#p101 s2

[fangirleaconmigo]

I Can't Believe It's Not Fanon

Otherwise known as...

Witcher facts that sound like Geraskier fic writers made them up, but that are, in fact, book canon.

I have gotten two asks now about Jaskier and Ciri’s relationship. So let's goooo. For this installment of Canon or Fanon, I am answering the question:

Jaskier and Ciri's Friendship, Canon or Fanon?

In Geraskier fanfics, Jaskier is (obviously) Geralt’s romantic partner. So, whenever the fic also includes Ciri, Jaskier and Ciri often have a sweet found family vibe of their own. They almost always get along famously!

But in TWN S2 when they finally meet, Ciri isn’t interested in speaking to him, and brushes him off. (Not saying they can’t or won't become friends in TWN, but we haven’t seen it yet)

So, I’ve been asked whether their good relationship is pure fanon? Or is it book canon as well?

Well.

In the books, Jaskier and Ciri have a very sweet relationship. He seems to 'get' her and they get up to a bit of mischief together. 

Ciri also teases him, suggesting a comfortable, affectionate relationship. 

Most impressively, Yen and Geralt ask him to babysit Ciri when they have other things to do, which demonstrates that they place the highest trust humanly possibly in him. 

Dandelion is inarguably part of Ciri’s found family and a big part of his motivation in the final three books are his feelings of responsibility for her.

In fact, Dandelion’s concern for Ciri and his feelings of responsibility for her actually lead to one of the most emotional, touching scenes between Geralt and Dandelion. It is a rare scene where Dandelion is incredibly vulnerable, and when I read it I want to chew glass.

I feel like because it is a bit more subtle, not everyone pics up on it. But as usual, you don't have to take my word for it. I have pulled book quotes to support each of these claims. So, read on!

(Obviously, there are book spoilers. I try to vague up everything plot related and leave out major spoilers, but there are still mild and moderate spoilers. In fact, I think this may be my most spoilery one by necessity. But I try really really hard but I cannot guarantee anything.)

When Dandelion and Ciri meet, he instantly ‘gets’ her. 

The first time Dandelion and Ciri meet, it is in Time of Contempt. Geralt and Dandelion are staying at a friend’s house together, and Ciri is supposed to be on her way to Aretuza with Yen. However, Ciri and Yennefer show up there instead.

Geralt and Yen are broken up, so the reunion scene feels very much like divorced exes co-parenting. It is awkward. Ciri is standing physically between Geralt and Yen, feeling pressure about which one to walk towards. Dandelion watches the scene carefully.

“Who will the girl choose?” wondered Dandelion.

So, he sees right away that Ciri is in a very delicate position, and no matter what she does, it will show favoritism to one of her parents. Ciri comes up with an inventive, if theatrical solution.

Ciri did not walk to either of them. She was unable to decide. Instead of moving, she fainted.

Time of Contempt p101

So, Dandelion understands that she is in a difficult position. He also recognizes a performance when he sees one.

The next day, Geralt and Yen are outside in an orchard having a conversation. Ciri wakes up and goes outside to eavesdrop on them. She is caught in the act.

Ciri had imagined that Dandelion, the famous poet whose work she had read countless times, was asleep. She was wrong. The poet Dandelion wasn’t asleep. And he caught her in the act.

Lol. Imagine you have spent hours and hours over the course of your short life reading this famous man’s poetry, and he catches you being nosy.

“Hey,” he said, coming up unexpectedly and chuckling. “Is it polite to eavesdrop and spy on people? More discretion, little one. Let them be together for a while.”

Ciri blushed, but then immediately narrowed her lips.

Dandelion chuckles, because, well, we know that Dandelion LOVES eavesdropping and spying on people. Where else would he get all his gossip? So it is an affectionate, gentle statement. Then, Dandelion lets her know that he recognized that the faint was fake, even though Geralt didn’t realize it.

That was very cunning what you did yesterday, but you didn’t fool me. You pretended to faint, didn’t you?”

Yes I did,” she muttered, turning her face away.

And then, since as I said, spying is actually very much Dandelion’s thing, he joins her. They sit under an apple tree and eavesdrop on Geralt and Yen together. Ciri describes Yen and Geralt’s body language to Dandelion, then, in his expert capacity as a poet, he ‘translates’ it for her.

It is such an adorable scene. It also very much fits the popular “Dandelion and Ciri do mischief together” fanon. 

I’m going to screenshot the whole thing because it is too long to type out, but here it is in case anyone wants to read it here. And if you can’t read it on here, it takes place on pages 101-103 in Time of Contempt. I found it in pdf form online and I’ll put the link in the replies.

So, after this sweet beginning, they develop a relationship that is comfortable and affectionate. And perhaps most significantly, Geralt and Yen leave Ciri in his care. There is truly no higher trust, and it very much indicates that he is part of the family.

First, Geralt, Yennefer, Dandelion, and Ciri tride together to Aretuza/Thanned. The journey is not ‘on the page’ but we know they make that trip together as a group of four. Those kinds of missing scenes are ripe for fics. We want to see them spending time together being just relaxed. But we don’t see it here.

But we do read that before they get to Thanned, they stop in Loxia where: 

Geralt whiled away the day talking to Ciri. Dandelion ran around collecting and spreading gossip, and the enchantress measured and chose clothes.

p108

Then the evening comes and Geralt and Yen go to a banquet on Thanned, leaving Ciri with Dandelion. 

Dandelion Babysits Ciri 

The babysitting scenes don’t show them interacting, but it is still lovely. It ‘fast forwards’ to night time, and Ciri is having her usual dreams. As she wakes up and drifts back to sleep, the sounds of Dandelion singing, comforts her back to sleep.

The first time, the sounds are more celebratory:

“Now, vainly trying to recall the dream, she could only hear the soft sounds of lute and flute, the jingling of tambourine, singing, and laughter. Dandelion and the group of minstrels he had chanced upon continued to have the time of their lives in the chamber at the end of the corridor.

Time of Contempt p153 

The second time is more soothing:

“Dandelion’s soft mournful singing and the music he raised from the lute’s strings murmuring like a stream flowing over pebbles, drifted to her from the chamber at the end of the corridor...Ciri listened carefully to the words. 

p154

Then, there are noises in her room. Something is afoot. Ciri tries to reach for her sword. But Yen has given it to Dandelion for safekeeping.

She didn’t have a sword any more; Yennefer had taken it from her, giving it to Dandelion for safekeeping. The poet must have gone to sleep, and it was silent in Loxia. Ciri was already wondering whether to go and wake him...

Time of Contempt p 159

Unlike in TWN so far, Yen already sees herself as Ciri’s mother. She is intensely protective, on high alert, and VERY VERY determined to keep Ciri safe. So, she has taken Ciri’s sword, and given it to Dandelion for safekeeping. This is more indication of her trust in Dandelion which is high praise. There is nothing more important to her than Ciri, nothing. 

The noise in Ciri’s room turns out to actually be Yen, taking her from her room via magical portal. But shit has hit the fan back at Aretuza and she understandably does not stop to wake Dandelion and tell him that she is taking Ciri, or why.

So, since Dandelion is staying down the hall, he doesn’t hear anything. It is only when he awakens some time later that he finds Ciri gone. He doesn’t know who took her and he doesn’t know why. So, he sprints to Aretuza to tell Geralt. 

Dandelion arrived on the steps out of breath, saw what was happening and went white as a ghost.

“Geralt!” he yelled a moment later. “Ciri’s disappeared! She isn’t here!”

“I expected as much,” answered the witcher...”but you really make a body wait, Dandelion. I told you yesterday to leg it to Aretuza if anything happened!...”

Time of Contempt p172

So, it is important to explain here that Geralt doesn’t trust Yen with Ciri yet. Yen is completely trustworthy because she loves Ciri, but he doesn’t ‘get’ that yet. That whole chapter we are in his head, so we know that he is asking himself whether Yen is lying to him, he is saying to himself that Yen is hiding something, and he is questioning whether Yen is loyal to Ciri.

So Geralt is anguished now. He assumes it was Yen who took her, but he doesn’t know whether it was to protect her or to throw her to the wolves. And saying to Dandelion ‘what took you so long’ plays into the next part of Dandelion’s motivations in the story.

So fast forward to a few weeks later. During the whole thing on Thanned, Geralt and Dandelion are separated. Geralt is injured. And then he is taken to Brokilon for healing. Dandelion then makes the terrifying journey into Brokilon to check on his friend. And of course, Geralt is in complete anguish. He is injured. He doesn’t know where Yen is, where Ciri is, and whether Yen is helping Ciri or harming her.

In these scenes in Brokilon is where we fully see the extent of Dandelion’s guilt about Ciri. 

He feels so guilty about  that he dreams/hallucinates a dryad telling him Geralt’s misfortune is all his fault. 

“...It’s obvious you had a hand in it. It’s obvious you are his friend. And if someone has friends, and he loses everything in spite of that, it’s obvious the friends are to blame for what they did, or for what they didn’t do.”

“What could I have done?” he whispered. “What could I have done?”

“I don’t know,” answered the dryad. 

“I didn’t tell him everything...” 

“I know.”

“I’m not guilty of anything.”

“Yes, you are.”

“No! I’m not--”

So, since this is a dream, the dryad is the part of Dandelion who blames himself. And he believes he is at fault because friends don’t let friends lose everyone they love.

This is the inherent tragedy of fantasy stories where non-powered humans are friends with super powered mutants and mages. They worship the ground their super powered friends walk on. They want everything to turn out ok. But they can’t actually do anything to save them. They can only love them. Geralt actually desperately needs that more than anything else, and it is why he values Dandelion, but Dandelion can’t see the value in what he offers him. He just feels useless.

So while he is yelling in his dream, he is actually yelling this out loud and he wakes himself up.

He jumped to his feet, making the branches of his makeshift bed creak. Geralt sat beside him, rubbing his face. He smelled of soap.

“Aren’t you?” he asked coolly. “I wonder what else you dreamed about. That you’re a frog? Calm down. You aren’t. Did you dream that you’re a chump? Well that dream might be prophetic.”

Time of Contempt p238

That is the witcher saga. Combining humor (Geralt’s sarcasm here) and friendship (teasing someone like this is a sign of comfort and affection with them) with extreme pain (Geralt’s grief and Dandelion’s guilt and shame).

It is really heartbreaking! Because how could Dandelion have known, and what could he have done if he did know? He isn’t Ciri’s babysitter because he has any magical powers or combat abilities. He is Ciri’s babysitter because Geralt knows that he loves Ciri and would never turn her over to any of these people pursuing her. He is Ciri’s babysitter because he is Geralt’s one port in the storm. He is the one person Geralt knows that he can trust outside of Kaer Morhen, to not give a fuck about political power or using Ciri as a pawn. (Geralt can trust Yen too, but he doesn’t know that yet. And he eventually trusts other people, but we are talking at this point in the story).

And actually to give credit where credit is due, TWN did include this dynamic by having Geralt ask Jaskier to escort Ciri to Kaer Morhenin S2. That was the most significant show of Geralt’s trust in Jaskier that TWN has shown, and it is very true to the characters and Jaskier’s role in the story. 

But anyway, back to Brokilon. In Dandelion’s dream when he says he didn’t tell Geralt everything, that is in reference to some distressing gossip about Ciri’s whereabouts. Geralt has asked for all the gossip about the war. And as much as he grouses about Dandelion’s loose lips, he often depends on his gossip. However, Dandelion has hesitated in telling him that gossip about Ciri. He is trying to protect Geralt from bad news, and I think he feels so guilty that it’s hard for him to say out loud the kind of danger Ciri might be in.

But he decides to tell Geralt, and he decides to accompany him wherever he may go to look for Ciri. Geralt finds this out when he goes to say goodbye. What Dandelion says to him, and how Geralt reponds just squeezes my heart to bits.

“Farewell, Dandelion.”

“Geralt...Listen to me--”

“Listen to what?” shouted the witcher before his voice suddenly faltered. “I can’t just leave---I can’t just leave her to her fate. She’s completely alone....she cannot be alone, Dandelion.You’ll never understand that. No one will ever understand that, but I know. If she remains alone, the same thing will happen to her as once happened to me...You’ll never understand that...”

Oh god that rips my heart out. Geralt’s voice is faltering. His love for Ciri. The way he identifies with her. The way he wants to save her from the pain he has gone through in life. How passionately and emotionally he speaks about her. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That is it for me. That’s the good shit.

But Dandelion tells him that he does understand, and that Geralt isn’t going to do this alone. He replies:

“I do understand. Which is why I’m coming with you.”

Dandelion doesn’t understand what Geralt or Ciri are going through. But he does understand how important Ciri is and that she cannot be alone. Geralt questions the wisdom of this decision.

“You’re insane, do you know where I’m headed?”

And Dandelion’s answer might be the most vulnerable and emotional we see him at any point in the books. (one of them at least) Dandelion always uses humor to deflect. He always uses his arrogance to defend himself against vulnerability. It is so rare that he stammers. It is so rare that he reveals his doubts and weaknesses. But that is exactly what he does here.

“Yes I do. Geralt, I--I haven’t told you everything. I’m...I feel guilty; I didn’t do anything. I didn’t know what to do. But now I do. I want to be by your side.”

Dear god, that gets me. When you get the character who is always funny and conceited and charming just breaking down like that, it gets me. To have the character who is allergic to responsibility and commitment making one here. Holding himself responsible for another person. And to have him just outright say “I want to be by your side.” Gahh;aksd THE FEELINGS IN THIS SCENE. The Gerlion of it. The found family of it.

And all of this is because Dandelion feels responsible for Ciri. He feels guilty that he couldn’t protect her. He understands her importance to Geralt’s mushy heart.

And here is how Geralt responds.

The witcher stood thinking for a long time, his arms hanging limply at his sides.

“Get on your horse,” he finally said, voice sounding different. “You can tell me on the way.”

Time of Contempt p237-241

So, Geralt doesn’t actually argue at all. He just accepts Dandelion’s help. It speaks to how vulnerable and grief stricken he is at this moment. He is so touched. He is so grateful to not be doing this all by himself. (And that is a theme as we go along in the next book. He knows that helping him is dangerous. He doesn’t want anyone he loves to get hurt. Also, he doesn’t think he deserves help. But when people insist on helping him, it means the world to him.)

Now, since the topic at hand is Jaskier and Ciri’s relationship, to connect that dot, I am going to fast forward to the scene in the final book where Dandelion and Ciri are reunited. So far we have seen that Dandelion feels responsible for her, that he understands how important she is, and that he joins Geralt on his quest to help her. 

When Dandelion and Ciri are reunited, we see their affection for each other, and we get a bit more of their time just spent together. We see her tease him about his name, and about his approach to dating. I love that and I’d like it injected directly into my veins pls.

But first, we see that Dandelion loves her. When he and Geralt had split up earlier, Dandelion made Geralt promise to bring Ciri back to Touissant to see him. 

“And I want to hug Ciri. Do you promise, Geralt?”

“I promise.”

Lady of the Lake

P145

Ugh love that.

So in the reunion scene, Geralt is dutifully returning Ciri to Dandelion for that hug. However, when they get there to Toussaint where Dandelion is staying (he is with the Duchess so he is living there), they come upon a scene where Dandelion is seemingly about to be hanged on the gallows. It is a hilarious scene in one sense, because Dandelion is being hilarious and making a scene, and of course he would be charged with harlotry. 

In another sense, it is a sad scene because Geralt doesn’t know this is just something they do, (whenever Dandelion cheats on the Duchess, she sends him to the gallows, then pardons him). Geralt has suffered so much loss and his grief and his exhaustion and pain is palpable. Ciri is also really upset and begs him to do something to help Dandelion. He doesn’t know what to do.

Then Dandelion is spared and Geralt shouts at him to jump onto Roach. So, like many times before, Dandelion jumps onto Roach behind him, and Geralt carries him away to safety. Once they are away from the scene, Ciri greets Dandelion with tears in her eyes. 

Ciri reigned back Kelpie and waited for them. When they caught up she looked at Dandelion, and wiped away a tear. 

“Oh you...”she said. “You Pancratts.”

The joke with the misspelled last name is that Ciri has just found out his real name when the executioner called it out. 

“...it is known, that Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount de Lettenhove, alias Dandelion--”

“Pancratts what?” Ciri whispered a question.

p470

So just like the witcher saga, there is heartbreak and hilarity all in the same scene. And having Ciri find out Dandelion’s true name in such a funny way makes her just like her father. It is a running joke.

Then we see Ciri and Geralt joining forces to pick on Dandelion. 

As they leave the gallows behind, Dandelion is rambling on about how his lover will surely forgive him his indiscretion, seeing as monogamy is totally unnatural, and the Duchess is so sweet and understanding that she will see this.

Geralt and Ciri are just listening to him shaking their heads.

“You’re hopelessly stupid,” stated Geralt, and Ciri confirmed she thought the same with an energetic nod of her head.”

Lady of the Lake p 476

That is so cute to me. Geralt and Ciri picking on Dandelion together.

Then the three of them (Geralt, Ciri, and Dandelion) ride together as a little squad to Rivia. They ride together for about a month, but it isn’t ‘on the page’. You just know that they do because the book tells you how much time has passed. 

Their rides together (the four of them earlier and the three of them now) are the kinds of ‘missing scenes’ you get in fics, which are more concerned with relationships and characters than plot. But in the books, you don’t really get that post Kaer Morhen. Everyone is just on the run on the time. Hell, that’s even true for the co-parents. You can count the number of passages where Geralt, Yen, and Ciri are together in the same scene on one hand. Ciri spends much of the latter books on the run by herself, so unfortunately, we don’t get much of it.

And that is even more true of Dandelion and Ciri, given that Dandelion is a secondary character. However, what we do get is very touching and sweet.

Dandelion is inarguably part of Ciri’s found family. He loves her and feels responsible for her. And their dynamic is very playful and mischievous. They pick on each other and care about each other. 

That is the best thing about the witcher saga. The found family. The ragtag group of assembled outcasts loving each other come what may. And though their relationship doesn’t have much ‘on the page’ time, it is extremely sweet.

[theninthdoor]

https://x.com/DreamAcademy_UP/status/1721209029157159095?s=20

Rumor Nayoung isn't finalist in dream academy...wft hybe is really mean ..you dont want yoonchae aka minor

I haven't been watching the show or keeping up with what's going on, honestly... again, I'm pretty sure I haven't watched a survival show since p101 s2 🥸

I do have some requests on Dream Academy, tho! I wanna get to them soon to see what's going on and what the future might look like for them 🤍 hopefully this week

[myungsooism]

gonna start being not normal on here and post my ocs that are fandom inserts . i love shihab and miyeon/loloa they are my heart and soul. my number 1 girls and my number 1 boys.

they are like if pick me p101 and pick me p101 s2 but also pick me p48 were a mashup and kept switching .

[nenasspot]

currently rewatching p101 s2 (yes, not x this time!! that's called character development lmao),, and not daniel going "i want god in front of my name too one day" when talking about sejeong :'''))

sorry my guy,, you won't get it, but you will date someone with god in front of their name for a while so i hope that makes you happy

[reitsuji]

i managed to finish the <to ver> of the photo teasers before the album release ! but i didn’t get to post this yesterday bc i was so exhausted

original teaser 1 / teaser 2

ig » reitsujiarts twt » reitsujiarts / main twt

[k-jaehwan]

Kim Jaehwan (Wanna One) covers Demi Lovato's Sorry Not Sorry

On 24 January 2019, Jaehwan started off his solo performance at Wanna One’s concert with a guitar, singing Lena Park’s Sorry (미안해), a throwback to his iconic God’s Voice performance in 2016. He then appeared with dancers and started singing and dancing to Demi Lovato’s Sorry Not Sorry, stunning with his vocals and dance moves and showcasing a new side of himself.

credit: 4K fancam above by @/527PAGE (twitter)

https://twitter.com/527PAGE/status/1088475143209271296?s=19

He later explained that he wanted to show an opposite side to his usual image of singing and playing the guitar.

translation credit to @/ForKJH96 (twitter):

https://twitter.com/ForKJH96/status/1088428691145850880?s=19)

Jaehwan did so incredibly well! He is always looking for new ways to challenge himself and I really admire his hard work and dedication to his craft.

[petalsforjaemin]

Well, my former Produce 101's 1st pick just noticed me wishing him a happy birthday AGAIN 💛 more than two years with Ha Minho! Last year he noticed me saying he was my boyfriend LMAO and this year he uploaded me on his stories 🖤 i'm nervous and happy

#HappyHaMinhoDay 🖤💛

[daehwifi]

HELPESS . | KANG DANIEL

- admin xion

genre: fluff/angst/soulmate au member: kang daniel word count: 2, 736  requested: nope side notes: my throat hurts // i have a lot of background information on this so like hahahahhaha sorry if this gets boring or becomes a school lesson for you :/ // i feel like this is really messy so i’m really sorry i scrapped so many ideas to this so many times 

prompt: “i hope you know— i’m actually helpless when it comes to falling in love with you,”   — kang daniel 

the infamous daniel was known for two things

1) being a heartthrob

2) losing his patience easily

soulmates, in this case, worked along the lines of wanting to be beside them all the time and being able to hear all their thoughts whenever they think of you (or mention your name) 

only a few certain people had this ‘case’, while others would have your typical crush and could possibly lead to a relationship 

daniel was one of them that had the soulmate case 

and you were aware of this [and teased him about it a lot] 

as for you, you didn’t have the case and was stuck with the typical crush 

daniel flailed his body into his bed and stared at the ceiling

“i wonder if daniel got home by now— he promised to call me when he did” he heard your voice echo in his head and in response, he chuckled softly and smiled 

lazily, he got his phone and called you almost in an instant 

“miss me already?” he teased with a smirk on his face 

“no, what makes you think that?” you muttered in response 

“oh nothing” daniel hummed, being able to see through your lie 

“’oh nothing’ my ass, i bet you have some harry potter powers your hiding from me,” you scoffed 

“if i had powers like harry potter, i would use legiliment on you and possibly give you amortentia” 

legilment: mind reading/being able to move through many layers of thoughts to find a certain feeling on someone [in which is a complete bluff since he can already do that because you're his soulmate]

amortentia: a powerful love potion  

“god daniel, if people who aren’t fucking harry potter geeks heard that, they’d be so confused,” 

you were daniel’s best friend for a reason

only you would get his jokes where he’d imply such knowledge in certain areas in which would make you roll your eyes 

“but i probably don’t need harry potter powers for that because i know you love me already,” though your conversation was through a phone, you could tell he had a huge smirk across his face 

and daniel knew you’d roll your eyes in response 

“i’m going to hang up now because i’m up to here with your cheesy shit,” you ‘stressed’ 

“awh, too bad i can’t see the invisible line you’re drawing” he teased 

just as you hit the ‘hang up’ button, daniel chuckled to himself 

“shit i’m lonely now” he heard your voice inside his head 

“i wonder what he’s up to now though” your voice almost sound a bit bitter to him 

all these thoughts flew through your head quickly without you even catching what you were thinking 

but for daniel, he treasured them so much

sometimes he’d lay back in his bed with his hands behind his head and close his eyes, hearing all your cheesy thoughts about him

“and she call’s me cheesy” he’ll mumble to himself

daniel laid there with his arms spread out across his bed 

he couldn’t help but smile and placed his hand over his heart 

“shit i need to steal daniel’s shirt again” daniel couldn’t help but sigh

throughout the whole entire school day, you’d continuously compliment his shirt and tug at the hems of it 

your school had an event today, so that’s why there was no uniform 

a smirk appeared at the side of daniel’s face when the image of you wearing his shirt popped into his head 

“aH I FEEL LIKE A GODDAMN KID” he yelled 

he flipped onto his stomach and shoved his face into a pillow 

you’ve stolen his shirts before 

in which you claimed it was for scientific purposes 

then, when you two would meet up outside of school, you’d be wearing it

“is that my shirt?”

“pfft maybe,” 

“i’ll give it back to yo-”

“don’t- keep it, you look cute in it” 

his heart would race even more when he’d see your cheeks flushed pink 

whenever you were nervous, you’d begin playing with your fingers and it was such a small detail to you that daniel loves a lot 

daniel felt like you were some kind of drug that triggers his serotonin and dopamine 

[indirect definitions/these words have more meaning behind them than what i’m stating]

serotonin: a compound in the body for happiness & satisfaction 

dopamine: a compound in the body for love & passion 

the painful part about having the soulmate case was that you’d only hear their thoughts about you

this could lead to a trap, thinking that they're interested in you

keep in mind, daniel can hear everything you think about him, thus including all the negative thoughts

and it’s not that you’d talk shit about him or anything

but you’d get mad at yourself if daniel gave you're a blunt response or overthink things 

daniel would then grow frustrated at himself for responding like the way he did and just— want to hug you and tell you he’s sorry even if he did nothing wrong 

he had small patience, in which was something you adapted too 

a lot of girls found how attractive he was when he was mad, in which made him even madder because he felt like no one took him seriously besides you 

and although you were on that train of seeing how attractive he was, you had to admit, pissed!daniel is quite scary 

he’d clenched his teeth, making his jawline more noticeable and grip onto whatever he’s holding a bit more tightly 

his sentences would include more scoffs or sound blunter 

“ah crap, why does daniel always have such nice shirts? why can’t i buy shirts like that? do i need to start shopping in the men’s section?”

daniel actually burst a soft laugh and closed his eyes, listening to your thought train pass by him 

“DANIEL” he heard coming outside his window 

slowly, daniel approached his window and opened it

he saw you down below (wearing one of his shirts) and how you had your glasses on

in reality, you have terrible eyesight 

whenever your contacts would fall out and you wouldn’t be able to find them, daniel would help you throughout the rest of the school day, assisting you with such things 

but then again, daniel enjoyed the sight of you in your glasses (mainly because he thinks your cute in them) 

“yes romeo?” he teased 

“shut up daliet and give me the shirt you wore today!” you yelled in return

“what makes you think i’ll give it to you my dear romeo?” daniel put on the princess accent in which made you roll your eyes 

although your eyes seemed bitter, the corners of your lips rose and an airy chuckle escape from your lips

“i am your one true love! that’s why!” you replied 

daniel’s small smile faded away

his face almost turned into a pout before nodding

“alright, come through the front door,” he spoke 

as you were approaching the front porch, the words you said echoed through daniel’s head 

you are his one true love, despite how cliche that sounds

he opened the front door and had the shirt in his hand 

“this is like the 5th shirt you’re borrowing from me,” he implied, raising an eyebrow mischievously 

“people are going to start mistaking your my girlfriend or something,” he joked, almost hopefully 

“your shirts are just nice okay?” you provoked, snatching it out of his hand

“i can see that,” he teased, lightly grabbing the collar of the shirt that belongs to him

“plus... girls borrowing guys shirts look... nice,” you mumbled, almost flustered 

daniel messed up the front of your hair and a faint “nice” escaped his lips

you looked at his sheepish smile 

there was a soft look in his eyes when he glared you up and down 

“how can someone look so lazy but look so cute in my clothes?” he muttered

“I’M NOT LAZY YOU LEGIT LIVE RIGHT BESIDE ME WHY SHOULD I WEAR PROPER-” 

daniel slammed his front door shut, leaving you standing there both bitter and flustered 

“AND I’M NOT CUTE” you yelled through the shut door 

daniel smiled warmly and softly laughed, heading back into his room 

of course, another ‘perk’ that comes with being soulmates is missing them a lot and wanting to be beside them

it was only 2 minutes since the whole daliet x [insert your name + romeo] situation happened but he felt a little bit lonely 

soon enough, he distracted himself with sleep and dozed off

[time skip to the next day woosh]

“daniel...” he heard your voice echo through his head almost seductively

his cheeks flushed pink from the sudden sound

he grabbed the nearest pillow and hugged it like a child, gawking his eyes at the blank space on his wall 

“can daniel come over and make me instant noodles?” you debated in your head, tapping your fingers against your phone 

you questioned if you should ask him or not 

“WHY DID YOU FUCKING SAY MY NAME LIKE THAT IF YOU’RE GONNA ASK ME TO MAKE INSTANT NOODLES?!” daniel blurts out loud, sitting up from his bed 

he scratched the back of his head a bit to harshly as the notification on his phone filled his ears 

as expecting, it was you asking him to make him instant noodles

“no” he texted back

as your eyes read the screen, you felt like he was being a bit blunt 

“are you pissed?

is it because i stole your shirt?” you texted

“no i just-” daniel stopped himself from declining to come over

“nvm, i’ll be there in 5″ he replied 

“yayy!” 

daniel threw on a pair of ripped jeans, a hoodie and a hat before kicking on his favorite pair of shoes, then leaving out the door 

mid way of his (short) journey to your house, he began to question why he got all dressed up 

you live next door 

it didn’t matter at all in the end  

almost instantly, right after daniel rung the doorbell, you opened it

his vision was filled with the sight of you wearing that same shirt he let you ‘borrow’ yesterday, hair tied up in a messy bun, you had your specs on, nike shorts,  and you were brushing your teeth 

and did he find the sight to be so beautiful

he loved it even more because that’s how you looked like naturally

“why are you brushing your teeth if we’re gonna eat?” he asked, raising an eyebrow 

“because i didn’t brush it this morning” he made out from your muffled sentence due to the toothpaste 

daniel allowed himself in when you went to the washroom to rinse and wash your face 

[by the way this was at like 10pm on the weekend] 

[and yes he took off his shoes and his hat gotta have the asian household respect] 

he stood outside your washroom, leaning against the wall and waited until you were done washing up

once you exited, you almost bumped into the him for the matter of fact

“god you have your glasses on too and you’re still blind,” he teased 

“aHEM SORRY but love is blind,” you implied, aggressively winking 

“oKAY LET’S MAKE INSTANT NOODLES BEFORE I LEAVE THE HOUSE SCREAMING AT HOW BAD THAT WAS,” daniel blurted 

“PFFT YOU LOVED IT ADMIT IT” you blurted back

you placed your hands on the back of daniel’s shoulder, shoving him into the kitchen 

“you’re wearing that shirt i gave you,” daniel mumbled 

“yeah, i always wear your shirts at home,” you replied

“am i like your boyfriend or something?” 

“don’t you have a soulmate or something?” you provoked 

“how’d you know i have a soulmate?” 

“sometimes you’d just stare off into space and it looks like you’re hearing someone’s thoughts,” 

you seemed to notice that daniel does do that

but what you didn’t notice was that daniel was hearing all of your thoughts about him staring off into space 

he chuckled a bit and nodded 

daniel placed the pot onto the stove and turned on the gas, causing the flame to rise 

you placed the two packs of instant noodles beside him along with a pair of chopsticks and bowls 

“don’t avoid my question,” he retorted 

“you just avoided mine though!” you exclaim

you got out a pot from the cabinet and gave it to daniel so he could fill it up with water while you got out instant noodle packs 

“fine then, yes y/n— i have a soulmate,” daniel admitted 

you stood there, a bit in shocked

that was only a guess, but he really does have a soulmate 

but for some reason, your first reaction was “daniel’s soulmate’s not me, is it?”

it hurt daniel even more because he heard you think that 

but he continued to hide the truth of how you, were his soulmate

“now answer my question,” he inquired 

you rose an eyebrow 

the air felt a bit different

or that could just be because your heart was racing for a reason you were unsure of 

“do you see me as your boyfriend?” he rose an eyebrow and folded his arms

his attention was fully on this conversation but little did he notice that the water was beginning to boil rapidly behind him

“DANIEL THE WATER” you blurted and turned the gas stove down

you ripped down the instant noodle package and placed inside the hard noodles into the pot for them to cook 

since the water was already boiling, it didn’t take long for the noodles to detach from one another and flow 

you broke them apart even more with your chopsticks, assisting it to cook 

once the noodles soften, you placed inside the powder and mixed it around 

now that was left was to left the noodles soften on low heat to how the both of you like it 

you found yourself placing the chopsticks down and just staring at the pot, to avoid eye contact with daniel 

you weren’t sure yourself if you saw daniel as your boyfriend 

it’s quite an absurd and straightforward question to ask 

“why do you ask that question?” you muttered 

daniel was standing at the side of you, leaning against the counter with his arms folded 

he seemed hesitant to answer, in which grew a heavy feeling inside you

“i hope you know— i’m actually helpless when it comes to falling in love with you,” he announced 

you glanced at daniel, but he pushed you to the side and turned the stove to low heat before pouring it into a bowl 

“what do you mean by that?” you queried 

he filled up the pot with water once again and turned the stove back onto high, preparing to make the second bowl of instant noodles 

afterwards, he turned around and looked at you in the eye 

“you’re my soulmate y/n, you’ve been my soulmate since the first day i met you when you complimented my t-shirt you ended up stealing in the end,” he implied 

“every time i get home, all i’ll hear is your thoughts about me which makes me fall in love with you more. it’s like i have the magical circlet that wukong had; i’ll feel double the pain that you’ll feel and i’ll miss you constantly for christ sakes,” 

“magical circlet that wukong had”: in the chinese fictional myth/story titled ‘journey to the west’, sun wukong traded buddha to serve tang sangzang in exchange for his freedom. a magical circlet was then tricked to be placed on wukong that could never be taken off. when tang sangzang chants a sutra, the circlet will tighten, causing an unbearable headache. 

“are you saying that i’m like a tang sangzang to you?” you asked softly

“what else? tang sangzang had so much power, all you can simply do is wear one of my t-shirts and i’d feel my heart racing. and i have this constant feeling of wanting to protect you, so of course. you’re my soulmate y/n,” he spoke 

“tang sangzang had so much power”: tang sangzang safety was unstable due to the rumor that if one eats her flesh, they will have great power, so throughout their journey, wukong protects her from all the bandits, supernatural beings and demons, till the very end 

“so i’m actually helpless because i can never grow to hate you or be mad at you— the most i can say is, 

i love you,” 

[julalulu]

When you and your best friend realize that you both hate the same person

[parkwoodamn]

I will say this again for the people in the back.

Park Woodam deserves better!!! Please support him a lot when he debuts!

[kpop-aes]

love it live it // ydpp, 2018.

[ninobeingreal]

I just did these two soft edits and I wanted to ask you guys if they are good

[danik-writes-blog]

Boyfriend! Kang Daniel

A/N- hello!! this is my first imagine/scenario i hope it isn’t too bad!

- oOf being daniel’s girlfriend would mean you were the luckiest girl living

- on normal days when he didn’t have schedule he’d bring you out to the arcade, to cat cafes and anywhere actually

- he’ll be THAT boyfriend who takes pictures of you while you’re sleeping or eating or basically whenever he feels like it

- the type to make you walk on the inside of the pavement just to keep you safe from the cars 

- helps you to tie your shoelaces, your hair, etc

- he’d stay up just to wait for you to fall asleep in his arms just to admire how beautiful you are.

-he’ll always make sure that you felt safe, loved and happy with him 

-- when you’re sick --

- oOooooO boi will get worried as heck 

- he’d literally rush over with all sorts of medicine without knowing what type of sickness you’re suffering from

- he’d bring soups, chocolates, ice creams and whatever you craved just to make you feel better

- when you tell him not to get too close to you because you’re afraid of spreading your germs to him he wouldn’t listen he’d wrap his arms around you to ensure that you weren’t feeling cold.

-he’d stay awake for as long as possible just to make sure if you needed anything in the middle of the night he’d be there for you and help you to get what you need

-- when you’re feeling down --

- he would appear in front of your doorstep

-since he had spare keys he’d let himself in

-once he was in and he heard you crying in your room he’d immediately run up to look for you

-once he saw you sitting in the corner of your room in a blanket on the floor he’d remove the blanket off you and replace it with his arms

-one of his hands would bring your head closer to his chest while the other rubbing your back

- he wouldn’t say anything, he knew that you’d tell him once you felt better

-once you stopped crying, he lifted you up and put you into bed and got into bed himself

- he would then make you face him, rub your back, run his fingers through your hair and whisper sweet nothings

- ‘i love you i’ll keep you safe’

- ‘ i’ll never let you get hurt’

- ‘you’ll be safe with me’ i’m crYing aS I WRITE THIS UGHJBGRI

-after awhile you’d both fall asleep in each others embrace

UDCJEUICQENBQK i’m so soft for daniel yikes

[nenasspot]

sae on, the sweetheart, this was before he was sae on!! it's yong bin here and he's adorable

[reitsuji]

sewoon owns the colour yellow now, sorry i don’t make the rules !

original teaser 1 / teaser 2

[rvd444]

choose your fighter

wannaone + jbj + rainz + mxm + samuel + jung sewoon + nuestw in one competing show

the sportscaster: seongri the aces: daniel + taehyun + hyunmin + samuel + baekho on fire, willing to substitute anytime: ong + donghan + sunghyuk + minki low-key on fire but never move: jihoon, jaehwan + sanggyun the cheerleaders: daehwi + kenta + aron the brains: woojin + kiwon, daehyun + donghyun moms who adoring other groups: jisung, sungwoon + eunki dads praising everyone although their group is losing: youngmin + wontak + jonghyun already in another group: jinyoung, minhyun + hyunbin ‘why am i here’ squad: sewoon + yongguk