#open heart main characters

[jerzwriter]

Thank you for this ask @lilyoffandoms! I've been missing our girls! When I saw the prompt, "You're so excited all the time... it's kind of adorable." I knew exactly where this was going to go! I hope you like it! From this list.

Book: Open Heart Characters: Merida (MC), Casey (F!MC), and Olivia (F!OC) Merida belongs to @lilyoffandoms, Olivia belongs to @storyofmychoices Words: 522 Rating: General Summary: Merida, Casey & Olivia spend the day at an amusement park, and one of them is quite amusing. A/N: Participating in @choicesfebruary2024 - Philia

“Come on!” Olivia pled as she walked... no... skipped several yards in front of her friends. “Come on, guys! We have to go on The Great Chace before we leave!”

Merida and Casey didn’t pick up their pace. Eyeing each other as they sauntered through the amusement park, Casey nibbled on her ice cream cone, Merida a bright pink cotton candy. It’s not that they didn’t want to join Olivia, but they were ride-ed out. Commandeering Ethan’s car for a girl’s day at Six Flags was just what they needed, but two dozen rides later, the only ride Olivia’s friends were looking forward to was the ride home.

Still, they could be persuaded. After all, there was magic in the warm summer air as the dusk began to fall, and their surroundings began to twinkle with bright, colored lights. The only thing that could rival them was their friend’s beaming face, looking much more like a child on Christmas morning than the accomplished doctor she was. Casey popped the last bit of her cone into her mouth and turned to Merida with a shrug.

“What’s one more ride?”

Merida nodded in agreement, and they let Olivia lead the way. But Casey couldn’t contain her laughter when they arrived.

“This... this is The Great Chase?”

“Yes,” Olivia clapped her hands with excitement. “I can’t wait to go on! The line’s short; maybe we can even go on twice! The car only holds two; this way, I can ride once with each of you! What do think, do you think we could....”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, Olivia,” Merida said, placing a stabilizing hand on her friend’s shoulder. “Take it easy there, love. I think we let you have too much sugar today.”

“Olivia,” Casey deadpanned. “You know this is a kiddie rollercoaster, right?”

“Well, sure. But adults are still allowed to ride it! You see!” She pointed to the racing coaster as it moved around the track. “Lots of adults are riding!”

“Yeah,” Merida shrugged. “But let’s ignore the glaring fact that they’re all riding with their children...”

“Oh, come on!” Olivia playfully pouted, rocking on the balls of her feet. “Please! Please! Please! Pleeeeeeaaassse!”

Casey smirked at Merida. “You’re right. Definitely too much sugar.”

“You’re probably right,” Olivia agreed. “But I’m just so excited!”

“Of course you are,” Merida chuckled. “You’re excited all the time... it’s kind of adorable.”

“You think I’m adorable?” Olivia blushed.

“Liv,” Casey injected. “The only person who wouldn’t find you adorable would be someone without a pulse. Now, let’s go on this kiddie coaster... you know I can’t say no to you.”

Olivia took off ahead of her friends in the queue, and Casey shook her head. “Could you imagine if they guys were here watching us go on the kiddie coaster? We’d never hear the end of it.”

“Oh, they’d be total jackasses,” Merida laughed. “But, they’re our jackasses.”

But their conversation was cut short.

“GUYS!!!!” Olivia squealed, already sitting in the front car. “Whose going to ride with me first?”

“Merida is!” Casey yelled as her friend shot her a look.

“Just for this, you’re driving home!”

@choicesficwriterscreations @openheartfanfics

Tagging others separately.

[royalarchivist]

Fit: Alright Ramon, I'm gonna tell you a bedtime story about nighttime.

Fit: Now, nighttime of course is when monsters come out, and they try and scare little eggs just like you. But, the thing about nighttime is that as long as you have a source of light, you will be safe. That's right. And Ramon, do you want to know what my source of light is on this island? It's you, my boy. You are my light on this island. Without you, I would be covered in darkness.

Fit: So, I'm just- I'm just so glad to have you as my boy. That's right.

Ramon: [Nods and holds up his totem]

Fit: Oh, Ramon... Yeah, that's right – you got that totem right there! You're going to be nice and safe with that as well! That's right. But I'm just uh– I'm glad you woke up today, Ramon. I was getting worried about you for a second, but no, you're a tough kid. So, I'm just glad you woke up.

[dizzybevvie]

"Kingdom Hearts is so complicated" "Nomura made it up as he went along" "KH makes no sense" Have you considered that Riku is 15 and autistic and gay bc if you do I think itll change things

[moonsickcafe]

I’m not gonna lie, I just don’t see what people are hating about Artrem’s characterization in the second anniversary. I thought it was pretty true to form.

My only real beef is that it felt shorter and off theme compared to the other 3 cards which is a huge shame and feels gross considering it’s such a momentous canon card.

BUT

Artem in the 2nd anniversary doesn’t feel super out of character.

He’s putting off engagement because he feels paralyzed by the act of telling Rosa what he feels/wants because he doesn’t know how to convey his feelings or propose in a way that matches his own expectations.

He’s being distant and aloof as a result, and Rosa is doing what she does best and hyper analyzing his behavior with wrong conclusions (that reflect more on outward situations than internal, since Artem still isn’t great at being open up about that stuff unlike Vyn who knows how to communicate well but withholds as a concerted choice, for example).

All of his background cards see him bobbing and weaving not just how Neil and his parents have affected him in front of Rosa, but also when Rosa or anyone else hurts his feelings/comes to a wrong conclusion about him/his intentions, with fleeting exceptions.

Master of deflecting further questions or the topic at hand with (mostly work) segues.

He’s still being cheered on and brought to reality by his work big sis Celestine, who is so invested in Artem and Rosa that she views it as a cherry on top to see them engaged after her wedding. Which is so lovely. And very in character for her—she loves to see the fruits of her labor happen front and center and now she can hold this memory close not just in regards to her wedding but in regards to Artem and Rosa, who she cherishes. Especially Artem! (Also the fact that Mr. Rodriguez is so on board….busy body power couple)

This in particular is where I feel people are just beefing to beef. Celestine has ALWAYS meddled. And this feels very in character for her to guide Artem where he needs to go in a way she likes. She does it in almost every card she’s in!

And he is still struggling with his abandonment issues from Neil being gone and his parents not being around as much. He feels SO hard for Rosa and in a moment of high emotion and still a bit tipsy off alcohol he makes possessive comments which is also not out of character.

To me, it’s Artem feeling comfortable and going to the next step physically (and emotionally) by REALLY admitting that he’s insecure and his fears are manifesting as possessiveness ie YEARNING for Rosa and for more with her. He feels secure with Rosa. And he fears losing her just like he’s lost others. And he wants it to feel real. He doesn’t want to lose her to a case (Neil) or a career (his mother and father) or anything else!

He wants to feel like it isn’t a dream. He wants it to be solid, fully grounded in reality, in a way a lot of his personal relationships never get to be. No one could know about NXX and the full extent of his relationship with Neil (or the other members). He actively hid who his mother is and by extension who he is to her. Despite his relationships with Celestine and Rosa, he feels leagues away from his co-workers at large.

He wants people to KNOW that he has a truly personal relationship. He doesn’t want to for others or himself to see a large distance between himself and Rosa—like they’re strangers attached by business (like others in his life have been). Rosa is his partner, in all senses of the word.

Not just that, but it’s been a full year since Artem and Rosa started dating. In what world is it out of character for them to be familiar with intimacy. I kept seeing a lot of people saying Artem was too sexual and all he did was hold her and kiss her which he’s done……a lot, probably. They’ve been dating a year by now! The ending implies what we see is something they’ve done before but Artem would like to go farther. And Rosa is all for that but has never heard him say that before now! Because the repressed guy has been giving her repression.

Is the expectation truly that Artem’s first time making out and feeling up Rosa is this card? For real?

I have no idea what future cards will bring and I’m not interested in knowing until I can pull them in Global, but personally it feels like frustration toward future events is bleeding onto this card. Because what was presented does not feel disconnected from Artem’s side story, cards, or characterization as a whole.

There was just less time allowed to expand on what was presented which I agree is not ideal or even acceptable, especially for the 2nd anniversary. It should have been on par with the 1st in that regard, full stop.

But acting like this card pulled away from his established characterization in other cards in a huge way feels disingenuous. It did not! It was just rushed which I HATE SO MUCH. Like Rosa and Artem felt like they had the least time actually interacting within these 2nd anni cards!

And among these 2nd anni cards a big theme was family. Artem’s parents are certainly not dead so their exclusion from this proposal warranted at least some form of explanation. ESPECIALLY since his mother is someone Rosa knows and thinks fondly of and it certainly would have been interesting to see Celestine and Artem’s mother interact together.

His card lacked time to explore what he was feeling and cohesion to the 2nd anni theme, for sure. Which is really sad considering he is one of my favorite NXX guys. Like there are criticisms for sure but mine are more toward the structure of the card

[mundanemiseries]

❝  ....blood loss...? Whaddya mean, I didn' lose it 's right here.  ❞ He tugs at the front of his bloodied shirt, as if illustrating that he boy knew exactly where it all went.

[love-has-a-way-ofgrowingbackward]

thinking about hamilton and burr together but not in a kissing way but in a you are so different on surface but are made of the same core way. they have the same sort of wants and hurt but they project it in such different ways.

[welcometoteyvat]

ok sorry i'm going to ship hate again

some things in genshin fandom really just don't make sense to me. ie somehow the most controversial ships at least have canon material, whereas some ships are decently popular but literally only eyecandy with 0 substance. like why are you doing this, they don't even have mutual voicelines or story mentions, they've NEVER interacted, would have 0 reason to even in future storylines, the only reason you like them is because they're lesbians together or smth

yes this is about yan.tao and shen.lan

[highcaliberstupidity]

Whumptober Day 6 Bloody Recordings Rating Explicit CW's/Tags Major Character injury, main character injury, torture, explicitly mentions of torture, recorded torture, Soap's being tortured by Shadows while the 141 try to find him, the Shadows send recordings, open/ambigous ending Characters Simon 'Ghost' Riley, John Price, Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick Summary

The timestamp is from three days ago. They've had him a week. And yet still, they are no closer to finding him, and now the Shadows are taunting them.

Ghost has seen enough torture that these days, it doesn't tend to have much of an effect on him anymore. 

He's seen, dealt, and endured some of the worst man has to offer. 

Yet as he watches the smoking metal rod being pressed to the bare skin of Soap's rib cage, he feels like he's the one in the chair. 

Phantom pain eruptes in his side, and he grits his teeth as he watches Soap struggle, trying to escape the pain as he screams . 

The timestamp is from three days ago. 

They've had him a week. 

And yet still, they are no closer to finding him, and now the Shadow's are taunting them. 

Beside him, he hears a pained noise, as Gaz finally cracks and looks away, feels Price stiff and unmoving on his otherwise. 

Yet Ghost can’t look away.

He stares at Soap's bloodied, bruised skin, at his ragged, matted hair, and the tears tracking down his grimy skin. 

Who knows what's going to be left of him when they find him? 

The rod draws away, and Soap slumps, shaking and heaving as he tries to prepare for the next blow. 

"We have to find him, Cap. I can't watch anymore of this." Gaz looks like he's going to be sick, a bit ironic, Ghost thinks, because he's seen the man lay on torture just as cruelly. 

But he supposes it's different, watching it happen to someone you care about. 

It certainly feels that way. 

"We'll find him Gaz, we will." Price says it firmly, darkly , as he grits his teeth and reaches for the receiver. 

Ghost stops him with a hand on his wrist, and he can feel both of them stop, eying him. 

"I want to see it all." His voice is low, nothing but grating gravel and thick accent as his eyes never leave the screen, tracking the knife now being taken to his Sergeants bare chest. Gaz opens his mouth to speak, expression sour, but Ghost cuts him off before he can even squeak. 

"I want to see it, so I know exactly what I'll do to the man who did this when I find him." Gaz's jaw snaps shut, and Price retracts his hand after a moment's hesitation. 

"We'll find him, Simon." His voice is soft, and Ghost knows there’ll be pity in those pale blue eyes if he turns to face him. 

So he doesn’t, just lets his own expression harden as he folds his arms over his chest and fixes his gaze on Soap . 

"I know we will."

[monstersmutpeddler]

Entranced by the Basilisks: A Love Bathhouse Monster Romance (Monstrous Matches)

By: Lillian Lark

Monster Scale

Level 03: More Monster Than Man (Physically)

They can look primarily human, half snake, or full serpent.

My Overall Rating For The Book

"I Bought The Ebook or Will Read On Kindle Unlimited"

This was a fun book, and I enjoyed it a ton! I really do love the world that Lillian Lark has made here.

Overly Simplified Summary

Honestly, the logline here summarizes this book very well: A human who opened the wrong magical book, her stern boss, and his “friend” who says he can help…

Keep reading for ‘This Book Has Everything’ and possible Trigger Warnings.

This Book Series Has Everything

[x] Love interest and/or main character is hiding something

[x] Plot first smut second

[x] Second chance relationship

For the two male leads, technically.

[x] Reverse Harem or Poly

[x] Dude got an interesting dick

[x] Love interest has to fight hard to win the love interests heart

[x] Main character and love interest talk about their problems or tragic pasts and heal together

[x] Open communication

[x] The couple has equal power in the relationship

[x] Friends to lovers

[x] Lead has a superpower of some kind

[x] Kinky af sex

[x] Happy Ending Guaranteed

[x] The lady is the monster

Here’s a link/buy the book!

Trigger Warnings

[x] Loss of a loved one

[starry-nocturne]

i keep thinking of ryo staying unnecessarily late in the school's music room just to play the piano with no one around. i've always thought she had a thing for chopin (see what i did with the blog name now?) but,, let me introduce you to debussy

debussy's rêverie being so soft and dreamy and serving as metaphor for her inner hopes and dreams, those she doesn't want to think about. something about stripping from her own carefully crafted armor that has kept her safe all these years for just a few moments to share all of her emotions with someone, something else

like there's this certain gap between the person she's trying so hard to become and the one she really is and emotions get both the best and the worst part of her

[succliberation]

Uhhh it should be illegal. For pretty anime boys to get hurt. :(

[despairforme]

*Sends to Nnoitra a huge box filled with freshmade cookies of different types and tastes. There are some fortune cookies as well*

Holy FUCK? Was it his birthday or what?! ( - No, that wasn't for another two months ). What the hell was this huge sweet-smelling box doing on his doorstep? Had he managed to actually win one of those "subscribe to our newsletter for a chance of winning food"? No way! Nnoitra bent down excitedly, grabbing the large box with both hands. Then he backed into his apartment, awkwardly closing the door. He'd forgotten all about why he'd even been on his way out.

Once seated on the couch, he was quick to open the box. He'd pretty much been able to smell that it contained something sweet. Freshly baked cookies??? FINALLY the universe was bringing him some good shit! There were so many different kinds that he was almost overwhelmed for a moment. It was like a fucking pop-up bakery in the middle of his livingroom. He grabbed the nearest cookie. Chocolate-chip, he'd guess. Time for a taste.

SO GOOD!

Was he going to eat everything in the box in one sitting? Of course.

[aetrnalis-a]

[lou-gollum]

Sketching again with the assistance of my favourite character from Reborn Rich, Woo Byung Joon, THE bodyguard Woo.

[lestatlioncunt]

looks like me & fallout 4 are natural enemies now

[mundanemiseries]

❝  this story comes to no good end. I...cannot follow my dreams, I must scrounge to stay alive or sane. I...I cannot remain human any longer.  ❞

❝  ...my only hope is to embrace a shadow of this dream. to embrace the beast...and hope freedom is on the other side.  ❞