#i think i'll have to stick to one update a week =v=...

[glowingreverie]

the past two days, i've just been watching mukbangs

[yume-x-hanabi]

Life update

Posted on DW, but I figured I could update this blog as well now that I'm semi-getting back into social media...

I've sorta fallen off from the fandom and social media space, because life has been a lot these past few years. To sum up briefly:

- I made a couple of posts about it last year, but I bought an apartment in a new building (construction wasn't finished at the time). Running left and right to choose stuff such as flooring etc, getting things organized on the paperwork side (banks, notaries...), plus the move itself, took me a lot of time and energy. I've been living here full time for 10 months now though, and it's been great. Love the building (even tho it's not entirely finished orz), love the neighbourhood, and it's so great to have your own place. Missy seems at ease here, too, which is important. The balconies' guardrails are huge glass panes that go all the way to the floor with no gap, so that means I can let her out without supervision without fear of her falling/jumping off.

- Work, the main culprit for my withdrawal from fandom. I think I mentioned before that I took on more admin tasks a couple years ago, and while I enjoy the actual work when I get to it, it's a huge huge drain to my mental energy, esp when combined with everything else (class prep, exams, meetings etc). So it's pretty much killed my drive, and my already bad work-life balance just became worse and worse. Like, it's not that I don't have free time (perks of teaching = lots of holidays), but when I do I'm so mentally exhausted that I was pretty much only able to play mindless games like Solitaire or Civilization VI (which became like an addiction lol) or doomscroll on twitter or reddit. I pretty much lost my ability to engage with hobbies, except for the ones below, and I'm trying really really hard to come back and make it stick this time around.

- Speaking of hobbies though, I've gotten really into classical music and started attending concerts regularly. By perfect coincidence, my new place is at a 2-minute walk from my city's philharmonic hall, and I've been enjoying the heck out of that perk. My city's orchestra is really good, and their program so varied. When it was time to choose my subscription for next season, it was harder to choose which concerts not to attend (but a choice had to be made ;v;). Also I'm super stoked because they're playing my favorite symphony next year, I didn't expect to be able to hear it live so soon!

I think this really saved my mental health this year. Like, it's a bit hard to explain, but there's something really unique and relaxing about the atmosphere there. It's a bit intimidating at first, and I was really self-conscious about not making noise at the beginning, but I've gotten used to it now. Mostly, I think it helped me rediscover what it is to just sit down and enjoy the moment, without constantly looking for stimulation to my already overstimulated mind (silly aside, but before that I'd sorta lost the ability to binge a series without mindlessly checking my phone in the middle of episodes. Being "forced" to keep my phone away for the duration of a concert has really helped me recover my attention span). I think it helps my mind rest, if that makes sense? Also there's nothing comparable to listening to the music live in a hall with great acoustics x3

I followed the Queen Elisabeth Competition closely this year, live for a few finals performances when possible, the rest on TV, and it was really awesome. I think in four years I'll get the subscription for the whole finals week :p

- Relatedly, I've also started taking violin lessons. I'd always wanted to learn an instrument since I was a child (loved those mandatory recorder classes we had at school lol), but it never happened (partly because I was too passive as a child to actively ask for it, partly because my parents probably didn't want to have their eardrums massacred, so didn't offer it (wouldn't have said no if I'd asked, but as I said I wasn't good at asking back then)). It took me a while to actually make the jump, because I thought I'm too old now and there's no point, but I finally did with some encouragements from friends and colleagues and I'm really glad I did. Violin is... hard lol. I sound absolutely terrible. But it's also really fun? Like I feel like I'll never be good, but also I've made so much progress since I started. I don't have much time to practice (I aim at at least 10min a day these days, which isn't a lot, but it's better than nothing and it's more important to do it a little regularly than a lot once in a while). I'm really looking forward to the day I'll be able to attempt to play Xillia songs 😄 Also I really love my teacher<3

- Lastly, niece is 3 now and so fun to interact with. It's not always easy, she's very stubborn and willful, but she's also really sweet and funny. Love her ❤️ And she's just got a little sister! who's a very chill newborn, so different from niece#1 lol. I can't wait to see them play together when they're a little bit older.

Anyway, that's pretty much the main things that have been going on the past couple of years. Like I said I'm not sure I can be totally back, I think it's gonna take a lot of adjustment, but this time I really don't want to let another year pass by like that. I'm really gonna try hard to have better balance this time!

[gamebunny-advance]

Kun3h0 Accessories DLC + Patch Notes v.1.0.1

Added:

GAB accessory

Karrot-98 accessory

Changed:

Updated top.

Fixed hair bug. (Hair would easily slip off model.)

Minor improvements.

(More pics and notes under the cut.)

So I finally finished up Kun3h0's accessories and fixed up her top.

So, we've got her GAB and her drill, the Karrot-98.

GAB started out as this little dino thing that I just cut up and sculpted onto.

The original plan was to sculpt onto the original arms after I cut off the wings, but they kept bumping into the head, so I opted to completely resculpt them.

Now they can still turn their head, but that's the only point of articulation. I really should have sanded it more, you can really see the texture still in the clay, but such as it is.

The collar isn't the most elegant thing in the world, but at least it's there~ It's also disappointing that I couldn't get the edges of her screen completely straight and even, but it is what it is.

Overall, I think it's a decent recreation of the original design, even if the purples aren't quite right.

I should take a pic of them next to my other GAB recreations so y'all can really see the difference in scale. I believe this is the smallest GAB I've made so far, and also the only one that has the big heart-shaped tail~

Next is the Karrot-98, Kun3h0's magical drill. I don't have any "before" pictures, but it's made from another accessory that came with the doll, a little clay, and a piping tip that I had lying around + extras.

I don't have a set design for the Karrot yet, so I just kinda painted it with colors I already mixed. When Kun3h0's holding it, it does kinda get lost in the pinks of her outfit, but by itself I think it looks fine. If I come up with a better color scheme for it, then maybe I'll repaint it.

Next, I completely re-did her top. This time, I doused all the fabric in fray-check first to keep it from pulling apart while I was sewing it together, and I completely redid the sleeves. Originally, I had painted the arm guards onto the sleeves because I didn't think of any other way to do it. This time I tried making them with craft foam to better replicate that they're supposed to be two different materials. I'd say it was mostly successful.

Since it's kind of a pain to slip the sleeve into the guards, I don't have any pics of the top without them on, but the sleeves are more form fitting, so the top looks more like a proper tracksuit without the guards on. It's a slightly better look than the original IMO, but it's still not perfect: the guards are basically like a Miku sleeve, so you can still see into them even though the only opening is supposed to be through the cuff (which are barely visible in this pic, but they can stick out for a more accurate look.)

I would show the new top next to the old one, but I kinda destroyed the old one trying to test ideas for this new one XP (in fact, the collar IS from the old one, I just ripped it off and reapplied it to this one).

Lastly, I fixed her wig a little bit.

I don't have pics of it, but I just stuck some velcro to her scalp and the inside of the wig, so now it should stop slipping off while still being removable.

I'm just against completely gluing it down because I still have a lot of yarn left from this project, so I would eventually like to make her some alternate hairstyle wigs just to use up the yarn.

Now I feel pretty confident in saying that she's actually "done." There are a few places that I could touch up with paint, but as for "making" anything else for this doll, I did everything I really wanted to do.

Admittedly, Kun3h0 is one of my most self-indulgent designs (as though everything I make isn't in some way self-indulgent), so to have a physical object which embodies so much of what I like, truly satisfies me. We'll see if I still feel that way about her a week from now, but at the moment, she is the culmination of almost every creative skill I have, and I'm very pleased with the results of that effort, more so than possibly anything else I've ever made~ <3

I may post more pics of her when I can actually dedicate some time to making a proper scene and/or backdrop. There's a lot of little details that I like that I haven't really taken pics of. I dunno if I have the courage to do it, but it'd be cool to take some pics in an actual arcade with her~

[jmars-fanart]

2024 Exciting Update in Everything

It’s been a month! omg… When you start to be in a flow in doing everything, time flies and you wouldn’t even notice. I was like in a time machine again.

I remember it was the golden week, and when I was back to work, there were tons of task waiting to be done. And then my arm hurt and I didn’t know why. Luckily I had gotten my current work all done, so I decided to take some rest for my arm while I was to improve my productivity system and update everything for my art pages.

And it’s a month that has passed. I feel better with my arm now! And with the improved system, I feel like I can start to get more things done!

I've updated my Kofi goal and revamped my commission board and page! Prices unchanged and there will be a supporter discount and discount offer for Pokémon SV characters requests this summer! No new types added yet, but I’m exploring chibi style, sketch collage, and character design—

Especially character design, it’s the comms type I’ve always wanted to do! Just like concept designs I did for my original characters! I think I will open this type someday after I've posted and shared some art of my original characters! Stay tuned if you like my style for the concept designs or are interested in this comms type! I’ll make a pinned blog about my comms and things later!

Speaking of OCs, I’m planning more original content on my art pages, sharing what I’ve drawn for them and making new pieces about them. I’ve been talking about it but now I feel it’s time. Really excited and can’t wait for you to meet them! I didn’t really draw them all so this will go with some concept design process update, it must be fun to share!

Also, I decide to open a new blog for my original work! Actually, that was what I was doing with this blog at the beginning, though it ends up becoming a fanart-focused blog now. I will make this blog remain fanart-focused, sharing mine and rebloging others', and my fanfics will also be shared here.

Then I have to mention my King Mettaton story. I haven't given it up despite translation challenges and everything. I’m starting to think maybe I should share the fic even if it’s still untranslated. The translation softwares can help readers nowadays. After all, if I don't start sharing the story, no one will ever read and know the story. I finally got over my perfectionism I guess… I’ll urge myself that translating at least one sentence a day and call it still a progress, so someday I will eventually complete the fanfic translation. I will stick with the plan that sharing the story on Tumblr. But maybe also on Ao3? I’ve heard that is the site where most people share their fanfics, perhaps I could open an account there for my KMTT story and other fanfics too.

Lastly, I’m launching my Patreon! Some supportors suggested it, and I think it’s a good timing to make another fresh start for my artist journey, after I’ve made this far. Updates on Patreon will sync with Kofi, so you can support me on your preferred platform. I'm exploring more content and offer too!

Life gets busy, but connecting with you all and sharing art bring me joy! I just can’t imagine a life without all of these, so even though I’d be busy sometimes, I will always manage to come back no matter what happened! I’ll keep up the pace and be more active on here!

Stay tuned and thank you all for your support! 💖✨ As always, I'll give a shoutout to people who have financially supported me ☕️ You have my eternal gratitude for being part of my journey!

🌻 BridgeWowDah

🌻 Shell

🌻 Quinlynn Hayner

🌻 kazzyrus

🌻 v

🌻 Sophtopus

🌻 Ko‑fi Supporter

🌻 Timothy

🌻 MagicPenguin

🌻 Michelle

🌻 Dimitri

🌻 Amber "Blackjack" B.

If any other new ideas for the plan for my pages, I will keep updating this post!

[catboii]

((just a "little" (ha) update I guess, nothing major, just a note that I'm sorry if I post alot this week with seemingly no regard for my/my muse's vast presence on the dash, or if I end up writing alot of short weird drabbles to vent.... if there's questionable stuff it'll be tagged like always <3

I understand if you need to unfollow me to keep your dash clear for other people if you're mobile etc. or if you need to blacklist my muse's url for a bit if it's overwhelming

After xmas everything may have settled and if you wanna refollow then I'd welcome you back and wouldn't ask any questions. your comfort (whatever that may classify as in the context) is my utmost priority!

normally I try not to clutter, and I try to keep general post reblogs minimal and just queue most of them. I'm just... not doing too good rn

then again it's a 50/50 that I'll be posting nothing at all, just making my muse's presence known if it wants to sorta wave at someone from the depths of my brain hell jail.

I'll still be checking in around xmas stuff bc this muse gives me v happy bubbly vibes whenever I write it and that's honestly what I need rn.

I'm sorry if your muse reblogs/replies to one of mine's posts or smth and I seemingly glance over it. I genuinely just didn't see it. I always try and respond to stuff, or if it doesn't know how to reply I at least acknowledge that my muse saw it by liking it. but I might not have the mental capacity to actually keep up w stuff

...

BASICALLY I'm either gonna be kinda quiet or rly hyperfixated on not being in my own head for the next week or so.

I'm obv stressed anyway bc I need to do xmas shopping still and it's a struggle bc online it probs won't come in time. we're going "late night shopping" on thursday though so hopefully we can get a bunch of stuff then

but mainly an old work friend of mine passed away today. He's been unwell for a few years, and I dunno if he knew what it was and was just keeping it quiet, or if they genuinely couldn't work it out. last I heard he was getting MRIs.

I had a complicated relationship w him (positive) bc he was either bipolar or had BPD like me (although he wasn't diagnosed with either, but it was obvious he at least had bipolar), and if you know anything abt BPD you know what an FP (favourite person) is, and we were sort of each other's when we were working together? I think. like I say he wasn't diagnosed, but it felt like that. we hit it off really quick and were both really comfortable with each other, and he was just the sweetest most supportive person. he was one of my FPs, which basically means my brain was cursed to be in intense friendlove with him. He would tell me that he loved me and appreciated my friendship, was always saying you need to tell people you love them, however you can, however you mean it, because you don't know if you'll ever get to tell them again

he always showed off the little things I made him and made sure everyone knew exactly where he got the silly little origami animals on his desk, or who made his juggling balls that were his favourite thing in the whole world bc I made them for him by hand, and picked the fabric out specifically for him.

One time around xmas, bc of covid, we had these big plastic screen dividers between our desks and I used posca paint pens to draw him a HUGE Robin in a scarf and santa hat (his name was Robin and people always got him little Robin themed things, he loved them) on the one by his manager desk, like a name tag, but Facilities told him he needed to clean it off and chastised him thinking he did it, and you're "not supposed to vandalise work equipment" even though they're literally washable and it was xmas. we were sticking decorations everywhere, how is it any different? but he played along but he was really mad. He didn;t wanna say it was me that did it, because he thought I might've gotten in trouble, but he also wanted to argue that I'd put alot of work into it. I hadn't put that much in, it was just for fun and I liked drawing it, and he got to see it! That was the important part. and I said so. but I cleaned it off and drew him a new Robin on a piece of paper and he kept it at his desk like a retired picket sign, and told the story to anyone who would be polite enough to listen

mostly though, he gendered me correctly (and he was in his 60s so being so passionate abt they/them pronouns was just really sweet, though he was clearly bi but still in the closet, so it was maybe a little projection, in a way, or just straight up quiet queer solidarity), and literally agressively made sure everyone else did too, when he realised I'd been just letting people at work use whatever pronouns, he got really proactive and made sure all my paperwork was marked as "them" officially (with my permission). if anyone misgenered me he would get visably annoyed or disgusted, and there were a couple people who "forgot" (every time) and he actually got angry at them about it and reported them for harassment, which might've been a little extreme, but I honestly felt so validated, and I'm tearing up thinking about it. I don't think anyone's ever fought that hard in my corner, especially after only knowing me for, at that point, less than a year.

We worked together in a couple different parts of the business for a couple years, until some stuff happened that I shouldn't say bc I need my rp blog(s) to stay far away from my professional life, but we were gonna be working together doing something else, but it wasn't his thing, it was stressful and there were other reasons, but he just lost it and walked out.

we had a little joke when we were training before he left, he had this soft toy robin that he let me borrow because I was really anxious, and I gave it a little notepad and pencil and wrote something silly on it for when he got it back each time. usually some out of context joke on what we learned that day, so we could both laugh about it. but when he left I still had it, and I messaged him saying I would get it back to him sometime, but he said to keep it to remind me of him.

I put it away to keep it safe, but I'm gonna have to go and find it, because it's one of the only physical things I have left of him.

[laprimera]

just some monday maintenance going on by updating the rules and starting to rework Geeta's about page to fit current arcs and better writing in general.

there's just a few little things I need to bring up cause they're important! please be sure to like any posts I made for you whether that's a starter or a meme or an inbox thing, etc. at least once. this sounds tedious and an afterthought, and trust me I think so too, but my anxiety literally spikes throughout the whole day cause Im legit 1000000% terrified of coming to you in any way to make sure that you've seen it. social anxiety is an ass and would you believe it, even on the internet there no escape uGHh

most of you have been really good at this so thank you so much! this is just a reminder!

and secondly after some experimenting and forethought I decided that from here on I'm ship-exclusive to one canon of a character, and for my comfort I'd like this to be reciprocated with my partners. Im still multiship per say, but if Im shipping with like, a Red for example then that's the only interation of that muse that I'll be shipping with. this only changes if theres some inactivity for weeks on end without any communication ( boyo's communication is v' important! esp since I tend to ship with peeps im comfortable talking or dm'ing ; > ).

if any current partners have a problem with this just lemme know on disco if ya have my handle or poke me on IM's!

and remember there's nothing wrong with keeping relationships platonic! we can still have some deep and meaningful character development that way!

the above goes for my muses across and not just Geeta. ill probably be doctoring their rules pages as I hop around blogs. but thanks for sticking with me for so long and I love the work and events thats been going on dash! its been awhile since I had so much fun here <3

[zebee-nyx]

CalmWriMo Day 26

[11/26/2023]

Update!

Took a bit of a break today. ('^.^) Needed some time to just have a calm day to not worry about anything. For this next week I think I'll be trying to juggle a few things. Want to edit the prologue now that I've had some time to get a fresh brain about it. Also have something that I'd like to make a regular thing just to keep momentum and writing practice going. Will hopefully have that going for next week. Also also doing another thing. (00( But that'll prob take longer to sort out, so we'll see that whenever it's ready.

Progress:

2 Hour Writing Goal: ❌

Blurb: [see below]

Self Care:

Food: ✅

Hydration: ✅

Sleep: ✅

Reading: ✅

Blurb: Neocago Gangs

The Association:

The Association is a collection of crime families across the Undercity and Midcity. They operate under the principle that if they at least stay out of each other's way they'll all benefit. For the most part that's all they do; stay out of each other's way. They are made up of different branches with their own agreed upon territories. Occasionally the heads of the families will convene to make arrangements on how to deal with outside forces or how to best cooperate for certain operations.

Meta Brotherhood:

The Meta Brotherhood was founded by metas who were discarded by the corporations. While they originally banded together simply to survive they eventually grew resentful of how they were neglected. Since then they have slipped into a meta supremist movement under an ambitious leader. While they do provide protection to meta communities, they also go out of their way to harass anyone who isn't a meta within their areas of influence.

Bluebloods:

The Bluebloods are an Undercity gang that takes their cyberware to the extreme. They got their name from a common synthetic blood aug that helps boost certain cyberware, however turns their blood a distinctive grayish-blue color. Members of this gang get their status in the hierarchy based on how many cyberware augs they can handle. They often push their cybercomputers well past their rated capacity, which has some adverse effects on their mental stability and behavior.

Tattered Hat Club:

To the upper class of Neocago the Tattered Hat Club is an exclusive Uppercity stoner club who simply get there kicks in 'creative ways' while sometimes touring other parts of the city. To literally everyone else they are a near untouchable nuisance who leverage their excessive wealth to make games of other people's lives for their own amusement. They are recognizable by their expensive over-personalized hats that have become their trademark.

Chemical Phoenix:

Chemical Phoenix is less of a solid group and more of a loosely tied together network of hackers. On occasion they will band together to take on common enemies or objectives, but usually stick to solo work. The hackers in this group more just use the platform to connect to gigs and occasionally connect to each other in the dream-net. Chemical Phoenix established the shared hacker culture that most hackers in Neocago abide by.

[Not an exhaustive list, but these are the main ones that will pop up from time to time. Anyways and always, hope you had a lovely day, peace (^.^)v]

[spaghettificationandpretzels]

The Hot Springs

This can be read as part of Rest Your Weary Hands or as a stand alone fic.

Contains: Fluff, smut (oral sex M receiving, fingering, p in v) my tag list is totally messed up, for the most reliable updates on this series follow #rest your weary hands I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

2,816 words

Comment if you want to be tagged and in what.

You are Ivar enjoy your first anniversary in one of the North's most beautiful locations.

"Are you ready to leave?" You nodded, "of course husband, I think our journey will be smooth, the carriage is already packed." Ivar put his hand on your lower back and walked you out of The Great Hall, wishing his brother a warm goodbye before kneeling by your twins who were with his mother.

"We'll be back in two weeks, don't give your grandmother any trouble. They babbled and your little girl reached up to pat his face "bi dada." He kissed her tiny nose then patted his son on his crop of hair, "bye you two."

You walked behind your husband and farewelled your children, your little boy reaching out as you walked away, "I'll be back soon little one, be nice to your uncles."

Ivar got into the covered wagon first, helping you up with a warm hand, "my lady." You smiled, "I can't wait to get there, I'm still can't believe you manage to get the best cabin." Ivar rested his head on your shoulder, "only the best for you."

After a day and a half of gentle travel, you arrived. Up a long, winding mountain path, you reached a clearing and went through a gate. The smell hit you first, of clean water and steam then there was the heat, it was pleasant and inviting.

Somone greeted you at the gate, "hello My Queen, My King. I'll take you to the cabin." As you entered the area you could see what all the fuss was about. Surrounded by trees were pools of various sized, some deep, some wide, some with lots of steam billowing off them, some with barely any.

There were cabins around the edge of the pools facing them but you were taken down a long path through the forest to a large cabin that was a quick walk away from its own personal group of hot springs.

"We marked the ones that are too hot to use but always check before getting in and get out right away if one starts to heat up. To use the tub in your room, you'll have to turn to wheel on the outside then the tap inside."

Ivar thanked the man and you went inside. The cabin was amazing, it was cosy, one room with a bed in the middle and a kitchen in the corner, there were furs over every surface except for a large tiles patch in the middle of the room, which held a huge tub. Off one side of the tub and going into the wall was a troff, it was dry right now but it was pretty obvious that it's where the hot spring water would come from.

The kitchen was stocked with simple ingredients, there wasn't enough for the two weeks you were staying but next to the cleaned fish, there was a little note stating what foods were available from the commercial kitchen, bosting that the cooks used a special hot spring.

"Oooo, I think I'm going to get the chicken soup from dinner." Ivar smiled, "whatever you want my love."

*******

You started the day in one of the wider springs, it was just cusping too hot to be comfortable but with the cold mountain air around you, it was lovely. The orders had been pretty clear, no one was to bother you without sending word first so no one would see either of you in a state of undress.

You were resting in Ivar's arms while you both looked at the grey blue sky above, "do you think it's going to rain tonight?" You shrugged, "not sure, I think we'll be warm regardless." He laughed softly, "you will be, if you stick your cold limbs on me I won't be."

You shoved his side gently with your elbow, "you love my cold limbs." He turned his head and kissed you, "yes, I do." You sat in the pool until your fingertips began to wrinkle, "I look liked a dried grape, shall we go for a walk?" Ivar nodded, "sure, the woods here are very peaceful."

Soon after, you were walking arm in arm with your husband, it was a slow walk with Ivar and his crutch but you didn't mind, there was plenty of time to stop and enjoy the scenery. "Is that what I think it is?" He was pointing to a far off tree, when you looked over, you saw what he was talking about.

"Two toads fucking? I think so, why did you feel the need to the point that out?" He laughed, "well, if the toads are doing it in front us of, we can do it in front of them." You shook your head, "we are staying in one of the best inns in the whole north and you want to fuck on the forest floor?" He smirked, "when I have a wife that looks like you? Any chance I get."

You shook your head, "can we at least find a clearing? There are pine needles everywhere." Ivar smirked again, "of course wife, I wouldn't want you to get anything in your hair."

After ten minutes of walking, you found a small clearing free of trees, likely taken for firewood, "here?" Ivar nodded and sat down, pulling you with him, "we can see the sky from here too, it's definitely going to rain tonight."

"Well then, we better get to it before be have to head back to the cabin for dinner." Ivar rolled on top of your, rubbing his face in your neck, "I'm glad you chose a dress today, pants would have made this a lot more work."

You tilted your head, "I'd offer you one too but I don't think you'd fit." You giggled and he bit your neck, "you're a brat." You laughed and hooked your leg over his, fliping you both over.

"Am not, you're just being stiff." He smiled and pushed himself up on his elbows, "you should do something about that." You peeled away the tie on his top and kissed his chest, "you being stiff or your prick being stiff?" He put his hand on the place where your neck met your shoulder and ran his thumb over the skin, "what do you think?"

You kissed down his skin until you got to the last eyelet on his top then pulled it off his body, kissing over his tattoos and down his chest. He moaned when you circled his nipple with your tongue, "each second you tease me will a a minute for you when were in bed." You bit his side, "oh, I'm shaking in my boots."

His hand found its way to your head, there was no pushing, it just rested there, loving, as you made your way down his skin. When you untied and pulled his pants down, his cock sprung free, hitting his stomach. You started with the softest of kisses, up down and back again, "y/n remember what I said about teasing."

"I'm not teasing Ivar, only you do that." He smiled but did his best to hide it, "well, get to it or you'll get it worse from me later." You moved your lips to the tip and after another light kiss, replied, "you say that like it's a bad thing."

Before he could respond, you flattened your tongue and licked a firm stripe up the same path before sucking the head into your mouth. Ivar's head felt against the ground as the salty taste of his pre-cum coated your tongue.

"Fuck, if I didn't love to hear you speak my cock would never be out of your mouth." He felt you giggle, the vibrations sending waves of pleasure up his body. You continued until he put gentle pressure on your cheek and you nodded as best you could while he was in your mouth.

Ivar was bucking his hips in earnest now and a few seconds later, you felt him cum down your throat. You pulled up his pants as kissed up his body, landing on his lips. "Did you enjoy that my love?" He rolled his eyes, "for someone so smart, you ask very silly questions sometimes."

He kissed you hard, his hands coming to cradle your face. Just as he was about to roll you over to return the favour, the rain started, "shit, we have to get back to the cabin before it really starts to come down."

What followed was a mad dash, or as mad as it could be, through the forest and back to the warmth of fire and furs. Just as you could see the cabin, you waved your arm at Ivar, "go inside, start the fire and turn the tap on, I'll get that bath going." He paused for a moment before listening, the growing cold beginning to hurt his legs.

It didn't take you long to get the water flowing, you could still see steam coming off the surface so the bath would still be warm. The fire had warmed some of the cabin when you got in, Ivar having already shed his wet clothes. "I guess I'll put dinner on, we can't really get the soup tonight."

You got out of your wet clothes and warmed up as Ivar heated the pots, coming up behind him to wrap your arms around his body. "I could get used to this." He chuckled, "really? Well, when we don't have a kingdom to run, I'll build you a cabin in the woods outside Kattegat, and then I'll cook for you whenever you want."

You lifted yourself up on your tiptoes and pressed a kiss to his cheek, "I think that would be really nice." You helped Ivar with dinner and then sat down at the small table, legs touching.

"You did really well, we must teach Ubbe how to cook." Ivar smiled, "yes, he will have women lined up down the street when he's ready to wed if we do that." You shook your head, "he's only a baby, we have plenty of time to wait before he's ready to marry."

Ivar looped his leg with yours, "well Kelda should learn to fight just like you, no daughter of mine will spend her life defenceless." You took his hand in yours, "agreed."

"Do you ever worry that they won't be able to keep the same system going, that one day they will fight with their cousins and things will go back to the wat they were before?" He shook his head, "no, they already love each other, I can't see things ever going back to the way they were before."

You smiled, "yeah, you're right." With dinner finished, you settled into bed. Ivar pulled the furs over both of you and pulled you into his arms, "are you warm my love?" You nodded, "very much so." You turned over, laying your chest on his and kissed him.

"I guess I promised to pay you back for all your teasing today." The arrogance in his voice made you want to bite him, which you did. "Yes, you did."

He chuckled, "must you always bite me?" You kissed the spot where your teeth previously touched, "you love it."

He pulled himself out from under you and pressed a kiss to your neck, "yes I do." His lips stayed on your neck while his hand moved down your body and went under your nightgown, he cupped your mound, gently squeezing rhythmically, it was maddening.

"Are you going to be good for me?" You smiled softly up at him, "no." He smirked, "it's ok my sweet girl, you'll change your tune soon enough." His hand didn't change its movement, his lips staying on your neck.

You could understand what he was doing, he did it all the time, he wanted you to beg. You glared at him with insolence, "I won't beg that easy." He smiled against your skin, "I know, it makes when you do all the sweeter."

He shifted his weight and his free hand came to stroke your face, your eyes closing with the gentle touch. "I love you." You smiled softly, "I love you too." His nose rubbed yours as the hand between your legs became firmer, then his fingers were running through your slit.

"For someone who's going to refuse to beg, you're wet." You nibbled his ear, "it's not my fault you're so handsome." His thumb found your clit and you gasped, "you really don't need to be cruel, I wasn't that mean to you."

The laugh he let out was short and sharp, "that's not the point dearest, you are a brat and need to learn a lesson." He slid two thick fingers inside you, smiling as you whimpered. He hovered on his elbows over you, watching your face as his fingers moved with practised ease.

You held off for as long as you could, your nightgown was sticking to your skin. "Ivar, please." He chuckled, "not yet my love." You took a deep breath, trying to stay on the edge rather than fall over it. Ivar smiled at your effort, "see, it's not that hard to be good for me." you gritted your teeth, the urge to flip over and make him beg was growing.

"You're going so well from me, just a little longer." His voice was soft and spoken right into your ear. You nodded and he kissed you, slow and warm. Just a little longer was a lie, after a while, he started to pause and slow down so he wasn't in the mood for you to give him a reason to punish you.

"Ivar, you're being cruel." Another chuckled and then he was sliding another finger inside you, "let go sweet girl." He kissed you through it, smiling against your lips. He pulled away from you and sat up, watching your chest heave.

"I'm going to get up and get you some food and then we can keep going, ok?" You nodded, still trying to catch your breath. Ivar came back with some buttered bread for both you of.

"You're not cold?" He shook his head, "no love, it's nice and warm in here." Once the food was fished, you pulled your nightdress over your head and laid back down, Ivar shedding his clothes as fast as he could.

He climbed on top of you and you smiled, hooking your leg around his and flipping over so you were on top. You put your hands on his chest and settled over his pelvis, rubbing your core onto his hard cock, "you know this only ends one way wife." You shook your head, "yes, with me riding you until you can't think."

His hands found your hips as you lifted them, grabbed his cock and slid down. His head fell back against the pillow and his eyes fluttered, a groan pushing past his lips.You started moving slowly, Ivar's hands supporting you lovingly.

You rocked your hips back and forth, one of Ivar's hands left your hip to rub your clit, his eyes moving from your body to your face and back again. "Fucking hel, you are the most exquisite creature I've ever seen." You smiled and leaned down to kiss him, the hand on your hip moved to hold you against him.

You felt warmth starting to spread through your core, speeding up as you fell over the edge. Ivar grunted like an animal, bucking his hip into you as he followed you into bliss.

You collapsed against his chest, Ivar hands moving up and down your back. You lifted your head to look at his face, his lips were plump and red from being bitten and he had a sheen of sweat over his forehead.

"You good?" You nodded and climbed off him, getting a damp cloth to clean you both up. Ivar smiled and pulled you into his arms, "I love you." You settled into his chest, "I love you too. Shall we soak in the tub in a little while?

He nodded, "I'd like that."

******

The two weeks that followed were some of the most relaxed and carefree of your life, you enjoyed the hot springs and the forest between laying in bed and eating whatever the innkeeper brought.

"You ready to help home dearest?" You nodded, "I miss our little ones." He laughed, "me too, I'm really worried about what my brothers have taught them during our time away." You giggled and nuzzled into his arms, "they probably learnt to call you a horse ass." He shook his head and climbed into the carriage, helping you up with his arm strength alone.

You buried yourself into his side, "wake me up when we pass the mountains." He nodded, "of course, we have much to do when we get home. I love you."

You squeezed his hand as he placed it in yours, "I love you too."

Fin

Thoughts, feeling? Please leave whatever feedback takes your fancy.

[moririki]

↷ 📦 ↶ MORI'S 100 FOLLOWERS EVENT!

heya!!! so recently i've hit the milestone of 100 followers, and i'd just like to say thank you so much! i'm so honoured that i've reached this so quick and i'm glad that you guys like the stuff i write :))

so uh. i have decided to celebrate it! with a prompt list. hopefully this doesn't flop (if it does let's just pretend i never posted this lmao) and yeah that's about it. there's a few rules n stuff, but other than that happy requesting! and once again, thank you guys so much i love you all <33333

UPDATE: tHank you so much to the ppl who requested!!! i had so much fun with this event and i'll be sure to do more in the future!

(THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED)

⊱┊RULES!

i. i intend to have a deadline for the event (though nothing's set in stone) so try to send a request before july 23rd if you want to participate in the event! please note that this prompt list can still be used after the event finishes, though requests will not be prioritised

ii. unfortunately, current series (kiss list) and outstanding requests will have to be put on hold, as the event will take priority

iii. the regular rules for the content that i write still apply to this event, and i will only write for characters that are found on my masterlist however, my understanding of the characters that i write for are of varying levels so i can't guarantee that everything i write will be of the same quality

iv. regular requests are still open while the event takes place if you want to stick to a more traditional format however, these will not be prioritised by me and will most likely not be written until i finish the requests from this event

v. you can request as many times as you want with as many characters as you want drabbles & preferences are welcome! please keep this character x reader, though

vi. if you want your request to be a specific genre (smut, angst, fluff etc) please make that clear when you request

vii. nsfw content is permitted in this event, so take care if you do not wish to see it and let me know in your request if you are against it being used as a smut prompt all nsfw content will be tagged as such, and will have a read more tag

viii. when making a requests, just send me a number and a character then i will do my thing >:) to make things easier for me please do fill out these criteria, and any other details that you may want included

⊱┊PROMPTS!

"i won't let you do this alone"

"let me bandage you up"

"come here, i'll carry you"

"is something wrong?"

"stay with me"

"hold me. please"

"you're the first person i think about when i wake up"

"i would go anywhere with you"

"no one has ever made me feel like this"

"i missed you... a lot"

"come back soon"

"i'll never forget you"

"you're overworking yourself... please take a break"

"i didn't make you uncomfortable, did i?"

"what happened to you?!"

"i'm sorry"

"i love waking up next to you"

"we can look out for each other"

"you don't have to pay me back"

"can i give you a hug? you look upset"

"i'm yours"

"how much did you drink?"

"i asked if you were having a party. i didn't tell you to have a party"

"this is the opposite of what i told you to do"

"how did you get in here?"

"you owe me a kiss"

"that's not even fair"

"why don't you take a picture? it'll last longer"

"detention? again?"

"why don't you just go?"

"it doesn't matter any more"

"don't lie to me"

"why do you keep bringing it up?"

"maybe in another world"

"i can't do anything right"

"nobody's seen you in days"

"why are you awake?"

"i told you not to fall in love with me"

"is there a reason you're blushing like that?"

"i think you might be my soulmate"

"sleep over? please?"

"are we on a date right now?"

"quit touching me, your feet are cold!"

"could you please.... oh, i don't know, maybe put a shirt on?"

"aren't we supposed to be working?"

"i'm telling you, i'm haunted"

"what do you mean they're my new partner? they tried to kill me last week!"

"i could punch you right now"

"i'll feel much better if you let me walk you home"

"apparently, all of our friends have a bet going that we'll end up together"

"i don't know how to exist in a world without you"

"i don't know who you are any more"

"we're not just friends and you fucking know it!"

"seeing you between my legs is so hot"

"the noises you make are incredible"

"bite your lips once more, i dare you"

"god i love your hands" "let's put them to good use, then"

"i know you can be louder than that"

"never trust a man whose smile steals the breath from your lungs"

"sorry, is that supposed to impress me?"

⊱┊THIS EVENT'S WORKS!

pushing the limits - tsukishima kei

a bloodstained confession - rengoku kyojuro

a moment of vulnerability - miyuki kazuya

beautiful boy - kawakami norifumi

more than you'd bargain for - denji

a devil, then a man - denji

a giver - denji

beyond words - inumaki toge

finish what you started - miyuki kazuya

observant, as always - miyuki kazuya

take a look at the menu - ,, 📦 ·˚ ༘ ꒱

[shmreduplication]

what are your hamentaschen folding tips? i have never been able to make them pretty and stable.

also idk how you were rolling out dough, so sorry if you know/do this already, and different doughs will have their own issues, but i typically make a disc before sticking it in the fridge to help jumpstart rolling it out after chilling. i'm also a big fan of rolling stuff out between a folded sheet (or 2 sheets) of parchment paper.

I'm still figuring it out (I'm making the second batch tomorrow so I'll update later) (also the last time I remember making hamentashen before this week was over 20 years ago) but here's what I have so far:

this got really long, tl;dr is I've been pinching the corners and seeing a lot fall open on one side. Tomorrow I'm going to test more folding with less focus on pinching and I'll update you

Dough should be room temp or warmer (I v rarely turn on the heat so room temp is probably sufficient if your room is actually room temp). Cold dough is brittle which doubles the amount of work it takes to roll it out. The double parchment sheet trick does take off a significant amount of work but you still have to flour both sheets.

I freeze the dough after rolling+cutting so the circles have to come back up to room temp. I used an egg wash on the inside on some and just dipped my finger in water and ran it around the edges on others, there's no difference in hold-together-ness. Both ways had some open up completely. I don't want to test it without either method because I've been eating the rejects and I've already eaten a lot of rejects so I'm going to stick with the water because it's easier and one less raw egg that I have to worry about

OK so since my dough has been slightly cold, I haven't even been technically folding them like a real fold, like an origami fold. The dough starts cracking at the crease because it's too brittle. It could also just be the dough and not the temp but idc, I'm not trying to mod the dough I'm trying to make hamentashen. Instead for the vast majority of them I have been creasing one corner until it folds up with the walls sticking up vertically, and then trying to get the other two corners at the same time. Then pinching the crap out of the corners so they're super fused together, but this leaves the walls of the hamentashen vertical and I think that's the issue. A wall that's vertical can fall in either direction and the batches I baked this morning, a lot of them looked like one wall fell outwards and dragged the other two walls with it. The second batch I made last night, I had pinched the walls up to the point that I was nearly sealing in all the jam and those had a high success rate of the walls staying together. They still looked funky and when I took them out a lot had the jam spewing out the center a little

I'd rather have cracks on the edge but it stay closed than having them all asymmetrically collapse and be hALMOSTashen instead of hamentashen so I'm going to do more folding tomorrow, and I'm going to rest the dough circles on top of the stove as it pre-heats so maybe they'll be warm enough to completely avoid cracking.

I took some pictures of the batches after they came out of the oven yesterday so I can upload tomorrow because I think the visuals will help. I'm probably not going to take pictures of the folding process because I don't like touching raw food and then my phone and then raw food again

another thing that would probably help folding is bigger cookies or less jam. The recipe I'm using said 2-3 inches so I used the cookie cutter that's closest to 2.5" diameter. I don't even really like hamentashen (last year I gave people chocolate chip or chocolate crinkle) but THE WORST is getting a bite of hamentashen corner that has no jam in it (I hate sugar cookies and unfortunately the cookie part of hamentashen is always sugar cookie), so bigger cookie or more jam is a no-go for me but other people love hamentashen so what do I know. Bigger=easier to fold, I'm p sure that's true for every material even tho I've never tested it with cookie dough. Also thinner=easier to fold. Mine are 1/8th inch which is one reason it sucks so hard to roll out but I can't imagine trying to fold them with thicker dough. I also got the rolling pin that has the adjustable thickness disks on the side so I know that I'm always getting exactly the same thickness.

a lot of this could be figured out with prototype cookies but it feels weird to heat up my whole oven just for a few cookies and also I don't like hamentashen enough to eat the number of prototypes that I'd want to make (different sizes, different quantities of jam, intentionally testing different folding/pinching techniques, egg wash vs water vs nothing) Altho maybe there is hamentashen prototyping in my future because now I'm thinking about using a gingerbread base instead of sugar cookie because it's the only other super hard dough that I know of and I think I could make gingerbread that I actually like. And it'd be gr9 with jam

[mbti-enemies]

Dumb question: I'm INFJ and started speaking to someone who I now suspect has a crush on me. We knew each other as interns many years ago, clicked super but I was seeing someone else... and he had a crush on me at the time. Years of no speaking. And I got in touch with him again in mid-Feb (not noticing it was V-Day) and we spoke a bit, clicking. After a few weeks, he sent me a song which I now retrospectively see was a hint that he fancied me. Fast-forward, in mid-April I told him I fancied him a bit but need space (past relationship ghosts) but would be eager to befriend him more. He asked me if I'm ok ofc but I chickened out from answering. It's practically May and I wondering if I'll ever have a shot with him? Or maybe I wrecked it all? I think he's INFJ and I suck at reading ppl's romantic vibing with me... and I'm almost 30! Also, we live in different countries thanks to covid. Insights are SUPER appreciated.

Aaah hello- infj here and I can imagine writing a similar ask. I think if I wrote this I think would pretty much predict the answer I’m going to get beforehand. So perhaps you’ll have predicted this.

intj’s main blocks of writing are in italics, though she’s also helpfully edited mine a little >< My writing now sometimes sounds like her voice in my head- very strange stuff. We hope you like the length and detail! Hopefully, it doesn’t get boring/confusing/long.

The short answer? GO FOR IT! The only thing at risk here is your friendship dynamic, cause worst-case scenario going for it would mean giving up being friends for the chance of something even greater than that (but in all honesty one could argue a chance like that is worth a hell of a lot) . And hey if they really are a good friend, i would expect them to still stick by you regardless of the awkwardness/disagreement in any situation so all in all yeah just GO FOR IT.

Oh, and in terms of bad timing concerns , a few months (from him sending the song) and a few weeks (from you telling him you liked him) is honestly not as much time as you think! Especially as you suspect as he had a crush on you from years before too, these types of feelings don’t tend to be that fickle.

If you feel that you want a relationship with him now, you should tell him, however difficult. And if you still feel like you need more space, and just want to be friends, take the space! And if you just need a little more time, tell him how much, just make sure to take his feelings into account to and any way will end up just fine. Just to be clear - you definitely haven’t wrecked it at all. It’s damn hard to be clear with other people about what you want, heck sometimes it’s hard to be clear yourself about what you want, but trying matters. Trying matters.

In terms of sucking at reading others’ romantic vibing- I’ll suspect that as an infj you’re more likely to not notice their romantic vibing than falsely think it was there. Still, as intj said, you may be scared of losing your friendship. I hope that your confession of feelings hasn’t disturbed your friendship- but if it hasn’t, that’s a pretty good sign for open communication and if it has, then you don’t have much more to lose! But whatever you decide, it’s important to weigh up how much you value your friendship with how much you want a romantic relationship with him. And considering he did in fact have a crush on you before , your situation would be understandable to him so perhaps you really wouldn’t be risking all that anyway…

Finally, long-distance. I don’t really know how far away your respective countries are, but I hope that whatever you decide, that your relationship mitigates the challenge! If you feel a romantic relationship with the distance between you is feasible- then that shouldn’t be something stopping you. But, of course, do make sure that you (both!) want the relationship despite the distance, otherwise, either the distance or the relationship will have to go somehow. But it’s okay not to be sure about all that just yet , maybe its best to just try and test the waters first - time can make decisions like these become a lot easier and then you’ll really know what you would be willing to give up (or not give up). Just speak the truth and feel free to go with the flow , your heart will be able to navigate you to shore.

So yeah …, FOLLOW YOUR HEART! And you know- make logical decisions (intj can’t stress this point enough). Be brave (it’s underrated in these situations) and try and be honest. Life’s too short for regrets like these. Whatever you decide to do, I hope your friendship is doing well right now, and will thrive even more in the future! Keep us updated and good luck <3

(P.S Quick note about same-type pairings. I doubt you’re both infjs, though of course still totally possible. Perhaps he’s an infp (easily confusible?). Two people of the same type have the same cognitive functions and so don’t really click as you said you two did (that being said its not like its i m p o s s i b l e for two of the same type to click so its cool if he’s an infj too :) . So, if you haven’t heard about functions, look them up! They’re very cool and at the heart of mbti. And of course, if you have any questions about this, please do ask)