#millennial apartment hunter

[nemospecific]

What the hell, let's get some more RPGs

Millennial Apartment Hunters!

InSpectres!

The Job!

Couldn't find a version of "It Was A Mutual Decision" the exploration of toxic relationships/literal wererats that I trusted to purchase, so that's still out.

[thewriterg]

♡︎𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐭.𝟐♡︎

Pairing(s): Peter Parker x Fem!reader, Siren!Peter Parker x Siren!reader, Dom!reader x Sub!Peter

Summary: The time had Finally come and you couldn’t help but now have sudden doubt but Peters was yours and you were his and he’d do anything to prove that to you

Word count: 2.4k

Warning(s): Kisses, Peter is still 21, pet names, some crying, spells, suggestive content?, mentions of blood, violence, weapons, ending could be read as little/sub space with Peter put it doesn’t have to, and language

A/n: —GIF isn’t mine— So this was supposed to be posted on my birthday —November 8th happy belated bday to me and everything 🤭— but we all viewed how that went and we’re just gonna slide past that I’m probably gonna do one more part on this and then be done!

Peter had felt a presence around him all day he knew it was you tonight was a full moon, the full moon and he was antsy with excitement and nervousness all day watching the hands on the clock tick the professor's words were mumbled mush to his head his eyes not processing the words he wrote down in his notebook

Five minutes felt like five hours and Peters senses were going haywire he felt you all over him on his desk, in his lap, peaking over his shoulder, twisting his curls through your fingertips Peter for some reason could feel you and what you felt not that he couldn't before but it was just heightened

You ‘died’ in your natural element at sea some hunters being so bothered by your existence that they tried to kill off your kind the excuse being yout species had killed their ancestors unprovoked something completely untrue their supposed ancestors like them didn't know how to keep their guns out of the water and striked your mother killing her, having being weak from pregnancy with You and given no time to heal

You ‘died’ in your natural element at sea some hunters being so bothered by your existence that they tried to kill off your kind the excuse being yout species had killed their ancestors unprovoked something completely untrue their supposed ancestors like them didn't know how to keep their guns out of the water and striked your mother killing her, having being weak from pregnancy with You and given no time to heal

Your father the King of the tribe set furious and heartbroken waited until dawn when the hunters settled to lure out the Captains wife his enchanting voice being enough to weaken millions of armies as he did millennials before and after toying with the women he killed her the captain's right hand man somehow woken from his slumber alerting the rest of the crew while the Captain had screamed in agony cradling the women to his chest insufferable pain rushing through his veins once as your father had

Generations had been hunting your kind ever since until one year a group was successful it was around the early 1700s your 119 birthday to be exact there were many ships spheres, fires, and your family's cries the only princess out of seven prince’s had died in battle protecting her family

But dying in the dark sea’s had it perks to your kind your body died yes but your soul carried on once you completed the ritual your soul would regroup back to your body it was almost like a snake shedding its skin

The bell finally rung as Peter was out of the classroom before the prosser could bid him a good afternoon his backpack slung over his shoulder as he made the ten minute walk to his apartment from campus quickly five sighing in relief as he made entered through the doorway shedding his jacket off his shoulders walking further into the living room your frame coming into Peters view as you laid sprawled out on the couch staring at the ceiling

“What's on your mind love?” Peter questioned Your body completely visible coming to take a seat next to you lifting your legs so he could sit before laying them back down into his lap rubbing his warm hands up and down your calf even if you declined the idea of nothing being wrong Peter could feel your intensity on a normal day faintly just as fine

“Just stressed about tonight is all” You mumbled staring at the TV that had nothing actually catching your interest on it while Peter couldn't help but furrow his brows you’d both been hellbent on breaking your curse and now you were nervous? It just didn't sit right with Peter for some reason

“I want to help you darling I do, but I can't if you wont tell me the full thing” At the sound of his voice you took your bottom lip between your teeth breathing heavily out of your nose tears beginning to blur and cloud your vision

“What's the matter with my lover hmm?” Peter tried not to let his nervousness show in his voice while he sat you up slowly you immediately went to nose at his neck taking the deep breathes that he had instructed you through shaking softly

“I just… I just don't want you to feel like you have to do this Peter I’ve been been wanting to break this curse, my curse for a really long time and a year ago I would’ve done anything to make sure that I did but then I met you and I think I just… love you too much to force you into something you don’t want you mean too much to me now”

Peter stared at you his mouth slightly agape as he tried to find the right words before he took a deep breath with a slight sigh

“Y/n I wouldn't do this if I didn't love you as hard as I do. I want you to break your curse and I want to be with you forever I couldn't lose you, You mean too much to me now” Peter had used your own words against you as you stifled out a sob bringing him into your warm firm embrace

Peter returned the same warmth just as hard putting his chin on top of your head kissing your hairline you hadn't felt that much love for another, he hadn't either you were both basking in the affection the world couldn't seem to give you

“Once we break the curse were gonna get the hell out of here, I want to show you everything if you let me Peter there's so much you haven't begin to see” Your tone was low almost as a delicate whisper while Peter could feel his own eyes watering at your gentle touch following the warmth of your hand that sat under his jaw rubbing your thumb back and forth

“I want to see everything, only if you show me” Peters position flipped your chin now being on top of his head while he nosed at your neck breathing in your scent while you both watched the day pass on out of the open blinds the drapes pulled back letting the sunlight seep through and warm the scarce parts of your body that you didn't warm for each other

💌💌💌💌

“It's almost time” You'd let a airy breath with a smile on your face watching the moon move leisurry but still moving to its apex non the less while Peter couldn't help but mirror the look on you face smiling just a brightly as you did

“Well we should get started then shouldn't we?” Peter couldn't help but study your now nervous look but left no room for arguing as he held a hand out to you which you took while he led you both to his bedroom

“Okay so once the moon reaches its peak, I'm going to… puncture your heart with the dagger of steel then i'll do the same to myself and our bloods will touch and i'm gonna make sure it doesn't hurt I promise. After that were both going to lose consciousness i’m gonna reconnect back to the ocean and your body is going to transition, I'll be back to reality before you and i'll help you through it all, I swear ”

“Okay I mean, I trust you Y/n with my life, to make it or break it I just want to be with you” Peter whispered while you both now lied in his bed he lied on top of you his head on you abnormal warm skin that was usually ice cold sense the fact you were quite dead for the moment at least but he just brushed it off as another side effect of the moon that sat in the sky at its peak

Your hands were tangled within the curls and waves of his hair your nails scraping soothingly sending slight shivers up his spine his breathes fanning against your neck tickling you softly before he quickly flipped your positions him now laying flat underneath you while you propped up against his chest

“Stop stalling baby please. I want this, I want you, I want to be with you forever so please let's start”

You let out a nervous sigh before you began to trail down Peters neck following down to his chest while lifting the fabric of his black wife beater at its hems the brunette getting the message briskly bringing the shirt over his shoulders followed by his head before he settled while you continued leaving chastise kisses over his sternum slightly pausing as your lips hovered just above the skin of where his heart was

Peter put a hand on yours it was unspoken but it was comforting and reassuring as you’d lie your head against his chest hearing his heartbeat dance your hand that was unoccupied inching towards the dagger that set on the nightstand your fingertips coming into contact with the cold steel almost enough to send your hips jerking

Peters breath hitched in his throat at the cool material coming into contact with his warm skin still tracing shapes in the small of your palm Your attention shifted back to Peters lips the kiss was passionate, needy, and just simply affectionate

“I love you, I love you so much baby. I’m sorry I’m so so sorry” Tears spilled from your eyes while Peter gasped at the cold steel imbedded in his warm skin his eyes going glossy, his vision gone opaque as he was quick to throw his hand on yours as it began to slip catching it before it could hit the mattress

Peter hadn’t been strong enough for a lot of things in his life in the passed year but he be damned if he let go of you first

“I-it’s okay love, it’s a-alright” The brunette whisperer voice raspy as tears slipped down the both of your faces you couldn’t bare to look at yourself in the moment

You quickly removed the dagger from Peters chest before implanting it in your own with over excessive force much more than needed a slight, small gasp was released from your throat as your body started to burn in pain

You hurt him like you did everything else, it was the at least what you deserved

You pressed feathered kisses all around Peter’s face trying to keep your composure as You sniffled down the sob that threaten to spill out of your throat your lips still pressing scared delicacies on his warm skin

“You kept your p-promise, It doesn’t h-hurt anym-more” It was like as Peter could read your thoughts and it was just suddenly so beautiful as his grip on your hand starters to weaken and your kisses started to falter

You kissed him with the last of your might and he gripped your hand with the last of his strength briskly mourning over your soon to be past

Peter lost consciousness first his fist no long clutched around your hand but just hovering over it you looked down to see the tips of your blood touching while black and white spots emerged in your vision before you welcomed darkness with open arms

💌💌💌💌

You awoke with a gasp shooting straight up from you position on Peters chest your hair sticking from your forehead from the sweat that ran down your temples before you’d thrown a hand over you chest your heart beating rapidly in your chest

Your heart.

It was beating.

You were alive.

After centuries of being cold and dead, you were warm and lively

The corners of your mouth inched upwards as you didn’t even bother to fight the smile that fell over your face your eyes tracing back to the brunette who’d been lying next to you in somewhat of a peaceful state the open wound that previously marked his chest no longer prominent the only evidence to prove it was there was the dried blood on his chest

It was at least an hour before Peter woke up with the grogginess feeling in his chest he would have on early Mondays but it was just a hundred times worse while a light bulb had sprung to his head going to open his eyes Peter regretted the decision immediately the pretty much dim white-yellow Christmas lights that hung around his room felt like the blazing Sun beaming into his eyes on one of New York’s bipolar weather days

His spidey senses and the transition would kick his ass worse than any other lowlife thief or big time villain could he thought before beginning to groan as he could here any and everything with at least a fifteen mile radius

“Hey there spidey” You whispered knowingly not wanting to add to his overloading sense spasm as he groaned nudging his head into your boobs that were still covered with your bloodstained tank top

“Feeling weird mama” Peter began to loudly whine as you shushed him rubbing small circles in his back and blowing cool air out of your mouth to the peak of his shoulder blade

“I know baby, it’ll be over soon” You didn’t like lying to Peter but what more could you do when he was spazzing in your arms his sense being overly magnified more than they already were and it would at least be four weeks just about a month before you could teach Peter could block everything out the spell had to run its course and it would weaken over the days but for now, for once in your life you couldn’t do much

You stretched an arm over Peter towards the night stand before grabbing the noise canceling headphones over the boys head onto his ears turning the knob on the silencing setting to its highest

It wouldn’t take away the sound completely but it would muffle it just enough so you could coax him to sleep allowing his nerves to rest an by the looks of it he was going down with little to no resentment and it wasn’t long before soft snores bounced off the walls of the room

Peter was finally yours forever and you were finally his for keeps you couldn’t wait to love him for eternity with every power you could

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 3.5/5

Book Blurb: For fans of The Once and Future Witches and Practical Magic, comes an incredibly imaginative, highly anticipated new novel featuring witches, magic, and a road trip across America—from Cherie Dimaline, the critically acclaimed author of Empire of Wild. Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is barely hanging on when she discovers she will be evicted from their tiny Toronto apartment. Then, one night, something strange and irresistible calls out to Lucky. Burrowing through a wall, she finds a silver spoon etched with a crooked-nosed witch and the word SALEM, humming with otherworldly energy. Hundreds of miles away in Salem, Myrna Good has been looking for Lucky. Myrna works for VenCo, a front company fueled by vast resources of dark money. Lucky is familiar with the magic of her indigenous ancestors, but she has no idea that the spoon links her to VenCo’s network of witches throughout North America. Generations of witches have been waiting for centuries for the seven spoons to come together, igniting a new era, and restoring women to their rightful power. But as reckoning approaches, a very powerful adversary is stalking their every move. He’s Jay Christos, a roguish and deadly witch-hunter as old as witchcraft itself. To find the last spoon, Lucky and Stella embark on a rollicking and dangerous road trip to the darkly magical city of New Orleans, where the final showdown will determine whether VenCo will usher in a new beginning…or remain underground forever

Review:

A girl who finds a strange spoon with the word SALEM etched on it and soon her life is turned upside down as she is recruited into a network of witches.  Lucky St. James is anything but lucky, she’s currently working dead end jobs, she’s being evicted from her tiny Toronto apartment she lives with her grandmother, and her crush doesn’t like her back. So when she uncovers a silver spoon etched with a crooked-nosed witch and the word Salem, humming with otherworldly energy... something is bound to happen. Hundred of miles away in Salem, witches who work in VenCo are currently looking for the last two witches to fit their coven and beat the deadline of their prophecy... and Lucky just so happens to be the sixth witch they need for their coven. Lucky is soon recruited and now its up to her and her coven to find the last witch before it’s too late... and escape a powerful witch hunter who is bent on killing Lucky. This was an interesting story about a treasure hunt essentially, it doesn’t really have. a lot of magic and certain parts of the book lagged and felt like it was dragging or lost a bit of the moving plot, but overall the end picked up a bit and wrapped everything up. Overall an okay read and I would recommend it for people who like treasure hunt adventures. 

*Thank you Morrow Books and Harper Collins for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[6fu]

The Epilogue Game

If you want interplay and goofs from your silly mouse AP, we’ve got your back. In the summer after the War, Zeke and Christophe affirm their commitment in front of family and friends. But first come the stress, bar fights, uncooperative frogs, and traveling clowns that every wedding planner must deal with.

Part 1 Part 2

This session was played in a homebrew adaptation of Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada, with inspiration for the Venue Search minigame from Millennial Apartment Hunters by James D’Amato.

After listening, feel free to read Grant’s behind the scenes posts about the Finale and this Epilogue to learn about why they took the forms they did, what other possibilities were on the table, and how they came together once those decisions were made.

[professionalfixator]

as of today, my mom and I have officially watched every season of Survivor. in honour of that milestone, I'm revealing our messed-up watch order that we started in March 2023, and my favourite player from each season. behold, the chaos:

Borneo (1), Dr. Sean

Survivor 44 - Yam Yam

David vs. Goliath (37), Christian

Blood vs. Water (27), Candice

Cagayan (28), Woo

Philippines (25), Denise & Penner

Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers (35), Ryan & Devon

Tocantins (18), Tyson & Stephen

Caramoan (26), Cochran

Worlds Apart (30), Joe & Shirin

Cambodia: Second Chance (31), Kass & Spencer

Winners at War (40), Tony & Ben

Heroes vs. Villains (20), Jerri & Sandra

All Stars (8), Rob & Amber

Survivor 45, Drew & Austin

Redemption Island (22), Rob & Stephanie

South Pacific (23), Ozzy & Cochran

Millennials vs. Gen X (33), Dave & Adam

Survivor 43, Owen & Cody

Game Changers (34), Michaela & Cirie

Cook Islands (13), Yul & Penner

Micronesia: Fans vs. Favourites (16), Eliza & Erik

The Australian Outback (2), Alicia & Rodger

Survivor 41, Ricard & Xander

One World (24), Monica & Kim

Island of the Idols (39), Tommy & Janet

San Juan Del Sur: Blood vs. Water (29), Reed & Natalie

Marquesas (4), Vecepia & Sean

Gabon (17), Sugar & Marcus

Africa (3), Ethan & Brandon

Survivor 42, Maryanne & Zach

Survivor 46, Tevin & Hunter

Guatemala (11), Rafe & Brian

Kaoh Rong (32), Aubry & Michele

Samoa (19), Natalie & John

The Amazon (6), Rob C.

Fiji (14), Earl

Edge of Extinction (38), Chris & Devens

Palau (10), Tom & Ian

Vanuatu (9), Chris & Julie

China (15), Todd & Courtney

Thailand (5), Shi-Ann & Brian

Ghost Island (36), Dominick

Panama (12), Cirie & Aras

Nicaragua (21), Fabio

Pearl Islands (7), Sandra & Rupert

What a journey!

[metamaxblog]

From Fashion to Electronics: Exploring India's Top Online Shopping Apps

Introduction: In the digital era, online shopping has become an integral part of our lives, offering convenience, variety, and competitive prices. From fashion to electronics and everything in between, there's an online shopping app for every need and preference. In this blog, we'll take a closer look at some of India's top online shopping apps that cater to diverse interests, including the rising star, Metamax's Dstore App.

Amazon India:

Amazon India is a household name, offering a vast selection of products across categories like fashion, electronics, home essentials, and more.

Prime membership provides benefits like free and fast delivery, exclusive deals, and access to Prime Video and Music.

With user-friendly features like easy returns, secure payments, and personalized recommendations, Amazon has earned the trust of millions of shoppers.

Flipkart:

Flipkart is synonymous with online shopping in India, offering a wide range of products at competitive prices.

Flipkart Plus membership offers perks like free delivery, early access to sales, and priority customer support.

From fashion and electronics to home appliances and groceries, Flipkart caters to every need with its intuitive app and frequent sales.

Myntra:

Myntra is a fashionista's paradise, offering trendy clothing, footwear, accessories, and more from top brands.

Features like virtual try-on, style tips, and curated collections enhance the shopping experience for fashion enthusiasts.

With regular sales, discounts, and brand collaborations, Myntra keeps shoppers coming back for more.

Ajio:

Ajio caters to the fashion needs of millennials with its unique mix of trendy and affordable clothing, footwear, and accessories.

The app's easy navigation, detailed product descriptions, and hassle-free returns make shopping a breeze.

Ajio's focus on curated collections, sustainable fashion, and indie brands sets it apart in the crowded fashion market.

Tata CLiQ:

Tata CLiQ combines the reliability of the Tata Group with the convenience of online shopping, offering a wide range of products across categories.

The app's omni-channel experience allows users to buy online and pick up from nearby stores, providing flexibility.

Tata CLiQ's emphasis on quality, authenticity, and customer satisfaction makes it a trusted choice for shoppers.

Snapdeal:

Snapdeal offers a diverse product range, competitive prices, and frequent promotions across categories like fashion, electronics, home, and more.

The app's Deal of the Day feature provides exciting discounts on popular products, attracting bargain hunters.

Snapdeal's commitment to customer satisfaction, prompt delivery, and secure payments ensures a seamless shopping experience.

Paytm Mall:

Paytm Mall offers a seamless shopping experience with a wide selection of products, cashback offers, and easy payment options.

Integration with the Paytm wallet allows for quick and secure transactions, while cashback incentives encourage repeat purchases.

Paytm Mall's focus on affordability, convenience, and reliability makes it a preferred choice for budget-conscious shoppers.

ShopClues:

ShopClues is known for its unbeatable deals, low prices, and extensive product catalog catering to every budget and preference.

The app's frequent sales, discounts, and promotional offers provide significant savings for savvy shoppers.

ShopClues' commitment to customer satisfaction, quality products, and timely delivery has earned it a loyal customer base.

Nykaa:

Nykaa is a go-to destination for beauty enthusiasts, offering a wide range of skincare, makeup, haircare, and wellness products from top brands.

The app's beauty quizzes, tutorials, and expert advice help users make informed purchasing decisions.

Nykaa's focus on authenticity, quality, and customer service has made it a trusted destination for all things beauty.

Grofers:

Grofers is India's leading online grocery shopping app, offering groceries, fresh produce, household essentials, and more.

Features like express delivery, cashless transactions, and hassle-free returns make grocery shopping convenient and stress-free.

Grofers' commitment to quality, affordability, and customer satisfaction has made it a household name across India.

Metamax's Dstore App:

Metamax's Dstore App is a rising star in the Indian e-commerce market, offering a curated selection of products across categories like fashion, electronics, home essentials, and more.

With a focus on quality, affordability, and customer service, Dstore aims to provide a seamless shopping experience for users.

Features like personalized recommendations, secure payments, and timely delivery make Dstore a promising contender in the online shopping space.

Conclusion: With a plethora of online shopping apps available in India, consumers have more choices than ever before. Whether you're looking for fashion, electronics, beauty products, or groceries, there's an app to meet your needs. By exploring the top online shopping apps mentioned in this guide, including the emerging player Metamax's Dstore App, you can enjoy a convenient, secure, and enjoyable shopping experience from the comfort of your home. Happy shopping!

[flats21]

Luxury Apartments in Chattarpur

Architectural elegance, smart living, and carefree living make luxury apartments a top-notch concern for house seekers these days. But we ask our dear house hunters one question. Why stay restricted to the boundaries of luxury amenities when we can offer ultra-luxury living? At Flats and Apartments, millennial house seekers can get the desired lifestyle of luxury apartments. Get the best deals on ultra luxury apartments in Chattarpur with us.

[meret118]

Métis millennial Lucky St. James is barely hanging on when she learns she'll be evicted from the tiny Toronto apartment she shares with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella. But then one night, something strange and irresistible calls out to Lucky. She burrows through a wall to find a tarnished silver spoon, humming with otherworldly energy, etched with a crooked-nosed witch and the word SALEM.

Lucky is familiar with the magic of her indigenous ancestors, but she has no idea that the spoon connects her to a teeming network of witches across North America who have anxiously awaited her discovery.

Enter VenCo, a front company fueled by vast resources of dark money (its name is an anagram of "coven.") VenCo's witches hide in plain sight wherever women gather: Tupperware parties, Mommy & Me classes, suburban book clubs. Since colonial times, they have awaited the moment the seven spoons will come together and ignite a new era, returning women to their rightful power.

But as reckoning approaches, a very powerful adversary is stalking their every move. He's Jay Christos, a roguish and deadly witch-hunter as old as witchcraft itself.

To find the last spoon, Lucky and Stella embark on a rollicking and dangerous road trip to the darkly magical city of New Orleans, where the final showdown will determine whether VenCo will usher in a new beginning...or remain underground forever.

A wildly imaginative and compulsively readable fantasia of adventure, history, Americana, feminism, and magic, VenCo is a novel only the supremely gifted Cherie Dimaline could write.

[techitoolz]

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(NewsUSA) – Have you ever shopped at someone’s personal online store and thought, “I could do that”? In the wake of the pandemic, more people are reinventing their work lives and choosing … (NewsUSA) – Today’s Millennial and Gen Z apartment hunters are tech-savvy, smart and safety-conscious. That means they are seeking the best in high-tech features that make their lives easier, … (BPT) – By Lee…

[ilooklikepeterparker]

The year is 2151, a reality show debuts about haunted millennial apartments. In the pilot episode, the hosts spend the night looking for ghosts in a one bedroom apartment, there's blood on the wall with the warning: GET WRECKED, then 'Get Low' by Lil Jon is blasted at absurdly loud volumes prompting police to respond to noise complaints.

[neonscandal]

9 Anime to Watch When You Want to Feel Like 👇🏾

So you just finished something heavy or maybe you finally finished an epically long show (looking at you, One Piece) and now you need a silly little respite for some casual viewing. Here are a few short series/movies to check out for a quick laugh.

The Devil is a Part-Timer (series) - this is not your average isekai. Usually, we see someone from modern times getting sent back to like feudal era (or something fantasy-eque but primitive nonetheless) who sees meteoric success because of their expansive knowledge compared to those around them. Yea no, imagine Satan himself blasting into the modern era with no street smarts, no self-awareness and none of his fiendish powers. How does he get by? If you want a touch of action with your funny, this is a great choice.

Sub/Dub | Tubi, Funimation, Hulu, Crunchyroll

The Vampire Dies in No Time (series) - I love a good subversive comedy (as seen above) and this also challenges the notion of strong vampires and.. even what vampires can be. Ronaldo, white haired vampire hunter pictured above, had no idea the peril he'd encounter when he snuck into the great Draluc's castle. It was the kind of peril that lingers since, ultimately, Draluc ends up becoming his unwelcome house guest along with his faithful companion, John. Expect maybe a tiny bit of fan service but not in ways you'd expect.

Sub/Dub | Funimation

Wave Listen to Me (series) - what if your shitty ex could give you more than just a broken heart? Like maybe a total career change? Minare, woman after my own heart, gets plastered one night and ends up on the radio airing out her own dirty laundry. Turns into quite the side gig with her penchant for self-deprecating Gilmore Girls tempo delivery. The overarching message of the show has depth and the character feels real despite always being wrapped in a few layers of fiction. All in all, relatable.

Sub/Dub | Funimation

Chio's School Road (series) - Chio is just a gamer girl with an eccentrically rich inner life stemming from some severe awkwardness that endears her to me immediately. The show follows her everyday commute to school that is made complicated time and time again, usually by her own hand.

Sub/Dub | Funimation, Crunchyroll

Hinamatsuri (series) - imagine a magical girl who isn’t quite so… magical. She’s got the powers but she has a complete lack of self awareness and social graces. That is our MC Hina which is to low-level yakuza thug Nitta’s distinct displeasure when she appears in his apartment one day. The series follows their best attempt at a functional father-daughter relationship as Nitta tries to turn Hina into a normal kid with some wholesome and endearing subplots involving rough around the edges, Anzu.

Sub/Dub | Funimation, Crunchyroll

Life Lessons with Uramichii-San (series) - maybe this is the kind of show you only find funny once you have lower back pain but there's something about the bitter, worn down Uramichii contrasting the bright and hopeful children he entertains that just speaks to me. Imagine finding out that the Sesame Street cast is comprised of a bunch of depressed, chain smoking loners who are hanging on by a silly string thread (oh and they also have troubling sleep paralysis demons). Millennials, rise up, this one is for us.

Sub/Dub | Funimation, Crunchyroll

Love After World Domination (series) - love hurts but sometimes it's a good hurt like when you're forced to fight your significant other to keep up appearances so you can avoid scandalizing your relationship. Oh, just Reaper Princess and Red Gelato? This Romeo + Juliet story follows a villain and a hero as they awkwardly navigate their first romantic relationship, privately. Fan service in this show (as seen above) is going to be more in abundance and, at times, used as a comedic device so be warned.

Sub/Dub | Crunchyroll

Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun (series) - There's something about characters who show a complete lack of awareness that kills me. The story centers on a girl confessing to her classmate not realizing he's actually one of her favorite shojo romance's mangaka (who is supposed to be a girl). If you're confused, so is Chiyo when she somehow secures an invite to her crush's house. It's cute and awkward and the crazy characters that seem to surround Nozaki ultimately inspire his manga.

Sub/Dub | HiDive

Grand Blue Dreaming (series) - Rife with so much debauchery there's a disclaimer at the beginning, this show follows college freshman Iori as he moves to a seaside town with his uncle who owns a dive shop. Iori has moments of wholesome reflection while trying to appreciate his coming of age which is constantly underpinned by the mischief and trouble one can only expect when navigating adulthood, independence and romance for the first time. The show has a good sprinkle of life lessons from unexpected places, but, considering the source, take it with a grain of salt as there are several questionable elements that I'm choosing to gloss over here. Expect gratuitous fan service though. And some generally problematic tropes sprinkled in with those hijinks. Is it obvious I’m second guessing this recommendation?

Sub | Prime Video

[nemospecific]

Millennial Apartment Hunters was a good investment, more people should buy the game.

[themculibrary]

Dark!Bucky Masterlist

Anything (and Everything) (ao3) - Penned bucky/tony T, 4k

Summary: The Soldier will do anything to make Tony happy, with or without his explicit consent.

Bucky Snaps (ao3) - romanrogers steve/bucky E, 14k

Summary: Bucky's spine rippled underneath his skin, elongating, with an orchestra of cracking bones singing in the dim light, acting as Steve's only anchor to reality. He watches in paralytic horror as Bucky groans and pounds his fist on the floor again, shattering the blood slick tile.

The faint, flickering lights overhead cast long shadows across the room, making everything that much more eerie. Steve's legs were numb with shock, not responding to his attempts to move.

From his place on the floor, Steve could see Bucky's sharp, lengthened canines glinting with every pained curl of his upper lip. Foreboding, an unintentional warning. An innate, primal instinct from within him screamed to run. Make yourself small and run. The guy in front of you is a predator.

Steve never was one to walk away from something that was in his best interest. Even though he most definitely should.

Carnivore (ao3) - leomundstinyhut steve/bucky E, 5k

Summary: "He can almost hear him licking his chops, tongue gliding over his canines and growl rumbling deep in his chest. Sometimes, Steve will be alone in his apartment and then he will hear a creak, a normal settling of the house, but he will freeze his eyes on the paper of the book he’s reading and swear he can feel the soldier’s breath on the back of his neck. Heat, unfurling over the hairs at the base of his head, and his fingers will tremble as he struggles to turn the page. Sometimes it’s entire minutes before he can bring himself to reach back and rub his neck, just to get rid of the feeling.

He doesn’t know why Bucky is watching, but he is, and it’s unnerving."

PWP that turned into porn with plot. Kinda.

Feral Alpha Hunter (ao3) - roe87 steve/bucky E, 13k

Summary: Steve is an undocumented alpha, living on the run in the big city.

Bucky is a sniper who hunts down feral alphas.

When Steve is captured, his choices become very limited. Bucky offers Steve a job as his new attack dog. Steve takes it, because his choices are either work with Bucky or remain imprisoned.

All Steve needs to do is to bide his time and win the omega's trust, then he plans to break free and escape.

(A very dark and dubious Neon Noir style au!)

I could love you with my eyes closed (kiss you with a blindfold) (ao3) - pandafish steve/bucky E, 123k

Summary: Nothing really matters to Bucky, after he comes back from his last tour in a pointless war. When another veteran, Billy Russo, offers him a work that turns out not to be as legal as one might think, Bucky doesn’t care. There’s only one single thing that he does care about these days – and that is the fact that ever since he saw Steve Rogers across a crowded room, everything changed. And Steve might not know who he is, but Bucky still stalks him with the passion of a man in love and he knows that one day, that tiny little blond will be his.

OR: Bucky is a stalker and Steve just wants to be loved right

Impulse Buy (ao3) - Crematosis steve/bucky, bucky/tony E, 4k

Summary: When Steve is away on a mission, Bucky goes shopping for a sex slave.

I Wanna B Urs (ao3) - spelling_error bucky/tony E, 40k

Summary: In which Tony Stark really is as evil as everyone says he is, the Winter Soldier is a millennial who listens to the Arctic Monkeys, and why anyone decided to put the guy with 70 years worth of assassinations listed on his resume on non-lethal missions is beyond either of them.

Either way though, Winter’s getting a promotion.

love the way you falter (ao3) - snarkymuch steve/bucky, E, 3k

Summary: Steve is constipated and asks Bucky for help, something Bucky is more than happy to give.

Making Him Mine (ao3) - Crematosis bucky/steve/tony E, 10k

Summary: Tony thought Steve would rescue him when Bucky goes into rut and is determined to make him his mate.

Unfortunately, nobody's there to rescue him from Steve.

Murder Mystery (ao3) - Buckybeardreams, Stuckonylover (Buckybeardreams) bucky/steve/tony

Summary: James Buchanan Barnes is a man just like any other, with a loving husband, a nice house, a brand new car, and a fucked up past. Except his fucked up past made him a killer and now he can't get enough of it.

Steve seems oblivious to his husbands hobby of hunting people, but when a private detective comes to town to investigate recent disappearances from the surrounding area Bucky realizes that he may be a complication.

Reckless (ao3) - The_Winter_Writer bucky/tony N/R, 3k

Summary: Tony had always been warned about recklessly running towards danger. He just figured that danger was a lab explosion, an ill-advised experiment or doing something that embarrassed Howard in public. This had not even made his top fifty possible situations.

Terms & Conditions (ao3) - Penned bucky/tony M, 4k

Summary: Tony Stark is desperate and trusts too easily. Bucky Barnes takes advantage of that.

A mob AU with no powers, featuring a very dark, very off-kilter Bucky.

The Queens Killer and his Writer (ao3) - ItsMe_Basil bucky/peter E, 42k

Summary: Bucky gulps the last bit of whiskey from the glass in his hand and sets it down on the counter. He watches the boy for a while longer, watching as he lifts his head from his notebook any time someone passes by him.

He's skittish, Bucky thinks, smirking to himself. He's always liked them timid -liked watching them shake and cry.

Finally, Bucky pushes off the counter and makes his way across the bar, putting on his best friendly smile and stopping at the table, sliding into the booth across from him.

the way you keep your hands so still (ao3) - saveourtiredhearts steve/bucky M, 1k

Summary: Bucky brings the gun into the bedroom on a warm Saturday afternoon. Steve doesn't say a word.

[wolfloke]

Rp Ideas

(Barista Aus)

[Character A] is a barista at a coffee shop. [Character B] comes in every day and orders the same thing, at the same time, always. One day, [B] doesn't show up.

[Character A] is all ready to pay for their coffee, when they realize they've lost their wallet. [Character B], the customer in back of them, offers to pay for them.

[Character A] and [Character B] are baristas who work the morning shift. Something more than friendship blossoms between them (Can already be pre-established or can happen over time), however, things change when [A] is moved to the night shift, and [B] stays in the morning shift.

[Character A] is tired of customers' shit. When one especially rude consumer decides to mouth them off, [A] does the logical thing, and spits right in their mocha whipped caramel latte. It isn't until they're handing the coffees out that they realize the rude customer hadn't ordered the latte. [Character B] did.

[Character A] is the new barista at a local coffee shop. [Character B] doesn't quite like them. When the two get into a fight and the hot milk machine explodes, the manager threatens to fire the both of them unless they can work it out. How do they go about becoming friends?

[Character A] is a barista working the late shift alone. It's a slow night, and the store is entirely empty, so they decide to close up shop and lock the doors. However, as they're in the back of the shop counting stock, they hear glass shatter in the front, and they know it's not just a coffee crazed customer. [Character B] can be anyone; The burglar, an employee who forgot their things and decided to head back but witnessed the burglary, or a concerned passerby who spotted the break in happening.

(Zombie AUs)

[Character A] is holed up in a locked down, abandoned mall. Somehow, [Character B] gets in. How do the two react once they realize they're not alone?

[Character A] is stuck on a rooftop. [Character B], who's stuck on the rooftop across from them, has been trying to make contact with the other survivor, to no avail.

[Character A to Character B] "Gimme all your shit. The food, the water, the weapons. Everything. Now!"

[Character A] is all out of ammo. There's a horde on their tail, they're injured, and it's not likely they're going to make it out alive. And that's when they see [Character B] beckoning them to a hiding spot just a few steps away.

[Character A] and [Character B] are traveling together. Then, one of them gets bit. How does the other react?

[Character A] is dying. [Character B] is keeping them company. How do they interact with eachother?

(Highschool AU)

[Character A] is new to a prestigious boarding school. They're lost in the hallways. Then they happen to bump into [Character B].

[Character A] manages to piss off [Character B], aka, the scariest kid in school.

(Three People RP) [Character A] is happily dating [Character B]. However, [Character C] is secretly in love with [A/B], and desperately wants them to break up.

[Character A], a high school student, is dating [Character B], a college student.

[Character A] and [Character B] are by no means friends. Then they get grouped together for a project that forces them to spend time at each others' houses. Do they become friends, something more?

[Character A] is hiding a secret. [Character B] just happens to find out.

[Character A] is the new kid in school. If the rumors are any indication, they're a bit of a weirdo. [Character B] refuses to believe them, and decides to get to know [A] for themself.

[Character A to Character B] "Yikes, I saw that fall a mile away. Looks like you dropped a lot of stuff. Want some help?"

[Character A to Character B] "Are you...Are you drawing me?"

[Character A to Character B] "Lunch in the classroom again? Mind if join you?"

(Celebrity AUs)

[Character A to Character B] "Holy shit! I've seen you before! You're...!"

[Character A] is the top model at a fashion agency. That all changes when [Character B] is scouted, and practically rips the spotlight from [A]. How does [A] respond to this? How does [B] feel about it?

It's not everyday you bump into a celebrity...Except it is for [Character A], who suspiciously keeps bumping into the famous [Character B] everyday. Coincidence, or something more?

[Character A] is a movie star visiting their hometown. However, they realize that time in Hollywood has made them forget the town. So, they appoint [Character B] as their tour guide.

[Character A to Character B] "Don't you know who I am?"

[Character A] is a famous movie actor playing the lead in a romance film. [Character B] is the clumsy rookie that somehow got the second lead. How will the two get along, especially when [Character B] can't seem to remember their lines?

[Character A] is a photographer in a park struggling to find their muse. When [Character B] happens to stroll by, they realize they've just found it.

[Character A] scores backstage tickets to a rock concert, which just so happens to be their favorite band, like...Ever. [Character B] is the lead vocalist/guitarist/whatever of the band.

[Character A], a lovestruck rookie actor. [Character B], an experienced, well known actor who's been starred as the main lead in multiple romance movies. Somehow, [A] ends up being the second lead to [B]! How does [B] react to [A]'s inexperience? Will they get along? And how will they go about about the kiss scene that occurs later on in the movie?

[Character A] is walking home one night, when they see [Character B] attempting to jump from a bridge! Dashing into action, they talk them out of it, only to find that [B] is a famous celebrity, who, for some reason or another, feels indebted to [A] forever now.

(Supernatural AUs)

[Character A] is a werewolf struggling to control their transformations. [Character B], a lycan nerd, offers to help them, but only if they can document the process.

The city is plagued by a number of mysterious killings that leave their victims drained of any and all blood. While believed to be animal attacks at first, [Character A], a detective, thinks differently. And when [Character B] is caught on CCTV grabbing a helpless woman and tearing out her jugular, well, that just confirms [A]'s suspicions.

(Multiple people rp) Ever since the dark ages, witches have been forced into hiding, lest they be revealed and punished with a fiery death. For centuries, they've breeded amongst covens, creating generation after generation of children with extraordinary abilities. Each child only has one ability when they begin the harnessing of their internal power. But, of each generation, there is one child, and only one, that shows signs of having multiple abilities. Over time, these special children became known as The Supreme Witch, and had to complete grueling and painful challenges in order to prove their powers. Now in the modern age of technology, there is a special school for the last remaining witch millennials to come to terms with their abilities, learn to control them, and strengthen them. All witches are able to participate in the test to determine who is supreme, at their own risk. However, one question remains; Just who will survive the test and be crowned Supreme Witch?

[Character A]'s family moves into a new house. It doesn't take [A] very long to figure out they're being haunted by [B].

[Character A] thinks that their boyfriend/girlfriend, [Character B] is acting a little odd. They're always cold, pale, and they seem to be uncontrollably thirsty all the time.

[Character A] is a clumsy witch struggling to harness their internal energy. [Character B] is an older witch, who offers to teach them, on one condition.

[Character A], a sailor on the S.S Jolly Fellow, awakens from a nap below deck to find the boat anchored in the middle of the ocean and the crew gone. The only other person they can hear is [Character B], a mermaid/merman sitting on a nearby rock, singing a soft harmony.

[Character A] finds a fairy out in the woods and traps it in a jar. This fairy, [Character B], demands they be let go. And [A] agrees, but on one condition; [B] must grant them any wish they want.

[Character A] is bitten by a wild wolf one night in the woods. They hide it from their friends and family in fear of being scolded for being out when they weren't supposed to. But soon, weird things start happening. For instance, their hearing seems to be super good. Their eyesight is enhanced greatly. And they can smell every hamburger in a five mile radius. But along with the hamburgers, they can also smell certain people with "different" powers (Vampires, witches, other werewolves, etc). And their nose seems to be leading them right to [Character B].

[Character A], a fledgling vampire, attacks [Character B] and turns them. Now apart of their pack, [Character B] must now be mentored by the very person that turned them into a bloodthirsty monster, [A].

[Character A] is a professional hunter hot on the trail of [Character B], a monster.

[Character A], a mermaid held in captivity. [Character B], a worker assigned to their tank. How do the two come to trust each other? What happens then?

(Darker AUs)

[Character A] wakes up in a dark room with a chain around their ankle. They can't remember anything from last night, except maybe.. A blurry image of [Character B]'s face.

[Character A] knows not to talk to strangers, but there's something so endearing about [Character B] that they can't help but to chit chat. Little does [A] know, they'll be regretting it very soon.

[Character A] has had [Character B] chained up in their basement for a while now. At first, they'd just meant to kill [B] and be done with it. But for some reason, [A] can't bring themselves to do it. Why? What will they do in the end?

[Character A] wakes up covered in blood, next to a sleeping [Character B]. What happened? How did [A] end up there?

[Character A] is a twin to a royal family, their sibling being a princess/prince destined to marry into a richer kingdom. For years, [A] had dreaded their parting. It finally came in the form of [B], a sadistic tyrant who insists he marry the beauty that is [A]'s twin. Refusing to let their sibling fall into [B]'s hands, [A] dresses up as them, and takes their place instead, becoming [B]'s hand in marriage.

(War AUs)

[Character A] is a freshly drafted soldier. [Character B] is the bitter, apprehensive sergeant, tasked to whip [A] into shape.

[Character A] and [Character B] are soldiers on opposing fronts, who so happen to be severely injured, and who so happen to be hiding in the same house. Unfortunately,

Disclaimer. I don't own any part of the art nor do I own nor do I own the context of this of this post. I am reposting this so all who love to role play has access to it.

[countessofbiscuit]

What are your Bobasoka headcanons? I've already gone through all of the (criminally little) fic on ao3 and I especially loved Smothered and Covered, and I saw the majority of the fics in the tag were gifted to you so I'm assuming you're the OG shipper. Feel free to essay if you like!!

Thanks for the ask and kind words about that fic :3 

Oh, Bobasoka … where to begin? It’s a pairing that’s been bumping around in exchange requests for a few years — I figure it’d be easy for anyone invested in Ahsoka’s relationship with the clones to be compelled by the idea. Lledra used to draw Boba and Ahsoka interacting, and it was probably a few panels of their incredible Destinies comic that set my Bobasoka wheels turning. I’m also drawn to them because their journeys traverse so much canon; there’s not just a sandbox to play in, but a whole goddamn stretch of beach, stretching far out into the horizon ...  (#AhsokaLives #BobaSurvived :D)

I have to lead with the proviso that almost everything I write/daydream about/headcanon has a groundsheet of Rexsoka. Ahsoka’s interest in Boba, in my head, is intimately tied up with her attraction to and/or relationship with Rex — or, at the bare minimum, her intimate fellowship with the clones. She went through puberty (maybe with heats!) surrounded by a literal army of handsome, roughly college-aged dudes; that must’ve been a heady mix of heaven and hell. If she didn’t quench her thirst before war’s end and her (eventual) separation from Rex, she’d probably be pretty dehydrated when stumbling across Boba. As for Boba’s attraction to Ahsoka, well ... she’s very pretty, she’s potentially useful, she’s not likely to skewer him in his sleep (+2) on account of being a Jedi (-1), and now she’s the one down on her luck; if he falls in bed with anyone, why not this girl who isn’t afraid of him and stares a lot at his lips?                         

And Boba is like a hot shipping potato — satisfying, hard to fuck up, goes well (read: makes for an intriguing story) with almost everyone. And I think it has everything to do with his liminality, something he shares with Ahsoka and probably recognizes.          

Their neither-this-nor-that-ness overlap in such interesting ways, and they each bring their identity issues to the table — Ahsoka as an on-again, off-again Jedi; Boba as a clone who isn’t a Clone™, a Mandalorian by birth and bearing, but not by the book. At different points in their stories, they identify as different things, and that would affect their headspace and color their view of the other. They wrestle with themselves and each other. Force-user and bounty hunter; privileged topsider and orphaned juvenile delinquent fugitive; GAR commander and outcast clone; Jedi and Mandalorian; Disillusioned veteran and disaffected army brat; Rebellion agent and Imperial contractor.

And as much conflict is baked into these dynamics, it also generates a certain magnetism; and I believe they recognize, on some level, their shared trauma and the symmetry in their experiences. Boba and Ahsoka both have happy childhoods with very little to distress or vex them (beyond the art, I do not jive with Age of Republic: Jango Fett, a Disney-canon comic that not only doubles-down on the Jango-wasn’t-Mando nonsense, but shows him being rather cavalier about Boba’s life); Geonosis happens and their adolescent lives are dominated by war (which is how they came to actively threaten each other as space!secondary-schoolers — whaaaaatf!); they are both dubiously (even wrongfully) imprisoned; and they both suffer alienation and incredible personal loss.  

Boba was set apart from the clones before he was even pulled him from the jar, othered and elevated from the beginning. He never bonded with brothers, he does not identify as a clone. And while there are examples of clones making overtures to him, canonically his relationship with them is fraught and probably made worse when he gets banged up in Republic Central at the tender age of eleven or twelve — and of course, Ahsoka is an accessory to this, the second chapter in his tragedy at the hands of the Jedi. He needed help (whether he wanted it or not), it was not given by clones or Jedi alike (hamstrung by bureaucracy, sure, but surely some other means of intervention might have been lobbied for?), and Boba becomes a right teenage disaster, well-balanced only in the sense that he has a chip on both shoulders.

(n.b. Putting my RepComm hat on for a second, I can’t help but sniffle-laugh at the idea that the Alphas watched him get thrown in a maximum-security slammer and were like “Ah, there he is, the feral vod’ika. First time, we’ll let the little snot earn his stripes. Second time, we’ll bust him out and send him on a tough love retreat with A’den or Jaing.”)

Ahsoka, meanwhile, is part-and-parcel of the institutions that Boba sets himself against, even after she too has been cast out by circumstances beyond her control. She grows up in a supportive Jedi community and then spends some seriously formative years with a whole slew of brothers — brothers that should have been Boba’s! 

Boba, on the other hand, is a great example of the proverb that a child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. (As he tells Hondo, “Why should I help anybody? I’ve got no one.”) 

The resentment that must create! But also, later, the quiet empathy too — maybe when Boba’s having one of his better days and Ahsoka’s obviously not. 

And all of the above is interesting enough, without also touching upon the wildcard that is Mandalore.

Boba’s relationship with Mandalore .... well, that’s contested in- and out-of-universe and I won’t allow myself to essay overmuch. I subscribe firmly to a Mandalorian Fetts construction of canon, even though Boba must be someone who struggles mightily with Mandalorian identity. He’s raised by a bona fide Mando, a solicitous, loving father who’d have no reason not to pass on his language and beliefs; but at the same time, it takes that village, and when Boba’s clan of two is shattered, he has no one else. The loss of his dad unmoors him from his only anchor to Mandalorian culture and clan.

If Boba had been close to the Cuy’val Dar, one would think he’d have turned to them rather than fall in with Jango’s criminal acquaintances; or maybe the bounty hunters just scooped him up first, and troubled lil’ Boba was shepherded through bereavement by folks who enabled and encouraged him to externalize his anger in a way that gave him a (false) feeling of agency and strength. 

Whatever the reasons, Boba does not repatriate himself to Mandalore (much to Fenn Shysa’s melodramatic dismay). He strikes me as a lapsed Mandalorian; he doesn’t exactly follow the creed besides wearing the armor (scavenged? his dad’s sans helmet? canon is confused on this point, but he doesn’t go Mando until the unfinished arcs at the end of TCW, either for lack of stature, lack of armor, or lack of enthusiasm). I feel like if someone rocked up to Boba in a cantina and had the balls to ask “hey, so you a Mandalorian?” Boba would be like “<ominously slow helmet tilt> who’s asking” and never give you a straight answer.

Meanwhile, Ahsoka gets a crash course on Mandalore from none other than someone who, at one point, belonged to a sect that wanted to expunge Jaster’s legacy from the galaxy — and at the very least, had reason to dislike clones. This isn’t the place to explore my Boba/Bo-Katan feelings, but know that they are fathomless, and I would pay good money to be a fly on the wall of that Kom’rk when Bo-Katan gives Ahsoka Mando History 101 with her own special sauce. Ahsoka is probably more up-to-speed on Mandalore than Boba, and at one point, she may even own more beskar than him! (n.b. After the crash, I think one of the first places Rex and Ahsoka bounce is just inside Mando space, to scope out the Sundari situation and maybe try to scramble a signal to Bo-Katan; she’d have the goodwill to at least get them back on their feet if she can’t help them lay low herself. For a variety of reasons worth maybe ficcing down the line, they aren’t successful.)

I don’t really have a concluding statement except, I just think Bobasoka’s neat :) They hit all my depressed-Millennial buttons.

Headcanon by bullet-point isn’t really my style, but this is tumblr so ... tl;dr:

They recognize a lot in each other, even if they’re slow to admit it, if ever. Boba’s a cagey bastard and Ahsoka doesn’t ever like him enough to be emotionally honest.

They bump into each other during Ahsoka’s walkabout(s) ‘cause Coruscant’s Underworld ain’t big enough for the two of them. Without Slave-1, Boba couchsurfs at Nyx Okami’s garage, but he does his laundry at Rafa’s. He might even borrow the Martez’s new, useful friend for a job or two. 

Ahsoka eventually matures enough to be sensitive about her use of the Force on and around clones, and she definitely doesn’t use it around Boba. Definitely not during sex.

Boba is privately weirded out every time Ahsoka uses Mando slang she picked up off the clones or the Nite Owls.

Boba absolutely kills Cad Bane in that shoot-out, keeps the hat, and lets Ahsoka have it. She shoves it out the airlock and uses it for target practice. 

So many great smut flavours! Hatesex. Acquaintances with benefits. “You’re traumatized and touch-starved and you look just like him/them, and I know how to be gentle and what to do, so maybe we could … ?” They’re both privately comfortable with their bodies and sexuality, but Boba’s got trust issues a parsec long and Ahsoka’s lost confidence; it’s always an awkward affair, but desperation wins out.

They exchange comm codes every time they run into each other, which is kind of pointless because they both use burners.

Ahsoka hitches a ride on Slave-1 more than once. There really is only one bed, so it’s either sleep upright, sleep in a pokey prisoner hold, or sleep with him.

For a few years, Boba can pass as a last-generation clone — the ones that got sold off in bulk units to slavers before Kamino sunk another three years’ food, board, and training into them. Boba pretends he doesn’t notice, easy to really, since he tells himself his helmet is his face. But occasionally, when Ahsoka can convince him there’s profit in it, he agrees to play sleeper agent and assists in liberating a few here and there. 

They don’t talk about Aurra Sing.

When an Imp really crosses him, Boba passes on intel to Ahsoka to ruin their day.

Once, when they’re both super skint, Ahsoka volunteers to get handed in to some relatively minor and out-of-the-way Imperial garrison, so Boba can collect, bust her out, and split the pot with her. It’s the closest she ever comes to telling him “I trust you” — and when he brushes the idea aside, citing something about risk, it’s the closest he ever comes to telling her “I love you.”

Boba sees Inquisitors as muscling in on his game. There are so many lousy Force-users around nowadays, it should be easy pickings, but Inquisitors get privileged information. So he makes sport out of misdirecting them, especially from Ahsoka. 

When he pisses her off, Ahsoka fantasizes about Bo-Katan taking Boba down a peg or two while she watches :)))

Boba experienced Ahsoka’s heat once, secondhand through a cabin wall. He thought he was being clever by shooting Rex up with some Nevoota stim pollen, locking him in with Ahsoka, and hijacking their locked ships. Longest three days of his life, limping on broken hyperdrives and shared fuel stores to the nearest waystation to a soundtrack of violent lovemaking : \

Bounty hunters invariably bump into spies and agents because they work in the same areas. The agents pretend to be bounty hunters, eccentric business people, sex workers, or a range of other things. Sometimes each party knows all about the other, but it’s only polite not to mention it. This happens to Ahsoka and Boba A LOT, especially once she becomes Fulcrum; rebel cells and Imperials often want the same people. Occasionally they exchange fire. A couple times Boba gets imprisoned in Ahsoka’s own brig. Once, Boba blows her cover and definitely lives to regret it. 

(this essay was originally punctuated with pics, but replies with images won’t show up tumblr tags so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) 

[anadvanceddegreeinquiet]

What, Me Pandemic? A Boho Crowd Stakes Its Claim (and Claims Its $48 Steaks)

Fricasse Dubois, 21, lamented the decision to pull her latest concrete poem from The Codswalloped Pisspot as she passed one of the whimsical “Maine-ducks-in-flight” mailboxes that serve as newspaper bins for the red-hot downtown rag. But her friend and intern, Banshee Fitzgerald, 33, had made a good point: The Pisspot had been flirting with questionable taste for months now. 

First there was the ironic opera libretto by Steve Bannon, which cast Leo “KIDS” Fitzpatrick as a Muslim refugee in a Copenhagen no-go zone. Then there was the edgy faux-memoir from Terry Richardson, modeled on O.J. Simpson’s unpublished “If I Did It,” and accompanied by a portfolio of Juergen Teller ass-Xeroxes.

But now, the Pisspot hype was growing, and Dubois realized that she might miss the proverbial boat. Interest in the nascent publishing venture was at fever pitch; a SPAC had been formed by laid-off Gagosian and Perrotin directors eager to stage a hostile takeover of the irregularly published ‘zine. 

And a dash of infamy certainly helped—the paper’s co-editor, Stizzy Fugger, had just launched a Tumblr in which she tallied the number of people she had inadvertently infected with Covid-19, updated in real-time (12,617 at press time, if you’re keeping score, more than the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally).

Anyone who has witnessed a “Pisspot drop” in the Dimes Square neighborhood of Manhattan knows to expect pandemonium. But nothing could have prepared this reporter for the foamy-mouthed jubilee and ecstatic violence of the occasion. 

It was 11am on a Tuesday, and the editors appeared at the corner of Seward Park, bearing several cardboard boxes of the paper. They were trailed by the usual suspects: Pimple-necked sadcore rappers, sex-positive Zoom therapists, former Artforum critic’s pickers who now run content for Chipotle, and middle-aged men who really shouldn’t skateboard.  

It’s a truism that an issue of Pisspot isn’t really read so much as it is imbibed, absorbed via the osmosis of social media’s orgiastic frenzy. In fact, the Times had a great deal of difficulty locating anyone who had physically held a copy of the paper in their smooth, unlined hands; many preferred to experience it as a series of fuzzy, thumbnail-sized images posted ironically on MySpace. 

“People used to say they read Playboy for the ads,” said Kit Murano, a fish-eyed, forty-something member of a downtown-based Adderall (™) street team. “Pisspot doesn’t have ads. And no one who knows anything would be caught, like, just sitting there and flipping through the thing. It’s an attitude. It’s an essence. It’s a lifestyle.”

Okay, sure—but what about the actual content actually published in each issue? Imagine an early iteration of Vice cross-pollinated with Tiger Beat, and then add a splash of sexual-harassment-era Paris Review. It’s a bit silly, and a bit loose. Bret Easton Ellis contributes a crossword puzzle in which every answer is just another reason why millennials suck. A party report—‘Reamed & Furred’—diligently transcribes the coke-addled bon mots of the same group of six people all eating at the same restaurant every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. 

If there’s an ethos gluing all of this together, it’s a passing-of-the-torch from an older bohemian guard to a younger demographic, with their laissez-faire attitudes about sex, drugs, and global pandemics. “It’s, like, we can all still party together, and age isn’t really ‘a thing’,” explains Murano, leaning out the window of a Mini Cooper wrapped in shiny SunGen Pharma adverts.

The entire scene revolves around the lopsided triangle known as “Dimes Square,” which borrows its moniker from the culinary hotspot Dimes. (The name derives from Cockney rhyming slang for ‘elongated pinky nail.’). Every New York story is also, of course, a story about real estate. In this case, that means the Connecticut country houses that this cohort has Airbnbed out while remaining to weather the storm in lower Manhattan. 

Parts of this scene are “white, but probably ambisexual-adjacent; they’re members of the creative class, but they possess enough self-hatred to seem authentic,” says Dash Johnson, a Dimes Square hanger-on who many suspect of running the Steak-Umms social media accounts. “Most of them used to work for galleries, or websites, or Garage magazine, but when those jobs dried up, they woke up one morning and said: Fuck it. Let’s stop pretending. Let’s just tweet.”

One essential element of any good scene is a gossip column to keep track—and to keep score. ArtWet’s “Wet Ass Pigment” plays that role for the Dimes Square cognoscenti. It’s a bleeding-edge social diary written by an anonymous, Gossip Girl-style correspondent who communicates solely via Signal, using a vocal transformer. 

“I was sick of trying to break into this world,” they said. “I was sick of meeting Anthony Haden-Guest at a dinner, for the 387th time, and having him introduce himself all over again, like we hadn’t both thrown up in the same toilet less than three days before. Fuck gatekeepers. I built my own gate, and then I started keeping it.” 

It was a Wet Ass Pigment column, in fact, which broke the season’s buzziest news: semi-disgraced first son Hunter Biden had bought an octoplex apartment directly above Dimes, where he’ll be staying as he prepares for a September solo exhibition that will open concurrently across Andrew Kreps, 56 Henry, Shoot the Lobster, and a pop-up space for Recess CBD seltzer. Unlike the gentle, “meditative” paintings that Biden had been making in recovery, the new work is brash and rudely vulgar—the product of an unexpected friendship Biden had struck up with Bjarne Melgaard and Jordan Wolfson. 

Meanwhile, the group’s literary face remains 29-year-old Katarina Klaus, whose razor-sharp prose skewers her surroundings with the acidic wit of a young Evelyn Waugh. “I’ll be honest, I fucking hate writing,” Klaus admitted, blowing her nose into a Telfar bag. “I’m both super motivated and super lazy. Sometimes I’ll just copy-paste random chunks of Speedboat into a column and no one will even notice.”

So what’s next for this ragtag crew? “Dimes Square will probably be over by the time this fucking article comes out,” Klaus laments. “You’re going to have, like, some TikTok influencer house on the corner of Canal and Essex, and all the coke will have fentanyl in it again because idiots from New Jersey just have no nose. You know what? I’m regretting this already. This is all off the record.”

Meanwhile, Klaus is already rethinking her involvement in Pisspot. With a current print run of 250 copies, the instantly iconic newspaper suddenly seems a bit too exposed. She’s in discussions with a new, unnamed venture that would distribute articles and essays in a serialized format, via fortunes randomly inserted into cookies at various Chinese restaurants within a three-block radius of the Square. “It’s all about ephemerality,” she says, sucking on a DMT vape she brought back from Mexico City. “It’s all about staying relevant.”

This article was lovingly rewritten from the original by Scott Indrisek.

CORRECTION: The above edition of this story mistakenly cites Kit Murano’s age as “forty-something,” based on our reporter’s visual guesstimation. She is actually 19.   

CORRECTION: ‘Dimes’ is in fact Cockney prison rhyming slang for the expression, “a bent knob is straight twice a day.”

CORRECTION: An earlier online version of this story mistakenly identified The Codswalloped Pisspot as The Duct-Taped Shitberg.

CORRECTION: An earlier, subscribers-only post of this story mislabeled the gossip blog Wet Ass Pigment as being a Spotify podcast called Wank ‘n Pose.

CORRECTION: Jordan Wolfson died in 2014. 

CORRECTION: An earlier Google Doc of this story referenced a non-existent ‘hardcore maternity diary’ by Chloe Sevigny, which most likely did not appear in issue 4 of the Codtaped Shitpot. 

CORRECTION: A version of this story that was sent to hapless print subscribers in Texas and Connecticut wrongly identified the geographic boundaries of “Dimes Square” as being East 45th Street, Central Park West, Freeman’s Alley, and Bedford Avenue.