#his face after he says that line... 😆😍

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

As requested by @rose-of-pollux , this scene of Vincent Price on The Jack Benny Show (1953)

[mikuni14]

The Sign - Ep 7

First of all, as always, I will officially ignore all the cop stuff, the doctor discussing his patient's condition and giving his data without a court order, how a person with a mental disorder is treated, and the meme quotes from Paulo Coelho 🙃 (It's interesting that the Dr. Chewconcretemotherfucker treated both art Art and Tharn 🤔)

It never ceases to amaze me how much Phaya has NO control over his face and his behavior in Dr. ChUNT's presence lmao. And how all Tharn gives him is basic politeness, and how it must be apparent to anyone interested (including Dr. Changinghisnameisapublicservice) that Tharn, his heart, and his body belong to someone else. So what exactly is he trying to achieve? The only thing left for him is to actually end this relationship in a drastic way… "So don't worry, I will see him to his bed" I bet your ass that you will Phaya! 😆 I'm 100% sure the only thing your bird brain registered is "I" and "Tharn" and "bed" 👍

Somehow, in this episode, Tharn was able to de-escalate the situation between Phaya and Dr. Chanceyougettharniszeroyoucunt (with just one sentence), and he was also able to confess why he was the way he was (it took him one sentence as well). This is what I wanted in last episode, but what we only got now to fit the plot… *sigh*

I really liked the scene of Phaya trying to explain himself to Tharn: he's freaking out, not controlling his emotions, grabbing Tharn's hands.. and those broken sentences, grimaces on his face, visible nervousness and distress. And how Tharn is worried about what he sees (that deep crease between his eyebrows), trying to hide his worry, comforting him. Phaya's line: "Just tell me you forgive me and all these symptoms would probably go away" floored me. That's some old romance novel shit, it gets me every time! 😍

Phaya and Tharn's conversation in the archive was great, making Phaya's position on being in a relationship clear. Tharn's reaction to what Phaya says and when he asks what would he do? Really nice, as Tharn shows mostly with his eyes how much it all affects him..

I love Phaya and how persistent he is, how he doesn't give up, how he treats all obstacles to his happy relationship with Tharn as something that simply needs to be overcome and that's it 😄 That's why he follows him like a dog, uses every opportunity to be with him and creates his own opportunities. Like inviting Tharn to his nest house to disarm him with his family, food and cat and ultimately WIN him. Which of course works! Who would have guessed, Phaya actually has some game after all lmao

The scene at Phaya's house was so sweet! Tharn is so loving and gentle with the cat, immediately noticing Namami, unconsciously petting him just beacuse he is within his arm reach, which is what cat people do without thinking. I love how everyone just passed the cat between them lol

I liked Tharn having fun, being relaxed, the way Phaya shows him around his nest, the way he talks to him about himself. Tharn staring at the eagle painting…

Ohhh, and we have a perfect confession. As it should be, because Phaya is so serious when it comes to Tharn: it was long, honest, romantic without exaggeration or cringe. It's nice that Tharn didn't interrupt him and made an emotional confession himself. I'm not surprised that Tharn gave in because everything had been building up to this point. The way he saw Phaya freaking out, the way Phaya kept pushing, the whole "love" atmosphere of their current case certainly made him think too. Tharn himself tells Phaya not to press him, suggesting that he doesn't have the strength to resist, because as Tongthai even said earlier, you can't "fall out of love." You can't just shut down your feelings and desires. And Tharn FEELS it and oh god how much he wants it. And what I think convinced him was that Phaya didn't dismiss his worries with the traditional "don't worry" or "everything will be fine" or worse, "you're exaggerating, it's just a delusion." No, Phaya took his fears upon himself, saying that HE would try not to leave THARN, taking the burden of keeping Phaya alive off Tharn's shoulders. "I'll do whatever it takes so that you won't be sad or lose me", because his life is his responsibility, not Tharn's. What Phaya did was notice Tharn's worry, recognize it, take it upon himself, and let Tharn relax. That's why I'm not surprised that Tharn allowed himself a moment of happiness, to reach for what he wants. Perhaps it's a moment of weakness that he will regret later, but come on, Tharn is not made of steel! He's just a cute lil' guy and he's in love and horny! 😭 Oh, but this confession had its beautiful moments: "I really want to have you by my side in every day of my life" "This is the best I can do, please don't force me" "I promise not to leave you"

Love scene: YES. I love Phaya when, before they started, he takes a deep breath, as if he's finally at peace, because this is it, he FINALLY has everything he wants, everything is right with the world. And then he just go for it. I fucking love predatory, hungry Phaya. I love the pliant Tharn, how he's almost always with his back to Phaya in an act of sweet submission and ultimate trust. Phaya had moments as if he couldn't believe that they were together and when he realized that yes, this was really happening, he became even more passionate, as if he couldn't get enough of Tharn. It was incredibly hot. There was a lot of heavy breathing, pulling on skin, tight embraces, intense caresses, hungry looks. And am I seeing things or there was a scene of Tharn nodding his consent and implication that Phaya was preparing him? 👀 Anyway, the scene was an intoxicating mix of Phaya and Tharn's fantasies: it was pretty, pink, emotional and hot.

When I finally see them together, I'm as happy as Phaya with a naked, tattooed, wet Tharn in the shower 😄💖🥳 everything is right with the world.

[tofangirlonly]

haha i love this 😆 (your fan blog is at it again)

i would say all of them, but i'm not going to do that to you so....goodbye until tomorrow/i could never rescue you? (for some reason i decided to loop this song today cause i apparently like causing myself pain 💀...but also VOCALS)

Welcome back to tl5y thoughts with Laura!

Just going to dive right in....

Floofy adorable hair is back and I love it

This is also the part where one time I tried to say he was the cutest but my phone chose to not say that so he will forever be known as: *THE SAUSAGE*

I also love that little nuzzly thing he does? 🥺

They're so young and hopeful and excited and unaware 😭

Mixing my Jeremys and borrowing a line from B&C (You Love Who You Love): you never think what's down the road while the fairytale seems real

😭

I mean I'd be 🥺😍 if I didn't know things but

😭

Ugh the open my wings right after the clip these wings in Nobody Needs to Know

JRB what are you doing to us

Like it's brillantly crafted and clearly I enjoy it but still

Jtszetzi Jamie in the background

This whole scene movie is beautifully done okay

Ow

Wow I love his face

Like in general but the lighting in this scene? Yes

Tzdjzhst you never saw how far the crack had opened *boy* !?!?!

I cannot

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This is the part where I would have semi intelligent Thoughts but here we are

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BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER

😭😭😭

Also sunshine shot I love you

Also also: jawline

I may be crying but I can still appreciate it

His face 😭😭😭

Tsizdtfuodkux the panning around him and she's gone dzuzdizsi

THAT LAST COLOR SHIFT?!?

Ahhhhhhhhyordydfo

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The door thud 😭😭😭

😭😭😭

*internal scream*

*maybe a little bit external*

..............

Well.

*Schmuel pant*

Schmuel bandaid time

[strang3lov3]

Good Morning out of my bed to you Bug 🩵 I hope your vacation was good 😌

Well I promised to vomit in here so I’ll do that 😏🫨🫨 (Btw it makes me so happy to hear that you like when I do this 😚😚)

“The Real Deal” let’s goooooooo:

“The smell of your bedroom comforts you as you take your bra off and hang it on the doorknob.” Wow First line and immediately I have something to say. This made me think about the picture of your cats where you can see in the background hanging on the doorknob the rainy weather bra. 🤣🤣🤣

Bestie back in the day when I used to wear jeans and in general be on the go all day, the moment I got home, I stripped myself from these tight, constricting jeans and literally everything that I had on, put on the most comfortable clothes and said goodnight 😴

The Cats name, Dr.Waffles 😍

Since I’ve mentioned vomit my brain now is a little confused and I read this “a tuna poke bowl” as “a tuna puke bowl” omg 😆

“You got an alert earlier that one of your favorite writers updated her series Devotion, a story about Joel from The Last of Us where Joel acts as a cult leader.” @noxturnalpascal is that you sweetheart????? It is…I see a Patti mention 😍🥰 (I swear one day I’ll find time and I will read this series 🙏🏻🙏🏻)

“One of your best friends, Kiki, gifted it to you last year after she caught you reading smut on your phone. She said the sex toy shop was having a buy one, get one free deal and she knew just the friend to share the sweet deal with.” Soooooo I need a Kiki too that shares her extra sex toy with me 👀👀👀

I used to have one of those satisfyer suctioning toys and it took me so long to figure out how to use it correctly but once I did absolutely bombastic, I enjoyed some good times and then the stupid motherfucker broke and that was it. I still grief the loss of that toy…😭

“That little tongue worked magic on your clit and had you coming more times than you could count, endless orgasms that had you seeing stars.” Yes this is what I need, seriously Kiki where are you ?????

When in dire need you might have to destroy the nightstand to get the prized possession. Stupid drawer acting up for no reason 💀💀💀

“I know, I’m coming,” you say” yeahhhh baby I have a good feeling you will 😏😏😏

“You open the door to one annoyed Frankie Morales glaring at you with his arms crossed.” Uhhhh Frankie glaring at me with that annoyed face, well guess what it turns me on boom 🤯

He’s a good man and delicious looking good man yes indeed. I’d present myself as meal instead of the lasagna. Actually Bug why did you have to mention that, I’m dreaming about lasagna for weeks and if I don’t cook it for myself soon I’ll turn into hungry hulk. 🫨🫨

“Hi, sweetheart.” Panties have dropped lol 🥵🫠

“Sorry, the drawer to my nightstand was stuck and I was trying to open it,” you stated.” Ahhhhh let me predict what I think will happen, he’ll try to open it, then boom the drawer goes flying out, ohhh no he sees the toy, connects the dots and then offers himself as a wayyyyyyyy better clit sucker 👀

Let’s see if I was right 🤭🤭

“Frankie snickers, “Funny to me,” he smirks.” Hahhaaaaa funny guy now put your mouth on my pus-….😏😏😏

“You don’t mind though, because from where you’re standing, you’ve got a perfect view of his ass that’s definitely filled out some since you began feeding the man.” Relatable, I would also be staring at all that cake in front of me. 🤤🤤🤤

“You sit on the bed and Frankie sits next to you as he messes with the toy. He hums as he holds the flicking tongue against the palm of his hand.” I have the image clear in my head. How they sit on bed together and he just examines the toy and she’s next to him looking annoyed, huhhh how the tables have turned. 😆😉

Poor toy is getting judged and criticized 😆😆

“Would you like the real deal?” Eeeeehm yes 🙌🏻 yes I’d like the real deal. I wish this Frankie would be my neighbor, but instead, I’m blessed with old people and families, no hot single men….love that.

“Feel a real man, with real lips, a real tongue. Real hands. We’ll broaden your horizons. What do you say?” Baby idk what to say I’d let my pussy answer cuz she’ll tell you what you need to know. She’s exited so much much I can make up 🥵🥵🥵🥵🤭🤭

“Words, baby,” it’s so easy to make me lose my mind, two simple words and I’m losing it. What does this tell you about me???that I’m desperate but we love that.🥰

“May I lift your shirt?” Consent king I kid you not 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

“Sure it is, I’m a professional at this. Been studying for years. Watch - Do you prefer…” Frankie begins” STFU Frankie you lil sex scientist 😏🤤🤤🤤🤤

“Can’t do most of the things you’re supposed to do to a pair of tits as pretty as yours, sweetheart.” I need his mouth on my tits omg, I’m biting my goddamn pillow it’s so good🥵🥵🥵

“Good god, you made a mess. This all for me? Just from a little kissing?” Believe me it does not take a lot, a little kissing and she’s going crazy (s)creaming lol 🤭😏

How you described Frankie‘s pussy eating passion was wonderful. I read it three times before I continued. 😆🥰🥰

I love that she’s confident in telling him how to do it correctly to her needs and he does not get offended by being corrected. We love seeing that. 🫶🏻😚

The amount of times I wish a guy would’ve just listened to me instead of continuously rubbing anywhere but where it’s needed….

“He admires your pussy, the glistening wetness dripping from your hole, the ribbons of creamy arousal on your folds. And your bush, he loves the dampened curls framing your beautiful cunt.” Bug how are you so good at describing things, my mind is blown. Btw, I love when writers describe the male parts but when I get a good pussy description, that’s when I start to get real crazy 🥵🥵🥵🤭🤭🤭

“Nuh-uh, sweetheart. You spread those legs nice and wide. That’s it, good girl.” Call me good girl and I do whateverrrrrrrrr you want ahhhh 🫠🫠🫠🤭😏

“He finds that special, sensitive spot that intensifies all of it and moves his mouth to your clit yet again.” I really need him to come over here and find that sensitive spot inside of me. If not I might disintegrate…🥸

Him asking what the verdict is as if he doesn’t know that he absolutely surpassed that toy. 🤣

I know you said this was your first time writing Frankie, but honestly, if you would’ve not mentioned that I would have not noticed because it was so goddamn good 🤯🤯🤯😍

This is just me spewing even more thoughts no pressure:

How about Frankie buying a toy that mimics a bj and then he compares it with real bj from her, that’s the next experiment 👀👀

Anyway, 10/10 as always, everything you put out is just too good to be true ❤️🙏🏻

Omg and Waffles @beefrobeefcal ‘s cat is so adorable, the pic with the glasses had me giggling 😅😊

Morning sweet Mina!!! Favorite part of the day begins NOW

1. Vacation was lovely, but I learned that even surrounded by the people I love the most and who are so easy to get along with, I don’t do well with days of uninterrupted social interaction. My brother in law’s brother in law was like “man, one more day of this vacation would have been perfect” and I’m like … … … actually I cannot wait to be home and alone and snuggling my cats.

2. YOU REMEMBER THE RAINY DAY BRA! You’re referring to this pic I believe

Heheh there really is nothing better than changing out of stiff and uncomfortable clothes. Nothing better!! I’m shameless tho if I don’t feel comfortable in my jeans, I unbutton and unzip them. Don’t care. Let the tummy breatheeeeee suns out tums out

3. About Dr. Waffles and the tuna poke bowl - those are @beefrobeefcal Easter eggs! The pics at the bottom of the fic are her cat Waffles, and as I was writing this fic I asked her what she’d order from Uber eats right then and there and she told me poke bowl 🩷 dear god I’m glad it’s not a puke bowl. I have a lot of stomach issues and anxiety surrounding vomiting so I actually keep an emergency puke bowl under my bed 💀

4. Correct about @noxturnalpascal!! I thought that would be a cute addition. Patti recently finished that series, definitely give it a read!! It’s one of my favorites ever and it’s always on my mind tbh.

5. Another beefro cameo! Beef’s name is Kiki and I wanted to use her name in this fic 😋🩷 which I realize could be confusing since I wrote this for her, so you’d think I’d make Kiki the reader and not a side character…I don’t think she minds lol

6. I also have one of those clit sucker toys and I can tell you that when it’s good it’s good but often it’s hard to get the hang of! Sometimes things are a little slippery and it’s hard to find a good angle. Not that you asked lol, and I just checked and unfortunately this company only ships in the US, but this is my favorite toy. Bought it at target lol

7. Frankie standing looking at reader all pissed off 😤 I love it. I think the annoyed glare is one of the sexiest looks someone could give me lol

8. Mina, I love man ass. Frankie’s is so squeezable I know it and he does too.

9. ISNT FRANKIE KIND OF PRETENTIOUS?! I mean, he knows his shit but goddamn. He’s picking that poor toy apart 😭

10. I too am surrounded by old people and families, no hot neighbors :( the man who lives next to me could be a dilf, but he started creeping on me a little which I wasn’t into, despite all of my dilf-centered fics. He told me that he could hear my partner and I having sex but that there’s no need to be quiet because it’s natural or some shit like that. This happened last year and it totally creeped me out and I haven’t spoken to him since. If he’s outside his apartment, I wait in my car until he’s gone to go into mine lol

11. I often don’t do verbal consent in my fics because I like that element of taboo and when things lean darker, but I felt it was appropriate for Frankie here. He strikes me as such a gentleman. A freak, but a gentleman. I’m glad you enjoyed it! I think it’s sexy too

12. OKAY. Frankie’s little rant about the scientific method and all that I thought was so funny because he’s such a dork. He takes pussy eating so fucking seriously LOL

13. The fact you read the section about his pussy eating passion three times over is so special to me 🩷 I just couldn’t put into words how much these asks mean to me. So so so special I love you

14. Yes to the adjustment! I think something that makes smut so hot is when things are realistic - when people have hair in places they’re supposed to, when adjustments need to be made, positions need to be switched. And I think it’s important to normalize, voicing your needs in the bedroom. As a pussy eating king, Frankie knows this - he knows all the right moves and this and that but he also knows that listening and asking questions is key. Every pussy is different and worthy of love 🩷 and that sort of leads into your next point about the pussy descriptions - I too love a good word picture about a cock, but I love to add pretty descriptions of vaginas because it makes me feel good and I think it makes my audience feel good too. We should feel sexy and good about ourselves. I feel like as women, we’re often taught to feel nothing but shame towards our own bodies, especially genitals and I like that I wrote Frankie as a lover who embraces all aspects of a vagina - loving pubic hair, the smell, taste, feel, actions, etc.

15. Oh, he knows the verdict. He’s just a smug bastard! Which is okay. I like him that way

16. It really was my first time writing Frankie. I promised Beefro months ago I would try and I finally did. I’m proud. I like him and I like the fic, but I still feel like I don’t have a fantastic grasp on him whereas I feel like I do with my other characters Roman and Joel. But I ripped off the bandaid! Perhaps I’ll be more open to writing him in the future, who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ up next is Stepdaddy Roman Roy and a fic where Joel fucks you as Tommy watches 🥰 but i’ll keep your thought in mind! I feel like when it comes to Frankie’s own pleasure, he’s sort of submissive 🤭

I am so fucking glad you enjoyed. I really was nervous about this fic, but the response has been so positive and uplifting and you, Mina, are such a huge part of that. I know it’s not a quick and easy thing to write down so many thoughts and notes about a fic, but I think it’s such a thoughtful thing to do and really, really makes me so happy to write. You’re one of the readers I have in mind when I’m working on something and I’m always just hoping I’m writing something that’ll make you happy 🩷

You’re not alone in the Waffles love, btw!! I love that guy. You should pop into Kiki’s inbox and have her tell you all about that guy 🥰

[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

It's Saturday!! Which means, IT'S SPY X FAMILY TIME BABY!! 😆

Today's episode covered Missions 22 and 23 of the manga and once again, WIT and CloverWorks HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK!! 😍

I LOVED how this scene was animated 😄:

And not to mention, the way that the anime did Bond's flashback made it feel even sadder than it already was in the manga... 😫

This episode was really great and I can't wait for the next one!! 😊

Now!! On to the changes...!!! 😄

There weren't to many visual changes that I noticed, expect for maybe how Yor kicked Keith's car (which I kinda perfered how looks in the manga more...! 🙂):

And Anya's shock face having little Anyas in the background (yet again, I think that I prefer how it looks in the manga more...! But, I digress...! 😌):

What I found super interesting were these 2 specific dialog changes... 🤔 The first being something Twilight said in his inner monologue at the dog park...

In the manga Twilight says this:

While in the anime, he says THIS:

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?! 😧

This could be a mistranslation on either side, or... Could it be that anime is trying to make things seem more hopeful for the Forger family in the end...? 🤔

TRUST ME, I definitely want a happy ending for this story... But, I also know that as of right now, Twilight wouldn't be this hopeful to see Anya and Yor again after Operation Strix ends... At least, that's what I think...! 😔

The other dialog change was what Anya said after trying Bond's food... In the Anime she says "That was neither good nor bad." While in the manga, she says THIS:

Which I think is both funny and sad...! 😅 I mean, the "worst" she might be referring to could be about Yor's cooking or could it be about what she had to eat back when she was experimented on, I don't know... But, what I do know is that like the line more in the manga...! 😌

And that was episode 15 on the anime!! 😄 So far, Cour 2 is already shaping up to be even better than Cour 1, and I'm all here for it!! 😁

I also wanted to mention that I watched episode 13 dubbed, and I loved it!! 😄 I don't care what anyone else says, this dub is good to me!! It ain't perfect, but I thoroughly enjoy it, and that's all that matters to me...!!! 😊

Anyway, that's all I gotta say...!! So until next time (as in tomorrow), I'll see you all in the next mission...!! 💗 BUH-BYE!!! 👋😊

[always-wizu-you]

WITH Winter Live 2023 Rehearsal Log (part 1)

WITH's seiyuu (Yamashita Seiichirou, Kobayashi Tatsuyuki, Tsuchida Reiou) have been meeting up for Winter Live rehearsals since earlier this month. Here's their tweets translation!

November 7th

Kobatatsu: Rehearsal today It's been a while since I danced this much and it was fun I secretly took a picture of a certain someone who's busy drawing something 😀 His eyelashes are so long 🏅✨‼️ It's our first live after a long while, so WITH is really excited!! We'll take a pic of us three next week ❤️🫰 Reiou: Guaranteed muscle pain [pic of him and Seichi] Kobatatsu: So you were taking pics after all! 😆🫰🫰🫰🫰 Reiou: If I don't, he might sulk, so 😉 Kobatatsu: Oh my Seichi is a baby 👶 huh ✨✨🥹👶 Seichi: What a dull face I worked hard all day today

November 10th

Kobatatsu: We've been rehearsing (^^)! Can't wait for Winter Live ✨‼️😆 It's really calming to be with these two after all 😉 The three of us drank Starbucks on the way home (lol) We were like "It feels as if we're high school boys huh" but saying that actually makes me think we're getting old lololol Look forward to our performance 😍 Reiou: We're the best~✌️ [pic of low-res starbucks with decorative texts "hanya? (huh?)" "LJK (last-year joshikusei/high school girl)" "Isshou nakako (BFF)"] Reiou: I intentionally make it low-res so that it looks like flip phone photo quality Kobatatsu: The "Hanya?" is too much lololol This is so good lmao also the "Isshou nakako" is too funny lololol Seichi: This Winter Live is very maji yabe. Seriously 🤭 Stay tuned ❗️

November 15th

Pretty Series: ⛄#Winter Live 2023⛄ Rehearsals for each member for the event are progressing smoothly♪ Today we are showing you off-shots of WITH's #Seiichiro Yamashita, #Reiou Tsuchida, and #Tatsuyuki Kobayashi👀 They are very excited for their first appearance after so long🌞🌌🕛 The live will be held on Sunday, December 3rd at Makuhari Messe✨ 👇Venue tickets are now on sale!! Seichi: ※After this [rehearsal], I had muscle pain Reiou: This is the photo where I was told to look serious Kobatatsu: Please give us lots of "IIZE!!!" calls on the D-day! ❤️😆

Bonus: WITH talking about flip phone

This happened in late October, likely before their first rehearsal.

Seichi: WITH's LINE group interaction has been very Y2K-themed lately Why are those two kids so excitedly talking about their flip phones from their school days? Looking forward to see you guys in Winter Live Seichi: These past few days, I've met some Winter Live performers in the dubbing studio. "Can't wait to work with you on December" I'm so happy to be able to say it, it feels very nostalgic like some kind of a tradition. Reiou: This guy [Seichi] is only lurking in the chat, as usual 🤷‍♀️ Kobatatsu: I talked about old flip phones on WITH LINE group 📱 lmao Even though we were talking about Winter Live at first lol By the way, the one I used was docomo's What about you guys??? lol Reiou: Facts about people who spent their youth using a docomo flip phone: they usually remember the model name Mine was the blue F905 🟦 I watched TV a lot back in the days, so I really enjoyed 1seg* 📺 *) 1seg is a broadcasting service that allows flip phone users to watch TV programs Seichi: It's amazing how the model numbers of the flip phones they used when they were both students came out so easily. Yabbe Everyone… Do you know… About vodafone…? ✋

Bonus 2: Seichi comments about Kobatatsu's Primagi

Seichi: I can't stop thinking about Kobatatsu's Primagi pretend live during the rehearsal Seichi: Sorry, I said it was pretend But he actually sang about 3 songs

[milquetoast-on-acid]

Top Hopper and Joyce moments

(Please note I made this before volume 2 dropped)

Boorish Mating Ritual

How can you not love this moment when Murray (audience stand in/conspiracy theorist/love doctor) when he calls out not only Jonathan and Nancy but Joyce and Hopper as well! It's the fact that he reads them soooo well. The reactions from Joyce and Hopper definitely gets them to shut up. Alexi is confused and amused by the fact that the two of them haven't slept together.

His reading of them is spot on. Bob is the nice guy. He's sweet and a bit boring but at least he's dependable. She doesn't want to fall into the same type of relationship she had with Lonnie. Hopper isn't abusive but he definitely has a temper and does not deal with emotions very well.

And Hopper feels emotions very deeply but is terrible at dealing/expressing them. He definitely loves Joyce but it's gun shy from his marriage and the grief of losing his daughter.

Also that line though "admit it. you're real curious to know what he's like in the sac." 👀 He really did NOT hold back!

Joyce rescues Hopper from the upsidedown.

This is one of those moments that's rather small but so impactful if you're paying attention. It's the intensity of this scene that blows me away. One of the things that I love about Joyce is how relentless she is when it comes to rescuing the people that she loves. She's so determined to rescue him before something happens to him. She doesn't stop to tell Bob what's going on or even when he follows her into the tunnel.

She's a woman on a mission and she's going to save him. The moment comes when she sets him free and she cradles his face, looks into his eyes. Asks him if he's okay.

It's the fact that they completely lose themselves in this moment. Any longer they would have kissed. It's all highlighted by the fact that Bob is standing right next to them and is so enthralled by the UD that he completely misses their moment.

Joyce is all over Hopper! She's cradling his face, staring into his eyes and then she's touching his chest. Like...👀 Excuse me ma'am your boyfriend is right there!?

Also hopper finally realizes that Bob is there and is like oh hey. 😆

It's really this moment here that really makes me think that if Bob had survived then they would have eventually broken up. She would have been happy but there's something very deep between her and Hopper.

Hopper asks Joyce out but she's not ready

He's a single dad looking for advice and the best person he can ask is another single parent. She gives him really good advice but his dumb ass doesn't take it at first because talking about how you feel isn't something he's good at. I love that this moment is about him talking about how he feels about his daughters relationship. But it's also paralleled with his inability to express how he feels about Joyce.

He asks her out twice. But neither time does he actually call it a date. The first time he says let's talk more over dinner about how you can help me talk to the kids. The second time after she turns him down, he deliberately tells her that it's not a date. Even though it is and they both know it but don't want to acknowledge it.

I love the flirting in this scene. Her tagging him with her price gun. The fact that she's so comfortable with him physically is so interesting to me. 👀😍🤔

She grabs his hand and that gives him the motivation to ask her out. They look on his face as he asks her. The look on his face when she moves away to talk to a customer.

"It's important to me that you feel safe."

Omg knock me over and hit me with all the feels. This moment... David harbour fukn brings it! I'll be honest, the intensity here. Knocked me over with how much this man loves her.

Joyce wants to start fresh with all of the terrible memories she feels like she's drowning in her grief. Between dealing with some strange ass monsters, a shady government coverup, her son going missing, her own mental health issues and how the town preserves her, and last but not least Bob dying a horrible death right in front of her. I don't blame her one single bit for wanting to leave.

This conversation is the closest we get to Hopper taking Joyce that he loves her. He gets so vulnerable with her here and that is something that I love about this relationship. Is that there is no one else that hopper will ever be that vulnerable with. There is no one that Joyce would trust more.

Him telling her that he understands her grief and has been right there with her with the batshit crazy stuff. There isn't a person that will understand all of that better than him. And how much he wants to keep her safe so that she'll stay in Hawkins. I just...

I think about how much the town thought how crazy Joyce was and just completely ignored her. Who did she have before hopper and her reconnect?

It's interesting this moment when he tells her that he knows she is moving. I feel like this is the reason why hopper asks her out even though I don't think he's ready. He wants her to change her mind. He doesn't want to lose her. He knows what he wants so if she opens up to him maybe she won't leave.

Joyce breaks that intensity by asking if Scott Clarke is the guy that understands what she's going through. The eye roll that hopper does. 🥰😚

Joyce is Hopper's miracle

Hopper's storyline this season has been so engaging. He goes through months of torture for his spirit to not break. He escapes only to be captured again and that's when he gives up. It's not until he's fighting the Demogorgon that he actually finds that drive to live again. So when he's faced with the prospect of fighting something else when that door opens he doesn't lay down and let whatever's coming through take him. He walks through that door with his fists up preparing for the worst.

Except that it's a miracle instead.

He's just so completely stunned that she's there. That she's real. That he's not imagining it. Like he does not react at first. He has to pull her head up to look in her eyes before he can really believe that it's her. That smile on his face when he finally gives into her embrace.

It's the fact that she flew to Alaska with 40 grand determined to save him. Never doubting that it's him. Then breaking into the worst Russian prison that's not even in a damn map. If that doesn't say love that I don't know what does. I love the fact that Joyce goes to any lengths to save the people that she loves!

Hopper! This woman broke into a Russian prison to rescue you. If you don't marry her then you're a bigger idiot than I thought. They love each other so much.

This moment is so beautifully done! There is so much chaos going on. This moment is slow'in down. It's the best climax and a long awaited reunion that finally happened after Joyce thought he was dead. This whole moment is just the two of them and the journey on their faces. No words, no dialogue. Just the relief on Joyce's face when she finally see's that hopper safe and sound. The shock on his face that she's really there. Her finally being able to breakdown and let out all of that emotion that she's been holding in. That little smile on his face when he can finally believe that she's really there.

[omnivorousshipper]

Hey Omni hope your Friday is awesome 😁😁 I had a thought cross my mind this week! So we know Ramsey can't drive 😅 sort of 😆 and we barely watched Hattie behind the wheel. Do you think Hattie would take her on a surprise date to teach her how? Or do you think she'd be just as bad 😂

Hi friend! My Friday is definitely full of twists and turns at the moment but I couldn't be happier taking requests! Especially Rattie ones!! 😍

And while the idea of Hattie not knowing how to drive well is amusing, I doubt she'd let her brothers be better at something than her (especially since Owen is such a good driver)

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"Hatts, can you please just tell me where we're going?" Ramsey whined from the passenger's seat. So far her birthday had been going amazing.

Hattie had woken her up with all of her favorite pastries, they had spent all morning in bed, and Hattie had even gifted her a new soldering kit. The day had been absolutely perfect, even when Hattie had tied a blindfold around her head and pulled her into the car.

While Ramsey wasn't against surprises, she hadn't been overly fond with being blindfolded and going somewhere she didn't know. It reminded her too much of Jakande and his goons.

"We're almost there, don't worry." Hattie told her sweetly and grabbed her hand. Squeezing her hand, Ramsey took a deep, calming breath. Hattie wouldn't do anything to hurt her. This was all just another surprise for her birthday.

Feeling the car slow down, Ramsey's heartbeat sped up as she imagined where they could be. Were they at a fancy restaurant? Were they spending the afternoon with Deckard and the crew? Or were they going to the beach?

"Ta-da!" Hattie cheered as she deftly untied the blindfold with one hand and squeezed Ramsey's hand at the same time. "Happy birthday, love!"

With a large grin on her face, Ramsey excitedly took in their surroundings and her smile disappeared quickly.

"Hatts? Where are we?"

"I got mum to pull a few strings so we could clear up a race track for the rest of the day." Hattie smiled at her, oblivious to Ramsey's nervousness. "I borrowed a few of Deck's cars, that way you can chose whatever you want."

"I..." Ramsey didn't know what to say.

The race track was indeed empty of anyone else and a nice line of cars stood ready for them. They really were nice cars, but Ramsey had a small problem...

"Hatts," Ramsey whispered, cheeks burning with embarrassment. "I don't know how to drive."

Hattie blinked at her.

"What? How?"

"I just never learned. There wasn't a reason to learn while I lived in London, and even when I started traveling, I found it was easy to just get a ride."

Hattie was staring at her like she had grown two heads. Bowing her head, Ramsey had been hoping she wouldn't have to tell Hattie she couldn't drive. After all, none of the Shaws liked letting anyone else drive them. She had been hoping there would never be a time she would be forced to drive when Hattie was around.

"Do you want to learn?"

Jerking her head up, Ramsey stated owlishly at Hattie, who smiled sweetly at her.

"Deck would probably be a better teacher, but I can start you on the basics."

"I- is that ok?" Ramsey stuttered. "I don't want you to feel like you have to."

"Please," Hattie snorted. "You know I'd cut my own arm off for you, Rams."

"Please don't."

"The offer still stands."

"You cutting off your arm or teaching me how to drive?"

Hattie rolled her eyes good naturedly before opening her door.

"C'mon. We'll use Deck's Mini Cooper."

Nervously, Ramsey followed after her, but as Hattie slipped her hand in hers, Ramsey felt confidence bubbling up inside of her. If Hattie was right there with her, then Ramsey was sure she could do anything.

Too bad once her birthday was over, they would have to explain to Deckard how they had crashed all the cars he had loaned Hattie.

As long as they explained together.

[ellie-winthrope]

Attached Memo - [Victor]

Christmas is coming and I am supposed to be working on a fanfic for the Secret Santa event 😱, but here I am posting another random inspiration that wouldn’t leave me be 😆. Dearest recipient, I promise I will get your present ready by Christmas, by hook or by crook 😂.

The inspiration for this time’s one-shot would be from an in-game message of the same title that I received from Victor. A fellow tumblr mate @caesurables​ had also made a fanart related to this same in-game message, which you can check out. She also made other amazing fanarts for MLQC and other fandoms 😍.

This one-shot also contained a very slight mention of my previous one-shot for Victor, “An Echo of Innocence” at the end. Even so, you can still read this one-shot independently from that one.

Hope you all enjoy it ~

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By every month-end, the girl would need to submit a report, which consisted of her company’s financial performance and its plans for the coming month, to Victor.

Since there wasn’t anything particularly complicated about this kind of report and she usually had more than enough time for completing it, she was confident that she would get it done within two days at most. She had never expected to be unable to write up a single satisfactory sentence regarding the company’s future plans, even after spending four days at racking her brain for ideas.

At that moment, she was starting to worry that she would end up having nothing to submit to Victor when the CEO returned from his business trip. Even though she had received countless criticisms from Victor for her past reports and show proposals, she had never missed out on submitting her tasks on time, let alone not submitting anything.

To make things worse, on the day when Victor was leaving for his business trip, she had proclaimed to him on the phone that the report would already be on his desk by the time he returned to his office. Having spoken so confidently at that time, she could not possibly face Victor with a blank report now …

Why, oh, why did I say that at that time?

Of course, she knew full well the answer to her internal wailing.

Having constantly been on the receiving end of Victor’s sharp-tongued remarks, she thought she could at least show him this time that she wasn’t a dummy, that she could carry out her task efficiently!

Grrr...This is all Victor’s fault!

At this point in time, having wasted days without making any progress, her frustration had reached the limit and she didn’t want to think about her report or the approaching deadline anymore. Instead, she decided to vent out her pent-up frustrations from the past few days in the way she knew best.

She started scribbling.

It had been quite some time since she last drew something. Having been so busy with producing shows and writing reports to LFG, she hadn’t really sat down and done something fun without having her mind occupied with work-related matters.

Since the source of her frustration was the unfinished report, it wasn’t surprising that she would end up ranting about the recipient of the report in her mind as she roughly sketched out the unamused expression of a certain CEO’s face on the back of a rejected report.

Demonic, poker-face boss! Always assigning me reports and bringing forward the deadlines on a whim!

While complaining about Victor, her hand that was holding the pencil had picked up pace and she vigorously sketched out another image of Victor, a more cartoon-like and comical sketch of the CEO with an angry look, on a torn-off page of a memo pad.

Erase, draw, erase, draw.

Every time the sketch seemed imperfect to her, she would erase the line and redraw again. She didn’t know how long she had been doing that, but she wasn’t frustrated with the repeated attempts. Instead, she would sometimes laugh at the imperfections she had made on her sketch, such as when she drew Victor’s eyes smaller than actual or when she accidentally drew Victor's face too wide. When she was finally done with her sketch, she had held up the memo paper and admired it with a proud smile.

Now that I look at it, even though it’s an angry face, it did seem kind of cute… unlike the actual person.

She laughed at her own thoughts.

Stifling a yawn, she then rubbed her eyes and placed the memo paper on her table. It was nearly midnight and since she had been pulling all-nighter at home after work for four days straight, she decided to just go to sleep.

I will just work on the report tomorrow night.

Perhaps, the time she had spent on the random sketches was exactly the short break that her mind needed, as she started making good progress on the report on the very next day. Much to her relief, she managed to complete everything by the deadline. After compiling her report, she had rushed to LFG and managed to place the report neatly on Victor’s desk before the latter was there.

Phew, mission accomplished.

Heaving a sigh of relief and feeling as though a weight had been taken off her shoulders, she left LFG and decided to head to her company instead. It was when she was halfway from reaching her company that she received a message from Victor, informing her that he had noticed her report on his desk.

While she was thinking about making more silly sketches of Victor to break out of a slump next time, a thought had suddenly occurred to her, which caused her to halt her steps.

Speaking of sketches, where was that sketch that she had made of Victor nights ago?

The first possibility that instantly came to her mind was her greatest fear.

It can’t be that coincidental … right?

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Having returned from the overseas business trip, the first place that Victor went to was LFG and the first thing that caught his eye in his office was a stack of papers that were held together neatly with a binder clip and placed at the center of his desk. Unknowingly, a corner of his lips had tugged up slightly at that sight.

Looks like she did keep her words after all…

After sending a short message to the girl, he sat down by his desk and spent a moment looking through the report. He was going to start looking through the fifth page when he noticed something peculiar at the bottom of the page, which made one of his eyebrows arched elegantly.

On a memo paper that was stuck on crookedly at the bottom of the page, there was a pencil sketch of a man. A cartoon drawing, to be precise, which was so out-of-place among the pages of the report. Moreover, it wasn’t just any man, the more Victor looked at it, the more he realized that the face somewhat resembled … himself?

The revelation made him wonder, just what exactly was that girl thinking when she drew this?

Is this how she viewed him?

Just when he was pondering over the sketch, he felt his phone vibrated once within his pocket. He checked his phone and realized that it was a message from her.

[Hi...Is there a memo in the report I sent you?]

Without hesitation, Victor sent back a brief and concise reply within seconds.

[A memo and a scribble.]

Victor didn’t need to see her face to know her expression at that moment since anyone could easily imagine it from her following message.

[Okay, that’s the end of the conversation...I wish you a fabulous day!]

Escaping right after causing trouble? Victor didn’t give her that opportunity as he instantly replied by sending out one message after another regarding the question that was lingering on his mind upon seeing the cartoon sketch.

[Tell me what’s in your head when you draw it.]

[So, this is how you picture me?]

There was a brief pause before she replied with a hint of meekness.

[It’s a cartoon, so it’s a bit exaggerated…]

Victor was not exactly convinced by that. So, he decided to push further.

[That’s why there are flames in my eyes?]

[And my eyebrows are standing.]

[When did I look so fierce?]

There was a brief pause again before she replied.

This time, Victor could imagine her averting her eyes away from him while muttering those words indignantly.

[Maybe I can draw better if I observe the model a bit more.]

Not knowing what to say, Victor decided on the most direct and fitting reply.

[...]

Even the “…” could not fully express how baffled Victor was by her sudden shift of meek obedience to defiant indignance. Somehow, it reminded him of the past from many years ago. With a resigned sigh, he then sent out another reply.

[Observe more and hand me a better one next week.]

Perhaps, she wasn’t expecting this from him because it had taken her nearly a minute to reply back.

[Humph, alright! Let me make it clear, my creation will be based on objective facts only. So, I won’t make you look too handsome!]

Victor wasn’t sure if he was supposed to be offended or to laugh at the absurdness.

[…]

Just like before, this reply of his was followed by another sentence.

[I’d like to know the objective facts in your mind.]

This time, he kept his phone away and didn’t wait for her reply.

Looking back at the cartoon drawing of him on the memo, he let out a soft chuckle.

“It seems that, after all these years, her drawing skills have improved.”

After a moment of thought, Victor bent forward and pulled out the second drawer under his desk, he took out a small zip-lock bag containing a folded paper that had turned yellowish-brown with age. Carefully, he took the paper out from the bag, unfolded it and smoothened it before placing it right next to the cartoon sketch on his desk. There was a fond smile on his face as he looked between the faded childish sketch of the stick figures on the yellowish-brown paper and the cartoon version of his face on the memo.

Despite the simplicity and the roughness of the details of these sketches, they were considered by Victor to be far more precious than the finest artworks.

After all, these were the one-of-a-kind artworks by a certain dummy that were made with him in mind.