#i put in SO MANY sticky notes and annotations.

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٠ ࣪⭑ Leave behind all of Cupid's arrows and quivers | Jacaerys x reader

modern!Jacaerys Velaryon x fem!reader [no use of y/n] Word count: 2.1k words Summary: You've had feelings for your best friend Jace for a while now and he has agreed to help you rehearse your lines for your theatre play, but things take an unexpected turn. Warning: none, pure fluff. If anything, reader is down bad and a little insecure a/n: The title and the play quoted is Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It's one of my favourite French plays and I absolutely encourage you to read it! This is also a very self-indulgent fic considering I've acted for eight years, don't mind me haha. English isn’t my first language so I apologise in advance for any possible grammatical and/or lexical mistake! feedback is welcome and appreciated <3 (images are taken from pinterest)

Sitting on the edge of your bed where you could catch the most sunlight, you skimmed through the script of the play until you reached a page covered in highlights and spiderly handwriting. The notes went from deep character analysis to little jokes written here and there and smiley faces drawn by your castmates.

“Alright, act three, scene six!” You declared, handing the paper to Jace who was lying on your bed by your side, his eyes half-open. He let go of the plushies he was playing with to grab your notes. “This is the second most iconic scene of the play, though I don’t have that many lines, so it should be quick,” you added.

Jace sat up and squinted to decipher the annotations on the page, a smile appearing on his face as he read the stupid puns you had found.

“You’re being super professional,” he rolled his eyes.

You chuckled. “You’re being unfair? I joined the theatre club for funsies, I did not expect to land this role.” Your face twisted into a scowl. “Most of the things I write in there are useful though. I don’t want to act like a killjoy so others don’t think I’m annoying, but I still want to prove I was the right person to cast for Roxane.”

Jace lowered the script to look at you and passed his hand in his hair to put it back into place. “You do deserve that,” he told you with a gentle tone and you tried to repress the butterflies in your stomach his praise and soft gaze had created, cursing yourself internally. You had never wanted to develop feelings for your best friend in the first place, you knew it was a bad idea, but it was too late now. Love was there, deeply rooted in the daydreams in which he kissed you during the golden hour, when your bedroom was bathed in light.

Falling in love with Jace was as easy as breathing. Of course, he was handsome, but it was not just a shallow little crush. He was nice, and sweet, and funny. He cared about you and listened to you when you needed to. He gave you good advice but knew when you just needed comfort. He had been there for you when you were at your lowest and no one else was there. He had the cutest smile ever and gave the best hugs. The list went on and on, anything he did was just making you fall a little harder.

But this love, sweet as honey, was also as sticky and sickening. You indulged in the sweet moments when he hugged you or complimented you, but it also made you feel guilty and, well, desperate. You were convinced this love could only be one-sided – Jace was perfect, everyone at your high school liked him. And you were… you. You knew each other since you were kids, there was no way he would ever see you as something more than a friend. And you were relatively okay with this, you would rather keep being this close to him without anything more than risk losing it all.

Perhaps your turmoil of emotions appeared on your face, or it was just Jace’s ability to read you like an open book, but he frowned and asked you if you were okay. You immediately regained your composure to answer in a way you hoped was natural.

“Yes, I was just thinking it must be pretty boring for you to help me rehearse my lines. We don’t have to do the whole play today. We don’t even need to do the whole thing, I can finish on my own.”

“Are you kidding? I wouldn’t have said I’d help you if it bothered me. It’s fun actually, and you’re a great actress.”

You felt your cheeks heat up and cleared your throat.

“I try my best! Although this is one of the scenes that scares me a bit.”

“Why so?”

“Okay, so this scene is with the love triangle between Christian, Cyrano and Roxane. You know the story, Christian is handsome but a bit dumb, Cyrano is ugly but quick-witted and a great speaker, and they both want Roxane. Cyrano decides to aid his buddy Christian and hides and prompts Christian who talks to Roxane under her balcony.”

“A balcony scene, like in Romeo and Juliet?”

“Precisely. But at some point, Cyrano starts talking instead of Christian and makes a beautiful declaration to Roxane because this is at night and she can’t see him. As I said, Roxane has very few lines but you see her falling for who she thinks Christian is, and I have to make this very clear to the audience.”

It’s not going to be hard to pretend that with you… You thought to yourself, looking away from the boy.

Jace nodded thoughtfully, reading the first lines of the scene again.

“Alright, where am I supposed to stand?” He asked you, looking up again.

“I guess I could get up on my bed and you go in front of me, on the floor? This way I’ll be a bit above, like with a balcony?”

The boy followed your indications and helped you find your balance on your bed. You weren’t used to this angle and seeing his eyes from above made you melt. You knew that they were beautiful, blessed with thick eyelashes you were jealous of, but it was like you were discovering them for the first time.

Once you could stand comfortably, Jace started the scene, changing his voice and attitude for Cyrano and Christian. His way of acting both characters earned a chuckle from you.

“Am I doing this wrong?” He briefly interrupted, shooting you a worried glance.

“Not at all, you’re nailing it! You should have joined the company, it would have been fun.”

“I’m not sure it would have been a good idea if I made you break character.”

“I’m much more professional on a stage than in the privacy of my bedroom.”

“If you say so…” He smirked before continuing the scene, and you thought you’d do anything to frame this moment and keep it forever. The warm afternoon light, the slight breeze, the smell of your vanilla candle, everything about it was perfect, like out of a fairytale.

Your first line, “Who calls me?” came out a bit trembling when you met Jace’s intense gaze, and you forced yourself to look away, reminding yourself that Roxane could not see her interlocutor, let alone lose herself in his eyes. Taking a deep breath, you focused and the following lines went swiftly.

But as the scene progressed and Cyrano’s declarations got gradually passionate, it became harder and harder for you to put your feelings aside. You repeated yourself that it was all acting and that Jace was, unfortunately for you, a very talented actor. Everything, from the tone of his voice to the way he looked at you, made him look like an enamoured boy, and a specific line acted as the final nail in the coffin.

“I love you! I am mad! I am suffocating with love for you! Your name rings in my heart like a bell. When I think of you, I tremble, and the bell shakes and rings out your name! Everything you do I love! I remember every action of yours that I ever witnessed! I know that last year on the twelfth of May, you changed the way you wore your hair. I am so used to taking your hair for daylight itself that, just as one stares at the sun and sees a red blot on all things, when I turn away after looking at you, I see a radiant image imprinted on everything!”

You closed your eyes as he finished speaking and clenched your fists as you whispered your answer, opening your eyes again

“Yes, this is love.”

You knew Roxane was supposed to be in a sort of emotional turmoil at this moment and that your reaction, if a bit excessive, was not out of character, counting on that fact not to attract Jace’s attention. Yet, his gaze softened and he frowned a little to show his concern, but you nodded to tell him to keep going. This was another thing you cherished about your relationship with him; he could understand you without needing any word.

With a little hesitation, he continued the scene, but from this moment on, his eyes did not leave your frame on the edge of the bed, towering over him but looking so fragile. He walked a little closer to the edge of the bed, as if he was expecting you to faint and wanted to catch you.

You reached the climax of the scene a few minutes later. You knew it was coming from the beginning, the moment where Christian, high on enthusiasm to see Roxane fall in love, asks for a kiss. The kiss does not happen in the scene, Cyrano backtracks, but the demand creates an immediate tension in the scene. Yes, you knew it was coming. Nevertheless, when you Jace said “a kiss,” it felt like a punch in your guts. Your eyes flickered down to his lips, God knew what you would have given to kiss them just once, for a second.

Your brain was moving slowly, like it was underwater, and you couldn’t find your next line. No matter how hard you tried to remember it, your mind was blank, all you could do was stare at him in awe. When your eyes left his lips after what seemed to be an eternity, he was looking at you, his face a few centimetres away from yours. You could see every detail on his skin and smell the faint fragrance of his cologne.

You blinked, and when you opened your eyes again, his lips were on yours. They were soft, and warm, and a little hesitant. You returned the kiss without even realising it, lips parting and hands flat against his chest while his own hands found your hips and held you still to prevent you from falling from your bed.

Jace broke the kiss, too quickly in your opinion, but it had been enough to tie the wires in your brain even tighter and the only thing that you managed to blurt out was a pathetic: “This isn’t in the script.”

Your best friend chuckled, still holding you. His touch was gentle but it was enough to send shivers down your spine.

“I really hope the look on your face is surprise and not pure horror.” He said, and you sensed the nervousness behind his light-hearted tone. You hadn’t even realised your eyes were open wide. You shook your head and carefully grabbed Jace’s hands, keeping them between your two bodies.

“Why did you kiss me, Jace?” You made sure that your voice was soft and your question genuine, so that he couldn’t interpret it as a blame.

The boy seemed to be taken aback for a split second and looked for reassurance in your eyes, which he seemed to find as he licked his lips and answered.

“Cyrano’s words. They’re mine. I mean, they’re not exactly mine, they’re way more eloquent than I can be. But what they say matches what I feel. This whole scene, it’s… It’s acting, but it’s not. I mean it.” He started fidgeting with your fingers. “I’ve been feeling like this for a little while now I think, but I’ve never really admitted it to myself.”

“What changed then?”

“I’m not sure. Maybe the fact you joined the theatre club? You’re so radiant when you talk about it, let alone when you’re on stage. You- you shine like a star in the night, and I realised I loved you more than a friend, I was just too scared to do anything, because losing you would be worse.”

You let a nervous laugh escape your lips and Jace seemed startled by the crystalline sound.

“Oh Jace,” you sighed, “we are so ridiculous. I’ve been feeling the very same thing for months, and I was standing there letting the fear devour me.”

“Seriously?” The word slipped out of Jace’s mouth in a whisper which you barely caught and you nodded in the same discreet, almost secretive way.

You kept quiet for a little while, gazing into each other’s eyes. Outside, the birds were chirping in the garden. The rumble of the cars was echoing from the more active parts of the cities. The breeze was causing the curtains to flow at a low rhythm. And you two felt like the only people in the world.

[euphoricfilter]

more silent love:

pairing: jungkook x reader

genre: fluff || non-idol au

summary: jungkook’s book of silent love

tags/ warnings: more fluff, they’re in love it’s kinda sickening, more silent ways to say i love you. i am once again sleepy and thinking of the cute kinda love

notes: part two of this fic, but can be read as a standalone :D

where you can find all my other work!!

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The list of silent love is a forever growing one. 

A small notebook sits on the kitchen table, one you had never bothered to pick up. Though Jungkook likes to spend quiet evenings alone, handwriting far from legible as he scribbles down each of these precious moments.

Memories set in stone as the ink seeps into flimsy paper; perfect, beautiful, love tucked between pages like his own little secret. 

As of late, the both of you spend Sunday afternoons learning how to bake bread. A new type of loaf every week, flour clinging to clothes and smiles tugging at both your lips. It had become your own personal mission to never buy bread again, taking hours out the afternoon, simply basking in the company of one another as you learn something new. 

He finds himself associating the smell of fresh bread to you. Quirk of a smile tugging at his cheeks as he walks past bakeries, fleeting memory of you in the forefront of his mind. A permanent home you've burrowed.

Jungkook, of course, likes to make you sandwiches with your homemade bread. Some mornings waking up, quietly slipping out of bed before you wake to pack you lunch, sweet little note slipped into your bag before he hears your footsteps patter out the bedroom, sluggish as you wake up. 

And on those mornings your patience wears a little too thin, the world a little too much for you to take so early in the day; Jungkook will make sure to sit you down in front of the vanity. Where he detangles your hair ever so gently. Careful as he helps you put your earrings in– he’d gotten quite good over time, learning how to match your jewellery to what you were wearing. Observant in all your favorite pieces that he knew he could never go wrong with. 

Every night as he showers, you sit yourself up on the kitchen counter, reaching for Jungkook’s favorite herbal teas. And every night, as he dries his hair, slinking into the kitchen, there will always be a tea there waiting for him.

He wonders how you’d learnt to time it perfectly. Knowing when to pour the hot water with just enough time before he gets out of the shower where the temperature is perfect. So he can easily slip under a blanket with you, your cold feet warmed up between his thighs as he sips sleepy tea and you doze off beside him. 

He’d learnt you loved when he made you heart-shaped pancakes. And as much as he always eyes the cute little pancake pans online, there will always be something slightly more rewarding about his own hand-crafted hearts that have you giggling into his mouth– lips syrup sticky and sweet. That slight effort more just to see you smile forever lighting up his life. 

He likes to watch you smile as you re-read your favourite books. Where he’d taken time out of his lunch breaks to respond to all the annotations you’d made on your first read through.

He’d glance up at you from his phone as the pen glides across the page, your own mind conjuring up replies to his questions and comments. Like that in itself was its own love language. Silent words slipped between pages of stories that aren't your own, words that only the two of you will ever see. A glimpse into your mind and in return a peek into his.

Every time he is the cause of your smile, his chest goes warm and his heart feels fluttery and light. So gooey warm and raw and lovely and so many words, so many thoughts and feelings all at once he will never be able to truly explain it in words. And maybe that’s why he likes to write down all the precious moments you share. Because that is love. The epitome of love in every sense of the word and it's meaning and yet, it's more than that.

It is your shared love in words without fancy vocabulary and poems and unheard confessions of adoration that will never leave the corners of his mind. Simply unreadable gibberish to hold each of these moments in time, cradled against his beating heart, so that even when the both of you leave this world, part of your love will live forever between the pages of that book. 

Because that's what your love is. An eternal thing that will dance between the stars after death and kiss the both of you in your graves as you blossom into new life. Sure to meet one another again no matter where you end up.

You are Jungkook's forever, even if that means he has to scour the earth to find that little notebook, to relive those memories and learn to love you the right way again.

[ladygoth]

I love your writing so much! And I can’t seem to get my mind off of the idea of Ghost taking care of you while you’re sick. I feel like he was be so soft and caring when taking care of you when you just have a simple little cold. 🫣💕

thank you so much for this, sorry it took time but i hope you like what i have written :) and anyone can send more prompts/ideas my way

♱⋆♱ ꜱɪᴄᴋ ʙᴜɴɴʏ ♱⋆♱

simon riley

just fluff. ghost takes care of her girl.

975 words.

“This is disgusting, this is all disgusting, I will not swallow,” you complained after turning your body away from Ghost, on your feet to escape his death hold but he had been too quick, lowly irritated by your deviant rebellion he had held onto your body, with a grip of steel cupping your face before forcing the spoon in your mouth.

“I’m not one to force a lady, but fucking ‘ell,” Ghost huffed as he placed the commodities of the medicine on the nightstand beside him, he had saw by the edge of his eyes the way you crossed your arms, defeated while swallowing the bitter nectar down your throat.

“You’re being rough with me,” you argued before pressing your body against the cot, you could hear the way he heavily sighed in response.

“The only time I like being rough on ya is when we’re fucking, doll, this moment you gave me no other option, you can’t be sick forever, both me and you would hate it,” he said before dragging his feet up, he had then aided you to become snug beneath the duvets, the one on top recently bought by Simon as he had thought the numerous of duvets you had at home weren’t enough for you.

Content, you had allowed yourself to be taken care of by the tough man who had stood above you, his figure that’d scare dozens a comfort to you. “Good argument,” you smiled, moved by the smooth brush of the pad of his thumb you couldn’t help but pout. “Stay in bed with me,” you pleaded and with a gentle sag of his shoulders, Simon had sat at the edge of the bed with you.

“Of course, I will, but I just need to make some soup for you, okay?” Simon whispered and with gratitude you gently kissed his thumb before you had watched him leave the bedroom.

He had been quick, but you couldn’t help but find yourself taking a short nap within his short departure, there were moments when you were clingy and you were sure that the sickness you had lived through presently, had amplified that feeling. You had wanted Ghost to be right by you, cuddling you and watching your alleged trashy shows, but you knew he loved them.

Currently, you found yourself with a pillow behind you, a dent being created beside you once Simon sat down, a bowl of soup for you and for himself, it was winter anyways so it was needed. You had smiled once you had tasted the pepper, he had specifically put for you, he doesn’t really like spice so you knew he had made his separately, could be the reason why he took longer than usual.

“Oh, this pepper is scratching the back of my throat,” you said.

“Don’t like it?” Ghost inquired.

“Love it,” you smiled.

“Crazy,” he whispered and with a short roll of your eyes you had snorted.

“Not crazier than you---though it’s no competition, we both know that,” you shrugged aware of the look Ghost had sent your way.

However, he knew that you were correct, there were many moments Simon revealed his side that could destroy kingdoms---but they were never towards you, that side of him was mainly shown whenever he’d think someone had hurt you or looked at you the wrong way, but in the end, it had comforted you that he was crazy over you.

Even though he would never say it, the way he would look and hold you would always translate how intense and gentle he had felt for you; and humorously, you would say it’s because of one of his Scorpio Placements which would end up with him rolling his eyes and teasing you about your interests for the stars. Though, there had been a day where he had bought you a book about Astrology which ended up being filled with sticky notes and annotations.

“Ghostie,” you hummed.

“What the fuck was that,” he sneered and with a smile, you looked up at him.

“Your new nickname,” you answered while putting your empty bowl down.

Thus, he answered with a light huff. “Your soup actually made me better, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about---”

“Get to it love…”

“Do you think we will last?” You asked, your faux adolescent essence being replaced by your real nervous exterior, and the second you felt his eyes place onto you, your confidence hastily decreased.

You were unsure what emotion he had in his eyes but you had wondered if he would give you an answer that’ll leave you content. “I wasted more than thirty minutes making soup for you, and before that I spent minutes chasing you down to give you your medicine and right now, I’m sitting down next to you, a very sick and ill you, aware that it could cause an effect with my health, and you’re asking me if we would last?”

“Yeah,” you whispered as you had attempted to hide the smile that had crept upon your face.

“You really drive me crazy; you know that doll?” Ghost asked as he placed his bowl down on the desk beside him.

“Yeah,” you repeated, your face warm with happiness, you had tightly snuggled around his muscled arm, contra to let him go you had softly inhaled his scent while he had used his other hand to change the channel. “We were watching that.” You claimed.

With a short look, you heard Ghost breathily laugh. “We?” He questioned.

“Don’t pretend, you know you love the shows I watch,” you replied. “And I know you love my Astrology,” you continued and with a short sigh, Simon rubbed his eyes with his free hand, his dramatic response causing you to giggle.

“A’right,” Ghost muttered. “What’s in my Second House again?”

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[skwpr]

7 Terrible Study Habits To Quit Immediately

Not Making To-Do Lists

If you’re going into a study session without a plan or to-do list regarding what you’re going to study, you’re not properly maximizing your time. 

I usually start working on homework assignments as soon as school is over; but before I actually start, I review the day’s classes and make a list of the assignments I have to do.

It’s also helpful to prioritize so you can efficiently finish your homework. I usually do this on my laptop with digital sticky notes (like the image below), but you can also use a physical planner and to-do lists.

Making lists and setting goals doesn’t just apply to homework, though. Whenever you’re having a study session or attending a lecture, come prepared! Always preview the work beforehand and make a to-do list of important things you’ll learn or will go over.

Writing to-do lists will help you organize your tasks while studying, and is a great study habit to build to effectively tackle your busy study life. 

Not Prioritizing

Prioritizing comes hand in hand with making to-do lists, and it’s key to studying productively without feeling burnt out. 

Once you’ve got your to-do list written out, analyze each task and determined which are the most important and urgent. These could be based on a variety of factors, like:

Due date

Time it will take to complete

Percentage of your grade

Difficulty

Whether you’ll be collaborating with someone

Once you’ve ranked each task on your to-do list (don’t worry, it will become easier as you do this more often), you can get to work with a sense of purpose and structure.

Having structure has always been one of my top study habits and has helped me stay productive, and I hope you’ll try it as well!

Having Your Phone Near

Your phone is likely your biggest distraction while studying. It just holds so many interesting things, especially social media and entertainment. These will distract you and cause you to procrastinate or multitask while studying, both terrible study habits.

It’s not easy to break your phone addiction completely, but physically keeping your phone away can definitely help. When your phone is in another room, you won’t be exposed to constant notifications and will then stay focused and productive while studying.

However, if you find extreme difficulty in separating from your phone, you can begin by turning off social media notifications. Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, etc. can be hard to quit once you open them, so avoid doing so in the first place by turning off notifications.

Looking & Not Seeing

I used to take notes by reading the textbook and copying down whatever I thought was important. I highlighted terms, underlined names, drew some pictures… but the entire time, I didn’t really understand what was going on.

Whenever you’re taking notes, annotating a document, reading an essay, or learning something new in general, actively see and understand, not just look and accept.

This means that you should think about what you’re learning, pose questions to yourself and/or the teacher, make connections with your previous knowledge, and overall put thought into what you’re learning.

Just looking and not seeing is a study habit you should quit immediately, as it is a complete waste of time and effort on your part. Only when you actively use your brain to understand and form connections will the information stick.

Studying In Bed

Your bed is where your body associates with rest and play, and your mind will not be focused enough for you to study productively and effectively. Therefore, what you should do is to study in a designated study space like your desk.

However, it’s important to note that you should only study at your desk as well, and not watch movies, go on your phone, etc. Only when you clearly separate spaces for work/rest will your body and mind make the same associations.

So get up and off your bed and move to a desk or table the next time you’re studying, then jump back when you want to rest; be sure to make this a habit!

Procrastinating

Procrastination is one of the most common bad study habits students have. When you get intimidated by your work or distracted by something fun, you often end up procrastinating for more than you intended.

But it’s not impossible to beat procrastination! One of the best tips I have is to plan ahead and break things down. Similar to making to-do lists, doing these 2 things will give you structure and actionable steps, which will make everything seem easier.

Relying On The Textbook

The last bad study habit that many students don’t realize is their complete dependence on the textbook. No textbook is perfectly exhaustive and comprehensible, so it’s important to utilize outside resources as well.

Though reading the textbook can be of great help, you sometimes need more information (or simply more opinions) to fully comprehend something. Therefore, a good habit to build would be to search around more.

Here are some resources you can use other than the textbook to learn about a certain topic:

Your teacher or classmates

Wikipedia (great for people and historical events)

Britannica (great for people, concepts/ideas, and events)

YouTube (best for math and science concepts)

Quora (best for abstract/opinion-based ideas)

Once you break these 7 bad study habits, you’ll be ready to become a better student and tackle your studies with no trouble.

[puppy-coded]

eddie reading reader's fav books and annotating them for her <3

gfxffgcghggcjhhg cute!!!!

just like... he secretly loves it too. i'm giving it a title because this is actually really cute and i love you <3

modern!au btw

𝓣𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓘𝓼 𝓐 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓛𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓾𝓪𝓰𝓮

Eddie was reading one of your favorite books, one you reference a lot as well. There was a stack of sticky notes and tabs on his nightstand along with many multi-colored pens and highlighters. He wanted to be a good boyfriend to you so... annotating.

He wasn't expecting you to come to the trailer, he was expecting an entire afternoon free to study your favorite work of literature. He wanted to reference it and to understand your own references. He wanted to semi-follow your cute little infodumps.

He loved the way you got when you read and were excited. He wanted you to be excited that he did this for you.

He wanted you to be proud of him.

He heard your voice greet Uncle Wayne and he opened his drawer in a panic, sliding all his annotation things in. He heard your footsteps get heavier the closer you got to his room and put his book under his bed, quickly getting under the covers and pretending to be asleep.

He felt ad for lying about this but he wanted to surprise you.

"Psst, Eddie." You whispered, gently tapping him.

He slowly opened his eyes and groaned, smiling when he saw you. "Hey sweetheart. You good?" He asked. "Didn't realize y'were comin' over. Would've cleaned up." He said, playing up his fake tiredness.

"Sorry to wake you," You responded sheepishly. "Just tryna drag you to the bookstore. I can come back another time."

Eddie was kicking off his sheets the second you said "bookstore". He was so ready to see you, once again, get excited. "We're goin'. Get m'keys please." He said, struggling to pull his shoes on.

He didn't once play his music during the car ride, he listened to you talk about all the books you wanted to get.

You two got there and the first thing you saw were fancy books. "Eddie look! Jane Eyre! And Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and and and..." You said, snapping your fingers in excitement.

Eddie came up behind you and draped an arm over your shoulders with a hand in his pocket. "What's this black one?" He asked, picking it up.

"Oh I love Edgar Allen Poe. His short stories always get me," You smiled.

Eddie smiled and kept the book in his arms. "Any more book recs?"

He relished in the way your face lit up when he asked. "Oh absolutely! You got time?"

"For you sweetheart? Always."

[shadeslayer]

Would you be willing to talk about the inspiration for you sinti, shunti, kanunuk, & nunni designs? They're really cool!

absolutely !!! :D i usually have pretty explicit stuff that im referencing or am inspired by so im always happy to share <3

*ramble incoming*

[the dr pepper cans are how you know im a real southern usa babe. earlier today there was 5 empty cans in a row until i put them in the recycle bin]

i take a Lot out of the book "sun circles and human hands: the southeastern indians - art and industry" (2001 edition, not the 1957 one) which i have a physical copy of and i have sticky notes tabbing out out and also annotated highlighting every mention of the chickasaw and of sites where i know the chickasaw [or our ancestors, like the chicaza and other early mississippian/SE ntv cultures] so i can reference stuff i know would be from us, but i also take inspiration from all the designs in it because we were all a part of an interconnected cultural network of art

if you are from a tribe that would be from mississippian culture or the southeastern ceremonial complex/southeastern cult as it used to be called, or you know your people wouldve come from places within that like spiro or moundville, and you want to bring more native styling into your art this is THEEE book i would recommend. it is insanely useful. i cant vouch 100% for the text of it, and the second half is mostly kinda grainy b&w scanned photos of pottery and other items lmao, but the first half has lineart depictions OF designs found, with the attribution for the site they were found at. it is a Massive wealth of symbols and style and has been the best thing for wanting to study and emulate SE ndn art. for real i lent a copy to my grandma and then couldnt find where it was and i had to just order a new copy bc i use it so damn much

like i would post pages of it, and before i bought it i survived off the pinterest pics of scanned pages, but i cannot say enough just buy the book and look through it bc its just perfect its so useful. just posting a few pages doesnt do any justice to the wealth of style and art in it. ive tried to make myself some mock style/symbol guides from it, but even those fail to capture the variety of stuff in there and its why i still have it on hand for reference bc every time i get stumped theres so many ideas in there

but ok . book rec rant over (partly.)

i had done sinti homma, the red snake earlier, and i wanted to do a little motley of other simple transparent animals to go with it. so i did! ive got a few different animals that i played with doing, but a lot of them ended up veering too much off of the more hardline ntv style i wanted to do, and the others didnt fit the guideline i had made - i wanted them all to have a pointed tail that pointed to some corner of the frame, and curl around in the square a bit to have more of a sense of motion. i was thinking deer, turtle, spider... but none of those really fit that. so i flipped thru SC&HH for some ideas and came up with some :3

the bottom left one on the first pic there gave me a good idea of what to do with a rat tail, and on the bottom right of that same pic is the Fattest fucking fish and i lifted a lot of that design to use for my fish (and while we're here, the rattler tails on the top right of that pic were what i used for sinti hommas tail), and the bottom left on the second pic gave me the idea for the lizards legs/feet shape, and then i used the chickasaw vocab flashcards of animals to think of animal ideas and so i used the pinti from there to jump me off into doing a rat

theyre all named after the chickasaw words - sinti (snake), shunti (rat/rodent), kanunuk (lizard, specifically green striped lizard, which is why i made it green with stripes lol), nunni (fish) . i use the chickasaw dictionary webpage a lot these days though i should use my dictionary copies more bc they use the spelling style i dont prefer lol

i also want to do maybe a sort of pop art style big print of them, like repeated with different colors behind them? and/or them in a medicine wheel? but those are still wip so we shall see!

[meyhew]

hi seed!! a (long) while ago you were talking about annotating books, do you use a pencil or pen or marker? do you add sticky notes and labels? do you highlight? sorry for the questions, i know i can do whatever i want but i was wondering what you do too. anyway hope you have a good day, sending you love 🥰❤️

omg hiii what i do really depends on the book and the mood im in, so i don't have like a set "method." if it's a serious book i'm reading for the first time i usually just underline and/or highlight things with quick little reactions here and there, and deeper connections happen on a second or third read (if ever). i'm biggg fan of slapping stickers in my books. so so so many stickers and doodles. i lend my books to friends often as well and they're allowed to write whatever they want so that also happens.

as far as writing utensils go, i gravitate towards pens that have a really fine print so my favs are: pilot hi-tec-c 0.25mm & 0.4mm, and sarasa gel retractable 0.5mm. the pilot ones do not bleed through At All and i love that. the sarasa doesn't necessarily bleeds but it's more visible on the other side of the page than the pilot. really all depends on how much pressure you write with; me personally i don't like to put a lot of pressure so my go to is definitely the pilot. i have both in tons of colors so i just pick one that goes with the cover or the vibe etc. the highlighters i normally use are from daiso and i can't find a link to them anywhere now but i would also recommend these ones.

example pages under the cut <3

SPOILERS for ninth house, hell bent, the atlas paradox, a place for us, the raven king

the black in the first photo is pilot hi-tec-c 0.25mm. idk what the red is in the second photo that was lys' work but the pink highlighter i Think was from the pack i linked above. the brown pen is a random one i bought in new york it glides really nicely but i dont typically use it for books bc it bleeds

the black in the next one is also pilot 0.2mm and the green is pilot 0.4mm so u can see the difference. (the blue is again lys idk what she used. i'm guessing it is also smth similar to the pilot 0.4mm). the red is either pilot 0.4mm or the sarasa 0.5mm the orange

sarasa gel 0.5mm in orange and of course stickers. the meme ones i get custom made from @maltruenorth bc she's my bestie but she also has an etsy shop and takes custom orders. i love these stickers they add so much personality to every single book

these are the highlighters i normally use now. they're from daiso and idk why i can't find them on their website BUT buying online is heinous bc shipping for my location is like... $20 and im NOT paying that lmao so i would suggest finding an alternative somewhere like the ones i've linked above. i've used those and loved them.

and tabs! i prefer translucent ones. again, i get mine from daiso but something like this would work as well. i like to be able to see through the tab instead of taking them off to read what's underneath but transparent ones arent fun bc i like color <3 and in case it wasnt obvious i underline with a ruler. i didn't always but it's a habit i picked up from lys and now i cannot stop doing it. makes everything look sooo much cleaner and satisfies an itch in my brain

[ukiiyo-e]

Strategies to Help Pass Classes

I just finished my first semester as a graduate student with all As and these are some of the strategies that have helped me. I was one of those “naturally gifted” kids growing up and started to face burnout come college. I passed with a nice GPA, but there were many things I could have done to improve that I’ve used for this semester I’d like to share what can help people in similar situations.

See a therapist: 

Easier said than done, I know, but the help they provide is invaluable. I wasn’t diagnosed with some stuff for a while, and once I was and we worked on ways to deal with it in different areas of life. Since then life became more manageable. DO NOT USE BETTERHELP! For people based in the USA Psychology Today is great, you can slim down the searches to your needs and always look up reviews of the person. Some campuses offer therapy as well; you could always try it out.

Annotating: 

I thought I was too good for it in college and I have been uncomfortable with writing in books since I was young, even more so with ones I’m renting. I’ve tried using more sticky notes, underlining text lightly in pencil, and sticky tabs. It’s been such a huge game-changer! Sure you’ll have to remove all of those when it’s time to return the books, but it’s so worth it!

Grammarly or an alternative of your choice:

Yeah, the commercials are annoying, but it does a good job of cleaning up the little mistakes. I make so many spelling mistakes when quickly typing so I always put it through Grammarly. After that, for bigger assignments, I’ll print it out, take out the red pen and give it one more check over. It has saved me on so many projects and papers.

Map out your writing & Restate the question/items in the rubric in the writing:

I first tried this when completing my certification tests and it helped me to always score high on the essay portions. I tried applying it to my grad papers and I’ve experienced the same effect. Mapping out the writing, jotting down quotes/sources you want to use, as well as points you want to make in each paragraph helps to keep you on track. This prevents you from losing points and makes it easier to compare your paper to the rubric.

Write down a your due dates everywhere: 

I mix up dates frequently so writing them down in my notes, on sticky notes, in my planner, and on my phone aids me in not thinking on top of my game and then gets jumpscared by a close due date I had forgotten. You can’t forget what’s constantly in front of your face. 

Organize your files and save everything your professors give you:

In undergrad I didn’t organize anything, I didn’t receive too many handouts or PowerPoints but I still look back on some of the ones I have to this day to help me. Not to mention college is getting more and more expensive so take everything they give you without remorse. My advisor told me for my program to save everything and that was the plan. I try not to use Google Docs too much, I only use it for smaller drafts and then delete them once they’re transferred and completed. I recommend saving them to a hard drive, and organizing your files by Uni, Semester, then class. It makes me happy knowing I have a myriad of pdfs and links (even very recently written academic articles) that I can use and talk to my colleagues about. Being able to share this with coworkers makes me come across as a stronger and more valuable addition to the team which is a wonderful bonus!

Don’t be afraid to talk to your professors:

The name of the game is networking. You don’t have to be a teacher's pet but show some initiative. Actually read their comments! I know so many people who passed and don’t give a shit what notes the professor leaves. When I noticed a lower grade I talked to my professor about it and found out there was a formatting issue due to the program the uni used, it took a while to figure out but going forward I didn’t lose any more points.  In a different course certain pieces of information the professor gave us on the final project didn’t match so I reached out to ask which was correct as well as some others given it was my first time writing this type of paper. They responded so fast and then sent an email to the rest of my peers addressing the inconsistencies.  That saved me a lot of work and stress!

Rewards and relaxation:

There needs to be a balance between work and relaxation. I would get so worked up and be so hard on myself since this was my first semester and look at all my actions through a microscope to make sure I was doing enough. As I got more accustomed to my schedule I made more time for myself. Do things that make you happy when you can. Now rewards on the other hand acted as motivation. I am unfortunately a procrastinator, especially once I learn how long it takes me to do an assignment. I’m proud of myself for not doing papers last minute like in undergrad and that’s because I would break up certain tasks into days and create small rewards for myself. Example: I have assigned readings I have to do (highlight, annotate, and write a summary of main points and important page numbers in my notebook). Depending on how much reading there is I could either A. Get it all done and reward myself or B. Do about half of it, reward myself, then finish the other half. Rewards to me were like new episodes of a tv show or some time to play a video game. This now makes me feel more comfortable about doing more things when it’s time for summer classes.

Color coding: 

To me, this means using a variety of colors when taking my notes.  If I just take them in one color I find I have a harder time focusing when studying as well as recalling the information when I need it. 

Don’t worry about writing a paper in order:

I struggle with introductions on papers so instead I get all of my body done so I don’t waste time and then work on the introduction. Even with topic sentences I make a note like [TOPIC SENTENCE] and highlight it so I know to go back to it once I finish the paragraph. Probably weird and niche but still figured I should include it lol

[kithtaehyung]

RYEN u really wanted to break my heart huh,, u wanted me to feel soul crushing sadness from this interlude didn't u. it's a double edged sword getting into yoongi's head bc i know i def wanted to see what he was thinking and how he feels about/around reader and what went down at basketball but poor baby :(

it's so upsetting that he thinks so poorly of himself and that he feels like he isn't enough ,, he puts so much thought into how reader must have been treated badly in the past and recognizes when she starts feeling off because of it but then turns it on himself saying he should do better :( like BABE ?? who hurt him in the past i'm so ready to fight for him he's doing his absolute best like GOD when he's thinking about his GUITAR. no. i'm stopping that right here. it doesn't exist in my brain i just erased it i can't take it. someone give him head scratches rn lay him down and treat him gently for a minute he's so. GOD RYEN i'm actually going to cry thinking about it i'm moving on LMAO

i'm really excited to go back and reread this side by side with all the other pars because getting to see both perspectives and compare how reader and yoongi were feeling/thinkng,,, they're so similar fr. i wish they could see that they're both MORE than good enough for each other and that they're both feeling the same way </3 me telepathically communicating that to them rn it'll get through eventually don't worry i got this !!

but seriously, from what i can remember from my (v recent hehe) reread,, everything ties in so well and adding that extra Flavor and Depth to the scenes UGH i love it here, seriously. i don't think i've ever felt such a strong emotional connection to a published book, let alone a fanfic?? and i'm a bitch who ANNOTATES books, ryen. highlighters, sticky tabs, notes in margins. there's just something about your writing and the way you weave everything together and build on top of the past things you've written that hits just right. it all feels so relatable and real it's DELICIOUS.

i loved seeing the friendship between jimin and yoongi !! i wish yoongi would LISTEN TO HIM tho fr,, reader is so into you AND YOU'RE SO HAPPY WITH HER LIKE ?? i get that bro (did i officially announce myself as team namjoon is bro bc yes) finding out is something that he's worried about, and i get that fr. bro has been there to watch all of yoongi's mistakes, it makes sense that bro would be concerned and maybe even upset, especially about them keeping it a secret for so long but like,, bro even dom admitted that yoongi was different with her. i rlly think he would come around after he saw them together bc god they just,, they both are just so good to each other and they care so much for each other </3 heart hurty

anyways here take the lines that i would highlight tf out of if this was anywhere that i could do that lol

"Just this once. Let him be the only one that worries." OUCHIES

“I did what I thought you would do.” yes yoongi would in fact go to the ends of the earth to make sure she was safe thank you for pointing that out and hurting me jimin .

“What are you gonna do once you stop?” um hahaha who said there had to be an end ahahahahahaha nooooo ahaha stop jimin ahaha dw i'll distract bro for the rest of forever he will simply not find out !!!

"What the fuck are you doing to him?  If you came up to him right now? He’d give you anything you wanted. All you’d have to do is say it." i am punching a wall right now btw :-) "Once a space that saw many destructive arguments and silent, unfinished meals, your appearance started giving it new life. New energy. Energy that he can physically feel as he passes it on the way to his room." i can't take this one actually "Lips at your temple, he vows, “That won’t happen again, love.” okay so this was a personal attack and i can't accept this i want to get you back for this so bad i am crying i can't take this this is kind of like embarrassingly long and if i tell u i've reread this 2.5 times already you WILL pretend it's been longer than a day. ig i could copy paste this into the feedback form but <3 it's already here so i will apologize for the wall of text . i did indeed get carried away but such is life -loona anon (should have a character limit fr)

LOONA ISTG THIS REVIEW IS DAMN DELICIOUS. apologies for not getting to it sooner! i needed the right amount of energy to respond bc holy hell you typed so much and i appreciate it sm :')) did i wanna break hearts? yes and no. i didn't wanna write yoongi's inner thoughts like that, but that's what they were. so i didn't wanna disrespect his character by writing it lightly. rest under the cut bc i have an essay lol

you're right. it's completely upsetting to know this is how he thinks of himself. whatever happened before seemed to really stick with him, to the point where he doesn't even give himself credit for anything good - only the bad (like being the reason the threat was made, etc.) when he's thinking about the guitar? i wanted to cry and i did tear up a lot. so. yeah. i understand if you cry while thinking about that bc i know i did. especially considering the song he played for reader in dalo.

OOOH yes!! they were actually meant to be read side by side if you have the time/resources to try it. i had to make sure they lined up well, despite their thought flows being different. i hope your telepathy works! the flavor worked? i'm glad.

oh my gosh.. a strong emotional connection to something i've created? that is one of the highest compliments i could ever receive, truly. maybe it can be printed someday so you can annotate it and keep it forever! i would love to hear commentary like that. i'm glad it's all woven together in a coherent way. i'm having so much fun and i hope you continue to enjoy the rest!

JIMIN AND YOONGI MY BOYSSSSSS UGH. i love them so fcking much it is absurd. (putting you on team joonie!) i know we all see that reader and yoongi have huge chemistry and care between each other, and the people that are around them enough can see it. but the thing with bro is that he's not actively looking for that. all he sees is his best friend and his sister, and they've had banter between each other ever since the old days. coupled with the fact that he's been gone and is thinking about so many other things. i just think it would be one of the last things on his mind, whereas people like dom and jimin can see the slipping bc yoongi and reader act different without bro around.

now for your annotation worthy lines:

"Just this once. Let him be the only one that worries." YEAH THIS ONE BROKE ME.

“I did what I thought you would do.” oh god... yeah. you picked the hard hitters, didn't you.

“What are you gonna do once you stop?” REALITY IS A BIIIIICH

"What the fuck are you doing to him?  If you came up to him right now? He’d give you anything you wanted. All you’d have to do is say it." i am punching a wall right now btw :-)

"Once a space that saw many destructive arguments and silent, unfinished meals, your appearance started giving it new life. New energy. Energy that he can physically feel as he passes it on the way to his room." you know what they say about unfinished meals in literature...

"Lips at your temple, he vows, “That won’t happen again, love.” HE SAID IT AGAIN. HE DID. THE SECOND TIME AND ITS WHEN READER IS ASLEEP dklfjdkvj

thank you so much for all of this, love. i thoroughly enjoyed it all and read it a shameful amount of times before finally putting this hopefully coherent response together. seriously, thank you!

[f0xgl0v3]

I live-!

It’s only been a day or two since I’ve posted; but that’s just because I’ve been doing school things and all that jazz; but I feel like there’s some cool things I should share; because really I think people just like having an unspoken community and support of other people who like writing for Octavian- and I love him too, but there’s only so much I can say about him without talking about my OC (who I love talking about, but no one really cares lol) however what I am going to do; seeing as I’m reading,

The Iliad; almost finished with it, and I’ll probably say some things (for any specifications I’m talking about the penguin deluxe version; translated by Robert Fagles)

The Odyssey; haven’t started yet, but I’ll do more update and post as I read versus the sort of retrospective I have to do with the Iliad

The Aeneid; I’ll read it after the Odyssey, and I’m excited because Rome is one of my special interests :] (it’s the best way I can put it, but Rome and the PJO franchise are my special interests) and I’m excited to just read a like good Segway into more older literary readings!

My class is also reading the first PJO book (tLT) and I’ve been annotating my personal copy (just sticky note flags) and I’ll probably talk about it (and just generally re-visit the OG series and see how my opinions have changed; if Luke still gets to be the favorite from the first series) so I’ll probably talk about that (Chapter 17 and Chapter 20 are my favorites and I get to read them!! Along with Chapter 21 which is rad too B])

TSOA; I’m holding off on reading The Song Of Achilles (mostly because I’m too scared to pick up my copy and actually read) but when I do work up my courage I’ll report back (just begging Thetis isn’t as bad as people tell me they interpreted her as)

ToA; wild I haven’t read Trials of Apollo I know; but I had to pause it to read the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid- so I’ll get back to that and I’m really excited to, because of the Emperors and my (personal) favorite Emperor shows up (it feels weird to say I have a favorite Roman Emperor, but he’s really the one I like reading the most on, because I find him interesting; and no, I won’t be admitting it at the moment)

All of the companion books to PJO/HoO/ToA; not any of the spin-off series, but things like the guide books, Demigod Diaries/files, Greek Gods, Greek heroes, those ones :]

tKC(?); the Kane Chronicles, I’ll probably end up reading Magnus Archives first (because guys I heard Pansexual representation in Magnus and I need a new character to giggle about and I really wanna see Alex and TJ. Jr (feels like such a random and specific character but I’m just excited to see the silly)

Magnus Archives; as I said instead of talking about the Kane Chronicles (I might have to read the Graphic novels for those because the first chapter book could not hold my attention span but the first graphic novel did)

Also Sun and The Stars; I totally didn’t forget about this because I genuinely have an irrational dislike toward Nico; even though I love him I still disagree on a character level for him to kill off two characters I really like (one of which only gets like 2 pages of screen time) but I’ll try because I want more Bob content and I want it now! Also my friend marked all the Mr. D pages for me and that’s very nice

That’s all the books I can think of at the moment; then I have some projects too-

Lorica Hamanata(?); I’m too lazy currently to go look up the spelling, but I am working on making the Chestplate and I’ll probably fill people in while I do so

Cardboard Riptide; I’m making Riptide out of Cardboard! Haven’t worked on it in a while but I am :] I’ll show pics when I’m done

The Camp Jupiter/HoO/Maybe-just-Pjo/HoO/ToA re-imaging; uhhh, im working on it; I don’t know how many people want to see some random internet users re-imaginings of things like this- but I like having it down someplace

Probably more Octavian Sillies; I’ll probably write more on Octavian; he’s my favorite fictional character in general, I relate to him probably a little more than I should and I just like talking about my thoughts on him!

Calliope- my OC that got some posts that only my friend saw; she is probably a bad character but I love her and I think publicly showing her process is a good way to just improve my writing skills; which segways nicely to,

The Nine Au/HoO Au/ me and my friend arbitrarily shove our OCs into the seven and I try to make it make sense with their narrative arcs/ we also put a bunch of our different Ocs in there as background characters so there are minor characters; pretty much what I just said; my friend runs a mainly art-blog, but just know we both are working on this, and I do really want to talk about this because we put hard work into it and I want to share it

Okay; you (random audience I’ve decided that I apparently have) probably don’t care, and just like seeing me go ‘hehe this is Octavian, I like Rome :3’ and I also like doing that- but these are things I genuinely want to do and use my blog for!

(I’m also going to make a post about my headcanons on Camp Jupiter kids fatal flaws hc soon👀)

Anyway, byeeeeee!!

[paracosim]

1, 2, 19, 35 for the book asks!!

I only just saw this a few min ago fml whoops here you go @asanctumofstarfish

1. What is the best book you’ve ever read?

Okay so there are a lot of books I’m legit obsessed with, possibly to an unhealthy degree, and I don’t have favorites of anything so I’ll just list the ones I’m obsessed with. If I absolutely had to choose, though…The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. This book changed my life. Otherwise:

The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

The Daevabod trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (more like Ruined My Life lol)

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Uprooted and Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

The Arc of a Scythe trilogy by Neal Shusterman, especially Thunderhead because I’m apparently gay for an AI

Educated by Tara Westover

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (when I tell you I bawled for two hours after finishing this book…)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

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2. What is the worst book you’ve ever read?

I’m torn between I Am J by Cris Beam and Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan. I gave them both .25/5 stars and I wish I could give them both a big fat zero. They are the worst books I’ve ever had the displeasure of reading, for a few reasons.

I Am J singlehandedly put me back in the closet for two whole years as a teenager. It is the most misogynistic, homophobic, and racist book I’ve ever read. It gives explicit instructions on how to bind unsafely…actually, I wrote a full review of it on Storygraph that can be read here:

My review of I am J

Girls of Paper and Fire is just as awful, and ironically for somewhat similar reasons. This book sounds like a fast-paced, tense novel full of espionage and intensely forbidden romance with a firecracker heroine who plots to assassinate the king…and none of it is true. Yeah, actually, I also wrote a review on this book. Here it is:

My review of Girls of Paper and Fire

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19. Do you fold pages or use a bookmark?

It honestly depends lol if it’s an old book I’ve had since childhood, I’ll dog ear and annotate that motherfucker to the ends of the earth with zero hesitation. With new books that I know I’ll be able to keep pretty, I always use a bookmark, because I unhaul on a semi-regular basis and donate them to a local bookstore. She makes more money if I keep them in pristine condition and I normally have signed copies. (I only have two small bookshelves and need to weed them regularly. It’s really sad. I have my books triple stacked on each shelf.)

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35. What’s a book you’ve read over and over?

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I first read this back in 2009, and I’ve read it more than twenty times since. It has so many bookmarks, shreds of paper, and sticky notes inside that I can’t even begin to count them all. The spine is decimated. I’m suddenly craving a reread.

[unitedjust]

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[rggie]

twst first-years as your roommate!

characters: sebek, jack, ace, jack, epel ortho. [ ortho’s is strictly platonic! ]

cw: gn!reader, crack & fluff, pining, sfw, unedited.

sebek zigvolt

“malleus, oh malleus! you are truly illustrious, and above all benevolent! i pledge my life to you! I KNEEL BEFORE YOU MY KING!!”

new drinking game. take a shot every time sebek says malleus

you wake up every morning to sebek chanting to his malleus portrait like he’s truly standing with you in your room. you don’t need an alarm clock when you have him bellowing at 5AM. you press your pillow against your ears but to no avail. you can still hear him, he’s that loud!!

he literally kneels down to the painting as if he’s getting a knighthood (he’s practicing for the future, okay?)

tells you that you should also join him and prostrate yourself before his lord… if you tell him to shut up he will look at you with an incredulous expression as though you’re the crazy one. are you silencing him, and in association, lord malleus? your insolence besmirches you!

if it gets too much for you he starts whispering aggressively instead, offended: “FINE.. ( •̀ - •́ )”

sebek spends a long time getting ready. so if you’re running late in the morning, you’ll want to beat him to the bathroom.

it’s because of his hair... he’s styling that thing with an abundance of gel. your bathroom cupboards have so many products for his hair there’s literally nowhere for you to put your things.

it’s crazy because he would look so much better with his hair down. when you tell him that he refuses to believe it, stating that all the elderly in briar valley love his current hairstyle.

he wastes 10 minutes alone hyping himself up in front of the mirror. flexing his muscles, practicing his smile, dimpling his cheek with his fangs. he rehearses saying “salutations, lord malleus!” or “hello, dear human!” but if you catch him in the act he’ll deny deny deny as pink bursts across his cheeks and the tips of his ears.

he’s a bookworm, and that’s probably when he’s the quietest. yes, he’s quieter with his nose in a book than he is sleeping because he’s a sleep talker.

⇈ if you’re interested, sebek will recommend you some good pieces of literature!! he’s also really helpful if you need help with similar things in class. he annotates his books neatly with sticky-notes and highlighters, so if you ask nicely he might be gracious enough to let you skim over his hard work.

in return, if you’re good at subjects like maths, please assist him. numbers and him are like oil and water—they just don’t mix. he’ll be so grateful, he might humbly tell you a story of malleus’ childhood

you have to save sebek from lilia’s antics. he once told sebek balancing books on his head whilst sleeping standing up would help him become more resilient, so at night he would just be standing in the corner of your room… menacingly... it was honestly frightening.

you thought he’d fall over and crash onto his desk, having to physically drag him to his bed and tuck him gently each time he tried. he never once made it through the night. yes, he tried several times.

pretends the whole situation never happened. it was his lowest point.

sebek always makes sure you’re eating well, since he’s a big eater himself. when he’s feeling particularly chivalrous, he’ll get himself extra food just to lend you some, a coy smirk playing against his lips when you thank him.

ace trappola

ace has a basketball hoop on his side of the room. he likes to practice his trickshots often, so he’s probably hit you several times with it when he misses. which is often.

imagine you’re just walking into your room after a long day and—thwack!—you’re getting knocked out. he will laugh at you before pulling you up and making sure you’re actually okay. i’d be worried he has a vendetta against you or something.

⇈ says “it’s your fault for standing there”, pressing a hand against the point of impact tenderly.

standing where??? in your own room??? where it’s supposed to be SAFE???

makes a mess all the time in the bathroom. probably leaves toothpaste in the sink and water on the floor. he’s going to make you have wet socks and then he’ll roll his eyes when you complain.

you have to push him to clean it as he feigns innocence. “maybe it was you and you’re just blaming me!” “just clean the toothpaste, ace!”

he flicks tap water in your face.

when it comes to doing laundry he makes you play card games with him. whoever wins has to deal with it. he is a cheater and proud! he’s doing whatever he can to win and grinning like the chesire cat the whole time as if you’re not already aware of what he’s up to.

you have to force him to do his homework. he just so happens to always forget. but wait! you’re here! you’re instantly now his study buddy regardless of whether you wanted to or not. it doesn’t matter how smart you are, he’s always trying to copy your answers.

when it’s late at night and he can’t sleep, he’s texting: ‘u up?’ to check if you’re the same. if you don’t reply he literally pads up to your bed and looms over you. he puts his face inches close to your yours and whispers your name because he never believes that you’re truly sleeping.

brace yourself for a lot of late-night kitchen runs. he’s grabbing your hand and racing with you down the halls, telling you to hush and pressing a finger to his lips when he’s the one stomping and giggling outside riddle’s room.

don’t worry, he doesn’t eat anything he knows is his housewarden’s. he doesn’t try to get collared, you know. then he practically steals someone else’s lunch (the ‘someone else’ in question being deuce) and then shares it with you.

you get caught every time, ace’s stomping waking riddle up. he doesn’t even attempt to protect you, claiming it’s not stealing because it’s going to a good cause—your ‘date’.

he’s only ever joking about the date thing. he just likes seeing your reaction.

…but if he wasn’t joking, hypothetically… would you agree it’s a date?

deuce spade

he’s trying so hard to be a good roommate to you. he really is!

at first, he tries to impress you with his full bookshelf. in an attempt to turn over a new leaf, he borrowed a ton of magic related books from the library but he’s only read one

every time you walked into the room he frantically grabbed a book from his shelf and opened it, placing a finger on his chin to suggest that he was deep in thought.

“what’s gotten you so interested, deuce?” “oh it’s nothing. just a book about…psychology and stuff. really emotional. yeah.”

intrigued, you approached his side only to find out he’s reading a children’s picture book. upside down.

each time he thinks back to that moment he is filled with so much shame. whenever you bring it up he slaps a hand to your mouth with a shout, overly flustered. he’s always been honest about himself after that.

he’s another messy guy. overall? he’s clean—but when he eats he leaves a lot of crumbs behind on his bed and himself. you have the urge to wipe them from his cheeks all the time. this could be reiterated for all the first-years except ortho, though.

deuce excitedly shows you pictures of the latest blastcylces (he has posters all over his side of the room) and tells you all about his bleached hair days. he even lets you try on his blastcycle helmet and jersey. has a picture of you in it and treasures it as ‘a reminder to not go rouge again’

you study together but the pair of you always get distracted by having silly little side conversations. one second you’re talking about pythagoras; the next, it’s a passionate discussion about what animal you’d be if you were reincarnated in another life.

he moves around in his sleep a lot. he goes to sleep spread out like a starfish and ends up on the floor, bedsheets half-on him and the worst bed-head ever.

you have to fix his hair in the mornings for him. he’ll barely be awake, sleep still in his eyes as you’re patting his head to keep the stray hairs at bay. he’ll lean into your touch but he won’t remember doing it till halfway through the day.

⇈ he’ll just be in the middle of flight class, randomly think about the proximity of your faces, then almost falls off his broom. ace laughs till he cries.

when he comes to your room wounded he appreciates how you ask him if he’s okay before asking what happened. when it’s the other way around, he always rechecks your state even though the school doctor patched you up fine and deemed you well enough.

he calls his mother often to make sure she’s okay, and you’ve gotten more than acquainted with her.

she loves you and thinks you’re a great influence for deuce. she’s even happier that he’s made some friends!! she’s always gushing about how she’s proud of him, or asking you to come over with in the holidays.

“deuce, when you come home bring your lovely friend okay? i like them.”

he agrees without hesitation, because he can’t deny her wishes—and he likes you, too.

jack howl

your room either smells like sweat and the mens body spray he uses or caramel scented candles that he swears his younger brother and sister bought for him.

it’s mostly the second option, because jack is good when it comes to personal hygiene and also doesn’t want to make things uncomfortable for you. (his side of the room is very clean, and he takes pride in that, so if yours isn’t he’ll tell you to fix up very bluntly.)

he’s very perceptive and values personal space, so he’s thoroughly checking to make sure you’re comfortable. will give you space and alone time if you need it.

he’s got ‘motivational workout quotes’ framed and hung up on his side of the room

gives you a similar one for your birthday, in order to give you motivation for the rest of the school year. he’s given one to all the first years, even ortho, so you’re not special or anything.

yours is just slightly bigger.

from far away it looks aesthetically pleasing, contrasting nicely with all the greenery from the plants he’s raising (he’s a plant mom)

then you get closer and read: “Train The Quit Out Of You.” “Single Taken At The Gym.” “In This House, Only Hard Work Matters.”

he goes on morning runs, so he’s out before you can even open your eyes. sometimes, he leaves you notes behind wishing you a good day, since he’s not much of a texter even though you’ve exchanged numbers. sometimes you’ll find notes around the house just saying some words of encouragement.

if you’re awake, he might ask you to join him. but it ends up being him running out of earshot so fast you lose sight of him. he’ll be running back as you’re still on the first stretch, out of breath. he’ll try his best to wait for you to catch up, though…

⇈ you might not enjoy it as much as he is but he’ll be really thankful that you came along anyway. you don’t even have to run if you don’t want to, just sitting and watching him somehow gives him a newfound burst of energy.

as a reward for sticking with him, he’ll make sure you’re well fed. not that he doesn’t do that already; jack sits next to you, the two of you sharing a plate of breakfast together as the other first-years just share a look like (·•᷄‎ࡇ•᷅ )?

you often find him talking to his cacti. his tone is so soft it’s endearing, conversing as though they’d speak back before watering them. in fact, you find out more from him speaking to the succulents than you do when he’s actually talking to you.

it’s not that he doesn’t talk to you. he does!! but the conversations are always short because he’s too busy trying to hide the wag of his tail and twitch of of his ears.

you speak to his cacti, because if jack truly believes it will benefit them you also want to help. he’s so fond of them. when he finds out you’ve been doing so, he tells you that he’s sure they’re standing stronger and looking healthier because of you <3

he lets you name them

Congratulations. you are both now Plant Parents.

it might take a lot of convincing but if you can get him to cuddle with you in his wolf form you will get the best sleep ever. he’s super fluffy, which makes him really cosy to lean on and snuggle up to.

⇈ but you both tend to oversleep and end up late for classes whenever you do it. jack scolds you for it because he doesn’t want to be a troublesome student, but he won’t deny you when you ask again.

everyone’s convinced you’re dating.

epel felmier

why are there apples everywhere

the saying ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ doesn’t apply to you! an apple a day is bringing you closer to the doctor. (epel has boxes of apples for his carvings. they’re overflowing, causing apples to spill out onto your floor creating a trip hazard.)

he seriously doesn’t mean to make mess but the apples just keep on coming! at this point you both have enough apples to keep you going for at least a good few months—but you’re not allowed to eat them.

okay, fine, you can have one… or two..

pomefiore’s bedtime is 10pm, so both of you share the struggle of hiding that you’re awake. you’re both chuckling under your own bedcovers, messaging each other on your phones with your brightness at the lowest setting: ‘is he gone yet? u check’

vil will be standing in the doorway, hands on his hips waiting for you to peek your heads up. he knows what you’re doing.

you keep doing it anyway until vil threatens to split you up.

the two of you will try to stay up till early hours of the morning doing anything and everything. on one occasion you tried to juggle with apples, ending up hitting yourselves in the faces. it left marks.

plenty of times you’ll send epel a funny video of something or the other and he’ll double over in laughter, wheezing so loudly you’re sure everyone can hear you. your phones get confiscated for a week.

he’s on his best behaviour now, he swears! and you are too—you know vil only sets specific guidelines for you to follow because it will benefit you both in the long run.

if you’re injured, epel will tend to your wounds skilfully. he’s been in more than a few accidents being a wild child, and also knows a lot about medicinal herbs and magic pharmacy. arguably does a better job than school staff.

when he’s injured, he’s rushing back to show them off to you like battle scars. look at the the one on his knee, quick! he stood his ground and won, isn’t he cool? (it’s absolutely tiny and will definitely fade away. he wants to be leona so bad)

he always lets you see the process of his apple carving and even gives you lessons. he’s delighted that he gets to teach someone something he learned back in his hometown—it’s not much of a big deal, but whenever someone shows interest in it, his chest puffs with pride.

and when it’s you specifically complimenting him and harveston, he’s super smitten.

ortho shroud

ortho is only just finding out about himself, exploring his tastes and developing his own opinion. (he’s really glad he can share these self-discoveries with you!)

idia is Not Happy that his brother is being stolen off him, but wishes ortho well nonetheless.

you will never be late to class from now on because he will wake you up on time. and don’t think about skipping or faking illness, because ortho can see right through you.

asks how your day has been after school because he genuinely cares. he wants to know everything! school is just so fun to him. he’s so happy about going to class that you start to feel guilty for dreading them. he’ll tell you about his day too, very elaborately. you might be sitting and listening for a while because ortho does not miss a single detail.

⇈ you somehow end up finding out what scarabia resident B did last summer with his family, though you’re sure it had no relevance to ortho’s magic history class at all?

asks you to take pictures of him around your room, literally even if it’s a mundane activity. half of your camera roll is just images of ortho studying. he also wants to take lots of pictures with you, so he can keep the memories he spent his first real roommate fresh in his mind forever, so say cheese!

you make a bucket list together so he can check things off along the course of his life. you take him out to places he wants to go, and he helps you in return. need questions answered? he’s got the best results at the fastest speeds. hungry? he’s flying off to sam’s store. your preferences are already stored in his memory system, so expect something yummy when he returns!

he gets very attached to you very quickly, and perhaps even a little protective. if you’re ever going to do anything reckless ortho is sitting you down and telling you the pros and cons, success to failure ratio and extra precautions you should take.

as he’s only ever lived with his brother and never really had friends for himself, ortho is still used to idia’s social recluse/anxious ways. you could be ordering over the phone and if the person on the other end of the line mishears you ortho is suddenly speaking up for you very angrily.

ortho: excuse me they asked for NO. PICKLES. 😡😡

introverts love him. fast food branch owners fear him. the ice cream machines won’t be ‘broken’ on ortho’s watch.

if someone’s bothering you, just tell him. he won’t hesitate to dox a bully or two online. he learned from the best. NOT afraid to resort to physical attacks. has a high-intensity laser beam ready to fire whenever you need it.

ortho is not rainbows and sunshine all the time. he’s a nrc student, after all.

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[toomanyanimefanfics]

MHA, Main Three bois: Study Habits

General Headcanons for ||Midoriya||Bakugou||Todoroki 

As study habits. 

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Midoriya:

Deku spends a lot of time writing notes on top of notes, he sometimes gets distracted by his own thoughts and ends up staring at a wall for five minutes in deep thought, he'll snap out of it and have to re read his notes to keep his mind on track,

He will have many tatted and worn out notebooks that he has spent more time organizing than actually studying and - unfortunately if it's not studies for hero work (Like math's, English or Japanese) it's often left neglected. 

He definitely gets burned out from putting all his mental effort into his favourite subjects and then to crash and get frustrated at any of the subjects he actually should be improving in. :(

He's a big fan of exchanging notebooks with his classmates, he'll write down and analyze what and how his classmates have taken notes and write them into his, he'll also write sticky notes into their pages of things he's noticed are important or things they have missed in their own notes!

Bakugou:

Surprising to some of the dorm Bakugou actually does study, He isn't one to write out notes in notebooks like Deku, not to say that he doesn't have the two or three notebooks for classes, but he's most likely to print out and take photos of textbooks and handouts and highlight and annotate.

He reads all the information without taking notes or analyzing and then will go through a second pass with a single colour highlighter, underlining and writing out post notes with notes and little cornered pages with information and notes he might read over later.

Bakugou always studies alone, and if on the small exception he's not, the others are studying in silence next to him, there's no exchanging of notes (Why would he help the competition, right!?)  or study talk of helping each other remember notes, it's mostly to make sure the other person and him are keeping each other silently accountable for studying and staying on track, - Denki tried studying with Bakugou for this reason, but he started asking too many questions and Bakugou forcibly removed him from his room.

Todoroki:

Shoto has only ever been extremely good at independent study and note taking quickly and efficiently, after all his older brother is studying at University and both his older brother and sister have passed on years of study tips and their old notes to Shoto.

So He has two well kept notebooks, one notebook for messy notes and reminders, which he mostly uses as a catch all for anything he needs to write down for later, it has neatly folded papers of handouts and photos of whiteboard notes he has taken, and post it notes scribbled here and there. 

The other notebook is a cleaner polished re-write of all his notes that he uses for revision and study, it's also divided into class subjects and he has a few different highlighters so he's colour coded his subjects but nothing too in-depth like how Midoriya does.

He doesn't mind studying in groups but he's not one to overly discuss topics or notes, he has been known to join conversations before but he's been taught that study should be silent and productive to not disturb the train of thought. 

He'll totally have cute and expensive stationary, but all of his stationary and school supplies are super minimalistic, - mostly has a whole pencil case of stationary but only shows up to class with one really nice pen or mechanical pencil and nothing else.

(I used this system in my final year of Highschool and it worked wonders for me because i was writing notes in class and then for homework re writing them out nicer into a study revision book and i was reviewing notes twice and honestly i love this because then all my study notes got passed down to my siblings who are now studying and they are added their own notes to the books!!) -admin

[bamf-jaskier]

Of lot of blogs are saying book fans wouldn’t like the show, what do you think about that?

Well, when I like to think of show vs books in any context I'm always reminded of my copy of Good Omens. It's held together by tape, sticky notes, and a whole lot of hope. At this point, the annotations have annotations. That book has traveled with me no matter where I live, no matter what country I'm in and it's gotten me through some very difficult times. The book feels personal to me in a very concrete way and despite the literal ink I've spilled on its pages I would never give it up. I viewed the book as the ultimate form of the story of Good Omens.

So when the Amazon series came out, I saw every divergence from the book, every slight change or adjustment as some sort of perversion of a book I loved.

But that's exactly the problem. I saw the book to tv show transition as a process that should be a direct copy. But it's always going to be about adaptation.

The definition of adaptation is as follows:

a composition rewritten into a new form

And that's what I really had to keep in mind when I watched Good Omens. That this is an adaptation. It is meant to be taking the original composition and putting it into a new form. When creating Good Omens, Neil Gaiman even said he changed the ending on purpose so book fans wouldn't get cocky. Adaptations change things but they also bring new things into the universe that can be wonderful benefits. For example, the whole scene with hellfire and holy water in Good Omens was really great to me and it was never in the original book.

And it's the same way with The Witcher.

The Witcher is adapting a series of books. Each episode is not equivalent to a chapter and there's going to be a lot of changes. Some of them I have thought was certainly for the better, Triss and Geralt don't get together in the show like they do in the books. Other changes I was not a fan of, like Tissaia and Vilgefortz together. But overall, I really enjoy the show, changes and all. Because it's adapting a book series I love, and of course, the book series isn't perfectly going to fit whatever the show puts out but the show is adding more to the rich world of The Witcher.

I especially love those moments in the show when I can sort of point at the TV and go "wait! I know this from the books" and get excited about that. And to go back to Neil Gaimen, he specifically changed a big plot point in the books just so fans would have something fresh to chew on and I love that mentality.

When the Witcher changes large plot points such as having Yennefer be the secret hero of Sodden and Vilgefortz stealing the credit instead of Vilgefortz simply being the hero it gives me a sense of excitement like reading all the things that might have happened but never did. If the show was exactly like the books, I would get bored. Because the books still exist and won't be changed by the show. If I want to read them, they are right there. If I want to watch the show, along with all the changes it has made, it's also right there.

Because at the end of the day, you can read the books and enjoy those alone. You can watch the show and just the show. You can join me in my camp of loving both the books and show.

I see problems in the books.

I see problems in the show.

But I also get a lot of enjoyment out of both of them. I appreciate the adaptation for what it brings to the table that is new and unique and I love the original books for creating the very world the show is playing around in.

I think that many book fans do enjoy the show, I'm certainly one of them. I also think a lot of people, like I once did, see the changes the show makes as some sort of personal attack on a book series they love. But like me with my battered copy of Good Omens learning to appreciate the show for all the things it gave us, maybe we can all learn to appreciate some of the great things The Witcher on Netflix has brought us too!

Ask me things

[darling-i-read-it]

First Variant

Mobius x fem!reader

Word Count: 2.6k

Warnings: ravonna being a bitch, loki spoilers

Author’s Note: this is not the best but if any of you have requests for mobius i promise I’ll do better than this

Summary: Mobius keeps coming back to your time in history until you finally have a variant of yourself.

I don’t own these characters. They belong to author/director/creator

(not my gif)

You tried to keep your head up but you could feel your eyes drooping. If you were going to fall asleep on the job it sure wasn’t going to be now. You had too many people in the store and you were the only person on the job. There was a teen girl looking through the adult horror section of the book store and a man on the other side of the stack, glancing over mystery. There were a few other people around the bookstore as well but as long as you could keep your eyes open for a few more hours, you would be just fine.

The door opened and someone else walked in.

A man with salt and pepper hair, wearing an oddly formal suit for a bookstore. Maybe he was coming in after work to pick up a book. You looked back down at the counter and waited for someone to come bring a book up.

You went back to flipping through your own book when someone put one down on the table. You looked up. The man who had just walked in had already put a book down. He really knew what he wanted.

You gave him your regular customer service smile as you looked down to grab the book but it quickly turned into a genuine one.

“I love this book. Good choice,” you said.

“I’ve already read it,” he said, scratching the back of his neck. “I liked it so much I decided I needed to own it.” You raised an eyebrow.

“That’ll be 15.68. I don’t blame you. I have three copies myself,” you said lightly. “What did you think about the plot twist? It always gets me.” The man was looking at you with adoration in his eyes. Like he had known you for years. You couldn’t help but flush a bit under his gaze.

“You should’ve seen my sticky notes,” he said.

“You do sticky notes too!?” You tried to remind yourself that it was more of a universal thing than you thought but it still shocked you. Same book, same annotation method. He gave you an easy charming smile.

“Small world,” he said. You smiled and nodded as he handed you the money. You rang him up and gave him the book. “I’m Mobius.”

“Y/N. It was nice to meet someone with such good taste Mobius.” He nodded once and took the book from you. Your fingers brushed and you met each other's eyes.

Mobius’s eyes lingered on you and then he had to turn around and leave the store again. Again and again. He took out his Tempad but first looked back at the window where you were helping the next customer.

Mobius had no idea why he kept coming back to this moment or why he kept coming back to you. He had never seen a variant of you before and this moment wasn’t one to branch a new timeline. But after a long day he found himself coming back to your kind smile.

With one open door he was back in his own space at the TVA. He put the book down on the pile of the dozens he already had bought from you. He walked past them and further into his room, taking off his jacket. He tossed it on his bed. He looked at himself in the mirror.

It had been a long week. Lots of variants. Lots of work. It was nice to see your face.

One day he would say more to you. One day he would find out why the hell you felt like home to him.

But today wasn’t that day.

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Ravonna was having a swamped week. There were a lot of variants, an unusual amount. She was trying her best to get through it at a steady pace but the paperwork was just flying around and under her desk and practically on the walls. She was about to get back in the field herself if one more file showed up on her desk.

“We need more people to work,” Mobius said as she gave him yet another file. She gave him a look.

“Yeah well if you find anyone who would be a decent employee, feel free to lead them my way,” she muttered, her mind elsewhere.

Mobius was about to hand her this file back. He had too much to do. But out of curiosity, he flipped open the paper to see what the big deal was and was amazed at the picture staring back at him. You. That same slight smile, slightly unkempt hair. His heart stopped.

You were a variant. You were finally a variant.

“Who knows,” he said, probably too quickly. “Maybe this one could work with us.”

“If they aren’t a murderer then I may beg them,” Ravonna said.

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You had been urged into the TVA headquarters and had been given a lecture by Miss Minutes. You were scared and unsure of what the hell was going on. You knew that other things existed, hell the Avengers should be dealing with this. If the Avengers were still a thing. You weren’t even sure which ones were alive.

You just wanted to get back to your bookshop and go to sleep.

Mobius stood behind you, his hand firm on your upper arm. You found the touch slightly comforting. He looked so familiar. You couldn’t bring yourself to place his face. But even the slightest of familiarness was good for you in a place so unknown.

“Listen I heard Miss Minutes and I get this whole thing, like, kind of but could you please tell me where we’re going?” He was leading you at a remarkable speed through the hallways that looked the same to you. He stopped, looked around and then turned to you.

“If the world ended tonight, time would not exist if you didn't,” he said. You furrowed your brows.

“What-” Your face settled. “Oh.” You smiled gently. That was a quote from your favorite novel. “Mobius. I sold you my favorite book a couple months ago. I remember because I never saw you again but I thought about you for a week.” You recoiled into yourself. “Too much information maybe.”

“No.” His face had lifted. Like you had just confirmed something for him, a long awaited theory he wanted to test. “That’s perfect.”

You had thought about him. This fantasy he had created wasn’t one sided. You had felt it too.

He grabbed your arm again and then kept marching. He opened the door to Ravonna’s office and she didn’t even look up when he did it.

“I have another case-”

“I found us some help.”

Ravonna looked up from her paperwork and tried to hide the panic she felt the second she saw you and Mobius stood together. You looked confused which was good. But Mobius looked like he had just had a revelation.

“That’s a variant. Take her in for processing.”

“I want her to be my help. If you’re giving me a bigger caseload I need a better partner. No offense to Ken but...we’ve outgrown each other.”

“Mobius what’s-” you started but Ravonna cut you off.

“You can’t have her as a partner. Go find someone else.”

“Ouch. Ravonna, you know we could talk through this-”

“No. That’s final.” How could she be so stupid? How could she do this to herself? The problems she created when busy. How could she send Mobius, who doesn’t remember he had a life outside of the TVA, to get a variant of his wife?

She could’ve checked the picture before she handed it over but she’s just been so swamped.

Mobius turned to you. He took off your handcuffs.

“Wait outside. Don’t wander.” You nodded once, looking over at Ravonna and then back at him. You turned on your heels and decided it was probably best to wait outside. Ravonna was still shaking her head when the door clicked shut.

“She’s unstable. It says so in her paperwork. She isn’t working for us.”

“We’ve picked up people in less critical times with worse files. I just have a feeling about this one Ravonna-”

“I can’t allow it.”

“Why?”

Ravonna hadn’t had time to come up with a good excuse and Mobius could tell she was lacking.

She had to trust, in that moment, that the Time Keepers wouldn’t notice this. She had to.

“I don’t have time to train anyone right now.”

“I can train her. She’s smart, booksmart. She can do it.”

How could she let this happen? She closed her eyes tightly and looked down at the stacks upon stacks of paperwork.

“Fine. Fine. Go, get her ready.”

He turned around quickly and grabbed your arm when he stepped outside. He dragged you along down the hall.

“How did it go? Whatever it was?” you asked quietly as you walked.

“You’re gonna be trained by me.” You raised an eyebrow.

“Are you qualified?” He gave you a look like he was slightly impressed.

“You know the basics of the TVA. You will become my partner in going and getting variants like yourself.” He stopped in front of a door. “Don’t freak out.”

“Mobius, you're scaring me. This is a scary situation.”

He opened the door and you walked in to see a stack of your favorite books beside the wall. Your eyes went wide and you let out a slight gasp.

“You said you bought your first one,” you breathed.

“That’s what I told you,” he said slightly sheepishly. “Every variant of you.” You turned around.

“I’m the only one to make it this far?”

“Yes you are.” You turned back and looked at them. You took a book off the stack and opened it up. You turned to him.

“I left my number in every one of these,” you told him. “You never called.”

“Well technically we went on quite a few dates. Just a lot of first ones.”

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You put your hair up and then put it back down. You still weren’t used to this whole TVA thing and it had been a couple of months. You put the jacket on and took a deep breath before realizing this was not your jacket. It was a bit big. You scoffed and left it on as you walked into the offices.

Mobius was sitting at his desk. He looked up and saw you. You did a small twirl in his jacket and sat down on his desk.

“Do you like my new look?” you asked him.

“I would if I wasn’t so cold,” he said back. You rolled your eyes and slid the jacket off, handing it to him. He handed you your jacket which was hanging on the back of his chair and you put it on.

“What’s on the doc today handsome?”

“Ravonna has not given us any paperwork today,” he said.

You and Mobius had yet to make out though you were cutting it really close. You were pretty sure you grew closer and closer in proximity every day. Even now, your foot was wrapped around his ankle.

“That is very unlike her,” you mused. “Do you think we’re in trouble?”

“We?” he scoffed. “If one of us were to get in trouble it would be you and your tendency to touch things you aren’t supposed to. You probably set off a chain reaction with that churro you ate at the last job.” You scoffed, pretending to be offended.

“You had a bite. It was an us thing, not a me thing.” You picked up one of his maganizens about jet skis. “You know, we could go and hop on-”

“You’re an awful influence. Ravonna was right.”

“She never said that.” You slid off his desk.

“Y/N?” Ravonna called from the head of the room.

“See,” Mobius muttered. You rolled your eyes and walked up to her.

“Yes?”

“I need to speak to you for a moment,” she muttered. You nodded once and followed behind her. She was still scary to you. She had jumped at the chance to get you pruned when you first met so you had become noticeably distant. Usually Mobius handled everything for you.

She closed the door to her office.

“You’re no longer going to be Mobius’s partner.” Your face fell.

“Excuse me?”

“You don’t work well together.” Despite your fear you scoffed.

“I know you’re kidding. Mobius and I work together better than everyone in this office,” you told her. “You can’t do this. He won’t let you.”

“He doesn’t have my authority.”

“But he’s got more wit. He can figure it out,” you said, a small smile on your face. Ravonna shook her head. Mobius had to be one of the only happily married people on the planet before all this didn’t he?

“There is no office fraternization.”

“The TVA is my whole life, how could there not be - Mobius and I aren’t even fraternizing!”

“Please.”

“Please,” you mocked. “Ravonna, I respect you, you scare me.” You opened the door out of the office. “But no.”

You walked out and shut the door behind you. You walked back to the offices where Mobius was sitting with everyone else. You had an extra pep in your step and a determination in your look. Mobius raised an eyebrow.

“What was that abo-” he started but you cut him off by leaning over him and kissing him with every ounce of passion you had in you. It had been a while since you kissed someone but he never would have noticed. He was too busy being head over heels in love to care.

You pulled away much too quickly.

“That, is fraternizing,” you spat.

“That is,” Mobius said, looking around at the onlookers. He chuckled to himself. “Care to let me know why-”

“Ravonna.”

“Somehow I cannot connect the dots between Ravonna and that wonderful kiss but I am not going to press for details if it means we can do it again.”

You and Mobius had both expected a big announcement of love to come of your first kiss. You were almost pleased it had been so brief so now you could get back to work.

“Well now we have to. To spite Ravonna.”

“Oh yes that’s the reason.” Mobius looked down at his paperwork and then backed up at you. “Do you…”

“I love you Mo,” you said very quietly. “I think I have since the second you stepped into my damn bookstore.” He leaned back in his chair and tossed his pen down.

“Now that’s all you had to say.” You gave him a look. He smiled gently.

“You’re my second favorite thing.”

“Jet skis huh?”

“Yeah.” You nodded once.

“Ravonna is gonna split us up. That’s what she told me.” His face fell slightly and then picked right back up.

“She’s gonna have to prune me before I stop kissing you.” You flushed and had to look down at your desk.

“Sounds like a plan Mo.”

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