#sasquatch mail

[mymelodyisme]

Once again thank you for your kind words and advice and...everything just you. I'll try my best to not ridicule myself for my mistakes, shame is fine and admitting and knowing it was bad is also fine but no ridiculing at myself.

Hehehe our imagination is on the same boat but different sides of it, I visualize and make up stories/scenarios and perfer the silence while you prefer noise and leans it towards creativity. As for your drawing i love it thank you...❤️

-❄️☕️

🥰 It’s always a pleasure! I was put on this stupid little ball in space to at least make someone’s life. A little nicer 👏🏽 it’s just!!! Why laugh and be mean to yourself when the world’s already got that covered 🥺 it stifles growth it’s like a flower being stepped on idk! Just be you but the you you want to be!

🥳 I love drawing and writing and creating. It’s very evident from my blog alone obviously. I have an art tag, and I don’t write publicly that much but I do write, and I’m always lost in my head which maaaaay be a bad thing but at least it’s fun. I dream vividly enough too, which I’m now realizing I didn’t say, but you should try writing them down too. I think it’s fun going back and reading what may have been bothering you or at least revisiting it when it’s no longer in a gloomy situation. But anyways!! Isn’t a boat better when you can paddle from both ends ✨

Im glad you liked it 🥺 I should put it in my art tag so I don’t lose it myself ♥️🩷

[danieyells]

@mayoigotokurousagi also asked for Sho, so here are my favorite of Sho's voicelines! He's a lil more chill--most of the excitement for him is because Leo's causing him trouble, so maybe there won't be as many since it's just him? (Spoiler: i still put nearly all of them, or it feels that way. . . .)

Also sorry this one took way longer haha i had to do some irl stuff and i was pretty tired too lol. . .may not get to the next ones for a few days since i have to wake up early tomorrow and i work double shifts all weekend. But i'll try and find time for it.

May 27th 2025, added the year 2 birthday lines!

Hello: (the first time the game is opened after that character is set as home screen NPC. Only happens once per day, unless the character is switched out and back.)

"Hey,  good timing. You got a second?" お、センパイ。いいとこに来たわ。ちょっと付き合ってくんね？

You've Got Mail: (whenever there's something in the inbox, usually Arena rewards)

"You got a message. Gonna check it or what?" おい、なんか通知来てっけど。見なくていいのか？　それ

Default: (requires no affinity, has no time constraints)

"Here you go, Bonnie. Barbecue sandwiches, your favorite." ほら、食えよボニー。お前の好きなＢＢＱサンドだぜ

"Huh? Was that your stomach? You hungry?" ……？　なんだよ。もしかしてあんた、腹減ってんの？

"Pit's on again? I'm done with that already. They're all normies—what's the point?" あ？　また地下で騒いでんのか？ 俺はもうやんねぇよ……パンピー相手にしても仕方ねぇだろ

the word he uses for 'normie' here means 'commoner' lmao

"Yeah I got it, you want to train. You go ahead, I'll catch up." はいはい、トレーニングっすよね。もうちょいしたら行くんで

"Did you just see a creep in a black mask over there? ...Nah, never mind. I'm hallucinating." ……今、あそこに黒マスクした胡散臭ぇやつ歩いてなかったか？ ……いや、なんでもねぇ。幻覚だわ

SO THIS LINE CONFUSED ME AT FIRST because it's always referred to as a blindfold by everyone else? HE'S TALKING ABOUT HYDE HYDE IS JUST STALKING HIM LMAO

Affinity 1: (between 5am and 11am)

"Too early... What's Leo doing today? Guess I'll text him." ねっみ……玲音のやつ、今日はどうすんだ？ 一応Ｄチャしとくか……

if it's too early for you it's too early for Leo. But also I'm sure he's got something exciting or interesting planned. I like that we're immediately shown he wants to spend time with Leo even when he's tired haha

Affinity 2: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Freakin' sasquatch... Would it kill him to approve an R&R permit every once in a while?" ったく、あのデカブツ……外出許可くらい出せっつの

Affinity 3: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"Class? What's the point? It's all written in the textbooks—all you gotta do is memorize it." 授業？　あんなん出なくても全部教科書に書いてんだからよ。そのまま覚えりゃいいだけだろ？

Doesn't go to class because he's smart enough to memorize the contents of the textbook I guess! Plus he doesn't care as much about Real Missions so knowing how to do the hard stuff doesn't matter to him haha. . .plus first years probably don't learn as much that's not in the textbook too.

Affinity 4: (between 8pm and 5am)

"All right, time to go for a spin. C'mon, Bonnie." うし、軽く流してくっか。行こうぜ、ボニー

Affinity 5: (between 8pm and 5am)

"(yawn) What time is it? Seriously? Damn, overslept." ふぁあ…… 今何時だ……？ マジかよ、寝すぎたわ

Neither he nor Leo sleep at night lmao

Affinity 6: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"Huh, haven't ridden a skateboard since middle school but I guess I still have the muscle memory. Watch this, I'm gonna do a trick." 中坊ぶりにスケボー乗ったけど、意外と体が覚えてんだな。 トリック決めてやるよ、見ててみ？

Affinity 7: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Nice, got an order. More demand than I thought. Getting Leo to make this app was a good call." お、出前の予約が入ったわ……思ったより需要あってよ。 玲音に予約アプリ作らせたの正解だったな

Leo has a line that references this one!

Affinity 8: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"What's Mido texting me for? come tot hr epuit... Pfft. What the hell is this, some kinda secret code?" あ？　御堂センパイからＤチャ？『血か二個い』って…… ぷっ……なんだこれ、暗号かよ

Ksvdhdisn Alan is adorable. . .i love technologically incompetent characters. Poor bby can't even text. . . . .

Affinity 9: (between 8pm and 5am)

"Shit, my whole body's killing me... Sparring five sets of fifteen rounds, are you kidding me? Mido's insane..." クソ、筋肉痛がやべぇ…… 御堂センパイ、スパー１５ラウンド５セットとか正気じゃねぇよ……

Affinity 10: (between 10pm and midnight)

"What am I gonna do tomorrow... Got nothing on, guess I could go to class... That asshole's on the schedule. Pass." 明日どうすっかな……暇だし、たまには授業出とくか？ ……あいつのコマあるわ。やめとこ

Lmao 'i guess i could go to class--wait my brother's teaching one of them tomorrow? Fuck that then.'

Affinity 11: (between 5am and 11am)

"All right, that's the morning prep done. Guess I'll shower and go back to bed." うし、朝の仕込みはこんなもんか。後は……シャワー浴びて二度寝だな

Affinity 12: (between 11am and 4pm)

"This? It's a fishing rod. Sometimes I catch and filet the fish myself. It's pretty easy, and it saves cash." あ？　これか？　釣り竿だよ。たまに自分で魚釣ってさばくわけ。 簡単だし、コスパ良いだろ？

Fishing with Sho. . .sounds nice and chill. Also did the pc not recognize a fuckin fishing rod. . . .

Affinity 13: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"{PC}, there you are. I'm headed to the diner, could you come with and help me carry some stuff?" お、センパイ見っけた。俺、今からダイナー行くんだけどよ。ちょっと荷物持ち手伝ってくんね？

Affinity 14: (between 5am and 11am)

"You think I look grumpy? The stream for the finals started at 3 AM, what do you want me to do about that? (yawn)" ……あ？　機嫌が悪ぃって？ しょうがねぇだろ……決勝の中継、夜中の３時開始だぜ？ ふぁあ……

Staying up late to watch a basketball game, much like Leo he does not go to bed until the sun's up ordinarily lmao

Affinity 15: (between 5am and 11am)

"Hey... Pfft. What are you panicking for? You need to be somewhere? Hop on—I'll give you a ride." お、センパイじゃん。ぷっ……なんだよその余裕ねぇ顔。 急いでんなら、乗っけてってやろうか？

Affinity 16: (between 11am and 4pm)

"You hungry, {PC}? I made lunch, but Leo bailed on me, so I was just gonna eat it myself." センパイ、腹減ってねぇ？ 昼飯作ったんだけどよ。玲音のやつ来ねぇし、食っちまおうと思って

Sho: hey our boyfriend ditched me wanna have lunch with me

Affinity 17: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Last year I would've been in a club around this time. Leo was always getting in fights though, so we got banned from almost every joint in Shibuya." 昔はこの時間、毎日クラブいてよ。玲音がすぐ喧嘩すっから、渋谷の箱ほとんど出禁になっちまったけどな

Menace boyfriend Leo lmao

Affinity 18: (between 8pm and 5am)

"{PC}, black or white? I'm trying to choose some packaging for the food truck, what'd you think I meant? ...I'll keep it in mind, anyway." センパイさ、白と黒どっちが好き？ ……出前の容器の話なんだけどな。ま、一応覚えといてやるよ

Affinity 19: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Geez, it's pretty late. Wait there—I'll give you a ride back." もうこんな時間かよ…… 送ってくわ。そこで待ってろ

Affinity 20: (between 5am and 11am)

"Seriously, it's way too early for this... What? I'm going to class. You're the one who wouldn't shut up about it." はぁ……マジねみぃ…… あ？　今から授業行くんだよ。あんたが行けってうるせぇからだろ

Ordinarily doesn't go to class(a lot of them don't tbh, and Luca says the classes are elective so the ghouls probably don't have to) but will go if you want him to I guess! Leo's gonna call him whipped but Leo already knows he's whipped because he's the one who's been whipping him--

Affinity 21: (between 11am and 4pm)

"I've finally got the hang of running this food truck. I want to thank you for helping me out—think of something you want." キッチンカーも大分慣れてきたわ。手伝ってもらった礼もしてぇし、何か欲しいもの、考えといて

Affinity 22: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"Huh? No, I don't really need any help today... You don't have to make excuses to hang out with me, you know. Just ask." 手伝い？　今日は特にねぇけど…… センパイ、俺と一緒にいたいって、素直に言えば？

"senpai, why don't you just tell me honestly if you wanna be with me?" Is the Japanese here I think and. idk i love that. He's catching on and teasing you a little.

Affinity 23: (between 8pm and 5am)

"What time you planning on heading home, {PC}? Anytime's fine for me. You can stay over if you want." センパイ、今日何時に帰る予定？俺は別に、何時でも…… なんなら、泊まってってもいいぜ？

Affinity 24: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Can't sleep? Come over here—I'll warm you up. Pfft... I was kidding, don't get mad." なんだよ……寝れねぇのか？あっためてやるから、こっち来い。 ぷっ……冗談だって。怒んなよ

WERE YOU KIDDING THO. WERE YOU? KINDA HIGH AFFINITY TO JOKE LIKE THAT. AND YOU JUST SAID THEY COULD STAY OVER IF THEY WANTED. . .CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY SHOHEI

Affinity 25(max): (no time constraints)

"Here, this helmet's for you. I got some time today, so I'll take you somewhere. Anywhere you wanna go." はい、あんたのメット。今日は時間あっから、センパイの行きたいとこ連れてってやるよ

Spring: (March-May) (between 5am and 11am)

"Forget it, I can't keep my eyes open. Wake me when it's noon." 駄目だ。ねみぃ。昼んなったら起こして

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Pretty warm out lately, huh? Bet it's already snorkeling season in Okinawa. I used to go pretty often." もう大分あったかくなってきたな。沖縄じゃ、シュノーケリングできる時期だぜ？　昔はよく行ってたわ

He plays basketball, he skateboards, he fishes, he snorkels, this bitch loves sports lol

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"This? It's chirashizushi. Cuts are pretty chic, right? The idea came to me when I was over in Hotarubi." これか？　ちらし寿���作ってんの、飾り切り渋ぃだろ。 ホタルビ行ったら、こんなイメージが湧いたからよ

Chirashizushi is sushi ingredients cut into small pieces and scattered over sushi rice! It comes in a lot of variation and isn't always made with raw fish like you might expect sushi to be.

(between 8pm and 5am)

"If I can get an R&R permit granted, I want to go for a solo ride. Haven't been for ages, and riding through the cherry blossoms this time of year feels awesome." 外出許可出たらよ、久々にひとりで走りてぇわ。この時期の桜坂辺り、最高に気持ちいんだよな……

Summer: (June-August) (between 5am and 11am)

"Damn, I'm melting here... I need a haircut. Nah I don't need a barber, I just do it myself. 'Course I'm serious." クソ暑ぃ……そろそろ髪切んねぇとな…… 美容院？　めんどくせぇから自分で切ってっけど。マジだぜ？

Sho really knows a little about everything huh. He cuts his own hair, he memorizes textbooks, he plays every sport, he can cook. . .is there anything Sho can't do? In his character story he even says he played guitar for a little while but hasn't done it lately, so music is probably within his wheelhouse too.

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Sweating my ass off over here... It's been like a year since I last played basketball. Mido's core's gotta be made of steel... Oh, is that water for me? Thanks." 暑ぃ！　バスケしたの１年ぶりか？御堂センパイ、体幹強すぎだろ…… お、水くれんの？　サンキュ

actually i'd like to see alan playing basketball too. . .it's nice to know he doesn't just work out by sparring and running, he'll play sports too.

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"Summer homework? Nah, haven't done it yet. Only takes a day, right? Pfft... You want me to help you?" 夏の課題？　まだやってねぇけど。あんなもん一日で終わるだろ？ ぷっ……センパイ手伝ってやろうか

(between 8pm and 5am)

"Leo won't shut up about wanting to let off fireworks, but no way am I doing that shit with him again. I'm sure you can guess why." 玲音が花火してぇってうるせぇんだけどよ、俺は二度とあいつとはやんねぇって決めてんの。わかんだろ？

wtf was Leo doing with the fireworks that Sho decided he's never settijng off fireworks with him again. . .was he just pointing them at him lmao. Leo also has a line referencing this!

Autumn: (September-November) (between 5am and 11am)

"Yesterday when I was fishing in the river I saw this guy who looked like one of the Frostheim ghouls out there. Can't have been though, right?" 昨日川釣り行ってきたんだけどよ、フロストハイムの奴に似てんのがいた気がすんだよな……人違いか？

which one. . .i mean if it was Luca he was probably training, but if it was Kaito. . .idk what Kaito would be doing out in the river by himself. . .I know it wasn't Jin but if it was Tohma maybe it was some official business. . .? Or, y'know, spy stuff. . . .

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Geez, don't pipe up outta the blue like that. ...What? You gotta a problem with me reading a book?" ビビった。いきなり声かけんなよ。 ……なんだよ、その顔。俺が本読んでちゃ悪ぃのか？　あ？

sho has been saying like this entire time 'yeah i read and memorize the textbooks instead of going to class' how is the pc so shocked to see him ACTUALLY READING. Then again, i also wouldn't think he's a hobby reader. . .on the other hand he's got like every hobby he can get his hands on, so it makes sense.

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"Pfft... Hey, {PC}. Come over here. Geez, what're you doing walking around with a leaf in your hair?" ぷっ……【名★前】センパイ、ちょっとこっち来い。 ったく、なんで髪に葉っぱ付けてんだよ……

(between 8pm and 5am)

"Scariest Ghost Videos to Fuel Your Nightmares... I asked a buddy for some good videos to kill the time, and he sent me this..." 『最恐の怨霊ビデオ集』…… ダチに暇つぶしになる動画教えろっつったら、これ送られてきたんだよ

it's hard to tell based on his expression how he feels about this lol

i wonder if he's not really into horror stuff or it makes him feel uneasy after the PC got attacked by Takeru?

Winter: (December-February) (between 5am and 11am)

"I get more delivery orders on cold days... It's a pain in the ass, but I guess I'll just wear an extra layer..." 寒ぃ日ってさ、出前の注文やたら増えんだよな…… めんどくせぇけど今日は１枚多めに着とくか……

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Damn, I really wanna go snowboarding. I used to go every year before I ended up here... Think they got a good slope in Frostheim?" マジでスノボ行きてぇ……ここ来る前は、毎年必ず行ってたのによぉ。 フロストハイムで滑れねぇの？

I bet they do I mean rich people would wanna go skiing now and then right? It's just a matter of would they let a vagastromer use them. . .then again what're they gonna do, stop him?

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"Huh? I'm looking at a catalog. I could serve hot food if I had an electric pot. I'm thinking about it." ……あぁ？　カタログ見てんだよ。保温ジャーがありゃ、あったけぇメニュー出せんだろ？ 考え中

this makes it sound like his food isn't served hot lol to my understanding he does make everything in advance, not on the spot but i assume he means like. hot-hot. like soups for the winter kind of thing. he should do it! serve up some new england clam chowder.

(between 8pm and 5am)

"I'm freezing my ass off... I just saw Mido walk past in a T-shirt. Are his nerve endings dead?" クソ寒ぃ……さっき御堂センパイ、Ｔシャツ１枚で出てったんだけど。自律神経狂ってんじゃねぇ？

Apparently I'm Alan lmao i too experience less cold than other people

His birthday (Year 1): (August 19th)

"What, you're gonna celebrate my birthday? What do I want for a present? Hmm... I'll take you. Just kidding." へぇ、俺の誕生日祝ってくれんの？プレゼント…… じゃあさ、あんたのことくれよ。 なんてな

Y'KNOW I'M SURE THEY WOULDN'T MIND IF YOU WEREN'T KIDDING THO YOU ARE VERY POPULAR then again based on his valentine's day dialogue he knows that lol

His birthday (Year 2): (August 19th)

"You got me a present? Wow, thanks. Oh yeah, you free after this?" 誕生日プレゼント？ マジか……ありがとな。 そうだセンパイ。この後、予定って空いてねぇ？

Your birthday (Year 1):

"Know what this is, {PC}? Yep—an R&R permit. Today's your birthday, right? So, where are we going?" センパイ、これ何だと思う？　そ、外出許可書。 今日、誕生日だろ？どこ行きたいか考えとけよ

I'm beginning to suspect that he heavily values freedom and being able to go where he wants and do what he wants. That includes taking you wherever you wanna go. Even at max affinity he has the same response--'we're going somewhere, anywhere you want.' At max affinity he doesn't mention an R&R permit--which suggests he doesn't care if you get in trouble going out, as long as you actually get to go out. One of the first things we see him talking about relating to Darkwick is asking Leo if he regrets going--I think Sho regrets it. He can't leave whenever he wants, even though he's one of the top students as far as grades, he's more restricted in what he's allowed to do and when. . .so I think these offers to drive you anywhere in total freedom are his ways of showing you what means the most to him. Just. . .being able to do whatever, whenever. I think that's also part of why he likes Leo so much. Leo doesn't let himself be restricted either. Leo gets into fights and into trouble and Sho complains about it but he understands the liberation. Sho wants to see that unrestricted you, I think. Even if it isn't anything extreme, even if it isn't anything exciting. He wants to see what you're like out of Darkwick's cage. So he'll take you on little joyrides into freedom. Show him where you go and what you do when no one's there to stop you.

Your birthday (Year 2):

"Here, this is for you. Pfft… What's with the face? You said you wanted one, didn't you? Happy birthday." ほら、これやるよ。 ぷっ…… なんだその顔。センパイ、それ欲しいっつってただろ？ 誕生日おめでと

He's just such a thoughtful thug haha like. now that he knows you, now that he's spent time with you, he knows exactly what you like, remembers all the things you said you wanted. . . .

New Years: (January 1st)

"What'd I wish for at midnight? For this year to be peaceful... Not that any gods are listening out for us." 新年の願い事ねぇ……今年こそ、平穏無事に過ごせますように…… って、神様叶える気ねぇだろな

Well when you've been chosen by demons. . .yeah, you're probably not on the good side of many gods.

Valentine's Day: (February 14th)

"Yeah, these are all the chocolates I got. No idea how I'm gonna get through them all... So? You didn't get me anything?" ああ、これ全部もらったチョコ。これ食いきんのきちぃんだよな…… で、センパイは俺にくれねぇの？

I'm surprised Leo's wasn't similar to this tbh. Like, Leo's an influencer, why didn't he mention getting a metric fuckton of valentine's day chocolate? I'm happy Sho's loved by the students tho haha.

White Day: (March 14th)

"Baking sweets and cooking are totally different. It's not really in my wheelhouse, but... here. My firsts. Thanks for the chocolates." 菓子作りと料理は別もんだからよ、普段はやんねぇんだけど…… はい。俺の初焼き菓子、お返しにどうぞ

THE FIRST TIME HE EVER BAKED AND IT'S FOR YOU what a sweetheart. considering how good he is at just about everything i'm sure they came out just fine

April Fool's Day: (April 1st)

"Hey, it's snowing outside. Wait, guess that's not so unlikely in this place... I used to get duped by that one all the time when I was a kid." おい、外、雪降ってんぞ？ って、この学園じゃ嘘になんねぇか。ガキの頃、これ何回やられたことか……

we found the one thing he's not good at! pulling pranks!

Halloween: (October 31st)

"You really need an explanation? Leo made me wear it! Shit, why am I always the girl..." ああ？　言わなくてもわかんだろ。玲音に着せられたんだっつの！ クソ、なんで毎年女装なんだよ……

Your boyfriend best friend makes you crossdress for him on Halloween on a yearly basis. . .and you do it!!!

Christmas: (December 25th)

"Sorry for making you help me prep all these roast chicken orders... Wanna do something Christmassy together once we're done?" センパイ、チキンの注文さばくの手伝わせて悪ぃ…… 今日の分片付いたら、俺らもクリスマス楽しもうぜ

Christmas is often considered a holiday spent with a lover in Japan to my understanding. . .what are you suggesting Sho. . . .

Idle: (about 20 seconds without interacting with the game) (below 13 affinity)

"What're you looking at?" あぁ？　見てんじゃねぇよ

little peek at the delinquent thug vibe lol

(13 affinity and above)

"C'mon. Hurry up, or I'm gonna leave you behind." センパイ、そろそろ行くぞ。早くしねぇと置いてっちまうぜ？

Always on the go, always doing something, he doesn't wanna leave you behind but he won't wait too long so. . .come back already?

Absent: (logging in for the first time in 2 or more days?)

"What took you so long? Your food's cold. Go wash up." 遅ぇよ……あんたの飯、冷めちまっただろ。 さっさと手ぇ洗ってこい

Alright, mom.

I STILL FEEL LIKE I CHOSE A BUNCH THIS ONE IS ALSO ALL OF THEM NOW . . .Sho is pretty lowkey. But after rereading them all and giving it some thought, you can definitely get a feel for his character. He seems like he keeps busy a lot--he's always doing something. Cooking, playing sports, reading, memorizing his textbooks. . .he's confident and comfortable and sometimes he's a bit rough around the edges. And sometimes he's a little flirty too, if he likes you. But that's all part of how confident and self-assured he is--and he has plenty of reason to be when he's so smart and skilled at damn near everything he touches. He acts more like the senpai character here. He's a lot like Haku, except where Haku is a bit lazier and less motivated(although he still works hard) Sho is always on the go. Always up to something, always trying something. He likes to keep busy and doesn't like to sit still--to the point that he even considers going to class when he's got nothing to do during the day. He wakes up and has nothing to do? Let's call Leo, he's usually got something going on. He complains about Alan making him work out so much or go to the pit or play basketball real hard? He still goes and does it anyway. But it seems like he just. . .always wants to be busy. I can't really think of many points he just kinda had downtime. Yeah, he goes fishing and reads and watches basketball(?) but like. . .he's still occupied even then. Then again maybe that's because he's stuck in Darkwick. He'd rather be driving around somewhere or doing some sport but he can't do so much unless he can leave. . .he feels a little restless to me. But maybe that's just me haha.

[mariacallous]

In 2022 I wrote an op-ed for NBC News Think about leg hair, of all things. The piece detailed a monthlong experiment during which I stopped shaving. Aside from one paragraph about bodily autonomy and Roe v. Wade, I thought it was a mild article. Boring, even.

The internet disagreed. Within an hour of publication, I started getting angry, all-caps emails. Then it started on Twitter. I was called everything from stupid and self-absorbed to a Sasquatch. I was accused of hating men and pressuring women.

The deluge lasted nearly two weeks. By the end of it, I had dozens of nasty emails, nearly a thousand social media notifications, and zero idea how to handle what I’d experienced.

Unfortunately, these instances of online harassment are becoming more common. In 2021, the Pew Research Center reported that 41 percent of US adults had experienced online harassment; the Anti-Defamation League reported an increase to 52 percent in 2023. Public and semipublic figures are especially at risk, as noted by recent studies on American journalists, Zimbabwean journalists, and female members of parliament in Sweden.

But the truth is, on social media anyone with an account can experience harassment. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.

Document Everything

Knee-deep in hate mail, I reached out to a former thesis adviser who’d written op-eds. How had he handled the trolls?

His reply: Document everything. If you have to report the harassment to a social platform or to law enforcement, you will need a body of evidence that proves the harassment.

Save the nasty emails in a special folder, either manually or by using keywords to filter and route all of the relevant mail automatically.

On social media, screenshot what people say. Doing this gives you lasting digital proof, which is important if the trolling comments disappear later on, either because the trolls deleted them or because someone reported the comments, which led to them being removed. Save all of these screenshots in a folder that can easily be shared with anyone investigating your harassment.

Documenting harassment is common advice, featured in resources ranging from writing-specific organizations like PEN America to wider organizations like the University of Chicago and the National Network to End Domestic Violence.

Don’t Respond

Another common piece of advice is “don’t feed the trolls.” In theory, if you don’t react to harassment, the trolls get bored and leave. Some have argued that this advice has failed us, as it puts the onus on the victim to stop the cyberbullying; it suggests that it’s not the trolls who need to stop but rather the victim who needs to turn the other cheek.

This is a fair critique; social media platforms should build better moderation systems and restrict users who breach standards on harassment. Ideally, events like the 2024 child safety hearing before US Congress will lead to changes that make the internet safer for everyone. In a perfect world, the onus is on Big Tech.

But internet safety is a work in progress, and in the meantime it’s on us to decide how we want to respond. Many of the accounts spamming me were obvious trolls. They had incendiary usernames and profile pictures. Looking at their comments, which were antagonistic at best, I knew I wouldn’t change their minds by responding. Nothing I could write would make them consider my point of view.

So I followed the American Psychological Association’s advice and let the storm pass. I logged off social media and routed the nasty emails into a special folder, out of sight. I spent my energy on things I enjoyed instead, no trolls involved.

Or Maybe Do Respond

Walking away isn’t the best option for everyone. If you choose to respond, there are both indirect and direct ways to address harassment. The former could include muting threads or blocking accounts. You could also report comments or users for behaviors that breach community standards, such as hate speech, threats, and bullying (which most platforms claim to prohibit). These options may prevent the same trolls from harassing you, or another user, in the future.

If you feel safe and want to respond directly, consider counterspeech, a strategy that addresses and undermines hate by redirecting the conversation in a constructive way. Some choose to reclaim hashtags, such as the K-pop stans who in 2020 flooded the #WhiteLivesMatter hashtag with K-pop videos.

Others create larger discussions around hateful posts, typically focusing not on the troll but on the content of their argument (so, not “You’re sexist” but “Saying XYZ is problematic because …”). This is exactly what I did, some six months after my experience, when I wrote about hate mail for HuffPost, focusing on sexism and the importance of dismantling it. Reframing the conversation helped me feel less powerless.

Though organizations like the United Nations recommend counterspeech, some research has suggested that it may be ineffective: While a 2021 study on anti-Asian hate found that counterspeech discouraged hate, another study on racism and homophobia saw mixed results.

Do Something You Enjoy

Whether or not you respond, give yourself time to work through your feelings. Do something you enjoy, like going to the gym, meditating, or playing your favorite video game. Anything goes!

Social support, in particular, is important for processing your experiences. This is because one of the goals of online harassment is to make you feel isolated; intentionally enjoying time with loved ones can combat this. An older 2014 study noted that social support can come from anyone in your life, ranging from your peers to your family. More recently, a 2020 study listed the myriad benefits of social support for those experiencing bullying, including increased confidence and decreased anxiety.

So text your friends and coworkers. Make dinner plans with family. Rant to your partner—or ask for a distraction. Any and all of these can help you feel less alone. You can also seek professional advice via a therapist or a cyberbullying hotline.

If you decide to take an extended break from the internet, ask a friend you trust to keep an eye on your social accounts. They can continue to take screenshots of new harassment and notify you if the frequency of incidents increases.

If the Harassment Escalates

If rude comments turn into stalking, hacking, doxing, or death threats, it’s time to contact the authorities and get legal assistance. Continue to document everything; you’ll want a body of proof to ensure you’re taken seriously. If you’re in immediate danger, call emergency services.

Practicing good cyber hygiene can help you protect your information. To deter hackers, use strong passwords, which are longer than 16 characters and include numbers and special characters. Don’t reuse passwords, and set up multifactor authentication to ensure that you’re notified if someone tries to log in to your account.

To deter doxing, stalking, and further harassment, adjust your privacy settings on social media. If possible, set your accounts to private until the storm passes. Also, depending on the platform, you should be able to limit the ability to reply to your posts so that only people you follow can republish your posts or leave comments. You can also just disallow comments entirely. If you have both professional and personal accounts, keep them separate so that work-related harassment is less likely to follow you home.

You may want to limit who can see your location data on social media, since many platforms tag every post with geolocation data unless you opt out. This is usually something you can turn off in your profiles’ privacy settings. Additionally, browser extensions like Privacy Party can help you keep your privacy settings on social media up to date automatically, so you don't have to think about it.

If things get so bad that you feel it's safest to minimize or erase your digital footprint, paid services like Delete Me can remove identifying information like your address, phone number, and social media activity from hundreds of online databases and data brokers. This makes it much harder for people to uncover this information in web searches. Services like Tweet Delete can automatically delete years worth of social media posts, replies, and likes—either wholesale or within a specific range—from your accounts.

Online harassment can be isolating and terrifying, but with a plan, you’ll be prepared to respond—and to mitigate its impacts on your life.

[slippinmickeys]

Okay. Need a little ficlet bringing back Agent Henderson, the thirsty lab lady from Young At Heart.

Marcia Henderson – first in her class, two-time winner of the Boch & Stephens Award for outstanding contributions to forensic handwriting science, and thrice-divorced Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation – was determined to push the limits of her profession. And, probably, was just a teensy bit bored.

She’d had cause to see and work with Special Agent Fox Mulder a lot more when he had been with Violent Crimes; Sasquatch, she figured, being a less practiced penman than the vicious hooligans scratching out ransom notes they had once tracked down together, but she saw him in the halls of Quantico or the Hoover Building every now and then, and damned if the man didn’t get better looking every year.

He had, at one point, agreed to go out with her, but that had been years and three partners ago, and she wasn’t about to hold him to it when when they had both probably changed immensely from the bright-eyed agents they’d been back then, in their late-twenties and fresh out of the academy.

And change – well, that was what she was interested in – if she could track the changes to a person’s personality through their handwriting - Mulder’s specifically. Graphology itself was looked down on by her peers, who considered the practice – analysis to evaluate personality traits – to be charlatanesque in comparison with the science-based and peer-reviewed forensic handwriting that they lauded themselves for – but Henderson had seen some shit in her years with the Bureau, and she wasn’t one to count out the occasional wild idea. One look through a few X-Files would rapidly strip you of your tendency to do so in the first place.

She was at the top of her game and she didn’t have a case – why the hell not, she thought.

It had been easy enough to get the samples. She had a copy of the last case they’d worked together; Barnett of the salamander hand and the backward aging – wild fucking case, that one. A newer case file had been slightly more difficult to get her hands on, but Holly up on the fourth floor worked in records and was a friend and had sent her the file via interoffice mail; a doozy involving a giant hallucinogenic fungi that fed on the flesh of unsuspecting hikers. And, it appeared, Special Agents of the FBI.

The first thing she pulled was the car rental requisition form from the old case, which had both agent’s signatures, and slid them under the microscope. First Mulder’s signature, and then, just out of curiosity, Scully’s. Her eyes rove over the individual letters, cataloging the slants; the broad strokes, the slender; the height and widths of loops, stems and baselines. From what she knew of Mulder back then, what she saw all tracked; physical frustration in the “M,” high self-esteem in the cross of the “F.” She didn’t know Scully well, then or now, but the “Y” of her last name pegged her as someone slow to trust and socially selective. Interesting.

Then Henderson pulled a page from the newer case – this a handwritten account – most likely written from the hospital bed, as she could see right away that it had been written while in a prone position – of the events that led up to the agents’ hospitalization and the case of the missing North Carolina hikers. And what a comparison!

Henderson swore under her breath.

“Change” wasn’t the right word for what had happened to these people according to their own handwriting. They’d transformed. Gone was the doubt in Scully, the resistance to change Henderson saw in the swoops, replaced by subtle variations indicating a quantum shift in the woman’s outlook and demeanor. And her “Y’s” and “G’s,” Henderson practically had to start fanning herself. The newly attained long wide lower loops that extended deeply into the lower zone using heavy pen pressure practically shouted her relatively newfound physical drives that were now strong and deep, speaking to a renewed sexual energy and imagination.

And then there was Mulder, good Christ. As awoken a beast as his own partner.

And if their pencraft didn’t speak to whom their newfound lustiness was aimed, the words of their reports certainly did. Mulder’s particularly. The man was in love. It was as obvious in the words that he wrote in the report as it was in his handwriting.

Henderson actually took a look over her shoulder as she was reading between the lines of the case file in front of her, secondhand embarrassment looming large. Dear God, did their superiors see what she did? The water cooler rumor mill certainly did, but that was true of any and all of the male-female agent pairings regardless of whether or not there was any truth behind the gossip.

She suddenly felt like a voyeur, and with only a moment’s hesitation, she pulled the papers out from under her microscope and slid them back into the file, sealing both into the interoffice envelope that Holly had sent down with a couple of quick twirls of red string.

Flushed, she stood and walked out of the lab at a clip, heading straight for the elevator bank.

Holly seemed surprised when she looked up and found her friend standing there, and she took the large manila envelope Henderson was holding out with a concerned expression.

“Marcia,” she said. “That was quick. Did I send the wrong one?”

Henderson shook her head, feeling a sense of relief when the other agent took the files out of her hands. “No,” she said quickly, forcing a smile. “Just changed my mind. I got a new case that just came in. Won’t have time for extracurriculars.”

“Ah,” said Holly, appeased.

“Coffee date on Friday?” Henderson asked her friend, who quickly and happily accepted.

Business complete, Henderson walked out of the office and over to the elevator bank, surprised when the doors opened just as she was about to push the call button. Before she could step in, out stepped the two people that had roused such a reaction in her not ten minutes before, heads inclined towards one another, no one else existing outside their little microcosm of two.

She opened her mouth to greet them but thought better of it, stepped on the newly empty elevator and pressed the button for her floor. Perhaps, she thought, she should stick to forensics after all.

[spaciousreasoning]

Books and Lunch and Wandering

It was not as cold last night as the previous night, and a tiny bit warmer today. The sun was out early, at least coming through the clouds and not hidden by dense fog. At one point in the afternoon it almost felt warm enough to take off my jacket. That did not last long, though.

This morning’s blood sugar was only down a point, to 150. Following our coffee and brain games, we had oatmeal for breakfast once again. Nancy decided the new coffee she had gotten wasn’t quite as strong as she had hoped, so she’ll mix it with the other kind.

I called Tsunami Books this morning to order a couple of tickets for the Cheryl Wheeler/Kenny White concert at Unity of the Valley Church on Saturday, Feb. 8. I’ve seen her twice before, both times in Arizona, and I’m looking forward to this upcoming show.

Once we enjoyed another hot shower—it really helps take the chill off— we drove over to Tsunami Books to pick up the tickets and check out the bookstore. It’s a much more friendly place than the Smith Family Bookstore, and much less overwhelming and confusing. We bought a book on “off the beaten path” sites in Oregon and one on dealing with grief that Nancy wants to pass on to Joan.

Then we decided on lunch and found a nearby Cornucopia. We’ve been several times to the one on Main Street in Springfield, and this was one of two in Eugene. The menu was the same and we enjoyed burgers and tots.

We drove to over to Kendall Subaru next to see if we could find an answer to why the car was having trouble connecting to the iPhone and why the map seemed to be lagging behind and not keeping up with us as we drove around. Richard, the tech guy, wasn’t on duty today, but the fellow who greeted us confirmed that sometimes the phone might need to be rebooted, and, yes, the cold might have something to do with the weirdness as well.

While waiting for Nancy’s 3:30 p.m. chiropractic appointment we did a little wandering around, checking out some neighborhoods near downtown Springfield. Then we visited Dorris Ranch and checked out the Living History Village, a small part of the place we had never seen before.

When we got home after Nancy’s appointment, the mail brought me a big batch of paperwork from the eye center to fill out before my surgery next Tuesday. They will call a couple of days before to give me the exact time to show up. It could be as early as 6:30 a.m. Then there is a follow-up on the same day at 3:45 p.m., and a second follow-up on Monday, Feb. 17, at 10:50 p.m. I already picked up the prescription for the eye drops that have to be administered for four weeks, four times a day the first week, one day less each week following.

I headed out to the Tuesday men’s recovery meeting at 6:15 p.m., after first picking up Henry. There were at least two dozen of us present, and the reading was about “Illness,” which many of us suffer from, of course, and not just addiction. I won’t make next week’s meeting because of my cataract surgery, but only because I won’t be doing any driving that day.

When I got home, Nancy had a simple dinner, since we had indulged in a late lunch again today. Along with a nice salad of mixed greens and tomatoes, with a tasty balsamic dressing, there was cheese and cracker and hummus. For dessert, of course, there was one chocolate chip cookie.

This evening’s streaming started with the Monday Colbert show, which featured the three hosts from Pod Save America—Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, and Jon Lovett—discussing the events of the inauguration with Stephen. Then we watched two more episode of “Still Standing,” in which Jonny Harris visited two communities in British Columbia, Harrison Hot Springs, famous for its namesake resort and healing waters and their other claim to fame, the elusive Sasquatch, and Lumby, which lost hundreds of jobs and many businesses with the closure of three lumber mills, and is now hopefully emerging with a diverse economy that includes arts, culture, and a “pot for pets” business.

[arock7304]

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[redraspberryleaf]

In the past 24 hours I have:

1. Made and dropped off at my neighborhood station a replica of the official fire department shirts in my city but bastardized as a Sasquatch Fire Department version with the crest and everything (because one of the firefighters has a giant sexy bigfoot on their truck and deserves to be bullied)

2. Recieved my bachelors degree in the mail even though I have not graduated yet

3. Had a mouse JUMP ONTO MY LITERAL FUCKING FACE ONLY AN INCH AWAY FROM MY MOUTH and now I think im somehow cured of my fear of mice???!!

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME

[bradleyknoxfmp]

For the poster for my FMP I decided to go for an old blurry photograph, inspired by the supposed photos of the Loch Ness Monster and Big Foot and photos of UFO’s.

My creature is an urban legend that many people don’t think exist similar to the Loch Ness Monster and Big Foot so I think having a low quality photograph as the poster would be appropriate and on theme.

The famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster was taken by gynaecologist Kenneth Wilson. It was published in the Daily Mail on April 21st 1934 where it was known as the ‘surgeon’s photo’ as Kenneth Wilson did not want his name linked with the photograph.

The photo was revealed to be a hoax 57 years later in 1991. The photo was actually a toy submarine built by a man called Christian Spurling, the son in law of Marmaduke Wetherell a 1930’s screenwriter. Christian admitted it was a hoax at the age of 93.

Bigfoot or otherwise known as Sasquatch is a prominent figure in North America and Canadian folklore.

The famous image of the Sasquatch is actually from a film from 1967 that the film makers say was a real recording of Bigfoot. The footage was shot in North Carolina and has had many people attempt to debunk or prove its legitimacy.

The footage is a 3 minute long motion picture of the North Carolinian wildlife and someone riding a horse around the two minute mark the person behind the camera notices the walking ape and runs towards it to get a better shot. Because of the low quality and shakiness when the person starts running it’s hard to get an actual look at the supposed Bigfoot and therefore could easily be a man in a gorilla costume.

[sasquatchmail-blog1]

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[castielafflicted]

I'm finally done. I'm also barely high anymore and that's disappointing.

Rating of every single schoolhouse rock song under the cut :3

Multiplication Rock 6/10 overall Three is a Magic Number: 3/10 My Hero, Zero: 5/10 Elementary, My Dear: 2/10 for the christianity 3/10 for enjoyability The Four-Legged Zoo: 4/10 Ready or Not, Here I Come: 8/10 I Got Six: 6/10 Lucky Seven Sampson: 5/10 Figure Eight: 7/10 Naughty Number Nine: 8/10 The Good Eleven: 6/10 The Little Twelvetoes: 7/10

Grammar Rock 8/10 overall A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing: 5/10 Verb: That's What's Happening: 7/10 Conjunction Junction: 10/10 my fucking beloved Interjections!: 7/10 Unpack Your Adjectives: 6/10 Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here: 8/10 Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla: 11/10 for the pronouns 9/10 for the song Busy Prepositions: 8/10 The Tale of Mr. Morton: 7/10

America Rock 1/10 for content and propaganda 6/10 for enjoyability No More Kings: 1/10 for propaganda 8/10 for enjoyability The Shot Heard 'Round the World: 2/10 for being about america 7/10 for enjoyability The Preamble: 1/10 for content 5/10 for enjoyability Sufferin' till Suffrage: 1/10 for how white centric it is 3/10 for enjoyability I'm Just a Bill: he's just a bill 10/10 The Great American Melting Pot: 5/10 for being very idealistic and not realistic in the all are accepted vibe it gives 7/10 for enjoyability Elbow Room: 1/10 for fucking yikes as hell 3/10 for enjoyability Fireworks: 1/10 for fuck america 4/10 because they did actually have fireworks in 1776 and 6/10 for enjoyability Mother Necessity: 1/10 edison didnt invent the lightbulb and elias how didnt invent the sewing machine 5/10 at least most of the rest were right but im too high to figure out like a third of them 8/10 for enjoyability Three-Ring Government: 3/10 for functionality 10/10 for accuracy about our govt being a circus 4/10 for enjoyability I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College: 1/10 for being about something fucking stupid 2/10 for enjoyability Presidential Minute/The Campaign Trail: 1/10 fuck this 3/10 for enjoyability

Science Rock 6/10 A Victim of Gravity: 5/10 Interplanet Janet: 6/10 The Body Machine: 7/10 didnt demonize food Do the Circulation: 5/10 The Energy Blues: 8/10 Them Not-So-Dry Bones: 2/10 i forgot about the religion themes until now 8/10 milk propaganda 5/10 for enjoyability Electricity, Electricity: 8/10 Telegraph Line: 7/10 The Greatest Show on Earth/The Weather Show: 7/10

Computer Rock 3/10 this sucked Introduction: 4/10 why is his friend a computer Hardware: 3/10 Software: 2/10 Number Cruncher: 4/10

Money Rock 3/10 Dollars and Sense: 3/10 Tax Man Max: 1/10 for implying they fix roads with taxes 5/10 for enjoyability Where the Money Goes: 1/10 for reminding me about poverty 3/10 for enjoyability $7.50 Once a Week: 1/10 for reminding me about prices 3/10 for enjoyability Tyrannosaurus Debt: 1/10 hell world hell country hell money 2/10 for enjoyability This for That: 4/10 Walkin' on Wall Street: 2/10 evil The Check's in the Mail: 5/10 i don't know where my checkbook is

Earth Rock i couldn't find an english version of the music videos so I'm watching the french version I found on the internet archive while listening to the songs on youtube 8/10 it fucks Report from the North Pole: 7/10 The Little Things We Do: 6/10 The Trash Can Band: 9/10 im in love with this vibe You Oughta Be Savin' Water: 10/10 The Rainforest: 9/10 Save the Ocean: 8/10 Fat Cat Blue: The Clean Rivers Song: 8/10 A Tiny Urban Zoo: 7/10 Solar Power to the People: 6/10 Windy and the Windmills: 5/10 Don't Be a Carbon Sasquatch: 7/10 The 3 R's: 1/10 why the fuck is there a real person why is this different its a real music video and isnt included in my earth rock rating. why does it use part of three is the magic number this is so fucking weird and very 2009 and is such a different vibe that i hate it

at 500 followers im going to finish watching supernatural.

[runwithwolvcs]

Addicted to You

three - Bad Habit

Smuttish

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As much as she loved animals, Sulli had finally come to terms with the downside of being a veterinarian. Helping injured animals made her happy, she loved seeing the smiles on their owners faces when she gave them good news. But seeing the animals that couldn’t be helped, or the ones that were surrendered to the clinic because the owners didn't realise how hard it was to take care of animals, or worse, because they just didn’t want them anymore, broke her heart.

Sulli wished she could take them all home with her to love and adore them the way they deserved, but that was just a fantasy. 

“Hey babes, you’ve got mail.” She heard Kaycee call out to her as she shut the front door.

Sulli collected the mail for her from the table in the entry way as she walked into the living room. She nearly groaned out loud as she noticed Collin cuddled up to her best friend, and Brady sat stretched out on the adjacent couch.

“We were just about to start a movie, do you want to join us?” Kaycee asked her with a smile.

“Is it Teen Wolf?” She jabbed, causing Collin to glare at her. Guess he hadn’t informed Kaycee of his extracurricular activities.

Kaycee laughed and asked, “No, why is that the first movie that came to mind?”

“Dunno.” She shrugged,  “I’ll be upstairs.”

Sulli picked up her cat, Tommy, from underneath his little heat lamp that was meant for the plants littered throughout the living room. It was his favourite spot to wait for her in. Even with the many cat trees scattered throughout the house, he never looked happier than when he was under the lamp or in Sullis arms.

She brought him up to her room and carefully placed him on the small cat tree in her room.

Sulli sat on her bed sifting through the mail that was hers. Only one letter caught her attention. She carefully opened the envelope and took out the paper. It was a classic white letter sheet, with a handwritten letter. The little drawings caught her eye and she couldn't help but smile. She turned her head to the door as two soft knocks sounded throughout the room. 

“Can I come in?” Brady asked as he poked his head in. He didn't wait for a response and let himself in, a look of concern on his face as his eyes drifted down to the letter in her hands, he grimaced and wrang out his fingers.

She rolled her eyes, turning her attention back to the letter in her hand. She read it quickly and let out a shaky sigh. She quickly wiped the lone tear that had fallen before standing up and placing the letter on the desk in her room. 

“I need to change.” She muttered, trying to keep her tone even. She didn't want to cry in front of him. She didn't want to seem weak, because she wasn’t. She was tired, tired of people pushing her around for no reason. As if she didn't get that enough when she was a teenager.

“Nothing I haven't seen before.” He quipped, sitting on the edge of her bed where she had just been sitting.

She scoffed, “You have a lot of fucking nerve”

“Sulli, I--” He started to defend himself.

“Brady,” She stopped him, bringing her hands up to her face to prevent herself from losing it at him. She still considered him a friend, even if what he was doing was cowardly,  “I’ve had a hard day and I really don’t want to do this right now.”

Brady looked at her with concern, and suggested, “How ‘bout we go for a ride, just you and me?”

“You said that you were told--” She started, only to be cut off.

“I know,” He grabbed her waist and guided her towards where he sat on his bed, “But I can’t stand to see you cry, Sulli.”

“I’m not crying.” She brooded. Though her voice and sniffles told another story.

“I’ll take you to Cows and you can get your usual chocolate chip cookie dough cone, hows that sound?” He offered as she pulled off her top and untied her pants.

“Sounds like coercion.” She said, stepping out of her scrub pants, “Besides, I think I’m in a Sasquatch Trails mood.”

Brady watched her undress, leaning back on his hands, and with a grin he stated,“Whatever you want, babe.”

------

“So, you know our secret.” Brady asked, looking for confirmation. 

The ride between the ice cream shop and his house had been filled with questions avoiding the topic. Though she could tell he was dying to ask. Now, as they sat on the porch of his home, looking out at the stars that she really gets to see in Forks, he must’ve felt more comfortable asking. Or maybe it was because she had ice cream in her system.

“Mhm.” She hummed, and continued to slowly eat her ice cream cone. Brady had opted for a cup as the driver of their ice cream run. They had been going back and forth sharing their own preferred icecreams. Sulli knew that he got cookie dough because she had mentioned it was her favourite early on in their friendship, it was a nice gesture.

She handed him the cone and he showed his self restraint by not wolfing it down. She giggled at the thought as he handed it  back.

“How do you know exactly?” Brady asked, giving her a spoonful of his ice cream. 

“Before I went into foster care, I stayed with Sue Clearwater. She's my aunt.” She explained, licking her lips free of excess ice cream. 

Brady gave her a shocked look, “Sue told you?”

“No, Leah and Paul did.” She corrected with a shake of her head,  “Well, they showed me.”

Brady nodded, before asking, “And you haven't told anyone?”

“Not a single soul,” Sulli confirmed. She knew how important it was, even if she didn’t exactly care about the pack, she knew they couldn't control their genetics. Why make their lives hell just because hers was? She sighed and slumped down in her seat,   “Unlike them, I keep my promises.”

“Paul--” Brady started and Sulli rolled her eyes at the name before cutting him off.

“I don’t care, Brady.” She tutted, “And you shouldn’t let him tell you what to do, it makes you look like a pansy.”

“He's kind of the last person on earth I’d want to piss off.” He mentioned with a laugh, “Though, this probably will.”

“Seems like tomorrow's issue.” She said licking her ice cream cone suggestively.

He watched intently before looking down at his cup and stabbing the remainder of his icecream with his spoon, “Sulli, I want to, I do. But we really can’t.”

“Why? He’ll already be pissed off at you.” She asked, but the look on his face, one of regret and pain made her concede, “Fine.”

“We can still break in that blanket you got me. It really does help.” He suggested.

“Six feet apart?” She mocked.

Brady laughed boyishly, “No, I'll need to keep you warm. I know how cold you get.”

“Deal.” She grinned at the compromise. Pulling out her phone quickly, Sulli texted Kaycee to let her know that she would not be coming home for the night. She knew her best friend would take care of Tommy just as well as she could for the night. She slid her phone back into her pocket before Brady grabbed her hand and let her upstairs to his room. He shared a house with Collin and for two boys in their twenties, it was extremely well kept. Even his room was quite clean, with only a few items of clothes thrown about. 

He grabbed the folded duvet off of his dresser, “You might need this.” Brady dropped it onto the bed and spread it along the edge of the bed, so that she could reach for it if necessary.

They two got into bed together and Sulli immediately knew she would be too cold as she inched closer to him. Brady wrapped his arm around her, the two as close as they could be, before he switched on the little tv on his wall and threw on the Movie Network. She knew it would just be background noise while they talked over it. It always was.

“You’re so warm.” She murmured, sliding her hand underneath his sweatshirt as she laid her head on his chest. The feeling of his skin radiating a comforting heat onto her hand made her crave more. She was glad the cooling blanket worked well enough for him though, she could barely feel it saddled up next to him. She couldn't imagine how hot he was underneath the duvet.

“Sulli,” He whispered softly.

She looked at him with a serious look, her hand stopping its travels on his solid abdomen, “Say no and I’ll stop.”

“And if I don't?” He asked with a cocked eyebrow. They were both losing this ‘no sex’ battle. Though there were more consequences for him than Sulli. 

“I want you, Brady.” She whispered. Sulli almost cringed outwardly at how desperate she sounded. The heat pooling between her legs stopped her from caring, her needs were more important in that moment than her pride.

She gasped as he flipped their position without notice. As she looked up at Brady, the want was clear in his eyes.  “I’m practically a dead man walking at this point,” He stated with a chuckle,  “What's one more nail in the coffin?”

“Are you sure?” She asked. A part of her felt guilty to put him in this position, but the feeling of his hips pressing into her own reassured her that he was just as wanton as she was.

“I regret not keeping you to myself.” He muttered. Brady stroked her hair out of her face and behind her ear, before softly mumbling, “It’ll be like closure.”

“Hey,” She said, bringing her hand up to cup his cheek with a sly smile,  “I get it, sort of. They’re like family to you, but I still want to be friends with you. No matter what Paul says, he can't take you away from me. Not if you don't let him get to you.”

 “I’ll try.” He said earnestly, before grinning as he added, “You’re like the coolest girl I've ever met.”

“I don’t need the flattery, Brady.” She chewed on her lip as she arched her back, pressing their chest together. The throbbing between her legs almost painful, “I just want you to fuck me.”

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“Goodmorning,” she whispered, throwing her leg over his body to straddle him. It was official, Sulli had succumbed to her heat addiction. She never wanted to feel cold again. “You’re alive,” She teased, brushing his dark locks out of his eyes.

He hummed in delight, “I like waking up like this.”

Brady's hand travelled her spine, causing goosebumps to raise across her body. “I can tell.” murmured softly. She could feel how hard she was, and she knew how easy it would be to slip him into her if she wanted to. Just one dip of her hips and the tip would slide right into her heat. She trusted Brady enough to not get tested for STDs but not enough to let him enjoy her raw. Sulli dipped her head down and pressed a kiss to his lips, pulling away slightly to ask, “Do you have work this morning?”

The door to his bedroom flung open, surprising both of them. Brady had been too focused on the slick heat she was pooling near his length as he resisted taking her right then and there, to hear anybody coming up the stairs.

“Brady, you’re--” A man's voice interrupted, the tone of disbelief had her looking over her shoulder to see who was speaking, just as the man muttered, “Oh, he’s going to kill you.”

“Jared!” Brady shouted, but he seemed more concerned about the unnamed man not seeing Sulli naked.  He wrapped her in the duvet as she sat up, still warm from their body temperatures melding together underneath the sheets. Brady grabbed his boxers and slipped them on clumsily before sitting next to her on the  bed. She inched closer to him to seek out more of his heat. 

In all honesty, she was hoping for a third round before her next shift at the clinic.

“God, you are so dramatic.” She groaned, “We were just sleeping.”

“Sulli,” Brady shook his head, with a serious look on his face. As if he was telling her to be quiet. 

She didn't even know who this man was and it felt like he was judging her. Judging them. All because some guy from ten years ago has some weird sense of entitlement over her. 

“No, I’m allowed to sleep with, and fuck, whoever I want.” She shot back at him, narrowing her eyes at the man who had barged in, “Who even are you?”

“Jared.” He said politely, looking toward Sulli who had stood on her knees to grab Brady's sweater from the edge of the bed. Tossed aside from the night before. His eyes widened as he took in her lack of clothes,  “And you’re naked.”

He turned to look away, swearing under his breath. She giggled at his uncomfortableness. 

“He’s Paul's best friend,” Brady said. He had put on a pair of gym shorts, but was still without a shirt. With every honest answer, he just got hotter and hotter. She knew she liked him for a reason.

“Best friend, huh?” She questioned Jared, “So you know all about his sex life?”

“Unfortunately.” He grimaced.

Sulli smirked, asking, “Right, so has he ever fucked any of your friends?”

“No,” He said quickly.

“But he fucked Jacobs sister.” Brady countered. Sulli grinned at the newfound confidence her friend had pulled together before Brady added, “Pretty sure he still is.”

Jareds eyes widened as he looked at Sulli to the younger boy, “Brady!”

Bingo!

That was all the information Sulli needed. How was Paul going to tell Brady to stay away from her when he was fucking his own friends sister?! In her books, that was arguably worse. He didn't even really know Sulli, and she definitely didn’t know him. Only bits of memory from her eleventh birthday and Christmas had been ingrained in her mind, that was it.

“Thanks, Brady, now all you need to do is grow a pair.” She said sweetly, patting him on the shoulder before turning back to Jared with a scowl, “And you can tell Paul hes a fucking hypocrite and that he doesn’t know me like he thinks he does.”

The older boy laughed, “You can tell him yourself at the bonfire.”

“Jared,” Brady shook his head, a silent conversation happening between the two boys.

Jared sighed in annoyance, “You didn’t do it, did you?”

“Do what?” Sulli asked him in confusion.

“He was supposed to ask you to come,” The older boy explained, adding,  “Your friends coming so you might as well tag along,”

Her lips parted at the mention of Kaycee attending, no doubt in her mind that she would be going with Collin. The way Jared had mentioned it so nonchalantly made her blood boil. She didn't care that Kaycee was going, that's another argument, for another day. 

The idea of begging her best friend to ditch the wolf she was currently shacking up with had crossed her mind, but that would just make her a hypocrite considering whose bed she woke up in.

“Fuck you, I’m not going.” Sulli swore at Jared before turning to Brady and pointing an angry finger at him, “And fuck you, thats the only reason you were over yesterday, wasn’t it?”

“Yeah, but I wasn’t going to ask you.” He said honestly. She knew he was telling the truth, she could see the desperation to be believed on his face.

“You weren’t?” Jared asked with a cocked eyebrow as he folded his arms over his chest, “You told Paul you would.”

Of course he did. She was almost stunned by the idea, but the fact that Brady didn’t follow through and instead actively tried, and succeeded in making her day better is what stopped her from lunging at him in anger. She was aware of the bounty that would be on his head once it got out that Jared had found them naked in bed together, and now that he had apparently failed to do what was asked of him, she could only imagine how much worse it would be once Paul found out.

“She was crying, bro.” Brady said as shook his head. 

“I’m going home,” Sulli said in disbelief. She no longer wanted to listen to this conversation, glaring at Brady as she told him, “Text me when you’ve cut the cord, Brady.”

[lotzzoforangezoutside]

135 X-Files fanfic, w/ summaries

I...missed Summer 2022 masterlist somehow. Oops.

OG series

Season 1

Jeer: Mulder visiting the Boys.

Unicorn Sightings Scully visits Mulder's apartment for the first time.

The Warranty: Scully gets a watch.

My Little Friend: Mulder buys a watch.

Like Birds on High: Post "Beyond the Sea", Mulder recovering in the hospital.

The Jinx: Mulder and Scully traps in a high school gym.

Season 2

The Jar A social visit at the Gunmen.

Clays: Set during "Red Museum", Mulder and Scully eats BBQ.

The Sushi Dinner: Mulder and Scully go out for sushi.

The Piece of Information: Skinner and Mulder talk about his partners.

Too Early to Tell: Mulder visits Scully at her mother’s, set after Scully’s abduction.

Season 3

Set!: Conversation and a card game.

Loud: living habits, sharing hotel rooms.

What to Do with April Showers: A little fun to be had at the office.

A Waste of a Nose: Mulder's finds his favorite perfume.

Cabana Bar: Scully has a date this weekend.

Modeling: Mulder draws Scully a bath.

Season 4

A Freaky Fairy Tale: Post "Small Potatoes," door’s kicked, eddies’ booked, what’s next?

Lunch A: Never in a million years did she ever think she would be having lunch, at a cafeteria, in a middle school, with Fox Mulder sitting right across from her and drinking chocolate milk.

Unspoken: Set during "Home".

Surefire Tell-Tale Signs: Hotel room etiquette

Superstitious: A Friday the 13th story.

The Prince in the Blue Plastic Chair: Set during cancer arc, Mulder and the waiting room.

TCB: Post Never Again, Sequel to The Game.

Season 5

Lucky: Mulder has a chat with Frohike.

Things We Don’t Talk About: post bad-blood, Mulder talks to Scully about the case.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: At first, he dreads seeing unfamiliar phone numbers, set during cancer arc.

I Count the Moments, Darling: Post "Kill Switch".

Pioneer Club: Mulder gets a piece of mail and Scully is intrigued.

The Love Song of Prime: Mulder sees Scully kissing another man.

Post Fight the Future

Fireworks: Fourth of July, 1998.

A Prayer: Set during the movie, the Gunmen breaking Byers out.

Season 6

Three Inches: Make a big difference.

Bedside Manners: Dr. Scully and her bedside manners.

Aquadina: Post "Agua Mala." Mulder recovers.

Fooling: just fluff.

The Best-Laid Plans: Mulder's best plans.

Counting: A celebration. Happy one-year.

Juvenile: Being young again.

Apart: Scully gets picked up at the airport after a mini vacation.

After the Dream It was all a dream, or was it not?

Bachelor Pad: Fox Mulder and his bachelor pad.

Sweet Revenge: Mulder's getting his revenge.

Siren and the Sailor: Mulder calls his friends to express some gratitude.

True Lies: Doodling in the meeting.

Cafeteria: Pre "the Unnatural", Scully getting her ice cream.

First Summer: Lovers in summer time.

Summer School: Another seminar for Mulder and Scully.

Strings: Another afternoon in the bullpen.

Scully’s Arched Eyebrow: Mulder has a little misunderstanding about trees.

The Cross: The items to turn one on.

The Investment: Mulder visits the FBI accountants.

The Sasquatch’s Club Rob and Laura goes shopping.

Five Boxes: Mulder helps Scully get rid of some boxes.

The Crush: Mulder calls Scully while they’re a continent apart.

Season 7

Bloody Tuesday: Post "All Things," The morning after.

Caddyshack: Post Je Souhaite. Popcorn and a movie date.

The Last Moments of October: Halloween, 1999.

Kitten: post "Je Souhaite", Mulder and Scully talk about his wish.

Morning Person: He thinks everything about her is adorable, and that’s not because he’s in love with her.

Minty Fresh: A good thing after waking up.

Calling Baby Sisters: Scully gets a phone call.

Seven Seven Forty-Nine: Mulder has a dream.

Season 8

Hard-boiled Eggs "He’d punched people for far less."

Losing Grey Matter: Nighttime, in the household with a newborn.

How the Stars Stole the Night Away: Mulder comes home, but is it really him?

Jupiter: Mulder sings a lullaby.

Season 9

Mother’s Advice Mulder following his mother’s advice.

The Motel Guide for the Wanderlust: Mulder writes a book.

Season 9+

All the Moms in the World (are the Same): Mom and Mulder.

Delta Glen: the ultimate road trip of seeing America.

Simple Maintenance: Visiting mom.

Homes Away: Life on the run. For fun.

Infinity: Healing is being understood.

Mulch: Mulder digs a garden.

Home Improvement: Making improvements on the remarkable house.

The Project: Mulder learns to bake.

Gossip Folks: Working with the enigmatic Dr. Dana Scully...

The Big Four Zero: Scully turns 40.

Nighttime Intermissions: Scully hears a sound and Mulder investigates.

Shells: Life on the run. A road trip without a destination.

Slipper Hero: In the unremarkable house, Mulder waits for Scully to come home.

Just in Case: December 21, 2012. The end of the world is coming.

Revival Period

The Records: A busy day at the records office.

Wizard: The woes of being a superhero.

Unspecific Time:

3x-13: Three stories about comforts.

Sympathy: Mulder and Scully visits a museum.

Lounging: Summer solstice is the longest day of the year.

Lass: School fun.

Packing: Scully learns how to pack.

Designated: It’s not like they’ve never drank together.

Smitten: It's hard not to be smitten with Dana Scully.

The Riddle: Mulder tries to guess Scully’s screen name.

Preparedness is the Mother of Luck: Staying over at Mulder's.

Eureka Springs: one bed.

Reruns: Mulder spends some time in his apartment after an injury; Scully visits.

Puppy Love: Mulder muses about Scully's hand.

Born-Again: The first time story.

Regulars: Mulder and Scully make a bet.

Funraiser: Putting the fun in church function.

Fools in the Summertime: Mulder is under the weather.

The Lavender Soap: Mulder walks down memory lane.

Ask and You Shall Receive: How Mulder got his partner.

Sensible: Mulder and Scully’s shoes.

Emily AU:

Bossy: Emily is a bossy little girl.

A Practice: Emily studies for a vocab quiz.

Mutt: Emily draws a picture.

Extra, Extra, Extra: Emily gets a toy.

Compliments: Aunt Tara visits.

Bedtime: The bedtime routine.

The Swing: Emily gets a swing.

Ultrasound: Scully gets a prenatal check-up.

Open House: Going to an open house.

Emily and the Giant Pumpkin: Uncle Charlie sends his love.

Cricket Universe:

Frog: William and Mulder talks about girls.

The Sea Monsters of the Atlantic Ocean: The Scully-Mulder's take a trip to the beach.

The Carousel Slide Projector: Family game time.

The Love Interview : Cricket interviews daddy about the love of his life.

Granpes: An old fool meets a smart child.

Cricket’s Best Friend: Mulder observes his daughter’s friend.

Coral: Coral is for the 35th year.

Cool: William gets his 19th birthday present.

Jacksons AU:

Here Come the Mulders: A typical afternoon.

Fire Fear: How Mulder got in trouble with his boys.

Divergence series:

Stonehenge: Season 7 split, before “All Things”.

St. Marks: Season 6 split, post “Unnatural”.

The Old Man’s Choice: The Smoking Man intervenes.

The Romantic’s Choice: Frohike to the rescue.

The Girls’ Choice: A boy’s imaginary friends.

A Mother’s Choice: Scully changes her mind.

The Witnesses’ Choice: Will think something’s funny about his parents.

The Caller’s Choice: William comes home after a phone call.

AU

The Daifu: Summer in Northern China, mid 1800's.  A young, new doctor and his best lost girl.

Marrying Superman: Getting married, post-colonization style.

[arock7304]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: 🔥Retro Bigfoot Believer Silhouette Sasquatch Hide And Seek Black T- Sz L-NWT..

[stjohnstarling]

What follows is, by request, a list of all the titles by category of the books in the example images in my niche romance novel subgenre uquiz. I wish you joy of them

Orc Romance: The Lady and the Orc by Finley Fenn, Her Orc Warrior by Tessa Drake, Orc Brides (Books 1-3) by Tara Phillips, Obscene Orcs (Books 1-3) by Ruby Rivas

Bigfoot Romance: Seduced by Bigfoot and Ravaged by the Yeti by Roche-Poesy, Surrendering to the Sasquatch by Maddy McNeel, Cum for Bigfoot (Volume One) by Virginia Wade, Finding Love and Bigfoot (The Critter Getter Series Book 2) by Allee Mae

Bear Shifter Biker Gangs: Daddy Biker Bear by Roxie Ray, Road Bears (Grit and Growl Book 1) by Becca Fanning, Grizzly Bear Biker by Sky Winters, Next Door Biker Bear by Brittany White

Billionaire Dragon Shifters: Billionaire Dragon’s Nanny (Irish Dragon Shifter Brothers) by Brittany White, Billionaire Dragon - Dragon Mansion by Jada Cox, Billionaire Dragon’s Secretary (Dragon Planet Romance Book 3) by Lynne Murray, Billionaire Dragon’s Mate (Treasure Lane Dragons) by Anya Nowlan

Sea Turtle Shifters (unusual animal shifters): Coming Out of His Shell by J. D. Light, Matched to His Dolphin (an M/M Shifter Dating App Romance) by Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar, Taken by the Shark (a Shifter Romance Like No Other) by Jane Rowe, The Crocodile Shifter’s Bride (a Paranormal Mail Order Marriage Romance for Adults) by Jane Rowe

Kidnapped by the Alien Warlord: The Alien’s Kidnapped Omega by Sienna Sway, Alien Warrior Unbeated (Galaxy Games) by Ava Ross, GRR! (Warriors of Gr’Mlakin Series) by Zeta Star, Captive of the Horde King by Zoey Draven

Clean and Wholesome Romance (For Christians): A Godsent Bride Lands in His Arms by Chloe Carley, Matched and Married by Kathleen Fuller, A Nanny for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart, A Brave Soldier Arriving at her Ranch by Lydia Olson

Every one one these books was chosen on the basis of 1. how funny I thought the title was and 2. how visually distinct the covers were. I have not read them and in no way do I vouch for their contents.

[couragethedogfan]

Ask Me Your Fantasy Sh$t

Advice

Dear Eric,

Let me be blunt. I’m 95% certain that I have a Sasquatch living in my garden. My husband thinks it’s all in my head, but there’s a paw print by our vegetable patch that could fit a whole dog! In fact, that’s where I found Spot earlier this morning. He’s much better now. He’s a good boy. These are my questions:

First, how can I convince my husband that Sasquatch is in our garden?

And second; is he dangerous?

I’m especially concerned with what this will do to the value of our house. We’re planning to retire soon.

From, Worried Homeowner

P.S. I’ve enclosed several photos of the prints.

Dear Worried Homeowner,

Thanks for writing in!

These complaints are just what my new column, Ask Me Your Fantasy Shit, is for. Your print could very well belong to the legendary Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, since he’s known to have quite big feet.

But have no fear, as he he’s harmless. In fact, he’s mostly a loner. That said, a Sasquatch can have negative consequences on retail values.

Sasquatch may start in the garden, but he’s a curious beast who loves rummaging through cabinets and creaking up stairs. If he gets inside, and you have carpeting, he may never leave.

Therefore, I advise you move out at once!

To convince your husband before your real estate depreciates is tricky, but thankfully, I’ve dealt with Sasquatch skeptics before and found a strategy that works like a charm:

First, visit a costume shop and rent the ape suit.

Next, wait for your husband to stroll through your yard.

Roar with vigor.

Finally, flee. Flee fast and furiously.

He’ll be persuaded.

Warmly, Eric