#iv. ugh... you know... life | ooc posts

[damnatvs]

hi in light of me saying i'm gonna be here and then disappearing again (and also sharing a braincell with sans) i am reemerging from the fire to say that jude is rick's child. i know amc wanted ✨ the drama ✨ but nah... you're telling me that she's not his? bitch where ???

[angelthebedsheet]

ruby earrings

a/n: yes yes i know ive been gone for the longest time but i've lost so much motivation to keep posting while still being a student and living life. your main man is still alive and im here to present a new lil drabble with a character i've never written for nor do i have on my masterlist of characters. ive been having terrible danganronpa brainrot and ive been caught up on almost all the lore regarding v1 v2 v3 and udg. the fandom has swallowed me up once again. i can never escape its clutches

contains: slight cursing, kissing, slight ooc byakuya

byakuya togami x gender neutral reader

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“what the hell?” they said as they looked down at the ruby earrings that were thrown in front of them. “well? do you like them?” he asked. they looked up at him with a confused expression. “how-why?” they stuttered out. “a thank you so much would be a proper response.” he rolled his eyes. “did you think that just because you got me a gift, that i would be nice to you?” they asked, bewildered. “you’re awfully rude, you know that right?” “and you got some nerve, you asshole.” he sighed. “you have some nerve being outright rude to me right off the bat. i put effort into getting you that. the least you could do is show me gratitude.” he crossed his arms. “where did you learn to talk back to me like that?” they spat. “i only learnt it from the best.” he said with a faint smile. he nudged his head towards the earrings that sat in the box. they huffed out a small laugh as they held them up delicately. “how’d you know?” they questioned. “i only mentioned wanting these a long time ago. you remembered?” they continued. “you always spoke about how much you wanted these earrings so i did myself and everyone a favor and bought them to shut you up.” he sighed.

“byakuya…” they cooed. “oh don’t start that with me.” he groaned. “y’know, regardless of how cold you can be you really are a sweetheart sometimes.” they smiled. “flattery will get you nowhere. cut it out.” he waved them off. “it definitely did get me somewhere. don’t act like you don’t like it, kuya.” they teased. “ugh, i thought i told you to stop calling me that wretched nickname. it’s disgraceful to the togami name.” byakuya stated. “you can tell me to stop all you want, but has that ever stopped me?” they stood up. “whatever, you’ve done enough yapping, are you going to try on those earrings?” he said. they kissed their teeth. “fine, put them on me then.” they said, moving their hair out of the way. byakuya tsked before taking their earring out of their ear and placing the ruby one instead. he subconsciously smiled as they basically cheesed at the earrings. he couldn’t deny how satisfied he felt knowing that they loved the gift. they always loved whatever he gave them but he knew this gift held more sentimental value.

“it’s beautiful. thank you, i guess.” they said. “see? that wasn’t so hard now was it?” he teased. “yeah yeah, whatever.” they rolled their eyes. “i expect something in return.” he said, leaning forward. “you just want more and more, huh? when will you ever be satisfied?” they groaned as they cupped his cheek, pressing a grateful kiss to his pale cheek. they pulled back before he cleared his throat. “you know the drill, i don’t understand why you think this would be different.” he stated. they sighed deeply before pressing a soft kiss against his lips. “thank you, kuya.” they mumbled.

‘anything for you.’ byakuya thought.

“you’re welcome.” byakuya whispered.

[kareofbears]

bullets 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9 would u kindly bear?

YOOOOO V!!!!! howdy!!! kinda crazy that you wanna hear me keep yelling about things but i am SO not complaining (honestly my beta is so tired of hearing me talk about these things lmfao). not to mention i love this specific ask post so im like, salivating. i’m assuming the same ask since i havent reblogged a numbered ask game list yet? and im also going to assume that i should just go in deeper about 8 and 9 since i answered that one already but hey, no problem i got a lot to say about dialogue.

1. What’s something you’ve written that you know is OOC and you just don’t care?

first though, i wanna talk about ryuji (story of my life). i like to write him as someone who’s actually really smart when it comes to people, and he knows how to work with them. i like to write him as someone who’s sensitive who has extremely high E.Q. 

cool, and now it’s sumire time. 

look. writing sumire, you have to make her at least somewhat ooc because she ain’t got much going on in canon!!!! if i write her exactly as she is in canon it would be like speaking to a cardboard cutout--you’re not gonna get much out of it. she’s written too blandly for her to be interesting, but she has these tiny aspects ingame where she’s actually quite complex. she’s selfish, actually. she’s an outsider, even in the third-semester. i think she’s quite conniving, and she’s not as naive about the world as people might think she is. but all of these are just hints and the game doesn’t do anything with it!!!! i have my problems with sumire (a lot of them) but she truly doesn’t deserve the hate she gets--she doesn’t deserve hate, she deserves criticism. that’s why ive been writing her quite a bit lately, i wanna breathe live to her in a way atlus didn’t. 

2. What’s the most overrated thing you’ve written?

ugh. it absolutely has to be this fic called “Visiting” i wrote for the marvel fandom. i won’t link it because i think its really cringey and self-indulgent, but it’s on my ao3. it got pretty big for some reason, but it’s so...blegh!!!! i hate remembering i what i wrote in it!!!! another one is probably my fic called ergo, eraserhead which i will link because im quite proud of it still. on the flip side, i dont think any of my persona 5 fics will ever get as big as these two fics, and i’m so relieved by that. 

4.Something a commenter did point out that you wish they hadn’t.

oof...someone pointed out a flaw in the plot. not technically mean or anything, like they were quite nice about it, but i remember being devastated. i was on the skytrain platform when it happened and i was just so sad for no reason lmfao 

8.Something you love to see in dialogue.

hmmmmmmm i love to see interesting dialogue. very vague, i know. i like it when the author has obviously taken time to think about the dialogue, maybe even going as far as to say it out loud to make sure that the flow is smooth. i like dialogue that does more than one thing--instead of having boring dialogue that’s obviously just there to ensure that the viewer can understand the plot (i’m looking at you, star wars prequel trilogy), it also serves to help the viewer understand who these people are and what their dynamic is with their group. dialogue is really really hard to write, and that’s why good dialogue is something that should absolutely be praised.

9. What’s your fandom’s most overused trope?

alright if you want me to bring up soft!goro i guess i’ll do it (sike ive always wanted an excuse to yell about fandom akechi). obvious disclaimer: yes i know fandom is the space where people are allowed to interpret what they want with whatever character they choose, but this is my overly long persona 5 post, and if i’m asked to complain i’m going to complain. 

i talked more about it in this post, but i’ll say the gist: every character has a fundamental value that i believe you should never compromise on, because if you change it or get rid of that value, you are no longer writing that character. you’re allowed to change whatever else, but that value should not be changed. an example is akira’s love for his friends: you change that, you’re not writing akira anymore. you change haru’s motivation for kindness in the face of adversity, that ain’t haru anymore. but these are just my examples--different authors can have different fundamental values for different characters. 

so back on soft!goro, my fundamental value for akechi is his cynicism. he will always always assume the worst in the world, even if he’s finally moved on from what happened to him. even if he finds people to love who love him back, even if he escaped to another country where knows his name and he doesn’t have to hold up any appearances anymore, i believe that that cycnism will always be a a part of him, for better or for worse. so soft!goro is an interesting concept, because it reminds me something very specific: it reminds of the end of p5r bad ending where the bad reality prevails and akechi turns into someone unrecognizable. because...that’s what soft!goro is. 

soft!goro is akechi without the cycnicism--you take that cycnicism away, and you’re not writing akechi anymore. you’re just writing some random guy at this point. and no, it’s not because i don’t want him to be happy--if anything, i have so many ideas of a grown up akesumi fic that i’d love to write. no, it’s because i think even in the far future, he will still have this core belief. it’s an unshakeable fact about akechi. it’s what made him turn into who he is, it’s what led him to commit attrocities, it’s the reason why he died. that cycnicism is engraved in akechi, no matter therapy he may get, or whatever love interest he has, you can’t get rid of that pessimistic outlook that he has. 

of course, there’s exceptions to every rule. for example, i have an idea of wriitng an akesumi fic post akechi’s first therapy session. but i’m just saying that as an overall factor: to get rid of akechi, is to murder this complex character for someone generic. 

[burnedhybrid]

ooc; tw - miscarriage, updates, shitty mun ramblings.

most emotionally & physically draining week of my life.   i got more bad news; my grandma is sick, and doesnt have long left so i'm heading to jamaica sept 15th to visit her- it's been 12 years since i was last out there. feeling better today compared to the whirlwind that has been this past week. today i pampered myself a little and got a facial, my skin has been terrible and im guessing its the hormones.  im not ignoring your messages, i've had some lovely ones come my way. i just have no idea what to respond with as everythings still very raw (in every sense of the word) for me at the moment. miscarriage is hard. the blood, the waiting for baby to pass etc is agonizingly emotional. the pain is rough too. as someone who's been on a long fertility battle getting pregnant was so exciting, the prospect of miscarriage was high due to the severity of my pcos and how high my testosterone levels are, all the specialist appts, needles, fertility treatments, etc, etc. all docs told me to stay level headed and i was honestly and truthfully told of the chances of miscarrying but nothing, nothing prepped me for the week ive just had, no matter how many times i’ve been told.  on the surface i’m 'okay', but as i said the hormones, blood, baby passing all that is something you just aren't ever, ever ready for.  bleh.  i haven't been able to share it with my close ones as my core family are abroad on holiday. so ive bottled this up with my fiance. kinda wanna scream. kinda wanna cry. kinda wanna give up. ugh, i’m so sorry guys on the rp front too, ive dedicated most of the week to emotionally eating in my bed, and the only thing i’ve had a muse for is @familyispower‘s & my tatia thread i’m halfway through writing. im getting there, i promise. y’all keep plotting with me, right now its a beautiful, beautiful distraction. this may seem like a really weird request, but if anyone would want to do a plot around miscarriage i’d really appreciate it. id be really picky with whom this person is though however. ive been journalling this experience and its been really therapeutic, actually.... rping  it would give me a space to add a human element  and  more of how i really feel to it all, idk, am i weird for that? idk, idc. im hurting and it helps. bleh. this post is all over the place, im sorry. i dont even know why i’m apologizing, but i feel the need to say sorry, so im sorry idk. -jolie x

[damnatvs]

hi i turned 28 this past wednesday and my coworkers and friends made a bigger deal about it than my literal family… so there’s that but also i like how i look so… here’s some munday stuff i guess 🤷🏼‍♀️

[damnatvs]

no one talk to me i'm emotional, unstable, all of the things... anyways jude now has hella muse and i need to write things especially with any of her parentals

[damnatvs]

okay i am trying to protect my peace, that said my brain got dumb and i had a huge mood drop. i will be mobile/on discord for the night if anyone needs me. love y'all. 🩵

[damnatvs]

i have returned from idk the dead? i don't know where i went... but anyways, i am here, i'll be working on drafts and inbox stuffs today! and probably reloading the queue bc it's almost empty which means i've been gone a while. whoops. anyways this is a return from the dead starter call so click the heart if you'd like a starter! xo

[damnatvs]

guys i saw taylor swift last night and i am still buzzing it was amazing ! we won the surprise song lottery tbh. i’m finally home so i’m gonna get unpacked and get stuff sorted for work this week and try and work on some stuff here for jude bc i wanna be active again

[damnatvs]

in a desperate attempt to get some dopamine, i finished agatha all along last night and all i can say is jude has a huge crush on agatha. that is all.

[damnatvs]

hey y’all! i’m hoping to get online tonight! i’m working for my parents today after my 6-2… i’m also available on discord and i’m pretty active there if i’m not here so if you wanna chat there lemme know and i’ll send you my user! 🤗

[damnatvs]

HI GUYS! i am so sorry for the radio silence, i ended up taking a 3 month course online to hopefully get a better paying job in my field on top of working full time at my day job and part time for my family's business so it's been chaotic. school is over now thank gods so i'm back! i will be going through my inbox and other replies probably mostly this weekend but i'll be chipping at it the next couple days as well!

[damnatvs]

okay before i hop off and switch to mobile for the night, click the heart for a starter! i'll be working on stuff here throughout the week!!

[damnatvs]

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