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Harvey had a blast seeing Barbie with friends!

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - I'm DELIGHTED by so much goodness, also I lust after a boy's robot's pants

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

Feb 2024 Wk 1

Ongoing Series - Thai

The Sign (Sat YT) ep 11 of 12 - I support the fact that the producers seem to have decided that even in uniform Yai never needs to wear sleeves. Hear hear.

No sleeves for Yai ever again!

On the other hand, why doesn’t anyone ever wear gloves? Going around touching evidence all willy nilly like that.

No to sleeves. Yes to gloves.

People. Sheesh. Get with the program.

Anygay, this is such a fun show. I could watch 50 episodes of this abject nonsense. I’m sad it’s gonna be ending. And I don’t say that often about Thai BL. 

Pit Babe (Fri iQIYI) ep 12 of 14 - Oh has Jeff been kidnapped again? Here, let's throw fruit at Babe and think about it for a bit. Tra la la. Trash watch happening here.

Cooking Crush (Sun YT) ep 9 of 12 - They are such very good boyfriends. Also, this is a ton of kissing for OffGun. I’m at a loss as to how they are going to turn this into a decent 12 ep show. Unfortunately, I’ve foresee it going off the rails - pacing seems off. 

For Him (Thurs iQIYI) ep 10 of 12 - We have our little No Comebacks twist. The sides are growing on me, but now the mains are boring me. The sudden gun-toting new characters are just weird. It’s like they took the script and just threw it down a staircase, gathered it back up again, then filmed that. 

City of Stars (Fri iQIYI) ep 1 of 12 - Fueang is an actor in the midst of crisis and scandal. Normally I don’t like Thai BL when it’s tackles celebrity and this is... yep, the same. Our actor is pitted against an older worried nerdy app developer, Krom. And I feel that dynamic - hyung romance, jock/nerd? Very nice. But it’s also very Star Hunter. Never met a trope they didn’t wanna do a million times over - in the very first episode. Also I think I’m not a fan of the actor playing the lead. 

My Universe (Sun iQIYI) ep 24fin - The blond who comes to get his hair shaved looks just like Fluke T (SOTUS et al). And even more like him after the shaving (My Bromance et al). Is that him? MDL doesn't say.

Anygay... something something: Orphan. Cancer. Kisses. Dream. Death. 'Bout what I expected. 2/10 even with a decent kiss I don’t do dream sequences and I don’t like death in my BL 

All in all, I’m relieved that that’s over. The series is a slog. And in general I don’t recommend it. I plan to promptly forget its entire existence. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Love For Love's Sake (Korea Weds iQIYI) eps 3-4 of 8 - There is so much to adore about this show. The two younger guys who are suddenly in competition for the one older one. You know hyung romances are my favs. A hyung love triangle? COME ON. Also, I got to say this one’s giving me second lead syndrome. I do love me a brat. Add in all this on honorific play and linguistic flirting (as their should be in age gap). This is just THE BEST show. 

Look I gotta say this: the "Who did this to you?" trope (AKA who hurt you?) is the single most popular romance trope right now, remarkable to see it turn up in a BL. And pleasing. Trust Korea to be ON TREND. It's their national agenda. *respect*

Perfect Propose (Japan Fri Gaga) eps 1-2 of 6 - From Fuji TV (who brought us the Pornographer series) adapted from Mayo Tsurakame’s manga, production team includes Tadaaki Horai (My Love Mix-Up!) and Takeshi Miyamoto (scriptwriter for Old Fashion Cupcake). Hiro’s so stressed at work he barely has time to eat so he passes out on the sidewalk. An unfamiliar face saves him and insists that they once promised to marry each other.

Ready?

Oh I fucking love it. Sullen, out gay, younger seme with serious grumpy overprotective tendencies and beautiful possessive cat eyes? Well, it’s not dimples, but it’s still my catnip. Also they are moving very quickly. Hand jobs already? + dub con seasoning? Say it with me everyone:

Oh Japan, must you? 

Apparently, you must. And I must enjoy it. Carry on.

Please reread those producer creds and understand what we are in for. Okay? I would urge you to avoid this one if you get squeamish when JBL does what... JBL does.

AntiReset (Taiwan Fri Viki/Gaga) eps 1-2 of 10 - I really enjoy the character of an OCD intellectual automaton professor, contrasted to a warm and sunshine actual robot. Out the gate, this is oozing Taiwanese domesticity, we can only hope they juice it with their usual standard of heat too. 

All puns aside: It’s charming and I’m charmed. Does Taiwan finally have another winner on its hands?

I do adore Taiwan's aesthetics: The house designs, the suit designs, the human designs. I wouldn't say no to the robot’s pants either. Very cool. Can I order them in black?

Although I Love You and You AKA Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 4 of 10 - The birthday confession was a bit much. But I love how mature the reactions were. It reminded me a little bit of I Cannot Reach You. Always a good thing. 

Girl: I like you. 

Sakae: sorry, not intersted 

Girl: what am I lacking? 

Sakae: a dick 

What you mean it didn’t go that way?

Happy Ending (Korea Tues YT) 2 of 3 - Oh it’s lovely, exactly as I expect from Strongberry.

I gotta say all of the above are pretty neck & neck for top spots for entirely different reasons. BL is seriously giving right now!

Sahara-sensei to Toki-kun (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 8fin - In the end this is mostly a piece about courage, and the rewards and disappointments that being courageous entails. Sadly, I personally didn’t have the courage to enjoy it. Featuring a chaos nugget bad boy student who falls madly in love with his teacher, this should’ve been My Thing. But Japan failed me. It happens sometimes. The leads had no chemistry, and the age gap rather than being a narrative driver and source of conflict, was just ignored. 7/10 

It's Done

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps - will binge when I have any spare time. 2024 is crazy busy for me so far.

The Servant and the Young Master - from Vietnam so I assume it's on YouTube. I never even noticed. Anyone got a link?

Began Beginning (Myanmar YouTube) - Is TRUST Entertainment bringing us the first ever Burmese BL? I don't know if it's really the first, but @heretherebedork vouched for it, so I will give it a watch through.

The Whisperer (Thai Horror) - @all-you-had-to-do-was-neigh commented with the following: "MASSIVE content warning for extreme ableism, homophobia, and rape plots done for shock value. I don't recommend it, and if any of your followers decide to watch it proceed with caution."

So... yeah, I won't be watching it.

It's Airing But...

[NO INTERNATIONAL] Cherry Magic (Sat YouTube) ep 3 of 12 - yeah Japan put the smack down on our boys. Sadness. You can use a VPN if you like. Read all about it here.

Ossans Love Season 2 (Japan Gaga) - 5 years later, will anything have changed? This is Japan so… probubly not. I won't be watching this. I disliked Season one and actively hated the follow ups. No thank you.

Playboyy (Thurs Gaga) 14 eps - Dear Playboyy, it's not you, it’s me… I hate you. You’re about as deep (and as palatable) as a shot glass of cum. While I'm sure you’re someone’s kink, you're my weakest link. Goodbye. I DNFed this at ep 5. Frankly I'm impressed with myself for getting that far.

7 Days Before Valentine (Weds WeTV) 12 eps - Giving me Luminous Solution vibes. I'm waiting to binge if safe.

Dead Friend Forever (Thai Sat iQIYI) 12 eps - horror, meh, tell me if it's worth my time?

Time the series (Tue Gaga/YT) 10 eps - dropped it at ep 4.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Still Coming in Feb

2/17 A Secretly Love (Thai WeTV) - Khonprot, a third-year head hazer of the engineering faculty, has a secret crush on Pluem, a tsundere fourth-year head hazer. Over the years, he's seen Pluem cycle through many girlfriends. Recently, after a public breakup, however, Khonprot thinks maybe a boy has a chance.

2/24 Unknown (Taiwan Youku) 12 eps - Older brother tough guy criminal breadwinner looks after his sister and defacto adopted little brother. Little bother falls in love with him and is sent away after a stolen kiss. But when he comes back…

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

GMMTV is officially stalking me.

I do love OffGun's particular brand of domesticity. It's fun that they and TayNew are both getting to be so soft on our screens. It's very comforting, like a family favorite warm toddy. (Cooking Crush)

Korea, what's gotten into you? Are you feeling okay? Such bold weaponized gayness isn't like you at all. (Love for Love's Sake)

The Sign, forcing me to ask the eternal question.

I LOVES THEM YOUR HONOR. (Pit Babe)

(Last week)

[heartbreak-sandwich]

I have been CORRUPTED by insane, gay, sexy thoughts of Robin today thanks to this fic, so hear me out - (NSFW incoming)

You, Robin, a strapless dildo, and a Hitachi wand because of course she has a treasure trove of toys to torture you with.

"Lay back. Relax -- or don't. You're cute when you're nervous," Robin drawls, biting her lip coquettishly.

You lay back slowly on the bed, keeping your gaze on her as she kneels in front of you, her strawberry blonde bangs dusting her dark eyelashes as she leans forward and pushes your skirt up, bunching it around your hips.

She palms at your clothed pussy through your nylons, rubbing up and down slowly, eliciting tiny gasps from you each time she presses her fingertips to your clit.

She smiles wider now and pulls a tote from under the bed. She reaches up and pushes down on your chest, forcing your back down against the bed and your eyes up to the ceiling.

"This part's a surprise. No peeking." She ghosts her fingers over your lips before you hear her rummaging around in the tote, the lid closing, and her sliding the entire box back under the bed.

You feel her touch between your legs again, but it's different this time. You hear the tearing of fabric as she rips a wide hole into your nylons and moves your panties to the side.

You gasp louder this time at the slick sliding of her velvet tongue through your folds. She lets out a soft laugh against you, her warm breath making the goosebumps on your skin stand at attention.

Robin loves you like this.

Her tongue feels so good, but it's almost not enough. You need more to bring you to that fiery edge you crave.

"Robin," you almost whisper.

She stops and looks up at you, scrunching her nose with a devilish grin.

"Always so desperate," she purrs before pressing a wet kiss to your clit and sucking it into her mouth. You moan loudly, letting your head fall back onto the bed as your hands find her soft hair, tangling your fingertips into her tresses and pulling gently.

You're surprised when the contact stops with a pop, and she stands up, grabbing her strapless dildo and sucking the short end into her mouth, her icy blue eyes keeping yours in a chokehold before she lets a long string of spit slide out onto the toy, not batting an eye when some drips languidly onto the floor. Resting one leg up on the bed, she pushes it inside of her until it sits perfectly in place.

She stares down at you and smirks.

"I need more of you," you whine as she picks up the thick wand, giving it a twirl before turning it on, the low buzzing sound making your walls clench in anticipation.

"Be careful what you wish for," she burns before pushing the wand hard against your clit, causing you to cry out and buck your hips.

"I'm gonna make you beg to cum on this cock." You feel the sweet, searing stretch of her dildo filling you up almost too quickly before she angles herself just right and rolls her hips into yours over and over again.

Robin's moans are louder than yours now as she fills you to the brim, bringing the head of the wand to rest exactly where you two are connected, turning the vibration up higher. She grinds her own clit against it so that each movement pushes harder into you everywhere.

Reaching up with both arms, you grab desperately at her perky tits, instantly finding her hardened nipples through her button down, and you pinch and twist just the way she likes it.

Robin's eyes brim with tears as she lets out choked up gasps, and her mouth falls open, her words barely decipherable through her bliss.

"I'm -- I'm cumming."

[hoodharlow]

No Purple

AN: shout out to @killatravtramp for letting me use her idea 🥰🥰🥰 also well see more of Genesis when I post the actual teacher one shot

Request? No but I did use V's idea

Warnings: general smut lol

Word Count: 1.8k words

Genesis sighed and walked over to the water station. The two moms in charge of making sure there was water at all times were gossiping with the other two volunteers at the orange slices table. She opened another pack of the mini water bottles and placed them on the table. She took a deep breath then went back to her station. She made note of the moms that weren't doing what they signed up for, so they could help with the take down at the end of the fun-run. 

The elementary school she worked at was organizing a fun-run to collect money for a school wide field trip to the caverns at the end of the year. Genesis had no idea how but she got roped by Dr. Reed, the principal, and helped organize the entire thing. She spent the last month calling places for donations for the fun-run, designing t-shirts for each of the grades, making volunteer schedules and all that on top of her actual work. She got lucky and Jack's parents were able to make the t-shirts as a donation. Jack offered pay for the field trip himself, but Genesis turned him down. He also tried to donate to her class specifically, but she said no. 

Genesis sat back at her table and counted up the tallies for the fourth grade class. She took out her iPad and pulled up the spreadsheet she had for the fun-run and went through each student's paper. She heard a commotion, but paid no mind to it. She wanted to finish the tallies so the students that got per lap donations could take their forms home to collect their donations. 

A to-go container was set next to her, making Genesis look up from her iPad. 

"Hey," Jack said, bending down to give her a chaste kiss. 

"No purple." Martín, a student from Genesis's class, said as he walked past the table to get to his friends.

The school was having a free day where students could go to the library to read, go to specific classrooms to do arts & crafts or play games and watch movies. The final option was to just hang outside in the fourth and fifth grade play area. Where the fun-run was taking place. 

Genesis covered Jack's hand before he flipped off the five year old. "Leave, Lizbeth's kid alone." She whispered to him. 

Lizbeth was one of Genesis and Jack's friends from high school. She was the first (and only) to have a kid out of their friend group and ever since Martín was born, Jack has had some sort of one sided beef with the kid. 

"If purple is between a guy and a girl, what about gay and nonbinary people?" Jack asked her. 

"Nonbinary people are yellow and I'm not too sure about gay couples." She answered him. She locked her iPad and turned to him. "Why are you here?"

That morning he picked her up from her apartment and drove her to school. He went to deliver the t-shirts Genesis ordered. He told her he couldn't stay because he was going to be at the studio the rest of the morning. 

"Damn, I can't see my girl." He scoffed. 

Genesis smiled shyly. After her cousin's wedding they decided to give dating a chance. Jack had a few weeks off and they've been spending as much time together before he had to go on the road again. When they told their friends and family they all let out a collective finally. 

"I also brought pizza for everyone." Jack pointed toward the new canopy set up. There were piles upon piles of pizza boxes on the tables. He brought his hand down and patted her take-out box. "And I got your boujie ass flats." 

"I'm not boujie." She frowned. 

"Don't deny it, it's one of the many things I love about you." He said. 

"You're annoying," Genesis rolled her eyes at him. 

She went back to her work with the tallies then she moved on to making certificates to those that ran the most laps. By then it was time to take down the fun-run. 

"You got sunscreen?" Jack asked.

"In my Harry Styles tote." She pointed at the chair next to him. 

"Why don't you use my tote?" 

"Because yours doesn't have bunnies." 

Jack rolled his eyes. He lathered some on his face and made sure to get the back of his neck. He put back the sunscreen and went to go help take down the canopies. 

Genesis watched as Jack talked with Dr. Reed. Another person he had beef with. Apparently when he was in fifth grade he went to the school where she worked and when he tried out for the school's annual talent show, Dr. Reed, who was Miss Fox at the time, stopped his performance of Fergalicious and told him he couldn't perform at the talent show. He called her one of his original haters.

At some point Jack took off his jacket and tied it around his waist, showing off his arms in the tight white tee he wore under. It got Genesis worked up. And the way he wore his baseball cap backwards wasn't helping her at all. She thought back to the times he would crash frat parties when he was in town and wore his hats like that. There was something about how curls curved over his hat that made her feral. She took a generous sip from her Hydro Flask as he took off his hat to wipe the sweat off his forehead. Jack shook his head, fluffing his curls, and put his hat back. 

After everything was taken down, all the teachers took their students back to their classrooms. There was about fifteen minutes left before school was over. 

Jack joined Genesis and sat in the back of her class. He entertained himself by organizing the large crayons in their designated colors. He occasionally looked over to Genesis. She had her class sitting in a large rug as they went around the circle, talking about what they did during the day. He smiled to himself watching how she was in her element. He knew she was one of the few people meant for teaching. 

The bell finally rang. 

"Alright, have a good weekend and if you got your envelope back please bring it on Monday." She told the students as they got their backpacks. "Also, everyone tell Jack thank you for the pizza and t-shirts." 

"Thank you Jack." The class said in unison. 

"Pay up." Martín told Jack. He pointed at his paper. "I did this many."

"You did six laps?" Jack asked as he pulled out his wallet. 

At a kickback Martín went around the group asking for donations. A few just gave him twenty bucks but Jack told him he'd pay him a hundred for each lap. 

"Yeah, pay up." The five year old said in a sassy tone.

"Here." Jack said, placing a thousand dollars in the envelope. 

"Miss Ramos, I finished." Martín said, handing Genesis back his envelope. 

Genesis frowned at Jack. "Seriously." 

"He asked me." Jack said defensively. 

"Of course he did."

*

When they finally pulled up to Jack's house, all bets were off. Genesis climbed over her seat and straddled Jack. She claimed his mouth and began rutting her hips against his. 

"G, wait until I turn off the car." Jack laughed. He turned off the ignition and pulled out the key. "Where were we?"

They went back to making out. At some point, Jack had to pull away and led them inside. He picked up the back of her thighs and carried her upstairs. He gently set her down on his bed and began removing his clothes. Genesis followed suit. 

"Keep the hat." She said, pushing down her brown cargo pants. 

"Yes ma'am." He grinned, sitting against the headboard.

He knew that hat had some sort of effect on her and wore backwards to get her attention. Even before they started dating, she would sit on his lap and play with the ends of his curls.

Genesis straddled him and cupped his cheek, kissing him. She stood on her knees over Jack’s cock. He held her hips and guided her down his cock. Both let out a satisfied moan. Jack gave her hips a few squeezes, letting her know she could move. Genesis held the back of his neck and leaned back on one hand, slowly riding him.

She gently tugged on his curls as she moved her waist. One she was used to him, he lifted his hips to meet her thrusts. She was a moaning mess for him. He pulled her closer to him. Their lips moaning into each other. One of her hands gripped his bicep while the other traveled down to her clit. She rubbed herself. 

“Come on, G, let go for me.” He encouraged her. 

With that Genesis came. She repeated Jack’s name over and over until her high faded. 

"I can take another." She said breathlessly. 

She knew Jack hadn't come yet. He nodded and pulled his length out of her and positioned her so that only her ass was in the air for him, so she wouldn't be on all fours. He knelt in front of her and aligned himself to her entrance, slowly pushing himself in her once more. His hands gripped her waist as he slowly rocked into her. 

As the minutes passed, his thrusts got rougher, and Genesis couldn’t hold back. She begged Jack to keep fucking her at that irritatingly slow and rough pace she loved. He leaned over, his chest against her back. His lips kissed all over her neck as he continued to fuck Genesis. She rocked back against him, lazily meeting his thrusts.

"That’s it, G." He groaned in her ear. 

Jack shifted his hips as he thrusted into her. The new angle hit her in that spot that made her beg for him. She caught sight of Jack in the mirror doors of his closet and nearly came undone by just looking at him. The way his curls clung to his hat. How he tightly gripped her hips as he roughly thrusted into her. How his KY necklace moved erratically with every movement. It made her egged her on. 

Genesis pushed back her hips rougher to meet his thrusts. He gripped her hips with one hand while the other went back down to her clit. Jack worked his fingers roughly as he pushed his hips into Genesis. He buried his face in her neck, kissing her sweet spot. Her quiet praises filled the room, egging him on. She quietly whimpered his name, lazily meeting his thrusts before her orgasm took over. Jack’s orgasm followed soon after, pushing himself deep inside. 

Jack pulled out and laid on his side. Genesis pulled off his hat and ran her fingers over his drenched curls. 

"How was that?" He asked, hovering over her body. 

"An A." She giggled. 

"Only an A? Let me do some extra credit for an A+ then." He mumbled against her neck. 

"You're never gonna quit with the teacher puns are you?" Genesis asked him. 

Jack placed her thighs over his shoulders. He looked up at her and grinned mischievously "No, I'm only getting started."

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In defense of Tachibana (Yes, really)

Yes, I decided to analyze this new evil man. Turns out he's not that evil actually. Spoilers for volume 14!

Ok so, first: I'm not trying to apologize for him going after a married man, that's still messed up lol (this shot in chapter 68 is literally him going "wow Adachi's totes my type")

I guess I'm just trying to explain Why he does what he does, to humanize him a little.

So the first bit of Lore about him gets dropped in chapter 69, where we find out that he was also in a gay relationship once, but it ended terribly for him.

Translation: P1 A: But Kurosawa was also moved by Tachibana-san's enthusiasm. A: It really shows the love you put into your company's products. T: Love, huh. T: It's nothing that big. P2 T: A long time ago, I was going out with a man who I worked with. T: But then we got found out, then he quit his job… T: … and after that we broke up. T: Because I was in despair, I was traveling around for a while and happened to feel comfortable in Finland. T: After I returned to Japan, I was able to get my job back at that company thanks to the connections I made abroad. T: So I just can't let go. T: No but really, going out with your coworker is risky stuff. T: It was that youthful spirit…

T: … or rather, we were just idiots. ... And it does not feel like he's moved on properly from it either.

Okay so I know I like to joke that Tachibana took One Look at Kurosawa with murderous intent and just noped tf out of there (see image)

But. I think what actually makes him decide to back off is this moment here, where he sees something of his past relationship in them. (this will be relevant in a moment)

(also Adachi's fucking adorable here my god)

Then later he goes to drown his sorrows at a bar and the bartender even *asks* him why he would be so stupid to go after a man that is clearly happily married.

And then.

THIS page happens. HE was once on his way to marriage too, but all those hopes got dashed when his boyfriend broke up with him. TL: T: I knooow but... it kind of bothered me.

T: Actually, they reminded me so much of us from back then... but I can't say that, it's too lame.

So what I think happened here is that he saw something of his old bf in Adachi and, since the ring he got never ended up being a symbol of commitment, he just assumed it would be the same for Adachi. But then he backs off when he actually sees them together.

So to summarize, Tachibana is a guy that got his heart broken by a guy that promised to marry him, and tried to cope by getting it on with a married man. And then got really drunk when he predictably got rejected. What a sopping wet loser I wish him all the best.

So what do you think? Do You agree? Do you disagree? (probably, I have perpetual bad-opinions-syndrome) Write me about it! (please I love to talk about this stupid little manga)

[one-winged-dreams]

B-Word

ship: the reveries of my mind (adri x akingreaux), (pl: adri and mallory [oc]) source: original content word count: 947

uhhh UHHHHHHH

you know >_>;

Also introducing an old oc of mine, Mal. She's super goth, and a trans woman who changed her name to Mallory Practice because she's a badass that does burlesque and thought her stage name would be cool to have legally. Her gimmick is sexy nurse. I love her to pieces.

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"I'm gonna go take a smoke break, actually maybe watch the counter for me?"

Adri's head abruptly lifted from the surface of the checkout counter, unflatteringly disoriented.

"Wha? Oh shit, yeah okay, Mal."

Mallory regarded him behind raven-colored bangs, her ever-crimson lips pursing into a line.

Then she huffed.

"Not that it matters, your boyfriend has been chatting up the clientele the whole time you were dreaming about him."

The comment was brazen, and Adri's face went red.

"D-don't say that word, Mal!" he hiss-whispered.

He could FEEL Mallory's eyebrow raise despite being unable to see it.

"Say what? Boyfriend? That's like, what he is, right?"

Silence.

"Stop denying the boyfriend allegations. Doesn't he like, live with you? I told you how fucked that is, right? Because that's kinda fucked. You met him like what, a few weeks ago? A month tops?" Mallory's tone wasn't judgmental so much as blunt.

Technically, and he would never tell Mallory this, Akingraeux had moved in only a couple DAYS after they had met. Per their… Arrangement. But he couldn't exactly say, 'Hey, he's an old god that's starved for faith and I'm stupid and gay, so I said I'd give it to him.'

"Well he's… It wasn't in a gay way, he just needed a place to stay. He was… Inbetween homes? A-And he works from home, so how is he supposed to do his job if he's homeless!" Adri realized he had descended into frantic rambling, which was never a good look in Mal's eyes.

"Right," was all she said and this time, there WAS a tint of judgment to her words. Then she sighed, pulling out a box of menthols and shaking one out. "Well, if slash when he turns out to be a jackass, I'll totes drag him out of there by his hair if I need to. Though he kinda looks like the type of guy that'd like that."

"MAL!"

"ADRI!"

Adri's pout incited a Mallory smirk before she made her grand exit towards the back of the gallery. He made sure the clicking of her heels was out of hearing range before he came from behind the counter and made his way to the front of the shop.

Aki was there, his arms folded over his chest as the bell over the door rang, signifying that someone had just left.

"Stop scaring off the customers," Adri commented, crossing his own arms and craning his neck to look up at Aki as he stood beside him.

"I'm NOT! It's so hurtful that you would say that, have you considered people might actually want to come talk to me?" Aki mock-pouted, contrastingly wrapping an arm around Adri's shoulders and giving him a little shake as he was wont to do.

Adri couldn't help but crack a small smile, his cheeks heating up.

"Was that Kylar, then?"

"Del, actually. Birthday shopping and all that jazz."

Adri blinked.

"Oh shit, is Kylar's birthday coming up or something?"

Nodding, Aki screwed his mouth to the side thoughtfully.

"Yeah, wondering if we should get him something and/or what."

Adri mimicked the expression, finding himself leaning into Aki's side. He was always so warm. And he smelled nice. And-

"Uhhh, we could cut out the semantics and let him have first pick next market? No charge, obvs," he managed to keep himself from sounding flustered, though his face had reddened marginally.

"COOL, SO GLAD I ASKED YOU TO DO YOUR JOB, YOU'RE THE BEST, ADRI!" came Mal's voice from the back of the shop.

At the sudden scolding, Adri winced but smiled all the same.

"She's not being cruel, that's just her brand of affection. Buuut I'm sure you're acquainted enough to know that by now."

"Oh yeah, totally. You introduced me to your friends, biiig step. We'll be wed in no time," Aki squinted with an instigative grin, and Adri knew that he could feel the way his heart thumped wildly at the comment.

"N- Y- I-"

"Shhhh, don't talk. You're just so sexy when you speak eloquently to me," Aki mercilessly continued his onslaught of teasing.

"S-Stop it! You're so mean to me!" Adri ultimately pouted, ducking out from under his arm and standing with his back facing Aki.

Aki laughed, returning his arms to their position over his chest.

"Don't say that so loud, Mal might drag me out of here by my hair."

"She said she thinks you'd be into that."

"Oh, I am."

Checkmate, Adri's face burned again.

"I'm gonna goooo back to the gallery, I think some of the prints need restocked," he half-muttered.

"You want me to stay out of your way?" Aki inquired with a tilt of his head.

Silence.

"Ohhh, you want my company. How veeeerrry scandalous, being on the clock and all."

"D-Do whatever you want!" Adri whirled around now, biting his lower lip in embarrassment.

"Hah! What I want," Aki approached, his torturous advances continuing as he tilted Adri's head up, "is to spend a little quality time while you do what you love."

Adri hadn't expected something so romantic, his wide eyes blinking. He was unaware of how those eyelashes fluttering affected Aki, whose smirk widened further only slightly.

"O-Okay… Thanks," was all he could bring himself to say, turning his head to the side, as was the only way he could escape eye contact.

Aki let out another 'hah!', releasing Adri's chin to ruffle his hair.

"Of course," he replied, passing Adri as he began to make his way to the gallery. He paused, turning his head around enough that Adri could make out a pleased squint through a gap in his hair. "That's what boyfriends are for, right?"

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

I'm on tour with my new novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT in LA with Adam Conover at Vroman's, then on MONDAY in Seattle with Neal Stephenson, then Portland, Phoenix and more!

#20yrsago Education czar calls teachers’ union a “terrorist organization” https://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/24/paige.terrorist.nea/index.html

#20yrsago Garry Trudeau puts $10K up for anyone who will confirm Bush’s Air Guard claims https://web.archive.org/web/20040401103812/http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/index.html

#20yrsago Nelson’s Grey Tuesday RSS https://web.archive.org/web/20040503084858/http://www.nelson.monkey.org/~nelson/weblog/culture/blogs/greyDay.html

#15yrsago Conan copyright trolls censor fan-readings of public domain stories https://www.sffaudio.com/conan-and-new-zealands-new-copyright-law-vs-broken-sea/

#15yrsago Unimaginably gigantic cell-phone market in Shenzhen https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=283

#15yrsago John Hodgman explains what’s wrong with “Meh” https://waxy.org/2009/02/john_hodgman_on_meh/

#15yrsago @brucesterling's The Caryatids, my pick for best book of 2009, a novel of clear-eyed hope for the future https://memex.craphound.com/2009/02/24/bruce-sterlings-the-caryatids-my-pick-for-best-book-of-2009-a-novel-of-clear-eyed-hope-for-the-future/

#10yrsago Mozilla’s $25 Firefox smartphone: a free/open device for billions of new netizens https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/with-firefox-os-mozilla-begins-the-25-smartphone-push/

#10yrsago Whistleblower: NSA secretly continues Merkel surveillance by bugging other German officials https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/nsa-moves-from-bugging-german-chancellor-to-bugging-german-ministers/

#10yrsago Text of Little Brother on an art-litho, tee, or tote https://www.litographs.com/products/brother

#10yrsago Takei to Arizona lawmakers: we will boycott Arizona if it passes its anti-gay Jim Crow law https://www.cnbc.com/2014/02/25/razing-arizonageorge-takeicommentary.html

#10yrsago How Youtube’s automated copyright system lets big music screw indie creators https://torrentfreak.com/why-youtubes-automated-copyright-takedown-system-hurts-artists-140223/

#5yrsago Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/sackler-behind-oxycontin-fraud-offered-twisted-mind-boggling-defense/

#5yrsago Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will pay every staffer a living wage, ending the longstanding practice of Congressional staffers taking second jobs https://rollcall.com/2019/02/22/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-call-for-a-living-wage-starts-in-her-office/

#5yrsago As expected, the EU has advanced the catastrophic Copyright Directive without fixing its terrible defects https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/02/european-governments-approve-controversial-new-copyright-law/

#1yrago This is your brain on fraud apologetics https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/24/passive-income/#swiss-cheese-security

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

"men are, in fact, oppressed" is so controversial that you can't even say it in spaces where we often talk about transandrophobia. u literally can't even breathe it without being accused of misogyny

but it's true!!

here's a fun thing i noticed.

"misogynoir" is such a good word. describing the unique oppression Black women face, which is sexism and racism and both and more than both, different from how other ppl experience either, but derived from both. and we have lots, and lots of words for the kind of oppression women and queer people face.

like transmisogyny. homophobia. biphobia. lesbophobia. aphobia. and more.

but there isn't many words for the kind of specific oppression that men face.

is there a word for the intersection of racism and antimasculism that Black men face? or is that just called racism, even though all people of colour (including non-black ones and women) can & do experience racism?

is there a word for the intersection of homophobia, misogyny and misandry that gay men face? or do we just call that homophobia, even though lesbians and queer people of all sorts of genders and orientations also experience homophobia?

we have a word for the unique oppression trans men face, the intersection of transphobia, misogyny and antimasculism. our word for that rn is transandrophobia. and boy have we received stupid amounts of backlash. literally just for having a word.

i think it is part of the unique oppression of men to be silenced at every turn whenever you want to talk about your issues and oppressions. not even being allowed WORDS. and being called misogynist for literally just wanting to talk about how men are oppressed too.

transmisogyny doesn't imply trans men never face oppression, or that trans men are the people enacting this oppression. it's a word for how society in general treats transfemmes, it says next to nothing about trans men at all, cus it's not about them.

likewise, transandrophobia doesn't imply trans women don't face oppression, or that trans women are enacting this oppression. oppression is more nuanced than that cmon. transandrophobia isn't a statement on the oppression of trans women (whichever end you imagine they're at). it's not about trans women at all, and it doesn't have to be. it's about trans men and mascs.

Think all this backlash means we gotta keep at it. give words and attention to the ways men are oppressed. stop saying "this doesn't mean i think men are oppressed uwu! they're not obviously!" as a disclaimer when you talk about transandrophobia. stop acting like trans men deserve to be protected but cis men are still totes ok to be the laughing stock of the whole community, cus hey, they're not oppressed so it's cool right?

stop it. stop it. stop it.

men are oppressed and our feminism will not move on from terfery (bio/gender essentialism) and infighting unless we acknowledge this and talk about it.

I'm so tired.

[incarnateirony]

Insanity. You don’t know what you’re talking about, and may I remind you you’re the one who brought Jensen into this not me. But since you don’t know what you’re talking about (and you know you don’t know what you’re talking about) and are just a crazy person I’ll leave you be. This has been eye opening to me. Wow.

Do you feel better, like did you say this with a mirror next to your desk to process moving on from my inbox? You came here. Stop acting intentionally brain damaged like you can't figure out how mention of Jensen the owner's business decisions have relevance in a business while pretending you understand what the fuck is happening in the business.

You. Came. Here. I am literally posting D20 tabletop shit and gay dragons and you absolute OCD psychopaths are SO MAD someone is abrupting your delusional rumor bubble you HAD to crawl and whine and spam a personal inbox. Meanwhile you're sitting here giving yourself a lobotomy pretending you just have a deep vested interest in the craft brew industry and aren't crawling these walls and projecting yourself through this shit specifically because of Jensen. You are literally here because you want to pick fights about your opinions of jensen you are pretending are law, via a proxy company, to go "HAHA, BAIT AND SWITCH, YOU MENTIONED THE OWNER YOU ARE SILLY". You are at least a fully evolved monkey, start acting at least that intelligent. When you heard "humans only use 10% of their brain" that isn't a standard operations goal. Knock it off.

GET. GODDAMN. THERAPY. AND STAY IN YOUR LANE.

Dumb as a brick motherfuckers trying to sound smart about why they can't figure out why a 15 keg system can't handle demand wider than Texas once HEB branches into Fred Meyer start carrying. Jesus fuck you dense motherfuckers do you think he's jesus, splitting the barrels like bread loaves and fish

There's also Tavour demand to keep up with, which I'm sure you Totally Knew About And Realized They Started Working With A Few Months Ago, Totes, Because You're Super Woke, Right?

It takes a certain amount of brain damage to read "FBBC just became accessible in over 20 states a few months ago, changed their brew rig setup and management" and start screaming that they're dying, fam.

cope with it yall holy fuck what

[zeibei]

you been asking everyone else about freeze and ice...... now it's your turn

OKAY THE ONE I DIDN’T GET TO ANSWER BC WORK KICKED MY ASS TO THE CURVE!!!BUT I'M TRYING NOT TO GO TOO CRAZY WITH THIS!!!

ICE MAN 

I just like to think he’s very silly but can be serious for sure! I rarely think he gets mad but can be a menace for sure when that happens. But I definitely am aware of canon stuff for Ice but compared to being more self centered and being that of a show off, I would like to think of him with that of the equivalent of the cat getting petted on the head for doing a good job since I do think he's very work driven. 

With the MM1 robots I do think he gets along with everyone in there and a good chunk of the characterization hcs for me come from Megamix, were I do think he and Roll has a very much a sibling relationship since loved how they interacted so much in the Battle & Chase Arc. I like to think he also hangs out with Cut and Elec since very much Megamix Influenced but not really much like Fire Man since can't stand the heat. 

DESIGN WISE! I DO THINK ICE IS A FAT BITCH!!! Besides that, I just like to think work wise with I do think Ice does Arctic exploration with other ice robots so it's a whole girls trip with that but canonically says that he does he does transportation cargo for frozen warehouse, which totes wasn't like influenced by you or anything but the idea of truck driver Ice is really good. 

FREEZE MAN  

The first ever gay robot /jk For real tho I think he’s definitely the type who is very much acts stoic and cool but in reality is the world’s biggest fucking nerd to exist. Once you get to him, very much full of expression and so the world’s biggest dork, I love to hc that his red eyebrows he got do be moving around when in a state of motion. 

But he’s overall a big old sweetie, protective of those he cares about and kinda does have a bit of a resting bitch face for sure. I do like to think of him being a bit of a show off/perfectionist based off his CD data, I love to think he just poses when making an entrance so it's goofy for sure, probably standing in front of a mirror trying to figure out how to pose and make sure it looks right. 

Esp with Freeze being a non-pollution robot, I just like to think of him taking the time out of the day to pick up trash and recycle and focus on doing things that would help the planet. He's the big tote bag with the tumbler cup full of coffee kinda binch, who also enjoys hiking and long walks on the beach. wertfghjnhgre

[pesterloglog]

Roxy Lalonde, Jane Crocker

Act 6, page 4571

tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering gutsyGumshoe [GG]

TG: ALART ALART ARLART AL*ERT AL*ART!!!!!

TG: hugely important cornespondence

TG: paging doctor crocker

TG: rolal to docrock

GG: :?

TG: heh heh

TG: paging

TG: bet you would like to get PAGED huh jane

TG: *sweet innuendo

GG: I'm not sure that qualifies as innuendo at all.

TG: wonkwonkwonkwonkwonk

GG: I honestly think you misspell things intentionally more often than not, regardless of blood alcohol content.

GG: You just typed wonk five times in a row!

TG: i have only junst begun to wonk

GG: What is this urgent thing about, anyway?

GG: Is it about your boobytrap?

GG: Because you're too late. It already blew up my whole bedroom, thank you very much.

TG: no no

TG: i mean i still feel shitty about that but its not abiout that

TG: i know you already ran it i been talking to the shades

GG: Yes, me too. Right now in fact, and I'm in a bit of a hurry!

GG: What is this about? What are you even doing?

TG: im in the lab doing a thing with my cat

TG: but that doesnt matter i was doing some thingkin and was still feeling guilty about fuckin up ur computer and all of the sudden im in bff~ath mode here

TG: so i gotta tell you something u need to know before its too late

GG: Before what's too late?

TG: you and jake hookin up stupid!

GG: Oh my god.

TG: this is about turnin all your steamydreamz in to STEAMAY REALTITIES

TG: ***realities lolo

GG: This isn't happening now...

TG: whereins jc + je kiss & hug loads and start turnin out big heaps of wrigglers the old fashioned way<3<3,3,3<338O!!!!

TG: i cant decide whether this mental image porcolating here is hot as shit or cute as fuck......

GG: No! Cease your lascivious porcolating at once!

GG: Roxy, I can see you're set on just wasting more of my time.

GG: I understand if you don't wish to play this game, but please try not to interfere with those of us who do!

TG: no no im fine with playing just shut up

TG: this is serious you need to tell him how u feel VERY SOON

TG: or you might miss your chance

GG: My chance?

GG: What are you talking about?

TG: i found out today taht dirks gonna make a move

GG: A move? You mean, a romantic one?

TG: yes

GG: On you?

TG: omfffgggggg

TG: JANE GET A CLUE

GG: Um.

GG: On me?

TG: no

TG: no my dear sweet janey not on you

TG: ON JAKE!!!

GG: Oh.

GG: Ohhh.

GG: I didn't think...

GG: That...

GG: Hrm.

GG: Are you sure?

TG: p sure ask glasses if u want

GG: Well then.

GG: This is quite a development.

GG: Poor Dirk!

TG: what do you mean

GG: Well, surely when he reveals his feelings, Jake will...

TG: ??

GG: I mean...

GG: He couldn't possibly...

TG: wut

TG: repriprocate?

GG: Yes?

TG: why not

GG: Because Jake is not a homosexual!

TG: mm hm

TG: are u suuuuuure???

GG: Are you saying he is?

TG: nope

GG: Then what are you saying?

TG: im saying that

TG: i dont fuckin know

GG: But...

GG: I thought it reasonable to presume he takes a shining to ladies.

GG: He does speak fondly of certain females from his favorite films, does he not?

TG: true that

TG: but

TG: how much does that really mean here jane

TG: can you be totes sure on account a some dorky moive crushes

GG: Well, now I just don't know. You have me completely bamboozled about this.

GG: What do you think?

TG: all im saying is

TG: my gaydar is like the exanct fuckin poposite of urs

TG: which is to say it is better than completety nonexistant

TG: mine is so sensitive it has been used to sweep the ocean floor for mythical sea monsters

TG: turns out

TG: all of those monsters are SO gay

TG: truth B)

GG: Okay. Then what does your acute seabeast scanner make of Jake, then?

TG: thats what im sayin

TG: i really have no idea

TG: kid is a goggamn egnigma

TG: hes as hard 2 read as fine print

TG: and how i do mean FIIINE ;)

GG: Oh brother.

GG: Then, your guess is as good as mine?

GG: I'm not sure what I'm supposed to conclude from this.

TG: youre supposed to concluce

TG: that you SAID you were going to believe anything i said today remember??

GG: Yes.

GG: But you just said you don't know!!!

TG: exactly

TG: therefore you must believe me when i say

TG: if dirk lets on all his feelins there is at least a CHANCE jake will go like DERP OK DUDE LETS MAKE OUT

TG: and that means poor jane is screwed without ever even throwing her filthy old fedora in the ring

TG: it is a ring i lke ot call TEH ENGLISH SPEEPSTAKES

TG: and if u dont youll regret it

TG: and i mean

TG: OFFICIALLY?

TG: i cant have a horse in the race

TG: wait bad metaphor ebcause of dirk and his fucking horstes n/m

TG: like you are both my friends and im not out to mess him up or anything

TG: but i kinda owe it to you as my friend to let you know whats up

TG: and also to get you to stop being such a WORLD CHAMPIAN TIGHTASS

TG: and let jake know

GG: Oh, not this tightass baloney again.

TG: jane

GG: What?

TG: jaane..

GG: ...

TG: jc your are the tightassiest tightass who ever tightened up an ass

GG: No way!

GG: We settled this, remember?

GG: My prior resolution made it definitive; I was to be regarded as exceedingly permissive in certain respects!

TG: jane i am afraid

TG: that ur bottom

TG: is a stubborn clam

TG: guarding priceless treasure

TG: and a deadly secret

GG: So ridiculous. >:P

TG: im not saying be an idiot and start gushing at him incoherentry

TG: but do SOMETHING

TG: say how u feel

TG: or flirst a bit or ask him out on a date inside the fuckin game or such

TG: goddamn ANYTHING other that a bunch of bullshitty pining and tightassy NOTHING

TG: you have to do what i say u promised

GG: I promised to BELIEVE what you say, not DO it!

TG: those 2 things are

TG: prespicely the same shit

GG: If I agree to say something, will you stop tormenting me about it??

TG: yes

TG: but only

TG: because that will be impossible for me to do

TG: when u + him r snoggin hard in motherfuckin makeout paradise

TG: A K A SEX LAND

GG: Fine.

GG: But let the record show that this resolution has almost nothing whatsoever to do with your use of the phrase "SEX LAND."

GG: Just...

GG: I need to think of what to say, and wait for the right moment. Is that ok???

TG: sure

TG: just dont wait too long

TG: and dont underestimate striders wiles

TG: nor jakes...

TG: lets say

TG: open mindedness???????

GG: Well,

GG: He does often profess his love for adventure, I suppose.

TG: yuuup................

GG: Omg.

GG: I really don't have a moment to spare, do I?

TG: ur finally gettin it

TG: now go

TG: and jane im warning u

TG: if you dont say somethin to him

TG: i am personally entering the game specivically to FUCK UR SHIT UP

TG: *LOLLIES OUTIE*

tipsyGnostalgic [TG] ceased pestering gutsyGumshoe [GG]

[jimmythejiver]

So I watched three James Somerton videos in my life. One was about The Owl House, one was about Luca and Falcon and The Winter Soldier (it was a video using both to illustrate how disney uses gay tropes to tell straight stories or something... i think? this guy's points manage to always be so muddled while absolute) and another I clicked not knowing what it was about based on title and then it turned out to be about M. Night Shyamalan's recent film I did not care about or had intentions see and didn't care I got spoiled.

So I didn't keep up with this guy and just moved on to watch videos from other creators or just plain fell off of watching videos when my life was falling apart. I forgot about him for the most part, but some of the things I remembered being iffy was as with iilluminaughtii (who at the time I watched James videos, I didn't know was plagiarizing from other mlm expose youtube creators and more thought she was lazily reading from articles that are other people's works for sure) had way too many videos pumped out in a short time of many media I feel it suspicious to consume and make long videos about. Another was his insistence TOH cancelation is on Bob Chapek's shoulders, that Hunter and Gus will be canon... There's the doublespeak he'd use that makes him come off as racist, aphobic and anti trans men and enbyphobic in the guise of old fashioned misogyny that's totes okay when a gay man says it... Just a lot of red flags I hoped he'd grow out of and do better if he wanted to stay in this game, but I was done watching his content. Instead he kept getting away with it, his subscribers grew, he kept stealing and plagiarizing and being all the things that set off alarm bells in my head and now we're here with a whole dossier of transgressions against many smaller creators. I hope he never comes back online as a content creator and stays in obscurity tbh. I hope the same for iilluminaughtii, but she's not stopped dragging her fight against her victims yet.

So my moral of the story here is, if a video essayist is pumping out too many videos, if their delivery is opaque, but said in absolutes, if their asides scream alarm bells of bigotry, then listen to yourself and don't doubt it, click away. Yes it's hard finding the buried gems on the platform who won't lie to you, spread historical disinformation, moralize with bigotry or steal other people's hard work. It is so tempting to just passively watch easy recced videos on a topic one cares about, but isn't an expert in. It is easy to believe if so many people watch this creator who speaks with an authoritive voice, calls out and finger wags a moralizing tone at the big guys, has even a bit of bite to them that makes them more than just a stodgy, dry fact checker, and all those watchers, subscribers, thumbs ups and algorithms mustn't be wrong right? Unfortunately they often are and it sucks. Let it be a lesson in curating your experience actively and not passively when you have energy and many of us are so tired it's a lot to ask, I know. Many of us will throw things in on the background and let the next video play while we're working or trying to sleep. I know I lost my energy to do what I'm asking others to do, but I should still do more to be vigilant anyway, let's all try.

[spillsnchills]

[ohlooktheresabee]

I just got these reprints of old Sherlock Holmes comics from the 1950s and I'm here to tell you, kids - they are hella hella gay 😂

Watson making a move:

.... Which seems to work because the next day they're off on a date 😍

In another story we've got Holmes pressed up close to this Sargeant - sorry Watson...

... which also seems to work as that night the Sargeant is staying over 😎 Holmes obvs knows what he's doing, the ol' smoothie.

I'd also like to present an advert from this totes totes straight publication:

"You'll see inches of mighty muscle." Well, uh... If you insist 🔥

[heymonty]

Ok so I know this blog is dedicated to “Wonty” but I’ve had a Serious crush on Monty/Tim from the beginning so I choose to ignore S3 stuff (not personal in any way I promise my brother is gay and we’re besties) but you have to understand he is HOT AF I would even say hands down top 5 of the sexiest men according to me. I can only read the suuuper smutty fics when it’s about him NOBODY else and your blog that constantly serves Monty hotness has literally been a God send so TYSFM😍😍. So I wanted to ask is it ok if people want to chat about Monty in a straight sense? Like if I randomly wanna ask something e.g Do you think Monty & his girl would ever make a sex audio? (soundsofpleasure btw if you’re into that btw) Would it be ok?

hiii! awwe. no, i accept any kinds of asks in here (as long as it's not rude or hate ones ksksks) and i'm willing to talk about our monty/tim or any character in this series. 

and it's totes okay if ever you want to have monty solo, cause i understand how HOT AF he is, as you said, lol. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)💙 and i laughed at the top five sexiest men accdg. to you. count me in, anon!

moving on, regarding to your question... personally, i do think it's okay to think of him in a straight sense? despite his character being canonically gay. i mean, i bet you're not alone out there who chooses to take monty as their straight imaginary boyfriend. aha. 

hmmm. *goes to the corner and starts imagining if monty would ever make a seductive audio with his s/o* 

Okay *comes back after a moment* Yes, I personally think Monty would be willing to make such sexy and spicy audio to his s/o. In reference (and excuse me for opening this up) to that one scene with Winston that night after the Homecoming game, where he said, “Well, maybe I want to stay and do that again.” 

idk but that certain line always gets to me, maybe because i, personally, kind of expected, for monty to show his internal homophobia, and will gladly take Winston’s offer to call that uber, but instead he’s the one who insisted of ‘staying’, when the common occurrence is people leaving at once after fooling in bed. anyway, sorry, i don’t mean to relate this to, which i take as, horrible practices of modern dating, ANWYAY, MY POINT IS, monty seems to be the type of person — once he chooses to involve himself with you — to be sexually active (like most people his age) and maybe, just maybe, would be into experimenting stuff, when we’re talking about the sexual aspect of the relationship. aha. this is just my personal opinion. so again, yeah, i do think he will make a seductive audio with his girl. 

[cynamonowo]

Oh for prompts: "Fight me, you attractive stranger" for shukita please?

fuck it, i’m depressed, have a little au thingie 

***

"Oh, damn it," Yusuke murmurs to himself. He pats his pockets again, but all he can feel is his wallet and the lighter. Frowning, he looks around, scanning the few people standing outside the club.

Well. The gay club, to be exact. With Madarame out on a trip to god knows where, Yusuke was quick to make a few paintings for the upcoming exhibition before deciding to search for inspiration within the local queer scene. Yesterday, it resulted in him sketching a few drag queens whose performance he was in awe of, and today he has departed to a different venue. The problem is, he so mundanely forgot his cigarettes when leaving. Damn it, indeed.

Thankfully, his eyes fall upon a white, androgynous person taking out a pack of Camels out of their tote bag. When he asks them for one in his cruddy English, they nod and hand him one before commenting on his outfit. Yusuke smiles at them — he was a bit self-conscious about his tie-dye rainbow t-shirt — before complimenting them back. They grin, running their hand over their severe buzzcut, before excusing themself to make a call. Yusuke watches them go before a sound of commotion catches his attention.

"It was his damn fault, and you know it," someone growls. When Yusuke turns to look at the club's entrance, he sees a man about his age, dark-haired and wearing black, punk-like attire, scowling at the bouncer. "Throw him out, for god’s sake!"

The guard makes a sour expression. "I will," he grunts, "but if y'all make any more of a scene I'm calling the cops."

"Fine," the man says, turning his back to the bouncer. He catches Yusuke's eye and grins. "Sup. Sorry for the whole fuss.”

"Hello," Yusuke says, voice wavering. He has yet to light his cigarette. "May I, um, ask what was the issue?"

The other man’s smirk only grows wider. "Some damn cishet chose to stop by and harass my friend and her girlfriend. You know, the typical fetishization of lesbians. So I punched him." He shrugs with a proud expression.

"I see," Yusuke says, unable not to return the smile.  "That was, well, quite a proper response. Were I in your position, I would most likely act similarly."

"Yeah, yeah," the stranger nods, then winks. "Hey. How about this. Fight me, you attractive stranger. Whoever wins gets the loser's phone number."

Feeling his cheeks and ears grow hot, Yusuke looks away. Is he— is he being flirted with? That's quite unexpected. While he has been, ever since realizing he's gay, giving other men long, scrutinizing looks (and maybe, if he left daring, imagining them being interested in him), but that was all. Most people would see Yusuke with all his awkwardness, lanky limbs and hyperfixation on art, then move on, but this boy is — is making advances towards him. Yusuke finds himself flushing even harder. When he speaks out, his voice wavers.

"Hm, I could, um, share my contact information with, with you without the need for any additional violence. I-is that acceptable?"

"Sure," the boy says. He sounds fond as he hands Yusuke his phone and adds, "I'm Akira. Nice to meet you, o fine one."

"S-same goes for you." Yusuke's stuttering even harder. "My name is Yusuke." He types in his number and gives Akira his cellphone back, only then realizing the other is standing so close Yusuke can smell his cologne.  

"So," Akira murmurs, his grey eyes sparkling, "I know a lovely place nearby. Wanna come with me?"

Yusuke nods eagerly. Akira chuckles before snatching the still unlit cigarette from Yusuke's shaky grip and sticks it into his mouth. His smile is so dazzling it is nigh impossible to look away. It’s a personification of unabashed youth and pride. 

It does appear that Yusuke has found a new source of inspiration.