#it's been nostalgic to listen to though I've enjoyed it

[mastofthecast]

Rewatching the fated..... Oough....

[harmoonix]

☁️Nostalgic Day Astrology Observations☁️

~ When the heaven cries an angel dies ~

✪ Pisces Placements/Moon are very sensitive souls, they can go through a lot of moods and they think that nobody understands them, these natives are the cutest when they are in a good mood

✪ Having a Leo moon/Moon in the 5th house makes you to be very outgoing and shinning out of your crowd, you really take life as a party and you have to live it at the fullest

✪ Air Moons [Aquarius, Gemini, Libra] have a really good connection to music and arts, they are feeling the music and breathing the music is something very hard to describe words but their feelings go insane when they listen music

✪ Your Venus return can be the most luckiest period of having luck in finding a partner, The Venus return is when Venus comes back into the sign you have it under your chart, for example you have Taurus Venus and when Venus comes back into Taurus's constellation there might be a lucky period of finding love

✪ Venus aspecting Pluto or Saturn are devastated when they go through a breakup, these people can fall into depression or a deep mental state when they broke up but their rebith transformation is gonna be the biggest, when they heal there are no more tears to be left.

✪ The moon in your chart can repsent a drop from your past life, natives with the Moon in Scorpio or 8th house could have suffered the death loss of someone they really loved/it could be the mother or their partner

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So hurry, 'cause I need some, need some, need some help

And I've been waitin' patient, patiently

'Cause I don't have you here with, here with, here with me

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✪ Lilith - Moon aspects are classified as being the strongest aspects to find in a chart, because it can influence a lot of things both negatively and positively ways, it was a great power if you learn about them

✪ Venus is in detriment in Scorpio, so the planet of love doesn't get along very much with this sign and it can manifest though finding toxic partners or painful relationships, the lessons is to first love yourself then to love others [Vedic and Sidereal charts come in please because this applies to you very much]

✪ Mercury and Saturn aspects can have the fear to talk and can be very shy when you met them, they can be anxious about they talk thinking they have a bad voice but is not true at all, your voice is absolutely stunning no matter what other people say

✪ Mars - Moon in harsh aspects can be pretty scary while being mad, their feelings and reactions are literally changing from hot to cold and back, they are very impulsive while being mad and can end up to scream and cry in the same time [minor Aspects applied the energy can still be felt 💁🏻‍♀️]

✪ Uranus quintile Venus can feel excited when they start to be in a relationship, is this little spark in their souls is feeling excited when they are in love and can often experience butterflies

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But at least I have the memory

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✪ Venus - Moon aspects like to listen to music and make it a part of the lives, these natives enjoy the music based on how they feel at that moment and it can be a state of soul for them but also very eliberating, music heals their soul

✪ Neptune - Mercury/Venus aspects have a really encroaching voice, like a fresh breeze of air their voices are feeling so smooth and soft is literally so angelic

✪Venus in Earth Signs and Water Signs is literally the vibe of "I give you all my heart" and is so cute is literally so romantic and passionate, it also gives Venus in the 11th house vibes they love with their souls omg

✪ Never hurt a Venusian/Cancerian Moon please [Taurus, Libra, Cancer] they like to make memories and moments with the people they love and once you hurt someone like this they will delete all the memories with you and become harsh

✪ Juno Asteroid [3] with Pisces influence (Pisces Degrees 12°, 24° or Juno in Pisces/12th house) can have a spouse who can seek for emotional and physical touch (Everything related to Pisces is so romantic)

✪ Juno asteroid [3] with Scorpio Influence (Scorpio Degrees 8°, 20° or Juno in Scorpio/8th house) can have a very possesive spouse, someone very protective aswell but also jealous with probably jealousy issues

✪ Juno Asteroid [3] with Virgo influence (Virgo Degrees 6°, 18° or Juno in Virgo/Juno in the 6th house) can have a very admirable spouse, their spouse can be hardworking and that can give then succes, also someone with a golden heart and very gentle

✪ Juno with Libra Influence [At Libra Degrees 7°, 19° or Juno in Libra/7th house) are the people who search for a harmonious relationship and seek balance for them, they want someone who can accept them and someone very romantic/passionate

✪ Juno - Mars aspects can have a lot of passion and romantism in their relationship while also posesivness and conflicts/they can get jealous fast and very possesive of their spouse of vice versa

✪ Venus/Mercury rulling over the 8th house can make the native to be very sensual in voice either it's body, they really know how to touch someone's heart with their words and that can make other people to simp for them,Venus and Mercury signs in the 8th house are, Libra, Taurus and Gemini with Virgo.

✪ Venus in Fire signs [Aries, Sagittarius, Leo] fall to fast in love, for real they are like seeing someone and the next minute can end up crushing over that person but if they are ending up hurt in this process they are healing kinda slow

✪ In my opinion Lilith is the side of us who is sensual showing to people but True Lilith is our inner sensuality who only few can see or show

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☁️ The weather is so chill today I like it so much in here, it reminded me of some nostalgia and had to make a post about this theme ☁️

💕 Hope everyone reading my notes has a good day full of light and good energy 💕

[hedgehog-moss]

hi! Just wanted to ask what you’ve been reading lately? I love seeing your book recs! Also what are some of your favorite books ?

Hi :) I've read some disappointing stuff lately, so I decided to start two books from my to-read list that felt like safe bets—Samantha Shannon's A Day of Fallen Night and Elsa Morante's Lies and Sorcery. I'm enjoying both so far!

I've read interesting nonfiction this year—Empire of Pain, about the Sackler family; Erich Schwartzel's Red Carpet about the role of the movie business in cultural hegemony; and Laure Hillerin's biography of the Countess Greffulhe, who was a fascinating woman. She was the real-life model behind Proust's Duchess de Guermantes character, and a really influential figure in the arts & sciences in the early 1900s—she financed the first productions of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, frequented Rodin's studio, helped Marie Curie find the funds to start her Radium Institute... It was a good read. I also read a biography of Anne Perry by Peter Graham, which was so-so—the story of the murder is morbidly fascinating but the way it was told had too many trivial details and not enough depth.

Worst nonfiction books of the year so far were Niall Ferguson's Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe which didn't seem to have any point to make, and François-Guillaume Lorrain's Scarlett which was marketed as a fascinating new look into the making of Gone With the Wind but actually the author just watched his DVD's behind-the-scenes bonus content and diluted it into 300+ pages of rehashed anecdotes, it was so pointless. I found it on the "Vos libraires vous recommandent !" shelf and now I feel betrayed by that bookshop.

As for fiction, I've enjoyed Ira Levin's A Kiss Before Dying, it felt very dated in a fun way, everything about it felt intensely 1950s. Was very disappointed by Silvia Avallone's Acciaio, I'd heard good things about it but it was so joyless and meh. Álvaro Enrigue's Ahora me rindo y eso es todo was a bit disappointing in the second half, but the first half was good so I'll try other books of his. Pierre Lemaitre's Miroir de nos peines was fun in an expected way—I mean those who enjoyed the beginning of his Au revoir là-haut trilogy will enjoy this one too as it's more of the same. And I also had a good time reading Catherynne Valente's Radiance— similarly if you already like her writing style you'll probably enjoy this book. (I was listening to this as I read it and it fit really well with the floaty-nostalgic-unearthly atmosphere of the book, it's always nice to accidentally find a good book-soundtrack that enhances the experience! Now I can never listen to it while reading again as it's too intertwined with that story.)

And I really liked Madame de Sta��l's Delphine but I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone, it's very 18th century (though it's from 1802). If you enjoy idle noblewomen writing each other 20-page-long letters in gorgeously long-winded 18th-century prose about how the Viscount of Something glanced at them from the other end of a salon and nothing else happened and now they're having agonies then you'll love this book, it's 900 pages of this. I can't get enough of it personally, and I found it hilarious that these aristocrats had such low-stakes problems considering the story starts in 1790. They didn't notice the Revolution, they were too busy writing tormented letters about extramarital glances.

Some books I've added to my kindle recently: Virginia Feito's Mrs. March, Simon Schama's Landscape & Memory (someone I follow on GR described it as "monstrously bloated" while the NYT blurb diplomatically calls it "a work of enormous scope" which made me laugh), Seyhmus Dagtekin's To the Spring, by Night, Margarita Liberaki's Three Summers, Maggie O'Farrell's The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Dawn Powell's A Time to Be Born.

This got long, sorry! You can have a look at my 5- and 4.5 star shelves on goodreads, for some of my favourite books of the past few years :)

[obeymematches]

So I'm not sure if this one counts as a HC, but I was wondering what self-care tips you think the Obey Me! characters would have! Maybe it's a poor prompt so feel free to skip this one, haha. :'D Alternatively, maybe what they would do to cheer up an MC who had a bad day? As a general reminder you are incredibly awesome and your writing is amazing and I always love seeing when you've posted something new!! <3 If you want any character drawings lemme know!

hello bestie if you are reading this, don't stop🩷🩷🩷

it's been years (litetally 😅 you sent me this ask in 2021, sorry for not replying sooner 😅) but i been in the mood lately to write some more again :D ((i'm so rusty though))

i absolutely loved your idea + ngl i've been re-reading your message a lot, makes me feel so nostalgic 😅🩷 I hope life's been treating you well eversince <3 hit me up if you wanna catch up 😃

Okay so first I do the self-care stuff and later i'll do the other prompt 😁

Self-care routine / tips of The Boys!

Lucifer: • His way of self-care is listening to soft piano music in the evening, next to a fireplace. He is glad to invite you! • I feel like he also cares about what he eats, trying to keep it as healthy as can be. I feel like he loves to treat himself with some good quality fish? • Appearance-wise I think he doesn’t really care as much as he wishes he could, he keeps his hair and nails nice and clean but that’s like… very basic hygene stuff.

Mammon: • His self care routine includes ordering packages at 1.24AM. • Just the excitemenet of new stuff arriving soon puts him in a better mood! • He also cares about appearance as his side job is being a model. He is not afraid to use more expensive lotions, shampoo, etc. It has to be expensive but doesn't have to be quality if you get what I mean. • Him and Asmo brush their teeth most often (up to 2 times a day) • I’m 100% sure he would love the feeling of driving aimlessly at night with his favourite music on!

Leviathan: • I feel like he is the one who needs advice on this topic. • Yes he orders stuff sometimes but he is conscious about it, it was a well thought-out decision he made. Him deserving it wasn’t really the intention. • I think sometimes he takes a long bath, by long I mean about 2 hours, and that’s pretty much it for a month.

Satan: • He learned the most from Asmo; he is very well avare of how many lotions, masks, oils, creams there are and he tried a lot of them. • His favourite are hand creams, which he uses every day. • Sometimes he puts on a face mask with Asmo but to be fair it happens like 4 times a year so it doesn’t actually do much to him. • Otherwise I think he also enjoys a rocking chair on the porch, perhaps in the garden (not where all the bugs are though!) with an enjoyable book and some non-sparkling beverage.

Asmodeus: • His list is basically endless, so just a list of some he does every day / often: • Has to wash his hair 3 times a week, uses shampoo, balm, oil and is very strict about how to dry it. • Has a lotion specific to each part of his body, except his face because you can’t have enough variety of face-serums. • Takes long baths but careful! Too long is just as bad as too short!! • Likes to sunbathe in moderation on Dia’s beach • Having his daily beauty sleep no matter what • Goes shopping on the regular

Beelzebub: • Best bet is him making his comfort food and offering you some • Works out a lot of course, a heathy body is a must! • I feel like he is also into reading personal growth books? Like how to be a better person, how to be more in-touch with you emotions, how to heal from this and that • His place of self-care also includes your embarace. Pls just cuddle with him. That’s enough of selfcare itself.

Belphie: • Ah…about self-care… • Well I guess some extra sleep counts as such? • Loves to chill under the stars, very quiet and very peaceful place to be at. It really does calm his mind • Honsetly I think he is even worse than Leviathan • Please make him brush his teeth and comb his hair • Can change a lot if you influence him though!

Diavolo:

His tips are so extravagant you can't really try them alone...

Like ah! Just go on a cruise! Have a wellness weekend by yourself! Try some rare dishes!

Thank you bby i appreciate

He does take care of his skin and body and also his mental state through working out, quality lotions and self-help books, articles.

Barbatos:

Definitely bakes when feeling like he needs self-care right now!

He is more of a spa kind of guy, though obviosly he rarely gets the chance to enjoy such things.

Honestly he functions on the bare minimum, pls help him

Simeon:

Also well-read regarding self-conscious stuff so if you need advice on it please reach out to him! As a teacher he is going to be able to explain it easily.

Not much into appearance somehow?? Like yeeeah nail, hair, teeth always nice and neat but doesn't go the extra mile.

He'd be into coloring books to help him be in a relaxed kind of state! Though that is something only Luke knows about.

Solomon:

This man is a mess regarding self-care to be frank.

I mean he usually does as he wants, that's not the issue here. He just doesn't really treat himself as priority?

Okay he does care about the basics but sometimes he skips a day or two. He genuinely forgets to brush teeth for example.

More into the spiritual kind of self-care, mental state, personality, you get it.

[eemamminy-art]

For the ask game you reblogged a little bit ago:

11, 15, 17, and 24! :)

This will be a bit long with all the questions so I'll put in a cut!

11. what do you consider to be romance?

I think just about anything can be romance! To me it's little things that just tell you your partner knows you intimately. Bringing home your favorite snack from the store, setting out your favorite shirt for you, asking you about your ideas or your favorite media. Of course I love words and acts of affection too but I feel like there's nothing quite like this unspoken sort of notion that like.. this other person knows me as well as I know myself and thinks about me so much. Occupying space in someone else's mind while they occupy space in yours, you know? That's love to me 🥰

15. what do you think of when you hear the word “home”?

I think it's any space that feels safe and feels like it's yours. For me a lot of those spaces are places I'll never go to again, so I do get sad when thinking about it. But where I'm living now feels very much like home to me, even though I don't live anywhere near where I grew up.

I've been having a lot of emotional and nostalgic moments lately but I had a feeling the other night, where the air was warmer and more humid than where I'd been living the last few years, I had made a beef stew and just finished eating it and was drawing a little something for myself and listening to music. And those combination of things kind of transported me to a time half a lifetime ago, like I genuinely felt like I was home with my dad and had just eaten a meal he had made, the air was still warm despite it being evening because that's just how the weather is back home, and I would always sit on the computer and draw after dinner on the weekends. It was so surreal and relaxing!! I'm normally even in my downtime thinking like, "Okay tomorrow I need to do this and that, I should probably prepare this and respond to that message," etc. but I was just.. head empty enjoying myself for the first time in many many years. And all that to say, that made me feel very much at home.

17. name 3 things that make you happy

Lots of things give me fleeting happiness but what always guarantees me to be happy are my partner and our cat 😊 I can be having the worst day but hugging them is like magic and I feel my muscles untense instantly

24. what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

I've been getting better recently about standing up for myself and setting boundaries! I'm a total people pleaser but the older I get the more I realize that I need to worry about my own feelings before those of others.

random questions ask meme

[zepskies]

Hey Zep!

I love your writing, especially been enjoying the Soldier Boy series stuff and the latest with Smoke Eater!

(Btw are you taking inspiration from One Chicago (Fire, PD, Med) with it? If so kudos and I love it, big fans of those series myself 😊)

Anyway! I’ve really been enjoying your works, been pouring through them and the stuff you have on AO3. I also thought your tips for writing were super helpful!

I’m back to writing myself after a long ass break, but always struggle keeping inspiration so a lot of my work sometimes goes unfinished. I’d like to ask how you keep motivated and continue a fic even if sometimes you’re not into it? Do you have any tips or tricks?

Thank you and again, love your work!

Hey there, lovely!! ❤️

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked Break Me Down and are enjoying Smoke Eater too! ❤️‍🔥

(Oh yes, indeed I am! 😊 I love all things Law & Order and One Chicago. I based firefighter!Dean on Lt. Matt Casey in Chicago Fire, with a little Severide flair lol.)

Thank you again for reading my work, both here and on Ao3!! I'm also glad that my writing tips have been helpful to you in any way. I came back to Tumblr and writing in general after about a year break myself, so I feel you there.

I absolutely LOVE your question though...

Because it's something I still battle with myself. I think all of us writers and artists struggle to stay motivated, no matter how much we love our craft. I do, however, have a few tips that help me immensely.

5 Tips to Stay Motivated to Write:

Be organized. Create a realistic, attainable schedule. ✍️

My brain works in checklists, bullet points, very methodical. I can't write chapter five before chapter 1. I can't write a series (even a mini series or a long one-shot) without outlining first.

So my first step is creating a schedule for myself: from sketching the premise, to bullet points/outlining, to actually sitting down to draft, to then editing. When I'm working on a series, I write the first 3 to 5 chapters before starting post it.

This means I have a head start. I commit to writing a chapter per week after that until the series is done. This give me lots of time and wiggle room for editing before posting each chapter afterwards. For example, I wrote the first 5 chapters of Smoke Eater before I started to post. I'm now in the middle of drafting Part 19 out of 20 even though I just posted Part 11.

Now, this doesn't mean I don't slack off lol. If I don't follow these steps I lose my discipline. I can get lazy. (We won't talk about And So It Goes. 😅 I've been sitting on writing the last 5 chapters for a painfully long time.)

But I have other tips that help me get my head back into the game.

2. Revisit the thing that gave you inspiration in the first place! 🍿

Rewatch, reread, revisit the episode, movie, book, story, artwork that stroked your muse and had you daydreaming and brainstorming about the WIP you're working on. That can be a good way to revitalize you when you feel your motivation lacking.

3. Create a music playlist. 🎶

I love doing this, especially for a series. I often create a playlist of songs that remind me of the setting, the characters, the romance I'm trying to create. Whether it's the words or the tone/rhythm that get me going, music inspires me greatly.

(For Break Me Down, for example, I listened to songs like "All My Living Time" by Radio Company for the vibe of the plot, and oldies like "If I Didn't Care" and "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me" by Mel Torme for nostalgic 40s vibes/the romance.)

4. Go for a walk. ☀️

I walk for exercise, but it also gives me time to daydream and run scenes in my head while vibing to my music (sometimes looking like a crazy person as I nod and make hand motions lmao). This helps me clear my head, get some fresh air, then come back to my laptop with a little more pep in my brain, ready to write.

5. Encouragement and feedback from others. 💞

This really helps, of course. Whether it's someone you trust to read over your work, or seeing how people react to your initial chapters after you post them. Both can be very motivating to keep going, at least for me!

And I'll be transparent, I've gotten a bit fatigued while writing the back half of Smoke Eater. I have a lot going on at work and my personal life at the moment. But seeing how people have been commenting and giving feedback on each chapter -- the mystery, the connection between Dean and the reader, the various storylines happening -- it's been incredibly motivating for me to read those back and remember that people are enjoying what I'm coming up with. It helps give me the push I need to get the rough draft out.

And a rough draft doesn't have to be perfect on the first try. That's why it's rough. I call it the "throw up draft." Just get it on the page. The editing process is where I truly find the nuance in the dialogue, refine the plot, exposition, etc.

Anyway. I'm long-winded again, as usual. 😂

I hope this helps you! If you have any other writing questions just let me know. I love talking about this stuff! 💕

[arysguide]

a song a week: #8

I went to Emo Night yesterday and it dislodged a lot more teenage angst than I was prepared for. I'll be honest, I enjoy the music but it's not that nostalgic for me. I wasn't really that type of emo growing up. As a little girl I misguidedly really wished I could be scene, and I tried teasing my hair and spraying it with hairspray but it didn't accomplish anything, because I wasn't allowed to take a razor to it and give myself bangs. As a teen I was actually a lot more into Tyler the Creator, I listened to some Panic! At The Disco, then got into extreme metal, and I only really got the hype around My Chemical Romance after I graduated high school. So basically I'm a poser, but today I'm gonna talk about a song that some people consider emo:

(WOW) I Can Get Sexual Too - Say Anything (2003)

I only heard this song very recently and I've become obsessed with it. Somehow it felt instantly familiar, even though I'm certain I had never heard of it before.

This is douchebag music. In the mid-2000s it seems like acts from across the musical spectrum were trying to out-edge each-other with blatantly sexual and frankly misogynistic lyrics - but emo and pop punk bands got a particular reputation for overly whiny songs about women. At the same time it was tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic or, or, ironic, right? It's actually really funny and clever if you think about it, right? Because it's self-aware, that makes it almost kind of cute, no? For reference, see The Curse of Curves by Cute Is What We Aim For (2006), or Panic! At The Disco's Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off (2005).

It wasn't just emo - check out any of the songs 3OH!3 released around this time. (I'll admit it - watching the music video for STARSTRUKK (2008) for the first time was a life-changing experience for me.) Blink-182's influence on the pop landscape surely had a lot to do with this development, here's a really good video about that by Trash Theory. And then of course there's the kings of self-deprecating rock, Weezer (dubbed losercore down bad music by NeoPunkFM).

Of course there's nothing new under the sun, there's plenty of classic rock songs about vapid and naive young women, sometimes explicitly about underage girls or groupies, countless songs about how libidinous and reckless young men are. What sets this wave of mid-2000s pop punk apart is the nudge and wink at social commentary - now you can dance along to a song about acting like a total dirtbag and giving into your basest impulse, but it's not "real", it's a caricature and not meant to be taken seriously. Sex still sells, but these bands had something to say about it. Sort of. By 2013, multiple articles had been written on this phenomenon of 'hipster sexism' - "also known as ironic sexism or liberal sexism, 'hipster sexism' is the notion that if sexism done is tongue-in-cheek it's okay, even hilarious (Kelsey Wallace for BitchMedia)." A lot of women weren't keen on laughing along because a lot of these dudes turned out to be card-carrying misogynists. It wasn't even just the men, plenty of songs of this era are by women about… how vapid or slutty other women are. (See Paramore's Misery Business (2007), complete with calling someone a wh*re, and a music video in which Hayley Williams grabs another woman's chicken filets right out of her bra and wipes off her makeup.) There was a hateful and resentful edge to it that seems like a bastardisation of the genre's distant punk roots. Plenty of better writers than me have explored the way that celebrity and tabloid culture of this time resulted in a media landscape that was intensely objectifying and hateful towards women, full of contradictions.

Let's back this up - how is any of this related to the song this post is about? I'm trying to figure that out myself.

Being familiar with the music I mentioned above, that's what I automatically associated this with. But it actually came out before any of those, in 2003. Is it really douchebag music? Or just a song that happens to be about a douchebag?

It's so catchy, and it paints a picture, it's funny but really dark: this guy knows he's pursuing a girl he doesn't care about, because he's bored, and he's willing to lie just to get what he wants - oh brother, this guy STINKS! I love that it's explicitly about phone sex, and the line about "chatting on the interweb," it feels quaint now. I also love the irreverence of : "When she described her underwear, I forgot all the rules the rabbi taught me in the old shul." Here's a great article on the Yiddishkeit of Say Anything. In fact, the song Alive With The Glory of Love is inspired by Bemis' grandparents who survived the Holocaust.

In contrast to some of the less lyrically-inspired songs that came after it, it's a lot more about how heartless and empty the guy is, rather than making the girl the butt of the joke. In short, it's actually good satire. If you're not convinced it's meant to be self-deprecating satire, the rest of the album 'Is A Real Boy' will beat you over the head with it for 21 tracks straight. … And maybe listening to it too much is making me meaner. The track 'Admit It!' lampoons the hipster attitude mercilessly, while indicating that the singer realises he's really no better than them. Too bad the hipsters didn't get the message. Being sincere and wholesome was out of vogue for, like, the next decade. At least now, years later, we can admit we enjoy cute cats, craft beers and retro music un-ironically without making a whole production about it.

All that being said, something a lot more important has shifted in the meantime. Misogyny is decidedly uncool now, at least as far as mainstream pop is concerned. The late 2010s pop landscape seemed to be all about feminist and #girlboss moments. The 2017 #MeToo movement caused a lot of people in the entertainment industry to re-examine their role in creating an environment that is safe (or unsafe) for women. Jesse Lacey of Brand New was accused of sexual misconduct against an underage girl, which he did not deny. In light of that, Max Bemis chose to retire this song, writing on Twitter "It may speak partially of my flaws but it's mostly a sarcastic caricature of someone i've never been at all and is no longer appropriate during this crisis", "we all need to care more, respect women more, respect ourselves more and GIVE A SHIT" and finally: "On a lighter, but direly important note, i don't want to hear about not hearing that song for the FIVE BILLIONTH time this tour from us because it's not REALLY on is a real boy. it now belongs to you, official emo night. go have fun." (For the full thing see this AltPress article.)

So where does that leave us? If even Max Bemis himself disavowed this song, why am I still so compelled by music like this? Does that make me a bad feminist? Is it an internalised misogyny thing? Yeesh. I'm still not totally sure. There's something fascinating to me about the vulgar display of selfishness in this song - it feels like the ultimate taboo. Everything about the way I've dealt with sex and relationships is incredibly neurotic, so there's something cathartic about pretending to be someone without any of those hangups for 3 minutes at a time. It confronts me with my own impulses towards selfishness, and ways I've been selfish in relationships in the past. It's a cautionary tale that works both ways: a) there's something seductive about the idea of behaving so recklessly but you better be prepared for the guilt that comes with it, and b) if I was the girl in this song I would really despise this guy.

These YouTube comments express it a lot more succinctly than I have:

At this rate I'll be heading for electric chairs I'm only human with my cross to bear When she described her underwear I forgot all the rules my rabbi taught me in the old shul You're too young to be this empty girl I'll prepare you for a sick, dark world Know that you will be my downfall But I call, and I call, and I call

For a longer and more informed discussion of some of the things I mentioned: check out The Misogyny of Third Wave Emo and Pop Punk on the Podcast 'Stuff Mom Never Told You'.

[syrena-del-mar]

People I wanna know better tag meme

Tagged by the lovely @lurkingshan!

Last Song?

In the middle of studying, so I've had Hozier on replay. This is the currently the song that is playing at the moment.

Favorite Color?

At the moment I've been buying everything forest green, so I guess that would be my favorite color as of now!

Currently Watching?

Weekly Watching: The Last Twilight, Twins (recently finished), The Sign, Dead Friend Forever, Pit Babe, Percy Jackson

Mindless Watching/Listening: Theresa, Rebelde. So I like always having something on while I drive, since I usually am on the road about 3-4 hours a day so I've been nostalgic and listening to novelas that I grew up with.

Last Movie?

It's been some time since I watched a movie, probably since early December, but it was Dime Cuando. You can find it on Netflix under Tell Me When. It's a light-hearted comedy about getting back to your roots, but it honestly feels like a love-letter to Mexico City.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory?

For meals, I prefer spicy, but I can tolerate a whole lot more Mexican spice (habaneros, etc.) than Asian Spiciness. And along with the spiciness, I love the saltiness/lime of Mexican cuisine.

I am known to have a sweet-tooth, so for snacks/candy I'll still choose salty and spicy. But I really enjoy sweet breads; no chocolate for me though.

Relationship status?

Chronically single. Last relationship was in my very early 20s and I've just thrown myself in my work and education, so I've had not time for anything else.

Current obsessions?

Anything you've seen reblogged, but I guess out of all the shows I've watched...KinnPorsche? Between Us? Those have stuck with me for some time now.

Last thing you googled?

"How to overlay a gif on a gif using Photoshop 2023?" I haven't used Photoshop since 2016/2017, and the version I was accustomed to using was Photoshop cs5. Let's just say that there's a learning curve. Selfie or another pic you took?

This is Samantha Jane. I accidentally adopted her from a patient on Halloween of 2020. All I had been told was that she was a beagle and 13 years old, so imagine my surprise I see she’s very much not a beagle. Her original owners had the adoption papers of when she was in the pound as a puppy and she had been listed as a Doberman. So I always say that I was both tricked and treated that Halloween. Tagging @sunshinechay, @a-slut-for-vegaspete, @bokkiesplace, @shannankle, and @waitmyturtles.

[twinanimatronics]

HI! :D

I've been into sams for a while and I always enjoy your reactions to the show as it progresses! Your blog was actually one of the main reasons I got into it haha!

So I wanted to ask, just because I love talking about this stuff! Regarding Eclipse, what are your thoughts about a redemption arc for him?

Personally I'm very divided on the matter, because on one hand, there have been glimpses into his deepest insecurities and his weak points, and it seems to me that he is awfully lonely. But on the other hand, it really has all been his doing because time and time again he was offered chances to compromise and talk and he always preferred being petty and chose to satisfy his urges to be violent and make others suffer, so technically his loneliness is a situation of his own making and he refuses to see it.

Before he decided to kill Lunar and started to appear exclusively to try and torture Sun and Moon (which I find funny and a bit nostalgic as a return to his original messing with them in the early days), I would have thought a redemption a bit more likely, but as he has not only backstabbed everyone he decided to team up with once again, he decided to break his deal with Monty about not harming Lunar, and basically modified everyone's memories to force them into adoring him (which again goes back to him feeling lonely but thinking empty praise like that is satisfying to him), and he keeps making threats everywhere he goes, I just feel it might not be very likely at all.

There is an argument to make though, that he could have his redemption arc after all, if we take into account what Sun points out about the double standards and arbitrary rules about who is allowed to do what. But I guess in a way it's stated that Eclipse just crosses all the lines without a care. Apocalyptic levels of evil is just a whole other level I think. And there's also the matter that at this point he has basically wronged every character across all the shows.

Minus Earth in a way.

Speaking of which! I think her interaction with him was very interesting! I think she might be able to get him to realize stuff about himself, but I don't see him pushing down his pride to admit it to anyone. I'm interested to see if after that threat he made, he will actually try to hurt her out of wanting to hurt Sun and Moon or to lash out at her for trying to help him. Or if maybe he will find it harder to target her because she is so genuine in wanting to help him be better. On one hand he hated Lunar, the one person who basically loved him as soon as he was created, so it's not that all he needs is love or something like that. He made sure to destroy that very quickly. But in the other hand maybe Earth's outsider perspective, who is kind not because she was created to please his ego, but because she wants to be, can put a crack on his walls?

But then again, there's also that other dimension in which he won but did not change at all. He refuses to change and I also sort of want to see that be his downfall. I love how opposite KC is to him in that way, since it only took KC the chance to live and experience the world outside of his code to do some self-reflection and understand his understanding was actually flawed and that there was much to appreciate of the world, where Eclipse instead has had so much time on his own to live in the world and yet refuses to do anything that isn't just have his fun and satisfy his greed for power.

Ahhh, so many factors to consider! Personally I lean more towards not wanting Eclipse to be redeemed, but I would like to see him have to go through some development whether he wants to or not XD But I’m very interested in what you think!

Also! I totally agree in what you say about waiting for him to break! One of these days he'll be forced to confront all the truths that he has not wanted to listen to and I'm so excited to see what will happen then! He is such a cool villain so far and I love him so much as an interesting character!

Ah.

Looking at this, it turned out so much longer than I meant it to, gfkdjhgf Sorry for rambling in your inbox! XD

(Also no pressure to answer this since I know it's a lot and stuff, though I can come off anon if you'd like to answer privately? I'm just shy kfjdhgñkhj)

So yeah! Keep doing what you are doing, you have a lovely day! ^_^

Tbh the only way I see Eclipse being redeemed is if he gets reset to baby like Moon

And I mean like

In the same fashion as Pride from FMA:Brotherhood

Demon hellspawn becomes the innocent child he always originally was.

[blaperile]

Hi all,

I suppose I owe you all this post after my absence the past years.

Like I mentioned at the time, when Homestuck^2 went into its indefinite pause, I got upset. Upset due to the reasoning behind the pause. Specifically due to how the creative team felt they were being treated by the fandom.

And it kind of reflected my own feelings on the topic. I've been a Homestuck fan since December 2010 and was greatly involved at the time with the MSPA Forums and a bunch of creative projects. But over time I noticed the fandom becoming more bitter. Where previously I mostly saw positive emotions and reactions to updates, I started seeing more and more negative things. ESPECIALLY since John's retcon powers were introduced.

And of course anyone is free to share their own opinion on matters! It's just, I could personally never comprehend it.

For me personally, entertainment has never been linked to any negative emotions or opinions. To me, entertainment is the very definition of positive emotions, and if there's anything bringing up negative emotions for me, I can no longer call it entertainment and would never continue doing it for fun.

And over time, I kept being confronted with more and more negative opinions on Homestuck, and it began souring the experience for me.

I sincerely hoped the end of Homestuck would bring everyone together, so I created the Omegaupdate forums to try and bring everyone together.

But I failed.

There were still so many negative emotions, and it never really stopped. I tried 'ignoring' the negative things and continue to enjoying the postive things.

But when the negative part of the fandom caused Homestuck^2 to be paused indefinitely, something snapped inside me. One of the things I loved most in this world, was forcibly taken away from me by 'fans' acting horribly.

And I was sad. Sad because deep inside me, I feared Homestuck^2 might never be finished properly.

From that moment onwards, almost anything related to Homestuck made me feel sad. So I couldn't bear it any longer. I stopped doing my Dutch translation of Homestuck, I stopped doing the Omegaupdate forums, I stopped doing Homestuck From The Perspective of, I stopped listening to Homestuck music.

I moved on, at that moment. And for a part, it's been a blessing. I had so much time for other interests, like Pokémon, Disney and Marvel. Me and my brother looked into moving out of our parents home, and we did.

As time went on, I could slowly allow myself to feel nostalgic again about the good old times of Homestuck. Especially in terms of music, I started listening again and slowly I could enjoy it again.

But still, I couldn't think about Homestuck too much, or I would feel sad again.

Fast forward to 12 days ago. On the 19th of October, I got an email from Patreon (just to be sure, I never cancelled my Patreon subscription even though it wasn't charing anything anymore).

I was surprised to see a post by James Roach, and I was so surprised!

Surprised to see that Homestuck^2 was starting up again, and posting new updates!!

I hadn't dared dream this day would come, where Homestuck^2 would return. But there it was anyway.

It made me feel so happy, and I could finally allow myself to start actively thinking about Homestuck^2 again.

So, the past 12 days me and my brother have been rereading the Homestuck Epilogues recap, as well as the 407 pages of Homestuck^2 (AND the bonus stories!) that had already been published before.

To get back in "the flow", to remember what came before, and prepare ourselves for the new updates.

Now I've caught up again to that point, and my brother's almost there as well. Once he's also reached that point, we'll start reading the regular updates again.

I'm not sure yet what will come after that, for me. But I don't think things are ever going back to the way they used to be.

At this moment, I don't see myself going back to any forums, or active community. I don't see myself continuing the Dutch translation.

I'm not even 100% sure if I will still be making reaction posts to the updates.

Anything I do, for now, will be what feels good to me. We'll see as we go what exactly that is.

Right now, I think it's pretty likely that I will continue doing the tally for "Homestuck From The Perspective of". I still love seeing that overview, myself.

Anyway, thanks for reading this, and take care.

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 21/11/2023

Assassin's Sneed

Season 6 Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume DQ

Ripped by Nozobot

Only a little while ago, with Windows Wonga Wappa I reminded you all of hit ripper Nozobot, the incredible YTPMVer behind Sex - Steve Harvey. To say that I've been enjoying his work is an understatement - finding out who was responsible for Sex - Steve Harvey was akin to seeing a gold mine open up right underneath my feet. There may be YTPMVers out there that I enjoy more sonically, but few are as consistently creative and funny as Nozobot - evidenced yet again with Assassin's Sneed.

It feels at times like Nozobot has a magic touch to make any source, no matter how absurd, be absolutely magical. See, there was a certain short-lived meme phenomenon that occurred during 2022, one that sort of just came and went without all too much fanfare. "Ghetto Smosh" - and stick with me here - was a parody channel built on editing and redubbing classic Smosh videos to form new narratives about the two dudes being chronic weed addicts. There's so many layers of absurdism to it: the nostalgic Smosh videos used as a basis, the "what if video game characters SMOKED WEED???" comedy of the 2000s-internet, the amateurish redubbing and crunched video quality that resembles old YouTube Poops - it feels like watching a collection of old YouTube videos that are as stupid as they are endearing, and Ghetto Smosh's social media pages maintained a sort of kayfabe similar to SiIvaGunner itself. And though a lot of it is lost on me as, yknow, a white person not anywhere near knowledgeable enough on America's ghetto culture, the videos are absurdly charming to watch even as a complete outsider.

Assassin's Sneed takes one of Ghetto Smosh's best-ever videos - ASSASSIN'S WEED RAP!!! - and mashes it up with several other songs associated with the same form of current-day ironic shitposting, mainly Replay by Iyaz (you might know it better as "Shawty's like a melody"). It's this absolute cacophony of music that, mentally, should register as not being good: Smosh's original Assassin's Creed III rap is something I've thought of as corny and a relic of the past for a long time, and I was sick of hearing Replay the day after I first heard it, yet there's something about Ghetto Smosh's absolute reverence for that stupidity that makes it all so thoroughly endearing to listen to. After all, part of what SiIvaGunner stands for as a channel is the death of cringe culture - rips like Field of Love and Cringe and so many of the channel's rips that remix otherwise-hated music are a testament to that. Assassin's Sneed just keeps playing to that sincere enjoyment, with steel drums and YOUUU's from Soulja Boy, a little sprinkling of Right Foot Creep, and samples from other Ghetto Smosh videos, it's just an all around celebration of one of my favorite little nuggets of internet history from 2022.

"assassins weed rap… ghetto smosh" - Ghetto Smosh

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

IN THIS MOMENT PICK FAVE MUSIC, MOVIE, LIVE SHOW AND MORE OF 2023

Maria Brink and Chris Howorth look back on a great year

In This Moment are cover stars of Revolver's Winter 2023 Issue, which you can order, along with an exclusive, limited-edition In This Moment shirt, at our shop.

"2023 was a big year," Chris Howorth says proudly. He's not exaggerating.

This year, his band In This Moment dropped one of the best albums of 2023, GODMODE, toured arenas, had a song featured in John Wick: Chapter 4 and made some big plans for 2024.

Before 2023 comes to a close, we caught up with Howorth and In This Moment frontwoman Maria Brink about the last 12 months of music, movies, live shows and more.

WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER IN THIS MOMENT'S BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF 2023? CHRIS HOWORTH I think our biggest, proudest achievement is this new album GODMODE. And I would say that's kind of cliché because anybody who has a new album coming out is gonna say that.

But we went through the whole COVID pandemic with no new music coming out and weren't sure what was gonna be happening — like everybody else. We had all that on our shoulders, we've all been going through our own things, and releasing this album and how smoothly it all came together and how it all felt doing it...

We were saying "flow like a river" and quit worrying about every little thing over and over and just try to enjoy the process and just do it. And I think that's how it all came about. So that definitely, 100 percent, for me would be the crowning achievement of 2023.

MARIA BRINK I also agree, GODMODE coming together and the way that that happened. But I gotta show some love to [us being in] a John Wick movie this year. That was massive.

And then for us, we just headlined ... I'm originally from Albany, New York, and I started out at little, tiny theaters that hold 40 or 50 people there. Little mini clubs. And I just got to headline there on my last tour with an arena and pyro and it was just such a full-circle for me. My heart was full of love.

HOWORTH The tour was a big thing, too, for me. I was thinking while we were in it, "I can't believe this." This is the biggest we've ever been, this is what you think about when you're a little kid wanting to do it and we're here doing it. It's just crazy.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE NEW BANDS YOU DISCOVERED THIS YEAR? HOWORTH For me, there's a band I found on Pandora. Because I sit and play video games a lot when I'm not doing music, and I smoke and listen to new metal stations and try to find new good bands that I like. I've never grown out of that. And I found this band called In Retrospect that are from England. And they're really cool and heavy, and hopefully they do really well. They're brand new.

And then there's this band Slaughter to Prevail that's blowing up, everybody's loving them right now.

And there's another band called Sylosis, and they've been around for a long time. They've always been cool, they've always had cool music. But their new album is super awesome and I think that this might be a big shift for them as well.

BRINK I think the newest thing I've been listening to that I'm loving is the new ††† (Crosses). I also love HEALTH, I've gotten into them a lot. Immortal Girlfriend is another one that I'm really loving. And Cannons.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BAND YOU SAW LIVE THIS YEAR? BRINK I think I'm gonna say the same as Chris but I'm waiting for him to say it.

HOWORTH No, I'm gonna say something completely off the wall. Because I didn't watch a lot of bands this year even though we toured a lot. I'm gonna say Suicide Silence. They have a new album that came out, they're crushing it.

I saw them at the festival in Wisconsin and they crushed during the day so I'm gonna give it up to them.

BRINK Because it was nostalgic to me from when I was younger and all that, I'll say Pantera. They reunited, we did some festivals with them, and I went out and watched. And there was just that feeling of bringing you back watching it that makes me feel so nostalgic inside.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE OF 2023? BRINK I'm gonna pick John Wick! [Laughs] There's a new horror movie that just came out, it's epic. It's called Talk to Me. Actually, it's really scary.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED FOR IN 2024? HOWORTH GODMODE is out and 2024 is pretty much the GODMODE touring year. So I'm excited for whatever we do in 2024, and just another year, man.

Having an album out and everything, it should be exciting and cool. We've got some cool plans lined up for touring and seeing everybody.

BRINK I'm exciting for all the things we're trying to manifest. Everything around GODMODE, basically. New soundtracks, new movies. We want to get in the video game world.

HOWORTH I'm excited for Dune 2.

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #1145: Skull and Noir's Metal Filled Halloween Night (Persona 5 x SSBU)

7:45 p.m. at the Okamura's Residence's Living Room.........

TV Screen: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! (Heavy Metal Playing in the Background)

Haru: (Happily Raises her Fist Up in the Air While Next to Ryuji on the Sofa Together) WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!~ ROCK THE PIIIIITZ!!

Ryuji: (Chuckles Lightly) Damn, Haru! I knew there's a lot to more to ya than meets the eye, but I didn't know you had a thing for Heavy Metal music.

Haru: (Turns to Ryuji With a Bright Smile on her Face) Why, of course!~ I've been a fan of the genre for a long while now. It helped me out through so much in life that I doubt I would be the same nowadays without it.

Ryuji: Niiiice. I'm more of a Hip-Hop kind of guy myself- (Suddenly Let's Out a Loud Yawn While Stretching his Arm Up) But I'm always down to listen any rock related music sometimes....

Haru: (Giggles Softly) Aww~ Don't tell me you're getting sleepy on me already, Ryuji-Kun~

Ryuji: Nah, just feelin' yawny if anything. College been kickin' my ass with assignments lately. Haven't got that much sleep as I used to even.....

Haru: How come you never come to me fpr assistance? I'd be happy to help out.

Ryuji: (Sighs While Rubbing the Back of his Head Back and Forth) Yeah, but I figured you were already busy with your own thing that I didn't want to be all that much of a bother in the scheme of things.

Haru: (Frowns a Bit) Oh Ryuji, you could never be a bother to me. ('Sigh') But I do get what you're saying though. Things have been a lot more challenging since we've both enrolled to our respective curriculums.

Ryuji: Yeah, but we can worry about that some other time. Right now, I wanna sit back and watch more of this sick Metalocalypse show you've been telling me all about.

Haru: (Rapidly Clapping her Hands in Glee) Ohh I'm so glad you're lliking it so far!~ There's so many more spectacular scenes and moments later down the line that I cannot WAIT to show you!~

'Doorbell Ring'

Haru: Ooh!~ That might be the Trick-or-Treaters outsides!~ (Got Up and Make her Way to the Dpor)

Ryuji: (Follows Behind Haru) You know, you might be the only person I know who's excited to give out candy.

Haru: It always makes me happy seeing everyone enjoying Halloween, nostalgic even.

Ryuji: Yeah, I missed the good ol' days when you dressed in costumes, getting all the treats and candies you've dreamed of having, and egging and tee-peeing on the houses that don't give you any at all.

Haru: (Smirks at Ryuji While Picking Up a Bpwl of Candy From a Nearby Counter) A troublemaker I see~ Ever got caught doing those pranks?~

Ryuji: ('Scoffs') As if. You're talking to the fastest guy on the block here. I never got caught by anyone growing up!....Except for my mom.....and one of the neighbors' dogs......and Ann......and Shiho.......and Ren that one I pranked him- I am not impressing you one bit, aren't I?

Haru: (Giggles Softly) Oh no, I'm impressed alright~ By how cute you are, of course!~

Ryuji: (Glares at Haru) Hey, watch it, sista' Your son fits in the "cute" category, not me.

Haru: (Pouts at Ryuji) Oh hush! There's nothing wrong with having two of my boys as cuties~ (Playfully Pinches Ryuji's Cheek)

Ryuji: (Chuckles Ticklishly by Haru's Antics) C-Cut it out, will ya!?~ You're just as bad as my ma!

Haru giggles some more as she opens the door to see Futuba and the kids standing in front of her doorstep.

Kids: Trick-or-Treat!~ Trick-or-Treat!~ Give us something good to eat!~

Ness: (Bows His Upper Body Down at the Duo) Please and thank you.

Haru: (Gasps Loudly as She Place Both her Hands onto her Cheeks) Oh my gossssssh!~ You all look and sounded so adorable!~

Lavenza: (Happily Bows Down While Lifting the Lower Part of her Princess Dress Slightly Up) Why, thank you!~ We do our best to look our best for the spooky occasion as they say.

Morgana: (Points at Futuba Besides Him While Wearing his Musketeer Costume) Plus, Ms. Nerdy Featherwoman here kept making us sing that sing at almost EVERY place we've visited so far.

Futuba: (Glares at Morgana) Okay, first of all, I'm the Green Neo Featherwoman, thank you. Amd second, would you quit having little faith in me already? Our singing method's working like a charm so far. Mostly.

Ness: (Sighs While Dressed as a Dracula) Here's hoping we can keep it that way without getting into any trouble. (Slowly Turns his Jead at the Potential Culprit) And by "we", I mean you. JUNIOR!

Jr: (Was About to Sneak in Front of the House While Holding a Roll of Toilet Paper Before Stopping at his Tracks Once his Name was Heard) What happen?

Futuba: (Sighs While Pinching the Bridge of her Nose) Dangit, Junior. I thought I told you no tee-peeing anyone's house tonight!?

Jr: Oh come on, I only got one roll with to use! And besides, didn't you say to trick 'em at some point?

Futuba: Yeah, when they DON'T give you candy, which Haru-san was about to do right now by the way!

Ryuji: Yeah, and you're not even doing it right. You have to step a few inches back from the house, get into your perfect throwing position, and-

Haru: Ryuji! (Turns to the Youngest Koopa) Now, Junior, don't you think it's a bit mean to try and throw paper at someone who's giving out treats?

Jr: ('Sighs in Defeat') It is....Sorry for almost doing so, Ms. Haru.....

Haru: (Smiles Softly) It's quite alright, dear, no harm done. (Place a Few Candy Down on Jr's Bag) I love your costume.

Jr: (Smiles Brightly) Thanks! Sage told me it's suppose to be this Freddy guy from that Elm St. Movie or whatever.

Haru: (Continues Giving Out Candy to Everyone Else) Sage?

Ryuji: Who's that?

Ness: A new friend we met not too long ago.

Morgana: We're about to meet her and the others at Smash Tpwn to try out that new Haunted Mansion place everyone beem talking about. Wanna come with?

Futuba: (Puts on a Grin) I got plenty of spare Feathermen suits for you guys to wear~

Ryuji: Cool, but no can do, you guys. Haru and I already booked to watch a night marathon here.

Futuba: Really? Since when did you guys started hanging out with each other?

Ryuji: (Casually Shrugs) For a while now. Gotta start the dat- I-I mean, the....Friendship Train going! (Chuckles a Bit Awkwardly There) Am I....right?

Futuba: (Squints her Eyes at Ryuji a bit Suspiciously) Hmmmmmmmm- Hrm? (Suddenly Felt her Phone Viberating From her Costume's Pocket as She Takes her Phone Out and Check the Message Sent to Her)

Morgana: Anyways, Ryuji.....(Takes a Regular Size Chocolate Bar From Put of his Bag and Tosses it Towards Ryuji) Catch.

Ryuji: (Catches the Bar Mona Gave him With a Surprised Look on his Face) Ah dude, you're actually giving me your chocolate bar right now?

Morgana: (Happily Nodded) Yep! I already got a few more in the bag and I figured you would want one right about you, you know?

Ryuji: (Forms a Cheeky Grin on his Face) Well, ain't this a surprise!? Thanks, bud!

Haru: (Smiles Proudly at her Son) That is so sweet of you, honey!~

Jr: (Gives Haru the Roll of Toilet he Was Holding) You can have the toilet paper too. You'll probably have more use for it than I ever will.

Haru: (Smiles Softly at Jr) Thank you, sweetie.

Futuba: Holy macaroni! The attraction's about to start in a few minutes! We gotta get a move on, people!

Kids: (Cheers in Rejoice)

Haru: (Giggles Softly) Well, don't let us keep you waiting then.

Ryuji: Yeah, uh....Mona?

Morgana: (Turns Back to Ryuji) Yeah?

Ryuji: Uhh......Listen to what Futuba says and.....Have a good time out there, yeah?

Morgana: Oh uh....(Smiles a Little) Yeah, sure thing. You guys have a good time too. We'll miss you.

Haru: We'll miss you too, baby~

Ryuji: Yeah, and don't worry about your ma, kiddo. (Points at Himself with a Cocky Grin on his Face) She's in good hands by yours truly after all!

Morgana: (Chuckles Lightly) Yeah, I'll hold you to it, Mr. Bodyguard.

Futuba: (Happily Waves Goodbye to the Duo as She and the Others Take Their Leave) Later guys! Have a Spooooooooky Halloween Night!~

Kids: Byeee!~\ See ya!\ Have a good night!

Haru: (Happily Waves Back at Everyone) Have a spooky Halloween Night yourselves, everyone!~ Enjoy your candy!~ (Watches Futuba and the Kids Leave as She Behins to Let Out a Sigh) I miss them already. (Turns to Ryuji) You okay, Ryuji-san?

Ryuji: ('Sigh') Yeah, a little....(Turns Back to Haru) Sorry for chickening out there, Haru. I don't know what came over me at that moment.....

Haru: That was your nerves showing and it's okay, truly. If anything, I would've done the same in your position.

Ryuji: Yeah, but....I don't wanna make it seem like I'm ashamed of dating you or anything, cuz I'm not.

Haru: (Gently Grabs Ryuji's Hand While Giving him a Sincere, Reassuring Look in her Eyes) I know you aren't, dear. I can tell by the look in your eyes alone that you love, just as much as I love you too. (Kiss the Top of Ryuji's Hand)

Ryuji: (Starta Blushing by Haru's Simple, Yet Effective Display of Affection) ......Damn, Haru. Since when did you became more romantic than I am?~

Haru: (Giggles Softly) When you get arranged to forced marriages as much as I have, you tend to get more romantic knowledge and experiences out of it, for better or for worse.

Ryuji: (Gently Grabs Haru's Hand) I'll make sure to I do everything I can make you happy.

Haru: (Smiles Brightly) Silly~ You've already made me plenty happy just by being here and loving me~ (Gives Ryuji a Kiss on the Cheek) Now, come. I believe we still got ourselves Metal show to watch and our very own cuddle session to proceed going forward~

Ryuji: (Smiles Brightly) Lead the way, ma'am!~

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!~

@cyber-wildcat

@princekirijo

@albion-93

@ma-lemons

@theweebmaster31

[tamayosclinic]

"I've never felt this way before, and truthfully it scares me. But, the idea of never trying scares me even more." is just so Giyuu I can’t resist xx

"I've never felt this way before, and truthfully it scares me. But, the idea of never trying scares me even more." | Giyuu x GN!Reader

Warning(s): Manga Spoilers regarding Giyuu's connection to a certain character, Mentions of alcohol consumption but no full-blown drunkenness occurs

Author's Note(s): I'm officially out of Tumblr jail! That aside, this fic turned out longer than it was supposed to be, but it is what it is. Enjoy.

Word Count: 1,134

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A night celebrating your promotion to Hashira at home with your best friend, Giyuu, is your idea of a perfect party. You got an excellent first impression of the Hashira at the meeting, but you wanted tonight to be just you and Giyuu. 

You both had been paired up on a mission months after becoming demon slayers and kept in touch after many run-ins. You two have become inseparable, always making time for each other even as your responsibilities increased with your ranks. 

“I promised you I’d become a Hashira too. Now here I am, Giyuu,” you flaunted the new uniform you had received. Golden ones had replaced the silver buttons to represent your new rank. 

“You will look great in it,” Giyuu nodded affirmatively. His cheeks were rosy from the bottle of saké he downed, making it more adorable when he smiled. 

In the back of your mind, you wondered if Shinobu was heartless. Like seriously, how could she hate such an adorable smile? That aside, you stretched out your exhausted limbs before laying sprawled out on the futon beside Giyuu.  

Your house was small, consisting of a kitchen and a large room that doubled as the dining room and bedroom with a separate bathhouse. That meant that you and Giyuu had to share the room, but you didn’t mind. You kept an extra futon for him, and it was almost whimsical to be able to wake up and see him first thing in the morning. 

You had the option of an estate like all other Hashiras but kindly declined. It was just you, so what would be the point of an estate if it would be mostly empty? There would be no reason to continue sharing a room with Giyuu. 

Now Giyuu is cute when he is awake, but it shoots through the roof when he is asleep. He looks so peaceful. The light rumbling snores he makes is oddly calming to listen to, and sometimes he would curl up into a ball, making him irresistibly cuddlable. It was not hard to fall head over heels for him, especially after becoming so close. 

Usually, you would stay up waiting for him to fall asleep and then take a few minutes to observe his sleeping form. Tonight, however, exhaustion caught up to you, and a big dinner didn’t help either. 

“Today was nice. Thank you for celebrating with me, Giyuu,” you yawn as you snuggle under the covers. 

Giyuu’s cheeks were still rosy, but he was otherwise coherent and relaxed. “Anytime, (Y/n). It’s nice to have some time together finally.” 

“Yeah, it has been a long time since we last did something like this. I’m sure it’s only going to continue now that I’m a Hashira.” 

“We will make time, somehow. I promise you that.” 

You smile contently, though your heart panged a bit. You were going to wait until tomorrow to confess your feelings while sober. It felt like the high stakes were touching the sky now. If Giyuu rejected you, it might become too awkward to make good on his promise. 

“Thank you, Giyuu. Goodnight,” you roll on your side, your back facing Giyuu. You shut your eyes tight, but the worries swirling through your mind have pushed sleep miles away. 

“(Y/n), are you awake?” Giyuu whispers after a long while, and you immediately bite down on your gums to keep yourself from smiling. You knew juicy stuff tends to be said when one thinks the other is asleep, and you certainly weren’t going to miss out on what Giyuu had to say. “We have come along, haven’t we?” 

Not this nostalgic shit. You hold back the urge to cringe. 

You never liked to look back on the past. All that led to was guilt and regret for things you failed to do or could have done differently led to more survivors. Some may call it cowardly not to face the past, but you’d gladly take the insult if it kept you sane. Regardless, you continue to fake sleep and listen to Giyuu. 

“You know, after all that happened with Sabito, I had sworn off becoming close to anyone, but here I am sharing a room with you, my best friend,” Giyuu tittered quietly, not to wake you. 

You buried your hands under the pillow so he couldn’t see as you fisted the covers. Best friends, eh. Is that all we will ever be? 

“I can’t say I regret it. Having you in my life has made me happier to be alive this long. Each night, I can’t help but think of you and all the memories we made these past years. I think of your beautiful smile, your ambitiousness, and how you seem to know how I feel even before. I understand why I fell for you.” 

You would have gasped in shock had you not bitten your gums earlier. Those high stakes came crumbling down in an instant. 

“I was so afraid to say anything. I have lost everything I loved. I honestly thought I was born into this world to be made a fool of again and again. But now, I can’t keep my feelings secret any longer. You are a Hashira now. You will face more dangerous foes, so I can’t let you slip away from me like everyone else. 

I love you, (Y/n). I know this doesn’t count as a confession since you’re asleep, but I will get to it tomorrow, so you don’t think it’s the saké talking. It may not go the way I want, but I’m looking forward to finally letting it all out.” 

You hear the shuffling of the covers as he settles into his futons, “I never felt this way before, and truthfully it scares me. But, the idea of never trying scares me even more.” 

With your worries eased, you rolled onto your other side, so now you were facing Giyuu, “I love you too.” 

Giyuu inhaled in shock, giving you a deadpanned expression before turning red enough to glow in the dark, “How much did you hear?” 

“All of it. I love you too,” you say again to let it sink in. Then you remove your covers to reveal the space in your futon. “Get in here. I’ve been dying to cuddle you for so long.” 

Giyuu didn’t budge as he continued processing that you managed to fake sleep for the duration of his supposed monologue. You gave him all the time he needed and beamed when he finally moved into the space. You draped the blanket over him and laid your head on his chest. 

Now that you both know of each other’s mutual feelings perhaps moving into an estate would be nice as long as you can continue to share a room and a bed with Giyuu. 

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What I recommend music wise depends on what you're looking for, I listen to a little bit of everything including things many don't consider good. This is gonna be rushed because I'm tired.

The Mechanisms are a band I've been enjoying recently, it's very narrative though and best listened to in order. It's about immortal space pirates and rebellion and stuff. very cool.

Starting your villain arc? May I recommend Shayfer James, and his album Counterfeit Arcade? Also Will Wood/Will Wood and The Tapeworms

I personally like System of a Down, Linkin Park and Deftones, they are Metal/Numetal.

Some trad goth artists I like are The Cure and Souxsie and The Banshees

I also really like synthwave covers of the Bloodborne soundtrack on YouTube, and synthwave in general really

Not all Country sucks, just most of it, especially after 911. Folk and Gothic Country are great. Poor Mans Poison, Johnny Cash, First Aid Kit and The Crane Wives are bands/artists I enjoy.

They aren't for everyone but I thought I'd throw them out there just because, I'll probably remember more tomorrow. What I listen to mainly depends on vibes so often times it's just specific songs rather than artists/bands or defined genres.

Need a playlist to cry too? I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski, No Surprises by Radiohead, Euthanasia by Will Wood, etc.

Disturbed made a cover of the Sound of Silence, and it's beyond awesome.

Thanks for the list, I shall listen to them and not my thoughts down.

The Mechanisms, "ooh pirate metal, that's going in the sea shanty playlist"

Counterfeit Arcade by Shayfer James, a bit slow for my taste but pretty good nonetheless.

Will Wood, this is more my taste.

Will Wood and the Tapeworms, same as before, musics pretty catchy. (this is about Hand Me My Shovel, I'm Going In!) 2012 REFRENCE!!!!!! GOING STRAIGHT INTO MY PLAYLIST WHERE THE ONLY CRITERIA IS THE SONG NEEDS TO REFRENCE 2012 IN A NOSTALGIC SENSE (it's more common then you think)

System Of A Down, think I've listened to them before, or at least a band that sounded similar.

I already listen to Linkin Park

Deftones, reminds me of Weezer for some reason.

The Cure, already listened to them before, they're one of my friends favorite bands.

Siouxsie and The Banshees, dosent make me feel anything, no likes, no dislikes.

Yeah most synthwave covers of videogame music/voice lines sound pretty good, personal favorite is dagothwave.

Poor Man's Poison is already a band I listen to quite often, favorite song is Feed The Machine.

Johnny Cash, reminds me of the music I used to listen to when I was 10ish, so that's okay by me, might not listen to it as much but still makes me a bit nostalgic.

First Aid Kit, definitely sounds like my type of music reminds me of Young Rising Sons a bit.

The Crane Wives, wonder where the name came from, anyway a bit slow but reminds me a lot of Five For Fighting which is an artist I like so that's a good sign.

I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski, too slow for my tastes, still kinda relaxing though.

No Surprises by Radiohead, too much radio not enough head 😔, never liked radiohead that much, pretty calming though liked the background music a lot.

Euthanasia by Will Wood, really similar to a lot of songs I like so I kept expecting a louder and quicker paced chorus but sadly it never came, pretty sad lyrics wonder what's the context.

Sound Of Silence, did this song for 8th grade choir, so I've heard both this version and the original, I perfer the original but this ones pretty good too.

So that's it. If any of my other mutuals want to suggest songs go right ahead

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Oof, this is my first time posting a story on tumblr so...be gentle and please forgive me...I'm still learning things on here. TY. Context Summary: Just back from Boston, Chris doesn't know the property they always play basketball on has now been occupied. Nikita isn't used to trespassers but, her heart softens after seeing Chris and a daring game of basketball has them losing one item of clothing at a time. Paring: Chris Sturniolo X OC (Nikita Gabby Rossi) Warning: Smut. Smut. Smut. (everyone in the story is over 18) Notes: It might seem like there are spelling mistakes but I've lived in three different counties and spelling can differ, eg: colour and color or things like comforter vs. duvet. Also, this is a bit longer(though I think worth it) but I didn't want to break this up. I hope you enjoy! Loves ya's <3 ONE ON ONE. Nikita Gabriella Rossi woke up with a thumping sound somewhere in the distance. She stretched her arms out, turning her head towards the windows, her eyes only half open. She listened intently and guessed the noise was coming from a neighbor. It wasn’t too loud, it was more like a dull, distant thumping. The late afternoon sun streamed through her windows, prompting her to get up.

She thought she recognized the sounds but she was still tired from her long flight the day before. Jet lag, in her eyes, was the worst thing about flying. She let out an audible sigh and slid off the bed, thinking she would go have a quick shower and then go for a run. It was a great way to see and explore her new neighborhood and, she loved to work out.

She quickly made her bed, then went to a panel on the wall and started some music, silently thanking her dad for getting professionals out to set up a smart system. It meant if she put music on from any of the panels in the house, she could have music flowing throughout the house or just in one room if she chose.

Once out of the relaxing shower, she started getting dressed, but she realized she was probably going to have to change the run into a walk since one of her suitcases were missing when she went to get her luggage after the flight.

Though it took a while, they located it and said they would send it within the week. In that suitcase was most of her clothing, and she only had her smaller suitcase with a few things in it. She found a sports bra, a top, some genie pants, socks, and a pair of Converse. Lastly, she put on a baseball hat.

With the thumping still going on outside, she shook her head and made her way downstairs. As she descended the stairs, the thumping had become louder, but still, she tried to ignore it.

She stopped at her fridge and had just opened it to get an ice cream when she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. She quickly grabbed the ice cream then closed the door and looked towards the sliding door. It was the best view she had to the outside where the movement had come from.

She heard the thump, then a thump again, and then saw a basketball flying through the air. Now, it made sense; the thumping was the ball on the ground. It was one of the reasons she was excited about her dad getting the place for her - it had a basketball post. She loved most sports and had a lot of nostalgic memories linked to basketball.

She walked to the sliding door that led out into the spacious backyard. There was a patch of green lawn with a stunning flower bed, but it was mostly concrete, holding a sparking blue pool and a basketball post. There were no neighbors to the one side and the wall was high enough for privacy. She had definite plans to make use of the privacy with the pool – she enjoyed sunbathing naked during the day, and taking skinny dips, especially at night.

She unwrapped the ice cream, putting the wrapper on the kitchen island, thinking she would throw it away later, but she was intrigued as to who it was that had enough balls to come onto private property. Where she was from, that was taking a risk like no other. She took a bite of the ice cream, then crossed her arms over her chest as she walked to the sliding door, her eyes scanning the yard for whoever was in it.

Then, she saw him. He emerged from the side of the house where she assumed the ball had bounced after a shot. She let her arms drop to her sides as she drew in a sharp breath.

He had on a pair of grey sweat-shorts that were cut off just below his knees, a black tee, and a pair of white air forces with socks. She knew he was wearing earnings because one of them sparked when it hit the bright afternoon light as he turned. He was, she thought, the hottest guy she had ever seen.

There was…something about him that was appealing to her. The days' stubble on his chiseled jaw sent a pleasant shiver down her spine, his messy but perfect hair suited him, and she was curious as to what color eyes he had.

‘’Fuck,’’ she whispered to herself, then giggled. ‘’Yup… fucking… amazing.’’

She quietly slid the door open, stepped out, and closed the door again, as he took another shot. The ball went in effortlessly and he grinned to himself at the smooth jump shot. She let out a tiny moan at his grin. He was even more sexy, if that was possible, when he smiled. Damn it. She went down a few steps and leaned against the railing.

‘’I bet you can’t do that again,’’ Gabby said, ‘’and you’re on private property.’’

He turned and gave a surprised look and then a smile, that she knew probably won over a lot of people.

‘’I..I’m sorry. I thought the place was empty. A lot of people and kids come and play basketball here cause it’s been deserted for months. The garden gate is faulty and if it isn’t latched securely it opens on its own. I guess people figured out no one was living here and that it was okay to play basketball,'' he said and bounced the ball, then continued when Gabby gave a nod, bit into the ice cream, and raised her brows.

''I swear we’ve only played basketball…and maybe swam a few times but that’s it. I didn’t even notice someone had moved in…I should have been paying more attention and I am sorry. I guess with it being empty for so long I just didn’t bother to check.’’

‘’That’s okay, I can understand that,’’ Gabby said and flashed him a smile, then licked her ice cream. Now that she saw his brilliant blue eyes that anyone could get lost in, she honestly didn't give two fucks if he broke down a wall to get in to play basketball. He could invade her space and enter her property anytime he wanted.

‘’Your accent…where are you from?’’ he asked, his eyes falling to her mouth as her tongue flicked over the top then, her lips closed around it. Chris shifted in his spot and tried to divert his eyes but they wouldn’t obey. The arousal he felt was overwhelming. It was only when she pulled away from the ice cream and swallowed did he look back up at her eyes.

‘’I’m from Australia. I only flew in yesterday but my dad got this place ready for me about a week ago,’’ Gabby replied

‘’So your dad stays here with you? I only flew in yesterday, too. I’ve been in Boston for the past two weeks so it makes sense that I didn’t know anyone was here,’’ he said

‘’My dad has his own place…with his girlfriend. We need separate places, you know? You said you’ve been here a lot…playing basketball and swimming but you flew in today because you were in Boston?’’ Gabby asked, tilting her head to the side slightly. She squinted with the sun now hanging low and blinding her. Chris thought she looked adorable scrunching her nose up as she squinted.

‘’I…you don’t know who I am?’’ he asked, slightly confused and surprised. He understood that there would be a lot of people who hadn’t heard of them or seen them but he guessed she was around his age and would somehow know of him and his brothers.

He also didn’t know if she was a fan pretending to be oblivious. Lately, he was starting to question a lot of people and their motives and he didn’t quite know who to trust apart from his family and close friends.

He and his brothers had only just found out that very morning that a bunch of fans had been around their house in the hopes of meeting them, unbeknownst they were in Boston. It was slightly unnerving. He found it strange that people would do that since he never once thought of rocking up to one of his favorite artists' houses uninvited. It was somewhat surreal. He narrowed his eyes slightly at the gorgeous woman standing before him.

She could very easily say she lived there, but it didn't mean she did. The faulty gate was open most of the time and she could have also seen that the place was vacant. He hadn’t seen her come out of the house. She had just suddenly appeared. Her accent could have been fake...they were in LA after all. He glanced at the house but it was difficult to see into it as it was raised from their level and the sun was hitting all the windows in a bright orange hue. It looked the same way it had the thousand times they had been there before. He looked at her, a sweet smile playing on her lips. He swiftly decided to play along and see if she was genuine.

‘’Should I?’’ Gabby asked, swatting a bug away, ‘’you special?’’ He smiled, then let out a laugh as his eyes roamed over her body. His eyes briefly stopped at her exposed, bare, toned, stomach and he licked his lips at the belly piercing. He lifted them further up, liking what he saw. A lot. She was about 5’1, petite, with big blue eyes, long lashes, pouty, luscious lips, and wavy long brown hair. He loved that there was just a light sprinkle of freckles over her nose and that she wasn’t plastered in makeup. She had a very even tan and he was curious if it was an all-over tan or were there tan lines?

‘’Nah,’’ Chris said with a shake of his head, ‘’I’ll explain later. What’s your name?’’

‘’Nikita Gabriella Rossi, but everyone calls me Gabby. Yours?’’ Gabby asked walking closer to him

‘’Chris,’’ he said, omitting his full name to see if she would slip up, but he swallowed hard, realizing how utterly beautiful she was, especially the closer she got to him. ‘’Are you going to share that or what?’’

Gabby smiled and looked at the almost finished ice cream that he nodded at. She looked back at him and held her arm out. He grinned widely, then placed a hand on hers as he tilted his head and then took a bite. Gabby bit her bottom lip at his warm, big hand curling around her small hand. She had never understood what people meant when they said they had felt butterflies in their stomach and it seemed like a really corny way of expressing something, but here she was, experiencing that for the first time.

‘’So…Chris, I bet you can’t make that shot again,’’ she said as he let go of her hand.

‘’I’m pretty sure I can. I hardly ever miss,’’ Chris said confidently. She loved confident men.

‘’Show me then,’’ she said and gave a nod towards the ball

He smiled and let out another laugh, causing Gabby to bite her lip again. He reached for the ball, took aim, and shot the ball. It went into the hoop perfectly.

‘’That was luck,’’ Gabby said as she waved a hand through the air, making him laugh again. ‘’Pass me the ball.’’

‘’You’re going to shoot it? From here?’’ Chris asked as he passed the ball to her. He was surprised; she was tiny. There was no way she could make the shot.

‘’Sure. Why not?’’ Gabby said, jabbing the ice cream stick into a pot plant's soil. She then bounced the ball, caught it then aimed. She had the perfect jump shot and it went smoothly through the air then through the hoop and net.

Chris laughed excitedly as he jumped in his spot and then clapped his hands together, surprising Gabby at how happy and thrilled he was that she got the shot. He was genuinely excited. ‘’Nice!’’ he said happily and gave her a high five. ‘’Do it again.’’

Gabby laughed as he threw the ball to her when he retrieved it. She caught it, got into form, and shot the ball again. It was another perfect shot. ‘’You’ve done this before,’’ Chris said, letting out another laugh

‘’I hardly ever miss,’’ Gabby said mocking Chris, making him laugh harder

‘’Alright,’’ he said through his laughter, ‘’how about we make a game out of this? Best out of…how old are you?’’

‘’20,’’ Gabby said

‘’Me too. Best out of 21?’’ Chris asked

‘’Perfect,’’ Gabby said excitedly and let out a laugh

Chris looked at her and smiled widely, ‘’you have a great laugh,’’ he said

‘’Thank you…so do you. Great minds think alike cause I was just thinking that about you. What do you say if we made it more interesting?’’ she asked

‘’How would we make it more interesting?’’ Chris asked, raising his brows

‘’Whoever misses a shot, has to remove an article of clothing,’’ Gabby replied simply

Chris looked at her with surprise. She looked like an innocent little thing. Though, he also knew it was the innocent-looking ones that had a wild side to them. He was curious as to what was under the clothing. Clearly, she was fit but still…he wanted to see more. The pants were too loose for his liking and so was the top. They were flattering on her, but they didn’t exactly show her form.

‘’What?’’ Chris asked through a laugh, not sure he had actually heard her right. He was a little smitten and thought maybe he had imagined her saying that.

She laughed. ‘’You heard me. You don’t have anything I haven’t seen before and I’m sure vice versa.’’

Chris looked over at Gabby, his eyes scanning her from top to bottom again. He wondered how far this game would go and if he would have the chance to see her naked…and if so, he had absolutely no intentions of missing a shot.

‘’Alright, let’s go. We shoot from the same spot, right here by this line,’’ Chris said and pointed to the concrete.

‘’Yup, who goes first?’’ she asked

‘’You can go first,’’ Chris said with a smile, ‘’but…we have to make this fair. I think you have one more article of clothing on than I do.’’

Gabby gave him a confused look for a second, her mind racing as she calculated the articles of clothing each was wearing. She suddenly gave him a smile and nodded her head slowly.

‘’You’re very observant! You’re right, we have to be fair,’’ she said and whipped the shirt she was wearing off, leaving her in a black sports bra. Chris burst out laughing and Gabby frowned at him, suddenly feeling insecure. So much so, that she lifted and crossed her arms over her chest. He immediately began waving his hands through the air.

‘’No,’’ he said still laughing, ‘’I’m not laughing at your…I’m laughing at the skull hands…cupping you…holding your…ah shit. You have perfect…you’re perfect…’’ he said lifting his hands, mimicking like he was groping two invisible breasts. When he realized what he was doing, he dropped his hands and gave her a lopsided grin.

Gabby giggled at him fumbling on his words, and his actions. He was adorable in the sexiest, funniest way. She uncrossed her arms, letting them fall to her sides again. Chris looked at her breasts again, blinked, and sucked in a sharp breath. He had no idea how he was going to concentrate, but he knew he had to. If he wanted to see more, he was going to have to get every ball into the net. A smile curved onto his lips when she took her baseball hat off and turned it around, placing it back over her silky hair. She clapped her hands, then rubbed them together, getting ready to kick ass. She was the hottest, yet cutest thing he had ever seen.

‘’Let’s go,’’ Gabby said and picked up the ball, then took her shot. The ball went in and Chris grabbed the ball as it bounced back, then he took his shot. It also went it. Their second shots also went in until his third. He was making the shot when the thought of Gabby’s naked body entered his mind. He immediately knew he screwed up the second the ball left his fingers. It flew through the air, but it hit the rim and bounced off.

Gabby grinned at him and tilted her head to the side, ‘’go on. Take something off,’’ she said

Chris laughed and shook his head, then grabbed the hem of his t-shirt and pulled it up and over his head. After throwing his t-shirt to the side, he looked back and saw Gabby’s eyes widen slightly as they lingered on his body.

‘’Gabby,’’ Chris said, and she sucked in a breath, and shook her head ever so lightly as if she had been lost in thoughts and he had brought her back to reality. She pulled her eyes off his chest and looked up to his amazing blue eyes and that was when they both felt it. The electric charge between them had been there from the start but had just amped up enough for them both to know the game was on. The spark had been lit. There was lust, and there was pure desire.

‘’It’s your turn,’’ Chris said, wanting her to lose now more than ever, but she gave him a cheeky grin and took the ball from him, then took her shot. It went in.

‘’Fuck,’’ Chris said and Gabby burst out laughing

‘’Those shorts are coming off soon,’’ she teased as she threw the ball at him. He only laughed, aimed, and took a shot, ensuring he concentrated on what he was doing. It went in.

‘’So what do you do?’’ Chris asked as he watched the ball bounce and then roll the rest of the way to him

‘’I’m a paralegal. My dad is an attorney, and my grandfather was a judge…it runs in the family. I grew up around law so it was pretty easy for me to become a paralegal. What about you?’’ Gabby said and took the ball from Chris after he had picked it up.

Chris was silent and Gabby looked at him curiously, not understanding the long pause as silence fell between them. Her look of curiosity turned to confusion, then worry.

Chris had been studying her and came to the conclusion that she was genuine. She hadn’t asked him about Nick or Matt once, whereas most people who knew them would ask where the other two were when they were alone. She also hadn't wavered from her accent one bit. She gave him direct answers without hesitation. She, he decided, certainly didn't warrant the question mark he was holding above her.

‘’Are you a spy or something?’’ Gabby whispered, leaning closer to him. ‘’If I shouldn’t have asked, I’m sorry. We can pretend I never even asked. We can say you’re a…zoo keeper and run with that. I’d love it if you were a zoo keeper.’’

Chris burst out laughing and shook his head,‘’ I’m a digital creator. I have a YouTube channel with my brothers. I’m one of triplets,’’ Chris said as Gabby took her shot, throwing her off. She turned her head to look at him just as she threw the ball. The ball hit the backboard and bounced off.

‘’You have brothers? There are three of you?’’ Gabby asked

‘’Yeah,’’ Chris said, laughing and he ran to get the ball, ‘’it’s your turn to take something off,’’ he said over his shoulder.

When he had picked it up, he turned around and saw she had taken one of her Converse off. He felt a world of disappointment. He took his shirt off, hoping she would do the same if she missed a shot.

However, when he looked up at her, she had the sweetest smile and he couldn't help brushing the disappointment aside. He was having fun, no matter the outcome.

They went back and forth, Gabby and Chris losing their socks and shoes, but Chris was sure they had both forgotten the score. It didn't seem to matter anymore.

They were having a great time, chatting, laughing, and learning about each other, and the more that happened, the more the bond grew between them. Apart from starting to lose clothing, they were also starting to lose light. Chris took a shot and missed, leaving Gabby to whoop in happiness. She bit her bottom lip, then gave him a huge grin, ‘’loose the shorts…’’ She was going to say ‘big boy’ because she was sneaky. She knew he was a big boy because she had snuck in a few glimpses when he had been concentrating on shots. Certain angles pulled his shorts, leaving her knowing full well he was well endowed.

He smiled at her with his brilliant smile as he took his shorts off. He discarded them on a nearby lounger, leaving him only in is black underwear, knowing full well if he lost his next shot, he would be naked while she still had on her sports bra, pants and he assumed a pair of panties. He was at odds.

He was sure he heard her moan a little under her breath when she turned to take her next shot. He was surprised though when it was a terrible jump shot. She had almost been prefect every time but this…this was horrible! He glanced at her, wondering if it was done on purpose.

‘’Well, shit,’’ Gabby said, then shrugged but he didn’t miss the corners of her mouth twitching as she pulled her pants off.

Chris felt his heart beat faster as one smooth tan leg left the pants, then another, fully exposing strong-lithe legs. He looked at her tight, toned little body as she stood up straight and Chris couldn't help but wonder if this was going to be his best day yet, or the worst day of his life. Not only was this woman who standing in front of him stunningly beautiful and sexy but she was funny, sweet and smart. Her little black t-back panties were barely covering her but he wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. He looked at her small feet and wondered if those perfectly pedicured little toes curled when she orgasmed.

‘’Shit,’’ Gabby said as she tried to step out of the pants but her foot got caught in them, sending her forwards, crashing into Chris. His arm instinctively went around her waist to steady her. Her hands landed on his smooth chest and she looked up at him as he smiled down at her.

‘’You okay?’’ he asked

‘’I…yes,’’ she said and smiled slowly as she felt his hard dick push into her stomach,‘’you on the other hand…well, let’s just say if you don’t control what’s between us, it might just throw you off your game.’’

Chris laughed and ran his hands down her sides, then squeezed her hips, ‘’I don’t think I really care at this point.’’ She inhaled the feint smell of his aftershave and ran her hands down his torso, stopping at the top of his underwear. She felt him breathe in and he closed his eyes for a second, his smile widening. She wanted to reach up and bring his lips to hers so badly, but she resisted. He opened his eyes again and she pulled away from him, hating the second his hands left her hips.

Chris felt his stomach drop and disappointment washed over him when she pulled away, but he didn’t want to push the boundaries and he knew he had a bit of a competitive woman on his hands, much like himself. ‘’Let’s get this going, we don’t have much light left,’’ Chris said and Gabby gave a nod. She picked up the ball and Chris thought he was going to blow when her perfect round ass went into the air. He caught the ball and took his time with the shot. He didn’t want to miss just yet. When he got it through the net, he let out a sigh of relief.

Gabby stopped the ball with her foot as it rolled their way, she picked it up and threw the ball. It was a good jump shot, but the ball circled the hoop and they both watched in anticipation as it went around once, twice and then went flying off the hoop.

‘’Holy shit!’’ Chris said through a laugh, ‘’that was amazing. Tough luck though.’’

Gabby laughed, took her baseball cap off, and threw it to the lounger. She then fluffed her hair up and Chris was just going to protest and say that the baseball hat was not part of the clothing, when she pulled the sports bra off, her titties falling out. Chris’ dick twitched behind his underwear as he took them in. He was a breast guy and he definitely, liked what he was seeing. Her small frame made them appear bigger than they were but, they were perfect for him – round, firm with hard pink nipples.

Gabby laughed, ‘’Sir, up here,’’ she said and Chris lifted his eyes

‘’You can’t expect me not to look,’’ he said laughing

‘’You can stare all you want when we finish this up. You’re up,’’ Gabby said

‘’I sure am,’’ Chris said and Gabby burst out laughing

Chris took aim and took his shot, getting it in. Gabby smiled at him, ‘’I didn’t think we would have such a close call. Both of us in our last bit of clothing,’’ she said

‘’How did you think it would go?’’ Chris asked

‘’I thought I was going to beat you,’’ she replied

Chris laughed. ‘’So you wanted me naked?’’

‘’Hell yes,’’ Gabby said and picked the ball up, ‘’how did you think it was going to go?’’

‘’I wanted you naked,’’ he said then cocked a brow, ‘’what did you think would happen after I got naked?’’ Gabby chuckled and took her shot. It was an air ball. It was way off and she let out a little cuss, then turned to Chris.

‘’It’s kinda dark out here, I probably would have missed too,’’ Chris said and she gave a nod, then hooked her thumbs in the sides of her panties.

‘’Wait,’’ Chris said and Gabby looked at him, confused. He smiled at her and stepped closer to her, stopping so close, she could feel his body heat. He lifted her chin with the tips of his fingers as he ducked his head down, ‘’you’re beautiful,’’ he whispered and lowered his lips to hers, putting a hand on the back of her head, deepening the kiss.

Her lips were as soft and inviting as he imagined. She wrapped her arms around his neck and returned his kiss, slipping her tongue into his mouth. Both were lost in the moment as their tongues battled for dominance, her body was pressed tightly against his and his hips rocked involuntarily, grinding his dick against her stomach. They moaned into each other's mouths and parted a minute later, both breathing hard. He slid his hand to the side of her head and brushed her cheek with his thumb as they caught their breath.

‘’We’ve been playing fair from the start. How about we make it fair now and lose the bottoms together?’’ he asked

She smiled up at him. This man was a catch. She had never quite met anyone like him. He had put her feelings before his even though he didn’t have to; he had a right to watch her strip naked and then walk away, but here he was wanting to play fair and help her not feel like she was in it alone at the end. She nodded to his question.

‘’But I want to see every fucking inch of you,’’ Chris said in low voice, almost a whisper that left her legs weak, ‘’so let’s go inside. It’s too dark out here.’’

His hand slid down her neck, over her shoulder and down her arm till his hand found hers. He laced his fingers with hers and she squeezed his hand, then led the way. Once inside, she turned the lights on, closed the sliding door and she then lead Chris upstairs to her room. Gabby was zooming around, pulling him along behind her. He didn’t have time to take anything in, but, he didn’t care. All he looked at the whole time was her sweet little ass in front him.

Chris smiled when he saw how huge her bed was, then smiled wider when he looked at Gabby. She was already pulling her panties off.

‘’Oh fuck,’’ Chris breathed, as he looked at her. She was as smooth as smooth could be and he wanted her…no, he needed her.

Chris pushed his underwear off, freeing his throbbing dick. Gabby’s eyes widened slightly, her mouth fell open before it curled into a smile, and her breath caught in her throat.

‘’Huge…perfect…’’ she whispered and her eyes trailed up to meet his as she fell to her knees. She curled her small hand around his shaft and grinned widely when she saw the pre-cum. She always loved the whole idea behind pre-cum; the human hint for arousal and that there was much more of a treat was soon to follow. The touch of her tongue against his tip sent a shiver up his spine, dragging a moan from his throat. He smiled down at her when she let out a, ‘‘mmm, you taste so fucking good’’, then she licked her lips, wanting more. Then, the feel of her soft lips around the head had him shudder, but it was her tongue swirling over his silky smooth head that had him taking handfuls of her wavy hair in his hands.

She plunged his throbbing erection into her mouth, taking more than half the entire shaft in one smooth motion. His back arched and he leaned his shoulders against the cool wall when his legs felt weak. He instinctively tried to fit more and more of his rock-hard dick into her mouth. Gabby obliged by working his cock deeper into her throat until it was completely gone - vanished like a magic trick - her nose touching against his pubic bone.

‘’Oh fuck… that feels so good, don’t stop,’’ he said as her throat squeezed his cock impossibly tight. He pulled his eyes back onto Gabby and she was staring up at him, her brilliant big eyes smiling at him. As they locked eye's she slowly drew herself back. He watched in awe as his dick appeared from seemingly nowhere, drenched in her saliva. Once freed of the intrusion, Gabby sucked in a gulp of air, spitting a glob of saliva onto the tip of his penis before using both hands work to his straining muscle.

"You have the best dick I've ever seen," Gabby said with a wicked little smirk then took him into her mouth once more. She smiled to herself because she had never taken in such a long, well-endowed dick fully before.

He desperately wanted to hammer his cock down her throat again, but he let the seductive woman work him over. Her tongue flicked over his sensitive tip while her hands worked his shaft and balls. He had been so horny and needed a release, but even he was surprised by how quickly she brought him to orgasm. When she took all of him again, enveloping him down her hot throat, and her tongue lapped at his balls, Chris’s fingers curled tighter in her hair.

‘’Fuck…I’m gonna cum soon,’’ he breathed a warning. She dragged her mouth back slowly as she let out a little hum of understanding and that little hum sent a vibration right through him, and…that did it. She felt the feeling of the head swell much bigger, the shaft grow much longer, and then the delicious gushing warmth of semen fill her entire mouth and shoot continuously into the back of her throat. She swallowed vigorously to keep up with the tremendous load of cum that her mouth had caused. After the final throb, she licked up every drop and succeeded in sucking his cock dry. The treat was delicious!

‘’Holy fucking shit,’’ Chris said as he gently grabbed her arms and pulled her up to her feet. Gabby smiled and licked her lips once more to make sure she got it all. Chris dipped his head and kissed her, cupping her cheek and sliding his tongue into her mouth. She gasped and moaned, immediately returning his kiss. His hands slid around to her lower back and down to cup her glorious ass, drawing another moan from the sexy brunette.

She stood on her tippy toes and Chris grabbed her ass cheeks and lifted her off the ground with ease. Her legs wrapped around his waist, her arms circling his neck as she ran a hand through his hair. She loved that. Chris started walking to the bed and then threw her on it when his shins hit the base. She let out a playful squeal through a laugh as she landed on the puffy, lush duvet, making Chris chuckle.

‘’Your turn,’’ Chris said with a grin, and got onto the bed. He cupped her cheeks and began kissing her again, then pulled her down with him as he lay down. She straddled his torso, her legs either side of him and, it was just how he wanted her. He wasted no time when he broke the kiss and pulled on her hips then lifted her onto his face. Gabby let out a squeal of pleasure which was quickly followed by a moaning gasp as he lapped at her warm, dripping pussy. ‘’Fuck you’re so wet, and you taste so fucking good,’’ he mumbled

‘’It was…all…your…moaning. Hot…as…fuck,’’ she said between breaths trying to concentrate on her wording because she knew it would be incoherent with the way his tongue was working. His whole focus was on her pleasure as he sunk his tongue deep inside her hot tunnel. He licked and sucked at her pussy greedily, as she gripped her headboard never having such an exquisite pleasure the way Chris was performing on her pussy. He slid his tongue up and focused on her clit, but it took less than a second for her to start whimpering.

Gabby’s legs tensed a moment later, and he felt her soft thighs pressing hard against his head, threatening to crush his skull in the most blissful form of death a man could imagine. His eyes fixed on Gabby as she rode his face. Her stomach tensed, and her head dropped down, her lips in a perfect ‘o’. Gabby leaned forward, her full lips parted and eyes closed in excruciating ecstasy, and her long hair flowing like a curtain meant to shield them from the world. Chris’s attention was pulled from how she looked in her moment of climax to the near-ear-shattering wail of pleasure that left her lips as another orgasm shot through her body. Her moans and yelps spurred him on, and he doubled his efforts as he assaulted her pussy. She grabbed his hands and pulled them to her chest. He grabbed her breasts eagerly as she ran her fingers through his hair and ground her hips harder against his face, as if she was fucking his mouth. "Oh my god!" Gabby moaned, visibly shaking. "Fuck! Chris…Fuuuuuck." Gabby lifted her hips from his face, and he sucked in much-needed air. She collapsed on his chest, not able to control her wobbly legs, then she slid off him, her ass landing on the bed, next to his side. Chris let out a laugh and rubbed her one leg that was still draped over his abdomen. He loved the feel of her ultra-soft skin.

‘’You good?’’ he asked

‘’Fan-fucking-tastic,’’ she said trying to catch her breath, but her smiled said it all, ‘’you’re amazing.’’

‘’Hmmm, so are you,’’ he said and was hoping she had recovered enough from her orgasm

‘’I was…kinda loud…sorry,’’ she said

‘’Oh, don’t be. I love it, you can be as loud as you want with me,’’ he said with a grin, ‘’but yeah, I’m pretty sure Nick and Matt heard you.’’

‘’Nick and Matt?’’ Gabby asked

‘’My brothers,’’ Chris said with a laugh

Gabby’s eyes darted around, as she pulled her legs off him. She crossed them in front of her chest, ‘’how could they hear me? Where…where are they exactly?’’ she whispered

He burst out laughing, ‘’We live across the street,’’ he said and then he bit his lip, the smile turned into a wicked one.

A smile crept onto Gabby lips, her one eyebrow shot up, arching perfectly

‘’You thinking what I’m thinking?’’ Chris asked with a nod ‘’That we’re going to have plenty more of this?’’ Gabby asked

Chris let out a laugh, ‘’exactly…and more. I love being around you,’’ he said

‘’Me too,’’ she agreed, feeling those butterflies returning

‘’Good,’’ Chris said, then leaned forward and grasped the back of her neck, pulling her into a deep kiss. She felt him shift as they kissed but didn’t think too much of it but, he suddenly pulled from the kiss, and grabbed her ankles, flipping her onto her stomach, ‘’but right now I wanna fuck you so bad.’’

Chris got to his knees and admire the view as she arched her back and presented her ass to him, spreading her legs to give him a perfect view of her hairless pussy and fantastic ass. She looked over her shoulder and smiled seductively, until Chris swiped a finger over her still sensitive clit, making her gasp and then moan.

‘’Please fuck me, Chris,’’ she whimpered ‘’Gladly,’’ he said with a smile and sat up on his knees. He aimed his cock at her wet slit, rubbing the tip up and down her vagina while resting his free hand on one of her ass cheeks. Lubed up enough, he pressed his dick against her vagina. His tip slipped in and they moaned in unison. She was warm and incredibly tight, and he worried he might hurt her if he pushed in too fast. She was well lubricated with her juices, she was just petite. He gently pushed his hips forward, sliding more of his cock into her pussy.

‘’Oh fuck, you’re so big,’’ Gabby said, falling onto her forearms

‘’You’re so tight though,’’ Chris said with a laugh and started pulling back, not wanting to hurt her

‘’Don’t you stop!’’ Gabby said pushing herself back up and looked over her shoulder, ‘’don’t you dare fucking stop.’’

Chris laughed again as he rested the palms of his hands on her ass cheeks, ‘’you want more?’’ he asked

‘’Fuck yes!’’ she said smacking her hand on the bed

Chris leaned forward and over her, sliding his hands from her ass up her back, until his one hand went around her throat, the other groped a breast. ‘’I guess I can say it now…you have perfect tits,’’ he whispered next to her ear and as she turned her head to smile at him, he pushed his lips to hers. At the same time, he pulled her up and back with him with the hand around her neck, guiding her. With the kiss and the placement of his hands, he used it to distract her to thrust deep into her. His entire length sank into her and they both moaned as her nails dug into his arm.

‘’You okay?’’ Chris asked, his lips brushing against hers

She smiled, ‘’oh you’re sneaky! That felt so fucking good though!.’’

Chris smiled as his hand slid down her body to her pussy. As she lifted her self, her walls dragging on his dick, they both moaned again. With Gabby essentially sitting in his lap but with his dick inside her, it hit her in just the right spot, the same time his finger started rubbing her clit. Her walls began fluttering around his dick and she instinctively dropped herself back down onto him and as she started breathing faster, he felt her starting to clamp down on him.

‘’Oh yeah, cum for me, baby girl,’’ Chris said

‘’Oh shit,’’ she said, her eyes widening, her body beginning to tremble, then, a loud scream of ecstasy that was music to his ears. She lifted her self off of Chris and was suspended in the air before Chris felt a splash on his hand. He smiled at her as all her muscles tightened up and he did a mental fist pump that she was a squirter…and a fair amount too; not too much and not too little. She fell back onto her knees and Chris slid an arm around her waist because she was still shaking, so he just held her while she came down from her climax.

‘’Holy fucking shit,’’ Gabby said, breathing heavily. She had gained control of herself after a minute or two and sat back against him.

‘’That was so fucking hot,’’ he whispered and then turned her head to the side and kissed her deeply. Passionately. She began rocking on his dick again and moaned into his mouth.

Chris grabbed her hips and she pulled from the kiss and leaned forward. With his hands still on her slim hips, he flipped her over, making her laugh. He loved that she was so malleable and playful.

‘’Where do you think you’re going?’’ he asked with a laugh and sat up on his knees again, and pulled her ass closer. She spread her legs for him as he peered down at her. He wondered what he did this time to have been blessed with their paths crossing. He gripped her thighs as he angled his cock towards its new favourite place. It was easier going in the second time and her vagina was lubricating his cock well as she stretched to accommodate his girth. He moaned again as he hilted himself, while she arched her back and stretched her arms up, grabbing the pillows.

‘’Fuck you feel so good,’’ he mumbled. He was a man on a mission now, he needed to fill the gorgeous woman before him, and to do that he was going to fuck her like she had never been fucked before. He pulled her legs apart wide and held them by the backs of her knees and started thrusting down into her wanting pussy. It wasn't long before she was groaning and moaning in pleasure as he impaled her.

He fucked her with little hold back, each thrust into her causing a wet slapping sound to echo around the room. She raised her head up to watch as his dick vanished inside her on each down thrust, her eyes locked on the point of connection between their bodies, then her body tensed as another orgasm shot through her from head to toe. She let out a scream as another strong orgasm rocked her and he felt a spray of her ejaculation around his cock, then he felt it splash onto his stomach. He lowered himself over her shaking body and wrapped his arms under her back, cradling her body as she rode her orgasm. He continued slamming himself into her-he was getting so close.

‘’I gonna cum soon,’’ Chris said and pushed himself back up.

Gabby only smiled as she clung to the bedding like her life depended on it. They locked eyes as he slammed home, his climax finally hitting him. He let out a growl. It hit hard and he hilted himself deep inside of her as he filled her to overflowing…then he kept fucking her. His dick was still hard as nails as he continued to plunge deep inside of her. His seed was seeping out from Gabby’s pussy, running down her thighs as she almost constantly rode high on an orgasm that seemed to finish as another started. His body felt invigorated and powerful like he had endless stamina.

He had no idea how long he had been plowing into Gabby, and he didn't care. Finally, he pulled his harder-than-steel dick from her, then gave her pussy a smack. The look on Gabby's gorgeous face was pure bliss as she grinned at him as he grabbed her legs and flipped her over again – he wasn't done with her yet. He slid behind her quickly and slammed home once more. Gabby accepted him willingly, spurning him on with curses, moans, growls, and words to encourage him to use.

Another orgasm came quickly, and he filled her with another massive load. He knew that was it. He was spent and while it looked like she could have gone another few rounds, he had nothing left. She had milked him dry and he knew he never wanted her gone from his life. That was the most frantic and savage sex he had ever had, and he never wanted it stop.

He smacked her ass as he pulled out and collapsed on the bed next to Gabby. ‘’What are you doing tomorrow?’’ Chris asked her, trying to catch his breath

‘’This,’’ Gabby said

‘’Correct,’’ Chris said as she fell onto her stomach

He looked over her and let out a laugh. He pushed a tangle of hair from her face and marvelled at how beautiful she was, little knowing that she was thinking the exact same thing about him.

‘’I think we both won today,’’ he said

‘’We did! And you were wrong, you are special. Don’t ever think you aren’t,’’ Gabby said and pushed her lips to his.

Both smiled into the kiss, knowing their future was going to be exciting. One-on-one through thick and thin, always winners together.

~ If you got this far, thank you for reading! You are loved and appreciated. There may be a continuation of this story with the rest of the Sturniolos. <3