#my cousin got me into gaming at the age of 8

[mistress-light]

Shit, man. I’d hoped i wouldn’t burst into tears but here I am. I miss my cousin so much….

[dxppercxdxver]

considering myself functionally tagged by @flugame-mp3 because i'm sick and bored lmao

last song i listened to: colm mcguinness's arrangement of 'the last shanty'! been playing a Lot of mr mcguinness as Noise Music whilst i work

favorite color: like. evergreen/phthalo green? or a dark blue i love a good dark blue

currently watching: as much as i'm 'currently watching' anything (the struggles of College Student) i would say either mystery science theater 3000 or the frankenstein chronicles? which i started and then stopped Very Shortly Afterward lmao

spicy/savory/sweet: sweet > savory > spicy

relationship status: engaged to @firstmatedville!! and enjoying queerly polyamorously having Weird Flirtations with various folks at my university

current obsessions: oooooo. Hmm. i sort of got back into dbh a bit ago? also my own d&d character i love him sooooo much. and also nautical history but that's because i'm studying it for class atm

favorite board game: betrayal at the house on the hill probably an obvious option but i played it with my cousins a few christmases ago and we all got murdered by an 8 year old with a gun and that was some of the most fun i've had in ages (shoutouts to yahtzee?? if that counts as a board game???)

coffee or tea: teaaaaa i do not drink coffee unless it has been turned into some other form of Beverage barely recognizable As Coffee

favorite piece of clothing: oooooo hmmm. i love my big platform boots because they make me feel Tall and Cool. also gotten really attached to this split front maxi skirt with Knives on it >:3

last movie i watched: same as last time lmao. for realsies the mummy but also some of devil wears prada

dogs or cats: caaaaats i love cats (i love dogs also i am just Kind Of Scared Of Them shjshjs) here's a picture of my cat

taggin! @chiropteracupola, @firstmatedville, @natdrinkstea, @haijinks, @considerablecolors, and @nico-demons :3

[woodstoneb-b]

Hello and welcome to Woodstone Manor - I have been here since the beginning, this house growing up in my shadow. A majestic mighty tree that has stood the test of

Nah this is weird...I'm Jay Arondekar and this is all just a simulation. Because video games are awesome and so is this ability my wife, Sam has. She can see ghosts!

She inherited this house from her Great Aunt and after falling down the stairs and kind of dying for a bit - she got better! - she can see actually see and hear ghosts.

There's 8 of them haunting here (well...not exactly, but more on that later)

This is them! Well, almost all of them... From left to right - Trevor aka "No Pants" (fortunately this game doesn't let Sims go pantsless, but he absolutely insisted on me putting him in tiny underpants after this...weirdo.) He's a finance bro from 2000 - he worked at Lehman Brothers (yeah those guys), despite this he's not as shitty as you'd think.

Then there's Sasappis, he goes by Sass (a well deserved nickname my wife tells me), he's a Lanape who's tribe used to live on the land here and he died back in the 1500s. Despite that he really loves TV.

Next to him is Flower - and you can totally guess where she's from right? The 1960s. She died on the property after trying to hug a bear, drugs were involved. She's cool though, if a bit spacey.

The guy next to her is an honest to God Viking from like the year 1000. Did you know there were Vikings in New York?! I did not so this was pretty epic to find out. According to my wife the good news about Thorfinn aka Thor - he's learnt to speak English, the bad news - he talks a lot about murdering and pillaging, also cod, salmon...any fish really.

And your eyes do not deceive you, next to Thor is a soldier from the Revolutionary War - Captain Isaac Higgintoot, who you can learn all about by reading my wife's recently released book on him The Forgotten Founding Father: The Isaac Higgintoot Story - available from all good bookstores! He died from dysentery, but we don't talk about that

The guy in front who looks like boy scout, is not a boy scout, he's Pete, Pine Cone Troop Leader and awesome travel agent (kids ask your parents about that), he's from the 80s, loves D&D, basketball.

And in the back wearing the eyecatching red, is Alberta who you may have heard about from the monthly Murder at the Manor?! podcast hosted by my wife and Todd Pearlman complete and a total loon who has one of Alberta's toenails and wants to clone her she was a raising star in the Jazz Age and her loss is utter tragedy for the music world.

And this is Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone aka the owner of Woodstone Manor - well, that would actually be my wife, since Hetty is a ghost, but yeah. She wanted a screengrab of just her because as the owner of Woodstone she deserves it. She and her asshole (we're not striking that out? No? OK) husband/cousin, Elias - Mill Owners and Robber Barons built Woodstone in the 1850s. Apparently, there was a house on it when they started, but they made it the place it is today.

Here's the ground floor layout, there's a Ballroom, a Library, a Music Room and a Games Room. So yeah, the Woodstone's were rolling in it!

The first floor, where the bedrooms are, there's actually 9 of them - well 8 if you don't include the Owner's Suite, or 6 if you take out the ghosts' bedrooms (why do ghosts need their own bedrooms? Because getting walked through hurts. They bunk up, Thor and Trevor share the Private Living Room so that means only 3 bedrooms are out of commission. Although the one marked "Spruce" isn't actually available yet because of a terrible mould issue so there's actually 5 guest rooms at the B&B in real life. But for the purposes of the game here, each Ghost gets their own room, again! They're pretty jealous of their simselves to be honest.

We have a basement with an actual secret Vault in it! Sadly, the visions I had a piles of gold ala Scrooge McDuck did not come to be. But you can drink wine down there now, it's accessed by a secret room and passageway. Where exactly is the secret door? You'll have to visit us to find out!

There's also a whole group of ghosts in the hot water heater room that died of Cholera, my wife says be glad you can't see them.

And finally the attic, you don't wanna go up there, it's full of old stuff including metal things that are probably a tetanus hazard. Also there's a ghost of a teenage girl up there, she got murdered on her way to prom in the late 80s and she's pretty pissed about it. Which is totally understandable, although she's also a huge mean girl and that sucks.

So now you have a bit of background! Tune in next time to see how the Ghosts settle in and their excitement at actually being able to leave the Manor grounds! (Did you know Ghosts are bound to the places they haunt? Turns out they are...which is why my wife and I have to put up with them)

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

Not me watching The Brave Longneck Scheme episode on youtube and instantly getting a shot of adrenaline direct into my old Cera / Ali shipping heart-

Cera being grumpy grumpy annoyed impatient grumpy again while taking her “shortcut” down the hill with Littlefoot-

UNTIL she sees a certain group of longnecks in the distance

and brightens up because she INSTANTLY recognizes who’s herd it is!

(her. she recognizes it)

(not Littlefoot who’s actually cousins with them, HER)

(Cera, renowned dislliker of new things and daughter of the most stubbornly separatist dinosaur in the series, this is Cera spotting Ali’s herd at half a mile in 8 seconds flat and smiling about it)

aww

She even does this happy little wiggle while saying it! “I think I know that herd!” AWWW

(looook)

(pictured below: the thing that makes Cera smile)

(her enemies-to-friends bestie Ali has finally come back from the war-)

LITTLE KID ME, LOOK! VALIDATION!!!

Cera leads the way the herd, she’s just as excited as Littlefoot to see Ali again and-

her little tail wag of! excitement !!

it’s ONLY her tail that’s wagging, Littlefoot's doesn't move until he starts running, but hers can't keep still, oh my gosh

-jumping in like “I missed you too!”

Littlefoot starts suggesting games the three of them can play but Cera, bossy, stubborn Cera, is just so happy to do ANYTHING with Ali again

“You name it, we’ll play it!"

"Right, Littlefoot?”

Ceraaaaaaaa you’ve missed Ali so muuuuuuch I cry, I cry over the cartoon dinosaur kids!

also how this whole episode remembers what kind of character Ali is-

lonely, few to no friends her age, eager keep and make the ones she can get, properly scared of danger from wandering the mysterious beyond after her herd's home became too dangerous, follows other's lead, NOT used to peer group dynamics

-and how Littlefoot and Cera spend the ep exposing the lies her new 'friend' has been telling her, after he tries isolating Ali from them.... i love it

They've got her back, even after all this time.. ;_; u don't mess with their girl Ali <3

[kayleigh-83]

Thanks for tagging me @eulaliasims

1. What’s your favourite sims death? Never thought about having a favourite, maybe the cowplant? Or maybe when death results from something usually mundane like hail or lightning (I’ve had that one).

2. Alpha CC or Maxis Match? Mainly Maxis match, but I think of my style as like 90% MM and 10% semi-realistic (more on the BB side) because I do find the occasional thing that fits in with my style from that aesthetic. And I feel like my style is somewhere between the true Maxis match and the cartoony style.

3. Do you cheat when your sims gain weight? No? Seems odd!

4. Do you use move objects? Constantly, it’s on more than it’s off. I have an alias set up in my cheat file.

5. Favorite mod? Wow that’s a hard one to narrow down, so I’m gonna choose a few. Based on what has the biggest and most widespread effects, I’d say ACR, Community Lot time, and the whole Traits system (that’s cheating since it’s a million mods but I don’t care lol)

6. First expansion/game/stuff pack you got? Would have been the very first pack, so University I guess! When the games came out I was living at home still and my mom played too, so we always got them relatively soon. Uni came out a month or so before my birthday so I suspect I probably got it as a gift that year.

7. Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing? LIVE as in LIVING, @eulaliasims is 1000% correct.

8. Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? So not counting born in game? Sort of a tie but I’ve always been very fond of Joshua and Roxanne Lewis, they were two of Brightmaple’s founders - the first ones I thought up, and first ones I created.

9. Have you made a simself? Yes, in my old neighbourhood, I was a vampire along with the Sim version of my cousin. We lived in a huge Victorian mansion I built where I sent all the vampires in the hood to live.

10. What sim traits do you give yourself? Brooding, couch potato, good, loves the heat, hopeless romantic

11. Which is your favorite EA hair color? Don’t really have one I guess.

12. Favorite EA hair? Also don’t really have one lol.

13. Favorite life stage? Probably adult because the most happens, but I also really enjoy toddler which is a hot take in most circles.

14. Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? Both! The building is fun and a creative outlet for me, but I do it so I can create more immersive and enjoyable worlds to play in too.

15. Are you a CC creator? Yes but on and off, I do it purely for fun and primarily for things I want in my game. So I take long breaks of making nothing at all, when I’m not in the mood.

16. Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad? I wouldn’t really say so? I do chat with people from time to time and have lots of great acquaintances on here! I find it to be a generally very nice community. But I usually find online friendship difficult since I find it harder to read people purely through text with no baseline for knowing them irl, for things like tone of voice/mannerisms/body language and just general vibe.

17. What’s your favorite game? (1, 2, 3, or 4) Well I think it’s pretty obvious TS2 has ruined all other games for me (not just other Sims games either).

18. Do you have any sims merch? nope

19. Do you have a YouTube for sims? Actually yes! For speed builds.

20. How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing? Gotten more Maxis match in terms of aesthetic, if you scroll back to like, pre-2017 on my blog you can see that for sure. For play style it’s a lot more structured - pure rotational so ages sync, more wants based, paying a lot more attention to their personalities etc.

21. What’s your Origin ID? I’ve been playing with either the RPC Launcher or a no-CD crack since the day I switched to the UC, so although I do have an Origin ID I’ve literally used it probably twice ever. So no idea!

22. Who’s your favorite CC creator? There’s too many to pick!

23. How long have you had a simblr? My very first Simblr post was July 31, 2016. Before that I had a bit of a hiatus from playing for a few years, and before that I was on Livejournal/Dreamwidth.

24. How do you edit your pictures? My photo editing program (PSP8) is literally from the era of TS2 itself, which seems appropriate. It’s always worked perfectly well for me - I downloaded Photoshop a couple times but always found doing the same actions clunky and unfamiliar, so I stick with what I know. I adjust curves, saturation, and add a very slight (probably imperceptible) bloom effect. Then I crop in, and I resize by width - meaning my pics are always the same width, but the height varies slightly. I prioritize getting everything into the frame that I want, and don’t really care if the heights are different.

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next? If I were making up hypothetical TS2 EP’s? I wouldn’t have minded something like Superstar from the Sims 1, having my Sims become famous (if it was done more like OFB/hands on style rather than “off to work in a carpool for the day” style) would have been pretty fun.

26. What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far? That’s really tough to pick. Probably Seasons (such world building!), Freetime (the hobbies system adds so much depth for me!) or Open For Business (my whole hood has no EA careers and only businesses sooo...) or Pets?? I love my Sims having pets. They’re all so good!

I’m seeing this going around, so please allow me to tag @you if you haven’t been yet and wanna do this!

[explosionshark]

What's your top 5 impactful artists? Impactful is up to interpretation here. Or top 5 impactful albums. You get to pick 😁

ooh i think i'll go chronologically here

linkin park - i was like? 12 when meteora came out? it was a life changing record. that was the age i was truly starting to get into music and meteora was the first CD i picked out for myself that i became properly obsessed with. i had a burned copy of hybrid theory i got from one of my friends but though i loved it, nothing compared to the blissful angst of laying in bed listening to "somewhere i belong" on repeat

nevermore - this whole band but specifically the album dead heart in a dead world really were life-defining albums. they were my favorite band for many years. this band made me a metalhead. i grew up listening to them (my dad was always a big fan) but that never made them feel any less like a life changing discovery i made for myself. i used to listen to their music and read the lyric booklets with a pocket dictionary in my lap so i could look up the words i didn't understand. i got one of my cousins around my age really into them at the same time and that became this massive thing we bonded over for years. i feel like i owe every good thing in my life that came out of my relationship to metal to this band specifically. hugely, hugely important.

american football - the next biggest band to mark a massive change in my life and my music taste was probably these guys. they were my jumping off point into emo, which marked a major expansion of my music taste and interests after a solid few yeas of just being a metal guy. THE record would be the self titled, of course. nothing since they've reformed has hit quite as well. there are other emo bands that had a huge impact on me, but the fact is i wouldn't have gotten into braid or rainer maria or whoever else if amfootball hadn't opened that door for me first, so they're the band that gets to go on this list.

amanda palmer/dresden dolls - trust me i'm well aware of the problems associated with these guys but it doesn't change the fact that they were, at a time when i really needed a reason to live, artists with a life-saving impact on me. if that's a hyperbolic statement, then it's only barely so. i was truly obsessed. went to every show i could. went to coachella for the AFP set, met amanda after, teared up telling her how much her music meant to me when i was struggling with the aftermath of coming out to my family and her kindness to me in that interaction helped motivate me to come out on the drive home to the person i went to the festival with. sometimes the right band at the right time in your life can really be a life preserver. despite everything else, i'll always feel grateful for that. so glad i didn't get the tattoo i was contemplating at one time, though

screaming females - in terms of impact i couldn't write this list without including this band. literally, tangibly changed my life to be a fan of theirs. back in 2015 i posted some fanfic for this video game i liked, got a nice message from someone complimenting my work, clicked through to their blog and immediately see a photoset of marissa paternoster playing a bloody guitar and immediately messaged them back to talk about music and life is strange. we had an immediate, profound, and powerful connection. 8 years on @holdsteady is STILL my best friend. i wrote a story with her. we've been to shows together. we ate street hot dogs together. i taught her to make potato wedges. she introduced me to some of my favorite bands. i made chili for her dad. i lived in her basement for a month. i literally don't know what kind of person i would be or what my life would look like if we never met. and we owe it all to the fact that we both fuckin love tiny lesbians that shred on guitar.

this was such a great ask! i'd love to hear your answers. actually, i'd love to hear from a bunch of different people. soooo

@necrotic-biotic, @angrypedestrian, @holdsteady, @nataliving, @uneasyhearts33, @gothprentiss, @100percentdirtball, @shewhosleepsalotincemeteries, @morhdd, @chaseprice if any of you guys wanna do this too i'd love to see it (but no pressure)

[wromwood]

I'm going to share an anecdote that I'm slightly worried will prove I'm judgemental, but it's something that I've wanted to share for a while. The memory just keeps turning over in my head. I'll put the first part of it above the read more, and the potentially judgemental part below.

Once when I was a kid (somewhere between third and fifth grade; or ages 8-10 for people not familiar with the US school system), I got into an elevator with an old "grandpa-age" man in my apartment building. He saw my backpack and school uniform and asked me, smiling, what I was learning in school.

So, since I had just come from school, I told him about the lesson that had stayed in my mind from the day's classes. I think it was a lesson from science class because it was one of my favorite subjects.

The man blinked in surprise. After a pause that was just long enough to make me wonder if I had said something wrong, he then admitted, "You're the first child in years to actually tell me what they're learning in school. Every time I ask, they usually say, 'Nothing much,' and then I joke about it."

While I was glad to be a "good" or "smart" kid in that instance, I was also a little annoyed on behalf of some of the other kids he had done this to. It seemed condescending to expect the kids to "fail" your prompt. And maybe those kids had had a bad or long day at school. Or they'd be so overwhelmed by the choice of what to talk about! Each school day has at least four or five classes crammed into it. It felt unfair, even though I had succeeded at the interaction.

Fast forward to a couple months ago.

At a New Year's gathering, I'm speaking to a cousin of mine whom I'm not too familiar with, but he's not far from how old I was when I was confronted with that old man's question.

Not knowing what else to talk about, I decide to ask him about school. However, since it's currently winter break, I decide to keep things vague. I ask him what his favorite class from school has been since his new grade started.

After a small pause, he says, "Lunch." No elaboration.

I blink, processing this, before I let out a chuckle. OK, no problem, I remember thinking like this. "Lunch is my favorite subject" is a common joke among young students. I remember my classmates making this remark. I remember sympathizing with it on bad days. Sure, this kid wasn't smiling when he said it and looked... pretty serious, but let's set that aside for now.

Not wanting to say something potentially rude like, "OK, for real, what actual class is your favorite?", I decide to ask, "All right, how about... what has been the most challenging subject you covered since the grade started?"

After another small pause, he says, "P.E."

And nothing else. Not another word, not another letter.

I think I dumbly muttered, ".... Gym?" before his mom burst in to say that he's been getting such good grades in his math class, and that he's well on his way to being in the advanced portion of the math class, and more stuff that flew in the face of how utterly disinterested he looked. Sure, I trusted his mom that he was doing well, but what did that matter? He didn't even back his mom up in the subjects she was talking about, agreeing or disagreeing, or use that as a jumping off point. He just... didn't care.

I want to make it clear that I wasn't just expecting a peppy response of something that interested him, like I gave those years before. I would've accepted a grumbling complaint about a tricky subject that was stumping him. Or a slightly exhausted recount of a subject that took forever, but that he finally got through. Maybe a description of a project he did before winter break, something that he'd more immediately remember because of hands-on involvement. Hell, I would have even been more accepting of "P.E." because yeah, that's intensive! I've got my fair share of stories about gym class. He could've told me what games he likes the most, or which ones he dreaded needing to play.

I would've accepted nearly anything other than one word answers and an expression that implied he might as well have gotten the severance procedure, but for school.

I think I'm doomed to be that joking old man when I'm older.

[hwaberry-dreams]

SIX: the sound of magic

Warnings: none

Word count: 5.4k

“Didn’t think you would ever get here!” Nayeon says as I quickly make my way through the crowds towards my friends

“I am so sorry. Work was crazy! I lost track of time.” I say, hugging them all.

“I probably would too if I had to work with those 8 men.” Dasom smirks at me. “How you get any work done around them I will never know!”

She has no idea how right she is. I had got so lost watching them during their dance rehearsal I had not realised I was running late. Hongjoong insisted I use one of the drivers to take me to the cafe we were meeting and made me promise to call him when I was coming home. 

“Where is Jieun?” I ask.

“Like you, running late. She is on her way, though.” Nayeon answers. “She says we are to go in and start without her.”

“Let me guess, her boss making her close up again?” I ask as we all walk into the cafe.

“Got it in one!” Seojun says

Seojun is one of my cousins. We are the same age, so when I moved here, he was who I spent most of my time with. He introduced me to his friends, and they instantly accepted me. Nayeon, Dasom, Jieun and Seojun were my closest friends. We all went to the same college as well. Different courses, but our friendship stayed strong throughout. 

Since we all graduated and began working, these moments became rare. If I was still working at the hotel, I wouldn’t have been able to come tonight. So I was grateful to be seeing them. Jieun arrived after we order the food and we all log in to play our tournament.

It was such a fun night. As predicted, after we ate and played, we went straight to the karaoke rooms. It was what we always did when we hung out back in college. 

“To Luna and getting her dream job!” Seojun says raising his shot glass as the others followed him. “Also got getting away from that shit hotel too!”

“Yah!! I still work in that ‘shit hotel’!” Nayeon says.

“He is right, though.” Dasom laughs.

“Who am I kidding? Of course that hotel is shit!” Nayeon sighs.

“Thanks guys.” I grin as we all down our drinks. “Nayeon you will get out of there soon.”

“I hope so. It isn’t as tolerable now you have left.” She says.

“So what is it like working with Ateez?” Jieun asks 

I knew she was going to ask this as it was Jieun I went to the concerts with. She is the main kpop fan in our group; she loves so many bands, so it was inevitable she would be curious about my job. I am allowed to say who I work with but not give any personal information about them. 

“It is… good.” I answer, 

“What are they like off camera?” she asks. “Sorry, I know you probably can’t talk too much about them.”

“I can and can’t, but what I can say is they are nothing like their onstage personas.” I answer.

“That Seonghwa though, he is hot!” Dasom comments

My tummy immediately flips when I think of him. The way he backed me up against the wall and touched me. How tomorrow he is taking me on a date, the anticipation of how it will go and how it will end. I know how I would like it to end, but I don’t want to force anything.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

The apartment is quiet when I arrive home. I try to be as quiet as I can because I know most of them will be asleep or getting ready for bed and I did not want to disturb them. 

“Hi Luna.” I hear from the lounge doorway.

I look up and smile as I see San standing there. It was a welcome sight. Living alone, I was so used to coming home to an empty apartment. There were times I felt so lonely and isolated, so coming home to someone felt comforting.

“How was your night out?” he asks as I walk towards him

“It was so good. I haven’t seen my friends in so long.” I answer, following him into the lounge. “It was nice just hanging out, eating, drinking and playing games like we used to.”

It is just us downstairs. I sit beside him on the sofa. It is the first time we have been alone together. 

“Where is everyone?” I ask, pulling my feet up to sit cross-legged.

“In their rooms, getting ready for bed, taking showers. Hongjoong is still at the studio as usual.” He answers. “I wanted to wait up for you.”

“You didn’t have to!” I say. “You should be resting.”

“I wanted to make sure you got home safely. Plus, sitting on the sofa is classed as resting.” He smiles. “Did you go to the karaoke rooms?” he asks.

“We did.” I nod as he brings my legs over his lap.

“And what did you sing?” he grins

“Ah, now that is classified information.” I laugh. “What happens in the karaoke room stays in the karaoke room!” I add, winking.

“I will need to take you to the karaoke rooms then so I can find this out.” he chuckles

“If you want your hearing destroyed with my lame ass attempt at singing, then go ahead.” I say.

“I am sure you have a lovely singing voice.” He counters.

“Says the professional singer!” I retort, as we both laugh.

“That feels nice.” I smile. “It should be me giving you a foot rub after all that dancing.”

“You deserve all the foot rubs.” he smiles back at me. “Just lie back and relax.”

A comfortable silence falls between us. I swear he has magic fingers because this foot rub is amazing! I find my eyes closing as I just enjoy the moment.

“It was nice having you at dance rehearsal today.” He says.

“Thank you for letting me be there.” I reply, opening my eyes to look at him. “It meant a lot to me. That you all wanted me there.”

“We will always want you with us.” he smiles, his hands moving up to rub my legs. “Do you want to watch something on TV with me?”

“I would love to watch TV with you.” I nod.

“Why don’t we get into our pyjamas then and we can just chill out for the night?” he suggests

I agree, and we go to our separate bedrooms. I quickly get changed, take my contacts out, wash my face and put on my glasses. I take down my hair and brush it out. I look at my reflection in the mirror and suddenly feel self-conscious. They’ve never seen me without makeup. Even when I went on my run this morning, I put some bb cream on and a bit of concealer on. My bare face has a couple of blemishes and I have naturally rosy cheeks too. It is something that I’ve always been conscious of, but more so since moving to Korea and the insane Korean beauty standards.

When I come back into the lounge, San is putting out bowls of snacks. He is wearing his birthday merch pyjamas, is make up free and looks really adorable. Immediately I don’t feel so self-conscious being barefaced in front of him. I notice he has placed a large blanket on the sofa that wasn’t there before, and there is a massive pile of cushions in one corner.

“Lady’s choice.” he says, handing me the remote as we sit down.

I scroll through Netflix to find something I think he will like. I stop at the Sound of Magic and look over at San to gauge his reaction. It was a show I had wanted to watch, but I also knew it wasn’t to everyone’s taste. I wouldn’t want him to watch something he has a zero interest in.

“You wanna watch this?” he asks looking at me

“Do you?” I ask back.

“Hell yes!” he grins, his eyes lighting up

As we settle down, San brings the blanket to cover us. I feel his arm moving around me and he pulls me into his body.

“This ok?” he asks, his voice soft

“It is.” I nod, resting my head on him.

I can feel the warmth of his body and I instantly relax into him more. His arms wrap around me further. One of his hands rubs my arm, slightly pushing my sleeve up. I quickly move that arm away from him and pull the sleeve back down. 

“Sorry.” He says, pulling away from me slightly 

“It is ok, my.. ah skin is just itchy so I’ve put cream on it. Don’t want you getting it over your fingers.” I say, forcing a small laugh.

I put his hand back on my arm but above the sleeve and pull him back to me. I didn’t want him thinking I wasn’t wanting to cuddle into him or was uncomfortable with him. I just panicked about my sleeve. He soon relaxes back into me but doesn’t rub my arm again.

By the end of the first episode, we have sunk lower into the sofa. My arms draped around him, my entire body is completely relaxed onto him, my head resting on his shoulder, and I can feel myself falling asleep. I was just so at ease in his embrace.

“You should go to bed now.” he says in a low voice

“You are just so comfortable, though.” I mumble, holding onto him tighter. 

“So are you.” he says, his nose nuzzling into the side of my head.

“I just want to cuddle you all night.” I find myself saying.

“Me too.” he whispers. “I don’t want us to rush anything, though.”

Neither do I. It has been a long time since I felt this relaxed with someone that I am not ready for it to end just yet. 

“Can we just stay like this a bit longer, please?” I ask, looking up at him.

“Of course we can.” He replies. “I will always happily cuddle you for as long as you want.”

A small smile comes to my lips at his words. I am not normally this affectionate straight away. It usually takes me a while to relax and feel at ease with a partner or someone I don’t know well. I already knew some members were more affectionate than others before I entered this, so it wasn’t surprising to me that San was cuddling me, but it bewildered me how cuddly I was being with him. Same with kissing Seonghwa, how it felt natural and like something we had been doing for years. Then the kiss with Wooyoung this morning. It was unfeigned. 

I feel myself fall into a light sleep. I am dozing, not quite asleep yet, still slightly aware of my surroundings, but fully limp in his arms. In the distance, I can hear footsteps come into the lounge.

“When did Luna get home?” I hear Hongjoong ask quietly.

“Just over an hour ago.” San replies, his voice groggy, as if he has just woke up.

“She looks tired.” He comments.

“We watched a show on Netflix and she fell asleep about 10 minutes ago.” San says, one of his hands stroking my lower back.

“Good. Glad she got home safely.” Hongjoong says. His voice is still quiet, but closer to us now. “You look tired too, San. You need to rest before our comeback.”

“I will. I’ll get her to bed then I will come up to mine.” San whispers.

 “Goodnight to you both.” Hongjoong says softly.

I hear his footsteps walk away and feel San kiss the side of my head.

“You need to wake up now, sunshine.” He says.

I honestly don’t want to move, but I know I have to. I scrunch my face up a bit as I stretch my legs before bending one knee and resting it on top of his legs.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to doze off.” I yawn, my fingers rubbing his side, my chin resting on his chest, looking up at him.

“It’s okay. We have plenty of time to fall asleep together, but for tonight, it’s bedtime.” He smiles down at me.

I have this overwhelming urge to kiss him, but I decide against it. I don’t want our first kiss to be a sleepy one. I sense he is feeling the same way as he continues to look at me. I can feel his fingers run through my hair. He is making it really hard to leave him, but I have to, so I sit up and climb over him. He chuckles lightly as he stands up beside me.

“Goodnight, sunshine.” He smiles, hugging me. “Sleep well.” 

“You too, San.” I reply, making my way to the small corridor that leads to my bedroom. “Thank you for tonight. For watching The Sound of Magic with me.” I add, turning around to face him.

“I enjoyed it. We will watch episode 2 another night.” He says.

When I crawl into bed after brushing my teeth, I sigh happily as I wrap my arms around my cuddle plushie.

The following day is a busy morning. I had Wooyoungs English lesson first thing; the guys had more dance rehearsal for their upcoming showcase. It was the first face-to-face showcase they’ve done in 2 years and I could see how important it was to them for it to go well. It was obvious with how much work they were putting into this rehearsal.

At lunchtime, we all sit on the studio floor eating burgers. It was just us in the hall so Wooyoung made me sit between his legs, my back resting against him, one of his arms resting loosely around my waist. Every so often, he would put his chin on my shoulder and I would feel a kiss on my cheek before he took another bite of his food. 

This display of affection did not faze the others at all. If it bothered them, they were doing a good job at hiding it because they were looking so relaxed as we eat and chat.

“I’ve booked a table at a restaurant for our date.” Seonghwa says from beside me. “It is at 6.30pm and nearby the apartment so we won’t be too far away.”

I glance over at the others to see if they have any reactions, but they look normal. Again, totally unfazed.

“Don’t worry, it does not have any seafood, and I made sure they don’t put fish ingredients in their food either. They have lots of food choices.” He adds. 

“I appreciate you doing that.” I smile at him.

And I do. It means a lot knowing he’s deliberately picked somewhere I don’t need to be careful or have a limited menu to pick from.

“After lunch, some of us have training sessions elsewhere. The rest of us have stuff to do here. I’ve already checked with my manager. I finish at 4pm, as do you, so we can go back to the apartment to get dressed and the car will pick us up at 6pm.” he says. “Is that ok with you?”

“It is.” I smile. 

“Are you looking forward to your date with Seonghwa?” Wooyoung asks me when everyone is finished eating and is just relaxing on the floor, talking to one another or scrolling on their phones. 

I was dreading one of them bringing it up. Not sure if they would tease me or be off with me for going on a date with Seonghwa first. I try to put those thoughts to the back of my mind and answer honestly.

“I am, but I feel so nervous.” I reply, my fingers playing with the ripped fabric of his jeans.

“Why are you nervous?” He asks, both arms now surrounding my waist, and he’s pulled me closer to him as well. My back is now fully flush with his chest.

“Seonghwa is like, so perfect. He is so well presented, tidy, organised and fashionable and I am me! I spill food on my clothes. I dont know a thing about fashion. My hair is a mess. I am so untidy. I am convinced I walk around with food on my face without realising it and when I laugh properly, it is really loud and annoying. My mom says I have my dads laugh, and she is right, I sound exactly like him. I am hardly a catch.” I sigh lightly.

“Yah, that’s my girlfriend you are talking about.” He chuckles before kissing the side of my head. Instant butterflies erupt in my stomach at this sentence. “Yes, our amazing Seonghwa is like a literal modern day Prince, but I have seen the man at home on a day off. He looks gross!” he adds, making a disgusted voice.

I cannot help but laugh quietly at his comment. I find it hard to believe that Park Seonghwa or any member of Ateez ever looks ‘gross’ but I still laugh.

“He is hideous! Wait until you’ve lived with us for longer and you will see it too!” he says. “Luna, you are beautiful and kind, and we all like you just the way you are. You have nothing to be nervous about. Just enjoy yourself with him, let him treat you like the princess you are.” He continues, his voice softer than I have ever heard it and his arms tightening ever so slightly. “And if he takes you for ice cream afterwards, ask for extra and bring it home for me.” He adds, causing me to laugh again.

The quickness he goes from cheeky to genuine and then back to cheeky again would make your head spin. I knew it was something I would have to get used to.

“I don’t even know what to wear.” I comment, “All he is told me is we are going to dinner, and it is nearby!”

I hear him make a strange noise, which causes me to sit upright and turn my head to look at him.

“Do you know where he is taking me?” I ask, as he avoids my gaze. “Woo!” I say in my mom’s best teacher’s voice.

I go to move away from him so I can properly turn around but he grabs me, pulling me back to where I was and locking his arms around my body.

“No, don’t leave. It is my Luna time.” he pouts. 

“Tell me what you know or I will get San over!” I reply playfully.

“I am not scared of him!” he laughs noisily 

“Jongho!” I say in a loud tone, causing him to look over

“No, not him!” Wooyoung says and I can hear slight panic in his voice

“What’s up Luna?” Jongho asks as he scoots over to us 

“Woo is winding me up!” I pout. 

“Why?” he asks, his eyes narrowing on Wooyoung

“I wasn’t! I swear!” Wooyoung replies, “She was asking about her date with Seonghwa tonight and he will kill me if I tell her anything about it! You know what he gets like!”

“Man has a point.” Jongho chuckles.

“Yah, I did not ask for all the details.” I exclaim, turning my head to look up at Wooyoung, who still has me locked in his arms. “All I want to know is what to wear. I don’t want to be severely underdressed, or worse, overdressed!” I add, looking back at Jongho

The two men look at one another and I can see they are silently communicating with one another before Jongho looks back at me.

“Semi formal.” he says, “And that is all the information you are getting!” he adds as I go to open my mouth

“Ok.” I sigh dramatically, settling back into Wooyoungs arms

Jongho laughs before going back to where he was. The bands main manager Myeonjin comes into the studio and I begin to move away from Wooyoung but he keeps me in his arms. I do not know how much the managers know about us, IF they even know about us and I didn’t want to get the band into trouble either.

Myeonjin glances at us cuddling together and doesn’t react at all. There was no denying anything either, as we were in a very couple-like position. I wonder if Myeonjin at least is aware of it. I assume he would be with being the main manager.

“Cars will be here in 20 minutes!” he says

Hongjoong, Yunho, Yeosang and Jongho stand up and start gathering their belongings. Wooyoung tells me he needs to go to the bathroom and delicately removes himself from me and helps me to stand up. He places a lingering kiss on my lips, then 2 playful pecks, causing me to smile. Some other staff members come into the studio at this point, so I move to sit on the sofa to keep out of the way. Mingi comes to sit beside me.

“What are you doing this afternoon?” I ask him.

“Writing and producing session with Eden for the next album.” he replies.

“Already? The new one isn’t even out yet!” I gasp lightly.

“This is normal in the industry. We are always like 2 or 3 steps ahead.” He smiles. “The new album is exciting, though. With Fever era over, we are moving to the next part of the lore and it is nerve-wracking. It differs greatly from albums and music we’ve released previously. Not sure how Atiny will respond to it.”

“I don’t think you have anything to worry about. I love the new song Guerilla. Can’t wait for it to be released and to hear the full album too, so I can have it on my Spotify.” I say. 

“I can let you hear the album tomorrow if you want to. Both Hongjoong and I have it on our computers in our studios.” he smiles at me

“Oh my god, really?” I ask excitedly.

“Of course, I have a new sound system fitted last week and I haven’t fully tried it out either so it will give me a chance to use it and you can hear the album the way it should be listened to, with full bass!” he laughs 

“I would really love that! Thanks Mingi.” I smile at him. “Where is it the others going?” I ask, curiosity getting the better of me.

“They are going to do archery training for ISAC in a couple of weeks.” He answers. “It is their first day.”

“Oh, that sounds fun!” I say

“ISAC is always a good day. It is really fun. It is long, but it never feels like it. You will have a good day there.” he responds 

“I am going too?” I ask, my eyes widening slightly

“Of course you are.” he smiles at me

It is mindboggling that they want me with them during these moments, but I like it. I feel wanted, and it is a nice feeling to have. My past boyfriends were not the most thoughtful. I wasn’t used to this much affection so early and definitely not being verbally told that I am wanted either. Maybe I have just made terrible choices in boyfriends in the past or these guys are something really special because it feels so different. I know it is still early days but I can feel something is different and not because I am dating 8 men!

“Luna I was wondering if you wanted to come with us to the archery training?” Yeosang asks me as he comes over. “We finish at 5pm, but Myeonjin has said he is happy to drive you back to the apartment at 4pm. You will be back in plenty of time for your date tonight.”

“Are you sure it will be ok for me to come with you? I don’t want to be in the way.” I say.

I feel like I am saying ‘I don’t want to be in the way’ a lot, but it is because it is true. I don’t want to disturb or distract them, or worse, get them into trouble for anything.

“Of course it is ok. You’re allowed to be with any of us at any time you want to.” he smiles.

“Then I would really like to come to archery training.” I nod. “Can I just quickly let Seonghwa know, though?”

“Yeah, we will wait for you in here.”

“Thanks, I’ll be really quick.” I say, jumping up from the sofa.

I leave the dance studio and walk as fast as I can to catch up to Seonghwa, who I know had a vocal session this afternoon, so would go to the vocal training rooms. I was still finding my way around the building, so I did not know where everything was yet, but I knew the vocal rooms were in the same corridor as my office.

As I turn the corner, I see him and start jogging towards him. He turns to see me and smiles.

“Hey Luna.” he says as I reach him

“I am going with the others for their archery training, but I will be back in time for our date. Is that ok?” I ask quietly.

He looks around before holding my hand and taking me into one of the empty training rooms and closing the door. It is a smaller room, very intimate but most importantly soundproofed and with a lock on the door. I notice Seonghwa turn the lock before putting his arms around me.

“You don’t need to ask me, or seek my permission to do things. By all means go with the others. As long as you are happy and safe, that is all I care about.” he replies.

“I just wanted to check. I didn’t want you thinking that our date is not important to me because I am really looking forward to it.” I smile at him, my hands moving up to his shoulders 

“As am I, darling.” he smiles back

I love Seonghwas nickname for me. It sounds so pretty in Korean as well - 여보. It makes my tummy flip a little too each time he says it. He leans down to kiss me, his hands hold my waist firmly. His kisses are seriously addictive and if it wasn’t for the fact I need to leave, I would certainly continue it.

“Sorry, but I need to go. The others are waiting for me and I don’t want to make them late.” I say when we part. 

“Of course. I will see you later.��� he says, kissing my cheek. “Enjoy yourself at the training. If any of them mess up, please tell me all about it.” he adds chuckling.

“You are all so mean to one another!” I laugh before he kisses my lips again.

“That is what brothers do.” he says as we leave the small training room.

I run into my office to grab my things and then quickly run back to the studio to see Yunho is the only one in the room. I apologise for taking so long, but he waves it off and says they aren’t even ready to leave yet. Something about Hongjoong needing something from his studio before they leave. We head down to the underground garage and get into the car. Yeosang is asleep and Jongho is listening to music.

“Does Yeosang always fall asleep in cars?” I ask since he fell asleep yesterday too.

“Pretty much.” Yunho laughs, “Hongjoong is usually the first one, then Mingi and Yeosang next, but sometimes he is the first.”

Hongjoong arrives a few minutes later with Jongho teasing him about making them late, causing us all to laugh. When the car moves, I feel Yunhos hand slip into mine. It causes me to lean my head against his shoulder. My free arm wraps around his upper arm and I get comfortable. I can feel how firm his biceps are through the material of his long-sleeved top. His fingers gently rubbing my hand and it is making me relax more.

I didn’t even realise how tired I was until I feel Yunho waking me up to say we had arrived.

“Sorry I fell asleep.” I say, praying to god I was not snoring or drooling.

“It is ok, everyone fell asleep anyway.” he chuckles.

I look around to see the others rubbing their eyes and yawning. I am glad I wasn’t alone. Part of the training session was being filmed for their logbook, so I already knew to stay back. I had already planned to observe, anyway, and stay out of the way. This was an important session for them. They needed to focus. 

As we got out of the car, Yunho held my hand and didn’t let go of it as we walked. I was a little surprised by this. Even though it was only us and 2 managers with us, I didn’t really know if any of them would initiate anything, but clearly, Yunho was comfortable enough.

“Are you ok?” he asks me once we are inside the building.

He must have sensed my apprehension. I know how it would look to Myeonjin if he wasn’t aware. I was cuddling with Wooyoung back at the studio and now holding hands with Yunho.

“Does Myeonjin know about.. our situation?” I ask him quietly.

Yunho smiles softly and looks down at the floor briefly.

“He does.” he nods. “Only because he basically runs our day-to-day things. Working days and non-working days. He needs to be aware of these things and to ensure you can be at things with us if you want to be. Also, to make sure we are all together when travelling.”

“And he is ok with that?” I ask, “I mean, a polyamorous relationship is rather taboo. It is not traditional, especially in Korean culture.”

“He has no problems with it as long as it doesn’t affect work and it won’t because we won’t let it. When Myeonjin is around, we are free to be ourselves. We don’t have to hide anything like we do with other staff members.” He replies, looking down into my eyes as his hand gently tilts my head to look up at him. 

Good, that is good to know. Of course their main manager needs to be aware of it! 

“Don’t worry, little one.” he smiles at me

“I am not little!” I feign offense. 

“Yes, you are.” he chuckles

“Well, of course compared to you I am.” I reply. “I am 165cm and you have at least 20cms on me!”

“Hence, ‘little one’.” he grins at me

“The instructors are ready now.” Myeonjin says coming into the room we had been waiting in.

Yeosang and Jongho are the first to leave while Hongjoong puts his laptop away.

Yunho looks back at me before leaning down and kissing my lips quickly. I jump a little with the suddenness of it. His eyes grow wide as he realises what’s happened. 

“I am so sorry. I didn’t mean to do that.” He says, stepping back.

I can see from the corner of my eye that Hongjoong saw it and he is discreetly trying to make his way out the door.

“It is ok, I just wasn’t expecting it was all.” I reply. His ears are flaming red and he looks so flustered. “I didn’t mind it, though.” I add, making him look back at me. 

“I wanted our first kiss to be something better than that.” He mutters, rubbing the back of his neck.

“There was nothing wrong with that.” I smile. “Except it was maybe too quick.” I add playfully.

“Next one will be longer, I promise.” He chuckles and I can see he is relaxing again.

“You should go. I don’t want to get in trouble for making you late.” I say.

He gives me another smile and takes my hand again, leading us outside to where the others are. He holds onto it until the instructor comes over and it’s time for them to begin. I am about to sit down when another instructor comes over to me.

“Would you like to practise too?” She asks me.

“I haven’t paid for it or booked in.” I say.

“Mr Kim has paid for you to practice too, if you wish.” She replies.

I look over to where the guys are with their own instructor, who is taking them over to one target, but I see Hongjoong smiling at me. He is spoiling me for sure. I have a feeling I will need to get used to it from all of them.

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Song recommendation: don’t make me dream by ji chang wook & choi sung eun.

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Taglist: @kiwibaekie @fudgeflyssworld

[kalidoscope05]

Hey, i am currently experiencing 3am random thoughts so I’m going to dump on wir them here.

This does discuss some topics involving smoking, a mentioned surgery, an overworked mother and fear. If there is any other things in here that is triggering to any one please message me and let me know other than that please read if you are able to thank you and stay safe.

With the my current at home life things are a bit strange. My Dad ,with his recent leg surgery and not being able to come home for weeks, is currently staying up a my grandparents due to their home being more… spacious, i guess. That’s not important though but something that is import, especially context wise to the thought/ ideas I’ve had, is that my mom is the only on who works but she doesn’t only work a lot she is going through nursing school. So my point is my momma is a very tired women which goes with out saying she struggles to get any sleep so she sometimes struggles to get up when she does get some but my though come from this one night i had to wake her and it was a moment of my life i don’t think I can forget.

It was a Wednesday night, i had just got back with my grandmother from church. It was about thirty mins before my mom need to be awake so I just went out back and smoked a bit with my dad and grandmother. It wasn’t until about five or seven minutes before she needed be awake when dad said something about needing to wake her and I was like, “ Don’t worry about I’ll take care of it after I go in get me something to drink,” I still relatively a new smoker as in it still bothers my throat and lungs sometimes not important though. After getting my drink and maybe a snack i sat it done where I was sitting the living room and went to wake up mom.

From the time I have spent on the internet no one really talks about how terrifying it is to wake up your parents even at an older age. It make you feel like your doing something wrong and that’s how felt as slow approached her. At the time the only thing I remember feeling and seeing is fear. And it wasn’t like i fear for my life, it was more of a “ i don’t know what’s happening, i don’t want to fuck up i don’t know what I’m doing “ kind of fear. Due to that unknown and that fear I kinda hesitated before I even touched her or said anything. But I eventually just said whatever and woke her up. I went en gentle and just said quiet but loud enough she understood, “ hey its about a 8:30”.. cause that’s when she usually got up but um even with how gentle I was I still scared her. She jumped back real hard which not only scared her but scared me. And I think the thing that got me and what makes this a memory that will stick to me is that… fear in her eyes as she looked at me. Seeing the kinda fear in her eyes that I saw… i got to admit it hurt like hell. I never would have though that wake my own mother would led me to experience something I never want it experience again.

But that is just along winded telling of the idea I had after this experience i guess. It had me think of what remains of Edith finch, A glorious game with a fantastic but intriguing story. I want take different story’s of my childhood and my siblings and cousins, aunt, uncles etc. and turn them into a game similar to that game. Do you know what i mean, like take the way the story of Edith finch and how it was told but turn it into one about my family, u know?

Idk this just one long rant/ talk about a potential game i could work on i guess. Idk. If anyone sees this and has any thoughts of their own they would like to add just reblog with them or send them in to me anyway you can I guess. Idk i just wanted this off my mind and in a write form.

[letomills]

Sims tag

Thank you @kalux-sims and @mrs-mquve for tagging me! Answers below the cut.

1. What’s your favourite sims death?

Old age on platinum aspiration. It’s always sweet to see your sim move on peacefully.

2. Alpha CC or Maxis Match?

More on the Maxis match side (TS2 match that is, not TS4 match). In hindsight and on seeing other people’s answers, “semi-realistic” probably fits best.

3. Do you cheat when your sims gain weight?

Haha wtf no.

4. Do you use move objects?

Yes.

5. Favorite mod?

Hard to choose. I’ll just say Simler90 and @midgethetree are my favorite modders.

6. First expansion/game/stuff pack you got?

Nightlife. I never played the TS2 base game only, I started after Nightlife’s release, when my grandmother gifted my cousin and me the Deluxe Edition. I’m so thankful that she did.

7. Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing?

Like living.

8. Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made?

There isn’t a single one but I have many favorites among the sims I use for CC modeling.

9. Have you made a simself?

Sort of, recently. That would be one of the TF sims I use for CC modeling, the nearly bald one with skin 1 and dark eyes. Their face features are not a match to mine really, I’m not good at recreating faces, but that would be the closest I’ve made (and also my first time actually using some of the facial asymmetry sliders I have in my folder). The sim I use as an avatar on my socials doesn’t look like me at all.

10. What sim traits do you give yourself?

Loner, brooding, clumsy, shy, vegetarian, eco-friendly, frugal.

11. Which is your favorite EA hair color?

The mohawks have pretty good custom gradients.

12. Favorite EA hair?

Maybe getfabulous? The name is swaying me for sure. I gave that hair to the deceased founder of my custom neighborhood Oaken Valley, so it does have a special place in my heart.

13. Favorite life stage?

I like them all and how different they feel to one another. I like the slightly crouched posture of elders, the young adult walk, or how kids materialize a stool to step on when something is out of their reach. And toddlers and babies are adorable.

14. Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay?

I do both, depending on what I feel like in the moment.

15. Are you a CC creator?

Yes.

16. Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad?

I have positive interactions with people from the community but I don’t have a definite circle.

17. What’s your favorite game? (1, 2, 3, or 4)

2.

18. Do you have any sims merch?

No.

19. Do you have a YouTube for sims?

Yes: https://www.youtube.com/@letomills. I said I would upload more and I fail at that every day 😅 I have a 2/3 completed script in my Google Docs that I need to get back to.

20. How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing?

I started playing TS2 when I was like 9, and for the longest time I didn’t know that CC was a thing. I was partial to faces 1 and 2 and all of my sims kind of looked the same. I even gave cosmetic surgery to some of the premades with the career reward station once I learned the “unlockcareerrewards” cheat. I remember giving Goneril Capp face 1 (one of the most contempt-worthy decisions I’ve ever made, to be sure). I am now appalled by this and my game has become more diverse, although there is still much work to be done. These days I’m in the process of making plenty of CC for custom body shapes so I can overhaul my CC folder once again and make a custom neighborhood with the best sims ever, it’s gonna be great.

21. What’s your Origin ID?

N/A

22. Who’s your favorite CC creator?

So many great creators out there. My favorites are the ones whose work I tend to use for my own CC endeavors.

23. How long have you had a simblr?

Since April 2022.

24. How do you edit your pictures?

I don’t except for cropping.

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next?

N/A (I assume this question is for TS4 players. Can’t believe they’re doing a whole expansion pack on horses btw.)

26. What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far?

Hard to choose between FT and OFB.

~

I tag @profesionalpartyguest, @spell-bloom, @mourky, @potentialfate-sims, @mrs-mquve (looks like we cross-tagged each other) and anyone else who wants to participate. (Feel free to ignore of course.)

[stephanie-love]

Sneaky young guy sex

  Awhile back my nephew and a friend of his came by the house.

Well...he's actually my cousin but he is so young, around 19 years old, and im 37, I call him my nephew.

Anyway, my husband agreed to install a licenses plate light for him due to him getting a traffic ticket.

That day he brought a friend with him around the same age.

While my husband, my nephew and his friend where in the garage, I spent the time inside our gaming room on the ps5.

   I was simply in a oversized t-shirt and panties.

Our gaming room is near the guest bathroom and apparently when my nephew's friend went to the bathroom, he seen me.

As I was sitting there with my gaming head phones on , I was surprised by someone who I thought was my husband the time, reach into my shirt and started fondling my little tits.

As I tried to stay focused on my game his hand traveled under my panties and was rubbing my clitoris and fingering me.

I quickly burst Into an orgasm and turned to kiss what I thought was my husband and it ended up to be my nephew's little friend.

We made out for a minute or two while he felt me up.

Later my husband finished the job and they had left.

Nothing became of that, until a couple of days later.

I started receiving text messages from some guy names Joey.

Apparently it was my nephew's friend. He got my phone number from my nephew, and wanted more.

Despite me trying to ignore him and blow him off, he was very persistent and was telling me how he enjoyed what had happened.

I honestly didn't pay it any mind, up until he told me how rock hard I made him, and how after he was smelling his fingers all day , and he couldn't help but jack off.

That made me incredibly wet, and I decided to respond.

We text back and forth throughout the week, and when my boss gave me Friday off, we decided I'd go to his house.

He said he lived with his parents but they weren’t home at the time.

When I arrived, he greeted me at the door and he lead me upstairs to his room. His room was typical for a young teenager. We entered and he pushed me onto his bed and started pulling my clothes off. I was naked within a few seconds. He went to town eating my ass and fingering my pussy. A few minutes in and he pulled out a condom and put it on his bulging cock. I said to him “I'm an older married woman on birth control and he doesn't need one, don't you want to fuck me raw?" He said no, he wants to cum into the condom and me to eat it after.

I happily agreed. Seconds later he had flipped me over and pushed his cock in my pussy. It was big. Really big, especiallyfor his age. Like 8 inches and super thick. I couldn’t help but moan out loudly. He grabbed me by the hair and told me if I’m loud again he’ll choke me out. “Sorry” I whimpered. “Good” he said.

He continued to rail my cunt while I struggled to keep the moans in. His grunts were so hot I could barely hold it together. A few minutes more of rough fucking and he’s squeezing my tits and telling me he was going to cum. He couldn’t hold on and ended up filling the condom. At the same time I was orgasming, he heard his parents knock on his door. They were home early.

He shoved me under the blankets, still shaking and trembling while he answered the door. They spoke for what felt like 5 minutes but eventually left. He pulled the covers back and started again in missionary. Pounding my cunt while he pulled the condom off. He opened my mouth and started feeding me his cum. It was so hot. I ate all his cum and he stuffed the condom in my mouth while he finished a second time inside me.

I laid there shaking with a condom in my mouth. He quickly dressed and helped me get dressed before he kicked me out. His parents were on the other side of the house so I got out unnoticed.

As I was leaving he told me that he’ll be seeing me again.

My husband was surprised to see me home early, and was in for a treat.

Stephanie Sinnz 💋

[ben-the-hyena]

Ten First Lines Game

Rules: Share the first line of ten of your most recent fanfics and then tag ten people. Don’t have ten? Not to worry, just share what you have.

Was tagged by @chaifootsteps which reminds me I DON'T write as much as I should and didn't finish one of the ones I'm gonna mention, in fact 10 is SO much I fear it's not gonna be the whole list X'D I tag @dracocheesecake and @awesomex7 because I know they write much more than I do !

Warning spme of them are NSFW fics !

8. Of Blood and Hearts

Adult Gothetta from School for Vampires doing accounting job of her own whole new potion business but it's like the only time the fic focuses on her, it's not about her but about a slow burn between her cousin Batoria just as grown as her and Dr Ironfang... and I'm barely half way through and been so for a year and I apologize to everyone T.T

"663 lei plus 754 lei…"

7. Boggy Heather

A "midquel", "sequel" and "prequel" fanfic all at once about Randall Boggs from Monster Inc and Heather Olson drom Monster University meeting right after he got his "BE MY PAL" cupcakes smashed against his face, becoming friends, falling in love, dating, getting intimate, graduating, getting engaged, marrying, becoming parents, Randall becoming more and more of a petty vengeful asshole who can't move on and has to be the best and prove a point to the point of neglecting her and his child, their relationship deteriorating, divorcing and the end of his villain arc complete in time for the first movie

"Well that sucked."

6. The Forbidden Chant

SkekUng and UrSol from The Dark Crystal meet in the desert as the former was out on a mission and the latter just looking roots, and said latter convinces the former to fuck the shit out of him

"The Three Brothers were shining bright in the sky."

5. Delayed Wedding Night

A pwp of a younger Griddle and her then alive husband Sir Herman from Blazing Dragons deciding to roleplay their wedding night a very kinky way now they finally love each other and already started to have sex at last since back when they were forced to marry and didn't love each other yet they didn't touch each other and the wedding night took place in them sleeping in their own bedrooms

"It had been now a bit more than 2 months that Princess Griddle and Sir Herman had their first love kiss, almost 2 years after their arranged marriage."

4. Nearsighted Love

Queen Griddle trying to convince her gay son Sir Blaze from Blazing Dragons to marry a noble girl one day, which reminds her how she was reticent about marrying his late father Sir Herman, cues her remembering them getting married, hating each other, becoming friends, falling in love, getting intimate, trying desperately to have a child until finally Blaze is born, and then him tragically disappearing at sea

"Sir Blaze slammed open the door while Queen Griddle was following him, running a bit as her legs were shorter than her very tall son's and as she was much fatter."

3. A Furnace Bastard

Duncan from Blazing Dragons having always lived a normal Scottish middle aged family dragon guardian of the Club of Saint Andrew, until one day he accidentally pulled it out and he becomes King of Scotland. Once his euphoria calms down, he starts to put 2 and 2 together since the prophecy states only someone of the Furnace clan can pull it and decides to investigate his origins

"Not far from the royal castle of Scotland was the royal golf course."

2. Queen Morlava's Last Present

A younger King Allfire from Blazing Dragons going from utter boy over his egg being there to utter sadness upon hearing his wife Queen Morlava died from lying it. Cues him still trying to make the best of it after her funeral no matter how he is depressed for being there for their baby who will hatch soon and trying to reason his father-in-law, with whom he always had a bad relationship, over how this id not the egg's fault and his daughter would want him to be a good grandfather to it, he who is way too angry and grieving to think righr and blames him for having made her gravid despite her being of such fragile health from birth

"King Allfire was nervous."

1. Is It Hot in There

My first ever Blazing Dragons fic and nsfw fic with a not very good English and cringe descriptions lmao takes place during the episode Ice Try which is the only episode during which Sir Blaze and Sir Burnevere don't appear because they were gone on a quest together, so I filled the blank by having them act upon their lounging growing feelings for each other now they finally are alone together on a dumb quest Queen Griddle sent them to for her own ego as usual and act on it at least, quite passionately so and then decide to be secretly dating

""The Diamond of Destiny ! Exactly !""

[rednite-dork]

Ooh i'm sorry but I have to add multiple because I'm really curious!! 2, 8, 13, 17, 23, 30 !!

I don't mind the multiples!! I'm glad u want to hear more about my MC!! 🥰

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2. Were they a hatstall or easily sorted?

Answered here ❤

8. Quidditch role and/or favorite broom.

This bad boy right here.

Ember Dash Broom. Because of never been in a Quidditch match before, Susan's not that interested in Quidditch so she's not part of a team.

Though, if she must choose a role, she probably would choose to be a seeker. She likes to go fast.

13. Favorite spell/potion/beast?

She likes to use Disillusionment and Confringo because of how good they are in combat and in exploration.

Disillusionment is useful for any kind of situation when you need to avoid enemies in her adventures, or annoying students who want your attention, or teachers who want to give you extra assignments. But mostly she uses it to not get caught for looting.

Confringo is explosive as it is precise, so that's why it's Susan's favorite spell. Susan likes to combat in long distance range, and this spell enables that for her.

Susan doesn't have a favorite potion, and she rarely uses anything else except Wiggenweld potion when needed. She might feel a bit wary of using other potions as well.

Her favorite beast has to be a Hippogriff. They're proud and majestic creatures, and they're also very loyal - something that Susan admires in other people as well. It was easy for her to gain Highwing's trust, and they quickly developed having a mutual respect for each other.

17. Tell me about your MC's family. Do they have parents? Siblings? Cousins? What's their relationship with them like?

Answered here ❤

23. What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?

She got a doll as a gift from her mom's side of family when she was born. She carried it around for most of her childhood, and slept with it until she no longer was interested in it at the age of 12 and she stored it away, to collect dust. It had become quite cursed-looking thing by then and despite its looks, Susan still wants to keep it in her possession, unwilling to throw it away at any circumstances.

30. What does your MC see in the Mirror of Erised?

Hmmm... In the events of Hogwarts Legacy, I'd think she'd see her father, smiling and interacting with her the way he did before she went to Hogwarts. She was really hurt by her father's actions as she left, and despite holding a grudge, sometimes she wishes she could go back in time before she got her magic, just because of how simple those times were.

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Hogwarts Legacy MC Ask Game

[keibea]

get to know jessie (me)

I was tagged by the lovely @nectar-cellar THANK U I LOVE DOING THESE YAYAYAYAYAY

what do you have under your bed?

i have a day bed that has drawers underneath so technically that. but in those a collection of things...candles, empty folders, books, high school work i kept for future reference, notebooks, cables and extra pc stuff and some weird other stuff i really need to get rid of or move.

2. favorite candy?

chocolate. always chocolate. usually dark chocolate. lately ive been enjoying a dark chocolate kitkat, but i will ALWAYS obsess over Belgian chocolate.

3. favorite shirt:

my faveourite shirt EVER is my jurassic park shirt i got from cotton on ages ago. i LOVE dinosaurs and that movie PLUS super comfy and it makes me look cool. i think.

4. the last thing you drew/doodled was:

hmmmm i last drew a simple sketch of a hedgehog before i rubbed it out because i hated it :)

5. are you completely sober rn?

HAHAHA this is very funny to me because i have never drunk alcohol a day in my life and likely never will. or do any of that other stuff. so yes, i am very much sober.

6. what’s the one thing that annoys you more than anything?

groups of people who take up the whole sidewalk space. THIS ANGERS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING. MOVE PEOPLE, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK HERE TOO. it angers me to no end. like they'll be having this jolly little conversation together walking SO SLOWLY I WANT TO PUSH THEM OUT OF THE WAY while i stew in anger behind them. completely oblivious. albeit, i could ask them to move and they probably would, but that means talking. talking is hard.

7. have you ever gotten your tongue stuck to a cold pole during winter?

na. dont think i want to either, that sounds painful.

8. if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would it be?

i would usually say somewhere in the english countryside, but considering its probably pretty cold out there probably not. instead probably some historical place/museum in england.

9. what was the single last word you spoke?

"i dont know" in response to my mum asking whether my cousin was coming over to play board games with me, my aunt, and my nan. unfortunately, he is not, but i need to catch up on sleep anyway so its definitely for the best.

i shall irritate: @akioakashiya , @lazysunjade , @thesimperiuscurse , @amuhav , @rollo-rolls , @johziii , @catamano , @catharsim , @plumbobem

[drinksglue]

So I’ve been thinking lately about how it is that I managed to never have a fancop phase.

I used to think it was because I was exposed to fancop behavior as far back as 2008, where I was called a pedophile for shipping two characters who were children, even though those characters were “older” than me and I was literally 12 at the time to boot.

But I’m also realizing that it goes farther back than that. I used to be friends with a kid who was raised by Christian fundies and I used to attend their church just because she was my friend. So because of that, between the ages of like 8 and 10 Christianity was super important to me and I took it seriously, or at least the culty version our church taught.

This girl would judge me for every little thing I found joy in. Literally anything. Pokemon? Evil. The color black? Evil. Anime? Evil. Most video games? Evil. And me, being a young kid who took our religion seriously, couldn’t stand the thought of displeasing God by liking “evil” things. 

So I stopped liking them.

Actually, I pretended to. I pretended to not like those things so I could be “friends” with someone who didn’t approve of my likes and interests. Doesn’t that sound familiar?

But from there it got worse, the church essentially taught us that God knew everything about us, including our thoughts. It was extremely damaging to a religious child to be made to believe that even my secret thoughts weren’t actually a “secret”, and that God was going to punish me for things I thought but never acted upon, or for enjoying the “evil” media in secret away from other people.

And most importantly, no matter how much stuff I “gave up”, this girl would not ease up. There was always something new that I was doing that “made Jesus sad”.

And if that wasn’t familiar enough, this same girl had a GameCube and a few games... including a handful of fighting games, a genre that she’d gotten on my case about liking. I asked her about it and she came up with all sorts of excuses, like “I don’t actually play games like this! My cousin left it here!”

So what I was dealing with was a someone who ceaselessly criticized everything I liked and tried to paint me as evil or sinful or being steered wrong by the Devil himself, all while secretly indulging in those same “sins” herself.

Hm...

[ginnyrules27]

assumption based on your fanfic: you either have no siblings, or your relationship with your siblings is very friendly over the typical loving hostile dynamics. also, you don't like or don't like writing most of the ak girls and Evie (except for Lonnie)

Hi anon!

I'm an only child though I honestly consider my two youngest cousins to be my older brother and my older sister because of our age differences (he was 11 years older than me and she's 8 years older than I am). A lot of my friends when I was growing up did have siblings so I got to spend a lot of time around that dynamic.

Honestly, it's not so much that I don't like them or dislike writing their characters but in a world like Descendants, some characters kinda can't be written about as much or else my fics would be as long as he Game of Thrones books lol