#i feel like it'd be pretty easy to get a bad ending for her...

[tmetta]

Evil Altena 😈

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Genshin Angst Headcanons - Why the two of you broke up

Note: Had an unexpected free day! I haven't written in a while, please excuse the mistakes, if any.

Disclaimer at the end of the post

Warning: Some are pretty predictable. Each of them have their own issues, lore wise, so some are lore heavy. You might not agree with some of them, but its how I see it, so to each their own. Let me know what you think! Some are quite angsty. Some scenes it's you breaking up with him and some are vice versa. Didn't feel like writing Razor, Venti and Xingqiu.

Characters: Aether, Albedo, Alhaitham, Ayato, Baizhu, Bennett, Chongyun, Cyno, Dainsleif, Diluc, Gorou, Heizou, Itto, Kaeya, Kaveh, Kazuha, Lyney, Neuvillette, Scaramouche, Tartaglia, Thoma, Tighnari, Xiao, Zhongli, gn!reader

Personal Favourites in this work: Lyney, Itto, Kazuha

Aether

Sister issues. Enough said.

He realized he didn't have enough time to spare romancing with someone.

Somewhere along the way he felt guilt that he was enjoying his time with you while his sister went through some sort of villain origin story that seemingly turned her bad.

Top off all the adventuring, searching, solving problems for other people that he did...Where did that leave you, exactly?

"...I'm sorry, Y/N... I just... I don't think this is the right time for me to be together with you,"

Albedo

Contrary to popular belief it wouldn't be his lack of time or extreme focus on his alchemical experiments that would break the two of you up. He knows how to manage his time.

It was the RESULTS of experiments and his research that would put him away from you.

The possibility that HE or his world, was way too dangerous for you.

How many "Albedos" did Rhinedottir really create? Was there more than three? Perhaps four, five? And what happens when you come face to face with another Albedo?

"I'm afraid...There are far too many dangers surrounding myself... There are answers that I can't find...and perhaps that's the reason why my answer is to part ways with you,"

Alhaitham

Too much of a nonchalant attitude.

He expressed some kind of interest in you...but it's like... once in a blue moon. 95% of the time you're not sure if he's really into you. It almost seems like he's more into that book he reads all the time.

Simply just not good at expressing himself. Like, at all. Hides behind a "whatever works" and "I don't care about what other people think of me" attitude, unfortunately that seems to include you.

Is so straightforward that sometimes it hurts, but he's really just telling the truth through logical analysis.

will act like the breakup didn't hurt nor affect him at all. In turn it hurts you instead.

"I see. So you've had enough of me... And you only spoke up now? Pointing it out earlier could've diverted us from this path...If that's how you feel already I suggest that we stop seeing each other,"

"That's it? You're not even going to try and work it out with me?"

"What's there to work out? You've made yourself clear. You're not satisfied with the way I treat you, and I'm afraid I'm not going to change the way I act just for your pleasure... It'd be more meaningful for you to find someone who fits your criterias,"

Ayato

entering a relationship with a noble was not as easy as one thought.

It's not just about being together forever and feeling lucky because Ayato is rich and your whole life is set, it's also the not fitting in, the etiquette, the whispers from townfolk that you were too ordinary for him, the work that you needed to do if you were to become his wife.

All that was not really a big problem for you, but Ayato seemed not to know of your struggles, he was extremely busy, and when he wasn't, he seemed to think that everything was well and fine, since you were getting all your basic needs met and even more.

"...So I'm sorry, Ayato. This is just... All too much for me. I'm sorry,"

"...I understand. Forgive me, it seems that I've overlooked a lot of things...Perhaps it is as you say, that it'd be better for us to grow apart rather than grow together,"

Baizhu

because he is a ticking time bomb, no matter which way he looked it's not going to end well for both of you.

He either dies early or lives forever. In both scenarios he anticipates that the two of you are just going to be in a world of hurt.

Besides, he didn't mean to get so attached to someone in the first place, he knew his quest for immortality was long and arduous. You didn't deserve to walk that difficult road too.

While breaking up, will conceal the fact that he's only thinking of you and will possibly hurt you in the process.

"I'm sorry, but it's for the best. I ask that you continue going forward without me, there's no space for you in my... ideal future,"

Bennett

We all know it...it's his bad luck. However, it wasn't YOU who had a problem with it, it was HIM.

You understood that his bad luck was just some extended part of him, plus it's not like it was always bad, there were a lot of good times too. Plenty!

But the guilt ate him up whenever the two of you were stuck in a seemingly impossible scenario and predicament, brought on by his luck. He just had enough of it one day.

"I...I can't keep doing this to you every day! It's not fair..."

will be on the brink of tears before he even starts.

"Maybe it's better if you find someone else to adventure with, Y/N, sorry...!"

runs away before you can even get a word in.

Chongyun

Thinks he's not good enough in every aspect. It's really, seriously not about you. He thinks he's lacking in everything. Strength, maturity, experience, confidence.

So badly wants to stay with you but feels like he's not good enough and thinks that you're better off with someone else.

"D-Don't misunderstand... It's not because I don't like you anymore... I just...Please find someone else!"

Cyno

his bad jokes and TCG addiction. just kidding, you're not that shallow.

A lot of people are intimidated by him being the General Mahamatra because he gives importance to justice. While you, who had seen a bit more of him than other people had, it seemed more of an obsession to uphold the Akademiya's law and integrity.

This was not a big problem to you, you liked how he was serious at work.

Until one day when you were accused of plagiarising one of your papers and Cyno was the one sent to give you a first offense warning. The Akademiya knew of your relationship, that's probably why they sent him, to make it harder on the two of you.

Cyno didn't listen to your explanations on how it was an honest mistake, he still gave you the warning that you "deserved"

From then on it had just been different between the two of you, so it was really a mutual breakup. Or so you thought.

"...After that, I just realized that maybe this isn't the right time for us... We're both working for the Akademiya, we both take our jobs seriously...Unfortunately that seems to just be getting in the way of us...I think it's best if we stop seeing each other,"

"...I see." he pauses for a minute, as if tossing your words in his mind. "I...agree. Parting ways would certainly make work easier for both of us...it's the professional thing to do,"

Dainsleif

Has not moved on from his past.

Sure, everyone has their own baggage to carry, their own history to live through...but Dainsleif has heavier things than that. He seemed to wake up every day thinking of Khaenri'ah and the days long past. Was it regret? Nostalgia? Loneliness? You didn't know. You just knew that he wasn't really completely THERE with you in the present. Part of him still lived in the past.

When you explained that you felt like the two of you were not moving forward together and that it seemed like he wanted to go back to the past instead, he got offended.

"...My past is something that I carry forever, you'd claimed that you understood that," he starts.

"I do! But carrying it with you and letting it drag you backwards are two different things!"

He falters for a moment, only to leave you with his last words before turning away from you forever: "You will never understand, the weight that I carry,"

Diluc

is too guarded. You'd been friends for a long, long, long, long time before he decided he could let you in enough and be more intimate with you.

Even then everything was going at a snail's pace, though you were extremely patient with him.

The biggest problem with Diluc was that the two of you would progress one day, take a step forward, and then the next day it was like the two of you took two steps back.

Example: The two of you went out for a simple stargazing excursion late one night, it was nice and he had been incredibly affectionate. The next day he had trouble even meeting your gaze, and disappeared to do his work. It was also a little awkward during dinnertime. This scenario had happened more than once.

Hint: the closer he got to you the more afraid he became, thinking that he would one day lose you too.

"I...I can't. I love you but I...I've waited far too long. I'm sorry. I'm tired of this endless chase for you!"

He couldn't even say a thing. He'd wanted to ask you to stay, to wait for him a little longer, but he already knew how incredibly selfish that would have been. Instead, he grimaced, and looked away from your gaze, trying to find something worthwhile to say. There was only silence for a few moments.

"Goodbye Diluc," that's when you turned away.

Gorou

worships Kokomi too much and your insecurities just kept circling around in your head.

You know its his job. You know he isn't like that but the problem was YOU and not him.

Simply said you let your insecurity eat up the relationship between the two of you.

You couldn't bring yourself to say that you were jealous of the way he admired Kokomi so you broke up with him with another reason in tow.

Unfortunately, you're not a very good liar face to face so you did a butthole move and actually broke up with him through a letter. You just couldn't face him and tell him why.

All you mentioned in the letter was that you needed time to think and be away from him, and told him not to worry because it was your problem, not his.

Poor Gorou reread that letter over and over, trying to understand what went wrong.

Heizou

is just a natural flirt. You're not sure if he's doing it on purpose or not and you're not sure if he's even aware he's like that.

Anyway you'd seen him getting overly friendly (just another word for flirting) with a few other people a couple of times. You didn't let it get to you the first, fourth or even eighth time but you realized that he KNOWS that you're watching him do that.

So you confront him about it, but he claims that it's just his way of gathering information from others. People like to hear good things and some people are more susceptible to flirtatious comments so he resorts to that for his investigation sometimes.

You didn't really completely buy it and even if you did, it's not like this was healthy for your relationship. You just couldn't make yourself comfortable with it.

*You just chalked it up to the two of you being incompatible.

"I'm just not comfortable with that...I don't think I have to say sorry for how I feel but...I'm sorry anyway because I know you're just doing your job... It's probably best if we part ways here..."

"Is there any way to change your mind?" he genuinely asks.

You only give a lopsided smile. "You're a detective, I think you already know the answer to that,"

Yet he didn't stop you from walking away.

Itto

Kept breaking promises because he was too airheaded or too occupied doing something "stupid" with the kids or with his gang.

Pretty soon it just felt like you were an afterthought while everyone else in his life took precedent.

Got a ramen date? Oops, sorry! Got caught up looking for a strong onikabuto in the forest!

Needed his help to move some things? Gah, he was vandalising the bulletin boards, so he's running a bit late!

What's more you didn't actually mind that carefree, airheaded side of him...but it really got to you when he couldn't even seem to make you a priority. Not once.

He only realized that when he came running, late again, and stood face to face with a crying you.

"Hey sorry Y/N, I was just--...Why are you crying?!" is completely dumbfounded and clueless, mostly because when he came late, you had always shrugged it off with a smile on your face, or so he thought. This time you had a completely different reaction.

"I hate you...*hic* I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"

Shocked beyond belief. It wasn't like you to just blow up like that, but he couldn't do anything except watch you turn and run away from him after that exclamation.

Kaeya

Sometimes you're not sure if he takes you seriously.

Recently, he's not where he says he is, you don't know why he doesn't just tell you where he is.

He said he'd be working late, but then you find out he's at Angel's Share.

He said he'll be at Angel's Share, but then you catch word from Jean that he's out on a late mission.

He said he's escorting a caravan to Mondstadt but he's actually on assignment in Liyue.

It came to the point where you altogether just stopped looking for him cause half of the time you couldn't find him. It's like he's avoiding you or something, which, actually, seems just about right since he's been so busy with "work"

It reached a breaking point when, for a week, you were unable to bring him the lunch you prepared...because he was not where he said he was going to be. It was starting to get annoying.

"I don't understand why you're lying to me! Why do you have to tell me you'll be at Angel's Share this afternoon when you're not? Do you realize you make me walk all the way there only to come all the way back with nothing achieved?"

"I'm sorry snowflake, that wasn't my intention," though he still chuckles despite knowing full well that you were about to turn away.

"You know what, let me know when you're ready to stop making jokes. Until then, don't bother contacting me,"

He just didn't expect you to actually walk away from him.

Kaveh

Entertains everyone and anyone. Naturally kind at heart, will stop for anyone in trouble...even that flirtatious man/woman who is clearly just pining for his attention.

No he doesn't quite realize this.

The same person had asked for his help at least 4 times now and all 4 times he had been happy to offer a helping hand.

The last straw was when he was invited into the stranger's house, they had apparently needed someone to help them move and re-arrange furniture and he did, working till almost dinner time.

You'd caught him right by the person's door, because Kaveh was actually honest and told you he'd be helping them today, but the person was clearly eyeing Kaveh rather flirtatiously.

"Come again next time," you heard the person say rather happily. Kaveh only replies with "If I have nothing else to do, I suppose,"

"Kaveh, they're coming onto you and you keep letting it happen!"

"I'm not certain what you're talking about...They just needed some help around their house, nothing suspicious happened at all. Even if there was, I won't let anything happen between me and a stranger!"

"Then STOP helping them!"

"There isn't anything wrong with lending a hand...It was a quick move of things, that's all,"

"How would YOU feel if I just went into someone's house and kept helping them "move" things?"

"...I would think that's nice of you,"

You actually threw your hands up. "Oh, forget it! You know what, for someone who LOVES helping others, you're not doing such a great job of helping ME," then walked away and never came back. "Good riddance,"

Kazuha

He's a wandering samurai. You knew what you were getting into but you didn't expect dating him to be so hard.

He was gone for weeks on end, and you were not getting on that boat with him. In essence the two of you were just not ready to follow each other to the end's of the Earth, and that was fair. The two of you were young.

Kazuha kind of saw it coming, whenever he visited you, you seemed less spirited and he had an inkling as to why. The time apart was just too much for you.

It was a rather clean break actually. A real mutual breakup that the two of you agreed on.

"...You could say it's just not the right time for us," you even managed to laugh under your breath and he did the same, though it was barely audible.

"...Mm. There are matters that you need to attend to here...and there are things that I need to do out there," he slowly stood up from his sitting position next to you and still gazed at you rather lovingly. "...Perhaps, in another world, you and I are bound together,"

You gazed back forlornly, "...Just not in this one, it looks like,"

Lyney

because he will always choose his siblings over you. Always.

Though that's not a bad thing because you also think that family is important...somewhere along the way you realized that family is the ONLY thing he had and saw.

Example: Lynette and you had gotten ill at the same time one winter morning. Perhaps it was the cold that was passing around Fontaine. Lyney had been so worried about Lynette, that he seemed to have forgotten about you for the next few days. In fact, Lyney didn't even realize that you caught the cold too. You had only heard from Freminet, who you happened to cross paths with, that Lynette was also ill.

You thought that incident was the end of it, but really it seemed that whenever Lyney wanted to hang out with you, Lynette had to be there too. You tried to understand...after all there's still that mystery of disappearing women in Fontaine.

The breakup was induced when Lyney completely forgot about your birthday, because Freminet's was around the same time as yours. You helped Lyney prepare everything for Freminet, and said nothing about your own.

You realized that there was nothing wrong with choosing family over everything else...but the problem here was that Lyney didn't even have space for you in the first place.

So you left without saying anything. You figured he'd get over it quick. You had even gone so far as to move away from the main city of Fontaine and out into another island, because what would you say if he found you? That you were jealous of his siblings? You weren't going to ruin a family like that and it wasn't right to make him choose...so you just left without a word.

Neuvillette

Had a whole brainrot for this man:

Part 1

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Scaramouche

surprisingly it's not his anger issues.

It's the way he wouldn't acknowledge your relationship. You wonder how you even got into one with him.

There's no public show of affection, but even behind closed doors it rarely happened.

You knew that he was going to be like that, and so you didn't mind it all that much.

It was getting a bit much though when, out in public, he would walk further in front of you and refused to walk next to you. When he pretended like he didn't even know you. When he didn't stop to help you even when another man had shown interest in you, bordering on uncomfortable.

The more time passed the more you simply felt unloved...but for some reason you still blamed yourself.

"...I...don't know. Maybe you find me undesirable, or just...unappealing. Maybe you're embarrassed of me or...or..." maybe you just didn't care in the first place, you thought to yourself.

There was a long silence. Of you turning your gaze away, of him still piercing into yours. And then...

"Tsk...don't waste my time...Leave if you want to leave, door's open,"

Tartaglia

This one is simple. It's his obsession for fighting plus his complete disregard for himself. It's a constant heart attack for you. At some point the anxiety is just too much for you to handle.

Imagine living every day just wondering if he's safe at the same time knowing that he just loves to look for trouble.

The foul legacy that you know of, he uses it with disregard as well, despite knowing that it wasn't good for him.

And there are even days where you know he was heavily wounded but didn't go to you, in an attempt to shield you from worry.

It's a constant battle trying to stay sane and unworried, until one day it all just becomes too much.

"...Nothing I say will change anything, Tartaglia. This is who you are...This is who you need to be..." you whisper while bandaging his knuckles. He lets out a short hum.

It was silent all up until you finished with his hand, you squeeze it gently. "...I love you but...I can't keep doing this to myself, I'm tired...more so than I have ever been before,"

He lets your hand slip away from his knuckles, and that was the last he saw of you.

Thoma

This one is also simple. He was always taking care of others and running errands for others that he sometimes just couldn't catch a break.

Just a classic case of not enough time for you since he had a job to do for the Kamisato Clan.

He knows it, and feels awful about it. So he's the one who makes the move.

"It hurts that I can't give you what you deserve, Y/N. This isn't it... You deserve more than this but I can't give you that and I'm sorry. Please look for the love that you deserve,"

Tighnari

Remembers everything. Can be critical of things you've done, specially if he thinks there's a better way to do it.

Simply said you just feel stupid in front of him sometimes.

He doesn't mean to, but he sometimes forgets to appreciate or give praise to the things that you do well and even if he does, it tends to be short lived compared to his constructive criticisms.

Pretty soon you felt like he only looks at the bad things you do, and never the good. Though he was really only trying to teach and guide you as an equal.

He in fact feels that you are one of the few people who can keep up educational conversations with him.

The problem is he kind of forgets that you're his lover, and that you would enjoy his praise and affection from time to time.

"Do you... Do you ever have anything nice to say other than 'good work' or 'great observation'?" the words were out of your mouth before you could hold yourself back. Sometimes it was tiring to feel like you weren't good enough.

There's a flash of surprise that crosses Tighnari's expression for a split second, before he recovers. "...Had I not been praising your work enough lately? My apologies... It has a lot of merits, I just thought that you wanted my opinion on how to make it better,"

You opened your mouth to say something, but closed it again right after to ponder on his words. Somehow even that had managed to make you feel embarrassed. It was here you knew that the problem also lied within yourself.

"...Sorry, Tighnari...I think I'll need some time alone,"

He obliges quickly and asks. "That's reasonable. When would you like me to come back?"

"...Let me rephrase that... I need some time away. From us."

Xiao

Unfortunately there's a lot of things wrong here... his lack of affection. His aloof personality. His dedication to his yaksha duties. Despite that he does actually try to be gentlemanly or respectful of you.

The worst of it is that he didn't know how to be in a relationship, in other words he just wasn't ready for one, or perhaps he would never be ready for one.

He didn't understand that humans craved companionship and sometimes touch. He didn't understand that meant having to favour you over others, sometimes even putting you first over his yaksha duties.

Worst of it all was when he shut himself off from you, sometimes for days on end, when his karmic debt was too high. He only really did it to protect you, but never realized how isolated that made you feel.

When you confronted him about it, he felt attacked. Hiding away was the only way he knew how to cope...why couldn't you understand that?

"Let me help you, Xiao,"

"I don't need your help!" his tone would make you wince and just like that he disappears into a billow of smoke.

You never returned to Wangshu Inn after that. If he couldn't let you in, there was no use trying to knock on his heart. Xiao being Xiao, never sought you ought again either.

Zhongli

He had experienced so many things and you had listened to many a tales from him.

This is what caused you to realize that you hadn't even experienced life at all, and yet here you were willing to tie yourself down to him.

It just didn't feel like it added up. Here he was with all this knowledge of the world and here you were who had never even stepped outside of Liyue. By no means were you stupid, but you felt that you could be better not only for him, but for yourself if you learned more.

There was just such a huge gap in life experiences, and though you never expected to get to his level (he was a God who had lived for a long time, you would never catch up to him) you at least wanted to see what was out there with your own eyes instead of through his stories.

He understood that wholeheartedly, and had no qualms in letting you go.

"You will always have a place with me, Y/N. No amount of lifetimes will change that,"

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Disclaimer: Relationships will always have some sort of problem along the way, maybe big, maybe small but I just want to reiterate that breaking up is not always the solution. Communicating is very important. So to those of you who like taking fanfiction too seriously, let it be known that this is just a work of fiction. I don't actually suggest breaking up with someone as soon as there is the slight indication of a problem (Just saw someone commenting on a similar themed post for Haikyuu that this wouldn't happen in the real world if both parties were mature... I mean, sure, but, idk, you must be fun in parties... it's called fiction for a reason...)

[theloveinc]

any hobie and/or miguel icks? 😟

whoever sent this: thank you + i ADORE you. i hope you don't mind i'm switching up the formatting/style a it in comparison to my older icks... shorter list, more detailed <3

(warning: some fem terms used at the end, such as “mama!”)

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Miguel O'Hara

- This guy... has some long ass toenails. Type of toenails that poke you at night in bed, and tear holes in his socks.

It's maybe somewhat related to the claw thing he's got going on? Has a lot stronger and faster-growing nails than the average person... but the real problem here is that he's TERRIBLE about clipping them. Claims it doesn't bother him even remotely and that you're the one overreacting when you ask him to... but hardly anything gets through to him about it. You probably even offer to do it for him one day, thinking the offer of a foot massage would sway his thinking and that it'd actually work... but he fought you on that just as easy...!!!

...which is how you came to the conclusion that you have a man who'll even argue w/ you over toenails. Petty boy.

- Miguel is also tired 24/7. AND yeah, it's pretty hard to be un-sympathetic towards that, but he's tired in the... I'm-gonna-prioritize-this-one-last-email-over-saying-goodnight-to-you way. Which gets real irritating when you're asking him to help you out w/ anything, like cleaning up or answering a question or JUST HAVING A DAMN CONVERSATION W/ YOU and he's using "I'm tired" as an excuse when his response is shitty or distracted.

Like one of those stupid guys whose always squinting at their damn iPad when you ask what he wants for dinner... which is ironic given that he'll get snippy at you for not giving him your full, entire attention whenever he wants it. Type of man to start picking imaginary lint off your head when you're simply trying to finish up a text before engaging him so that you aren't distracted.

- Odd about Lyla. Not that he loves her or anything, but she'll like pop up to give him updates about whatever even if you're MID-MAKEOUT session and he won't change that setting. Pulling away from your lips all pouty and squinty only to glare at his watch for thirty seconds before trying to go right back into kissing you.

No. No sir.

(Lyla will also always say something to or-but-usually-and about you, which... Okay, she's an AI and doesn't Get It... but it's still weird because it feels like someone you don't know just walked into the room.)

- Picks his nose when he's too busy to find a tissue, and forgets to sanitize his hands after. Denies this when you tell him.. but you've witnessed this multiple times (he's weirdly kind of whiney for a dude and lazy for a workaholic LOL).

Hobie Brown

- Lovely boyfriend because he doesn't give a crap about your appearance or the idea of needing to "look nice" for a man... but also stupid, nuisance boyfriend because this means he doesn't give one hoot if you try to get all gussied up for him. Nags you about wasting time getting ready because he doesn't need you to do all that instead of just saying "THANK YOU, YOU LOOK NICE." Even probably complains about you feeding into gender stereotypes or w/e when you do something like shave your legs or pluck your eyebrows😭

You try to talk to him about this, ask if he even cares that you tried to look nice, and he skirts around admitting it because he has an argument for everything. "'oughta know I think you're pretty either way"-ass when you just spent an hour trying to look all good for him.

- Tries to share the most obscure music with you... which is like, sweet in concept, but weird when it actually happens since it's never like a generic love song but an eleven minute underground jam session.

Which isn't to say he has bad taste in music, usually it's fine if not fantastic... but you try to tell him you don't want to listen to some dude's first draft of himself banging on a drum set for a full album and he's like: "tsk."

HOBIE. TSK??? FUCKING TSK????????? WHAT ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE LIKE????????

(He'll also use his to get out of listening to your music. Claiming his "inconsistency" is why he liked your playlist yesterday but not today. Stop!!!)

- And you know I gotta say it, he's a punk, after all: absolutely refuses to clean his favorite leather jacket, and it smells RANK. He's genuinely sentimental about it, though... and if you even try to bring up cleaning it somehow (even if very gently), he's acting like you betrayed him. Goes through the five stages of grief over you asking him not to wear it on one of your dates, and teases you by TALKING to it:

"Mumma didn't mean that, jackie. She just doesn't understand our lifestyle, does she?" while giving you a (lighthearted) stink eye.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for refusing to be friends with people who don't have any siblings?

I (20F) have two brothers and two sisters, I am the middle child and luckily I have a good relationship with my siblings even though we argue sometimes like most siblings do. so a few weeks ago, I was at uni and I met this goth girl, she was extremely witty and funny, and overall I rlly enjoyed being around her. I would laugh my ass off because she's hilarious and I can tell she's also intelligent and kind, I liked her so much I even gave her my number after a few days.

we sent each other memes and at some point I mention how I couldn't talk anymore at that moment bc I had to take my youngest brother out since he wanted to go watch a movie. afterwards, I told her a little more about my siblings and she says it's easy to tell I'm a good sister for looking after my youngest brother, and that she thought it'd be cool to have a sister like me, but she's an only child.

for some reason...this made me completely lose interest in her? which is weird bc like I said I do enjoy her company. I then realized all my friends have at least one sibling. I didn't know how to explain this to her so I ended up just ghosting her. I feel like people who are an only child just don't GET me and I want to be able to relate to my friends. I have been inadvertently avoiding people without siblings all my life. I realize I just don't want to be friends with someone who has no siblings but I know this seems like a pretty stupid reason to not want to be friends with someone. tbh if this girl had at least one sibling I would still want to be her friend.

I do feel like an asshole however I don't think forcing myself to be friends with people is a good idea. I also feel bad bc I was the one who wanted our friendship to progress faster and then I just ghosted her completely even tho she did nothing wrong. what should I do? AITA?

[macro-cosmic]

I was going to make SF6 designs for Remy, Alex and Sean but then I realized. I dont want to. So only Remys design is there plus a lot of slop feat those 2. Also Poison is there bc I like her and also that one secret files art of her and Remy being friends is really cute

My concepts for what those 3 have been up to since SF3 up to SF6 time (kinda long?):

Sean: let's be honest, Seans been disrespected for years since his creation, both in-universe and out -he's been treated like a joke for a long ass time. I think he deserves some respect and that he should have become a really good fighter by this point in the timeline, with his own unique fighting style. I think that while him and Ken probably aren't on bad terms, Seans probably old enough to have stopped idolizing him and realized he wasnt really the greatest teacher. If he and Ken haven't spoken in a while I can see him being shocked at what the hells happening w him in SF6.

Alex: I think it's easy to just point at Alex and say "yeah after sf3 he became a successful wrestler yayy end of story" that's kinda boring to me. While he still could be a successful wrestler or whatever else, what I think would be most interesting is his relationship with Gill and the Illuminati from SF3. We know that Gill has an interest in Alex not only because he's strong and managed to beat Gill, but because of their blood relation as well. I can see Gill probably attempting to either win Alex over or force him to join Gills side because he needs Alex for one reason or another- the only problem being that Alex does Not fucking want to. One of the guys win lines after beating Gill was literally "I'm no good at making speeches, so I can't become God." Man does NOT care he did NOT ask. At some point I imagine it'd really just become "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON, OLD MAN??" que fighting.

Remy: We know that in his ending, Remy tells himself he'll stop being vengeful and symbolically lets go of the past by literally letting go of his dead sisters body. Which is sweet and all but like. pretty much everyone we know of in his life is now gone or dead (most of the SF3 cast has other people in their life they can rely on, but Remy fr does not have Anyone) and Remy clearly has Issues. I'm not sure that a late teen/young adult with no one and pretty much nothing left to rely on in their life would really succeed at making a better life for themselves that easily. Even if he's not like, beating the hell out of people for catharsis anymore, I think he'd probably feel really lost on where to go in life. My reasoning for his Hypothetical appearance in SF6 would be either that a) HE NEEDS MONEY. b) he's maybe desperate to figure his life out so bad hes going back to fighting as a last measure. He'd probably be really embarrassed about it since he hated fighting so much and said he'd stop, but I think he can learn that fightings not necessarily a bad thing. It was a completely negative force in his life for so long that he couldn't think of it any other way before, but maybe he'd find more peace if he accepted that that wasnt true (maybe....have him get taught that....by all the other characters....who have positive relationships with fighting.....im just saying pls get this man some friends)

...also I didn't know where else to say this but I like to imagine the reason Remy speaks japanese (and assumedly french) in SF3 and never English is because he just. Cant speak English well at all. I think it'd be really funny if any time he spoke it he just sounded like that "my brother tries to speak English" video

[firelxdykatara]

One of these days I really do need to sit down and do a full Buffy rewatch. It's been a very long time since I've watched the whole show, beginning to end, without jumping to my favorite episodes and then losing track and trailing off. But part of the problem is that every time I think about doing this, I then think about how much time I will have to spend perceiving Xander Harris' existence (a character whom I loathe a little more each and every time I put on an episode of the show, especially when I do a full season rewatch), and I just feel so tired in my fucking bones about it. I don't know if I am strong enough!

Doesn't help that I just watched a youtube video on why Xander is the Worst with a capital W, which in the process reminded me of some of the things he did which I'd evidently blocked completely from my memory. You mean to tell me (as if I had not seen it with my own two eyes multiple times and each time managed, somehow, to purge it from my memory completely) that Xander fucking Harris is the reason Buffy tries to go after Riley (a character I also hate, but unlike Xander, he's only around for two seasons and is ultimately pretty irrelevant and easy to ignore), only to get there too late and watch him leave in a fucking helicopter, crying over him as if she'd lost something significant.

Instead of leaving it at her choosing to let go of a relationship that was going nowhere, and never had been, because she did not love him (seriously, just, compare the way Buffy behaves around him during their relationship with her behavior around Angel and Spike during their respective relationship arcs and tell me you don't see a diffeerence) and he very clearly did not understand her or her burden and had no intention of trying because being with the strongest woman in the world who didn't need him around all the time to be her big strong protector made him feel like less of a man... she has to stand there and get her heart broken, realizing what she lost just a little too late to do anything about it.

All because Xander had to give her his little fucked up 'you need to go after him and beg him to stay! he's perfect for you!' speech.

(There's something in there about Xander needing her to pick Riley and be with Riley because Riley is the normal everyman and it would be, symbolically, him triumphing over Angel after all if she chose the normal boring human dude over a grr face and angst, but it's been a little too long for me to write that essay, it'd have to come in the course of the full rewatch I keep meaning to start and not getting around to because of aforementioned anger about Xander Fucking Harris.)

This on top of shit like 'Xander has a witch help him do a love spell that backfires horribly and instead of facing any consequences from that he has Buffy thanking him for not sexually assaulting her while she was maigcally roofied by, and I cannot stress this enough, the spell he sought out a witch to perform (because he actually wanted to assault Cordelia in revenge for dumping him, but since he saves her from the situation he put her in she decides to give their relationship another chance)' (and in the very next season he cheats on Cordelia with Willow, who is wracked with guilt over what happened and spends multiple episodes trying to make things up to Oz and fix their relationship but Xander has to do none of this cause it's whatever to him I guess lmao), and also him lying about Angel which Buffy never figures out which sticks in my craw like a really bad rash... gods.

See I'm already writing an essay and I haven't done a full rewatch in years 😭😭😭 I love the show so much but I hate Xander SO much I truly suffer more than Jesus for my girl.

[2kverrr]

Omg hi I just saw your work in the cyberpunk x reader tag! Can I please request something for Meredith Stout? Either a SFW alphabet or dating headcanons would be lovely!

Thank you so much for sending this in !! I've been meaning to post for her for ages but never got to it (tysm for reminding me how amazing she is)

MEREDITH STOUT || SFW Alphabet

CYBERPUNK 2077 || 2.k words

A: Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Meredith would not be caught dead showing affection to you in front of anyone, especially not her inferiors. She's the queen of that bad bitch lifestyle and wants it to remain that way.

Though she loves doing it subtly and getting away with it, running the toe of her heels up your leg during a meeting, leaving lingering touches on your waist, arms or shoulders as she walks past you, she'll lean extremely closely over you as she examines any and every piece of work you've completed.

But worst of all are the looks.

Usually her looks would burn her hole through her agents head, it's the kind of glance that makes people scream and running away. But the looks she sends your way, my oh my, they make you twirl your hair around your air and start kicking your legs like a lovesick 15 year-old.

B: Best Friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

We all know Meredith Stout does not do friends, to be honest, I think to become close to a friend of hers (and I mean barely close to a friend of hers) you'd have to be her bitch for a solid half-year. And God it'd be exhausting.

C: Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

She loves to cuddle, but she'd never call it that. Yeah, those mornings in bed tangled in one another, yeah definitely not cuddling (in her eyes anyway).

She just wants you close, so you end up just flopping down on top of her majority of the time because you're both absolutely shattered.

D: Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

This woman is rich rich, does she fuck clean or cook for herself? No way.

Truth is; she'd be useless without her hired cooks and cleaners. But you can't blame her, she's devoted to her work and dedicates as much time as possible towards it.

God, she wishes she could settles down, but now earning her role as senior operations manager, she's not gonna settle down for one hell of a while. But that doesn't stop her dreaming about buying a cottage out of NC, retiring and spending ever moment you have left together.

E: Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

Easy Dump'N'Dip.

Blocked on everything, locks changed, number changed, work schedule changed. Ending things with you would almost definitely gave something to do with her line of work.

The two of you have discussed it often, you're on the verge of coming to terms with it, but you both know neither of you could go on without the other.

F: Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

At first, you're both kind of just a one time thing that quickly turned into a twenty time thing. It was almost impossible for the two of you to not catch feelings for one another, and Stout's one cold hearted bitch.

She'd love to marry you, but marrying you means planning a wedding, service, honeymoon - and quite frankly, she doesn't have the time to do it. She's fine acting like a married couple without a ring on her finger, secretly she finds the concept of marriage ridiculous.

G: Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

She's pretty harsh sometimes, but you got used to it pretty quick. Our Meredith is stressed to the bones, she does need a good venting session from time to time, but when work isn't on her mind and she finally has minimal to worry about it's honestly like finally putting a new born to sleep.

Her touch is usually firm, she likes holding you tight - god her handshakes are bone crushing.

She's not exactly keen on emotions (as we are aware of), she gets uncomfortable and her fight and flight low-key kicks in - well it's more of a 'tell them to suck it up or immediately evacuate'.

She does try her hardest with you by attempting to comfort you when you're upset, but it more or less ends in her promising to wipe what upset you off the face of the earth without a trace.

H: Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are they like.)

She loves them, but will never initiate them. It's one of those, she'll let you hug her, but she won't let you go afterwards. Too busy enjoying sinking into your hold, taking in the scent of your shampoo, her hands searching every inch of your back, she would honestly fall asleep standing up in one of your hugs.

She will not be afraid to throw you out of the nearest window if you were to do it in front of her agents, just kidding, thought she'd definitely think about it

I: I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

I feel like she'd drop hints nonchalantly all while her systems are slowly shutting down waiting for your reply. She will beat around the bush so hard, "It's so hard not to love you." - "I love your hair." - "I love your eyes." - "I love your smile."

All these clues and you still don't get it? Complete system failure. She's too proud to out rightly confess her love for you, so she expects you to do it for her.

J: Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they get jealous?)

She's so jealous, someone at work is getting a little too close for comfort. Fired. They guy in the apartment across visiting one too many times. Eviction notice. You receive a message/call off of a number belonging to somebody you met and Stout didn't. Whole ass Militech interrogation routine.

It's not that green doesn't suit her, it definitely does. She can just be a little extreme sometimes.

K: Kisses (What are their kisses like?)

Long and passionate, she rarely does short and sweet. Her career comes with many threats, though there isn't much chance, every kiss could be her last.

She loves placing them just under your ear on your jawline, something about that soft spot just makes her weak (plus it hides her smile while she does it).

L: Little ones (How are they around children?)

"Little shits." - "Dirty, snot-nosed rodents." - "Tiny disgusting creatures."

That basically sums it up, thought what she hates more than kids, are teenagers. You're not sure when you discovered this but she despises teens, which doesn't give you much hope on the kids front.

M: Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

She longs for a lazy morning, but she has a strict routine she tries her hardest to stick to. She will spare 5/10 minutes of that routine to watch your steady asleep breaths.

On the odd occasion you'll catch her staring, and she'll immediately scramble off and act casual.

N: Night (How are nights with them?)

You both just fall into bed, you both wait all day for the time where you just strip down from your clothes and collapse into Meredith's silk sheets.

She's a light sleeper, like she'll roll over in her sleep and wake herself up. She envies your ability to sleep for a solid 12 hours uninterrupted.

O: Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they spill everything all at once or slowly reveal things with time?)

This is actually her favourite memory of the two of you (as going to be mentioned in Remember). At first, it was a big chunk of her emotions, and after that she felt comfortable enough with you to slowly string along small pieces of information often.

P: Patience (How easily angered are they?)

She's always angry at something, not just 'Ugh, that's so annoying' kind of angry, more like whacking your hairbrush off your head when you were 9 kind of angry (we've all been there).

You don't tend to challenge her much, not because you don't want to, but because you don't need to. So she's got a bit more patience when it comes to you.

Q: Quizzes (How much would they remember about you?) Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

Everything. Like she could probably recite every conversation the two if you have had since you met.

R: Remember (What is their favourite moment in your relationship?)

Of course it's work related. You had left your keys at the office, but when you get back you fin Meredith sat on the floor with files scattered everywhere. You'd never seen her like this, outfit messed up, hair unruly, and her overall being stressed.

You offered to help her with whatever she was looking for, but she refused. One thing led to another, and she just spilled everything too you - she'd made some sort of mistake in some paperwork from 5 months ago, now it's biting her back in the ass.

She felt safe with you, like you truly wanted to hear her out and really wanted to make her feel better. She'd never come across someone willing to lend a hand to their hard ass boss who's not often seen so vunerable.

S: Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

Girl she is Militech, you're safe.

T: Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

She's all for the often wine and dine, always at big fancy restaurants where the chandeliers are bigger than the tables. So it doesn't give much left for really important dates.

So they're left to you, because she is terrible at planning a date that isn't just reserving a table and splashing out on the most expensive wine.

U: Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

Her attitude, you understand that in her line of work it's vital to come off not to be messed with and confident. But sometimes your kind soul can't take it when she snaps at the new assistant for suggesting a not-so-bad idea.

V: Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Around you, not at all. She's notice how you worship the ground she walks on and she loves it.

Her looks are always on point, hours being put into a mere outfit for people she sees for about 10 minutes a day.. So she loves letting loose.

W: Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

Of course, who would file her documents?

That's what she would usually tell you. But really, you get her through the day, you bring an escape to her life even if that escape is only for 5 minutes on a random tuesday.

X: Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

Here's a few:

She CANNOT handle spicy food, like she starts dry heaving whenever eating it.

Has two cats and treats them like her children.

She's a really bad dancer, stiff and arrhythmic - you made fun of her once and she hasn't danced since.

Will smoke like a chimney as soon as she's had a drink, but as soon you go to she scolds you.

Y: Yuck (What are some things they wouldn't like, either in general or in a partner?)

Laziness - She cannot stand it.

If she has to wake up at the crack of dawn every morning just to keep NC safe, why is it such a struggle for you to just get out of bed.

At work she hates seeing mess in communal areas, spills of coffee (even of the tiniest sort) send her into a fit of rage, which is quite rare as she's never been seen in any of the communal break rooms (boujee Stout)

Z: Zzz (What is a sleep habit of theirs?)

She'll go to sleep as though she's in a coffin, but wake up like a single piece of cooked spaghetti.

And of course she looks angry while she sleeps, eyebrows furrowed, occasionally with her arms folded, that's unless she's in your hold where she'll immediately surrender and soften up.

[beetle-blogging]

Don't judge me, but Rory is genuinely my favorite character in BJBJ.

Like, he's awful and obnoxious and I want to hit him with a mallet, but pretty much every single line of his is comedy gold in an "oof, WTF?" kind of way. His brand of evil his mundane, but that's what makes it work.

He's a better villain than Jeremy or Delores because it becomes clear to the audience pretty quickly (at least to me, from Lydia's "I'm sorry for making you feel bad") that he's been chipping away at Lydia's psyche for a long time, boiling-a-frog style. He's manipulative and emotionally abusive - in a way so cringey that, as I mentioned, it circles back around to being funny - rather than violent, but anyone familiar with abuse patterns knows that this type of guy is not necessarily above violence, he'll just wait to do violence until he thinks he'll get away with it. Which, with Charles being dead, Astrid being uncaring of her Mom's life choices, and Delia ordering venomous snakes, would have been quite soon.

He's motivated by money. He said "meet weak women and exploit them." Not to wash his socks and suck his dick, but to get at their money. I think it's incredibly likely that he had planned to get rid of Lydia via murder shortly after both her parents had died and she had inherited their combined wealth from her dad's real estate business and Delia's art. Cause it's not like Rory just had some maladaptive behavior patterns. He absolutely knew what he was doing. I doubt he'd have stuck with her till the end of their natural lives. It would have been easy, too, even for a guy who likely wouldn't have the balls to be direct about it. After all, everyone knows Lydia is that lady who sees ghosts. She's crazy, and morbid, and obsessed with the afterlive. She takes Benzos (that Rory controls her access of, so it'd be easy to pocket a few to give her an overdose later) to get through the day, and she just lost both her parents.

Cringey, overdramatic guy or not, Rory is far more scary than even Betelgeuse. At least Betelgeuse sticks to agreements and is frequently less bad than you expected.

Terrible person, fantastic villain 10/10.

[basilpaste]

On Command!

(This fic contains depictions of panic attacks and also talks of death! please be safe.)

You can loop without dying. You can loop without touching a tear or dying. Why?

Better question: how?

You know you loop when you talk to the Head Housemaiden. You know you looped when Loop said something similar to her. Is it those words that trigger it?

Something is breaking. Something's failing, rotting. You sit in front of the statue of the Change God and think the words with force. Panic swells in your chest. You hate thinking about it! You thought you were free the first time you beat the King! That your friends would get to go and you'd be done with this whole thing. And then the Head Housemaiden started talking like that and it just!

You don't feel like looping. You just feel bad.

So if not that… what? What caused you to loop those times? Was it… emotions? You weren't stressed the first time you talked to the Head Housemaiden, though! But you still looped back anyway! You bite your lip — hard. Okay. Maybe you'll have time to think about this later. Because Sif just passed the statue and you have a schedule!

… You could ask Loop about it. You aren't sure Loop would appreciate that much. So. You won't! You'll figure it out on your own! It can't be that hard, can it?

-

You are in the House. In the secret library, thumbing uselessly through the same books you've already skimmed. There's nothing important here, not that you know of at least, but you still look vaguely at the pages. One of the books, shoved away and out of place, is on self help. A page catches your eye! Breathing exercises! Like Sif's! From all the time you've spent with him, now, you've found yourself doing them subconsciously. To keep yourself calm!

Hm.

You don't panic in front of your friends much, do you? Not genuinely, at least. You play up nervous embarrassment, lean into it when m'dame Odile teases you, but you don't ever actually panic. Not visibly, not in a way they can see.

What are you thinking? You'd already ruled out the strange loops being based on emotion because of the first time you talked to m'dame Head Housemaiden! Would it hurt to try, though? This loop is already a bust, after all. It'd be nice to not have to die.

… The tears have started to give you more nightmares than dreams.

It's not like it's hard to panic! In this situation you have a lot to panic about! You're pretty constantly stressed! You place the book back on the shelf and move on from the library, holding that thought in your mind. Panic… panic. You're trapped in a time loop. The end doesn't end it, the beginning never changes. You are the only one who remembers other than Loop. You have to watch your friends do the same things over and over and over again.

You keep moving on autopilot. You know this floor well enough to not make any dumb mistakes. Your head feels fuzzy, your chest feels tight! You're doing a good job at making yourself panic! If you never get out of this loop Mira will never realize how much she's grown. If you never get out of this loop Bonbon won't ever see their sister again. If you don't make it out m'dame will never really respect you and you'll never properly tell Sif how much they mean to you — not really. So you need to get out. But you're trapped. You can't escape.

There is static in your head, the back of your throat tastes sweet like sugar. You're trapped. Forever and ever in this world without change. There's no escape.

"… Isabeau?"

Mira. She's looking at you! Maybe you weren't being as subtle as you thought, huh?

You breathe deep. In and out. Staying calm under pressure is easy for you. You want to choke and scream and sob but you won't. You can't! You're the fighter! You're big and strong and reliable! What would happen if you weren't? If no one could trust you to be their rock!

"Sorry, Mira!" You rub the back of your neck, "I got lost in thought for a second there."

The static is gone. You're fine.

-

You stand in the room with the poem. You're not quite sure what made you come here! It's a dead end! Poetry isn't even something you're that big on! You like it, sure, especially love poems (which a Housemaiden in Jouvente once said were the lowest form of poetry. You exist to spite xem every day), but its not like you go out of your way to read any poems!

You're just… here.

That's all a lie.

You know why you came here. You have a theory. Not a strong theory, not a good one, but one you can test. The last time you tried to loop without a tear… you couldn't. You got close. You know for sure you got close but… you're missing something. You're at a dead end but no one else has realized it yet. If you coward out — you can use that as an excuse! Hah!

Panic. Okay. You're terrified of this! Of doing this! Because if it doesn't work the way you want it to you'll make everyone worry! And the idea of making people worry about you makes you want to curl up into a ball and scream! Because you're Isa! Emotional Isa, but never really scared! Only ever spooked!

You're stupid. It's what you convince others is true about yourself. You think… Mira knows it's not true. That's so scary it makes you kind of sick to think about, actually! You don't want anyone to see through you, to learn what a coward you are. Hiding everything about yourself.

Oh. Um. You're doing the breathing thing. Don't do that, Isabeau! It slows your heartrate down! Don't keep your cool! Don't don't don't! You have to do this — you at least have to try! You hold your breath. You know that doing that slows your heart but if you do it long enough when you breathe out it'll start racing! And you'll breathe quicker because you need to catch your breath.

People are talking but you aren't listening. You can't hear them, you're too focused on not breathing. On not being calm. Because oh Change are you not calm! You're so not calm!!

You can't hold your breath anymore.

Just like you knew it would, breathing out leaves you gasping for air. You can feel your pulse drumming in your ears and your breath coming out in short little bursts. It's not enough! It's not quick enough! They'll notice. You don't want them to notice you. You dig your nails into your palms, feeling them even through your gloves.

You've died. You've died a lot. It's really really scary to die and you don't think you've actually thought about it enough! The King killed you brutally twice before you figured out what you were supposed to do! You've gotten caught off guard by the strong sadnesses! Once you even managed to get crushed by the stupid crabbing rock!

There is a sickly sweet taste in your mouth and when you try to swallow you almost gag.

You're not strong! You're not strong, you're panicking like a little kid! Tears prick in the corners of your eyes and they sting.

If anyone notices they'll know that you're not what any of them expected. You're an overgrown child who can't protect anyone!

You can't protect anyone.

How could they ever trust you to protect them, to be strong enough to keep them safe, when you're acting like this!

They won't trust you.

You won't be able to protect them.

You can't breathe you can't breathe you can't—

There is a thread tugging at your chest.

The thread snaps.

[captainharlock]

Hi!! I love the art and characters for Something Strange in Pavalon Meadow and I think it's such a cool concept and fun to think about ❤️ I hope you don't mind a few questions! Feel free to skip any that you're not interested in answering :)

From the mock screenshots it seems Riley can fight with guns. Does Yevine use weapons as well or does she stick to magic (or avoids fighting)? Does Riley know any magic?

Do elves in Pavalon Meadow have varying levels of nightvision or is it pretty standard?

Between Riley and Yevine, is either story / perspective a "hard mode"?

When a player would start the game, it seems Riley is the only one selectable - when does Yevine become available? Can you only play as her after clearing the game as Riley?

Is the overall story for Pavalon Meadow linear, or can Riley and Yevine make choices that effect the ending? 

Thank you for your lovely art!

OOOOOOH wiggling my fingers in anticipation of getting into these questions... thank you for sending these first of all!!! really appreciate the interest in my little project!! second of all i'm gonna put these under a readmore! hehe

"Does Yevine use weapons as well or does she stick to magic (or avoids fighting)? Does Riley know any magic?"

both of them can do either! it's just a little harder for riley to master magic as it's not what he starts with, and vice versa for yevine. i think they have a buff in their respective areas; riley is an adept fist fighter because his actual DnD class is Monk, and yevine is an adept magic user because her actual class is Wizard. the use of guns is actually not natural to either of them, fun fact! it's something you have to work equally hard at in both campaigns to fully do. hehe.

Do elves in Pavalon Meadow have varying levels of nightvision or is it pretty standard?

they do! it comes with age. the average elf lifespan is 2000 years, and their nightvision becomes not so good from 1700 onward. but they hardly care since it's just their vision going in general, seeing in the day time is not too easy for elderly elves either.

Between Riley and Yevine, is either story / perspective a "hard mode"?

not exactly, but i imagine that once you've gotten used to the playstyle of riley, even after unlocking and using magic, not being able to switch to regular fighting as yevine might come as a shock and would seem more difficult in comparison. i guess this sortaaa answers the next question but i'll elaborate!

it seems Riley is the only one selectable - when does Yevine become available? Can you only play as her after clearing the game as Riley?

yevine becomes playable after necessary story locks are reached in a riley playthrough! which would be aboutttt 75% of the way through. the idea behind it is that most players would be very invested in their riley playthrough and wouldn't wanna switch over yet anyway, but the option is there for the few who've been a little sick of him for whatever reason.

in a meta sense, i will say that whoever is playing pavalon meadow (in the written portions describing their experiences) is actually on a NG+. this is just so i can start posting yevine playthrough blurbs whenever i feel like it instead of when they'd actually start appearing. i just feel it would suck so bad to keep her in the dark for so long when she's a character i love so much and wanna get into soon. it'd drive me crazy

Is the overall story for Pavalon Meadow linear, or can Riley and Yevine make choices that effect the ending?

it's mostly linear, with endings being determined by arbitrary things like how many people you helped or maybe one single choice somewhere near the end of the game. (that way, it's just a tree with a few branches, as opposed to a tree with a few branches that all have several little twigs coming off of them. if that makes sense LOL) i know for sure i want 3 endings for each campaign, because i feel like that's something that was both normal for games at the time, and also doable for me writing-wise :)

again thank you so much for the questions and the interest in my work!!!!!!!

[bobbydagen24]

tbh at the end of the day I know Trolls is a kids film that's just meant to be enjoyed and not read into super duper deeply

so I probably wouldn't have too much problem accepting Creek's Role in the first film as just being a case of a film for young children not wanting to delve into a more complex idea

and just have Creek as an irredemable scummy bad guy because its a light hearted optomistic kids series and thus has more black and white simple thinking on morality and such.

except for the fact that the movies don't stick to this more simple line of thinking with its antagonists so I kinda can't really accept that as a reason to write off Creek's Role in the first film

as just being a kids film having a simple hatable jerky bad guy who betrays his friends and we're not meant to think any deeper about it

because ever since the first film the franchise has also been trying to have more complex antagonists who are more complicated and morrally Grey.

since as well as having Chef represent a pretty clear pure evil villain with no real redeeming qualities, so the type of villain you'd kinda expect a childrens movie with simple less complex morality to have

( no shade on Chef just to be clear I love her 😂😂 )

but then the movie also had Gristle Jr who is a more complicated antagonist who gets given another chance in the end despite technically ordering a Genocide.

because the movie does make him a more complex morrally grey antagonist character clearly showing that they don't just want to stick to these movies having a kinda simplistic view on morality

that we'd probably find in entertaintment targeted towards very young children like power rangers or something but they want to have somewhat complex morrally grey characters

that teach kids that life isn't always as simple and easy as black and white and that good people sometimes do bad things and vice versa,

meaning that I think its totally fair to talk about how the movie handles Creek even if some people might just use the excuse that its "" just a simple kids film ""

because the films themselves keep trying to have morrally complex deeper characters rather than just sticking to basic villains that are either all good or all bad,

and that means that they honestly feel that Creeks reasoning for doing wrong is worse than all these other antagonists which were extended sympathy and also second chances

and that is honestly a pretty wierd moral stance to take imo hence why I made the meme below 😂😂

like other antagonists reasons for doing wrong Range from trying to save their species from cripling depression to wanting to keep a job and a steady paycheck

to wanting to enslave your species because you think it'd be fun to have everyone be in one tribe.

and the writers of the films are honestly saying that they believe that all of these are more forgivable reasons for doing wrong than being kidnapped and tortured and forced to do something under the threat of death.

and that's deffinitly an opinion to say the least 😅😅.

Gristle Jr is honestly the only Trolls redemption that works imo given he actually had an understandable reason for doing what he did

and the movie did a decent job of showing throughout the film that he did actually care about his people and was a leader whose heart was

in the right place which is kinda the opposite of Barb tbh whose reason was non existant and her sympathetic qualities were seperate from why she actually did what she did,

and unlike Gristle Jr she didn't even choose to do the Right thing of her own free will in the end

she was just stopped by the main characters and then was let off the hook despite her crimes honestly having no real good justification unlike Gristle Jr's.

[butmakeitgayblog]

Omg the first time they held each other was so sweet 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 I love starlet au musings so much. Now I HAVE to ask…. First kiss?

The first kiss is appropriately dramatic, given the fact they're both rather talented actresses. It's in their blood. It's in their DNA. Of course it had to be dramatic.

A couple of months after the night Lexa spent the night on Clarke's couch, holding her close and feeling her weight as she slept, they find themselves in this weird state of limbo. They've kind of given up on all pretenses of pretending to not want to be in contact at all times, but at the same time... they fall back into this habit of keeping each other at a vague arm's length.

It's not nearly as bad as before. Not after Clarke had woken up alone on her couch to only a post-it stuck on the table next to her head that read,

"Thanks for letting me lead. Even if I do have two left feet...

L."

in neat, looping script.

She'd spent the next 7 hours of the day mentally berating herself for having not only crossed such an intimate line, but having basically made such a fool of herself in front of her not-crush right after. Not that it mattered in the grand scheme of things when her extensively thought out and painstakingly crafted text of, "Hey, so, sorry for getting pathetic on you last night. Yikes," is met with a simple, "Nothing to worry about, Clarke. I'm much more pathetic than that when I'm just hungry for lunch." Followed immediately by another, "If helps, you're actually kind of pretty when you cry. You should put that on your resume 👀"

And it does help.

It helps because it lets Clarke breathe a little more easy; lets her feel like she can laugh at that white flag of confirmation that she hadn't gone and ruined absolutely everything.

So yes, after that night things change between them. But not in any kind of earth shattering way. They still text everyday, but the calls become longer. More frequent. Good morning texts and bids for good nights and sweet dreams, all peppering the tail ends of too-deep conversations for people who are supposed to be just friends. All the flights and the downtime, and all the hurry up and waiting of their lives, is set to the backdrop of a new message's chime. Lexa now saved in Clarke's phone as Fred Astaire (which earns her a very nonplussed selfie)

Neither mention that Clarke was saved in Lexa's as Rosemary...

It's not until Lexa's birthday that the house of cards they've been building for all those months finally came tumbling down.

Because Lexa had to work.

She had to work - out of town - for the entire goddamn week, and there's nothing at all she can do about it. Which was how she found herself sitting in the Primeclass lounge of the airport, head in her hands, quietly sobbing.

Because of course Clarke had called her at exactly the stroke of midnight just to wish her a happy birthday before her red eye was scheduled to take off. Because of course Clarke had insisted on singing that stupid song right into her ear, all syrupy words and husky voice slightly off-key, which meant she'd set an alarm just to make sure she wouldn't miss it for something as trivial as sleep.

Lexa had barely held it together long enough to get her off the phone - to lie and say they were almost done boarding and that she had hurry and go. It'd taken everything in her just to not let her voice wobble, whispering her thank you's and a gentle urging for Clarke to go back to bed.

Because of course the second the call ended Lexa finally, finally, let herself break.

Very, very messily.

And she didn't care if people looked or took pictures or made up ridiculous theories, because it was just too goddamn much to keep buried inside. She'd been strong about this for so long it felt like she was suffocating under its weight. As though all the good pieces of herself were slowly dying.

Because she loved Clarke. She loved Clarke with her entire broken heart, and there was not one single thing she could do to stop it.

She had tried.

She had tried.

And so she held her head in her hands and hiccuped through a hundred silent sobs until a nice woman eased her way over and said as gently as she possibly could that it was her last chance for boarding.

The next week flew by in a haze of early call times and late night reshoots that had Lexa almost too busy to wallow. Almost. But between her own internal revelations and a set of extremely poorly timed publicity shots being posted of a certain blonde on the arm of her leading man, both enjoying a carefree and flirty looking night out on the town, Lexa cobbled together a rough draft of a plan. A smart plan. A logical plan. A plan to ask Clarke to meet her somewhere and just talk this crazy whole thing through.

A plan that went right out the window about an hour after she had landed back home, and somehow had found herself on Clarke's apartment building's front stoop.

And the truth was that even though she apparently couldn't wait, she had every intention of just going there to talk. To knock on Clarke's door and explain her feelings like a perfectly rational adult. Except then there was Clarke, with those piercing blue eyes and all that beautiful, curly blonde hair. With those lips dropping open and that unfairly attractive beauty mark perfectly dotting her sudden smile.

So their first kiss was dramatic. All relieved sighs and gasps of surpise when Lexa stepped into her a d threaded her fingers through Clarke's hair, cupped her face and pulled her close, and kissed her right there in the darkened doorway of Clarke's apartment. She kissed her through Clarke's initial startle and the slow relaxing of her bones. Kissed her harder when hands found her hips as Clarke melted into her and moaned.

For all the passion she poured into it, Lexa took her time with the kiss, stretching the moment and making every brush of lips and sweep tongue achingly slow. Because if this moment of weakness was all they would ever allow themselves... then Lexa was going to savor it.

[blackdigitalrose]

Wed - Smile Pretty Cure! - EP 13 -15

^^; I feel like I've been saying this a lot lately but some weeks it just can't be helped, will have to keep it brief.

EP 13

Just Reika casually checking out swords in the background, Precure certainly has its moment or more so Reika, I'm starting to have some questions....

After an impressive combo save, that really is some bad luck. That proceeds on to a second day and while a funny response, it isn't a bad idea. Miyuki crushing on Peter Pan makes a lot of sense though.

And it turns out the show agreed... and they purposefully but that image in there.

This ep got a chuckle, even the bad guy of the week was laughing at her misfortune. After the first few mishaps, I was concerned it'd be slaptick cheap laughs at Miyuki's expense but it all came together rather nicely in the end.

EP 14

Pork and soybean? Either that is translation error or that's one of the strangest soundings sweets I've ever heard. Yet, once again, how convenient that the tv has an ad that just so happens to be showcasing something in the exact same area as the Precure girls are going.

Talk about a wild goose chase of an ep, either this lot was suppose to be the bridge between two groups or there is a recurring joke that is completely lost on me? A bit iffy that they kept showing up everywhere they went though. Not the joke that the two who should be worried are having an easy time of it all and enjoying themselves while the other are missing out and exhausted. (Still, this is a 2012 series, you'd think they would have phones?)

Equally so, I've never understood this logic in shows, yes you get a higher view point but at the expense of them being able to see you, which would be much easier on the ground and even if you do spot them, by the time you get back to the bottom from the top, they could be anywhere. Even more so in this case, you know the destination is the Zoo, just go and wait at the entrance for them to appear >.< !?

There's got to be a catch to this aside an extra ep counter because this series is not 25 eps long and this is counting down the big bad? With very little resistance, something has got to give?

At least they ticked one thing off the bucket list but could apparently only afford one between the five of them? That Takoyaki must have carried quite the price tag. Yet no apologies for separating or being mad at them just a-ok instantly. Still a 2-parter is a quirk.

EP 15

I swear... this is beyond coincidence at this point, it is becoming a flat out pattern, is Smile just Yes take two? Just this time the mother related episode is for Mothers day but plays out the same... Still, Miyuki's mum's VA has a thing for parenting roles it seems, that's also Msaru's mum from Savers XD.

Surprising timeline connectivity, guess she went back to get some in the end.

Sheer chance I ended up watching them side by side but by doing so, it's just becoming rather awkward now. On the other hand, why are the other four even there? Shouldn't they be at home with their own Mum's doing stuff? They haven't even handed their gifts out yet.

This was a nice little segment (same message as before though, "it's the thought that counts" guess there's some messages they like to recycle, even if it isn't a bad one) and some quick thinking off Peace. Also, isn't this the first time they've tried throwing down with one of actually villains? It was a really good fight, lots of momentum and teamwork to it.

Hold up, so Nao is the only one who inherited the green hair off her mum? So all her siblings just so happen to look like their dad then? Those green genetics are in a serious losing battle.

See, this panned out exactly like the Nozomi ep, different theme but the gist is the same and just done slightly better and not being told by an external mother figure.

A decent trio of eps, the Smile team are actually coming together quite nicely, they even have some nice combo's forming. Nao and Akane look like they have the potential to be quite the tag team. If anything the villains are holding it back because something has got to give with that clock and those decors. I suppose we'll find out when we hit ep 20 ish.

[xcerizex]

Short Story "Gift from a God: Getting Ready" - School Ghost Stories

This short story is connected to the Limited Edition drama CD, "Gift from a God." It is recommended to read this after finishing the drama CD, and contains spoilers from the main game. This is official content from the LE art book.

For this particular short story, I think just finishing up the School Ghost Stories Common Route should be enough.

To celebrate the heroine's birthday, Kureha and Hibiki went searching for one of the school's Seven Wonders, the "Wish-Granting Book."

Kureha:

Hmm. It was easy to find last time, but in this world, it's not so straightforward... Hibiki, any luck?

Hibiki:

I can't find it. It's blood-red and black, right?

Kureha:

Yeah, that's how it looked when we found it. It's a creepy book with nothing written on the cover.

Hibiki:

Yikes, that does sound creepy! But the idea of it granting wishes sounds pretty wonderful. Have you decided what you're going to wish for?

Kureha:

About that... You mentioned wanting to "talk to her directly", right? That gave me an idea... I was thinking of wishing she could see us, even if just for a little while.

Hibiki:

Wow, that's a really nice wish! But why not just make it forever instead of a little while?

Kureha:

Heh, I understand the sentiment... But I believe that's something only she can wish for.

Hibiki:

What do you mean?

Kureha:

We're dead, after all. We probably shouldn't interfere too much with her life unless she wants to... At least, that's how I feel about it.

Hibiki:

It's sad, but you're right. It'd be hard for us to make her really happy... Haaah... But imagining her with someone else... It makes me so jealous I can't stand it. It's infuriating!

Kureha:

Heh. You're the jealous type, huh? I'd probably just end up crying.

Hibiki:

Oh? I wouldn't expect you to be so emotional, Kureha. I never really pictured you getting jealous.

Kureha:

Haha... I wish I could be more detached, but the truth is, I'm a man who's bad at giving up. rather pathetic, don't you think?

Hibiki:

Hehe, I feel like I know you a bit better now! Maybe I'm a bit like you, Kureha. Well... The way we act when we're jealous is pretty different.

Kureha:

Yes, and we both ended up falling for the same girl.

Hibiki:

Haha, right. I wish that wasn't the case.

Kureha:

Haha! We agree there.

Hibiki:

Well, it's all thanks to her that you and I could become friends like this. Helping her return to her world together sparked out friendship! Ah, um... Maybe calling it a friendship is too much...

Kureha:

Not at all. I feel the same way. It's a bond born from her, and I cherish it.

Hibiki:

Y-Yeah! Me too... I feel the same way. Even though we're rivals in love, I still want to get along! Oh, right. If there are any mortals approaching her, shall we cooperate and haunt them together?

Kureha:

That's a rather dangerous line of thinking...

Hibiki:

I don't want her to start liking you, Kureha, but that wouldn't nearly be as bad as some other guy... I couldn't forgive that. So let's make sure to erase-

Kureha:

H-Hey! I think the book is over there!

Hibiki:

Huh? Wow, really?! You sensed the presence of the red book?

Kureha:

Oh, well, um... It's just a feeling I had-

[A sudden noise]

Hibiki:

Ah! W-What was that?!

Kureha:

This is... This is the red book! The one that grants wishes!

Hibiki:

Huh? B-But how?! There wasn't a red book here a second ago! It just suddenly popped out of the bookshelf...

Kureha:

And if a ghost like me can pick it up... It must be spiritual in nature!

Hibiki:

Please show me. Wait... Huh? There's nothing written inside!

Kureha:

No, the letters are appearing. Uh... "I'll grant your wish. In return, stop that dangerous little brat, or else that girl will be sad."

Hibiki:

Hm? Dangerous brat? Who could that be? Was there someone dangerous nearby?

Kureha:

We... We can talk about that later...

Hibiki:

Oh, so you know who it is? Good. Please tell me later. WE'll be sure to haunt whoever it is!

Kureha:

Ah... R-Right. Now what should our wish be?

Hibiki:

Oh, that's right. Hehe, I've been really looking forward to this! I want to look into her eyes, have a chat, and share a laugh with her as soon as possible!

Kureha:

Yes, let's make that happen. Now, let's write our wish in the book.

[mamamittens]

So I actually had a funny little idea that I'm just going to ramble about a bit here, as per usual, about Nikia and the boys

So, soulmate au but there are different types of indicators (and soulmate types but that's not super relevant) depending on the person and how long they've gone without meeting their soulmate.

Like, the indicators get stronger the longer it takes after they reach of age. The confirmation I didn't think super hard about, but probably a bit of a light show or intense emotion.

So, Izou and Thatch had it pretty easy. Sharing pain is a bit of an issue as pirates but it really only took so long of Thatch accidentally stubbing his toe or Izou pricking his finger while repairing his kimono before they connected the dots. It also didn't get too bad, mostly a sharp pain and echo of the actual injury. They can sense when the other is bruised up even after properly meeting (shaking hands or, more likely, Thatch doing a casual bro side hug that gets a little less casual when the light show pops up).

The indicator, whatever it is, doesn't go away, but you can learn to control it after meeting your soul mate. So they can block the other from, say, feeling how hard Thatch hip checked the counter while making breakfast. Or Izou slamming his face into a wall after a late night patrol and little sleep.

So, imagine their surprise as they start to notice another indicator sometime later (still unsure if I want a ~15 year age gap lol). Izou with a small section of his wrist forming words, snippets of someone's thoughts with an increasing echo of emotions. And Thatch starts randomly tasting things. They both think it's the other but the misunderstanding only lasts so long before they realize what it means.

And it ends up getting pretty strong, seemingly unable to find their third. Izou covers his wrist out of privacy concerns and Thatch is constantly trying to decipher his soul mates' food tastes and maybe even region with little luck. Noting random shit like how they tend to eat sweets, especially after Thatch starts drinking beer, correctly guessing they don't like booze.

I was thinking it'd be funny if this was a "Marine Nikia" timeline mostly so there's a moment of utter confusion as Thatch randomly tastes his own cooking (the food he's just made that day in fact) despite not currently eating. So he tears through the ship looking for Izou so they can hunt through the ship for their apparently very close soul mate.

Maybe this time I'm nice and she's not in the medical wing for a dislocated wing. Maybe not.

But she's utterly confused when they do eventually bust in, eyes wide as she pauses mid bite.

"...can I help you?"

"It's you!"

"I am... Me? I? Yes?"

"Our--you--look!" Thatch is flustered, too elated to remember any charm or awareness as he reaches over and... Lights.

Shes shocked for a moment before glancing at her wrist and looking confused.

'can he ever learn to wait five seconds to explain?' with a strong, secondary pulse of tired amusement.

Definitely not the commander who's elated to be holding her hand. So she looks to Izou and he steps closer.

"Hello, I'm Izou. This is Thatch. We're soul mates. All of us." Izou reaches out but stops just shy of touching her free hand. After a moment she takes his hand and all three of them bask in it a moment.

"...ah beans. I can't be a marine with pirate soul mates. They're like, super weird about that." Nikia belatedly muses.

"Shame. Guess you've got to stick around then!" Thatch grins.

"Or just leave and never tell anyone about this." She responds dryly. "They're kinda shit but it's still a decent job, you know."

If this is a yandere version, they probably both look at each other and scoff.

"You think you can leave with your wing all messed up like that, dove? It'll take months to properly recover." Thatch notes, stroking her feathers tenderly. "Must hurt to walk around even. Good thing we can handle it, huh?"

"Yeah. Seems silly to take up a bed for this, though. We'll move you to ours--make sure you're taken care of. Oh, you must be uncomfortable right now. Better take your medication, sweetheart." Izou purrs, grabbing a bottle of pills.

"Uh.... There's. No need for that. Really. I'll be fine right here--" he's there in an instant. Thatch tenderly pressing her into the bed and helping Izou forcefeed her them. If they'd known ahead of time, they'd have prepared a syringe.

She's terrified but passes out quickly. Waking up in the promised bed that's massive and too big to leave on her own without flopping about, and Izou and Thatch laying on either side, mindful of her injured wing. But their hands are firm on her curves. And she's still fucked up from the medication so she ends up falling back asleep.