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femmehysteria · 11 months

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Best Character Named X Poll

FOLLOW @best-character-named-x-poll

I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day. New polls scheduled for 1:30PM GMT everyday.

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WILL BE POSTING POLLS ON @best-character-named-x-poll FROM FEB 1ST

If your favourite character is not included in the poll very sorry i have either never heard of them or actively chose not to include them as theres only 6 characters per poll. Characters will only count of that is their first name, surnames do not count.

Round 85: David

Round 86: Tiffany

Round 87: Charlie

Round 88: Sandy

Round 89: Cody

Round 90: Amanda

Round 91: Jeremy

Past Polls and Poll Ideas under the cut

Names that I have a complete list for*

Caroline, Tyler, Louis, Leonard, Rebecca, Steve, Nicole, Isabelle, Victoria, Katherine, Jade, Alex, Sophie, Greg, Jake, Ellie, Isaac, Robin, Tony, Annie, Lisa, Margaret, Oliver, Clark, Kara, Phoebe, Emma, Ruby, Bart, Alfie, Beth, Julian, Nancy, Penny, Margaret, Tessa, Erica, Theresa, George, Kevin, Sebastian, Felix, Martin, Michael, Erin, Caleb, Helen, Charlotte, Kyle, Martha, Diana, Elsa, Gary, Zoe, Connor, Colin, Daisy, Eric, Maya, Adam, Andy, Magnus, Alma, Nora, Alice, Spike, Leon, Marcel, Kim, Juno, Sue, Chris, Otto, Donald, Daphne, Kate, Todd, Ned, Ken, Angel, Judy, Jo, Hazel, Naomi, Diego, Miranda, Joel, Lila, Duncan, Dexter, Meredith, Pearl, Lily, Malcolm, Napolean, Joan, Nico, Jamie, Nadia, Velma, Jill, Kiera, Rory, Evan, Tam, Klaus, Neil, Derek, Michelle, Luna, Laila, Cordelia, Zack, Imogen, Felicity, Cindy, Alicia, Kelly, Alan, April, Astrid, Delilah, Jodie, Claudia, Juliet, Karen, Jonas, Milo, Celia, Hannah, Joy, Ethan, Katya, Aria, Atticus, Ian, Cynthia, Faye, Frank, Boo, River, Corey, Gabrielle, Minerva, Ebony, Zia, Beverly, Rudy, Georgina

Names I have an incomplete list for (welcome to send character suggestions)

Richter, Sean, Troy, Cain, Agatha, Warren, Percy, Reggie, Mina, Ryan, Felicia, Dylan, Josh, Shirley, Debbie, Jared, June, Mabel, Ray, Chad, Moe, Hugh, Fearne, Christine, Joe, August, May, Scarlet, Alana, Leela, Manny, Dean, Francis, Mason, Oscar, Quinn, Guy, Ulrich, Wally, Yasmin, Tobias, Woody, Sabrina, Quentin, Margot, Alina, Matilda, Freya, Kendra, Angus, Ophelia, Leisel, Zelda, Adora, Piper, Scarlet, Sheila, Valentine, Laurie, Laurel, Fitz, Violet, Gabriel, Ford, Artemis, Owen, Bianca, Newton, Summer, Darcy, Noah, Taylor, Miriam, Hugh, Aurora, Hank, Henry, Dawn, Delia, Cosmo, Wanda, Zeke, Cecil, Aiden, Calvin, Ayesha, Beatrice, Parker, Chase, Hunter, Tina, Misty, Amaya, Amara, Harvey, Talia, Tatiana, Tanya, Orion, Eugene, Kit, Bo, Duke, Blue, Cameron, Rudolf, Mara, Marianne, Carl

Feel free to send more suggestions

*subject to change, you can still submit a character if there is no strikethrough if you think theres a character that its an absolute crime i dont add. Please don't suggest anything for the names with a strikethrough as they are polls that are already in my queue waiting to be published.

Past Polls

Round 1: Peter : WINNER: Peter Parker (Spider-Man)

Round 2: Elizabeth : WINNER: Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Round 3: Jason : WINNER: Jason Mendoza (The Good Place)

Round 4: Eve : WINNER: EVE (WALL-E)

Round 5: Fred : WINNER: Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)

Round 6: Rachel : WINNER: Rachel (Animorphs)

Round 7: Arthur : WINNER: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)

Round 8: Amy : WINNER: Amy Pond (Doctor Who)

Round 9: Tom : WINNER: Tom (Tom and Jerry)

Round 10: Claire : WINNER: Clare Devlin (Derry Girls)

Round 11: James : WINNER: James (Pokemon)

Round 12: Max : WINNER: Max (Black Sails)

Round 13: Simon : WINNER: Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

Round 14: Jane : WINNER: Jane Crocker (Homestuck)

Round 15: Victor : WINNER: Victor Nikiforov (Yuri On Ice)

Round 16: Mary : WINNER: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)

Round 17: Will : WINNER: Will Graham (Hannibal)

Round 18: Laura : WINNER: Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

Round 19: Ben : WINNER: Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi (Star Wars)

Round 20: Chloe : WINNER: Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)

Round 21: John : WINNER: Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives)

Round 22: Lydia : WINNER: Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice)

Round 23: Mark : WINNER: Marc Spector (Moon Knight)

Round 24: Jess : WINNER: Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)

Round 25: Theo : WINNER: Theobald Gumbar (Dimension 20: A Crown Of Candy)

Round 26: Sarah: WINNER: Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who)

Round 27: Richard : WINNER: Richard Gansey III (The Raven Cycle)

Round 28: Cass : WINNER: Cassandra Cain (Batman)

Round 29: Edward : WINNER: Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Round 30: Carm : WINNER: Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?)

Round 31: Hal : WINNER: HAL9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Round 32: Sid : WINNER: Sydney Adamu (The Bear)

Round 33: Jack : WINNER: Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who)

Round 34: Stephanie : WINNER: Stephanie Brown (Batman)

Round 35: Ash : WINNER: Ash Ketchum (Pokemon)

Round 36: Veronica : WINNER: Veronica Sawyer (Heathers)

Round 37: Kurt : WINNER: Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler (X-Men)

Round 38: Eleanor : WINNER: Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)

Round 39: Nathan : WINNER: Nathan Young (Misfits)

Round 40: Fiona : WINNER: Princess Fiona (Shrek)

Round 41: Gale : WINNER: Gayle Waters-Waters (Chris Fleming)

Round 42: Barbara : WINNER: Barbara Millicent Roberts aka Barbie (Barbie)

Round 43: Sam : WINNER: Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

Round 44: Grace : WINNER: Grace Chastity (Nerdy Prudes Must Die)

Round 45: Barry : WINNER: Barry Bluejeans (The Adventure Zone)

Round 46: Raven : WINNER: Raven (Teen Titans)

Round 47: Dan : WINNER: Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

Round 48: Mia : WINNER: Mia Fey (Ace Attorney)

Round 49: Matt : WINNER: Matt Murdock (Daredevil)

Round 50: Rose : WINNER: Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

Round 51: Robert : WINNER: Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)

Round 52: Lola : WINNER: Lola Bunny (Space Jam)

Round 53: Scott : WINNER: Scott Summers aka Cyclops (X-Men)

Round 54: Olivia : WINNER: Olivia Octavious (Spiderverse)

Round 55: Finn : WINNER: Finn the Human (Adventure Time)

Round 56: Emily : WINNER: Emily Charlton (The Devil Wears Prada)

Round 57: Elliot : WINNER: Eliot Spencer (Leverage)

Round 58: Sonia : WINNER: Sonia (Pokemon)

Round 59: Gideon : WINNER: Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)

Round 60: Jen : WINNER: Jennifer Check (Jennifer's Body)

Round 61: Miles : WINNER: Miles Morales (Spider-Man)

Round 62: Lana : WINNER: Lana Skye (Ace Attorney)

Round 63: Spencer : WINNER: Spencer Shay (iCarly)

Round 64: Tracy : WINNER: Tracy Turnbald (Hairspray!)

Round 65: Luke : WINNER: Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

Round 66: Natalie : WINNER: Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Round 67: Harry : WINNER: Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium)

Round 68: Lucy : WINNER: Lucy van Pelt (Peanuts)

Round 69: Damian : WINNER: Damian Wayne (Batman)

Round 70: Tabitha : WINNER: Tabitha Casper (Dan and Phil Games: Sims 4)

Round 71: Nick : WINNER: Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)

Round 72: Gwen : WINNER: Guinevere (Merlin)

Round 73: Paul : WINNER: Paulette Bonafonte (Legally Blonde)

Round 74: Abigail : WINNER: Abigail Hobbs (Hannibal)

Round 75: Jordan : WINNER: Jordan Baker (The Great Gatsby)

Round 76: Donna : WINNER: Donna Noble (Doctor Who)

Round 77: Morgan : WINNER: Morgana (Merlin)

Round 78: Allison : WINNER: Alison Cooper (BBC Ghosts)

Round 79: Patrick : WINNER: Patrick Star (Spongebob Squarepants)

Round 80: Linda : WINNER: Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers)

Round 81: Philip : WINNER: Philip J. Fry (Futurama)

Round 82: Clarisse : WINNER: Clarisse La Rue (Percy Jackson)

Round 83: Jeff

Round 84: Maria

#best character named x #poll #poll game #my post

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yanderelovlies · 6 months

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Note: Little something I've been working on since I'm a bit bedridden at the moment.

Fandom: SWWSDJ

Character: Joseph

Pairing: Prince/King!Joseph x Assassin!Reader

You snuck around the corner trying your best to stick to the shadows. You were on your way to find the prince of the kingdom.Prince Joseph of the Cloud kingdom. He was next to take the crown, and your prince couldn't have that. For it was rumored that once Prince Joseph took the crown he was to take Your prince’s beloved hand in marriage. So you were tasked to take out the competition. As you got closer to the prince’s room you had prayed the job would be simple and easy. However when you creaked open the door to a pacing prince you knew this job would be anything but. To make matters worse the door creaking caught the Prince’s attention as he swiftly turned his head to the door. He was quickly on guard as he glared at the door. His hand on the sword you didn't notice till he was fully facing the door.

“No use in hiding any more. I know you're there so show yourself, and your punishment might be as severe.”

You hugged the wall and stayed silent hoping that maybe he would think he was hearing things. Unfortunately the quickly approaching footsteps told you otherwise. You don't know what god you pissed off to get this luck, but you were regretting it now. You flew back as his door swung open. Before you could make a quiet escape he rounded the corner, his dark eyes glaring at you. “You” He seethed, pulling out his sword pointing at your neck. “Who sent you? Was it my brother? Or perhaps my mother this time?”

Your eyebrows raised in surprise as you. You held up your hand shaking your head. “N-Neither..Prince Ian of the stars sent me…”

This seemed to piss of the prince more as he pressed the sword closer to your neck “Of course another swine after my neck. What for?”

You refrained from swallowing lest the sword blade pierces your neck “H-He heard rumors that you were to marry his beloved from the Sun kingdom.”

Its was the prince’s turn to look surprised before surprise turned into realization. “That wench! I should have known she was up to something with her sudden interest in my suitors.” He turned his head, mumbling and cursing under his breath. It took him a minute before he turned back to you. “Well I'm afraid your Prince had sent you here for nothing. I have no intention of marrying them. It was a ploy by my mother, Nothing more. You will die here knowing that Prince is a fool..”

Prince Joseph raised his sword ready to strike when you yelled ‘Wait!” The prince’s movements stopped, his eyes still glaring at you. Seeing this as you opportunity you spoke up “If you spare me I will serve and protect you. I was just an assassin The prince hired so I have no allegiance to him.”

Prince Joseph was silent before speaking again. “So what will stop you turning on me like you're doing to the one who hired you? What if my mother or enemies offer more money to you to end my life? How can I trust you?”

Know it was now or never you steeled your gaze looking up at him. “If you spare me then I owe you my life, and no amount of money could amount to that.”

The prince was silent once again as he studied your features before slowly putting away his sword. “Very well…..I shall put some faith in your words,but know I'm watching you.”

You let out a breath you didn't realize you were holding as you nodded. “Understood your highness.” You quickly got to your feet as you looked up at the taller prince.

“If you are to serve me as a protector then you must know what we are up against. Come, the only safe place at the moment is my room.” You nodded quickly following the prince into his room.

What you heard from the Prince you almost couldn't not believe. The younger twin brother Prince Jack was the favored of the two Princes. However because Jack was born minutes after Joseph he couldn't be crowned king. This didn't sit right with their mother who believed Jack deserved more than Joseph. So she was doing everything in her power to get rid of the older prince. Even going as far as to involve the other kingdoms.

Though it sounded like a lot of work guarding such a sought after prince you still did it. At first it was because your moral code would not allow you to betray him. Even when the queen offered you large gold amounts. The prince took notice of this and slowly began to trust you more. Even opening up as if the two of you were friends and not prince and protector. It was because of this bond that you did your job. It was longer about moral obligation. You wanted to protect your friend from the people who never gave him a chance.

Months turned into years and eventually Prince Joseph was crowned king of the Cloud kingdom much to his mother’s dismay. His first ruling as king was the silent banishment of his mother. Despite her distance you still get the occasional assassin, but it was nothing you haven't handled before. His second ruling much to his own dismay was to find a spouse. Most of his advisers would point out what they deemed to be good matches. Princesses of various shapes and sizes came to the kingdom in hopes of winning the new king’s heart and hand, and yet each one left more defeated than the last.

Rumors began to fly the longer the king stayed single. Most about his mother, and how her lack of love must have affected him. Past him would have agreed with such rumors considering all of the pain his mother had put him through.However as he once again meets with you in the confines of his room he finds that isn't true. He was just waiting for the right time to ask you.

“So what was wrong with this princess?” You asked as you cleaned your knife.

She wasn't you. Joseph hummed in fake thought. “There was no….spark.”

You groaned throwing your head back before looking back at him. “That's what you said about the last princess. You know your advisors aren't going to get off your back till you marry, and I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing Rory bitch all the time.”

Joseph chuckled, “He does get very annoying.”

“Then put an end to it and marry someone, Joseph. I would beg you at this point.”

Joseph likes the sound of his name on your lips. He liked it way more than formal names you had to call in public. He longed to hear you say his name more, and more. “Is that so? He teased.

“Yesss.” You groaned.

“In that case.” Joseph walked over to you gently taking your hands in his own. “Would you marry me y/n?”

He watched you eyes widen in shock as you dropped your knife. “W-what?” you stuttered out.

He gave you a gentle smile as he spoke. “I know it seems left field but I have been waiting to ask you. You are not only my closest ally, but you are my best friend. I cannot even imagine my life without you”

“But im just an assassin there is no way the advisors-”

He gently cupped your red face, catching your attention. “I am the king, not them. It was for this reason I waited to ask you. So no but you can decide.”

Kind like when you first met you were quiet as you searched his face. He wasn't sure what you were looking for, but he wanted you to know that he was serious about this. This was something he really wanted. After a few minutes you finally spoke. “I would love nothing more than to be by your side as more than just a bodyguard.

Joseph smiled wide as he pulled you into a kiss. This kiss was nothing like either of you have ever felt beforeThe world faded as the sparks flew.As the two of you pulled away you couldn't help but think Maybe you were wrong before. It wasn't a run of bad luck, it was the gods guiding you to Joseph. The one you were to spend the rest of your life with.

#sunny day jack #swwsdj #something's wrong with sunny day jack #x reader #sdj joseph #joseph x reader #sunny day jack joseph #sdj joseph x reader

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fairykery · 11 months

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The Vampire Diaries opinions people hate me for:

Forwood is actually a good ship and I wish it didn't have to go down like that, at the expense of Caroline's character.

I ship Klaroline; but Klaus was toxic. I could only ever see this ship becoming endgame if Klaus redeemed himself first.

Caroline had chemistry with everyone except Stefan.

Bamon had potential (and it was literally in the books). If they had come up with a "I had my humanity off" plotline it would have made the ship work🤷🏻‍♀️

Bonezo is a good ship and is clearly less toxic than Bamon; but it only happened to please racist dullena fans that complained about Bamon's romantic implications(even if it happened in the books)

Caroline, Katherine, Bonnie, & Stefan are the most interesting characters of TVD

Jeremy & Anna were cute IDK🤷🏻‍♀️

Matt did not deserve the hate. His feelings were valid. All his friends were killers and he was an abandoned, heartbroken boy, whose mom was a drunk and pedophile, and his only sister & family was killed by the boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend who he loved alot, just cause he decided he was bored. He remained loyal & brave to his friends and they didn't account for their murders and killings & stopped caring for the innocent.

Alaric was not a bad father and teacher. Even if he had his slip-ups he was actually an interesting & good character.

Damon is way too defended In this fandom. People should like the character and not defend the wrongs?! Just how many women has he compelled to sleep with him and to let him drink their blood? And what about what he did to Aaron whitmore? He slaughtered entire families of Innocents even while dating Elena. So all that "sHe mAkEs hiM bEtTeR" crap, is not valid. You can like Ian's acting and the smugness of his character, & like the character for those reasons, without defending the terrible acts of the character.

Delena was a horrible ship. The only reason it's popular is due to the shallow fact that people see Ian as more handsome than Paul. The ship only has good chemistry and looks. Beyond that, there is nothing.

Stefan is still the better man. (Fried humanity/off humanity Stefan don't count just as it goes for all the other vampires) Gaslighting writing through the other characters won't change that(Nice try, Julie P)🤷🏻‍♀️

Alaric and Jo were really cute together. I don't care. They made epic twins together.

Elena is overloved; but overhated at the same time. It's annoying. Just love the kind human girl that she used to be and hate the vicious, selfish girl she became, without hating her for breathing. That simple.

Klelijah(Katherine x Elijah) is not a good ship. Katherine loved stefan. She was only using Elijah to survive, and back then she only pitied him. Elijah also only was with her because of what he did to Tatia

Katherine did deserve better though, even if she did bad things. Making her the biggest/& ultimate devil and pretending there wasn't any good in her was incredibly misogynistic. Like Damon & Klaus did worse things and they get happy lives and good character ends? Like No! Horrible! Katherine's core was a scared little girl who wanted to live a normal human life while still being powerful and beautiful. She was chased for 500 years, had to see her entire family slaughtered, lost a baby because of misogynistic expectations, found her again, just to see her last family die again. Did she do horrible things? Yes; all to survive. But she also saved Jeremy, Damon, Stefan, encouraged Elena to be honest about what she felt for Damon even when she didn't have to.

Caroline did annoying things; but overall she was an interesting character. And she was way too smart and strong as a vampire. I loved seeing it.

Bonnie deserved so much more than the show gave her. I hope she gets her own show one day. A show about witches would be pretty lit.

Rebecca could have tried harder to be kinder and less evil. I get she had centuries of habits she needed to break but still. (Elena stabbing her in the back was still shit though)

Klaus was evil to his default and was an abuser to his family. I'm glad he changed/died for hope; but still I would have been nice if there were other factors to this action.

They shouldn't have thrown away the good of Elijah Mikalson. He didn't deserve that. The way they also tried to pull a Stefan on him.

Haylijah was a cute ship🤷🏻‍♀️

Esther wasn't wrong about her children being evil as vampires. And what she wanted to do with them was have them live as humans.

What the originals did to Marcel was fucked up

What the originals did to Davina was cruel

I wish we could have seen more of the witch that played "the hollow".

Glamorizing Hope's evil side is not "a flex". Again, like the character & actor art; but not the vicious actions.

Hosie should have been canon

That random new original sister was so unnecessary.

Kolvina is the most interesting ship of the entire TVDverse I wish there was more of them

All TVD ships were good I just find: Steroline, Delena, & Klamille to be cringe. Steroline only happened to compensate Forwood/& Klaroline and justify Delena. And Delena only happened because of looks and the love story was trash. Klamille was also a compensation ship to Klaroline so yeah, cringe.

TVD writing, lore, acting, cinematography,. directing is all a 10. The only thing that is trash is the ending and all the romantic entanglement the show had.

Warning: This isn't to start an agree to disagree party. This post is just so that those that agree with me can high-five with me. If you disagree, don't even bother commenting on this post. Everything is a matter of perception & perspective. I'm just sharing mine, while venting. By jumping on this post to fight with me you are immediately self-labeling yourself as entitled. Everyone has their own opinions bestie so don't even.

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best-yandere-tournament · 5 months

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Already got a list of the ships for the ULTIMATE fucked up ship tournament done. Hopefully will start it in two weeks or so. This is a list of the ships:

1. The Darkling and Alina, The Grisha Trilogy

2. Batman and The Riddler, The Batman 2022

3. stu and billy from scream

4. Vriska and Terezifrom homestuck

5. light and l from death note

6. Dirk Strider and Jake English from Homestuck,

7. Vio and Shadow Link from the Four Swords manga

8. Emilio Murkmere x Tobias Schenien from Ghost Eyes

9. Oswald x Ed from Gotham

10. Anna Croft/ Yu Junghyeok (orv)

11. Dimitri/Edelgard - Fire Emblem Three Houses

12. Will Graham and Hannibal, Hannibal

13. yoonbum x sangwoo, killing stalking

14. Starscream and Megatron, from the Transformers franchise

15. Mukuro Ikusaba/Junko Enoshima from Dangan Ronpa

16. Ladd Russo and Lua Klein from Baccano!

17. Daida and Miranjo from Ousama Ranking

18. Shizuo and Izaya from Durarara!!

19. theresa x otto, honkai impact

20. dorian x fem! inquisitor, dragon age

21. renee x huey from baccano

22. nanami x touga, revolutionary girl Utena

23. madoka and homura, puella magi madoka magica

24. (Ronan Lynch x Joseph Kavinksy) - The Raven Cycle

25. Seishirou and Subaru from Tokyo Babylon/X

26. Misaki/Satou, Welcome to the NHK

27. Bakugou and Deku (My Hero Academia)

28. Akito and Shigure, Fruits Basket

29. House and Wilson, House MD

30. Scarlet and Chase, I’m the Grim Reaper

31. Jong-woo and Moon-jo, Strangers from Hell

32. Moon-young and Gang-tae, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

33. Medea and Helio, Your Throne

34. Celty and Shinra, Durarara

35. Akira and Ryo, Devilman

36. Yoshino and Kirishima, Raise wa Tanin Ga ii

37. Chateau and Ryang-ha, Love of Kill

38. Satoko and Shinpei, Hotaru no Yomeiri

39. Clarice and Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs

40. He Yan and Fu Shenxing, Who is the Prey

41. Cain/Owen from Promise of Wizard / Mahoyaku

42. Texas/Lappland from Arknights.

43. Jeongmin and Siyun, Dreaming Freedom

44. Han Chae-ah and Park Yunsu, Trapped

45. akane kurashiki/junpei tenmyouji from zero escape

46. Juri/Shiori (from Revolutionary Girl Utena)

47. Jackie/Shauna, Yellowjackets)

48. Cassandra/Rapunzel from the Tangled series

49. Damien and Elena from vampire diaries

50. Kristoph/Phoenix, Ace Attorney

51. Juice and Chibs, Sons of Anarchy

52. Utena/Anthy from the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena.

53. Cutthroat x Swindler, from Akudama Drive.

54. Yuno Gasai x Yukkiteru Amano from Mirai Nikki

55. Sal/Syakesan x Wadanohara from Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea.

56. Jeremy and the SQUIP, Be More Chill

57. Ian Grimm and Poppy Li, Mythic Quest

58. Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis De Pointe du Lac, Interview with the Vampire

59. fuuma and kamui from clamp's x/1999

60. Victor and Eli, Vicious

61. Elisabeth and Der Tod, Elisabeth

62. Rudolf and Der Tod, Elisabeth

63. Veronica Sawyer and J.D, Heathers

64. Akechi Goro × Persona 5 protagonist (Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya)

65. Hondomachi and Fukuda, ID: Invaded

66. Harley Quinn and the Joker, DC

67. Christine and Erik, Phantom of the Opera

68. Lisa Reisert and Jackson Rippner, Red Eye

69. Valeta and Reinhart, I Failed to Oust the Villain

70. Light Yagami and Misa Amane, Death Note

71. Sumire and Hakubo, Toilet Bound Hanako Kun

72. Mika Harima and Seiji Yagiri, Durarara!!

73. Emma Wilson and Yohan Lee, My Deepest Secret

74. Sarah and Jareth, Labyrinth

75. Addie LaRue and Luc, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

76. Ja Yoon and The Nobleman, The Witch, Part One: Subversion

77. Makima and Denji, Chainsaw Man

78. Kyoko and Katsuya, Fruits Basket

79. Mrs. De Winter and Maxim, Rebecca

80. Mutsuki Tooru and Urie Kuku, Tokyo Ghoul

81. Victor and Elizabeth, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

82. Constanta, Magdalena, and Alexei and Dracula, A Dowry of Blood

83. Ha-im and Geunhu, Never Ending Darling

84. Frank Cotton & Julia Cotton - Hellraiser (1987)

85. Yuki Cross & Kaname Kuran, Vampire Knight

86. Johann and Sasha, The Double Agent

87. Sian and Yul, Secret Alliance

88. Charlize and Dylan, The Taming of the Tyrant

89. Lin and Dosung, 340 Days

90. Makishima Shougo & Shinya Kougami from PSYCHOPASS.

91. Charlotte Willmore x Lizzie Wells, from The Perfection (2018).

92. “Hikaru”/Yoshiki from The Summer hikaru Died,

93. Dolph Laserhawk x Alex Taylor from Captain Laserhawk

94. Dolph Laserhawk x Rayman from Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix

95. Yuuji Itadori x Mahito from Jujitsu Kaisen

96. (luo binghe x shen qingqiu) from scum villain's self saving system.

97. Heaven Official's Blessing. Ships He Xuan and Shi Qingxuan.

98. Ives and Boyd from Ravenous 1999

99. Eve and Vilanelle, Killing Eve

100. Sephiroth/Cloud (FF7 Compilation)

101. Clary and Jace from the Mortal Instruments

102. Rika Sasaki/Yoshiyuki Terada, Cardcaptor Sakura,

103. Veralidaine Sarrasri/Numair Salmalín, from the Immortals Quartet

104. Eli/Oskar, Let the Right One In (2008).

105. Lavan Firestorm/Kalira, Brightly Burning

106. Lapis/Jasper (Steven Universe

107. PearlescentMoon/SMajor, the Life Series

108. Christine/Erik (Phantom Takarazuka)

109. The Brain/Julia (Animaniacs 2020)

110. Sterek, Teen Wolf

111. Jonathan Sims/Elias Bouchard, The Magnus Archives

112. Fyodor and Nikolai, Bungo Stray Dogs

113. Beatrice and Battler, Beabato, from "Umineko”

114. Father Paul/Riley Flynn; Midnight Mass

115. Edward Teach/Izzy Hands; Our Flag Means Death;

116. Batman/Joker

117. Cesare Borgia/Lucrezia Borgia - The Borgias

118. Dean/Sam Winchester from Supernatural

119. Vegas/Pete (Kinnporsche: The Series)

120. Hitori Uzune and Nanaki Kazuaki from Hatoful Boyfriends.

121. Lanze/Bluepool and Anan from Beauty and the Beasts

122. Blade and Dan Heng from Honkai Star Rail

123. Spike and Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

124. Isaac and Finn, I’m Dating a Psychopath

125. Lenore and Annabelle, Nevermore

126. Estelle and Khalid, From a Knight to a Lady

127. Layla and Matthias, Cry or Better Yet Beg

128. Hyuna and Luka, Alien Stage

129. Karuto and Lily, Dear my Living Dead

130. Andrew and Ashley Graves, Coffin of Andy and Leyley

131. Lydia Deetz/Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

132. Harrow and gideon from gideon the ninth/Locked Tomb

133. Cathy x Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)

134. Felix x Ollie (Saltburn)

135. Grace Chastity x Max Jaegerman, Nerdy Prudes Must Die

136. Mikoto and Haijin, Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoushi

137. Eucenielle and Tes, I Hold the Tyrant’s Heart

138. Claire and Balt, The East Wind of the Altas

139. Usui and Misaki, Maid Sama

140. Sebastian Michaelis and Ciel Phantomhive, Black Butler

141. Dabi x Hawks from My Hero Academia

142. Alice “Daisy” Tonner/Basira Hussain, The Magnus Archives

143. Naruto and Sasuke, from Naruto

144. Byleth Eisner / Jeritza von Hrym from fire emblem three houses

145. Akira x keisuke from togainu no chi (nitro+chiral game)

146. Lucy Gray Baird and Coriolanus Snow, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

147. Elias and Chise, The Ancient Magus Bride

148. Gendo and Yui Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion

149. Punpun and Aiko, Goodnight Punpun

150. Sang-hyun and Tae-ju, Thirst

151. Hawa and Adam, The Guy Upstairs

152. Satoru Fujnuma and Gaku Yashiro, Erased

153. Root and Sameen Shaw, Person of Interest

154. The Doctor and the master, Doctor Who

155. Juliette and Warner, Shatter Me

156. Ich and Mrs Danvers, Rebecca das Musical

157. Kokichi Ouma and Shuichi Saihara, Danganronpa V3

158. Roxy and Velma, Chicago

159. Griffith and Guts, Berserk

160. Creed and Train, Black Cat

161. Torso and Mutsuki, Tokyo ghoul

162. Vash and Knives, Trigun

163. Sweeney Tod and Mrs Lovett, Sweeney Tod

164. Kuroi and Mashiro, Thou Dhall Not Die

165. Amy and Nick, Gone Girl

166. India and Charlie Stoker, Stoker

167. Pig and Runt, Disco Pigs

168. Anakin and Padme, Star Wars

169. Chloe and Kairos, I Shall Kill That Sweet Devil

170. Jung and Seol, Cheese in the Trap

171. Anthy and Akio Ohtori, Revolutionary Girl Utena

172. Feyre and Rhysand, A Court of Thrones and Roses

173. Lelouch and Suzaku, Code Geass

174. Mikiya and Shiki, Garden of Sinners

175. Gatsby and Daisy, The Great Gatsby

176. Ivan and Till, Alien Stage

177. Sylar and Elle Bishop, Heroes

178. Helena and Demetrius, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

179. V and Rika, Mystic Messenger

180. Yukari and George, Paradise Kiss

#polls #most fucked up ship tournament #most fucked up ships

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The Stuff I Read in June/July 2023

Stuff I Extra Liked is Bold

I forgot to do it last month so you get a double feature

Books

Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee

Heteropessimism (Essay Cluster)

The Biological Mind, Justin Garson (2015) Ch. 5-7

Sacred and Terrible Air, Robert Kurvitz

Wage Labour and Capital, Karl Marx

Short Fiction

Beware the Bite of the Were-Lesbian (zine), H. C. Guinevere

Childhood Homes (and why we hate them) by qrowscant (itch.io)

piele by slugzuki (itch.io)

بچه‌ای که شکل گربه میکشید، لافکادیو هرن

بچه های که یخ نزدند، ماکسیم گورکی

پسرکی در تعقیب تبهکار، ویلیام آیریش

Küçük Kara Balık, Samed Behrengi

Phil Mind

The Hornswoggle Problem, Patricia Churchland, Journal of Consciousness Studies 3.5-6 (1996): 402-408

What is it Like to be a Bat? Thomas Nagel, (https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674594623.c15)

Epiphenomenal Qualia, Frank Jackson, Consciousness and emotion in cognitive science. Routledge, 1998. 197-206

Why You Can’t Make a Computer that Feels Pain, Daniel Dennett, Synthese, vol. 38, no. 3, 1978, pp. 415–56

Where Am I? Daniel Dennett

Can Machines Think? Daniel Dennett

Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons, Derek Parfit (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118922590.ch8)

The Extended Mind, Andy Clark & David Chalmers, Analysis 58, no. 1 (1998): 7–19

Uploading: A Philosophical Analysis, David Chalmers (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118736302.ch6)

If You Upload, Will You Survive? Joseph Corabi & Susan Schneider (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118736302.ch8)

If You Can’t Make One, You Don’t Know How It Works, Fred Dretske (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1994.tb00299.x)

Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Alan Turing

Minds, Brains, and Programs, John Searle (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00005756)

What is it Like to Have a Gender Identity? Florence Ashley (https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzac071)

Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data, Emily M. Bender & Alexander Koller (10.18653/v1/2020.acl-main.463)

On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜 Emily M. Bender et al. (https://doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445922)

The Great White Robot God, David Golumbia

Superintelligence: The Idea that Eats Smart People, Maciej Ceglowski

Misc. Articles

Ebb and Flow of Azeri and Persian in Iran: A Longitudinal Study in the City of Zanjan, Hamed Zandi (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110694277-007)

WTF is Happening? An Overview – Watching the World Go Bye, Eliot Jacobson

Using loophole, Seward County seizes millions from motorists without convicting them of crimes, Natalia Alamdari

Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens, Cathy J. Cohen, Feminist Theory Reader. Routledge, 2020. 311-323

Is the Rectum a Grave? Leo Bersani (https://doi.org/10.2307/3397574)

Why Petroleum Did Not Save the Whales, Richard York (https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023117739217)

‘Spider-Verse’ Animation: Four Artists on Making the Sequel, Chris Lee

Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution, David T. Ho (https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00953-x)

Fights, beatings and a birth: Videos smuggled out of L.A. jails reveal violence, neglect, Keri Blakinger

Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek, Gabriel Rockhill

The Tyranny of Structurelessness, Jo Freeman

Domenico Losurdo interviewed about Friedrich Nietzsche

Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security, Kris De Decker

Gays, Crossdressers, and Emos: Nonormative Masculinities in Militarized Iraq, Achim Rohde

On the Concept of History, Walter Benjamin

Our Technology, Zeyad el Nabolsy

Towards a Historiography of Gundam’s One Year War, Ian Gregory

Imperialism and the Transformation of Values into Prices, Torkil Lauesen & Zak Cope

#reading prog #one day i will be able to read books well again #most of the things that aren't linked i can provide directly upon request #those dennett citations are hard to track down

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cruel-summerxy · 2 years

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'cause you're just a man, it’s just what you do - brad bakshi x reader

summary ➞ Brad is known as the meanest person around the office. You get close to him and realize how much of a dick he truly is. word count: 5.9k words.

tags ➞ brad bakshi being a cunt, a kiss, reader actually being nice to david, Jo being a little bitch. briefly mention of alcohol and him being drunk, just brad being a dumb bitch tbh.

based on lana del rey’s song “norman fucking rockwell”

a/n ➞ i'm obsessed with mythic quest! so expect some more works about them (maybe a part two or a brad and david work is next) thank you for reading!!! comments and reblogs are appreciated <3

You weren’t stupid. When you had applied as the assistant for Mythic Quest’s executive producer you knew that it was going to be hectic– he was the most important person in the actual office. What you hadn’t expected was his old assistant to make your life a living hell. You had quickly learned that her name was Jo and that she had left David for the head of monetization. If you were being honest you didn't know why she had decided to leave, David was the sweetest man and was such a great boss.

It had been two weeks since you had started working at Mythic Quest and things were going pretty well (Jo’s actual vendetta against you hadn’t begun just yet). One afternoon you made your way to get a snack when you heard Jo let out what you assumed to be a gleeful scream. You looked around to see what all the commotion was, spotting a tall and lean man entering the office. His sharp features made you do a double take– he was really handsome. You saw David and a few of the others going to meet the man.

“Who's that and why is Jo screaming,” you wondered out loud.

“That’s Brad, she assists him. And I’m not really sure why she’s screaming.” Poppy muttered. She had somehow sneaked beside you without making any noise, her silence soon came to an end as she searched the pantry for a snack.

“I haven’t seen him around,” you admitted as you handed Poppy your bag of hot cheetos. David had mentioned once or twice that Poppy went wild when the office ran out of the snack (you had seen that you had gotten the last bag and you didn’t want to be on her bad side).

“Thanks,” Poppy smiled, “yeah he was out for the last month. He had some personal shit going on but he’s back. Jo has been in such a shitty mood lately, hopefully with his arrival she’ll calm down.”

You nodded in agreement. You had noticed that Jo wasn’t the nicest person to be around. In one of your exchanges she had threatened to “drag you by the hair” if you didn’t get David to sign some papers that her boss had sent over the day before. David has assured you that she was joking. If you were being honest, the girl scared you.

“Is Brad like way nicer than David? Is that why she left?” you genuinely asked. Poppy stayed quiet for a moment and then proceeded to let out the loudest laugh. Her laugh had caused Brad and the others to look your way. Poppy took a deep breath and wiped away the tears that her laughing had caused.

“He is the actual devil himself Y/N. The man is a sell out and has made many, including myself, cry. Do not get near that man unless you really have to. He will make you suffer,” Poppy warned. And with that the conversation ended. She signaled you to follow her and made her way to the rest of her peers.

“It was actually hell without you Brad. David got a new assistant and I envy you for not meeting her yet.” Jo informed her boss ecstatically.

“Jo… she’s really sweet, be nice.” David warned. Jo rolled her eyes at his remark and looked at Ian to have her back.

“You got a new assistant?” Ian asked skeptically, “I haven’t seen her.”

David looked at the man in disbelief. He had made it known around the office that he now had an assistant who actually respected him and who listened to his orders. You were a little hurt by his comment, you had made small talk with him at least three times since you had been there and each time you presented yourself as David’s assistant. Had the man not paid attention?

“She’s that boring huh,” Brad laughed. Well that hurt more. The man hadn’t even met you and he was already talking shit (and he gave you enough reasons to hate him without actually having a conversation with him).You bit your lip as Poppy’s words from earlier rang in your head. If you stayed away from the man you’d be fine.

“Guys she’s right here,” Poppy blurted out but when everyone turned to her direction no one was next to her. “She was just here…”

“I just got here and Poppy is already delusional. Classic Poppy,” Brad smiled widely and winked in her direction.

You had just finished one of David’s requests when you heard someone behind you groaning. To be fair you had been blocking the hallway with the small bookcase you had just finished building. A red blush covered your face when you realized that it was Brad who let out the annoyed noise.

“I apologize,” you whispered as you gathered the tools you had used to build the piece of furniture.

“I didn’t know we had a handyman in here now, wait handywoman…?” Brad corrected himself. He watched as you quickly moved the bookcase to the edge of the hallway. In your defense no one ever went to that end of the hallway so you assumed that it was the best place to do your building.

“Oh I’m not a handywoman, I’m David’s assistant.”

The man nodded his head, “well David’s assistant, you forgot to connect the last shelf to the backboard.” And with that he was gone. He hadn’t even introduced himself– he didn’t even give you the chance to reveal your name.

“Damn it,” you whined as you saw that Brad had been right.

“Y/N!” you heard David shout from his office. You quickly made your way to your boss, happy to actually do something. Ever since you had finished building the bookcase David had let you do whatever you wanted, it seemed that it was an easy and quiet day.

“Yes,” you smiled widely at your boss. Something was different, you felt something was off as soon as you entered his office.

“Brad here can’t find his headphones. Have you seen them anywhere?”

Well, that's why you had felt something was off. Usually it was you and David in the room. You stood quiet, trying to remember if you had come across them.

“I don’t think so sir.” you replied. This caused the tall man to snicker. David and you exchanged a look and decided to ignore Brad’s judgment. David nodded at your answer and asked you to keep an eye out for them.

“I can do that sir.” you spoke in a hushed tone and practically ran out of the room. You were two offices down and yet you could hear Brad making fun of you to David.

“I can do that sir. Let me go ahead and suck your-”

“Brad.” David warned the man. You cursed mentally as it dawned on you that David and Brad shared an office. How were you supposed to stay out of the man’s path when he was in the same room that you spent most of your time in?

“Are you going to the Holiday Party?” Rachel asked one day. Christmas was near and David had planned a party, the man couldn’t wait for the entire office to see what he had planned. He had made you go over multiple lists, various times.

“Yup, David is so excited.” you smiled.

“Aw that's so cute,” Dana chimed into the conversation. The three of you had gone to lunch together the day before and were now making excuses to talk to each other throughout the day. David had wanted something from the pantry and you had taken it upon yourself to go, knowing that the girls would be near there. That and you didn’t want to be alone in the room with Brad. You searched the shelves for his drink and listened to Dana and Rachel bicker amongst each other.

“I heard he’s going to make us partner up for a game,” Rachel said excitedly, “me and you, Dana?” The shorter girl giggled and nodded.

The party looked better than you had imagined. David really had an eye for decoration. You wouldn’t admit it out loud, but you were proud of him. Everyone seemed to give your boss such a hard time, he truly deserved better.

“Don’t tell me you don’t have a partner either,” a certain someone groaned. You rolled your eyes and shook your head. Brad sighed heavily and stood next to you. If you were honest, you weren’t sure what game David was making everyone play. It had to do something with partners and alcohol. As if on cue, Brad’s eyes flickered toward the cup of coke that you were drinking.

"You don’t drink?” the tall man asked, surprised. You shook your head once again. “Do you just not talk sometimes?”

“I do,” you exhaled.

“Okay well, you are now my partner for this stupid game,” Brad declared, not letting you protest. You looked around, trying to see if someone needed a partner but alas you did not.

“You hate me that much huh.”

“No- I do not hate you. I’m just exploring my options,” you explained, “plus I don’t drink so I don’t think I’ll be the best partner.”

He looked at you with a hint of curiosity, “it’s all good, I can do the drinking Y/N. Just follow my lead and we’ll beat these losers.”

You laughed at his confidence. When David was explaining the very complicated rules your eyes had wandered around and noticed that Brad hadn’t been paying attention to your boss; yet there he stood assuring you that you would be victorious.

“You’re laughing now but you’ll see.”

“Brad and Y/N have been eliminated,” David spoke through the microphone.

“Boom bitches!” Poppy beamed across the room.

“Geeze Poppy, calm down.” Ian said with wide eyes. She had been doing most of the drinking and it was quite evident. You and Brad gathered your things, making your way up the roof. For some reason that had been one of the rules, so you went up the elevator.

“It was actually fun,” you said as the elevator opened. Brad hummed in agreement. You looked down and saw that he had grabbed a six pack before you had left the floor you had been in. You hadn’t taken him as a heavy drinker, but by the looks of it he was going to continue drinking. With every drink Brad had relaxed and he began making snarky remarks about those around you. And even though you liked to keep up appearances, a few laughs escaped your mouth. Perhaps that’s why Poppy had been glad that you two had been eliminated.

You reached the floor and sat on the ground, noticing that there were only a few others that had been eliminated too. Brad followed your lead and sat next to you. His tall frame brought in some warmth and you smiled. He was way nicer when he was intoxicated.

“So Y/N, why are you here?” Brad asked with his eyes closed. The wind tousled his hair a bit, exposing more of his forehead. Surprisingly, his hairline wasn’t bad and as you had imagined. The moonlight highlighted the sharp features on his face, you could see that he was extremely handsome.

“I was in college and I realized that I hated kids,” you confessed. The man opened his eyes and a confused look covered his face. “I was going to become a teacher.”

“Liberal arts?”

“Yeah.. being in school was all I had known so I just thought why not go into teaching.” you explained to him.

“But you realized that you hated kids.”

“Yes, I hate them. They don’t listen; so I just dropped out of college and never showed back to the internship I had in this private school. And I can feel you already judging me and I’m still going to tell you this: I couldn’t bring myself to say goodbye to the kids. I hated them so much that I couldn't even say goodbye.”

"I have never enjoyed goodbyes. They sound so final. At the same time I have never liked the words see you later either. They sound so unsure." Brad replied honestly.

You let out a soft laugh, not sure what you could say to that. The man had a point– saying goodbye was hard.

“I’m serious Y/N. Sometimes when I know that a conversation is about to end, even if it’s through the phone I pretend that someone needs me so I quickly hang up. Or if it’s in person I act like I’m getting a call.”

“I don’t believe you. Aren’t you known for not caring what others think,” you joked.

“Your point?” Brad questioned you. He lifted an eyebrow, waiting for you to explain yourself.

“My point is: why do you go through all that trouble and still exude so much confidence,” You took a drink from your soda, not wanting to say something that would embarrass you.

“I don’t know…” Brad confessed. Your shoulders relaxed, he wasn’t going to bring up you basically complimenting him. “It’s scary not knowing if you’re actually going to see someone again. And I’m speaking in general, not just in a working environment. Did you know I was left at the altar?”

You shook your head. Everything sort of made sense now.

“Yeah… the night before she had the nerve to say ‘I won’t say goodbye because I’ll be with you for the rest of my life,’ and then proceeded to not show up. What a lying bitch, pardon my language.”

“You’re good… If you don’t mind me asking, how long ago was this?” you whispered.

“Two months ago.”

“Brad…’ you spoke softly. It had been a month and a half since you had arrived, meaning that when you began working at Mythic Quest that’s why he wasn’t there. The “personal business” he was dealing with was him being left at the altar. “Now I feel shitty for being mean to you and pretending you weren’t there..”

“Hey I was the one to start it Y/N. Don’t look at me like that, I don’t need your pity.” Brad’s voice cracked. Him trying to convince you that he was fine made your heart hurt, “I’m good Y/N. There’s nothing that a few drinks can’t fix. Just promise me you’ll be nice from now on. It’s kind of hard being mean to such a sweet person.”

…

The weekend came and went fast. You had been able to catch up on some of the tv episodes you hadn’t watched. Thanks to Brad you didn’t have to spend most of the weekend curing a hangover. Him on the other hand, he probably had a bad weekend. You had to call him an uber and ride with him to his house. The man had way too many drinks and long story short: he refused to ride the car if he didn’t have someone to “protect” him. You also had to open his door and let him into his own home. Somewhere in the drunk conversation that he had with you, he had confessed that he was aware of what others thought of him.

“I had fun tonight Y/N,” he had slurred, “it’s good that you were there today. Sometimes I talk to the walls when those parties get bored of me. Maybe I should be nicer to those losers.”

“Yeah, that sounds like a good idea Brad.”

“Good morning!” you gushed as you entered your boss’ office. You smiled at the man and handed him a coffee, it was the little things that David loved.

“You are so sweet, Y/N. Thanks for the cup of joe.” David sighed with satisfaction and sipped his coffee. You made your way to Brad’s unoccupied desk and set down another cup of coffee. David’s eyes darted to the cup you had set down but said nothing.

“Do you need anything?” you asked David.

“Yeah, can you go down to the basement and ask Sue what she needs? If I go down there or call her, she is going to bore me to death.” David shuddered at the thought of it.

“That’s not so nice David,” Brad lectured from behind you, “he’s so mean and yet you still work for him, Y/N.”

You smiled at his remark and moved to the side. As soon as you saw Brad’s eyes make their way to the cup of coffee you had brought, you glanced up to the ceiling. David stared at the interaction but decided against saying anything. Who was he to not let Brad and you become friends? If anything he was glad that someone else was doing something nice for Brad.

He uttered a thank you out loud and with that he began typing on his computer. David opened his mouth and threw two thumbs up your way. You bit your lip, trying not to laugh at David’s excitement.

“You know, Brad knows it was you.” David spoke, scaring you along the way. You had been in the meeting room with him for nearly two hours and neither of you had said a word for almost an hour. You stopped typing and shot him a confused look. “Your name was on the cup, Brad saw that you were the one who brought the coffee in this morning.”

“Oh, that’s fine… I guess.”

David clapped his hands, “it’s better than fine. He usually throws away the cup when I bring him one.”

“That’s probably because you drink pure frappes. You really do have a problem.”

“Well, regardless of the actual drink, it’s a win Y/N.”

You threw on a smile and walked out of the restroom. It was getting kind of late and you could feel your hands beginning to hurt. For some annoying reason David loved the idea of you writing down his every word and now you were paying the price.

“You had a good bathroom experience?” Brad’s voice chimed from across the hall. He walked fast, catching up to you. You blushed and shook your head. This had to be one of the most embarrassing things that had happened to you within the last two months. You then scolded yourself mentally. The man had been left at the altar and you thought this was embarrassing.

“No, I just received a text.” you lied through your teeth. How would you explain that if you didn’t smile you would lose your mind.

“Something tells me it’s actually because you went to the restroom.” Brad teased. You both walked back to the office.

“What if I told you I was smiling because I had ten minutes without David nagging me.” you whispered, joking back. You weren’t sure why, but you wanted to hear him laugh again. The night of the Christmas party he had been you relaxed and laid back, you wanted to hear him being carefree again.

Brad raised an eyebrow and shook his head, “careful there Y/N. If David finds out what you said he will cry.”

The next day when you got to the office David handed you a coffee and a muffin. You were about to thank him when he raised a finger to his mouth, telling you to be quiet and signaled with his head that it had been Brad who bought you the coffee. Later on the day he complained to you about it.

“He didn't even bring one in for me,” he groaned. A small smile covered your face, but you quickly removed it.

“So no thank you for the coffee?” Brad asked as you grabbed your belongings. He stopped what he was doing and turned his body to you. He was still sitting down on his desk and looked at you expectantly. The day had finally finished and you were ready to fall asleep.

“Thank you so much for the drink, sir.” you said in a light tone, remembering that he had teased David about that word a week earlier. Something in his eyes glistened and he shook his head slowly.

“Oh Y/N.” he groaned, “do not call me sir.”

You caught his tone and your mouth opened up in disbelief. He laughed at your expression and went back to whatever was on his computer.

….

You hadn’t noticed it at first. Being at the office for too long had made you a little delusional so you ignored the feeling of someone following you. You were walking down an empty hallway and decided to turn abruptly. Hiding behind the corner had been the best option, you saw a tall figure making its way to you.

“Who are you!” you shouted, your hands in a fighting position.

“Jesus Y/N!” Brad sputtered, “What the hell is wrong with you!”

“What's wrong with you? Why the hell are you following me Brad.”

The man stood quiet and bent down, trying to catch his breath. Panic filled your eyes and you bent down with him. You placed your hand on his back and moved it in circles, trying to calm down the man.

“I’m good, you just scared the shit out of me.” he said, removing himself from you.

“Yeah, same here. It’s really your fault Brad, why on Earth were you following me?” you complained.

“You dropped this,” he said as he handed you some papers, “I called your name out, but you didn’t hear. I’m guessing because of the airpods you have on.”

You blushed in embarrassment, it truly was your own fault. In your defense, David had left early and told you to walk around aimlessly in order to get paid for the entire day. So technically it was David’s fault.

“You didn’t go out for lunch.” you stated as you both went back to his office. He raised his eyebrows, telling you to continue. “Are you not hungry?”

“Nope. I’m good baby.”

You decided to ignore that last part. “Well that’s a shame. I was just about to reheat my left overs. I was willing to share, but you say you're good.”

“You can’t eat actual meals during working hours Y/N,” Brad warned and pretended to scold you. You shrugged and made your way to the fridge. You could feel him behind you, watching your every move. His eyes widened when he realized you were eating some asada fries. You had decided to eat in his office and motioned him to follow you.

“Are you sure you don’t want any?” you asked as you sat on David’s chair. You sipped your water and watched as he brought his chair next to yours. A sigh escaped your lips and you handed him a fork. You let him take the first bite and laughed when he moaned. You both continued to eat in silence. People passed the office, watching you both eat out the same plate. Brad got up and closed the blinds, getting annoyed by everyone's stares.

“Everyone is so nosy here.”

“Guilty as charged,” you confessed. The man lightly laughed and continued eating. “Not to be like extra nosy, but how come you never eat with anyone else.”

“I don’t like eating with others. Some people chew really loud,” he said, insinuating that you chew loud. You rolled your eyes. “I also don’t have anyone to eat with. I’m kind of a loner Y/N.”

“Same.”

“I’ve seen you eat with the annoying girl and her girlfriend though,” he said between bites.

You wiped your lips and groaned, “she’s not that annoying. Plus they’re really nice.”

“I never said they weren’t nice,” he pointed out, “but you have to admit she’s annoying. You know she’s annoying because I didn’t say her name and yet you know who I’m talking about.”

The following day you were getting out of your car when you felt someone’s presence behind you. You turned around there was Brad, once again.

“Why can’t you make yourself known? Maybe say ‘hey Y/N. I’m behind you.’ Or maybe just cough, Brad.” you ranted.

“Hey Y/N, I’m behind you.” Brad said sweetly. You jokingly rolled your eyes. He kept walking with you, an awkward silence filled the air. What were you supposed to say?

“So are you just following me now?’ you asked as you both walked to the office. He laughed at your joke, closed the door and blinds and sat down on top of his desk.

“You didn’t wait for me. I assumed you were going to take me to the place that sells the food from yesterday. I was even willing to pay for your food Y/N.” His gaze burned your flesh and yet you couldn’t look away. That was what you assumed he wanted. Brad wanted you to make you uncomfortable but you stood your ground. A slight smile appeared on his face, followed by a laugh.

“Come here.” Brad ordered. You quietly obliged and walked to him, keeping some distance between your bodies. He left the space between you two for a moment but something in him changed, you could see the wheels in his head spinning. His hands found your hips and pulled you into him. You, being the person that you are, gasped when you felt the warmth of his thighs. His left hand met your cheek and he caressed, his hands felt so soft against your own skin.

“What are you doing,” you mumbled, breaking the little spell that you were under. Brad remained quiet, not letting go of your face. His eyes lowered into your lips. Without thinking, you leaned in towards him. Brad followed your lead and kissed you back. It was so quick, but it had happened. You had felt his lips on yours, and you had enjoyed it. You had enjoyed Brad kissing and didn’t regret it, at least not yet.

…..

“She has to get out, David. I'm serious.” Brad grunted. The man sighed and put his head on his hands. This was a very stressful meeting and everyone was on edge, especially Brad.

“Why? She’s my assistant.” David said defensively.

“She cannot know about this. What if she leaks the information.” Brad argued as if it was the most obvious thing.

“Jo could too.” David shot back.

“I’m not asking you, I’m telling you!” Brad barked. Both of the men stood up and continued shouting. The rest of you watched the men argue back and forth.

“Should I be typing this?” you asked out loud, trying to lighten the mood. Brad stopped talking and looked at you in disbelief.

“You,” he pointed, “get out. Now. Are you seeing this David? We could lose millions of dollars and your assistant is joking.”

“She's obviously kidding,” David said, aggravated.

“Y/N, get the fuck out. I am not kidding.” Brad threatened.

“Jesus, Brad.” Ian got into the argument. “I think you need to calm down. Who is she going to leak this to? Plus weren’t you the one who made Poppy leak her shovel last year?”

“That was different.”

This was not good. Not only was David going against, so was Ian. You could already feel how much of a dick Brad was going to be for the rest of the week. Your kiss would be forgotten and this was simply not worth all of the inevitable comments that he and Jo would spew out towards you.

“You know what, I’ll just leave. I have something to take care of either way. Excuse me.” You tried your best to not look in Brad’s direction. You grabbed your computer and left.

What bugged you the most was what he did the next day. You had gone to the second floor for some highlighters when you noticed coming out of the elevator. You cursed out loud, catching Brad’s attention. His eyes widened as he saw you and he made his way to you.

You weren’t proud of yourself, but you decided that the best option was to run to the bathroom, so that’s what you did. You were there for almost ten minutes before you decided to leave. He couldn’t have waited for you, he had seemed in a hurry.

He had insinuated some bad things and still had the nerve to want to talk to you.

……

Things weren’t going too great. Jo had begun making your life miserable at work. David had told you to talk to Brad but you knew it would make things worse.

“And tell him what? That his assistant is a psycho and that she won’t leave me alone? You do realize he’ll tell her to chill but that will only make her worse.”

David stood quiet, you had a point. It had been a week since the incident and you still wouldn’t go into the office. You had been too embarrassed to see Brad so David had allowed you to work from Sue’s office. Being around her was killing you, but it was better than hearing Brad’s comments.

“Y/N. Are you hiding from me?” Brad theorized one afternoon. You had brought your own food and we’re hearing it up. Thankfully the microwave had just rung. You quickly walked past him, not wanting to entertain his stupid games. “Come Y/N, you know it wasn’t personal.”

“Wasn’t it though?”

You pulled him aside, not wanting some random person who hadn’t left for lunch to hear yet another argument. “It wasn’t personal. I just have to look out for the company.”

“Who on earth was I supposed to leak that information to?”

“I don’t know. It's possible Y/N. You might have dropped out of college but you can still have connections to others,” he countered. You could feel that he was losing patience and you were too.

“Whatever Brad.”

“How are you the mad one in this situation? You made me look like an idiot in that meeting.” Brad snapped.

“I’m mad because one moment your kissing me and then the next you're accusing me of potentially fucking over the company that I work for. I thought we were friends, but you tried making me look bad in front of everyone. That’s why I’m mad, Brad. I’m here trying to contribute and then you ruin it.”

“You’re just here because David needs a babysitter, you know that right? Let it be clear to you: you are not needed in this company. If David left, you wouldn’t be needed. One less paycheck to authorize. So stop trying to have some sort of relationship with me and stop trying to bring it into work related stuff. It’s weird. It was just a kiss, and if I remember correctly, you were the one that kissed me.”

You gasped at Brad’s cruel words and all of the color drained out your face. How had you both gotten to that point? This was supposed to be a regular job and he had come into your world and ruined everything. You had let the man kiss you and this is how he repaid you. It had seemed like the right thing at the time, but boy did you regret it. There were so many things that you wanted to shout, you wanted to point out how he had been the one to follow you around the office. Brad had been the one who playfully nagged you. He had been the one who had bought you several coffees “just because I wanted to.”

So this was it. This was the moment where you got to witness firsthand how much of dick he truly was. You remembered Poppy advising you to not get close to him and you ignored her. He was about to make you cry and make you suffer, just like Poppy had predicted.

“What? You’re just realizing how much of a bitch I can truly be?” Brad asked and the corners of his mouth quirked upwards.

“No. I’ve heard several stories about how much you suck, I just didn’t think you actually were human garbage. You're a man though– what did I expect.” you laughed softly.

Brad looked up and his eyes sparked with what you could only describe as joy. “I see you’ve grown familiar with Rachel. Are you about to give me a whole feminist rant. Wait, let me mute my notifications real quick.”

“Oh God,” you thought to yourself. He was such a shitty person. Why had you even entangled yourself with him in the first place? Your coworkers had warned you and for some reason you believed you would be the exception.

“Okay, now you have my undivided attention Y/N.” He sang as he put his phone in his pocket and plastered a smile on his face.

You stood quiet and stared at the man in front of you. He titled his head, signaling for you to begin your rant.

“It's just a shame. You’re smart and you have money and yeah you’re good looking Brad. But for some odd reason you get off on humiliating others and you burn bridges like it’s nothing. And it’s all on you Brad, your brother was so sweet when he was here so it’s not like your parents were shitty. I guess I just don’t understand why you feel the need to hurt me when all I wanted was to be on good terms with you. I didn’t even want to be friends… I just wanted you to treat me with respect but you dragged me to your whole ‘I’m lonely and no one actually likes me’ thing and I believed you. I’m at work and I have to put up with you humiliating me in front of the office just because I’m doing my job and when I stand up for myself you get mad. I’m being nice to you because that’s what you wanted and somehow I’m still in the wrong. In the words of a wise woman: you’re just a man, it's just what you do.”

Brad nodded along and squinted his eyes as if he was taking it all in. You hoped that he truly took everything in and reflected on it– it seemed highly unlikely though.

“Did anyone tell you that men sometimes treat women shitty in the real world?” he didn’t wait for your response, “I feel like someone should have had that conversation with you at some point in your life. Or maybe you should have paid more attention. Just a thought Y/N, maybe write it down in your notes.”

“Should I also jot down that you act like a kid even though you stand six foot two? Or maybe that you talk to the walls when parties get bored of you?”

His smile slipped, you had almost missed it.

“Go ahead Y/N, you can do whatever your little heart desires. You know we live in a free country,” Brad proclaimed with a smile.You stood silent not knowing what else to say. What were you supposed to say? You could say something about him being alone and having to go home to an empty house, but even you knew that would be too much. There were so many things you wanted to say, but you decided to just let him live in his own derangement. After all, he was just a man.

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