#pretty little liars score

[ivy-plays]

Hello!

Since you write for Helluva Boss, I thought I could request something for it! It's just that this one is pretty specific so you don't have to write if you don't want to! It was just a fun little idea I had while I was watching a movie.

I was wondering if I could request for 'Blitzø x Jessica Rabbit like S/O' romantic headcanons?

Hi!!! I'm so glad you sent In a request. I immediately got ideas as soon as I read your request! I hope you like it and have a good rest of your day/ night!.

Warnings: none really. If I missed any let me know

Paring: Blitzø x Jessica Rabbit! Reader.

Relationship: romantic

Okay so starting off with how the two of you would have met.

You would honestly probably work out of the lust ring mostly because they just seem to have a higher quantity of singers and performers that fit the vibe.

Anyway

The two of you meet during the events of the episode where moxie takes Millie to Ozzy's.

You were performing that night and Blitzø couldn't help but not look away from you as the stage lights hit your red sequence dress just right creating an effect that made it seem you were glowing. That coupled with your sultry singing voice the man was hooked deep.

Blitzø had caught your eye while you were on stage as you noticed a goitcia prince sitting across from him.

That peaked your Interest. And throughout the rest of your set you observed the imp rather closely,and you would be a liar if you were to say he wasn't good looking.

After you are done with your set and made your way off stage and towards the bar Blitzø had managed to slip away from Stolas and made his way over to the bar and over to you.

When he introduced himself you turned your head ever so slightly to look at him and a soft smile graced your ruby red lips.

The two of you talked for a while until your stage manager came over and called you back stage to prepare for your next set.

You wave off your Manager with a promise to follow behind shortly.

Turning back to Blitzø you gently cupped the side of his face and leaned in promising to see him again while secretly slipping a slip of paper with your number on it into his jacket pocket.

It would be a few weeks later that the two of you would meet in person again. The two of you had been talking over the phone during that time just getting to know each other,but tonight the both of you were free so you were taking the opportunity to meet up.

The two of you would meet at a nice ( but not fancy. Just not dirty and has a good health score) restaurant.

The night went well and the both of you had lots of fun and that would end up being how the two of you got together.

Now for the actual relationship

Blitzø would be very protective of you.

Not because he didn't think you were weak by any means, but just because you were pretty famous across hell .

Whenever you weren't busy with practices or performances you would spend your time at I.M.P. .

You got on pretty well with Millie the two of you finding plenty of things to talk about. Moxie didn't mind you either and actually would be extremely reluctant to believe that Blitzø had managed to get such a famous and beautiful person to date him.

And as for you and Loona we'll. Loona took a bit to warm up to you but after you actually got her to have a conversation with you she realized you weren't as bad as she thought. Epically after you told the young hellhound that if she wanted she could get her into most parties/ higher class places without a reservation.

Blitzø didn't initially tell Stolaz about your relationship ( though he did tell you about the arrangement he had with the prince and was surprised that you didn't really mind).

And with how attached Stolaz is to Blitzø sometimes it wasn't long before he found out that the two of you were together.

He was upset at first but ultimately just wanted Blitzø to be happy. Stolaz of course knew who you were and had seen a few of your performances before.

(it's up to you to decide whether or not y'all become a thruple. But since it's not in the request I won't specify.)

Over all your relationship would be pretty solid. You would shower him in love and affection and he did the same to you.

And you already know the bedroom life is 🤌(y'all probably had a threesome with Stolaz a few times. 👀 )

You would use your connections to help I.M.P if they ever needed Intel,and you would spread the word about their business around which brought in a lot of New clients.

With how often you performed at Ozzy's you had formed a close friendship with the king of lust and his jester boyfriend.

So when the giant blue chicken burst into Ozzy's with a worried expression on his face you quickly grew confused.

Ozzy went on to pick you up and rushed back out the doors and back to his palace, and while on the way he explained to you that Vizz and Blitzø had been kidnapped by Crimson and Striker.

(everything that happened in the episode happens and after Vizz returned to Ozzy, you and Stolaz left the palace and you ,as fast as you could, made your way back to your shared apartment.

When you saw Blitzø you immediately brought him into your arms and buried your face in his neck as a few stray tears slid down your face from the relief of him being safe and back home.

After Blitzø recovered from momentary shock he firmly wrapped his own arms around you , resting his head atop your head.

The two of you spent the rest of the night cuddled together.

I hoped you liked it! It got a little longer and a little more rambling than I meant it to lol. But it's my first time writing In a few months. So the word vomit is real .

[merakiui]

MERA YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG BRAIN!! Your alpha akademiya student wanderer ramble in your tags got me worked up like 😩 pls talk more about your thoughts on it!! The absolute audacity of that man, istg >:(

I have so many thoughts to share omg!!!! >0<

(cw: yandere, very brief implied nsfw, abo/omegaverse)

His appearances for lectures were spotty and rare at best, but after he meets you and familiarizes himself with your scent he's always showing up for class, bright and early just to get that seat beside yours. He's committed your smell to memory, so it's like his little beacon he uses to guide himself through the Akademiya's labyrinthine halls when he's looking for you. He always joins you for tea or lunch (though "join" is a bit of a kind word; it's more like he invites himself, forcing himself between you and some friends or interrupting your solitude to sit near you and indulge in tea or chit-chat).

Wanderer is a nuisance, albeit an intelligent one. You ask him if he has anything better to do. Surely there's a paper he needs to write or research he needs to conduct. He always smiles with so much bright satisfaction; he's already finished all of his work, diligent as ever. You're not sure why he prefers to associate with you. It's no secret that he rarely socializes, choosing to keep to himself, always so wrapped up in solitude. Why he's suddenly wanting to be so friendly with you is beyond you, but he's not as annoying as other alphas you've encountered, most trying to persuade you to sleep with them because you're unmarked and so tempting. Wanderer seems to care less about second genders, grousing about how he has no interest in omegas or betas or alphas. Knowing he isn't here just to try to ruin your future is a relief, so you let him stay and eventually you become something akin to friends (though he's the type who is always rubbing his good grades and essay scores in your face because who else can he brag to if not to his (only) friend?)

Wanderer likes you; it's rather obvious, but then he has no intentions of hiding it. What he does hide is the obsession. Part of him knows it'll look really bad if you catch him while he's rifling through your drawers after coming to visit under the guise of helping you sort through some extensive research notes. While you're occupied and distracted, he's searching for your suppressants and anything else you use to mask your pretty scent. He knows it's wrong, but then is it really if he's planning ahead to keep you safe? The amount of alphas he's had to scare off is starting to annoy him. Can't they see you have no interest? Can't they see you're his? Though there isn't physical proof, there will be soon enough. This is for your safety, after all. Friends look out for each other, or that's what Lesser Lord Kusanali is telling him when he briefly mentions he's made an acquaintance with a fellow student.

Really, it's no surprise when you go into heat halfway through a busy day at the Akademiya. Wanderer would feel bad, but it's his fault for tampering with your medicine and sabotaging all other forms of contraception you might take for caution's sake. He's always around, even if you never see or smell him, and he swoops in just as you're on the verge of stumbling, catching you so very gracefully. There's an empty classroom nearby. Let him take care of you. You can't do much but follow instinct. Even the most rational of scholars are victims to the natural whims of biology. You're no different. And he smells so good and you're familiar with his scent and you trust him and he's your friend... Why wouldn't you accept his help when he's offering so kindly? He promises he'll be gentle, he won't bite your neck, and he won't cum inside or knot you.

But then Wanderer is also a liar, and you're the one he's wanted for months and months. Now he can finally have you.

[themaladpativedaydreamer]

Bad Liar

Pairing: Stiles Stilinski x Male Reader Genre: Fluff A/N: No one asked for it but I felt inspired so share your thoughts please. Song Inspiration: Bad Liar - Selena Gomez.

I was walking down the street the other day Tryna distract myself But then I see your face Oh wait, that's someone else

Y/n was on his way to school thinking about anything and everything except for him. Recently, he had developed a crush and a strong one too, it took everything not think about him, fantasise about him. He was doing pretty well until in the distance he saw him, before being pulled into thoughts about him. How he always wore flannel shirts and would always ride around in his old sky blue truck, suddenly a loud car horn pulled Y/n out of his thoughts.

Embarrassed at the stares, Y/n rushed out of the way of the car and looked back to where he thought he saw his crush only to see another person. Y/n sighed thankfully that his crush didn’t see him almost get runover. He paced his way to his locker and started switching out his books but stopped when he noticed the regular group of people standing by Scott McCall’s locker. He let his gaze stop on the brown-haired human.

Oh oh, tryna play it coy Tryna make it disappear But just like the battle of Troy There's nothing subtle here, oh oh

“You know if you keep staring, you might burn a hole in his head.” Bree, Y/n’s friend, said, breaking Y/n out of his gaze. “One word. One word and I can set her pretty little hands on fire.” He gritted through his teeth, seeing Malia’s hand in Stiles’ made him slightly upset. “Careful, baby witch.  Look at what you’re doing.” Bree informed, making Y/n aware of the flickering lights causing him to turn and face his locker, controlling his powers.

“You need to find a way to control those feelings of yours before they get you exposed.” Bree suggested. “I’ll be fine. It was just a little hiccup, nothing to worry about.” Y/n denied, closing his locker and locking arms with Bree. They both walked past Scott’s locker and Y/n snuck a glance at Stiles but was surprised to see him looking at him. Stiles gave Y/n a greeting nod but Y/n shyly looked away and continued on his way to class. “Why didn’t you say ‘hello’ back?” Bree asked, whispering incredulously. “Because I was caught off-guard.” Y/n answered, whispered back afraid the werewolves would hear.

In my room there's a king size space Bigger than it used to be If you want you can rent that place Call me an amenity, oh oh Even if it's in my dreams, oh

Y/n arrived at the door to his next class and stood outside talking to Bree. “Since when are you interested in a relationship anyways?” she asked, waiting for the bell to ring. “Because I feel ready, and I want to have someone.” Y/n replied, hopelessly. “And that someone is, Stilinski?” Bree questioned, judgementally. “Don’t judge me.” Y/n complained, as he entered the classroom and took a seat at his table.

Ooh you're taking up a fraction of my mind Oooooh every time I watch you serpentine

Oh I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin' Oh tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin' Not to think about you No, no, no, no, not to think about you No, no, no, no, I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin' Oh tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin' Not to give in to you No, no, no, no, not to give in to you.

With my feelings on fire Guess I'm a bad liar

Y/n sat in front of Stiles, a strategy in trying to get over him, unfortunately Stiles sat directly behind him so that he could sit next to Scott. Y/n had kept his head down and focused on his work, waiting for his test results that the teacher was busy handing out. Y/n had received his test results and mentally celebrated his excellent results. In this moment, there was no thought of Stiles Stilinski until he felt a tap on his shoulder from behind.

He turned around and his eyes meet brown, chocolate ones. “I saw your test score. You did pretty great.” Stiles complimented with a smile, “Thank you, Stiles.” Y/n thanked, nervously. “Please don’t disturb others, Mr Stilinski.” The teacher reprimanded, with a look. “Sorry teach!” Stiles mockingly apologised, giving Y/n a wink to which he returned with a blush and a smile before turning to face the front again. He was hoping that no werewolf in the class was listening to his heartbeat.

I see how your attention builds It's like looking in a mirror Your touch like a happy pill But still all we do is fear, oh oh What could possibly happen next? Can we focus on the love? Paint my kiss across your chest If you're the art, I'll be the brush

Y/n sat with Bree on the stands watching Beacon Hills High play against Devenford Prep in a lacrosse game. The match was heated as they were tied and there only two minutes on the clock. The stands were watching with bated breath until Stiles suddenly scored a goal causing the stands to erupt in excitement. Time was up and the game was over, people rushed off the stands. “I’m gonna find Greenberg. See you later.” Bree said, giving Y/n a kiss on the cheek before leaving him.

“Hey Y/n! You came to watch the game?” Mr Stilinski asked, approaching him. “I did, my friend wanted to watch her boyfriend and needed some company.” He answered his neighbour. “You need a ride, home?” the sheriff offered, but before he could answer Stiles excitedly appeared. “Well done, my son scored the winning goal!” Mr Stilinski boasted, causing Stiles to roll his eyes before noticing Y/n’s presence. “Congrats Stiles.” Y/n cooly said, giving him a smile and earned one in return with a thanks.

And oh baby let's make Reality, actuality, a reality Oh baby let's make Reality, actuality, a reality Oh

Y/n watched Stiles walked toward Malia and give her a hug before closing his eyes and looking in the other direction. He rejected Noah’s offer for a ride home and decided to walk. “Hey Y/n! Wait up!” a voiced called to him from behind, on his walk. He turned to the voice and lo and behold, there was Stiles running up to him still in his lacrosse uniform. “You know it’s dangerous to walk alone in the middle of night.” Stiles warned as he reached Y/n who didn’t look him in the eye.

“Well you know me, I live for danger.” Y/n joked before sneezing and rubbing his arms. “I actually don’t know you.” Stiles disagreed, as he placed his lacrosse jacket over Y/n’s shoulders to get him warm.

“We’re not friends so you’re not expected to.” Y/n responded, holding the jacket around his figure as the scent of Stiles’ cologne became stronger.

“Well, we should hang out sometime. You can bring Bree and I can bring my friends. So that we can all be friends. What about tomorrow?”

And there was the word that made Y/n’s heart sting: Friends. In that moment he remembered why he couldn’t be with Stiles and so the wise decision would be reject to the offer and forget about Stiles Stilinski entirely. “It’s a date. Bye and thank you for walking me home.” Y/n quickly said before entering his house and shutting the door on Stiles’ face. He made his way to his room and once inside he noticed something in his full-length mirror.

He was still wearing Stiles’ lacrosse jacket. And he heard a ding from his phone and pulled it out see a message: You looked too cute wearing my jacket for me to ask for it back. See you on our date tomorrow 😉 – Stiles.

With my feelings on fire Guess I'm a bad liar.

[surr3al1sm]

A few days ago, @new-and-disturbed-theorist shared that they were experimenting with playing Just Dance while putting the joycon inside a fishnet glove. I thought it was pretty genius, so I wanted to give it a try and see whether it affected the maps' scoring in any way. And that's what I did today!

I compiled a small playlist of a few maps from each difficulty and played the playlist through once while using the glove and once while holding the joycon, as Selios intended. The results of this are under the cut :)

My hypothesis before hand is that the glove might have a similair effect on the scoring as the wrist band I bought a while ago does, which tracked worse than simply holding the joycon does. Onto the actual experiment!

Easy Maps - 4 in total - 7 Megastars and 1 Superstar Girlfriend (Played as P1): With the glove: 13051 Holding the joycon: 13112 Basically the same, but this map did shift the joycon for a few moves so that affected tracking.

Toxic (JD2 edition): With the glove: 13126 Holding the joycon: 12886 Some moves track better while using the glove, although that might just be because the movements are a little softer than when I do them without the glove and the tracking

Part Of Me: With the glove: 13000 Holding the joycon: 13166 If you do this map with the glove: make sure your joycon is secured very tightly. I had to restart it because my joycon decided to fall out. Not my proudest moment.

10.000 Luchtballonnen (Played as Klaasje): With the glove: 11808 Holding the joycon: 13161 I noticed with this map that a certain section of the chorus does not track well with the glove (probably due to your hand usually facing a different way) which is also simulatiously the part where you score a good chunk of your score.

Medium Maps - 4 in total - All Megastar Crazy Little Thing: With the glove: 12243 Holding the joycon: 12652 The joycon shifts a lot here too.

Judas: With the glove: 12363 Holding the joycon: 12496 Today just wasn't the day to play Judas so excuse both of these scores they were my fault LOL Boy's a liar Pt. 2 (Played as Brunee): With the glove: 12611 Holding the joycon: 12836

Bloody Mary: With the glove: 12688 Holding the joycon: 12684

Hard Maps - 3 in total - All Megastar Can't Tame Her: With the glove: 12529 Holding the joycon: 12387

Greedy: With the glove: 12317 Holding the joycon: 12564

About Damn Time (Played as Luke): With the glove: 12728 Holding the joycon: 12686

Extreme Maps - 1 in total - Megastar WANNABE (Played as Rosaria): With the glove: 12220 Holding the joycon: 12294

In conclusion, I honestly didn't notice any big difference like the wrist band had. Most of the scores fall in the same range as you can see. It was a little easier to dance with the glove because you of course don't have to worry about holding the joycon, but it can have some wild effects on scoring like seen in 10.000 Luchtballonnen. I do think I'll be utalising the glove if I don't care all too much about scoring that day to make life easier, but when it comes to trying to get a good score on the dance I think I'll stick to holding the joycon for now. But wearing the glove is a good alternative if you don't want to hold your joycon!

[varpusvaras]

Fox had always been athletic. Very much so. He had been able to keep up with the older Commander clones during training by being nimble and fast, with both his thinking and his feet. The training had started from the moment he had been able to stand on his two legs, and Fox's first proper memories were of him, stumbling around on some sort of obstacle course, made to measure how their motor skills were coming along. Over the years he had gone through so many different training modules for speed, for agility, for strength, for many different types of combat, rinse and repeat every single day.

So, yes. Fox liked to think that he was very athletic, indeed. He had been able to keep up with criminals and suspects and whoever it was he had been chasing on any given day, even with his full armor on. He was pretty much made and raised to be the peak of physical prowess, after all.

His feet hadn't got tangled when he had been running around on the roofs and narrow alleys and busy streets of Coruscant. They hadn't got tangled when he had been hiking up the uneven paths of Alderaan's forest.

So why were they doing it now?

"Do not laugh at me."

Bail laughed.

"I am not laughing at you", he said, still laughing, like the laughing liar he was.

Fox frowned at him.

"That sounds like laughing to me", he said, definitely not pouting about it. "Do you find this amusing, Prestor?"

That made Bail stiffle it, at the very least, even if he still looked a bit amused.

"I'm sorry, love", he said, leaning down a bit to kiss Fox on the forehead. "You are getting there, though. We've gotten through the first turn, now. It's more than hour ago."

It was longer than anything else had ever taken for Fox to learn in his life. Fox did not like it, not one bit.

Bail sighed, softly, and rubbed Fox's back lightly, where his hand was resting on his shoulder blade.

"You are looking at your feet too much", he said. "This is not a training room. You are not going to be evaluated for how well you are doing each step. This is for your first dance at your own wedding, to celebrate your marriage. Not for getting a score to see who is going to be sent for retraining."

"I know." Fox tried not to snap at Bail, as he really didn't deserve it. "I just...feel pretty evaluated. Not by you. Just by...everything."

Bail hummed, and kept rubbing Fox's back, his hand moving slowly up and down as he thought.

"Alright", he said, then. "3-XA, can you please start it from the beginning?"

Fox straightened his back as the music started again, trying to keep his head strictly up this time, but Bail didn't move yet. He was smiling at Fox when Fox looked up at him.

"Close your eyes", Bail said. "You know the steps. You know how to read other people without looking at them. Just follow me."

Fox swallowed, breathed in and out, and nodded. He closed his eyes, and let Bail tug him a little closer.

It had been the point of many of their exercises, back on Kamino, to be able to still work as a team, even in situations where any of their senses were impaired for some reason. And Fox knew Bail, by now, and knew how he moved.

Bail's weight shifted a bit as he started to move, his shoulder tilting ever so slightly under Fox's hand, the left side of his body pressing more closely against him as he took the first step. Fox stepped out of the way, mostly, at first. More pressure put on his side and back, leading him to step to the side. A gentle tug on his hand and the arm on his back pulling him closer, making him follow forward as Bail stepped back.

It was...easier, to follow, like that, only listening to the music and feeling where to go. Bail slowed down, after a while, shortening the steps and guiding Fox to come even closer.

"There you go", Bail said softly, with such gentle praise in his voice that Fox had to hide his face against his shoulder at it.

Fox then felt Bail turn a little, as if he was looking somewhere to their side.

"Hello, our love", Bail said, and Fox opened his eyes and lifted his head up, to see Breha standing at the doorway to the room. "Enjoying the show, are you?"

"Very much", Breha said, smiling brightly at them. She walked to them, then, turning to 3-XA on her way. "From the start, once more, please?"

Fox raised his brow to her as she stopped in front of them. Breha only gave him another smile, and reached out her hand.

"May I have this next dance?" She asked. "Bail is, unfortunately, not the best teacher for when it comes to leading. He always trips on the turns if someone else tells him where to go."

"Nobody's perfect", Bail said easily, and stepped back a little. "And I will admit, that you are much better in that part than I am. You'll be in good hands, love."

The last part was aimed at Fox, and, well, who Fox was to say no to that?

"Yes, you may", Fox answered. "I'd love to."

He took Breha's hand, breathed in, breathed out, and did not stumble once.

[wantonlywindswept]

CC Aurek Batch + 1

wanted to write some command batch shenanigans with a side of Just Slightly Weird. are they force-users? fae? eldritch creatures? i have no idea!

obligatory mandoa meanings, tho I use them as names so it doesn’t really matter, and it’s clarified who is who later on:

Mirdala: clever, smart

Edee: jaws, teeth

Kote: glory

Buirkan: responsibility

Gettse: courage, nerve

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"Why is it," Alpha-17 sighed, "That whenever stupid shit happens, it's always you five?"

Every member of CC Batch Aurek blinked at him in unison, wearing the same identical expressions of innocence.

Creepy.

"Sorry, sir," Mirdala lied, like the little liar that he was. 

"Didn't mean to cause problems, sir," Edee also lied.

Kote opened his mouth but Alpha held up a hand, stopping him from speaking. Kote was a terrible liar. It was embarrassing. Alpha had completely failed in teaching that one any kind of subtlety, and did not need a reminder of the reason for Fordo's constant mockery.

"Alright," he said, "Show me the poor cadet you kidnapped."

"I wasn't kidnapped," a young, mulish voice said from behind the perfectly-arrayed line of teenage CCs. "I came on purpose."

"Yes, I'm sure they gave you the option of refusing," Alpha drawled. He glanced pointedly toward Buirkan, who at least had the decency to look somewhat guilty about it. "Go on, move."

The quintet shuffled uncertainly, holding out just a little longer before finally parting to reveal the cadet tucked behind Kote and Gettse, gently pushing him forward. Alpha'd had his suspicions about why Aurek decided to openly lay claim on a CT, and the blond roots in the kid's hair certainly explained some of it.

"CT-7567, sir," the cadet said, snapping to attention. His salute was a little shaky, but Alpha didn't often interact with the CTs, and the rumors of him being an asshole were--well, true, but at least a little overblown.

When the cadet stopped there, offering nothing else, Alpha turned his attention to Aurek with a pointed, judgemental frown.

Kote stepped forward and wrapped an arm around the kid's shoulders.

"His name is Rex," Kote said proudly, with the smugness of someone who'd clearly won naming rights, going by the disgruntled looks from his batchers. 

"He's one of Us," Edee added, belligerent, as if that was enough to excuse the five of them causing chaos and abducting a CT from the cadet barracks in broad fucking daylight. But Alpha heard the emphasis, and--

Well. That was enough.

The thing that not a lot of people knew--or if they did, they shut their damned mouths about it--was that the very first batch of CC-class clones decanted came out...odd.

'Unsettling,' had been the word Mij Gilamar used, said without rancor, unlike the reactions from some of the other trainers. 'Unnatural,' was what Walon Vau called them. Isabelle Reau said that they were 'horrible little abominations', and while Alpha cared exactly fuck-all about what Reau and Priest had to say, he still made sure that Aurek never ended up near their illicit battle circles. 

Jango Fett had watched them for a single training session, face growing steadily darker as they demolished the shooting range, and then he'd turned heel and left without a word. 

Alpha was pretty sure that was just because they were already close to beating his scores. Sucks to suck, Prime.

There was nothing psychologically, physically, or genetically wrong about Aurek--that the Kaminoans could prove, anyway--and all five were clearly on track to be high-ranked soldiers whenever the war finally started. 

But they were, admittedly, really fucking weird sometimes.

"That true?" Alpha asked the cadet. "You're one of them?"

Now that he looked, he could see the similarities between Rex and the rest of Aurek: the little CT was already synced with them, breathing and blinking in time. His eyes bore the same unnatural intensity, and Alpha wondered if he would also be able to locate the others no matter how far away they were.

Rex nodded, a pleased smile breaking across his face. It didn't seem like he smiled that often.

"Yeah!" he said enthusiastically. "I'm one of them, and they're one of me, and we're all gonna be together now."

Rex looked up at Kote, who smiled besottedly down at him.

"This is Cody!" he said. 

"And this is Gree," he said, patting Gettse's arm.

"That's Bly," he said, nodding toward Buirkan.

"And those're Fox and Wolffe," he said, pointing at Mirdala and Edee.

Alpha took in the newly-named Aurek batch with raised eyebrows. They couldn't quite mask their happiness at the new monikers, and Bly stepped forward, meeting Alpha's gaze.

"We will always treasure the names you gave us," he said earnestly, as if Alpha was some tubie in need of reassurance, "But we gave him his name, and he wanted to give us something back."

It wasn't as if the clones had possessions, after all, and names were one of the few things that the Kaminoans couldn't take away. 

Alpha scoffed and cuffed Bly in the side of the head.

"I'm not offended, you little brat," he said, "And I'll still call you what I damn well want."

Bly just beamed at him, pleased, and Alpha rolled his eyes. He pushed Bly back into the circle of his batchers and their new plus-one, and if there was any kind of gentleness in his touch, he would deny it until he died.

"Meet up for training tomorrow at the usual time," he ordered, "And bring the kid with you."

Grins all around. 

"Sir, yes sir!"

[taichissu]

17, 36, and 49 for the ask meme!

17. Favorite Harugumi Play

if there are a thousand clockwork's heartbeat fans i am one of them, if there are a hundred clockwork's heartbeat fans i am one of them, if there are ten clockwork's heartbeat fans i am one of them, if there are no clockwork's heartbeat fans i am dead

36. Favorite Doodle

genuinely lose my mind any time i see tsumugi's zabi or citron's fucking uyu creature (honrs)

49. Any favorite Quotes/Trivia?

this one got a bit long so under cut

i'm not actually sure how to answer this one bc there are so MANY trivia i love and i simply don't know how to choose a favorite

i guess some of my favorite trivia (most of it turned out to be akigumi-centered but don't judge me for it too much i just think about them a lot) + (most are pretty well-known, but there might also be some obscure ones, i have no way of knowing what's common knowledge in this fandom anymore):

according to itaru, chikage secretly owns like a shit ton of rabbit trinkets (his last name is a play on words btw, utsuki is written as 卯木 with 卯 meaning rabbit, and additionally it's very close to 嘘つき (usotsuki) which means liar)

my favorite personas the guys become when drunk: kazunari (becomes a formal-speaking senpai), homare (becomes an emotional crybaby (me too)), omi (becomes the mad wolf), banri (becomes a giggly mess, the social kinda drunk who thinks everything you say is the funniest thing in the whole world), juza (becomes extremely honest), the theater idiot trio (tsumugi, tasuku, and izumi; talk about nothing but theater lol)

kumon is a health nut, he's really into working out and eating properly (which is funny considering his brother probably tries to drink shampoo on a weekly basis)

itaru, kumon, hisoka, and homare are all left-handed

kumon is the only one in mankai who azami doesn't use an honorific for - this would be because they met before formally introducing themselves at mankai, so azami can't help but see kumon as younger than himself

according to drama cd, kumon has zero knowledge about cooking and is absolutely useless in the kitchen

it was said before that banri and his sister have very similar faces, but in the marie antoinette event, banri says that he thought he'd pass well as a girl because of that and yet he still looks like a man

banri's sister's favorite mankai members are omi and juza lol she seems to be into muscular guys

banri is the only member of akigumi who's the youngest sibling

that being said, azami is the only member of akigumi who's an only child (everyone else in akigumi is big brothers!)

juza used to be a member of shogi club when in o-high but he was a ghost member and we don't know if he can even play it lol

banri is lowkey obsessed with soy milk for whatever reason and drinks it everyday lol (is it bc of those 2cm juza holds over him?)

another one about juza; it was stated that out of everyone the dorms, he has the worst quality of sleep - this aligns with the fact that according to banri he snores and grinds his teeth in his sleep, which usually results in people sleeping badly

mi-chan's (taichi's little sister) favorite mankai member is azami, ma-kun's (taichi's little brother) is yuki - this makes taichi depressed that he's neither of their favorites

out of mankai: the best (?) singer is juza, and the worst singer is omi (at least based off karaoke score lol banri is still in denial about it)

additionally kumon said that his only good subjects in school were PE and music, so that would imply both of the hyodo brothers have natural musical talent

everyone in akigumi can play at least one musical instrument (first shown in the 2nd anniversary musical etude, later revisited in the rad red)

banri: guitar

juza: guitar / drums

taichi: keyboard / guitar

omi: drums

sakyo: bass

azami: guitar / bass

other than that, i believe yuki can also play the piano, and matsukawa is the MVP

taichi can draw well! (he's probably the only one in mankai who can draw despite not really having a reason to or showing any explicit interest in it (like kazu being an art student, yuki being a designer, muku liking manga))

in my worst wedding, olivia's heels are 5cm high, taichi couldn't move freely when he tried 6.5cm on, and since olivia had to move a lot during the final action scene, yuki settled for 5cm

speaking of my worst wedding, banri is the one helping taichi with the quick costume change before the finale (he got a private make-up training from azami himself to ensure he'd do it properly!)

according to azami; azuma, yuki, and banri have the best skin condition in the dorms

taichi doesn't care to buy his own skincare products and steals banri's lol

tsumugi and chikage have a sort of tense relationship, since tsumugi is a pro at reading people and chikage will do anything not to be read lol

hisoka has heterochromia - he doesn't care to keep it a secret but sakyo made him ensure that he keep it that way to boost his popularity as ミステリアスな人 and keep people on their toes

homare is in great shape because of his experience with ballroom dancing which requires great stamina and core strength

here's the (possibly incomplete) list of characters who are confirmed to have been in relationships in the past: izumi, tsumugi, homare (seriously?? so few?? i must be missing things asklfjsalkf)

here's the list of mankai members who have numbers in their names: chikage (1000), misumi (3), kazunari (1), kumon (9), banri (10,000), juza (10), taichi (1), guy (100,000,000,000,000,000,000)

i was trying to keep this in some sort of order but i literally just started rambling off the top of my head and all the structure flew out the window </3 anyway, sorry for such a lengthy list, i have a hard time choosing a favorite so i just ended up talking about everything i like </33333

thank you for asking anyway!

[catindabag]

TBOSAS on Crack short take (76)

*Just another day in the office*

Casca: Satire?

Prof.Sickle: That ain’t me.

Casca: Satellite?

Prof.Demigloss: is that me?😀

Prof.Sickle: No, you’re Professor Dementia Demigloss, remember?

Prof.Demigloss: I remember.

Prof.Sickle: Really?

Prof.Demigloss: No, I don’t remember.

Prof.Sickle: Of course you don’t.

Prof.Demigloss: What are we talking about again? Cheese? Waffles? Are we talking about my waffles?😀

Prof.Sickle: No, it’s nothing.

Prof.Demigloss: But my waffles-

Prof.Sickle: Just keep checking our children’s final exam papers.

Prof.Demigloss: Ok! Another zero for Creed, Breen, Ring, and Plinth!

Prof.Sickle: Which Ring?

Prof.Demigloss: Both.☺️

Prof.Sickle: But Apollo did fine!

Prof.Demigloss: Equality!

Prof.Sickle: You’re cruel.

Prof.Demigloss: Thanks.

Prof.Sickle: That wasn’t a compliment, old man.

Prof.Demigloss: Banana?

Prof.Sickle: Ew.

Casca: Styrofoam, where art thou?

Prof.Click: Who’s Styrofoam?

Prof.Sickle: That’s you, Click.

Prof.Click: I’m not styrofoam.

Prof.Sickle: I know. We all know that you’re little Ms. Satellite.

Prof.Click: I’m not satellite!

Casca: Ah! Satellite, my personal therapist, you’re here!

Prof.Click: My name’s not freaking satellite! It’s Satyria! Satyria Click!

Casca: Whatever you say, Saturday.

Prof.Click: I hate you.

Casca: Hate you too.😊

Prof.Demigloss: I have a question.

Casca: And I don’t want to hear it.

Prof.Demigloss: What score should I give young Mr.Snow?

Casca: A perfect score. Duh.

Prof.Demigloss: Ah! Young love.🥰

Casca: That’s right!

Prof.Sickle: Snow’s a minor.

Casca: He’s my boyfriend.

Prof.Click: Coriolanus?

Casca: Who’s Cornelius?

Prof.Click: Your sugar baby?

Casca: Wrong. My darling Crassus Xanthos Snow is my boyfriend, fiancé, husband, and the beloved mother of my 7 gorgeous children!

Prof.Demigloss: You have kids?

Casca: Yes, I do. I’m married.

Prof.Click: 7 kids?! How?!

Casca: The magical storks of the sacred north gave them to us.

Prof.Click: Really?

Prof.Sickle: They f*cked.

Prof.Click: Dean Highbottom’s not a virgin?!

Prof.Sickle: Yeah, he tragically stole Crassus Snow’s virginity.

Prof.Click: That was real?!

Casca: As my eternal love for him!

Prof.Click: Poor Snowy.😔

Casca: Of course! My darling Crassus and I wanted a big beautiful happy family.☺️

Prof.Sickle: Are you f*ckin’ drunk right now?

Casca: That’s confidential.

Prof.Sickle: Are you?

Casca: None of your business.

Prof.Sickle: You literally smell like a bottle of whiskey.

Casca: That’s my natural scent.

Prof.Click: And posca.

Casca: That’s my special cologne.

Prof.Demigloss: But why are your eyes wet?

Casca: It was raining.

Prof.Sickle: Right. You were crying again, weren’t you?

Casca: No.

Prof.Click: He was crying and shouting in front of the parking lot earlier. I saw it.

Casca: Liar! I’m happy, married, and my totally real, not fake gorgeous children love me!

Prof.Demigloss: What’s their name?

Casca: What name?

Prof.Demigloss: The names of your gorgeous children with Crassus.

Prof.Click: *takes out her phone* Well, don’t mind me.

Prof.Sickle: Stop recording.

Prof.Click: No.

Casca: Um- I-

Prof.Click: Don’t be shy now, Cassy. We’re all ears.

Casca: You’re all mean and I’m not telling!

Prof.Sickle: Then you’re delusional as always, you stupid liar!

Casca: I’m not lying! I’m Casca!

Prof.Sickle: You’re single, unmarried, and miserable!

Prof.Click: Like you, Sickle?

Prof.Sickle: I’m not miserable!

Casca: And I’m married!

Prof.Sickle: No, you’re not!

Casca: I’ve been married to the same gorgeous Snow since our legendary University days!

Prof.Sickle: Then tell us their freaking names, you fool!

Casca: Fine! My gorgeous children’s names are. . .

Prof.Sickle: Are what?

Casca: Crassus the 2nd!

Prof.Sickle: Obviously.🙄

Casca: Casca the 2nd!

Prof.Sickle: Lame.

Casca: Cressida!

Prof.Click: That’s kinda pretty.

Casca: Crasca!

Prof.Sickle: Really?

Casca: Cascada!

Prof.Click: The singer?

Casca: Cassandra!

Prof.Click: That’s cool. She was a princess of Troy.

Casca: And little Crassus the 3rd!

Prof.Click: You named your oldest and youngest children after dear darling dead Crassus again?

Casca: Of course! They were born gorgeous like their mother!

Prof.Click: Crassus was married!

Prof.Sickle: To a woman-

Casca: To me!

Prof.Sickle: When?

Casca: When what?

Prof.Sickle: When did you marry?

Casca: After the war.

Prof.Sickle: Where?

Casca: Over the hills, inside my mansion, under the willow tree.

Prof.Click: Cool. Three weddings.

Prof.Demigloss: That’s so romantic!

Prof.Sickle: Stop f*ckin’ living and swimming in denial!

Casca: How dare you speak to me like that! I’m your nicest boss and my Crassus is the beloved mother of my 7 gorgeous children!

Prof.Sickle: You’re a fool! A fool!

Casca: No salary raise or holiday breaks for you!

Prof.Sickle: F*ck this! *flips a tiny table* I’m going home!

Casca: That’s great! Gym class was yesterday anyway, Sicko!

Prof.Sickle: Do you want me to throw you out of the window?!

Prof.Click: Again?

Casca: You can’t do that! I’m the school’s favorite daddy!

Prof.Demigloss: No, you’re not. I’m the favorite. I can talk to dogs, wild squirrels, and baby cats.

Prof.Sickle: Kittens.

Prof.Demigloss: I’m pretty sure they’re called baby cats.

Prof.Sickle: They’re f*ckin’ kittens, you crusty dinosaur!

Prof.Click: Obviously, it’s me. I’m the favorite. I’m their therapist.

Prof.Sickle: You’re not a f*ckin’ therapist!

Prof.Click: Jealous, Sicko?

Prof.Sickle: You’re an idiot.

Prof.Click: Oh, I’m so hurt. Help me. Someone call Officer Joe. I’m being attacked by Miss Sicko again.

Prof.Sickle: Then come closer so I can properly strangle you and your stupid acting skills while we wait!

Prof.Click: Oh, no! Not my neck! I’m just an innocent little lamb!

Prof.Sickle: Innocent my ass!

Coryo: *walks in* Good morning, Professor Demigloss.

Sejanus: Hi, Professor!

Urban: Yo, give me back my lucky calculator. I need it.

Prof.Demigloss: Hello, children! How can I help thee? Candy?

Urban: No thanks.

Prof.Demigloss: Cheese?

Urban: Ew. I’m gonna be sick.

Prof.Demigloss: Crispus is sad now.

Coryo: Are you still available for our class interview tomorrow?

Prof.Demigloss: Of course! Anything for Crassus Snow and his super rich District 2 husband.

Sejanus: I’m the husband.

Urban: Obviously.🙄

Casca: How dare you! I’m the rich husband! I’m the real sugar daddy!

Sejanus: Suck it, loser!

Casca: Suck a d*ck!

Sejanus: Coryo’s mine!

Casca: He’s mine!

Sejanus: We’re getting married!

Casca: We’re already married!

Coryo: Ew. That’s illegal.

Casca: Crassus?🥺

Coryo: Bye. *runs away*

Sejanus: Wait for me, Babe!

Casca: Crassus, come back! I need you! Our children need you!😭

Prof.Click: Oh, Panem! Poor Cassy Cry Bottom is crying like a baby again!

Casca: Leave me alone, you witch!

Urban: Lol. I’m telling Felix.

Prof.Demigloss: And you, Turban? How can sweet old Crispus help you?

Urban: Sir, it’s Urban and where’s my lucky calculator?

Prof.Demigloss: My dog ate it.

Urban: I hate you! *flips a table and runs away crying* I’m telling Capitol News, you monster!

Prof.Demigloss: Monster?! Call the National Security too!

Casca: So Styrofoam-

Prof.Click: I’m not styrofoam.

Casca: How’s life?

Prof.Click: None of your business.

Casca: Can we talk?

Prof.Click: No, I’m busy.

Casca: I want to talk.

Prof.Click: No.

Casca: Pretty please?🥺🙏

Prof.Click: What do you want?

Casca: Nothing.

Prof.Click: My time or my delicious chocolate waffles?

Prof.Demigloss: Chocolate? Chocolate waffles?! Where?!

Casca: Let’s go talk in my office.

Prof.Click: Let me guess, you want poor alcoholic me to drink whiskey with you while we both wallow in our tears and watch Mean Girls 2.

Casca: Yes, I need my therapist.

Prof.Sickle: She’s not a therapist!

Prof.Click: I am too!

Prof.Sickle: You’re a fraud!

Prof.Click: Sicko, look-

Prof.Sickle: No.

Prof.Click: Are you bullying me because of my high salary?

Prof.Sickle: What high salary?

Prof.Click: You’re super jealous of me and my salary, aren’t you?

Prof.Sickle: Jealous?! Why would I be f*ckin’ jealous of you?!

Prof.Click: Because I get paid more money as a fake therapist than you.

Prof.Sickle: What?!

Casca: Hello?! I need my therapist!

Prof.Click: Got to go, Sicko! Mean Girls 2 and 5 gallons of whiskey are waiting for me inside! Bye!

Prof.Sickle: It’s Sickle! And Mean Girls 2 sucks!

Prof.Click: Whatever you say, sister.☺️

Prof.Sickle: We’re not sisters!

Prof.Click: Best friends! Yey!

Prof.Sickle: Go away!

Prof.Click: Boo. Bye.

Prof.Sickle: *sighs* Peace and quiet-

Prof.Demigloss: Waffles?🥺

Prof.Sickle: No.

[ultimatemilvesbracket]

THE MILVENING HAS BEGUN

That's 114 contenders! Amazing job everyone!

we got 323 submissions and labored over every single one until approximately 2am, which is why this bracket looks so fucking incomprehensible. (shoutout to tumblr user asparagoos for creating The Milves Rubric and user pastramis, who plays fantasy football and knows brackets.)

anyway, full match-ups are below the cut. starting tonight (3/30) we'll start with uhh the upper left-hand chunk today, then make our merry way down the list three times a day until the first elimination round ends. the top scoring milves will not appear until the second elimination round, aka when this bracket is legible.

milf lovers grab your therapist's number!

ROUND 2 / BRACKET 1

Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time) vs. Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)

Queen Clarisse Renaldi of Genovia (The Princess Diaries 1 & 2) vs. Olivia Crain (The Haunting of Hill House)

Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary) vs. Ambessa Medarda (Arcane)

Helena "HG" Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets)

ROUND 2 / BRACKET 2

Catelyn Tully Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones) vs. The Black Fairy (Once Upon a Time)

Penelope (Greek Mythology, The Odyssey) vs. Siobhan Sadler (Orphan Black)

Xenomorph Queen (Alien Cinematic Universe) vs. Goldie O'Gilt)

Bella Goth (The Sims) vs. Jean Milburn (Sex Education)

ROUND 2 / BRACKET 3

Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones) vs. Valka (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

Queen Calanthe (The Witcher Netflix) vs. Nancy Botwin (Weeds)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 1

Marge Simpson (The Simpsons) vs. Ella Montgomery (Pretty Little Liars) WINNER MARGE

Queen Clarisse Renaldi (The Princess Diaries) vs. Peggy Bundy (Married With Children) WINNER CLARISSE

Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures) vs. Olivia Crain (The Haunting of Hill House) WINNER OLIVIA CRAIN

Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary) vs. Stacy's Mom (Fountains of Wayne) WINNER BARBARA

Ambessa Medarda (Arcane) vs. Jacqueline Carlisle (The Bold Type) WINNER AMBESSA MEDARDA

Helena "HG" Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. Flemeth (Dragon Age) WINNER HG

Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets) vs. Janet Van Dyne (Antman and the Wasp) WINNER TAISSA

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 2

Patty Hewes (Damages) vs. The Black Fairy (Once Upon a Time) WINNER THE BLACK FAIRY

Milah (Once Upon a Time) vs. Penelope (The Odyssey) WINNER PENELOPE

Siobhan Sadler (Orphan Black) vs. Norma Bates (Bates Motel) WINNER SIOBHAN

Gerri Kellman (Succession) vs. Xenomorph Mom (Alien Franchise) WINNER XENOMILF

Alex Blake (Criminal Minds) vs. Goldie O'Gilt (Ducktales 2017) WINNER GOLDIE

Bernie Wolfe (Holby City) vs. Bella Goth (The Sims) WINNER BELLA

Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans) vs. Jean Milburn (Sex Education) WINNER JEAN

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 3

Valka (How to Train Your Dragon 3) vs. Ana Servín (Madre Solo hay Dos) WINNER VALKA

Matriarch Benezia (Mass Effect) vs. Queen Calanthe (The Witcher Netflix) WINNER CALANTHE

Julie Cooper (The OC) vs. Nancy Botwin (Weeds) WINNER NANCY

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 4

Ana Amari (Overwatch) vs. Aunt May (Spider-Man MCU) WINNER AUNT MAY

Joyce Byers (Stranger Things) vs. Queen Ramonda (Black Panther) WINNER JOYCE

Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager) vs. Nalini Vishwakumar (Never Have I Ever) WINNER JANEWAY

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 5

Carol Newman (The Santa Clauses) vs. Bette Porter (The L Word) WINNER BETTE

Addison Montgomery (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice) vs. Sabine Cheng (Miraculous Ladybug) WINNER ADDISON

Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica) vs. Mrs. Brown (Paddington 1 and 2) WINNER LAURA ROSLIN

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 6

Yennefer of Vengerberg (The Witcher 3) vs. Carminha (Avenida Brasil) WINNER YENNEFER

Camila Noceda (The Owl House) vs. Sarah Alder (Motherland: Fort Salem) WINNER CAMILA

Wynne (Dragon Age) vs. Melissa McCall (Teen Wolf) WINNER MELISSA

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 7

Mon Mothma (Star Wars) vs. Carol Peletier (The Walking Dead)

Helen Parr (The Incredibles) vs. Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Picard)

Abigail Pent (The Locked Tomb) vs. Medea (Greek Mythology/Euripedes)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 8

Queen Elinor (Disney's Brave) vs. Caroline McKenzie-Dawson (Last Tango in Halifax)

Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All At Once) vs. Takhisis (Dragonlance)

Annalise Keating (How To Get Away With Murder) vs. Maureen Robinson (Lost in Space)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 9

Gemma Teller (Sons of Anarchy) vs. Celeste Wright (Big Little Lies)

The Fairy Godmother (Shrek 2) vs. The Smart House (Disney's Smart House)

Marcia Roy (Succession) vs. Martha Rodgers (Castle)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 10

Pyrrha Dve (The Locked Tomb) vs. Danielle Rousseau (Lost)

Olivia Benson (Law and Order: SVU) vs. Linda Flynn-Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Morticia Addams (The Addams Family) vs. Maeve Millay (Westworld)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 11

Melanie Cavill (Snowpiercer) vs. DCI Amy Silva (Vigil)

Beverly Crusher (Star Trek: The Next Generation) vs. Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development)

Abby Bartlett (The West Wing) vs. Laura de Mille (Doom Patrol)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 12

Alicia Florrick (The Good Wife) vs. Ellie Torres (Cougartown)

Zelda Spellman (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) vs. Lisa Lisa (Jojo's Bizarre Adventures)

Tsunade (Naruto) vs. Jules Cobb (Cougartown)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 13

Katherine Hastings (American Auto) vs. Esme Cullen (Twilight Series)

Abby Griffin (The 100) vs. Letty Ortiz (The Fast and the Furious 9)

Jocasta (Greek Mythology) vs. Joss Carter (Person of Interest)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 14

Julia Sugarbaker (Designing Women) vs. Eve Fletcher (Mrs. Fletcher)

Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse) vs. Marion Lavorre (Critical Role)

Tiffany Valentine (Chucky) vs. Jodie Mills (Supernatural)

[feminist-cult-following]

pretty little liars: summer school characters as taylor swift songs

imogen adams: you’re on your own, kid, who’s afraid of little old me?, I can do it with a broken heart

“I looked around in a blood soaked gown and I saw something they can’t take away”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me / you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“I cry a lot but I am so productive, it’s an art / you know you’re good when you can even do it with a broken heart”

tabby haworthe: the smallest man who ever lived, long story short, the manuscript

“I’ll forget you but I’ll never forgive the smallest man who ever lived”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“long story short it was bad time / long story short I survived”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“then the actors were hitting their marks / and the slow dance was alight with the sparks / and the tears fell in synchronicity with the score / and at last she knew what the agony had been for / the only thing that’s left is the manuscript”

noa olivar: …ready for it?, high infidelity, don’t blame me

“knew I was a robber first time that he saw me / stealing hearts and running off and never saying sorry”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“do you really wanna know where I was april 29th? / do I really have to tell you how she brought me back to life?”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“don’t blame me love made me crazy / if it doesn’t you ain’t doing it right”

faran bryant: mad woman, this is me trying, the man 

“what did you think I’d say to that? / does a scorpion sting when fighting back? / they strike to kill and you know I will”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere / fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“if I was man, then I’d be the man”

mouse honrada: a place in this world, I hate it here, snow on the beach

“but life goes on / oh, I’m just a girl / trying to find a place in this world”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“I’m lonely but I’m good / I’m bitter but I swear I’m fine / I’ll save all my romanticism for my inner life”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“and it’s like snow on the beach, weird but fucking beautiful”

kelly beasley: would’ve, could’ve, should’v, seven, guilty as sin?

“oh, you’re a crisis of my faith / would’ve, could’ve, should’ve / if I’d only played it safe”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“your dad is always mad and that must be why / and i think you should come live with me and we can be pirates / then you won’t have to cry / or hide in the closet”

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

“what if I roll the stone away? / they’re gonna crucify me anyway”

[panthera-tigris-venenata]

Posting my drafts too early & without context. Part of the AU with no Uma on the Isle.

The hostage – the king! – is tied up by the mast.

It’s a hostage, and what else is to be done with a hostage taken by a vicious pirate crew?

Obviously, the boy king is tied up by the mast.

Harry and his sisters stand in front of the prisoner, but they ignore him. He has no gold on him, at least none worth taking. Harry thinks that people with that poor fashion sense simply shouldn’t be this rich.

The fact that his shit is ugly didn’t stop CJ from robbing him blind, though, and proclaiming that she could score it at the marketplace and get something pretty for her Shadow Witch.

Which is a wrong method, and Harry must tell his little sister so – Which reminded Harriet about those bracelets of hers that went missing just yesterday – Which made the boy king talk and offer mountains and valleys and the blue of the sky should they let him go.

Harry turns away from his sisters, the argument frozen. He sneers and feels his eyes burning; his head hurts. Next to him, Harriet mirrors his expression, he knows, and CJ too, just slightly off-the-centre. He wants to laugh at that, but instead he just bares his teeth at the hostage.

A laugh escapes his lips anyway, a crazed giggle.

„Pretty lies, boy king. Pretty pretty lies.“

(We’ve stopped believing in your lies eternity ago.)

„You couldn’t possibly offer anything that we would want–“ And yet Harriet’s eyes shine with greed as she spits out these words, the sheen reflected and magnified in another two pairs of eyes.

(Because we’re nothing but liars, anyway.)

The king breathes in to say something, defend himself or promise to freeze the hell, and Harry snaps his teeth at him. No talking, little king–

(Keep talking, keep promising.)

[enbymoomin]

Shows I Watched in 2023: Ranked!

Like last year, I'm deciding to keep up the tradition and rank all the shows I watched in 2023 for my own personal recommendations and for fun ;) This year, I watched 23 shows in 2023, by sheer chance, I swear.

I will again be ranking my list by scoring each show out of 5 in three categories: Blorboness (how blorbable the characters are, how much they rotate through my mind), Quality (execution, narrative elements), and Enjoyability (including and especially rewatchability). The three scores will then be totaled for a final score out of 15. Let's go, 2023 list!

1. 3 Will Be Free (2019) - 15 pts

Blorboness: 5

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 5

Comment: Won a place in my top shows of all time, third only to Black Sails (forever #1) and KinnPorsche in second place. Literally no other shows are on this list. The representation of the fluidity of sexuality and queerness, challenging amatonormativity, the queer m/f friendships, and poly rep in this show gave 3WBF a special place in my heart >>>>>

2. One Piece (2023) - 15 pts

Blorboness: 5

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 5

Comment: This one snuck up on me out of nowhere! I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did but I wanted to give this pirate show a try, especially since they used the same sets as Black Sails in South Africa. A simply fantastic show all around, and I can't wait to follow the live action as it develops!

3. Shadow and Bone Season 2 (2023) - 14 pts

Blorboness: 5

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 5

Comment: Fuck Netflix. S&B and the Crows deserved so much better <3333

4. Derry Girls (2018-22) - 14 pts

Blorboness: 4.5

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 4.5

5. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) - 14 pts

Blorboness: 4

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 5

Rest under the cut!

6. Moonlight Chicken (2023) - 13.5 pts

Blorboness: 3.5

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 5

7. Only Friends (2023) - 13.5 pts

Blorboness: 4

Quality: 4.5

Enjoyability: 5

Comment: I feel like people hated on this show too much for not living up to whatever they had hyped it up to be in their head. There WAS a lot of mess (loved it!) but the characters were also treated like real people rather than nonstop Pretty Little Liars-level drama. This show was actually really good and I had fun watching :))

8. Over the Garden Wall (2014) - 12.5 pts

Blorboness: 3

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 4.5

Comment: This will become an annual watch for me 🍂

9. The Eclipse (2022) - 12.5 pts

Blorboness: 3

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 4.5

10. Bed Friend (2023) - 12 pts

Blorboness: 3.5

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 4.5

11. Bridgerton Season 2 (2022) - 12 pts

Blorboness: 3

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 4

12. Good Omens Season 2 (2023) - 12 pts

Blorboness: 4

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 4

13. Shadowhunters (2016-19) (rewatch) - 11.5 pts

Blorboness: 4

Quality: 3.5

Enjoyability: 4

Comment: Okay so I haven't seen this show in like four years so that's why it's on the list even though it's a rewatch since I basically watched with fresh eyes. It's better than I remembered when I was a teen but I think that's because I'm not a book purist anymore and thank fucking god for that. It was fun! I realize in hindsight how revolutionary the queer rep was when it first aired, even though it was still 2016-2019. Some of the plot changes and show-original arcs were a little strange but for the most part I liked them!

14. 911 Lone Star (2020-) - 11.5 pts

Blorboness: 3.5

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 4

15. Heartstopper Season 2 (2023) - 11 pts

Blorboness: 2

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 4

16. The Gilded Age Season 2 (2023) - 11 pts

Blorboness: 3

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 4

17. What We Do In The Shadows Season 5 (2023) - 10.5 pts

Blorboness: 3

Quality: 3.5

Enjoyability: 4

18. Never Have I Ever Season 4 (2023) - 10 pts

Blorboness: 2

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 4

19. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023) - 10 pts

Blorboness: 2

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 4

Comment: Okay it was a really good show, but as an American I just can't blorbify any English monarchs, let alone King George the fucking III 💀💀

20. Not Me (2020) - 9 pts

Blorboness: 2.5

Quality: 3.5

Enjoyability: 3

Comment: LMAO so I watched this because two of my friends in the KinnPorsche fandom were giving me feedback on this paper for uni doing a queer theory/film studies analysis of KPTS and both of them independently said that I should watch Not Me because it was relevant to my argument, so this was my assigned reading xD I really liked it, but the second half of the show was much stronger than the first half for me. Also really fascinating in context of the pro-democracy protests happening in Thailand in 2020 and then Not Me airing in 2021; although it wasn't my favorite QL I've seen, I've got mad respect for it 🫡

21. Spartacus (2010-13) (rewatch) - 9 pts

Blorboness: 2

Quality: 4

Enjoyability: 3

Comment: This is another rewatch because I was DEFINITELY too young when I watched this the first time like five years ago since I pretty much dissociated the entire time, and I wanted to see if it was really that bad or if I was just, y'know, too young. In hindsight, it actually really was quite gratuitous with the sex and violence (and sexual violence) which lowered its enjoyability score, but it was a really thought-provoking and otherwise well-executed show in terms of themes and narrative. I'll still have to get around to posting my Spartacus-Black Sails-Hunger Games meta analysis some day 👀

22. Wedding Plan the Series - 8.5 pts

Blorboness: 2

Quality: 3

Enjoyability: 3

Comment: I'm sorry but I just can't stand this type of incompetence/manufactured stupid obstacles. Yiwa and Marine are queens, Nuea is understandable, but Sailom, get it together my guy. However, I did really appreciate the queer commentary and I totally dig the mlm/wlw friendships <3

23. Our Flag Means Death Season 2 - 8 pts

Blorboness: 2

Quality: 3

Enjoyability: 3

Comment: I feel like the show didn't really know what genre it was trying to be anymore. I thought y'all were exaggerating when it first came out, but I kind of see your point now. My enjoyment was also tainted by the pirate battle wars (iykyk) and also more importantly Taika Waititi literally firing pro-Palestine actors. Probably not going to watch S3 :(

And last but not least,

SPECIAL HONORARY MENTION:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023-) - 15 pts

Blorboness: 5

Quality: 5

Enjoyability: 5

Comment: PJO isn't officially ranked in my 2023 list because it's not done airing yet, but it WILL be ranked in 2024 when the season is completed. (I learned my lesson with Gap the Series last year when the second half of the show went sharply downhill after the new year :( but I have strong hopes for PJO!) So far, the show is fucking amazing, and I have faith that Jon Steinberg, Dan Shotz, Bear McCreary, Daphne Olive, Toby Stephens, Jessica Parker Kennedy, and Nick Boraine will continue to serve eat and leave no crumbs in 2024. Black Sails, KPTS, and 3WBF my beloveds may have some new company next year 👀

That's that for my 2023, and making this was just as much fun as last year! Surprisingly, no show this year scored a 1, a 0, or negative points in any categories, so good on them (or for me) xD Shout out to all the Tumblr gif makers who convinced me to watch these shows, y'all are more powerful than any marketing department. And @ anybody please feel free to drop into my ask box or messages about any of these shows or with any recs of your own 🙏💕

Happy new year!

[skelletors]

MCYT as D&D Characters 6 - Scar

Well. The ending of Secret Life sure was something, huh?

Hello one and all and welcome to this very strange series where I turn various MCYTs into playable D&D characters! This was originally going to be someone else, but in light of recent events I decided, hey, I should dedicate this to the S-Tier player himself, GoodTimesWithScar.

A few ground rules for this thing:

This will not be balanced and the builds may not be very good. This isn’t for the minmaxers (not that there's anything wrong with that), this is purely based on either stories these people have participated in or their overall persona on the internet

These characters will go up to level 20, but in no way do you have to play them to the max level to get all the mechanics that make up the character

There will be little to no homebrew in these builds, just for my own ease of use.

I will be using standard array for all of these characters (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) when determining the stats for these characters, also for my own ease of use.

Character Traits to Emulate

Conman extraordinaire

Jellie

Somehow always a wizard???

No thoughts head empty

Race, Class, Background and Stats

Race: Half-Elf (There were a couple options for Scar, but I decided on half-elf as a sort of compromise between his depictions as an elf and the fact that Scar has the most “just a guy” energy.

Ability Score Increase: +2 to Charisma, +1 to two other stats (We’ll go Dexterity and Constitution)

Darkvision: You can see in the dark! Not super important for the character, but pretty useful

Fey Ancestry: Advantage against being charmed and you can’t be put magically to sleep

Skill Versatility: You can have proficiency in any two skills. (It doesn’t matter what you pick, but I’ll chose Persuasion and Intimidation)

Background: Charlatan (In nearly every server Scar has appeared on, he has been a liar or a con man or a salesman. This is perfect for him!)

Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of Hand, Disguise kit, Forgery kit

Class: Bard 20 (I debated on Ranger or Bard, but I decided on Bard because Scar is not wise. I’m sorry, he is the least perceptive, least insightful man I’ve ever seen. Obviously said with love.)

Stats:

Strength: 13

Dexterity: 12 + 1 = 13

Constitution: 14 + 1 = 15

Intelligence: 10

Wisdom: 8

Charisma: 15 + 2 = 17

An important note: Considering that Scar is a disabled content creator and has shown positivity towards his disability being incorporated into fanart, I find it very important to add that this build works in tandem with the Combat Wheelchair by Sara Thomson. While I don’t normally go into homebrew, mostly for my own sanity, this is a well-made piece of homebrew and as such, I feel it’s important to link here while making a D&D character based off of a wheelchair user. I won’t be touching on this further, as any upgrades that can be made to the wheelchair are based on how much money a party has, rather than level.

Level 1: Bard

Bardic Inspiration! You can inspire your allies and give them an extra die a number of times equal to your Charisma Modifier

Spellcasting! I’m not really going to focus on this, but at the end I’ll list some key spells for Scar. If I remember lmao

Level 2:

Bardic Inspiration! You can inspire your allies and give them an extra die a number of times equal to your Charisma Modifier

Spellcasting! I’m not really going to focus on this, but at the end I’ll list some key spells for Wilbur

Level 3:

Subclass time! Potentially the best time. Or at least a good time. Regardless of the quality of the time, one thing that is undeniable is that it’s time for Scar’s subclass. The subclass, of course, being…

College of Glamour! Coming straight at you from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, College of Glamour bards focus on deceiving and trickery and are as flamboyant as the Feywild, where they often originate. Sounds very much like Scar, and in previous characters, Grian did also originate from the Feywild…

Mantle of Inspiration - As a bonus action, you can use one of your Bardic Inspiration die to give a number of creatures equal to your Charisma modifier within 60ft who can see you 5 temporary hit points. They can also use their reaction to move without taking opportunity attacks.

Enthralling Performance - If you are able to perform for at least one minute (singing, performing a poem, dancing, etc) you can select a number of creatures equal to your Charisma Modifier within 60ft of you who paid attention to your performance. They make a Wisdom saving throw, and on a failed throw they are charmed by you after an hour. The creature is not aware of being charmed or you attempting to charm them.

Expertise! You get double proficiency with skills you are already proficient in. We’ll go with Deception and Persuasion

Level 4: Bard

Ability Score Improvement. Let’s add a +2 to Charisma, for hopefully obvious reasons, bringing Scar’s Charisma score up to 19

Level 5: Bard

Bardic Inspiration Improvement. The die you use is now a d8

Font of Inspiration: You regain all expended Bardic Inspiration after a short rest

Level 6: Bard

Countercharm: You can play a tune to give any allies within 30ft advantage against charm effects

Mantle of Majesty - As a bonus action, you can cast Command without expelling a spell slot and take on the appearance of someone beautiful for one minute or until concentration on your spell ends. A creature charmed by you automatically fails it’s saving throw against the spell and once you use this feature, you can’t use it until you finish a long rest.

Level 7: Bard

Nothing happens here, just more spell slots

Level 8: Bard

Ability Score Increase! We’re taking a Feat now, we’re gonna go with Fey Touched. This gives you a +1 to your Charisma, Wisdom or Intelligence, we’re going with Charisma bringing you to 20. You also learn Misty Step and another 1st level enchantment or divination spell.

Level 9: Bard

Song of Rest buff! It’s now a d8

Level 10: Bard

Bardic Inspiration buff! It’s now a d10

Expertise: You can get expertise in two more skills! I’m not sure what would be fitting, maybe Arcana and Sleight of Hand

Magical Secrets: Hey. Hey you. Sad that Bard doesn’t have Counterspell naturally? Now you can have it! You can choose two spells from any spellcaster. These spells count towards your known spell and have to be within your spell level, but aside from that, the world is your oyster! You could also get Find Familiar and get your very own Jellie familiar!

Level 11: Bard

Again, nothing happens here other than more spell slots. But who’s complaining about more spell slots?

Level 12: Bard

ASI Time babyyyyyyyy. We’re gonna grab another feat, this time the Actor feat. This gives you a +1 to Charisma as well as giving you advantage whenever you’re pretending to be someone you’re not. Like maybe a certain pirate on a certain pirate server. Also, your Charisma is now 21. Amazing.

Level 13: Bard

Song of Rest is now a d10!

Level 14: Bard

Remember what I said about Magical Secrets above? Yeah, do that again.

Unbreakable Majesty - Your appearance permanently gains an otherworldly appearance, like that of the fey. Along with this, as a bonus action, whenever a creature tries to attack you for the first time on a turn, they must make a Charisma saving throw vs your spell save DC. On a failed save, they cannot attack you and must attack someone else. On a successful save, it can attack you but has disadvantage on any saving throw against your spell next turn. This lasts for a minute and you can only use it once per long or short rest.

Level 15: Bard

Bardic Inspiration buff! It’s now the big, beefy d12. Oooooo. Ahhhhhh.

Level 16: Bard

ASI Time baby! We’re taking yet another feat, and this time it’s the Lucky feat! It’s undeniable that Scar is a very lucky person, and this feat gives you three free rerolls every long rest, either a roll you make or an attack made against you. I’m pretty sure since death saving throws are saving throws, this effectively gives you free rerolls to not perma-die. Pretty useful, considering how prone to death Scar tends to be.

Level 17: Bard

Song of Rest is now a d12

Level 18: Bard

Magical Secrets. See above Magical Secrets.

Level 19: Bard

Here we are, the final ability score improvement. We’re taking one last feat, and that’s the Shadow Touched feat. You can add a +1 to Charisma, Intelligence or Wisdom, obviously we’re going for Charisma. You also learn invisibility and another 1st level illusion or necromancy spell, and there are some fun ones out there. Even at higher levels, upcasting 1st level spells can be powerful. This also bring’s Scar’s Charisma to a monstrous 22. That’s a base +5 to every Charisma check you make, not factoring in proficiencies and expertise.

Level 20: Bard

Superior Inspiration: Whenever you roll initiative and you have no more Bardic Inspiration die, you regain one use. I still think this is a lame capstone ability, but whatever. The rest of this has been insane, we can be a bit lame.

Key Spells:

Cantrips

Vicious Mockery

Friends

1st Level

Disguise Self

Silvery Barbs

Speak With Animals

Find Familiar

Charm Person

2nd Level

Crown of Madness

Gift of Gab

3rd Level

Counterspell

Hypnotic Pattern

4th Level

Charm Monster

5th Level

Seeming

Modify Memory

Dominate Person

6th Level

Mass Suggestion

7th Level

Project Image

Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion

8th Level

Mind Blank

Dominate Monster

9th Level

Wish

And with that, we conclude yet another one of these! Feel free to request more CCs to D&D-ify, and I truly hope that you enjoyed this. I put quite a bit of thought into this, and I got to look into both a subclass and a gamestyle that I don’t normally go for.

[headhedgehog]

Unmistakable (Kunigami/Chigiri)

Summary: Kunigami and Chigiri spend an evening chatting in the cafeteria. Until they aren't.

CW: Minors in intense romantic situations (no danger, SFW); bi panic, cheating on a partner (partner does not show up in the story)

Kunigami tried not to watch the delicate way Chigiri's fingers moved as he cut the steak he'd earned for scoring a goal into pieces. Chigiri had insisted on sharing -- "that pass is the only reason I scored, Kunigami" -- but Kunigami couldn't focus on the food.

"There," Chigiri said as he put the knife down. "Ah, but -- there's only one fork. I don't mind if we both use it, but if you do --"

"That's okay!" Kunigami said too quickly, his voice strained. The idea of putting his lips around the same fork as Chigiri made his face warm. Get it together, Rensuke, he thought. There is nothing sexy about cutlery and that is definitely not how Chigiri meant it.

Chigiri quirked an eyebrow at him but speared a piece of steak, ate it slowly. He held the fork out to Kunigami, who attempted to steady his shaking hands.

It wasn't like Kunigami hadn't noticed how beautiful Chigiri was. Even Isagi commented on that, and Isagi was naive and straight as they came. And sure, there had been the odd moment when memories of Chigiri in the baths snuck into Kunigami's mind when he masturbated in the bathroom at night. But Kunigami could easily turn his thoughts back to his girlfriend, what he imagined she'd look like naked. Never mind that he'd never come close to seeing her naked. Never mind that he felt more out of breath thinking about Chigiri's thighs than his girlfriend's ass.

But sitting across from Chigiri, alone, made it painfully clear to Kunigami that those nights were not full of random, sleep-deprived thoughts.

"...your girlfriend?" Chigiri was asking as Kunigami chewed. Kunigami realized he'd been totally zoned out, staring at the subtle sheen of fat on Chigiri's bottom lip.

"Sorry, what?"

"I asked if you'd heard from your girlfriend. One of the rewards for scoring goals is getting your phone back."

The steak seemed to get stuck halfway down Kunigami's throat. He swallowed hard.

"I -- We're sort of on a break."

Chigiri eyed him, took the fork back. "I suppose Blue Lock would force your hand, a bit."

Kunigami nodded, a bit too eagerly. "And we weren't really that serious, anyway."

"Sounded pretty serious before. She was like the first thing you brought up when we got here."

Kunigami fought the small thrill he felt in his chest. He pays attention to what I say!! He cleared his throat, tried not to watch Chigiri's jaw as he chewed.

"Uhm, well...I'd just called her. To tell her I wasn't coming back for a while. Before Ego took my phone. And she wasn't especially upset."

Liar. He hadn't called her, just sent her a text. He still felt like an ass. She was probably already over him.

Something in Chigiri's face shifted. He looked away for a long moment. Kunigami fidgeted with his napkin, stopped when shredded bits started to fall on the table.

"Kunigami," Chigiri said when he turned back. The usual confidence was missing from his eyes and voice. "I'm going to tell you something but just say the word and we can pretend it never happened."

Kunigami sat up a little straighter. Chigiri looked at his lap, hair falling over his face.

"I like you," he whispered. "I probably shouldn't tell you, I don't even know if you like guys, and you're not single. But it's been driving me crazy and I figure if you just turn me down I can get over it."

Kunigami swallowed hard. The way Chigiri was looking up at him through his eyelashes and hair was causing Kunigami physical pain. He took a deep breath.

"I...I think I like you too."

Chigiri's head snapped up.

"I've never been with a guy before. You're really the first one I've felt about this way. But...but I really really like you, Chigiri."

Cautiously, Chigiri stood and walked to Kunigami's side of the table. He reached out a hand, touched Kunigami's cheek so delicately Kunigami thought he might die.

"Can I kiss you?" Chigiri whispered. Kunigami nodded, too nervous to speak. Chigiri leaned in, his hand holding Kunigami's cheek.

Chigiri's lips were soft, hesitant, almost like he expected Kunigami to change his mind. Kunigami's chest felt like he'd been bound in iron and finally released, the sweetest relief he'd ever experienced. He threaded his fingers into Chigiri's hair, pulling him down until Chigiri straddled his lap. The kiss became deeper, more urgent; when they finally broke apart they were both out of breath.

"Wow," Kunigami said. He tentatively moved his hands toward Chigiri's torso and the redhead guided them to his waist. Kunigami ran his thumbs along Chigiri's sides, enjoying the way the other boy blushed straight across his nose.

"Is this okay?" Chigiri put his arms around Kunigami's neck, touched their foreheads together. Kunigami responded with another kiss.

[madelinemccoolname]

toy story and a bugs life double feature

The last one of these was in uhhh October but we're back with another "Magnet's Movie Mreviews" this time a double feature since Ivy and I are going through all the pixar movies, it's toy story and a bug's life.

Starting with Toy Story, I'm struggling to come up with anything particularly interesting to say about it so this will most likely end up being the shorter review. Toy Story is probably an insanely important movie in terms of 3D animation, being the first feature length 3D animated movie will do that, but as a movie itself it just feels like a really solid animated kids move. Watching pioneering works, I often find myself noticing the flaws where the filmmakers had to invent the wheel but those flaws feel difficult to find here. I guess you could say it's a little ugly? but that feels a little unfair considering they were writing the damb book on 3D animation. So without a "take" what do i have to say about this movie? Well I like the score, all these early pixar movies have a huge emphasis on like an orchestral score, and as a fan of these movies it's strange to me that people don't talk about it more as an element. I wish there were more of the supporting toys but that's more a criticism of the whole series. Sid's house is really ugly but I also think that's intentional. I love all the designs for sid's toys and how they all fit into the ending. I love pizza planet can you tell I'm struggling? 9/10.

I probably have tricked myself into liking this movie more than I do. whenever I sit down and watch this movie I remember that it's made up of annoying elements. I don't like the circus bugs as a unit, I think the liar revealed plot sucks, the ants Flick is supposed to save are assholes, the reveal scene just doesn't work I can keep going. But right now, 15 hours removed from when I last saw it, most of those emotions are leaving me to be replaced with just a "...yeah it is pretty awesome." I like Flick and Hopper I think they're kinda stuck in a bad movie, the princesses and the queen are all fine enough, it's a lot prettier than the last move. There are individual circus bugs I like, the stick and the spider, but I don't think the movie expects them to be favorites since they're barely featured. as for the rest of the circus bugs, Francis is fine but I hate whenever he's on screen cos the movie's about to be transphobic, same with the catterpillar, not outwardly terrible just annoying and in this movie, uhhh the butterfly is kinda cute and the flea is the funny pixar voice, but the asian mystisism mantis needed to stay in another draft with the pill bugs and dung beetle guy (he can stay if he wants). A Bug's Life is a bad pixar movie, but it's also so much better than most of the other bad pixar movies it feels more like a charming fuckup, like if your roommate slipped on a banana peel. Back when I first reviewed this movie I think I nailed it, Toy story is "good" and a bugs life is "good, for a kid's movie" 6/10

[meanderingfamilytree]

Contains: M!Wren, GN!Reader, dubcon, a… fucked up meet-cute?

What if there was a gambling house in the town? Not one of those fancy casinos, mind you, not the ones that attract tourists and even the town snobs for a good night of fun. It’s more run down than that, dimly lit and with a perpetual stain of cigarette smoke in the air, a cacophony of sounds as some groan, some curse, some laugh at a good turn of fate that would inevitably sour soon enough. In this place, people of all sorts can be found: professionals, amateurs, desperate addicts just waiting out their stroke of luck, and occasionally an orphan.

That orphan, by the way, is you. You seem insignificant in the midst of it all, playing a few half-hearted games each day, loitering around unnoticed by most. To be honest, you don’t believe much in your own luck. But you welcome the luck of others, the ones who have a lucky day and saunter out of the place with thick wallets and gleeful hearts. It is you who lighten up the weight of their wallet for a little balance. You are a professional not in the art of gambling, but in the art of pickpocketing.

So that day is really no different. School finished a little late but not late enough to deter you, and your payment to Bailey is due tomorrow so you need to find a good mark. Your eyes scan through all of familiar faces sitting and playing card and you spot an unfamiliar face. A pretty face, really, if not a little fox-like around the eyes. He seems well-skilled in the game, and he proves it quickly in the next few rounds, scoring win after win. Wren, he introduces himself to another player, whilst you listen in quietly.

Well Wren, today is your lucky day. What surprises you the most, really, is how easily he leaves the gambling house. Most stay until the day rises again, pushing their luck and often losing it all. Not this one. Wren leaves just as the darkness fully settles, a cheerful saunter in his gait. You follow, as if you are just another gambler eager to leave. A slight brush against him, dipping your slippery fingers and grabbing his wallet, and suddenly, something grips you back.

Bright eyes stare down at you. His grip is far too firm to break free from, and your breath catches momentarily. Fuck, fuck, your mind is racing from one place to another. If he reports you to the gambling house, you’ll surely be thrown out, and you would have some… financial difficulties for sure in the near future. Bailey would kill you. No, not kill you, just sell you off to god knows where.

But Bailey is the least of your worries, when Wren is shooting you an unnervingly languid smile. He keeps the grip on your wrist, dragging you outside into a dark alleyway next to the gambling house, then bends down, meeting you at the eye level.

“You are surprisingly good, for such a small thing.”

You scoff inwardly, but do not show it on the face. A small thing, indeed. Perhaps you could get away with a pitiful plea if you can pass off as being young and stupid.

“Please, please… sir, don’t tell anyone. I won’t do it ever again, ever.”

“I feel too young to be called sir.”

He grimaces, and it is fucking infuriating to see him so nonchalant and unfazed when your own mind is racing from one scenario to another. Perhaps you could attempt to break into a run?

“You are not as good of a liar as you are at stealing. No, I don’t believe you. I’m quite certain you’ll do it again, and again, and again. Trust me, I have experience myself. Don’t worry, I’m not turning you in.”

“Um– thank you. Can I go then?”

“Not quite yet.”

Fuck. Your eyes narrow, jerking away from him. Something about his smile seems dangerous—not sinister, not quite, but earnestly dangerous.

“Then what do you want from me?”

“There are always consequences to being caught. You need to learn to fear that, I think.”

The alley is dark, with a wall behind you. Nowhere to run, no one to scream for. Your eyes are wild, frantic, wondering if he is about to strip you bare the fuck the living daylight out of you. Wouldn’t be too much of a surprise, considering the general moral status of the inhabitants of the town. It’s somewhat of a relief when he doesn’t quite get to that. He only bares his own—hard—cock, pressing it onto your hands. So a simple handjob. You’ll take that.

It’s a strange thing to hold. Warm and meaty in your grip, and the way that Wren maintains eye contact with you makes you grimace. His blond hair falls right next to your face and you try not to think about how it smells rather nice. You hold his cock a little too tight out of scorn, and you think that might be precisely what Wren likes the best. The thrill of it all, perhaps, from this unconventional proposition. When he jerkily moves his hips, finally coming onto your hands, you swallow thickly.

There is cum on the palm of your hands. There should be a fat wallet on there instead, thank you very much. Wren smiles. You don’t know whether to laugh or spit on the ground. He takes out a marker, pulling your arm close, scribbling a few numbers on it.

“I’m Wren, by the way. Call me if you need a job.”

Wren leaves, just like that. Your shoulders sag from a sudden relief of tension. You don’t know if you’ll call him. Maybe. Maybe not.