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A new reference sheet for ye, it's Limelite the Star Sprite! 💚

She's now on artfight :)

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spotted in the wild

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i didn't know phil interviewed the limeliters!! that's awesome, they're great

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Roger McGuinn at Midland Theatre, Newark, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2023

There’s no need for Roger McGuinn to write a book. His Songs and Stories With … tour is his autobiography. And hearing the man speak and sing about his incredible life and career is much more enjoyable than reading about it anyway.

As the jangle of an electric guitar playing the Byrds’ arrangement of “My Back Pages” filled the hall - “My ‘My Way,’” McGuinn called it - he walked on stage, stepped to a mic and began to sing. At 81, McGuinn’s voice betrayed some fragility at various points during his two-set, 110-minute performance inside Newark, Ohio’s, three-quarters-full Midland Theatre. But he still plays and sings like a Byrd.

After the opener, McGuinn, dressed in all black save for a red feather in his fedora, took a seat and, surrounded by a banjo, 12- and six-string acoustic guitars, his trusty electric Rickenbacker and tropical plants, proceeded to tell his life’s story. And the concert had the arc of a book, beginning with his childhood in Chicago where he first heard “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Be-Bop-A-Lula” - snippets of which he played - before he went to the Old Town School of Folk Music and got turned on to Bob Gibson and Lead Belly, leading McGuinn to offer full versions of “Daddy Roll ’Em” and “On Easter Morn’ He Rose.”

A teenaged McGuinn then met Pete Seeger, from whom he learned “Turn! Turn! Turn!,” played on electric, and “Rolling Down to Old Maui,” rendered acoustically. He was hired by the Limeliters, met David Crosby in California and Joan Baez (“Virgin Mary”) in New York. He traveled to South America and was inspired to write what would become the bridge of “Chestnut Mare” while sitting on a cliff and eventually went to work for Bobby Darin in Las Vegas - McGuinn was there when Darin discovered Wayne Newton. This was all before McGuinn met Peter Fonda, which prompted “The Ballad of Easy Rider.”

McGuinn wrapped the first set with “I Wasn’t Born to Follow” and “Mr. Spaceman.” He opened set two the way he’d opened the gig, with the sounds of “So You Want to be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star” announcing his arrival and “Lover of the Bayou” following. And despite any wear and tear on his vocal cords, the McGuinn of 2023 is smoother than the raspy McGuinn of 1970’s (Untitled).

From here, McGuinn’s storytelling turned nonlinear as he talked about his friendship with Tom Petty (“King of the Hill”); touring Europe with him and Bob Dylan (a singalong “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”); and the shenanigans of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder trek. It was here that McGuinn got permission to record Joni Mitchell’s “Dreamland,” also performed, and was inspired to write “Jolly Roger” by the pirate-like nature of the cross-country escapade in a retrofitted Greyhound bus borrowed from Frank Zappa

McGuinn plucked the banjo on “Old Blue” and recalled working in the Brill Building and nicking the Beach Boys to write and record “Beach Ball” with the the City Surfers, featuring the Bee Gees on background vocals. He then went on to explain how the Byrds ripped off the Beatles not only in their name but by taking the latter’s idea of using folk chords in rock music and - sampling “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to demonstrate - as inspiration for creating folk-rock with songs like “The Water is Wide” and “You Showed Me.”

The Byrd was as enthusiastic as a small child with a new toy when he talked about reconnecting with Crosby and joining forces with Gene Clark, Michael Clarke and Chris Hillman; meeting the Beatles and the Stones in England; and serving as the opening act for Hoyt Axton, whose mother wrote the aforementioned “Heartbreak Hotel,” thus bringing the story full circle.

The set proper closed with McGuinn showing off his substantial lead-guitar chops on a lengthy acoustic rendering of “Eight Miles High,” before he walked off without a word. He walked back on without a word, preceded again by the telltale jangle, and performed “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better,” “She Don’t Care about Time” and “May the Road Rise to Meet You” while standing at the off-center mic.

Including parts or all of 30 songs in total, the set and its stories left even the most knowledgable McGuinn fans even more so. And no one left a stranger.

Grade card: Roger McGuinn at Midland Theatre - 8/22/23 - A-

8/23/23

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YANDERE JING YUAN HCS | previous characters

cw: gender neutral reader, non-con, reader here has a more timid and anxious personality to highlight Jing Yuan’s character, Jing Yuan lore spoilers, potentially OOC, angst, controlling relationship, non-explicit smut elements, punishments, isolation, sound torture, collaring, coddling, codependency, overprotectiveness, one occasion of inflicting self-harm, manipulation.

Word count: around 5k. (yes, pretty lengthy hcs… Jing Yuan is my kink.)

Minors do not interact.

Origins

Jing Yuan covets people and things he can tuck under his wing to keep safe. This provides him with a feeling of stability and safety, a place where he can realign his sometimes unsteady thoughts weighed down by the past and fills him with a sense of purpose in his rather solitary personal life. As soon as you arrived in his surroundings, he promptly decided to take on the role of your "caregiver.”

➤ Meeting you was a poignant reminder of how certain individuals can be overlooked or marginalized by society. There isn't anything inherently wrong with you; rather, it was your shy demeanor or the tendency to struggle with conforming to what’s seen as acceptable that made him one of the few who was “brave” enough to try to connect with you. Jing Yuan is drawn to individuals like you, as you have the ability to evoke a stronger desire in him to nurture and safeguard.

You were a mere mailroom clerk at the time, responsible for sorting, distributing, and managing mail within the Seat of Divine Foresight; occasionally appearing outside of your little room to push the stroll into different departments, not noticed by many, too sheepish to approach your colleagues. Until he spotted you, an unexpected onlooker with a small sparkle of light in your barely limelit spectacle of life.

One time, you had the honor to deliver correspondence to the General yourself personally; you were so nervous, somehow anticipating a scene where you made a fool of yourself in front of such a grandiose figure. The gentleness and patience he showed you that time soothed your anxiety somewhat, but did not erase the small suspicions that arose simultaneously at his kind act, combined with who he already was. Surely, a man cannot be this perfect? Surely, it’s perplexing when someone is nice to you for once, genuinely? Just like a wounded animal, hence another reason why he had found you so charming… and worth taking a shot in the dark for.

➤ Not much time passed before you found yourself frequently running into him, or even being invited inside his office during your breaks for tea… How are you doing? Are your colleagues treating you well? Are there any interests of yours you’d like to tell him about?

You being underestimated didn’t mean you were naive; thus, you couldn’t accept his thoughtfulness and hospitality entirely, trying to reckon what he was up to. Still, give a starving person what they want, and they’ll allow themselves a hope to expect more. Being alone or misunderstood was causing your wellbeing to erode.

Given his meetings with you and given his popularity, you saw him everywhere, you heard him everywhere — Jing Yuan didn’t even have to try hard to make himself appear perpetually on your mind. It made him feel giddy — his head was addled with excited thoughts of how often it could be that you’ve been busying yourself this way. Same compulsion was in worrying himself whether you were alright on your own, counting days until he could take another step with you — not hasty, not accidental, as calculated.

➤ At some stage of getting to know you, Jing Yuan incentivized you to enter a relationship with him. Whether you were ready for it or not, it had happened anyway. Jing Yuan was constantly reminding you of how beneficial his care was, through actions and kind words, while also stepping back when you felt overwhelmed to show how respectful he is. He called it reassurance, until in your mind, he engraved the belief that you don’t have much to lose, only bountiful gains to collect.

It was acceptable when you thought of yourself as a parasite — someone willingly taking care of you was enticing, and perhaps that guilt was making you more compliant. There wasn’t really any other place for you to go, if you didn’t want to spend the rest of your life alone.

How he treats the situation

He knows that even the most sensitive version of you is destined to become exhausted by his protective and clingy behaviors; he knows you feel suffocated, and he’s mostly aware of what he’s doing — he is storming into your life with selfishness. Selfishness, as even if he could excuse himself with altruistic care, that nurturing spirit is still unsolicited and controlling, with him owning the majority of your life in the end. Not to mention, he’s not helping you; he only enables your helplessness. Still, he believes it’s for your own good as well, that you still are not doing the greatest regardless, and doesn’t see much potential in you.

➤ Before he could even have you, Jing Yuan wholeheartedly will shape a conjecture about you being in need of him. In his mind, some people are so vulnerable and fragile they need someone else to step in and take charge; he doesn’t find it detestable, either. You’re not getting paid the most, you don’t really have anyone else in your life, being stuck in a dark office every day is overwhelming, and you’re an easy target for others. He wants to protect you and take care of you… even if it’s not fair to make such decisions for you. Those who are independent and perfectly oriented in managing daily life, he feels pride for, and wishes them well. Those who are not… they are as worthy, but might require some assistance; and he’s seen people suffer for centuries to witness. That’s why your relationship life is bound to be full of being coddled and watched over.

For example, he thinks it is his responsibility to remove you from harm’s way. He believes you’re too clumsy, you’re not the strongest physically, you probably can’t stand up for yourself… he will reach the point where becomes overprotective. He has enough bias to do so, carrying a heavy luggage of bad memories.

But, don’t take his words at face value — Jing Yuan has a tendency to overdraw the negative picture of your capabilities for his own excuses. ‘Protection’ and ‘care’ are pretty euphemisms.

➤ Any other person would have felt used or tired of repeatedly having to do everything for someone; yet he’s excited for such a future. You make him feel needed at the idea of having someone by his side and to take care of; comforting after losing his old friends and companions and living in the solitude of closer relationships following the separation.

Sure, Luofu cannot function without him either, but this doesn’t fall into a more intimate field. Yanqing had required his care for a while, but he’s grown big enough to manage most of his things on his own; a soldier needs to be independent anyhow. There are people that sometimes come into his life, such as the Astral Express crew, until they and Dan Heng leave too.

So, if there’s anyone that’s being used in your relationship, it’s you — being a cure for his loneliness and feeding his obsession.

➤ Whether you remain malleable or, should you still feel vigilant in your relationship, it doesn’t matter. Lower yourself to only a few occasional charges and whines about how disconcerting it is when he’s too clingy, and he’ll laugh it off, perhaps apologize, and promise to tone down his affections as your relationship continues, with you still withholding most of your freedom. However, you may not be aware he’s pulling the strings for your life choices, which they usually lead you down a path where you keep ending up with him…

Thinking of taking a break from this “oppressive” bond? Now you have to handle a sad Jing Yuan and your own guilt, with your sensitive nature not helping. He’s been trying so hard, and yet you’re rejecting him… he guesses you’ll leave him like anyone else (even if you’re still not privy to his past, just possessing a mere general idea). If that doesn’t work and you don’t buy his act, he’ll give you space until you miss yourself, or at least the attachment and codependency he built. You’ll be back to him in no time.

No matter what choice you’ll make, you remain in his arms, without any use of force.

➤ He might be willing to offer a lot, but don’t make a fool of Jing Yuan. He’s still a sly, strategic, and cunning man—he hasn’t managed to lead Luofu as a general for so long without some prowess and intelligence, nor were all of his choices fair or “legal.” He has you where he wants you to be.

Living with him

A warm house and a loving partner should make you feel safe – but are you safe from Jing Yuan's overbearing presence? You’re not that fragile, you’re pretty sure; yet, he believes in what serves him well.

➤ In your relationship with Jing Yuan, you will find yourself being urged to stay at his home quite soon; as if moving in weren't already a smooth process. You don’t need to tire yourself working every day — he has more than enough to provide for you. If you’re prone to not handling stress well, he’ll tell you it’s for the best. You can do some light work around the house, as long as he doesn’t deem it risky or straining.

Nonetheless, Jing Yuan won’t cut you off from the world. You’re not allowed to leave the house when he’s not here or without him (it’s dangerous out there, you should know), but he takes you out regularly. He knows isolation is bad for anyone, he knows you’ll only get fussier. He also doesn’t want people questioning his relationship with you — he might even take you to some event if you’ve been well-behaved. People in Luofu might not always be fond of you, but they see him beaming with happiness, and he’s not afraid to correct certain misconceptions about you.

➤ Jing Yuan doesn’t want to treat you like a child who needs help with everything; that is, inherently. However, he still does plenty of things for you, disguised as care to further drive his fixation on being vital and thinking you’re fragile until you sometimes feel like you’re losing your mind. Deep down inside, he knows you’re better than what he paints you as, even if far from perfect, but he chooses to cling to hyperboles for his own motives.

He understands that you’re not particularly fond of the lifestyle he imposes on you. This brings up the dilemma in case you finally break down — if he tries to comfort you, you’ll feel even more suffocated. If he gives you space, he’ll feel as if he’s not there for you. Fortunately, he’ll step back if you’re fairly upset, recognizing how important it is to give you some autonomy and striving for equilibrium. Still, don’t push back too hard, or he’ll be the one who feels upset.

➤ You can count on him emotionally, but it’ll come off as feeling reluctant for you to do — asking for uplifting will be kind of admitting his points, even if he’s not right.

➤ While Jing Yuan could and will paint himself as a friendly and loving figure to you, it is difficult for him to open up and be vulnerable with you, especially about his past. He’s used to carrying burdens on his shoulders, he still doesn’t trust you fully to not betray him somehow (you’re given reasons to), and he doesn’t like the pain speaking about memories brings. On the other hand, your sensitivity is something that makes him want to take advantage of your empathy.

➤ If you like sleeping a lot, you’re a lucky person. If you don’t, or you simply need to use the bathroom in the morning… bless your soul, as you’re not allowed to get up until he does. It’s not just the fact he wakes up late whenever he can; he also often crushes you with his body, either lying on top of you or holding you too tightly. Sometimes, he even drools on you.

➤ He is generally affectionate; even if he mostly focuses on your feelings over his. Physical affection is his love language, though he often tells you he loves you as well. Yet, hearing it doesn’t always sound right… he might as well claim there are invisible chains connecting the two of you — the idea of breaking them feels liberating, but also brings the fear of abandonment.

You appreciate his working hours the most.

➤ Except constant teases and occasional pranks. He might be more circumspect in how far he goes to not cross your boundaries too much, but he’ll be happy if you let him be a child for a moment.

➤ He knows boredom or anxiety often affects you, so he tries to keep you busy. Hobbies are encouraged if you're not being too frigid lately (he can't be too soft), and they don’t pose any injury risks.

Or he lets you assist him in his daily gardening and watering routine. However, if you mess something up (or hurt yourself), you’ll see him become unnaturally nervous before he ushers you back inside — you and his plants are that important to him. Here also comes the warning: don’t destroy his garden on purpose, no matter how angry you might be at him for something. Even he doesn’t know how he’d react.

Also, you will become a chess master, whether you wanted it or not.

➤ His hair is a mess. He often almost demands that you do it for him, brushing and deep conditioning and whatnot, acting like it’s too tedious to do it alone and he needs your help. It's difficult work, but it’s hard to say no when it’s you being able to do things on your own for once; he clearly enjoys your touch too.

➤ He likes to compare you to birds all the time. As they’re often seen as a symbol of freedom, to him it’s about fragility and keeping precious things safe.

➤ You’re extricated from cooking. While Jing Yuan would love for the domesticity of you cooking for him, most of the time he’d prefer to do it himself. One thing is that he likes to tend to you…

…the other is that he doesn’t trust you that much. You’d probably end up burning yourself with how clumsy you are, so to ensure you’re not doing that when he’s not home, he has a safety system installed that turns off stoves during programmed hours — Luofu is advanced like that. You can’t even make yourself tea or coffee — the electric kettle is gone, so you can use only the traditional one when he’s home. He feeds you three times a day (at random times, as he first needs to get up from being lazy and cuddling with you) and leave some snacks for when he’s not there.

➤ He cares a lot about your health. Even if you don’t have many tasks to complete in a day as a result of his choices, he still doesn’t want you to be completely stagnant; that’s why when you do go out, he’ll ensure you hit enough steps. The same goes for food. You’re allowed to eat some unhealthy items occasionally, so you don’t feel too controlled, but he’ll want you to eat enough and healthily.

➤ Occasionally, Jing Yuan has no choice but to delegate in other parts of Xianzhou. If that’s the case, he will attempt to bring you along if possible. If not possible, he’ll need to step in and make you stay at the cloud knights headquarters as he travels, where you’re under observation; it’s not an unusual request, considering they would think their General’s foes might be after you.

There’s also a question of what will happen to you should he become mara-stricken; and he likes to believe Yanqing will be responsible and mature enough by the time this tragedy comes.

Punishment

Jing Yuan isn’t one to punish you for just any caliber of misbehavior. He realizes that plenty of your “transgressions” aren’t pure malice; that much of it is you being emotional and stressed, and that you’ve always been an anxious little thing — a scared animal he needs to be careful with. Of course, there are some things he wouldn’t let go of just because you claim you were nervous or upset. Anything that’s not you outright rejecting him or escaping is seen as part of your nature or nerves.

➤ Physical punishments of any kind are off limits. The boundary is coming from his care; yet, it’s mostly intelligence speaking. He doesn’t believe any physical violence is a form of discipline. Extra training for a subordinate? Sure, but it's not within his rights to go any further. Violence is sometimes required when a certain enemy appears or he has to protect his nation; however, in personal relationships, he finds physical discipline to be mostly fear prompting and creating even greater resentment. He doesn’t need to raise his hand at you anyway – there are methods more effective and yet less physically painful.

➤ If he tries to help you with something and you express your need to do it alone multiple times in a row, and it’s not of utmost importance to him, he’ll give you that space (even if he might act somewhat sad about your “rejection”).

However, do it too often or demand your independence regarding something more significant, and he’ll assume you’re being difficult on purpose or even ungrateful. He’s caring for you, doing more than anyone would ever do for you, and you’re still treating him like a villain. In that case, the punishments will be still somewhat mild. Jing Yuan, despite his lazy attitude, maintains his faith in discipline. Living slowly is a means to avoid getting mara struck; therefore, it doesn’t mean he’ll have nothing done or things living in disorder.

For example, he might leave you to your own devices for a while: if you notice how certain things take significantly more time if they’re done by you and not skilled he, surely you’ll start missing his help. Codependency is nasty as well, and so you’ll feel paranoid with no one by your side.Your outings will be reduced too: you clearly don’t enjoy his presence, so how come you’d enjoy going out with him? He’ll stop cooking for you too, since you clearly don’t appreciate it. Of course, he won’t risk your health, so he’ll order some food for you. But somehow, the crane delivering it always takes too much time, and so your food gets cold before it even arrives… that’s why you’ll miss his warm meals pretty quickly. It’s a small discomfort to eat cold food, but the constant dissatisfaction would make it taste worse — even more when you’ll see him eat.

➤ Should your relationship ever deteriorate to a point where you consider leaving, the consequences will vary based on the situation's frequency. A one-time instance of fleeing will lead to merely a reprimand for jeopardizing your safety, as he attempts to justify your choice and absolve you. Twice, and he provides you with even less room.

If it occurs repeatedly or continuously, Jing Yuan will collar you. Have you seen the collars with bells that cats have on? He will give you one like that, thinking it’s adorable as well. With each step you take, the collar’s bell rings out, pushing you to the brink of madness — quite literally, as the sound torture is the intent of this punishment. Eventually, you become overstimulated, attempting your best to stay still, but failing. Grasping the bell isn’t very effective either — the small ball within the device still moves — it just muffles the noise slightly. It also contains a tracker. You'll be pleading with him to take it off quite soon, as the contraption has some crazy mechanism. He’ll take it into account if you exhibit sufficient remorse, as he’s not gaining enjoyment from punishing you; his focus is solely on discipline and order. Otherwise, he will maintain this situation until he observes indications that you are nearing a breaking point — there was a moment when you attempted to harm yourself by hitting your head, which he hopes will not happen again.

Jing Yuan may bring you to work occasionally too, concerned you’d try something when he’s away; or out of sympathy for your staying home all day, even if he had put you here. If you attempt something as immature (and rather bold of you!) as trying to make fun of him or even flirt with his subordinates in front of him to inspire jealousy, he’ll make you state a public apology. His soldiers will be invited inside the office and you’ll have to express your repentance and apologize to their General, and then to them for involving them in your mess. A touch of humiliation and embarrassment won’t hurt you.

➤ Although the typical reasons for which he usually would punish you are limited to two — escaping and being ungrateful on a bigger scale — there are few rare ones that may pop up. In case he had revealed that much to you, one of them is you ever attacking him for his history, perhaps out of spite or anger — not just a few subtle remarks but a shared ridicule would suffice.

If you mention his friends that are now only the reminiscents of his memories and somehow blame him responsible for their deaths or degradations, while he himself oftentimes feels guilty, you’ll witness a side you don’t often see. Under regular circumstances, he wouldn’t resort to violence, but he could suddenly need an outlet, and if you’re the center of his anger… being pinned to the wall and threatened with your wrists being crushed, despite your frantic apologies and stated fear, is no longer off limits.

Once he settles down, he’ll console you and try to explain himself, soothing any aches on your body, but you might not hear any sorry; though tears might appear for him as well. It will also be when he feels regret at ever being vulnerable with you, and the regress he observes in you scares him. Both of your trust is lost and fixing it won’t be easy.

Sexuality

Jing Yuan is not one for casual sex outside of relationships. He’s trained himself to control his lust, as he wanted to avoid any controversies that could arise with someone exposing his possible venereal affairs. When you enter his life, it is when practically decades of chastity go to waste, as you awaken a desire he cannot control… as a result, you make him feel young again in that department, as he was more sexually active before taking on his role as a general.

➤ Jing Yuan is very perverted. Not in a way where he’s forcing you to explore all kinds of fetishes with him; instead, it’s all about you. He finds many things that you do and surrounding you attractive. It doesn’t always result in physical arousal — sometimes, it’s just an unhealthy curiosity about the smallest of things that make you you. The first entry’s example: perhaps you have a new haircut and it exposes your neck more? That’s hot. The second: scrutinizing the way your brows furrowed a tad bit more when he served you breakfast, even if it was likely you being tired. He’ll have to make sure to add a pinch of salt less next time.

➤ Your right to not consent to sex is preserved… most of the time. Really, Jing Yuan doesn’t want to force you through the terrifying and dehumanizing struggle. He occasionally initiates something, rubs against you a little, maybe throws in some unfair insight on your body reacting, but he stops if he notices if you getting agitated and genuinely uncomfortable. Your pain is his pain; he just chooses to ignore it sometimes. You’re usually in the mood anyway; not only does he know how to manipulate your body he’s familiar with, you also crave the closeness he has chiseled into you.

As “most of the time” suggests, there could be exceptions. Things can change diametrically if your relationship has been turned into a festival of you demanding your freedom back. Dismiss him for too long, undermine his caring efforts for years in a row, keep putting yourself in a risk’s way or even keep escaping, and he’ll snap. You should have adapted and begun appreciating him ages ago, and although he’s lived for centuries and possesses more patience, he feels used — he’ll tell you all about it during the act. Of course, expecting something in return no longer makes love unconditional; yet, it’s not much about being paid back but accepted.

Once he pounces on you, you’ll think you’ve never seen him look so scary before. He has to try his hardest to give you any foreplay whatsoever; size related, but also as a basic readiness of your body. If you struggle and you definitely will, he’ll have no choice but to restrain you so he can actually prep you, as he doesn’t want you harmed. To hesitate with pushing inside when his emotions are flared up, and this move saves you from damage, is a patience and “care” very few would possess in this situation. The pain is inescapable, however — you’re tense and scared, he’s big, and he’s rough. Only after a first orgasm, will it get better. First, as there will be many for all the times he couldn’t have you — and he won’t do this again for a while.

Amidst it all, Jing Yuan still will enjoy to serve you some parody of intimacy — a kiss there, holding you chest to chest, wiping your tears, forehead against forehead as he watches you fall apart, praising you more the less you struggle. Your cries and pleads will be unheard if shushed, but even this, he does with more softness; the juxtaposition leaves you only more confused, as he’s hurting you regardless of that gentle voice. He won’t hide his pleasure either.

Then will come aftercare, where he’s massaging your body and kissing your head, with phrases that are meant to soothe but fail; double entendres, where he states why it had to happen but ultimately they blame you, even if his voice shakes with emotions.

This sort of incident will leave him subsequently guilty as his emotions are finally purged, in hindsight of how broken and scared you looked the entire time. He won't say he’s sorry, as he’d be admitting his history of care is wrong, if he blamed you for rejecting it and tried to protect its continuity; but he will go quiet for a few days after and give you space. Only when you don’t peer is when he allows regret to consume him; unfortunately, this is an ephemeral notion, as he still believes he’s justified somewhere.

➤ Sex with him is mostly gentle and intimate. It’s definite he gets voracious about you a lot, and that might lead to him speeding up his pace; but even then, he holds your hand or keeps praising you.

Taking out his anger or frustration on you physically during sex is something he steers away from (excluding the previously mentioned example), which doesn’t mean you should poke at him. He’ll get mean and not in a fun way; in other words, he’ll leave you hanging.

 ➤ There are moments where he tries to take advantage of your stress. You’re buzzing with negativity, you need some outlet somewhere, it’s painful to not allow yourself to be comfortable with your bodily functions in privacy — that’s a perfect occasion for him to step in and help you. Surprisingly, when he beseeches you to let him do it without anything in return, he actually means it, as he’ll take anything. Using his mouth on you is still somewhat gratifying and allow him to get closer to you, and he assists himself by grinding into the mattress.

You using your mouth on him is greatly appreciated as well; albeit, choke or gag on his big size too hard, and he’ll think he’s hurting you.

➤ His stamina isn’t inexorable, thankfully. He gets sleepy pretty easily, and a lot of the time, one round is be enough; unless it's been a while since you've engaged in this, or there's been something especially appealing about you recently. He’s onto having you maybe every other day; although, he likes to additionally make you cockwarm him when you’re being too petulant.

It’s best to get done with your nightly routine after sex immediately. He falls asleep as soon as he identified you’re clean, were smooched enough, and feel alright, meaning you’re stuck in his arms until morning. It’s a soft aftercare yet a beginning of your nightly contraption.

➤ Jing Yuan is not fond of doing anything that can harm you or gives the impression of brutishness in bed. He won’t do a tableau of things in bed; no more than manhandle you or tease you, maybe deny a little. He doesn’t fully grasp the need to be hurt or roughhoused in intimate moments — in fact, it frightens him, even if you assert it feels pleasurable. He thinks sex ought to evoke feelings of love and bliss, not being hunted. 

However, if you insist on trying out something and express enough enthusiasm for the depiction of it, he might try it out with you. He might even find pleasure in it, either because you are enjoying it or due to it making you more vulnerable, which will let him take care of you more deeply afterward. But, any minor sign of discomfort, any bigger mark on your body, and he’ll cease immediately. He also thinks he’s too old for being your very dominant partner, which reminds him of military or parental discipline rather than making love. He would have seen the appeal of it as a younger man only.

Cradling you in his arms and rocking into you slowly, while you chant his name softly, feels more organic; although, tease him too much, and he might make an exception in showing you leniency.

Final words

Jing Yuan has ample ability to exploit your weaknesses and create codependency; no matter how you resist, it’s sufficient to make you feel overwhelmed and… anxious. Ultimately, even you will sense that he could be correct regarding your safety; or being solitary and without direction will become scarily alien for you. 

Regardless of past dreams where you envisioned someone rescuing you and transforming your circumstances, their realization slowly leads to your downfall. All is incredibly sweet, yet too much sugar will decay teeth as well. 

Submitting to your fate wouldn't be favorable, nor would be escaping it, since you've become unable to live for your own sake. What frightens you the most is the sense that he is somewhat correct – he simply exploits your biggest insecurities to his benefit. You were supposed to find a partner who supports you in standing up back on your feet, but it’s too late – now you can only focus on learning gratitude.

[babylon-crashing]

Q: What were your "gateway drugs" when it comes to music?

I'm going to define "gateway drugs" as ten pivotal LPs that opened me up to genres and sounds that I'd never experienced before. I didn't go out of my way to find them but each one changed my tiny little world for the better.

Freddie Redd ~ The Connection. I'd heard of Hard Bop before, vaguely. I had an aunt who loved John Coltrane, but that was as far as my education had taken me. It sounded to my heathen ear like random sax squawking. Then, in Istanbul, in a used record shop, I discovered this and suddenly it all made sense. It was my Rosetta Stone of Jazz, as it were.

Salt n Pepa ~ Blitz of Hits. This is one of my "music that saved my life in Peace Corps" discoveries. I'd seen Push It on MTV, sure, but one day in a little kiosk in Yerevan that was selling bootleg records from Russia I took this home on a lark and boom! "'Cause this is the year all men fear/ Female MCs is movin' up here." Amen.

Herbert von Karajan's Beethoven 9th Symphony. The Glorious 9th. For a long time Classical music = Boring ass harpsichords as found on NPR. The stuff they play in second-rate elevators. Music for people who hate music. The 9th wasn't even from this world, it was a crack-cocaine explosion that melted my brain. I didn't know how to respond to it, it was that alien and new (this coming from a song written in 1824). It was like what Belloq said in Raiders of the Lost Ark, "a radio for speaking to god."

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem ~ Hearty and Hellish! Folk music was what my parents raised me on. Around the time my friends were moonwalking to Thriller I was singing along to songs about the glories of whiskey and aren't the British all colonizing wankers? Peter, Paul and Mary, the Kingston Trio and the Limeliters were also on heavy rotation when my mom was feeling like cutting loose.

The Laurel Love Collection. Another "music that saved my life in Peace Corps" discovery. Without Laurel Love there would be no Indigo Girls, no Tracey Chapman, no Phranc.

Run DMC ~ King of Rock. I was in middle school when this came out. Hip Hop had yet to reach mid-Michigan. NYC was a mysterious world where Andy Warhol lived, far, far away. But suddenly there was this new language that no one I knew had even heard of, with cryptic terms like "B-Boy" and "Sucka MC" and wee little Z was hooked.

The Shining Soundtrack. Like the 9th Symphony I was flabbergasted (yes, that is exactly the right word, so much flabber to gast) the first time I heard these sounds. Wendy Carlos, Penderecki, Béla Bartók. They terrified me in the way that all good horror terrifies: you want to avert your gaze but you just can't. Something otherworldly is now in your life and you keep going back despite knowing that it's going to give you nightmares.

Cyndi Lauper ~ She's So Unusual. I'm a child of the 80s. While my friends were into The Smiths and The Cure and Bauhaus, I was head-over-heels in love with Ms Lauper; my "gateway drug" into early 80s Pop. I have no regrets.

Ida Cox ~ Wild Women Don't Have the Blues. Even as a kid Billie Holiday made me cringe. All those songs about how she'd rather her man beat the crap out her than have him leave. Her version of the Blues was just depressing. Then I found this LP, reissued by Rosetta Records and everything changed. Recorded with The Coleman Hawkins Quintet when she was in her 70s, Ida Cox's Blues, all low down dirty and raunchy, is really the only Blues for me. "I'm a big fat mama/ Got the meat shakin' on my bones/ And every time I shake it/ Some skinny gal loses her home."

David Bowie ~ Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Last but not least, like the Rocky Horror Picture Show, everything about Glam rock spoke to me: the camp, the spectacle, the androgynous bisexual vibes; and unlike the Heavy Metal my friends listened to, no toxic misogyny, no homophobia, no crappy guitar solos. I don't think I ask a lot from my music ... just blow my mind without being an asshole about it. Heavy Metal, at least way back when, was nothing but assholes.

[marbarmars-arts]

💚Starlow and Limelite the Star Sprites💛

[The free spirit and the serious worker]

Two years ago, Limelite was tasked to come down to Earth to deal with the blorbs situation. She did a lot of research to know the cures, and that Fawful was responsible. However, Starlow, who was eager to visit Earth to be free from otherworldly responsibility stole the task from under Lime's nose and went instead.

Limelite is the more accurate representative of the Star Sprites as she's extremely serious about her job and doesn't take shit from anybody xD has a grudge against her coworker and Fawful himself. Generally polite and task efficient but personal beef and her sassy side can distract her sometimes.

[gasstationwomen]

for the mutuals i got into the limeliters i found this gem

[queensofrap]

Album promo of Da Brat’s 4th studio album ‘ Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz ‘ from vibe magazine, 2003.

[potato-plastic]

Part 3 of Dc no hero’s AU where the bats or wayne’s and co. run an entertainment company in the late 90s early 2000s. Most hero’s are either celebrities or work at WE Entertainment!

Today we have the Outlaws! It was a little hard deciding who i wanted in this pop punk group since i really wanted to draw roy and love drawing kory BUT in my head rn they are still apart of Dicks gang as nepo baby tv stars and i’ve never drawn Artemis or Bizarro so i went with them! i actually loved drawing them and it was fairly easy. Jason looks a little chopped but i feel he has that 2000s fine chopped look.

Anyways in my AU jason was a child star that got kid napped as a child and stepped out of the limelite for a couple years before resurfacing again with this band. Artemis was set to be a pop star but her old label pissed her off so at Diana’s recommendation went to WE where she befriended jason and Bizarro. Bizarro was introduced to Jason by Kon and didn’t really want to be in the band but wound it fun to play drums. jason-guitar Artemis-vocals Bizarro- drums

I was also hesitant to give bizarro. olores hair but i figured blue would be fine and jason i needed to give him frosted tips idk i just felt do right for him.

[turnandface]

@hellweep SENT; 🎤 — one for each muse [FOR EVERY 🎤 SENT, I WILL LIST A SONG I ASSOCIATE WITH MY MUSE. — always accepting!]

🎤ALEX — Hard to Be the Bard from Something Rotten [I already shared his playlist so I had to think of something different]

🎤BABEL — Who By Fire by Piers Faccini

🎤BEAU — The Far Side of the Hill by The Limeliters

🎤CHAZ — Wheels by Cake

🎤HATHAWAY — Get Lonely by The Mountain Goats

🎤JEAN — Busted and Blue by Gorillaz

🎤KIERAN — One Of Your Girls by Troye Sivan [- I mean wHAT? WHO SAID THAT]

🎤KIM — Pray For Rain by Massive Attack

🎤LEON — Dancing Devil by Small Links Sink Ships

🎤MARRAKESH — Runaway by AURORA

🎤MERCUTIO — Rule #9 - Child of the Stars by Fish in a Birdcage

🎤MILES — Eye to Eye by Astronauts, etc.

🎤MINORU — Dusk by Anjali

🎤PERCIVAL — Perfect by Simple Plan

🎤REYES — The Bidding by Tally Hall

🎤 SALVADOR — Devil Like Me by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

🎤WILL — Earthly Pleasures by Villagers

🎤ZSASZ — Little Dark Age by MGMT

[bronzeagepizzeria]

Tagged by @arcanewinter 💖 to put my music on shuffle & list the first 10 songs + tag 10 people:

1. Clara; Murray Gold

2. Khaabon Ke Parindey; Mohit Chauhan

3. Take My True Love by the Hand; The Limeliters

4. Come As You Are; Nirvana

5. Socha Hai; Farhan Akhtar

6. Los Vestidos Desgarrados; Alberto Iglesias

7. Taking A Stand; Henry Jackman

8. Feed the Hounds, Ramin Djawadi

9. Come Fly With Me; Frank Sinatra

10. Gap; Hans Zimmer

Tagging (if you like!) @mulderscully @thirdeyeblue @kcchameleon17 @deardiary17 @abihastastybeans @nostradamus0 @naaer @ashesandhackles @nerdie-faerie @flamesandpages