHER OUT

• edd runs out to the main door of the house. he's still wearing his pajamas

• as he kicks the door open. the area is covered in thick, white snow. and lo and behold — tom is idling in front of the mailbox, all dressed up

• "oh, good morning edd." tom had his hands on his pockets, his head turned back to see edd's terrified look

• edd pauses for a moment... he's going out?

• .... OHH SNAP HE ACCEPTED JESSE'S REQUEST!!!!

• edd played dumb, everything's under control now. he wiped off the nervous look off his face

• "morning tom, looks like you're going out today! where ya goin?" the smug face edd had plastered, ohh he's thriving so hard

• tom froze.

• "UH. NO, I AM JUST STANDING HERE"

• no he's not allowing edd to think he's on a date hell no he's not!!

• edd chuckles, ohh silly little boy he knows what's going on. but he'll let it slide for tom's sake

• "well, have fun standing there! I'm getting cola for breakfast" and edd walks back in, closes the door.

• tom sighs to himself. he's starting to wonder why he's here again, until a voice called to him.

• "tom, you're here!"

• that voice. in an instant his eyes quickly tries to scan for that, familiar sweet voice.

• his eyes lands on jesse, she's dressed in a fluffy jade jacket, and cute white ear warmers.

• he couldn't help but feel, soft inside. her cute stature and smile made him smile.

• "you look nice" he spoke up

• her eyes shrunk at the sweet compliment, she awkwardly twirls her hair and smiles

• "haven't worn this in a while, I'm glad you find it nice, haha" she chuckled

• she's so pretty. he thought

• ”shall we go?"

• he nodded.

~~

• they're in a mall now, as suggested by jesse

• the interiors was filled with christmas themed decorations, a big tree stood in the center of the building, jolly music surrounded the whole place. it feels so festive and bright

• tom cringed at this sight. eugh.

• but, it doesn't feel so, so bad? compared to last time? is it because she's around?

• tom looked at her, excitement filled her eyes, they were sparkling too. she's stoked

• gosh, he could look at her all day if he could

• jesse snaps him out of his trance

• "let's go look in here! maybe there's something here that i could give to matt!"

~~

• they're window-shopping, jesse scans every item available, she's really trying to find a gift for everyone. how thoughtful!

• tom wasn't really looking for anything special, he's just following her. he's not mad though, he's enjoying it actually.

• suddenly, he notices a rack with "mistletoes" labeled above. he stops to look at them. it look pretty.

• "ooh, mistletoes! they're really gorgeous" she notices him staring at them

• "what are these?"

• "...you don't know what are mistletoes?"

• tom shakes his head. he doesn't know. apparently hating christmas means he doesn't really know much about certain items

• "people usually like to hang mistletoes by a doorway, and if two people happen to stand on one together, they... they kiss!"

• "they kiss?"

• "yeah! it's really cute. right?"

• "huh, that's- that's cool"

• he ended up buying one after jesse finished shopping. he didn't show her though. who knows? could come in handy...

~~

• a few hours passed, they definitely had a great time bonding with each other, and being together alone.

• it felt like they truly got to know each other more, and their feelings for each other continued to swirl more

• jesse had to excuse herself to the restroom, so tom waited out for her. her shopping bags sat next to him.

• he was minding his own business, when he hears a couple pass by with an ongoing conversation

• "it's almost 12! we should go check the fireworks later!"

• "oh? where is it?"

• "it's at the outer area of the mall, it's the perfect view to watch the night glitter!!"

• fireworks... he should take her there to end the night

• and, maybe. maybe it was time he told her the truth.

• his face warmed with red, is he really going to tell her now?

• what if it backfires?

• 'am i going to hate christmas even more if things don't go the right way?'

• his worries gets shaken off into thin air when she comes back.

• "i'm back!" she runs to him, and picks up her bags of shopped goods

• "where do you want to go next? or should we go home now?"

• "actually... i heard there's a fireworks display starting soon..." he paused, and gulped

• "... do you wanna go there?" his voice got a little shaky there.

• "i'd love to" she nodded happily

• something about the way she said it, pulled his heartstrings too hard. she would "love to".

• walking outside, there's already a couple of people waiting. some are standing, sitting, and talking to others.

• there's an unoccupied bench, they both took the seat, and waited for the show to begin

• jesse suddenly felt cold, she's shivering a little. she tried to wear her jacket thoroughly and adjusted her earmuffs, but she still continued to shake in her seat

• tom couldn't just sit there and watch her freeze.

• not even saying anything, he scooted himself closer to her, and slowly placed his arm over her side and brought her closer. she jolted at the contact and felt a little flustered.

• "you could've told me you were getting cold" he teased her. that was smooth

• she was going to comment on his smug remark, but she simply thanked him and rested closely to him.

• 'tom. now's your chance'

• time to suck it up and say it here and now

• deep breath. breathe in — out.

• "jesse, can i say something a little odd?"

• "you're odd to me already" she joked. "but go on"

• he takes a moment

• "remember when we first met?" he started

• "i really didn't think we'd become friends from there"

• "i thought i wasn't interesting enough to be your friend"

• "heck, i feel like edd, matt and to.rd combined are far more interesting than me"

• "when you asked me to go out with you today, i-.. i felt — it means a lot to me, y'know?"

• "you're really kind to me. not just me explicitly — but even to my friends, it gave me this hope that maybe not everyone is absolute garbage here."

• jesse listened closely, not saying a word

• "what i'm getting at — jesse."

• he turns to her, and holds both of her hands. oh how she was not expecting this turn of events

• "i— i, i think i like you. and i'd do anything to take that next level"

• he said it, he did it. a weight off his shoulders has been lifted. he's been harbouring these feelings for months now. he needed to tell someone.

• he stared at her intently, his lips zipped shut and nervously expects her response. holding her hands firmly.

• meanwhile, as his words escalated, she almost knew what he was going to say, and she was ready to respond back.

• "can i say something a little odd, too?" jesse replies

• his eyes widened to respond to her

• "i like you as much as you do, tom."

• "i'd love to go further with you too."

• he was speechless. she felt the same way too. there's really nothing much he could say, but he smiled, and pulled her closer for a hug, she did the same

• suddenly, loud explosions can be heard, along with bright flashes in the sky. the fireworks started now

• the sky glittered the dark night with the wonderfully synchronized explosions. it was absolutely gorgeous.

• they looked in adoration, while still holding each other. she leaned her head on his neck. she felt comfortable now, there's no use in hiding how much she wanted to be close to him now

• he, in turn also snuggles his head on her soft hair, it was the best feeling in the world.

• "merry christmas, jesse"

• he said it, what a turn of events!

~~

• back at edd's house, the boys were also having a good time, because tom isn't doing anything stupid! loud music blasted their room as they all sung together happily

• edd started to wonder if things went well with jesse and tom, given that his friend wasn't even home yet.

• suddenly they heard door knocks — that must be tom!!

• "MATT, TO.RD!! GET THE PRESENTS" edd loudly whispered. the duo nodded and grabbed blue colored gifts and a party popper

• "okay, i'm opening the door. let's greet him in unison. got it?"

• "go on edd!" "we're ready!" the two responded

• edd swings the door open, and the boys were ready to yell

• "MERRY CHRISTMAS, TO-"

• tom fell down face first on the floor

• ????? what??????

• "tom??!" edd was confused

• "AAGHHH LOOK THERE'S BLOOD ON HIS CHEEK!" matt cried out

• tord leaned closer to inspect tom, he rolled him over to check his face. tom looked like he was smiling even if he's... unconscious?

• that's not blood.....

• ... is that a kissmark?

• "is that lipstick?" tord was confused too

• edd realizes.

• "looks like tom had a good holiday after all." edd chuckles.

[every-bad-thing]

You’re Your Own Goldfish

( "goldfish" by josullivan.59 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. ) You, like many millions of people before you, buy a goldfish in a large bowl. It does all the typical goldfish things: swim around, float around, look around. You take care of it in the way millions before you have taken care of them. You feed it flakes every morning and clean its bowl every week and have the occasional one-sided conversation with it. It's nice having it around. Sure, it's just a fish, but its presence adds an element of life to your room, however small. You often wonder what it's thinking. You hear goldfish have only a five second memory. Seeing it swim around the same bowl day after day, you really hope it's true.

You spend a lot of time staring at it. Eventually you realize it spends a lot of time staring at you too, its fishy gaze always following you around. It will look your way as soon as you enter the room and slowly turn as you move about, keeping you always at the front of its vision. You've walked back and forth a few times, to see whether it's really you it's looking at, and each time confirm that, yes, it is looking at you and only you. It starts making you uncomfortable once you notice. Even when you're not looking at the fish, you can feel its stare on your back, never letting you forget it's there. It's creepy, but that's pretty much it. After a little hesitation, you go about your days as normal. The fish keeps staring, but you don't really care anymore.

Years pass. You keep taking care of it: feeding it flakes in the morning, cleaning its bowl every week. The fish is still doing its intense, intelligent gaze and now you think it's kind of cute. Your fish likes you. And why not? You take very good care of it. That must be why it's lived such a long time--much longer than you'd think a goldfish would. So then you're surprised when, one morning, you spot a strange growth on the top of its head. It starts out almost invisible, but within a week balloons to the size of a pearl, which on this fish is rather large. You've never seen anything like it, in or out of water. It glows with a brilliant light that shifts rapidly from one color to the next, pulsing out shades of red, green, blue, gold and every shade between them. It lights up the water, making it shine like a sparkling star.

You kneel down next to the bowl to take a closer look, your eyes squinting against the brightness. The fish floats right up against the glass and raises its gaze to you. You stare at each other and the light gets stronger. You want to look away, to close your eyes, but you can't do either, it's like your body won't listen. Soon, your entire world goes white as searing pain beams down your face and into your body, which is now wracked with convulsions. You can't see a thing, but you feel yourself go limp and fall down. You expect to hit the floor but instead crash through a pool of water, like some hole to the sea had been waiting below you. You struggle and flail for a moment, your heart beating fast, but pause when you realize you can still breathe. You don't know how this can be, but you calm down a little. You're not drowning. You feel better. That stops when you finally open your eyes.

You see your room, but from a much different angle. Everything is strange and distorted. Lines are curved, and proportions are off, everything looking much bigger than it should. Suddenly, your entire perspective shifts as you feel the water move around you. It feels like you're moving up, so very fast, until something huge rises into your entire field of vision, dominating your view like an endless horizon. It's a face. Your face. It smiles, a grin that, to your little eyes, looks as big as the sky. You try to ask what's happening, why you're in water, why everything looks so weird, but nothing happens. The thoughts form--telling your mouth to move in certain ways, for your tongue to position itself correct, for air to move from your lungs--but you remain silent, no matter how much you try. You involuntarily try to whimper and find you cannot do even then. Then, it speaks with a big booming voice that you recognize immediately as your own.

( "Bedroom" by Studio Sarah Lou is licensed under CC BY 2.0. ) Your voice says You must be feeling very confused right now, and you try to say Yeah No Kidding, but once again no sound comes out your mouth. You feel your world start turning around as your voice says Maybe this will help you understand. Your vision rotates until you see you're in front of a large mirror. Reflected inside is your room, with your bed and your shelves and all your stuff. And there's you! You see yourself, holding the goldfish bowl. That's strange, though: you don't feel yourself holding anything. The you in the mirror smiles. That's also strange, you think, because you don't feel yourself smiling. You move closer to get a better look. At the same time, the goldfish moves forward. You feel weird and stop. The goldfish in the mirror stops too. You feel even weirder and move away. The goldfish swims backward.

With a sudden, painful burst of revelation you finally understand.

You try to scream. You want to scream. You need to scream. But that's something humans do. All goldfish do is swim, so that's all you can do, though you do it as frantically as possible. You hear your voice say Now you're getting it. Your hands set the bowl back down and the face, your face, returns. The thing using your body says it's unfortunate things had to be this way, and that it understands you'd be upset, but to try to see things from its perspective.

It began life at the bottom of a cold, dark lake. Back then, it was just a worm, one of thousands burrowed in the muck. The nutrients there could sustain it, yes, but not forever. It knew it was only a matter of time before all the minerals were leeched out and starvation would begin. It had seen it happen to others and feared it would share the same fate. Its only hope, your voice explains, was to be consumed by some sort of animal, where the next stage of its life could begin. Daily it prayed, every time a passing fish or crab swam by, that it would be the one to be finally plucked from the muck and ingested to safety. Daily it was frustrated, seeing hundreds of others chosen but not it. Until one day, it said, salvation came in the form of a goldfish that dug through the mud and slurped up the worm in a single motion.

Once inside, your voice says, it was a simple matter to fuse with the fish's spine and take control. From there, all it had to do was wait for the next stage of its life to begin. Eventually it was scooped up in a net and brought to a pet store, the same one you bought it at. You never suspected a thing, but then why would you? After all, until recently it looked just like any other goldfish in any other bowl. By the time the glowing growth finally appeared on its head, it was too late. The only thing it needed to do then was wait for you to make eye contact for just a few seconds and, says your voice, you know the rest.

And finally, it says, the last stage of its life cycle has begun: being human. Having now taken over your body, it can move through society freely with no one suspecting that this perfectly normal person is secretly, inside, a goldfish. And similarly, no one would look at you, in your new fish body, and suspect you're really a person. You want to cry, but that is something else fish can't do. The thing says that it's looking forward to finally meeting the others--those just like itself, who switched minds with some unlucky human and took over their life. It tells you there's millions and millions of them on Earth, as it has been for thousands of years. You've probably already met one and never even knew. The only way to tell would be to run their waste under a microscope, to see all the tiny eggs they release every time they go to the bathroom. And who's really going to do that?

(By SuSanA Secretariat - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/15518236248/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38222502)

So what's going to happen to you? Your voice explains that it will take good care of you, just like you took good care of it. You'll get flakes every morning and a bowl cleaning every week. In the meantime, you'll be free to do whatever you want, even though the only thing to really do is just swim around, float around and look around. And, as the hours turn to days and the days turn to weeks, you find that's exactly what you do. It's not very exciting. But that is the life of a fish. It is your life. Forever.

[acidshadow]

*sigh*

For those who don't know, clip studio paint is planning to change to a form of subscription model for updates come next year:

While I can understand that eventually any form of software or program product will have to end its support and expect you to buy a new version (can't expect a program to run forever with major updates, and the companies have got to make money somehow), but I think this is very fishy.

Oh, I get to keep my version and not pay more, and I'll get stability updates for it... until version 3.0 rolls around. How long that will last is what is getting me, and I have this strong suspicion that when version 3.0 rolls around, my 'forever' copy of 1.x will suddenly stop working.

The idea of a subscription to updates is frustrating, as it feel it paves the way to an outright subscription model for their software indefinitely. The very reason people left photoshop for clip studio.

The big red flags for me are:

No prices listed and suggested yet. You got no frame for how the programs and 'update pass' are going to be priced.

2. This-

So if you subscribe to the 'update pass' for version 2.0 and then stop your subscription; you can't keep using the software and just stop receiving future updates until you re-subscribe; you have to use an older copy of 1.x and loose the updates you effectively paid for. That's bull.

Whilst I'll stress this is not as evil as Adobe just yet, this is really not sitting well with me. I'm not happy about it. Especially as I encouraged others recently to buy this software as an escape from Adobe. I think it's time again to share this about:

[pa-anonoverflow]

You think all these exzessive pap walks are boiling up to something? Like it’s getting more and more especially since the last 2 weeks. I don’t think it was ever like that before even with the yachtgate last year it was over for a month after those pics dropped but now we had Italy 2.0 and barely 3 days quite before it all started again with her going nuts and all this… something fishy is going on and even if that was a real relationship someone would pull the plug or flip because of all the pap pics because if I was Harry I could literally not breathe and would feel so cornered and trapped like someone always following me and calling the paps on top of that. How can anyone think he’s just gonna sit that out and not snap sooner or later?

I am very confused at this point why people think Harry is so on the verge of snapping or…you guys get that he’s a willing participant right? His privacy act is just that, an act. If he was really concerned about stalking or felt trapped by paparazzi he wouldn’t be doing what he’s doing. I think he’s being irresponsible with his own safety, when he has some dangerous stalkers, but he doesn’t seem to mind. He is not surprised the paps are there, so why do you think he is being cornered?

[butterflyrry]

You think all these exzessive pap walks are boiling up to something? Like it’s getting more and more especially since the last 2 weeks. I don’t think it was ever like that before even with the yachtgate last year it was over for a month after those pics dropped but now we had Italy 2.0 and barely 3 days quite before it all started again with her going nuts and all this… something fishy is going on and even if that was a real relationship someone would pull the plug or flip because of all the pap pics because if I was Harry I could literally not breathe and would feel so cornered and trapped like someone always following me and calling the paps on top of that. How can anyone think he’s just gonna sit that out and not snap sooner or later?

I think it’s just to capitalize on promo for DWD through HsH promo. I’d love for it to be the last blast of PR before the end but every time I think that, it’s not.

[40sandfabulousaf]

大家好! We're starting to have cloudy and rainy days and with them comes the craving for soup noodles; or maybe the craving after watching Mike Chen slurping merrily away never left. I tried si chuan suan la fen (Sichuan hot and sour glass noodles) which tasted like ma la soup combined with vinegar. I opted for fish instead of chicken or pork and didn't finish the soup in order to lower my sodium intake. What a gorgeous bowl of vibrant, colourful and spicy deliciousness!

Besides xiao long bao (which I forgot to take a photo of because I simply inhaled them all) and veggie dumplings, Ding Tai Feng serves very good soup noodles. Pa and I celebrated an achievement with their xia ren la mian (shrimp hand pulled noodles), which came with bamboo shoots and bak choy. The broth was flavourful without being too salty, which makes it an ideal option for Pa when he dines there again. Our meals are simpler now, in line with our goal to eat moderately healthy, and we wouldn't have it any other way. Gimme a balanced meal, gimme nourishing soup and I'm happy.

This week, from suan la fen, yong tau foo and kimchi chicken ramyeon to healthy qing tang (clear broth) at a ma la xiang guo (ma la hotpot) stall with fish, fu zhu (tofu skin), pea sprouts wood ear mushrooms, Chinese mushrooms, okra and roasted peanuts, several meals have been about noodles but even more so, about soups. As we move into the rainy season and days and nights get colder, I'll crave these dishes even more. Not all ma la xiang guo stalls serve qing tang, so I ask before ordering. Yong tau foo and qing tang bowls at ma la stalls are like souped up salads. They can be very healthy and great for cooler weather thanks to the piping hot broths.

My country is the newest Blue Zone, 1 of the countries with the world's longest living and healthiest people! Check out the following articles to find out how citizens' lifespans have increased by 20 - 25 years over half a century. Besides excellent government policies, regular exercise and limiting fastfood are key factors to healthy aging. Speaking of limiting fastfood, it's been almost 2 months since I ate some! The last time I had it was at Pizza Hut on 4 July and today is 1 September so... yup, about 2 months.

What many of us prioritise is eating plenty of vegetables and a wide variety of them. A meal doesn't feel complete without at least 1 type of veggie and, if for some reason, we don't eat any during a meal, we make up for it when we next eat. We do eat salmon sometimes, just not as obsessively, because we have other nutritious fish in this region which provide equally good health benefits. They also emit less oily fishy pungence, unlike salmon, even if they're fatty. For instance, I find pomfret much yummier than salmon and it contains the highest amount of Omega 3 amongst all fish (check out the following article; I'm not making this up).

下次见！

[jolivia-things]

You think all these exzessive pap walks are boiling up to something? Like it’s getting more and more especially since the last 2 weeks. I don’t think it was ever like that before even with the yachtgate last year it was over for a month after those pics dropped but now we had Italy 2.0 and barely 3 days quite before it all started again with her going nuts and all this… something fishy is going on and even if that was a real relationship someone would pull the plug or flip because of all the pap pics because if I was Harry I could literally not breathe and would feel so cornered and trapped like someone always following me and calling the paps on top of that. How can anyone think he’s just gonna sit that out and not snap sooner or later?

I think they just ramp up the pap walks when one of them has something to promote. If Harry is pretending he's written songs about her then I guess he should be seen with her.

[comebacksoonboys]

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[otomae-game-lover]

Their Child's First Words: Brothers Edition

Notes: Lucifer has a son, Mammon has a son, Levi has a daughter, Satan has a daughter, Asmo has a daughter, Beel has triplets(two sons and one daughter), and Belphie has twins(two daughters).

The kids names can be found here.

Warnings: Female!MC, past pregnancy, and children. Not proofread. Also short.

Genre: Fluff. For once.

LUCIFER:

Word: "Mammooon."

Yes, exactly like that. After all the times Lucifer has gotten angry at Mammon, it's only natural his son picked that word from him. Fortunately for Mammon, it distracted Lucifer long enough for him to escape.

Lucifer can't tell if he should be proud his son picked that up from him or if he should punish Mammon even more for being his son's first word.

MAMMON:

Word: "First."

He picked this up after hearing Mammon call himself your first so many times. Your son uses that to get your attention if you're focused on someone or something else too long for his liking.

Just a few tugs on your dress and repeating the word "first," as a way to say you should pay attention to him first.

LEVIATHAN:

Word: "Fishie."

This was to be expected. Your daughter was so entranced by Henry 2.0 that she would always keep her attention on her father's aquarium.

One day she walked up to the glass, pointed right at Henry 2.0 and said "Fishie!" It was so cute and Levi definitely did the little woooaaah sound he does after.

SATAN:

Word: "This."

Satan read to your daughter a lot, even when you were pregnant with her. She picked up his love for it, and would pick out a book she wanted him to read to her.

He kind of encouraged her to say the word. When she handed him one, he'd always ask "this one?" It was only a matter of time before instead of nodding, she said "this."

ASMODEUS:

Word: "Smile."

Asmo has a whole folder on his phone dedicated to pictures of your daughter and his Devilgram is filled to the brim with them. Whenever he takes a photo he always tries to get her to smile, by telling her to do so. She's usually happy and giggly, so it tends to work.

That was sort of a routine, until one day instead of smiling she just repeated the word back to him.

BEELZEBUB:

1st son's word: "Hungry."

Your first son inherited his father's appetite and it shows. Although when your son says it, it comes out like "hungwy." Really, with Beel and your son's appetite you'd need to buy groceries hourly.

Daughter's word: "Up."

She always liked being picked up and sitting on her dad's shoulders. All she has to do is go to him, raise her arms, and say "up!" She says it so cutely too, how could he not oblige?

2nd son's word: "Play."

He was already so active, he would definitely play sports when he starts school. Any game he wants to play, he just grabs his dad's, yours, or his siblings hands and simply goes, "Play." Sometimes he'd want his uncles to join too, though Mammon is most likely to oblige.

BELPHEGOR:

1st daughter's word: "Sleepy."

No surprise there. She hears her father say it as much as she feels it. Sometimes she sleeps next to Belphie and other times she wants you to pick her up and tuck her into bed.

2nd daughter's word: "Daddy."

The only child to actually say something like that as a first word. But the way it happened though was...something.

You were teaching her about human barn animals with a book when she saw a picture of a cow. She pointed at it and said "Daddy."