#i was all like *insert pikachu shocked face* NO WAY

[jaetaimjadore]

IMPULSIVE RANDOM DREAM STORYTELLING TIME!!!

[butterfluffy]

No idea if your taking requests, but I’ve had something in my head for a awhile. What about shanks or buggy with a s/o who pranks them by dodging their kisses, and maybe a fluffy ending? 

“don't dodge my kiss!”

⠀⠀ੈ♡˳· hcs + scenario of dodging their kisses as a prank~! what could possibly go wrong..? 👁️👁️

⠀⠀➧ fluff | shanks, buggy, d. rosinante/corazon (separate) × gn!s/o!reader | headcanons + scenario

⠀⠀➧ requests are closed until further notice!

⠀⠀➧ warnings —  none! swearing and mistakes may be present, though.. so do ignore them, thanks!

⠀⠀꒰ 🍨 ꒱ notes : hello anon~ here's your request. i was originally gonna make the scenario for buggy alone, but yk i love shanks v much. and i also decided to include my clumsy bae, cora. ♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈ ༶ )

SHANKS

when you dodge his kiss

tilts his head to the side as he looks at you with a pout.

tries to kiss you again immediately after his mini sulking session.

but when you dodge him again, shanks frowns like a child who got his candy taken from him...

shanks, your lover, had always been a tease. and to be honest, you weren't a fan of it at all, so you had thought of a way to get back from his teasing... and it's dodging his kisses. not the brightest idea, but you know that shanks won't love it.

“love you bae!” shanks exclaims, a big smile on his face as he embraced your figure that is sat on his lap, his lips pursed, leaning forward to you for a kiss when—...you dodged it, leaving him shocked for a moment.

“eh? wait, lemme try that again—” attempting to give you a kiss that you once again dodged, shanks' jaw falls to the floor, his arm tightening on you as he whined. “c'mon baby, don't be so upset now and let me kiss you, please? now don't dodge my kiss...”

will go whine and whine like a child until you finally let him get what he wants—which is to kiss you.

BUGGY

when you dodge his kiss

his brows will be quirked up and down when you dodged his kiss, letting a few moments pass, waiting for you to kiss him.

but you didn't. so a ‘hah!?’ expression was on his face after.

this clown is quite childish too, so like shanks, he'll be frowning like a child.

“flashy idiot! how dare you not let me kiss you, moreover, not kiss me!!?” buggy grumbles, his floating body parts going crazy as he did out of anger and annoyance—showing that he really is unhappy of your prank.

“pah! you're annoying me, but i love you, so i'll be back in a flashy minute, and you better not dodge my kiss by that!!” flying away from you as his foot stomped loudly, the fuming clown had his cheeks puffed, sitting on the corner as an aura shrouded him, muttering small curses under his breath while he waited for a minute pass..

and now, returning to you as he had said, buggy once again tries to give you a kiss... which you dodged, again, chuckling by your lover's angered, yet funny face. “I SAID DON'T DODGE MY KISS, DAMN IT!!!!”

holds you in place and gives you kisses, making sure that you won't be able dodge them.

D. ROSINANTE (CORAZON)

when you dodge his kiss

insert shocked pikachu face, but make it cora instead, ahshahsah.

tears are hanging by his eyes that moment, and his jaw is still on the floor.

wasn't able to let a single word out too, out of shock and of being heartbroken.

“y/n.. mi amor...” corazon mutters, sniffling after you had dodged his kiss, not beleiving what you just did, causing his heart to crumble by your small joke that had an impact on him.

“do you... do you not love me anymore!?” he then cried, biting on his towel as his towering figure kneeled before yours, embracing you tightly as he cried.

“cora, no—i-i love you, i was just playing a small prank—” “i love you too, so please don't dodge my kiss again! my heart broke, you know!?”

immediately engulfs you into a hug and then kisses your forehead, before moving to your lips that he paid special attention to.

© butterfluffy 2022

[heartricky]

hello👋 can i please request zb1 reaction to their s/o being a producer? like they didnt know that their s/o had produced alot of hit kpop songs or like that😌 (esp imagine gunwook’s s/o produced hot by svt😫) ty in advanced!

omg anon you're so smart, yes, here you go!

this isn't proof read so I'm sorry if there any any mistakes!

word count: 1163

𝐣𝐢𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠

as an actor, jiwoong knows all about being constantly busy, so when you suddenly went radio silent to work on a secret project, he couldn't help feel curious about what had gotten you so busy. it was only when he heard the sentence in an interview, "oh and you know y/n l/n? the person who produced the title soundtrack for your new series?" did it make sense as to why you would lock yourself in your office for days at a time, unable to contact him often.

to say that jiwoong was shocked would be an understatement, but the shock was quickly replaced by pure pride, he couldn't believe he had such a hardworking and talented s/o. he definitely helps you get onto producing zb1's title track.

𝐡𝐚𝐨

considering you had never been much of an instrument lover, it shocked has that you knew so much about music composition when he played a new piece on the violin that he had been working on for the last couple of weeks. so upon asking, he found that you had been producing songs every now and again for fun, liking the way that certain instruments and keys worked well together.

he was so impressed, falling even more in love with you, wondering how he had managed to bag such a badass babe.

𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐧

hanbin had a feeling you were a producer, talking about how layers of tracks on songs blend together and being able to pinpoint where a new section of recordings had taken place when listening to a song in the car with him, but he decided to let you tell him in your own time, he didn't want to pressure you into telling him. he knew what it was like wanting to keep something big about you secret incase of people who wanted to abuse the information.

but when you did tell him, boy, did he give you the biggest, most warmest hug filled with many compliments and temple kisses. you both listened to all of the songs you had produced after that.

𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰

as an avid music listener, matthew had always wondered what it would be like to produce some songs, especially now that he would be debuting. it felt like such a cool accomplishment to be able to say you helped produce your own group's songs. so when he mentioned it in passing to you, and your face starting glowing when telling him how to get started and how to download certain softwares that would be most useful when being a beginner.

poor matthew had missed when you told him you were a producer when you first met each other, so he asked "how do you know so much about producing?" giggling you replied, "because its my job? matt, I told you this on our first date". *insert matthew surprised pikachu face*

"oh. I'm sorry I must have missed that. can we listen to the songs you've produced? wait no, let me guess them!"

𝐭𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐞

taerae had his suspicions when listening to a song, where the producer tag sounded a bit too much like your voice, so the next time you both saw each other, he decided to play detective and put on one of the songs he thought you had produced.

the way your face glowed with pride when hearing that taerae liked the song you had produced enough to play it in front of you told him everything he needed to know. eventually, once the song finished, he asked the question, and when you nodded your head, taerae couldn't help but feel amazed, "wow, you're so cool do you know that y/n?", "you're even cooler taerae".

𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲

when you had mentioned that you were saving up for a specific type of headphone set for your birthday to ricky - which was definitely not cheap - he asked you why you wanted it so badly. telling him why, that you had picked up producing a few songs as a hobby and had wanted to get some more professional items to help boost your career, he bought them immediately, getting them customised to your favourite colour as well, so you could spend the money on a well deserved treat instead.

you had decided to pay back your boyfriend for the kind gift with a couple's trip to see this musical he had been wanting to see for a while, where you both stopped at a strawberry field on the way and ate the delicious berries watching the performance.

he was so proud of you and couldn't believe how hardworking you were, he definitely bragged about having such a cool s/o to his yuehua friends - poor ollie and had didn't hear the end of it for months.

𝐠𝐲𝐮𝐯𝐢𝐧

gyuvin always wondered why you stayed in the music rooms at school for much longer than you realistically needed to as a music major in the high school. so when he walked into the room one day with a chocolate milk and sweet bread as a snack for you, did he discover the tracks and arrangements of vocals on a large desktop.

after telling him that you had been offered to work on a few songs for some extra money, he gave you the biggest hug ever, telling you how talented you were, jokingly suggesting that you help produce a title track when he debuted.

𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐤

after saying that he would dance to "hot" by seventeen in the star level test, he was shocked when hearing "ahh, yes, did you know y/n l/n produced this song and 'ash' as well, on this album, they worked with woozi directly! at such a young age, they're so talented already."

gunwook went and googled the listed producers on the title track when he finally got access to the internet in the dorms, surprised that your name was there, it only boosted his ego that he had a musically talented and academically talented s/o, just like him.

he definitely interrogated you when he talked to you on the phone later that night, jokingly pouting when you had to rush to tell him that you were under a contract not to tell anyone when helping produce the song, but your worries were quickly brushed away when he told you how much he loved you, and how much he loved the song as well.

𝐲𝐮𝐣𝐢𝐧

you were one of the producers for 'say my name' on boys planet, so when he saw you in the room for recording the song, he was both equally shocked and amazed that you had been behind the catchy song he was performing to later that week.

he dragged you out into the corridor after recording the song's vocals, kissing your cheek lightly, holding your hand as he told you how gifted you were in music production.

imagine his surprise when you told him you were also producing the title track for when zb1 debuted after the final.

[if-you-feel-lonely]

hi love! i am a fellow jack manifold enjoyer and there's like no content for him (😭) is there any way you could write friends to lovers hcs for him? like about the friendship and how cc!jack fell for reader and all that (im a sucker for friends to lovers and also for jack manifold). maybe they stream together sometimes and all that?

FELLOW MANIFOLD ENJOYER 🛐🛐🛐🛐

there really isn't a lot of content for our beloved bald man </3 but on the up side, today I've been stressing myself out a lot and this is helping me calm down :D

TW: Swearing

I got a bit excited :,D

Friends To Lovers with Jack Manifold

You met when you both started streaming, becoming friends due to you both being small content creators

You guys just... clicked. like when you meet a new person that you can talk to like you've known each other for years

When he blew up, you started doing quite well, too

It became an unspoken thing between you guys to shamelessly promote each other's channels

Chat loves it, your friendship is superior

It took a while for him to come to terms with his feelings

For a while he told himself "no, they're just a really good friend" "no, we're just close"

Bullshit :D

He hated that he had these feelings. He loved your friendship and couldn't stand the thought of messing that up

After he realised, things became different

If you lived nearby, you guys would probably go on walks together, bc going on walks with the homies hits different

Before, it was quiet, but comfortable quiet

But now? It was awkward, like you were strangers

After a while, you started picking up on it, so you confronted him.

"Right, if there's something wrong, just say it. I'm not going to sit here and look at you moping all the time. If you don't want to spend this much time together, just come out and say it."

It kind of unravelled from there...

He told you everything about how he didn't want to mess up your friendship or make you uncomfortable

Poor man went :0 when you told him you feel the same way

"*insert shocked pikachu face*"

Not many people notice the difference in your relationship, you both act just as you did before

Tommy goes 🤨📸 when he sees you kiss

"OH MY GOD IT'S LIKE YOU GUYS ARE DATING." "we are." "... what? 😰"

What a fool

Niki thinks your relationship is adorable

Tommy is absolutely disgusted by the very prospect of two of his best friends dating

Wilbur is obviously happy for you both, but makes jokes about Jack paying you to date him

Whilst in vc with Phil, Jack constantly says things like "Phil, me and Y/N are like you and your wife, but better because we're not old"

Definitely involved in Quackity's couple's therapy

By the end of that, you two could hear each other through the walls in the house

"YOU LOVE MY BALDNESS." "JACK, I CAN HEAR YOU WITHOUT MY HEADPHONES." "DIDN'T ASK."

... Yeah.

MCC is always a thrill

If you're against each other, it's ridiculously competitive

In Dodgebolt, if he kills you, all you can hear on his stream is "JACK, I WANT TO BREAK UP."

MCC on the same team is even worse, though.

"Oh my god, you're so fucking incompetent." "No more than you, I've seen you trying to cook, dickhead."

If you're on the Dream SMP, things are deep

You both fought for L'manberg but went unrecognised

From there, your relationship became a canon part of the lore

It also became lore that it's not a good relationship - your characters fight and shout at each other a lot

It's made explicitly clear that this isn't a reflection of your real relationship - you shout at each other, but it's from across the house asking what you want for dinner or if you feel like going to the park

The majority of the lore between the two of you is angsty as FUCK

Chat rlly says "how dare you, i love it"

On stream, he tries not to be too touchy or affectionate

He thinks people will be invasive or intrusive into your relationship, so he keeps it all off camera

Off stream though? Perfect man.

You two sit on the living room floor with blankets and cushions all over the room, chilling and watching whatever's on TV

At Christmas, you watch all the shit-but-good christmas films

Occasionally, when Josh or Tommy come round, they take pictures of you two, usually captioned something like "disgusting." or "guys they're making me uncomfortable with their love"

All in all, bald man is boyfriend material

[im-tops-bottom]

Interviewer: Any last words before we end this interview?

Minho: Yes

Interviewer: Alright Lee Know, take it away

Rest of SKZ surprised but proud that Minho wants to end the interview: WHOOP WHOOP LET'S GO

Minho: I would just like to say

Everyone: On the edge of their seats

Minho: Stay will you stop fighting over Felix. As I have said countless of times, Yongbok is mine. I will do whatever it takes to keep it that way. Even if it means coming out to you all that we're married

Everyone: *insert Pikachu shocked face here*

Felix, yelps: I'm sorry we're what?

Minho: Remember that paper I asked you to autograph last week?

Felix: Yeah you said it was for your sist-

Everyone:...

Felix: Wait.. You don't have a sister

Minho: Congratulations

Minho, sticking a ring on Felix's finger that reads out 'Felix belongs to Minho': We're married

Minho, sticks his own ring on that says 'I belong to Yongbok now': Stay fight me, Yongboks Kiss me

Felix, yelps as he gets chased around the set

Minho, trying his best to kiss Felix

Han, squealing because his fanfic imagination is finally becoming a reality (note: this can be linked to the post about how Han wants to be an author)

Hyunjin, climbing up the wall losing his sanity

Changbin, pouting because Felix belongs to him

Seungmin, giggling away at all the chaos

Jeongin, hyping Minho up and cheering him on

Chan, panicking and apologizing profusely as he exclaims that he doesn't know these people: I swear

Interviewer, in deep turmoil praying to the heavens above that this isn't what makes her lose her job: I just started this job today

[namelysane]

What does the public thinks of little hellspawn after her existence is reveled?

Also did the ninja explain everything at the start to nip every future problems in the bud or did they lied about where she came for?

Is she meme'd in amy way maybe or something?

no words can explain how much I love this rn :D

So the idea is that the public finds out about her some time before the beginning of Skybound — when she's about 2. And since this is also during the time the ninja were chucked into as many interviews as possible, the team gets these type of questions a lot. A.K.A; every single blasted time.

It also doesn't help that the number one theory these interviewers have is a teenage pregnancy.

Gayle Gossip: So Mr Garmadon, (insert shocked pikachu face on Lloyd and all the other ninja), what do you think of the current... widespread interest surrounding the identity of the mother of your child?

Lloyd starts choking: W-Wha—

Kai spits out his water at Jay's face : Are you fucking kidding me?

Gayle Gossip ignores him : Also, a great number of your fans have theorized that your daughter was conceived with none other than the Master of Form — whom you have begun a relationship with ever since the Tournament of Elements. What are your thoughts on that speculation, Mr Garmadon?

Nya (groans) : Oh hell no.

Lloyd, panicking : What the heck is it with you and the 'Mr Garmadon' thing, again?!

Gayle Gossip: My apologies. I did not realize that your father's surname was still a rather sensitive topic.

Lloyd stares at her in shock : That's not tru—

Gayle Gossip (coughs) : Now back to our question. Is the current Master of Form truly the mother of your daughter?

Cole looks at her in disbelief : Excuse me, but does she even look like her to you?

Gayle Gossip : I do not recall asking you the question, Earth Ninja.

Lloyd then raises up a hand, finally fed up : Actually, I made her.

Gayle Gossip blinks in surprise : Why...of course. But surely you did not do such a thing alone, Mr Garmado—

Lloyd cuts her off : No. I mean I made her. As in I made made her. *looks at the others for help but gets none* Uh... It's a long story, really.

Gayle Gossip:

Lloyd:

The ninja:

Then, about literally three seconds later,

Gayle Gossip, pretends as though she actually understands: I see...but who is the mother?

And she is memed. A reporter managed to get a picture of her while she was being held by Lloyd and sticking two of her fingers up his nose. The thing is, both of them are middle fingers, so it really looks something like: fuck you for not putting me down for a nap — it's not my fault you just had to go check out the latest Starfarer comic and couldn't find a competent babysitter. And the caption of the meme is literally 'Your honor, I have every right to choose violence' , which is kinda just how the average day looks like for Lloyd.

[aeide-thea]

very much an off-the-cuff post so there may well be bugs, i'm still workshopping my thinking here, but—

i seem to see posts fairly regularly in which a member of some marginalized group A is objecting to attempts by less marginalized group B to make connections between discrimination against A and harm experienced by B (the main thing i have in mind here is when people attempt to align themselves with visibly-trans people by pointing out the ways that transphobic legislation also impacts gnc cis people, theatrical crossdressing, &c, but there are definitely also examples along other axes)—

and like. the main objection i've seen from A is 'why do they have to connect my experience to their experience in order to care about it? why can't they just agree that i shouldn't be discriminated against as a matter of, like, compassion for fellow humanity?'

and this reaction does honestly always just seem a little, idk, naive to me?? like, i don't know, it's gotten very popular ime to complain about normies' clumsy attempts to Understand Instead of Just Accepting [this feels potentially linked to like. the way many of us now prefer silently clicking 'like' to producing our own original, maybe clumsy, responses? but don't @ me on that point], probably because a lot of the time they aren't genuinely seeking to Understand but just to point out all the ways our queerness &c doesn't fit their received (unexaminedly conservative) understanding of the world, which feels to us (very reasonably!) like renewed pressure from the establishment to make ourselves fit that established framework, and so we resist… but at the same time, idk, maybe i'm just outing myself as lesser-than-thou here, but for every sort of person i was raised to distrust and have since arrived at genuine loving acceptance/appreciation of, it's involved first coming to understand their frame of reference at least a little? not to say that there isn't a place for shutting up and listening while you're still working to understand, because there definitely is! but i do kind of think this idea that's become popular in certain liberal circles of like, 'you don't have to understand my experience, you just have to respect it,' is fine and true for keeping peace with strangers, but really isn't a recipe for winning friends or influencing people—it's a recipe for keeping people at arm's length where they can't hit you. and then people turn around and want to apply that rule to coalition-building, and get all shocked-pikachu-face when others seek to identify more active points of connection.

...

another ~Radical Objection to Liberal Approaches~ i've seen, though often not specifically in this context (of discussing the way attempts to oppress A have knock-on effects for B), is like—'there's no point in deconstructing their logic because it's fundamentally illogical! insert that sartre quote abt anti-semites!' and like. no, there's absolutely no point in debating their logic with them. but fundamentally when people assert a logical resistance to bigoted positions they are not doing it to Own The Bigots, imo, or at any rate shouldn't be; they're (we're) doing it to reaffirm the basis of their/our own camp's position, namely, we see your knee-jerk fears and reject them; we substitute instead a patient allegiance to logic, that reasons its way into compassion.

that said, obviously there's a conversation to be had here about, like, platforming bad positions, and to what extent deconstructing them is implicitly platforming them! but. i do think that complaining that logic won't win over bigots is missing the very fundamental point that the logic isn't for the bigots: it's for us. we're talking to ourselves; we're affirming ourselves. and yeah, we need to understand that this sort of intra-party discussion doesn't, on its own, constitute sufficient activism! messages need to be communicated beyond the bounds of the party! but i do think i disagree that there's no place for it.

[intoevernightfanfic]

💝, 📍,💋,🎉

😁

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

Goodness, I'm gonna have to talk about several right now lol. Honestly, I was shocked at the response to At Your Service. Just so many kudos and hits on the first couple of chapters (it's been such a long period since I last posted that I can't say about now, but that doesn't matter). IDK why I was so surprised, because porn with plot does well. It happened with Twenty First Times, which was my pet project but I didn't think it would be that popular either, and yet for a while, it was my most kudos-ed fic. Anyway, insert pikachu shocked face lol.

On the flip side, I was really surprised that Spirits and Specters flopped as hard as it did. I thought it was cute! But I suppose it sounded too bittersweet, and gen fics don't do as well. As far as ship fics, I was a little surprised High Tide didn't hit the same stats as my other PWP fics. At first, I wondered if maybe it was written worse than those, but then considering that the other PWP from Tomoe's POV didn't do as well as the ones from Nanami's POV, I think maybe we just all want the story to be told from the POV of the hot fox's love interest. 🤣

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

(Sorry! ;3; I couldn't find📍so I grabbed the closest one in appearance!)

I don't think it changes too much in style. Any adjustments are based on the genres I'm writing for, but I still have my quirks and I still have my preferred flows and syntactical structures. I have a few fics that I've tried to be more minimalistic about (which I struggle with, because I feel like I won't be understood if I don't beat a dead horse LOL). I think, again, it depends on the subject matter and genre, though. Like, for instance, Arranged Marriage is a much more complicated fic than Twenty First Times. Plus, I have multiple POVs in the former. It's going to be a lot longer.

For the future, though, I'd like to limit to one POV and that will affect it a bit. Mostly I need this change because the amount of editing I've been doing is unsustainable. I need shorter chapters to work with.

💋when you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer?

Not gonna lie -- I do! It goes back to fostering community and opening dialogue with other fans. But I also understand if someone doesn't have the spoons or doesn't know what to say, and it's totally fine not to reply. I don't feel ignored if someone doesn't respond to me and I'll keep commenting. The only time I might feel a bit weird is if everyone else gets a reply but me. Then I wonder if I'm overstepping some boundary I didn't know about. I would 100% rather know if I've made someone uncomfortable so I can adjust my behavior.

🎉how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? how often do you give yourself the credit/validation that you seek from others when you post? (if you don't, you should!)

Honestly? Not enough these days LOL. I don't think it's a secret that I've been very frustrated lately. And it's really no one's fault but my own! I have a tendency to chop things up because I fret over how it comes across, or if it's actually "bad" (even when I enjoyed writing it), and I've been putting unnecessary pressure on myself. I will say I have a huge sense of accomplishment and relief when I finish the first draft of a chapter fic I worked on, especially if it went on for a while. I typically enjoy reading the first draft way more than what ends up being posted (probably because I've read it to death by that point LOL).

Thanks for the ask, @liz8080 😁💕

[aubzikins]

Alaskan Darkness Ch 3: Writer's Collective Discord Shenanigans Pt2 (April 11th)

Writers Collective Discord – Chaotic-Main:

Aubz: Okay so here’s the deal… I love that y'all used the fic discord names as y'all's name but its too much. I made nicknames for each of you so we know who is who and I don’t have to use my brain more than I already have to…

Hwa: Oh? Ooo Nice and short, I like it Aubz.

HJ: HJ? That’s all I get?

Sangie: Haha I got a cute one :P

Aubz: Ok so I need updates, what’s going on.

HJ: We are preparing to head up your way.

Aubz: Okay, we have houses prepped for you all, *inserts address and sends map directions* The house that I have marked as a star, that will be where we in-process everyone. I have winter gear for everyone as well. With the way the weather patterns have shifted. We may need to prep for a longer cold season.

Hwa: More snuggles will be needed then…

Rayne:  AUBZ WILL SNUGGLE YOU ALL YOU WANT HWA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aubz: Rayne… Have I told you how much I hate you lately?

Rayne: Love you too Aubz!

Bella: Now now children…

Chan: This is like our personal group chat between the kids and I *laughs*

Aubz: OMG I cant with any of you right now. Ok, what else has been going on.

Chan: Ahh so… Aubz.. We have read all of your guys’ fics by the way

Aubz: …

Aubz: *Dies Dramatically gif*

Jennen: Check our chat…

HJ: Naughty having your own chat…

Writers Collective Discord – WC OGs:

Jennen: So… Jinnie is trying to seduce Rayne, Chan likes multiple of us, They have read all of our fics, I got Lixie cuddles, Jisung has been cuddling Rah, Binnie is in love with Shai, Minho and Bella… Eliza has been on a rescue mission and will be heading our way, the kids and pirates have read everything we have ever posted in this server as well

Aubz: WAIT… Bella and Minho what? You're just not gonna skip past that and not elaborate..

Jennen: I don’t know for sure, but they have been spending a lot of alone time together.

Aubz: BELLA! DID YOU GET TO SLEEP WITH MEOW MEOWS?????????

Bella: First of all no… I do get to sleep next to him but not with him… I also slept next to Rah and our emotional support Quokka.

Aubz: OH HELL NO *Storms off to main chat*

Writers Collective Discord – Chaotic-Main:

Aubz: LEE MINHO!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOT SOME EXPLAINING TO DO.

Minho: Sorry don’t understand English…

Aubz: You are such a damn liar Lee Minho. YOU HAVEN'T FUCKED BELLA YET???????????

Chan: *inserts popcorn meme*

Aubz: CHAN DON’T YOU EVEN START BECAUSE I OWE YOU A GIBBS SLAP TOO WHEN YOU GET UP HERE.

Chan: What did I do!?

Aubz: You don’t think I know about your shenanigans? You are sorely mistaken.

Lixie: *peeks in*

Aubz: If you don’t get your shit together Minho, I am going to sick San after Bella. Im sure he can get the job done.

San: Wait what?

Bella: …

Minho: What the fuck Aubz?

Aubz: It’s the end of the world basically and none of us knows who's gonna live or die… so fuck and be happy

Bella: Aubz... I'm never going to tell you anything ever again… Also why are we summoning a pirate when I have plenty of options between the homeless children

Aubz: Yeah yeah yeah… I give it 5 minutes… or until one of them fucks you.

Rayne: *laughs in OT8*

Hannie: Homeless children?

Rah: Just wait until we get up there Aubz…

Minnie: *watches the shenanigans*

Innie: Is this how she is all the time?

Shai: *inserts popcorn gif*

Mingi: What in the world is going on?

Jongho: Mayhem

San: So Bella…

Bella: Sir… I don’t have time to deal with a pirate… I have homeless children to attend to first.

Hwa: Ill take care of Aubz when I get up there.

Aubz: I think the fuck not! I am gonna yeet myself to a Polar Bear.

Rayne: I think the fuck yes!! YOU NEED SEONGHWA LOVINS!

Bella: IF YOU ARE GONNA THROW ME UNDER THE BUS THEN I'M GONNA DO THE SAME TO YOU… Jongho, Hongjoong and Seonghwa… Aubz is down bad for all of you…

Aubz: *shocked pikachu face gif*

Bella: Get wrecked Bitch *inserts tongue face* And San? Minho wants to talk he says.

Hwa: *is confused* I thought… *inserts a sad face*

Jennen: Wow Aubz… after all these years… you finally get a chance and you are saying you’d rather yeet yourself to a Polar Bear than be with Seonghwa?

Eliza: WTF is going on in here…

Trixie: Chaos… just Chaos…

Rah: Aubz is so fucked.

Kel: Aubz, behave.

Aubz: IM BEHAVING!

Kel: Aubz…

Bella: HAHAHAHA

Rayne: You are NEVER behaving Aubz…

Eliza: Oh Aubz…

Chan: Aubz are you okay?

Binnie: I am gonna go snuggle Shai…

Lixie: This is so chaotic… I love it!

Aubz: Hwa… I'm sorry for saying that I will yeet myself to a Polar Bear *inserts a groveling gif*

Kel: Good girl…

Rayne: *keyboard smashes*

Hwa: I forgot that Kel seems to be the only one who can get you to behave.

Kel: She gets a little ahead of herself sometimes Hwa. Please be patient with her.

Hwa: *inserts nodding gif*

[dat-bruv-person]

Bakugou with an S/O Who can cook way better than him???

The Great U.A Bake-Off - Bakusquad August Event!

Bakusquad August Masterlist

Pairing: Bakugou x S/O!Reader

Genre: fluff

a/n: is nice to have some asks again guys, I love this request so much! I won't let you down anon!

Well, Bakugou is a very good cook, I can tell you that. 

To have a girlfriend/boyfriend/joyfriend that’s even better than him is heaven for Class-1A, but a nuisance for him.

He just wants to be the best for his bby, BUT YOU JUST HAD TO GO OFF AND BE A BETTER COOK THAN HIM.

R.I.P Katsuki Bakugou, our good friend and hero.

When you first taste his cooking, you think it’s good but could think of about ten reasons why that dish would be better, not to mention you could find quite a lot of flaws in it that no normal cook could find.

The journey to tell him begins.

He is quite angry in fact, he wants you to make the same dish he just made and see if it’s better than his.

Fair enough, nothing is too hard for (Y/n) (L/n)!

You smashed that dish! 

Insert pikachu face Bakugou

Congrats!

You’ve stunned him into silence!

He loves your dish, yet can’t bring himself to say it.

Mostly because his ego won’t let him, he’s still too shocked.

He thinks it’s poison, believe it or not.

Insert Katsuki hallucinating.

He demands a bake-off!

*le gasp*

Aizawa and All Might are the judges, you best believe they’re not favouring anyone.

Nuh uh!

You bake lots of things, from simple muffins to extra hard soufflés.

You both did amazing, but yours were just-

*chef’s kiss*

Mwah!

Katsuki doesn’t believe it, he won’t believe it.

But, one day, he’s upset and in need of comfort. So you make him a hot chicken curry and take it up to his room to cheer him up.

He loves it!

It cheers him right up and that’s when he admits that you’re a decent cook.

He doesn’t say you’re amazing like he thinks internally, because you may very well be like him and hearing compliments boosts your ego just a tad.

Anyhow, you’re fine with that. 

You guys cook for each other all the time, it’s so sweet.

Gordon Ramsey could never.

[bluejaem]

⌗ dream’s reaction to their s/o singing their song

(✿) —; MARK

before even realising it

He's singing along with you

aNd lemme tell you, when your little duet is over

He's all like heart eyes uwu

let's you finish singing the song

And then that proud ass smile on his face pLs😩

"wow, I didn't know you knew this song?"

(✿) —; RENJUN

The way he kept smiling while singing along with you stop heS so cute

Talk. About. Having. Fucking. Beautiful. Vocals.

He's out here hitting every single note p e r f e c t l y

Just like mark, he was low-key surprised that you knew the song

It's suddenly highschool musical at that point lmAo💀💀 we're soaring, we're flying

And then he goes on complimenting you

"You should sing more often, I like hearing you sing, especially when it's my song" *wink wonk*

(✿) —; JENO

He's just admiring you from afar

SMILING. SO. WIDE. I CANT-

Even if you're insecure about your singing

HES GONNA COMPLIMENT YOU SO MUCH my heart said💔

He's going to wait until you're done singing and then, hear me out

HES SO HAPPY THAT YOU SANG THEIR SONG LIKE-

"who said my baby can't sing, you sounded perfect"

(✿) —; HAECHAN

Even if it was the most random moment when you were singing the song

He will surely join you jfjsbfjs

Even he wasn't in the same room as you

you. will. surely. hear. him. shouting. the. lyrics. on. the. top. of. his. lungs. from. the. other. room.

And the next thing you know, he's already next to you

Hyping tf out of you and STILL hitting all of dem notes🤠

"I'm starting to think this song was made just for us"

(✿) —; JAEMIN

Negl at first, he didn't even realise you were singing an NCT DREAM song💀

And then when you aggressively started singing his rap part

He found it to be so fucking cute

HES YOUR NUMBER ONE HYPEMAN LEMME TELL YOU THAT

HES JUST JAMMING TF OUT RN LMAO

"yessss! yOUU GOOO BABE" *picks up whatever he finds in front of him and starts vibin so hard lMaO💀💀*

"encore?"

(✿) —; CHENLE

Another hype man comin through✨

HE'LL SING ALONG TO THE SONG WITH YOU

UNTIL

IT'S HIS PART

LmAo he's suddenly gonna go on this chic music critique mode and then nod along to you singing his part

SO DAMN PROUD OF YOU FOR PULLING OFF HIS PART

"that's my bae yEAHHH!"

(✿) —; JISUNG

genuinely like: ????

"you know this song??"

*insert shocked pikachu face*

Would sing along in between and then

yOU KNOW HOW HE HAS THAT LITTLE CONFUSED LAUGH AND THAT HEAD TILT

THAT EXACTLY.

"I really didn't know you knew our songs and eVeN tHe LyriCs?"

© BLUEJAEM, 2021

[free-falling-grenade]

Imagine Raya being all cocky once she accepts her feelings for Namaari, they are walking down the palace in Fang and raya goes "i will fight anyone and everyone for your love" or something like that, and Virana is nearby and says "I accept the challenge" and both girls are like :o *insert pikachu meme here *

HA. Omg, Virana totally would accept the challenge. AAA Here’s a mini ficlet for it: “I accept the challenge”

Raya blinks owlishly at the Chief before leaning in to ask Namaari if her mother is secretly a skilled warrior. But she herself doesn't actually know how well the Chief of Fang can fight. Never given the opportunity to see, so when she says that she accepts Raya's challenge, she's quite taken aback.

Namaari just stares wide eyed and shrugs because she can't tell if her mother was just joking or if she was serious, her expression too neutral to guess.

Raya stands there almost faltering from the Chief's challenging stare but she shakes away her fear and nervously nods, "So be it"

Namaari just turns to her utterly shocked, because she can't be serious right now.

They're right outside the throne room, at the bottom of the steps. Fang soldiers and merchants alike have gathered to watch out of curiosity after overhearing the challenge.

Virana just steps forward, and casually asks for the spear General Atitaya is holding. She hands it to her in a daze, not quite sure if the Chief will pull through. She fears for her well being. She knows how well Raya is with her fighting skills, having had the opportunity to witness Namaari's and her spars, and being offered to spar against her as well.

Raya draws out her kris slowly, stepping forward herself, a few feet distance between her and the Chief. She gulps thickly, "Okay. We're actually doing this. Cool, cool." She mostly says to herself.

Virana just raises an eyebrow smirking, "Don't tell me you are backing out, Princess Raya." She taunts as she weighs Atitaya's spear in her hands, flipping it around seamlessly.

Raya just scoffs a little offended, "I never back out from a challenge, Chief Virana. Especially not when it's for Namaari's hand"

Meanwhile the Fang princess stands there glued to the floor, the crowd staring at her, some expecting her to stop the two before literal blood is shed. But the problem is, Namaari knows three of the most stubborn people in her life: one of which is herself, and the other two? The ladies in front of her seemingly ready to cut each others throats out. There is literally no stopping them once their mind is made.

She runs a hand through her hair, keeping it in place as she watches Raya and her mother, who she still has no knowledge of how well her fighting skills are, position themselves into a fighting stance.

In any other day, Namaari would laugh at the comical idea of it all, her mother in her signature white dress, and Raya in way too formal clothing to be comfortable in a fight.

"Just a warning, Chief. I don't plan on holding back" Raya warns, if she's going to this, might as well not let her guard down.

Virana just grins, "I didn't expect you to" she says then charges, skipping the pleasantries. Her dress limiting her steps a little but enough for her to move around smoothly.

Raya, caught of guard, hastily blocks the spear coming at her face. She huffs away her shock, a playful grin coming to her face at the realization that this is definitely not a game. It's indeed a legit challenge the Chief had agreed to and she will treat it as such.

She swings her own blade towards the Chief, her mind consciously pulling back her strength, afraid she might hurt the princess' mother. However, Virana seems to sense this, using it to her advantage to nick the skin on her shoulder. This elicited a loud gasp around them.

Raya backflips away, glancing down at the cut. She looks up at the Fang Chief's face who wore a smug look, "I thought you said you weren't going to hold back?"

The Heart princess can't help the amusement to show on her lips, she now understands where Namaari's infuriating taunts came from.

Instead of replying, she charges with complete intention to hurt, not caring that she is facing the Chief of Fang anymore. She swings aggressively leaving no space for the older woman to strike. She sees her struggling, her dress limiting her movements as she backs away trying to block each of her powerful strikes.

Raya for a second thought to give her a break, so she swiftly pulls the leg under the dress with her own, tripping her backwards. She lands on her back with a loud thud, her white dress now soiled and damaged.

She doesn't notice Atitaya holding back some of the Fang soldiers who were about to step in and help their Chief. Namaari who's rendered speechless stood ramrod stiff. The crowd wore wary expressions watching their beloved Chief on the floor.

Raya turns away for a second to catch her lover’s gaze but she regrets it almost immediately hearing the shuffle from in front her. She fails to react fast enough, feeling the long metal spear swiftly hitting the back of her knees knocking her off balance then the edge of it meeting her stomach.

She huffs out in pain, mustering the energy to roll away quickly when the spear lifts again to hit her.

She doesn’t get time to spit out a witty retort when the Chief starts swinging at her with surprising precision and tentative strikes. The hits as powerful as Raya's previous swipes earlier. She blocks them effortlessly though, looking for a way to knock her out again but the speed is seemingly too distracting to even think of a way.

She grunts in frustration, deciding to put a physical distance between them instead as she uses the Chief's leg that's pushed forward to step on her thighs and jump over the tall woman. She uses the distraction to step back a little, recollecting herself.

She breathes out to calm her thoughts, risking another glance at the other princess who stood way too dazed and in shock to even glance at her back. She huffs out an amused laugh at her face. The Chief charges at her noticing the distracted moment, the end of her spear managing to graze the side of her cheek. She hisses out in pain.

She slides down dodging her next swing but as if predicted, the older woman's knee collides with her face harshly. She sees white spots temporarily as she falls on her knees disoriented. She feels the sharp edge of the spear by her neck.

"Do you yield, Princess of Heart?" She hears the Chief say sounding a bit too winded.

Raya takes in a deep shaky breath, her eyes closing. She exhales out with a grin, "Never."

She doesn't let the older woman react before reaching out and pulling her spear forward, letting it slice the surface of her neck lightly. She uses the close distance to throw a dirty punch on the Chief's midsection. She inwardly cringed at that, her mind still hoping she didn't hurt her too much. But her body reacting by itself, stood up to kick the bent over Chief that sent her skidding backwards.

She waits for a few more seconds to see if the woman would stand again but when she remained on the floor coughing, she walks over pointing down her sword at her opponent's throat.

"Do you yield, Chief of Fang?" Her tone surprisingly serious as Virana stares back at the Princess' determined eyes.

She lets the silence lapse between them, the hushed whispers of the crowd barely audible as she tries to find any ill intent and malice in the young girl's eyes. However, she sees nothing but love and devotion.

A tender smile graces Virana's lips, her arms lifting up in surrender, "I yield, Princess. You win"

She hears Raya's sharp intake of breath before seeing her sword clatter beside them and bending down to pull her up into an embrace. The crowd around them breaks into an applause, clearly entertained from the intense fight.

She grunts in pain at the bone crushing hug the Princess has her in, "You have my blessing, sunlight. But if you could let me breathe, that would be great" she manages to murmur out. 

Raya pulls back instantly, an apologetic look on her face. There are tears that brimmed her eyes, "I'm sorry"

"I'll be fine. You left this old lady pretty bruised but you are quite a fighter, Princess."

Raya bashfully grins, "You left me some pretty nice cuts too. But, who knew the Chief of Fang has hidden skills up her sleeve" “I’m no damsel in distress, Princess Raya. I am a well capable Chief” Virana states half heartedly. 

Raya snickers lightly, not doubting it for a second. She stands up offering a hand for the older woman to take. She willingly accepts, pulling herself upright. She staggers back a little but the feeling of strong arms catches her quick.

Namaari stands behind her mother supporting her. She shakes her head vigorously, a smile of disbelief tugging on her lips, "You both are actually insane and out of your minds"

Raya smiles softly, "Just for you, dep la"

Virana nods in agreement then latches on to her daughter's hold, visibly exhausted. Raya lifts the older woman's other arm behind her neck to support her other side. 

"Let's get you to the healers"

They help the beat up Chief walk, the merchants and guards bowing in respect as they passed, all of them beaming with pride and joy as if she had won the fight.

"You definitely gave them something to write for Kumandra's history books" Namaari comments eliciting a genuine laugh from the older Chief.

"The only time I don't mind being defeated" Virana tenderly says. The two lovers on each of her side supporting her. She really doesn't mind another daughter in the family. -x- This got so long omg. Thank you, anon? Also you can’t possibly tell me Virana doesn’t know how to fight. I doubt she’s all bark and no bite. That woman is hiding her skills coz she doesn’t wanna get her dirty. Should i post this on ao3 or just leave it here LOL

[draconicks]

the lost boys as parents

TW: Cussing (Once)

Author's Note: This was an anon's request, but I can not find the ask. Also, this is unedited because I'm too impatient, and the gif is mine.

David -

David would be a strict but still playful father. He would be the kind of dad that would yell at their children to stop doing whatever it was that they were doing and would then smile at them to let the child know that they were joking.

However, the child I feel like would know when he was and wasn't joking. And if they were purposefully pushing his rules/limits, he would immediately lower down to their level and then very firmly explain to them that what they were doing was wrong and if they kept it up, they would get all of their privileges taken away. That would pretty much do the trick, because he meant all privileges (none necessities though).

I honestly do not think he would physically punish his child, to be honest. He's a huge softie at heart, as are all the Boys, and I feel like seeing them in pain or seeing them cry from something he inflicted on them would shatter his heart. So, he always tries to go down a still effective, but still less harmful method on punishing them, because his worst fear is having them be scared of him.

He would be very protective of them when they are at a young age. He would just - babyproof the cave and wouldn't take his eyes off of them because he would be so paranoid that they would die if he turned his back for one second. And I feel like that is why he sort of became co-dependent on Dwayne, since he trusted him most when it came to his kid.

If his child was to come out as LGBT+, he would be fully supportive, even if he didn't understand it completely. He would respect their identity and pronouns wholeheartedly, and I'm not going to lie, I feel like he would sort of know beforehand, because David is just that way. But, with his child, I feel like it would be a lot more heightened.

"What do you mean you already knew?"

"I just do, okay? I made you-"

"D a d -"

Dwayne -

He would be extremely patient and understanding the entire way through, because he was the eldest of 4 siblings, and he had to raise them basically, so Dwayne already sorta knew what he was doing, if that made sense. Only this time, it wasn't his baby sister or baby brother, it was his fucking kid.

He doesn't get mad or frustrated that easily, but he does get stressed. So, if they were to start acting up or behaving wrong, he would get really shocked *insert pikachu face* and even a bit confused, but then he would start to get really annoyed fast if they kept it up. Finally, he would scoop them up and take them over to his motorcycle, basically putting them in time-out for the rest of the time they are outside of the cave.

Similar to David, he can not bring himself to physically punish his kid. He had attempted to once, but his hand literally swerved the other way, and he felt horribly guilty. After that, he just didn't even bother trying to spank them or slapping their wrist. He just - couldn't do it.

While they are growing up, he would let them have as much space as they needed, but he would still peep his head in to ask them if they were alright or needed anything. If they were ever down or angry about something, he would coax them out and talk to them about it, asking them what happened, how it happened, etc.

He also loves to read them stories and such! He would do the animated voices, the dramatic pauses for more effect, and he would even tell the kid to do it with him. He also would read the story as much time as desired, and he also would read it until they would eventually fall asleep, but as soon as he moved...

Paul -

He is extremely stoked and excited the entire time they are growing up, always excited for them finally getting off the motorcycle by themselves, finally zipping up their jacket up for the first time. Just, you know, little stuff like that, and he is their number 1 supporter - hands down. Even when they are feeling negative, he still is cheering for them.

He cut down on the drinking/smoking when he started raising his kid. He hardly ever smoked/drank afterwards, and not because he was always busy with his kid, but also because he didn't want to be a bad influence on them. And, that goes for David, too. He had a serious talk with him about his little smoking habit.

If they were to ever act up, he wouldn't even register it, because he would be spaced out. But, once he realized what was going on, he would simply frown and shake his head at them, telling them, "You're not being very nice. How would you feel if someone acted like that to you? It wouldn't feel very good, huh? >:(" and the kid would basically stop acting up, because their dad isn't smiling for once.

He is extremely affectionate as a father. Everytime he sees his kid, he always jumps up and engulfs them into a bone-crushing hug, and would call them his 'little champ' for waking up or brushing their teeth or something. And then once he was done, he would go back to bouncing around the cave like a boomerang, excited and jazzed up again because his serotonin is soaring.

He teaches them how to take proper care of their hair and how to do monthly trims and safely dyeing it. He's quite nervous at first when he had to trim their hair for the first time, and Dwayne had even offered to help, but Paul told him no. He had this. And as soon as he made the first snip, his confidence both skyrocketed and crumbled, mainly because, hey! He did it! And there is no turning back and he could mess it up :)

Marko -

He was quite scared to be honest. His worst fear was to possibly screw his child up on accident because of him being accidentally being too angry or being overprotective while they are growing up. He had overprotective parents, and he still is recovering, and that is possibly his worst fear is to not break the cycle. But, he doesn't do that :)

He teaches himself how to cook (he's being productive for once) and he ends up staying awake all day, teaching himself how to make certain dishes for his kid. Once he fed them his cooking, he immediately became overwhelmed from the compliments and reassurance he had gotten from them, and he returned that with a gracious thank you and a peck on the crown of their head.

And, when it comes to punishments, he's just like David. He can't hurt them physically, he can't stand the thought. But, he is a bit more indecisive, though. Because, on one hand, the little episode that they are having will be done and over with in about 20 minutes, but also, they need to learn not to do that. So, he goes with David's strategy, just to be on the safe side of things. Afterwards, he always makes sure that they know that what they did was wrong and that they wouldn't do it in the future.

He sometimes takes them out of the cave and has nights with them alone. It's very peaceful and necessary to be away from the Boys sometimes, and he always takes them with him. And once they are alone, they sit down side-by-side and just talk about whatever is plaguing their minds. And that is Marko's specialty, is just listening and bonding with them.

He also makes sure to teach them self-expression. It doesn't matter to him if they shave their head, bleach their eyebrows, name themselves Toe, or even do something as awesome as that, he would still support it. Always. He just wants to be supportive, like Paul, and he wants his child to find their place in the world that they live in, because Marko never had a place until he found David. And he doesn't want that for them, he just desperately wants what is best for them.

[roscgcld]

I just read the non shaman!reader x Gojo and now I have ideas in my head on how it'd be more to that

Right now I'm thinking on the angst side, where the reader somehow, s o m e h o w, gets hurt or almost killed by a curse—you know since humans only see them before death? Of course, Gojo founds out depending on the person's imagination of how this went down.

The reader, the smart kween she is, says: "Okay, I know there's something out there that is not normal—especially when you knew how to kill it, and you're going to tell me."

"It's actually exorcising, not killing—"

"You're doing this now?!"

And the reader is being the best kween and ignores Gojo for so long, and obviously mad at him for so long, for not knowing his job because it was kept a secret and was known to be a teacher (so half true in a way) as he is giving her flowers, chocolate, just anything to spoil her into forgiving him.

In the end, the kween had to forgive Gojo or else he'd be a pouty baby forever.

...Did I just make a somewhat imagine instead of only saying "hey, don't you think it'd be cool to have a Gojo x non-shaman!reader series from anyone?" and leaving it at that?

Yes, yes I did

I - hold up, anon queen - you’re just making me grin all over. Like damn, this is lowkey cute.

First of all, I feel like Gojo might have not believed the whole “seeing curses before death” thing because he’s an asshole like that and will go. “if you can’t see them to begin with, there’s no way you can see it before death.” And MC comes up like “Alright, bet.” And accidentally gets attacked by a curse. 

No way is Gojo going to let some random curse touch his little MC though because let’s face it - there are some lowkey yandere vibes coming from this man. BUT THAT IS FOR ANOTHER TIME - 

Gojo, being the little shit he is, might just tell MC everything she wants to hear cause he's probably thinking, “No one is going to hurt her when I am around. I am the strongest after all.” But what he didn’t know was that MC is probably just so done with him correcting her when she knows nothing, that she just got up from whatever cafe he brought her out to talk about what happened the other day.

“FINE! If you’re not going to be useful, I am leaving!”

“Baby, don’t be like that~”

And I can swear on my life that he didn’t think that she was that upset until she slammed the door in his face when he tried to visit her the next day. He’d totally be shocked - like insert Pikachu shocked face here. 

“Huh?”

Poor baby might be so confused as to why she is ignoring him, to begin with, and might just get super upset and try everything he knows to try to get her attention like he tried to do with Nanami in Juju Scroll in the anime - the cardstock with your name when you drive by, hiding in some room she wants to enter and her slamming the door in his face again, putting sticky notes on her door with a badly drawn sad face on it. He’d also do things like leave coffee and pastries on your desk in the morning, flowers in front of your home, small gifts sent to her home through the post - it’ll be small things that make her heart flutter and her resolve to crumble. Eventually, she’ll probably give into him and call him over.

On one condition though.

“Let me visit your school, I want to see everything for myself.” 

“...Fine then.”

Honestly, I feel like I’m just reiterating what you said but I can lowkey see this happening, and maybe when I find the time either today or tomorrow, I might write this into an actual imagine cx it’ll be cute! But for now, thank you for feeding me this cute drabble prompt for Gojo, a man we all simp for quite regularly

[hello-hajime]

Tall

Iwaizumi Hajime x Tall Female Reader

Summary: Fluff, a little angst, more fluff.  Falling for the university’s ace volleyball player was a mistake. After all, how could he feel the same for a girl who’s comically tall? 

Word Count: 1500

Tall. Since you were a kid, that was the first thing anyone noticed about you. You hadn’t gone a day in your life without some stranger asking if you played basketball. And although you didn’t play basketball, you were fairly proud of your height. You could reach high shelves. Your speed-walking was unrivaled. And when you wore heels, you were a force to be reckoned with. For those reasons and more, you loved your height.

 Until you didn’t. 

 It was your junior year of college when your height turned into an insecurity--because of him. Iwaizumi Hajime, the ace of the college volleyball team. 

You had, of course, seen Iwaizumi on the court. He had been larger than life out there, scoring points right and left with his killer spikes, glistening under the bright lights of the gym. 

You always wanted to congratulate him after his wins, but you were intimidated by the group of fangirls who constantly crowded around him and the team’s setter, Oikawa. 

Instead, you’d always sprint over to high-five your cousin, Tsubasa, who played on the team as a middle blocker. Then you’d head out, trying to make your way to the exit before getting too caught up in the crowd of spectators. 

And it could have gone on this way for quite some time--the spheres of your worlds almost touching, but never colliding. But then, a professor paired you together for a group project.

……………………………………………………………………

Iwaizumi was more than the stranger you observed at your cousin’s volleyball games. You learned things about him that you couldn’t have inferred from his ferocity on the court. That is to say that now you knew-- Iwaizumi was cool, he was smart, and he stood at 5’10”, approximately four inches shorter than you.

You sat in the library, having become study partners after completing such a successful project. You would sit across from each other, for the most part, working silently, but occasionally cracking a joke or having a quiet conversation.

“You know, y/n,” he commented, looking up from his laptop, “I’ve seen that you always come to our games. You usually stop to talk to Tsubasa after, but then, you’re out the door pretty fast.”

“Yeah,” you murmured, bookmarking a source before meeting his piercing gaze. “Tsubasa is my cousin, actually. My parents wanted him to look after me, so he and I share an apartment. And I try to support him by coming to his games.” 

“I see. The height must be genetic, then,” he chuckled, thinking of Tsubasa, who stood at 6’5”, and could block practically any ball that came his way.

“Yeah, both my dad and my uncle are quite tall. I’m 6′2″ myself,” you smiled awkwardly, pushing a strand of hair behind your right ear. 

“But in any case, if you were always at our games, why did you never come meet the rest of the team? Or even say hi to a few of us?”

“Oh, you wouldn’t have missed out on anything, really!” You waved a hand nonchalantly. “You and Oikawa are constantly surrounded by pretty girls anyways. They show up to cheer you on, wearing those adorable dresses, and looking up at you with giant heart eyes!” You laughed.

Iwaizumi sighed. “I’d say they’re more interested in Stupidkawa, if anything.”

“Clearly you haven’t seen the way you glisten under those gym lights, Iwa-chan.” 

His cheeks reddened at your teasing words, and he looked back down at his computer, trying his best to get back to work, or at least, to look like it. 

……………………………………………………………………

It didn’t take much to make you fall for him. 

Maybe it was his crooked smile, or the way he cracked jokes and then scratched nervously at the back of his neck. Maybe it was his green eyes, or the way he’d guide you through an equation by leaning over your shoulder and lightly marking the page with his pencil. Whatever it was, you felt at ease with him. And it was starting to hurt. 

It hurt every time a petite, beautiful girl touched him on the arm and looked up at him.

It hurt seeing him laugh and smile with the fangirls who adored him so much. 

It hurt seeing other eyes watching him, mentally undressing him as he studied next to you.

So you decided--you needed some distance from him. Maybe a lot of distance. Whatever it took for you to get over this crush that was eating you up inside. 

“I’m sorry to cancel, but something’s come up,” you messaged him. 

“No worries,” he replied. “Study next time?”

“I’ll let you know.” 

You didn’t. 

……………………………………………………………………

You had stopped studying with him. You had stopped coming to his games. You had even stopped replying to his messages. Iwaizumi was pissed.

What had he done wrong? Had he done something, said something, that made you uncomfortable? It was like you fell off the face of the planet, right when he thought things were falling into place! 

He hit a ball so hard that his teammate yelped, narrowly dodging it. 

He was glad practice was wrapping up for the day. He was hoping that the steam of the shower would melt away some of these bad feelings. 

Then he saw Tsubasa, toweling off and throwing on a pair of sweats and a t-shirt. 

He couldn’t stop himself from asking. He strode up, trying his best to soften the frustration on his face. 

“Tsubasa,” he began, looking at the taller man with sharp eyes, “is y/n okay? I feel like she’s just...fallen off the face of the earth. She won’t reply to my messages, and I just want to know, you know, if I did something wrong.” 

Tsubasa looked down at his shoes, considering his words. “Yeah, y/n is...hurting, I guess. I asked her why she stopped coming to games, and she just said...that when she sees you on the court, it makes her want to cry.” He frowned a little, tying his shoes.

“We were spending a lot of time together, but suddenly, she was blowing me off.”

“Um, Iwaizumi, how do I say this? I don’t think she wanted to. She has a lot of insecurities,” he stood up, slinging his bag over his shoulder. “In any case, I’m going out with some friends tonight. So maybe you should stop by our place. Clear this up in person, you know? I’ll text you the address.”

……………………………………………………………………

You weren’t expecting to see him when you opened the door, and the shock showed on your face. “Uhh...Iwaizumi. What are you doing here?”

“Your cousin sent me the address.” He lifted his phone, showing you the message from Tsubasa. “I know you’ve been avoiding me, y/n. I don’t know what I did, but I want to make it right. Can I come in?”

You sighed, but stepped aside, and he walked past you, carefully slipping his shoes off then continuing towards your living room. 

“Look, Iwaizumi. You didn’t do anything wrong. It’s...it’s me.” You focused your eyes on the floor, unable to meet his gaze.  “I started to get these feelings, feelings I knew you couldn’t return. So I was trying to put some distance between us.”

His eyes widened, but you didn’t look up to see it. 

“I’m...sure you’re uncomfortable now. I’m sorry. You can go if you want.”

“Y/n...what the hell are you going on about?”

Tears streamed down your face, and you wiped at them uselessly. “That’s...pretty harsh, Iwa.”

“No, I mean--no, don’t cry, y/n! I didn’t mean--fuck!” He pulled you into his arms, feeling you sob. “How could you think that lowly of yourself? Y/n, you...”

You sobbed even more at his words, taking them as a piss-poor attempt at comforting you. “I know that the other girls--your fangirls, the girls in class--want you. I see how they look at you. They want you, too.  And they look so good next to you. I’m so comically tall. I’m stupid looking. It would be an embarrassment to be with someone like me.”

You pushed against him, and he released you, staring wide-eyed at your shaking form. 

“Y/n...did you just tell me that...you think I could never like you, because you’re taller than me?”

You didn’t say anything, instead just nodding.

“Y/n,” he laughed, combing his fingers through his messy, dark hair, “I’ve literally had feelings for you all this time. You thought I didn’t like you back because you’re tall? What kind of guy would I be if I couldn’t handle my girlfriend being four inches taller than me?” 

You finally looked at him, utter shock on your face. Insert surprised pikachu meme

“You want to be with me?” 

“You know, you’re kind of a dumbass, y/n. Yeah, I want to kiss you. And hug you. And,” he whispered, “make you scream my name. So let me show you how badly I want you.” 

He pulled you into a passionate kiss. Then another, then another.

[cantquitu]

not sure if this makes sense but where would you put portrait on the spectrum in 1D fandom space.

also can you clarify what type of manipulative behavior/words they use?

i’m trying to weed things out in my head and be able to separate CT and Rad and normal behavior.

Along those lines where would you classify yourself in terms of how you feel about Harry and Louis?

Woah that's a big question. In terms of myself, I don't think it's really possible to assess my fandom objectively. Obviously I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'd like to think I'm pretty rational, but when I meltdown over the appearance of Harry Styles' curls ...can I honestly make that claim?? 😁

I'm a really big fan of Harry, I am biased towards him, I feel protective and defensive of him. But I don't hero worship him. I'm a lot older than him, I've never been under the illusion that he's perfect and - most importantly - I've never been under the illusion that I know him. I know enough about celebrity and real life to know how much I don't know. Good and bad. I think my default setting is to try (!) to think generously of people unless given concrete reason not to. Fans who constantly adopt a superior, cynical attitude towards all famous people - assuming the worst and mocking those who allow for the possibility of better - strike me as very reductive thinkers.

With Louis, I feel affection towards him, he triggers my protective mode. Artistically and creatively he does not inspire or intrigue me, but I'm glad he does for others. I feel sorry that the majority of his fanbase want him to be someone he is not. There certainly isn't any hero worship there from me.

I really don't feel qualified to "position" the Portrait blog anywhere as I don't look at it enough. I blocked him about 6 months ago because of the gross shit he was writing as a Larrie and I've left it that way. I was glad to see a former Larrie stick around to debunk the bullshit for other Larries in the way that he did. That's rare, and I think it was helpful.

So I'll just say that in addition to the rads and Larries there are also a lot of non-tinhatting fans who have absorbed the Larrie way of writing and thinking. Some are ex Larries, some just influenced by Larrie presence in the fandom over the years.

You see it in the total shutdown of other interpretations of events/words, and the blanket characterisation of those that disagree with them as being naive, gullible, blinded by adoration, duped etc. You see the reductive arguments, convenient omission of details, insinuation, twisting or misrepresentation of actual facts.

And the endless retelling of a subjective version of events until it is honed into a "truth". These "truths' are then retold so often that they're reduced down to buzzwords and rallying cries, divorced even further from their origin and the flawed reasoning behind them. Seasurface is an extreme version of this - it's so pronounced with her that it's almost parody, it's hilarious. And when you read people like Sea or Emmie and recognise it, it helps you pick it out in other blogs. You realise how many of these "truths" are built on flawed logic, massive leaps of presumption or, in Sea's case, lies.

And that brings me back to the subject of where I place myself in fandom. I'm really pedantic *insert pikachu shocked face gif*. And I have a good memory trained by fandom since I was a small child. I remember a lot of stupid shit, minor details. So when it comes to fans twisting or misquoting facts in support of their assumptions, I pick it up quickly and am disproportionately irritated by it. When the blogger doing the misrepresentation constantly talks about how "the facts are the facts" as a way to shut down conversation, I get even more irritated. Which is why after all these years in the fandom I'm having to step back a bit to stop myself being endlessly annoyed!!