#im not kidding i always end up writing after listening to it 💀

[b0mblover]

scars dont last forever. (thankfully) nor do people.

By: J

vauge tw; i wrote this bc i over think fucking everything. ikitai by shimon has saved me once again /srs

again. keep in mind i dont reread most of this stuff.

this would be better suited on my main but since its writing.

Ah, fuck.

im getting really tired of the game i play with myself

constant abuse

its nothing new

smoking and drinking myself to near-death

its nothing new, almost like second nature.

those hateful words that he spewed,

those mean jabs that she said,

acting as if i dont take them to heart.

XXX is this

XXX is that

its all a bunch of nonsense in the end.

you tell me to stop drinking, stop smoking

i consider it thrice

giving it chances

i feel like i never change.

you calm me down

saying how i deserve to live

its something i could almost believe.

Her piling up lies

his non-existent self respect,

it all comes crumbling down in the end.

XXX is this 

XXX is that

without noticing im.

when they beat me down

you gave me life.

when they cut me up 

you cleaned the wounds.

purposeful or not.

i cant help but wonder.

‘that jealous- self serving- selfish zealot’

‘the one they always wanted.’

wouldnt you know all about it?

after all. 

they miss you.

they hate me. 

XXX is this

XXX is that

I dont need reassurance from the dead

acting like XXX is-

you dont know -

i watched you question over and over again.

“Who are you” 

repeated more everytime.

XXX isnt this

XXX doesnt know you

that name.

isnt yours to hold onto.

I cant help but wonder, do you care?

[sparklingpax]

And now, on this edition of miscellaneous headcanons no one asked for!! 

-(intended to be set in canon, but opinionated so feel free to disagree if you disagree just don’t attack me for it dkjdsksdjk thanks ;w;)

-typos...sorry if you see any...I typed this on my phone

-this is so long. Too long??? y'all I have many thoughts tho 😭 these range from specific little things to wholesome to kinda angst to like... whatever. Lots of things 🥺 I know I didn't talk about everyone.......so

-pls drop in to ask for more of these anytime I enjoy writing these out qwq 

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-If you didn’t read that one long-ass fic or my (also long-ass) ramble about landiver as a couple, they went to like military academy together and that’s where their whole relationship began....also they never formally met Phoenix but he went to that same academy. Hawk, meanwhile, studied somewhere else...he was kinda always on a fast-track to a higher-level military position so he went to a more “prestigious” school...he aimed to be a captain or some higher rank for a couple reasons, but one of the biggest was so he could prove that a team could be run without the meaningless caste/social class-enforcing regulations and rituals he so much despised. 

-Giga and Mega enjoy when they have quiet nights to curl up and read books together....perhaps also with a glass of wine to accompany this.....Giga dozes off first, always.

-Hydra actually studies other languages for fun; right now he speaks German, and has a decent grip on English, Japanese, and French--he's currently trying to learn Chinese.

-Mega and Giga are really good cooks, and they are responsible for the banquet-type meals the Deceptions have sometimes. They also enjoy it, viewing cooking as a "labor of love" and enjoying the smiles on everyone's faces when they sit for dinner and eat. Now, while they appreciate help in the kitchen....surprisingly only Bullhorn is a decent cook and the least likely to break something (he actually puts effort into cooking/baking, it's a hobby of his)....so Mega finds ways to gently coax Cancer and Wilder out of the kitchen so they don't end up making a mess of things...💀✨

-The only Pretender who perhaps has never been to Cab's treehouse is Phoenix.....he's literally nowhere to be found most days cause of his job 😭 bro is literally gone for half the missions they go on too sjsjjssj

-Phoenix is a nice guy, really. He tries. To hang out when he's around, to remember names and come off as easy-going and funny, to be friendly (which he is), but he himself is a little awkward sometimes, surprisingly more of an introvert...he feels bad about always being busy...the kids (and the other team members) do understand and don't blame him for it, but he thinks about it a lot....after all, the Pretenders all know each other best because of all the ime they spent on their initial mission assignment....So basically, he's always been distant but he's not a distant person, its just his situation in life 😔✨

-The kids introduced Lofi to Hawk and he listens to it a lot while working, it helps him focus quite well.

-Diver never formally got his driver's license...he does know how to drive a car...it just deadass had never crossed his mind and then when it did..............he'd just forget 💀 Lander is usually glad to give him a ride in his vehicle mode tho, and on occasion, he'll be driving if he has to...just hoping in the back of his mind he doesnt get stopped or something

-Oh yea and those two hang out in each other's rooms in HQ all the time....on the whole, Diver goes to Lander's room more often tho (I believe there was an episode where they were in this room-looking space looking at the news together and I will die on the hill that was one of their rooms in HQ)

-After coming together with the other Godmasters, Roadking found a new hobby in poking fun at Ginrai and Ginrai would always have good comebacks; I mean come ON theyre both 19 and definitely have similar personalities, they most certainly argue and have a mild (friendly) rivalry (nothing serious, all /lh if you know what I mean 😌)

-Ranger is the chillest dude. He and Diver get along v well, and he is always amused to watch Diver and Lander go at it in one of their (ultimately pointless) discussions about motivations of characters in a movie they just watched or why there was a billboard with a misspelling in the slogan line on the road the other day.

-Lightfoot unironically really likes classical music over any other kind of music, and I say unironically because Roadking and the kids thought he was joking

-I swear I've mentioned this before but Ginrai regularly goes on non-work-related drives in his truck; he always did ever since he started working his trucker job, and still enjoys it, especially at night. And, now that he has a virtually indestructible transtector for a truck...he's got no worries. Hawk tags along when he's not swamped with work...they very much enjoy the time together, sharing music and sometimes stopping at random places on the side of the road for one reason or another.

-On a similar note, Wilder likes walks on the beach by himself. He has a lot of stuff to think about and gets pretty frustrated pretty fast so...it does him good to have the silence and alone time.

-Lander initially used to not need glasses but then over time (after he added glasses to his human disguise) because his human form wore the (random) pair for so long, he found his human body's vision deteriorating to the point where he finally dragged himself over to an optometrist one day for a formal appointment, where he ended up getting the right prescription...and all was right with the world

-Ginrai plays with the straps of his overall things when he's nervous/jittery.

-Buster is a coffee-enjoyer (like 1-2 cups a day, actually--) meanwhile, Hydra is a tea guy, like Giga. Mega will drink either, she has no preference.

-All the Pretenders have taken the kids out for some kind of training exercise at least once, but they've gone with Diver the most.

-Due to his previous occupation & personal interest (as a hobby), Ranger knows how to deal with & ride horses. He tried to teach both Ginrai and Roadking (initially it was just Ginrai but Roadking chimed in wanting to do it as well; Lightfoot is already something of a horseback rider himself, so he offered to tag along for fun) how to ride horses.........once. never again 😀

-nearly every single (human) character on both sides has some form of social media. And yes, they do congregate on Twitter for the most part (I have so many thoughts about this but I'll leave it at this for now)

-Lander has been known to make drunken tweets at odd hours of the morning and then when he's sober again....he really only feels like deleting the most heinous ones. He doesn't really care what he posts, especially cause he has all work-related contacts blocked on that account so...he's got no worries.

-Shuta's motorcycle-lookin bike thing is actually a regular motorbike turned into something way cooler as a whole separate job-related project by his father years ago...Shuta just started using it for himself one day and no one seemed to notice...so he kept going out with it.

-Sometimes, when he's working, Lander ties his hair back, especially when it gets longer (before he gets it trimmed)--he puts it in a ponytail so it doesn't distract him. (Sometimes he leaves it in and doesn't realize; Diver thinks it's cute)

-The Pretenders, while in their human bodies, do have stuff like heightened immune systems, quicker healing from physical wounds, ability to take higher levels of alcohol and such with little to no problems, etc......but they still have human bodies.....so it's not impossible they (and it does happen) get sick, break bones/sustain different kinds of injuries, get drunk, become generally physically exhausted, etc....like with food/drink, they can go way longer than the normal human without it, but at some point they'd need to eat something or they'd starve in their human form (just as Cybertronians need to refuel and stuff)........so......anyway......on the mild tangential connection to the topic of getting drunk......it is a mystery to all of them how bad Hawk is at holding alcohol...of all of them, he gets drunk the fastest, both in his Cybertronian and human body--whether it's energon or human wine, Hawk has a 95% chance of getting tipsy off even just the first glass....hence he is careful with how much he consumes...most times.

-Clouder is that one guy that will make multiple extra accounts to mess with someone. He has done this actually. No one wants to add him on discord servers as a 'friend' because they just feel the weird vibes his main account gives,,,

-The Deception HM Jrs would have been voted "best friendship trio" in their senior year of highschool superlatives contest had they actually gone to school instead of what they ended up doing (based on a real entry in my own highschool's superlatives contest btw haha)

-Lander drinks....a lot.....he has a lot of heavy thoughts. Especially after Shuta's dad died...he harbors a lot of private guilt about that. Diver, beneath much of their daily back and forth teasing, is always watching for signs anything is getting worse with Lander, and is always silently there for him in that regard. They often go drinking together so Diver can just make sure nothing happens to Lander. Lander knows this, and lets him...he trusts Diver, and they understand without needing even to discuss it; Diver's presence gives him confidence to gradually learn to pull himself out of these frequent ruts, and over time, he found his way back to enjoying drinking rather than using it as a way to attempt to forget the past. Diver was there the whole way for it :]

-Ginrai will not eat natto.

-As a Nagano native, Ginrai has absolutely taken members of the team to his hometown and the surrounding areas for sightseeing and other things :3 Also, Nagano is known for its awesome apples! (A/n: Actually real; I was there and learned about that/ate some apple treats....which were literally so good 🤤) so Ginrai is very fond of apples in general, always has been ^^

-Cancer and Browning are a KNOWN prankster duo 😎 (their victims are often the Decepticon Pretenders, mainly because those three STILL haven't figured out the pranking duo is Cancer and Browning, they just Know that Someone Out There is Up to something 🧐 this lack of awareness is the same reason neither Giga nor Mega intend to intervene either 💀)

-'King Poseidon' has no hobbies or passtimes, the Seacons just Rage wherever they are until they have to fight next...that's why King Poseidon is so fucking Mad

-while its true that Dauros was plotting some kind of usurpation of Blood as the trio's (unofficial) leader, he actually gave up because upon later thought....what was the point? It was just the three of them? So...he conceded to just let Blood do whatever and instead just be snarky with him. Gilmer is like a third wheel to this conflict, with no actual opinion on this at any point. He's just there to manically laugh alongside them while they carry out their Evil Plans™

-Hawk kinda has kitten sneezes (canon 💀😭)

-Diver actually doesn't like heights much....but you wouldn't be able to tell because he does his best to bear through it, especially during missions....it also helps when the distance from the ground below is not visible, so like "out of sight out of mind" sorta thing....but yea it makes him uneasy and (somewhat uncharictaristically) tense when heights come into play. Of course, it also helps a lot when Lander's there...he just focuses on the presence of someone who isn't afraid and that helps him not be as afraid of it for that moment

-You'd think Lightfoot doesn't have any interest in being any kind of jokester, but he's actually a serial pun-maker. Do not get him started, he will not stop, and he'll do it with a somewhat neutral expression too, which makes it funnier for the others 💀

-Bullhorn sometimes puts Cancer on his shoulders if they're in some kind of a crowd and the boy can't see, since Wilder and Bullhorn are tall enough to usually get a good view, but Cancer is usually not.

-Phoenix is the one monitoring airwaves the most (it's partially his actual dayjob to do something similar, so he does both that and work for the Autoboy team most days/nights); as such, he kept contact with the Headmasters quite often for a while...then they stopped sending transmissions...he hasn't completely lost contact with them but it's reduced only to emergency transmissions now....he misses the random conversations they'd have with him.

-Roadking really likes EDM, dance, Phonk, etc.

[yandereloversblog]

Ooooo! Hi hi!! I have a small request for some characters of your choice! ( but if you can, could you please include yan!DJMM? It’s alright if not! I just don’t see him in a yandere nor anyone writing for him which i am saddened by. ) w/ a animtronic darling who’s a scrap? Like- they hide in the vents to avoid their “death” ( im not sure what else to call it ) and run into each of them while running away from the other? I love your blog!<3

Love,

~ 🎠

𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄!𝐃𝐉 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐧, 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 -> 𝚂𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

───────•°˖~❉᯽❉~˖°•───────

> 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺: 𝙵𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝙰𝚝 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚢'𝚜 2, 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑

> 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝙳𝙹 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝙼𝚊𝚗, 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚢, 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚎, 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙵𝚘𝚡𝚢, 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊, 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚢

> 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: 𝚈𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛, 𝚃𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌 𝙱𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛 , 𝚄𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛, 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛.

> 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚗

───────•°˖~❉᯽❉~˖°•───────

•I'll always write for the less written characters whenever it comes to letting me choose you know XD-

•ALSO DJMM is a very unexplored character for me so this, my first time writing him, will come out a bit weak. I make this man mute to begin with because I don't know how he'd talk- a few tips would be nice after :'D

•I've noticed I write them too human like and I'm tired of hiding it 💀

───────•°˖~❉᯽❉~˖°•───────

-> 𝐃𝐉 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐧:

The lil' music man probably found you first and alerted him.

Might have played some soothing tunes through the vents to get you to calm down and come out.

Proud that you're trying so hard to survive, good job!

His protocol would say to report you to the STAFF but... DJMM likes your presence... Like REALLY likes it. So he decided to keep you around.

You hide way more securely when you're with him, DJMM is really huge so there's no way for the STAFF to even think you're somewhere close by.

Sometimes the smaller music man's that hide in the vents linger on parts and services to find parts, maybe you could use them to repair yourself.

DJMM would help, he really would but he doesn't know anything about it and doesn't want to ruin you further.

Just means he'll be even more protective because of it...

Whenever DJMM hears someone talking about you just know the lil' music man will be told to scare the shit out of them... Then the person will be lured to DJMM while trying to get away and get squashed down.

DJMM doesn't take kindly to bad stuff being said about his new favourite bot.

Also you know you're never leaving his grasp right?

-> 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐲:

Will literally be watching you a lot before he approaches you, needing to know how you are first hand so he can get to -manipulate- know you better.

He's sweet, quiet and even a little funny, telling puns he told kids a long while ago and hopes that you like them.

"You're so cute... Hm? No one was there darling, keep your focus on me."

You're gonna start feeling like a pet by the way you're treated and patted. Even more so with how Withered Freddy doesn't let you know anything. You've got NO information on the outside world.

"You don't need to know anything, you have me here to take care of you."

Will literally tell you the worst about the others, even his own group so you stay away from them.

And when you disobey him, Withered Freddy gets upset. And by upset I mean you'll be left alone somewhere which equals to possibly encountering the others. The devil's reincarnated into different bodies as Withered Freddy says.

So of fear you'll get hurt even further you're gonna end up seeking him out.

Obviously this is gonna make Withered Freddy happy- um... Satisfied that his plan worked.

His tactic is to make you terrified of everything around you so you come to him for protection.

"That's it darling, you should listen to me unless you want to get hurt further."

-> 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞:

He rarely approaches anyone so it will take a while for him to get used to you.

Facepuns incoming. A lot of them.

Will start clinging onto you once he's comfortable but not admit it.

"I'm just... trying to help you stand..."

A thing he does is have his ears immediately flop down to hide his face- or what's left of it anyways.

It's clearly to show how he's embarrassed or flustered.

He's very quiet and possessive. Although he lingers around you so obsessively you don't really talk to each other- well he doesn't.

So you'll be surprised when he attacks the other bots or people that get too close to you out of literally nowhere.

"Why are you so shocked? They... Would've hurt you if I didn't do anything."

You didn't even realize before but now Withered Bonnie has actually begun talking to you more.

He's even joking around with you way more and clinging shamelessly

He's adamant on protecting you but he's not scared to admit that he enjoys your presence anymore.

"We can stay together forever so you can be safe."

-> 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚:

She feels useful for actually taking you under her wing. To Withered Chica it's like she has a purpose again.

You're gonna get babied a lot. Withered Chica relates to you a lot because you both are scrapped and at the bring of not existing anymore.

Protective mother hen-

"[Y/N], where are you going? No, no it's dangerous, please stay by my side."

You bet she's not gonna let you go anywhere without her.

When you're alone she's just cooing and trying to make you feel better, her focus is on only you.

But when you're with others it's like her personality does a 180, there she's too busy glaring and keeping everyone away.

Both bots and humans should take it as a threat when Withered Chica is around and you're with her.

But she'd never hurt you! In fact, you're the only one coming out unharmed out of this.

"Hm? The blood? No need to worry about me [Y/N], just the new security guard who had an accident..."

-> 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐲:

Probably has been out of order for so long and just accepted it. Finds you amusing for trying to stay alive and kicking.

Likes hanging out with you a lot after hours, even when the store is open would just talk to you.

You didn't even realize it before he became your literal bodyguard.

Withered Foxy doesn't throw hands. But he's gonna have other bots keep their distance after showing how he can when he desires too.

"Ye best stay away from 'em. If ye know what's good fer ye."

Toy Bonnie tried messing with you and he left with a cracked casing and a lot of wires coming out of him.

Gonna put another bot on Mangle's state... Or a person. Leave them a bloody mess for the others to clean up if they mess with you or even say anything he can hear.

Withered Foxy doesn't talk much, but he's a secure shoulder you can lean on.

Man is so soft when it comes to you. Teases a little -flirts-, a little -very- possessive and a quiet -murderous- sweetheart.

"Heh, ye're so pretty darlin'... My pretty lil' swee'heart."

What do you mean you don't want him to guard you 24/7? He will. He's been in a broken state longer and he's used to it but your case is different. You're so fragile.

"Who else but yer captain can protect ye darlin'?"

-> 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐲:

He's a spirit, probably found you by accident and decided fuck it, I'll stay by their side.

Scaring anyone that dares comes close to you.

Withered Goldie is a little colder and more nonchalant than his other version but his protectiveness is turned up.

"What are you doing in there again? Come on, get out."

Might seem harsh and bossy but I promise he just doesn't know how to properly express himself.

Puts your comfort above all else, and because you're a scrapped animatronic it makes him fuss even more... In that confusing kind of way.

"Just- stay put. Stay RIGHT here and listen to me, I'm doing it for your own good."

If you end up being soft on him is when he's going to melt, not good with words but good with actions instead. And although he looks kinda mad sometimes he'll never turn away any sort of affection.

"... No, you don't have to stop... I like it."

Might try to repair parts of you that are too damaged.

"I'll protect you and I'll keep you safe, you just have to stay put."

[sunwoosberrie]

i dont know if you answer asks but i wanted to send this in because of your comments on kidult :(( the way you feel abt the fic is how i feel abt your feedback i SWEAR theyre always lingering in the back of my mind and i just appreciate the amount of love and thoughts you have about it 😭😭 thank you so much for reading and enjoying it,, it means so incredibly much to me

ALSO I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF A HAPPY/ALT ENDING FOR SO LONG NOW but i lost motivation for writing overall but maybe?? ill put out something??? ugh if only my thoughts could write itself 😔

NOERRE OHMYGDO?!?!? AM I SEEING THIS FOR REAL THIS IS SUCH A DREAM COME TRUE AND AN HONOUR OFMSJAHH?! TO HAVE MY FAV AUTHOR APPRECIATING MY COMMENTS!!?!??! 😭😭😭😭💗💗💗💗

Honestly, I wanted to write more, like I could write a long whole ass essay about what I feel about kidult but I didn't because Tumblr doesn't allow me to write much in one comment + I thought It'd be annoying😭

and a little tmi here but I listened to ' Here's your perfect ' on loop from the part where they find hyunjae in the rain outside the daycare till the end of the story and ohmygod. Now.. when I listen to that song, it just takes me back to the story and like, I JUST GO ALAJSJD FR. i can never listen to that song without tearing up or going 😭😭😭😭. And whenever I put my headphones in and listen to that song it feels like I'm ACTUALLY IN THE STORY AND THE HEARTBREAK I FEEL IS JUST </////////////3

me the first time I read kidult (it was 1-2AM and I was crying SO HARD i felt insane 💀 ) :

me after reading kidult :

The second half of part 2 is literally playing on my head 24/7, every single dialogue and moment is just STUCK WITH ME.

(and omg juyeons co- *AHUM* airplane drawing moment and youngjaes little train were one of my most favourite parts of the story ughhh <3 and I LOVE how you wrote the boys as kids they were almost so accurate 😭💀 )

okay ohmygod im gonna keep typing if I don't shut up now, and YES OMG AN ALTERNATE ENDING PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I NEED IT FOR THE SAKE OF MY MENTAL WELL BEING BECAUSE I LITERALLY CANNOT LIVE PEACEFULLY KNOWING THAT THE STORY ENDED LIKE THAT MY MIND IS GONNA FIND PEACE AFTER I READ AN ALTERNATE ENDING😭😭😭😭😭

No pressure tho!! I will wait till next year or even 18283 years for the happy ending if you want me to, you can take aaalll the time you want or need, no rush!💗

and I hope you get your motivation back soon!! You write so well🥺💗

god im so sorry I wrote too long, I hope you're having a great night/day!!

Take care! stay safee and happy <333

- meg, hvae and kidults biggest

fan fr😭

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i have no one to talk about the series too so im happy i can send these thoughts to someone <3 i just wanted to say i agree about the couples like even though marrow annoys me from time to time i still like their chemistry but jane and sullis romances are just so bland💀 like you cant even compare it to their parents love story cause these exist on a completely different realm (maybe its also the fact that tchatcher is the least interesting character i have ever read about and akara had potential like i liked the guy but i dont know what happened to him in sullis book he was so um yeah and banks was kinda interesting bit kbr didnt know how to write a poly relationship it didnt feel natural at all no chemistry whatsoever) they should have considered writing one/ two books for each person we dont need so many especially that the plots are so repetitive (when will samantha die so she stops leaking stuff) end of rant

listen all the like us couples have their good and bad moments (some worse than others) but there is really no comparison to addicted. i don’t know what happened between writing skop and dlu bc tbh there was hardly any time in between but wow did they manage to fuck it up big time

thatcher is just like....a weird character? i feel like their character notes must have been “tall, not talkative, in love with jane, is able to cook, italian, a twin” and that’s....it? i kept waiting for there to be more but even in his pov he would give us nothing 😭

and i think you’re right with akara’s potential! personally i hate age gap romances and the fact that he’s known sulli since she was so young would have turned me off so much no matter what but i feel like the glimpses we got of him in the other books he was so much funnier and had more personality. i understand that they needed to give him plot points in his book but it feels like he’s more preoccupied with work than with sulli 😭 i actually think i would have liked sulli and banks more as a couple but even so there’s so little to build off of and then all three of them together is just....nothing. there is no chemistry absolute go girl give us nothing vibes

my fingers are crossed so hard that they’ll get a better poly dynamic for beckett’s books bc i could see that going south so fast after this nonsense. i don’t even know how i’m expected to read a THIRD sulli book when barely anything at all even happened in the first two. like i don’t even know what content they’re going to draw from to write a whole third book they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel with these characters

please don’t even get me started on samantha. for one second let’s ignore the fact that her leaking stuff is so overplayed at this point but her role in the like us series really bothers me for so many reasons. i understand that people don’t always keep their promises and that her repetitive and bitchy nature could also just be a character flaw that the characters can’t escape because she’s family. but oh my god, it annoys the crap out of me that it undercuts such a huge arc from the addicted series. it was such an important part of both lily and daisy’s stories that they were learning to have a better relationship with their mom and lily has that big talk about treating her kids the same as everyone else’s and then in the like us series you learn she treats them like crap so lily and lo keep their kids away from her? like i get it people are flawed so maybe she just ended up saying “screw that i hate lily” but really?? i would care way less about samantha still being an issue if kbr hadn’t gone to such lengths to redeem her relationship with her kids in addicted. for me it cheapens that addicted plotline so much and now every time i reread it i no longer get emotional at them fixing the strained relationship i just get frustrated that she never actually did shit to change