#just wanna have smth while getting back into the groove of things

[littlehouseoftrinkets]

Your local trinket collector, curator of stuff and things. Physically incapable of being clear and concise.

Supposedly has an art blog ( @dawnsies )

Blog of various interests, but expect a lot of music, spiderverse, rune factory (4&5), and pokemon stuff atm :D

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[deathvsthemaiden]

Do you have any advice for ppl who’ve been in a reading slump since... 5 ever ? i love reading somehow it’s just harder to get into it these days :(

Omg for sure!! Here is a scrambled little list, I hope at least some of it helps:

📖 read in any format (ebook, physical book, audiobook) bc they’re all valid and make reading more accessible for people which is I think part of why ppl get hoity toity abt it. Ignore them. Also, I assume that if you wanna read, at least a large chunk of why is because you wanna have fun and consume stories yes? 😳 you can do that w/ any form of book, and any other reasons you might have to want to read, like expanding vocab or broadening ur horizons or learning to analyze books should be secondary. Focus on making it a fun and near-effortless/painless thing again and then u can graduate to those (I think that’ll come naturally tbh as long as you read semi-consistently) Fun comes First and I say that as a terrible English major 😗

📖 And with that in mind, read whatever you want, even if it’s simple or cringe or a reread or whatever because after completing the first few impulsive reads that you find engaging enough to finish completely, you can worry about reading what you think you “should” or what would benefit you specifically if that makes sense. Like I’m completely pro reading new things and not limiting urself to 1 genre but there’s no harm in taking your time moving onto things that don’t immediately pique ur interest. Get into the groove of things first, the criticism of ppl who are well past the target age market for YA but still exclusively consume it doesn’t apply to people who are trying to rediscover their love of reading imo.

📖 keep books nearby all the time! (All!!! The time!!!!) You might not actually read them 45/50 times that you bring them with you to places/keep them near you wherever u spend time at your house, but those 5 times will be bliss and you’ll thank yourself! Do it! Especially if ur open to ebooks and can read them on ur phone!

📖 put your phone somewhere far away on mute and force yourself to read for a specific chunk of pages or time. Very old person-ish advice but like. They’re onto smth when they tell us to do stuff like that, but they’re also way too smug and holier-than-thou about it so no need to tell any of them that! 🤫 but seriously be honest w/ urself if u have a compulsive notification checking problem and challenge yourself to overcome it long enough to meet a very small teensy tiny goal 🥅

📖 I juggle a lot of books at once and I’m constantly planning ahead in my brain when I do it, without consciously meaning to (library deadlines for digitized books are so strict 💔) And often I don’t end up following these plans perfectly, because following them perfectly isn’t the point, especially since life happens all the time and isn’t often very receptive when we wish we could forget everything and read for several straight hours. Reading shouldn’t be a burden, but the vague guidelines help. I think stuff like “tomorrow I’ll finish this poetry collection before bed” or “I’m gonna study and then read 2 chapters of this novel I’m rlly digging as a treat before continuing,” “I’m gonna listen to 4 chapters of this audiobook while I take a walk or do chores” etc etc. and usually I end up reading at least a little! And the best thing is when I read more than intended because the book is just that fun. I don’t write these plans down, but if it helps you to do so I urge you to anon :0 !! Just remember ur writing them on paper/a screen and not in stone, so you can always be flexible and change things around and you’re not by any means a failure for doing so. To be flexible w/ urself is most likely to ensure long term progress imo!

📖 speaking of juggling it’s absolutely fine to cycle through a ton of books and sometimes abandon them for months and come back when the whim strikes! If your memory is good enough and you prefer having a bunch of variety at all times, jump from book to book with reckless abandon! It legit doesn’t matter. Also don’t ever hesitate to drop a book if you’re not vibing it’s not worth it. Time is precious life is precious you’re doing this for fun, yes? Drop the book if you can’t bring yourself to care theres sooooo many more where it came from! Be merciless and picky!! It will pay off I promise, and to be that way is not antithetical to challenging yourself or stepping outside of your comfort zone unless you make it that way.

📖 buddy read/have an impromptu book club w/ someone. It doesn’t have to be official, and I’ve done this multiple times with people and sometimes we just don’t finish the book/meet our set goals and that’s a-okay! It’s still worth it to have someone to talk abt the book w/ and you guys can always pick up where you left off or try another book. Literally no stakes at all as long as everyone involved is chill and understanding <3

📖 set a reading goal you think you can manage by the end of the year! You might surprise yourself 😳 and if you don’t oh well! You’ll still have read at least a page in pursuit of said goal 🔎

📖 read short stories! The internet is full of them, and short story collections by multiple and singular authors are everywhere 📚

📖 do some searching and make a list of books that you’re extremely excited to read or really wanna revisit. And then pick your next reads from there! If you want recs for books or short stories you can always shoot me another ask or look at my goodreads (or goodreads in general)

[floraisann]

ateez reaction: filming an asmr video with an asmrtist s/o

➣ requested? X

➣ genre: fluff(prolly not but we’ll go w it), humor

➣ masterlist

A/N: yeah this was made entirely bc i was thinking about seonghwa getting scared over the fact that he made a nice sound in his one asmr vid so,,,, yeah. enjoy! :)

❅♩♬♩❅――

❥ kim hongjoong

was iffy about the idea until he realized hey, the two of you could still make music, just much quieter

you’d probably film like,,,, asmr songwriting,,,,, where it’s just you two working silently on a song

in the beginning it’s really quiet, but you do get some sexy pencil/keyboard sounds 🥰💕

once he gets into the groove of things he’s very calm and focused, and that relaxing vibe transfers into the video

tries to do actual asmr triggers, but everything gains rhythm and before you know it heyyy this a pretty sick beat 😳

the song he ends up writing uses only asmr triggers for the instrumental along with very soft vocals, and bc this man lives and breathes music ITS A WHOLE BOP

10/10 content. would nap to again

❥ park seonghwa

could not find gifs of his asmr video smh but anyways seonghwa, we know ur hot already, we get it. pls calm down

kq sir where’s the seonghwa asmr series the people don’t just want it, the people NEED it

was ready for this since before he exited the womb

since this man is already a whole asmrtist you’d film something like that “asmr friend tries giving me tingles” video 

very excited by the expensive mic

“is this how you do it” except he really doesn’t have any reason to ask you, he already knows what he’s doing

gets REALLY shook whenever he makes a god sound

like remember the plastic wrap/facial mist moment he had in his own vid?? that x10

the video you post with him ends up your most viewed. not because of the emotional support kpop boy you got on the video, no it’s the extreme quality 

❥ jeong yunho

you guys would probably film SOMETHING with talking, maybe one of the asmr interviews w magazine does

except there’s a real asmrtist asking questions and a kpop boy to answer

REALLY good at soft spoken asmr. like the low rumble in his voice!?! mmm. 23/10 would tingle again

probably really good in general. like even if he doesn’t watch asmr normally will probably watch a number of videos before filming to make editing easier on you so the video is actually VERY GOOD

honestly he probably makes the best sounds in the video and you’re just like :o

“jeong yunho, where’d you learn how to do that” “👀 the nice russian lady on youtube”

overall a very relaxing experience

he’d probably end up filming w you again because of how smoothly it goes

well done jeong yunho

❥ kang yeosang

does not have the slightest clue what the fuck he’s doing but he’s already quiet and gentle so you wouldn’t be able to tell

the very definition of fake it til you make it!

anyways you’d also probably have to film a semi-crackhead video with him to keep him engaged

yk the crush on 9 fast tapping relay thing w his 3 friends? i imagine that but w yeosang

maybe not the same exact concept, but like you’d definitely make something with the same relaxed “just playing around w my friends :)” energy

that being said yeosang is a package deal. if you have yeosang, at least one other member will make an appearance

but he’ll make sure it’s at least not the chaos lord wooyoung

idk his humor’s kind of underrated but it would definitely show in smth like that

like he’d actually produce good content, but his bloopers would be so funny that you can’t remove them, you just quiet them

the people would want him back anyways so he’d get better with time

10/10 recommend this mans as an asmrtist kq where’s the ateez asmr-

❥ choi san

i was looking for a certain gif of him from the woosan tingle interview and i was unsuccessful but you know what? this is just as good if not better because SAN

a lil too psyched for this relaxation joint but issokay, he cute

y’all probably make some type of ear cleaning video bc remember how excited he was when they gave him the earpick 🥺 

very focused on sound quality

squeaks whenever he makes a somewhat unpleasant sound

gets shiber into the video as an object to make triggers with

probably gets tingles somewhere along the way and just giggles to himself. it’s a little loud but please don’t edit it out

can and will recite ateez intros/outros. like he’ll just be vibing petting shiber then suddenly he’s leaning into the mic and just

“the freezing winds may make us-” he starts shaking shiber to emphasize his point “-shiverrr”

and what can you do but smile when all that separates you from the only man ever is a binaural mic?

one of the members whose end video is actually super high quality

❥ song mingi

clueless. there are three question marks floating above his head at all times

like he’s actually trying, he’s just big and loud

follows you around like a lost puppy

tries VERY hard to copy whatever you do and it’s VERY cute

phases in and out of whispering but completely on accident, he’s lost

like yunho, actually has a nice soft speaking voice once he figures that shit out

cute smile when he’s actually producing good content

honestly tho for mingi to stay engaged you might have to play some sort of game 

the video would probably be one of those “guess the trigger” games

like the one co9 made w his one friend? yeah that

mingi would end up with the chicken toy though

you’d have a lot of bloopers bc he either hits something/talks too loud/laughs but it’s okay, we stan song mingi!! and you know he wasn’t nearly as bad as a certain sagi groupmate he has!!!!

❥ jeong wooyoung

my good nctzens, my fellow grass, you know the jsmr jeno filmed w jaemin that absolutely went to shit? that’s what you’re filming with wooyoung. 

he’s jaemin, obviously

you’re probably gonna film some type of cooking asmr so he’s not BREATHING DIRECTLY INTO THE MIC

PLEASE don’t bring the electric mixer PLEASE make him whisk the batter like a “real man”

you probably get a shot somewhere along the way of him tossing an ingredient wrapper into the stratosphere or several

will lean into the mic to bring up a random tmi he remembered, all while breathing VERY heavily “ATINY DO YOU WANNA HEAR MY YOSHI IMPRESSION”

when he does that too he probably phases in and out of whispering in his excitement. your ears? wasted. 

probably whisper yells too

the video ends up really short because wooyoung is too chaotic for this type of thing. record a normal cooking video with him next time, please.

❥ choi jongho

actually relaxed, even gets the art of not breathing at the mic down very quickly and picks up filming tricks along the way

but since he’s still part of the chaos line you’d film something like the gibi/marno/goodnight moon collabs.

50% asmr misc. roleplay, 50% comedy film

an apple would make its way into the video YES he’ll break it

but far enough from the the mic that it doesn’t break you ears

and mr jongho is the master of keeping a straight face. the one pulling the stupid shit would be both of you, but ALL your noise cuts would be because YOU laughed, not him

maybe if you two had a brain this would’ve been the most successful endeavor but nope y’all take “no thoughts, head empty” way too seriously for that to happen

anyways stan choi jongho, aka my fav grocery store

❅♩♬♩❅――

[sept-dix]

college au! dongho

a/n: requested; whenever i say ‘senior’ throughout this thing i’m referring to anyone who’s been in the dance club longer than you and not like freshman sophomore senior lol just smth to take note so it doesn’t get confusing! 

in your first year of university, you join the school’s dance club in hopes of meeting new people 

you do have friends already but you feel that in order to fully enjoy uni you have to meet as many people as you can, and joining a club is the perfect way to do exactly that and be a part of a solid community

also you used to dance way back in your early teen years so you thought it would be cool to pick that up again

on the day of your first meeting with the club you dress up in the most dance-appropriate & comfortable clothes you have and head to the dance room

once you enter the room you see that there are close to around 40? or 50 people milling about the room 

some of them are stretching while some of them are standing around in small groups just chatting

some people (whom you assume are the older members of the club) are playing some music from a speaker connected to a laptop and they’re just grooving to the music

among these people you see a few new lost freshmen like you standing there looking a little lost so you just make your way to them so you can look lost together lol

soon this guy called howon who introduces himself as the captain of the club calls everyone to come together

and he introduces himself and goes through a basic rundown of what the club usually does on a normal meeting day and what kind of performances they have coming up, what kind of traditions they usually have, anything else you need to know etc etc

turns out that out of the 48 total members of the club 13 of you guys are freshmen

so once howon finishes with his introduction he announces that you’re going to be doing some icebreaker activities to get to know y’all better

initially you guys were just supposed to sit in one big circle and go around one by one introducing yourselves and your dance background and why you joined the club and stuff like that

but it’s hard to do that with literally so many people and it gets kinda boring anyways so they just let the whole thing dissolve into normal conversation between smaller groups in the circle

there’s another freshman to your right and you’re both just sitting there in awkward silence bc everyone around you is engaged in their own conversations so you decide to introduce yourself

so you tell her your name and she tells you that her name is mina and the two of you get to know each other better

you tell her that you joined the club to meet new people and re-pick up dance and she tells you she joined to learn a new genre of dance after having danced ballet for the longest time

mina’s super nice and you two bond pretty well

soon howon draws everyone’s attention and gets y’all up on your feet

and without a word he just moves over and plays a beat from the speaker

and the older members cheer and naturally get everyone to form a circle

one senior starts off in the middle of the circle and after dancing for a few seconds he points to someone else in the circle and that person takes over his spot in the middle of the circle

when you and mina realise that it’s basically an impromptu freestyle sesh in action you join in the cheers

so you decide that you love this club already because everyone is overflowing with talent and it has such a nice and comfortable vibe and it’s amazing

after that there comes a short break for everyone to catch their breaths and drink some water and get ready to start getting involved in earnest for the upcoming showcase the club’s having

so you head off to the area where your water bottle is with this other freshman you’d just met called jeongguk who’s pretty chill and friendly and you’re drinking water when you see mina talking to this group of seniors 

weirdly they’re all looking over at you a lot and you’re starting to get a bit uneasy when they all actually walk up to you

you look at mina questioningly but before she can say anything, one of the senior guys who was with her starts talking

“hey, my name is minki!! and this is dongho,” he says gesturing to the guy beside him and you’re taken aback the moment you look at him bc he has one of the worst RBFs you’ve ever seen he looks ready to kill

you gulp and introduce yourself while jeongguk does the same 

“anyway,” minki continues “i was just telling mina about how you looked super fierce but she says you’re nice so i’m here to say sorry for judging you by your cover”

you just laugh nervously bc 1) lol wtf is he saying and 2) everyone tells you that you look fierce before they get to know you so you don’t really know what to tell him

and seeing your nervous laugh, dongho starts to crack the smallest of smiles but he goes back to frowning when minki says “yeah but the good thing is now we have a member in the club who can match up to dongho’s rbf”

you start laughing in earnest at that and you guys all slip into casual conversation before howon is calling everyone to come back from their breaks

and although you haven’t really exactly talked to this dongho dude yet you gotta say,,, he’s kinda hot

once howon calls it a day and everyone is once more milling around the room cooling down and making plans to go get smth to eat afterwards or whatever you’re just packing your bag and getting ready to go when you see dongho approaching you

“hey! how was your first day?” he asks you as he bends down to pick up his own bag which you realise is right beside yours

“good! it was good!! yeah it was great” 

wtf how many times do you have to say it 

usually you don’t too awkward when talking to new people but looking at dongho again you realise he’s really hot and it’s making u nervous

he straightens up and chuckles at your answer

“that’s good. what was your name again? i’m not sure i caught it earlier”

“it’s y/n. you’re dongho right?”

“yup” then he looks up at you while adjusting the cap onto his head and goes “y/n? that’s a nice name” 

“oh is it? thank you!”

and before you can do anything else he says “alright then, hope we get to talk more next sesh!” and goes off to meet his other friends or wtv

and oh boyyyy

nice name??? hope we get to talk more???? hope?? talk more???? he’s spoken to you for an approximate 1 minute 22 seconds but you’re already receiving signs

but then again what are the chances of a hot senior getting interested in you after literally having known you for like an hour? you’re thinking close to zero

so you just shake it off and gather your stuff and head out with mina lol

the club meets every wednesday and friday and the session you’ve just come out of is a friday

and before the next wednesday arrives you realise that mina lives in the same dorm building as you and that jeongguk is in your japanese class so that’s rlly cool! you get closer to the both of them, especially mina

also,,,

you bump into dongho twice while just making your way across the campus and both times he smiles at you and says “hey y/n!!” making sure to say your (nice) name which makes you kinda kdsfkdshf

when the next meeting arrives, howon announces that there’s a showcase coming up in about 2 months time

there are several items in the showcase but as of now you’re confirmed to be in two of them - the one that everyone is in and the one that every freshman is doing as part of the freshmen item

it’s up to you guys to decide what you wanna do so you guys get straight to it and start discussing what you wanna do

soon you’ve come up with a loose routine and you guys are going through it on friday when the seniors decide to come and check up on y’all

so dongho minki howon and a bunch of other seniors come up and ask y’all to go through the routine in front of them

now and then they stop you halfway to ask you guys questions or adjust you guys or whatever

one time dongho asks everyone to stop and looks at you and goes “are you sure that’s your spot?”

and you’re like ????? “it is?” and the fact that he has a straight face aka looks super scary while asking kinda makes you nervous and forget the fact that ?? literally this is his first time seeing your routine he doesn’t even know where you’re supposed to be in the first place

there’s another part where another senior called chungha asks you guys to pause midway so that she can work on a move you guys are doing

and when she gets y’all to do it together it goes well for a couple of times before dongho speaks to you again

“y/n, you understand what chungha’s saying right?”

and you’re like ??? yes? and you’re super confused like am i doing something wrong wtf and your fellow freshmen around you are kinda smiling and you’re like wat??

until you see minki elbowing dongho while laughing like dude lmao stop it

and you realise like oh,, he’s just teasing you

and you turn super red bc now you’re embarrassed

and also a little flustered that he’s paying you this attention

,,,, 

he doesn’t say anything after that and you guys are once more left to rehearse on your own

once the day’s session ends and you’re getting prepared to leave, mina comes over to you and invites you to go out and grab smth to eat with the rest of them

the rest of them being mina jeongguk dongho minki chungha and a few others

and you’re like ok sure

and as you guys are walking towards the burger place you guys were heading to, somehow dongho falls in step beside you

“hi y/n”

“hi dongho”

“i was just playing around earlier i hope you didn’t mind or anything”

 “yeah it’s alright”

and then he asks you about why you joined the club

and you tell him

then he tells you why he joined the club

and somehow you guys end up talking throughout dinner and you realise it’s super fun and nice to talk to him

and that the way he talks and does stuff and just goes through life just makes him a hundred times more attractive 

in fact you two are so engrossed in your own conversation that halfway through the meal minki interrupts everyone’s conversations to loudly announce

“YO dongho & y/n looks like y’all are getting along real well” and smiles suggestively

and the whole table looks over at yall and goes “oooooh” as if they’re a bunch of preteens gdi

and you just sit there kind of blushing kind of laughing kind of not knowing what to say as dongho throws a french fry at minki lmao

it’s only when you’re already on the way home alone that you realise that neither of you had asked for the other’s number but oh well,,,

after that you guys are all super engrossed in preparing for your respective items for the showcase during meetings so you don’t really have much time to talk to dongho except for now and then during breaks or when you guys go to eat something afterwards

for some reason you guys still haven’t asked for each other’s numbers by the time the actual showcase rolls around

anyways, everyone just focuses on doing their best on stage on the day itself so you don’t really have time to think about that

so once the entire showcase ends and everyone’s still buzzing from performing and also emotional and happy and everything howon invites everyone to head back to the club room for a little afterparty

halfway through the little celebration when everyone’s doing their own thing in their small little groups, minki suddenly gets up on a table in the middle of the room 

“TWENTY BUCKS FOR ANYONE WHO CAN BEAT DONGHO AT ARM WRESTLING”

there’s a moment of silence with dongho looking like he wants the floor to swallow him up whole until jeongguk goes “pssht that’s easy”

cue the most intense arm wrestling matches you’ve ever seen

jeongguk is literally known for his muscles and strength but dongho actually beats him 

everyone gets so impressed that suddenly there’s an entire line queuing up to arm wrestle with dongho who looks super exasperated and confused but competitive at the same time

and oh my lord you are impressed by his strength 

soon he’s all but defeated literally everyone in the room and he looks super triumphant but at the same time he’s also kinda laughing bc he’s embarrassed and that’s a super cute expression on him

but then minki goes “dongho i bet you can’t beat y/n”

and you’re like ??? bc DUH HE CAN

but mina pushes you towards the table from behind and you’re like what’s going on

and everyone actually gathers around to watch because you don’t know this but everyone ships you two and they wanna watch what happens

so you have no other option but to go forward and slot your hand into his and woowww his hand is so big compared to yours that it kinda makes your stomach feel all ksdfkshd

you don’t even dare to look up at his face bc you’re so close loool

minki blows a whistle which no one knows where he found to signal the start of the match and to your confusion dongho does absolutely nothing to push your hand down

so you’re like ?? and experimentally push his hand down and he just lets you

so you win just like that

and everyone around you goes MAD cheering so loud

minki: “FINALLY DONGHO HAS GIVEN UP HIS THRONE AS THE KING OF ARM WRESTLING TO THE NEW QUEEN Y/N!!!”

wtf

then he brings a fake mic to dongho and asks “so tell us mr kang, what happened?”

“idk y/n’s just so strong it’s impossible to beat her”

and you’re like jshdfjhsdh what

once minki turns away with the fake mic and starts searching for his next victim dongho turns around to you 

“also i was scared that if i beat you at arm wrestling then you wouldn’t say yes to what i’m about to ask you”

“... and what’s that?”

“will you go out with me?”

KADKSHDFKJS WHAT

“..... yes, of course”

his face blossoms into the nicest smile and he steps forward to envelope you in a hug and you are not sure at all whether anything is real

so that’s how you two get together

let me just say that dongho would be the cutest most caring best most heart fluttering boyfriend ever

literally the whole dance club melts at your relationship

you two have breakfast together all the time because that’s the time of the day when both of you have free time the most often

and dongho is so sweet, he’ll take care of you so well

if he thinks you’re stressed he’ll get you to talk about it and he’ll make sure that you feel better before he leaves

and he’s so spontaneous that it’s amazing like any time you want you can just call him up and be like “babe wanna go out” and he’ll be down for it if he’s free

even if it’s at 4am

somehow he has an answer to every single problem you face

but at the same time he’s the biggest baby like he’ll get you to feed him and he’ll fall asleep on your lap and he’ll ask you to teach him how to play this new game he downloaded and if he gets a paper cut or something he’ll come pouting to you asking you to help him

but when it comes to actual adult matters of the heart and just life stuff he gets all wise and protective and suddenly he’s the one babying you and that dynamic is so damn cute

he hates PDA but one time he notices that there’s this guy eyeing you from the other side of the cafe or whatever and he pulls you into a big kiss right in front of that guy just to show him what’s up

he tells anyone who’ll listen that you’re perfect but he’s even more perfect and he makes you glad everyday that you joined the dance club

a/n: ok jst wanted to say that i know that jeongguk mina dongho minki etc might be a weird grouping of people but idk that’s what i went with lol but thanks for reading!!!! feel free to drop me an ask or message me to tell me what u think! <3