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[mullermilkshake]

The missing mother

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Hae-in is missing. She's in the most unsuspecting place.

Yandere!Jinwoo Sung x Fem Hunter!reader Tags. - DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT Pregnant reader, emotional distress, restraints, needles, arguing (kinda), medical stuff, (TW) high risk pregnancy

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I wanted to make this chapter longer, but I felt the end was a good cut off point and didn't want to put just some filler in that didn't help advance the plot, but I hope you still enjoy it. 🤗

So, Jong-in disrupted Jinwoo’s moment with you, because he couldn’t find his bit on the side?

Because that’s all Hae-in was to him, right? Now the man had another hunter pregnant, he’d probably toss her aside too. Hae-in most probably saw her worth and disappeared with her baby to get away from all the dramatic shit.

Just like now, with Jong-in on Jinwoo’s doorstep, worse for wear and looking dishevelled after some kind of all-nighter, but in truth, he looked hungover.

“You can’t find her?” You asked, your hand holding your belly for comfort.

Jinwoo wanted to kick himself, he hoped at least this time, you would actually listen to him and stay in the bedroom. Of course not. He adjusted the door to keep Beru hidden, casually leaning against the door with an invisible huff he forced himself to choke down.

“I went to see her this morning, to check on her. But she wasn’t there, she told the doctors that she was going out for an early walk this morning like she's been doing the entire pregnancy, but she hasn’t come back. I’ve been losing my mind trying to look for her, I didn’t know who else to turn to. I apologize for how late it is.”

You lost your baby mama and now decide to make it our problem? 

Jinwoo didn’t want you getting involved, not with Jong-in. Any time together was far too much in his eyes and a recipe for disaster.

“We’ll help you, right Jinwoo?” You watched him with cautious eyes, telling him a message with your expression.

Not asking. Telling.

“We’ll help, but you can stay at your place. I can use my shadows, so there’s no point in everyone going out at night.”

“You want me to just wait here?” Jong-in was ever the polite one, even if he was reacting to being turned away.

Jinwoo nodded nonchalantly. “Yeah. That’s exactly what I want you to do, there’s no point in getting worked up. I’ll find her.”

He would essentially still have to traipse out and look for her manually if Igris couldn't find her, he just didn’t want Jong-in sniffing about. The shadow he used initially was sitting nestled in Jong-in’s shadow, Not Hae-in’s.

You, however, must have caught on to that.

“Jong-in, can you wait outside for a moment?” You walked up and closed the door before he could answer, your brows together with a hidden scowl. “I know that you need to be close or something to put one of your shadows on people, just like you put Igris on me. What’s your deal? You’re coming off as really combative.”

He threw up his hands in surrender. “I’m not, I just don’t see the point in us all going out in the dark. Hae-in’s capable. We can’t treat her like she’s made of glass and fragile, neither of you are. So, I’ll go and look for her, I'll have my shadows patrolling the city, something will pop up eventually. It’s late and you’re exhausted.”

You yawned as he said that, but shook it off. “No, there’s something else. You always get tense around Jong-in and I just… I can’t tell what you’re thinking. Care to tell me why?”

What could he honestly tell you? That he was growing a type of hatred towards the man like a tumour, every second you were in his presence. Or that he'd thought of many ways to make him disappear or suffer just to put a smile on Jinwoo's face. Sometimes fantasising wasn't enough, and the only reason he hadn't done anything yet was because of you.

If you knew the sort of dark things he kept a lid on, you would leave him in a heart beat.

Yeah, none of those explanations were acceptable.

“Will you let me go do this if I don’t say anything?”

“No.”

Jinwoo whispered, forgetting that Beru still stood there, awaiting the drama so that he could finish his show. “Because he’s in love with you. You just never noticed.” 

“Me?!” You matched Jinwoo’s volume, but shouted in a hushed tone to scold him. “He’s not in love with me, are you for real right now?! There’s no evidence to substantiate that, there never was.” 

Were you for real?

"It’s there written on his face every time he looks at you, you just don’t see it. He was disappointed that he was never paired with you, he told us that he wanted that but settled for Hae-in.” 

Okay, Jong-in never said that, but the only people currently in the room that recalled the conversation that day was Jinwoo, so who was counting?

You wanted to speak and you even stuttered a little, your mouth moving and closing into utter speechlessness. The cogs were turning in your brain, realisation perhaps? If an opportunity presented itself, Jinwoo had to take it. To drive the wedge that had already grown distant between you and Jong-in further than ever. To sever it completely.

“I’m sorry I’m naturally defensive around someone who's in love with my girlfriend.”

“But… Why is he so upset about Hae-in then? It doesn’t make sense- I saw yesterday that she was head over heels for Jong-in now, it was so obvious. Even with the other woman he's paired with. Why would you feel like that? They have literally nothing to do with us."

Jinwoo couldn’t exactly say that he was territorial and growing more and more possessive over you as time went on either. It took everything in his power not to lose himself like did in the beginning with the headquarters staff member.

Okay, Okay... The first guy really was a fluke. But I'd do it again.

He lied when you asked him if he’d kill for you. While it took him by surprise, it was more headway than he thought was possible this side of the pregnancy. You were still independent a lot of the time and owning your own thoughts.

Yet you still asked him.

It was a given that he would kill for you, but what he wanted to say to you, was that he would abstain from killing, which he had done since. It never made his impulsive thoughts easy to deal with, and despite it all, he managed it.

Because it was for you.

“I feel like that, because I’m in love with you. You’re pregnant and we don’t need the extra drama he’s bringing on our doorstep. I’ll go and find her, because it’s Hae-in. And it’s for you. Not for him.” 

Was it a dick move to say that? Yes. Did it make him better in his head that you knew part of the truth now? Definitely.

Jinwoo opened the door before you even made a sound. Jong-in still stood there like a petrified deer in headlights. “I’ll go find Hae-in, you go get some sleep. I’ll let you know when I find her.”

The night should have long since been over. Jinwoo should have had you in sprawled in bed all fucked out after one thing leading to another, which it would have done had Jong-in not knocked. Then, Jinwoo would have laid in bed with your head on his chest, entangling his fingers in your hair waiting for the twins to move so he could feel it.

But Jong-in robbed that of him.

“Then I’m coming with you, you aren’t going on your own.”

Before Jinwoo could protest, you left the hall towards the bedroom, Beru still stood behind Jinwoo getting antsy but still remaining silent.

“Beru, go and watch your show.” He ignored the little happy dance Beru did and tried not to pay attention to the almighty thud on the couch.

He’ll trash the apartment at this rate. 

Coming back to Jong-in, he didn’t seem to notice anything. But he was getting on Jinwoo’s nerves just standing there, not being his usual self, like he cared. “I’ll come with you-”

“It’s fine. Get some rest.” And he closed the door on him without another word.

When you emerged, you took note of Beru’s position on the sofa and Jong-in's lacking presence. “Where did he go?”

“He went back to his apartment. It’ll be better if I just go- Igris, come out here.”

Igris appeared on cue, wisping out of your shadow and kneeling at Jinwoo’s feet. “Go and find Hae-in, let me know when you do.”

The shadow vanished, Jinwoo took the opportunity to take a glance at the spyhole through the door to await Jong-in’s departure. He was no longer there, whether he did as he was told, or went back out to find Hae-in was another matter Jinwoo did not care to think about.

He just couldn’t stand the man. In the eyes of everyone else, including you, he’d done Jinwoo no harm. Even so, it was the potential to ruin everything that Jinwoo had worked for that turned his stomach at the man who otherwise did absolutely nothing.

“Alright, we’ll go together. But if it gets too much, you’re coming straight home.”

“Jinwoo, I’m pregnant, not unwell. I’m sure I’ll manage.”

There’s that attitude I admire. Shame it's coming at the wrong time. “Alright then.”

By the time Jinwoo grabbed his jacket, you were half way out of the door. He turned to Beru who was still in the same place, eyes peeled to the screen of two characters dancing, or were they fighting? He wasn’t sure, but he called to him like a father ensuring the teenager left in charge wouldn’t burn the apartment down.

“We’re leaving, keep the noise down and come back to me when your show is finished.”

“Yes, Sire!”

Hae-in was probably off somewhere to get some peace and quiet, you made weird comments about the facility from what you had heard. How noisy it was, the lack of privacy due to constant tests that Hae-in mentioned, poking and prodding her with large needles. whether it was entirely true and not an overexageration because of exhaustion and other contributing factors were to be revealed.

However, that could have been you last night had Jinwoo not thought on his feet. Never would he allow you to go anywhere. Never. Never. 

By the time the elevator made its way up to the floor, you were already stepping in, anxiously biting at the dead skin on your fingers and tapping your feet like it was making the elevator move faster. “I knew it was a bad idea Jong-in letting her go to that place. She’s all on her own, it must be so lonely. Why didn't he fight for her?”

"Fighting requires effort. It depends how much pressure he's under from the association."

"You fought for me."

Jinwoo snapped his gaze at you, surprised at your forwardness, slipping your hand into his like a real real couple. It nearly made his heart explode. "I did. I always will."

You never let go, but you dropped the deep inhale too were keeping in your chest. "Why did all of this get so fucked up? I mean, from what I've seen of Hae-in, she seemed so calm and steady. running off like this is unlike her, I guess."

Anyone could pull there jerk reactions from a hat under the right circumstances, even docile hearted Jong-in. "What would you do if you were in her position? Where would you go?”

The question caught you off guard, Jinwoo saw it but how you watched him closely, your body closer yet you said nothing at first.

“I would… I’d go to the place I felt most safe if I was feeling lonely.”

“Which is?” He knew already, well, he hoped. Jinwoo wanted to hear it from your lips.

“Home... In the apartment. With you.”

"It's home to me, too.," Jinwoo smiled, he wanted to kiss you, and he almost did, but the pit of his stomach twisted.

It was Igris.

“He found her. That was too quick to have found her- hold on to me, I’ll exchange- I’m sorry, but it’s going to make you sick.”

“It’s fine.” You didn’t need telling twice, vigourously shaking your head like it would dispel the link from your brain to your stomach.

Jinwoo held you close whilst you clung to him, and he switched places with Igris.

What the- This is the association facility. 

You let go immediately and heaved, hunching over the nearest trash can. A miniature one in the corner invited you, Jinwoo shook away his astonishment on Jong-in’s part and held your hair back. Moaning into the metal container made it echo, your groans of how unfair things were, something about your mana and that you really weren't ever doing that again.

Jinwoo's attention fell on the walls of the facility, cold and modernised with a blinding white artificial overhead light that barely peeked through the overwhelming stench of rubbing alcohol and bitter antiseptic. The linoleum stuck to Jinwoo's shoes, almost crispy from the overuse of cleaning substances and misused adhesives under the mislaid grey carpet that was just as dull as at the illness posters on the wall.

How the fuck did Jong-in not look in the place Hae-in was living in?

Idiot. 

“Let me go! Stop it!” The room at the end of the hall.

It’s where you instinctively ran to, holding yourself and wiping your face with your sleeve as you did so. Jinwoo followed close behind and prevented you from entering into the commotion.

Hae-in laid in bed, restrained to the side bars in wide eyed tears mixed with the perspiration of an athlete across her forehead. She noticed you first before Jinwoo.

Well, this was anticlimactic, she was here all along. 

“You came- you came! You have to get me out, they’re crazy!”

She tugged through gritted teeth, and hissed at the red swelling over her jittery wrists. Hae-in naturally relaxed a fraction in your presence, you rushed over and tried the restraints, noting the padlock on each cuff.

“Holy shit- Jinwoo, help me!”

“You have to get me out of here- I can’t be here anymore. I want to go back to the apartment, help me get back to Jong-in, I don’t want to be here anymore!”

Hae-in thrashed around at Jinwoo’s hesitancy. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help her, it was because something didn’t sit right. If she was here the entire time, then why did Jong-in come to the apartment looking for her?

To get time with you? No. Jong-in’s had plenty of other opportunities to speak to you about other things and he hasn’t, he’s just picking odd times. There has to be something more to this. 

“Jinwoo! Snap out of it and help me!”

Shit. The room stood still for Jinwoo, not for anyone else in the room. He came over and took a look at the locks, an easy break with his bare hands, he managed one with no effort.

“I’d stop that if I were you-”

“Oh, fuck!” You gasped and pawed at your chest, turning and slipping between Jinwoo’s arms. “Doctor, I didn’t see you there.”

She smiled, though it never reached her troubled eyes. “It’s alright, I get that a lot. I didn't mean to scare you.”

The dark pits under her eyes looked right back at Jinwoo, diabolical in nature to make her dishevelled appearance. A running theme tonight. She did her best to adjust her lab coat and smooth down her hair, but undid everything by rolling up her sleeves.

“Stay away the hell away from me!” Hae-in kicked off the bed covers into a slumped pile on the floor and yanked the digging chain on her other wrist.

“Hunter Cha.” The Doctor slipped a clip into her hair, rushing to open the medicine box on the wall. “Please. You need to calm down, this isn’t good for you or your baby.”

You blinked rapidly, they gaze between Hae-in and the medical professional. “What is going on, doctor? She’s hurting, you need to let her go. This isn't good for her.”

“I will, as soon as she calms down- we found her by the bay, wet and barely dressed, shivering to death. She’s extremely stressed and her pregnancy has become high risk, she needs strict bed rest or she could end up labouring early- Hunter Cha, you're putting your life at risk, your baby's life, please take a deep breath, your blood pressure is through the roof!"

She was distressed and sweaty, wiping away what perspiration she could from her forehead before preparing a syringe to which Hae-in recoiled at. She was hysterical, pulling at the restraint which could dislocate his arm at any time.

“Hae-in, calm down.” You said. “The doctor’s trying to help you, let her help you. You’ll pop a blood vessel like this!”

“No, no, no, no! Get that away from me- I don’t want it, I want to go back- let me go back!”

“Hae-in!”

The doctor came round to her free arm and tried to catch it swinging for her face. “I’m so sorry, I really am- your health is at risk, you need to listen me and calm down. I really want to help you.”

She snatched her arm at the first chance she got and held it to inject her, Hae-in amped the reaction like the doctor was radioactive.

Jinwoo was curious. Maybe he shouldn’t have asked. “Hae-in, what’s gotten you so upset?”

She was struggling for breath behind her distraught tears and wails. “They want- they want to take my baby away!”

What?

Part 18 <- Part 19 -> Part 20

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[monstersflashlight]

The curse (part 7): Persuasive

A/N: I think it’s time for a lil porn interlude before continuing the plot. You can find all series in this masterlist. Enjoy!

Demon x fem!reader || oral sex, tail play, double penetration, edging, orgasm denial, (light) praise kink, (very light) exhibitionism

His kiss tasted like longing and promises, but also of hope. But in the back of your mind you couldn’t shake the image of his stupid message and how angry you are at him still.

“You are so fucking stupid!” You tell him once you break apart, lightly hitting his chest and hiding the wince of pain on your hand. Fuck, why is he so fucking strong? Oh, right… Big scary demon.

He stares at you with such intensity you can feel your pussy getting wet. You hate when he does that, it’s like a switch is turned inside of you and you are nothing more than a hole for him to fill… And well, as fun as that sounds, you can’t be impaled on his dick every time he looks in your direction, you’d never get anything done.

But he’s still staring at you as if you are the answer to all his prayers (do demons pray?), and it’s starting to get to you… in a horny way. You are so very weak when it comes to him, damn.

So when he softly asks: “Are you mad at me?” And grins in your direction, almost pouting, you can’t do anything but to take a deep breath and lie.

“Yes,” you tell him, still holding him away from you with your hands on his hard chest.

His hands are still holding your hips and he pulls you to him until your lower belly is pressed against the impressive hard on he’s hiding under his leather pants. Well, maybe not hiding because there’s no way to hide that.

His pout grows, and he almost looks like a kicked puppy. “Are you really?” You are about to tell him the truth when he continues talking. “Let me make it up to you.” There’s a glint in his eye that you know pretty well what it means, because every single time you’ve seen him like that, you’ve ended up stuffed with demon cock.

“How?” You play coy, rolling your hips lightly. A part of you knows that breaking the curse is probably more important than getting fucked… but you don’t really care.

“Let’s say I can be very persuasive,” his voice gets lower and deeper, and it reverberates through your body, straight to your clit. Your mood switches instantly, your panties damp and your body thrumming with anticipation. Hell yeah, monster dick incoming.

“Can you?” Your voice is already breathless, your body trembling as he hoists you up on the counter, right next to the cashing machine, where you have a perfect view of the street through the big windows. “Somebody could come in,” you let out in a harsh breath as he falls to his knees in front of you.

“Let them see, then,” he simply says as he starts lowering your leggings and your panties in one fluid movement, licking his lips. Fuck, why is that so hot?

Your body is not against the idea of somebody seeing as much as your brain tries to be. Your body is shivering in anticipation, and you’ve never felt your pussy as wet as it is right now. You can feel your heartbeat pulsing in your clit, and your legs are slightly trembling already and he hasn’t even touched you.

He makes space between your legs, using his wings as a leg-spreader as he leans forward and inhales deeply. “Fuck, you smell delicious. Can I taste you?” He asks, his nose almost touching your clit, but his eyes fixated on yours. He looks indecent like that.

“A bit late for asking that, don’t you think?” You half-joke, trying to get your hips closer to his mouth but he stops you with a strong hold on your thighs… That’s probably going to bruise.

“Consent is always important, little human. I always want you to enjoy yourself,” he says as if it’s as simple as that. He kisses your thigh and you shake visibly. You can see people walking down the street, and it’s sending all kinds of taboo pleasure to your brain.

“You are right,” you agree, looking down at him with a tiny smile of your own. “Yes.”

“Yes, what?” The asshole shoots back, the smirk on his pretty face shows his fangs and makes you want to kiss him senseless.

You can feel the blush high on your cheeks as you tell him exactly what you want. “Eat my pussy, demon.”

His smirk turns into a big grin. “Gladly.”

He almost smashes his face against your pussy, tonguing your opening until you are holding onto his horns and grunting, your hips moving against his face as he hums contently. He encourages you with moans and growls, his hands holding your ass to get you as close as possible to his face.

You rub your clit against his nose as he smiles, the shape of his fangs rubbing deliciously against your labia as he lets you control his movements and catch your own release against his face. You are frantic, moving your hip at the same time you maneuver his head as if his horns were the wheel. It’s exhilarating in the best way possible.

But just when you are about to come, he pulls back grabbing your wrists so you can’t move his head anymore. “I have more for you, little human.” His voice is teasing and you almost laugh.

“Is that a reference to your dick?” You tease back, a hint of amusement in your own voice.

He winks at you, looking completely ridiculous. “Would you like it to be?” He moves his eyebrows and you let out a deep chuckle.

But the second you feel the tip of his cock against your entrance, and he fists himself, rubbing the tip against your clit, all humor leaves your body. “Fuck, yes. Fuck me. I’m ready. I’m so ready.”

“Patience,” he instructs, doing it again. He rubs your juices along your seam, teasing you until you pinch his nipple as hard as possible and he lets out a big “Ouch.”

“I don’t want patience, I want your dick inside of me so I can feel you for days. So I can walk out of here and have a little reminder that you exist, even if it’s just in the form of soreness deep inside of me.” You can almost feel the way his control is slipping, you can taste it in the air. “I want to be fucked until I can remember you,” you finally say.

And he snaps.

He pushes to his feet and parts you legs unceremoniously, positioning himself against your warm opening and pushing in one hard thrust. You let out a scream, your hands coming around his body as you claw at his back, at his wings. You know that must hurt, but he doesn’t stop.

He moans loudly as he starts fucking you like a machine, like a soul followed by the devil, so fast you can barely keep up as he takes everything he has on you. And when you think you can’t take it anymore, he stops as you let out a screech and look at him as if he just killed a puppy.

You are frowning at him when you feel pressure against your asshole. You look down in time to see him unclasping a lube bottle and squeezing it over his tail, just to press against your asshole two seconds later. “Can you take it, my little human? Can you take all of me?”

You let out a moan, unable to form coherent words, but he gets it, chuckling softly as he presses forward. Suddenly your whole brain is overwhelmed with mind-melting pleasure. The combination of his tail and his dick is everything you ever wanted and more.

His hips moving in tandem with his tail, fucking both of your holes in such a way that you can barely contain the orgasm, but it’s like he has a seventh sense, and every time you are about to come, he slows down until you feel the orgasm slipping away.

“Please… Please let me come,” you beg after the third time he denies your orgasm.

“Just a bit more, little human, I like how desperate you get when you are about to come. I love how fucking tight you are and how your pussy flutters around my dick… as if it already misses me even before I pull out.”

He gets you to the edge two more times before slipping a hand down and pressing against your clit.

“Now,” it’s all he says.

He moves his thumb the perfect way to send you over the edge as you scream, back arched and legs trembling as you come apart around him. He grunts, fucking you through it. His jaw is set tight when you come back to your senses, his dick throbbing inside of you with each little aftershock of your quivering pussy.

“Fill me up, demon, let me feel how much you missed me.” He lets go with a roar that shakes the walls and the whole structure of the building.

You scream when his seed hits your cervix, the sensation so great you let precipitate into another orgasm, this time silent, your mouth open but no noise coming out as your vision whites out and he empties himself inside of you as you ascend to heaven.

“We need to figure out how to get you out of here,” you whisper against his chest, your body completely languid against his. You can barely keep your eyes open and your breathing is already slowing down.

He huffs bemusedly and whispers back: “Can we nap a little first?”

“Okay, but only a tiny nap,” you agree, falling asleep before he can even chuckle.

You’d look for a solution as soon as you wake up.

[nerogore]

netflix devil may cry rant, because i knew i’d make one eventually. my heart says now is the time, but my unfinished legal coursework says otherwise LOL.

yes i’m aware most of the shit i’m saying has been said a hundred times over and it’s probably tiring to read, but i still need to get this out somewhere.

i’m making this a character based critique because that’s what i feel most interested/invested in, i’ll leave the heavy narrative analyses to the people who can actually do a decent job at it.

to start off — as a hardcore nero fan, i was so disheartened at the attribution of many of nero’s traits to dante for no reason other than convenience. i always manage to make things about nero somehow (i know. oops. i have valid reasons for it, i swear) but it seems they were too lazy to establish dante as a complex, intelligent character so they opted to select whichever trait they found ‘coolest’ from each character instead. which in turn made him appear clunky and one-dimensional, and a mockery of what he truly stands for.

dante in the show appears more as a puppet being pulled by the strings rather than his own entity, as he’s always been in the games. he is yanked around by lady and darkcom and the white rabbit (who is his own set of issues), rather than forcing himself into their plans and uprooting them from the heart through sheer will and determination.

dante is missing everything that makes him, him. he’s missing his charm and emotional connection/appeal to the audience. his eccentric, avoidant nature and peculiar fashion choices are gone. there is no gothic influence or style, which played a massive role in conveying the darker themes during dmc1-4 and establishing dmc as something special. the excessive modernisation of the dmc universe in the show pissed me off quite a bit, actually.

something i was genuinely very, very heated over that irritated me throughout my entire viewing was the american/US theme that was consistently pushed — possibly my biggest issue with the themes/narrative of the entire show. it was shoved in our faces every two seconds and as someone from outside the US, it genuinely felt akin to being locked in a cage while everything around me was lit on fire so even if i wanted to escape, i couldn’t. dmc is not the right franchise to convert into making a political statement, it’s just insensitive; and worst of all, it was poorly done. truly offensive. conversely, dmc has always been about the interplay between characters and their ties to humanity, and how this forms each individual into the person (or demon) they are. in the show, the characters felt secondary to the shitty, half-baked christian/american storyline and oops!! i know i said this was going to be a character-based critique, but here we are. had it been well-executed and sensitive, not corny and not making up the entire plot, i may have been able to look past it and feel moved, but i just couldn’t. this may be more of a personal issue than anything, but… yeah. yikes.

and yes — you could point out the religious plot of dmc4 and argue this is no different. but i argue that this IS different, and very much so.

even when the topics of dmc4 (deadly fortune included) were religion-focused, it was all contained and specific to the devil may cry universe. it was about sparda, and sanctus, and nero (bless his soul). it was about dante’s relation and impact on the plot. it was about nero’s experiences with the cult worshipping his grandfather, and his love for kyrie, his conflicting feelings regarding credo. it was relevant and specific to dmc, not an external message poorly inserted into a narrative that caused it to feel corny, flimsy, and downright insensitive, like with the show.

continuing with dante — worst of all, he has no heartfelt motivation. no motivation at all, actually.

he’s just shoddily inserted into the narrative because he has to be there, dragged around like those poor children on leash backpacks you see at shopping centres, not because he IS the narrative. where is his love for humanity? where is his compassion? where is his conflict? it’s clear the story intending to be portrayed doesn’t favour dante in any way beyond being a convenient stepping stool, and that has me very concerned for season 2, and makes me doubt their ability to redeem it or explain whatever the hell was going on in the first season.

and i understand this adaptation is aligned more with a dmc3 dante in mind, who at the time understood less of his demonic nature and lacked the emotional maturity and compassion of his later self, but even then, he fails to show ANY character development. he is tricked by everyone, all the time. he turns his back on his enemy, and he is captured. he spends most of his screen time imprisoned. in dmc3, he learns what is important because of lady (muah) and vergil, and by witnessing the beneficence of his less than human nature, no longer seeing it as a burden or just a part of himself he has to ignore.

i feel like the main difference between dmc game dante and netflix dante is best captured by his line to lady in dmc3 —

“this is my family matter too. quite frankly, at first, i didn’t give a damn. but because of you, i know what’s important now.”

he was originally in denial, but not anymore. because dante KNOWS. he is AWARE. he’s always known, always remembered, but actively chose to shut away what he hated about himself, whereas in the show, he was never aware. instead, he explains things away by calling himself a ‘superhero’ or saying generally idiotic things because he is genuinely stupid, not pretending to be. he gets beaten up for plot device purposes almost as much as nero (!!), which is wild to me.

i’m not even going to bother delving into the absolute butchering of lady’s character, because that’s well and truly been done, and this post is already far, far longer than i intended it to be :’)

also just remembered… yeah, i was really mad they gave dante nero’s theme song when dante already has plenty of amazing music choices from five bloody games to choose from… i’m salty.

not really sure how to end this off other than by encouraging anyone who hasn’t yet played the games to do so, and anyone who has, to play them again. or something. love you guys and bye!!

[chaifootsteps]

Tia Carrere's inclusion in the Lilo and Stitch LA seeing the way that remake treated Nani, the character she voiced, and the message the original movie had felt like one of the biggest slaps to the face Disney could have pulled

If they wanted Tia to have a cameo or role in the remake, how about having her be Nani and Lilo's mother in the family picture ? Make her record a few songs and reprises of Elvis and explain Lilo's mother did this for her until they managed, with Lilo's father, to find the official vinyls as they became collector items over the years ?

See Disney, you could have put so many Elvis songs in your remake as covers with this plot trick especially since Tia is actually a singer so she could totally pull it off.

It would have made the "wreaking the house" scene even more heartbreaking too because part of the belongings Lilo lost in the destruction would be the only recordings of her mother's voice singing to her. The roof, the doors, the furniture, ... All that can be replaced. But those records ? They cannot. They'll be gone for good and Lilo won't ever hear her mother's voice singing to her again

Hell, let's go the extra mile and have David's VA, Jason Scott Lee, be Lilo and Nani's father in the family picture and have him accidentally be heard giving singing directions or play an instrument in the recordings to help Lilo and Nani's mother pull this off

Someone in the server suggested it's an intentional effort, and that they're trying to get the latest generation accustomed to mediocrity. I'll confess, that one's been haunting me.

[ohmylcve]

hey guyssss, so… i’m going through a lot. i’ve been filling up my agenda just so i wouldn’t have to face everything that’s going on in my life right now, but (of course) it backfired, and now i’m taking a proper look at everything that’s happening… and that includes rping. there are two things i’d like to say about that.

i feel like i’m losing myself in my threads. there are so many topics i want to write about, with different muses and all, but i’m forgetting it all, you know? i’ve been creating generalistic threads just so my muses would fit the rpc and stuff, but... i feel like i’m missing some threads for certain muses. so imma be working on a page for that: a page with the threads i want for these muses. and imma be looking for mutuals and non-mutuals to write them with me, as soon as i can.

that being said… i do love having lots of threads and stuff, but it’s been overwhelming for me, so i’m dropping a few and letting y’all know why, and whether or not i want to continue with the pairings.

i’ll be addressing all of my current threads, just so you all know where i stand regarding everything. i linked my last reply to all of them! so if it’s my turn, it’s probably because i haven’t seen your reply yet. you can always check the status here. i ask you to reply to this post within a month, just so i know what’s going on in your head too, okay? thanks for understanding, and please be patient with me. (also if you can't find your url, ctrl+f to find ooor send me a message!!) 💓

by the way, it’s totally okay if i said i wanna go on with a thread that you don’t want to. just let me know, okay? no problem at all for dropping threads here :)

@adollerina, i love marie. she's absolutely sweet... like everything skye wants but doesn’t think she deserves sldkghdsl. i'm keeping them, okay? let me know if that's what you want too. please reach out whenever you can :)

@ang3lmoans, you've been an angel to me ever since i came to this rpc. i don’t want to drop our threads, but i do want to develop jax and keith alongside other threads too. i looove our smuts, and i love how deeply our muses connect, so i definitely still wanna continue. but i was wondering if you’d like to have another ongoing thread for them. maybe even set after that day! as for howell and river, i was wondering if you’d be open to other threads for them. i wouldn’t be against it, but i do have this feeling they might just be a summer thing, after all. do you agree? where do you stand? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@anunkindncss, i do appreciate your blog a lot. i love it when you vent about something, and i find you to be an interesting person, though you might not know i think that. we have rory and isabella going on, as well as max and layla. i’ll be dropping them, because i lost muse for the threads, okay? still, my muses are always open for you to pick, and for us to write. i’m quite interested in some of your muses, so if you’d ever like to write again, please hit me up. and oh, please read the indented message below!

@bloodrodeo, though i love trent and layla, i think i might be dropping them. there’s something about layla’s reaction that isn’t really interesting for me to write. i hope that’s okay! and please read the indented message below.

@breannasewell, i'm keeping our threads! bree and logan are so sweet, and i do think there's quite some room to develop them, just like maddie and carson, with her terror of attachment and his sweet, gentle soul. as for the other pairing we're still plotting, i'd just ask you to gimme some time to think, okay? just so i can organize myself and see if it fits. please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@celestialmuses, it's absurd how we started with one pairing that matched perfectly and now we have so many ongoing good ones!!! i love that. so, i'm keeping elio and willow, for clear reasons (sweethearts, i love elio); leia and julian too, i'm dying for them already and it's been like… two replies?; selene and aspyn… i'm thinking selene's someone i always wanted for aspyn. i love how honest she is, and how aspyn needs someone like her to understand her; buuut, unfortunately, i'm dropping stella and chloe (i'm sorry!); but i'd love to offer someone else for stella, if you'd like! please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@confusionism, i miss you! i don’t know if you’re away or something, but i really love your writing and i’d love to keep going with setareh and chloe. maybe we could start something new, though? what do you think? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@dcymcres, i saw you were going through something, and because of that you haven’t replied. i hope life’s being kind to you, and that everything’s getting better, little by little. as for our threads, i’ll be dropping myungsoo and layla, because i haven’t been feeling layla recently — hope that’s okay (and please read the indented message below!). as for dj and chloe, i still want them. i hope you do too! we can definitely write another thread if you’d like that (i definitely would). please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@disapprove, i love daisy and nyx. the power, the boldness, the chemistry… i love it all. and i still want to keep going with them! do you want that too? also, you’re so FUN to talk to. i miss that. please reach out whenever you can.💓

@enchantedlives, for some reason i’m not feeling ben and nina. they’re absolutely sweet and she’s such a nice support for him — i know how much he needs it. but i’m just not feeling her, you know? so i’m dropping them, i’m sorry… and please read the indented message below.

@etvdes, how lovely is grey!!! they’re terrified and yet trusting kaia to take care of their feelings... i’m not quite sure if kaia will, because she can get messy with people’s feelings :p not because she wants to, but... it’s kinda who she is. i do hope she takes care of grey’s feelings!!! that being said, i still wanna keep them, if that’s what you want too. please reach out whenever you can, okay? just so i know if you still wanna go on with them. 💓

@everseens, logan and savannah are literally destroying my heart, and i love them. i still wanna keep going with them, do you too? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@fadinglights, i was about to archive river as a muse when i posted that starter. your muse is one of the reasons why i didn’t archive him. thanks for that. i love your reply, i love anna, and i wanna keep going with river and anna. do you too? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@karismatica, i was soooo wishing chloe would dump collin but HOW the hell do i love them? lskdghls thank you for corrupting my mind with the lovely asshole that collin is! i still wanna keep going with chloe and collin! do you want to too? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@gcdwilling.... where to even begin? i love you. you’re such a good friend to me. i miss you, and part of the reason i’m writing this huge post is because i’ve been missing you — and because i feel like i’ve neglected you by keeping everything around without really dealing with it. so i’m sorry for that. still, i want you to know you’re in my heart. i’m keeping all of our threads! though i know it’s a lot, i think we’ve set a pretty nice pace for them all. i hope you feel that way too. ❣️

@gracland, i admire you from afar. i think you’re absolutely sweet and caring. we did have violet and keith ongoing, as well as conrad and nyx, and i’d like to know if you’re still interested in them. it’s completely alright if you’re not! i’m just saying that i think they have a really nice dynamic, and the fc fit is amazing. please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@heroexxs, i love your blog. when i joined the rpc, your blog was one of the first i checked out, and i was like “wow, i need to write with her.” and as i did… i mean… dani and chloe are so sweet??? i love their first interaction. i’m thinking about maybe writing another thread for them, or even chat threads on the online platform? all i know is i wanna keep going with them. maybe we could plot it out a bit, if you’d like! please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@hiddcnhorizcns, i absolutely love your writing. also, i know you’ve been feeling your pace for rping lately, and i’m really glad our stories were picked to keep going in a moment when you dropped everything else. i want to keep going with julian and maisie, as well as austin and nina, if that’s still what you want!! i can’t quite recall the last replies though. i think i’ve replied to all. did i? anyway, please reach out whenever you can! 💓

@idledwritings, i know our thread has like, two replies, but i’d like to drop it. i’m not feeling vali much lately, and i need to set some things up for her. so i’m dropping holden and vali, i hope that’s okay! please read the indented message below.

@immaculate-misconcepticn, thank you so so so much for letting me know you’re taking your time to reply, and thanks for making me part of it. i’m still here for alucard and kaia, and i hope you are too! i’m dropping aspyn and alucard though. please reach out whenever you can 💓

@impcrsonatcr, i don’t really know what happened with our thread for veronica and rowan, but somehow i wasn’t — and still am not — feeling rowan much. so i’m dropping the thread, i hope that’s okay! please read the indented message below.

@impcstcrsyndrcme, i’m once again dropping our threads, dear. i’m so so so sorry. maybe it’s writing in portuguese that’s not clicking with me, maybe it’s the different universe… or maybe something else. but anyway, i’d like to drop it all. i’m sorry.

@ivyheaven, ever since i was out of the rpc i used to follow your blog and read your stories and honestly i reeeeally like your muses and your writing!! i'd love to keep on going with ivette and lyanna, as well as gabriel and danielle! would you still like that too? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@jawbrkrs, i’d love to go on with tommy and nyx! they have such a toxic dynamic, and i’m dying to see how it develops beyond the thread we have. i’d love to keep going with our current thread and start a new one, if you’re up for it. please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@jetaiimee, i’d love to go on with greg and danielle, as well as (especially) isabelle and xander!! i just finished watching white lotus recently and i’m obsessed with the fcs. do you still want to keep going too? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@kingdomsbed, you're new here so sorry for the masterpost sldkghlsd still, i'd like to go on with dean and river if you'd like! do you? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@legendaryl0stpieces, i’ve lost muse for both threads... sasha and aylin, as well as layla and brielle. so i’m dropping them. :((

@lilacheavns, you knooow i’m keeping them!!! love how they’re developing and bonding. love them. love the ideas we’ve plotted out for them, so yessss, seth and izzy are a yes!

@mndstom, i did lose muse for most of our threads, and for that i'm sorry! i’m dropping lydia and chloe, naeun and megara and logan and chaeyeong... still, i didn't lose muse for lydia and sage, would you like to go on with them? please reach out whenever you can! 💓

@muse-legion, i looove writing with you. the way your muses perceive the moment, feel it, and the way you write is amazing! i'm keeping all of our threads: mateo and nikki, harvey and nyx, and deniz and rylah.

@myxtorturedxheart, i'm not quite sure what happened with our thread of aspyn and riley, but stiiill, i'm dropping them!! please read the indented message below!!

@ofbookshelves, omg you're the sweetest. i love rae, and i love how many of my muses you like writing against!!! you keep on requesting them, and honestly, i adore it. even though we’ve got a lot of threads, i feel like we’ve found a pace that works for us — so yes, i’m keeping all of our threads!

@ofdisregard, i'm not sure if you've dropped our threads and i missed it, or if there's a reply i still owe you, but either way—i’d really love to know if you’re still interested in continuing riley and aylin (maybe on another thread tho?), as well as iris and keith! just reach out whenever you can. 💓

@onthepodiium, i've lost muse for vaughn and nyx, as well as nikki and damien... i'm sorry! please, read the indented post below, among other things, there i mention that we can always plot out sth new!

@plantcdroots, i mean UGH it's been just a few replies (for river and isa and also for maddie and santos) and........ so much drama, angst. they fit so well!! i still wanna go on with them. do you too? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@reevezs, you're neeew here! sorry for the mess. you've replied to callie's starter aaand i'm just tagging you to let you know that i plan on going on with them! hope you do so too! 💓

@rosesonbreeze, hiya, sorry for the mess! you're new here too! so i'm just tagging to let you know that i'm going on with our thread. :))

@ruinedsoulsrp, hi love! i hope everything's alright with your little one, your husband and everything else. i'm keeping track of you, always reading your posts to make sure you're alright, so no rush here, alright? i'm keeping all of our threads, just so you know! let me know if you'd like to drop any of them okay? 💓

@seriallcver, hiya! you're new here too, so sorry for the mess lol. still! just letting you know i still wish to go on with nina and jamie. love him, his guts, his smile. love how he's teasing her :p

@spoiledrctten, we started out with kenzo and chloe and honestly, i LOVE kenzo, and i love their dynamic!! i'm keeping them, and i'd still like to keep jerry and keith as well. i did reply to micah with sienna, but i'm not sure you've seen it! anyway, let me know if you're still interested in writing all of them, please? 💓

@slumpcd, love love love nikki and lucien and i wanna go on with them!! i was just wondering if you'd like to plot sth out, like a new thread or something?? what do you think? please reach out whenever you can 💓

@synnshaus, i find our threads reeeeally dynamic and i do appreciate them a lot!!! i'm keeping mason and vali, as well as synn and layla (who replied last?), but i'm letting go of the others (cameron and megara; alphonse and nyx; alphonse and kaia), because i've lost muse for them :(

@thursdaygrl, i don't know if you've dropped our threads oor if i didn't see your replies, but i'd really like to go on with maren and keith, as well as ferris and maddie. do you too? please reach out whenever you can. 💓

@wastedtimcs, i’d still loooove to go on with caitlyn and miles. would you too? please reach out whenever you can!

(( hi, partner whose thread is being dropped. i'm sorry i'm dropping our threads, but i'd like to let you know that i'm doing this out of respect for you: it wouldn't be fair to you or your muse if i kept writing without inspiration. i do hope you understand. that doesn't mean i don't want more threads with you, okay?? please reach out if you'd like to write other things. i'm in a moment in which i'm setting some plot ideas for my muses and i might take some time to reply, but please, reach out if you'd like. i will respond as soon as possible. ))

[distressednoise]

I really wish the force healer and bix had talked about the baby rather than cassian.

I am 100% here for "after years of trauma and loss bix is going through a spiritual phase and trying to find healing." Great! Interesting. Good for her.

But she goes to the healer for cassian. And the healer ignores her pain for cassian. And other rebels talk to her exclusively about cassian. And when she leaves it's not because of an overt reason other than to motivate cassian - she says she doesn't know where she's going or what she'll do, but she has to go to for him.

Which to me makes it feel less like she's relaxed and healed (I'd love to see it) but more like she's subsumed a lot of herself and is existing as an accessory to cassian because that's how the yavin rebels see her, and she hasn't yet recovered enough to push back on that. The show disagrees with me. The show thinks this is progress. But on what level? She's changed, yes, she doesn't want to be an agent of violence, understandable, but she's not acknowledged by anyone around her as a valid individual who should be valued for her own sake - she's cassian's minder, and they want cassian.

And while I don't like the baby at the end I think it would have liked it more if it wasn't set up as a rug pull. I don't mean cassian had to know and they had to talk about it - that would definitely have broken the plot - but you can give us the dramatic irony of bix knowing and talking about it and the interiority of her decision to leave without making that last shot less hopeful and without removing the idea that she now believes in the force and his fate. Then we'd at least get to see her make active choices for herself rather than for cassian's motivation. Talking to the force healer and having them know something about her no-one else does increasing her conviction in their message. Talking to Vel more explicitly about relationships and loss and seeing the cogs turn. Making it clear that when she effectively says "I'm going to wait somewhere quietly, not saying where tho" we understand the interiority of that beyond 'make cassian do the plot.' The absolute heartbreak of "I want this with you" when she knows there's someone other than her involved and the calls will not stop coming, whatever cassian thinks.

There is SO MUCH potential with bix in arc 3 and it all gets skimmed over because, as eloquently as Adria Arjona talks about getting to rest and heal being an important part of recovery, what the show gives us is a depiction of someone who is existing entirely to service the only person she has left - and if we'd known she'd suddenly discovered there was another potential person in the picture and made a decision based on that, i think it would have felt more powerful. Not everything that would be a surprise to cassian has to surprise us, and the tragedy and the hope aren't lessened by making us sit with their implications for longer.

[mydeslexicworld]

@brattykathy909

Your message is being added to this long ass reblog for two reasons:

First, this post has become a snapshot of my writing history for Fanfics. I was so excited when I started The Worst Kept Secret. I was looking so forward to seeing how people enjoyed Wave Killer, when I first posted it. I truly didn't think it would blow up in such a bad way just because I said in an author's note I wanted to switch ships.

But here we are.

Second, your reply is a reminder that even after months have passed since the initial incident, people still pop up to give their unwanted two cents. And no matter how much I think I've put the whole crap storm behind me, I still feel raw and angry. Because of this incident, I tried to take a stepback and cool off, but it's difficult and I keep waffling about whether or not I want to keep writing the Worst Kept Secret or abandon the project all together.

Today I can say I've reached a final decision, and it thanks to your comment BrattyKathy909. You aren't the main reason, you're more like the last straw. Sometimes you just need that final push to get over the final hump. I am tried. Exhausted from this thing hanging over my head.

As I've said I prioritize my joy for writing and the Worst Kept Secret no longer brings me joy. I'll wrap this series as best I can and move onto other projects.

Next time, I'll be sure to plan out my series so people aren't surpised by anything. I spoil the plot with tags if I have too.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63172471

The next installment of The Worst Kept Secret is out!

Just ahead up to everyone, I plan to pivot this series to RoyalRadio. I am looking forward to writing a ploy relationship, but if you're only here for RadioApple, I completely understand.

[r3dblccd]

Chat, how many benefits of the doubt do I give someone that keeps kind of ghosting me

[altarfates]

this is just going to be my grimsley blog where i yap endlessly about him and sometimes write other characters but i just have to say smth.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I honestly think it’s too soon to know for certain whether Cheng Xiaoshi is truly doomed or not. I feel like we’re still missing a lot of important information here

[maliciousalice]

Hear me out (or don't... it's fine I'm just venting and mean) yeah um I don't believe Chakotay was saved in Prod*gy s2.

[talesofwxnder]

tommy martinez, demisexual, cis male + he/him → isn’t that jasper chesterfield? i hear that they're the cheshire cat from alice in wonderland i hear they’re 28. they seem to be outgoing & intelligent, but also stubborn & sarcastic. their aesthetics include mocking laughter in empty hallways, smiles fading into darkness, thunderstorms and cozy blankets.

Basics

Name: Jasper Chesterfield

Nickmes: Jase

Age: 28

Gender: CIS Man

Orientation: demisexual

Occupation: Resident mischief maker

Physical

Hair: Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Height: 6'

Notable Features: Curly hair, easy smirk

Personal

Sexual Preference: Versatile

Bio

coming soon!

[dangaer]

shi.n's amnesia later route is such an out of character experience bc wdym someone this cute shows me all the love they have for me and i dont healthily communicate with him that im feeling overwhelmed by it.

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

just finished el mundo gira and i thought it was like. comically bad. sorry to any el mundo gira stans, but tomorrow's writeup will have some hater energy.

[dreamedfyre-a]

kinda wanna plot things, kinda don't know how to go about it

[platonic-qpr-selfshipping]

I've just had an epiphany so I stopped everything to doodle this on the notes app