#my tag system is immaculate

[gizmotemusic]

@salt-rocks

heck you!!!! youre just jealous cuz i have a tag system that actually allows me to find posts i've reblogged later by searching my blog

[fishbloc]

keychain samples are here 🥳

[hamletteprinceofdenmark]

where is the Bellamy wearing a backpack at the club gif set I need it 😭

[hellonoblesky]

Pls tell us about Eli Vanto’s tumblr too!!

That man has the world’s most normal but neat tumblr blog like genuinely. Incredibly normal (but neat) tumblr user. He’s literally just a guy. His blog is almost exclusively him shitposting and vagueposting about coworkers (or schoolmates). Probably reblogs cargo shipping drama and has a mutual circle of friends from back home. Shittalks cargo companies on main. Hates on pirate crews on main (he gets some hate for it bc some people are like “would you rather the Empire exploit every resource ever? Those pirates are literally redistributing the wealth” to which he always responds with “I don’t like when people doing their job die, thanks 👍”) Oh and his blog layout? Fantastical. That boy is a numbers kid he’s good at html I feel it in my soul. His tagging system? Fucking IMMACULATE. He’s the number one organizer. Easy to navigate. Beautifully categorized. Never forgets to tag a post in its catagory.

Definitely has a post like “If I’m stuck w this blue guy again I stg” from when he was in the academy. Actually he probably has a Thrawn tag to organize all his posts about him. Ranging from “CHISS ARE REAL.” To “Guys what the fuck I just met the emperor and the Chiss guy didn’t even FLINCH.” To “Guys this blue guy is actually chill as fuck” to “Won’t be able to sign on for a while. See y’all when I can.”

His mutuals sometimes post like “Guys do we even know what happened to LongHaul-StatsStar. Like is he ok?? Does anyone know where he is???” And will now and then be like “Wow one year since he dipped :( hope he’s ok” while Eli is in the CA

Oh and ofc he’s mutuals w Thrawn. He probably showed Thrawn the website to begin with

[ramblingoak]

Oakie my love, you have drawn me in with ‘Copia’s hips don’t lie’. Could I trouble you for some scraps to nibble at? 🥹🖤

BEEEE hello hello my friend 💙

This is from when I was going to do a series of short au fics where each one was Copia with a different job. The first one was him as a dance instructor xD

Here's a little taste (this was written months and months ago so excuse the quality):

Copia tsked at you and shook his head. He somewhat politely moved your partner out of the way and stepped right up into your space. You couldn’t help but look into those intense eyes of his, the dark makeup around them making the green and white pop even more than they would have normally. His mustache and sideburns were trimmed immaculately just like they’ve been every lesson so far, but his hair was a little out of sorts. Strands were falling over his forehead that also was covered in a light sheen of sweat. 

“Dolcezza?” 

Oh, shit. Focus. 

“I’m sorry, yes what’s wrong?” 

You tried not to blush at his smirk, but by the way it grew you knew he noticed. Glancing to the side you saw your partner had wandered off to chat with the group nearest to you so you tried to relax a little and pay attention to Copia. 

“Your movements are a little stiff, you need to let go, si? You need to feel the music as you move.” He slid around you, graceful in his steps like always and pressed up against your back. “Like this.” 

Copia snapped his fingers towards the person closest to the stereo system and when they turned it back on he immediately moved his hands to your hips. The sensual beats of the music echoed through the room and Copia started circling his hips to it. His hands guided your own as he did and you started to echo his movements. You had to bite your lip to keep from making any embarrassing sounds because holy shit did it feel good to have him basically grinding against you. 

“Bene, molto bene.” 

A gasp did leave you when his hands squeezed your hips and you brought your own up to cover his. Copia just chuckled and entangled his fingers in yours as he pulled them up behind your head and held them against his shoulders. He turned his hands so yours ended up pressing against his head and oh his hair was just as soft as it looked. The beat of the music changed and with an easy movement he spun you around and pressed your chest against his own.

WIP TAG GAME ~ my fic masterlist

[somebirdortheother]

WIP Snip!

Thank you for tagging me @myfavouritelunatic!!!!

Here is yet another snippet from my original sci-fi WIP novel, Draft 2. Let's get to know Lucien Daguerre a little more, shall we?

A mere hour later, his workspace was filled with the smells of plastics and metals. Lucien watched thick swirls of blue-grey smoke coil around his wrists like snakes. He tried not to breathe, but the vinegary smell of curing silicons nudged at his nostrils and made his eyes water. Had he looked in the mirror now, he’d have seen the blues of his irises rimmed with red, irritated, spiderwebs of blood vessels.  … that the ocular features of jawed vertebrates, likely resembling contemporary cartilaginous fish such as sharks, had evolved approximately four hundred and twenty million years ago, originating from a common ancestor. This led us to speculate that the origins of our camera-like ocular system and its associated photoreceptors could potentially be traced back even further. Thus, we shifted our focus to examine more primitive, jawless vertebrates … The audio continued to drone. Lucien eyed the respirator peacefully secured in its glass sarcophagus on the wall as he tried to wipe his eyes with his sleeves. He should have worn the respirator. However, if he had, its usage data would be transmitted for environmental assessment. And when that data would be out of bounds, triggering an alert. Someone would be sent to his lab to investigate. He couldn’t have that. Pas du tout.  … Intriguingly, the lamprey also possesses a camera-like eye, complete with lens, iris, and ocular musculature. Its retina, similarly to ours, is tri-laminar, and its photoreceptive cells bear a strong resemblance to our cone cells, though it seemingly lacks the more light-sensitive rod cells. Notably, the genetic mechanisms governing light perception, neural computations, and ocular development in lampreys are congruent with those in jawed vertebrates. He couldn’t have anyone start probing for details and prodding Walter with their clumsy fingers. ‘Walter?’, he thought, glancing at the mechanical body stretched out on his immaculate worktable, surprised at how easily a name came to him. Long-limbed and elegant, peacefully resting and ready to have life breathed into him. Yes, ‘Walter’ suited him well.  For an odd reason, Lucien almost felt nervous about meeting him. It was a preposterous thought – Walter was far from his first bot to be created in his workshop. And if he counted his previous employment, then he would be at least somewhere in the thousands. And yet – he knew that he would be different from anything he’d ever created. Call it premonition or wishful thinking, but he hadn’t been wasting his time on the most perfect pair of eyes for the past three weeks only to install them into yet another run-of-the-mill piece of entertainment for his bored clientele.  Walter was singular. Walter had a heart. Walter was his. 

Tagging, no pressure: @coraleethroughthelookingglass @thelettersfromnoone @lady-of-imladris @lapestelareste

[meat-wentz]

i hope you're the right person to ask this but where should i get started in fall out boy lore?

OMG okay so i’ve been concocting a lore post in the drafts for some time now so i’ll try to finish it tonight or some time in the next few days!! for starters there’s this cute little documentary off the my heart will always be the b-side to my tongue dvd that has a short little intro to their origins. there’s this youtube video vault which is SO FULL OF GOODIES. @stumpomatic-blog and @fobomatic-blog are an archive project to document the band from 2002-2015 including pictures, interviews, fan resources, information etc (and the tag system is immaculate over there). I WILL BE BACK WITH A MORE THOROUGH LORE POST/BLOG RECOMMENDATIONS/LINKS/PHOTOS/ETC.

[stephibee]

the NO-SKIP albums: a tag game 🎶💖

rules: share the albums that you can listen to nonstop. those lightning in a bottle-albums that scratch ur brain just right. every single track, an absolute banger. u could not skip one if u tried. no notes. stunning, show-stopping, immaculate. ur no-skip albums. 🔎 bonus & optional (but imo, v fun) rules:1) add a track rec for us to listen to! AND2) share ur favorite line(s) from that track! 👀

tagged by @stephendorff thank you !! this was so so so so fun !

tagging: @bladeoffrontiers @js337 @costashoffman @angels-holocaust @thegoodgowest

🎧 album info/track recs/my favorite lines under the cut!! ↓↓

Album: Mezmorize - system of a down song rec: question!

🎶 Do we, do we know When we fly When we, when we go Do we die? -- this band has helped me go through middle school and beyond. this song is just a fav and the whole album is a super big vibe

Album: never had to leave - matt maeson song rec: never had to leave

🎶 So I'm leaving you alone, leaving you alone I'm a spacecraft on my way back --song is personal to me, helped me get through some things in the last two years

Album: prophecy of ragnarök - brothers of metal song rec: powersnake

🎶 Eyes glowing red in the dark on the ocean floor Mighty serpent Roaring in the deep, he's a beast that devours all And the serpent awakes -- first song i heard from this band and absolutely became obsessed. fits my entire attitude and my practice

Album: aquarium - aqua song rec: calling you

🎶I-I-I can't get my message through Why-y-y don't you pick up the phone All my love is running down the line But you won't receive it, no, no -- this entire album is my childhood. brings memories with my sister and happier times. this song has always been my fav

Album: a day without rain - enya song rec: wild child

🎶Every summer sun Every winter evening Every spring to come Every autumn leaving You don't need a reason Let it all go on and on -- another childhood album that is held close to my heart and holds dear memories with my mom ♥

Album: demon days - gorillaz song rec: kids with guns

🎶Now they're turning us into monsters Turning us into fire Turning us into monsters It's all desire, it's all desire, it's all desire -- this band was MASSIVE hit with me back in middles school and will always be such a vibe. this song just has a beautiful energy to it but the lyrics not so much. still, this band helped me finds my creative part of my soul back in the day

Album: stick season - noah kahan song rec: you're gonna go far

🎶We're overdue for a revival We spent so long just getting by But that's the thing about survival Who the hell-, who the hell likes livin' just to die? -- this song. this album. been awhile since an album and songs got me crying and hitting super close to home.

Album: starcatcher - greta van fleet song rec: meeting the master

🎶What a day to meet the master I've been waiting for so long Final day to meet the master It's my time to go home -- is anyone really shocked this is the song im picking? of course now. i literally have this album and song inspire a tattoo. been a master fan of them since their first album came out. saw them live later 2023. i cried and was moved in all the ways one can be moved.

Album: hollywoods bleeding - post malone song rec: im gonna be

🎶Hey, why you so mad? (Why you so mad?) Never look back (Never look back) Can't let up the gas, we movin' so fast, yeah, let's make it last -- my first real concert and album and song helped me through a serious tough time with a friendship falling apart and figuring out who i am.

[dyedfrog]

the ULTIMATE OMORI fanfic recs because one of my favs just ended and it deserves more recognition!!

Okay lets start this off with the one in question (also not in any particular order)

These Days Without You by Smitty1899. absolutely beautiful, please read it this fanfic needs more of a community around it

By Your Side Once More, or, How Sunny Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Occult by Keltikknight. the suzuki siblings and their immaculate sense of humour. thats all i have to say

A New Dawn In Sunless Skies by letos. i wish this one would update again its got such a cool premise.

Sinking and Heroism by TenPes. linking them together because they're not part of a series.

The Faraway Event by kinemortomoli. me putting this here is actually a cry for help. i dont think this fanfic is dead but i cant suffer alone

Tired by Sunburner. this is pretty short and sweet (more like sad, depending on your ending preference)

DEADSPACE by Es_Novels. this one is so eerie as many zombie fanfics are, but i think the imagery makes this one take the cake

Car Trouble by Smitty1899. oh my god

Birthday Picnic by ToxicPineapple. poor kel. he saw mari like a big sister

stuck on one day for the rest of my life by lowbatteryhealth. we as a fandom need more hero angst

Reciting Wrongly by JonRightBackAtcha. not gonna say anything, just read it

Other Half of The Whole by JonRightBackAtcha. did not realise this and 11 were written by the same person. huh.

Fates of Damnation by Anonymous. oh my got two electric boogaloo

heat haze by crowcinthus. as someone who knows nothing about kagerou project wow

The Healing Properties of Reading a Book Out Loud to Your Loved Ones, and Other Domestic Bullshit by Prince_Enby. this ones good even if it hasnt updated in a while

In Which Sunny Is Bad At Naming Things by Prince_Enby. let me introduce you to the chatfic ever

I'll Cherish You Forever by phoeberrie. tiny bit hesitant to recommend this one bc of the themes but there is another fanfic later on this list with similar themes that is basically on every omori rec list ever so just a warning for stalking, obsession and gore. also, heed the tags. its good but not everyone will be comfortable with it.

Sorry as Can Be, For Whatever That Means by JonRightBackAtcha. quite a few fanfics by this author on here. but what can i say, they're great.

sinking. by marlkarx1. this is really good, also pretty dark. heed the tags.

Despite everything by Aisenic_Warrior. another legendary fic with no updates for over a year.

Sometimes a Knife Fight at 3am Can Mend Any Friendship by Shrimp_fry_rice. i dont believe it. you're telling me a shrimp frying rice wrote this fic?

Overwatered Garden by otomerson. rip flower boy lmao (im crying)

Picnic with Mari AU by Gornkleschnitzer. just gonna recommend the whole au

One More Time by GalileoGalilei. think of a 'watching the show' fanfic but its omori post-bad ending. now that i think about it, a version of this fic but they're watching an unserious playthrough on youtube would be kind of funny.

Sometimes Goodbye is a Second Chance by Smitty1899. whatever you're expecting to happen, you're wrong.

Amusia by JonRightBackAtcha. the legend. i wonder how many times this author has appeared on this list.

Kel kicks Sunny's door down by otomerson. attempted hikkikomori route

The Everyday Shenanigans of Something by Practicallyunethical. obsessed with the references in here.

Reality Check, Please by Paramocks. this fanfic has the kind of humour that could kill a christian grandmother.

Endless Dreaming by otomerson. this fanfiction is so beautiful it can make a grown man cry and thats okay (i dont know the quote dont kill me) please read it

Their Time by ShardOfHope. man this fanfic HURTS. you better read it.

The House That Breathes by Shifting_Walls. THIS IS SO GOOD

Broken Space by SpoonusBoius. yes, this fanfic is dark, but i feel people greatly exaggerate it. its not darker than pursuit, don't worry.

The Sun in Another Solar System by TellThemNaegi. if you look through this entire list while only reading one fanfic from here, please let it be this one. i have been totally fixated on this one and it deserves a mini-community of its own just like some other aus.

You're back, Mari by Anonymous. i hope you all expected this one. this is the mentioned one on no.17. im not sure how many trigger warnings i need considering this entire fic is so infamous i'd be shocked if someone didn't know. i don't want to risk spoiling it so just look at the tags. i was debating putting the sequel on here but decided against it. after all, the absolutely visceral reaction the pursuit au can garner from the fandom after just being mentioned probably has enough potential for a case study.

And there it is. the ultimate omori fanfic rec list consisting of 35 fanfic recs (I was originally gonna put way more on here but i got lazy near the end and put only my all time favourites)

[allmoshnobrain]

NO-SKIP ALBUMS tag game

i was tagged by @nornsfate (tysm!!) and this seemed like such a fun idea i just had to do it! i tried picking albums that i felt had a big impact in my life and that i love listening to until today. i'm tagging @aplaceforyourhearttorest @hunter-sylvester @therockywhorerpictureshow and anyone who wants to do it (but ofc no pressure!)

rules: share the albums that you can listen to nonstop. those lightning in a bottle-albums that scratch ur brain just right. every single track, an absolute banger. u could not skip one if u tried. no notes. stunning, show-stopping, immaculate. ur no-skip albums.

bonus & optional rules: 1) add a track rec for us to listen to! AND 2) share ur favorite line(s) from that track!

albums and track recs:

MEGADETH - RUST IN PEACE

tornado of souls: Selective amnesia's the story / Believed foretold, but who'd suspect? / The military intelligence / Two words combined that can't make sense

VENOM - BLACK METAL

black metal: Lay down your souls to the gods rock 'n roll / Metal ten fold through the deadly black hole / Riding hell's stallions bareback and free / Taking our chances with raw energy

METALLICA - RIDE THE LIGHTNING

for whom the bell tolls: Take a look to the sky just before you die / It's the last time you will / Blackened roar, massive roar fills the crumbling sky / Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry

AVENGED SEVENFOLD - AVENGED SEVENFOLD

unbound (the wild ride): This ride that takes me through life / Leads me into darkness but emerges into light / No one can ever slow me down / I'll stay unbound

GHOST - IMPERA

darkness at the heart of my love: Will you spill the wine / To summon the divine? / I'm with you always, always / Now paint a pair of eyes / And let's watch as it dries / Remember always, that love is all you need / Tell me who you wanna be / And I will set you free

THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS - DON'T YOU FAKE IT

cat and mouse: Am I supposed to be happy? / With all I ever wanted, it comes with a price

MEGADETH - THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED

the scorpion: As I climb onto your back, I will promise not to sting / I will tell you what you want hear, and not mean anything / Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in / You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion

TURISAS - STAND UP AND FIGHT

the march of the varangian guard: Guards of glory and of might / Red as blood and black as night / Flies our banner as we march / In the East, for the king of the Greek

LANA DEL REY - NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL

happiness is a butterfly: I said, "Don't be a jerk, don't call me a taxi" / Sitting in your sweatshirt, crying in the backseat / I just wanna dance with you

HOLE - NOBODY'S DAUGHTER

nobody's daughter: Nobody's daughter, she never was, she never will / Be beholden to anyone she cannot kill / You don't understand how damaged we really are / You don't understand how evil we really are

ANGRA - REBIRTH

rebirth: Ride the wind of a brand new day / High where mountains stand / Found my hope and pride again / Rebirth of a man

FLICTS - SINGELOS CONFRONTOS

desmascarar sua bandeira: Foda-se a bandeira do estado de São Paulo / Foda-se a bandeira e o hino nacional / Fascismo enrustido sob as cores do estandarte / Velando o ódio ao livre amar e a diversidade (english translation for my mutuals - guess which state i was born and raised in lol: Fuck the flag of the state of São Paulo / Fuck the flag and the national anthem / Closeted fascism under the colors of the banner / Veiling hate for free love and diversity)

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - ELECTRA HEART

teen idle: Yeah, I wish I'd been, I wish I'd been, a teen, teen idle / Wish I'd been a prom queen, fighting for the title / Instead of being sixteen and burning up a bible / Feeling super, super, super suicidal

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - THE BLACK PARADE

famous last words: I am not afraid to keep on living / I am not afraid to walk this world alone / Honey, if you stay, I'll be forgiven / Nothing you can say can stop me going home

MODERN BASEBALL - YOU'RE GONNA MISS IT ALL

your graduation: You weren't the only one / Who thought of us that way / I spend most nights awake / Wide awake / I never thought that I / Oh, I would see the day / Where I'd just let you go / Let you walk away / Where I'd let you walk away

[nornsfate]

NO-SKIP ALBUMS tag game

i wasn’t formally tagged in this- i saw @crumb ’s post and i really wanted to do it! i had an extremely hard time picking albums so i picked the ones that i feel like had a big impact on me/were prominent at some point in my life. i’m tagging @faggotfungus @allmoshnobrain @blowfishinthisup because ya’ll are my main music mutuals but no pressure! only do it if you want to!!

rules: share the albums that you can listen to nonstop. those lightning in a bottle-albums that scratch ur brain just right. every single track, an absolute banger. u could not skip one if u tried. no notes. stunning, show-stopping, immaculate. ur no-skip albums.

bonus & optional rules: 1) add a track rec for us to listen to! AND 2) share ur favorite line(s) from that track!

albums and track recs:

SWAGGER - FLOGGING MOLLY

selfish man: i don’t eat i just devour / been running every hour / all is me is all i need and that’s all that i care

ROMCOM - JAKEY

drive off a bridge: tell my lover that i’m sorry for these days i couldn’t save / know i love you from the morning to the night i drive away

NO CONTROL - BAD RELIGION

no control: there’s no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end / when we all disintegrate, it will all happen again / if you came to conquer you’ll be king for a day / but you too will deteriorate and quickly fade away

STARCRAWLER - STARCRAWLER

chicken woman: you think she’s mine / so maybe she is / but she ain’t got time for your foolish little tricks

THE MEANEST OF TIMES - DROPKICK MURPHYS

shattered: shattered, when people aren’t always what they seem / shattered, when the ones that we rely on break their word

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

keep the customer satisfied: i get slandered / libel / i hear words i never heard in the bible /and i’m one step ahead of the shoe shine / two steps away from the county line / just trying to keep the customer satisfied

ROCKISDEAD - DOROTHY

medicine man: hey, you, medicine man / set me free and change my ways / hey, you, give me a holler / give me a holler, what do you say?

MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - OF MONSTERS & MEN

from finner: and the waves that hit his face, marked the past / and the farrows of his skin, oh how time goes fast / and we are far, far from home / but we’re so happy

VENEMOUS RAT REGENERATION VENDOR - ROB ZOMBIE

the girl who loved the monsters: i am a child in need / watch me bleed / how can i live if i cannot feed? / i am an animal / no one knows / i limp around on broken toes

ALL OF THIS AND NOTHING - THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

president gas: don’t cry, don’t do anything / no lies, back in my government / no tears, party time is here again / president gas is up for president

VILLIANS - EMMA BLACKERY

villians part one: i am a maverick / built to create / designed to destroy / and i am the quiver in your bones when you get annoyed

TOXICITY - SYSTEM OF A DOWN

ATWA: hey you, see me, pictures crazy / all the world i’ve seen before me, passing by / you don’t care about how i feel / i don’t feel there anymore

JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE- IDLES

samaritans: the mask of masculinity / is a mask, a mask that’s wearing me

ALL HOPE IS GONE - SLIPKNOW

sulfur: but the longest hours you’ll have in your life / are the ones you sit through to know if you’re right

METALLICA (THE BLACK ALBUM) - METALLICA

the god that failed: pride you took, pride you feel / pride that you felt when you’d kneel / not the word, not the love / not what you thought from above

[garden-ghoul]

Happy Gushiwensday Shabbes! We have another Zheng Xie today, a lovely painting of a poem called "In the Mountains After Snow."

Morning. I rise and open the door--- snow, overflowing the mountain. Dazzling snow; wispy clouds and cold sunlight. The eaves aren't dripping yet with meltwater, the plum blossoms still frozen. This immaculate loneliness, ah, you don't see it every day…

Notes and original text under the cut.

山中雪后

晨起开门雪满山，雪晴云淡日光寒。 檐流未滴梅花冻，一种清孤不等闲。

This was kind of a tough one to translate well because it's so matter-of-fact in describing the imagery. We were both very careful in picking our words; I felt that the connotation and feel of them was very important here. Enjoy my crystal prism! (BTW, I've overhauled my tagging system for these translations, so now you can pretty easily go look for the other Zheng Xie poem we did a while ago.)

overflowing --- 满 just means full, or to the limit of something. I wanted to find a word that conveys the thickness of the carpet of snow; here I imply a flood-y smoothness I think.

Dazzling --- qing number 1: 晴. This has the sun radical and is used for weather mostly; I interpreted it as "clear weather = bright."

wispy --- 淡 continues to vex me. Mild, dilute, weak, or tasteless. I don't grasp what it means when applied to clouds.

with meltwater --- this phrase reads "the eaves are flowing but not yet dripping." So I wanted to get some liquid in there somewhere.

immaculate --- qing number 2: 清. This has the water radical, which I think is because it refers to transparency or purity. I wanted to convey a feeling of purity, almost sterility; untouchable, but not in a negative way.

[ilgaksu]

9 people I’d like to get to know better

Tagged by @irregularcollapse who at this point feels like the person i regularly see at the bar where i go to drink about late stage capitalism's effects on fandom

Last song: Leviathan by Esprit D'Air.

Favourite colour: bright yellow!

Last movie/TV show: Last film was Poor Things (viscerally loved it, felt like being beaten around the head with pure dopamine for the whole runtime). Last TV show was, for my sins, the Cheng Yi DMBJ adaptation series whose title I can literally never remember but I have been being begged to watch for all of time. I was watching it with @difeisheng who has been thrilled at my rapid conversion to the Cheng Yi Xiao-ge gospel.

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy: Savoury or spicy. My favourite comfort food at home is this specific brand of Korean ramen.

Last thing I googled: the literal translation of the Japanese word gaijin, which is made up of the kanji for outside and person (gai, 外 / jin 人).

Current obsession: learning to cook. Every other obsession is not current but prolonged. This is a new one!!

Last book: I feel like it was Horrorstor?? By Grady Hendrix?? Incredible book actually, immaculately designed.

Looking forward to: finishing the current heihua pwp I'm working on (I find working on them relaxing so I use them as a reward system for other projects), the release of the first anthology where I've used ilgaksu as a professional pen-name with @duckprintspress, and I have a full back piece that I am looking forward to completing ahead of summer. I just got a new suitcase that fits under the plane seats and I'm excited to use it on my next international trip. Lastly, on Saturday I'm going to my friend's house and he is going to make coffee, and I get to pick the roast from a recent delivery he got, and honestly sometimes I think that - ambition and pressures aside - is all I actually ever needed from the world.

I am very tired and small and I will say if you see this and want to, you are tagged!!

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group E Round 3: #E4 vs #E7

#E4: Gay found family criminals versus corrupt nobility

#E7: Teenage boys use empathy to solve problems for youkai

Details and poll under the cut!

#E4: Moriarty the Patriot (Yuukoku no Moriarty)

Summary:

During the late 19th century, Great Britain has become the greatest empire the world has ever known. Hidden within its success, the nation's rigid economic hierarchy dictates the value of one's life solely on status and wealth. To no surprise, the system favors the aristocracy at the top and renders it impossible for the working class to ascend the ranks.

William James Moriarty, the second son of the Moriarty household, lives as a regular noble while also being a consultant for the common folk to give them a hand and solve their problems. However, deep inside him lies a desire to destroy the current structure that dominates British society and those who benefit from it.

Alongside his brothers Albert and Louis, William will do anything it takes to change the filthy world he lives in—even if blood must be spilled.

Propaganda:

The story isn’t quite on par with the manga (solely due to there being not enough episodes to cover full character arcs), but the ‘eat the rich’ vibes are immaculate, the plot is complex and interesting, the queercoding and subtext are both wonderfully done, AND there is a CANON TRANS CHARACTER !!!!

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Gender Identity/Sexuality Discrimination, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Rape/Non-Con, Self-Harm, Suicide

#E7: The Morose Mononokean (Fukigen na Mononokean)

Summary:

Without realizing it, a high schooler named Ashiya Hanae shows kindness to a youkai and is subsequently possessed by it on the first day of class. The spirit clings to his shoulder, making him progressively sicker each day. After a week of collapsing on his way into school, Ashiya notices a “Help Wanted” flyer for an exorcism service in the nurse’s office. Desperate, he calls the service, only to find that it is run by his grumpy classmate.

Abeno Haruitsuki prefers youkai to humans, sleeps through class, and is the master of a sentient tea room called the Mononokean, where youkai come for help with their problems. It turns out that they’re mostly benign, and exorcising them to the Underworld is safer for them. Ashiya convinces Abeno to exorcise the spirit possessing him, but Abeno demands he work part-time for the Mononokean as repayment. Abeno’s intimate knowledge of the spirit world and Ashiya’s empathetic nature form a great contrast as they work together.

Propaganda:

The Morose Mononokean is a beautifully written and animated coming-of-age story— with youkai, which can only ever make a piece of media better. The characters, both human and youkai, are fully three-dimensional, and although there isn’t much of an overarching plot in the first season/early manga chapters, the episodic stories contribute to the growth of both Ashiya and Abeno; their juxtaposed methods of problem-solving, and the way they affect and learn from each other’s perspectives as they become closer, are very satisfying both to analyze and to experience on an emotional level. Beyond the writing, the art is outstanding as well. The designs for the youkai characters are frequently adorable, occasionally terrifying, and always quite original, brilliantly incorporating characteristics of existing creatures in novel ways. The occasional visits to the Underworld are always a visual treat, with vibrant colors and a unique animation style painting the backdrop. Both the art and the characters are delightful and moving, and the OP is a banger. As a connoisseur of urban fantasy, Fukigen na Mononokean’s focus on emotion over action has made it my all-time favorite anime in the genre.

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[ramblingoak]

I want all of the WIPs but I can’t help but keep coming back to “Hips Don’t Lie Copia” out of sheer (lust) curiosity

Oh it'll be sheer lust probably. You get dragged to a bachata dance class with a friend when their date cancels on them. Your friend quickly finds another partner but that's ok because Copia is the instructor and he decides to give you some special attention. Maybe even offer some private lessons for later idk.

Here is a little (very very unedited) sneak peek:

You heard his shoes clacking against the floor as Copia got closer. Your friend wiggled their eyebrows at you, laughing when you hissed at them. Like usual they ignored you and called out to the instructor.

"Hey Copia! Can you help my friend here?" You gave them a horrified look but they just spun you around to face Copia. "She needs a lot of help with her uh, movements."

Copia tsked at you and shook his head. He somewhat politely moved your partner out of the way and stepped right up into your space. You couldn’t help but look into those intense eyes of his, the dark makeup around them making the green and white pop even more than they would have normally. His mustache and sideburns were trimmed immaculately just like they’ve been every lesson so far, but his hair was a little out of sorts. Strands were falling over his forehead that also was covered in a light sheen of sweat.

“Dolcezza?”

Oh, shit. Stop staring and focus!

“I’m sorry, yes what’s wrong?”

You tried not to blush at his smirk, but by the way it grew you knew he noticed. Glancing to the side you saw your partner had wandered off to chat with the group nearest to you so you tried to relax a little and pay attention to Copia.

“Your movements are a little stiff, you need to let go, si? You need to feel the music as you move.” He slid around you, graceful in his steps like always and pressed up against your back. “Like this.”

Copia snapped his fingers towards the person closest to the stereo system and when they turned it back on he immediately moved his hands to your hips. The sensual beats of the music echoed through the room and Copia started circling his hips to it. His hands guided your own as he did and you started to echo his movements. You had to bite your lip to keep from making any embarrassing sounds because holy shit did it feel good to have him basically grinding against you.

“Bene, molto bene.”

A gasp did leave you when his hands squeezed your hips and you brought your own up to cover his. Copia just chuckled and entangled his fingers in yours as he pulled them up behind your head and held them against his shoulders. He turned his hands so yours ended up pressing against his head and oh wow his hair was just as soft as it looked. The beat of the music changed and with an easy movement he spun your around and pressed your chest against his own, that smirk still on his face as he looked into your eyes once more.

You refused to count his freckles.

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[jsx2022]

Dronification made Corporate.... 18+

Tyler Kane is on a mission to expose the nefarious MyND Corporation and their nefarious plans for global domination all the while saving her sister from life as a Mindless Drone, but who will be there to save Tyler.....?

Strictly 18+ part of the MyND LtD Conspiracy stories, check my DA Gallery for more. Finally, remember to tell me what you think!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Her heart hammered in her chest as she crossed the threshold of the imposing office building, through the gleaming glass revolving doors polished to an impeccable shine. Everything about the lobby seemed normal for a large scale office company, a large oak reception desk with pleasantly attired, professional looking receptionists, a seating area decorated in a mishmash of both ostentatious and mediocre artworks in a style that seemed unique to office lobbies. Few people busied about the work, employees brought coffee from the Starbucks around the corner and a steady stream of delivery drivers made pit stops at reception to collect or deposit parcels and mail. All in all the lobby seemed completely normal. At least to the untrained eye. It was the little things that drew Tyler's attention and nursed her feeling of unease. The platinum blonde at the reception desk, not a single hair out of place or tainted root showing in her immaculately conditioned hair, her stiff posture that wouldn't have looked out of place in one of those etiquette manuals from the 1800's a posture far too uncomfortable for any seasoned receptionist to maintain for any length of time.

There were other oddities besides the receptionist, the lobby seemed to have double the number of cameras needed in any similar sized room, the lobby lights seemed strangely dimmed compared to the bright sunlight outside that made her eye's itch combined with an ever so faint buzzing in her ears from the buildings sound system. She fiddled with her earpiece as covertly as she could to try and block out the buzzing, fearful that it might contain some hidden subliminal or initial programming. The device was nothing special, just a bluetooth earpiece attached to her phone playing a heavy metal playlist in the hopes that the thrashing din would block out anything harmful. Despite the ordinary surroundings she felt like a drowning, bleeding woman in a pool of sharks. She took a deep breath in a pointless effort to steady her heart rate and breathing before walking as confidently as she could portray to the reception desk and book in with the immaculate receptionist.

“Hi, Tyler Kane, I have an early morning meeting with Mr Sutler?” she tried a bright eyed cheery tone which hopefully matched the type of “Driven, Hungry Young Person” attitude that companies liked to recruit, the Receptionist's eyes swept over her, stern and piercing for a barely perceptible moment, before her entire demeanour changed, posture softened and shoulders dropped while her eyes widened and brow softened, after the momentary shimmer the receptionist seemed almost like an entirely different woman.

“Hi, Tyler, yep we've got you down for 10:30 with Mr Sutler for an intern orientation, thinking of joining our little family?” the receptionist, Tara, if her name tag was to be believed seemed to have heel turned from professionally detached to an open, giggly office gossip with a grin that ran almost ear to ear from her puffy pink lipstick lips, she tapped a few thing into her keyboard “Ive just alerted Mr Sutler's PA, he should be down shortly, please take a seat in the waiting area” she gestured excitedly to the comfy sofas arranged in an L shape off to one side of the lobby. Tyler had to struggle to keep the girls infectious grin off her face with how enthusiastically the receptionist had greeted her and instead turned to settle down on the sofa to wait. If anything the receptionist's demeanour had put Tyler even further on edge, the way she flipped personality on a switch only confirmed her fears that the company must have done something to her sister, something related to the shady rumours Tyler had been chasing down for the last 2 months.

On the face of it MyND appeared to be a modern day marketing juggernaut specialising in applying cutting edge technology, behavioural sciences and demographic studies to create the perfect advertising campaigns for their clients, but scratching at the surface of their corporate image revealed a much darker story. The rumours ranged from kidnapping and extortion, subliminal marketing campaigns using forbidden tech that modified the recipients behaviour to the real tin foil hat stories that the company had outright brainwashed senators and judges into mindless drones unshakably loyal to the new corporate order that would one day consume the free will of America. Tyler was fairly certain that last one was out and out bullshit, but thinking about her twin sisters sudden changes in attitude, long work hours and suddenly international travel plans leaned her firmly toward the idea that Allison had been fundamentally changed somehow and that was Tyler was here to find out, she had filled in the intern application and questionnaire, now she was here in the belly of the beast.

“Miss Kane?” Tyler snapped out of her thoughts by a young man in a suit, mid thirties if she had to guess with a suit that screamed middle management, too expensive for an intern but not expensive enough for the lofty heights of the corporate executive kingdom. She raised her right hand to signal the man and he broke into an affable grin, offering his hand

“Jonathan Sutler, Intake manager, its nice to meet you miss Kane” He spoke a little softly for a man just shy of 6 feet, quietly enough that Tyler had to lower her phone volume to make out his words more easily.

“Tyler Kane, a pleasure to meet you” she made a point to tremble slightly as she took his hand, all the better to appear a nervous intern on her first day and in part to hide her very real anxiety

“No no, Miss Kane, the pleasure is all mine, so I've got an orientation group at 3:15 but until then I thought I'd show you around our office, give you an idea of what you'd be doing here and answer any questions you might have, sound good?” he held her hand, neither possessively or maliciously, just a constant even contact as he shook her hand slowly, Tyler nodded along with the idea, it would give her plenty of time to quiz Sutler about the company as well as the potential to snoop around.

“That sounds great, I cant wait to see how things work here” she responded, lowering her voice to match his volume

“Excellent, I c an already see how you;ll be a great fit in the MyND family!”

If Tyler had initially thought the tour would be a chance to reveal the corporations dark secret, she was sorely mistaken, the first hour had been walking in what had felt like endless circles around admin floors being introduced to what seemed to be an infinite legion of numbingly boring office workers, accountants, secretaries, personal assistants and custodial staff. With the constant drudgery and well meaning introduction she was starting to feel her earlier anxiety over whatever conspiracy lurked at the heart of MyND may have been unfounded, maybe the receptionist was just a little stand offish, couldn't blame the blonde bombshell for that really, beautiful women in business were often hardened by a constant barrage of lewd comments. Another half an hour of half baked pleasantries before Sutler led her into an elevator, the doors closed leaving them alone and at peace for the first time since they met in the lobby.

“So Tyler, what do your thoughts on the tour so far?” the questioned seemed affable enough but she truly wished Jonathan would speak up a little, he seemed almost barely audible over the obnoxious elevator jingle, with a swipe of her thumb, she muted to phone audio

“Well I'll be honest I'm not sure I understand much more about the company then when we started, but everyone seems... nice so far”

Jonathan chuckled “Well there's not much that isn't in the press release really, we are just very successful marketing firm, when you break it down to brass tacks were all about perception and influence, but I think I know what you really came here to see, and good news, were heading there right now”

Her breath caught somewhere between excitement and terror a she stepped off the elevator, perspiration glistened in a sheen over her face in a panic response and her heart hammered in her chest. Intellectually she reasoned it was highly unlikely that Jonathan knew she was here to hunt for answers about her twin and to investigate the shady rumours about the company, but sheer animalistic panic rarely played second fiddle to reason. The walls where a harsh, clinical white as they stepped out from the elevator, she squinted momentarily till her eyes adjusted to the harsher light, she had forgotten just low dim the lights throughout the rest of the building had been and all the earlier panic that had slowly drained away during the tour returned with vengeance, her knees felt weak as Jonathan guided her down a corridor, the white wall giving way to a mid height glass panel some 20 feet long that showed the occupants of an adjacent room. The occupants of the room were solely female, most of them seated on high backed chairs, the chairs faced away from the window pane and toward a bank of screens on the opposite wall, the screens played what looked like a mess of TV commercials in no particular order.

“Yes that our live test area, we measure rapid eye movement in the volunteers to see which advert draws the most attention, you;ll probably been in there a few times as a intern, its boring but the chairs are comfortable at least” Jonathan tipped her a wink as she guided her further down.

They came to a wooden door set awkwardly against the pure gleaming white then permeated the entire floor, in the top centre was a traditional brass door sign you;d expect from an old law office

Jonathan Sutler, Intake Operations

The office itself was well appointed and, to Tyler's visible confusion, apparently was set in the corner of the building from the large window view of the city below, various trinkets, knick knacks and awards cluttered the shelves set on the wood panelling that furnished the walls as if the office belonged in a completely different building to the otherwise sterile and utilitarian style of the floor she had seen so far, he motioned for her to take a seat opposite his as he settled into his desk chair and removed a small tablet computer from his desk.

“SO first off I cant say how grateful I am you've left the questions to this point but I'm sure you have a lot of them so, why not unburden your mind here and now” The choice of phrasing sent another jolt through her ragged nerves and she shifted uncomfortably in her seat, unable to pinpoint exactly when and where she lost control of her situation so completely in her nervous fuzz of perception.

“I... uh... I Like.... I wanted to ask about my lil sis....” Tyler stopped, her mouth hanging agape at the words that slipped out of her lips with an unfamiliar valley girl lilt, her eyes darted left and right and her heart threatened to burst out of her chest, Jonathan leaned forward and smiled, tapping away at his computer seemingly oblivious to the young women's change in cadence and vocabulary.

“That's right, your a legacy hire aren't you, your twin sister, Allison has been with us 18 months, ah here she is, in the building would you believe giving a product demonstration on the 9th floor” he continued to tap into his tablet, occasionally glancing up at Tyler over the screen with a private grin. Tyler couldn't think straight, the thoughts were there, in her head, but they felt jumbled and disconnected like her head was in a spin dryer. She tried to organise her thoughts, her reason for applying in the first place, something about her sister something about rumours of mind control expelle... experi....expen.... the word refused to stabilise in her head before once again her thoughts derailed.

Jonathan stood up and slowly circled the desk around to the confused young women, he stroked her cheek with the back of his hand an gently tugged the bluetooth earpiece out of her ear, Tyler's eyes widened just a touch “It wasn't a bad idea you know, trying to block out the subliminal audio with loud music, but you really should secure your devices better” The tech team had uploaded malware to her phone minutes after she arrived and ever since then a whole team of Be-Mod techs had been messing with her perception and mental functions, slowly and insidiously manipulating her brain and lowering her thinking capacity.

“Now Tyler, first we are going to finish your orientation, then were going to ask you all about the people you spoke to about MyND, then, when were done with all the knowledge in your precious head, we are going to reformat you into the perfect little MyND drone, doesn't that sound nice?” She tried to move, to stand, run or even scream but her body refused to budge, distantly a thought formed in her slowed brain, the realisation that her body had become dependant on the earpiece to enact her will and without its subtle influence she was like a puppet with the strings cut, a tear slipped down her cheek.

“Don't get upset pet, Jon will fix it” he brushed away the ear and removed a larger pink earpiece from a case on his desk and slipped it into her ear. The buzzing white noise filled her senses as the audio programming poured into her brain. Her body straightened from a slump, sitting up straight in the chair, shoulders back, arms by her sides as base level programming began bedding into her brain.

“Much better, now Tyler if you would stand up and slip off your pants and underwear, there's a good girl” Tears streamed down her cheeks but her breathing and heart rate remained level for the first time today as she stiffly rose from her seat, hooked her thumbs around the elastic waistband of her trousers and shimmied her hips till the garment fell to her feet before repeating the process with her underwear, a simple white pair of high waisted cotton panties, she stepped out of her clothes and awaited further instructions as the poisonous control code buzzed away in her ear, slaving her motor control to auditory input but leaving her in a state of limited awareness. Jonathan circled the semi nude automaton, drew back his hand and gave her bare ass cheek a harsh smack, the sound echoed around the quiet office but despite the flaring pain, Tyler didn't flinch at the degrading blow “Very good Tyler, you've kept yourself in very good shape, that's very helpful, now I know your still in their Tyler, buried, restrained and a little dumbed down, but still in there, now tell me Tyler, are you going to answer my questions?” he tapped briefly into the tablet and Tyler felt the buzzing in her ear recede slightly...

“Fuck...... you....” she managed through gritted teeth

Jonathan laughed mockingly “Maybe later pet, once we've taken away the claws so to speak, however it does leave me with a quandary, see, I want to make a full report of everything you learned and most importantly everyone you spoke to before you came here today” he fiddled with the tablet once more and the buzzing returned, cutting her response before the sentence could form in her head “Problem is, my report's a little time sensitive, and I don't want to break anything in your head till I have what I need, this control method is rather blunt unfortunately” the device pinged ominously “Still, when you only have a hammer, all problems become nails, take a seat Tyler” she dropped back into the leather office seat, acutely aware of her the warm supple leather caressed her now naked legs and ass. Jonathan moved out of her line of sight, paralysed as she was staring aimlessly forward, she heard the door open to the office.

“Ahh Ally, delighted the Demonstration team could spare you, please do come in”

“Yes Mister Sutler” the voice that responded was female, stilted with a tinge of breathlessness but to Tyler, dreadfully familiar. Allison, her sister, the younger of the two twins by only a few seconds, was the spitting image of Tyler down to the well endowed chest, flared hips and curvaceous rear but while Tyler chose to wear her hair short Allison had always worn her hair out long, raven black reach all the way to the small of her back. The spitting image of her sister in all but hair and makeup, the sight of her scantily clad form sporting heavy makeup and a glazed look somewhere between empty and blissful, did note bode well for Tyler's future. Every rumour Tyler had heard about MyND came back in a tidal wave of horror as she realised even the tin foil hat crowd had drastically undersold what the nefarious company was capable of, Tyler had come here on suspicion that her sister was being blackmailed or something, she hadn't imagined for one second that the buxom temptress before her was the same woman who left for work earlier today.

Ally stopped next to the chair, barely registering the woman sat bare legged wearing a type 2 Restraining device on her ear as an entity at all, let alone a family member. Ally didn't have family, she was only aware of what family was by the definition, a word with no connection to memory or emotion, like bicycle or satellite. All that existed in Ally's world was Mr Sutler and her programmed directives, her total obedience to MyND. Everything else was meaningless in her existence. Mr Sutler reached out and caressed her chest gently, running his fingers along the line where leather met flesh bringing a flush from the surrounding skin. Ally was programmed to respond to the touch of others, the pleasure centre of her brain sparked and drew a sharp intake of breath, her thighs began to shimmy together as again her programming began to prepare her for usage. She felt the sharp tug on her long hair, the signal for her to drop to a crawling position before the other frozen women her eyes heavily lidded as endorphins flooded her body, breath quickening with a purely physical anticipation, her mind remained blissfully empty as protocol dominated every part of her being.

Tyler's eyes stung as tears ran freely down her cheek, unable to move or even blink without a command, stuck watching her own sister hump the air from her crawling submissive position just mere feet from her, Jonathan looked down at the mindless drone “Now this young lady is holding in secret, secrets very important to the company, and your going to tongue fuck her until she's ready to talk, is that understood Ally?” Tyler's eyes widened as they locked with her sisters sudden hungry gaze, the younger sister licked her smoky lips and flashed a predatory grin and began to paw at the ground, waiting to be figuratively let off her leash, Jonathan looked at Tyler one last time “I'm going to leave, then I'm going to unlock your vocal chords and you dear delightful slut of a sister drone is going to torture you until... well until I tell her to stop and then, when were done, we'll discuss your dear mother and anyone else you might have told about you silly little investigation” he smiled and adjusted his glasses, bending slightly to swat Ally on the ass again before walking out of the office and sealing the door behind him. Tyler sat their helpless as what used to be her sister swayed her hips left and right as she crawled ever so slowly to the immobile woman.

She felt the long raven hair tickle her thigh, the nipping of teeth against the soft sensitive skin and then the inevitable warm, wet, delicious roughness of her sisters tongue against her labia. Minutes ticked by, Tyler was still unable to move or speak, forced instead to experience to suckling, tickling, teasing, rolling tongue of her sister as her body responded the only way it could, frozen in perpetual ecstasy, trapped with the truth of her future as a mindless drone, humiliation warred with pure blinding pleasure as the drone put all her programming to good use, breaking Tyler more effectively than any master of pain could have, instead drowning her thinking brain in unending lustful heat. The buzzing rescinded, and the strong willed mindful woman that was Tyler Kane screamed.

After 45 minutes of treatment both Miss Kane the elder and younger had hit breaking point, Tyler's voice had broken 12 minutes in, screaming incoherently under his sister ministrations until the information they sought came out in a stream of incoherent babbling over the next 20 minutes till her eyes slipped back and her brain had simply shut off. Ally on the other hand for lack of alternatives had continued the onslaught for another 10 minutes before Jonathan had returned, her biometrics were reporting minor damage, pain stimulus from kneeling for so long, sore jaw, nothing maintenance couldn't fix, he dismissed Ally and looked closely at Tyler, snapping his fingers in front of her wide open eyes. Not even pupil dilation, she was too far gone, he reviewed her intake document on his tablet and mused to himself

“Hmmm... “Tyler” might be a bit hard for you to remember from now on...” he changed the name on the intake file, and like that “Tina” was born.