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stxrr-strxckk · 1 year ago

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hi! can you do headcanons of what is it like to date quackity in 2018/2019? your writing is really good btw 🫶🏻

Aww, ty! Gonna be honest, I don't know too much about 2018/2019 Quackity (I didn't watch him as much as I did in 2021/2022) but I'll try anyways!

You're just one click away!

(Dating 2018/19 era quackity!)

Pairing: Quackity x gn!reader

Any warnings?: Nope!

Whats that on the record player?: Hello?; Clairo

✭First off: You probably met him online. Whether that was during one of his raids, in an online chatroom, discord's got talent, or just through common interests, one things for sure: he was smitten.

✭Always calling you, texting you, inviting you to hang out, whatever you want. Anything for his princesa <3

✭Probably tells chat about you.

"Gamers, I have to confess something." Alex states dramatically. "So, there's this person, right? And they're SO cool. Like, the coolest person I know. And I need to impress them so lets make this raid turn out good, okay?"

✭You have a feeling it's you and it's a bit silly seeing him be so whipped

✭When you guys get together he's so happy he's yapping about it to all of his friends and fans.

"Gamers, remember that person I told you about? Well I finally fucking pulled them, thank god! Yeah, hide your girl 'cause I've got game over here. The people love me!"

✭Invites you to judge Discord's got talent with him and spends the entire time flirting with you.

"Okay, so you're talent is singing, correct?" Quackity asks. The contestant replies and you smile. "I love guys who sing. It's so romantic!" Alex perks up at this. "Actually, you know, I'm a pretty good singer myself. Yeah, uh, I'll actually- I'll actually serenade you guys right here. Right now. And you can see who's the better singer." He grins when he hears you and the other judges laughing at his singing. "So, how was that?" he asks when he's done. "It's gonna be a no for me." you laugh, and the other judge agrees. "What? After all that? This is crazy. You guys can't judge anymore." He laughs, kicking the other judge from the call. "Aah, don't kick me! I'm too young to die!" you joke. "Okay, fine. You're too cute to kick anyways..."

✭Also features you in raids like all the time. Lets you pick out the games he raids.

✭You two make so many roblox videos with the craziest fucking clips ever. They're titled stuff like: Roblox with my s/o is the funniest thing ever and roblox sucks way less with my s/o (kinda corny but still really cute)

✭You two play crappy games together and make fun of them in videos

✭When he gets banned from twitter and discord and other sites he has you make a cameo in his video and ask for his account back.

"Okay, so I just read the card?" you ask Alex, who's behind the camera. He nods. "But this doesn't sound like me at all." You deadpan, and he laughs, almost dropping the camera. "Just read it anyways, for the clout!" "Fine." you roll your eyes. "You're lucky I love you." you clear your throat as Alex straightens the camera and focuses the lens. "Dear twitter: please please please give my super handsome boyfriend his account back. He is too hot and too cool to be banned, and it makes me very very sad. If he remains banned I'll cry forever- Alex, this doesn't sound like me at all." you laugh. "Hey, you're not getting paid to complain!" "I'm not getting paid at all!" "Shhh, they don't know that!"

✭Overall very cute and funny. 10/10 would ship again.

A/n: first set of hcs! Hope you enjoyed, make sure to like, follow, reblog, and submit any requests!

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#quackity x y/n #quackity x you #quackity x reader #quackity #dsmp #mcyt #mcytblr #quackity headcannons

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maddonkeydidnothingwrong · 3 months ago

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Lies of P Fic rec

Howdy everyone!

I have been contemplating making a fic rec for a long time, and feel that now is the time to do it as we wait for the DLC. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and I may make more later. I just wanted to share some of the fic I have enjoyed. They're not in any particular order. If you have stories you want to rec, feel free to leave them in the comments/replies! Let's hype each other up in anticipation of the DLC for this game we all love <3

One-shots

Past Loves, Present Punishments by chiwakiiroi (Ao3). Gen. Rated: G. 3.5k words.

Summary: "Some time after the crisis, P is affected by an unknown condition that causes ergo to solidify inside his chest. Him and his friends race against his worsening condition in the search for answers."

My thoughts: This is like if puppets could get Hanahaki disease. P inherits Carlo's pain though not his identity. Heartbreaking and clever way of tying ergo (and it's connection to memory and identity) with the way love changes a person. Everyone we meet changes our lives, and those we love do so even more. We change and grow, too. Really lovely.

Condemned Dreams by Vendilay (Ao3) Gen. (Venigni/P if you squint). Rated: T. 1.6k words.

Summary: "P rots from the inside. 'Loneliness permeates from within his chest and he wonders, if he were to squeeze his mechanical heart, would it whisper words from the beyond for his plight?'"

My thoughts: Vendilay has a lovely prose that feels very poetic. I'm a big fan of stories that explore the unique trauma P experiences as he wakes up to this brand new world. The magical realism in this is achingly beautiful. This is part of a series (which I also recommend), but you don't need to have read the first to enjoy this gem.

There Is Beauty in the Way of Things by CorrineCassia (Ao3). Antonia/Polendina. Rated: G. 628 words

Summary: "6 small gestures of love; 6 100-word stories in one. Part of Two Slightly Lonely Souls Series."

My thoughts: Corrine has written other fantastic fic for this ship, but I'm recommending this one, because it's such a great introduction to the ship and to Corrine's style. If you enjoyed this fic, you will likely also enjoy her other Antonia/Polendina fic. I adore the way she paces her stories. The flow of ideas from one to the next is so fluid and convincing that, yes, this is what is meant to happen next. Lovely read.

Gods Don't Kneel by EK_Liadon (Ao3). Giangio|Paracelsus/Simon. Rated: M. 406 words.

Summary: "Simon wanted to be a God, to create a world without lies, but as he submitted easily to Paracelsus' touch...a voice would remind him: 'Gods don't kneel.'"

My thoughts: I had never ever considered this ship until I read this story. We get into Simon's head, which is a nice contrast to him always knowing what's in other people's heads. His conflict as he both desires and despises Giangio|Paracelsus is SO juicy. It tracks that he would have a complicated relationship to sex, power, and control.

if i should leave your garden by Plexus(toitsu) (Ao3). Gen. Rated: G. 1k words.

Summary: "my precious son, father says, and holds him."

My thoughts: This is a haunting continuation of the Happily-Ever-After ending with not!Carlo. This captures the horror of the "came back wrong" trope. HEA!Carlo feels the void and wrongness in his current existence. Stunning.

Anamnesis by Lady_of_Cinder (Ao3). Gen. (past Carlo/Romeo implied). Rated: G. 2.5k words.

Summary: "He heard something then. His thoughts broke off with a clean snap, and his eyes, which had been focused on Father's face, trying to engrave it in his mind, rolled in their sockets, locking a short distance away, through the curtain of dust that rippled shakily in the opaline light of the sunrise. The Nameless Puppet was moving."

My thoughts: The tragedy of what happened to Carlo before canon is so compelling, and the headcanon that the Nameless Puppet is made of Carlo's corpse (and/or contains some of his ergo) is one I really love seeing.

il ramo by skysedge (Ao3). Gen. Rated: T. 271 words.

Summary: "Nostalgic. That's how the branch growing from the portrait makes him feel."

My thoughts: It's short but haunting, and I adore when people can make game-jank diagetic. The Golden Lie weapon is a mystery, and an interesting one to contemplate, especially since it comes from Carlo's portrait.

Multi-Chaptered

Powder Keg by casophon (Ao3) Venigni/P. Rated: Explicit. 16.7k words.

Summary: "'Now he can’t help but feel as if a timer is ticking down in his heart, one that he’s helpless to stop or even slow down.' Post-Frenzy, Venigni is determined to do whatever it takes to rebuild Krat... except maybe confront the confusing feelings he's developed for a particular puppet."

My thoughts: This is a delightful Venigni-centric exploration on how a relationship with a healing P could progress. The pining is SO strong, and I also adore their interpretation of Gemini. This fic has so much: pining, protective best friends, wire play, and emotional depth.

the story of the happy couple by underconcretestars (Ao3) Julian/Melody. Rated: M. 9.1k words

Summary: "A young gentleman of Krat's burgeoning upper-crust is given some advice. Through that advice, he meets a woman; but, of course, the woman is merely a machine. Here is a hilarious macchietta show, with a foregone conclusion. Laughter is encouraged; for in laughing at another, we prove ourselves human."

My thoughts: This fic is a beautiful and tragic exploration into Julian "the eccentric" who fell in love with the puppet Melody. We get glimpses into how sad their story is in game, and this fic takes those little pieces and expands upon them in such a gorgeous and thoughtful way. Chapter 5, in particular, made my stomach drop with the dread Julian feels as his wedding is crashed.

#lies of p #lies of p fic rec #fic rec #lies of p pinocchio #lies of p carlo #lies of p antonia #lies of p romeo #lies of p venigni #lies of p julian #it should go without saying that these are personal preferences #and I'm in NO way trying to be the be-all-end-all arbiter of good taste #I did avoid adding any incomplete fic or the top-kudos'ed fic #I figure those are easy enough to find if you want to filter by kudos #these are the fics I really enjoyed that might be harder to find for someone who doesn't already know about them #As i said before do feel free to rec your own in the comments/replies!

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riotroast · 1 month ago

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WIP on a not so Wednesday! Ty @b33tlejules for the tag!

First up we have some little guy that I doodled in between classes, I have no idea who they will be or if I will develop them at all, I just know I want to drop a rock on them

A late something for MerMay! This is my work in progress for my Mermaid!Silco design for a Zaundads fic i've been passively working on! I really wanted to work with the idea of Silco becoming a Singed experiment instead of Vander. I actually have a braindump i posted awhile ago on twitter for it, which you can read here! Heed the warnings in it tho, canon-typical violence and I love to write angst :3

A WIP of unrelated Zaundads writing for another fic im working on. I actually submitted the larger potion of this for the @/vancozine application to become a potential writer for the zine! so fingers crossed!

Last but not least, hello FHR community! My friends @b33tlejules and @localcryptic have been reccommending i try FHR for at least a year, and I finally caved a few months ago. My second step has consumed my brain. I have finished both games a few times, and this is a WIP of my second sidestep Scotty with his little birdie! Scotty was made purely bc I was curious about Harold's romance path when i saw "he's hot" as an option in my first ever run. I'll be posting more about my sidesteps once i finish their refs for artfight! (Poses traced from @/mellon-soup, ty mellon soup we cheer in unison)

I'm tagging @tuffgho-st, post a wip or I will in fact drop a rock on you (/j you can do whatever you want forever)

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kirislovelygf · 2 years ago

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tsireya x fem!sully!reader pls pls pls?? 🥹🥹 y/n is lo’ak’s twin and she likes tsireya a lot but she thinks tsireya likes lo’ak so she starts skipping lessons to avoid her, only to find out she was wrong the whole time because one day after training lo’ak storms into the marui pod all mad and when y/n asks what’s wrong he’s like “i told tsireya i like her but she turned me down because she likes you” but y/n just doesn’t believe him until the next day tsireya comes up to her and asks to talk in private and you can make it up from there!! 🤍🤍

sunsetz (tsireya x omaticayan fem! reader)

contents: confessions, crushing, hugs, lumity reference at the end, lo’ak and y/n are twins, good ole wlw happiness.

wrd count: 1.8k

a/n: ty to whoever submitted this prompt and i’m so so so sorry it took so long!! i feel so bad! i hope this makes up for it. enjoy! :)

when y/n’s family arrived here in awa’atlu, it took her a while to adjust. but she eventually became happy here.

after the war, and neteyam’s recovery, she was already growing closer with the reef kids.

especially tsireya. y/n had fallen hard for her.

tsireya was kind, graceful, smart, generous, and beautiful. y/n could think of hundreds of terms to describe her.

everyone knew about her painfully obvious crush except for her twin lo’ak and tsireya.

only because they were too focused on each other.

to tsireya, she thinks she found a new best friend.

to lo’ak? a crush as big as y/n’s.

the only thing that was stopping y/n from asking her out was because of her twin.

she thought they were obsessed with each other from looking at how much time they spend together when they’re in a group.

she had mistook tsireya’s friendship with lo’ak as a crush and was afraid that if she tried anything, she’d humiliate herself.

or ruin the friendship with tsireya and then her relationship with her best friend from birth.

for the past couple weeks, the kids have been taking underwater hunting lessons with tsireya, au’nung, and rotxo, but y/n’s been skipping them.

her crush was stronger than ever and she couldn’t go through another lesson where lo’ak was flirting with the girl she loved.

today was the third lesson she skipped.

she was sitting on the edge of her family’s marui while looking down at the water, one knee propped up to hold her head.

neytiri was behind her organizing her things, or sharpening a knife, something that y/n couldn’t really care less about.

“why aren’t you out there?” neytiri asks her.

“you should be learning how to hunt.”

“i have a headache. i don’t feel like swimming right now.” y/n responded in a low tone.

“hmph. next week, i better see you out there with everyone else.” neytiri said.

“yes, mama.” y/n muttered. neytiri sighs looking at her daughter's sad demeanor and decides to leave her alone.

“uhm.. i need to gather some fruits for later. i’ll be back before eclipse. your father should be back soon, so you won't be alone for long.” she said as she stood up.

“okay, mama. see you later.” y/n mutters. she turns slightly to smile at her but quickly looks back at the water.

neytiri watched her for a moment before grabbing her basket and leaving the marui.

a little while later, jake comes back from a meeting with tonowari and they sit together, organizing some of his tools.

“whoa, can i have this one?” she asked her father while holding up a knife that was made from sea glass.

“what’s wrong with the one you have?” he asks.

“nothing, i just want this one.” she shrugs. he chuckles and nods, “fine, keep it.”

she smiles and gets up to put it away in her corner of the marui.

“hey, dad. where’s y/n?” lo’ak said from the other side of the marui.

“uh, she’s in her room.” jake answered.

y/n gets up and watches as lo’ak storms into her corner, throwing the divider that acted as a door aside.

“hey! what’s your problem? i coulda been naked.” she grumbled.

“but you’re not. sit down, we gotta talk.” he said quickly.

she rolls her eyes but they both sit down together.

“what?” she asks.

“why have you been avoiding tsireya?” he asks.

her mouth suddenly went dry. could he know? he must be mad with how he entered her room. “uh..”

he rolls his eyes. “just tell me. i probably already know the answer.”

“i.. wh- uh, why do you think i’ve been avoiding her?” she asks hesitantly.

“because you like her. no, not even. you love her.” he said bluntly.

“bro, what the hell are you talking about? you don’t know that.”

neteyam was walking past the room and heard her ask when he said, “how could anyone NOT know that?”

“go away, ‘teyam!”

“bro, go away!” the twins yelled. they rolled their eyes at neteyam’s snickering and didn’t continue until they heard his footsteps walk away from the room.

“look, i went to tsireya earlier because i had a crush on her too. i decided i was gonna tell her today, so i did.” he admitted.

y/n’s expression softened with sadness. “oh..”

“but she told me she didn’t like me. because she’s already in love with you.”

“what? no, she isn’t-“

“come on, would i lie to you? i’m serious, she’s crazy about you.” he said in an irritated tone.

“okay.. and you’re mad at me cause she likes me and not you?” she asked him hesitantly.

he scoffed. “no! dude, i’m mad because you’ve been a bitch about it and you haven’t spoken to her in weeks! she thinks you hate her.”

“i haven’t been mean to her-“

“no, dummy. bitch like wimpy, scaredy cat, a pussy. but you’ve been mean to her too, so that applies too.” he nodded. y/n glared at her brother before he continued.

“i tried my best to convince her you don’t hate her but she still thinks you and her have a zero chance of happening. so you have to let her know you’re obsessed with her.” he poked her knee and she swatted his hand.

“i’m not obsessed with her, lo’ak. i swear, if you told her i am-“

he chuckled. “i didn’t. i didn’t even know you liked her until today. i was too focused on tsireya to notice.” he shrugs.

y/n sighs and her hands drag down her face with she groaned in frustration.

“look, i know we fight a lot and stuff. but you’re my best friend.” lo’ak started softly.

y/n looks up at him. lo’ak looks down at his hands, fidgeting with his fingers and not making eye contact.

“i care about you. i guess if tsireya doesn’t wanna be with me, i’d rather her be happy with you. cause i know you’ll treat each other right.” he continued, slightly stumbling over a few words.

y/n looks up at her brother and smiled. “thanks, lo’ak.” she holds his hands that were folded together. he unfolds them and holds hers in his one hand.

y/n sighs. “okay. i’ll tell her..”

“yes! good.”

“tomorrow.”

“no! go, now! like, now, now! come on.” he grabs her wrist and picks her up from the floor but y/n stops him.

“no, lo’ak!”

he looks back at her. “what? if you ignore her any longer, she’s gonna lose interest.”

“it’s almost eclipse, anyways. dad’s not gonna let us out.” she told him, literally reaching for any excuse.

it was just a coincidence that the eclipse was in a couple minutes.

“oh.” he mumbled. “yeah, that’s a problem.” they stand by the entrance of the room and figure out what to do.

“okay. tomorrow, we will find some flowers, make a bouquet, you’ll go to her dad-“

“her dad?! why would i go to him? he’s gonna stab me with his big-ass spear!” y/n said.

“not if you’re nice. and then you’ll be all like ‘i’d like to take your daughter out on a date.’ and he’ll be like ‘oh my god, you’re so sweet, of course.’ and then ronal-“

“hell. no. ronal will literally make sure i never see my family again.” she says, shaking her head.

“don’t be dramatic.” lo’ak laughs and suddenly, they hear voices in the main room of the marui.

y/n and lo’ak quickly shut up to hear who it was.

“i was wondering if i could talk to y/n for a moment. it’s important.”

y/n and lo’ak look at each other with wide eyes and started whispering to each other.

“what the hell do i do?”

“go out there!”

“no, i look like a mess! you go and ask what she wants and then-”

“oh my- just go!” he shoved y/n out of her own room and her heart was beating what felt like a million times per minute.

“y/n. your friend, tsireya’s here to see you.” jake called out.

“coming!” she responded, her voice cracking.

she could hear lo’ak’s quiet laugh from her room and rolled her eyes.

she meets up with tsireya and they agree to take a walk. jake asked her to be back not too late since eclipse was soon.

the girls walked away from the village, down the beach, just talking about bland topics, avoiding the topic they actually needed to be discussing.

“uhm.. so i wanted to ask you something.” tsireya said. she stood to face y/n.

“okay.” y/n says worriedly.

“so.. i was speaking to lo’ak earlier and i was asking him about you.”

“okay..”

“i can’t help but think you don’t like me. or you hate me. i haven’t seen you in weeks and every time i try to look for you, you’re busy with something else.”

y/n suddenly realized how shitty that was of her and felt a wave of embarrassment.

her hands covered her face as she chuckled lightly. “oh, god- i’m sorry. i’m so sorry, no wonder you think i hate you.”

tsireya gently takes her hands away from her face with a soft smile. “so, you don’t hate me?”

“no, of course not. i could never hate you. you’re so amazing and nice and pretty. i mean, i’ve liked you since we got here and you showed me around the village and you were just super nice.”

“you think i’m pretty?” tsireya interrupted. hints of pink flooded her cheeks.

“uh.. yeah.” y/n said quietly.

tsireya blushed even harder and looked down.

“i really thought you despised me and the whole time you just..” she laughs out softly.

“i’m really sorry, tsireya. i actually really like you. you’re the kindest and more generous and considerate girl i’ve ever met and uh..”

tsireya watches y/n’s expression, waiting to hear her ask the question she’s been waiting for ever since y/n arrived.

“i uhm.. will-“

“will you go out with me?” tsireya interrupted.

she quickly slapped her hand over her mouth as she watched y/n’s face. she was ready to ask tsireya already.

y/n sighs out before tsireya laughs out.

“i’m sorry!”

“i was so ready to say it! ugh, tsireya…”

“i’m sorry! i’m sorry, i’ll let you say it..” tsireya smiled.

y/n chuckled lightly. “tsireya.. will you go out with me?”

tsireya squeals in excitement before hugging y/n, throwing her arms around her neck.

y/n laughs out and spins her around, holding her tight in her arms.

she puts her down, her hands still on tsireya’s waist. tsireya had her hands on the back of y/n’s neck and they were inches apart from each other.

they would have kissed and had a nice, happy, sapphic ending, but the author is single and sad and will not be made jealous of by two fictional characters.

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desceros · 2 years ago

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You & GB are RUINING me with your blurple villain Leo au How dare you sirs?! You've turned me absolutely feral a slobbering bitey mess /pos

Unfortunately for you activating my hyperfixation also means activating my obsessive brain spinning... Questions be upon ye!!!

Did Lamb-chan grow up with Donnie? How did she first meet villain!Leo? What did she do/say that flipped Leo from "you're a pretty dumb innocent little lamb huh" to "you're *mine* I am keeping you forever"? How did Donnie react the first time Lamb-chan came home smelling like Leo? Is that what snapped his control, the moment his instincts drove him to finally (thoroughly) demonstrate just how well he can take care of her? How did Leo react the next time he saw Lamb-chan & she smelled like Donnie?

I humbly submit these questions in the hopes that you may see fit to give me any crumbs nay even specks of delicious brain food that can be spared 🙏 pls & ty 🙏🙏

[after i gush for twenty minutes about how this is all their fault for enabling me] oh man i love questions

EDIT THIS GOT SO LONG. OH MY GOD. IM PUTTING IT UNDER A CUT also hi @gbao3 <3 please add your thoughts to this as well

so it aaaaaaall started with this post, with leo being the wolf and donnie being the sheep dog.

as such, you're childhood friends with donnie, since sheep dogs grow up with their sheep. i imagine he's basically always been a little in love with you, but it hasn't always been... ah... healthy? like. when he was young it was that kind of 'when we grow up let's get married bc we're best friends' love. and then as a teenager it became kind of an obsession. doesn't the world know how important you are to him? can't you see how dangerous it can be without him to protect you?

it's during this stage that he's maybe a bit self-destructive with it, literally at one point putting himself between you and another mutant, ending up with him having the scars on his shell. he mellows out a little as he grows older, to the point where now it's just a fact of his life that he's in love with you and there won't ever be anyone else; it's less of a fire inside of him and more just. yeah. duh? of course i love them and would die for them? zzzzz next question. but he's still very much the kind of person who asks you your itinerary down to the fifteen minute mark when you leave so he can make sure to know exactly when you'll be home.

i suspect that as lamb-chan, as much as you also love donnie, that can get a little, uh. overbearing. to say the least. i think that you have a habit of slipping out from time to time (since you live at the lair where donnie is always always always watching), just to breathe, to get away from it a little. the world looks a little different without donatello at your side, after all, and you're a little curious. so maybe you wander a little too far, sometimes.

and leo. god. leo is a breath of something that feels like air, but you're not sure what it is.

i don't have the exact first meeting pinned down in my head, but i do have this mental image of him sitting on a fire escape, one knee bent up to his chest and the other hanging down the side, a toothy grin on his face as he mockingly asks what a soft little thing like you is doing on this side of town. and you see him and you're just like, oh. he. he looks a lot like donnie. so you're a lot less scared than you probably should be, and that—that fascinates him. what kind of world do you live in where he's all but a perfect picture of the underbelly of the world, and you smile at him?

what would it take for you to look at him like everyone else does?

so he invites you to come back again. and you, well, you're just like. wow!! friend shaped!! so you do. but this time leo's not on the fire escape. he's on the ground, and he circles you a bit like a predator would. he's looking for you to be uncomfortable; to be afraid. but he made one small mistake; the shape of his smirk, now that he's close, is eerily familiar. it looks so much like donnie's, you could swear the two were twins. and it makes it so, so hard to be anything other than curious. mikey and raph don't look so similar to donnie, after all. why does leo?

so it continues like that until one day, leo says something and you laugh. and that—that hits him like a bludgeon to the chest. it's not like any laugh he's ever had directed at him before. and when you open your eyes, wiping away the amused tears, your gaze is so fucking soft. in that moment, leo realizes that he's hungry. and you—you look like you'd taste so. good.

meanwhile donnie is like. no really. where the fuck are you going. and one day he follows you and who the fuck is this guy with his arms around you. (but i think i'm going to leave that one for another day bc i have a nice one-shot in my drafts folder about how that'd play out)

#ask tag #blurple villain au #pspspspsps gb come and talk blurples with me #yes yes i know i should be working on symphony I COULDNT RESIST. I GOT AN ASK ABOUT THE BRAIN WORM AU

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btvs3x21 · 2 years ago

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said this in the server but my god the way that azula's relationship with femininity is so fucking insanely complex without the writers ever having CONSIDERED what they were implying abt it. or gender commentary at all frankly.

ursa's initial rejection of her in her childhood is ultimately a product of azula's failure at femininity. yes she's imitating her father's opinions yes she plays dangerous games with her friends and brother, but the latter is clearly the norm in the fire nation (remember the game those fire nation kids mention in book 3 where they like try to blow each other up or something to that effect? while that is played for laughs while azula's behavior is played for drama, it's CLEARLY representative of a social norm in their culture) while the former predates the rejection. ursa already has a strained relationship with azula before azula is shown to regurgitate her father's dark opinions as simple truths. so what it falls down to then is that azula is failing at kindness and nurturing and empathy, all of which are traits that are associated with femininity. it's fair to be put off by your child lacking the social awareness to not say something callous about death, sure, but ursa is shown to completely reject these traits in azula which azula perceives as a rejection of self. frankly, we don't have enough reliable information about azula and ursa's relationship to know how right azula was to perceive it that way, but nonetheless she did, and so her resentment of her mother is tied to her resentment of her own failings at womanhood.

however, azula is rewarded for her and encouraged in her masculinity. ozai likes her violence, her apathy, her ruthlessness. she is called prodigy for her capacity for violence through firebending. her strategic mind is nourished for the sake of military conquest. all of this is allowed because even before she becomes second in line for the throne, she's a highborn lady in an imperialist country that runs on government sanctioned violence. so azula is allowed to excel in masculinity on the grounds that she is a potential heir, and ozai projects onto her under the guise of them both being the secondborn sibling he believes deserve to usurp their firstborn brother, failing to account for both the confines of her assigned sex and the fact that she is like iroh in terms of prodigy while he is like zuko in terms of lack of paternal favor.

but azula doesn't reject femininity. after her mother disappears, she starts to wear makeup constantly. to the extent that she's only seen without it when she's going to bed. during "the beach," she attempts to mimic ty lee's femininity to obtain male validation and attention (and my thoughts on THAT in regards to her gender and sexuality are plentiful of course), dumbing herself down and making herself smaller in her attempt, even if she fails to commit to it after she gets instant gratification. although it might not seem like it, she also submits to men. her will is her father's. her mission is whatever will please him. on its own, that's understandable; he is her father and her fire lord, of course she would submit to him as her superior. but she submits to zuko in a strange way as well. not only does she go out of her way to bring him home and restore his honor and consequently defer to him as heir in her place, it seems that she was never actually the crown princess, even while he was banished. why do i say that? well, when she brings zuko back home, he's announced to their people as "crown prince zuko." of course zuko could have simply been restored in the line of succession, but given that people continue to address him as "prince zuko" in his exile and the time constraint of his return to the fire nation and lack of any known royal decree that his place has been restored, i would garner a guess that azula, for whatever reason, was never actually promoted to crown princess in his absence.

all of this and the most bryke did for worldbuilding re the fire nation and gender politics was weirdly imply they were more progressive than the water tribes because they let women fight sometimes even though the ONLY fire nation women we see fighting in any military capacity are azula, mai, and ty lee. imagine if they'd ever actually explored gender in any meaningful way... actually don't. it probably wouldn't be very good since all their best work seems to be mostly accidental.

#atla #azula

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sexiestpodcastcharacter · 4 months ago

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Who is the Sexiest Fictional Podcast Character? 2024 Edition.

Round 2 saw the introduction of the unscripted characters, as well as first true departures of sixteen scripted characters. Sixteen more scripted characters left the running in Round 2.5. With 15,474 votes across 48 polls in Round 2 and 2,359 votes over 16 polls in Round 2.5, we had some surprises! Lup, Moonshine Cybin, Indrid Cold, and Jonas Spahr all lost their very first polls, despite Lup making it to the quarter finals and Moonshine Cybin making it to the semi-finals last year (both lost to Non-Night Vale Champion Glenn Close), Jonas Spahr and Moonshine Cybin both being submitted twice, and Indrid Cold beating a number of characters in the preliminaries. Meanwhile Kayne, who had the most submissions this year at 8, lost two polls in a row and is now out of the tournament for good. Additionally, a number of contests were decided by single-digit numbers of votes.

Round 3 will be delayed slightly as I undertake a 4000 mile roadtrip to visit friends, family, and of course beloved Tumblr mutuals. Rest assured I will not forget about this tournament. In the meantime, vote on my sandwich polls. If you're wondering why I posted them to the podcast tournament blog rather than my personal one, pokémonbattletournament did it first.

Edit April 17th: All polls are now live!

2024 Round 1. 2024 Round 2. 2024 Round 2.5.

Round 3:

Scripted Undefeated Bracket:

Madge Stallion (Fawx & Stallion) vs Sister Carpenter (The Silt Verses)

Jonathan Harker (Re: Dracula) vs Mari Datuin (Hi Nay)

Antigone Funn (Wooden Overcoats) vs Rowan Chow (Camp Here & There)

Juno Steel (The Penumbra Podcast: Juno Steel) vs Lucifer Kane (Kane & Feels)

Alice Dyer (The Magnus Protocol) vs Renée Minkowski (Wolf 359)

Gwendolyn Bouchard (The Magnus Protocol) vs Mabel Martin (Mabel)

John Doe (Malevolent) vs Sydney Sargent (Camp Here & There)

Buddy Aurinko (The Penumbra Podcast: Juno Steel) vs Helen Distortion (The Magnus Archives)

Scripted Redemption Bracket:

SPEAKER (SAYER) vs Doug Eiffel (Wolf 359)

Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives) vs Eisen Iyer (The Kingmaker Histories)

Michael Walters (WOE.BEGONE) vs Lord Arum (The Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel)

Yaretzi (Hello from the Hallowoods) vs Fayth Alden (Zero Hours)

Mariana Ametxazurra (Sherlock & Co.) vs Paige Duplass (The Silt Verses)

Ty Betteridge (WOE.BEGONE) vs Malachi Tessera (ROGUEMAKER)

Bryony Halbech (Red Valley) vs John Peters (Welcome to Night Vale)

Ariadne Culver (The Kingmaker Histories) vs Polly (Hello from the Hallowoods)

Unscripted Undefeated Bracket:

Kravitz (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Virtue Mondegreen (Friends at the Table: Sangfielle)

Trish Una (Riley Hopkins And Their Amazing Friends: Interstitial Infinity) vs Doctor Mann (Dungeons & Daddies: The Peachyville Horror)

Sol Bufo (Not Another D&D Podcast: Ba2mia) vs Phrygian (Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN and PALISADE)

Spanks Sinatra (Tidal Wave Games Podcast: SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY...) vs Azu (Rusty Quill Gaming)

Amber Gris (The Adventure Zone: Ethersea) vs Pickman (Friends at the Table: Sangfielle)

Lark (Midst) vs Darryl Wilson (Dungeons & Daddies: Seasons 1–2)

Husky (Hope's Hearth) vs Usidore[...] (Hello from the Magic Tavern)

Sammy Sinclair (Tidal Wave Games Podcast: SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY...) vs Corazón de Ballena (The Oxventurers Guild D&D)

Unscripted Redemption Bracket:

Dogleash (Resting Glitch Face) vs Orimar Vale (Campaign: Skyjacks)

Indrid Cold (The Adventure Zone: Amnesty) vs Lilith Cappellanaga (Oxventure: Blades in the Dark)

Onuris (Find the Path: The Mummy's Mask) vs Kian Stone (Just Roll With It: Blood in the Bayou)

Jonas Spahr (Midst) vs Prudence (The Oxventurers Guild D&D)

Muldan Foxskull (Skyjacks: Courier's Call) vs Chunt (Hello from the Magic Tavern)

Kian (Spare the Crying) vs Zillah Bruseau (Oxventure: Blades in the Dark)

Moonshine Cybin (Not Another D&D Podcast: Bahumia) vs Emizel (Just Roll With It: The Suckening)

Lup (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Tony Collette (Dungeons & Daddies: The Peachyville Horror)

#2024 Bracket #2024 Round 3 #Podcasts #Tumblr Bracket #Not A Poll #Mod Update

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cookiesdippedinanime · 8 months ago

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🍭The Halloween costume sale 🎃

For a better reading experience (and because I unintentionally wrote it in a weird way) please pay attention to the emojis on the end of some dialogue. Ichigo🥕 Orihime🍞 Uryu👓 Chad🥊 And I'm sure you can figure out the others. Enjoy for real this time🥧

"Ouch."🥕

"Hold still or you're going to get pricked."👓

Right now, Karakura's most special friend group are at Uryu's place, doing him a favor. Said favor? Being his living MANNEQUINS for his Halloween outfits. A couple of weeks ago Uryu had fixed up a doll for Michina along with gifting 3 other outfits for it. She was, of course, happy, but made the mistake of asking him if he was going to Muzuiro's Halloween party.

He went on a rant saying no costume fits his "aesthetic" properly and he most likely won't have time to go anyway. But, then she plopped down another option. Make costumes. He'll be able to sew his own and get a little money for helping any other last minute trick or treaters. Uryu said he'll think about it, but not long after, he phoned his friends (Chad and Orihime. He'll be damned before he admits he and Ichigo are close) to get measurements of different classmates and clear anything they had to do on Saturday.

🎃

"Why'd I even agree to this crud?"

Ichigo grumbled as a batwing headband was placed on his head. Well, he knew why, but is seriously regretting it. Does he admit getting together outside of school to not leave for a world ending issue is fun? Yes, guilty as charged. But, posing for the world's pickiest "seamstress" is not. Maybe it's because Ichigo didn't hold the bus for Uryu last Tuesday, but he's being forced to model a dress. (Something like a dress)

"Ah, no talking. You move when you do."👓

Uryu snapped, tying a ribbon around the strawberry's waist. Ichigo's outfit is supposed be a "bat cutie" (the idea submitted by Tatsuki) And though it's obviously for girls, he's making men sizes too. Ichigo grumbled something about destroying Uryu's Jack-o-lanterns under his breath, while Chad spoke up.

"Uryu, do I have to wear the glasses the whole time? They're hurting my eyes."

The Quincy shook his head and propped up his own glasses.

"They're only for decoration, Chad. Feel free to remove them anytime."

He replied, casually. He didn't really have anything to say to the other two members of the friend group. (Besides twirl around) Orihime squirmed a bit, saying Uryu was tickling her, but otherwise they were perfectly still. And were allowed a break. Ichigo wasn't going to say it outloud, but he was dying for one of those pumpkin cream things Orihime was eating.

"Hey, Uryu."🍞

She said, grabbing her 3rd pumpkin thing. He grunted in acknowledgement.

"Are you done for today or can I submit another costume idea?"🍞

The boys flinched. None of them had the heart to tell her that MOST of her ideas most likely won't sell. The monkey astronaut did sound good for kids, but the dog samurai and bread girl not so much. Plus, the Quincy believes he was made for much more sophisticated projects than that. But, he'd sooner shoot his own heart out before he told Orihime that. So instead, he lies.

"Unfortunately, we're done for the day."👓

"Hallelujah."🥕

Ichigo muttered. Uryu's glasses whitened and he "accidentally" pulled the ribbon into a tight bow earning a strained 'ouch' from the carrot top.

"Aw, well that's too bad. I had real a good one this time."🍞

Orihime said with her usual bright smile. She was a pumpkin. (It was made in all sizes, meaning she didn't have to keep wearing it.)

"I know, I'll see to it next year-"👓

"Orihime! Please don't eat in your costume!"👓

"Huh, why?"🍞

As Uryu scrambled to brush crumbs off of the 'princess's costume, Ichigo ceased the chance to finally get off the prop stand. He tore off the ribbon and stretched. He looked at the clock.

"Damn. Have we really been here for 3 hours?"🥕

Chad nodded. And while cutting a piece of a pumpkin bundt. Which got Ichigo curious. Why the hell was this pumpkin spread here anyway? He was pretty sure his 'partner in crime' doesn't bake. Definitely not Uryu and Orihime could've brought the bread, due to her new job, but that still doesn't explain everything else. He plucked a cupcake off the table and inspected it.

"Hey Uryu."🥕

"What?"

Used to the snippy responses, the substitute soul reaper continued.

"Where'd you get all this stuff from anyway? I'm sure most of this is for Orihime, but I didn't take you for a holiday guy."

Uryu turned away from the now upset gingerette and pushed up his glasses.

"I'm not. Michina and the rest of the girls visited me earlier and dropped off various desserts."👓

"Even Tatsuki?"🥕

"Even Tatsuki."👓

Uryu fought the urge to roll his eyes. Honestly, how is Ichigo still oblivious about how girly Tatsuki is? She may do martial arts, but she still likes to be feminine. Has he even ever seen her signature?

"Anyway, I didn't expect so many handouts. But, I'm not complaining."👓

The Quincy replied snagging a cookie himself. It's about time he took a break. (It took him 30 minutes find the right shade of black fabric for Chad's jacket earlier) Ichigo chuckled in his throat.

"Looks like you left a serious impression on Michina."

"Who knows, maybe she has a crush on you?"

Uryu blushed and the lens of his glasses turned white again.

"Stow that nonsense immediately!"

🎃

"Alright everyone,"👓

The wearer of specs said, standing before his friends.

"I appreciate your help up until now, but now it's almost time to open the door."

He grabbed his clipboard and pushed his glasses back.

"Orihime's content with posing as a pumpkin, Ichigo isn't content with being the bat cutie and Chad is a teacher."👓

As he muttered and wrote down stuff, Orihime hiccuped. Which immediately grabbed Ichigo's attention. In a positive and kinda concerned way.

"Is something wrong?"

He whispered, holding up his winged sleeve to subtlety hide their conversation. 'Hime shook her head.

"I'm a-okay. I just had one too many cookie sandwiches is all. So, don't worry."

She whispered back. That's...mildly concerning, but as long as she's not doubling over in pain, he's fine. Ichigo just smiled and adjusted her pumpkin beret.

"Alright. But if you get a stomach ache, hop down from the podium, okay?"🥕

She gave him an adorable 'okay' and the orange duo went back to somewhat listening to the Quincy's checking everything. After some more last minute "adjustments" (putting makeup on Orihime AND Ichigo, plus lenseless glasses for Chad.) Everyone stood on their podiums and Uryu went to the door. Surprisingly, a lot of people were lined up. From Grandparents to teens holding younger siblings. Ichigo immediately felt self conscious of his costume, but at least no one from school is here.

"Looking good, Ichigo."🥋

Tatsuki snickered. MOST of his class is here. Orihime's friend group came first and are still looking 'magic girl' costumes. Some randos came and laughed at him before checking out some bow props. His neighbor's kid did and said he looked pretty. And let's not forget, the 'orangette' told Rukia about it too. (Luckily, she and Renji aren't here yet)

Noticing his ashamed silence, Tatsuki tilted her head.

"Don't tell me you're embarrassed. This isn't the first time you crossdressed."

"Doesn't mean I like it."🥕

Ichigo grumbled, hiding behind his wings. He squeaked (like a girl) when he was suddenly slapped on the back by a small hand.

"Don't worry, Ichigo. You look great."🍞

Of course, it was Orihime with her endless enthusiasm. She beamed.

"Not only is your dress and tights very festive, but the ribbon shows you have a very nice waist."

Ichigo instantly turned red. It took a moment, but so did Orihime. Before she could nervously laugh off what she just said, her best friend cut back in.

"Any plans after this you two?"

"I know you're not doing anything,"

Tatsuki said shooting a playful look at Orihime.

"But, what about you Ichigo? Any new plans?"

The male ginger shook his head. (He's slowly coming down from earlier's compliment bomb) Besides carving Jack-o-lanterns with Karin and baking with Yuzu. And putting fake blood on the clinic sign with his old man, nothing. Tatsuki just chuckled.

"How about this?"

"You guys just hang out somewhere like you always do. But, maybe at a graveyard this time."

That...was actually a pretty good suggestion. Uryu would have to ice his hands at home after all this. Chad was just going to call his Abuela. Orihime was gonna watch a scary by herself (unfortunately like every other year) and Ichigo could get his crap done in 2 hours. Maybe they should just hang out?

"Well, I gotta go try this on."🥋

Their friend said, holding up a rather showy cheerleading costume. The fem carrot top waved, while the male one cringed. He knows about Tatsuki's pursuit to get a boyfriend before they graduate, but damn does it make his stomach turn every time he catches an attempt. Reminds him of the time Yuzu tried to wear a short skirt for a guy she liked in her class. So gross. His nausea was cut off when he heard another unfortunately familiar voice.

"Is that Ichigo Kurosaki? In a DRESS?"🦲

Ichigo groaned. Ikkaku. And the rest of the idiots he comes along with! Rangiku immediately went to squeeze Orihime.

"Hey Rangik-ugh!"

"Aww, Orihime. It's been too long~"🍒

The strawberry unintentionally blushed at the sight of two pretty girls hugging. (So, he thinks the lieutenant is sexy, who doesn't?) He was a bit concerned about the tightness of the hug, but his girl-er Orihime is pretty durable. He instantly frowned when he heard the 3rd seat clear his throat. He turned.

"It's not a dress, jerks. It's a...long shirt."🥕

Yumichika scoffed right back and put his hands on his hips.

"And I'm ugly. Although, I respect whatever crossdressing thing you're going through. I could never."

"It's not a dress, damnit!"🥕

Steamed practically poured out of Ichigo's ears and he flushed. He crossed his arms with a huff.

"What the hell are you guys even doing here anyway? I'm pretty sure the Soul society doesn't have Halloween."

Ikkaku snickered and grabbed a (luckily fake) sword prop.

"Cause, Renji told us if you dress up in the world of the living, you get free food."

They do know that's only for night day, right? And it's candy.

Ichigo and Chad thought, simultaneously. The sub soul reaper just sighed.

"Whatever, just steer clear of me while you guys shop."

🎃

"Hanh~? This cost how much?"🍒

"Twenty five dollars, Rangiku."👓

Ichigo couldn't stop snickering into his cup. (He's on break) When the "shop" first opened, Uryu was too happy to answer any questions about his design and give an unwanted tale of where he got his inspiration. But, now he's getting worked. Constantly telling people not to pull off the tags before purchases, not to go into any other room in the apartment that's not the bathroom and the prices do NOT change. And now Rangiku's hassling him over the price of a yellow ball gown.

It shouldn't be funny, but after all the sass he dished out earlier, Ichigo's trying not to burst out laughing. Chad (suddenly) appeared and sat down next to him. Surprisingly, he looked exhausted.

"Uh, you alright there Chad?"🥕

Ichigo asked, sweating slightly. He didn't answer and moved his shaggy hair to the side. Revealing a bunch of glossy KISS marks on his cheek. What the- Did he have a secret girlfriend none of them knew about!? (Actually his Abuela came by)

"What the fu-"🥕

"Ichigo?"🍛

Shit..! It's his sisters. They didn't come with his old man, did they!? Luckily, he was nowhere in sight. Yuzu opened her mouth to speak, but Ichigo already knew her question.

"Yes, it's a dress."🥕

Yuzu's shocked blink wasn't surprising, but Karin's awe was. He expected her to be grossed out or disappointed, but she wasn't. She turned to Uryu. (Who was busy pulling a child and Orihime away from the candy bowl)

"Hey, specs."⚽️

He sighed and grabbed his glasses. They nearly fell off this time.

"For the last time, Ichigo's second younger sister. Call me 'Ishida'."

Karin scoffed, resembling her brother perfectly.

"Whatever. Does Ichigo's costume come in kid sizes?"

Uryu nodded and led her to the girl's corner, while Yuzu still remained in front of her brother with a smile. Ichigo returned a lopsided one and chuckled.

"Something wrong?"

She chuckled and smiled.

"It's just funny."

"Ever since I could remember, you always been closed off and grumpy. But, now you have friends. Odd ones, but they fit you. It's nice."

Huh. The Kurosakis' looked over at his friends. Chad was blocking two girls from fighting over an European dress. Uryu was showing Karin other costumes she'd be interested in. And Orihime was just being her usual sweet self and was complimenting a little boy on his new costume. (He got the...space monkey thing) Yuzu was right. It really was nice. Before the whole 'Rukia thing', he was pretty jaded. But, now look at him. Crossdressing and modeling. He chuckled and set his hand on his sister's head.

"Yeah. It is."

Wait a minute- He pinched Yuzu's cheek.

"What do you mean they 'fit' me?"

🎃

The three 'models' laid on the couch, completely exhausted. Their costumes were now shed and on actual mannequins. Leaving them in white tanks and tights. (They looked like ballet trainees) They're a few stragglers left, but there mostly just getting rung up. The day was finally over. Orihime sipped her cider and sighed.

"What a day."🍞

She set her cup down on the coffee table. (Unintentionally, missing the coaster) She stretched and scratched her hair. Ichigo held in a laugh. She hangs out with them too much. His scruffy little quotes and mannerisms are starting to rub off on her. The carrot top himself yawned.

"I'm gonna sleep like a rock tonight."🥕

"How about you, Chad-?"🥕

Both of the strawberries paused when they looked over at the 'tank' of the team. He was fast asleep.

"Damn."🥕

Ichigo said, both impressed and shocked. This was probably the first time he ever saw Chad asleep. Sure, if he didn't stand up straight all time, he'd assume that. But, turns he snores slightly when he's sleep. Weird. Uryu staggered over, once again, pushing his glasses up. (Although this time, it's probably to look somewhat put together) He raised up a light blue envelope.

"We made 1,789 dollars today."👓

"Not bad."👓

Not bad!?

Ichigo, Chad and Orihime thought. That's a pretty big sum of money. Especially for one day. But, for all they know, he could've expected MORE profit today. Ichigo was about to say something snarky as usual when bills were held in front of his face. He blinked.

"What's this?"🥕

Uryu rolled his eyes.

"Obviously, I'm paying you."

"You all did me a service, so it's only natural."

The soul reaper accepted the cash in shock. As did the 'princess'. They know Uryu well enough to know he's "nice" in his own way, but money? It was just modeling for a few weeks and today. But, if he was that grateful, it'd be rude not to accept. Orihime smiled.

"Thanks, Uryu. Glad we could help"🍞

The Quincy blushed, but quickly turned away. He waved off her thanks with his usual preppiness and she just snickered. Ichigo, on the other hand, was a tad peeved about the color he caught on his friend's cheek, but shrugged it off. He understood. Uryu was smiled at by Orihime. Who wouldn't get a bit red? Ichigo stretched and relaxed into the couch.

"So, now what? We just help you clean up and head home?"🥕

He asked. Despite his tone, he was willing to stay around. Hell, they been here this long. Uryu pushed his glasses up. (For the umpteenth time today)

"No, but it would be appreciated-"👓

"Hold everything!"🐰

The friend group paused and the door suddenly burst open. Destroying Uryu's chain lock.

"What the hell!?"👓

He snapped, wondering who was crazy enough to destroy his property like this was a bad neighborhood. Orihime instantly put up a barrier. (After Chad got sought out in his own home, she's been putting them up instinctively) The figures emerged from the shadows, revealing...

Renji and Rukia. Looking exhausted. Did they run here or something? Rukia fixed her hair and cleared her throat.

"You're still open, right?"

Everyone groaned. (Expect Chad, but he was awake and frowning) The day was supposed to be done already. Uryu sighed and this time, took his glasses off. He ran his hand through his hair.

"Technically, yes."

He put his glasses back on and got back into 'business mode'.

"What can I intrest you two in-?"

"Actually."🥕

"We'll take care of this."

He paused and looked at the hand on his shoulder. Ichigo was stopping him? For what? He was gonna ask why, when he was pushed towards Orihime. She caught him with a laugh.

"We got this, Uryu."

She said, setting a gift wrapped rice crispy in his hands.

"Huh? But-"👓

Uryu tried to speak again, but Orihime gently pushed him back into Chad. Instead of bumping into his WALL of a friend's chest, he was wrapped in a blanket! Too distraught to complain (and 'cause the fabric was over his mouth) the Quincy was picked up like a baby and set down on the couch. Chad gave him a little smile and pulled the blanket over his friend's legs.

"Just relax."🥊

He said, before walking over to the gingers. Uryu was in shock. He knows they all cared about him, but this was his business. But...he has been on his feet all day. If anything, Ichigo should've pitched anything earlier, but he won't say anything. He'll just lean back and relax. And listen to the scene next to him.

"Alright Ichigo, look for anything from Bunny girls X."🐰

Rukia said, holding up a picture of an anime she's gotten hooked on recently. Renji chimed in too.

"And I want something from that one knight show too."🍍

"Why the hell are you guys asking me? Chad's here too, y'know."🥕

The duo scoffed and arguing began. Orihime tried to break things up, while Chad held back the carrot top. Uryu just chuckled to himself. It's embarrassing to say out loud, but he's glad they're his friends. Even Ichigo.

Sorry, this took me so long. But, I learned the lesson to stop putting myself on unnecessary time limits. I hope you enjoyed it🥧

#bleach #bleach fic #technically Ichihime #ichigo kurosaki #orihime inoue #uryu ishida #sado yasutora #chad #late post #halloween #halloween costumes #sillyposting #long post #finally #happy wednesday #bleach fluff

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jeweled-blue-eyes · 2 years ago

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Hiii!! I'd like to submit Harrymort for the ship bingo :3

I will answer with Tomarry. I'm surprisingly vanilla for a dead dove eater and don't ship Harry with snakefaced Voldemort.

I always get so jealous of villains who are soulbounded with their little heroes. They are divorced (how?). Well the universe married their souls to each other when they were born but Tom wasn't aware of it and immediately demands a divorce (murder attempt) once he has laid eyes on Harry. They have a hate/magnetic attraction at first sight thing going on where their friends are convinced they must have been toxic lovers in their previous life who killed each other in murder suicide and the universe is now punishing them by making them attend the same school as academic rivals.

Weirdly enough I don't want them to kill each other. A rarity if you take one look at my other favourite enemies to lovers ships. I don't need them to fuck. Don't misunderstand, I do enjoy fics where they fuck, but I'm far more interested in the ways their souls are cosmically entangled. What I like is psychosexual obsession that is never consumated except in fucked up metaphorical ways where Tom invents intricate rituals that allow him to be close to Harry and gets insanely jealous at anyone who threatens their magical pseudotwinshipsoulmaterism. Back off that's his other half! His life and death companion! Their bond goes deeper than blood and lasts longer than marriage and is even outliving death. Tom sacrificing his newborn daughter and forcing her meat down Harry's throat in a dark ritual to make them both immortal, and by that tying their souls even tighter together into a knot that can never be undone, is far more intimate and romantic than a kiss could ever be.

I'm veeery picky with my tomarry fics and read about that ship seldom, because I crave a hyperspecific flavor that most fics can't replicate. Though I read far more tomione than tomarry stories, I wouldn't be able to tell which ship I'd prefer. It's just that unlike Tomione, Tomarry is a drug that's so intense it takes me out for weeks and I need time to recover from the psychic damage I was dealt with.

#tomarry #ask game

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its-a-hil · 2 years ago

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ok. random question. literally from the random question generator at randomwordgenerator dot cahm: What's your go-to funny story now, but was horrendous at that moment?

(i think it gave me a question i already know but eh shoot)

hm.

alright i think this is actually more of the reverse than the forward direction, but sure

when i was in middle school, i was such a horrible procrastinator (note: i am still one of those) that i often wrote rough drafts of essays during lunch

(the one year in middle school i didnt do this was when i had english 1st period. tbh i wish my schedule had worked out like that all 3 years, but alas)

but i got so comfortable just throwing out words with a pencil that i kept doing it and now i almost never edit anything bc i need to write it all in one go or it's wrong

but final drafts still had to be typed & printed, so it was only my rough drafts that were like this

fast forward to high school, and rough drafts became less of a thing

my compulsion to procrastinate did not.

oh also relevant here is that i was emotionally incapable of asking for an extension or submitting online after class or anything

so.

senior year of high school. we had an essay to write on Twelfth Night, where we had to pick a word that was repeated a few times and discuss its effect on the story

i picked 'fancy' and used it to argue the absolute bullshit point that it meant the whole thing was a dream, because i had no other ideas and my brain refused to set aside time to do something more reasonable

except.

i did not begin writing until lunch of that day.

i did not have access to the computer lab i had planned to write the essay in.

i pleaded with a friend to lend me his laptop, on which i did the most frantic writing of my life. i dont remember if i ate any food during that lunch period.

(according to my diary i also said something shitty to that friend even as he was doing me a massive favor, which. god.)

looking at the document now (ty google drive), it seems that i didnt actually finish the essay, just wrote notes on the different uses of the word

im not sure if it was just a rough draft or notes kind of thing that was due, or if i lucked out and the essay was extended or something? unclear

but what is clear is that i wrote 440 words in just over an hour, and that's not counting the quotes i had to transcribe (which also made up over 400 words)

the following night i turned it into an actual 750ish word essay in also about an hour, bc. yeah. (i still didn't write an intro until i printed it out during study hall the next day lmao)

so anyway the essay was shit, the teacher was genuinely confused and pulled me aside after the class where she handed the essays back

note: she was also the theater teacher & that semester i was doing the play afterschool, and i think she knew i was better than what i handed in

in my defense i was fairly depressed that couple of months, partially due to an responsibility that i did not realize i could easily say no to. the only consequence that refusing that responsibility would have had is that i would have hated myself less and possibly liked engineering more

oh also looking at my diary apparently that was also the week that i taught precalc bc the teacher's partner was suddenly out for paternity leave and i had an essentially free period during the precalc class

so yeah that's probably the third most interesting week of my senior after the week that we had the play performances and the week i was out in the hospital when my lungs spontaneously collapsed

the funniest part of that story is that it took me another 3ish years to realize that i wanted to be a teacher, and another 2 years after that to act on that desire. lmao

anyway bc im sure you freaks want to see it, im putting the essay under the cut

Actual essay:

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s most fantastical plays. Even without the use of magic, the supposedly realistic events are completely improbable. There is evidence that the play was intended to be a fantasy, and throughout the play, the word “fancy” is used to suggest to the audience that the events of the play are little more than a fanciful construction of Orsino’s mind.

Orsino speaks four of the six instances of “fancy” or “fantasy.” Two of these instances come in his first monologue, right at the beginning of the play. He claims that “so full of shapes is fancy that it alone is high fantastical” (1.1.14-15). As Adams says, in this passage Orsino claims “that his own imagination is so fertile that it is supremely capricious and whimsical.” (Adams 58). It is odd that the play would start with this double mention of fancy, especially when the word is not mentioned again until the end of Act two. It is even stranger that the plot concludes with Orsino making Viola/Cesario his “fancy’s queen” (5.1.415). Although Feste finishes the play with his final song, this line is the last spoken by any other character, and is a natural conclusion to the play nonetheless. There must be a reason why the play both begins and ends with a word only used six times throughout. This is the most direct clue that the play does not merely describe events in Shakespeare’s mind, but instead describes events in Orsino’s mind.

More clues can be found by examining the other uses of fancy in the play. Sebastian remarks “Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep” after encountering a smitten, and unfamiliar Olivia (4.1.65). This line comes in one of the more fantastical scenes in the play, where Sebastian enters Illyria and is mistaken by everyone for Cesario. Sebastian can only conclude “this is a dream,” and calls upon fancy - imagination - to keep him from waking up. Sebastian addresses fancy as a powerful being, that has the ability to manipulate the world he sees. If the play does take place in Orsino’s imagination, fancy would have this power. Another thing to note about Sebastian’s mention of fancy is that it is in reference to Olivia. Her love for him, and reproach of the men who were dueling him, is the only reason he would want to continue living in this dream.

Olivia is a common subject of fancy, as used in its alternate definition of love. Malvolio, just before seeing Maria’s letter, thinks aloud that “should [Olivia] fancy, it should be one of my complexion” (2.5.24-25). Almost all references to fancy are directly related to Olivia. In fact, every major male character, except her uncle, is in love with Olivia. It is difficult for Orsino to conceive of a character who is not enamored when in the presence of the beautiful lady Olivia. To him, when Olivia enters, “heaven walks on earth” (5.1.99).

Regarding the rest of Malvolio’s scene, it is no less strange than Sebastian’s. The dour puritan begins with a statement of love for his lady, and then follows the insane directions of a letter that apparently describes her love for him, while the pranksters hide and watch in a nearby bush. Orsino’s mentions of “fancy” also take place in strange scenes. Without touching on the chaotic mess that is 5.1, 1.1 regards a Duke, who has been laid low grieving over his unrequited love for Olivia. She, in turn, decides not to admit any suitors until she has spent seven entire years mourning her dead brother. This scene feels almost surreal, setting the stage for the play that is to follow. Since almost every instance of the word fancy comes during a surreal scene, it can be inferred that the word is an indicator - a message to the audience that this play is a fantasy in the mind of Orsino.

There is one more use of “fancy,” however. During the argument between Orsino and Viola, Orsino speaks of men’s fancies as “more longing, wavering… than women’s are” (2.4.41-42). Twelfth Night is certainly long, spanning three months in Illyria, and the play constantly wavers from uplifting to demeaning, from reasonable to insane. The play as a whole fits so well with Orsino’s description of his “fancies” that one must wonder why that particular description was used. Interpreting Twelfth Night as a fancy conjured up by Orsino’s stricken mind makes a good deal more sense than attempting to reconcile the events with the real world.

Work Cited:Adams, B. (1978). Orsino and the Spirit of Love: Text, Syntax, and Sense In Twelfth Night, I. i. 1-15. Shakespeare Quarterly,29(1), 52-59. doi:10.2307/2869169

The notes i wrote during the lunch period:

The first appearance of the word comes during Orsino’s monologue. The grief-stricken man describes his lovesickness by referring to his imagining of fantasies involving Olivia. Fancy is “full of shapes” to hear him tell it, filled with all kinds of images (1.1.14). This implies an interesting idea of the plot; it may be nothing more than a lovesick dream conjured by Orsino’s mind. After all, the plot is as “high fantastical” as something a distressed lover might imagine. (1.1.15).

Malvolio’s mention of fancy is also about love and imagining it. He talks about “her [Olivia’s] fancy,” but the context of the scene and the rest of his dialogue imply that he is the one who fancies Olivia (2.5.24).. Malvolio claims that Olivia has said she would fancy “one of my complexion,” indicating that Malvolio has, through confirmation bias and imagination, convinced himself that Olivia was in love with him even before reading Maria’s letter (2.5.25). The fact that Malvolio, the outwardly stalwart Puritan, is as fanciful and in love as Orsino is a strong device for making fun of the Puritans as Shakespeare was wont to do.

Sebastian has his reference to fancy when he meets Olivia and finds that he is the object of her fancy.

[Discussing of the other two quotes]

In Twelfth Night, characters mention fancy when in fantastical scenes. Orsino had neglected his duties as a Duke to be lovesick over Olivia, Malvolio convinced himself that Olivia was in love with him moments before happening upon a letter regarding Olivia’s love, Sebastian came to a foreign city and found that a woman he had never seen was madly in love with him, and the final scene is perhaps the most fanciful of them all. Everything comes together in a hilarious, satisfying, and utterly unrealistic way. The use of the word fancy indicates that a scene either was or will be fanciful. This implies that Shakespeare is breaking the fourth wall, drawing attention to works of the imagination when the audience may be considering the play as imagination. In that way, Shakespeare implies that this comedy, however nice it may seem, is just a lovesick fantasy in the mind of Duke Orsino.

Note also that almost every mention of the word is in reference to Olivia. The only exception is when Orsino calls Viola his “fancy’s queen,” but Orsino could just be (Inception-style) trying to prove to himself that he can love another. That is why the timeline does not make sense; Orsino needed to believe that his mind was not so changeable, that he would need three months with another woman to move past his love for Olivia.

Quotes:

1.1.14-15:

Orsino: “So full of shapes is fancy

That it alone is high fantastical.”

Context: These lines conclude Orsino’s opening monologue about his lovesickness and passion for Olivia. The monologue is discordant throughout, and this line sounds very arrogant, that nobody but a lover could have an extreme imagination.

This quote illustrates Orsino’s arrogance about his position (which is expanded upon in his later argument with Viola) and tells the audience that Orsino has spent some time cooped up in his mansion thinking of Olivia.

2.5.23-25

Malvolio: “I have heard herself come

thus near, that, should she fancy, it should be one

of my complexion.“

Context: This comes just before Malvolio finds Maria’s letter, when he is fancying that Olivia might be in love with him. He has almost convinced himself of her love even before he sees Maria’s letter, which would be a strange coincidence if Twelfth Night was not a comedy.

This quote describes Malvolio’s desperation to be loved by Olivia. He uses a few choice words and actions of Olivia as a justification for her love, indicating confirmation bias and lack of perspective.

4.1.63-66

Sebastian: “What relish is in this? how runs the stream?

Or I am mad, or else this is a dream:

Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep;

If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!”

Context: This comes just after Sebastian enters Illyria and finds a beautiful woman suddenly wish to marry him. It is so illogical that he believes he must be dreaming, and he wishes for fancy to keep him from waking up.

This quote tells us that Sebastian is wondrous at his entrance to Illyria. He forgets about Antonio as soon as strange men wish to duel and a strange beautiful woman claims to be in love with him. Sebastian is far more relaxed than most people would be in this context, especially if they could not find Antonio, the only person he was close with for the past three months.

5.1.412-415

Orsino: “Cesario, come;

For so you shall be, while you are a man;

But when in other habits you are seen,

Orsino's mistress and his fancy's queen.”

Context: This is the last line spoken by any character except Feste. It comes after Orsino learns of Viola’s true identity and gives up his love for Olivia.

This quote implies that Orsino still thinks of Viola as Cesario, at least while she is in men’s clothing.

#lifeblogging #sorry for it being so long #but i also fact-checked myself on a lot of details thanks to having the edit history and thanks to writing everything in my diary #so ty past sahil dont know what we'd do without your need to write for us

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waifuoftomonori · 7 days ago

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Venn Diagram (maybe not finished yet but good enough)

I think it’s really funny that Shinra has more in common with both Akifusa and Tomonori than they have with each other. (Okay, technically just one more bullet point in Shinra and Tomo’s case, but still.)

Typed (with some small explanations and extra details) below the cut:

Tomonori-Exclusive:

"why fight when the battle is already won?" (not just as a line of dialogue, but as a philosophy; Tomo's a tactician more than a combatant and wants to end conflicts without bloodshed if possible)

politically astute / scheming bastard

gets excited over books

sly, subtle smiles, not big grins

scariest when smiling-- well, hmm, maybe "scary-calm smile" is more accurate, he can be pretty scary when he glares too

the only one I can't imagine ever fully submitting kinkily / sexually (he would try, or claim he'd try, but just end up running the show anyway, the way he normally does as Shiki's "servant")

pessimist

never depicted shirtless, goddammit

overactive filter (i.e. holds back what he really wants to say way too often, to the point where it's actively detrimental to his happiness, and disguises it with a polite smile and/or an artful change of subject)

stabby drunk (or just lecture-y but that doesn't fit the theme)

has canonically been responsible for restraining / tying / paralyzing so many people that there's no way it's not even a little bit of a kink

other LIs are genuinely, on occasion, scared of him (okay, by "other LIs" I mostly mean Akifusa, but he's gotten the others to panic a few times too, and was called out by Aterui for being a "cold-hearted bastard" or a sadist or something along those lines)

writes poems for fun

dual-wields

Shinra-Exclusive

officially the top dog (clan head)

uses words like "yo"

sexually assertive (more so than the others, at least)-- however, I want to clarify that I think Tomonori is kinkier, which is different

probably the closest one to a balanced Switch (before you rush in here to tell me he's obviously a Dom from his interactions with the MC, consider: 1. his first request upon winning the bet in his Game of Submission story was to have her call him a cutesy nickname that made him blush whenever she used it; 2. every time he's ever interacted with Yukinojo; 3. the fact that gentle Doms exist and Shinra would have no idea how to deal with one)

malfunctioning filter (i.e., his brain goes "crap, I don't want to reveal my true feelings, quick let's blurt something else out, anything!" and it ends up being rude and/or ignorant)

grabby drunk (how much of his behavior was due to alcohol in that one story is debatable, but I think alcohol had some role in it)

gives nicknames to friends

Akifusa-Exclusive

shameless submissive

apparently healthy relationships with family

absolutely no filter (i.e., will default to saying what is exactly on his mind at any given time, unless someone like Tomo or the Princess tells him not to)

sappy drunk (prone to weeping, lavishing his loved ones with praise, etc.)

has admitted he's weaker than his female LI (I love my humble king)

Tomonori & Shinra

childhood trauma

insult intelligence of people they care about (Tomo's never done this for the Princess, but he does it daily for Akifusa)

have attempted to sacrifice themselves for their beloved

red-eyed gingers

gave piggyback rides through the mountains after their beloved fell and damaged her ankle (weirdly specific one but there you go)

know how to perform at least one sealing ritual

canon ended before their weddings (justice for my boys)

have been supernaturally saved by kisses / a kiss (bloody kisses in Tomo's case, adding yet another kink to his list)

"don't call a grown man cute"-- the way Shinra said it made him even cuter, whereas Tomonori took the opportunity to "punish" Shiki with prolonged cuddles during which she noticed "up close, his body is surprisingly large, reminding me that he is, after all, a man"

Tomonori & Akifusa

no siblings

Kifu gang

personal attendants to Shiki / second-in-command

have died in at least one canon timeline (God forbid that anyone in a Voltage game die unless the game is specifically about their death and they're a ghost or something, or whatever the point of that one game I've never played is) (Akifusa died in Gentoka's route, as did Tomo, probably, and then Tomo also died in Akifusa's)

"just" humans

have wielded the Sword (I was originally going to say "to kill the demon", but technically I don't think Akifusa's ever delivered the death blow to the demon with it, just knocked it out and forced it to retreat a few times)

everything to do with their setting (Heian-era Japan, isolated mountain village, etc.)

genuinely hate and distrust the playboy in their group of LIs (okay, well, Akifusa dislikes Furutsugu, I don't think Aki hates anyone)-- as opposed to Shinra's latent sexual tension with Miyabi

Shinra & Akifusa (buckle up, there's a lot of them)

swords (changed to "single sword" once I realized technically Tomo uses two of them, he's just not as deranged about them)

horns

too quick to trust others

shout a lot

butt of many jokes / much torment amongst friend group

5'6"

incredibly easy to read

wide, sunny smiles

a lot stronger than they look-- also, heal at insane rates

would ask / have asked to be called by a cutesy nickname (Akifusa has never asked for it in canon, to my knowledge, but he totally would)

easy to make blush

ultimately optimistic worldview (believe people are inherently good and so on)

were canonically subjected to bondage (in a non-directly-sexual context, but still brow-raising)

has done at least one incredibly stupid, frankly memeable thing (even if only a meme in my own head)-- Shinra fasted to the point where he tried to eat a table, and Akifusa was almost scammed into buying a plain ol' rock in the capital market twice

cute CG of them eating sweets exists (dango for Shinra, chocolate-- surprisingly-- for Akifusa)

probably an Aries, if astrology were real (or at least have one somewhere prominent on their chart)

All Three of Them

childhood friends with female love interest

live on / near shrines

easily shippable with at least one other male LI from canon (why are there no Shinyabi fics? am I just looking in the wrong places?)

deserve happiness (subjective but screw you)

#hiiro no kakera 4 #shall we date: scarlet fate #akifusa oki #tomonori kotokura #shinra eitm #voltage inc. enchanted in the moonlight #yeah these “circles” were drawn by hand without a compass #what gave it away?#the real reason I didn’t add Shiki who is also an important part of this polycule:#idk how to draw a 4-circle (4-oval?) Venn diagram and that seems way too easy to mess up #also I’d have to use a different notebook

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azz4me · 2 years ago

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yesterday I hadn't offered you goo thoughts

Today? Who knows

Oh no no queen, I'm not scared of hate and shit. Im scared of being lame. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

Ty for the compliments the toast smiles òuó

I'm mostly in the gungoo for the GOO and the fact their dynamic reminds me of that I have with my own friend who's like my gun haha

Omg the gun slander uhm don't tell anyone but tho I don't HATE gun, man whenever I'm searching my husband up and HE appears instead of him I just want to like *CENSORED DUE TO GRAPHIC VIOLENT* LIKE BITCHASS GUN GET OUT I'M TRYING TO HAVE MY HUBBY

Look I can totally understand the gun appeal,but you know what he's not? He's not semi underrated! My mind automatically not enjoy

Giving up? Oh yeah I gotcha-

When the consequences of your actions are easier to deal with than the action itself

pfft- oh yeah and about this talking habits of mine,, Yknow one time someone told me that I talk like a furry

You know what my reaction was?

"Pfft-"

I like including them in my text, makes my text unique from others >u> (this too. I love it cause it looks like I'm looking sideways and stuff pssht)

speaking of fury which I'm not OH YEAH I HADN'T TOLD YOU MY KITSUNE GOO RAMBLES

But if I begin about it it'll be,,damn long-

And also yipee I love your arts<3<3 I get that, when you don't feel like your drawing good and you try again but the art just not arting--

Ah well I wanna see your artworks too tho >:]!

hail the queen imma spam my rambles

~🍞

Hello Toast!! uhh sorry for not replying to you for 4 days :P I was kinDA buys. I mean I still am but i don't give a shit rn.

ohhhHHHHH Goo ramble. I want goo ramble. I need a power point slide just on Goo. He is so fucking delicious to talk about, I wish the homework was based on Goo instead of fking cartilage, those are only good for crunch.

Lame? Who the fuck thinks you are lame? Clearly they got a brain problem if they do so :]

Gungoo was an immediate ship for me. Their dynamic is so fuking gooddddddd. Husbands fr.

I have mixed feeling with gun. I get that he is hot and what not but whenever I am praying for goo to pop up on lookism, I see those white orbs staring at the depths of my soul and I lose my shit.

YES. WE NEED A WHOLE DIFF FANDOM JUST FOR GOO. WE NEED A GOO EMPIRE. MINIONS FOR GOO!!!!!!!

...

I did give up buttttTTT somethig else happened. We, the whole class, came up with a plan to just not do it. These notes were for practical marks in the final examination. So we thought if the whole doesn't do it then the teacher won't be able to fail all of us. We tHOUGHT we could beat the system🤡. Turns out there was a rat hiding in the class and submitted the work before anyone knew, so the teacher threatened us that he will be calling our parents if we don't complete it under time and that is till tmr. 🤡.

If the consequences was being sent to the principal's office, i would not have give a shit but calling my parents is a bIG NO NO.

That person must have to be furry to know how a furry talks. But honestly I haven't seen a furry talk like that tho

'>u>' this one kinda cute ngl. Pointy eyes.

ohhh kitsune Goo. I am not saying but I would die to just get a brush of his tail. I would. I wish I could touch it.

Oh thank you<3333. I love your little art of Goo's as well 💝💝💝💝💘. I am just severly lacking in motivations rn so I have been experimenting on a bunch of ocs here and there to get out of artblock, which are not really worth posting so imma just tuck them in one corner of my mind.

YOU CAN TALK ABT GOO AS MUCHAS YU LIKE. I ENCOURAGE THIS. TALK MOREEE. SPEAKKK!!!! Althoug I might just dissapear on some bad days but doen't mean I am dead, I will even arise from dead if it means for goo. So please don't ever stop talking abt him.

#~🍞 toast #lookism #I need to sleep but i have so much work left to do

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