#she was cute as a little thing but I feel she overstays her welcome

[hpmort]

out of all the annoyances of Nutdealer misgenderings, applying he/him to Chara and Kris is wild? Not only are both names, like feminine, but also they have both only been identified as they/them very clearly.

Both Dreemurr humans were around the societies that used they/them for them for years. If Frisk’s pronouns were any/any, then that might make sense, who knows. But the bizarre pattern of making the Dreemurr humans boys while having Frisk be female is really weird! Again, “Kris” and “Chara” are both girl names irl, while Frisk straight up isn’t a name.

The only fanwork I’ve encountered that decided that “yeah Frisk should be a guy and Chara should be a girl” (neither of which are canon (actually Frisk might be a he/they, who knows)!) was a Deltarune character swap AU thing where it turned out that they were Kris’s parents but Frisk murdered Chara and so the Dreemurs adopted Kris. They still made Kris a guy, though.

Anyways this just lead me to think that the infamous Deltarune fanfic Umriss should have bent Kris’ gender femwards rather than malewards, especially since the author didn’t even have the decency to let Kriselle spawn horrific abominations. They kept Noelle attracted to Susie, and I feel like she seems like a Predatory Lesbian™️ instead of some cringy doe who maybe wants a threesome or to be a swinger or something, but is too much of a loser to actually ask and so is either waiting on her crush or her wife to discuss it.

(Anyways, if Kris≠Chara then probably humans in the Nutdealer multiverse are hermaphrodites or something (we know that ghosts are dxab (designated nonbinary(X-gender at birth) based on Mad Mew Mew being referred to as they/them when they were Mad Dummy). If they are then it’d just be weird coincidence, or maybe split reincarnation or Chara somehow managing to convince the underground that all humans are nonbinary because they got a 20 on the associated persuasion check). This could also play into the theory that Ralsei exists as Kris’ ideal self, including gender, if humans are nonbinary by default. This has the bonus of upsetting everyone)

[onlymingyus]

Your Games Suck: Animal Crossing Edition (Teaser)

pairing; jeon wonwoo x kim mingyu x f reader

genre; smut (minors dni)

warnings; poly, dom!wonwoo, sub!mingyu, big dick!mingyu, unprotected sex, mild pet play, pet names, mlm, nipple play, fingering, spit play, hand on throat, thigh riding, grinding, scratching, marking, aftercare mentioned (if I have forgotten something let me know)

w/c; 5.9k and some change (507 this teaser)

requested; no

a/n; leave it to me to make minwon poly. I am not sorry. thank you to @wonwussy @onlyseokmins and @playmetheclassics for beta reading for me! and thank you to everyone for being patient and waiting just a little longer for this to be posted since I have been under the weather.

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“Mm, you talked Mingyu into playing Animal Crossing with you?” 

Smiling at Wonwoo’s voice you look up only to feel Mingyu start to move causing your smile to fade instantly. 

“Where are you going, Mingyu? I didn’t tell you that you had to move? You can keep holding her. Don’t make my Princess sad. I literally told you to come over here and keep her company, didn’t I?” 

Confusion evident on his face, Mingyu settles back against the pillows and the headboard allowing you to get comfortable between his legs once again. With a smile back on your face, you lean over your knees to kiss Wonwoo before resting your head back on Mingyu’s shoulder causing the man’s head to spin with what was happening. 

“I just–I figured with you home, you’d want her to yourself. I didn’t want to overstep. You know, overstay my welcome. Not that I’m not enjoying this. Cause I am…a lot.”

Smiling to himself, Wonwoo looks down at his hands rubbing his thumb along his palm as you go back to playing your game and Mingyu watches him cautiously. 

“I’d tell you if I wanted you to go. You’re fine, right where you are. Y/N loves that silly game. I never have time to play it with her. I’m glad you like it too, though I didn’t think you’d be into cutesy animal things, Mingyu.” 

Furrowing his brows, Mingyu scoffs at Wonwoo’s teasing as he looks back at the Switch in his hands. You smile glancing over your shoulder at Mingyu, and he is a goner knowing he can’t disappoint you. 

“Well, I–it’s kinda fun. It’s relaxing. Especially just laying here with Y/N like this. There’s not much to it. You can just rest and run around together.” 

Biting your lip you lift a brow and look at Wonwoo as if you say “told you so” causing the man to roll his eyes at your dramatics. 

“Mingyu is fun to play games like this with. He follows me around like a cute puppy. I like it. I can teach him how to play something for once.” 

Sighing into a resolved laugh, Mingyu starts to try to defend himself when you describe him as a cute puppy but one glance back from you stops him before he starts. Instead, the man just leans his head back against the headboard and sighs once again. 

Sitting near your and Mingyu’s legs, Wonwoo laughs at the exchange before lifting his hand to rub at the back of his neck when he meets his best friend’s eyes. He could tell that Mingyu was whipped for you, and he could understand the feeling. 

“It’s alright, Gyu. She’s got you wrapped around her little finger. It’s like she said…it’s cute.”

Rolling his eyes, Mingyu lays down his Switch at Wonwoo’s teasing feeling heat creeping up his neck and across his face. 

“Yeah yeah. I can take it from her, but…” 

“But what? You don’t like it when I tease you? I don’t think that’s true, is it…pup?” 

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[unnecessary-dinosaurs]

Ok! I watched Chaos Theory! I have a lot of thoughts! There were things I liked a lot and things I wasn’t a fan of. I generally liked it but came away slightly underwhelmed. If you haven’t watched it yet please go do so!!! Support the show and the wonderful crew that put it together!!!

SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT

WHAT I LIKED:

-MATEO!!! I literally loved him so much. A fantastic, simple character that doesn’t overstay his welcome or detract from our main characters. Great motivations and realistic backstory. Yeah. I really liked him. Yeah.

-Yasammy! Obviously they were amazing. They got to be cute and bubbly and gay but also their argument was so real and believable. Neither one of them is completely in the wrong. They are just two flawed people who’ve been through more than they can handle on their own. They need each other but not always in the way they might think. They were such a highlight this season. Can’t wait for more of them.

-This whole show just feels like a dramatic step up in visual storytelling from CC. The sets are beautiful and intricate, the lighting and textures are fantastic, and the directing is just really great. There are some really creative shots and transitions, and overall it just feels like more confident directing and storyboarding all around. (I specifically remember episode 7 being really great visually. Super fun stuff.)

-All the dinosaur action was great. Like next level shit. The way they keep finding creative ways to use these animals for action and suspense is very impressive. The raptors are genuinely scary. The Allosaurus and Pachyrhinosaurus were personal favs.

-Unlike Dominion, they actually showed what living in a world with dinosaurs is like- how people are adjusting to this new way of life, adapting to the presence of these animals, and keeping themselves safe. Totally what I wanted to see from Dominion, and Chaos Theory did it better within a single episode.

-There was some very well crafted suspense throughout this season. The mystery does a great job of constantly keeping you pulled in. Every time a question is answered, five more are asked.

-The darker tone is definitely welcome. The characters are older and they’ve experienced a terrible loss. The weight of the new world weighs on them and the audience in a very tangible way.

-This one isn’t really constructive but like. I just love Darius so much. He’s so perfect.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:

-Unfortunately I thought the character writing was significantly weaker than any season of CC. It was genuinely impressive how they were able to make me not care much about these versions of Ben and Kenji, my absolute favorite characters in CC. Before the characters felt like real, living people. Now, they just feel like fictional characters to me. Really good characters, yes, but still just characters. Maybe I’ll go into further detail about this in a future post. But yeah, overall it felt like the characters took a backseat this time around.

-I’m so sorry but I absolutely could not stand the new VA for Kenji. I’m sure he’s trying his best but he sounded uninterested and half-assed most of the time. Brooklynn’s new actor was… fine? Didn’t care for her either but she didn’t bug me the way Kenji did. Let’s start a GoFundMe to pay for Ryan to come back.

-Ok. Yeah. Not a fan of Darius being in love with B. Like, ok. It makes sense and it fits the plot well. But it just seems unnecessary. Darius can be devastated by her loss without it. Ehhh maybe they’ll handle it well in future seasons but. No. Not for me.

-Also didn’t like Daniel Kon’s death. I liked that they brought him back, but killing him felt undeserved. Like, he was the main antagonist for the first show, but you just kill him off in a random episode six years later? I think he deserved a little more reverence rather than reintroducing him for one episode and then quickly killing him for shock value once he’s served his purpose.

-WHY DID THEY GIVE BEN A GIRLFRIEND THAT BOY IS GAY AS HELL NOOOOO

[scarycranegame]

here's part 2 of my 50 follower special!! for people who've just joined us here, i present to you...

MY BEEFY DIE FANDOM OPINIONS MEME!! ft. an in-depth explanation of each entry

sorry for slightly off-model drawings, it was my first time drawing a lot of these guys so. bear with me LMAO

explanations under the cut!

favorite character:

okay you probably saw this one coming but. yes. the rumor come out. i enjoy yellow face immensely. and it's not just because hes a silly goober guy (even though he is that too); it's mostly because i think he fits my personal favorite character archetype of "morally dubious business guy who's at least a little bit mentally unstable" particularly well, specifically in the sense that he does it in a way that isn't the stereotypical "sophisticated mastermind bad-boy sexyman" schtick... like. he's weird. he's unapologetically weird. he's a very non-standard character design in a world of already unorthodox characters, and he manages to give off an ominous yet innocuous vibe without being too on-the-nose about it; and on top of that, the show doesn't even really take it too seriously, so it doesn't really overstay its welcome for me :) also i just think hes really cute lol

liked by everyone but me:

alright this is a really unpopular opinion.. i get why people like them, but i just. don't, personally. since x is in another entry i'm just gonna cover four here. for starters, i really don't like four's voice; it's the one "annoying" voice in the series that i just can't look past.. besides that, though, i feel like his redemption arc & sympathetic portrayal in post-split doesn't really make sense for his character? because he doesn't really seem to feel bad, and the rest of the characters just. instantly forgive him without any notion that he actually intends to improve as a person... and then he doesn't, because in tpo.t, he goes right back to hurting people the exact same way with absolutely no consequences or remorse; basically making that whole arc irrelevant. like.. something's not adding up here. either post split or tpo.t's portrayal is incorrect.

didn't like at first:

this one was kind of a tough choice for me because i don't remember ever genuinely disliking a contestant when i initially got into this show? but i can say that i did find gelatin to be kind of. annoying. and the best part is that it's for a really silly reason that, in retrospect, doesn't even make too much sense? like. okay i first got into this show in middle school, and my first ever season was b.fb, and when i first saw it i was a HUGE donut stan (part of me still is LOL); so when i saw him yelling at gelatin all the time i just sort of. inexplicably started disliking gelatin for absolutely no reason. literally that's it that's the whole reason i initially didn't like gelatin. anyways hes one of my favorite characters now and honestly i couldn't tell you why (also sorry hes. very poorly drawn in this image. it was my first time drawing a lot of these characters)

would like to know more about:

golfie!! i like her a lot; i related to her a bunch when i first watched the show (especially since my best friend at the time was basically a carbon copy of tennis ball), and i'm really intrigued by her need for constant control over everyone on any given team she's part of, and how she began her career in science/inventing! it seems interesting that more recent bfd.ia seems to make this dichotomy between her and tennis ball, suggesting that she's more skilled than he is and/or has been inventing things for longer than he has.. also ofcourse there's the whole science museum "bozo" debacle from i.dfb, which shouldn't come as a surprise in that it intrigues me just as much as everything else about her character... maybe that's why she's so obsessed with being in control? also who the hell was after her in that scene?

least favorite character

people are really not gonna like me for this, but i genuinely hate x with every fiber of my being LMAO.. while it is mostly for personal reasons, it's also because 1. much like four, i find his voice really annoying, and 2. he kind of. never really does anything. he's sort of just a plot device at best, and at worst he literally just stands there and does nothing. even when he's the host in b.fb 9, he's tragically inept and does nothing of note at all. he's barely a character without four around (he literally sits down and gives up in the last few episodes of b.fb), and it's really disappointing because he could've been an interesting character foil to four! but he just. wasn't. all he really was is a "cute uwu cinnamon roll".

like the design, dislike the character

okay this one's a little biased because i'm still mad that bomby was partially why yellow face got eliminated in bfd.ia 9, but besides that, i think a bomb character is a really good concept!! a contestant that's both useful in a practical sense and useful in terms of themselves as an individual!! ...too bad bomby is basically just 2 running jokes in a bomb-shaped trenchcoat. literally, as far as i'm concerned, the only time he's ever actually done anything is when he explodes; and besides that he's just sort of. there to fill up empty space (and also get yellow face eliminated that one time in the stupidest possible way). i get it, it's an object show, but i really would've enjoyed bomby a lot more if he had a distinct personality instead of being. well. little more than an object.

like the character, dislike the design

this one i also struggled with but i eventually settled on naily! in terms of her character, i think she's an absolute delight to watch, and she's one of the rare instances of a running joke not overstaying it's welcome and actually seeming charming and witty!! i think she's a good example of a quirky and cute yet mischievous character, which i see a lot of people attempting to do with characters of their own and missing the mark just a little bit. in short, she really does nail it in terms of characterization!! the only gripe i have though is her design.. something about how her legs are kind of. behind each other. and how her face/head is just. flat. it really doesn't sit right with me.. and i don't even really know how i would change it! it's just.. slightly offputting to me.

similar personality

ironically (due to my previous entry), i think that the character i'm most like in terms of personality is price tag!! i consider myself to be pretty expressive and upbeat (or at least, i try to be a lot of the time; if i get too stoic i tend to get sad and that kinda results in a Not Great Time™), and as you might've been able to tell by the things i do here on this blog, i'm just a bit mischievous. a little bit silly. one might even say devious. but what you don't know is that in most situations where there's a bit of a problem, i tend to try and think of the most creative but rational solution (doing so, as far as i'm aware, results in a higher chance of compromise among others)! (also, yes, i can indeed do the :3 face)

fav ship

i've been a fries/puffball enjoyer since day 1, i'm not even gonna lie here LMAO.. to be fair, i enjoy a lot of other ships very immensely, too, but something about the fact that they seem to respect each other as equals and be on the same page a lot of the time just really gets me... like. they give power couple vibes; instead of trying to gain some sort of leverage over the other or reveling in the leverage they might already have over the other, they seem to decide to be strong together and sort of. combine their strength. and yeah i know people are gonna argue "b-but c.oinpin!!" well what about the bfd.ia thing from tpo.t 2. they never actually resolved that. dont even get me started on f.ireafy (someone else made a really good post on them) or t.engolf ("gb always said it was handy to treat your friend like a tool!!!") p.uffries forever lol

least fav ship

oh this one's biased as hell because. you know how i am about yellow face. but i actually have a legitimate reason to dislike y.ellowclock besides that!! okay so i made an analysis document that i've never released here regarding yellow face as a character, and while making that document i noticed that. during tpo.t 2, when clock is bitching about winner leaving to go recover bottle, yellow face backs away, which, to me, implies that he's. kinda sick of clock's shit. he doesn't wanna deal with his and winner's drama. and then in tpo.t 3 he straight up says clock is a boring person. and yeah people cite that episode as like. y.ellowclock genesis or whatever. but then if that was true then what the hell is up with yellow face in tpo.t 10? he still doesn't seem to care about clock and winner!! honestly it just never made any sense to me..

would befriend irl

okay im gonna be honest. i really like two as a host.. i liked them from the beginning!! even when they were kinda snarky and condescending, they were a lot nicer than four, and were even willing to give up their power as a prize for a silly little contest!! and that's not even mentioning their dynamic with gaty and their sympathy towards clock in tpo.t 7.. just. they genuinely seem really generous and caring and i think they'd be really cool to hang out with and talk to... coincidentally they're also one of my favorite characters (and my favorite host as well) so that's a plus also; 10/10 would help them plan the next beefy die season

would never befriend irl

even though i love blocky with all my heart as a character, i don't think i wanna be involved in potentially lethal pranks... it would either end in him killing me or both of us going to jail forever.. or, alternatively, if i tried to go the "i can fix him" route, i'd end up paying an ungodly amount of money for his therapy bill (i doubt he'd pay with his own money, even though his show probably makes a lot of money lmao) and then just never get paid back... or, alternatively, i'd end up in the same boat as woody when he joined the blocky corporate conglomerate (at least, prior to b.fb 29.. actually i feel like i should mention that i'm talking specifically about blocky pre-split and back, he actually seems pretty okay in post-split)

...and that's it!!

it's been a wild ride (and a pretty long one too) but i really hope you enjoyed reading this, even if you have different opinions from mine! again, thank you all so much for getting me to 50 followers; i'm so grateful that all of you have decided to tune in to the nonsense words that i post every so often, and i hope you'll stick around long enough to see the next milestone special!! <3

[bethanydelleman]

Northanger Abbey Readthrough Ch 28

His departure gave Catherine the first experimental conviction that a loss may be sometimes a gain.

Ding dong the witch is dead in London and all the children rejoice! Everything would be perfect if Catherine wasn't worried about overstaying her welcome. Such a relatable moment, even if I don't have the leisure of staying at a friend's house for a month. "So... were you planning on having me for dinner or should I skedaddle?"

Catherine burst in on Eleanor mid sentence to ask if she needs to head home, oh Catherine! Gotta love that Catherine is totally find with staying another month, to be a trust fund baby...

She did—almost always—believe that Henry loved her, and quite always that his father and sister loved and even wished her to belong to them; and believing so far, her doubts and anxieties were merely sportive irritations.

❤️❤️❤️ So cute!

I feel so much for Eleanor when she has to tell Catherine to get lost. She walks upstairs, puts her hand on the doorknob, but isn't able to open it or knock, she just stands there. Which reminds me of Fanny Price:

Too soon did she find herself at the drawing-room door; and after pausing a moment for what she knew would not come, for a courage which the outside of no door had ever supplied to her, she turned the lock in desperation

Catherine opens the door and seeing Eleanor pale, begins to comfort her, not knowing what is to come. And then when she does hear the news, she is VERY nice about it. She keeps telling Eleanor she's not offended and offers a bunch of ideas of what they can do, before the General's unkindness is fully known.

Eleanor describing her father: His temper is not happy, and something has now occurred to ruffle it in an uncommon degree. He is a treasure...

This in particular is very generous of Catherine:

It was with pain that Catherine could speak at all; and it was only for Eleanor’s sake that she attempted it. “I am sure,” said she, “I am very sorry if I have offended him. It was the last thing I would willingly have done. But do not be unhappy, Eleanor. An engagement, you know, must be kept. I am only sorry it was not recollected sooner, that I might have written home. But it is of very little consequence.”

This line is cute: Eleanor with more goodwill than experience intent upon filling the trunk

However, Catherine is somewhat offended by her manner of being sent away and she does at first refuse to continue her friendship with Eleanor:

No, Eleanor, if you are not allowed to receive a letter from me, I am sure I had better not write. There can be no doubt of my getting home safe.” Eleanor only replied, “I cannot wonder at your feelings. I will not importune you. I will trust to your own kindness of heart when I am at a distance from you.” But this, with the look of sorrow accompanying it, was enough to melt Catherine’s pride in a moment, and she instantly said, “Oh, Eleanor, I will write to you indeed.”

It lasts for like five seconds, but I think it does really show Catherine's growth. She was always too ready to forgive and gloss over Isabella's faults.

Her last thought before leaving is of Henry, poor girl!

As a last note, Eleanor Tilney is far more of a Gothic heroine than Catherine, we leave her alone in the Abbey, a tyrannical father to pacify and her brother away from home. All this time, she has been in love with the Mysterious Lord Laundrylist (Not a lord yet, but still). I love how Jane Austen includes very Gothic characters in her novels, but always in the background. Jane Fairfax is another example.

[nijigasakilove]

Man I didn’t expect to come into this and it be the final episode 😭 nah I refuse to believe that’s the end of the story.

3 months of build up to the nuke, it hits then we just get one post apocalyptic episode? I know it was a bleak world but I wanted to see what was going on in the world a little longer. Little more of Kenichi’s plans, whatever Ontan and Kadode were doing(looks like time travelling). I guess the focus was more on the journey rather than the destination, but I found myself a little disappointed with this ending

I think we all knew things were going to be resolved via time travel, but I didn’t think it would be the very next episode. This is also where episode 0 should’ve aired, between episode 16 and 17 and it would’ve given the finale even more emotional impact instead of having it air 3 months early.. Nobuo seeing all of Kadode and Ontan memories was also wild. That must’ve been extremely overwhelming.

“If I get fat that’ll be the end of the world” lmaooo man let me find out the world went to shit because Hiroshi couldn’t put the twinkies down. 😂 it’s great seeing a world where everyone survives and grows up to lead a fulfilling life. Kiho being alive and happy really makes me feel good.

I guess Kadode and pedo sensei just destined to be whatever which is .. well whatever, I am digging Kadode’s hairstyle in the timeskip she’s so cute! Ontan making big moves in the tech industry and still staying the silly girl she’s always been.. kinda sad to think she doesn’t have oba in this reality, but as long as she’s got Kadode she’ll be fine. Speaking of which, guessing the Ontan voice we hear when the isobeyan manga shows up is the Kadode and Ontan from the last timeline? Starting to get more confusing than marvel lol.

Overall, loved the show one of the best sci fi stories in the medium. Incredible writing and drama and a nice friendship at the center of it. Really the only issue I had with it was the episode 0 placement and it ending too soon, but better to end a little soon than overstay your welcome I guess. I’ll miss this, and shoutout to Ano for an amazing job in her first role

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 147

Spy X Family: So they really try to sell that this episode is going to be about Yor murdering someone but you can basically call it from minute one that this is about her learning to cook since the cuts on her fingers are way too small to be from murder work and her murder work never seemed to affect her mood before. They do end up spicing it u a bit by tying it into the end of the Dog Arc where Yor thinks her cooking is the reason why Loid was gone all day and they hook it into her bitchy coworker being the one to teach her so those are some nice touches, even if I feel like since we’ve seen Loid and Anya at work for a lot of these episodes some more time with Yor’s assassin work would actually do us some good but I guess we’re trying to avoid a seinen tone here. They even throw Yuri in there which seems like a bad idea given her coworkers are some of the people that can verify that she only just got married and Yuri’s still under the impression that she got married a year ago, but luckily it never comes up. Camilla’s dynamic with her husband here during the lesson is really cute and through the power of flashbacks and motherly love they do manage to get Yor to make one dish that’s not entirely poisonous and she starts thinking about the whole ‘this family is about more than what I entered it for’ thing that happens at the end of every story arc. Also there’s a minor B-plot about Scruffyhead liking a girl and Loid helping him practice asking her out and he gets shot down anyway, it’s brief and funny so it doesn’t overstay its welcome but if I learned anything from Inuyasha filler you can really get a lot of comedy mileage out of weird romantic rehearsals and they kinda yadda yadda over Loid dressing in drag to pretend to be asked out by his best friend which could’ve been pretty funny. But they have a nice scene drinking together after where Loid’s all ‘relationships aren’t for people in our business’ like an informant’s gonna have the exact same life or death stakes as a spy and like the series isn’t going to end with the Forgers staying together anyway.

Inuyasha: It’s the second part of the Kikyo special and this part of the timeline has always been a little confusing since they kinda retcon some of it partway into the series and it’s intentionally jumbled up even then, so here’s really the only place we get to see it all laid out chronologically and it’s kind of a patchwork of filler and clip show which makes it really kind of obvious when they switch back and forth because they didn’t re-animate any existing scenes. It is kinda fun how they kinda stitch together that Inuyasha and Kikyo basically had their own series before this where they were traveling around slaying demons like he and Kagome end up doing. But yeah Inuyasha and Kikyo continue their romantic fling and the whole Naraku thing happens and I am kinda glad they remembered not to show him with Kagewaki’s face because he didn’t take on that appearance until Sango’s arc (though he apparently keeps it from then on no matter how many times he’s reincarnated and usually his head’s the only thing to never be destroyed so maybe Narkau’s just weird and vain and REALLY likes Kagewaki’s face who knows). After Naraku sends some mook demons after the jewel Kikyo recognizes her romance is causing her to lose focus and holy power because she’s only spending 23 hours a day praying and training and hanging out with Inuyasha for that extra hour I guess. When she’s distracted by this and Inuyasha’s picking up for her slack Kaede gets her eye injury because if you ever have a character with an eyepatch go through a flashback without the eyepatch you’re about to see how they got that eyepatch, ask MGS3. But yeah Kikyo and Inuyasha agree to use the jewel to turn Inuyasha into a human which Kikyo believes will be an unselfish wish that will cause the jewel to disappear.

Now I’m about to go on a tangent here but I don’t think this would’ve worked, I think the jewel could turn Inuyasha human and it wouldn’t like turn black or anything but it wouldn’t disappear because it still involves Inuyasha and Kikyo wanting that romance and rejecting the idea that Inuyasha can still find happiness as what he is, a core theme of the sacred jewel as a plot device is that people end up obtaining what’s most important to them through their own efforts as opposed to the external macguffin they were searching for: Inuyasha becomes a strong half demon with a solid support network, Sesshomaru creates a sword stronger than the Tessaiga, even Naraku manages to become a full demon and makes the jewel redundant, which is why asking anything of the jewel inherently has a small layer of selfishness and hypocrisy built into it and at the end of the series the ONLY correct wish was the one Kagome made, for the jewel itself to disappear and stop teasing people with easy answers for their goals.

Anyway, tangent aside we get into the betrayal plot where Naraku disguises himself as Inuyasha and Kikyo and tells the other to fuck off (also he destroys Izayoi’s rouge which makes Yashahime kinda impossible but idk maybe they scooped it back up and reforged the shell idk). And he FUCKING PUTS THE JEWEL BACK WHERE IT WAS, like early series Naraku really is just giving out jewel shards left and right to let people fill it with malice and here he has the whole thing in his hands and gives it back so it can absorb Inuyasha’s hatred but like just hold onto it dude you’ll save yourself fifty years of headaches and you can find other couples to break up, bet Naraku’s regretting this move in the present story like not to mention by the end of the series the only shard he’s missing is one he gave away to just to fuck with Sango for a couple weeks but like idk why he didn’t just take it off Kikyo’s body like by the time Inuyasha’s sealed and Kikyo’s dead there’s no one that can stop him from just swooping in and taking it before Kikyo’s cremated with it but maybe her sacrifice made a barrier around herself and purified the jewel one more time so he couldn’t take it back but it’s never explained. Anyway we cut to the modern day and deliberately cut around Kagome’s father for the scene of her being born because Kagome’s family life is kind of a nightmare, his grandpa and mom don’t even have NAMES (then again we never see Kikyo’s parents either despite her being a teenager at the time and being around recently enough for Kaede to be like ten or whatever, guess they died doing feudal era stuff a few years before she met Inuyasha), anyway yeah this special is fun for trying to tie together a lot of the flashback stuff that doesn’t otherwise make sense but there are some holes it creates too so I’ve always approached this one as a ‘if it makes something make more sense run with it but don’t treat it as hard canon if it contradicts something that comes up’ as a kid and that’s still basically where I stand on it now.

Yu Yu Hakusho: It’s time for the wrap-up episode for the Chapter Black arc because yeah there was a lot of things we had to push pause on while the plot was go go go. Yusuke and co. come out of the cave and Keiko adorably instantly recognizes demon Yusuke when Botan gets confused, the Spirit World SCP is still all ‘yo Koenma you fucked up’ and Yusuke tells them to fuck off, Koenma is kind of half in trouble still for everything that happened but he doesn’t come home by the end of the episode so that’s a bit of a plot thread. We also get cute little ‘where are they now’ vignettes for each of Sensui’s minions. Sniper and Doctor have a little chat (Sniper’s not dead btw idk he got better) and talk about how the rage and immediacy of being in an echo chamber re-feeding them the literal worst of humanity kind of had them under a spell where they were still in control of their actions but influenced beyond a reasonable level too and how that’s passed and it feels weird and empty. Doctor pulls a Yoshikage Kira and gets a new face and founds the Ronald Mcdonald house or something, Sniper meets a psychic girl that forces empathy onto him and he becomes a Batman-like vigilante, Gamemaster and Seaman go back to school and have a better time of it with better studies or socialization now that they’re trying to see the good in people, Itsuki and Sensui’s corpse/soul I guess float forever in Itsuki’s Prismo pocket dimension, guess that’s fine and Gourmet’s… still dead, fuck that guy I guess. It’d be REALLY funny if they got through all these sickeningly sweet ‘It gets better’ montages for all the other guys and we just hard cut to Gourmet’s corpse rotting on Elder Toguro’s body while the guy’s still shouting about killing Kurama forever, like they just did not want to revisit that horror show. The three living normal dude psychics agree to not use their powers anymore so they don’t get targeted by demons (wonder how that’ll work out for Sniper and Doctor who are making a living off using the powers) and Yusuke’s going through the ‘how do I go back to high school after the PTSD of blowing demon heads off’ for like the fourth time this time with the added baggage of actually BEING a demon and not knowing what he’s capable of. So yeah, next time we’re in the final arc, this’ll be interesting, I know this arc isn’t the longest, this is like doing the Hunter Election arc right after the Chimera Ant arc but it’s weird to think about that we’re pretty close to done with one of the longest series on the block.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Yuji and Todo briefly step in on the intro for this episode were Todo gives Yuji the Avatar State lesson where ‘the divisions inside us our only there because our mind makes them’ so he can basically summon his energy to a part of body instead of channeling it through his body if I’m understanding it right which is a pretty cool zen lesson to just go for right away. Anyway the meat of the episode is Nobara and Panda confronting Kiki’s Delivery Service girl before Panda gets sniped by Mechamaru and we get a good old fashioned Chunin Exams style ‘do the backstories while they fight’ structure. Mechamaru was born with glass bones and paper skin and every night he lies awake until his heart attacks put him to sleep but it lets him remote control a robot from miles away so uhh… win-win I guess? Like they say his body’s just outside the arena but they cut to his bunker and it looks EXACTLY like the one they also cut do in Kyoto from the Juju Stroll, maybe Juju Stroll’s not the best way to try and decipher this but I was working with the idea that he made a pocket dimension inside the robot where his bathtub tv is but maybe they really did relocate him and put him in exactly the same room or maybe his glass bone paper skin disease lets him just do shit from across the country since I’m used to thinking of things in US terms of geography as opposed to Japanese terms which is relatively smaller. Also turns out Panda’s actually a chimera made of three types of animals and he’s basically like one of those stuffed animal things except he’s made of a living Panda corpse except he was also ‘born’ so idk how exactly that works but point being he’s three animal souls in one Pandaish body with emotions and shit because of Kung Fu Panda power of love shenanigans so he’s a Panda, a Gorilla, and some third thing they’re probably saving for a cool reveal later. But yeah Gorilla!Panda fucks Mechamaru up and they bond about being the weird-looking people of their group and it’s pretty cool, good job, can’t wait for more of this arc.

Zom 100: Now that Akira has his new lease on life, the practical ramifications of the zombie apocalypse come more into focus as he starts to run out of food or more accurately, beer, and interrupts his neighbors’ scene from the Walking Dead to ask if they need anything while he’s at the store which is pretty fucking funny. Once there we get the REAL manic pixie dream girl of the show after the last episode had our fakeout and sports bra girl saves Akira’s ass before telling him she doesn’t want anything to do with someone who can’t assess risk and ditching him. Akira thinks about this and steals a motorcycle for some sick zombie action before finding out his quirky interaction with his neighbors is cut short because they’re fucking dead now, deciding that risk is worth it because he almost died without living at all so he’s willing to stake his life on doing the things that will make him happy and he fills out the first thirty three things in the Zom 100 notebook. Meanwhile we cut to sports bra girl’s perspective and replay the same day again which is a really interesting choice, we see she’s a telecommuter (doesn’t say what she does but I like to think she works in stocks as a risk analyst because it fits the theme) and is currently trying to analyze every possible aspect of the apocalypse to maximize her chances of staying alive, the classic Wall-E “I don’t want to survive, I want to live” dichotomy and we see the convenience store encounter from her perspective and what to Akira looked like a manic pixie dream girl encounter was actually her barely listening to him and predicting zombie movements before genuinely putting herself in danger on a whim to save him. I’ll admit I was a little apprehensive because basically all anime has to have waifus now to sell shit but treating her entrance from a different perspective like this is a neat way to show how what looks like a harem anime trope is actually a subtle start to her character arc which is neat. She makes it back to her house and thinks about how happy Akira looked being reckless and going for what made him happy and regrets not doing the same and picking up non-essentials on her own. The show’s going to have to do some tricky balancing about how someone so carefree is going to actually be able to survive but I think that dichotomy’s off to a good start here, though on a side note I have no idea how the power’s still on or how long that’ll last but it kinda bugs me, sports bra girl grabbed some batteries and power gas but there is a LOT of electricity happening for people that should be more worried about supplies.  

Ranking of Kings: So this episode has A LOT of flashbacks, first when Desha talks about Miranjo Bojji remembers that she’s the one that killed his mother and he practically literally almost drowned in her blood before Miranjo was betrayed by the archers she hired and shot down as well and that causes him to freak out a bit but he’s able to pull himself together enough for Desha to tell him that they want to take Gigan back since he’s, you know, a criminal and all, that’s kind of the mission objective. But Gnasty Gnorc here was made a life debt friendship thing with Bojji so he steps up to protect him and Desha sees him deflect his spell and was like ‘wait a minute what the fuck I just saw you like two weeks ago when did you learn to CUT LIGHTNING!?’ and we get the flashback that Desha recruited Gigan to fight his dad but in the fight they kinda had to torture babies and commit genocide against the whole race of Gnasty Gnorcs and Gigan was not happy about that and killed some of Desha’s dudes so they put him in jail for that. There’s also a neat scene of Desha, Despa and Ouken talking about their means and Desha says he didn’t want to do it but the mercs he hired are cruel assholes and he needs to keep them placated, Despa doesn’t want anything to do with it and Ouken doesn’t like it either but he revolves to become strong enough to not need such cruel tactics in the future and that Gigan will be among his royal guards. So Desha absolves Gigan of his crimes and takes him back to the Underworld as a member of the royal guard. It’s funny because apparently Desha and Despa have a magical brother walkie talkie system and Desha’s just like ‘yo bro how much did you teach this Bojji the Rock kid huh?’ and Despa’s just like ‘Oh fuck bro, don’t fight him, he’ll absolutely wreck you, also you had no chance of beating Bosse, just try and let Bojji fight him and we can kill Miranjo while they’re hashing out the family shit’ and it’s really kinda funny because we haven’t seen Bojji get serious in a fight yet but everyone’s absolutely certain he’s like a tactical nuke now and I wanna see it. But yeah Sword Guy and Kirito apologize to Bojji about the whole trying to kill him thing but he still has PTSD so he has to run off, though Kage’s able to calm him down while they head back to the surface. Meanwhile Ouken’s waking back up over by Despa because we know he’s gonna have to fight Bojji at some point.

Vinland Saga: So yeah, Canute’s not taking Ragnar’s death well and Asekladd’s and Bjorn talk about and bottom line, Askeladd will either let this be a learning experience for Canute to make him a badass or if he breaks they’ll abandon him and lose nothing from the process. Meanwhile the men are torturing an English Captian for info and Akseladd breaks out the Sonozaki family finger torture techniques and schools him on how big assholes the English are and how the Danish are basically just fighting fire with fire at this point since the English also stole England from the Celts. Meanwhile the interrogation is pretty short because their answer comes to them when Thorkell is revealed to be hot on their trail so they have to get moving again. They root out some deserters and Askeladd says if they wanna join Thorkell they can stay but Thorkell just murders them all anyway because you can’t trust a deserter. Meanwhile while crossing a bridge Asekladd orders it torn down to slow Thorkell but Thorkell’s also like right there and one of the brothers from the Those Two Guys squad is like ‘man fuck Askeladd let’s kidnap the prince and bring him to Thorkell’ and we already saw how well that would go (which is funny because until the deserters told him, Thorkell didn’t even know Askeladds NAME, he doesn’t give a shit about Askeladd he just wants Thorfinn and Canute) but yeah that whole deal comes to a head as a good amount of the troops surround Canute’s sled and threaten to turn on Askeladd.

[petalpierrot]

Chronicling my CoS Adventures as always

So after we got The Tome of Strahd, Eidys got invested in reading that hot garbage. She reads it a little bit at every rest stop before her trance.

We are returning to the Wizard of Wines. (My Ranger stayed there one night because a raven told him it was a safe place) he feels really awkward coming back, even though the Martikovs think of him as a friend. He feels like he is overstaying his welcome (please give this sad elf man some anxiety medication)

Ireena is being cute and cooing at some ravens. She can do no wrong. She is so cute

Once they arrive on location they discuss how to approach this whole situation. They are aware that an item of power is located there, but the Ranger tells the party that the reading he got was more like riddles. So he is unsure what to look for, though he also says to start by asking if the family experienced some trouble/conflict. The party seems to agree that's a good way to go about things.

Eidys decides to take the lead and let the more intimidating elven men stay hidden for now ( 6'0 drow (Ranger) and 6'1 Shadar-kai (cleric)). She goes to speak to the young boys gathering grapes outside and takes Ireena and the party druid with her. She manages to convince the older boy to get his parents. The older boy stays speaking to the women but tells his younger siblings to get their parents.

The younger boys get their mother and Eidys calls over her male party members, telling the teenager that "the boys are a bit shy" and that they are actually very sweet, but they both know how intimidating they can come off to others.

The boy's mother recognizes the ranger and treats him warmly. When he asks her if there has been trouble around, she tells her children to go inside and confides in him that she's seen some Scarecrows and Druids lurking about and would like the party to investigate the area. She is worried that they are looking for something.

The ranger feels *responsible* so he immediately begins to look for anything (with detect magic). He manages to find the two Emeralds and tells the Martikovs to hide them for the time being. They all figure out that if the party can use certain magic to find their livelihood, so can said druids.

with detect magic he also manages to find The Holy Symbol of Ravenkind. He asks if it is also an item that needs to be hidden, and also makes sure to tell the Martikovs that he is not here to rob anyone of their protection. The Martikovs let him know that they were hiding this particular item from the agents of Strahd and that the party is free to take it as they are working against the vampire.

ranger takes the item outside, where Eidys casts identity on it, and they find out its properties.

Cleric gets a vision from The Raven Queen. She shows him the previous owner of this amulet (Lugdana the paladin) and wants him to wield the item in her name to defeat Strahd. She also tells him that she is always with him, even if Strahd tries to keep her away from him (I cried)

The next session is probably going to involve fighting druids/twig blights

AFTER THAT HOWEVER! Eidys could possibly have a date with her not-husband (Rahadin. it is Rahadin) And also finally meet the Baron/his family.

[killemwithkawaii]

Hey Mitch, what made LSS essentially choose your S/I's over Ashley? I mean, aside from the fact that LSS and your character are soulmates?

What caused LSS to fall out of love with Ashley?

[CW: Unreality, general spoilers for the 'Meet the Fishers' AU]

Three main reasons L.S.S. chose to be with my s/is instead of Ash:

Sals feelings for Ashley in his original timeline were based on a love-at-first-sight teenage crush. It's clear that those feelings lingered throughout high school and that Sal and Ash became closer as the years went by, but it's up for debate as to whether Ash returned his romantic feelings or simply had a strong platonic bond with him. I think Sal still had some hope that they would get together during the first half of CH4, but still very much cherished his friendship with her and was okay if that was how their relationship would stay. After the murders and subsequent events in chapter 5, I don't think a romantic relationship would have been an realistic option for them because A. Ash had taken so long to accept the truth about what had happened, believing Sal was mentally ill and delusional until it was much too late to do anything to save him despite all the crazy shit she'd seen going on beforehand (which probably felt like a betrayal, even if Sal understood why she didn't believe his reasoning before proof was staring her in the face), and B. Sal was dead and could only interact with the original Ashley through a telepathic link and inhabiting her own arm. I could see him feeling uncomfortable with basically being a parasite in Ashs body and not really wanting to overstay his welcome any time he popped back into his original universe (not that it absolutely couldn't work! I've seen some very creative and cute AUs exploring that dynamic 👍)

Even if L.S.S. got the chance to get together with alternate versions of Ash, I think he'd feel strange about going through with it, given his current relationship with the original Ash. It might be different if she had died, but just imagine him popping back to the original timeline for a check-in and saying 'oh yeah btw Ash I totally dated and made sweet, sweet love with you in a different timeline just so you know.' It would probably be really awkward for both of them (if not a total violation of their friendship), and he'd probably feel even worse if he did that and kept it a secret, so he just doesn't.

On the flip side, Penpal!Mitch believed Sals story (which was somehow way more insane-sounding than the original) right off the bat, accepted him for everything he was (good and bad), and showed him kindness and mercy despite being a complete stranger to him at the time. It could easily be argued that she was just a gullible true-crime fanatic with a passion for prison reform that ended up biting off way more than she could chew, but it still really touched Sal for someone to believe him and be unafraid of him, even affectionate with him, while knowing all the horrible things he'd been forced to do. Plus, she showed up at the right time- L.S.S. was experiencing his first big immortal rut (feeling isolated, misunderstood, that he was a failure and that there wasn't really a point in doing all this) when he got her first letter, and it gave him something more to keep 'living' for (besides the endless search for the original Larry and trying to take down all the different versions of the D.O.G. he comes across while universe hopping. It's a pretty thankless, fruitless job- can you really blame him for picking up what he thinks will be a nice little side quest to lighten things up a bit..?).

[oswednesday]

the first dream was like, i was at a pool party Already pretty scary! and having a good time despite all that when the Cops show up and the whole thing is my middle brother had killed someone in a really extreme sort of way and i got to yell at my mom about all the times i begged for anyone to intervene and get him help with anything and now we're here instead i woke up like wugh, fed the cats sipped some water went to the bathroom then fell back asleep

the second one was i was like in a queerplatonic thing with one of the artists i watch vlogs of, i dont Think i feel anything for them in the Real but maybe i do? it might have been just someone selected to make this dream like Work? or maybe i think theyre cute but wasnt really thinking about it?? ah! handwave to be back on topic, i got a headkisses and Stuff and i was holding tight to the gift and they were all like youre only with me for the Stuff arnt you like teasing and i was like no of course not heres the reasons why <-but that kind of thing my one once really close ex-friend would do like oh youre a parasite (despite defending me publically when other people would say that!) then we got back to eat at their place and it was pizza which i have a complicated relationship so i was like okay got to eat fast but i could sense that despite the date thing being set up the way it was that i was overstaying my welcome their partner came in and started to talk to me and that was nice in the dream but the dream!artist was getting aggro about it in the way this ex-friend always wanted me over when her boyfriend was around but we were NEVER allowed to interact, like she was always like on me about what i wore and how i was sitting and things like that like ??? so i recognize that this dream i was processing those feelings in like a much cooler environment and maybe some Im Jealous Of This Person I Dont Know shaking out of my system

the third dream i was participating in like a cross country event (something i did in my tiny youth because i thought it meant we would travel and had no adult in my life to say otherwise or give a shit about what i was signing up for like i was in 1-3 grade age range is how much of not a shit was given about me level of neglect here) but i got lost and it was miserable hot and buggy and i built up the courage to ask a bunch of kids playing on the side walk if they could go get their parents for me who came out and i asked if they had any deet and they were like oohh youre doing the marathon and they got stuff out and a drink and the commotion brought both neighbors out and i got snacks too and everyone was like congratulations! you can do it! and so galvanized i was back at it and there were a lot of people i was avoiding in like a Gut Check sort of way who wanted to walk with me like thisll turn into a gorn if you do that! kind of warning

then the route cut through a school building that was like an amalgamation of all the schools i ever been to and i was hanging out with two girls who i think we could have been friends if i was the way i am now back when i was younger we were always like adjacent friends but like how much i was neglected along with my behaviors and desire to scrap barrels prevented us from being closer and we talked about that in the dream like ghost of christmas past but ghost of high school past sort of style i suppose gfgdfg

then i was at a setting i dream of sometimes its a little like a fusion space stage, theatre that was large and accommodating desire in my head, the nightmare tends to be not that i dont know my lines but there simply isnt enough time to, i cant find my booklet and i dont know when i go on and i know no one will assist me, but in this one that one ex-friend i mentioned was uncharacteristically helpful with that and we were hanging out with a girl i knew from a different school reading like horoscope stuff and being like #homestuck about it and when we went on we did like improv basically to the circumstances and that faded into like i was a detective but sometime the detective's partner when i was the partner it was like oh god what are my lines situation when i was the detective i was like exploring the area making like Decisions like do i jump in the water to grab these documents do i wander these back alley markets alone? they were lovely pumpkin falls stuff but my phone was full and i had no money and one of the table clerks looked like one of the old men in my child life who were weird perverts to me that my dad and his then girlfriend allowed (like it was her dad) so i just let him talk at me and ignored my discomfort but it wasnt inappropriate talk it was about his wife and his like gourd garden

while this was all going on it was Also interjected with me sitting in like a townhall sort of meeting of like politicians and people who are like Go Team about politics and they were talking and i finally interjected in this big speech that i didnt flub up once and then after i was done i just left into the hall where the theater was, like this great wide hall with white tile the whole thing glowed like from the ceiling lights like the interior of a mid00s scifi shoot

then the final dream was this really involved like magical system where i was attending school and i had like two friends we got sent to like an Untamed Reality and made friends with the Monsters after foiling some scheme and when we got back to our reality like the school we tried to enroll into someone like rich kid rival had been spreading rumors about us, but we had to attend a different school cause despite saving the world or whatever we got exiled/expelled/outlaws from all the damage we did but we had to like get back in to get training so we would be able to stand a chance against the Big Bad but the headmaster of this school was fine with me he wasnt fine with my friends in like a Ew What Are Those bigotry sort of way (one was a snail operating like a humanoid mech suit) and another was like a wood elf but wood elves were more animaloid like shifting beast parts on the body depending on the local fauna and i was like a Wizard from a Respectable Family fallen from Gracecore and i was like well fuck you whatever lets go see if the bloodmages let us in their school, and these ones were like the war/battlemages and he was like one second wait at leeeeast try out our entrance exam as a way to trap us cause he realized the last second he could at least get some money out of us as ransom to different parties or like kill us and get a reward

but when the monsters came out it was like the wood elf knew how to deal with like a savage war hound and had it like on its back tail wagging ready for pets and then a troll came out and we were like hey is he even paying you? yeah man you should be getting paid, and we broke like the magic dome up and out of the area and thats where That dream ended

my final dream was like being stuck in like a hoarder room but i was doing something lewd in front of a mirror despite that, well! then i woke up and was like! okay ! <-starts my day

[valoeaera]

The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston

Hook/Gimmick: ⭐⭐⭐ Pacing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leads: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Side Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Overall: S Tier

I was a little skeptical of this book when I heard the conceit. I mean, a magical, time-traveling apartment feels like it’s something that’d never work. And admittedly, if you, like me at first, try to immediately inquire into the magic system, figure out how exactly the time traveling works, and ask about corner cases, it’s not going to be a fulfilling experience. I put this book down after 50 pages because I couldn’t get past the silliness. Then I ranted at my partner about a much worse romance novel (we’ll get to you later), took a couple days, and started again. And I was hooked. This is one of the most charming, adorable books I’ve read, silliness and all.

As mentioned above, this is a time travel story, but more of a fantasy as opposed to sci-fi time travel story. Our lead, Clementine, a publicist in New York City, inherits a magical apartment from her recently-passed aunt. The apartment, supposedly, randomly transports its occupant to seven years in the past (or future, depending on your perspective). Clementine thinks this is a mere bedtime story told by her whimsical, carefree aunt until she wakes up one morning to a charming stranger in her apartment. Not to mention, all her aunt’s old stuff is back. Surprise! She’s back in time and talking to a previous tenant of the apartment, who is staying temporarily while her aunt is in Europe. The stranger, Iwan, and Clementine (who Iwan calls Lemon 😍) bond (after some freaking out on Clementine’s end obviously) over her weekend spent in the past. The story continues with the time travel gimmick being utilized tactfully for, in my opinion, great emotional effect as Clementine learns more about Iwan, the mysterious apartment, her aunt, and ultimately herself.

Each plot beat rarely overstays its welcome and the relatively few past scenes are spaced beautifully for maximum emotion. The book was impossible to put down after my initial hesitation.

This book is a single POV, so we’re only privy to Clementine’s thoughts, as opposed to some romances where both (or all, but I’m not ready to talk about it yet!) are given a chance in POV. Clementine is a great character to inhabit, both because her arc is satisfying and because she’s the one from the future, so all of her memories get to be recontextualized when she and Iwan finally start talking about the time travel stuff in earnest near the end of the novel. Iwan flipping the “would you have believed me?” line on her near the end almost broke me. Iwan is a great love interest. He’s competent, hot, and charming, but also flawed and has his own character arc through the novel which we get to see from Clementine’s point-of-view.

All the friends in this novel, for both main characters, are great! They have good rapport with both leads, contribute to both characters’ emotional arcs, and help the characters finally gel at the end. Clementine’s aunt particularly shines, existing in a kind of rose-tinted light in Clementine’s head. She mirrors Clementine’s experience with the apartment, falling in love with Vera (another past tenant), but takes a different path, seeming to shirk connecting with Vera. However, when Clementine gets a piece of mail from Vera intended for her aunt, she discovers the two continued communicating after all, really drawing the parallel between the two into sharp focus. Also, it’s cool that there are multiple queer couples in this book and they’re not like called out or anything? Like it’s just a completely normal thing and I love it so much 😭.

Now, I had come off a string of incredibly, some could even say too, spicy books, so this was a welcome change of pace. These characters have so many cute, romantic interactions throughout the book. When it comes time for spice, there is some spice, but I feel like it was tactful (as opposed to some other novels) and was also enjoyable to read, which I can’t say about many other straight romances I’ve dabbled in. Clementine and Iwan just have amazing chemistry together and are both so charming.

He’d gotten a lemon flower tattooed over his heart.

“What do you tell people, when they ask about it?”

His shyness melted into a smile, warm and gooey like chocolate. “I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place but the wrong time.”

“And what are you going to tell them now?”

“That we finally got the timing right.”

Anyway, I technically read this for book club (but none of them know I have a book review tumblr 😈) and I’d recommend it so, so much.

[allthemusic]

Week ending: 11 December 1952

Well, we are getting towards Christmas. Will we see Christmas music? Will we heck. Apparently that is not yet how we roll in 1952. Not for another week. That said, the first song (of only two) is good solid party banger.

Come A-Long A-Love - Kay Starr (Peaked at No 1)

I already knew this song, I already like it, but re-listening in the context of all of last week's soupy ballads really gives this a special something. It's fast! It's catchy! It's got metaphors, but they're actually good!

Kay Starr also has some serious pipes. I love her voice here, there are so many little technical things that are good about it, from the slight growl on some of the "Comes along a love" refrain, to the vibrato on the penultimate words of some lines, to the way she drops down onto some of the notes. Somebody who properly does singing could probably tell you more technically what those are - I just enjoy it.

Her voice isn't quite like the other female voices we've heard. It's not trained like Vera Lynn's, and it's not got that restrained, sexy smoulder of Jo Stafford. Doris Day maybe comes closest, but it's not the same thing. She's almost giving Al Martino a run for his money, but it's better - more lively, more vibrant, more tongue in cheek.

It's a song about the feeling of being in love, sung from Kay Starr to some man, so it's distanced from having to be about her being in love, and I think that makes it work? If she was singing about herself, she couldn't be as eloquent, or she'd have to be sappier, but this can be her observing the effects of love on a third party, and it lets her get specific about it without falling into cliché or lameness.

At the same time, it's just super jazzy - the excitement of falling in love is tangible in the music itself, with these brassy stabs at the end of lines, and a bassline that doesn't let up underpinning it all.

And - contrary to almost every other romantic song yet - the description of being in love is neither cliché nor lame! It's apparently by Al Sherman, a Tin Pan Alley songwriter, and to be fair, I could see this doing well on broadway. It's also got a tune stolen from Rossini. A fine pedigree.

I want to quote half of this song. I love the catalogue of effects, how when you're in love "every dream you had becomes ignited", "though you never sang you're always singing", "chimes you never heard began a-ringing", "you sparkle and you bubble, see each bluebird double", "petty things no longer phase you", "you discover things that just amaze you". It's a fabulous description of feeling on top of the world in ways you haven't felt before.

The best and quirkiest effect, though? "Night and day your heart is highland flinging". Such a clever, fun line!

And then the line that sums all of them up: "You just began to live". Which is what all that is, isn't it?

And Kay just sounds so cheeky on the "look out, you gotta whole lotta trouble" line. Like, yes, love is great, but this man is in over his head.

It doesn't overstay its welcome or slow down at the end either. Instead, we get two lines that change the rhythm and speed into an ending that actually makes me think of Bobby Darin's Mack the Knife. I'm not sure if that stands up to musical scrutiny, but in terms of vibe, at least.

Strongly recommend everybody to listen to this one. Catchy, likeable, stylish, kind of cute.

Zing a Little Zong - Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman (10)

Will I write an essay on this one, too? No, but it's cute, still.

The title already tells you that it's going to be cutesy and probably a bit novelty. In fact, it's our first novelty number. It makes them sound like they're from Somerset, but no, they're just Americans being silly (zilly?)

It starts with a spoken countdown, which is always good in my book. "A-one, a-two" and then some scatting - you can't do much better than that.

Basically, he loves her and she makes him want to sing - and then the song metaphor gets pushed and pushed and pushed, with her suggesting that they could get up side by side and "we could a very clever bit of close harmony", which is an oblique double entendre, but it is definitely suggesting... something.

Some unexpected lyrics, probably to keep the Z quirk alive. I don't think anybody predicted that the lyric "We're not by the Zuider Zee" was coming. This, combined with the mentions of Wiener Schnitzel and noodles and strudel and "let's dutch it up a little" made me think this would be from a film about Europe, but apparently not?

It is from a film, but it's a musical comedy about a vaudeville performer from New York. It's called Just for You, and it involves Bing's screen son falling for Bing's girlfriend (Jane Wyman) while his daughter ends up in night court with their governess and then goes to finishing school (?). Films from this period are clearly just built different.

Both performers are good, and have understood the assignment, peppering the song with little "ooh"s and "oh no"s and phrases like "you're a dolly and a dilly". It's quirky and cute, and doesn't outstay its welcome, or drag. It has charmed me more than I thought it would, in a harmless old-fashioned way. It feels like something my grandad would sing around his house.

Just two songs today, and they were both great! I think I much prefer faster songs. They're just a lot more forgiving - a bad fast song is at least over fast, a bad slow song really drags. And neither of these were bad songs, either, which is a win. Give either a listen, and you will probably not be disappointed!

Favourite song of the bunch: Comes A-Long A-Love

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eyes closed, heart open | r.b

regulus black x gn!reader

requested by anon where the reader sneaks regulus away from his birthday ball. It’s not my best but it’s kinda cute :)

warnings; swearing, mentions of alcohol

word count; 1400+

“Fuck me, this is awful,” Regulus grumbled, low enough so that it would not disrupt his party, though not quiet enough so that it didn’t reach your ears.

Looking around the busy, yet dull room, it was hard to disagree with him. Prim and proper purebloods had arrived in the masses, each one dressed in some form of funeral attire, and were now clutching a small whiskey glass that never emptied. They talked in hushed tones, afraid of humanity just as much as they depended on its fear of them. What if somewhere in the room was an imposter? They couldn’t very well reveal any secrets, reveal that they may, in fact, be capable of feelings or any other such myth. Not even at a birthday party.

The children’s faces bore no joy either, though it came as no surprise—these sorts of families wanted their sons’ and daughters’ frown lines engraved by the time they reached Hogwarts. It would be highly unusual for them not to be, and it was sad to think of all the laughter that had not passed through their lips. They were, as fate and their parent’s designed, to grow up as miserable as their family had grown up before them. To break tradition is to kill, and that murder is unforgivable.

“They could at least play something we could really dance to,” Regulus scoffed, continuing to air his displeasure at the party that was being hosted in his honour.

“You mean you don’t want to waltz on your birthday?” you mocked, glancing at a few older guests that were taking their dancing very seriously, or very miserably.

“I’d rather bang my head against the wall.”

“Now I know you like AC/DC, but isn’t that taking things a little too far?” you quipped, inching a smile out of him slowly.

“I’m exhausted,” he sighed, “And I’ve done nothing at all, but greet guests who’d rather be anywhere else and stand here waiting for it to be over.”

You couldn’t help but feel sorry for the boy, after all it was his birthday, and this was not at all the night he had wanted. Instead he was thrust into what seemed to be more of a ceremony for a funeral than a teenager’s birthday party. His house, though usually glum and haunting, appeared to be mocking Regulus with its dark green birthday banners and tipped champagne glasses—the delusion of a celebration.

Regulus leaned his head back against the wall, huffing defeatedly, closing his eyes in disdain and wishing that when he opened them, the unwanted guests would begin to filter out. His jaw was accentuated by the movement, and you desperately wanted to allow yourself to admire, to wonder what it might be like to run your fingers across his jawline and brush over the gentle stumble that grew there. But instead, you turned towards his mother. She was watching the two of you intently, glaring at Regulus for showing his boredom, and what she saw as lack of respect and appreciation, and at you, like you were nothing but a waiter who had overstayed their welcome by her son’s side, and had ought to attend to the other guests.

It was this that sparked the idea. Who said Regulus was bound to the evening like some prisoner without his own will and means? If this wasn’t what he wanted, then he shouldn’t have it. You had both the desire and power to leave, though it was a power others may have wished you not to exert or to have forgotten about the minute you entered. But instead, you reminded Regulus of this power, the force of free will, to which his devious smile grew wider with every word. Could you really sneak away and defy his mother so blatantly?

“It’s your birthday,” you reminded him, “Where would you like to go?”

“Surprise me,” he shook his head, “My capacity to think has been greatly lessened,” he laughed apathetically, glaring at his mother one last time before rounding the corner.

The time you had to think of a destination was short, knowing that Regulus could not be gone from the room for long without someone noticing and alerting Walburga. But it was not difficult to remember his favorite places and decide which he might most like to see that night. The sun was setting, as you could tell by the way the hall seemed more narrow in the dim light, despite the lack of windows in that part of the house. Regulus took your hand and whispered in your ear, the contents of his speech almost being utterly lost on you, what with you focussing so carefully on the way his fingers felt wrapped around yours and how his hair fell over his eyes and brushed against your cheek.

“Now,” he whispered harshly, hearing footsteps that sounded too much like his mother’s.

With the demand heard, you apparated to the first place your mind settled on. The somewhat solid ground beneath your feet was a welcome greeting, for neither of you were overly fond of the awkward wizarding teleportation. Almost at once, Regulus knew where you had taken him. However, he didn’t want to open his eyes and see the childhood memory again so many years later. What if it had changed? What if he had remembered it differently, so different to how it really was? But worst of all, what if it didn’t remember him?

“Are you going to open your eyes, or shall I take you dancing blind?” you laughed.

Regulus smiled softly, holding out his hands in the dark and waiting to feel your touch. Perhaps it might be strange to return after so many years, you thought. He did not have many happy memories and he must have cherished them so dearly, that to return to the site must have been daunting, like entering a fantasy. You met Regulus’ icy fingertips and wrapped them in the palms of your hands, bringing him further into the scene and out of his own mind. As the sun set over the horizon, highlighting his black hair, you brought him closer, let go of his hands and wrapped  your arms around the back of his neck, while his hands lazily fell to your waist.

Beneath his feet, the sand was sinking with his footsteps, perhaps making your dance less elegant than most. Besides you, he could smell the fresh aroma of the ocean and the salt that clung to each wave that crashed upon the surface. Had he missed it? Or did he have something else all these years that he clung to for relief?

With his eyes still firmly closed, he let his hands drift from your waist to your shoulders, before caressing your neck. Still the two of you swayed to the ocean's beat while Regulus’ hands roamed your body. Soon, his thumbs rested on your cheeks, soothing your skin, disrupting your heartbeat. The sensation tickled after a few moments, eliciting a small giggle from your lips, to which Regulus' own smile followed. He could not help but think that it was not the memories he had clung to all this time, but the person with whom he had shared them.

“Your eyes are still closed,” you murmured, anything to drive the attention away from your pounding heart.

But Regulus kept them closed, and when he heard you take a breath, ready to say something new, he took the opportunity to descend and catch his mouth with yours, finally putting his questions to rest. Like his, your eyes were now closed, hands tangled in his hair, lips gliding over his lips. Before he knew it, he was no longer thinking, but simply existing in one small, shared moment��a moment that would become a memory like the rest.

It wasn’t long before his forehead was resting against yours while he breathed heavily through his nose and watched your eyes slowly open to his. “Not anymore,” he said

“No,” you sighed, “Not anymore.”

“It’s as beautiful as I remembered,” he remarked, looking out over the sea which was darkening as the moon greeted the earth, “Though I much prefer you,” he confessed.

“Do you mean it?” you asked, cheeks heating under his gaze, though you had known each other too long for such small trifles to embarrass you.

“I’ve always meant it.”

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it's the feeling of you that makes me feel safest

day 1: where have you been

rated g | 2.4k words| read on ao3

summary:

“Hi mads.”

“Hey, is everything ok? You’re up late.”

Oh sure, I just hate being alone, and I’m worried that something happened to Eddie, so I’m just sitting here spiraling, just your typical night. 

“Yea, just-just can’t sleep. And I—wanted to hear your voice.”

I needed to hear your voice because you’re the only other person in the world who can calm me down and make me feel safe when the love of my life isn’t around. 

He could almost feel Maddie’s smug smile through the phone, though she decided to give him a break, changing topics. 

“Do you remember when you were about seven, I was sixteen, and I snuck you out to the movies to go see She’s All That?”

-or-

Buck has some late night conversations with Maddie and Eddie

——————————————————————————

Buck rolled over for what felt like the hundredth time, sighing heavily as he did so. The loft was too quiet, while his mind was anything but. He’d always had insomnia, though some nights seemed to be worse, and this was definitely one of those nights.

He’d been lying in bed tossing and turning for over an hour now, sleep nowhere in sight. He felt utterly restless, though he couldn’t get himself to move from the bed. The clock told him that Eddie still had at least another hour on shift, depending how things went; their shifts were never set in stone. Buck desperately wanted to hear his voice, needed his boyfriend by his side. Something about Eddie always grounded him. 

They’d been together for a few months now, both of them taking some time to be single and work on themselves first. It was a process of course, both of them still attending therapy regularly. Things had become less tense as of late, the two of them getting through the days with a little more ease.

Most nights were spent at the Diaz house, though they would stay at Buck’s loft every now and again whenever Chris was at a sleepover, tonight being one of those nights. He knew Eddie wouldn’t be home until late, or really early depending on how you looked at it, but the waiting never got any easier; he hated when they worked opposite shifts. In hindsight, he should’ve just told Eddie he’d meet at his house, but Buck didn’t want to overstay his welcome there. Sure, they were together now, having talked about the shooting a few times over, but Buck was still, well—Buck. His insecurities hadn’t suddenly gone away. Buck didn’t want to seem ‘too needy’, especially considering their relationship was still so new. 

Buck knew that Eddie didn’t actually think that about him, but he’d heard those words too many times now for them not be engrained in his mind. Eddie had never said he minded Buck being in his space, but Buck didn’t want to push his luck. 

He didn’t miss Taylor, had never wanted her to move in in the first place, though he couldn’t help but to miss the company. Not that she was home all that often, and when she was, she usually had her nose in some story. Even so, Buck reveled in the thought that he got to come home to someone every day, their things littered all about. Well, if he were being honest with himself, Eddie’s things were scattered all over his place, Chris’ too, Buck knowing he’d left his fair share of things at the Diaz’ over the years. Still, it wasn’t the same as having someone there permanently.

Opening his phone, Buck scrolled through various YouTube videos, moving onto TikTok, one of the videos inevitably leading him to his favorite web page, Wikipedia.  

After scrolling through a few things, Buck couldn’t help but to pull up his message chain with Eddie, sending one of them off. 

Buck: did you know that when cows are isolated from their companions, they get separation anxiety? 🐮

Buck didn’t mention that this was how he felt, though Eddie would probably read right through it anyway; he should’ve sent off the cute fact about seahorses. 

When he didn’t hear from Eddie after a while, Buck found himself sulking once more, still unable to reach sleep. He had to remind himself that Eddie was busy with work and not stuck forty feet below earth, or laying in a pool of his own blood on the open street. Buck shivered for the thought. Therapy was helping yes, though it didn’t mean he never worried. Eddie was one of the most important people in his life; he hadn’t been ready to lose him either of those times, and he certainly wasn’t now. 

He could call Chris, knew the kid would answer, though he didn’t want to upset him and make the kid wonder if something had happened—again. Bringing up his photos, Buck scrolled through them, smiling at all the memories. Most of them were of Chris and Eddie, Jee right up there with them. The three of them truly owned Buck’s whole heart, Maddie too.

Sitting up again, Buck opened up his second most used message chain, sending a text off to his sister, asking if she was at work; her reply came in the form of a phone call. 

“Hi mads.”

“Hey, is everything ok? You’re up late.”

Oh sure, I just hate being alone, and I’m worried that something happened to Eddie, so I’m just sitting here spiraling, just your typical night. 

“Yea, just-just can’t sleep. And I—wanted to hear your voice.”

I needed to hear your voice because you’re the only other person in the world who can calm me down and make me feel safe when the love of my life isn’t around. 

He could almost feel Maddie’s smug smile through the phone, though she decided to give him a break, changing topics. 

“Do you remember when you were about seven, I was sixteen, and I snuck you out to the movies to go see She’s All That?”

Buck chuckled just for the memory. “Yea Mads I remember. I’m pretty sure that movie was my sexual awakening because I couldn’t decide if Laney or Zack was prettier.” He’d thought they were both beautiful in their own way, and couldn’t understand why he had to pick one gender versus the other. 

“Yes, I remember you begging for one of my Freddie Prinze Jr. posters after that, which of course I gave you because I’m the best big sister.”

Even though Maddie couldn’t see him, Buck rolled his eyes; he couldn’t disagree.

“Man, mom and dad were so pissed when I hung that on my wall.” Buck laughed it off as he always did, though he could tell how much it upset Maddie, even through the phone.

“Evan, you should’ve been able to put whoever you wanted on your walls. That’s what I told you, and mom and dad even back then. You’re allowed to be you and love whoever you want.”

“They would’ve hated anything I put on the walls. They were always trying to find a way to criticize me.”

“Evan.” Maddie drawled out his name, Buck finally sighing as he gave in.

“I know I’m allowed to love whoever I want, ok? I just, I wish they cared enough to understand that.”

Buck had never officially told his parents that he was bisexual, though he guessed they probably figured it out over the years when he came home from dates with both girls and boys dropping him off, most of them ending in some sort of kiss. He never bothered telling them because he figured they didn’t care, or would just tell him something hateful like, ‘it’s just a phase son.’

“Well, I just want you to know that I’m proud of you for always being you. You’re going to give me a hard attack one day with all your injuries, but I still love you.”

“I love you too Mads. Thanks for—just for loving me.”

He could almost feel Maddie’s smile radiating through the phone, tears no doubt lining her eyes, just as they were for Buck. 

“So, tell me, are you waiting at yours or Eddie’s for him to come home?”

Was he that obvious? Probably.

“Mine, but I wished I’d gone to his.”

Maddie clicked away on her keyboard, Buck finding something about the sound soothing.

“And why is that?”

He let another sigh fall out as he rolled to his side, bringing the sleeve of his—well Eddie’s— hoodie up so he could inhale his favorite scent.

“I just—it doesn’t really feel like a home here, you know?”

“Because Taylor was there, or?”

If he was being honest with himself, he’d felt that way long before he’d asked her to move in. 

“No? I mean that didn’t help I guess, but I’ve just never felt—comfortable here, like I belong.”

“And how do you feel at Eddie’s house?”

Words he’d said long ago echoed through his mind, Maddie probably remembering them too since she’d been the one he’d uttered them to.

‘This is Eddie’s house; I’m not really a guest.’

“Like I belong, like I just—fit. Is that…weird?”

“Not at all. It’s the same way I felt when I first moved into Chims. That big house I moved into when I first arrived always felt empty; there was no love inside of it.”

And yea, Buck thought he understood that perfectly; the Diaz house was full of nothing but love. 

They talked for a while longer, Buck finally dozing off after a time, waking a tad groggily when he felt fingers brushing through his curls. He instantly recognized the touch, leaning into it as he reached up to grab Eddie at the wrist. 

“Where have you been?”

He said it a tad more harshly than he’d meant, his current sleep state of mind taking over for him. Eddie only chuckled, bending down to place a kiss over his birthmark.

“I was at work baby, remember? Had a big accident at the end that kept me longer.”

Buck turned to his back so he could look up at Eddie who was hovered over him on his side of the bed.

“Well, I missed you,” Buck couldn’t help but to say, pouting out his lower lip. 

Eddie raised his thumb to swipe over his pout, placing a kiss to it after.

“I missed you too. Were you feeling a little like the cows?”

Buck furrowed his brows for a moment before he remembered, groaning as he went to bury his face in his pillow, mumbling into it.

“I should’ve told you the stupid seahorse fact.”

Eddie laid down next to him, pulling Buck to him as he tucked in behind him, wrapping him up tight. “Well, how about you tell me now,” Eddie said as he linked their fingers together at Buck’s front.

“Just that, seahorse’s mate for life.”

Buck twisted in Eddie’s hold so he could face him, looking right into those deep browns of his.

“Yea,” Eddie asked, “how does that work?”

“Well, they meet early in the morning, there’s a whole ceremony, and they change colors and everything. It can last for up to an hour!”

Eddie used the back of his hand to brush over Buck’s face, causing his eyelids to flutter.

“You wanna talk about whatever’s bothering you?”

“Who said anything was bothering me?”

Eddie gave him a stern look, one that came with raised brows.

“Because I know you, and you only stay up late doing research binges when you can’t sleep.”

And well, that was fair.

“I just—I don’t like it here. I—it doesn’t feel like a home. I don’t think it ever did.”

Eddie studied him for a moment too long, Buck wondering if he’d revealed himself too much.

“Well, that’s good.”

“It uh, it is?”

Buck was so confused, though Eddie was smiling down to him, delighted as ever.

“It’s perfect, actually. You know the guy who helped me patch up my walls, you know the one who likes to fix things?”

The dopiest smile spread across Buck’s face as he answered Eddie.

“Yea I uh, I think I know him.”

“Good. Because I’ve been meaning to tell him that he should move in. Well, it’s my kid who’s been bugging about it really.”

They were both smiling so much that when Buck pulled Eddie to him, their teeth clanked together before their lips met, neither of them caring in the slightest.

“So, it’s just your kid who’s interested in him, huh?” Eddie shrugged around his hold, bringing his forehead down to rest against Bucks’. “Well as it turns out, I kind of love him too, have for a while now.”

“Y-you love me?”

Eddie reached to pull Buck onto his lap, looking to him wholly.

“Yes Evan, you’re it for me. I love you, even when you send me cheesy facts at one a.m. when you should be sleeping.”

Buck laughed into Eddie as he moved to lay on top of him, Eddie taking his weight on with ease. 

“I save the best ones for you Eds, you know, because I love you and all.”

Eddie switched their positions then as he tackled Buck to the bed, hovering over him before pressing the tenderest of kisses to his lips, the desire slowly building between them.

~

It was a few weeks later when Buck was officially moved into the Diaz house, boxes of his things spread all about. As Buck dug through one box, he was suddenly backed into another, Eddie snaking his arms around him, those long of his fingers scratching at the back of Buck’s next. 

“There’s one more thing, before we make if official, I mean.”

Buck couldn’t guess what he was hinting at; he’d had a key to Eddie’s house for years.

“Ok, and uh, what would that be?”

Eddie gave him a bit of a cheeky grin before bringing him in for a sweet kiss, lingering his lips there afterwards.

“Do you wanna be my seahorse?”

Buck couldn’t help but to get teary eyed, immediately nodding into Eddie.

“You guys are so weird.”

They both turned to see Chris watching them from the doorway of his room, scrunching up his nose in mock-disgust.

Eddie hugged him tighter, Buck answering for them both.

“Better get used to it bud. I’m here to stay.”

Chris only smiled, throwing out a few words before heading back into his room.

“Good. I don’t like when you leave.”

Yep, that was gonna do it.

His eyes watered once more, Buck sniffling as he went, Eddie not fairing much better.

“Better get it together before our kid see’s and chastises us again.”

The Diaz boys really knew how to make a guy emotional.

As he laid in bed that night, waiting for Eddie to get off shift, he didn’t feel so alone. Chris was just down the hall, the familiar hums and creaks of the house comforting Buck. The lingering scent of Eddie was all around him, wrapping him in a hug as if Eddie himself was there. Even tonight, when he wasn’t quite ready to sleep, he felt relaxed, knowing he was home. 

Home wasn’t a place, but rather a feeling, Buck never feeling it more than when he was with Eddie, right where he belonged. 

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📕BTS Fic Reads - 2021 March pt. 1

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Catching Feelings @na-na-na-nanna​ - MYG | smau | Goblin!Yoongi, Fantasy, must kiss humans to gain human emotions | Crack, F, A, S [12/?]

Cursed @bloomsuga​ - KTH | smau with written parts | Supernatural AU, Witch!Taehyung, Cursed!Reader | Crack, F, S, slight A ! [3/?]

Just Facts @yoongiiverse​ - JJK | smau | Rich Idol!jungkook, Model Dancer!Reader, Enemies to Lovers | Crack, F [5/?]

Kinda Hot @kimnjss​ - KTH | smau with written parts  | Campus Flirt!taehyung, Bestfriend!Reader, Bestfriend AU, College AU | S, F, A [15/?]

Made of Honor @suhdays​ - KTH | smau with written parts| best friend AU, made of honor!au (like the film) | F, A [18/?]

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Almost Home [reposted/revised] @angelguk​​ - JJK | 27k+ | Single Dad AU, Nanny, slight Fake Dating | A, F [2/?]

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Normal Kind of Love @/yoontaethings - JJK | 2.5k+ | Actor AU, Exes AU, Enemies to Lovers | A (so far) [1/?]

Open When @iluv-hobi​​ - JJK | drabble series, 2.6k | idol au, established relationship, epistolary | F ~ [2/?]

Picture Perfect @cosmoguk​​ - JJK | 5k+ | parents AU, exes AU (divorced) | A, F | [1/?]

Sleepyhead series @jkstompers​​ - JJK  | 18.2k+ | College AU, Seatmates AU, Crush AU (lol is there such a thing) | F, S

Sleepyhead - “you fall asleep during class next to the uni heart throb jeon jungkook, will you fall in love as well?” 1.8wc

Just to Study - “your seat partner asks if you’re free after class, just to study.” 7.4wc

Passing Notes - “a year of crushing and jungkook’s finally asked you out on a proper date.” 9k wc

Supermodel @koogalore​​ - JJK | 10K+ | Exes AU, infidelity AU, Jungkook is a jerk, Curvy!Reader, talks of body image | S, A [3/?]

The Realm @nottodayjjk​​ - JJK | 3.5k+ | Mystery, Fantasy, OC wakes up in a dark place not knowing where she is, afterlife feels | A [3/?]

The Weeping @themfchase​​ - JJK | 6k+ | Medieval, Dystopian, War, Fantasy AU, Romance, angels/demons | A [1/?]

Wasteland @iridescentjin​ - JJK | 4.5k+ | Sci-Fi AU, Post-Apocalyptic AU, isolation | A (so far) [1/?]

Your Love’s the Only Hoax I Believe In @sparklingchim​​ - JJK | 12.7k+ | College AU, Fuckboy AU, FWB AU, Tutor AU, Unrequited Love | A, S [2/3]

🌹 Yoongi

Birthday Girl @btsarmy9593​​ - MYG | 22K+ | one night stand AU, Noona AU, Professor!Reader, Post Grad AU | F, S [5/?]

Daechwita @/jinings (temp deact) - MYG | 20k+ | servant!yoongi - king!yoongi, princess!reader, period drama, Historical AU | All that Yoongi knows is that King Park must be killed- he just didn’t plan falling in love with his daughter along the way. | A, F, eventual S [2/?]

Silent Dreams @starlightauroras-writes​​ - MYG | 5.7k+ | Best Friend AU, sleeptalking OC while dreaming dirty thoughts about her best friend | S, F [1/?]

🌹 Multi/OT7

Holy Trinity @koyalov​​ - JJK x KTH x PJM | 9k+ | FWB AU, infidelity AU (other woman), Rockstar AU, Band AU, Bestfriend!Jungkook, FWB with other maknaes (yes it’s complicated) | A, S  [1/?]

Playmates @scribblemetae​ - OT7 | 22.6k+ | Idol AU, Sex Worker AU, Strangers to Lovers | S [2/?]

Roses @heejinnien​ - OT7 | 12.7k+ | Crime AU, Mystery, Horror, OC becomes target of the unsub | A [4/?]

by Author

Foxymoxy [AO3] - (JJK)  been following this author since last year (A Sea of Indigo, Hybrid AU) and her fics are amazing. Currently subscribed to these three (out of four) fics which get updated weekly:  🌷

Meadow (Wolf, Shifter AU, Arranged Marriage)

Amended (Arranged Marriage, Fake Marriage, Police Office AU, Childhood Friends, Enemies to Lovers)

Lowlander (Fantasy AU, Enemies to Lovers, Fighter Jungkook)

@jimlingss​ Drabbles 2021

Three Peas in a Pod || Fluff || Namjoon || Single Dad!AU 🌷

Suspended, Seduced, Surprised! || Fluff || Jungkook || E2L

Lotus Blooms in Mud || Angst || Jimin || Historical!AU

Buttering Up || Fluff || Yoongi || Chef!AU

The Office Trip to Pound Town || Smut, Fluff || Taehyung 🌷

Snow White and the Park Ranger || Fluff || Seokjin 🌷

Humdrum Amore || Fluff || Hoseok 🌷

Awaken Again || Angst, Fluff || Namjoon || Sci-Fi!AU 🌷

The Soulmate Gift || Angst, Fluff || Yoongi || Soulmate!AU

Floof’s Tail || Fluff || Jimin || Hybrid!AU 🌷

Take What Isn’t Mine || Smut, Angst || Jungkook

Crocodile Tears || Fluff || Hoseok || Pirate!AU 🌷

🥕[Completed Fics/Series]

Namjoon

Little Red @/bloomsuga - one shot | 22.5k | Werewolf AU, got lost in the woods, inspired by Little Red Riding Hood | S, F, A

Pheromones @rmnamjoons​​ - one shot | 17.5k | Spaceship Captain!Namjoon, Botanist!Reader, Sci Fi AU, Pining | S, F, A 🌷

Stuttering @moonlightchildz​​ - one shot | 11.6k | Tutor AU, Underground Rapper, College AU, Secret Identity | F, S  🌷

There’s a Fly in My Soup @sahmfanficbts​​ - drabble | 1.8k | Cafe Owner x Customer!Namjoon, Cafe AU, Strangers to Lovers, Crack  | F, A (in form of one very stressed OC) 🌷

You’ve Got a Friend in Me @wwilloww​​ - one shot | 3k | Bestfriend AU, Roommate AU, interesting idea to reduce stress levels | S 🌷

Seokjin

All I Ever Wanted @hayjeon​ - one shot | 10k | Teacher AU, Enemies to Lovers AU | F, S 🌷

Voicemail @joonary​​ - one shot | 7k | College Podcast AU, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Bestfriend AU | F (💕fluffy day reblog)  🌷

What Made Us Feel Human @joonsgalaxy​​ - drabble | 2.3k | Neighbor AU, thought neighbor’s noise is due to sex but it’s something else, Crack | F 🌷

Yoongi

Accidents @jungxk​​ - drabble 2.4k | Dad AU, Comedy | F (💕fluffy day reblog)🌷

Are You Still With Him @/joonsgalaxy - drabble | 1.7k | Roommate AU, Producer AU, Friends to Lovers, secret pining, use of song lyrics in the fic | F (I really love how it made use of different song lyrics in the story) 🌷

Avec Mes Souvenirs @palpitate-hyperventilate - one shot | 3.5k | Nikita!AU, Assassin AU, Trainer Yoongi | A

Dad Yoongi + Pawful Experience by obiwrites (through reblogs of her old posts) - drabble | 2.1k | Husband AU, Dad AU, presence of Holly and one resistant Yoongi | F (ugh this is the cutest) 🌷

Earn It @sugasbabiie​​ - one shot | 5k | College AU, Professor AU, PWP,  PLOT TWIST! | S, A 🌷

Hidden Stars @jungblue - series [5/5] | 37.3k | Idol AU, Love Triangle, some reference to infidelity | A, F, S  (a reblog of old faves) 🌷

In Character @kookingtae​​ - one shot | 5.7k | Pornstar AU, “actor au where yoongi plays a burglar who breaks into your house and has his way with you.” | S 🌷

Listen Closely @avveh​​ - one shot | 12.2k | Office AU, Coworker AU, accidently received a recording of Yoongi 🌶🥵💦 | S (reblog) 🌷

Love Language @gukslut​​ - one shot | 5.3k | Established Relationship, use of the Love Language concept | A, S, F (reblog) 🌷

Overstayed Welcome @kaep-jjjang - one shot | 7k | secret crush on yoongi, yoongi to the rescue when a one night stand won’t leave, friends to lovers | S

Selfish @write-this-way-please - two shot [2/2, sort of discontinued] | 3.8k | Coffee Shop AU, kinda hated each other, then a bit of surprise by end of Part 1 | Part 2 feat Namjoon | S, A

Slip @kinglykook​​ - one shot | 5.2k | Roommate AU, Enemies (kinda), OC slipped | S (a rediscovered fic 🤩) 🌷

Tsundere @dovechim​​ - one shot | 11.2k | College AU, Resident Advisor | S, A (a reblog) 🌷

Hoseok

To The Beat of My Heart @jeonggukingdom​​​​ - one shot | 7.2k | Dancer AU, use of mirror 🥵💦| S, pwp 🌷

Written on Our Veins @army-author​​​ - two shot [2/2] | 33.2k | Soulmate AU (💕heart day reblog) 🌷

This is Not a Love Story @sincerelyourfangirl - one shot | 8.7k | breakup au, infidelity, but happy ending for OC | A 🌷

Jimin

Cordially Jimin @kpopfanfictrash​ - one shot | 6.1k | Office AU, Epistolary (through correspondence), Humor | F (💕fluffy day reblog) 🌷

Saturday Mornings @craztextae​ ​ - drabble | 2.2k | Pining AU, Strangers to Lovers(?), Plot Twist! | S 🌷

Girls Like You [Don’t] Run Around with Guys Like Me @ktheist​ - one shot | 4k | popular!reader x shy!jimin, Rich Kids AU, FWB AU, College AU, ends as CEO (PJM) and Racer (OC) | A, F

Taehyung

A Letter in Roses @artaefact​​  - one shot | 8k | Husband AU, CEO AU, appearance of Yeontan | F, implied S

A Timely Malfunction @/joonsgalaxy - drabble | 2.9k | time travel, friends to lovers, prompt:  “What? No, I never said that.” | F

College FWB Drabble + PDA + Miscomm @yukheii - drabble | FWB AU, College AU | F (seriously this is super cute) 🌷

Handsy @jinned​​​ - one shot | 3.7k | Roommate AU, Bestfriend AU, Childhood Friends AU, Pining | taehyung helps her during time of need | S, F 🌷

Hold Still @/joonsgalaxy - drabble | 2.1k | CEO AU, use of flashlight 🙈 | S, pwp ( I’ll Never look at flashlights 🔦 the same way again)

Not Even Close @lovetrivia​​ - drabble | a powerful 600 wc | enemies to lovers, college au, hookups | S, pwp, A 🌷

Of Mages and Swords @masterninjacow​​ - one shot | 40k | Fantasy AU, King Arthur AU, Royalty AU, Action, Romance | A, F 🌷 #holygrailfic

Potent But Not Real @whatifyoulivelikethat​ - one shot | 5k | Assassin AU, Office Worker Taehyung | S, A

Talk Slow @writtenwhalien​​ - one shot | 6.4k | brother’s best friend, Exes AU, never have I ever game | A, S, F

The Temp @jkeuphoriadreamland​​ - one shot | 8.2k | Enemies to Lover, CEO AU, Taehyung has arranged marriage with someone else (headed for divorce) | S, F 🌷

Jungkook

gets a separate post due to too many fic reblogs 😬 (see link below for PART 2)

I love to read so feel free to recommend a fic posted: 2021 March 24 link to other reading lists  | Mar Part 2

[beevean]

man, it sucks that there's an interesting idea to explore with metal and belle being foils to each other, yet all the comic does with it is just an excuse to wring some tears out of belle being hurt. and with sonic doing the same thing at the beginning, i can even say belle has long ago lost any emotional impact she could have had, and if she is somewhere on the death's list alongside starline, i frankly wont care.

You can't tell me that Belle being bitchslapped and Sonic being like "OH BUDDY THAT WAS LOW" wasn't just another excuse to feel sorry for poor little Belle, as if we haven't been following her angst since her introduction

I'm sorry, but since the exact same thing happened to Sonic, I can only laugh. Metal took the time to slap her like a pimp instead of breaking her apart because she was in the way. He did it out of spite, just how he smacked Sonic's hand when he dared to spew his Principles on him. Metal is tired of y'all's shit. How is that not funny?

Belle... I don't hate her, but she honestly overstayed her welcome. I don't hate her because there's nothing to hate. The problem is that her character revolves around her angst, but she has a very shallow personality. She's cute, she's clumsy, she has daddy issues, she's meek (under Stanley's pen)... and? What does she add to the story, outside of being a living reminder of a dumb plot point that ended in 2018? Her only purpose, much like the MV, was to give Starline a tool for Surge and Kit - but you could easily rewrite them to not need Belle's code for their personality or the MV for their durability. Is she even "entertaining", as Flynn would justify it?