#oh also!! thank u so much for your other ask about yue

[ash-and-starlight]

Hi, hope you're well.

I love the way you draw Mai, and I was just wondering what inspires your Mai design? (Particularly her garments and makeup)

Hey thank you! As it often happens in my art her design is a mix and match of elements from different cultures, the clothes she’s wearing here are inspired by ming dynasty china, while her hair are done up in a korean braided bun (i think it’s called jjok, and it’s usually worn by married women but oh well she’s married to ty lee so… also the binyeo is of course a dagger in disguise)

i am trying to figure out a “less formal”/more FN look for her, this time inspired by vietnamese traditional clothing.

i think what i always try to keep in mind while drawing Mai in canonverse is that she’s always carrying around a full arsenal of knives, so the fit of her clothes has to reflect that lol, as for the make up it’s mostly made up, i’ve seen the two dots under the eyes a couple of times in modern hanfu models.

[princecosmosanon]

(i'm a different anon btw)

Haha! Zuko is already super jealous of the other characters Sokka hangs around. ;3 He definitely has his reasons for hanging back though. Hopefully you’ll get to know what they are sooner rather than later??

WHATTTT? he's jealous?? sorry but like THE AUDACITY! like he had ~ a week off ~ to spend time alone with sokka but he didn't even bother to show up and now sokka gets to spend some time with new friends and meet new people because of his new job as a consort and he's jealous?? if you're so jealous then go to your room at night.. bruh

you know how we say "he would not fucking say that" about fanfiction sometimes? your sokka is soo different than his canon counterpart but i always think you got his core personality so well. i'm like ohhh he would do that yeah.

could i ask you about other characters? we know katara's at home (god i recently reread the first chapters and her anger is so heart wrenching. she just loves her brother so much i hope they get to reunite in the flesh). aang is still in the ice i suppose. i hope katara's anger at the fire nation for taking one of her loved ones again breaks him free so he can give our girl a bison ride to caldera to see her brother. hope this doesn't come across as rude or telling u what to do but i think it would be hilarious to read toph in this setting. though i don't think they'd have time to be friends in this story. still i'd like her to give zuko a hard earthbending style slap (oh i know i'm gonna regret lashing at zuko i know... but for now he's a lil bitch). yue is alive, hopefully? so... not gonna lie i hope we get to see one or two people falling for our sokka so zuko can be more jealous lmao i need zuko to realize that sokka's a cute magnet for cute people (now i'm not suggesting cheating. that's awful haha... unless 👀👀)

thank you so much for sharing your work with us i'm so in love with it that i reread it aaaaaaaaalllllllll the time krhjdx

i hope life gets less busy so you get to rest and enjoy yourself. writing can wait you're more important, if you feel obligated to write (i know i do when it comes to my writing) take your time please we're here whenever you want to update 💗 i know i won't give up on this story and i'm sure others won't too.

have a nice day king 👑

Whoa, I am soooo late to responding to this!! I apologize! It came into my inbox around when my boss first went on paternity leave and work was exploding around me :x

But LMAO yeah, Zuko is very audacious in this fic. He has a very inflated idea of what’s “right” and “wrong” and for good reason! But it seriously does not mesh with Sokka’s.

Lol I’m glad you like my Sokka interpretation! <3 Part of why it works in Hearts on the Mend is due to it being a non-canon universe. Sokka is older, he’s wiser, he can keep his mouth shut a little easier, but he’s prolly at least 20% more petty than his canon counterpart. He’s mastered passive-aggressive sibling slights and he’s turning that knowledge on Zuko, all guns blazing. - That’s basically why I write him like I do. I find it easier than sassy child Sokka. I’m personally not as good as he is with snappy comebacks, but I can write petty well enough.

Regarding other characters… (spoilers hidden for those who want to not see them)

Katara will indeed see Sokka again in this fic! You can bet Zuko doesn’t get away from her wrath forever. ;)

Aang will also appear in this fic at some point! :3c any more spoilers with him would be telling, tho…

Toph… I haven’t considered in *this* fic, I’ll be honest. She may appear in the sequel fic I plan to write (yes, I already have plans to write more for these characters in this particular setting) but she’s tabled for now.

And does Sokka get more love interests??? Will cheating be involved?!?!? Who can say… no, lol, actually this fic won’t have Sokka cheat on Zuko. He’s not going to put his tribe into jeopardy for his own libido or comfort. But he might have some longing later…!

Thank you again for reading my fic. It’s a lovely story and I want to keep it going. It’s definitely not dead in the water until I say it is, and I do feel like I’ll get back to writing soon. I just can’t say for sure because I’m all scattered still.

Thank you again and again and again! Love and peace,

~Prince Cosmos Anon

[reinerispretty]

rotations. (zuko x f!reader) pt23

thank you so much for your support last chapter!! i super duper appreciate each and every one of you :) if you can, pls share!! but u don’t have to i will love u just the same WARNING THOUGH MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE COMICS IN HERE READ AT UR OWN RISK

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“It’s my fault mostly, I think. I pushed him away when I shouldn’t have and I didn’t tell him why. Then today, everything seemed normal again.” (Y/N) laughed. “I guess I don’t really know what normal is for Zuko and I anymore.” 

Zuko had been gone for a few months. He had missed his own eighteenth birthday, as well as (Y/N’s) seventeenth. Sometimes he sent messenger hawks back home, indicating that all was well and he would return shortly, but that was the extent of his messages. Every time she saw a hawk fly into the palace, (Y/N) felt her chest tighten in anticipation of what Zuko would say. Did he find his mother? Would she be returning home with him? What had she been doing all of this time? (Y/N) didn’t like having more questions than answers. 

During Zuko’s absence, she and Ren became a lot closer. She had fun on the few dates they had gone on and enjoyed his company, but she wasn’t quite sure if she was ready to call him her boyfriend. After all, the first boyfriend she had broke up with her because of the boy she had loved her entire life who now had a girlfriend, so she didn’t have the best of luck in the boyfriend department. 

But there was also part of her that urged her to take a chance on Ren. He was kind and smart and loved to hear about her adventures, and he was the first person she had ever befriended that wasn’t in her immediate group. He was different than anything she had experienced before. He had never fought anyone if it wasn’t for practicing earthbending and he certainly had never feared for his life. He liked to drink tea and create tiny creatures for her using his bending. He was normal. (Y/N) liked normal. 

She had been walking the halls of the palace with Ren when she noticed the servants all begin running around. Confused, she stopped one to ask what was going on. Her reflexes immediately prepared for a fight, but calmed once she saw the excited smile on the servant girl’s face. “The Fire Lord and his mother are arriving!” 

(Y/N) would feel a little bit bad later, for leaving Ren behind, but in that moment she darted out of the palace and into the courtyard, where a large carriage was pulling up. She walked down the steps with her robes billowing behind her and ignored the servants hushed whispers about what a proper royal greeting was. She ran up to the carriage and flung the door open before the servants could. Zuko’s face appeared first, only inches from hers, and a smile slowly crept onto his features. She let him crawl out of the carriage before wrapping him in a hug. 

“Don’t ever leave for that long again!” She exclaimed, punching him lightly in the shoulder. 

“Ow!” He feigned hurt, rubbing his arm. “You could’ve come with me, you know.” 

“Someone had to keep this place running.” She rolled her eyes playfully before diverting them back to the carriage. Another man stepped out with a little girl who could be no older than five. (Y/N) looked at Zuko quizzically before the final passenger exited. 

When she was younger, (Y/N) thought that Ursa was the prettiest woman in the Fire Nation. She had been so different from the rest of the royal family. Her kindness exuded from her. Ursa had always been able to tell when (Y/N) was upset and talked her through some of the more difficult issues she had experienced with her parents. Despite being royalty, she had never treated (Y/N) any differently than her other children. She had been the mother that (Y/N) always wanted. 

So for those very reasons, (Y/N) could not help her eyes from welling with tears when she stared at Ursa’s face. She tried her best to hold back her tears so that she could speak. “I don’t know if you remember me, but--” 

“(Y/N),” Ursa said. “Of course I remember you.” And (Y/N) couldn’t help but throw herself at Ursa and wrap her arms around her. Ursa held her tight and stroked her hair like she used to when she was a child. 

She pulled away, wiping violently at the tears that streamed down her face. She gave the group a small smile. “Sorry, I really thought I’d be able to control myself better.” 

“(Y/N), this is my husband, Noren,” Ursa gestured to the man standing beside her. (Y/N) gave him a curt smile and a bow.

“Zuko has told us a lot about you,” Noren said. She looked back to see Zuko’s face turn a shade of bright red. 

“Good things, I hope.” 

Ursa gestured down to the little girl at Noren’s side. “And this is Kiyi, our daughter.” (Y/N) bent down to Kiyi’s level and stuck out her hand for her to shake. 

“Hi, Kiyi,” She said softly. “I’m (Y/N), Zuko’s friend.” 

“Zuzu,” Kiyi said quietly, before hiding behind her father’s leg. The statement surprised (Y/N), because there was only one other person in the world who called him that. And she just so happened to be missing from this happy reunion. She looked at Zuko again and he gave her a slight shake of his head, indicating that they would discuss Azula later. 

“Who is that?” Noren asked, nodding his head toward Ren. (Y/N’s) eyes opened wide as she realized she had completely forgotten about him in the excitement. 

“Oh!” She exclaimed, running back to Ren to pull him toward the group. “I’m so sorry, we were walking around the palace before you guys got here. This is Ren! My--” 

“Her boyfriend,” Ren said with a smile, giving a bow to Zuko and his family. “It’s truly an honor to meet all of you. Especially you, Fire Lord, I’ve heard so much about you.” 

(Y/N) watched as Zuko’s pleasant smile turned into a deep frown. She took a step away to distance herself from Ren before putting a smile on her own face. “You all have been traveling for so long, why don’t I ask the kitchens to put a nice dinner together?”

“We’d love that!” Ursa said cheerfully. If she had caught on to the awkward moment, she gave no indication. “Will you be joining us, Ren?” 

“I’d rather this just be a family affair,” Zuko said. (Y/N) knew that tone. He was angry, but she didn’t know why. 

“No problem!” Ren said with a smile. He grabbed (Y/N’s) hand. “You can have dinner at my house, if you’d like.” 

“(Y/N) is family,” Zuko stared down at Ren disapprovingly. 

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” (Y/N) said, desperate to get everyone out of the tense situation. He turned to her and smiled once more before kissing her on the cheek and walking away. (Y/N) felt her face heat up, but she wasn’t sure if it was from flattery or embarrassment. 

At dinner, Zuko and (Y/N) walked Ursa and Noren through their past few years together, starting at Zuko’s banishment and finishing right before he left to find his mother. Kiyi sat quietly at the dinner table, playing with her noodles. 

“Does the palace still make fruit tarts?” Ursa questioned. Both (Y/N) and Zuko nodded. 

“They can make whatever you’d like,” Zuko said, but Ursa shook her head. 

“I’d like a fruit tart. If there’s one thing I’ve missed besides the two of you, it’s those tarts.” The servants left the dining room immediately to prepare the treat. “Fruit tarts are the reason (Y/N) and Zuko are such close friends.” 

“Oh?” Noren raised an eyebrow. “I’m sure that’s an interesting story.” 

“Not as interesting as you might think,” (Y/N) admitted. “I came to Zuko’s tenth birthday party and all the fruit tarts were gone, so he snuck me down to the kitchens to get some more.” 

“I still remember the look on Little (Y/N’s) face when she saw me catch them,” Ursa laughed. 

“As a nine year old, I found the royal family to be very intimidating!” 

“You don’t now?” Zuko asked, a hint of a playful smile at his lips. (Y/N) scoffed. 

“You’re about as intimidating as a turtle duck.” They all erupted into laughter. (Y/N) couldn’t help but think that this is what home felt like. 

---

On the rare occasion that (Y/N) couldn’t sleep, she liked walking out to the pond and sitting in the moonlight. It was one of the few moments when her life was actually peaceful and while she usually sat alone, she liked to pretend that Yue was sitting right beside her. 

That night, (Y/N) tried her hardest to get to sleep, but she couldn’t. Her mind raced with the days’ events. She was so excited to reunite with Ursa and meet her family, but she was also confused as to why Ren would so boldly put a label on their relationship when it wasn’t something they had discussed. She also couldn’t figure out why Zuko was upset. (Y/N) hated not knowing things, so she chose to walk down to the pond to hopefully clear her head. 

When she arrived, Ursa was already sitting by the edge of the pond. She noticed (Y/N’s) presence almost immediately and pat the grass beside her. “A lot on your mind?” 

(Y/N) sighed. “You have no idea.” 

“I used to come here whenever I had something to think about, too. I’m here to listen, if you need it.” 

“I don’t know how much Zuko has told you about me, but before he left, our relationship was sort of...bad. We had become very distant from each other.” 

“Why is that?” 

“It’s my fault mostly, I think. I pushed him away when I shouldn’t have and I didn’t tell him why. Then today, everything seemed normal again.” (Y/N) laughed. “I guess I don’t really know what normal is for Zuko and I anymore.” 

“I think, for you two, normal is being together. Whatever that might entail.” (Y/N) stared at Ursa for a moment before turning to the pond to mull over what she meant. After a brief lull in conversation, Ursa spoke again. “How long have you and Ren been together?” 

(Y/N) shrugged. “A few months? We’ve gone on a few dates and I liked spending time with him, but today was the first day he had ever called himself my boyfriend.” 

“That’s good news, isn’t it?” The truth was, (Y/N) wasn’t so sure. She knew he meant well, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that today hadn’t been the best day to say something like that. 

“Maybe,” was all (Y/N) could say. She hated being like this. She thought she had grown into someone who was sure of herself. Now, her emotions were one scrambled mess. She couldn’t quite tell how she felt about anyone. “Why are you sitting out here?” 

“Being here brings back many memories. Some happy, others not so much.” Ursa smiled at her. “I’m sure you’ve come to realize the intricacies of palace life.” (Y/N) nodded. 

“Zuko and I have spent a long time trying to figure out who to trust.” 

“At least you know you can trust each other.” Ursa paused for a moment, as if she wasn’t sure if she should say what she was about to say. “I was very happy when Zuko told me you were still in his life. You were set on such different paths after his banishment. I’m glad he had someone like you to come back to.” 

“It took a while,” (Y/N) admitted. “A long while. But we got there eventually.” 

“I believe that the strongest relationships are held together by unbreakable strings. No matter where you go, you will always have Zuko.” Ursa punctuated her sentence with a yawn. “We should get to bed. I heard some servants whispering about a celebratory breakfast. And lunch.” 

---

Weeks passed and Zuko became increasingly happier in his position as Fire Lord. Having his mother around stepfather around was a nice treat and he was thoroughly enjoying getting closer with his half-sister, Kiyi. Even his relationship with (Y/N) felt like it was starting to improve again. The only downside to everything was Ren. 

Zuko didn’t like Ren from the moment (Y/N) brought him over, but he had tried to hide that from her. When Ren introduced himself as her boyfriend, Zuko felt an anger rise in him that he had never experienced before. Sure, he had been a little jealous when (Y/N) was with Sokka, but he knew Sokka was a good person at heart and would treat her kindly no matter what. He could trust Sokka with (Y/N). Every fiber of his being told him not to trust Ren. He wasn’t sure why, but his own instincts hadn’t failed him recently. So whenever he could, he would insert himself into their walks or conversations. He tried to play it off as friendliness, but he could tell that (Y/N) knew something was off. 

Zuko had been walking down one of the less-traveled corridors of the palace since his meeting had ended early. When he had a foggy mind, he liked to clear his head by walking around the expansive halls. He usually ended his walks feeling refreshed. 

Zuko was surprised when he heard voices coming from one of the rooms in the hall. He followed the voices to the very end of the hall, where the door had been left slightly ajar. Zuko peered through the crack in the door and saw Ren talking to his father, a very wealthy Earth Kingdom aristocrat. 

“How are things with the girl?” His father asked. 

“Very well! She and I spend all of our free time together when the Fire Lord isn’t around.” Zuko frowned. 

“And she’s falling for you?” 

“Definitely. She’s a giggly mess whenever I’m around. I plan on proposing by the end of the year.” 

This nearly sent Zuko to the ground. He hadn’t realized that (Y/N) and Ren were far enough along in their relationship to consider marriage. (Y/N) hadn’t even mentioned it to Zuko. 

“She has no clue what you’re doing, correct?” 

“Not one. When she’s not with me, she’s busy running around for the Fire Lord.” 

“Excellent,” Ren’s father drawled. “With her as an addition to our family, we’ll be able to get the Fire Lord to do anything we want.” 

“He’s practically in love with her. He’ll do anything she says, I guarantee it.” 

Zuko realized that that was the real reason why Ren wanted to be with (Y/N). He didn’t care for her at all, he simply wanted to use her connection to him to further his family’s political advances. The anger inside of him burned hot and bright, and it took everything in him to not send a fireball at them right then. Instead, he walked away. 

When Zuko found Ren and his father again, they were on their way out of the palace. “Wait!” Zuko called out, running down the steps to catch up to them. His guards followed him like shadows. Ren and his father turned around and bowed at him. 

“Fire Lord Zuko,” Ren’s father said. “To what do we owe this pleasure?” 

“I would like to inform the two of you that you are no longer welcome in the Fire Nation. From this moment on, you are banished from our land.” 

“What?” Ren asked, his jaw dropping in disbelief. Zuko turned to face him. 

“I heard all about your little plan to marry (Y/N) to get me to do your bidding. I knew I didn’t like you from the first day that I met you. I didn’t know until today that there was an actual reason.” 

“You’re insane,” Ren spat, just as his father said, “This is all a misunderstanding.” 

Zuko set his jaw and raised his chin high. “I know what I heard. I am Fire Lord Zuko and I will not tolerate conspiracy, regardless of who perpetrates it. For this reason, you are banished from the Fire Nation.” The guards seized the two men and dragged them off of the palace grounds as they shouted curses at Zuko. 

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[comradekatara]

I love your posts about Sokka mentoring Asami! Do you have any more ideas/headcanons abt them and what they would do if they lived in the same timeline and talked with each other?

oh, yes. even though i don’t begrudge lok for barely including the gaang in the narrative (like cmon guys, it’s the legend of korra, not the legend of a bunch of old geezers), as someone who loves and cares about katara and sokka very much, the fact that katara was mostly passive throughout the show (though admittedly her role in “korra alone” is one of my favorite parts of entire series) and sokka was barely mentioned (and was given a fugly goatee to boot) is, personally, a bit disappointing for me. book 2 was a mess and would need a complete narrative overhaul to be.... how u say..... good, but i think they really wasted potential to give katara more of a role in the (contrived) civil war conflict (toph saying that katara has a bad hip/she was tired/she doesn’t give a fuck anymore was suuuuch a cop-out lmfao. not my geriatric comrade!) not to mention that while seeing our favorite uncle war crimes chilling in the spirit world was indeed a delight, thematically, it would have made far more sense to see sokka in the spirit world. 

as i’ve talked about before, i’m fascinated by sokka’s relationship to the spirit world, and what that would also mean for his relationships with yue and iroh (respectively) going forward. we know that sokka sees iroh’s spirituality as some faith-based bullshit, despite obviously “believing” in the spirits himself (he’s been to the spirit world; he kissed the moon, in front of witnesses! it’s not that sokka doesn’t believe in spirits, but that he dismisses ambiguity & mysticism as being for loser dorks who hate facts & logic). but iroh clearly is knowledgeable when it comes to the spirit world, and once sokka gets over his condescending attitude towards iroh’s whole “destiny will guide you” schtick (and i’m sure zuko implying that iroh has a penchant for talking about silver sandwiches didn’t help), i do think that iroh would be a valuable asset for sokka in his pursuit of understanding the spirit world, and even reaching it. 

which is to all to say that the lok comics series turf wars focused far too much on bullshit problems that did not interest me, and not nearly enough on the very long game of pai sho that inevitably transpired between sokka and asami during her vacation with korra to the spirit world. so with enough wiggleroom in canon to make these reaches, i think we can, in fact, definitively say that you can’t prove that asami and sokka weren’t around in the same timeline, and didn’t talk with each other. they totally did! it just happened in the spirit world. 

sometimes in the middle of the day asami will leave her office at the top of future industries tower (mentioning that because i just think the company of future industries is not nearly developed enough within the show. but sure, she owns some giant skyscraper, i guess) and if anyone questions why she’s walking into the center of the spirit wilds to “take a meeting” they assume it’s just code for a date with korra and don’t question it. unfortunately for korra, it is not. she does have a meeting, and it happens over a lengthy game of pai sho in the spirit world, sometimes to review asami’s latest blueprints for her new prototype, or to ask sokka for advice on what strings to pull from behind the scenes to prevent the hot button political crisis before shit hits the fan. and sometimes she just wants some good old fashioned dating advice (sokka’s made marked improvements in this area since aang asked him for advice in “the fortuneteller”). sokka becomes one of the only people in asami’s life (other than korra) with whom she can actually be honest and vulnerable. she finally has a mentor who won’t belittle and/or double cross her. someone with whom she can compare inventions and play pai sho...who never funded & armed a terrorist organization or tried to kill her. 

after quite a few visits to the spirit world, asami admits to sokka that he was something of a role model for her growing up, and that was before she became the resident non-bending “man in the van with a plan” of team avatar. sokka, who naturally adores asami with all his heart, expresses his regret that they didn’t meet sooner. he wishes he could’ve been there for her growing up, the way katara was for korra. but it’s all thanks to korra that asami can now enter the spirit world so freely, and make new, invaluable friendships (iroh is also a pretty good pai sho opponent). obviously, asami has a lot to thank korra for, and she never takes that for granted. but after all, the avatar brings people together. 

[bisexuallsokka]

okay okay what are your favorite parts of u&i 👀

i’m not kidding i have been thinking about this ALL DAY and then i glanced through the fic to make sure i included some of my faves. and then i realized i am so excited to reread this fic in its entirety once it is complete

minor spoilers ahead for the masterpiece that is unconditionally and irrevocably by @sokkadyke

-zuko and sokka’s first interactions with each other. they are so cute. they’re both lil shits. they slowly become friends. it is perfect.

-EVERYTHING ABOUT KATARA AND SOKKA’S RELATIONSHIP!!! it is done SO WELL they have so much love for each other and there is also of course sibling dynamics and teasing and yeah i could go on and on about them and their cute lil hangout on the rooftop and EVERYTHING

-zuko carrying sokka to the nurse’s office

-jet black’s name.

-sokka giving himself finger guns in the mirror before their movie night

-hakoda hearing about sokka’s new ~friend~ zuko cullen and going oh worm gay rights

-on that note. EVERYTHING about chief hakoda swan

-katara and zuko bonding over pride and prejudice and then zuko and sokka’s hug at the end

-”thank god Zuko couldn’t read minds”

-”Does Zuko eat bears?”

-holy shit. THE YUE/SUKI. ITS SOOOO CUTE. HELLO???

-also. the kataang is fantastic.

-DR IROH CULLEN.

-”are you seriously questioning the effect you have on me?”

-the almost kiss...

-the scene that i screenshotted and had as my phone wallpaper for at least a week because it is my absolute favorite moment of this entire fic and probably of any fic ever:

Sokka wasn’t surprised when, after he took his seat in Biology five minutes before the bell, Zuko was already there, turning to him with a huge smirk, his eyes – honey-colored today – glinting playfully.

“So, are you going to ask me to prom?”

Sokka scowled at him. “No.”

Zuko stuck out his lip in a pout and – ugh. Sokka struggled to keep the annoyance on his face, feeling more glad than usual that his thoughts couldn’t betray him.

“Why not?”

“Because,” Sokka said, leaning down to pull his textbook and notebook out of his backpack, “You’re annoying.”

LIKE. i will never stop talking about this. “YOU’RE ANNOYING”. its so them. sokka being a lil shit. zuko also being a lil shit. this is so funny. and so cute. its perfect.

-zuko signing his text with “Sincerely, Zuko”

-”you’re a good person in a general sense”

-everything about the meadow scene

-”They were supposed to be studying.”

-the way that haley makes their relationship feel so natural by casually adding in the cutest details about them

-TOPH CULLEN

-all the vampires really <3

-this part:

“I’m not saying I’m – I know this is really new. But, maybe, it could be that?” There was a nervous edge in Zuko’s voice, and though he was still holding his hand, Sokka knew that the fact that he was driving wasn’t the only reason he was avoiding eye contact.

“It could be,” Sokka agreed, and was rewarded with a small grin from Zuko.

-this line that, in context, made me gasp SO LOUDLY:  Zuko looked away for a moment. “Remember when I said I’d dated humans before?”

-zuko not knowing what a promposal is. and then later when he helps aang with his promposal to katara and is just so cute about it

-zuko winning sokka a stuffed bat at the carnival

-chapter 8

-sokka in a crop top. also, sokka doing ballet in the past

-zuko being clingy and protective 

-the way that i hid in my car in the parking lot with my tablet and phone so i could read and live text haley my reactions at the same time without getting interrupted by my roommates as i read chapters 9 and 10

-all of the baseball scene, but most notably this part:

Zuko was suddenly in front of him, his bottom lip stuck out in a frankly impressive pout.

“You’re really not going to cheer for me?”

“Why should I?” Sokka teased.

Sokka’s lips turned up into a grin when Zuko took the bait, grabbing the back of his jacket and tugging him in for a kiss so overzealous it made Toph yell, “That’s fucking gross!” from across the field.

“Okay, fine,” Sokka said breathlessly when they separated, “I guess I’m Team Zuko.”

-the way that chapter 9 brings the angst and boy does it deliver. its so. so good. so angsty. their goodbye.......

-the feeling that you get when you read the line “Hakoda had the night shift.” and u knew what was coming

-zuko using the heart emoji

-haru getting sokka doritos (and other stuff) for breakfast

-the inherent comedy of putting toph and sokka together in any universe ever

-haru and toph facebook stalking sokka

-”Zuko’s voice cut through the fog, and Sokka’s eyes shot open.”

-the way that chapter 10 absolutely destroyed me but is also like. some of the best fic writing out there

[goldrushzukka]

1, 2, 7, 8, 9. (Sorry, i know that's like...all of them)

1. what themes would you like to write about that you feel don’t get explored very often?

i love writing coming out storylines. it’s not really that they’re uncommon, i just find a lot of catharsis in them. 

2. what are some common elements of stories you are tired of seeing? what would you avoid writing about?

i tend to avoid writing sibling dynamics bc i’m an only child and therefore not really. qualified. i love reading it though!! 

7. favourite description in your WIP?

it was really hard to pick one so i have a few answers for this bc i love to talk about myself so. (under the cut bc JESUS this got long but spoilers for and i’ll do anything you say (read it here!) ahead!!!)

- from chapter 2:

Sokka looks at him, a fantasy come to life, and takes off his stupid sweatpants.

He throws them at Zuko’s head, and earns himself a short burst of that real laugh, shocked and unguarded.

“You asshole,” Zuko says. He sits up and grabs Sokka’s hand, pulling him down on top of him. Something comes alive under Sokka’s skin where Zuko’s fingers graze his wrist. He calls it lust and ignores the fact that it feels nothing like it.

Zuko kisses him, his mouth still in the shape of laughter, and the alive thing screams for his attention. Sokka buries it and hopes it won’t deafen him before they’re done.

im very fond of this whole chapter (i think it’s probably my favourite? it was definitely the easiest to write) but i really love looking back on this part particularly now that we’re in the angsty part of the story bc this is where it all started. yes technically it started in chapter 1 but this is when sokka starts to fall for zuko. this is the beginning of all those pesky non-casual feelings that he’s going to pretend don’t exist until someone else calls him out on them.

- also from chapter 2:

He’s forty-five minutes late already, and when he knocks, a woman made of pursed lips and sharp angles answers the door. She looks elegant and expensive the same way a skyscraper does. Or a cache of medieval weaponry.

“Oh,” Sokka says, digging into his pocket to find the map on his phone. “I must have the wrong place, sorry -”

She looks him up and down, her eyes narrowed in a way that feels violent and practiced, and her smirk turns distasteful. Sokka risks a glance down at himself, at his torn up jeans - not distressed, just torn - and the Madonna t-shirt he’s pretty sure actually belongs to Katara, and thinks she might have a point. The bag in his hand feels heavier when her eyes land on it.

“Zuzu,” the woman calls into the apartment, “your dinner’s here.”

“I didn’t order -” Zuko appears in the doorway, bitter frustration in his expression as he looks at the woman.

His eyes fall on Sokka, though, and his face clears into a light-pollution smile.

this is technically two so i will start with: i love azula. i haven’t found any room to bring her back yet but believe me i am LOOKING. she’s hot and mean and gay and i LOVE HER. oh also insider scoop but suki’s date from earlier in this chapter.......WAS azula. they probably won’t see each other again because once azula met sokka and connected his face to the Best Friends Forever picture frame on suki’s desk she stopped answering the phone.

pt 2: i’ve had a couple of comments mention the “light-pollution smile” line specifically and i am always so happy to read them bc yeah. YEAH. i’ll admit it. that line HITS. 

- from chapter 4:

He sets his phone down - only, he doesn’t. He misses the table by a mile, and in his scramble to catch his phone before it breaks on the hardwood floor and wakes Momo on the cushion beside him, his hand finds the lip of his cereal bowl, and then that’s falling, too. He manages to catch the phone, but something in his head gets lost in translation on its way down his arms, and he ends up with a boxers-only lap full of soggy Cheerios.

Momo gets a splash of milk on his back and hisses at Zuko for his crimes, and somehow that’s the worst part of it.

haley @fruitysokka said that this passage reads like an action movie and i think about it all the time. (thank u haley i love u)

- lastly this extended metaphor from chapter 6:

The soup is good, once the heat of it clears him up enough to taste it. It’s thick and warm and there’s enough pepper that Sokka gets a kick from it even in his condition. He feels it all the way down his throat and into his stomach, where it mixes with the prickly nervousness he’s feeling from Zuko’s attention.

He sets the bowl down on the table and asks, eyes stuck on his hands in Momo’s fur where he’s climbed into his lap, “How was the date?”

“It was good, actually,” Zuko says. “Jet seems like a nice guy. He’s very - uh - passionate, I guess you could call it? He’s a climate and human rights activist.”

The spines of Sokka’s nervousness turn to daggers.

...

“I said yes. We’re getting lunch on Sunday.”

The daggers are swords now, and Sokka’s heart sinks down, down, down, right to the hilt.

...

“I’ll text you when I’m home,” Zuko promises, and Sokka’s heart skewers itself on a second sword.

Zuko’s smile when Sokka says, “Thank you for the soup,” is a third.

The door closing behind him is a fourth.

The silence as Sokka shuffles back to bed is every single one that remains.

something something canon swordsmen something pride comes before the fall something chivalry fell on his sword from eden by hozier. you guys get it i dont have to explain myself

8. favourite dialogue in your WIP?

ok so i cant share my actual favourite dialogue bc it's a spoiler for chapter 8 and i technically haven't written it yet (it's in my brain just.....plaguing me) but it's GOOD i SWEAR so. once again i have more than one answer bc actually? i love this fic and im proud of it. deal with it.

- from chapter 1:

“Hey, stranger,” Sokka says, still watching him in the mirror. The corner of Zuko’s mouth ticks up.

“You’re not following me, are you?” Zuko’s tone is seductive, endlessly so, and Sokka wonders while he dries his hands if he has to put it on or if he just sounds like that.

“You give a guy one compliment and he thinks you’re stalking him,” Sokka mutters, and Zuko laughs, low and enticing. Not the genuine, endearing laugh of this morning, but one with an agenda.

Well. Sokka always likes a plan.

“Are you following me? ” Sokka asks. He spies a miraculous dry patch on the sink bank and tries to be casual about the way he hops up to sit on it.

“I might be,” Zuko says, and at Sokka’s raised eyebrow, he continues, “I saw you at the bar and I wanted to talk to you. Sue me.”

“You wanted to talk.”

“Amongst other things.”

as a chronically awkward person i am INSANELY proud of the flirting in this fic. no idea if it would work in a real life situation. excited to never find out bc im not about to use lines from my fanfiction on real women. 

- from chapter 2

“You must be Suki,” Zuko says. He meets her gaze, and his fingers go still under Momo’s chin.

“And you’re Zuko,” Suki replies, her smile all different shades of intimidating. “I’d shake your hand, but I know where it’s just been.”

i wrote this entire scene just so i could have suki say this. im not even joking. suki is my favourite part of this entire fic and its not even ABOUT her.

- from chapter 3:

When Sokka crosses the room and slips under the covers beside him, Zuko says, “I can leave, if you want. I can go home.”

...

He asks, still barely hovering over Zuko, “What if I don’t want that?”

Zuko swallows. “I can stay.”

“So stay,” Sokka says, and lays his head down on Zuko’s chest.

i just think it’s sweet. i like it a lot. makes my heart hurt a little when i think about it. 

- from chapter 4:

[Suki // 15:13] there is a LOT of chmpagrjn

[Suki // 15:13] cahpmhagne

[Suki // 15:13] chsanpghn

[Suki // 15:14] alcohol :)

once again: suki is the best part of this whole fic. i love her so much. she is the reason the word bestie exists. im really proud of the texting in this fic bc it’s my first time actually including it in fic and it’s turned out really well!!

- ok last one bc i just realised this is turning into a novel. from chapter 4:

“How’s my baby?”

Zuko glances down at Momo, batting at the untied laces of his shoes with one determined paw. “He’s doing just fine.”

“And how’s Momo?”

“He’s - what?”

are there better written, more narratively important and emotive lines in this fic? yes. is this the best part of the entire thing? also yes. i invented the jin/yue wedding because i needed a reason for zuko to have a key in what became chapter 6, but sometimes i think the entire fic exists just for this exchange. best dialogue i have ever written.

9. what scene was the hardest for you to write and why?

the start of chapter 6 of aidays was difficult. i kept wanting to skip ahead to the meaty parts - i.e, zuko and his soup - but i didn’t want to do sokka a disservice like that. it was also really hard to maintain the balance of accurately describing the delirium of illness while still being coherent for the reader? so that took me a couple of days to get right.

[mystic-kitten-writer]

I SERIOUSLY hope there's a resolve of the angst in that chapter somewhere bc if i have to wait another eternity for it to be fixed im gonna die. My heart is broken. Mel, your empaths everywhere are screaming.

smol-grandpa said:

I know 35 is going to kill me and honestly i’m ok with that

Anonymous said:

bro i’m so scared but also so excited for chap 35 omgg!!!

Anonymous said:

yo i miss zuko and yue so much can’t wait for 35, from what i’ve seen in the previews it looks amazing already!! - 🧃

Anonymous said:

the limerence update is the only thing keeping me going this week. it’s such a beautiful story, and i’m so excited for more updates!

Anonymous said:

Literally why??!! I don’t know what emotions I’m feeling toward the preview. I don’t know if I should feel happy that the 35 is dropping this week or sad that it’s taking a whole week to drop after reading that angst.😔 Its official, you’ve broken me😫

peculiar-dream said:

First you hit us with that amazing Yuengko drabble and then you throw that amazing, heavenly, heART wrEncHInG little sneak peak of ch 35?! That's it, I'm done, I'm not gonna survive this chapter drop ✌️ see you at my funeral

Anonymous said:

that preview ruined me. IM SLEEPING UNTIL YOU POST CH 35 MY HEART CANT CONTAIN THESE FEELINGS IM CRYING

Anonymous said:

I'm so excited to see yue get ✨ 𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓭 ✨

Anonymous said:

🍓 WHEW teasers for chp 35 already tell me that yue is about to get railed in 35 diff positions 35 times 👀👄👀

Anonymous said:

i can already see the absolute roller coaster of emotions i’m about to go through when i read ch35🤭

Anonymous said:

When I saw there was a ch 35 preview I was instantly revived, I have to take care of 20 patients tonight and this gave me life 😭- night shift anon

Anonymous said:

My heart hurts 😭😭 Don't do this Zuko 😭😭

Anonymous said:

MY HEART HURTS SO MUCH i read a fraction of chapter 35 and i’m already in tears ,,, i just know it was a well worth it wait for this chapter !!!-🍒

Anonymous said:

I have never been so ready and excited for angst

Anonymous said:

I'm so excited for chapter 35 but my anxiety can't handle the little snippets that you've blessed us with -🧸

Anonymous said:

AHHH AFTER READING THOSE SNEAK PEAKS IM SO EXCITED WTFFF - 🧃

Anonymous said:

“iT’s NoT LiKe yOu cArE yInG yUe” jeez zuko, you’re an idiot OBVIOUSLY SHE CARES

Anonymous said:

me when i see zuko getting angry:😡😡😭😭 me when i realize they’re gonna fuck later on in the chapter:😝😝😏😏

Anonymous said:

You’re really going to put me into an early grave huh —welp if I’m gonna go out at least I’ll go out with a bang

annoyinggirl said:

Please don’t be hard on yourself for making us wait! You answer so many asks and from what you said you had a lot going on in your personal life

Anonymous said:

ohmygod is 35 gonna be angst

Anonymous said:

Omg omg omg 😱

Anonymous said:

I love the little bits I can see from the photos of chapter 35 but its making sad aswell

Anonymous said:

angst in the new chapter? i thought there was going to be smut?? both??

Anonymous said:

um why is zuko being a bitch to yue in that pic u posted... i will fight him 😡😡👊🏼👊🏼

Anonymous said:

YESSS I LOVE THE ANGST!!

annoyinggirl said:

oh my GOD my heart is BREAKINF reading what you just posted asdkfieixiaocb

There are two types of people in this world;

people who are ready for the angst and the others ready for smut 😂

And then you have the really special people, who are ready for both muhahaha~

I’m glad you guys liked the tiny teasers, I was BIG scared you guys weren’t going to like. It’s still a work-in-process now that I decided to re-write and edit. 

Like I know life just happened, and I can’t hold the fact that this chapter has been so long over-do against myself, but it still bothers me. So I hope, despite the small teasers you viewed them as a gift for being patient with me.

I genuinely do feel lousy for taking so long to update but thanks for waiting and being really nice to me 🥰

[carbootsoul]

i was tagged by @katarahairloopies!!! thank u :mwah:

name: leo! @/zeitgeistofnow on ao3, @lazypigeon & @timetohope on here, altho i’m considering uh switching back to not having an art blog :/ i have to think abt it.

fandom(s): ace attorney is my main one rn bc i’m replaying the games with a friend of mine and it’s reminding me how invested i am in the characters!! a lot of my recent fic is atla stuff, altho i’ve been distancing myself from the fandom bc i’ve kinda exhausted my interest in it. finally i’ve been reading a lot of mp100 fic but i don’t think i’ll ever write for it. i just love how dumb all the characters r (with the dubious exception of ritsu)

where you post: ao3!! tbh i always get suprised when people say they write/read fic on any other platform like i haven’t messed around w wattpad or ff.net since middle school... catch up........

most popular oneshot: going just by “one chapter” as the definition of a oneshot, the firestarters, bc it’s fluffy and modern au :) i wouldn’t necessarily call it a oneshot tho bc to me a oneshot shows like, one scene? so like by my definition and your sweet sweet sun makes me crazy (i wanna lay you down and see how you amaze me is my most popular!! (also @ kit u thought UR fic titles were unnecessarily long??? i’ve hit the ao3 LIMIT for characters in titles. it’s about the aesthetic

most popular multichapter fic: sdkjflakjlkj it’s two crowned kings; and one that stood alone, which is a w359 fic i wrote back in late 2017. it’s literally the last fic i haven’t orphaned from when i actually wrote podcast fic (i have 4 other podcast fics but they were all borne out of nostalgia and written after i stopped participating in the fandom). i rewrote all but the last chapter? the last two? about a year ago and i fucked up halfway through so like chapter 6 and 7 are repeated and there’s something missing but i’m too lazy to fix it. no one’s going to read it now anyway :) it WAS the top minlace fic for a little while tho which i take great pride in.

favorite story you’ve written so far: oh that’s a hard question akfsldkfj i honestly like most of them!! and i write a LOT so there’s a lot to choose from. tonight, we are young is def one of my favorites- it was fun to write and i got to explore the ways zuko and yue r similar, which i LOVE to do outside of a zukka/yukka view. you can lean on my arm as you break my heart  is one that i’m really proud of? the whole “cooking as an expression of bato’s love” is definitely some of my favorites. a lot of my ace attorney fics would be categoried as my favorites if i hadn’t improved, too, if that makes sense. like they’re no long my favorites because i can see where my writing is shitty and it bothers me, but if i had written them a month ago they’d be my favorite.

fic you were nervous to post: figures 1-5: killing gods def!! it’s a lot more purple-prose-y than most of my fics and it was also written before i’d kinda like emersed myself in the atla fandom so i didn’t have as good a grasp on the general understanding of zuko’s character as i do now. tbh it’s one i’m rly happy w tho!! i have a few people leave really nice comments on it and rereading them makes me really happy. also it was the start of me hating the position of fire lord and being at least passively anti-it in my fics.

how you choose your titles: they’re almost all song lyrics!! only 14 of my 50 words AREN’T song lyrics and about half of those are from before i started writing ace attorney fic lol. sometimes i go into a fic with a song in mind for the vibes and then i usually go with lyrics from that (like in ‘cuz we’re the greatest /they’ll hang us in the louvre), but otherwise i usually pick an artist i’ve been listening to and go through their songs until i find a lyric that fits. sometimes the lyric doesn’t even really fit the fic and i just chose it at random or because i searching up the word “fly” in my spotify library or whatever. honestly i like coming up with titles? i know a lot of fic writers hate it but being able to just use song lyrics is v soothing for me and while i know that most people won’t search out a song just bc it’s a fic title like.. seeing that the title of a fic is a hozier lyric does affect how i read it and i kinda like that.

do you outline? i outline my long form/multichaptered fics with varying strictness. usually anything over ~8k will have some kind of outline. sometimes i go into it with every single scene planned out, sometimes it’s just notes on the side of the google doc that say “it's about MORE family. about how it's not betraying your existing family to find more” and “scenes i want to include: [...]” and “vampires... ngl kinda hot.” i’m trying to outline super strictly less bc i’ve found it’s less fun? but i do try to keep a plot arc in mind. since most of my fics are more character-driven than plot-driven, that usually just means keeping track of what character development i want to happen or what is motiviating the characters. 

complete: um everything posted on ao3 i guess. also the MULTITUDE of orphaned fics out there asksfjldkj i always click ‘leave my pseud on’ so if u look up my username you see all of my fics and then a. lot of other ones.

in progress: - a fic titled ‘dad phoenix’ that is actually just a no DL-6 au with defense attorney miles edgeworth and single dad bartender phoenix where neither of them want to date for A While but phoenix gets wrapped up in one of miles’s cases. it’s about family. it’s about writing teenagers. it’s about the background franmaya which is ALWAYS what i’m here for in wrightworth fics - a franmaya werewolf/vampire au because i’m ~gay~ and love rivals to lovers and also franziska and maya both being angry their older brothers r dating each other. - my secret santa fic!! which i can’t talk about much but it does feature toph and zuko and also piandao and jeong jeong???? idk where they came from but they are Part Of The Fic Now also i forgot iroh existed for half the fic and wrote piandao as zuko’s father figure and now i’m in too deep. - a 5+1 bakoda fic (maybe a bato/hakoda/kay fic??? i need to decide. that’s part of why this fic is still incomplete bc i can’t decide which relationship dynamic i prefer) that’s 5 times bato said he loves hakoda and one time hakoda said it back. possibly i have already written him saying i love u back and i need to change the title a little. - retail au klapollo where klavier works at an overpriced boutique and apollo comes in to buy earrings for nahyuta’s birthday. klavier gives him a punch card (one that the store doesn’t actually offer anymore as a bid to get apollo to come back) and all of apollo’s family come in to use the punch card and also give klavier variations on the shovel talk/find out if he’s actually into apollo. - a LOT of atla fics that i don’t think i’ll ever finish :(

coming soon/not yet started:  - i want to write some blackmadhi bc they’re.. cute..... and it’s a good excuse to also write athena and i love her - my stuff for yueki week!!! i have NOT prepped enough but hopefully i’ll remember in time! i wrote the prompts in a way that kinda set up stuff i’ve already wanted to write (don’t look at me lol) so hopefully i’ll get at least two or three fics finished in time. - i want to rewrite the wrightworth fic i have about them not getting married bc it was interesting and i like what i wrote about but i think i could have written it better and made it more interesting. rewriting fics is hard tho bc i’m never sure if it makes sense to just edit in the new work or to repost it? and then if u repost it do u delete the old one? conflicting so i might just not

do you accept prompts? totally!!! a disclaimer tho i’m not super into writing atla stuff anymore (most of the atla stuff i’m still writing is  something i made a commitment to finish) so if your prompt is an atla one i probably won’t do it :/ basically anything else is fair game tho!! podcasts/aa/sa/uh i don’t remember anything else but like if you search a fandom on my blog and come up with more than two posts about it chances r i’d be happy to write fic for it!

upcoming work that you’re most excited about: oh huh i mean probably the no dl-6 au!!! it’s the longest ace attorney fic i’ve written already and since it’s wrightworth it’ll get more attention than any franmaya fic i write. my standards r so high now tho after getting to much feedback from atla fans... love u all... obviously i have no choice but to pressure my atla mutuals into playing ace attorney. pls ask abt it bc i WIll Give You A Sales Pitch about why you’d like it in relation to atla

tagging: i’m not rly tagging anyone!!! @deadflora if you still consider urself a fic writer also consider urself tagged! also any of my other mutuals who write fic i just can’t think of anyone rn

[gem-quest]

[ QUEST 02. — I N F E R N A ]

taglist: @bebemoon​ @now-on-elissastillstands​ @armadasneon​ @mysteriousdeathofpoe​

[ M E R M A I D . C O V E . L E V E L . 3 0 ]

They managed to beat Aydina and the pirates, thank God, because otherwise, Aydina’s commentary would have been insufferable. Tourmaline, an annoying Obsidian player whose “bubblegum” ability was nevertheless rather impressive, discreetly attached some of the sticky hot pink substance as she hurled the turtle-shell-turned-dodgeball back at the pirate queen. The dodgeball connected with Aydina’s arm and stuck, the momentum from the throw pushing her out of bounds and securing the victory for the rest of them.

As soon as the annoying sappy NPC lady finished her dialogue on the shore of the beach, she disappeared in a puff of sky blue smoke, transforming into the Angel’s Breath. The SS-rank potion looked like a wispy blue semi-gaseous substance, encased in a crystalline bottle with a mini halo floating around the cork and tiny white wings attached to the back, “flapping” to keep the potion bottle afloat.

The Angel’s Breath was directly in front of Neddy - they’d activated the event under her account, which had completely slipped Inferna’s mind...until now. The potion hovered cheerfully in front of her, a stark contrast against the tension that filled the air as their teammates eyed the grand prize. Out of the corner of her eye, she could make out other players closing in on them.

Inferna rolled her eyes. She was hungry as fuck, and she didn’t care about the Angel’s Breath. Turning to Neddy, she said, “Look, I hear they’re serving free sushi back in Yue City, so if we-” her words were cut off as Tourmaline, the player who’d won the game for them, sent a stream of sticky pink magical “bubblegum” towards the potion, evidently intending to take it for herself.

“Hey now, what the hell?” Inferna shouted, just as one of their other teammates stomped on a pile of Black Pearls, releasing a thick cloud of smoke.

Inferna had one of her flaming daggers out in an instant. Using it as a light source to see through the smoke, she grabbed Neddy’s hand - not bothering to check where the Angel’s Breath was - and began running in a random direction. 

As she pushed through the smoke, Inferna caught a glimpse of Morningstar’s scary-looking scythe swinging through the air (she’d have to thank the other Obsidian player for the ‘vodka potions’ at some other time), a flash of Tourmaline’s deceptively innocent bubblegum. And Balestra was ahead of them, some distance away. 

“Hurry up and cast an ictuium!” she yelled over her shoulder, dragging Neddy along with her.

“Okay, okay!” Neddy replied, evidently winded by their mad dash through the smoke.

[ Y U E . C I T Y . L E V E L . 01 ]

A blink of darkness, and then the two of them were back in Yue City, in an alleyway. Inferna came to a screeching halt, and they fell against the wall of the building next to them. Inferna was breathing hard - as was Neddy, who was clutching at the stitch in her side.

Inferna squinted, letting her eyes adjust to the bright sunlight. She glanced over at the Moonstone player. “You good?” she asked, picking herself up and holding a hand out for Neddy.

Neddy blew out a breath, puffing her cheeks before beginning to laugh. “That was...awesome!” She exclaimed, slapping her hand into Inferna’s.

Inferna grinned. “You think so?” She asked, and pulled Neddy to her feet. “Isn’t Aydina such an asshole? You see what I mean now, right?”

Inferna took a moment to scan their surroundings, trying to figure out how far they were from the free sushi event she’d heard about. “Let’s go get food?” She proposed. “I’m fucking starving.”

“Right behind you.”

Inferna grinned, upon hearing Neddy’s agreement, and she trotted out of the alleyway, pulling out her player-plexus to consult the Obsidian free food group chat she’d started not long after she first joined the game. Other players were sharing pics of their meals, and Inferna zoomed in on a picture of a small “rice bear”, evidently relaxing in a bowl of some kind of curry or broth.

“Oh my gosh! Look at this,” she said excitedly, thrusting her player-plexus into Neddy’s hands.

Neddy raised both of her eyebrows, and Inferna stifled a giggle when the other player’s stomach made an audible noise. “Let’s go,” she agreed.

Inferna grinned again. She started down the street in the direction of the town square, where there were supposed to be market stalls and outdoor picnic tables set up for the players.

A thought occurred to her. “Oh! Do you know what happened to the Angel’s Breath?” She asked, pausing and turning to face Neddy.

Neddy blinked. “Oh,” she said. She reached around to her rucksack and rummaged for a moment. Finally, she drew the potion out, the vial enveloped by a faint blue glow as the miniature angel wings attached to it flapped cheerfully. “Right. I have it.” 

Neddy seemed troubled, as she stared at the potion. “So much fuss over this stupid thing, and I don’t even have anyone to resurrect.”

Inferna grinned and punched Neddy in the arm, playfully. “Holy shit!” She exclaimed, admiring the potion. “Well, fuss or not, I bet you could sell it for a ton of gold,” Inferna said. “If you don’t want to actually resurrect someone.”

“Yeah…” Neddy said thoughtfully, turning the bottle over in her fingers. “Maybe.”

Inferna punched Neddy in the arm again. “Well, put that away for now, and let’s go get food!” And with that, Inferna spun on her heel, tugging Neddy along behind her as she determinedly headed down the street. It wasn’t long afterwards that they reached the sunny open square, filled with the hustle and bustle of all sorts of players who wanted to get their hands on some free food. After briefly consulting the map, Inferna dragged Neddy towards the rice bear stall. She quickly grabbed two bowls from the wooden table, and then plopped down at a picnic table, taking out a standard-sized bottle of Inferna Sauce.

She spread some sauce liberally over her own rice bear, swirling the bright red condiment into fun little curlicues to “decorate” her own bear, before she plunked the bottle down in the middle of the table. “You can have as much as you want,” she said, beaming at Neddy as she pulled out her player-plexus and tapped open the ‘camera’ function. “Say cheese?”

Neddy took the sauce bottle and beamed for Inferna. “Formaggio!” said the other girl, as Inferna snapped a picture and quickly forwarded it to her.

Neddy then sauced her rice bear just as liberally. Inferna took a picture of her own bear and then tasted a spoonful of the curry. “Oh, this is so good,” she said, and took another bite.

She was halfway into her third bite when Inferna remembered the potions from Morningstar. Inferna put her spoon down and rummaged through her things until she found the bottle - it looked like a standard potion bottle, cork and all, filled with a clear liquid.

“Morningstar made me a vodka potion. Or was it tequila? Something like that,” she said, by way of explanation. “I’m still waiting for something in this game to smoke like weed, but so far, no luck.”

She grinned, and put the potion down on the table, going back to rummaging through her inventory for something to use as a shot glass - as well as something to chase it with. “You want some?”

Neddy wrinkled her nose. “No, thanks,” she said. “I’ve never been much of a drinker.”

Inferna laughed. “Suit yourself,” she said, finding a teacup that she’d (probably) stolen from the Tearoom to substitute for a shot glass. There was no soda in-game, as far as Inferna knew, so she also took out a bottle of pomegranate juice that she’d somehow gotten her hands on, a while back.

She uncorked the potion, sniffed at it, then poured herself a shot. She then passed a teacup to Neddy and poured her some of the pomegranate juice.

“Cheers?” Inferna said, holding up her own teacup.

“Cheers,” Neddy grinned. They clinked their cups together. “To us, the victorious...victors. Eh, whatever. We kicked ass today.”

Inferna grinned, too. “We did,” she agreed, downing her drink and then immediately chugging some of the pomegranate juice, straight from the bottle. She let out a satisfied ahhhh, then took a bite of her food.

“Tell me how the sauce tastes?”

Neddy, mouth full of juice, hummed with a thumbs up. Then, rubbing her hands together, she said, “Right, let’s try this.”

Inferna watched as Neddy took a bite, sat for a moment, and then her eyes started to water. She started to flap her hand and suck air to cool the inside of her mouth. There was no way to help herself and look demure at the same time.

Inferna chuckled, and handed Neddy the open bottle of pomegranate juice. “Good, then?” She asked, taking another bite of her own rice bear.

Neddy coughed into the crook of her arm, her face turning pink. She accepted the juice gratefully and took a swig. “De-delicious,” she wheezed. “I...love it. What’s that made from-m? Garlic and hellfire?”

Inferna giggled, and drizzled a bit more of the sauce over her food. “Too spicy?” she asked, pouring herself another shot. “It’s my own recipe. I had to sort of make it up on the go inside the game, but once I found the right ingredients it was easy,” she said, and downed the second shot, wincing slightly at the taste and taking a swig of the juice to wash it down.

She grinned again. “Though maybe we should just stick to giving Jack the sauce.”

“Still,” Neddy said, looking down at her lap. “You’ve gotten pretty far on your own skill. It’s nice to have someone around again who knows what they’re doing. God knows I don’t.”

Inferna shrugged. “Nah, not really, I was on Reddit 24/7 before. And there was a Discord server with other players that I regularly consulted. I didn’t figure out most of this game by myself.” She shrugged, again, and grinned. “I’m just here to fuck around before I have to graduate and get a boring desk job, you know?”

“What about you? Why’d you join Gem Quest?”

Neddy looked...uncomfortable? “Mm,” she began hesitantly. “A boy…. I joined to spend time with him.” 

Inferna cocked her head to the side, curious. “Oh? Was it Jack? I’d definitely join this game to spend time with Jack.”

At that, Neddy smirked a little. “No,” she said on an exhale, her shoulders lifting and falling. “I wish…. So, it’s no wonder you’re so savvy in this game- you’re a tech-head. Me and computers, not friends. I’m pretty sure Siri is out to get me, and every digital watch I’ve ever worn has died within twenty-four hours. And I still have a flip phone. So...” 

Inferna snorted out a laugh. “I mean, I prefer the term video game aficionado, but I guess you could say that. My parents made me major in computer science too, so…” she trailed off, thoughtfully. “In all honesty, I only joined Gem Quest because League has this thing where you have to pay $10 for each skin, and I’m not fucking made of money. And GQ has better clothes in general, I think.”

“How the fuck do you survive with a flip phone, though?!” 

Neddy shrugged and sipped her juice. “Smartphones intimidate me. I like simplicity…. You can’t even imagine how long it took me to figure out the Plexus. I think I was diving everyone crazy asking questions…. If we both make it out of here, maybe you can help me figure out Smartphones so I can finally enter the twenty-first century. Maybe start up an Instagram like all the other kids.” 

“Oh, yeah,” Inferna said, confidently. “I mean, the good thing about flip phones is that you can literally throw them at the wall and they’ll be fine. I dropped my old slide phone from 3 stories up once, and it worked perfectly.” 

Inferna was starting to feel the effects of the first shot - it wouldn’t be long before she was tipsy. Inferna was...kinda a lightweight, in all honesty, and taking two shots in a row, on a fairly empty stomach, wasn’t exactly her brightest idea ever.

She’d practically demolished the rice bear, though. After slurping up the last bit of the curry, she asked Neddy, “Are you in school, right now? I’m a junior, and like I said, a CS major.”

“Actually, before all of this I was waiting to be accepted to a school,” Neddy replied. Then, a little bashfully, she added, “For dance.”

Inferna’s eyes lit up. “Really?” she said, whistling. “That’s badass. I’ve never been able to dance a day in my life. When were you supposed to hear back?”

Neddy hugged her elbows and sat forward, her lilac hair swinging forward. “A couple weeks ago,” she answereed. “But I’m here, so...it’s unlikely, even if I did get accepted, that I’ll be going.”

Inferna frowned slightly. “Well, did you want to leave the game to check then?”

The other girl seemed slightly downcast, and before Inferna could press the issue further, a shadow passed overhead. Everyone nearby looked up, including Inferna.

Neddy said, “Oh. Jack’s looking for us.”  

Inferna squeed, and clapped her hands. “Let’s go meet up with him?” she asked, polishing off what remained of her food and taking one last shot. She took another swig of the juice and began putting her things back into her player-plexus, dragging out a box of sugar cubes as she did so.

Neddy did the same, downing the rest of her juice. She then stood and shouldered her rucksack. “Ready,” she announced. “Onward.”

So, with a bottle of sauce and the box of sugar cubes tucked in her bag, Inferna grabbed Neddy’s hand and began making her way out of the square and towards the Wildflower Meadow, following the shadow across the sky.

They were going to find Jack!!!!

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Unexpected

Requested?: Yup

Words: 2.7k

Group: UNINE

Member(s): Mingming (feat. Guan Yue, Zhenning, and Wenhan)

A/n: I’m so sorry this took so long ;-; junior year has not been kind to me oof...Also, y/n and Mingming are roommates as well in this (just to clarify)

Mingming can’t help but let his jaws drop. His usually mellow eyes bulge out of their sockets. Sure you’re a little “tipsy”, but he didn’t take you as the type to serenade anyone while giving them a drunken lap dance. Mingming gulps harshly, his heart thumping madly in his chest as you slide right off his lap, ending the song with a deep bow.

It had been a while since any of you have gotten together to have fun. So, you and your friend group, which consisted of your best friend Mingming, Guan Yue, Zhenning, and Wenhan, decided to head out to karaoke. All of you planned to have the best night of your lives, but as soon as you got there, almost half of you had already gotten wasted. Hey, who said being an adult was easy?

Mingming watches as you collapse back onto the couch, right next to him. He chuckles a little and you hand off the microphone to Guan Yue who looks like he’s about to pass out from all the alcohol. Instead of falling flat on his face though, Guan Yue begins belting the song and you turn to face Mingming.

“Did you enjoy the show,” you tease, face red from all the drinks you’ve had.

“Sure. Didn’t take you as someone to do that though,” Mingming reaches for his beer, taking a sip, trying to hide his blush.

You giggle, shrugging a bit before downing the rest of your own beer and opening another can, “Maybe it’s the alcohol.”

“Hmm, you’ve never been like this when you were drunk before either,” your best friend eyes you as you chug down more beer.

You simply cock an eyebrow at him, a sly smirk making its way onto your face. Your drunk, cheeky expression throws Mingming off a little. He finds it cute though and his stomach does a little flip. Just as he’s about to ask why you were making that face, a heavy weight falls into his lap and Mingming lets out a small yelp.

“Y/n~ Mingming~” Zhenning giggles, resting on Mingming’s lap, “Whatchu talkin’ about?”

“Mingming thinks I’m acting weird,” you pout, but there’s a glint of mischief in your eyes.

“That’s not nice,” Zhenning hiccups.

“I did not say that,” Mingming huffs, chugging down the rest of his beer.

“Did too,” you stick your tongue out, catching Wenhan’s eyes.

There’s a knowing grin on Wenhan’s face and the two of you exchange winks. You laugh and Wenhan gets up from his seat, chugging down the rest of his beer as Guan Yue hands to microphone off to him. Mingming and Zhenning both look backward to watch Wenhan. Guan Yue falls back into his seat and tries to grab at you.

“Okay, imma go sing,” Zhenning announces, taking the beer from your hand and drinking it before handing it back to you and grabbing a microphone.

You roll your eyes, “And I’m gonna get hella wasted.”

Guan Yue finally gets ahold of you and you fall backward, right into Guan Yue’s lap. He drunkenly squishes your face and you groan, a little dizzy from falling back so quickly. Your hand reaches for another beer can as the older male continues to pinch your cheeks.

“Am I really the only one who’s not drunk out of their minds right now?” Mingming sighs as he watches you and Guan Yue slam your beer cans into each other and cheer.

“You’re our designated driver I guess,” you giggle, taking a big gulp of your beer.

“Don’t drink too much, I don’t wanna die~” Guan Yue cries, desperately cuddling you. Guan Yue has always been a cuddler and he’s even more cuddly when drunk.

Mingming aggressively rolls his eyes and you laugh. Mingming feels his heart flutter at the sound of your drunken laughter. It sounded free and relaxed and it made him smile.

“If not, we could just Uber home,” you shrug, cuddling into Guan Yue’s side.

“No, we’ll get kidnapped! Haven’t you heard about that one lady who-” Guan Yue squeezes you a little too tightly and you smack his arm, cutting him off.

“Shut up, you’re making me worried,” you pout, struggling against Guan Yue’s hold.

“I’ll drive you guys home,” Mingming sighs, shaking his head, chuckling.

Both you and Guan Yue cheer and all of you spend the rest of the night singing way off key and tripping over each other. By the time you left, you couldn’t even see the floor anymore because of how many beer cans were on the floor.

---

You groan, your head pounding. A bright light shines on your face and you wince. Despite your eyes being closed, you can still see the light. You roll over, hiding under your blanket. You curl up into yourself, clutching your screaming head. Not being to stand the pain anymore, you let out a blood-curdling screech, which you immediately regret since it made your head hurt more and your already dry throat, even more dry. You wince, blinking away a few stray tears.

Panicked footsteps quickly approached you and you peek over your blanket. Mingming’s head pops into view. His eyes are filled with worry and he shuffles over to your bed, crouching down. He helps you sit up.

“Are you okay?” he asks, gently petting your hair.

“My head hurts,” you croak out.

“And I thought you were dying,” Mingming’s hand drops from your head, “I’ll get you some water and pain killers.”

A minute later, Mingming is back and he hands you the pills and the glass of water. You toss the pain killers into your mouth and gulp down the water. You let out a sigh of relief as you feel the cool water rehydrate your throat. Mingming takes the glass from you and leaves the room. You decide to get out of bed and shuffle slowly into your shared bathroom.

After getting ready, you make yourself a bowl of cereal before plopping onto the couch, next to Mingming who is casually scrolling through his phone. The two of you relaxed in the comfortable silence, only the soft crunch of your cereal can be heard.

“Hey,” you break the silence, “What even happened last night?”

“You seriously don’t remember?” Mingming looks up from his phone, shocked.

“Uh...I remember being hella wasted?” your statement sounded more like a question.

“Well that’s for sure,” Mingming snorts, putting his phone down.

“How’d everyone get home? I vaguely remember Guan Yue complaining about being kidnapped or something,” you hum, taking another bite of your cereal.

“Okay, so basically, as soon as we got there, all of you got drunk. Literally, no one was able to walk anywhere without tripping on a beer can by the end of the night,” Mingming explains and you cringe.

“Really? I feel bad for the people who had to clean that,” you pout.

“Yeah. Anyway, you ready to hear all the dumb things you did?” Mingming laughs.

“Shoot,” you shrug, setting your empty bowl down.

“Let’s start at the beginning. After about chugging like five cans of beer, you and Zhenning started parading around the room, doing the Can Can. Then, when Guan Yue started his first song, you chugged down about three more cans of beer and started to do summersaults for some reason. I was very confused. Guan Yue apparently thought that was a good idea though because he handed the microphone to me halfway through the song and joined you,” Mingming laughs at the memory.

“What the hell?” you ask, genuinely horrified at your own drunken actions.

“I don’t even know,” Mingming shrugs, “Anyways, after I finished off Guan Yue’s song, you decided to do a duet with Wenhan. Luckily he wasn’t that drunk yet, so he had to hold up your tipsy ass as the two of you sang the worst version of ‘All Star’ that I have ever heard.”

You looked down in shame, “Oh my gosh...why didn’t anyone stop us from picking that song?”

“Hey, the two of you insisted,” Mingming pats your shoulder comfortingly as he continues to explain what happened last night.

Slowly, last night’s memories begin flooding back into your mind and you nod along as Mingming finishes. You take a second to take it all in. You went back through each event and you realized that Mingming had missed one thing.

“Hey, didn’t I like give you a lap dance or something?” you ponder.

Mingming’s face gets noticeably redder, “U-uh...oh yeah...you did.”

You smirk at the sight of Mingming so flustered in front of you, “So, did you enjoy it?”

He is visibly struggling now, “You a-asked me that last n-night too…”

“Hey, you didn’t answer my question~” you whine.

Mingming looks away, he couldn’t meet your eye. He nodded ever so slightly, hoping you wouldn’t notice, but you did. You clapped happily, tossing your head back in laughter.

“Look forward to more of that then,” you wink at him before picking up your empty bowl and walked away into the kitchen.

Mingming simply sat there, steam practically coming out of his ears, his face beet red. Your words stick in his head and he can’t seem to calm his pounding heart.

---

Finally, it was the weekend again and you and your group of friends decided to meet up for lunch this time, in hopes of avoiding another miserable hangover the next day. You and Mingming walk side-by-side, carefully maneuvering your way towards the restaurant. Mingming takes a couple of big strides to get ahead of you and he opens the door. You smile at him, nodding your head in thanks.

You spot Guan Yue and Wenhan already sitting at a table. They waved at you and you and Mingming make your way to the table, sitting down next to each other. It’s a round table so Zhenning would be sitting on the other side of you. You silently thanked Mingming for sitting next to Guan Yue so that in case he somehow got drunk again (you noticed a wine bottle sitting silently on the table), you wouldn’t be a victim of his aggressive loving again.

“So, Zhenning is the last one here even though he recommended this place, huh,” Wenhan pouts, looking through the menu.

“Yeah, I don’t know what to order. I’ve never been here before,” Guan Yue sighs.

“Well, it seems that you’ve already ordered a bottle of wine though,” you chuckle.

“Hey, you know I appreciate fine grape juice,” Guan Yue rebuttals, the whole table laughing at his weak defense.

At last, Zhenning comes rushing in, twenty minutes late. He nearly crashes into one of the waiters, squeaking out an apology. Luckily, he makes it safely to the table. He slides into the seat next to yours.

“Why are you so late?” Mingming asks.

“Sorry, I got caught up at the mall earlier. I saw this shop that sold a bunch of cute stuffies and I couldn’t help myself. They have the cutest koalas there! Oh, speaking of which,” Zhenning pauses, leaning down to take something out of his bag.

“Here, I got this for you, y/n,” Zhenning beams at you, holding out an adorable stuffed koala toy, “I know you like collecting stuffed animals.”

“Aww, thank you,” you happily accept the gift, giving Zhenning a side hug since the two of you are sitting.

“Why does y/n get a gift and we don’t?” Wenhan complains.

“Y/n is my favorite, that’s why,” Zhenning teases, holding you closer and you laugh.

“Yeah, we’re each other’s favorites,” you giggle.

As you said that, you can practically feel Mingming’s mood turn sour next to you. You make sure to take a peek at him and smirk to yourself when you see a displeased frown on his handsome face. You decided to be a little riskier and pecked Zhenning’s cheek.

“Ew,” Guan Yue fake gags and you and Zhenning pull away from each other, laughing.

You hear Mingming’s quiet huff as you begin looking through your menu. You peek over at him and he catches you. He quickly hides his face behind the menu and you chuckle quietly to yourself.

The food arrives and all of you finish it quickly and luckily no one gets drunk, but the bottle of wine is now empty. You pay your stomach and the bunch of you split the bill. After walking around a bit around the area, all of you said your goodbyes and split ways.

You and Mingming walk silently back to your shared apartment. You try to strike a conversation with him, but Mingming continued to stay silent. A cold aura radiated from him, making you shiver. It concerns you since he’s usually so warm and happy around you. You wonder if you went too with kissing Zhenning’s cheek earlier.

Clutching your new stuffed koala, you ask, “Hey, are you okay?”

“Yeah. I’m fine,” Mingming finally speaks.

“Oh, come on...you can tell me anything, ya know?” you pulled his arm gently and the two of you stop walking.

Mingming refuses to look at you at first, his head down. Finally, he looks at you and you can’t quite read his expression or tell what he’s thinking.

He opens his mouth, about to say something, but then he closes it again, shaking his head. He offers a shy, unconvincing smile.

“I’m fine, really,” he turns back around.

You pull on his arm again to make him turn back around, “No, seriously.”

Mingming sighs. You can almost see him debating with himself inside his head and you pull him into a hug. You feel your best friend stiffening under the sudden affection and you pat his back comfortingly. You just prayed that you hadn’t gone too far with anything. Eventually, Mingming hugs back.

The two of you pull away and Mingming looks into your eyes, reaching for your hand. You let him grab your hand and your fingers intertwine.

“Look, I like you, okay? And before you say anything, let me finish,” Mingming’s cheeks are now bright red.

You nod, allowing him to continue, but now you’re sure your cheeks are even redder than his.

“I’ve liked you since we got into college and it’s been five years and I haven’t been able to confess to you until now. I just couldn’t stand it anymore. It’s as if you already knew and was teasing me. I hated how fast you made my heart beat when you serenaded me during karaoke night. I hated how nervous you made me when you asked if I liked it. It seemed to me as if you already knew! I especially hated you jealous I got when you fav Zhenning that kiss on the cheek. I hate how much I like you!” Mingming cries out.

You can’t help but let it a small giggle. Mingming looks at you shocked.

“I knew...that’s why,” you explain, “The other guys told me a few weeks back and I just wanted to see if it was true. I like you too, Mingming...that’s why I did it. I thought it was too good to be true that you liked me back.”

“Oh,” Mingming dumbly spits out, his hand still holding yours.

The two of you stare at each other for what seems like an eternity and thankfully no one was around. Your eyes drift from his warm eyes down to his soft lips. Instinctively, you close your eyes and leaned in without thinking.

You hear Mingming’s sharp gasp and you pull him closer to you. After the initial shock, Mingming kisses you back, clutching your waist and pulling even closer.

Both of you pull away and you look up at him lovingly. He smiles and that causes you to smile as well.

“Well, let’s get home, yeah?” Mingming removes his hands from your waist and slides his hand into yours. You nod.

The two of you walk back home hand-in-hand.

~Admin Liz ♡

[rqs902]

qcyn ep 10 aka an episode that really made me happy!! but also really made me miss season 1..........

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG WU CHENGZE AND CHEN SIJIAN AND XU FANGZHOU OMGOMGOMG IM SO HAPPY FOR THEM!!!!!! OMGOMGOMG THAT BOTTOM ROW AHHHH I WAS SO SURE THAT CHENGZE WASNT GONNA MAKE IT BUT OMGOMOGMOG YESSS AND THANK GOODNESS SIJIAN OMGGGG YESSSHSHSHS AHHHHHH 

phew thank goodness lin mo made it tho, now i feel like there’s not much left for me to do cept wait for this show to end bc im pretty sure thats as far as he’ll get, and im so so relieved he made it to the top 20 thats all i was asking for, i just wanted him to be able to participate in every stage. so now im just excited for when he gets out what mr tyger will do!

man iqiyi really skipping even 14-19 man..... 

wowowowow long lost xixi spirit of the knght footage that we never got to see T__T

LOOOOL LONGHAN THE POOR CHILD HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA HIS INTERACTIONS WITH YIXING ARE GOLD

awwwww huaiwei’s feeble “are yall not gonna clap” was so sad... but also i was kinda expecting his fall with the 2 vote restriction bc huaiwei is hilariously fun and everyone likes him, but hes not as much bias material.... lol shi zhan awkwardly stuck between two crying people lol

HAHAHAHHA CHEN SIJIAN ‘why cant we just talk to each other’s face to face’ HAHHAHAHA I LOVE HIM 一點都不說唱 HAHAHHAAH

lol zhenning exposing shi mingze is the content im here for! mingming is the cutest bub omg 

LOL WTF IS THIS THIS EDITING IS SO EXTRA HAAHAH

wow a rare zhan yu teardrop mole sighting!!

lol how much u wanna bet it was rigged that the first one was for wenhan from yangyang

aw huaiwei and yueyue....... ok but is he really telling them that they shouldnt go to the hospital if they get third degree burns?? bc as a future healthcare professional im gonna to strongly disagree on that one........ please take care of yourselves and your health first.........

HAHAHHAA I LOVE XIXI AND JUNJIE’S FRIENDSHIP HAHAHAH the fact that sijian was like “lol its junjie” as soon as xixi got called out ....oh my goodness this is the sweetest thing oh my goodness 

aw zhenning being so caring towards wang zhe.... but luckily wang zhe did really well in maze :) 

i hope we get to see more of these letters in the extra clips.... im waiting for jia yi’s letter to lin mo ;_; i see that mr tyger group hug ahhh also was that lin mo that wenxuan was hugging at the end bc their friendship is really aw too

OH MY GOODNESS IS THAT SUN ZELIN IN A CF/?!?!?!! OMGGGGG MY CHILDDD HAHAHHAHAH OMGGGGG YESSSSS CHEN SIJIAN TOO!!!! WOWWOWOOW AMAZING!!

aw junjie looking for happy for his friends even tho he likely wont make it this round.....

aw shi mingze and zhenning aww look at zhenning rising to the top, he really became people’s one pick after retreat huh hahaha 

man this might sound kinda mean (im really not trying to be) but what are the chances jia yi will keep falling and fall out of top 9 so mr tyger can continue as 5.... LOL im sorry i love the child but tbh i dont think being in top 9 will be worth his time as much as being reunited with his favorite geges......

aw poor mingming so nervous.... reminds me of quanzhe from last season that one time iqiyi kept panning to him during elims....

i wonder why there’s a bunch of them missing from the special class / the charity activity this time..... are they all in the hospital again???? like lin mo, jia yi, wenhan.... would zhan yu be with them to watch over lin mo and jia yi? 

lol why does bo yuan know the maze choreo, did he learn it in like 30 seconds?? gu landi with his saxophone!!!!!!!!!!!

ok can we pls talk about how ymm is in such disbelief that he went up so much?? i really hope this helps him gain more confidence....... AND OMG HIS SMILEEE 

omg chen youwei bringing up yi xiao.... aw this just makes me think of when youwei kept chanting jin fan’s name during the first elims.... and now wang yi and li yuzhi are left watching from below..... omgosh wu chengze is crying so hard.... do you think its bc his bff sun zelin ranked beside him last time but this time..... he’s not gonna be able to continue with him? (omg im just thinking about how sun zelin talked about chengze high-fiving him and going out of his way to wish him good night every night before bed... their friendship is...... so important......) honestly im gonna miss sun zelin and his silly humor and his adorable personality... he recognized he wasnt as skilled but he still tried really hard and dreamed big and im proud of how far he made it! 

wait i have a question, if ymm has this many solo stans then who else were they voting for with their second vote if not wen yechen??? MINGMING’S SMILE IS THE MOST PRECIOUS OH MY GOODNESS omg cutting to a crying shi mingze their friendship is so important MINGMING YOU DESERVE THIS 

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA YAO MINGMING KEEPING IT REAL HAHAHHAHAHAA SO REAL IM CRYING HAHAHAHAHAHA BO YUAN’S FACE HAHAHA AND THEN YIXING HAHAHHA

wow waiting for them to announce who ranked #1 is just as suspenseful as it was on “all for one” -- aka not suspenseful at all........... ITS WENHAN OK WE GET IT NO ONE THINKS ITS GUAN YUE IM SORRY

lol i just looked up bo yuan’s birthday and hes like 9 months older than lin mo but now that hes eliminated does this make lin mo the oldest trainee on the show..... 

omgosh im gonna miss the sound of feng junjie’s voice screaming

omgosh zhan yu helping lin mo lift his box out aw!! aw zhan yu and jia yi working together.... aww them all working together

aw zhenning and shi zhan friendship!!!! LOL THIS IS SO CRINGE HAHAHHAHAHA wow i just realized the S symbol reminds me of a sadder looking yoyo class symbol from “all for one” lolololl 

ooo at least we’ll get another junjie ep of YAA!!!! and sun zelin too!!! SHI MINGZE YOYO POWERS/??!!? omg reminds me of bi wenjun ;_; i miss our yoyo prince ;_; omg they reused the puffy suits from last season LOOOLLLL wait but im sorry xixi i cant look at that colorful one without thinking of lou zibo ahhhhhhhhh I MISS ZIBO TOO and qian zhenghao in the tiny alien one omg that was such a iconic moment!!!!! and qin fen in the overblown monster one ahhhh I MISS SEASON ONE IM SORRY I FEEL LIKE ITS LATE ENOUGH IN THIS SEASON THAT I CAN SAY THIS WITHOUT FEELING LIKE IM BEING BIASED BUT SEASON ONE WAS BETTER ---- but i still love many of the kids from this season, its not their fault this season has just been generally more frustrating and less focused on all of their friendships. but season one just seemed generally more enjoyable, fun and lighthearted, yet emotional in a positive manner

LOL theyre all so obviously reading off a script this is pretty funny WHY IS HANYU SO CREEPY HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA 

FENG JUNJIE 28 NOOOOO ahhh i thought shi mingze would make it too........ man wang yi 38?? i thought he’d be higher.... man chen sijian’s literally the only rap line trainee left wtf............ wow wang jiayi really dropped so much throughout this show.... 

wait i wanna hear the full version of shi mingze’s speech, i feel like he mightve said more about his friendship with mingming... i guess now that i think about it, mingze having ranked rather high last time was rather impressive considering iqiyi hasnt given him much time to shine......

ooof ok im kinda hoping 20 will be gu landi or shao haofan bc their vocals really would’ve earned it. omgosh gu landi asking chen tao if he can sit next to him ahhhh so cute

im yao chi praying for gu landi... but i feel like its gonna be chen tao bc freaking wenhan’s “gwi ze” LOL

yep

not surprised

man the audience be sleeping on gu landi’s talent..... 

omg this is my new favorite friendship omg gu landi is so supportive towards yao chi im crying.... 

lol they keep saying the top 9 is 換血 but literally i feel like the only new person is zhenning...???? 

OH MYGGODNESS DID THEY JSUST CALL FENG JUNJIE IM SSHAKINGN!!! MASD;ALSKD;LAKSD;LK;LS;AKLDK YEASSSSSSSS!!!!!SKJSALDKJSALKYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THANK YOU THANK YOU THAKN YOU OH MY GOODNESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS IM SO PSODKALSKDJLAKJDSLK DSALKJSALASD IM IN DISBELIEFASLDKJALK IM LITERALLY CRYING SO HARDR IGHT NWOWWWW AHHHH OMGOMOGMG THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IVE HEARD ALL DAY OMGGGJGGGGGAHHHHHHHHH THNAK GOODNESS AHHHHHHH LAKJSDLAKSDLKL HE CAN STAY WITH XIXI TILL THE END THANK GOODNESS OH MY GOODNESS IM SHAKINGG 

hahhahahahhaha fjj: i didnt imagine i would be picked by the old men... yixing: i can tell :)  LOOOOL JUNJIE YOUR FACEE HHAHHAHAHAHA

wow today is a such good day wow feng junjie made it wow im so grateful wow this is a great day wow life is great isnt it 

ahhh im wu chengze chanting wu zelin sun zelin wu zelin sun zelin 

aw lin mo and wenxuan are really so close....

just dont say wenhan LOL

lol the old men really like zhou shiyuan so im not surprised... he does deserve it tho!

oo good for haofan! 

honestly they prob made sure the old men didnt pick yechen, zhan yu or bo yuan again... sadly..... but also sad they didnt notice gu landi....... omgosh look at zhan yu pumping his fists in the air even tho he knows its over... this is his “pretending to be mature gege” side, trying to appear positive for his bros... i wanna see lin mo and jia yi’s full thank you speeches and see if they mention his again T_T

WANG JIAYI TELLING HUAIWEI ITS OK TO NOT BE STRONG IS SO IMPORTANT. ahhh hes really a caring friend

oh gosh seeing the top 20 choosing their final songs makes me think back to last season and im getting freaking mack daddy flashbacks and im shuddering in fear LOL “ITS OKAY” WAS AND STILL IS THE SUPERIOR SONG IM SORRY ITS JUST A FACT

LOL THEY TEXT THEM!??! on the bright side, this just reminded me that top 35 will still get to be in ep 11 so yayyy we get another zhan yu stage!!!!!!

lol this earth ad is even more cringey.................. the ending credits.... i see lin yuzhi! and xixi got a cool shot :D im surprised lin mo didnt get any shots haha and that they didnt show mr tyger at all during the hugging portion at the end but oh well i guess..... 

tbh this was a minimal lin mo exposure ep but its ok, im still grateful that he got a few random closeups (which is more than i can say for some of the others) and now that hes safely in top 20 i honestly think my work here is done LOL. there’s not much more lin mo fans can do for him. theyve gotten him onto all the stages and i dont think any amount of work will get him into top 9... and ive said before i dont even really want him in top 9 bc id rather he stay with mr tyger and help them stay relevant bc theyll need his help to do so, especially since jia yi will probably make top 9. 

(from here is where i go into a rant about season 1 vs season 2.... LOL)

lets be honest, ranking 16 is too low for lin mo to make it lol....... last season the only kid who made top 9 who wasnt already in top 9 by ep 10 was yanjun... and yanjun had been on a steep upward trend leading up to the last ep (lin mo went from 17 to 16... theres minimal momentum there lol) and then bi wenjun going from 12 to 10 was the other surprise. xikan going from 18 to 13 was impressive, but he still wasnt one of the contenders for the 9th spot. i think at the end it was bu fan, qian zhenghao, bi wenjun and you zhangjing right? out of those 4, the lowest ranked in ep 10 was bi wenjun at 12..... so going from 16 up to 9 would be really really unlikely, unless lin mo somehow makes an even greater impression on the audience during the mentor collab stage than yanjun did last year.... which i think will be impossible bc literally the entire audience fell in love with yanjun during the “zero” performance in last season’s ep 11 lol it was crazyyyy.... but anyway i think ive reminisced about last season enough this rant.... can you tell i really miss it? honestly ive tried to stay as positive as i could throughout watching qcyn and i gave iqiyi the benefit of the doubt from the beginning that “oh maybe it just doesnt seem as great as the first season bc we havent gotten to know the kids yet, the show’s just started, we’ll learn to love it later” ---- but we’re on ep 10 now and i just.......... i still dont think i got to know the kids as well as i did last season and its not their fault, theyre not any less lovable kids (some of them i really like!!! more than some of the kids from last season!) but this season’s editing is really just disappointing. i really miss last season and it was honestly so much more enjoyable to watch..... i thought about this the other day, if lin mo had been eliminated during the last round, would i still be watching this show? and i thought about it and i honestly think i would... because i really like some of the other kids like mingming, junjie, xixi, jia yi, guan yue, chen sijian, etc. but i really dont think id be as eager to stay up to date with it. ive fallen behind on yaa and dont even look forward to watching fanafan anymore bc lin mo hasnt been on any of those (no, i dont count the yaa ep he literally only got 1 second of screentime in) these side shows are fun, but not as fun as fanafan from last season. they feature the same kids over and over again (literally yuehua trio was the ONLY kids on fanafan 2 weeks ago and then they were 1/3 of the ep last week too??? and hmm how come there are kids who have been on yaa multiple times yet there are also kids who have never been on it at all???? that’s just so unfair.....) without fanafan from last season, would you zhangjing have made it into top 9?? fanafan was the medium thru which he really showed us how hilarious and fun and lovable and sweet and sassy he was (whereas on the actual show he showed us his true, undeniable talent) and im just here wondering, if qcyn’s fanafan had featured ye ziming half as much as they had featured you zhangjing or his partner in crime yanjun (who both ended up making top 9), would he have at least made top 35? or how about chen sijian and wu zelin? or feng junjie?? or su yuhang?? where would they be now? why hasnt lin mo been on fanafan at all??? if given the chance, would people actually be appreciating zhan yu’s hilariously weird and crazy personality that we NEVER got to see?? sigh.......... 

OKAY WHERE ARE ALL THE EXTRA CLIPS IMMA FIND YALL

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8 Questions Tag

rules: answer 8 questions and come up with your own 8 questions. tag others to answer your questions.

tagged by @yue-hwa (thank you!!! i love tags haha)

 1. What’s the worst habit you have?

probably procrastinating 

2. Have any fandoms ever driven you away from groups/made you not stan the group anymore or as much?

hELL yes lmao - armys made me kind of drift away from bts

3. If your bias group wasn’t your bias group, who would it be?

Well i’m not sure who my bias group is atm,,, i think it’s nct??? if it wasn’t though, it would probably be sf9 or victon

4. What was your most interesting dream?

,,,,,,,,,, well um one time i dreamt i was this really outgoing girl who was friends with this stoic guy and everyone knew we were a thing but it wasn’t official and ike one time this new to school bitch was like “why are u so clingy with someone who doesn’t even want you, like stop being somewhere u arent wanted” so i acted like i didnt care but then i wlike distanced myself from him and then he was like “why r u actin like this” and i didn’t get to see the climax cus i woke up but it probably wouldve been very angsty romantic LMAOO

5. What’s one thing you like about your blog?

My mobile themE LIKE SHIT ITS SO PRETTY 

6. What disbanded group would you bring back and why?

Speed bc shit they were so talented and i loved their music and tHEY DESeRVED BETTER

7. Ff you ever ruled a country, what song (from any broduce 911 101 contestant) would be your national anthem?

Open Up BC YEEEEES

8. What are random things that you find attractive/pretty?

In terms of people, when they run a hand through their hair and smile embarrassedly, and also dIMPLES BINCH -- in terms of not people, i love anything nature tbh i think it’s so pretty

9. (and an extra question that i love asking) rank the concept evaluation songs from your fav to your least fav

1. Open Up 2. Never 3. I Know You Know 4. Showtime 5. Oh Little Girl (whY HYUNGSEOBIE WHY)

my 8 questions:

How did you get into K-Pop?

First 5 songs in shuffle?

If your bias group wasn’t your bias group, who would it be?

Favorite K-Pop song of all time?

Favorite season and why?

What disbanded group would you bring back and why?

If you could learn any one K-pop choreo instantly, which one would it be and why?

Who is your ideal type in terms of personality in the K-Pop world?

Top 5 K-Pop biases?

tagging: @extraongdinary @hwaiting-hoe @diaryofadorkykid @lovinsoftboyz @godkimsamuel @wannabl​ @baejangtag @baejinie @dxnghyuns

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Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc Chapter 9 Translation

Hope everyone’s having a good week!  Here is the translation for Chapter 9. :) @horitsuba has linked to view the scans in Portuguese here. [Link Removed by @cardcaptorcoconut​]

Also, just wanted to make a quick promo for The Clow Kingdom Discord server started by @cherrycapturedwolf.  She set this up as a way for CCS fans on tumblr to chat with one another.  It’s a fun, easy place to discuss the Clear Card Arc, or just CCS & CLAMP in general. ^^  If you haven’t already, come join us over at Discord!  [EDIT] Here is a link if you’re interested. :)

☆★Translation Notes Reminder★☆

Disclaimer: These are just fan translations. Please support the official release.

Chapter 9

Cover Page: The highly praised 1st Volume is On Sale Now & Volume 2 goes on sale Saturday, April 1st! Sakura and Syaoran have been reunited.  Thinking of each other, their bond (continues) to deepen.  But Syaoran seems to be (somewhat) melancholy…

P1 Sakura:  Yosh! Sakura:  <narrating> I’m Kinomoto Sakura.  Since this spring, I’m a first-year at Tomoeda Middle School. Sakura:  <narrating>  I’m not very good at math, and the club I’m in has been decided. Sakura:  The cherryblossoms may have fallen, but doing flower viewing with everyone was so fun!

P2 Sakura:  And Syaoran-kun was with me too.

P3 Kero:  <a bit jealous> That’s great, that’s great!  Flower viewing’s so great. Kero:  I wanted to go too. Sakura:  If it’d just been Tomoyo-chan and Syaoran-kun that would’ve been alright. <quietly> I’m sorry. Kero:  Well, you brought me back sweets as a souvenir, I’ll forgive you. Kero:  By the way, that transfer student was there too, right? Sakura:  Yeah! Akiho-chan! Sakura:  The sweets (I gave you) were from Akiho-chan.

[Lit: The sweets souvenir was from Akiho-chan.]

Kero:  Yosh! That girl is a great girl!

P4 Sakura:  Yeah! Akiho-chan is a really nice girl, isn’t she? Sakura:  She even sang at the flower viewing with Tomoyo-chan. <Scene changes to earlier> Chiharu:  Just as expected of Tomoyo-chan! Syaoran:  Yeah! You were great! Tomoyo:  Thank you very much.  But Akiho-chan, you were wonderful too!

P5 Akiho:  Eh? Tomoyo:  I could hear you humming together with me. Tomoyo:  (You have a) very clear, lovely singing voice.

[Lit:  It was a very clear, lovely singing voice.]

Akiho: I’m so sorry for intruding! Tomoyo: I was so happy.  Won’t you sing with me?

P6 Akiho:  B-but… I’ve never really sung in front of other people before… I may not be able to sing very well… Sakura:  I want to hear (you sing)! Sakura:  Right? Please sing. Akiho:  I-I’ll do my best.

P7 Tomoyo:  Akiho-chan, do you know this song? <singing quietly> Akiho:  I know it!  When I (learned) Japanese, I also (learned) this song.  I love it!

[Lit:  Akiho uses the Japanese for “remembered” instead of “learned”]

Tomoyo:  Then, let’s do it!

P8 Kero:  So, what did they sing? Sakura:  "Misty Moonlit Night"! (★) Sakura:  "♪ The sunset fades into the Na-no-Hana fields ♪"

[Note: Just like with the chapter preview, I left “Na-no-Hana” with the original Japanese name because the English translation can be a bit jarring.]

Kero:  Ohh! I know that song too! Sakura:  Tomoyo-chan and Akiho-chan were really wonderful! Sakura:  I wish I’d recorded it. Kero:  You have a smartphone, don’t you? Sakura:  I realized it afterwards.  When I’d thought “(This moment) now!” in my heart.  It’s good to have something you can record or document (things) with right away.

P9 Kero:  And you wouldn’t miss recording my Good Looking Face either! Sakura:  You have a cellphone too, right Kero-chan?  You got it from Tomoyo-chan. Kero:  Yeah! Sakura:  Tomoyo-chan’s mother’s company is really amazing!  They don’t only sell toys, they sell cellphones and computers too. Kero:  Their headsets are really well (made) too! Sakura:  And you’re always playing games, aren’t you Kero-chan? Kero:  I’ll beat Suppie next time! Kero:  Whoa…

P10 Sakura:  Ah! Akiho-chan! Kero:  Is that the transfer student you were just talking about? Sakura:  Yeah! Kero:  Speak of the devil… right? Sakura:  Akiho-chan! Akiho:  Sakura-san!

P11 Sakura:  Hello. Akiho:  Hello.  Are you out and about? Sakura:  Yeah!  I’m out buying (ingredients) for dinner.  How about you? Akiho:  Me too.  But since I just moved here, I’m worrying about where to shop. Sakura:  Then let’s go together! I’ll show you the way! Akiho:  Thank you so much! Sakura:  That reminds me, when we did flower viewing the bento you had was so pretty and looked delicious. Sakura:  Did you make that yourself?

P12 Akiho:  No, it was made for me! I’m really not skilled at that… Sakura:  Did you come to Japan with that person? Akiho:  <nodding>  Yes. Ever since I was little, they’ve always looked after me. Sakura:  Are they family? Akiho:  No, we’re not related by blood, but…

P13 Akiho:  They’re a very important person. Sakura:  You really care about that person, don’t you Akiho-chan?

[Lit: You really love that person, don’t you, Akiho-chan?]

Akiho:  Eh?! Sakura:  You (had a really soft expression on your face just then). [Lit: Your face was really kind just then.] Akiho:  Eh? Eh?

P14 Sakura:  Ah!  How cute! Sakura:  It’s a (little) rabbit!! Akiho:  (It’s) always with me. (★) Akiho:  But I don’t know if it’s okay to bring (it) to school with me.  I wanted to bring it to the flower viewing too, I worried I’d look childish… Sakura:  No, not at all! Sakura:  Things like that are okay at our school, and I’m sure everyone would say how cute it is!

P15 Sakura:  And I also always have Kero-cha– Sakura:  I have a stuffed animal called Kero-chan who’s really important to me! Akiho:  We’re the same! Sakura:  Yeah! Akiho:  I’ll bring (this one) to school with me tomorrow too. Akiho:  How about you, Sakura-san? Sakura:  Well, I…

P16 Sakura:  (I’ll bring Kero-chan)!

[Lit:  I’ll go with Kero-chan!]

Sakura:  Does this little one have a name? Akiho:  Yes! (It’s) called Momo.

P17 Sakura:  I’m Sakura.  (Let’s be friends), Momo-chan.

[Lit: Let’s get along.]

Akiho:  Here too!  Let’s all get along.  Right, Momo? Sakura:  <narrating> I made a new friend too… I’m busy, but everyday is filled with so many fun things. <Scene changes> Sakura:  I’m home!

P18 Fujitaka:  Welcome home, Sakura-san. Sakura:  You’re home!  What about the university? Fujitaka:  I’ve got to go back this evening again, but I came to get some documents that are here. Sakura:  <thinking> (I see)… Sakura:  I’m home, mom! Fujitaka:  <looking concerned> ……

P19 Sakura:  What’s wrong? Fujitaka:  Nothing.  How was shopping? Sakura:  I’m in charge of dinner tonight! Fujitaka:  You’re making potato gratin (tonight)?

[Lit:  Today.]

Sakura:  Bingo! Sakura:  And “tamagoyaki” too, I think.

[Lit:  Tamagoyaki is a small, rolled egg omelette.  I personally just like leaving that word as is.]

Sakura:  That’s for a bento lunch. Sakura:  I want to get better at making them.

P20 <The board they’re looking at reads:> <Fujitaka:  I’ll be home around 1:00.  I’ll leave a message.> <Touya:  I have (my) part time job after class.  For dinner, I’ll…> <Sakura:  I’ll be home at 4:00pm.> Fujitaka:  That reminds me, you wrote the time you’d be home on the board, but… Sakura:  I’m sorry I was late! Fujitaka:  No, that’s alright, but… Fujitaka:  Did you stop off somewhere? Sakura:  I (ran into) a friend!  We went shopping together.  She’s a transfer student.

[Lit:  I met a friend.]

Fujitaka:  Ah, the girl you said has been many places? Sakura:  She’s super cute and really nice! Sakura & Fujitaka:  <phones ring suddenly> Sakura:  It’s “Onii-chan”. Fujitaka:  It’s Touya-kun.

P21 Fujitaka:  He asked if it’s alright for Yukito-kun to come for dinner too. Sakura:  Of course!  I’ll do my best! Yukito:  This is delicious! Sakura:  I’m so glad! Touya:  It’s alright…

P22 Yukito:  Where’s Fujitaka-san? Sakura:  He ate and then headed back to the university. Yukito:  He’s so busy… Sakura:  U-um, Yukito-san… Yukito:  What is it? Sakura:  How’s your stomach? Yukito:  Huh?  Right now, I’m putting a lot of delicious (food) in it. Sakura:  No, I mean are you really hungry or when you eat does it not fill you up? Nothing like that? Yukito:  Nope. I don’t eat as much as I used to. Touya:  Well, even so, you still eat twice as much as a normal person.

P23 Sakura:  <narrating>  Before, Yukito-san made up for his lack in magic by eating a lot.  But now if that’s not the case anymore, I wonder if the new cards aren’t causing some (other) trouble for Yukito-san and Yue-san… Touya:  Oh. Touya:  A classic mistake. Sakura:  Hoeeee!!

P24 & 25 <Scene changes; Sakura suddenly finds herself in the dream world>

P26 Sakura:  Do you have something you want to say to me? Sakura:  Do you want the key? Sakura:  <thinking> Clocks? Narration:  In the frightening, mysterious darkness, the enigmatic figure has appeared again.  What does this clock mean to convey to Sakura?

<To Be Continued in Chapter 9>

(★) See my post here for more information on the song “Oborotsukiyo” (Misty Moonlit Night).

(★) It’s not clear what Momo is yet, so for now I’ve left the pronouns as “it” just in case.

[carbootsoul]

u sent a lot so uhh sokka, cabbage man and pianjeong :)

thank u!! i hope sending so many was ok i just love hearing ppls responses to those ask memes.. 

sokka how i feel about this character: i LOVE him like what a MAN he is such a good big brother and he tries so hard and i just 🥺🥺 i hope he knows how much he means to me all the people i ship romantically with this character: uhh rly just zuko and suki!! the three of them (+ yue sometimes) are my FAVORITES. idk i’m cool with yue/sokka but yue gives me comp-het lesbian vibes so my brotp for this character: suki & sokka obviously and then sokka & the gaang as his family. also piandao.. father figure... sokka deserves all of those he can get. AND sokka and yue.  my unpopular opinion abt this character: uhh when ppl write him as dumb ESPECIALLY when it comes to stuff abt science/engineering.. they r being racist and also disregarding an important part of his character?? it RLY bugs me when i see ppl doing stuff w/ him and zuko where sokka asks a dumb science question and zuko answers it?? like no zuko is the idiot here. they are a stem/english major couple. respect that. (lol i mean idk zuko is kinda a business major but like) one thing i wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: more of him using his sword!! he gets it and then loses it?? i want a scene w him and suki and zuko all geeking out abt how cool it is. ALSO more of him in the kyoshi warrior getup that was so cool my otp: zukka probably my crossover ship: i NEVER do crossovers but him and bow from she ra?? idk i vibe a headcanon fact: i have so many sokka hcs and they’ve all disappeared from my brain. one sec let me look at the notes of one of my fics quick. uhh oh sokka w adhd and dyslexia is good and GNC SOKKA omg it’s only my favorite atla headcanon ever. 

cabbage man how I feel about this character: ok so face value?? he’s FINE. he could go either way like i’ve seen him as a bullshit capitalist which >:( bad but also we stan small business owners all the people i ship romantically with this character: u know what? i did see a post abt iroh/cabbage man ages ago and a crack ship is all either of them deserve so there. my non-romantic brotp for this character: cabbage man and sokka. no i don’t have a reason my unpopular opinion about this character: he’s probably the most powerful character like he obviously has a way of speed-traveling bc he can keep up w the gaang on their sky bison and he always has new cabbages?? where do they come from one thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: i wish he have given his cabbages to the refugees in ba sing se 😔 like he evidently has an infinite stash of them somewhere.  my otp: none. not going to answer this. my crossover ship: god idk. him/tom nook.  a headcanon fact: infinite cabbages. he can cabbage bend.

pianjeong when i started shipping it if i did: when i saw this fanart like yes it’s horny on main but my lesbian ass brain completely bypassed that and went.. hmmm Father Figures..... my thoughts: good. i like this. they’re both from the fire nation and they both.. somewhat hate it at least. although i don’t remember the atla episode with jeong jeong in it At All like it doesn’t exist in my brain. he showed up w the rest of the white lotus and i was like who is this man??? what makes me happy about them: jeong jeong is a military deserter which i love for him. i think they could have a nice time like.. chilling in a garden and playing pai sho while committing treason on a low level. what makes me sad about them: they both DID like.. make the fire nation military a lot stronger.. also idk  things done in fanfic that annoys me: things i look for in fanfic: who i’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: my happily ever after for them: i rly like the ‘jeong jeong lives in the earth kingdom some of the year for the vibes but also lives at piandao’s mansion’ concept. also neither of them ever talking to pakku again because fuck him.  who is the big spoon/little spoon: hmm ok piandao is the little spoon. i know in in my heart what is their favorite non-sexual activity: sword fighting.. gay. also pai sho bc if you’re in a secret society u should play your secret society’s board game. 

[gem-quest]

[ QUEST 01. — I N F E R N A ]

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Inferna was hanging out in her favorite spot in Yue City - the lousy excuse of a Chinese restaurant, because it was just so easy to market her Inferna Sauce and sriracha to players who came away disappointed by the Asian dishes with absolutely zero seasoning - when the announcement popped up in the sky.

[  . . . T O U R N E Y . A N D . F A I R . I N . W I L D F L O W E R . M E A D O W . . . L E V E L . O N E . . .  ]

"Well, shit, that's just right around the corner," Inferna said out loud, putting away her sauce for the time being. She wasn't sure if she was going to compete - she'd prooobably get distracted by the free food - but it might be fun to just watch for a little bit.

So, with one over-dramatic whoosh of her hooded black capelet (which was decorated with intricate gold embroidery, because Inferna didn't wear things that were plain, thank you very much), Inferna was off.

When she got to the meadowlands, the entire place was filled with stalls and throngs of players eager to watch the tournament. Inferna decided that she'd watch the tournament after some refreshments, and immediately headed for the food stalls. She stocked up on some chicken pot pies and mead, nibbling on an apple turnover as she browsed. Eventually, she came across a wyvern being turned over a spit, and tossed the NPCs roasting the thing a coin in exchange for a hunk of meat, which she drizzled her homemade hot sauce over before biting into.

It tasted just like chicken. Then again, most meats that weren't pork or beef also tasted like chicken, in Inferna’s opinion.

Rats, for example; Inferna had been dared to eat a rat skewer in the City of Magic, once. She did it, and got a whole blueberry pie in return. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. And that pie had been good.

Inferna wandered around for another thirty minutes, snacking on the wyvern kebab, before finally making her way over to the lists. She frowned when she noticed that there were almost no seats, instead hopping up onto the balustrade after shoving all the dumb meatheads out of the way.

There. That’s a perfect view, she thought, satisfied. She was taking in the sight of the Moonstone player with the pretties armor she’d ever seen facing off an Obsidian player in all black, just as she felt someone flick her calf.

“What the f-” Inferna’s muttered profanity was cut off when she noticed who it was.

"Hey, what’s up? You’re Neddy, right?" she asked, grinning widely. Inferna had met Neddy back in Level Ten, AKA Finvarra’s Gardens, and honestly, Inferna thought she was the sweetest thing. And her dragon, ugh - Inferna would never! Get! Over! Jack!!!!

The other girl looked up. "Inferna?" 

Inferna beamed down at her and offered her a hand up instead of answering. 

Neddy took her hand, and Inferna pulled her up onto the balustrade with her. “View’s better up here,” she told her with a wink, grinning her usual shit-eating grin.

Inferna was about to go back to watching the action - the Obsidian player had easily unseated the Moonstone one - when she noticed...was that Jack?!?! Riding in a basket on Neddy’s back?????

She gave an excited half-squeal, half-exclaimation. “God, Jack is so freaking adorable! Does he still like sugar cubes?" she fired off, pulling out a sugar cube she’d gotten from the Tearoom, as well as a tiny bottle of Inferna Sauce (she’d decided that she was going to make mini bottles to carry around outside of her inventory, just for convenience). She dunked the sauce onto the sugar cube.

"How are you faring out there?" asked Neddy.

“It’s been pretty chill on my end,” Inferna replied, giving the Moonstone player a cheeky grin. “Haven’t really done anything exciting, besides get some blueberry scones from the Tearoom yesterday; they’re amazing. I was at Level 39 the other day too, but fighting the dragon is so much work, so I fucked off after a few minutes.”

Her attention strayed back to Neddy’s dragon. “Ooh, fuck, Jack is so cute. Here, you’re a good boy, aren’t you?” she said, gently tossing the sugar cube in the air and clapping with delight when Jack caught it in his mouth.

“What about you? Got anything fun going on?” she asked Neddy a moment later, tearing her eyes away from the miniature dragon.

"Nothing quite as exciting as thirty-nine," Neddy replied. "I've just gotten through floor twenty-nine by the skin of my teeth. Mermaid Cove won't be easy for me since I'm currently, you know, on my own."  

Inferna nodded, grimacing. “Oh, yeah, that level’s a pain in the ass if you don’t have a party. I think I got through it by just finding a group that needed an extra person who didn’t care about Angel’s Breath. Aydina - that’s the NPC you go up against - is kind of a cunt, too. Like, I get that it’s just pre-written dialogue, but the lady could be nicer while trying to fuck us over with that dodgeball of hers, you know?”

Inferna rolled her eyes at the thought of the pirate queen. Really, though, she was a cunt, she mused to herself. Everything she said, just - ugh! So unnecessary. 

It was a known fact that Inferna talked so much shit about any and all of the NPCs in the game. She was a bit infamous for it within the Obsidian Guild, actually, which was something that Inferna was immensely proud of.

"I’m not very good at dodgeball," said Neddy.

Inferna shrugged. “It was my favorite thing in gym, when I still had to take that bullshit class. All I did was dick around and throw balls at the annoying people in my grade, even if they were technically on my team,” she said, in the most solemn voice she could muster. 

She continued. “I thought that level was pretty fun, besides Aydina’s totally unnecessary commentary. So I can help you, if you want,” she said, “if you bribe me somehow. Since I don’t see how helping you with dodgeball helps my Guild, after all.”

Neddy seemed surprised. "Bribe?" she managed to get out. "I don't have much in the way of coin. . . . I'm not formidable by any means. Surely, it won't hurt Obsidian any if you help little old me move through a lower floor."

Inferna narrowed her eyes, skeptical. “Little old you and a dragon,” she pointed out, gesturing towards Jack. As cute as Jack was, both miniature and at his full size, he was still a, you know, dragon.

Neddy nodded, slowly. "Yeah. Okay- well, I can give you all the apricot tartlets in my inventory if you help me out."

Inferna bit her lip. Apricot tartlets? That was...that was a tempting offer. Plus, dodgeball was really fun, and plus, Inferna sort of owed Neddy, because Neddy had saved Inferna from being eternally trapped in Level Ten with that insufferable faerie prince (but the sweets on that level all looked absolutely divine, so could you really blame her?).

“Alright fine, I’ll do it,” Inferna agreed, flipping her red hair over one shoulder. “Just tell me when, and I’ll be there. But don’t make it before noon, or I’ll probably sleep straight through it. Like, I’m not even kidding; last semester I somehow slept through ten alarms and missed a 12:30 PM lab. So don’t make it before twelve.”

She narrowed her eyes, again. “Now hand over those tartlets.”

After Neddy had given her the tartlets, Inferna lingered for a little while, then decided to go find some other food to eat, nibbling on one of the tartlets as she went. She bought a steak and mashed potatoes dish, stowing it away in her virtual inventory for the time being.

A commotion by the lists caught her attention, about an hour or so later. Intrigued, Inferna crept closer, just in time to see a fellow Obsidian player wearing a flowy dress win a duel. Inferna cheered with the rest of her Guild, elbowing closer for a better view.

Hey, she thought, suddenly. Isn’t that the girl I saw yesterday?

Inferna let her gaze follow the blonde girl as she collected her prize money and went off towards one of the open areas. She took off after her, finding that it was extraordinarily easy to follow the other player when she was wearing a pretty flower crown - all she had to do was look for the flowers in the crush of people.

Once Inferna reached the grassy field, she scanned the area before finally locating the girl she met at the Descend the day before.

“Oh, hey,” Inferna said, trotting over. A quick glance at her profile said that she went by ‘Morningstar’. “I saw your duel, by the way. Congrats on winning.” She grinned.

Morningstar gave her a scathing look. Inferna ignored it and flopped down to sit on the grass next to her, dragging out a bottle of Inferna Sauce from her inventory, as well as as the steak and mashed potatoes dish she’d just purchased. She all but drenched the food with her hot sauce, because everything in the game was so damn bland - to someone who’d grown up eating spicy food, anyway. 

“Do you want some, by the way?” Inferna asked, glancing up at Morningstar and grinning again. “It’s hot sauce. For when the white people food in this game gets too boring.”

She paused, for a moment. “I’ll trade you a bottle for a potion that makes me feel like I’ve just smoked some weed, if you have any. Or if you have anything like vodka? This mead and ale and stuff is fine, but jesus fucking christ, sometimes I just want to take two shots and be done.”

The two of them talked for a bit. Inferna mentioned that she’d be doing dodgeball with Neddy soon, and asked Morningstar if she’d want to join in. Then, once Inferna was hungry again, she got up and went searching for more food.

I should probably also get something if I’m going up against Aydina again, she thought. God, but she’s such a fucking cunt.

As such, Inferna found the marketplace and bought herself a few propugnatio potions, knowing that she’d need them to up her defense for the underwater dodgeball game; as a fire-mage, she was more vulnerable in aquatic environments. She also stocked up on fortissime potions, just to make sure her fiery attacks would pack an extra punch.

Satisfied with her haul, Inferna tossed the items into her inventory and went towards one of the stalls selling pastries. God, but they smelled good.

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qcyn ep 8 aka the loss of some real talent..... (but also, thankfully, some needed recognition was given as well)

psa im probably gonna be posting stuff involving some spoilers soon, so ill tag them as #qcyn spoilers and you can feel free to block those posts if you dont want to see them!

awwwwwww shi mingze helping mingming get people’s attention is the cutest friendship!!! mingming is so quiet... i love a supportive mingze!!! also thank you iqiyi for giving him more screentime!! i can notice it already!

LOL sun zelin in this rap heavy group..... but this group is already the most fun group hahahah omg ye ziming talking about the fact that he knows he’s not likely gonna make it so he needs to help those kids who are more popular get better......... UGH WHY DO PEOPLE NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AMAZING CHILD. oh my goodness this is so sad.... the fact that THE KIDS WHO KNOW WHAT THEYRE DOING had to make a club dedicated to helping the kids who dont.... bc they know theyll make it instead of themselves....... that just means that they all know the next elim is gonna get rid of a whole lot of real talent. thats so messed up.... this whole montage is like iqiyi being like “thanks for helping our kids look nice on stage, once you’re done, you’re gonna be forced to leave. byeeeee” 

OMGOMGOMGOMOGMOGMOMGG LIN MO IS A CANDIDATE FOR CENTERRRR YESSSSSSSS I CANT BELIEVE!!!!! AMAZING!!!! also look at all the tyger members together aww

LOL lian huaiwei is just so funny just talking LOL. wait. so about that clip of lin mo helping chaoyuan and youwei that came out earlier this week. chaoyuan and youwei arent even in his half of the group. that means lin mo went out of his way to help them even tho he hasnt been practicing with them as closely as like huaiwei. wow he not only helped his own group but he went out to make sure everyone in their larger group got special help, AND youwei still called him “teacher” which means lin mo is probably regularly helping him. wow. man,, they didnt show any of lin mo’s group’s practice wtf........ i swear iqiyi is about to drop jia yi or something bc i thought theyd at least wanna show some of him.... but the small bit we saw of their dance wow lin mo is gonna do sooo well ahhhh he looks so good already, even in these lumpy practice clothes, im so excited to see him on stage

lol yaoyao (yao bolan) is in the super cute grouppp hahahhaha but ahh him talking about every faking their happiness really.... shows how observant and sensitive he is to his friends’ feelings, which is aw....

OMG THEY JUST SKIPPED ANNOUNCING the lower ranks ???? i mean i get u gotta be time efficient, but thats a little too efficient??? omg but sun zelin!!! and wu chengze!!! and wu zelin!! omg wang jiayi dropped so much. iqiyi has seriously just dropped him like a hot potato wow. CHEN SIJIAN WENT UP WHOOOO lol the creativity is real in this one hahahaha his speech

ok im sorry but wtf how did these three (14-16) get in front of lin mo, excuse me???? sigh.... oh well, at least hes still within top 20, i just want him to at least make it to top 20... lol they only let like 3 kids talk...... this is just too efficient yall.....

omgosh........ shi zhan and yaoyao........... ahhhhhhhhhhhh my heart ;;;;; yaoyao’s smile......... another bg project boy is gonna leave ahhh 

yao chi’s speech omg..... the child has seriously been through a lot of mental trauma look at how much he’s shaking goodness

omg i cant believe jia yi dropped so much...... wtf.......... are people blind???? iqiyi is really about to drop him omg i really think they havent been giving him enough screentime alskdjlk wow way to randomly cut off jia yi’s thank you to zhan yu.... wtf i need more jia yi + zhan yu time.... zhan yu is like jia yi’s favorite gege.... omg zhan yu’s tears ahhh zhan yu may say that he wishes he could be the maknae but he honestly cares so much for jia yi, even tho he’s not much older than him, its so aw.....

omg i just looked up ye ziming on weibo and hes friends with guanguan, changbin, zhu zijie and zhong yixuan??? omggg fandom clash wowow 

this segment with these kids with disabilities........ i dont know how i feel about this...... it feels problematic to me....... the trainees dont know what theyre doing, so how is this benefitting these children? if anything its just to make the trainees look like theyre doing some great charity work or something, but i dont appreciate the attitude some of them have towards these kids... i get theyre frustrated and werent properly prepared to interact with them, which i dont blame them for, but its like why is this segment even a thing, iqiyi??? theyre just coming in and using these kids as a backdrop to make themselves look nice, and not actually doing anything sustainable or meaningful to help them... what good is it to get these kids to like them and get familiar with them just for them to leave within a few hours? its just another person who came and left........ 

omg guan yue is second omg good for you, child!!!!!!!!!!!!! good good good im glad, he deserves it!!!!!!!

lol they better show the other rounds of this basketball tournament in the extra clips..............

these ads are getting more and more ridiculous im ??? cowboys ??? ?

NOOOOO ZHAN YU!!!!!!!!! 37!??!!?!!! I CANT BELIEVE THEYRE SO CLOSE AGAIN!!!!! ALSKDJLKJLK FIRST ZHEN NAN 61 AND NOW ZHAN YU 37 AGHHHHHH ok but i cant even be mad at yuzhi bc i know he deserves it too.

OMG WHY THE FRICK WOULD YOU CHOOSE WENHAN /?!?!??? AGAIN!??//!? THEY SHOULD BE PICKING KIDS THAT NEED TO GET PICKED!!!!!! WENHAN IS THE LEAST OF YOUR CONCERNS GOODNESS GRACIOUS ALSKDJLASKJDL 

omg boyuan!!! they really like boyuan hahah but he deserves it too and zhuo yuan being so so happy for him is the sweetest ahhhh and junjie crying ahhh i love these 3 roommatesss

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS ZHAN YU!!!!!!! YESY YESYEYS YES!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?!??!? THAT MEANS WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE ALL 3 TYGERS ON THE SAME STAGE!!!!!!!!!! ALKSDJLAKSDJLAKSJDLJK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OMGOMOGMOMGG THANK YOU SO MUCH i was thinking “they really like zhan yu hahhaa they picked zhan yu last time, maybe theyll pick him again”---- THANK GOODNESS AHHHHHH ok but im kinda disappointed they literally didnt show lin mo’s reaction... only jia yi’s.... which i feel like is bc they enjoy playing off of jia yi’s emotions more.... which makes me feel (again) like theyre using the other tyger members as backdrop for jia yi, rather than respecting their friendship and group as a whole? like theyre all really amazing friends and people, theyre not just “jia yi and his friends”, if you get what i mean... but jia yi being so so happy i love!!!!! im so so so happy for them ahhhh yessssss you go zhan yu, you are amazing!!!!!!!!! get that recognition!!!!!!!

omg zhuo yuan being so happy for his friends is honestly the cutest. im sad that he didnt make it... yao chi and mingming being so happy i love!!!!!! good for yechen! his voice is honestly really nice and very unique!

frick i cant believe they didnt notice ye ziming.... and su yuhang.... they deserved better......... cheche crying ahhhh li you and kou cong deserved better too... ahhh seeing guan yue crying more than cheche or mingming crying more than kou cong, or ye ziming comforting others... its like the kids who are left are so sad for them, the kids who were actually eliminated.. this friendship is ahhhhh

man, i was just getting to know and like yaoyao and cui shaopeng too...

this is so sad for zhuo yuan and jiahao tho, like all the kids around them, physically and also in the ranking, went up, but not them.... i wonder if jiahao had been given screentime during his last stage, he wouldve gotten more votes... but bc of the hair thing, he got cut out of the ep even tho he was center......  

man, fangzhou is the last core one member left........

oh my goodness.......... that ending................. oh my goodness.................. why does this have to happen to huo zhong.................... oh goodness thats gonna be such a drastic change from huo zhong to the super cute song...... i hate to say it, but i feel like none of them would want to go there LOL ahhhhh how will guan yue choose???? laskdjlaskjlk ok im hopeful that he at least wont choose zhan yu (because hes not cute LOL) but i really really hope lin mo can stay too oh gosh.......... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh guan yue....... (i know ding feijun is also there but im guessing guan yue is gonna be the main decision maker) but if hes smart he wont choose kids who will have trouble learning a whole new dance, which means.... he is likely to take more skilled trainees....... UGH IM SO WORRIED. but tbh i guess.... even if lin mo goes from super cool handsome center to a super cutesy backup dancer.... i guess... he’ll get to challenge himself and try a new style.......... which i guess... isnt terrible........ he’ll be cute, im sure.... so as long as he can still make it into top 20, i wont be terribly distraught. honestly i feel like im being rather reasonable as a lin mo stan, like I’m not asking for him to get as much screentime as like wenhan, just at least enough so that we can tell that he exists and was there (COUGHepisode7COUGH), and I’m not asking that he be center every time or that he get into top 9, i just want him to get recognition, respect, and into at least top 20. I think he can do it!!! hes working so so hard, despite being injured, and hes helping so many other kids..... i just wish his work can be acknowledged. 

oof now thats its down to 2 votes a day... its time we see who people’s real biases are... im guessing theres gonna be some drastic changes in the rankings from here, bc the kids who are just well-liked by everyone but not actually “biased” will be dropped like crazy. i know who im gonna vote for, but im sad it means i wont be able to vote for some kids who i know will really need votes too..... but i believe you can kinda tell which kids are “bias” material and which are more just generally well-liked. that’s all im gonna say about it, but for everyone who’s voting, just choose wisely bc some kids will need your votes more than others, just saying.... 

lol guan yue’s psa to eat more fruit..... okay guan yue, okay hahahahhaha

wow i cant believe chen you and li you both got clips in the ending credits and also ye ziming even got 2 clips......... i swear they only started giving ye ziming screentime after it was too late??!!!? like they finally realized hes super funny and talented and #amazing and felt bad but ITS TOO LATE IQIYI laksjdlaklklk ill say it again ye ziming deserved better. on his weibo he says he’ll be coming out with new stuff soon tho!!! so im super excited and will def be keeping a lookout bc im sure itll be legit c: