#so between 5 business days and month LMAO

[peachhcs]

as of late → social media post

hughes!sister x will smith au (samy + will)

two posts in one day?! as requested, here’s what’s been going on through samy’s instagram recently <3 (i had to add some angst with fans commenting things since this would be when her and will aren’t together)

p.s. this is olivia coutts on instagram irl. she’s sort of who i picture samy looking like so i took some of her pics from insta to use as samy’s :)

au masterlist

samyhughes as of late — i love my friends

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hannahduke WOW i made cover post! so honored

| samyhughes LMAO ur welcome bae

marcieevans11 i love youuuu samy hughes you’re gorgeous

| samyhughes i love youuu marcie can’t wait to see you in a few weeks!!

lhughes_06 YEAH I MADE THE CUT!!!

| _quinnhughes in the very last photo 😭

| jackhughes be happy you’re even included at all 😒

| samyhughes IM SORRY JACK I PROMISE NEXT TIME!!

user1 now wait a minute…who is that guy in pics 3 and 5???

markestapa little hughes standing on business in pic 4

| samyhughes like i always am

edwards.73 okkkkkk posttttt

| samyhughes okkkkkk i watched you type this on my post

colecaufield wait is that matt maggio??

| samyhughes yes! met up with him while i was in van visiting quinn :)

user2 omg is she dating this guy now??

| user3 that seems kind of fast after will…

user4 you were never good for will anyway.

user5 where’s will?!!!! did she move on that fast??!!

g.brindley4 good stuff hughesy

| samyhughes thanks gav

seamuscasey26 wow didn’t make boat pic i guess

| samyhughes you hate pics shut up 😭

rutgermcgroarty wow 6 pics in one post is crazy

| samyhughes shut up with your contract posting every three months

| nick.moldenhauer wow that’s tough

kayleighdocherty_ so pretty samy! love u

| samyhughes ugh miss u kay i wanna come back to cali

ryan.leno_4 damn i’m not featured :(

| samyhughes maybe in my end of summer dump!

user6 guys even if she is dating that guy now let’s not hate. we don’t even know what happened between her and will!!!

mattmaggio81 good seeing you! come back to van soon

| samyhughes already booking my next flight! 🫡

user7 rebound is crazzyyy

user8 it’s the way none of her friends are commenting on the guy. i knew she was only using will for the fame

| user9 lmao what fame?? she was famous on her own without will

| user10 y’all think she’s famous 💀

gabeperreault44 happy summer!

| samyhughes WOOO!!

drewf2 yuppppp hughesy posted

| samyhughes yupppp!

aram_minnetian silver purse in 4th pic looks cool

| samyhughes wow thanks aram!

gracecccsmith so cutie samy, i love u

| samyhughes love u grace🥰

jacob_fowler24 good shit

| samyhughes 🫡🫡

samyhughes hey guys!! just to clarify, matt and i aren’t dating!! we’re just friends. we met a few years back and when i was in van to visit it quinn, we decided to catch up! we were both at a charity event hence the 5th pic. please keep any rude comments to yourself as you don’t know what is going on in my life. thanks! <3

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okay once again time for some cherry magic th thoughts lmao but I'm thinking about the show's emphasis on comfort and how it's really interesting in the context of a character whose main deal (so far) is being in unrequited love with achi

bc I think it's so easy to get swept up in how we do hear karan's thoughts and therefore specifically how a;ldkfja;lkds wild his behavior is re: achi (researching cakes for a month!! buying bespoke pajamas for achi to wear at some point!! perfecting cooking eggs to make him breakfast one day!!) that it's sometimes hard to remember that, at least at this point in the story, if we remove all that and just look at his actual behavior towards achi he really.... isn't being intense or weird at all? what makes achi uncomfortable isn't karan's behavior in and of itself, it's that he knows the intention behind it which, yes, admittedly is very intense and uhaul-y

but it really is only when achi hears something he shouldn't that he feels that discomfort. like for example in this week's episode, achi reflects at the start on how he's getting comfortable with karan and feeling really happy in his presence (and we as the viewer can interpret that he's becoming aware and comfortable with liking him romantically, even if he says in that scene that he's not really sure what his feelings fully mean yet) but when he hears karan like "ah married life <3", THAT'S when he freaks out and puts distance between them. which makes sense looking at it from achi's perspective and understanding that his brain is a Complex Space (and I have additional thoughts about achi's perspective on events lmao that I should probably put in a different post) and also understanding like... it is an intense thing!! karan has a lot of intense feelings given they have not even been on a date yet and literally seem to have even only started regularly speaking recently al;jdksk;lad but it's also not something achi is supposed to know, because karan ISN'T actually being forward with him about his feelings at all with him or, IMO, crossing any lines

like the reason karan invites achi to stay with him at the end of ep 1 isn't motivated by anything sinister- we see him thinking in his head like "it'll probably take him an hour to get home, then he has to shower, and he won't get a good night's sleep" and that's why he asks him. he literally even treats saying goodnight to achi and lowering his sleep mask as some kind of transgression to be forgiven? like at every single turn in the show he is so worried about making achi uncomfortable and feels immense guilt over it when he perceives that he has made achi uncomfortable- we don't see his thoughts when they're directed to kiss during the game at the restaurant, but he doesn't look particularly thrilled (bless tay tawan for his perfect unreadable karan expressions) and he stops it as soon as he can tell achi is afraid (and says "please excuse me" in his head before kissing achi's forehead instead). he even feels guilty for defending achi against the guys trying to attack him in episode 3, chastising himself for inserting himself into achi's business and, again, for making him uncomfortable. in episode 5, he sees how he's being jealous and unfair and, again, immediately chastises himself for thinking those thoughts. while doing my ~research for this post I truly was kind of shocked at how frequently karan uses the word uncomfortable to talk about how he perceives himself as making achi feel, and it's a really sad aspect to the show, but also very interesting one

...alright this is long let me put the rest under a cut lmao

like I think it's a really fascinating thing about his character, that he does really care about achi's comfort beyond all else and is CONSTANTLY beating himself up when he feels he's crossed a line. after the kiss dare thing which literally is in no way his fault, he feels awful about how scared achi looked and says that he's the person who makes achi feel the most uncomfortable, and apologizes in his head to achi for falling for him because if he hadn't, achi wouldn't be uncomfortable, and like... that is so fucking sad!!! he's literally punishing himself for his thoughts that he isn't even acting on and the love he feels that he can't control. and honestly I am fascinated by the show including him saying "no guy would be comfortable kissing another guy" in the rooftop scene after the game- it's clearly a way to make the situation less weird and sort of give achi an out, IMO, to not have to discuss it or make it a thing like yeah!! of course no guy would want to do that!! but it is interesting in terms of the show not shying away from homophobia being a thing (and I have a LOT of thoughts about how a lot of karan's reaction to his feelings and behaviors towards achi and how extremely cautious he is could be read as having to do with internalized homophobia but this is already SO long lmao) and also how, again, he emphasizes comfort in his response

but I think the thing that is extremely sweet is that despite alllllll of achi's reservations and insecurities and stresses in the start w/r/t karan's feelings for him, when he hears karan feeling awful about making achi uncomfortable at the end of ep 2, he tells him about his inexperience and explicitly tells him that he isn't uncomfortable with the idea of kissing him. he admits something that he at the very least thinks makes him Uncool to the person he thinks is the most perfect guy in the world just because it clearly feels so wrong to him that karan feels guilt over something he shouldn't feel guilty for, because I do think on some level achi does realize that what's making him uncomfortable isn't really anything outward that karan is doing. at the end of episode 3 when karan puts distance between them by not sitting by him on the bus, achi again recognizes that karan's doing it because he thinks he's made achi uncomfortable, contemplates whether he IS actually uncomfortable, and realizes that he isn't. that he's actually very happy that karan sees him and cares for him and views him in this incredibly loving light that achi doesn't view himself. and so, similar to the end of episode 2, he takes a step towards him and tells karan to sit by him and they have that whole lovely moment, and I think this shows a lot of bravery on achi's part too, and a lot of care for him as well. achi is genuinely the person who makes the most moves which is FASCINATING to me.

I could go On and On but there's just this wonderful repeated emphasis on both of their parts to not want to make each other feel bad or uncomfortable and doing all of these little things to take care of each other, and how they're both being very brave despite having reasons not to be because they care about each other that much, and that is simply very beautiful to me and I feel a lot of things about it!!

[sowoozoo-7]

Love, Lust & Litigation | Interlude - NYE (Namjoon POV)

Pairing: Jungkook x Fem Reader x Namjoon

Genre: lawyer!AU, coworkers to lovers, slow burn, eventual smut

Rating: M (18+) whole fic, this chapter PG-13 (for language)

Warnings: some swearing in this chapter, nothing explicit

Word Count: 2.1k

Summary: Unfortunately, you have developed a massive crush on your new boss. Even more unfortunately, your equally attractive coworker is also harboring massive crush on your boss. AKA Jungkook and reader both pine for big, sexy brain Namjoon. 

A/N: It's been a long time coming but here she is! The next installment of LL&L! This takes place in the middle of Chapter 5. More about it in the A/N at the end. Thanks for all your patience as I got over a bit of writer's block (and writer's unmotivation lmao). This is my first time writing a member's POV, so hopefully I did it justice!

As always, I’d love feedback if you have any! Enjoy ~

mlist | ch 1 | ch 2 | ch 3 | ch 4 | ch 5 | interlude | ch 6

Namjoon Kim doesn’t make New Year’s resolutions. 

It’s a stupid concept, in his humble opinion. Not only is it an arbitrary date to make a change, most people spend the first day of the new year recovering from the night before. Can anyone really make any progress toward their goals while nursing a massive hangover?  

No. If Namjoon wants to make a change, he’ll just do it. He won’t wait until Monday, or to the first of the month. He'll just do it.

Of course, if anyone asks if he’s made any resolutions, he’ll just smile and say “Oh, you know, the usual,” or some other noncommittal answer. His coworkers don’t need to know he thinks it’s a stupid concept. He hasn’t gotten to where he is today by ranting about the uselessness of New Year’s resolutions. 

This year, though, this year might be different.

He arrives late to Jimin’s New Year’s Eve party. Everyone at Jimin's fancy high-rise apartment is past buzzed and barreling toward black-out drunk, and here he is, newly arrived and sober. 

Before he can go in search of alcohol, Jimin finds him. 

“You’re late! Why are you late? It’s New Year’s Eve!” 

Some urgent thing at work kept him there. It seemed life-changing and super important in the moment, but as Namjoon opens his mouth to answer, for the life of him, he can’t remember exactly what it was.

Jimin flaps his hand as if to wave the question out of the air before Namjoon can think of anything to say. 

“Whatever. The more important issue is, you’re not sparkling!” 

The theme for the party is “Sparkle or Bust,” in reference to both drinks and outfits. Namjoon doesn’t make a habit of keeping spare sequined shirts in his office, so he’s in one of his work suits, sans tie and jacket. 

Several hours’ worth of alcohol dulls Jimin’s outrage at Namjoon’s failure to follow the theme and he hands Namjoon a bedazzled NYE tiara and a glass of champagne without further berating.

“There. Much better.” 

Jimin leaves as suddenly as he arrived. 

Namjoon stays on the periphery of the party, sipping on the champagne. He recognizes people from work and some of Jimin’s friends he’s met in the past, but they’re all involved in their own conversations. 

His gaze wanders from person to person, wondering if any of them made resolutions, if they’ve ever kept them. If anything has ever changed—actually changed—by making a resolution for the new year. 

If it’s even worth it to hope for a change.

He keeps looking and his eyes catch on a familiar figure across the room. Jungkook, wearing a ridiculous, shiny blazer that he has no business looking so good in. Namjoon’s stomach does a little flip as he notices, not for the first time, how Jungkook’s shoulders fill out the blazer, broad and strong. He’s talking with Taehyung, Jimin’s roommate, a tall eccentric whose family owns half the city.

The crowd shifts, and Namjoon’s stomach flips again when he catches sight of you, looking increasingly irritated at the conversation between the two men. Now you’re rolling your eyes, annoyed at something they’ve said. 

Namjoon’s eyes follow you as you yank the sliding glass doors to the balcony open. Before he knows it, he’s making his way to the door, murmuring his apologies as he tries not to bulldoze his coworkers out of the way. 

Before Namjoon can reach the door, Jungkook is already there, round eyes apologetic and pleading as he slips out onto the balcony, closing the door behind him. Namjoon stops in the middle of the crowd. 

He’s too late. 

Again. 

He tips the contents of his champagne glass down his throat. It’s not enough to quiet the self-loathing, but enough to carry him to the glass door and peer out onto the balcony. 

You’re looking up at Jungkook, something like disappointment on your face. He has his hands on your shoulders, rubbing the bare skin to warm you up in the cold. Your expression softens. You’re forgiving him for whatever transgression he has committed. 

An ugly roil of feelings churns in Namjoon’s gut, a mix of jealousy, envy, and longing he doesn’t want to untangle. 

Regret, though, is what he feels the most. There were so many moments when he could have done something, anything, when he could have made his feelings clear to either, both of you. 

Yoongi pushed him to do something, to say something. Of course he did, what else are best friends for? But even though Namjoon saw want clearly written in Jungkook’s eyes, time and time again, he hesitated. Every time they touched, whether in passing in the office, or when they were working out together, Namjoon was so careful, so careful to not let his hands linger, even though all he wanted to do was feel the planes of Jungkook’s body against his, strong and muscular. Because it was inappropriate, because of Namjoon’s position, because he was Jungkook’s mentor. 

And then you showed up, beautiful, confident. Every time you won a case, you lit up the room, radiant, victorious. And all Namjoon wanted to do was crowd you against the elevator walls as you headed back to the office together. He wanted to know if you were as soft and pliable out of your clothes as you were hard and unyielding in the courtroom. Yoongi had more to say every time you and Namjoon were in his restaurant. But again Namjoon hesitated. 

And he was too late. All he has left is regret and unrelenting visions of both of you, soft and hard, next to him, on top and below him, wanting nothing more than the all-encompassing press of warm skin against skin. 

A loud bang pulls him back to the party. One of the ladies from IT tripped into the glass door beside Namjoon. He reaches out to steady her, his hand on her elbow. She blushes when Namjoon smiles at her, and she laughs it off, embarrassed.

By the time he turns back to glance out to the balcony, Jungkook has you wrapped up in his blazer and you’re both facing out to the city. 

Someone claps him on the shoulder, and he looks back to see Taehyung. “You look like you need something stronger than champagne.” 

A karaoke machine appears sometime before midnight. 

Namjoon has officially joined the ranks of the well and truly sloshed. Taehyung took him to the large pantry behind the kitchen, where Jimin had stashed the good bottles of whisky behind boxes of cereal, and he has gone back several times for a refill.

He doesn’t let himself get this drunk, not usually. He’s so careful, always so fucking careful, about how he’s perceived, about what he’s expected to do, how he’s supposed to act, as an adult, as a manager, as the hotshot lawyer people think he is. But the whisky warms his stomach tonight and blurs the edges of the sharp feelings deep in the pit of his stomach. 

Whoever is screeching at the karaoke machine needs to stop. He feels it in the base of his skull and it’s making the night all the more unpleasant than it already is. He can tell them off, of course he can. He’s the head of Litigation. 

He stumbles his way into the living room to make the horrible noise stop, but the song ends before he can get across the room. Thank god. He’s about to turn back to the kitchen to top up his glass when an angelic voice comes through the speakers. 

It takes a few blinks to focus his eyes. He eventually sees across the room that Jungkook has taken the mic, with Taehyung’s arms slung around his shoulders. 

They’re swaying as Jungkook sings “Leave The Door Open” by Silk Sonic. The rumble of the party quiets down. Someone whoops when he nails a high note. 

Namjoon leans back against the wall for support. It’s not the first time he’s heard Jungkook singing. He hums constantly in the office, but it’s only when he’s several drinks in and past the point of self-consciousness that he lets loose and really sings. His eyes are closed, not needing the lyrics, as he belts the song. 

A little sigh sounds next to him and he turns to see you, also leaning against the wall. Your eyes are soft for the man across the room, and a smile tugs at the corner of your lips. Namjoon looks back at Jungkook, and those feelings he was trying to dam with alcohol come rushing back. 

“You’re lucky, you know?” 

He doesn’t even realize he’s spoken out loud until he hears your voice beside him.

“Lucky?” 

Fuck. He has to say something. Clarify? Does he owe that to you?

“Look at him,” he says, gesturing across the room with his glass. “He’s hot and talented and good at his job. Competent people are hard to come by.” Shut up shut up shut up Namjoon, you’re rambling. “You’re competent too.” 

“Thanks?” 

The song ends and the room cheers for one more. Namjoon keeps his eyes trained across the room as Jungkook queues up another song. He can’t look at you right now. You’re too close.  

"Don't be a manager. It's overrated," he says quietly. "Careers don’t fucking matter. You have that freedom still, to do whatever.” 

The next song starts, “Falling” by Harry Styles. A shiver runs down Namjoon’s spine as Jungkook starts singing. 

“Jesus, just listen to his voice.” 

“Boss, are you okay?” you ask, putting your hand on Namjoon’s arm. 

He closes his eyes at the touch, and at that fucking nickname. He hates it. Hates his role at work, his chronic overthinking. He fucking despises himself for the person he’s crafted himself to be, hiding behind a job title, too focused on what society tells him is success to chase what he wants now. 

He looks at you, finally, to see confusion and concern written all over your face. 

“I’m happy for you two.” He can hear the sadness in his own voice and it’s fucking pathetic. He goes to take a sip of his drink, but it’s empty. Again. “I really am. Truly.” 

You just look at him like you’re about to say something nice and sweet and heartbreaking. Fuck. He’s gotta get out of here. 

In his drunk haze, he doesn’t realize that you don’t follow him to the kitchen. 

Karaoke ends with everyone scream-singing some pop-punk song that Namjoon vaguely recognizes. 

It’s getting close to midnight anyway, so the party roars back into swing, bass thumping, people dancing in the living room in a crush of bodies. 

Namjoon stands against the wall, the empty drink glass in his hand, watching everyone else lose their inhibitions. Even drunk as he is, the vice grip of anxiety keeps him from joining the crowd, from letting loose, and letting his body move to the music. 

He spots you and Jungkook in the crowd, your back against his, eyes closed as you dance to the beat, both faces flushed with alcohol. Namjoon waits, anticipating… something. What exactly, he doesn’t know. All he knows is that this picture is incomplete. He sits on the outside, watching the two of you from afar.

Then it hits him. He’s used to it now, like breathing, like the sun rising and setting, your faces turning towards Namjoon like sunflowers face the sun. Always finding him in a room. How many times has he locked eyes from across the room with Jungkook, with you?

And now, you’re not looking at Namjoon. Neither of you are. 

As the countdown to midnight starts, Jungkook spins you around to face him. You laugh and join in counting with the crowd. 

3…

Namjoon holds his own countdown, waiting for either or both sets of eyes to find him on the edge of the crowd. 

2…

Jungkook’s arms wrap around you. 

1…

Your fingers tangle in his hair. 

Happy New Year!

You’re kissing and laughing, rejoicing in the new year. When Jungkook’s eyes open, they’re trained on your face, and you look back, eyes only for Jungkook. 

Something breaks inside Namjoon. He doesn’t even know who his envy is aimed towards. Does he want to be Jungkook, kissing you, or does he want to be in your place, cupping the back of Jungkook’s head? 

Things never change on New Year’s Eve, except this year, something has. 

He slips out of the party without anyone noticing. The sharp cold brings him back to his senses. Without the party in his head, he can breathe. He can think. 

His breath fogs up in the early morning air. Every inhale brings a cold clarity back to him. 

He knows what he has to do. 

A/N II: This scene was originally meant to take place in the middle of Chapter 5 from reader's POV. The more I worked on it, the more I struggled with it. The whole chapter was dragging and nothing I wrote was working, so I took it out. I think it improved the flow of Ch 5 and helped me finish Ch 5 a bit faster. It's still an important part of the story, and I think it worked better from Namjoon's POV. So before we head to the final couple chapters (!!!!) I really wanted to show how Namjoon's been feeling. (And my brain wouldn't let me work on Ch 6 until I finished this.)

I'm not gonna put a date on the next installment. It's still largely unwritten, but hopefully the momentum from finishing this helps with the draft for Ch 6. Thanks for your patience! Lots of forehead kisses for y'all 💕

[bitchapalooza]

Some father-son hcs for Giacomo and Larry!

Larry was roughly 30 when Giacomo was born. (Larry is 46 now!)

Hes very serious when he says it was the happiest day of his life. He was nearly late because he was at work when he got the call, but luckily he got there in time.

But when he finally got to hold Giacomo in his arms, he was so happy! He didn't feel overworked or sleep deprived for once. He was giddy. Hed been waiting so long to meet him after being told he was going to be a dad. He felt like he actually had a reason to work so hard and so much.

When he and his wife divorced, it was mutual but still pretty rocky. Giacomo was about 5 when it happened. He remembers just being confused and wondering why he was visiting his grandparents so often until suddenly his dad is moving out without them and his mom is selling the house and moving into an apartment.

When Larry started dating again, Giacomo didnt know how to feel. And like any confused 7 year old, he kind of took it out on the woman his dad was seeing— Katy.

He was never really mean or did anything mean, its more like he always chose to ignore her when she'd try talking to him. Happened more often when Giacomo found out Larry and Katy had been dating for several months before introducing Katy to him! He felt like Larry was lying to him when he brought her over for dinner! His little kid brain just assumed they just met that exact day lmao

He mainly acted this way, though, because he thought his mom was gonna leave if Larry and Katy got married 😭

When his mom finally explained to him that nothings gonna happen to her and she'll be his mom forever and Katy wasn't planning anything, he settled down. Still was weary of Katy, but at least he was more open to her like telling her his interests for example.

Now, Gia and Katy are on good terms of course. He was the ring bearer for their wedding and he was super serious about his job!

Larry and Giacomo used to be much closer than they are now. Giacomo used to be so excited about his summer weekends with his dad, but for the past couple summers, Giacomo's been distant and recently has been holing himself up at his base.

Larry did try to speaking to him about going back to school and getting serious about his education, especially if he wished to go to college like he planned, but Giacomo wasnt having any of it. Even brought up the fact that hes not home often enough to even know whats going on so maybe he should "back off". But Gia never made the effort to let either of his parents know what was going on in the first place.

Things are... Not better, but at least Gia doesn't get upset or yell at his parents anymore. Since dealing with his bullies, his attitude has improved.

When Larry did learn about the bullying, he was not happy. Especially when no one from the old staff told him until recently when Gia came out about himself.

Larry's idea of having fun outtings with Gia are taking him out to eat and taking him to work 💀

He doesn't get Gia's interests, but tries his best to encourage them if they make him happy.

Larry prides himself on not raising a spoiled child. He taught Gia, from a young age, to ALWAYS work hard for his money. He never once spoiled Gia and always assigned him chores in order to earn his allowance. And once he started Pokémon training and earning money through battles, Larry sat Gia down so he could properly learn how to save and budget money.

He was realistic with him that working in the real world wasn't going to be great, even if you've gotten your dream job. There's always set backs and you have to learn to live with them. Sometimes you may have to choose between work and making a living or your desires. And Gia has kept these lessons in mind.

Larry honestly misses the days when Gia was so small. During his paternity leave, Larry spent so much time bonding with Gia before he got busy with work again. He'd sit in the chair in his nursery, holding Giacomo to his chest so he'd hear his heartbeat, copying exactly how Gia's mom held him.

The first time Gia got sick it was an ear infection. He was crying for hours non stop with a fever and even threw up a few times. While his mom was freaking out and worried because the fever wasn't getting any better after two days even with medicine, Larry sat there calling his mom for her "miracle remedy". He too had frequent bad ear infections as a child and already figured Gia might too. His mom advised him what to do to ease the discomfort and keep him calm and he immediately set out to get the things. It was just a stuffed animal he could put a rice heat pack in and put to his ear(s) for a few minutes. At times like these Larry would stay up all night if he had to to help Gia with the pain.

Unfortunately, these ear infections didnt become less common as Gia grew up like Larry's did by age 8. He still gets them now, but antibiotics respond well and fast enough. His mom refuses surgery like doctors suggest, but Larry would honestly prefer it if it meant Gia could stop taking the antibiotics so much.

Larry loves his son. He loves him no matter what. He grew up without his father in his life 90% of the time and is determined to make sure he doesn't do the same to Gia. Its hard to do with his work schedule and all, but hes in Gia's life way more than his own father was his.

Larry has tried playing the video games Giacomo likes, and he got motion sick. Very motion sick. And Gia brings this up constantly.

No, Larry does not make dad jokes. He cannot stand them. Giacomo, to annoy his father, makes the dad jokes instead. But you won't catch him doing it around his friends. Yeah he'd rather die.

[leggerefiore]

we've had the ingo and emmet being busy with work, but what about reader? could we get some needy subway boys whenever you get a minute? i got a new job recently and its kind of kicking my ass hgjkdsmgds--

if u want a nightmare job scenario I went into a place to work part time and like they expected me there 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

I quit there after like a month lmao

cw: fluff, reader being overworked, emmet and ingo being lonely and worried

▲Ingo▼

● He was a patient man, and he understood how works could easily consume your schedule if you were not careful. How busy you were was not bothering him, as he was always understanding of your circumstance. What was, however, is how tired you were when coking home. The older twin watched as you slumped onto the couch after barely eating a light meal. Your exhausted expression made his heart clench. He asked if there was anything that he could do for you immediately.

● He began to work on making sure there was some kind of meal for you at lunch and dinner, worried for your health. Ingo could feel your appreciation for his help, but slowly the feelings changed. He was fine being alone while you were still caught up at work, but the feeling of coming home to an empty apartment was truly getting to him. You barely had time to talk between having different work schedules and different breaks. There is barely time to talk when you came home due to your exhaustion and how close it was to his time to sleep. Your days off were rarely shared but blessings when they came together.

● His heart clenched when he thought of how tired yet busy you were. It reminded himself of when he first got his job as Depot Agent and going into his first years as a Subway Boss. The ghastly reflection of himself made him feel awful. His worries for you also skyrocketed. It was on an evening when you returned home on a day he had off that he greeted you at the door. His arms came around you tightly as he softly spoke to you.

● “I have missed you,” Ingo softly said, “Please… I know you are tired, but we need to talk.” It was the exact reverse situation that he had found himself in with you in the past. You tensed up and nodded. He led you to the couch, where you sat down. “I know you have completely inundated with work, but I have felt like we have yet to have a moment together,” he explained, “... And I worry that you are overworking yourself. When was the last time you had a moment to yourself?” You froze at his words. His frown deepened. “You should speak with your manager,” he said coolly, “I know not everyone is like me, but you truly don't need to work this much… I really do want to spend more time with you.”

● You nodded and agreed to try to speak with your manager. Suddenly, though, you were brought into another hug as he pressed soft kisses to your face. You watched is slight awe and terror as tears swelled in Ingo's eyes. It felt awful knowing that he had felt this way for so long yet never spoken to you about it. You wrapped your arms around him and sighed. It had somehow gone ignored by you about just how much you missed him, too. Nuzzling into his chest, you felt at ease. You were at least spending your next day off with him.

▽Emmet△

○ He immediately does not like how much of your schedule is being consumed by work. It reminds him of how bad Ingo gets at times about working. He is also sad you have seemingly rejected the offer to be his assistant at the station. He watches as you sleep beside him in the mornings, fully aware you did not get home until it was much too late. You were exhausted most times when you got off. More so than he could ever expect. He wondered if your boss was inconsiderate, or maybe if it was the nature of his Depot Agents' jobs that made it a bad idea to have sleepy people on staff. He immediately tries to make everything easier for you by helping around the house more.

○ He always tries to be awake when you get home to greet you and spend some time with you, but stops when he realises just how exhausted you are. Emmet worries his type of cuddling and neediness would only tire you out more, so he tries to sneak little treats to you or has his Joltiks help you with things as you need them. Still, watching you come and go and barely having any time to spend with you between each of your busy schedules was driving him mad. Not to mention a certain lack of a favourite activity of his that even he had self-control against when seeing someone so exhausted. Even your days off did not align. When they did, the entire day was spent in bed together, sleeping and cuddling.

○ Watching you come home, barely get a meal in, and then curl up in bed reminded him of a bad time in his past where he and Ingo barely had a moment for themselves. It took him finally addressing it to make that cycle end before they worked themselves into an early grave. It was killing him to see you in the same cycle. He could only pout as he fell deeper and deeper into worry. It was not like him to feel like this, by now he would have already sprung into action. Emmet was overcome with despair about what to do.

○ It was a day off when Emmet suddenly came home early. His body language was tense, and you were startled awake from a nap on the couch by his appearance. He dropped off his hat before burying his face into your stomach. His hiccuped unexpectedly before falling into sobs. You froze from out-of-character behaviour. The younger twin turned his head to face you, red, puffy eyes apparent. “I miss you,” he whimpered, “I feel verrrry lonely. Even brother and battles cannot make me happy.” You felt your stomach drop. He just looked so pitiful from the usual demeanour he held. “I support you, but I miss you,” Emmet cried out, “You are so tired! You never have time for yourself.”

○ You knew Emmet was honest and open about his feelings, so knowing he put them away for his cares about your focus on your job was a harsh feeling. Seeing him cry also made you realised the effect it was having on him. You brought him into a tight embrace and kissed the tears from his eyes. He held on to you like you would vanish the moment he let you go. Plans to speak to your managers about your shifts entered your head while you tried to comfort the sad twin. Emmet pecked a few kisses to you before burying his face into your neck. You definitely were not going to leave him feeling like this.

[sisterofficerlucychen]

so while rewatching a show for the first time again isn’t possible, rewatching the rookie through a different lens is because let me tell you how interesting it is to rewatch scenes as chenford is canon.  

2x19: the q word for example

this conversation with tim and lucy - “what are you so happy about?” “what? nothing? can’t i smile?” “you’ve just been doing it a lot lately.” — this is so ironic because who else has been smiling a lot lately? tim. i don’t think we’ve ever seen this man smile so bright or so much and it’s so funny that he was the one to ask lucy this in season 2 when we’re now in season 5 and he’s so giddy and in love.

tim’s rule about no personal life talk in the shop. the little interaction of “my personal life is none of your business” “finally. there’s hope for you yet.” — it’s a little fun, comedic moment between the two but it also highlights how she’s literally the only one to have successfully broken that rule, time and time again because of how much personal life talk they’e had through the years. i think it’s safe to argue that out of everyone they know, lucy knows tim the best and tim knows lucy the best. ALSO THE FACT THAT HE’S NOW PART OF HER PERSONAL LIFE???? 

tim talking to chris’ training officer and as he does that, how his gaze travels to lucy like he’s always worried about her and it’s so sweet to see the evolution of how he worries and how he treats her. i think back in this episode, it was more tied to the aftermath of what caleb and rosalind put lucy through but he’s always been protective over her. 5x08 had such a great moment of this when the man with the collar was standing in the middle of the street and not only did he rush her toward him when they thought it was going to go off, he literally shielded her. it’ll be so interesting to see how this continues to be at play now that he’s in a different division because tim isn’t about to let go of that protectiveness

the parallel of the “gun hand” between 2x19 and 5x12.

when they’re driving and lucy asks if they can “talk about what happened earlier” — i just love how even in their earlier years, they’ve always communicated so well?? with the exception of 5x02 lmao. but just lucy addressing the conflict and tim not shutting her down and engaging in that conversation with her. 

*snickers* lucy shooting down the label of emmett being her boyfriend because we all know how much she’s always steered away from labels but called herself tim’s girlfriend after a few weeks. heck, technically she called herself the mother of his children on their second date. 

“you may be thirty days from crossing the finish line but the only thing that happens when you cross it is that i won’t be there to keep you from washing out ... or worse, so you better believe this next month is going to be tough” — omg, there’s so much to unpack here that i could probably make this its own post but let’s talk about it at a high level. as her training officer, tim was always hard on her. the moment he realized that she was worth his time to train, he never made it easy for her because he knew she could take it. he said it too, back in 3x11: “you are a kind and insightful person. you see the good in people. so much so that i had to show you the world can be a scary place.” he trained her not only ensure that she could hold her own but that she’d be confident in her ability to to do which she 100% can. like obviously a lot of it is her, to which he’s also acknowledged, but he supported her in getting there. would lucy be where she is had she had any other training officer? probably but the thing tim did that i don’t think anyone else would have, was challenge her strengths for her to be able to grow in that area too. lucy can handle herself, she’s proved it time and time again whether it’s been while uc or like with the dv situation where she took on the boyfriend and talked down kyra. anyway, what could be really intersting here moving forward is how their dynamic on the job shifts now that they’re not in the same department because more likely than not, they’ll still work together but what’s going to happen when lucy makes a life or death decision on the clock that worries tim but can’t do anything about it because she doesn’t answer to him anymore?? soz, i love some good old angst and i hope this is a place where we get it because i love protective tim, badass lucy, and their deep conversations.

the “i thought we weren’t going to discuss my personal life [...] we’re friends” is so funny because of how they spent their last shift on patrol together talking about their personal life and trying to solve that conflict but also, no lucy bb, you’re not just friends, you’re boyfriend and girlfriend :-))))) you just didn’t know it then lmao. 

[caliburn-the-sword]

up to chapter 10. first winter thoughts!!!

thanks to miss marissa meyer because literally everything about winter completely makes up for the fact that i had to go through fairest. also this time i wasn't too lazy to take photos sometimes!! (don't ask me how it's less effort to type up quotes instead of just taking a photo, sending it to my email and downloading the photo from there-- and oh never mind it is still a lot of effort and is only worth it for chunks of paragraphs)

"dark side of luna" made me remember that one side of the moon is perpetually day time. i'm assuming that's where everyone lives since people need vitamin D. hope worldbuilding expands on what it's like during "night time" which is to say when it's late

i think this is the first time we've had a significant time jump between books. it's been months since war started, whereas the past few books only had days between them. idk if i'm disappointed yet because it means we skip a significant portion of the development between winter and scarlet, as well as seeing how kai integrates with the rest of the rampion crew. (note: or it's only been a month????)

ahh do the domes cut off light once it's "nighttime"???

omg she still hasn't seen jacin - i imagine he's also been locked up?? for treason?? but then why not just killed like this father of a shell

APPLAUDED the execution???? cray z

JACIN FINALLY. he's a main love interest so there's no way he will die. i wonder how winter will save him. why was he under arrest for so long??? levana doesn't seem like the type to waste time, unless the war was holding most of her attention

damn that's crazy devoted of winter to die by the blade

i feel like winter hates gingers more than tiktok does LMAO

i can't wait to get jacin's pov and see if he actually tipped off sybil or if it was someone else (which i believe it to be)

why does the name liam kinney sound familiar to me. also, this guard is definitely important since he has been named AND is standing up for jacin. confirmed by kinney looking at winter lol

30 LASHINGS?? there is NO way he can realistically survive that, even if self inflicted. and 40 hours of penance?? sounds vaguely catholic lmao. wonder what it means in this context

"a girl of sunshine and stardust" AYO NEW Y/A FANTASY TITLE JUST DROPPED fskhfsdkhfshk

"Willful determination had stifled any hallucinations." i'm not an expert or anything but like,,, i don't think think that's how it works?? if anyone's got experience with this please let me know if you're comfortable with sharing

why tf does aimery hate jacin so bad (note: probably a jealous bastard?? creeper mccreepface wants winter all for himself)

seeing jacin grin is honestly kind of alarming. i don't remember him smiling ONCE in his first book. but seeing him smile to reassure her after he's literally been through hell is so nice. i am beginning to see why people like him now. i take back the mean things i said

if i had a nickel for every time the most beautiful woman in the land had a scar that accentuated and multiplied her beauty, i would only have 2 nickels but it's weird that it's happened twice (shiori's stepmother from six crimson cranes). it's very slayed of them. more appreciation for scars PLEASE.

"My Selene" HELP THAT'S SO TENDER??? i am already feeling feelings

these childhood best friends have absolutely NO business flirting with each other this hard

i'm sorry but can kai even cook?? i highly doubt it he's literally royalty there is no way (note: i KNEW that he couldn't cook)

17TH KISS?????

FINALLY SCARLET AT CHAPTER 5 I THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLODE WITHOUT HER

scarlet's relationship with ryu is something i didn't know i needed until now. anyway i love them very much. her emotional support wolf

i wonder how scarlet's finger is healing up

scarlet is so helplessly gay for winter lmao

i'm honestly surprised that scarlet is trusting winter's word that her friends are alive

ngl it's very apalling and sickening that a race of people that can use their gift to command someone to do anything they like, such as telling the truth, the lunars instead choose to TORTURE answers out of people. it's the ultimate display of torture being a method of exerting power rather than to actually try and find answers

i LOVE how marissa meyer throws together so many duos of characters and really lets them bond. it's so nice to see cress help wolf now so casually with the benoit farm when she used to be terrified of him during the kidnapping of kai - oh lol nevermind she's still terrified lmao. but this is still good progress and i'm living for it and i can't wait to see them become closer!! imagine him as an older brother figure for her~

since we have no idea who cinder's father is imagine if her nameless father is in fact wolf's father

knowing what wolf and scarlet are like about tomatoes. insufferable fandom culture have probably made tomatoes their entire personalities in like

FIRST JACIN POV CHAPTER

"Dreaming was for people with nothing better to do." okay emo bastard. try not being blonde and looking like a disney prince and then get back to me (seriously i'm imagining him as those vaguely femboy tiktok guys with like long wispy hair in a manbun and is vaguely elflike and uh oh am i just picturing legolas but with shoulder length hair?? fuck me dead)

TWO jacin chapters in a row?? i'm being treated to the works. thank you miss marissa meyer

i will admit,,, that the banter that winter and jacin have is quite delicious (context: he's just been made her personal guard for the first time)

the way that winter and jacin are literally foils for levana and evret makes me froth at the mouth. will not be elaborating i MUST READ no time (or braincells) for analysation

THORNE CAN SEE AGAIN aaaaaaand he's being weird about cress. i hate it here

i love how instead of being all jealous that cinder and thorne have spent all this time together kai says almost the EXACT same thing about thorne being competition as thorne did when he found out about kai. love triangle except they're only doing it for the meme. so real of them (except thorne please stop creeping on teenage girls challenge)

note: reactions with photos are now gonna be their own posts because trying to figure out the formatting was a nightmare and i'm too tired for this shit. tag list does not apply to that because again i'm too lazy. peace and love <3

@eddisfargo @francforever @winterrhayle @winterpinetrees @shellyseashell

[shirogane-oushirou]

OMG RENNIVERSAY???? HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AGAIN YAYYYY GUSH PASS IF U WANT HEHE 🎫🎫🎫

😭💕💕💕 THANK YOU NIIICK!!!!!!! for both the oushiversary and the renniversary (and honestly all of the time), your tags on rbs make me so giddy and emotional and i'm always so thankful ;w; wah.

i have a hard time expressing just how much ren has done for me this past year so... it's rambling time ksjdnfjk...

[pet death mention] my baby boy cyrus had lost his battle with cancer just a week prior to The Dream. i won't ramble about him here, but he was my biggest support when home life got fuck-y; losing him was like losing a part of myself. [/pet death mention end]

unfortunately i didn't have much to focus on afterward... i was trying to keep busy, but the art parties i'd been attending went on a long hiatus shortly after this, and while i TRIED vrc for a bit i found The Social Anxiety meant it wasn't the best choice for me ;;

and then i had this long, cinematic dream, about befriending and getting flirty with a dorky, fruity scientist from the c.dc (lol. lmao. i would NEVER!!!!! that's the very first thing i changed about him KJASNDKJN) who was fun and goofy and was so so loving to his niece who followed him around everywhere ;w;

and then he did a little villain heel-turn after being infected by a sentient parasite (also lol. lmao. my brain trying to bully me and make me feel bad... but it does it in the form of a cute bisexual man? 🥴). and of COURSE when his niece and i acted afraid of him he did the whole "i'll destroy everyone powerful in this city. and i won't let anyone or anything harm you." thing and i just OOUGHHHH. there's more to it than that, and i don't want to ramble TOO much, but he was so clearly twisted-justice-but-loves-people-so-hard core. that's the good shit ughhh.

and so! according to the document timestamp, i woke up at 5:45am, opened my ipad, went into procreate, and went to town scribbling down a vague idea of his face and mannerisms before passing out again. i KNEW i didn't want to forget this guy; i immediately felt he was special. most of my ocs come from dreams in some form, but he was already almost fully formed. The Ideal. To Me...

and when i woke up for real, i spent the day nailing down his design. and i was Officially Doomed from then on u_u

he's changed SO MUCH in the past year (just the fact that i had to revive his supernatural villain form as a separate AU a few months ago is proof of that KJANSDKJN)... as have i. he gave me someone to focus on as i healed, a reason to continue drawing in spite of the aforementioned art party hiatus, pushed me to join the selfship community For Real, lead to me meeting so many people and making so many friends outside of my teeny tiny a-couple of-friends-from-college circle, helped me appreciate the oc creation process and AUs so much more, pushed me to do monthly art challenges that i haven't done since before i fell ill...

and just... made me love myself more. made me appreciate the things i didn't like about myself. helped me realize the potential of selfshipping in general, to be a tool to see oneself as deserving of love, even if it takes making a fictional character play messenger between the self-doubt and self-acceptance bits of your brain.

i likely would have just stayed in my own little corner -- my quiet little oushirou blog that i didn't have linked anywhere, chatting in stream chats but not talking to any chatters outside of that -- if not for ren. i've met so many people who have similar struggles! different struggles! similar and completely different interests! gone completely outside of my comfort zone and found such a good circle of people who uplift each other!! HELL, my art blog has multiple times the followers as i have here, but they only ever interacted with my umi.neko art LMAO -- here it feels like we all want to support each others' art and writing and other creations and rambles and and and.

and it's because ren gave me a reason to make that step. start tagging things, start following people and reaching out, chatting with people who reached out to me... he's genuinely changed my life for the better. ;w; i don't think i'll ever be able to express just how thankful i am that he came to me at the exact moment i needed him most. i love him so so much rghhhrgh. gripping him in my fist and kissing him all over his face forever and ever. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[theteaisaddictive]

10 questions for writers

tagged by @cinderellasfella, thanks conor!!

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

51! didn't realise it was quite that many!

2. What's your total ao3 word count?

500,860

3. What fandoms do you write for?

almost exclusively disney's beauty and the beast, although i've been bitten by the cinderella retelling bug recently as you can probably tell

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

yes!! i love responding to comments, although it takes about five business months for me to do so. if you left a comment months ago and you suddenly get a reply from me seconds before a fic gets updated, that's why!

5. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

lmao yeah! this was back in the day on fanfiction.net, it was a the mortal instruments fic set between the penultimate and final books of the series. there was practically no plot beyond 'the gang takes a road trip'. i had absolutely no idea about it until an admin PMed me in 2016 (about three years after the fic was published); the other author was prolific and shameless in their plagiarism, apparently. at that point i really didn't care as i'd moved on from the tmi fandom, so i don't know how/if it every got resolved!

6. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes!!! i co-wrote a fic with @lumiereswig wayyyyyy back in like 2017/2018 just after the batb remake came out, and they were very patient waiting for chapters from me, the slowest writer alive XD it was a very fun fic where agathe got amnesia

7. What's your all-time favourite ship?

belle and the beast. come on!

8. What are your writing strengths?

descriptions! introspection! odd bits of character work! comedy!

9. What are your writing weaknesses?

DIALOGUE

(and also description)

10. First fandom you ever wrote for?

beauty and the beast 1991, babey! the original post that was my first ever fanfic is buried somewhere in the depths of this very tumblr blog!

tagging @jimmyandthegiraffes, @wizardysseus, and anyone else who would like to!

[fallingsunflower]

My thoughts on Harry's break part 2/2

I want to share some of my thoughts that I've kept bottled up over the past couple of years but it seems pertinent to share them now.

For those who don't know - hi, I'm Sunny. I run this blog but I also have a background in psychology. I have 2 degrees, have worked in several schools and a psychiatric hospital, and have done extensive research in multiple areas of psychology that overlap with what I'm about to outline.

Celebrities aren't my area of expertise. This is just an educated opinion.

You can read my opinion on what Harry's been up to here. I outlined it like that because I wanted to show that Harry's been on the move for a reallllly long time. He keeps busy and busy and while although I think a break is necessary, I don't think it's as simple as that.

Love On Tour consisted of 2 eras - Fine Line and Harry's House - mashed into about 5 years. I think the emotional ending to Love On Tour was partially due to Harry finally saying goodbye to these eras. It was probably mentally exhausting for him to cope with that. In my opinion, the song he composed for the last show wasn't a goodbye song but rather a thank you song to express what words cannot (I often say Harry isn't very good at words). So I think he wanted to express himself via song to end a very good and emotional time in his life.

This was also only Harry's SECOND world tour. I know it felt like a lifetime but he only did Love On Tour and Live On Tour. So when he says it was the time of his life and he'll never forget it, that's because it was LITERALLY HIS SECOND SOLO TOUR. Both his tours were great but I'm sure this one was probably more enjoyable for him. He seemed to fall into a groove and grew in popularity and success. He was selling out stadiums and I think he realized he was creating something incredibly good - such as the good part of the fandom that came together like a family. I think he felt loved and appreciated.

Piggy-backing off of that into more of a psychological route, there's a lot that happens when an artist is on tour. They're surrounded by people 24/7. They have people telling them every day how much they love them. They are also doing something that they love to do. Harry specifically said performing is his favorite thing in the world to do.

So when the lights go down and the tour ends and the artist goes home, it's probably quiet. It's something we struggle to relate to. There are no more people around. There's no more of that extreme love. There's a pause in doing something really enjoyable.

I suspect it's depressing and maybe even a little bit scary. I don't think Harry likes being alone. I think he likes to be busy, even though I think a break will do him good. I just hope he has a good support system. A lot of artists struggle with the in-between time. I won't go into details but I've always worried a little bit about it.

With all that being said, I think it was just plain old emotionally hard for Harry to leave that stage. I think he longs to go back even though it was tiring because sometimes staying busy is better than being left alone to your own thoughts. So I think we're seeing a lot of that aftermath.

Now idk if Harry is going to be taking an extended break. He COULD be but I really just think it was an emotional end for him. I don't think he's retiring or will be gone for a suuuuper long time. I'm also not sure what his Marvel plans look like but I just can't see him putting music on the back burner. He said over and over on LOT that music is his favorite part of his job. Rumors of his retirement have been circulating for months.

This was a pretty long post to explain something but I think it's a complicated subject and people are taking it in multiple extremes. It's also hard to have a convo on Tumblr lmao I prefer in-person but obviously that's not possible (how fun would that be though LMAO)

[kohakhearts]

7, 9, 12, and 33 for the fic writers questions!

thank you!! <3

7: any worldbuilding you're particularly proud of?

i mean, the obvious answer is asld. i put blood sweat and tears in that world, lol. but since these questions are technically about fic, i've gotta shout out sinner's serenade. i don't think making mahiru a siren was really my idea, but god it worked so well and going back and reading this fic like...i did some really cool and fun things with the world. it's so obviously removed from canon in a lot of ways, but the nods to canon work really well, and tbh the whole dynamic between guren and shinya and mahiru like...that wouldn't have worked for any other characters, lmao. like the au is just such a love letter to all the things i loved about these characters And It Shows. 16 year old me made some points!!!!

my other answer is mors tua vita mea, because let's be real - hp is RIDDEN with plot holes, and i think i did a really good job of patching those up. will the fic ever see the light of day? idk. unfortunately i don't do a lot of writing for the fandom anymore, and i didn't want to post the first fic until the first three books were finished. but i've wanted to do my own full rewrite since i was like...14, so it'd be a shame if all my hard work on that never got out tbh :') (i think i did some pretty galaxy-brained stuff to explain soul magic and horcruxes...since the small amount of explanation in canon are bad and stupid<3)

9: how do you find new fic to read?

ok i admit, i...mostly don't. i go through periods where i read a LOT, and in those periods i'm usually looking for a very specific kind of content and i will use every ounce of researching knowledge i acquired at the stupid top 30 university i attended to find it. and then i don't read anything for like, six months. i try to keep up with my friends' fics when i can, but i am very busy and a very slow reader (and on top of that, very unaware of the passage of time lmao. so if i've ever promised to read anything...just know i wasn't lying. i just might take a year ot two to get to it. i WISH that were an exaggeration lol)

thinking about it though, when i was younger and not like. a full-time student with a job and groceries to buy and rent to pay and all that shit, i generally found fics via recommendations (if the fandom was big). if the fandom was small, i'd just sift through the entire relationship or character tag until i'd read everything. wish i could go back to that tbh. i was living the life when i wasn't too exhuasted to use more than 5% of my brain at a time for leisure activities like reading fanfiction :')

12: are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

i don't know why but this is always such a hard question for me to answer??? i think it's largely because i have an awful memory but also like...i'm pretty much willing to give anything a try, idk. all i can really think of is that i used to categorically refuse to read a/b/o but now sometimes, if it's all there is...i can accept it. but it's still not really one i enjoy.

33: if you write chaptered fics, what’s your ideal chapter length to write? is it different from your ideal chapter length to read?

i am a very long-winded person in general and that definitely tracks into my writing. that being said, when i'm not like...actively trying to make them a certain length, my fic chapters tend to be around 6k-7k. which is not bad imo? that's pretty average i think? but i also firmly believe that things like chapter length are really relevant facets of style. i've written things with chapters all less than 1k words and things with chapters that are 25k words. it all depends on the story! so for that reason, i don't really have an ideal chapter length as a reader. as long as it feels well-paced for that specific story, i'm good with it.

questions for fic writers

[keeperoftinyarmy]

The problem is not tae but jikookers. jikookers are starting to become the new taekookers, with their theories "jikook are private, they can't appear together in public" or "jimin was sleeping or hiding in the bathroom". Why jikookers can't accept that Jimin wasns't there, and he didn't go to Jk's home even if Jk invited him. You can't change the narrative when you want. First, jikook were the members always together and blah blah. No problem. Now, jikook are the private couple lmao. Sure. Jimin and Jungkook could meet if they want. Everytime Jk invited Jimin, he knew that Jm was working lmao. And when Jm was free like the last night, he didn't go to Jk's anyway .... so when exactly they meet in person? Jikookers last months ago: "Jm is so busy! And Jk can spend time with friends!!" Jimin is not busy anymore, what is your new excuse... How can you be so delulu...(not you, I mean, jikookers with their delulu theories).

IMO…

Shippers…all shippers have theories and speculations…it comes with the territory. Not seeing all and not knowing the people personally makes minds run wild. Some ships have more circumstantial evidence than others but really it’s all a whole lot of a filling in blanks.

There’s ALWAYS been speculation with jikook…from the theories about hiding in hotel bathrooms, theories about secret codes, speculations about living arrangements, theories about fights, the meanings of bandaids…you name it. Jikook has never been immune from this.

The difference between TK and Jikook is that the TK ship is based on the narrative that Jimin is a flirtatious home wrecker (putting it mildly) and in the way of Tae and JK’s happiness. This story is so widespread and ubiquitous in the fandom that even non shippers know about it and absorb parts of it into their view of Jimin. It also has caused some overzealous fans to start to hate Jimin because they perceive him as a threat.

Unfortunately all the hate towards Jimin over the years has caused some jikook shippers and Jimin fans to have some negativity towards Tae and they now perceive him as the cause of Jimin hate. (He’s not. Tae cannot be held accountable for the actions of his fans) Tae and Jimin claim each other as besties to this day. And I have no reason to believe anything has changed. He would never be a JM anti.

Also BTS is on a break…we see them even less. This leaves time for fan imaginations to run amuck. And while this was common to find in the TK ship, since there was no tangible evidence of extraordinary closeness since like 2015 …it’s new (and noticeable) for jikookers.

Jikook is a ship that has been sailing (with the aid of JM and JK tbh) for years. They were in content together regularly and we were spoiled. Now we actually still are spoiled (comments on lives and weverse, cameo in a behind, JK doing his own Jimin reaction video) but it still feels like not enough because it’s far less than what we had.

So while I can see some of your points anon, I cannot agree with your ultimate conclusion. It’s not delusional to think Jikook still interact even without “seeing” it. With all that they’ve said about each other over the years and with all they said and shown now…

1- JM saying he’s seen all of JK’s lives

2 - JK knowing Jimin’s songs and choreo

3- JK asking Jimin over on his lives - yes I think they’ve seen each other but not as often because of work

4- Jimin wanting JK to visit him at work more often

5- JK’s Jimin themed live - this was a big example of who Jimin is to JK imo

6- Jimin putting a JK clip in his IG story

…there’s no reason to think they still aren’t close.

[bookworm-2692]

No liveblog of Grian’s episode because my sister woke up so we watched it together and liveblogged it together. But have some thoughts compiled anyway:

I love the “going through the rift” animation Grian included, and also the fact that he showed every empire at the start before continuing with the episode

The culture shock between the hyper-capitalist hermits, and the emperors for whom diamonds are only good for tools, and otherwise they trade items directly, is going to be super interesting going forward

Grian reading Jimmy’s laws, specifically the one about peace between Empires and saying “that’s why we’re here, we love peace on Hermitcraft”. Reminder that this is the man who has instigated or otherwise played a major role in every war/rebellion/conflict/resistance since he joined the server however many years ago now...

The prank on Pixlriffs!!! Honestly it was getting to the point where I was almost more excited to see what the recap would do with the crossover than the actual crossover itself, and Grian and Impulse’s prank on Pix with the Hermitcraft Recap music and the “this week on Empires” was absolutely brilliant. Especially Pix just... running away from them. Cannot wait to see Pix narrate this in a few days time

Also the fact that this week’s recap also needs to cover the King’s Gauntlet stuff and the end of that storyline... and then also the start of this storyline, in the same week

Also at least we now know why it was such a rush to finish up the King’s storyline, so it wasn’t hanging over their heads while half of them were on Empires

Also the fact that starting a new server with a prank (or otherwise just messing with someone) is now standard for Grain - in S7 he pranked Scar with the zombies, S8 was the Boatem Pole (granted that was also pranking himself as well as the others), S9 was the messing with Scar and throwing him down the hole... yep, definitely on brand for Grian to prank Pixlriffs before doing anything “useful” here

I loved seeing Grian and Impulse genuinely admiring Pix’s redstone contraption - and due to Mumbo’s latest video I now have a 5-10% understanding of comparators so I understood slightly more of what Pix was describing it as haha

I love that Grian told Oli he lived far away and that his base was small so it wouldn’t be that hard to move it, and then Oli told him it took a month for him to build it. Grian was like “okay if you want, I can move it for you in a day. I can rebuild it for you at that hill and we can be neighbours if you like”, and Oli thinks that might be nice. But the thing that stands out is like. Yes Oli welcome to Hermitcraft Insanity. You’re talking to the crazy builders, and Impulse (who was also there in the conversation) is the one who famously moved his entire base in S7 up by one block. Yes something that takes you a month quite literally will only take the Hermits a day or so

If Oli takes Grian up on this and then just opens his next episode with “yeah so a Hermit fairy came in the night and moved our entire base and we’re here now” would be funny

Grian trying to follow along with Empires lore, and make “Hermits” be a species, but struggling to think of what that could be, other than hobbit-ish. He’s like “yeah so we’d be a bit shorter, and Bdubs even smaller”, I love it so much.

“It shouldn’t take us too long, with all the Hermits on the one team, that’s unprecedented” yep you’re usually too busy starting wars Grian lmao

“The Hermitcraft-Empires Invasion - I mean crossover” great save there Grian well done

And then - the Portal broke on both sides. I knew it was glass on the Empires side so they couldn’t go back, but the fact that it also broke on the Hermitcraft side, so no one else can come through later? Interesting....

[ferretrade]

Nine (9) People You'd Like to Know Better

thanks for the tag @lttrsfrmlnrrgby!!

Last Song: One Day More from Les Mis (I am moving tomorrow so lmao of course my brain was like one day more, another day another destiny--)

Currently Watching: Literally right now I am watching Watcher’s Top 5 Beatdown - Cryptids. I’m actually kinda between shows though, I just finished Queer Eye so maybe I’ll circle back to Queen Charlotte and Shadow & Bone and watch the last episodes there. 

Currently Reading: I just finished Love at First Set which was fine (and also a w/w romance). Next book will either be Venom & Vow OR one of the books I ordered from my soon-to-be local bookstore, Wannabe by Aisha Harris (nonfiction, about pop culture) or Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon who is one of my top favorite romance writers 

Current Obsession: Other than Star Wars? In terms of Stuff I Am Obsessed With: this local shop has this amazing local, organic, etc. etc. chocolate milk that is just soooo good. (Actually I’m obsessed with that shop and a local no waste shop in general.) And I have been obsessed with Poppy & Pout lip balm for some months. (If you read my one w/w fic, I mention Cody’s flavors of lip balms and they are that brand and I have them all :))

Taggingggg (with no expectations, promise): @adaliak @anaclastic-azurite @foreverchangingfandomsao3 @afoundling @happybean17 @tired-bshocked @laelish-afriend @gentlespace @goddammitjim

[bigskydreaming]

Like, I am very conscious of the aid people have given me and try not to ask any more than is absolutely necessary because I do not enjoy asking for charity like at ALL. But I am less than a year out from when I had a twenty thousand dollar (out of pocket) surgery to address a longterm disability caused by a gaybashing when I was nineteen and that flared up about seven years ago and caused constant, daily migraines, chronic pain and other issues that limited my ability to work while I spent the next six years doing literally everything I could to save up for that surgery while maintaining an expensive as fuck insurance plan that was the only option for getting the surgery DOWN to that ‘manageable’ price tag in the first place. Between that and the costs of just staying alive for those six years, even with e-begging and lots of help from people, I wiped out every cent of my savings and put myself in massive debt and tanked my credit as that was the literal only way I could afford that surgery and regain a decent quality of life. I STILL don’t even have fucking TEETH because every single one had to be pulled in order to do the surgery since to realign my jaw properly, I needed an even bite and after years of destroying my teeth every time I used one side of my face and one side only to do my best to chew and eat food, pulling every single one of my teeth and getting as-literally-cheap-as-possible-dentures instead of trying to repair my teeth first was quite literally the only real option without further dragging out the surgery timeline because I was basically bedridden by the time I actually did get it. After years without being able to work regularly, my ability to go back to my old careers are basically nil and I’ll have to start over from scratch - when I can even afford to - as in the meanwhile, my job options were limited by having a years out of date resume and pretty much all of my paycheck does go to managing my debt, trying to rebuild my credit, and basic cost of living while scrounging together pennies to try and save up now for the many bone graft surgeries I’ll need if I ever want to get teeth implants instead of relying on dentures for the next several decades. So yeah, I ask for help, mostly just when I don’t have money left over for food or the couple hundred dollars I spend monthly in meds because lmao, my various neurodivergencies don’t really help with all of that and I literally can’t afford to go off my meds or miss my regular schedule with them without risking everything I HAVE managed to pull together in terms of routine and income-generating ability.

So do I enjoy e-begging? Fuck no. Am I constantly trying to figure out better ways to supplement my income? Hell yeah. I’ve been trying to put together things like a patreon where people actually get something in exchange for money sent my way, for like, months and months but when I’m not working I’m fucking exhausted because grinding nonstop for six years through constant chronic pain and stress with zero days off will do that to a guy, and I haven’t exactly been able to kick back and enjoy myself even since the surgery. 

And I do my best not to put shit like that on my posts and just keep things to the bare minimum because not only do I not love dwelling on all that, I’m genuinely not trying to guilt people into anything or play the sympathy or pity card because when you used to pride yourself on being independent and self-reliant pretty much from the age of ten because your family taught you from an early age not to rely on anyone but yourself, it’d take even more therapy than I have now to actually be okay with the fact that I’d probably be dead by now without the kindness of internet strangers having helped me stay alive at times when I hadn’t eaten in days because I was busy keeping a roof over my head instead.

But sure, random internet anons - my little post about asking for $5 or $10 is an attempt to make people feel bad about getting blue checkmarks or their financials in general, as opposed to whatever that was.

[bisexualdinahlance]

tag six (6) people you’d like to get to know better! i was tagged by @graysonnightwing <33

last song: no me diga from in the heights sdhidfgd i'm listening to the broadway ocr while cleaning

currently reading: oh god i am always hopping between too many books, esp bc i listen to audiobooks at work so

physical book i am reading 1) hollywood babylon by kenneth anger (yes i know its trash im reading it while listening to a podcast debunking all the trash in it lol) and 2) tinseltown by william mann (tho im trying to get thru hb first actually lol)

ebooks is uh, too many esp bc its thru libby so im working with the holds system 1) nona the ninth by tamsyn muir 2) heaven and hell: a history of the afterlife by bart d ehrman 3) lost city of z by david grann (not sure im going to finish this one.... interesting subject but not sure i like this author very much) 4) the art thief by michael finkel (skip the line loans fucking me up lmao) and 5) i have been pecking away at return of the king for like months now lol i cant listen to it if im too sleepy

currently watching: nothing! i am terrible at watching tv. i guess maybe ghost files from watcher? i also have intolerence the griffith movie that i rented in my backpack bc i was curious after starting hollywood babylon but i havent actually started it yet. been too busy to start go s2 or catch up with wwdits T.T

current obsession: i guess its still stranger things? nothing else is actually really holding my attention for more than a few days, been kinda pinging between rwrb bc of the trailer and i know once i finish nona the ninth locked tomb will eat my brain away. tho playing off what katie put for her current obsession, i have spent the last day rereading the golden gods verse by lady_kaos on ao3.... road to el dorado is a major comfort movie and a massive well researched au where they are actually disgraced/fallen gods before getting to el dorado?? sign me up!

honestly any new people i wouldve tagged i think katie got lmao if you want to do this feel free to say i tagged you <333