#not in real life but in fiction LETS GOOOOO

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I think Nick should’ve taken Ben out in Heartstopper S2

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KinnPorsche: The Recap, episode 3

EPOSODE 3, HERE WE GOOOOO. Episode 2 is such a drag, I almost forgot how much I actually enjoy this show, but I LOVE episode 3. Get ready for porn, hilarity, dancing, many feelings, and KISSING WOOOOOOO! (Also maybe a funnier recap? But not a shorter one! That is not how we do things here.)

Master post!

Anyway. WE OPEN WITH TANKHUN.

[Arm always has that bear when they watch TV, which makes me hope and pray that it's just his bear, nothing to do with Tankhun's whims at all.]

They are watching a kdrama. Tankhun is engrossed, and Arm and Pol are perforce engrossed as well. Porsche is very, very not. I bet Porsche is one of those people who're like, "I don't read fiction, I don't understand why you'd care about something that isn't real," and you try to explain but they just don't get it. Tankhun does not care for this: he wants Porsche to PARTICIPATE. Pay attention! Does he think this character's going to die? (Guys, I think I'm Tankhun.) Porsche does not want this. Over Arm and Pol's panicked protests, he says that the drama is too boring, but he knows another TV series that's THRILLING and EXCITING. Is Tankhun up for it?

Tankhun is, and of course it is porn. (Straight porn. As far as I can tell, at this stage Porsche identifies as 100% straight.) And - you know, normally I wish this show would let its comedy aspirations go and focus on the serious feelings, but this bit IS FUCKING GREAT. Pol is entranced, Arm is scandalized, Porsche is HYSTERICAL, and Tong delivers an absolute masterwork of a performance as Tankhun is completely transported; my favorite thing is that you actually cannot tell if he likes it or not.

[yes, he is jerking off that stuffed animal's tentacle.]

My other favorite thing is that Kinn comes in in the middle of all this - I want to know if he wanders in to check on Tankhun's drama consumption at all hours normally, or if this is Porsche-motivated - and is briefly angry: what is all this! Who showed this to my brother! Arm and Porsche both immediately leap over the back of the couch and hide from his wrath, but Tankhun's response is: IT'S PORN, DUMBASS, SURELY YOU'VE SEEN PORN BEFORE, LITERALLY EVERYONE HAS SEEN PORN. And Kinn eventually has to accept that that is so and leave. It's fantastic.

[Okay, ONE more, just for Arm biting his bear's little ear in the background.]

So Porsche decides that, for his own sanity, he must convince Tankhun to leave the compound and do something fun. Tankhun takes some convincing - he does not trust the Outside! He's been kidnapped before, remember? Porsche assures him that he and the other bodyguards will keep him safe. Tankhun correctly points out that Porsche's track record at bodyguarding so far is not excellent. Porsche says, "That was a long time ago," which is rich because it is AT MOST a few days, but also says, "We need to give each other a chance," which I think is kind of sweet. Even though it is a blatantly self-interested attempt at conning Tankhun into doing something other than watching kdramas. Then they do the thing where they go back and forth - "You're going!" "I'm not going!" - and cut straight from Tankhun's most intense denial to Yok's bar as they all enter. This is a good and classic comedy bit, but it is also a cheap way to avoid doing character work, and in these situations I always want to see how the person was actually persuaded more than I want the laugh. How did Porsche do it? Alas, we will never know.

Anyway, Tankhun takes some persuading, but with some alcohol and the correct music, he becomes the absolute life of the party, a role to which he is EXTREMELY well suited. Arm and Pol are nervous at first, which is very cute, but end up having a fantastic time also - which does make me wonder who is doing the promised guarding of Tankhun's previously-kidnapped body, exactly. None of the three bodyguards gets smashed or anything, but they're not, like, watching the exits.

["Is this what dancing is? Are we allowed to dance?]

["GUESS SO!"]

So then we cut to Arm, Pol, and Porsche bodily carrying a loudly hammered Tankhun back into the compound. Kinn comes out wearing an untied silk bathrobe and sleep pants, because he's in a CLASSY porn I guess, to once again demand to know what's going on. Tankhun's all, "Porsche took me to see the world!!" Porsche is sure that he's in the shit, but Kinn says, "You got my brother to leave the house?" Porsche, surprised, says, "Yes, aren't I just great?" - not even sarcastically, just like, you're only noticing this now? I love it. Kinn says, "You, come with me," and Porsche is once again sure he's in the shit. He follows Kinn into the house; Arm whispers, "Call me anytime!" which I am only just now realizing sounds - in English, at least - like he's asking for a date. The delivery is much more Nerd Realizes He Might Have A Cool Friend.

It turns out that what Kinn wants is to snark back and forth with Porsche for a couple of minutes and then tell him to drop his friend off at home. Porsche absolutely fails his Intelligence roll here: despite obviously thinking something is weird, he does not twig to the fact that the beautiful waif flirtatiously saying his goodbyes is definitely Kinn's escort. It is SO blatantly obvious that this is a post-sex dropoff that I wonder if this is Kinn's attempt to demonstrate to Porsche that he's totally fucking someone else, and definitely not into Porsche at all. Particularly since it comes on the heels of Porsche doing something that impressed him.

[Two friends parting ways after hanging out like friends do! NAKEDLY.]

Moving on! Bar reprieve aside, Porsche eventually has to come to terms with the fact that he is not temperamentally suited to working for Tankhun: he does not enjoy bingeing dramas, playing games, or dying his hair for fun, and he is not a person who can pretend to enjoy it so hard that it becomes real, as perhaps Arm and definitely Pol are totally capable of doing. Nor is he a person who handles boredom easily. It is truly a shame that Porsche cannot appreciate Tankhun's absolute fabulousness as some of us do - or the frankly INTOXICATING idea of a life that is all about bingeing TV, playing games, and dying your hair fun colors; maybe I AM Tankhun? - but everything else aside, after the mermaid incident I cannot really blame him. Also, I suppose doing all that stuff at the whims of a capricious and absolute master is less fun than just doing it yourself.

[The master in question. The greatest thing about this shot is that the music behind it is this fabulous string arpeggio stinger, like you'd hear as you cut to a much-anticipated fancy ball in a British period drama. The second greatest thing is that Tankhun's plans for the day are indeed dying his hair and nothing else: dressing up like this is its own pleasure.]

[…okay, ONE more, because Pol trying to play Jenga with his mouth will never not be funny.]

So Porsche's only option is to actually commit to being a Good Bodyguard, in the hopes that he'll be allowed to do less boring bodyguard things. This means we get a training montage, which I always enjoy! This one is fairly brief, because it's not like Porsche actually has that far to go; I think more than anything the challenge is demonstrating that he cares enough to try to do well. But also part of it is that he and Pete are friends now, and Arm and Pol's loyalties were absolutely cemented by the fact that he got them a fun night out on the town, so it's also showing them encouraging him and stuff. Part 2 of "fish out of water at the new job" narrative is achieved! Big and Ken still loathe him, and his relationship with Kinn is still kind of fraught, but he's got friends, he can show he's competent, and the worst thing his boss is currently doing is snapping at him because his push-ups are impeding the kdrama viewing experience. Chan even gives him a grudging, "You're all right," after he beats Ken in the "untie yourself underwater" timed bodyguard contest.

[These guys must really hate Ken.]

So okay, ultimately the training montage pays off, and Porsche gets to go out on a real bodyguarding mission once more. Yay! Or - perhaps not yay. Because the mission is Porsche, Pete, and Ken accompanying Kinn to collect on some debts from a dude who owes them money. And - okay, this dude is living in essentially a palace, and has apparently also embezzled and sold secrets, so it's not like they're shaking down a local small business owner, BUT Porsche is still intensely uncomfortable. Even more so when Kinn has Pete and Ken beat the guy up. Porsche cannot watch it, and is having honest-to-God flashbacks to the shady landlord beating up his no-good uncle in episode 1. Kinn notices him looking away, and ASTONISHINGLY, his reaction is not to yell or punish, but rather to get Pete to take Porsche outside. (He does this by saying Pete's name and nodding towards Porsche, which is enough for Pete to know what to do; I get that this is economy of timing for the show, but it totally makes it look like Kinn and Pete had some kind of prearranged signal for What To Do If Porsche Needs A Minute.)

Pete and Porsche have a cigarette together and talk about their feelings, yay! Pete says, "You're thinking you made a wrong decision in coming here?" Porsche says, "He must really have no way out. That's why he's acting stupid." Long pause. "Is he going to die?" Pete shakes his head. "This is just a lesson. We're teaching him a lesson." Porsche says that he knows that having no way out can really make you do anything, because his family used to borrow from loan sharks. "If we delayed payments, they'd come teach us a lesson. They taught us more often than my teachers did." He laughs, but it is not funny. "I freaking hate them. I never thought that I'd be like one of them today." (This is extremely poignant, but would be more effective if they were not standing in this dude's manicured courtyard with ACTUAL COLUMNS in the background; I really wonder at the choice of location for this scene, because it's hard to feel bad for the owner of this house. Sell your mansion if you need money, my dude!) Pete's perspective on this is that there are no heroes or villains in this world - very practical, as is typical of Pete, but not likely to work super well on Porsche.

[Maybe he rents?]

(This overall issue, by the way, is a conflict that is IN NO WAY addressed or solved by the show, and in fact it could be argued that it is rather GREATLY EXACERBATED. It is one of the many troubling things that I came away with after watching, and if they ever do a season 2 I really want them to remember that this is a genuine problem they have set up: Porsche is in the mafia, and the mafia beat people up for not paying their debts, and Porsche hates people who beat people up for not paying their debts.)

Inside, Kinn eventually looks up from petting the guy's taxidermied badger (that is not a joke, that is what he is doing; I HAVE to assume he is commenting on the ridiculousness of it all, although he looks weirdly sincere) to call Ken off and tell the guy he's got three days to come up with the money. He walks out…and the guy comes running after him with a gun! Oh no! Ken, Pete, and Porsche all come to the ready with their guns - but then Porsche puts his down, comes forward all, "Put the gun down, let's talk about this." The guy intimates that someone else is giving him orders. Porsche wants him to tell them who, and then no one will do anything to him, which is definitely not a promise he has the authority to make, but okay. It almost works…and then it doesn't work, of course, and the guy fires at Porsche. Kinn, seeing him raise the gun, darts over and yanks Porsche out of the way, and Porsche just gets clipped in the arm, which is NOT how the bodyguard/protectee relationship is usually supposed to work; meanwhile Porsche, Pete, and Ken are all firing at once, and the guy is very dead very fast.

[Kinn, the bodyguard goes between danger and YOU, not the other way around!]

Back at the compound! Kinn is in a bubble bath, complete with scented candle, thinking about the events of the afternoon. It honestly reminds me of a sadder version of the Coffee Table Book scene from ep 2 - he's putting all of the pieces into place for Relaxation, in a magical thinking kind of way, but he can't actually flip the switch and relax. His escort even comes in, all, "rough day, baby? lemme just help you out with that--" but Kinn fends him off (getting bubbles in the poor guy's hair in the process) and sends him away. Meanwhile, Porsche is patching HIS OWN GUNSHOT WOUND up despite living in a compound that supposedly has 24/7 MEDICAL CARE - why is he not - why didn't he earlier - AUGH, okay, I gotta go take some deep breaths.

OKAY, BACK, and ready to appreciate the approach of Kinn in his silk bathrobe, which is at least belted this time. Porsche sees him, and says, "Hey. What are you doing here?" I fucking love that Porsche just never ever addresses Kinn like you'd address your boss. (Admittedly this is not unique to Kinn; also Porsche's only previous boss that we've seen onscreen is Yok, who is, shall we say, atypical.) Kinn says, not particularly seriously, "This place belongs to me. Do I have to tell you everywhere I go, huh?" Porsche does an exaggerated politeness bit, but Kinn is too distracted by his arm wound to pay attention. Porsche, however, says, "It'll heal. Just a scratch." Porsche, you may fill out your Manly Hero Bingo Card's "just a scratch" square! Kinn wants a look anyway. Porsche shies away, but Kinn makes him sit, gets the disinfectant. Porsche says, "Be gentle!" Porsche, you may fill out your BL Drama Bingo Card's square for Dialogue That Sounds Like Sex But Isn't! Kinn starts dabbing away and says, "I heard that you've been training so hard." Porsche says, "I just want to make someone regret," and looks up flirtatiously through his lashes.

[Okay, what do YOU think he's doing?]

Kinn: "Regret? Regret for…? This place belongs to me." A beat. "So every single thing belongs to me." Kinn, I think you're trying to be cute, but that's an asshole thing to say! Porsche laughs, though, and then they make Meaningful Eye Contact; I don't know what Porsche is thinking, but Kinn definitely realizes it's getting too hot to handle and pulls back abruptly: "There, you're fine." He turns to go, and Porsche says, "Wait," then hesitates a LONG time in a way that is a real tease for any viewer who might hypothetically be wanting someone to talk about their feelings. Instead, though, he says, "Today, Mes said someone hired him to kill you." Oh, THAT'S his name. Was his name. "Can you guess who it might be?" Kinn turns around squarely to look at him and says quietly, "I've told you. Everyone wants me dead." Porsche takes a second to contemplate the extreme shittiness of this situation, and then says, "But if he or she knows your whereabouts and schedule…it couldn't just be anyone." Kinn: "Are you telling me that it's an insider?" Porsche looks uncomfortable. Kinn says, lifting a finger, "Then whom I'll be suspecting the most is…" He grins.

[My personal Kinn Is Secretly A Brat agenda begins with this screencap, but it does NOT end with this screencap.]

Porsche, annoyed: "Look what I've just been through! And you still think it's me?" Kinn lets his laugh go, and then says, very serious, "If you've ever been in my situation - you suspect everyone." He turns and goes, leaving Porsche to look after him and - I think - have some real sympathetic feelings for Kinn for the very first time.

We cut to someplace new. Big approaches a fancy apartment; turns out it belongs to Mr. Kim, the mysterious third son! Kim stands silhouetted on a VERY big and beautiful balcony, shadowy and indistinct, while Big reports in. Kim is all, "Are you in the wrong place?" Big explains the situation, leaning on how weird and crazy it is that Kinn's safety now depends on this totally new, untested bodyguard whose background they know nothing about. Kim is suspicious of this also. Big says that Porsche is now on Tankhun's detail, though, and Kim says, "That's bad." Big objects - surely it's good that this unreliable guard isn't protecting Kinn anymore? Kim says, "I mean bad for you. Everyone wants to steal Kinn away for themselves. Do you want a heartbroken song?" From which we learn that, 1) it is not only to the viewer that it is blindingly obvious that Big is super in love with Kinn, 2) Kim pays closer attention to the workings of the family than the gossip about him suggests, and 3) Kim is a total jerk.

[What an asshole!]

[OKAY ONE MORE, just because I don't think we've gotten to truly appreciate Big's beauty yet. Look at him! Kinn is a FOOL.]

Okay! We are at Yok's bar. Tankhun is taking Porsche out to celebrate him for being so brave and getting wounded in the line of duty. As they're about to go in, a car pulls up: it's Kinn, Time, and Tay! Kinn's all, oh, Porsche told me what a great time you guys had here, I thought I'd join you. This could be a total dick move, but Tankhun is happy to go with it, and after a second or two, so is Porsche: they're going to show everyone a great time! They high-five; it's adorable. Being in close quarters for so long has inexplicably really improved their relationship.

There follows a truly epic PARTY MONTAGE. It involves: Yok doing a slo-mo rocker pose with a fan held to make her hair billow dramatically; Tankhun dancing his actual ass off; Time hitting on one of Porsche's college friends, who does not seem mad about it; Arm stripping his shirt off and pouring two (2) beers over his naked chest; EVERYONE getting smashed and NO ONE doing any bodyguarding even a little bit; and Kinn starting out kind of - "oh, this is charming, I'll politely enjoy it" and ending up in the center of a dance circle wearing Tankhun's orange sunglasses. He is the dorkiest dancer there ever was, which is EXCELLENT. The thing that makes it kind of extra-hilarious is that they were filming under moderate COVID protocols, so - I assume this is why - the party is ONLY NAMED CAST, no bar patrons - no girls - just the Theerapanyakun crowd, Yok, and Porsche's old buddies, and that is it! Maybe they shut the place down for a private party, I don't know.

[Turns out glasses aren't the only thing you can take off to show you were hot all long.]

So then we reach the point where everyone is passed out - except our heroes, who are off to have a romantic tete-a-tete. They are both VERY drunk (Porsche more so), and Porsche tugs Kinn by the hand down to a floating dock on the river and immediately sprawls out on it full-length, and then, when Kinn is kind of fastidious about doing the same, does an adorable thing like one-quarter of a snow angel and is like, "See, I cleaned it." Kinn gives in and sits, and when he looks askance at his palms, Porsche grabs one and blows on it like he's getting the dust off, and then laughs at him. IT'S TOO CUTE, I CAN'T HANDLE HOW CUTE IT IS.

[Kinn's expression is the best. SO OFFENDED.]

Kinn finally relaxes and smiles, and it's an interesting contrast to the other times he has been performatively Relaxed so far in canon - it is very clear that Kinn is one of those people who mostly just cannot relax at all, and he's enjoying it.

[Awwwwwwww.]

So they end up sitting there and talking - Kinn is staring at the water, and Porsche says, "What are you thinking?" which, like, Porsche, I know that you don't realize you're in a flirtation just yet, but HOW CAN YOU NOT REALIZE AFTER ASKING THAT QUESTION. Kinn, who DOES realize and IS drunk, says, "Has anyone ever told you that when you're drunk, you're so…" Porsche laughs and drops his head to Kinn's shoulder. "So…what?" ABORT ABORT, TOO FAR; Kinn says he's annoying and initiates a very mild slap fight. Porsche is laughing at him again, and Kinn says, "When's the last time you were this happy?" This is a very telling question, both of their relationship so far (this is the first time Kinn has seen Porsche looking happy even a little bit - and clearly it is SLAYING him) and Kinn himself (Kinn, who is almost never happy, is feeling pretty happy right now). Porsche looks at him and says, "Seconds ago," and starts to laugh again, and Kinn has laugh too.

Porsche quiets down, and it's Kinn's turn to ask, "What are you thinking?" Porsche says, "I'm thinking about…" and trails off. Kinn waits for a second, and then leans in: "Thinking about…" THIS is also very telling, because Kinn really genuinely wants to know, just because he likes Porsche, he likes this moment, and he's curious and wants to share in whatever experience Porsche is having. (Okay, obviously I'm reading some stuff into this, but there IS a very interesting contrast between how Kinn is talking to Porsche here vs. how he's spoken to him for the entire show so far. There's no authority or suggestion of distance; he's not demanding, he's asking; he's talking to him like an equal. And mayyyyyybe that's really a bare minimum thing for someone you're romantically interested in, but for Kinn IT FEELS REALLY SWEET, OKAY, SHUT UP.)

Anyway, Porsche says, "Thinking about my mom and dad," and ends up telling Kinn all about his history as an orphan dealing with debt collectors! Which really makes it clear that they're actually not on the same emotional page here - Porsche finishes with, "I'm just sad. I'm sad that I've done everything I hate today." And it's not just the debt collecting - he shot that dude, and he's never killed anyone before; and that dude is a father, so he did to some kid what was done to him. It is a REALLY sad moment, both because Porsche is so despairing about his past and what he's had to do, and because Kinn is having to fold himself up and put himself painfully back into his regular unhappy self as he listens.

Some progress has still been made between them, though, because Kinn's definitely back inside his big defensive emotional fort, but he's not walling himself up completely. He says, "You've walked this path for just one month, but you feel so much about it. Now think. I've lived in this world my whole life." Which is not the most sympathetic thing to say to poor Porsche, but it's clearly all he can manage - like living with chronic pain, there's not a lot of room in him to feel bad for something acute, I don't think, but at least he can share his own experience. Porsche asks, "How can you handle it?" Kinn: "Do I have a choice? Huh?" Which is a) a TOTAL chronic pain answer, but also b) a surprising thing to admit to Porsche--he basically just told him that he hates being in the mafia. Which is a WILD thing for someone like Kinn to say to anybody, let alone someone he's struggled with as much as he has with Porsche - it suggests that he's right on the edge of breaking, I think, which fortunately does seem to be supported by BASICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT HIM in these early episodes. (I mean, it could also suggest that they have an inexplicable and special connection that's promoting unprecented honesty and vulnerability, and/or that Kinn does not usually let himself get this drunk because it leads to this kind of feelingsdump, but I like my thing better.) This scene also really cements, for me, that a true happy ending for these dudes does NOT involve the mafia in any way. Too bad they're stuck in this show!

So anyway, then Porsche says, "Thank you. For saving my life. And," he starts to laugh, "for not letting me fight against that family," which I THINK is referring to Kinn choking Porsche out so the minor family wouldn't kill him in episode 2, unless I am totally blanking on something else it could be. "Thank you." He lets his laugh trail off into a smile, and is just sitting there in kind of a drunk reverie, while Kinn is slowly MELTING as he looks at him. Finally, Kinn leans in, slow - slow - and kisses him, very gently. And after a second, Porsche kisses back. THE END.

[AWWWWWWWW]

Anyway, I fucking love this episode. I love Tankhun's outfits! I love Arm and Pol the adorable comedy duo! I love Porsche beginning to fit in! I love Kinn starting to soften and open up! I love that they kiss! It's just wall-to-wall enjoyable stuff, which after the last episode is a welcome relief. (Also NEXT episode is - well, we'll get to it. And I will warn for it.) The Porsche in the Mafia Problem is a tangled one, but I'm not sorry they introduced it; it would be weird if he didn't have a hangup like this, considering his history and personality.

I also really like that this episode demonstrates what a miserable guy Kinn is. In past episodes, when he's mean to Porsche, you can read it as him just being a sadistic rich guy if you want (which obviously I don't, but you CAN, and you would absolutely be forgiven for doing so), but now you can kind of see how Porsche has been an extra thing to worry about in a life that is already 100% Things To Worry About. Which makes me think about how Porsche, before coming here, was likewise living a life full of worries, but he was worried about things he liked: his brother, his home, his job. Kinn lives a life mostly devoid of things he likes. He keeps his friends at arm's length; he has sex with escorts and doesn't allow any real emotional connection; he seems to love his immediate family, but not in a way where he ever looks happy to be around them; he lives in a palace, but it's all very sterile - he has a coffee table book TITLED "COFFEE," for God's sake. None of it is personal. It's really no wonder Porsche hits him like a ton of bricks.

It also strikes me that one of the ways he's a dick to Porsche in this episode is saying that this is his house and everything in it belongs to him. When he's saying it, he's denying Porsche agency, but the greater implication of it really reinforces the above: his whole life is things that belong to him, and as they demonstrate with the gun scene, he does want to take care of the things that belong to him. (Too bad for everyone that Kinn didn't just fall for Big, who would've loved this.) Porsche, of course, did not consent to this kind of relationship, which is going to continue to cause trouble between them, but you need it, Kinn! This is a shitty way to live your life!

Anyway, that is episode 3! Stay tuned for episode 4, which has a lot more gay stuff but it DOES come served with a lot more problematic stuff, so brace yourselves. Until then!

[gutscenes]

mdzs vol. 1 chapter 2: the intractable-- first readthrough thoughts

“He could swear there was not a single wandering ghost in this world who was more decent and honest than he!” I believe you!!! Wei Wuxian NG+ run, nerfed build, unlocked romanceable NPC

I seriously feel for poor Mo Xuanyu, probably more than intended by MXTX lol. I’d be surprised if this wasn’t a common sentiment in the fandom, though. “What kind of hellish life was he fucking living?” indeed. Thank you for dying so that Wei Wuxian can get a second chance, Mo Xuanyu!! (weeps for fictional side character who dies basically page 1)

“If he delayed seeking food any longer, he might just become the first malicious ghost in history to die of hunger immediately after being summoned.” This chapter is full of hysterical lines and this was such a funny detail. WWX was so worried about his unrecovered spiritual power or whatever but it turned out he was just really fucking hungry. Like yeah that’s so real that happens to me every Sunday.

“Truly, out of the mountains a tiger can be bullied by a dog, in shallow waters a dragon can be mocked by a shrimp, and a plucked phoenix is lower than a chicken.” I just love this line.

“Everyone knows I like men. Even if he has no shame, I know not to make myself suspicious…I don’t care if you don’t care about your reputation, but I still care about mine!! I STILL GOTTA FIND A GOOD MAN!!!” Smiling beatifically.

“When it came to outrageous behavior, Wei Wuxian was an expert.” No kidding

I love Jingyi and Sizhui’s dynamic. Sizhui is calm and unfailingly kind, while Jingyi is instantly getting riled up by WWX’s antics. Looking forward to seeing more of these juniors.

“Wei Wuxian had swiftly finished inspecting the spirit-attraction flag. The drawn patterns were correct, and none of the spells were missing either. There were no mistakes, so no mishaps would occur if the flags were used.” He’s a good boy your honor

“This was a good sprout very worthy of encouragement, and Wei Wuxian mentally gave him a nod of approval…Wei Wuxian wondered who among that terrifying group full of uptight sticks-in-the-mud known as the Lan Clan had managed to raise such a junior.” Your future husband

The Supreme Evil Lord gets fucking resurrected and then just instantly starts selflessly trying to save everyone. Like this is your bad guy, cultivation world???? You sure?????

That being said, WWX’s utter control over the most evil of spirits is such a sexy trait like I get it Lan Zhan I really do

aaaand WWX’s gashes heal, revenge fulfilled. Crazy how if Mo Xuanyu stayed alive uhhhhh one more day the trash would’ve taken itself out for him. (Unless I’m mistaken??)

“Wei Wuxian was just about to let loose the whistle he held under his tongue when—right then—two strums from a guqin sounded in the far distance.” Let’s fucking gooooo!

“This time, the note was higher pitched, piercing through the sky like the austere harshness of winter’s first approach.” So lovely, so ethereal. As expected of ice prince Lan Zhan. Also the Seven Seas version has the most beautiful artwork of Lan Wangji and his guqin in this chapter! I wasn’t expecting it!

“Of all people who could have come, it had to be the Lan family; of all people to come, it just had to be Lan Wangji!” Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, etc. (Fleabag voice) This is a love story.

This is going down pretty similarly to how I remember it in The Untamed, except for Wei Wuxian doubling down on the cutsleeve thing, obviously. Eager to see where else things diverge…I'm having a fucking blast WWX is a delight

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

reading update

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I put this off by a day so I could include another book on the "finished" list, and oh my GOD it was so good and I'm so excited to gush about it, so let's gooooo:

what have I been reading?

Starsoul (C.L. Polk) - what a DELIGHTFUL end to a series!! like Witchmark and Stormsong, it filled me with warm fuzzy feelings AND socialist rage! and I'm only a little miffed that [spoilers] we never got to see a certain promised wedding. C.L. Polk is tremendous, go read all their shit immediately.

The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love [Second Edition] (Sonya Renee Taylor) - glad I read it! been on the list for a LONG time! do not actually remember a TON of things about it now that it's been a few weeks! but I'm sure it's doing a lot of really positive work for a lot of people, yeehaw!

Kink (edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell) - okay, so. I made a point of reading this pretty quickly after it came out because so many people were harassing Kwon and Greenwell about it on twitter and I HAD to know what the hype was about, and it's... an impeccably well-curated collection of short stories, I'll give it that. the tone is pretty dang consistent throughout, and there are some real standouts - Brandon Taylor and Vanessa Clark's contributions come to mind. overall, though? man, these are some stories about sex that manage to never actually get very sexy. I don't want your literary prose, man, I want to intellectually nut.

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights (Molly Smith and Juno Mac) - this is hands down one of my FAVORITE books I've read this year. absolutely rock solid work, a great breakdown of various models of criminalization and legalization of sex work around the world and how it impacts the workers - written by actual sex workers. I feel like I really LEARNED reading this book, and I'm delighted. if you only read one nonfiction book this year make it this one.

Skin Folk (Nalo Hopkinson) - this collection didn't quite capture the delight I felt reading Falling In Love With Hominids, but the bright spots are absolutely radiant. special mention goes to "Fisherman," which offered up more tasteful smut in a single short story than the entirety of Kink.

The City of Brass (S.A. Chakraborty) - oh holy shit holy fuck you guys this was SO FUN, I love big sweeping fantasies so much!! I'm so excited to read the sequels!! Nahri and Ali are both delightful, the world is DECADENT, and the political intrigue is sumptuous. this is exactly the kind of shit I want in a doorstopper fantasy. can't believe Nahri and Dara managed to over 500 pages without boning but there's always hope for the sequel.

what am I reading now?

Book of Hours (Kevin Young) - okay, listen, we've established that I'm not good at reading poetry. but this one has a narrative so clear and coherent that even a dummy like me can pick up on it, and that's helping a lot!

what did I grab from the library to read while I hang out with my mom for two weeks?

Red at the Bone (Jacqueline Woodson) - Woodson is one of my favorite children's/middle readers authors in the entire world, and I'm super jazzed to read more of her adult fiction!

Children of Vengeance and Virtue (Tomi Adeyemi) - yes it's been more than two years since I read Children of Blood and Bone but I'm sure that it'll be fine!

Living a Feminist Life (Sara Ahmed) - this is another one that's been on my to-read list FOREVER, largely because of Ahmed's Feminist Killjoy work. can't go home without something academic to read so I can pretend my brain isn't in full vacation rot, etc.

[beanswrites]

42nd POST EVERYBODY

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING

LET'S GOOOOO

I'M SO EXCITED

It's my 42dn post ya'll, which means it is my sole duty to give you some universe knowledge

Alright, ahem, here I go:

This site is the BEST site for name generating EVER and I use it for everything, so here you go if you are struggling with fictional or real names of places/people: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/

If you know why 42 is such a great number you are a legend, I don't make the rules

If your drafts and requests are bothering you because they are unfinished, universe said to poke them with a stick. It works, trust me.

Psstt! You, yes, you! @everyonewhodoesanykindofwriting! Did you know that you can make your own continent for your story?? There are actually two ways: 1. It's called Polygon map generator, and it's really nice cause it randomises the continent for you, but you can also edit it! 2. If you like more work and to precisely get your own land, than Inkarnate is for you.

The universe has spoken and it said that if you are a writer who bashes people for requesting anonymously bc they are uncomfy with public requesting and you give them a hard time because of it you ARE a bad person

I know this one is pretty known but anyways if you have any word problems (like really, ANY), Wordhippo is the website for you. With being bilingual and not always remembering certain words for my writing, it helps a lot.

Alright so I'm not here to be a gatekeeping jerk and not explain to my wonderful followers why exactly is the 42nd post so important, so here is the explanation:

Basically there is this massive book series called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" which came out in the 70's and my dad loves it, so he explained to me long ago why 42 is such a significant number for this book. The whole story is about people who were building a massive supercomputer on a distant planet for thousands of years. When it was finished, they asked the supercomputer what was the meaning of life (as one does) and the computer processed the question for ANOTHER few thousands of years. The final answer? Yep, you guessed it, 42.

So yeah.

Got excited because a 70's book series said 42 was the meaning of life and this is my 42nd post, as one does. At least I gave you some good writer knowledge!

[wh0sthe5pecial0ne]

Fictional character for that ask game: V A S C O

LET'S GOOOOO!

looks: somewhat attractive | eh | not really my type | pretty | handsome | beautiful | stud | gorgeous | SWEET LORD MERCY

can you relate to this character on a personal level?: no | not really | somewhat | yes | they are me

would you date/be friends with this character in real life if they were real?: total bros | friends | best friends | date | become their steady boyfriend/ girlfriend | neither | i don’t kno

[merciresolution]

IT’S WHALE TIME

HERE WE GO, BOIS, IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHY TOAD AND THE WHALE WOULDN’T WORK IRL LMFAO LET’S GOOOOO

So I know this episode came out years ago, but it’s been on my mind lately. I’ve always wanted to talk about why it’s super unrealistic

But this show itself is unrealistic lmao and I didn’t wanna seem hyper critical of it or anything. This is just for funsies and a chance for me to talk about WHALES

SO LET’S BEGIN!!!!!

So the episode starts. A minute in, Toad sees a beached whale, but no one believes him at first. Let’s ignore that part and talk about the whale itself!!!

It ain’t a Blue Whale, that’s for sure. Thing’s too small! And the markings don’t really match up. Imo it kinda doesn’t look like any whale species I’m familiar with, but for the sake of giving it a species, let’s call it a Minke Whale. Minkes do live in the Irish Sea (where the Island of Sodor is located), plus this thing kinda has faint flipper mittens! Very faint.

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So let’s call it a Minke. A Minke Whale washed ashore. It’s not having a good day, clearly. People gather around it, the Search and Rescue Center is alerted, y’know, standard stuff.

Also Duck yelled at Toad, how dare you, sir?????? Let the bab sing.

They givin’ that baby lots of attention. BUT ALSO Why are you bringing trains of water? Why are you bringing fire engines? Why not just... Bucket the sea water to the whale? Surely that’d... Cost less? Probably be more efficient?

BUT IT’S TRAIN SHOW. I’ll forgive it for wanting to add trains.

So Butch comes along with the intent of dragging the whale back to the sea, but Harold says the tide is too far out. YES! This is a real issue that happens when it comes to rescuing stranded cetaceans. Their bodies are so heavy, they can’t really support their own weight on land. So to DRAG IT back to the ocean would probably kill it.

Good job, train show!

But also what were you planning on hooking up to, Butch? 

MOVING ON!!!

The workers cover the whale to protect it from the sun. Another yes! Beached cetaceans are very susceptible to sunburns, so they are often covered with towels and such if rescuing them takes a while. (Also I’m pretty sure the fabric holds in water, thus assisting in keeping the whale moist, so double good!)

© Steve Everts

But uh, after covering the whale they uh spray it with... fire hoses....???

Yeah I don’t think that’s... The greatest plan. The whale still needs to breathe. (Good job, show, for not covering the whale’s blowhole with the towel!!) That might also stress the whale out? I know some cetaceans enjoy being sprayed with pressurized water, but... Not when they’re beached... 

BUT THEY GOTTA USE THE TRAINS IN TRAIN SHOW. SO I CAN FORGIVE, AGAIN.

So Oliver says the whale can swim away when the tide comes back in. Yup, that’s pretty much how these things go! It’s kinda hard to move an animal that can weigh, in this case, up to 10 tons. But high tide won’t be for hours, and Toad wants the whale rescued now. Understandable! So he comes up with a plan to pick the whale up and bring it to the docks, where the water is deeper! 

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Well. Some whales have been lifted and brought back into the ocean. Exhibit A. But... They plan on putting it on a train. And... Taking it to Brendam. From Bluff’s Cove. How far away is that, again?

...oh.

Yeah, that, uh.... That- that might be an issue, Toad. BUT THEY GO WITH IT ANYWAYS! IT’S TOAD’S EPISODE!

where the fuck did you get a sling that big how did you get it underneath the whale

what

Also... That poor thing’s pectoral fins are being crushed???? Here’s what a whale in a sling looks like:

©  The Press Association

From what I remember in the documentary Born to be Free, a Beluga was lifted in a stretcher without holes for its pectoral fins, and its shoulders risked being broken. (I think another one’s actually were broken? Like, during a capture. I’d have to go back and look.) But then again, I have seen a few (and I mean like 1 or 2) rescues with slings without holes for their pecs, so I can’t really criticize too much...

but how the fuck did you get a sling that big? did you custom make it? if so, why didn’T YOU ADD HOLES--

SUDDENLY THE WHALE IS HERE NOW, WHAT????? WHO MOVED IT CLOSER TO ROCKY???

That’s just an inconsistency error than a realism issue lmfao

So they load the whale onto a flatbed, and Toad starts singing to it to soothe it along the ride.

Whales do sing to each other. But Minkes don’t sound like what you’d think a whale should sound like. (My personal favorite is the “Star-Wars” vocalization.) But let Toad sing. I’ll allow it because it’s Toad. Plus he’s singing so softly, he loves his new friend so much already

Strangely enough, the whale survives the trek.

And Cranky lifts it up and into the water of the docks. The... Noisy... Polluted... Docks... Whales are very acoustic creatures. Sound is a way of life for them! If this thing wasn’t disoriented already from stranding and being carried across the island to a foreign location, suddenly being tossed into the docks probably didn’t help.

THIS THING BOLTS FROM THE SLING IN LIKE 4 SECONDS FLAT, SO I GUESS IT REALLY WANTED OUTTA THERE!!!

AND GUESS WHAT, SKIPPIES???

It swims away and waves goodbye to Toad c:

IN CONCLUSION the whale should have died. stress should have killed it.

BUT this show is fictional. it’s fun, it’s cute, the story was sweet, toad is baby

and i did this just to scream about a whale

and i’m still very happy a whale was in a ttte episode thank you, season 19

BUT TO BE ACTUALLY SERIOUS FOR A SECOND

If you do spot a stranded animal, please don’t try to push or carry it back into the water. There could be something wrong with it. It could be very sick and disoriented, and if you push it back into the water, it would likely just restrand itself.

Instead, contact a local marine mammal rescue center! Sometimes animals just need to spend a little time in human care to recover, then they can be released, good as new!

THIS HAS BEEN AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT WITH MERCIRESOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR READING

AND IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR, I LOVE YOU. Have a heckin’ good day.

[popculturebuffet]

Mickey and the Roadster Racers: “Mickey’s Perfecto Day” and “Daisy’s Grande Goal” review or “I think i’m going out of my headcold”

Saludos Amigos!  I”ve been sick, and as such have had no energy or state of mind to continue my look at every apperance of the CABs in the us, concluding with a look at every episode of legend of the three caballeros. 

And today’s stop is one i’m only passingly familiar with: Mickey and the Roadster Racers. MATRR.. wait really that’s what it spells?

No Larry the Cable guy on this blog thank you.  Anyways, Roadster Racers is surprisingly complicated for such a simple show. For starters it’s the successor to “Mickey Mouse’s Club House” another CGI Disney Junior show, Disney’s equivalent to Nick Jr because their clever like that. And to continue the theme of ripping off other properties, the show was Disney’s stab at following the big fake interactivity craze started by Dora the Explorer. And it’s annoying as that sounds with a lot of pasues and an annoying recurring hot dog song that’s obnoxiously catchy. It was mostly just slice of life shenanigans with the mickey mouse crew and when retoolling it they decided to drop the now dated fake interactivity, turn up the slice of life and add some of those nitro burning funny cars vroom vroom. IN a sense genral g rated soft boiled mickey shenanigans with a racing theme. 

Not a terrible series but not terribly intresting hence why i’ve never covered it. It’s a bland inoffesnsive cartoon for toddlers. Enough effort is put in for me not to hate it, as even a toddler show can have effort, but not enoguh so that I really care. I’ve seen better, i’ve seen worse. The only intresting things are the racing gimmick and the fact that as said gimmick diminished they switched names to “Mickey’s mixed up adventures” in season 3. Hence the complicated part as it’s not counted as it’s own series but unlike other disney title changes they aren’t just slapping another label under the logo like the marvel shows. This is  a full on retool. But it still has the same cast and prodcution crew and is counted as part of mickey mouse. Point is it’s weird and not relevant since our boys didn’t show up in that season. Oh and as a final note I learned while writing this/ there’s a THIRD Mickey Mouse Disney Junior Series, Mickey Mouse Funhouse, coming next year. 

But with so little to cover I ended up throwing in a freebie. See normally I charge the same for 11 minute and 20+ minute shows. It’s fair as most 11 minute shows these days pack in as much character as the ones that use the full half hour. It’s just a diffrence in tactics is all. But here I felt obligated to do at LEAST two diffrent, but cabs related, 11 minutes here, so if I had nothing to talk about I could pad it out and If I had everyhting to talk about.. eh I still tried to do the right thing. I regret nothing. But yeah i’m sick, this series is eh, let’s gooooo. 

Mickey’s Perfecto Day So Mickey and Friends are preparing to drive to spain.

No i’m not making a joke. Wish I was would be one of my best but no, Mickey and Friends are just.. casually going to drive to Spain. To explain why this hurts my head a map, on which i’ve drawn the route they’d have to take to get to spain from, let’s say Calisota, the fictional state where Mouseton, Duckburg, New Quackmore, and thus probably Hot Dog Hills, the show’s setting, reside. 

This is a crue map, they oculd’ve gone down through mexico or central america.. but the point is THEY DROVE ACROSS THE OCEAN. And I genuinely do not know if their cars can do that but apparently they can. So either the writer didn’t know where Spain was or didn’t care and either way it’s bad. LIke at least give their cars a plane or boat mode. Go full DKR up in this bitch, give em diffrent racing vehicles. But it wouldn’t be as aggrivvating or bizzare if they MENTIONED how they were driving to spain, like maybe Donald’s car that’s also an old boat and goofy’s that’s a tub have aquamodes and can tow the rest. I get 5 year olds don’t care about this.. but still? I guess? Also MIckey is either the sorcerer supreme or jesus at this point. He can cross oceans by car, astral project, cross into other dimensions.. the only thing missing is raising the dead and  he already did that in the 30′s. 

So as for why the sorcerer supreme and his buddies are going all the way to Spain, Donald has a concert with the three caballeros and this time they all remember him as a memmber and Daisy’s a huge fan. Which is sweet. Then we hear donald duck talk and...

Yeah, Daniel Ross is not the best Donald. Now I will cut the guy some slack here: He’s a voice actor more known for doing bit parts who just got the role in 2016, since racers aired in 2017 and animation lead time and all that. He’s not going to be nearly as good as Tony or Clarence out of the gate. Even Tony wasn’t. He also had a valid reason for picking up the role as Tony likely had two series in production at that time, Rise of the Three Cablleros and Ducktales, and thus had to split his time between both. And having Chris Diamaptolus do mickey in the new shorts instead of his usual voice actor Bret Iwane despite Iwane not being in any serious danger of dying soon has worked out super. So having multiple actors isn’t the problem. Hell after the tragic loss of Russi taylor and with how bad the world is, having an understudy in mind for such an important role is a grim but understandable necicisty. While I belivie tony can go on for decades, he’s only human. 

So my issue is not on Donald’s voice being diffrent or new.. it’s that it’s not very good and the second episode featuerd here shows Daniel Ross really hasn’t improved despite now having worked as the character for a while.I can forgive taking some time to grow in but being this sloppy after a full season is just unacceptable. He’s BETTER but he’s still just not very good and doing the bear minimum. I don’t doubt he’s a good va in other rolls, I don’t want to hate on the guy, but I can hate on aperfomance when it’s bad and it’s not good here. It’s just not. Not in either episode not in any way shape or form. It just feels like a lazy donald duck impression. Disney can do better and Ross can hopefully find better work in the future. But for now this just hangs like a wet fart on his resume. 

Moving on, thankfully, we have our three stories split pretty evenly and all stock plots. “Horay”.  Mickey and Minnie: Mickey tries to have a “perfecto” day, hence the title with Minnie, but instead gives her a rose a baby bull likes.. or maybe it’s SUPPOSED to be full grown but while Mickey and Minnie treat him like a grown bull and react to him like one.. the boy dosen’t look at all, even in the series style, like an adult bull. he looks like a calf. Mickey.. is initimdated by a small child whose horns aren’t sharp enough to hurt him. 

It’s just REALLY distracting and takes me out of the plot which itself is as bland as plain toast and twice as dry. They flee him till the end where Minnie figures out the rose thing at the concert and they make an ew friend. NOt TERRIBLE but not great.  Goofy and Cuckoo Loca: Okay first off who and what is a cuckoo loca? Well she’s a wind up bird that lives in Daisy’s Cuckoo Clock and makes sarcastic comments in a brooklyn accent because nikka futtterman voices her. Still makes more sense than driving to spain. She’s not a bad addition to the cast.. not even that weird as most kids based franchises have an adorable animal sidekick to market. Goofy wants to try some “flamingo dancing” while in spain, with Loca going along to make sure he dosen’t die somehow.. which would be unjustifable for anyone but goofy. Also.. Flamingo Dancing...

But yeah Goofy goes up against ... world famous flamingo dancer horace horsecollar?!

Now apparently this is a common thing for him in this series, apparently, but still it feels like if one of those weird variant ninja turtle figures from the 80′s was a plot point in an episode. Like if we actually had an episode based around birthday magician raph. 

It feels just as odd and out of place for down to earth if showy horace to suddenly be the best flaminco dancer in spain, despite being very much white coded, as it does for the angriest ninja turtle to be pulling a rabbit out of kids hats. Now Rise of the TMNT raph I could totally see as a party magician but any other? He’d probably break his wand over some kids head. 

Goofy ends up winning anyway because he’s stupid, though Flamingo dancing should be a real thing even if this joke is bad and it shoudl feel bad. What an ODD subplot Okay one more then i’m free of this prison. 

The Three Cablleros Plus Daisy:  Okay finally we get to what I came here for. The Three Caballeros! And..they look a tad off. Not terrible but clearly the animators weren’t as skilled with non duck beaks as both of them look ready to do this to donald. 

While Panchito’s color varies. Sometime’s it’s a deep brownish crimson, sometimes it’s poop brown and there’s no classy way to put it. When he’s in this cheap cgi, he looks like a shit chicken. This gets to a larger issue though... the animation here is not great. It’s not TERRIBLE.. but it’s pretty freaking sub par for disney. And i’ve SEEN their other cgi shows around the same time due to having a young niece and nephew. Sherieff Callie, Doc McStuffins, MIles from Tommorowland, and after this T.O.T.S. and Rocketeer. I’m not saying these are masterpieces of the genre, but they have more effort in botht he animation and writing put in. Here it just feels like they do the bear minimum which feels really fucking wrong. These chracters deserve better and have thankfully gotten better. YOu can make a show for preschoolers that’s cutsey and harmless and still have it at least be creative god dammit. It’s why I don’t like covering this show. It just feels so.. lifeless. They try a bit here and there but outside of cuckoo, there’s nothing really new or intresting to really make kids love these characters and it bothers me. it bothers me a lot. 

Moving on thank god, the plot is bare bones as is the boys characterization. So far at least their character has been pretty consitent across all mediums. i’ts something I haven’t really touched on but their seen as world traveler’, Panchito being a Gaucho and Jose being such a ladies man this will probably happen to him eventually. 

I swear to god that was the only part of this movie I can remember. I’m  better off that way. But yeah without Panchito’s pep or Jose’s smooth talking ways, there’s just nothing for disney junior to work with so their just.. friends to donald who are nice to daisy. Which is very nice to see, but isn’t very intresting or gives me a lot to talk about. Donald eats a food that’s too hot, continues to talk poorly, and Daisy has to fill in. He gets back in at time and they sing probably the most forgetable cabs song yet. It’s.. not much honestly.  This was worth covering for completions sake but it dosen’t really add much. If nothing else it at least made me realize so far each mile of the ride has added something fresh to the characters: The original was the foundation, rosa gave them depth and made them feel like real people, and house of mouse made them feel like a big deal to other characters and made donald’s history as a cabllero part of his legacy as it should be. Each one so far has felt like it added.. this one just made me realize that and that is all. It builds on nothing adds nothing and there’s really nothing here other than MAYBE the brown/crimson design for panchito that carries over from the looks of it. The next two versions build on what rosa, the movie and to a lesser extent the house of mouse built. This one adds nothing. This plot is just.. inconqueintal. not bad for kids to know about them but even then it feels like a disapointing introduction. I fondly remember hte cabs episodes of house of mouse and even on rewatch they mostly held up despite some weak parts. This .. this will just be forgotten and I only hope legend and ducktales have done a better job keeping my boys alive in kids minds. God i’m depressed. Well at least this is over right.. right? 

Daisy’s Grande Goal

Okay as I said I was doing two, and rather than do this episode’s paired episode I decided on Season 2′s “Supercharged: Daisy’s Grande Goal”.. and cut the supercharged out of the title for the most part because why would you put the sutitle in your actual title. And only in some episodes. But yeah this season had a new gimmick, SUPERCHARGING... which basically means our heroes roadsters can go into super sayian tron super sayian mode and go real fast. They look real nice though and it has it’s own neat theme tune so there’s that. Otherwise the only other change is the animation which improves greatly. Seriously look at that shot above. That’s quality lin line with the ohter disney juinor shows. It’s still not as CREATIVE, but it’s not as slipshod as it started and I have to give them credit on that. 

So our heroes are in Brazil.. and as far as I can tell they drove there again.. but the diffrence is 1) you can actually DRIVE to brazil and 2) they have super fast super cars now, meaning even if the super charge mode has a timer, it can help with the commute. It’s also one of the boys actual home countries this time. I mean the episode isn’t built around the cabs.. but neither was the last one. Seriously I almost missed that: it’s three unrleated plots and really you could’ve just lenethed the bull and goofy plots a bit and left donald and daisy out. If your not going to use the cabs right hten don’t use them at all. Here though their used BETTER.. still not in the lead unforunately but at least them being on the brazilian soccer team makes sense as jose is from brazil and while panchito is it he’s his best friend, sometimes lover and always there when he needs him. So spending some time in brazil to play soccer/football isn’t a stretch. But that’s about it for their involvment: they say a few lines, are part of the brazilian team our heroes face, and we get Not-Donald saying “No Way Jose”.,,,

Sadly I can’t leave but the main plot is about Daisy’s Cousnt Almonda. She was in the previous episode which I did not watch but I do like both there being a valid reason why our heroes are here, and connection between episodes. While this season isn’t MUCH better.. it’s still better by some metric.  The plot is very basic: Almonda always wins at soccer ever since she and Daisy were kids, and it’s your basic “hero gets overcompetitive to finally win plot and learns to just have fun and to use teamwork heart of the cards and all that” It goes how you’d expect with Daisy hogging the ball and causing disasters and then a ten car pileup before cucoo yells at her, she realizes she was bad and also realizes Almonda had to practice hard to beat her, and ends up beating her through teamwork and you get it. IT’s not much But yeah ten car pile up.. that’s where it is intresting and rediculous as their playing soccer with cars. Which given i’ve always been an advocate for card games on motor cycles, seriously it’s not more rediculous than Yugioh was before that: in the anime and manga before 5ds we had table hockey but the puck is ice with nitrocylcrine in it, a battle with an escaped convict involving vodka and only using one finger, a chinese puzzel box that devoured souls, a dueling monkey, a whole hogwarts style school for dueling, duel spirits, our heroes childhood creations coming to life to help him, our hero merging with his androgynous childhood friend to fight the light of all evils, and on top of all of that, kaiba building a giant murder theme park soley to kill yugi and, even with how rich is he is, not even going to prison for the two months he’d get for that. My point is Yugioh is fricking weird and I love it so and card games on mortocyles is awesome.  Soccer with cars is alright. The teams are mickey, minnie, daisy and donald, for the US and Almonda, Jose, Panchito and.. Pancho Pete for the Brazilian team. Pete’s cousin. He apparenlty has a lot of em. Eh as long as we don’t get petkeem the african dream we’re fine. 

Why why did I make this. Why. But yeah it’s fine, not the best action ever adn the supercharge segments as I said look nice but as I also said ther’es just not a lot here. Daisy’s cousin is intresting, but likely more in the other segment. Here she’s more of a plot device to make daisy into an asshole for the episode so the plot can happen. There’s just not a lot to talk about> Hence me doing two of these. I will say it’s a better episode than the other one: it felt like more actually happened, it was more cohesive, had way more enerjgy and it had billy beagle... the series resident overexcited and loveable announcer voiced by the far from loveable jay leno of stealing conan’s job he gave him and last man standing, for some reason, fame. 

Overall these episodes are.. eh. The first one is kind of a mess, the second one is slightly better but these clearly werne’t meant for adults, let alone older kids and it shows. But I found some material here and made a horrifying combination of a terrible racist wwe gimmick and pete so.. I win/ I guess. I dunno, until next time, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. 

[prettyallfriends]

Pretty Rhythm: My☆Deco Rainbow Wedding Prologue

(Hi! This is the first Pretty Rhythm 3DS game, and is also where Rinne originated. My notes will be in brackets, and I’ll only be translating one option from each choice; my chosen option will be in bold. Also… yeah, some plot points in these games are dumb as hell. But the Rainbow Live game literally made me cry so they’re not complete nonsense haha. Translation starts under the cut.)

’Dance’, ‘fashion’, ‘music’. When all three are brought together, they create ‘entertainment’. A certain legend has been passed down in the world of ‘prism shows’ since long ago…

‘Lovely’, ‘pop’, ‘feminine’, ‘ethnic’, ‘cool’, ‘sexy’. And, of course… ‘star’. The prism star who could bring together the power of these seven coords and collect the ‘rainbow charm’ would acquire the ‘rainbow wedding (dress)’.  Wearing this rainbow-coloured, shining coord of legend was the aspiration of every prism star. However, nobody had ever even seen this ‘rainbow charm’.

Everyone began to see the ‘rainbow wedding’ as nothing but a legend. However… they were wrong. The rainbow charm has always been waiting to be found by a star who can use the power of ‘My☆Deco’ to create their own original prism stones.

This is the story of a strange prism star with the power of the rainbow. You will be playing the leading role. Yes, the rainbow charm… It’s been waiting for you all along. Welcome to the world of prism shows!

(Meganee appears, you are in a real-life Prism Stone shop)

??? (Meganee): Ah, welcome! You can play Pretty Rhythm here! It’s a super fun game where you can collect shining stones! The controls are simple, so even beginners can enjoy themselves! So, do you want to try playing Pretty Rhythm?

Choice: Hm… Will I give it a go…?/Now’s not a great time…

??? (Meganee): Great! Put in a coin to start the game! I’m looking forward to a sparkly prism show! …Hm? Wait, you’re… Come with me for a sec!

(You both enter the arcade machine)

???(Meganee): Welcome to the world of prism shows ! 

Meganee: Sorry, sorry! I surprised you, didn’t I? My name is Akai Meganee. I help everyone with their coords right here in the world of prism shows. Feel free to call me Meganee! …More importantly, you’re making a ‘Why did you bring me here?’ kind of face, huh. The reason I’ve brought you into the world of the game is… 

??? (Penguin-sensei): Meganee-chan! You’ve found the new star!? 

Meganee: Ah! Penguin-sensei!

Penguin-sensei: So it’s this girl, huh? Hm… hmmm?

Meganee: Wait a minute, Penguin-sensei. You’re all up in her face…

Penguin-sensei: Perfect! This girl will do great! You have the aura of a destined star!

Meganee: Right? But, wait a second. There’s still a lot we don’t know about you. So, tell us about yourself!

(Character creation. I’ll refer to the player character as ‘Player’ from now on. Also, there’s no skintone options… Shit Sophia strikes again)

Meganee: I feel like I know you a lot better now. Nice to meet you, Player-chan!

Penguin-sensei: Good, now that that’s out of the way, we can get going! …Huh? Where are we going, you ask? The Prism Stone shop, of course!

(We are now inside the fictional Prism Stone from AD/DMF)

Meganee: You know, Player, there’s a reason why I chose you. It’s because your heart is shiny and pure… Having that pure heart should let you use the power of My☆Deco!

Penguin-sensei: Huh? Don’t tell me you don’t know what My☆Deco is? Well, it’s better to learn by doing! Let’s My☆Deco!

(My☆Deco tutorial)

Meganee: Wow, amazing! You deco-ed it wonderfully!

Penguin-sensei: You’re clearly nothing to sniff at if you can make such a pretty stone first try!

Meganee: Hm… With your skill, I’m sure you’ll be able to make the rainbow wedding!

Penguin-sensei: You’re right… To do that you’ll need this… The rainbow charm!

(A peacock-design charm floats down from the sky. Figuratively, I guess)

Meganee: The rainbow charm has lost its power… Player-chan! Please bring the power of the seven coords together! If you do that, you’ll be able to create the rainbow wedding coord! If you gather the power of all of the coords and get the rainbow wedding, you can make a lot of people’s hearts happy-lucky! So, will you collect power for the rainbow charm?

Choice: Understood!/Will I really be able to do all that, though?

Meganee: Thank you! I knew you’d say that! 

Penguin-sensei: Now that that’s sorted, you’ve got to train from here on out! Your goal is to become a sparkling prism star! In order to debut as a star, you’ll need to practise prism jumps!

Meganee: Player-chan, good luck! …You’ll definitely be able to help that girl…

–End of Opening– 

Prologue: A Strange Power

Meganee: Player-chan, your prism star activities are just beginning! …Hm? Who’s the girl I just mentioned? Well, if you continue doing prism shows, you’ll probably meet a strange girl who has a pure white heart, just like you. Although, she’s forgotten something very important, so we need you to use your power to help her remember. I’m sure you’ll be able to become close to her, and your sparkling heart will make everyone happy-lucky. Feel free to deco your pure heart in a way that suits you! You’ve already learned how to My☆Deco, so next you’ll be tackling prism shows! A prism show is where the strengths of dance, fashion and music come together. It’s very fun entertainment! 

Penguin-sensei: The most important part of a prism show is the prism jump. A prism jump is a jump of the soul!

Meganee: A prism star’s excited heartbeat becomes their prism jump. I wonder what kind of jump Player-chan’s heart will create?

Penguin-sensei: We’ll have to see then, won’t we? Let’s prism show! ……Wait, you… haven’t performed a prism jump before?

Choice: Of course I have!/No, I haven’t… 

Penguin-sensei: There’s no way you can debut then! Hurry up, I’ll give you a lesson! You’re lucky, you know? You get to experience a special lesson taught by me!

Meganee: No need to be so worried, you’ll definitely be fine.

Penguin-sensei: The excitement in your heart will become your jump… is what my friend Jun said once. Hm? You don’t know who that is? Well, whatever. It basically means that if you believe in your heart, you’ll be able to do an amazing prism jump!

Meganee: The Prism Future Arena’s pretty close, so why don’t we go there to practise?

Penguin-sensei: Prism jump lesson, start! 

(Obligatory prism show tutorial, followed by obligatory prism show)

Meganee: Woah, great prism show!

Penguin-sensei: You really do have something amazing… and that is… a star’s aura! You’re going to become a great prism star!

Meganee: A prism star, huh… Wait, do you plan to enroll her there!?

Penguin-sensei: Of course! I’ve already told President Asechi that I’ve found the prism star of the future!

Meganee: Pretty Top has a lot of prism stars, it’s a very famous agency. Being able to go there is amazing! Congratulations, Player-chan! 

Penguin-sensei: Well… officially, you need to take a test to be accepted. Will you take the test?

Choice: I want to take it!/I can’t do it!

Penguin-sensei: That’s what I like to hear. With that attitude, you’ll definitely become a great prism star. Even if you fail, the important thing is that you tried. That’s youth after all! Now, let’s go! Follow me, Player!

Meganee: Ah! Penguin-sensei, if you drag her so suddenly…

Penguin-sensei: Aaah! (Falling sounds)

Meganee: Ah… they both fell… Are you guys okay? …You’ll definitely be able to collect all of the power for the rainbow charm. Believe in the shine of your heart. If you do that, you’ll definitely become a wonderful prism star!

(This is so fucking long good lord. I still haven’t been able to save. I haven’t seen my family in weeks. My crops are all dead. Anyway, after a transition we are in what looks to be a bedroom… Alone with Penguin-sensei… Ruh-roh Scoob)

Penguin-sensei: Good♥mor♥ning♥

Penguin-sensei: HEY! Don’t scream when you see a person’s face! That’s so rude! You’re making a really surprised face, huh. You didn’t think that yesterday was just a dream, did you? Pinch your cheeks, see? You’re not dreaming. This is reality! You’re going to be taking Pretty Top’s admission test in order to become a prism star! Why are you spacing out like that? Get ready! 

Penguin-sensei: This is your My Room. Just like it sounds, it’s your bedroom. You can change your coord and makeup here. Once you’re ready, you’ll be taking your test! Show me your power in the world where talented prism stars come together! Let’s gooooo!

–To be continued–

Meganee: Welcome to the world of prism shows! In order to become a sparkling prism star, please work hard doing prism shows and lessons. You have the power of My☆Deco, so use it to create a lot of coords! If you continue in ‘Aim to Become a Prism Star’ (story) mode, you’ll be able to meet a lot of friends with different dances and jumps. I have a present for you, the future prism star! Make a lot of My☆Deco stones with the power of My☆Deco! And please, save that girl… She needs your power! I’ll give you a present every day. I’ll be happy if you come to play tomorrow, and the day after that. I may even get you a surprise present for your birthday, so look forward to that! May Player-chan, who has the power of My☆Deco, stay safe…

(And finally… a menu. I have been freed from the shackles that Meganee had bound me with. Why did I translate that last bit of non-story info? To let the world know that Meganee is pure evil. Guilt tripping us with promises of presents so that we play every day and in so doing fall for her machinations? No thank you. Anyway, I hope people actually read this as it was an absolute slog to get through lmao! I’m planning on translating both PR 3DS games, and possibly the PriPara ones too if people want them. Also, if anyone wants a quick translation of the actual gameplay menus etc., I’d be happy to do so!)

[kinktae]

The penultimate part🥺 I’m not ready to say goodbye, Bitchin!Jungkook has definitely been one of my fav characterizations of him that I’ve ever read. Thank you so much for sharing your work with all of us💖

bitchin 9 asks bc i suck

sapphireprinces5 said: bitchin’ pt9 was just so beautiful?? the way you explained the emotions and interactions between the characters was just amazing!! I felt myself hanging on every word wow excited for the end but will miss bitchin’ so much 🤧

Anonymous said: TAEHYUNG AND YARA SIGN ME UP GURL!!!!

Anonymous said: Like I just feel like if Jk really liked y/n he wouldn’t have slept with Kiri, you know? It shouldn’t matter that he didn’t know how y/n felt. And it’s obvious that he has feelings for y/n so I just hope that’s something y/n addresses when she talks to him. Don’t settle for less girl! Get you a man who will fight for you regardless 👏 (btw this is not me criticizing how you wrote it in any way! I’m just so invested in the characters and am thinking about how I would feel in this scenario :) )

Anonymous said: I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GONNA HAPPEN WITH YARA AND TAE I FELT IT SO DEEP IN MY BONES IM SO HAPPY FOR THEM 😭😭😭

Anonymous said: Hi! I just binge read bitchin in a day and can I just say that I loved it! I really love the female characters as well, you’ve written them so beautifully 🥺 if I was y/n I wouldn’t be concerned so much about Jk not sleeping with Kiri if he knew the way y/n felt, but rather the fact that if Jk didn’t want to sleep with Kiri, he wouldn’t have, regardless of y/n’s feelings or not. IMO y/n’s feelings shouldn’t be the issue here, but Jk’s should! If I was y/n’s bff that’s what I would tell her LOL

Anonymous said: OH MY GOODNESS! YES !!!! YESSSSS Y.E.S Muchas graciaaaas!!!

Anonymous said: tae and yara are my new ship)

unknowntalesx said: okay but like tae and yara thooO they got me all smiley being like oh yeah bayyybeEE das what im talking about 😏 ALSO OKAY NOW THAT I AM MORE LUCID KIRI GOT FUCKING WRECKED I LOVED THAT SHE GOT A DOSE OF HER OWN MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE I AM 😤😤😤😤😤

Anonymous said: im not ready for bitchin to end )):

Anonymous said: I SCREAMED WHEN Y/N TOLD KIRI THE TRUTH. YES QUEEN. STAB AND TWIST THE KNIFE!

Anonymous said: ROSE AHHSHSJSKSD FUCK U I’m all hot and bothered with anticipation for pt 10 now 😩😩😩🥵

sydney--chan said: We really stan y/n for using her big ol brain to rock kiris world oh my god I yelled also I say what's your damage all the time bring that shit back

Anonymous said: a tae x yara spin off series or one shot...... haha jk..... unless..... 👀

Anonymous said: Fuck kiri's scheming ass. I'm glad YN ripped her a new one

Anonymous said: AAHHHHHH once again, I love this chapter so much!!!! I was screaming at Yara and Tae part. Seriously!!!! I am SURE she felt that spark when he kissed her. Is she going to be the one falling for the guy while he wants something casual now? Or maybe Tae will fall for her as well? Ahhhh so cute! I feel like that would be a nice spin off yk (no pressure, I swear). And Erik, woah I didn't expect him to be like that. To be so nice and wise. Great character development indeed! It was really nice (1/2)

Anonymous said: To see their interaction and the way he opened her eyes (for some reason I couldn't help but picture him as Namjoon). Ohhh the Kiri part tho!!!! I felt really petty but in the best way lol. Anywaysss I am really excited for the last chapter (really sad too) and I am sure it is going to be the best because you are a genius! Thank you for sharing another amazing chapter with us! ♥♥♥ (2/2)

Anonymous said: OKAY I absolutely adored Bitchin part 9 😻 I always thought that it was also OC fault for what happened between her and jk, he obviously was the main jerk but she never actually admitted her feelings to him and he doesn't read minds so??¿¿? Really loved that she came to understand it. And I was rooting SO MUCH for yara and tae MAN I AM CRYING THEY DESERVE IT 🙌🏻

Anonymous said: you came through with the tae x yara content we all needed omg thank you!! if anyone’s gonna make yara fall in love it’s tae lol

Anonymous said: I honestly lowkey hate bitchin’ jungkook right now. I thought I’d get over it but I just can’t imagine how hurt and disgusted Y/N was when she found out that jk and kiri were together just hours before they were like ugh. It doesn’t help that I’m also really interested in Erik’s character development now so it would’ve been really interesting to see how he’d fit in Y/N’s life. 🥺

Anonymous said: jungkook and y/n wANT what yara and tae have

Anonymous said: TAEYARA YES FINALLY OUR WISHES HAVE BEEN ANSWERED 😍😍

Anonymous said: just want to let you know you’re an absolute angel and all you create is nothing short of perfection. *sends you all of the love*

spring2787 said: I jus came from a 4 hour long class and it's finally here... Thank you so much dear 🎂 💜

Anonymous said: Is yara me ? Like when she said that boy act like they understand the no string involved but then fall in love , dude I felt that , that's literally the story of my life lmaoooo Like the number of time a dude told me yeah I'm okay with that and then acted shocked when I told him I didn't feel anything for him is impressive lmaoo Anyway I'm so eager for the last chapter!!!! you did an amazing job!!

kuhweenbri said: The way I already finished but anyways girl I absolutely loved this part and now I’m excited for the next part 😭😭 will we be seeing more of T-ara??

Anonymous said: OMG YARA AND TAEEEEEEEEE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT BY FANSERVICE. JSJSJSJJSBXBSBSB But on a serious note, this fic just keeps on getting better. The fact that there's only one chapter left still hasn't come home to me 😭 but thank you so much for blessing us with this!💜💜

Anonymous said: YO! bitchin is flippin brilliant! you have done so well! jungkook broke my heart in part 9! im emotional but also so ready for part 10! please take your time. have a lovely day

Anonymous said: i don’t normally talk to writers on here but bitchin is really bitchin, i haven’t read a fanfic in so long that makes me excited to read the next part and maybe it’s because i’m so used to all of the aus being recycled but bitchin is truly a breathe of fresh air to me for some reason, maybe because you fleshed out the right hand mans for both characters idk or the it being a different time period, but i just wanted to say you are smashing bitchin dude and i love it!!

shy-kpop-girl said: BITCHIN': I just caught up on 8 & 9. Shocked & angry at JK. Because regardless of whether he knew y/n' feelings it was a dick move to sleep with Kiri one night and y/n the next morning. And it wasn't like he came over to talk/tell y/n about Kiri & things escalated because he went right at it as soon as she let him in. Even tho it was hot. 😳 But Erik. I wanted to hate him but dude surprised me with his reasoning. I loved that dialogue! Once again your writing is amazing & I love this story!

Anonymous said: Bitchin is the best fanfic on tumblr. And no one can change my mind. You’re doing amazing!! Much love xoxo

Anonymous said: “Think of life as one big puzzle and everyone you meet is shaped differently, right? Yet somehow… they fit. We find those that complete us. And they’re not necessarily opposites but—“ MAAM that part hit SOOO different omg your brain!?! Outta this world! Like this is whole ass literature!!!! I stg Bitchin’ is the best thing on this app and I meant that w my whole chest.

Anonymous said: I'm not ready for Bitchin to end. It's soooooo good 😍😍😍

kmultifandom said: Since there's a cast for bitchin I wanna audition for y/n because i wanna be a biologist and I have some similar personality traits *mic drop* Also great work, I seriously love it. No other fan fiction I have read was so close to my actual self and that impresses me even more and make it like it 10 times more djksksks

Anonymous said: how will I live when bitchin ends agghhh I haven’t even read 8-9 cause I’m waiting for the happy ending before I’m heartbroken and left waiting for the last part

Anonymous said: you know what would be super fun and crazy 😛😛🙈🙈 if you dropped bitchin’ pt 10 right now 😳😳 haha just kidding .... unless 😏😏

Anonymous said: lets gooooo!!!!!!!!!!! bitchin pt 10 better haunt me for the rest of the year

Anonymous said: I feel like I’m going to get so emotional once Bitchin’ part 10 is released. It’s like I’m sending off my non-existing kids to university because I won’t be able to see Bitchin!Jungkook anymore 🥺

Anonymous said: I can’t believe Bitchin’ is for real ending 😩 it’s soo gud 

Anonymous said: Can’t wait till bitchin PART 10 Probably gonna fall asleep before u post but I’ll try to stay up for it 🥺

Anonymous said: i love your writing honestly and i just really want you to be happy. your writing is immaculate and i really want you to know that you are talented and skilled so yeah. sorry if this is out of nowhere but i just really want to show appreciation to writers because they don't get enough and you are definitely my favorite writer:)) hope you have a good day!!

Anonymous said: okay but if Bitchin' goes on for 50 chapters that would be good too.. just sayin'.

tpo-quinn said: Bruh, I can already feel that I'm gonna cry from the last chapter of bitchin'...I CAN'T WAIT!

leojjeon said: so i've re-read bitchin ready for chapter 10 an I am feeling all sorts of emotions. it's fair to say it's my favourite series I've read!

Anonymous said: y did i forget bitchin would have an end like 😳😐we’ve been on this bitchin journey w u for so long i’m sad it’s over

Anonymous said: What what what?? Bitchin is ending??!!! Didnt it just fucking start like all the drama and tae&yara!!!! Omg girl!!!

Anonymous said: ur the absolute fucking GODDESS of writing angst, ive never ever waited for a ff to be updated before as if it was a new episode of my fav show coming out. thank u for writing and be so active, muah ur amazing

Anonymous said: a moment of silence for our loved bitchin who will die soon 😔 gone but not forgotten, she will always be in our hearts. all the best rides come to an end 😭

[abbbiemarie13]

Ask Away: 5, 16, 24, 34, 38, 39, 40, 64, 68, 72, 73 & 77.

hahahaha i’m so sorry I suck at responding to these but lesssss gooooo

5) vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry? 

Not to be that boring bitch but I’m a total vanilla girl lol 

16) Who are your top 5 fictional characters?

WOW THIS IS GONNA BE HARD. ummmmm ok. Villanelle, Elsa, Tina Goldstein, Ahsoka, andddddddddddd Stitch hahahah 

24) what lyric(s) do you love? 

OOF. Any lyric that Taylor Swift has written honestly. That woman is such a genius. But I’ll dig a bit deeper and give some non T Swift lyrics that I love.

Will you love me when my heartbeat stops? // When my heartbeat stops, will you stay mine? - Afterlife by Hailee Steinfeld

You've been locked in here forever and you just can't say goodbye - Apocalypse by Cigarettes After Sex

There's no enemy, there's only me and you - It’s Really Raining by Alison Sudol 

34) do you have any unusual talents?

Does becoming dramatically obsessed with a television show and let it run the entirety of your life count? If so then YES. If not the only thing remotely cool I can do is open a beer with my arm LOL 

38) best movie? 

Yikes ummmmmmmmm if I have to choose then it will probably be Rogue One

39) best tv series? 

.....do I even need to say words.....

40) have you ever wrote fanfiction?

Ooooooooh yes I sure have. Lots and lots and lots of it. Most of it will probably never see the light of day hahaha

64) what is your dream job? 

I would love to president of Lucasfilms one day...but also Kathy Kennedy is so amazing and needs to stay there forever

68) do you consider yourself to be more masculine, feminine or a mixture? 

I feel like I’m neither sometimes to be quite honest. I’m just what ever I am when I wake up hahaha. But probably dip closer to the fem side. 

72) what question do you hate answering? 

I hatteeeeee getting asked about my love life. Like ya’ll I DONT EVEN KNOW, My brain changes its mind 25/7 and i’m insecure as hell and no one wants to deal with that LOL 

73) do you believe in guardian angels? 

only if they’re dogs. 

77) how was your day? 

It’s the middle of the day currently haha and so far it’s goin real well. How is YOUR day???

Thanks for these you lovely human xxx

[relaxedmouse]

Magic, Control, Emotion, and Random Destruction: some thoughts

With “Frozen 2” releasing later this month, and stores near me selling Frozen-themed dolls and candy and picture books, I’ve been thinking back to Frozen 1. What I remember most from that movie (other than “LET IT GOOOOO”) is Elsa’s ice magic. Specifically, that one scene near the end where she says, “Love. Of course. Love!” And then she’s suddenly able to remove the eternal winter that drove the conflict of the movie. That scene has always bothered me, but I’ve had a surprisingly tough time articulating why.

For a long time, I figured the issue with that scene was the suddenness of it. The movie lacks explanation for how Elsa’s powers work, and in the end, it relies on us (the audience) to accept that shouting the word “love” in a revelatory manner is enough to solve everything.

To be honest, this is an issue that many stories (not just Frozen) have when it comes to depicting magic. Having magic isn’t something that real-life people can relate to. “My powers are out of control!” is a common fantasy plot, and its resolution of course involves the person learning to control their powers. But how do they do that? We usually don’t understand much of it.

We may get told that a character put long hours into magical study, but this accomplishment is diminished by the fact that we have no idea what kind of work goes into mastering magic. Sometimes it involves a mentor babbling about “learning to believe in yourself” or other vague concepts. Often, we have to rely on simply being told that the character is out of control one moment, then in control the next.

This is pretty much what happened in Frozen, when Elsa is able to reverse the huge blizzard one moment after she’s reminded that her sister loves her. I’m not mocking you if you found that moment to be touching. But I do think it reinforces the point that it’s hard for us non-magical viewers to predict what causes one’s powers to slip into or out of control. So, when a plot relies on that happening, it can be difficult to follow the progression of events.

Anyway, I still consider the resolution of Frozen to be abrupt, but in thinking about it more, perhaps it’s not as poorly-explained as I figured. If I want to be generous, I can see there’s a coherent storyline there. Elsa’s powers fly out of control when she’s scared and go back under control when she’s happy. Therefore, seeing an act of love from Anna is enough for her to gain control of the eternal winter. Okay. Maybe not the best execution, but I’m willing to accept that’s how it works.

You see, I’ve often read and watched stories that had only a vague explanation for how magic operates, and still enjoyed them. And I’ve never been one of those people to speculate as to how Elsa got magic powers in the first place; I’ve always accepted that she simply has them, as the premise of the story. So why did that one scene near the end of the movie bug me so much?

In the end, I think my main problem is that I simply don’t like it when a magic system is fueled by emotion. Especially when that leads to accidental destruction. And yes, of course that’s a completely personal opinion.

If magic is linked to emotion, it means that some poor kid who has a tantrum could wind up accidentally blowing up their house. In Elsa’s case, she gets so upset that she unleashes a blizzard that covers all of Arendelle. Later, when she’s told that she caused this deep snow, she again gets upset, so much so that she nearly kills her own sister with an accidentally-thrown ice shard.

Was an entire country put in danger because just one woman got upset? It’s not that I have trouble believing it. It’s more like . . . this level of destruction feels weirdly “unnecessary” to me. Or maybe "arbitrary" is a better word.

I just never seem to like it when magic is set up this way (as a dangerous force that must be controlled, or else it will spiral out of control). I get that it leaves plenty of room for conflict. Making a character accidentally harm their loved ones is a super-fast way to pull out all sorts of angst, yeah? Even so, this approach always seems to leave me with too many questions.

A funny thing about fantasy worlds is they frequently treat magic like it’s a force of nature that will occur on its own when the magic-wielder gets angry or distressed – but it’s also a skill that must be studied. That’s why many settings feature magic schools and magic tutors. Now, I know that Frozen didn’t have any magical schools (that we know of). But there are plenty of other stories that center on a character receiving tutoring in order to learn how to control their innate magical abilities, which had previously been causing all sorts of unplanned havoc.

I find this puzzling. When people get upset, they might cry or yell, but they probably won’t be taking out a pencil and paper and solving calculus problems. When people are extremely emotional, it’s unlikely that they’ll be able to do a task that requires calm thinking. And that’s my issue with many depictions of magic. Magic is treated like a skill to be learned, but it’s also something that you can do while you’re in the middle of crying hysterically?

Okay, I guess these two ideas aren’t totally incompatible. Some stories run with the notion that getting emotional will make the magic act out on its own, while calming down and concentrating will let you control what it does. And there definitely have been awesome moments in stories where the hero, fueled by the power of friendship or the need to avenge a fallen friend, draws out amazing power and gives the villain a satisfying beat-down, the likes of which they’d never managed before.

Still, even though there are great depictions of emotion-fueled magic, I find that I tend not to get into it. This goes for cases where it’s played for drama, but it’s especially true in cases where it’s played for comedy.

For instance, I played Fire Emblem: Fates (video game for the Nintendo 3DS). This game had a pair of twin sisters from the vaguely-named Ice Tribe. Flora and Felicia’s ice powers really didn’t do anything in the plot, but sometimes they would show up in their support conversations with other characters. Felicia creates a snowstorm when Saizo insults her and she gets angry. Flora makes one too when Corrin proposes to her and she gets flustered. The former might’ve been an intentional attack on Felicia’s part (though that’s a bit unclear), but the latter is definitely unintentional. And it seems like we’re meant to laugh when Corrin says the winds are so strong and cold that he can’t see anything, but he’s so happy that he doesn’t care. (M-Maybe you should care about that, buddy.)

By the way, it’s a coincidence that both my examples involve people with ice powers. Search more through the world of fiction and you’ll find people who strike down trees with lightning when they’re angry, people who accidentally burn their lovers with fire when they’re passionate, people who blast a hole in the wall when they’re afraid . . .

Man, I just can't stand it. Even if that hole in the wall is later repaired with cartoonish ease, I get stuck on the fact that the hole existed at all.

I'm the type of reader/viewer who's usually content to roll with a story no matter where it goes. I'll accept weird premises, I'll accept ambiguous endings - but for some reason, I just can't stand random acts of destruction. There's something about that exact combination of violence, suddenness, and the fact that these dangers aren't caused by the intentions of a character, but rather a thing that can occur at any time.

Of course, good writing can make a good story out of anything. It’s definitely possible for someone to write a fascinating story that explores the implications of a person (especially a child) having tremendous, out-of-control powers. And, since this trope keeps appearing, I’m left to assume that people like it and find it interesting.

However, even if these types of plots are well-written, I typically find myself turning away from them. In the face of arbitrary destruction, I get caught thinking of how all that horror could’ve easily been avoided by the writer simply choosing to make the magic work differently in their world.

[cosmilkshake]

Ay I'm down

Name: Matthew Nickname: Matt, Matty, Matty mi boi, Lolite, Lolita, lol, ite, ey Age: 17 Sex: Male goes by him/them etc Sexual Orientation: Homoromantic, Asexual but not exactly asexual i forget the name of it but it’s like, being attracted to fictional sex but not real life sex. Nationality: is he gay or European, is he gay or European? He’s Gay AND European! Relationship status: Single, for now. Likes: Cooking, Traveling, roleplaying, talking, surfing Tumblr for the dankest of memes, Steven Universe,cartoons, drawing, music, and of course,being fabulous!

Dislikes: Remembering things, heat, haters, when people don’t pay attention, trolls, being called Lolita, being called Loli. Random fact: ITS PORTUGAL TIME BOIS LETS GOOOOO

[imsarabum]

Responses to {Part 25} I Won’t Stop You // Jeon Jungkook, Vampire!AU Asks~

Please ‘Keep Reading’ to find my response to your ask ^^ As always, I have copied and pasted all asks into this post in regards to last night’s chapter to avoid clogging up people’s dashboards and to avoid spoilers for those who may still wish to read the chapter. Thank you ^^

(I have also included asks that I received in the hours before IWSY was posted ^^)

@ofwolvesandbutterflies said: Oh mai gawd it's tuesday! you know what that means... IWSY part 25 is coming tonight!

IT’S VAMPDAY! Hehe :3 I’m excited!!

@life-guru said: It's Tuesday!!!!!! I am so ready😙

Yay! I hope you’ll enjoy it love :D

@openup-yourmind said: Hi, i just wanted to let you know that i can't wait for the next chapter! ♡ You're a breat writer and i send big love from Montreal/Canada 😘❤🍁 *big hug* :)!

Thank you so much honeypot! I really hope you’ll like it :D Yay hugs from Canada! Have some hugs from the U.K too *hugs* hehe ^^

@bangtangurlarmy said: Girl, I live for your writings. ABANSJWJAIWKAKKWNWIMWALMAJW I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER AND I HAVE FINALS ON SATURDAY BUT IT'S MY LAST EXAM SO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA.  I love you❤❤ And Justin Seagull❤ and Jack, Christian Chim Chim....Yoonki Min as well... Oh wait, I love Monie and Jin and J-dope too😌

I BURST OUT LAUGHING AT J-DOPE LMAO OH YM GOD xD Ahhh your nicknames for them all are so cute, when will I ever~ And hey, you’re one to talk! I’ve been sneaking through your Taehyung scenarios like *wiggles eyebrows* and I love your writing so much! And of course, I love you a lot too ❤  I hope your finals won’t be too stressful for you my dear, you’ll do well I know you will!

@mocking-butts said: I like can't focus properly because I'm waiting for the new update~ I need to know what happens mumsy oh god I'm dying here ㅠㅠ

I hope you’ll enjoy it honeypie! :3

Anonymous said: OMG ONE FUCKING MINUTE

LET’S GOOOOO!

Anonymous said: AHHHHH SHES PREGNANT DJAJVDJSJSBSKSKNXNSNZJ

GASP!

Anonymous said: That was heavy man...

Good heavy I hope~

Anonymous said: ACKKK THAT WAS SO GOOD! CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK!! LOVE YA❤ -Anon+friend⚇

Thank you so much anon and friend! I love you too :3

@mocking-butts said: WAIT WHAT OH MY- IM MAMING THE MOST UNGODLY NOISES IM LIKE I CANT EVEN MUMSY WHYYYYY PLEASE BE NEXT WEEK FATSER~ ksjsndndkdkdkek I forgot how to speak I'm going to go cry now and drown in my tears 😭

Please don’t cry please smile for me :( I hope you enjoyed it though! :c Thank you for reading my love!

Anonymous said: Shit just went down I love when your fanfics get angsty OMG thank u Sara  --wifey anon

I’m glad you enjoy the angst wifey anon c: Plenty more where that came from! ^^ Thank you so much for reading it :D

Anonymous said: I was having a poop week, and this made my day. BUT THAT CLIFFHANGER!! AND I'M PREGGERS *screams* PS I forgive you and love you too :) *more screams* -Vampnip anon

I’m sorry you had such a poop week *hugs* I hope your week gets better! AND YES OMG YOUR PREGGERS CONGRATS BABE! lolol c: Thank you for forgiving me Vampnip anon c: And thank you so much for reading!

Anonymous said: *says in ratchet voice* OMG NO! You did not just do that to me bitch! Like how the fuck am I supposed to be able to live for another week to read the rest of this story! Like, hell to the no... just saying you better come to my funeral Luv u bitch xxx

I DID JUST DO THAT TO YOU~ muhaha ^^ I’ll be there dressed in my best I’M KIDDING NO PLEASE DON’T DIE ID BE REALLY SAD FOR REAL :( I love you too lol and thank you for reading the update :3

@mini-mini-jiminie33 said: In response to the cliffhanger on chapter 25 of I Won't Stop You--yOU ARE THE GOD OF CLIFFHANGERS AND IDK WHETHER TO LOVE YOU OR HATE YOU FOR THAT OMG IM SCREAMING AAH

I WOULD PREFER IT IF YOU LOVED ME BUT IF YOU WANT TO HATE ME THEN THAT’S OKAY TOO I’LL SPEND THE REST OF MY ADULT LIFE TRYING TO EARN BACK YOUR LOVE *cries*

Anonymous said: I SWEAR!! I FLIPPING SWEAR!! DO YOU ENJOY THE THINGS YOU DO TO ME?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE!?

I do rather enjoy the things I do to you ^^ Does that make me evil like Yoongi? Probably c: thank you for reading my love :3

Anonymous said: OMG THE OC Is PREGNANT FUCK YES! Hmm pregnant from all that fucking 😉😏😏I HOPE THE BABY IS OK

*jay parks aquaman plays in the background* ‘lemme call you mama cos we abouta make a baby’ OML YES ALL THE FUCKING~ haha thank you very much for reading the new chapter doll :D

@jynxy24 said: YOU. MAKE. ME. WANNA. SCREAM. AND  CRY. OMG. SAAAARRRRAAAAAAAAAAA! HOW COULD YOU?! I TRUSTED YOU TO PROTECT MY HEART BUT MY HEARTEU! MY HEARTEU IS, ARRRHHHH!!  Okay, rant is over. How've you been, Sara!! I hope you have been well, is the weather there great? Stay healthy!! >.< CHAPTER WAS AWESOME BTW AAAAHHHHH!! I'M SO FRICKIN CURIOUS OF WHAT YOONGI IS GONNA DO!! I hope Namjoon turns good at the end(I can frickin sense it) :3 I have to go, stay awesome, Sara! Love you!

I promise you that your heart will be okay and that everything will work out in the end!! I’ve been okay, super stressed and busy and hardly any time to do anything other than study and work but I am trying to hard to stay on top of things ^^ The weather is FREEZING but I wrap up warm. How are you doing?! And thank you so much for reading the new update and I love you too honeypie!! :3

@deangetoutofmyspleen said: SARA IM UGLY CRYING I FUCKIN KNEW ITTTTTTTTTTTT OHMYGOSHIMINSHOCK MY HEART IS EXPLODINGNGGGGHHHH

shh...it’s okay...it’s all gonna be okay c: ehehe~

Anonymous said: jimin hates white ppl xoxo

xoxo Gossip Girl xoxo

@doubletroublesince1994 said: This is literally making me die and anticipation omgg I loved every bit of this chapter but man waiting for another week for the next chapter is gonna be hard for me 😂😂😂 Thank you so much for writing this, this is truly a blessing I love youuu ❤

Ahhh thank you so much for reading it and I love you too! I know it sucks waiting for things to come out :( but I’m glad that you still read every week despite the wait!! I appreciate it so much :3 Thank you darling :D

Anonymous said: I... Don't know what to say... So much just happened in part 25, Yoongi has 'me' in custody, 'i'm' pregnant with Jungkook's baby, and Jungkook has it so bad that he decided to protect both 'me' and the baby. Fucking Yoongi. Literally, the song 'Why' by Taeyeon is playing in the background and that is  the one word going through my mind right now. How do you write so well and give me the ultimate feels?! I love you, take care of yourself, and yeah. r.i.p. me. - army anon

It really was a chapter filled with so many emotions and feelings and points of view, I’m glad it could give you ultimate feels! Ahhh Why my Taeyeon is a beautiful song, you’ve put me in the mood to listen to it now! I love you too and I hope you will have an amazing week Army anon ^^ thank you so much for reading it!

@theninjachan said: this is gonna sound weird but yoongi is my bias so instead of being pissed of or angry with his villainous chuckles i was rather......turned on???? HAHAHA. anyway this was a great chapter as usual. and y/n is pregnant? oh boy oh boy oh boy i'm excited for tuesday to come

No no not at all! I rather enjoy that passive-aggressive asshole type behaviour and it is high-key sexy as fuck in so many ways lol (THIS IS WHY ALL MY RELATIONSHIPS HAVE FAILED I MAKE THESE BAD DECISIONS) lol thank you so much for reading again this week love ^^

Anonymous said: I'm dying a little bit by every sentence I read,  I know this is a fiction (and a VERY GOOD at that), but it still rips me apart reading this chapter especially when Serrena told Jungkook about the unborn child, and I know JK love her and their unborn child with all his life, he will protect them at all cost even if it means his life been taken away :( --Lotsa love Erica from U.S--

Hello Erica!! Thank you so much for reading IWSY it means a lot to me and I’m so happy you think it’s good! And yeah, it’s both a happy and a sad thought. When I was writing the chapter, I was actually listening to Flyleaf’s song ‘Circle’ and the lyrics ‘no man shows greater love than when a man lays down his life for his beloved’ was echoing throughout my mind ^^

@mysr3 said: WHAT!*still shock*What! I thought they were being sAfe! Sara u 've serious explanations to do! I luv how u had JK shift on so many emotions in such short span. the moment of JK n his mom is touching. N u w/ ur evil genius plot Twist! U n this ch r the reason my emotions r over the place rn! Just "Ding-dong” at the end had my imagination run wild of what will happen next. Y Yoongi sounds so hot! Ahh the torture week of waiting for IWSY now begin 😭glare, pouty 😤lol LuV u! ❤️ Thank you!

Don’t glare or be pouty at me!! :c hehe but heY WAIT I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WEREN’T LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE HM?? ;) lolol I’m glad I could put your emotions all over the place, this makes me very very happy ^^ But thank you once again for reading this weeks chapter and I love you too despite the amount of apparent pain I’ve caused you :3

Anonymous said: It's 11:35 pm my time and I can't control my emotions. Like fuck man. Y/N is preg-a-nant and like I'm happy af.  But why Yoongi gotta fuck everything up. Like couldn't their happiness have lasted a little longer. But it's okay cause y/n a bad bitch you can't kill her. Then JUNGKOOK  gonna fight Yoongi and save his girl cause he a real man-vampire. This story so good that I'll wait another week but these dramatic cliffhangers gotta stop mom (Name the baby after me plz) Love you  💜 ~LilKookieAnon

She is definitely a bad bitch, Yoongi don’t know who he’s fucking with! :3 AND NO NEVER THE CLIFFHANGERS ARE HERE TO STAY I’M SORRY JUST EMBRACE THEM AND ACCEPT THEM AS A PART OF YOU OKAY?! hehe~ thank you my love for reading and I hope you’re having a great week LilKookieAnon ^^

@jeonjungrude said: OMGG THE CLIFFHANGER AND THE FACT THAT SHE IS PREGNANT!! OMGGG WHY U DOING THIS TO MY POOR POOR HEART !! 😭😭😩😩 now i have to wait till next week omg may god save me !! 🖤

Because...I enjoy your pain *evil laugh* I guess this makes me similar to Yoongi lol we are sadists with our intentions :3 But I think mine are far less sinister, well...I hope :3 thank you so much for reading my love and I hope you enjoyed it ^^

Anonymous said: Didn't they have unprotected sex after the ball? How come she become pregnant?

Do you know how sex works my love? :3 You can still get pregnant when you use a condom because nothing (except abstinence) is 100% safe!! And also - if you read the parts when they have sex, there are instances when Jungkook is having sex with the reader when he isn’t wearing a condom. For instance, the morning after the first time they have sex. The reader is on top and he hasn’t got a condom on. Yes - he doesn’t “finish” inside her, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t get pregnant ^^

Anonymous said: Me: OH ITS TUESDAY! *reading IWSY* Fic: Ding-dong” the bell chimed. To be continued..." Me: -_________- well shit NOOO WHY?! EVEN JUST ONE MORE DETAILED SENTENCE THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING. *depressed* *needs to wait for another week ㅠㅠ* Hehehe...i honestly love ur works! Specially IWSY! It's really unique for my opinion and it's im telling u IT'S WELL WRITTEN. It's soooo gooood. I've never been this excited just for tuesdays, ever in my life😂. It's really of the best and one of my favourites! 💕

Thank you so much for thinking that it’s unique and well written, that makes me so happy ^^ Thank you very much my love!! :3

@coppertopging said: I KNEW IT!!!!!! I KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!! WHY IS TUESDAY 7 DAYS AWAY AGAIN?!?!?!?!?!?!

DUN DUN DUN! c: You guessed correctly! I’m sorry for the long waits :( I wish I could write more than one chapter a week :( thank you my love for reading :D

Anonymous said: OH MY GOD PLEEEASE let this have a happy ending!!! My heart my poor heart😭😭😭

I hope it will have a happy ending for you my love!

@ananyak26 said: Omg author nim! Part 25 was cruelxD. It was amaaazingly written, and I loved it a lot. Great job!

I apologise for it being so cruel :c but thank you so much for reading dear!!

@life-guru said: Ahhhhhh she's pregnant!! I hope everything works out and that namjoon gets saved somehow! Thank you for blessing us with such a great story!!❤️😘

I hope so too c: thank you so much for reading my stories!

Anonymous said: FRICK. That is all I have to say about IWSY chapter 25. Thank you and goodnight.  - 종달새 ❤︎

I hope that’s a good thing! c: Thank you very much for reading my love - good night!!

@animeimmortal said: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT LIKE SHES PRGNANT WHAT AND ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER PLEASE LET ME LIVE IM TRYING TO LIVE IN PEACE AND THIS IS OMG the storm is really not helping and Serena? Lord she could have told Y/N about it at least -.- love you 😍❤❤❤

ALL THE FRUSTRATING THINGS GAHHHH! hehe, thank you so much for reading it aand I love you very much too ^^

@noceurash said: Im!!! I'm so hyped over iwsy omg it's happening!!!! I can't wait for the next part, I love you!! This chapter was so good aaah. I hope you have a good day~~

YAY I’M SO GLAD IT GOT YOU HYPED! Thank you so much my love, I hope you have a good day too :D

@toxic-seoul said: I AM FREAKING OUT SARA OH MY GOD dcdjsjicfk I'm so ready for the next chapter I wanna kno what Yoongi is planning. I want Serena 2 come in like a badass mama & save her son & every1 cuz moms r awesome & shit but I also want JK to tear Yoongi apart. But then I also want Yoongi 2 fuq reader up cuz I'm messed up like that lol bUT NO YOONGI NEEDS TO CHECK HIMSELF BIH IM NOT LIKING HIS ATTITUDE. Bitch boi got another thing comin if he thinks he's getting away with that pfft. Amazing as always btw lol

Badass mama here to save the day! I hope she does that c: AND YES WE CANT LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT HOW DARE HE, HE’S SO RUDE D: hehe, thank you so much for reading honeypot, you’re awesome an I hope you have a great day ^^

Anonymous said: Oh my god!! All those asks about the reader getting her period!!! And now!!!!! The latest chapter was great and I'm always amazed by your vocabulary :3 Thank you so much for writing I Won't Stop You!

I KNOW LOL IT’S LIKE ‘JESUS CHRIST JUST WAIT FOR THE STORY OH MY GOD’ lol like...please :( haha thank you so much doll, that really means so much to me :D Thank you for reading IWSY and for messaging me too :D

Anonymous said: IM ABOUT TO EXPLODE!! I DIDN'T EXPECT THAAAAAT FHRJKEDJJDKDJFJJ A CHILD?? OMG YAS!!! I WON'T BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS WEEK GOD DAMN IT

Please don’t explode no D: YES A CHILD! YES YOU CAN SURVIVE THE WEEK I PROMISE YOU CAN :D hehe~ thank you so much for reading my love ^^

Anonymous said: Wow for once I'm here relatively early and //HOLY SHIT !! The plot is thick and everything is so emotionally charged right now and I'm dying ... but lowkey looking forward to full squad next week (even if 4/7 of them are baddies)

Thank you very much for reading it! I’m glad you’re finding it emotionally charged c: And yep! The gang is all together hehe :D

Anonymous said: i can't wait for nxt tuesday alrd 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Me either! :3 thank you!

@brilliantbellesoares said: IWSY FEEDBACK: I don't know if I'm crying of joy because I'm happy they're having a child or of sadness because of what could happen to that child

That two edged sword tho ;D hehe! thank you so much :D

@wanda-rog said: You're so nice and such a good writter! Still so evil...how dare you give us another cliffhanger? You probably laugh maniacally when you type "to be continued". I just want her to be back with Jungkook! And now she is pregnant and in danger TT another long week before update 😭

My evilness is a charm, I promise ;D Whenever I finish it and read it out to my mum, she screams in distress, so I already have an idea of what will happen :3 thank you for reading my love ^^

Anonymous said: HOOOOOOO BOY SHE FUCKING PREGNANT SJDJDJ oh my god this chapter has my ass up the entire time djdjdjd WHAT THE FUCK im dying to know what yoongis after for y/n what thefcuk

All will be revealed soon! :3 hehe thank you so much for reading ^^

Anonymous said: FUCK ME ON THE ASS WITH A SPOON IM FUCKING DYING I CANT FUCKINT BELIVE JINT HSI FUCKING BITCH OH MY GOD DJSJSJDJS SHES FUCKING PREGNANT DIDNT THEY USE PROTECTION LIKE UNTIL THE LAST SEX PART WHERE JK FUCKED HER RAW IM FUCKING DYING AND SHES GONA DIE INT HECOLD FUCKING YOONGI THAT BITKCH ASS MUTHAFUCKIN I SWEAR TO GOD

LMAO OHMY GOD hahahaha xD Well - if you read the parts when they have sex, there are instances when Jungkook is having sex with the reader when he isn’t wearing a condom. For instance, the morning after the first time they have sex. The reader is on top and he hasn’t got a condom on. Yes - he doesn’t “finish” inside her, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t get pregnant ^^ And also, just because you’re using a condom, doesn’t mean you can’t get pregnant! Thank you for reading love :D

@semisweetsuga said: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -IWSY by Koto

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - by Sara THANK YOU BBY

Anonymous said: The scale for this story isn't 0 to 100 anymore. It's just 100 to 5000 at this point ya know? There's never a point where this story rests at 0

heh, I think that’s a matter of subjectivity my darling. There are points in which I believe this story is calm and tranquil depending on the situation - take the moment in the restaurant for example, or various soft/romantic moments that the reader is subjected to. Of course, it is a Vampire fiction, so the element of thrill would naturally be quite high :D

@xokookiebts said: I swear im choking. If her baby gets hurt, im breaking my phone i stg. I will sue min yoongi. That little shit.

Please don’t break your phone! I hope that everything works out for you in the story c: thank you for reading my love!

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All the One Direction asks :) xx

Oh my gosh. Im about to bore everyone e to sleep. (Tagging you, @petalsharry, because you sent me in a few too!) Here we gooooo…

What Makes You Beautiful: Name three things you love about yourself.My kids(they’re part of me)…honestly, that’s it…

Gotta Be You: Talk about your crush!Crush…hmm…so besides hubs, I’m gonna go with my man Niall Horan this time. WHAT A BABE…amiright?!

One Thing: What’s one thing your dream girl/boy HAS to have?A good heart

More Than This: What’s the bravest thing you ever did?Given birth…lol, I really don’t know…

Up All Night: Talk about the craziest night of your life.Probably the night in 11th grade when I got so drunk and started throwing up so hard that I lost my shoe somehow & partied with one shoe on for the rest of the night.

I Wish: What’s your biggest dream?I’d love to be a singer

Tell Me A Lie: What was your most recent lie?I told my son that if he ate his dinner he’d get a surprise…I am not above bribery.

Taken: Talk about your last relationship.I’ve only had one relationship really…and I married him, God help him

I Want: Name three things you want in lifeGood music forever, for people to love one another, for my children to grow up happy

Everything About You: Who’s your biggest celebrity crush?Harry Styles, for this question lol

Same Mistakes: What’s your most common mistake?I stay up too late

Save You Tonight: Which three things would you save if there was a fire?Things? Computer bc it has so many important photos on it, my kids old baby blankets, clothes for my kids

Stole My Heart: Have you ever fallen for someone you shouldn’t have fallen for?Boy, have I…

Stand Up: What’s your favourite sport?Basketball

Moments: Talk about something good that recently happened to you.I got to go grocery shopping all by myself without the hubs or kids & it was so relaxing

Another World: Which fictional world would you want to live in if you could?I just wanna go to Hogwarts

Na Na Na: What’s one thing you can never say no to?Fried chicken

I Should Have Kissed You: Is there something you regret?Im about to sound so cliche…but no. I really do t regret a thing. Everything I’ve done had gotten me where I am, and I like where I am

Live While We’re Young: Talk about a childhood memory.My fav is probably spending so much time with my Nana when I was younger

Kiss You: Tell the story of your first kiss.I was 15/16, I finally convinced my older crush (who liked me too) to come to the party my friend & I had while her parents were out of town…we ended up sitting on the front porch talking about life until like 6am…I walked him out to his truck as he left & he leaned in and it just kind of happened. It was both terrible & wonderful at the same time

Little Things: Name five things you find attractive in others.Intelligence, a good heart, sense of humor, musical talent is always nice, good hair

C'Mon, C'Mon: What’s your dream destination for a good vacation?Ireland

Last First Kiss: Do you want to get married? If so, talk about your dream wedding.I am…my wedding was my dream wedding lol

Heart Attack: Are you jealous?Nah

Rock Me: List your ten favourite bands.Bands? One Direction, Jonas Brothers, Kings of Leon, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, The Eagles

Change My Mind: Are you good at making final decisions or do you easily change your mind?I really don’t know…I’m really indecisive at first, but once I actually make a decision, I’m stuck with it

I Would: Name three guilty pleasures of yours.I hide some of my kids candy that they get from their grandmas house & eat it myself, I hide honeybuns so that I’ll have a stash when my husband thinks he’s eaten them all, sometimes I act like I have a bad headache so that my husband will pick up dinner on his way home from work so I don’t have to cook…in conclusion, I’m a fatass

Over Again: Talk about your first love.First love…idk if it was love…maybe it was. He was my first kiss. A wonderful guy that “got away.” He actually live a few houses down from me with his gf, lol. Damn tiny towns.

Back For You: Talk about your best friend.I miss her.

They Don’t Know About Us: Share a secret!I hate my husbands mustache

Summer Love: Talk about a summer memory.I spent a week in a beach house with my bff when I was 16/17…a good fuckin week, man

She’s Not Afraid: What’s your favourite horror film?Probably The Strangers……..“because you were home”

Loved You First: Are you a possessive person?Not too bad

Nobody Compares: Who’s your idol?No idol…but I really admire Harry Styles, wonderful human being

Still The One: What’s one thing you can’t seem to get over?RICHONNE ON TWD LIEK BITH I WAITED 5EVER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AND IT FINALLY DID AND ILL NEVER GET OVER IT

Best Song Ever: List your ten favourite songs.Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley, Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones, all of MITAM (counts as the rest of the 10) lmao

Story Of My Life: List five things you can’t live without.Air, food, water, blood, food

Diana: What would you name your children?I’m not gonna give out my kids’ names…but if I ever have anymore, I love the names: Blythe Opal, Heslin James, Thea Rose, & Noah Silas

Midnight Memories: Talk about a dream you recently had.Last night I dreamt that Harry Styles was never a real person & he was a figment of our imaginations 🙃

You & I: Talk about your OTP.OTP within the fandom: Sophiam, I just loved them…I do love Chiam too, but Sophiam was just…wowOutside the fandom: Jack Dawson & Rose DeWitt Bukater…don’t make me elaborate because id be here typing for 8000 years

Don’t Forget Where You Belong: Where do you feel home?Anywhere that I get a certain vibe

Strong: What are your three best qualities?Um, motherhood is my best quality…my kids make me who I am. I don’t know about the other two, really…I mean, I can drink a 2liter of Dr. Pepper in one sitting & polish off a box of honeybuns in less than 24hrs…do those count?

Happily: Name three things that make you happy.My family, good music, people being nice

Right Now: Do you miss someone at the moment?Nah

Little Black Dress: How would you describe your style?Hobo-chic

Through The Dark: What helps you when you’re feeling down?My kids & music

Something Great: Where do you see yourself in ten years?Mommin’ it tf up

Little White Lies: Talk about your #1 sexual fantasy.Any sex that doesn’t involve trying to hurry before the kids bust through the door 💀

Better Than Words: Do you read fanfiction? If so, what’s your favourite fanfiction?Not a lot

Why Don’t We Go There?: Which big cities have you been to?Vegas, Houston, NOLA

Does He Know?: Would you be up for a threesome?No thanks

Alive: What’s one thing you’d never tell your “real life” friends?I really don’t know lol

Half A Heart: What’s your favourite lovestory? ( Book, film, etc. )Titanic

Steal My Girl: Did you ever steal anything?Once even I was 4 I stole Reese’s cups from the store & my mom made me go back in & apologize

Ready To Run: If you could have one super power, which would you choose?I’d fly

Where Do Broken Hearts Go?: Talk about the best concert you ever attented.Jonas Bros WYLMITE Tour. 4th row. Nick pointed & winked at me. I haven’t been the same since.

18: Do you wish you were younger or older?I’m good where I am

Girl Almighty: What makes you sexy?Lmao nuthin

Fool’s Gold: Do you fall for people quickly?I used to, yeah. I’m still quick to be infatuated though. I get attached to things/people easily

Night Changes: What’s one thing you don’t ever want to change?Good question…

No Control: Can you control your temper ?Most of the time

Fireproof: What scares you?Nothing, I’m fearless…kidding. Everything.

Spaces: Did you ever let someone go for good?Yes

Stockholm Syndrome: Name five kinks of yours.All I know is I like my hair pulled & my ass grabbed tight. Hollaaaaa

Clouds: What’s your star sign? Does your personality match it?I’m an Aquarius…is that the same as a star sign? Lmao idk

Change Your Ticket: What would you do with a million dollars?A lot of cool shit

Illusion: Do you believe in higher powers?I believe in God

Once In A Lifetime: What’s three things you want to do before you die?Meet Harry StylesHug Harry StylesMeet Harry Styles

Act My Age: Do you consider yourself mature?Sometimes…old soul, young heart

Just Can’t Let Her Go: Name five turn ons.Just be nice lmao & like good music

Phewwww…thanks babes xx

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Gracia Incomparable thank you @citylightsandstars for the tag!

1. What was the last movie you watched in theaters?

...oh no, I don’t watch movies. It might have been Into the Spiderverse? (Yes, it’s been that long.)

2. What’s your favorite game to play?

Avalon: The Resistance (not with the fancy cards, though, just our own cards we make up.)

3. Chocolate or vanilla?

Chocolate, 100%

4. What’s the last show you binge-watched?

New Girl. It’s a nice break from real life angst...

5. Do you have any pets?

One hamster with an attitude named Paraklete, a dog who is The Sweetest Creature Imaginable named Biscuit, and the Perfect Cat named Dreidelbop

6. What’s your favorite fairy tale?

Does Artemis Fowl count?

7. Who’s your favorite superhero?

Daredevil! Let’s gooooo!

8. Who’s your favorite Disney Princess?

Belle and Nala, probably. I’m not really into Disney Princesses, though.

9. Where’s the first place you’re going to go after the social distancing is over?

My pastor’s house. They have a huge gang of “young professionals” over for amazing Sunday lunches, and they have the most gorgeous living room with these huge windows, and they have A LABRADOODLE PUPPY NAMED CORA WHO’S SCARED OF HARDWOOD FLOORS, and it’s just always an amazing time.

10. Cookies or Cake?

Cake, probably? Idk, just give me chocolate bars.

+ 10 questions from @teenwolf-theoriginals:

1. which show could you watch over and over?

Daredevil

2. favourite song lyric?

"Conoces cada parte de mi alma Aun asi me dices que me amas” -  Gracia Incomparable by Evan Craft

3. favourite season of your favourite tv show?

First season of Daredevil for sure

4. what never fails to make you smile/happy?

The conversations I have with my brothers

5. how are you doing with all that’s going on in the world (virus, having to do social distancing, etc)?

It’s weird? I moved back in with my family after my school switched to online-only so I don’t have to be 100% alone in my apartment. And my family is one of the good ones, so I’m really thankful. But I miss my friends. And I’m trying to reach out to some of the girls I’m mentoring, and it’s hard because most of them are too young to have phones, so I constantly feel like I should be doing more? (Then again, that’s kinda my natural state of existence.) All in all, quite mixed, but I know I have so much to be thankful for.

6. we all love new music to listen to, name an artist that is underrated/you think people should check out?

Close Your Eyes. But only if you like screaming.

7. tv show or movie?

TV show for sure. There’s so much more room for character development!

8. favourite holiday?

Easter! It’s spring and I love the meaning behind it. I also appreciate that it’s pretty chill unlike some holidays that force you into traditions...

9. a song that describes you?

aaaaa idk, maybe this one? Multiplied by NEEDTOBREATHE.

10. describe your tumblr in three words?

Writing, law, miscellaneous.

+5 questions from @macspaperclips

1. What is your favorite hobby?

Writing!!!

2. What is your favorite book? Or/and a really good book you’ve read recently?

Princess Bride. C’mon.

3. What is your favorite Ship that will never happen (Or hasn’t happened yet)?

Clairedevil, probably. </3

4. If you could spend the day with any living celebrity, who would it be?

Colin O’Donoghue, maybe? He seems so kind and intelligent. But I would probably die upon meeting him.

5. The best worst movie you’ve ever seen. A movie that you know objectively is trash but you can’t help but really enjoy it.

Attack of the Clones. It’s trash, yes, but it’s my childhood. Ergo, MY trash.

My questions (answer these if you’re tagged, then come up with some questions of your own, and then tag people):

1) What is your MBTI and/or Enneagram Number?

I don’t know my number, but I’m definitely an INTJ.

2) What TV episode is your all-time favorite?

"Office Space” from Psych.

3) What does happiness mean to you?

Happiness is peace and joy simultaneously.

1) If you’re a fic writer, do you reply to every review? And if so, how long do you wait?

I do, and I love them, but as such I hoard them and forget to respond.

2) What color Starburst is the best? Of the original?

Yellow. Obviously.

3) Skittles or M&Ms?

M&Ms, especially mini M&Ms. Or peanut M&Ms!

4) If you were to learn any new language, which one would you choose and why?

I’m learning Spanish and Italian - can I just magically be fluent in both of those?

@disappearinginq questions:

If you could be anything else, what would you be?

A cat

If you’re a fic writer, what would you guilty pleasure fic idea that you won’t write because you don’t think anyone else would read it?

Lol my own fic version of a Socrates’ Dialogue. Everyone would hate it.

Is there something you wish you knew more about, and if so, what is it?

Science, honestly.

@beguilewritesstuff questions:

1) What is something you’re learning right now?

Lol law.

2) Have you discovered a new activity that you really enjoy since social distancing/self-isolation/quarantine started? If so, what is it? If not, what if your favourite thing to do?

I rode a bike for the first time in like five years and it was great but now I’m sore in places I didn’t know existed.

3) Describe your favourite food without using the ingredients.

CHOCOLATE

@citylightsandstars questions:

1. describe how you’re feeling with colors

Honey-yellow

2. where do you like your bed in your room? (corner, center, etc.)

Corner. For security.

3. do you drink tea? if so, what variety?

I love tea as long as it’s herbal.

4. favorite smells or sounds?

The smell of anything my mom makes is 10/10 and I love my cat’s little chirps and mews. Also rainfall.

@ceterisparibus116‘s questions:

1. What do you value most in friendship?

2. What’s something you have no patience for?

3. What’s something about yourself you’d like to change to become a better person?

tags! @soulfireinc, @ladymaigrey, @underwaterfoxes, @some-fiction, and any of my followers who want to do this. And for those I’ve tagged, please feel no pressure because this is really long! (And please scream at me if you want me to stop tagging you in stuff, lol.)