#so i literally just got to fuck around and play in snow for a few hours and i think it fixed 70% of my problems in one fell swoop

[possiblytracker]

ermine

[koolades-world]

Demons and Humans not understanding each other

Inspired by several other posts I read about this same thing <3 honestly even if the brothers insisted it was safe, I would consult Satan, Lucifer or Barbatos

this is mostly mammon freaking out

Humans think the deadliest things are like, adorable, like Cerberus. Mammon especially does not understand why Mc wants to run towards the very dangerous, very mad three headed dog. A few times he has had to throw Mc over his shoulder to keep them from staying behind

“MC CERBERUS BEING THE BEST BOY DOES NOT JUSTIFY HIS ACTIONS HE WANTS TO KILL US”

“But he’s so cute! He just needs a snuggle buddy”

Humans can also be very stubborn if they’re too hot or cold but refuse to admit it. It’s fine with Lucifer does it because he’s one of the most powerful and therefore resilient demons in Hell, but not so much when Mc does it. Beel and Mammon love playing in the Devildom snow, but given that it’s the Devildom, it’s definitely a lot colder than it is in the human realm. Even after ten layers, Mc is still freezing but refuses to admit it.

“Mc, are ya shivering? I thought ya would be too warm under all that”

“I’m sweating with this one jacket”

“I’ll live! Let’s go back to the snowman”

“no I don’t think you will”

On the same note, sometimes demons forget humans can’t withstand crazy temperatures. Asmo will invite Mc to a popular bathhouse, sauna or hot springs, forgetting that the temperature would literally boil Mc alive

“Hey Asmo this is the place you wanted to go, right?”

“Yes! Isn’t is cute?”

“Everything except the part where I boil alive”

“what!”

Some foods can kill humans just by being near them so imagine how the brother would feel when they learned this, it’s giving that lunatic pudding incident with Diavolo from that one card

“Mc! You’ll love this. Open wide!”

“Asmo I feel funny”

“DO NOT FEED MC THE TAKEOUT LUCIFER SAID ITS DEADLY FOR HUMANS IN LARGE AMOUNTS”

“FUCK NOT AGAIN”

In retrospect, humans probably sleep a lot compared to demons. Some demons probably don’t sleep at all, except Sloth demons. Setting aside about eight to nine hours of the day just to sit idly might not make sense to them until they learn they will shut down without it

“How are you feeling about the exam we just took? Exam week is finally over.”

“Mc? Mc, Satan is talking to you. Why are you on the floor”

“MY HUMAN IS DEAD”

“No, I think they’re just asleep idiot”

“oh. wait, THEYRE ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HALL lucifer is gonna kill me”

I’d say both demons and humans are social creatures, but humans will go insane without social interaction. Yeah a demon would probably be upset if they didn’t talk to someone for thousands of years but I don’t think a human could last more than ten without losing grip on reality. Humans tend to copy each other, which is probably bizarre to demons. Humans don’t even understand yawning so demons definitely won’t

Going back to the food thing, demons can probably go ages without eating, besides Gluttony demons. Humans need to eat so frequently compared to them

“So you’re tellin’ me that if Mc doesn’t eat for a whole week, their insides start to eat themselves?!”

“Yes. But, Mc ate a few hours ago.”

(Mammon was already gone when Satan turned back around)

Demons probably also play game that would definitely kill humans. My brother and I used to play crazy games when we were little (our favorite game didn’t have a name but we would put Barbies in the toy train tracks and see what would happen when different Thomas and friends character would hit her. The train tracks would glow in the dark! I did not let him put my favorite doll in the train track and he had to listen since I was the older one, she was not a barbie and had bendy feet? that’s not for now) but we never seriously got at each other throats. I cannot imagine what games demons and demon children must play. Satan was born fully grown but imagine if he was born little and the brothers had to play his favorite games with him. I feel like they would find the Barbie game I played a little weird too. Like, they would probably tell me that I should’ve done it in real life since that would be better experience or something batshit like that

“Aww, Satan, do you remember all the times we played “Five minute eye stab” with Lucifer? You were so cute. Sometimes I think Luci let you win.”

“Do not talk to me Asmodeus.”

“I’m sorry, you played what?”

“One time we gave him an actual knife by accident and since he was good, he ended up stabbing Lucifer’s eye.”

“You’ll be next if you don’t shut up and let me read”

“HE WHAT”

“Oh he’s fine now, clearly. Only took him a few hundred years to regain normal eye functions”

“Can we not talk about this anymore?”

Babe it is a miracle Mc is still alive

[myslvtwritings]

Playing minecraft headcanons with the uppermoons (+Muzan & Enmu)

this will be a modern!AU (they’re still demons tho)

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(this is also my first post lmao)

Muzan

okay it takes a HELL ton of convincing to have Muzan himself play with you.

he views any sort of game as ‘dumb’ or ‘childish’

you try to remind him that it’s not in the slightest but it doesn’t do anything much (bro is stubborn)

he’s the demon king? why should he associate himself with the idiotic games mortals play?

eventually he goes give in (bc he loves you in his own weird demonic way..)

strictly on survival mode. doesn’t care what you do but he sees creative mode as a ‘easy way out’ and he wants to be a hard ass (no surprises here)

kills any mob in sight and any mob that comes near you (claims he does it because he’s the demon king and wants to overpower everything and everyone but in reality he just wants to look out for you)

loses his SHIT when he gets dies in the game (triggers his fear of death lol)

you made a joke about him being like the mobs in minecraft because they burn in the sunlight (like him)

he doesn’t play with you after that but he secretly enjoyed spending time with you! (shh, you’ll never hear it from him)

Kokushibo

doesn’t take too much convincing (thank god)

he lowkey enjoys trying out new things with you! you’ve always done everything for him so the least he can do is return the favor.

probably doesn’t really understand it at first so you gotta explain the game to him

gets frustrated easily in the game but it’s more of a silent rage. you take notice of it because his body language changes so it’s not exactly difficult to spot.

like muzan he’ll kill anything that goes near you. (he’s protective even in the game)

most likely will envy your game abilities. (it’s okay you’ll teach him!)

you find it cute that he’s so serious about it sometimes

The both of y’all share jobs in the game and end up creating a lovely little house!

spoiler alert he burns it down after he finds out you can burn things in the game. he did it for no reason whatsoever.

you don’t really mind all that much though. you’re just grateful you got to play with him!

Douma

douma loves and i mean LOVES playing with you!!

this man is bored. (like all the time) so doing something like this will definitely keep him occupied! but he may grow bored quickly because that’s just how he is.

he still adores playing with you though and wants to do it again!

he’ll praise you for how great you are at the game. literally head over heals for you<33

the type of mf to pick up a flower (specifically a rose) and drop it at your feet in the game.

pouts like a toddler when you don’t notice it:((

“Y/N?! didn’t you see the flower i dropped right in front of you!”

he’s clingy even in the game and will follow you around EVERYWHERE.

he is jealous of your building skills and begs you to build him a house💀

Douma’s fav biome is probably the ice plains spikes biome. anything that has to do with snow or ice!

he too also gets frustrated in the game sometimes and SUCKS at hiding it. he doesn’t have outbursts though (surprisingly)

most likely will rizz you up even in the fucking game😭

then after like a few hours of playing he gets bored and either wants to eat (women) or cuddle with you. (maybe both)

Akaza

Akaza is the most interesting to play with out of them all (because he’s just so goofy when playing)

the only thing that’s annoying is that he’ll chase danger quite literally for fun. he will fight anything. I MEAN ANYTHING.

i pity the mobs who (tried) to attack you..

game rage? it’s in his veins. (it’s semi-amusing to witness him get pissed off)

make sure he doesn’t punch a hole in your TV or your computer (whatever you play on) that shits expensive.

like during his battles bro uses only his fists to kill everything. weapons? nah. pro is anti-weapons. uses his fists for quite literally everything and will throw a fit when he dies.

he’ll praise you whenever you kill anything though! (he’s a sweetheart like that)

he’s like a guard dog even in the silly game. (over protective is an understatement)

he attempts to build you a house (it isn’t too horrible, surprisingly)

one time when the two of you were mining deep within the caves for diamonds Akaza found some and broke/mined it with his fist. (you got so pissed)

he apologized and found you some new ones though! thankfully, he didn’t use his fists to break the block this time.

overall, Akaza really does enjoy playing with you! he grows fond of it and now playing minecraft with him is one of y’all’s favorite things to do together<33

Hantengu Clones

(i’m writing the four of them all together because i’m lazy)

want to know what’s more than chaotic? playing some challenging game with 4 very emotional demons.

At first Sekido immediately rejects the idea of playing the game with you and his three other brothers (the hantengu clones are brothers in this AU)

After a shit ton of persistent begging from you and Karaku and Urogi he only submits in the end and plays (mostly because of you)

Karaku and Urogi literally are beefing the entire time (Sekido’s rage is at it’s boiling point because of those two jackasses)

Aizetsu cries like a baby whenever he accidentally kills anything (except for the mobs)

whenever he sees a mob his scaredy-cat ass sprints away in the opposite direction.

Urogi and Karaku bully him RELENTLESSLY for this. (Aizetsu is a victim)

Urogi is the type to secretly go into creative mode grab a shit tone of diamonds or netherite and is like; “Heyy, lookie what i found!!”

no one falls for his bullishit.

they all protect you in the game and show off in front of you. (it’s embarrassing)

Karaku is surprisingly good at the game but like Akaza he’ll chase danger for fun.

Aizetsu only feels safe around you so he’ll follow you around and cling to you in the game so his two brothers stop harassing him.

Sekido only plays for a few minutes before getting aggravated and just abandoning the game as a whole.

(he is the type to punch everyone playing the game. even you sometimes but Karaku and Urogi mostly fall victim to his attacks)

Sekido surprisingly leaves Aizetsu alone.

the five of you try to create a world where it’s just peaceful (Keep on dreaming, kid. that ain’t happening)

everything goes downhill, half of the world is ENTIRELY demolished and all of you died over 1000 times.

playing with all of them is too chaotic. you can’t really take it seriously. You only can when you’re playing with one of the clones one on one.

y’all didn’t play again after that madness. 😭

Gyutaro

now Gyutaro here is the only chill one to play with. (finally a normal one)

like Kokushibo, it doesn’t take that much convincing! in fact, he agrees to it almost immediately.

at first he is confused and doesn’t understand how to play minecraft but he is a quick learner and figures it out on his own.

Gyutaro doesn’t have a preference for survival or creative mode. He just does whatever you want.

Whenever y’all play in a survival world you two share tasks and duties and actually create a pretty decent looking world!

he still has your back though. Will kill any mobs that interfere with his little home he created with you.

he enjoys building houses and is surprisingly really amazing at it! he finds comfort in building.

however, whenever you, Daki and Gyutaro all play together it’s mostly him and Daki arguing and being all competitive. It’s mostly Daki’s fault because she’s the cause for half of the mayhem that happens in the world.

sometimes Gyutaro plays even without you. (he grew fond of the game quickly and likes the game)

the both of you play together everyday and go onto the same world every time because y’all created a beautiful old-fashioned city on there. (he cherishes it immensely and is insanely proud of the masterpiece of a world the two of you made as a team)

Daki

Daki is infuriatingly annoying but also entertaining to play with at the same time.

she is a giant rage quitter like Sekido and Akaza.

throws tantrums frequently over the smallest things that go wrong in the game.

she will be jealous of any item you get that’s better than hers.

this lil shit steals everything you earn that’s better than what she has. (you notice every time)

you confront her about it and she has the audacity to lie. (like girl yk damn well)

you end up taking your stuff back and she will BATTLE you for it. (you win these matches every time. that alone only adds to her angered state😭)

she will deliberately quit whenever something doesn’t go her way but later come back and declares she wants to try again.

it’s like a endless loop because this happens every. single. time.

(she’s such a brat istg)

will always steal your diamonds and put them in her chest and say she found them first.

while you’re asleep she will secretly go into the world and take all your shit and you’ll wake up back at square one.

(lowkey you want to stop playing with her)

y’all barely even work as a team but when y’all it’s always ha fight (mostly her fault btw)

once she notices your frustrations. She’ll level it down for you so no need to worry! (this earns your respect)

but whenever y’all are in creative mode shes so much more fun and enjoyable to play with!

you two usually build big ass mansions together and with y’all’s godly building skills you two make an incredible looking house and live in it together!

Enmu

Enmu absolutely looooves doing everything with you! he says yes immediately when you ask him to play with you.

after all he’s your personal simp. this fucker will gladly do whatever you say w/o any hesitation.

Enmu has actually heard of the game ‘minecraft’ before but never actually played it and barely knew what it was really about.

oh boy, but when he does he becomes OBSESSED.

I kinda feel like he dislikes survival mode and prefers to be in creative mode! but if you like survival mode he won’t mind trying it out with you.

he likes killing the animals for fun.. will randomly slaughter anything even if it has a family (bro is a sadist after all)

you tell him it’s not necessary to be doing that but he doesn’t care nor listen.

his love language is building you trains in the game. (you love them very much)

Enmu is usually very calm when he’s not on a mission so playing this game only soothes him further and he doesn’t act overly crazy and zesty like he usually does around Muzan

Builds trains every time y’all play and is somehow INSANELY skilled when building them (??)

Similar to douma, he’s the type to rizz you up in the game.

Sulks when you don’t notice him when he attempts to.

He constantly nags you to play with him some more and gets a lil upset when you become tired.

“Oh, Y/N!, how can you be tired? we’re having soooo much fun!!”

forces you to stay up just so he can introduce you his own train world he made for himself. (he named all the trains)

you’re out cold after playing with him every time. High key finds it adorable when you pass out after hours of playing with him. He’s so amused how humans can grow tired so easily.

[calypsocolada]

PAPER RINGS | takuma

synopsis: takuma meets your parents, it goes better than expected. authors note: hi there. i was watching the proposal and this story came to me :] i really think jjk is for the girlies and gays with the amount of male characters that are literally too sexy. anyways pls enjoy this story!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does anyone else wanna help me track down gege? he's a fucking menace. cw: slightly suggestive, ANGST, shibuya mention, slight spoliers about nanami wc: 4.3k

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You glance over at the driver's seat, Takuma is bouncing his leg up and down, his hands gripping the steering wheel, knuckles white. He was nervous. You could tell it instantly. He was rigid, Takuma was never rigid, he was always relaxed. Your first few weeks of dating he was nervous around you and you could see those same mannerisms now. You reached over, turning the radio down a bit. It had been playing the same three Christmas songs on every channel. Takuma glanced over at you and gave you an anxious smile. So you reached over and laced your fingers with his free hand. 

“You survived Thanksgiving, Christmas will be fine.” You whispered, pressing your lips to the top of his hand. You nod his head. 

“I don’t think your Dad likes me,” He starts.

“Why would you think that?” You asked, leaning your head against the seat, inspecting Takuma’s side profile. He was distracting, his jawline and soft brown hair, his chestnut eyes that matched the soft tan sweater you got him. He looked good. Really really good. 

“I don’t know, I just feel like he doesn’t like me.”

“My father is very outspoken, Ino, he once told one of my ex’s that he was ‘fucking annoying’ right to his face.”

“Oh god.” Takuma breathes out. 

“My point is that if he didn’t like you, he would’ve said something to you already.” You say, reaching over to run your fingers through the ends of his hair. Takuma leans into your touch as he presses lightly on the break at a red light. 

“And your mom?”

“My mom,” you laugh. “She loves you.” 

Which is true. Your mom had pulled you aside during Thanksgiving to rave about Takuma. How he helped her in the kitchen and didn’t seem bothered the least bit when helping clean up. Takuma glances at you with a hopeful look in his eyes. 

“Really?” He asks as you nod your head. He bites his lip to keep from smiling too largely. You see his shoulders relax slightly and you roll your head back towards the passing trees. The heat blew from the vents to your cheeks, snow falling fresh and white from the dimmed sky. 

There were things you were keeping to yourself. Big changes you weren’t ready for. You wanted everything to go perfectly this weekend but in quiet moments of reflection you wondered who you wanted it to go perfectly for. Because once you said the things on your mind that just might be the end for you and Takuma. 

You and Takuma have been together for about three years now. You met in Shibuya on Halloween night. It was a crazy night that you didn’t like to remember much of. You’d been there for a Halloween party and next thing you know things were blowing up and people were dying. Takuma had appeared like some sort of superhero, he helped escort you to safety. That night you learned about things you never wanted to learn about. Such as the existence of curses, and that cute boy that you’d fall in love with worked to exterminate such curses. Some jobs he did were fine, minimum damage. But most jobs he’s barely make it out alive. Like the one in Shibuya. Takuma didn’t talk about that night at all, only meeting you. Everything else was an extremely sore subject for him. He had talked about a Nanami Kento at one point while somewhat drunk but the most you got out of him was that he looked up to him but then he got quiet. You assumed Nanami wasn’t around anymore, probably because of the curses they fought. 

That was something you could’ve gone your entire life without knowing because it irrevocably changed things. Life was scarier now. But on the other side of the coin you also met Takuma. 

You and your friends had gone to some stupid party, you remember it raining at one point, your freshly curled hair going flat. You stepped out of the party into the brisk cold air, rain hitting your hot skin, cooling you off. You let your head fall back against the brick wall behind you. You don’t even know why you came out tonight, it wasn’t less than an hour until your friends all found some boys to mess around with and leave you all on your own. You pulled the cold beer bottle up to your lips and downed what little you had left in it, tossing the glass bottle in the trash. It cracked loudly in the bin. You needed another drink. Or maybe you needed to call a taxi and get the fuck home already. You let your eyes fall closed, the bunny ears on your head sliding and almost falling off your head. You adjusted them and shivered slightly, the cold air finally getting to you. Then again what did you expect, wearing a flimsy corset and ripped tights, a cotton ball glued sideways on your ass. Something shifted down the alley, a few cans falling over. You turned at the sound. You were wary usually and dressed like this you shouldn’t have left the club alone. A growl erupted from about thirty feet down the alley. This had you turning and walking back towards the bar until something large stepped in your way, knocking you back on your ass. There was no explanation for what you were looking at. It was a monster, about nine feet tall, with grotesque features and a gaping mouth, its purple tongue lolling to the side. The scream that left your lips was part fear and confusion, part hoping someone slipped you some mushrooms or something because what you were looking at right now couldn’t have been real. The monster spoke then, in a garbled tone, something about its mother? Something about shopping? You couldn’t understand it before there was a burst and suddenly you were covered in purple goo. 

“Hey, hey, it’s okay, it’s dead.” A comforting voice said, you hadn’t noticed you were still screaming. You took a staggering breath, wiping the goo from your face. A hand extended and you took it. The man in front of you steady you, looked you over for any wounds then slung his jacket over your shoulders. “You're okay? I got it before it could touch you?” He asks. You blink a few times, unable to form words through the shock of what you just saw. He reached forward, barely touching your shoulder. “Ma’am, it’s dead. I’m here, nothings going to hurt you.” He says and slowly your eyes raise to meet his. Beautiful brown eyes. There’s a quiet moment, like the world has slowed for a moment. The stranger's eyes looked gentle, his voice the only keeping you from freaking out all over again. “You're not hurt are you?” He asks again and slowly you shake your head. “Thank god for that,” He says and he sounds genuinely relieved. 

“You saved my life.” You say with a sort of unbelievable amazement. “From--from uh- what- what the fuck was that..?”         

You’d asked him his name that night he saved you, he made a show of things and kissed your knuckles as he left. A month or so later he walked into the bookstore you were working in. He had bandages on his eye and the color gone from his face. You almost didn’t recognize him. When he checked out he looked at you, squinting slightly. 

“I recognize you,” he says as you look up.

“I was in Shibuya during Halloween.” You say and recognition dawns on his face.

“You were dressed as a bunny.” He points out as you blush. You certainly were, it was your friend’s idea. You each went as some kind of cute animal. There was a cat, a mouse, a rabbit and your youngest friend dressed as a dog. 

“Not my best costume.” You say, somewhat shielding your face. 

“You looked cute.” You blushed even deeper. “I didn’t get to thank you.” You say as you hand him his receipt. “You saved my life.” 

“You’re welcome. I’d do it anytime.” He says before blushing. You smile down at your shoes. 

“Could I buy you a drink maybe?”

That was the start of everything. You kept seeing Takuma until he finally kissed you, then you saw him all the time. Now three years later you two lived together. Things had been busy and your parents lived in another state which is why he never got to meet them in person until recently. Takuma grew up in a warmer climate and coming down to where you lived, mid-winter was like a Christmas all of his own. The first time you guys flew here for thanksgiving it was snowing. Takuma ran out of the airport and took thousands of pictures. It was cute. He eagerly bought a parka, beanie and earmuffs. He wore them all the entire weekend. This weekend was no different. He was ready now for this climate. He had various cable knit sweaters you helped him pick out, and a barrage of scarfs. You loved how he loved your hometown. He called it Christmas town, and said it reminded him of Hallmark movies. It always made you laugh because it was one of many states that got lots of snow, he just wasn’t used to it.  

You pull up and the front door to your house is already cracked open. The lights are perfectly placed outside, white snow covering the roof and the ground. There’s a shoveled path for you two to follow. You both hop out, Takuma grabs all the bags before you can even think about grabbing your own. 

“Give me a bag, boy wonder.” You tease as Takuma just shakes his head and walks towards the front door. He was very chivalrous all the time, always putting you first. You rolled your eyes lovingly and jogged to catch up with him. 

“Don’t slip on the ice patch there.” Takuma calls out over his shoulder as you step over said spot. Your Mom appears at the front door, the fog on the window blurring her figure. She waves as both you and Takuma wave back. Then she pushes open the door and holds it open for you two. 

“Hi honey! Merry Christmas!” She says as you two meet in a tight hug. 

“Hi mom. Merry Christmas,” you return. Your mom pulls back, tucks your hair behind your ear before turning to Takuma. 

“Hi handsome, love the sweater.” She says, reaching and pulling Takuma into a hug. 

“Hi, Mrs. Y/L/N. Merry Christmas.”

“Come inside you two, out of the cold.” Your mom said as Takuma picked the bags up and you held the door open for him. The heat hit your cold cheeks immediately, the smell of your Mom’s homemade cookies hitting you. You smiled to yourself. You moved away from home several years ago, teenage rebellion, but lately you’ve felt a bit alone. You had your friends, who weren’t really all that great if you were being honest, and you had Takuma of course but all your best friends and family lived here. You missed the cold weather, the snow, the wide open space that city life back there was lacking. You sort of felt like you were being pulled in two separate directions. Homesick and lovesick, you just wished there was a cure. Where everything could be in one place. Then there was the glaring fact of Takuma’s dangerous job. That had you unable to sleep the nights he was out working. Laying on the cold side of the pillow wondered if tonight will be the night he doesn’t make it home. It was really fucking with you lately. Which is why you planned the trip back home on thanksgiving and Christmas, maybe to ease some pain in your heart.  

“Alright, I fixed up your room so if you guys wanna rest for a bit dinner will be ready by six.” Your mom says. 

“Where’s Dad?” You ask. 

“Late, work has been crazy. He’ll be home around six.” She says as you nod your head. 

You lead Takuma upstairs, pushing open the door to your old bedroom. Your mom redecorated it a few years ago, thank god. You’d be humiliated if Takuma saw your old one direction posters. Takuma dropped the bags on the floor and fell onto the bed. You kicked off your shoes and shimmied out of your jacket. Takuma leaned up on his forearms, giving you that look. You cocked your head and bit back a grin. 

“Don’t you dare look at me like that.” You say walking a bit closer. He leans up, reaching for your thighs to pull you closer. 

“Like what?” He asks innocently, large fingers wrapping around you as you bury your fingers into his hair. His eyes glistened in the dim light of your room. 

“You know.” You may as he gives a quick tug and you fall on top of him, legs spread to straddle his legs. His hands travel up and rest just at your hips. “My mom is right downstairs. You’re going to make a terrible impression.” You half laugh as his lips press softly against your open throat. 

“Me? You’re the one who can never keep quiet.” He says muffled against you. You blush deeply remembering the time you met his parents. You two had snuck off and got caught by his cousins. It was humiliating. His lips travel up to your jaw, kissing softly. You shudder, pushing him back onto the bed, caging his body with yours. 

“Maybe I should make a mess out of you then, see how you like it.” You say teasingly, pressing your knee between his legs. He jolts at the contact, a strangled noise escaping his lips. 

“Shit,” he gasps. “No, no, you’re right. It’s not smart.” He said as you laughed, moving off of him. His hands are still on you though, as though he’d really like to take a chance. 

“We should’ve stayed in a hotel.” You sigh, reaching to pull the blankets out from under you. Takuma snorts at that, helping as you two get under the covers. He pulls you against him, wrapping an arm around your back. 

“Are the walls that thin?” He asks as you nod your head against his chest. 

“Trust me they are.” 

“I don’t wanna think about why you know that.” He mumbles in the dark as you giggle. 

Your father was about fifteen minutes late and he came rushing inside, profusely apologizing and kissing your mom on the cheek as he entered. His eyes found you and lit up. You rushed to him as he grabbed you up, spinning you around. You giggled. He pressed a kiss to the top of your head. 

“Hi pumpkin, Merry Christmas.”

“Merry Christmas, Dad.” You beamed. Takuma was a few steps behind you as he held out a hand to greet your father. Your dad glanced at the hand and shook his head. 

“Bring it in, son, it’s Christmas.” Your Sad said as Takuma breathed out a soft laugh, meeting your Dad in a hug. Your heart soared. None of your other boyfriends ever made it past a second trip to your parent’s house. Not a single one. Your father usually had his mind made up the first time. It seems as though Takuma made a good first impression. 

You sat beside Takuma at the table, he held your hand underneath the entire dinner, even as your hands went clammy. It was cute. The dinner went over better than you could’ve imagined. You had never seen your Dad laugh so much, he was usually somewhat serious. But Takuma was funny, that was one of the many things you found attractive about him. He was charismatic and charming, you never stood a chance staying single around him. After dinner Takuma helped your mom clean up as you and your Dad drank cocoa in the living room. 

“Pumpkin,” Your dad started as you turned to him. “I think this one’s good.” He motions to the kitchen. Your heart swells. 

“He is.” You say, there was a sort of swoon to your tone. 

“A lot better than that last one you brought home that one was fucking-“

“Annoying.” You finished with a laugh as your Dad nodded his head, making a face as he remembered.

“I can tell he cares and as much as I don’t want you married off states away from your family I guess I wouldn’t mind if it was with that boy.” You stared at your Dad, feeling slightly choked up. 

“Won, that’s uh- thanks Dad.” You said, sipping the hot drink, but you couldn't stop the tears from falling. Your Dad noticed. 

“Oh honey, did I upset you?” He asks as you shake your head. 

“No! No of course not its-- I,” You buried your face in your hands. Saying it outloud would make the things you felt finally real. You weren’t ready for that. Your Dad reached for you, pulling you into a hug. He pressed a kiss to the top of your head, hugging you tightly. 

“What is it then?” He asks. You didn’t want to talk about it. Today was a happy day. Your family liked Takuma. You loved Takuma. You weren’t ready for things to change. Things were starting to feel normal. 

“Baby, what’s wrong?” Takuma’s voice came from the threshold of the kitchen. Your teary eyes slid to his. Fuck. You turned and pressed a kiss to your Dad’s cheek. Getting up you reached for Takuma’s hand, pulling him upstairs to your room. “What’s going on?” He asks as you press the door closed behind you. You blow out a breath, everything hitting you at once. Tears slid down your cheek in a hurried rush, clearly taking advantage of you finally letting them fall. Takuma was across the room in a split second, pulling you against his chest, kissing your forehead and holding you tightly. You sniffled, his scent strong, warmth and cashmere. He ran his hand through the back of your hair and just held you until you calmed down. 

“I don’t want things to change.” You said, your voice sounding pathetically sad. Takuma pulled back slightly, your eyes meeting his. He reaches and rubs the tears from your cheeks with his thumbs. 

“What things, Baby?” He asks, eyes searching. You swallowed. 

“Us.” You say. He looks at you for a long moment, slowly cocking his head before shaking it. 

“Us?” He echoes. You let your eyes fall closed, annoyed at how you’ve thought about this shit for months but couldn’t form the right words right now. 

“I didn’t wanna do this but my Dad-- he said something.” You say.

“What he’d say?” He asks, concerned about his features, looking as though he might take care of your father for you. 

“It’s not like that, he- he meant well.”

“What’d he say, baby?”

“He said he’d be okay if we got married.” You say, letting your eyes drift back up to Takuma’s. He’s gently biting his lower lip.

“Really?” He asks, his thumbs caressing your cheeks. You nod your head.

“And that’s not something you want?”

“Of course it’s something I want,” You say in a rush, not wanting him to think you didn’t want him, not even for a second. You wanted him. Forever if you could. He slowly nods his head, trying to understand. “I’m sorry, I wanted to know what I was going to say before I said it.” You sigh. “I want to marry you, that’s something you want to, right?” Takuma looks at you like that's a stupid question. He nods his head. “Then there are things I have to say.” 

“Okay,” Takuma says softly. You take his hand and walk across the room, sitting down side by side on the bed. You remembered years spent in this room. Dreaming of the moment you fell in love. Writing little stories in your journal until the sun rises in the sky. Reading them to your family at breakfast. You remember the first boy you brought in here, how he made fun of the books on your nightstand. The second boy you brought home got in a screaming match with your dad. The third one apparently was fucking annoying. And now the fourth. Takuma. There wouldn’t be a fifth. This one was the love of your life, you fucking knew it. It was the love your parents had. 

“I can’t stay with you if you continue to be a sorcerer.” You say and the weight of it leaves your shoulders and presses down on your chest. The look on Takuma’s face. There were no words to describe the confusion, the hurt, the whirling of emotions. 

“Oh,” He says. That’s all he says.

“Ino, I’m sorry, I didn’t want to do this on Christmas but it is something I’ve been thinking about. Especially lately.” 

“Why did you talk to me about it?”

“Because- because I know how much you love it.” Tears well up again. Fuck you hated crying. You never used to cry but now it came so damn easily. 

“I do. I do love it.” He says and your heart breaks a little. 

“I know you do.” You say and your words sound so damn sad. Takuma’s warm hands find yours, lacing his fingers with yours. You take in a breath and clear your throat. “I’ve thought about it ever since Thanksgiving. How my parents seemed to like you. How you being home with me just felt right. How much I love you. Then my Dad says something about marriage and suddenly it hits me. I don’t want to be married years from now waiting by the door while you're out at a job. Wondering if you're going to make it home. Wondering if one of those fucking monsters got you. You told me yourself how many sorcerers die and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that because, Ino, I don’t want to be without you. I don’t want to know how it feels to lose you.” Tears were coming steadily now. You look and see that Takuma is crying too, he’s nodding his head as though he understands.

“I didn’t- I never thought about it. Jesus…” He sighs, pulling you into the tightest hug. “I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry, Y/N.” He mumbles into your hair. “I got so caught up in working I never stopped to think about how it would affect you.” He says and you feel that weight lifting from your heart. “I like being a sorcerer, but I love you, of course I’d choose you. I’d choose you anyday, anytime, anyway.” He vows, pulling back, he’s smiling, he’s kissing you. This was all sort of a surprise, you really thought it was selfish to make him choose, thought you’d push him away. “I love you. Fuck sorcery.”

“Ino, are you sure-” He’s kissing the doubt from your lips.

“I’m sure,” he says softly against your lips sending shivers down your spine.

“Marry me then.” You say and Takuma pulls back, a stricken look on his face. You meant it. He’s shaking his head.

“Asshole,” He says and it pulls a surprised laugh from your lips. “I had a whole thing planned.” 

“Can we forget what I said then?” You ask and he laughs heartily, pulling you back to his lips, kissing you softly. “There’s one last thing,” You say.

“You want to move back home.” He says, it’s like he read your mind. “I had a feeling when you pretended not to cry on the way back from thanksgiving.”

“I miss my family.” You say, Takuma smiles.

“I know. I’m fine with that, I like it here.” Takuma says. As far as you know Takuma didn’t get along much with his family which is why he was so eager to impress them. 

“Are you sure? Because we don’t have to move.”

“I want to, baby. Being here feels right.” You can’t help but smile.

“We don’t have to worry about that now.” You say, wiping your face as Takuma leans and presses his lips against your own for a long moment. Then he’s pressing against you as you pull him down on top of you on the bed. His hand grips the back of your thigh, hiking it up as his core presses against yours. You both make some noises as the kisses get messier, more desperate. Your cold hands slip under his sweater, sliding against the cut of his abs. He shivers under your touch. The building tension growing. Something else has grown, pushing against the inside of your thigh as your hands travel around his back, pulling his weight fully on you. His lips kiss a trail to your neck. His other hand sliding down your stomach to the button of your jeans. Fingers deftly unbuttoning your pants, dipping slowly under the waistband.   

There’s a knock on the door that has Takuma’s hand springing out of your pants. 

“Hi, honey, just wanted to check on you guys, is everything alright?” You heard your mom from outside the door. Takuma’s head fell on your chest as he sighed, defeated, you bit your lip to keep from laughing too loudly.

“We’re fine, be down in a minute!” You called out as Takuma groaned against you. 

“I don’t think I can make it this whole weekend.” He whined as you pushed up off the bed, pulling him with you. 

“Don’t you sorcerer's exercise restraint?” You tease as he grabs you by the waist making you yelp slightly, dissolving into laughter.

“You’re really funny,” He says, leaning and pressing his lips against yours. He really can’t keep his hands off you as you two find yourselves falling back into the bed again and again that weekend.

[shoezuki]

random ass sampo and gepard (mostly sampo) headcanons to curb my writing itch and also to get out of my fucking head:

sampo is extremely self-dependent. he crafts his own bombs and weapons, is handy with repairing relics or creating mock ones, he stitches himself up and patches his own wounds, he mends his clothes, cooks his own food, can find ways to make money no matter where he is, knows how to get into the right conversations and social circles, can dismantle and hack robots or security systems

its kinda to a concerning degree, how self sustaining he can be. but its all part of the play to him. he has to be able to take on any role anyways, right?

sampo really, really, really really likes being the center of Gepard's attention; he delights in the fact that gepard is extremely possessive of the investigation and arrest attempts against him

kids are sampo's weakness; adults are liars and have their own masks, but kids are just as they are and that tends to get to him.

he constantly finds himself taking some time to play hide and seek or mess around with Hook and the moles

he unconciously will pocket useless trinkets or toys he finds when pillaging around the cold plains and the ruins around belebog, which he will hide around for the moles to 'find'

once, gepard found sampo sneaking around the overworld back alleys and went to corner and arrest him. but he stopped and hung back when he saw sampo scare a kid around a pile of boxes, saying 'i finally found you, kid! youre the last one it' and proceeding to chase play hide and seek with a bunch of school kids who just got out of class.

gepard watches for a bit. its one of the few instances where he lets sampo go without trying to bring him to justice

It happens a few times on the odd patrols gepard takes into the underworld. Gepard stays back and just. Watches. Every time. He hopes sampo doesnt notice him.

Gepard is very very insistent on bring sampo to justice. He handles all things regarding him, assesses and investigates any criminal activity that Might even be related to sampo. He has sampo's case file in his office and all reports of sighting sampo go to him. Its not supposed to be his responsibility but its just something thats an unspoken rule in Qlipoth fort now

If gepard isnt assigned to a case investigating sampo, he'll show up to 'assess the situation' anyways

Despite how intense gepard is on arresting sampo. He just... keeps letting him get away with things.

He'll see sampo play with kids, catches him hanging around helping natasha. He could corner sampo during their chases, he could lash out and freeze him in place on more than one occasion.

He's started getting used to Sampo's smoke bombs, learns the small tells when sampo is going to throw one. It doesnt choke him up anymore but he still coughs as if it does

Once on a routine patrol around the outskirts of belobog he stumbled (literally) on a heavy metal trapdoor that led down into an abandoned mine. Gepard shouldve alerted others, shouldve blocked it off and cut off one of sampos escape routes. But without thinking he covers it with snow before other guards notice.

It drives gepard insane. He doesnt understand it. He knows so many of sampos tricks, where he usually vanishes, knows where and when he'll appear. Hes found hints of his hideouts underground, out in the snow plains. He could arrest him. He could.

Gepard pulls back every time. He 'slips up', hesitates before slapping cuffs around sampo's wrists

The thing is. He'd miss the chase.

Sometimes, when gepard is exhausted and nearly falling asleep on his feet, he'll find still warm cups of coffee left at his secondary office at the front lines

Gepard thanks dunn and some other silvermane guards stationed with him, but none of them know what hes talking about.

Theres drawings on the paper cups, on the lids, smiley faces and swirly hearts. Gepard realizes its from sampo and it makes him feel. Strange. Its the best coffee hes ever had

[shutupandplayasong]

Mandela Catalogue HCs

heheh hyperfixation go brrrrr

Please don't yell at me if these suck im sensitive 🥺 /hj

Mark:

Would have been the best big brother to Sarah I stg

Not afraid to wear a tiara and feather boa and have a tea party with her

This towering young man sat on a dinky little plastic chair sipping imaginary tea, pinky out and all

Aaagghhhhhhh i love him

Definitely one of those "super talented, high iq, gifted kids" before the burnout hit him

Every Christmas, Easter, and birthday he'd ask his parents for a dog. He never got one :(

Not exactly a Disney adult, just a big fan of animated movies in general.

I think his favorites would be The Iron Giant, Monsters Inc, and Lilo and Stitch

Honorable mentions to The Fox and The Hound and Oliver and Company but they make him cry

Mark Heathcliff best boy 1,000,000/10

Cesar:

Cesar fans, you have my whole heart fr

You really took nothing and ran with it I can't not respect that

I see him as a total mama's boy. As far as I know, there's no mention of his dad anywhere so I imagine it's just him and his mom.

As a little boy he was like "I'm gonna be the man of the house now!" and he stuck to it like glue

Taking the trash out, doing the dishes, mowing the lawn because "Mom, you deserve to get off your feet, you're working too hard"

I think him being a mama's boy and having so much respect for her would translate into huge respect for women in general

I like the idea of him painting his nails ❤

His room is like a walk-in freezer you can literally see his breath when he sleeps

Used to skateboard but eventually "grew out of it" (he actually broke his wrist and is too scared to do it again)

Adam:

This toxic little fuck i love him

The most "dont talk to me until I've had my coffee" person you'll ever meet.

Not having consistent access to coffee must have been miserable for him when he was on the run. Doubly miserable for poor Jonah having to put up with a grouchy Adam for who even knows how long

You remember that tiktok trend from a few years ago like "I look really intimidating until I smile"? ADAM ADAM ADAM ADAM ADAM!!!

He's such an angsty little shit with the most severe case of resting bitch face disease but on the rare occasion he actually smiles??? Human sunshine

Definitely the type to look down when he smiles to try and hide it

Wouldn't be caught DEAD singing out loud, but will absolutely murmur songs to himself under his breath.

Just imagining him folding laundry or cooking and singing whatever song is stuck in his head to himself I LOVE THIS MAN

He likes rock music in general but I feel like he's really into songs like Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. Yknow those really mopey mid 2000s ballads?

Shattered by OAR, Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, stuff like that

Jonah:

Rip jonah you would've loved tiktok

Was a theater kid but he got kicked out of class. Dude was just too hyper to follow directions

What can he say? He just stole the spotlight 🤪 (he's crying inside)

Walks into every room twirling his car keys around his finger like a dork

Can not be trusted to stand still, it's best to just make him wear one of those backpack leashes for everyone's safety

A gamer but not in a toxic way. He's actually terrible at games but he thinks it's fun to dick around and goof off in them.

You knows those "girlfriend who bites" memes? That's him. He's the girlfriend who bites.

Thatcher:

You've heard of wine moms, you've heard of wine aunts, well get ready for wine dad

I feel like he paints? He strikes me as very artsy

Loves plants but can't keep them alive for shit. It's not even that he forgets to water them, he follows all the instructions, the plants just hate him

Can't sleep without a TV on, or at least some sort of white noise or music playing.

Total garbage at gift giving lmao but he's trying his best

"I got you this card. Happy birthday."

"Thatcher, this says 'My condolences'"

"I know"

[pivotalmark]

SOME NEAT LITTLE MERMAID FACTS FROM THE BOOK I GOT : ( they are canon for my muses )

According to my book I got about the movie, which is mostly just like a 'research book about merpeople', it says that sirens have different types of song — luring, crashing boats, healing, good luck, shark luring, aaand sleeping songs. Along with just love songs to make people like them. so when sebastian reprimands ariel for using her 'siren song' on eric on the beach , she literally resurrected him from drowning with a healing song.

They also really love the moon bc of the whole tide thing -- they hold festivals for each phase of the moon &* sun, mostly in different regions. they have really cute traditions &* ways of greeting each other in each of the seas , which are all ruled by one of the 7 daughters.

For context left to right , Karina rules the Saithe, or Dark, sea where it's very cold and mostly covered in ice. she's very reclusive &* prefers animals, &* is known for being very decisive &* leaning on her intuition. (Arctic esque) Ariel is the ruler of the Carinae Sea where it's very warm and tropical, though technically she lives in Triton's domain &* lives in his palace . (Caribbean islands esque) She's very sensitive &* kind hearted , and obsessed with reconnecting with the human world. she is renowned for her siren song strength. Indira rules the Brinedive sea , where it is shallow , sunny , &* hot . (Indian-esque) she is said to be the most generous of her sisters and leads with kindness. she is an excellent debater &* diplomat . Caspia rules the Apneic sea , where the waters are 'brackish &* murky' , with rocky islands &* sometimes snow. ( Europe-esque. ) She's selfless &* serves others before herself. She rarely leaves except for mandatory gatherings with her family. she is very protective of coral. Tamika rules the Fracus sea , where the water is clear and sunlit and filled with coral and bright fish. (Africa esque) She is the most tactical of the sisters and rules with an iron fist. She's a strong warrior and once wrestled a tiger shark into submission. Mala rules the Chaine sea , where the waters are full of islands , shoals , and cays . (Asia esque) She is fiercely protective of her waters and the coral in them. She used to send messages to humans before her father forbade it. Perla is the ruler of the Piton sea , where the waters are temperate , but very , very deep . ( i don't know what to compare this one to honestly. mid ocean horrible creatures are down there area. seriously -- they say sea dragons fuck around down there. ) She is the most charismatic and radiates warmth &* charm.

Apparently some mermaids get superpowers. Especially Royal mermaids. Like mindreading or extra skills musically like being able to play an instrument endlessly without tiring. ( there's a legend that one of ariel's sisters was kidnapped for her ability to play the harp endlessly &* triton straight up tsunami'd the town to get her back , but she played for like 5 days straight before that. )

there's actually a few legends on the book that every mermaid knows about ! there was a gay one and it made me scream. went along the lines of , a mermaid wanted a fisherman dead bc he was overfishing and dumping in the ocean , so she got a magic sharp shell that will 'take his heart' but couldn't bring herself to kill the guy , so she asked her merman friend , who agreed bc he's all cold and heartless. he goes to kill the fisherman , but they lock eyes &* fall in love instantly &* hAHA HE TOOK HIS HEART GET IT

Ursula is tridents younger sister and responsible for the sea queens death, though she did not kill her on purpose nor really intend for her to die , but she did nothing to stop it. She impersonated the Sea Queen so she could go fuck with a boat that was annoying Ursula , then she got trapped in a net &* the real sea queen came to free her , but in the mix up , the sea queen was harpooned instead of ursula . Ursula was thus banned from the castle and from seeing her neices .

Also, Ursula is the only known octopus hybrid.

[my-st0ff]

Self-Inflicted

Chapter Two

Fandom: Jackass

Pairing: Johnny Knoxville x female reader

Chapter Song: NYC - Snow Patrol

Two bodies, one significantly taller than the other, move clumsily into the hotel room. The reckless nocking of furniture and other pieces of clutter being due to the two of your keeping your eyes screwed shut as your lips press together. P.J's hands are everywhere all at once. You want this so bad, you've wanted this. You pull him by the collar of his T-shirt to the edge of the bed. Now finally making eye contact, he smirks - devilish. He catches a pile of cameras in the corner of his eye and jogs over to them in the corner.

P.J: "Is this on?"

You: "Those are the pile of broken ones- quit stallin' we ain't got time"

He starts to walk casually back to you with his hands in his pockets.

P.J: "See, that's where you're wrong. We got all the time in the world, toots"

One hand escapes a small pocket of his Dickies and cups your cheek, the rough pad of his thumb brushing back and forth of your cheekbone. He glances at the bed you both stand beside.

P.J: "You sure you wanna do this? We don't have to- of course. It's just, you switched up pretty fast"

You: "Hey, sex is different. We can still... satisfy our needs without having to ruin what we've got"

P.J: "I suppose your right... in that case"

His mouth launches toward yours with carnal instinct. You bring your hands up to play with his hair roughly, making him moan into your mouth as you make out animalisticly. Since you'd decided this was only about sex, you'd both silently agreed this was finally the time to let out all your horny tension on one another. His hands move to your hips and squeeze them painfully hard. P.J whispers a low "fuck" into your mouth when your body perfectly fills out his hands. You both twist round so that you can sit on the bed with him standing in-between your legs, looking down at you. He brushes a hand through his slick hair quickly.

P.J: "lay back"

You do as he says, and soon enough, hear belt buckle sounds and then the distinct noise of metal and leather hitting the ground.

P.J: " One last time, are you sure?"

He asks whilst literally standing over you with his penis out.

You: "my god, yes P.J!"

P.J: "no need for the attitude"

He says and then immediately his cock is inside you, almost a sort of punishment for being sassy.

You: "Oh my god!"

P.J folds his body over and hooks one arm around you so that he can pull you up to him and kiss you whilst he pumps in and out of you not so gently.

You: "Y-you feel amazing, Phillip"

The use of his full first name leaves him a moaning wreck all of a sudden. You were the only one who still called him that, and for that case, the only one he wouldn't mind calling him that. This instance, though, left him feeling needy as you affirmed it over a few times after soon catching onto the power it held. You bring your hands up between your bodies so you can rub his chest up and down with the palms of your hands.

P.J: "Oh, y/n, I-I am so close"

You: "already?"

You giggle and tease.

P.J: "Oh, its l-like that, huh?"

With that, he pushes harder and faster than he ever had before, leaving your insides feeling warm from your tummy down to your feet.

You: "mm- oh, fuck, don't stop!"

You cry in a high squealing voice you'd find embarrassing in any other context.

P.J: "I- I'm gonna- where'd you want me?"

He asks frantically, his head dropping to suck hig chunks of skin from your neck into his mouth.

You: "my stomach!"

You shriek with no time to really think about where you wanted it. With that, he pulls out and immediately cums a massive amount onto your stomach. Without even time to complain about your unsatisfied state, he was on his knees before you with a handful of thigh in each hand. He licks his lips whilst staring at your core with eyes that indicated total worship before his mouth was fully dived into you. His tongue moved proficiently, hitting a good spot straight away.

You: "Don't move! Oh my god, right there don't fuckin' move!"

You yelp whilst you shake and jolt on your back. It didn't take barely anything to push you over the edge. When you cum your arms start frantically searching everywhere over the bed for something to grab onto. He notices and throws a hand up from where it was on your thigh so you can grab ahold of it with brutal strength. Finally upur lungs deflate and your body goes limp and tingly. His head flops in-between your legs and he lazily pecks at your inner thigh with his eyes shut. He then pulls said thigh towards his face so he can kiss over it further, tickling you. You giggle a little, making him huff in laughter as you fidget and eventually pull away.

You: "That was... fun"

You sigh, P.J pushes himself up with wobbly knees just to collapse next to you on the bed, still panting.

P.J: "Fun? That was mindblowin', y/n"

You roll onto your side to face him.

You: "Your right. That was amazing, Phillip"

He swiftly does the same with his body so he can face you, your faces inches away from one another.

P.J: "God, keep callin' me that and we're gonna have to go again"

You: "What, your name?"

You tease.

P.J: "You know what your doin'"

You both laugh a little, full of blissful serotonin. Your pupils wander the walls of the hotel room until they lock onto a picture you couldn't believe you'd not noticed before.

You: "God, that's gorgeous, ain't it?"

P.J lazily flops his head over so he's looking at the same framed painting.

P.J: "sure, where'd you reckon that is?"

You: "Oh I know where that is, P.J. That's Sucre, in Bolivia. Only the best city in the world"

You smile.

P.J: "When did you go to Bolivia?"

You: "I haven't, that's the problem. Sucre is number one on my bucket list"

P.J: "Bucket list? Your not 90"

You: "Might as well be. I think my life expectancy went down a significant amount when Jackass formed, Jammy"

The nickname you only ever call him when you're in a soft mood rolls off your tongue and brings great joy to his ears. A warm, large hand of his lands on your stomach and strokes it gently in a comforting manor.

P.J: "Don't talk like that, toots. I'll protect ya'"

He speaks softly.

P.J: "And hey, I could take you there... but I don't know how to get there"

You: "You'd take me to Sucre?"

P.J: "Course I would, I knew you'd always been interested in Japan and got the first movie set in Japan didn't I?"

You: "Mhm... your too sweet"

You yawn, allowing his exploration of your torso to continue.

[jayceflwrs]

“Hey?” Part 5 ☺️

Vance X Y/n

“Meet me at the Grab’n go on Christmas” you said on the twentieth, you had to admit you were really fucking scared, it was snowy and cold, and then there was the date with VANCE FUCKING HOPPER.

It was exactly four days after the twentieth that the actually event of you asking vance fucking hopped out had happened. You and Gwen were just talking when Finn walked in “oh hey finn what’s u-“ you were saying but he automatically went the other way out the door. “well that’s obvious” gwen says with a bit of a loud whisper. “what is?” you say creaking your neck at gwenny. gwen starts to come up to your ear, most like she doesn’t want fin to know she’s telling you “finney likes you but doesn’t wanna say anything because he knows you like vance” she says in a low enough whisper for you to hear, you look at her for a few minutes, mouth a tiny bit ajar.

It was later that night, you had left after what Gwen told you earlier. You were showering when you started to drift off to thinking about the next day. “what the fuck am I gonna do.. he literally doesn’t like me. No he wouldn’t of fucking said yes..” you started saying to yourself making out fake scenarios with you and vance. you slipped out of the shower after a bit, getting into your pjs and cleaning up.

It was the morning of Christmas. You woke up excited, knowing you had presents downstairs, you ran as fast as you could not remembering that you had a date with vance that day until you started to wake up. You opened your presents to be greeted with new clothes and perfume. Everything you got was just amazing, you absolutely loved it.

You went upstairs and got cleaned up, ready for the date, you started to walk to the Grab’n go. You heard footsteps behind you..

step

step

Step

Step

Step

Step

Step

they got fast and loud as you sped up, at this point you were full on running to the Grab’n go. Vance was already there at this point, you ran into him as you entered the store. He basically just gave you this weird agitated look. “hey hey are you okay? What’s going on?” He looks at you, “someone was following me here” you say as you two step out from the Grab’n go. “maybe they’re still around?” he starts looking in all directions. “no I think they ran off once I got close to the store, I don’t really know”, “well hey it’s okay yknow? I’m here I’ll deal with anyone that messes with you” you gave him a small smile.

you two reached a restaurant “so what are you gonna get” you say with a small chuckle, “obviously the best thing a hamburger with fries” he says it in a sarcastic funny tone while rolling his eyes. “oh wowwwww acting all ruddddeeee are we” you gave him a stare and then laughed it off. The date was pretty nice you guys ate,laughed, and went around town playing in snow and drinking coco that you got off some guy selling it in town square. You two were walking back to your place “so would you like to come in?…. talk or something?” you said with a long pause, “yeah sure I bet your house is warm huh?” he smile at you. You sure did like his smile, it was pretty, especially with the snow around it makes them look really white, pretty smile. “your staring y/n..” he says while he looks down at the ground with a smirk. “Oh sorry I just noticed you had a really pretty smile” blushing all over you start to realize what you just said “OH I DIDNT UH DONT SAY ANYTHING” you start squabbling about trying not to admit anything, “y/n- did you just say I had a pretty smile” he says trying not to burst out laughing. “noooo” you say while you start to look away”.

You two eventually got to your house. “come on let’s get you warmed up Blondie”. While entering your house you were greeted with your parents at the kitchen talking, they look over to you and see vance. they gasp, they knew about vance having a bad reputation, and they didnt know about the date. “ohhhh shit” you say under your breath while taking vance upstairs. you two reached your room. Now your family was pretty wealthy, I’m talking 2 mill every two month wealthy, so your room was hella huge “make yourself at home, okay?” you say as you start to take off layers of clothes. “what the fuck how is your room this goddamn big? I knew you were popular but I didn’t know you were popular and rich” he says looking around. “oh yeah my parents recently had gotten this really good position in their departments and just to summarize they bring home quite a lot now” you say with a soft smile.

“so what did you wanna talk about?“ vance whips his head around looking at you. “oh how you’ve basically been ignoring me even though it’s obvious to me now that may of liked me? and the fact you never admitted to anything even though I was right here waiting for months..” you spew out while he take a seat on your bed. “Well y/n to be honest you never thought for a second the reason I did everything was because I like you, I mean how many other girls were beaten up by me? only you yknow? I only bullied you because I like you and it’s obvious I can’t let my feelings out that well, and y/n the reason I didn’t talk to you for months is cause I didn’t want to be rejected” he says it as he gets up. “I have to go, okay? I have work to do” he starts walking downstairs, you follow him arguing “well it’s Christmas no one works on Christmas vance, and yeah so what if I didn’t know that, you beat up anyone that crosses your path you know dumbass.” He stopped as you started to say the last sentence “what the fuck am I y/n? A bully or a goddamn idiot that just beats up everyone and anyone that crossed my path or even breaths at me? I don’t want to be here anymore take that as my job fuck up.” He leaves after that.

You knew you fucked up. And you also knew you had to fix it before it was fully destroyed.

You had to fix everything.

[madamebaggio]

Notes: Should I be doing this?

No.

Do I have any self-control?

Also no. Besides I’ve been reading those books about people in college, and well...

I’ve had this just gathering dust on my drive for a looong time -literally a few years -so I’ve decided to let it see the light of day and see where it goes.

This is just part one, so if you like it... Let me know ;)

***

Sansa Stark had no idea how she’d let Margaery Tyrell -her best friend- convince her this was a good idea.

This was not a good idea. At all.

Maybe the wine Margaery had given her was spiked or something. Maybe her friend had the power to control minds and was now controlling hers.

Maybe Sansa had finally gone mad.

She was still going through with it, apparently.

She was mad.

Sansa took a deep breath before entering the house. It was another fraternity party, but she knew he was going to be there.

Jon Snow. The University’s biggest player.

Wait! Not as a ‘player’, like with girls. As in a guy who played a sport. He was the captain of the lacrosse team.

Jon Snow didn’t go around charming girls with easy smiles and pretty lies. He didn’t treat girls like they were made to be used and discarded. He was a quiet guy –downright broody. He wasn’t one for small talk or silly smiles.

He didn’t date –ever –; it had something to do with some ex-girlfriend or something like that.  But word got around: Jon knew what he was doing on a bed. Or a couch. Or in back alleys, behind pubs, if rumors were to be believed. He didn’t have a new girl every night or week, but did go out with girls, as long as it was clear there were no strings attached. I

Sansa could admit one thing: Jon was hot. Those curls, those eyes, that mouth… He wasn’t a tall guy, but his body was a work of art. And so was his tongue, according to the same rumor mill.

She’d admired him from a distance –they all had –but she was different from him on a very basic level: Jon didn’t do relationships, Sansa only knew how to handle serious relationships.

Not that it ever ended well for her.

Her first boyfriend –Joffrey –had been abusive. After that, she’d had a huge crush on Loras -Margaery’s brother -until her friend explained to her why it was not going to happen. After that she’d dated Podrick, who’d been really sweet and all, but was crushingly insecure about their relationship. Then, more recently, Harry.

Apparently, she’d been on a serious relationship with him, but he’d been fucking his way through the sororities.

When she’d found out about it and confronted him, he hadn’t even been apologetic; he just said he was a guy, he had needs, and she wasn’t doing it for him. It was her fault he had to go around looking for girls in other places.

Sansa kneed him in the balls and left, but the hurt remained. She felt stupid and insufficient. She didn’t want to fall for his bullshit, but she started to wonder if she really was this terrible in bed. Joffrey never managed to get her off and always said it was her fault. Podrick had treated her like a Victorian bride; Harry thought she was boring and a prude.

Hell, maybe she was one. Maybe she was a terrible lay.

Margaery had refused to let her think like that, so she decided that Sansa needed to get laid by someone who knew what he was doing.

“The best way to get over someone is getting under someone else.” She told Sansa wisely.

That was where Jon Snow came in. He was the one supposed to do the laying part.

Margaery swore she’d seen him giving Sansa looks, the kind that made it obvious he thought she was hot.

“He looks at you like you’re the juiciest steak ever.” She insisted.

Sansa arched an eyebrow. “So now I’m a piece of meat?”

Margaery rolled her eyes dramatically, like Sansa was being purposely obtuse, just to annoy her. “It’s just sex. Rebound. Who cares if you’re a piece of meat?”

Sansa gave her a look. “I do.”

Margaery took a deep breath, like she was asking the Seven to give her patience. “Look, stop overthinking this. I’m not telling you to go and marry the guy. I’m telling you to go have some fun. Let a guy treat you right for once. If it’s bad, forget about it. If it’s good…”

“If it’s good?”

Margaery smirked at her. “Then you can do it again.”

***

Sansa had decided she wasn’t going to do it. She didn’t even know how to start a conversation with a guy like Snow, and she wasn’t about to throw herself at him.

She wasn’t like that.

She was fine. Sure, she was heartbroken and angry, but she wasn’t going to sleep with some random guy just because of that.

She wasn’t.

Then she was stupid enough to let Margaery convince her to go somewhere. She only realized where they were going when she saw the bleachers.

“Marge, no!” She complained, but –as usual –it went unheard. Margaery basically dragged her to the bleachers.

Harry played tennis with his father on weekends. He thought that lacrosse was a stupid game, made for apes. Since they’d started dating, Sansa hadn’t managed to catch one single match.

She wasn’t the biggest fan of lacrosse, but Robb played since he was a teen, and she’d followed all his matches. After he graduated in the previous year, she’d planned on keeping watching, if nothing else to support her university, but Harry complained so much she’d stopped even asking about it.

And now Margaery was dragging her to a practice.

Of course, the excuse was they were going to see Loras –who was on the team –but Sansa wasn’t stupid. They were going to see Jon. Well, at least Margaery wanted her to see him.

When they got there, the team was already halfway through the practice. Sansa felt silly, since only girlfriends and fangirls were watching it, but Margaery told her to be quiet.

At some point, Loras saw them and waved, attracting Grenn’s attention. The big guy followed Loras’s line of sight and saw them. He then proceeded to elbow Jon on the ribs.

“Keep your eyes open.” Margaery murmured amused.

Grenn was pointing at them –not bothering to be subtle at all. Jon was ignoring him, dropping the gloves he was wearing on a bench.

Sansa was about to tell Marge she was delirious when Jon pulled his shirt up and threw it on the bench.

“Oh my.” Sansa couldn’t help but admire his back.

Grenn had finally lost his patience with Jon and pulled him by the shoulder, forcefully making him look in their direction.

Wow… His front was even better than his back.

And Sansa would’ve stood there for a good while admiring his chest and his six-pack, if Marge hadn’t pinched her.

She was about to ask what the hell was that for when she realized what Margaery wanted her to see: Jon was looking at her.

Like she was the juiciest steak he’d ever seen.

Well… Fuck.

***

So that look was basically what got Sansa to this stupid, crowded fraternity party.

***

Notes:

Grenn: Jon, the redhead you have a crush is here. Act naturally.

Jon:

[extremelyputridfishbreath]

16 and 23

23. ship you've unwillingly come around to

this is the best crack ship ever. its not even like adopted canon to any of my verses but i fucking love it <3 i think the idea of sambert is fucking hysterical

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

this....actually got super long, so it's under a cut.

prefacing this: despite the fact i like leaning into herbert's especially negative traits * gestures at the fact that he is a proud ex dictator, and also the fact he betrays the epf any chance he gets whenever they work together outside of the second ds game *, i am a herbert fan and not inherently against sympathetic portrayals of him. i think penguinronpa handled a more sympathetic herbert while acknowledging he's still a villain at the end of the day pretty well, and it's not like i think there's nothing sympathetic about canon herbert at all- sure, he's not a NICE guy, but it's not like he deserved to almost drown when he tipped his iceberg or anything. that was probably terrifying since he couldn't swim! plus you could read into some of his lines (one example being him blowing a gasket if the player points out his plans always fail during mission eight) as him having insecurities towards his inventions...perhaps that's why he steals gary's more reliable creations for himself and tricks him into giving him information for his own sometimes? really makes you think! (more under the cut)

that being said, i do not understand nor enjoy the trope that specifically aims to make him sympathetic through portraying the epf/psa (typically both) as big meanies who never ever try to help herbert... and i don't mean like, villainous epf aus either. i mean the actual argument some fans make that the psa/epf are horrible little demons and herbert is just a dude who was provoked. so this doesn't become a excessively long ramble, i will break down this into a few points:

Herbert constantly expresses in his first appearance on screen during Questions for a Crab and on wards that he has zero interest in negotiating with penguins. His motive is not only to warm himself, but to cause trouble for penguins while doing so- in that specific mission of course, that meant chopping down their beloved Ski Lodge and potentially other buildings had he been successful to warm himself and potentially shut them up in the process. Despite the area around his cave being teeming with trees he could chop down instead if he was really a great guy the PSA pushed too far...really makes you think!

(cont) As you can see here, the first thing Herbert thought finding out that other, non-crabby people were living on this island wasn't "Hey, maybe I should ask them for help so I can warm up, or get something to eat besides seaweed and algae after my long journey, or perhaps find out if any of them know how to go somewhere warmer than here..." but that they were annoying nuisances for the grand crime of...living on their island in a way Herbert did not like. And while he is not obligated to like noisy parties or playing in the snow like penguins did, he does not have any right to do anything about it besides asking if they could lower their volume at the most (which he also did not do). If you ask him why he doesn't just cut the many trees on the island down instead, he flat out tells you it's because he wants to do this to spite the penguins.

(cont) and while this is not a bad thing for him to do as a character, he's literally a villain so him being selfish is fine, it DOES fire a massive cannonball in this idea because how can Herbert possibly not be in the wrong when the penguins are essentially just...fighting back? How is it wrong for the PSA to go "we need to protect the island from Herbert" when he openly tells the player he is not only willing, but shows that he can keep to his word about his plans to spoil things for penguins out of pettiness? Especially since you know, the PSA literally did not personally do anything to 'bother' Herbert UNTIL he started problems for everyone. Plus, if you choose the dialogue option that tries to appeal to his better nature...

Herbert does not have any interest in working things out. While this is the most...polite reaction between this option and the other two, it's still not much of an improvement considering what he plans to do, no? 2. The PSA can't help someone they don't know about. (And other penguins thought he was a scary monster!)

Herbert was an enigma until you were able to properly analyze his fur in Mission Five, and penguins thought he was some kind of yeti-crab monster when there were sightings of him for the first time because of Klutzy hitching a ride on him. When the people who could have helped if he asked not knowing if he really existed until Secrets of the Fur, and the average penguin thinking he was a monster since he quite literally tore up the Pizza Parlor and Coffee Shop, can you seriously blame the penguins here? Or for later focusing on dealing with him since we know Herbert does not want peaceful solutions and just wants to menace penguins for annoying him?

3. It sands down all the interesting parts of Herbert.

Okay, so if the PSA and EPF are the only reasons Herbert is bad, to me at least that makes him so much less interesting. I like Herbert BECAUSE he is impulsive, petty, selfish, and overdramatic. If he is evil because Gary literally didn't know he existed for sure until the fifth mission, what is there? I like that Herbert has both a reasonable want (to be warm) that he is 100% willing to use both as a legitamate motive for his actions (building the wood chopper) and also an excuse to make penguins the collateral (cutting down their beloved buildings to shut them up). Having Herbert always be right is boring. It's fine to have messy villains, and I like my Herbert to be a Wendy's hamburger patty the frycook dropped pn the floor, overcooked, checked to make sure nobody was looking and discretely chopped it up into a damn good chilli sauce. Sure, the beef has good flavor, but the floor cleaner aftertaste makes it so...unique.

[taupewolfy]

i had things i wanted to type up about 13 after passing it's intro and getting the party split + starting the gapra whitewood but i fucking forgot everything i was going to type -_-

anyway let's make an attempt here - will probably be fairly scattered thoughts because i'm a little tired:

I think i was going to cover my thoughts on its start/intro + how the game explains its setting with the characters talking about l'cie and focus and ce'ith etc etc and how, with this being a replay, my understanding of things is being coloured by my past experience with the game - I know these characters! i know their story so I know where they are coming from and where they will go. That aside, personally i don't think it's too terribly hard to follow along with what's happening and at any point i've missed a thing or gotten something confused i just...look it up in the datalog? It's usually a clear two paragraphs and updates along with the story so when they mention the cocoon fal'cie boom! there it is in the data log (BTW their sun is a fucking GOD and it's pheonix of all things?? fucking cool). anyway it's a good slow start that sets itself up well...however the fact i don't remember a single villian aside from eden/cocoon (whoever the final boss was)...well lmao even.

speaking of story this is where the strength of it being linear comes in!! i know half the reason, or majority of the reason i'll play a ff game is for the story. It's expected im going to play something with a good story so give it to me!! and they do. I'm actually really impressed at how well the game has kept it's pace with cutscenes and such interspered along the level and the battle amongst it too....dare i say......somewhat similiar to doing a dungeon or nicely scripted chase in c.trigger. Well anyway I don't think this game needs to be open world to work at all [the looming specter of gran pulse hovers under me]. I am interested to see if it keeps this pace or spreads things out a bit more depending on how long levels get. I recall one dungeon in gran pulse being. long so we'll see if my opinion is still the same after some time. There's also been a few moments where they've gone 'yeah running along this track is a little boring let's throw in some silly stuff/basic 'puzzles' (usually encounter to get to key to unlock path forward). I haevn't taken issue with it yet and for the most part the environments are so fucking pretty i just stop and stare at it for a while.

Oh also! love there are a few places you can see how cocoon curves...upwards....it's so fucking weird! The area you run around at night make it look like the 'sky' has weird clusters of stars but nope! that's cities you're looking at - and later when you play as snow in a flashback you can literally see the ocean curve upwards it's really fucking weird!! (but cool as well but also part of what i mean by the game doesn't really draw attention to the fact you are in, what is basically a shell - iirc you don't even see cocoon like that until you leave it).

oh yeah combat...i am enjoying it a lot more that i understand it. Still a few enemies i think i'm fundimentally misunderstanding how to keep the chain going on + build up their stagger to do damage (not needed most times but enemies with phys/mag resistance kinda need to be staggered) however...two team parties are kinda hard to build paradigms for because you are limited and i've had a few situations where i've put the wrong job on the wrong character and struggled in a fight - eidolon fights especially. Did have a funny moment where i was distraced for a couple of seconds and saw two bombs going to self-destruct and couldn't swap to healing in time and got a game over lmao. I've had a few game overs already due to losing concentration or just playing too reactively (you really need to be proactive, when you are it flows real well) but retrying doesn't set you back far at all (very nice!)

Anyway do like that debuffs work really well and do make a different (smt moment lol) especially for a series where trying to apply debuffs on enemies doens't work half the time (hello bosses). it's mostly like this because of how it affects the stagger bar but im really excited to play around with that once i get more debuff abilities.

woah that was a lot more than i thought i was going to write. I haven't even touched upon the characters themselves yet! ah well, next time.

[katsukikitten]

Every now and again I think about Akaza/Hakuji and how his life was wholly devoted to Koyuki because he was "reborn" after her dad beat some sense into his ass when he was rampaging after his father's death.

Like she was so sick and he has such loving healing hands even if he doesn't think so. Even if he's been labeled demon all his life. All he wanted was to get his father back into health, even believed he really could before his father cut his own life short so his son could live a better life when all Hakuji wanted was to help his dad.

And then he's tasked with caring for Koyuki, which everyone had given up on. Her own father and especially her own mother who just couldn't stand the thought of her baby dying before her so she just drowns in sorrow, literally. He has the endurance strength and patience, he has this silent optimism that's rooted into his calm demeanor, into keeping his devilish idle hands busy. Seeing a future she couldn't even see even if it was only a year out but he saw beyond that he saw years of her life ahead of her. He got her from being bed ridden to being well enough to want to do chores. He saved her when she was left for dead by a peer her age she was thought to wed, and he beat their ass for it. Hakuji snapped the man's katana in half when he tried to play dirty and was pissed Hakuji was the better fighter and won.

Hakuji saved her and nursed her and in turn healed himself. He drew and painted for her because it made her happy. And at one point Koyuki's father points out that Hakuji and him are cut from the same cloth. That even Hakuji's kanji proves that he was a man made to protect. Haku being the same character as Koma like a Komainu that protects a shrine which makes his name Akaza that much more fucking damning. Tanjiro is cut from that same cloth as well which is why Hakuji is so fucking bothered by his presence.

Ugh he was so in love with Koyuki that even being turned a demon couldn't rid him of that or from the crimes he committed. His stripes mostly coming in threes to resemble his three thief markings which made him who he was, resilient the "demon child" because of the beatings he was dealt. His inability to harm a woman. His compass being a snowflake, like her hair pin like her whole god damn name (little snow) his attacks being fireworks because he promised to protect her all his life under the summer fireworks, the very thing he promised he'd carry her to see within the first few weeks of caring for her because she was worried he was "wasting" time on her. Him still providing unconditional love despite being punished for it again and again. Him being talkative to humans despite hating the weak and never speaking demons unless he has to. Its just so !!!

When it's all said and done, his will beyond Muzan's, he wraps around her and says that he's home.

Just know I'm NOT OKAY 😭

[leejihoonownsmyheart]

WOOZI LIKES SEX SONGS??? WAIT WHEN WAS THIS AND HOW DID I MISS IT...and you're right he's so good at writing self confident songs wtf genius god of music woozi

OH... IT'S OKAY!! YOU'RE NOT A FRAUD YOU'RE JUST...AN IMAGINER.... WE DO NOT JUDGE AROUND HERE, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE AWESOME

omg okay choose the venue brie 🙄🙄🙄

UR RIGHJT 20s SLANG IS SO FUNNY...giggle juice reminds me of that meme that goes 'the bob got me crunk' IDK IF YOU'VE SEEN IT BUT THAT'S GIGGLE JUICE

OH MY GOD I DIDN'T KNOW GALLAGHER GIRLS IS A BOOK WHOOPS...it sounds so interesting tho??? i'm a sucker for spy books tbh...and who's zachary goode??? tell me more!! ALSO TELL ME ABOUT THE OC NICK. WHAT'S HE LIKE

ALSO WHERE CAN I WATCH DOCTOR WHO AND SUPERNATURAL??? IF THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU TO HYPERFIXATE ON THOSE SHOWS, THEN THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

you like requests that are different?? whoops...sorry i just gave you something really generic...but i will keep that in mind!! i will think about asks that will lead to a relationship because that's actually the best ending hands down

I POSTED MY BEST FRIEND ON MY STORY (a guy) AND HE LEFT ME ON DELIVERED LMAOOOOOO WHY IS HE LIKE THIS?? (i might block him, thank you btw...) (treat you better plays in the background)

why is it fair for your friends to be mad at you??? not to pry but like can't you choose who you want to be friends with ?😭 don't get sick thinking about it wtf you deserve better

NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR GOING OFF ABOUT HTINGS THAT YOU LIKE??? I'LL GLADLY LISTEN <3

-🫨 anon

I keep a watchful eye of his spotify playlist…. Nasty by Arianna grande PLUS HE LIKES BRUNO MARS AND JUSTIN BIEBER and he used to really like fine by me by chris brown (he was jamming to it in a very old video) and while i digress the majority of these are kinda baby sex songs THEY ARE STILL SEX SONGS

AN IMAGINER 🥹

This is kinda lame but i’ve always kinda adored a forest venue kinda like in twilight i guess 😭 Imagine it.. a wedding, in the snow... bridesmaids in like sage and blush colors IT SEEMS MAGICAL

I LOOKED UP THE MEME AND I AM LAUGHING SO HARD THATS THE GIGGLE JUICE!!!!!!!

I DONT THINK ITS A SUPER POPULAR BOOK SERIES MOST PEOPLE I KNOW DON'T KNOW THE SERIES

Zachary Goode is one of the boys that goes to Blackthorne Academy and HE IS LITERALLY SO HOT the first time they meet HE OUT SPIES HER which is CRAZY if you read the first book because she is the best spy at Gallagher academy. i don't remember too much about him but he is a huge flirt and in the second book (when we meet him) he is just so respectful of her and obsessed with her.... He's perfect PERFECT.

YOU CAN WATCH DOCTOR WHO ON I BELIEVE HBO MAX they took it off netflix a few years ago... like what the fuck... AND YOU CAN WATCH SUPERNATURAL ON NETFLIX STILL. I miss that show, they're doing a con right now somewhere in... england I think I saw and I'm so jealous...

ALSO SHUSH. THAT WAS A PERFECT AMAZING IDEA AND YOU HAVE A PERFECT SEXY BRAIN I LOVE IT

HE LEFT YOU ON DELIVERED?! THATS SO ANNOYING you should be able to post your best friend in peace... I am very excited about this update by the way... I would live and die for every tiny detail about your love life so whenever you want to tell someone about it :))) it could be me :))) ^.^

ALRIGHT ILL GIVE YOU THE WHOLE TLDR this started when my friends moved to mornings. The two people I am closest to at work are my friends Sophia and Rachel and they are both directors at my store while I am just a manager. So ALREADY I'm jealous because they get to go to all these director's meetings together, and then they both move to mornings and not only does that suck because they get to see each other all the time and I see them maybe twice a week BUT THEY LEFT ME WITH ALL THE GUY MANAGERS So one of the guy managers I have spoken of before is Ben. And he is the one that I now work with the most. I used to be kinda close with him while he was dating one of the other managers but we kinda waned out of friendship after something happened on one of my leading shifts (it was not deep.)

We will remember Ben as the Capricorn I work with who broke up with his girlfriend because of a conversation he had with our boss about how she is not the kind of girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with (as she had been going to parties a lot???) and then he broke up with her at work right after her shift and as he started his and then he had sexual relations with a FRESHLY 18-year-old girl that he had been doing one-on-ones with for work while he was still sleeping with his now ex-girlfriend and she found out because she went through his watch text messages at work

DRAMA RIGHT AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, brie he is a terrible person

mhm. So. he is a pretty good friend to have. He is very funny, and is easy to make fun of and he's actually pretty supportive. Working with him all of the time I have gotten closer to him. I used to go to the gym with him and my other coworker Blake but when all the aforementioned stuff happened I stopped. Anyways we all started seeing each other at the gym again and THEN my coworkers Nam and Blake moved to the same apartment 'neighborhood' as me. I joked with them that I would be at their apartment all the time cause we live so close

I've always been kinda friends with Nam since we both like anime and we're the same age, but we aren't actually that close. Anyways Blake was having his birthday party at Nam's apartment and I got myself invited because I am annoying :) And the people there are Daniel, Blake, Nam, and Ben. Somehow, that turned into this group of people hanging out EVERY tuesday. I left my sweatshirt and Nam's apartment on Blake's birthday and so everytime Nam saw me he would loudly be like WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK TO GET YOUR SWEATSHIRT (as if we had fucked and I like it there... humiliating) so I start getting invited to hang out with the group which has extended to adding Minnie, Cassidy, my friend Justin, my coworker Aaron and his friend Kellen.

This is a WEIRD group of people and my friend Rachel does get jealous pretty easily. They both HEAVILY judge me for my friendship with Ben (fair) and they really judged me when I told them about the hangout so I didn't show up like two weeks in a row but for some reason they always text me and call me if I don't show up so I've started going anyways

Rachel doesn't react to my bereals if Ben is in them

So Rachel had taken over the schedule and on the very few times that I got to see her I would joke that she purposely moved herself to mornings cause she doesn't want to work with me. Anyways I am mean when I joke. I know this. I tell people this because I'm really insecure about it because I'm so "nice" all the time no one believes me and then I hurt someone's feelings and I want to cry. So anyways she started crying because of these jokes and she said she felt like I was mad at her.

I wasn't but I also was a little because also we were supposed to hang out with some other friends Emilee, and Chelsea and my friend Dawn and Emilee said she couldn't hangout that day and they planned to hang out then anyways without even trying to find a different day that would work. That's shitty. And then she said that she just really wanted to hammer down a day because she had been trying to plan this since august but like that was just bullshit it was the ONE day Emilee couldn't hang out she just didn't try hard enough and didn't even care that she was leaving Emilee out of it.

SO I was really stressed cause I didn't know how to tell them I thought that was really shitty. And also during ALL of this I am really really depressed. I don't want to talk to anyone, every single shift I worked I would cry because it was so hard and then I ran out of my anxiety meds so I was having panic attacks every single shift.

Anyways Rachel tells me I'm mean, she cries, I cry and then try to ice them out because I don't want to cry and make it all about myself. I have a cute breakdown.

It's really confusing to have this weird group of friends who really want to hang out with me and then Rachel and Sophia who want to hang out with me but also know that Rachel is mad at me. And it's really stressful to remember that if I talk about the people I am hanging out with the most and who seem to want to talk to me the most then my other friends will be mad at me. But if I don't hang out with that weird group of friends I will be so lonely because the only other person that I want to talk to all the time is busy and I am definitely smothering them cause I'm so fucking annoying

So, also I have no one to talk to about work. Rachel and Sophia don't work with the people I work with. I complain about everything if I can and also when I complain about things that Ben do they immediately get him in trouble for it by dragging our store operator into things when they aren't that serious and I am already dogging on him for it so now it's like if I complain about ben it gets back to him and one of these days he is going to be mad at me for it

I always say I can't complain about things because there are always consequences so I stopped complaining about things at work and Rachel and Sophia get mad at me for not talking about work things because we basically don't talk like at all.

However case and point, I told them ages ago that I wanted to learn interviews and they pretended to be excited about it and I mentioned it to them more than once and then a month later they are training James. Not me. So I ask Rachel oh is James learning interviews as if I didn't want to immediately start sobbing upon seeing it. And she immediately said some shit about brittni (our bosses wife) wanting to make sure I wasn't too stressed with school. I ASKED TO LEARN INTERVIEWS. WHY WOULD I ASK IF I WOULD BE TOO STRESSED ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF SCHOOL.

so I complain about it in passing to Blake and my boss over hears that I am upset about something but I don't tell him because I am being a baby right. Well my boss follows up with blake and blake tells him the truth and then my boss thinks that I am upset at him over it. Which I'm not. my boss didn't know I wanted to do interviews. So after our cute little "you should have asked me" chat I cried and then because of that I think rachel got in trouble because I immediately got scheduled to learn interviews.

I DONT WANT TO DO IT NOW. I complained and now everyone things I'm a fucking cry baby. which I am.

and i just. am so greatful for the friends I have but I'm miserable everyday and people are mad at me cause I don't talk about my feelings anymore and I don't even know what they think I just can;t do anything without upsetting anyone.

I don't know. I just really need a therapist but no one will get back to me so I'm just stuck with a dumb psychiatrist who things higher doses of sedative medicine will cure my anxiety and thus minimalize my depression. Whatever. I just hate being a cry baby and being so mad at myself for being a cry baby and then having people tell me how nice and great I am, like I'm not you know what i mean? AND YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN narcissist. Oh boohoo a bunch of people want your attention and want to hang out with you that's so hard. And then on top of that I have to reject a 32-year-old anime coworker who hasn't even asked me out yet.

AND THAT IS WHY IT IS FAIR THEY ARE MAD AT ME and why I should choose not to be friends with my weird group of friends and why I am stressed about it every day sigh

ALSO PRY AWAY again I am such a baby narcissist I love talking about myself sigh

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🦝 Speaking of toh messy story and entanglement of genres, since the writers have no idea how to make all of it work. Which one do you think they should had picked and just stick with it?

I think the school drama/romance made more sense if they desperately wanted to get representation, it's the best way to focus on characters and ships. Forget about all that dystopian/genocidal/military bullshit that's going on right now, it didn't have to be that deep.

We could've got silly quests/adventures from this too, like school trips around the magic world. Or festivals and action packed sports, rivalries against other schools. And maybe find something to do around a local town every once in a while.

I image they could still add the Caleb thing here, having Belos as a principal from a different school with a dark family secret (maybe not as dark as the show made it out but enough to fit this setting). School drama and mystery, I'd enjoy that.

But what do you think?

...*gestures at anime* Literally what you just described is Little Witch Academia. Or, if we want to just say the quiet part out loud for where half of the show comes from, right down to a main character having prankster twin siblings: Harry Potter. No, seriously, the level of Harry Potter DNA is kind of obnoxious when even Emira and Edric possibly exist only as twins because Fred and George were twins. And admittedly, fantasy high school is popular and works for a reason. High School in general is used as a setting because it's one of the few places where you will genuinely get a diverse cast of characters who are forced to interact in someway, have excuses for most types of events, all while still having the town around it to do things with. Add "Fantasy" to the start of it and you don't even have to deal with the rules or structure of normal school. You can just claim that that's what they do here and move on. Which is probably why the fact that Hexide isn't a more interesting setting. Yes, you have things like the creatures who sniff out trouble, the detention from hell and TWO different Quidditch rip offs (no, seriously, they split Quidditch in half and based both their fantasy sports off of it and it made me actually a bit mad when that happened. Also fuck TERFS) for its sports but otherwise... Look at all the teeth! And "Our world but more teeth" is usually a condemnation of fantasy, just like "It's magic, we don't have to explain it," is too. It's probably part of why while the teenage cast is the most popular for the fandom, I feel like half the school episodes (effectively the ones without shipping) just get forgotten about. There's only so much that the show does with it, so what are you supposed to do with it? Then again, when you have three base concepts ripping your show apart, you never have the time, focus or energy to deep dive into any of them, do you? Because it's not like we ever go on any truly daring adventures with twists and turns. You have your snow level, your pirate level, your slums level, etc. but then you just move on. Hope they used the setting for a few good jokes. And with Hexide I'd argue they struggle to even get a lot of good jokes specifically out of the setting. Not any that aren't school jokes already. So yeah, I think going with the school setting would have been best because it would have given focus, also plays into more of the aspects the writers clearly wanted like ALL THE FUCKING ROMANCE and anime has been making school insane for decades. It's not that hard and they could have done more.

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bestie which midnights song do you associate with ethan & adelina i need to know for research purposes 🔬

BESTIEEE I literally went back and listened to the whole album and wrote down notes and everything skkjdsks.

Because I feel like every song could fit them in some way or a certain situation (Miss Taylor is a fucking genius istg) I'm going to focus on the ones where most of the lyrics describe them. Also, this is my interpretation of the lyrics so it might not be a 100% accurate to the original meaning.

Snow On The Beach

It's all about them falling in love with each other at the same time.

One night, a few moons ago I saw flecks of what could've been lights But it might just have been you Passing by unbeknownst to me

That night is Miami. Before it, they were both harboring feelings for each other, both oblivious to the other's feelings. But the moment they kissed, they caught a glimpse of how deep their emotions run. They both know it would be very difficult to start a relationship (Adelina agreed with him that it would hurt her reputation if they got together so early in her career), so they can't help but feel like two people crossing paths in the middle of one fateful night, sharing a moment so precious, but fleeting.

And time can't stop me quite like you did

That moment was pivotal to their relationship, realizing the magnitude of their feelings was eye-opening to them both. It felt like time had stopped, everything in the universe ceased to exist except them, knowing that it's only the other that can have the power of making them feel like this.

You wanting me Tonight feels impossible But it's coming down No sound, it's all around

This screams chapter 15 (aka the climax both figuratively and literally). When they're together, it's only them, nothing else matters, everything around them fades away. They're playing with fire, and they know it, but it didn't matter that night.

I've never seen someone lit from within Blurring out my periphery My smile is like I won a contest And to hide that would be so dishonest And it's fine to fake it 'til you make it 'Til you do, 'til it's true

This is basically their dynamic before getting together. Adelina always have a smile reserved for Ethan, which he finds breath-taking and utterly distracting. They spent a long time pretending there's nothing between them, desperately trying to convince themselves they're better off apart, but ultimately they fail miserably.

I can't speak, afraid to jinx it I don't even dare to wish it But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet Now I'm all for you like Janet Can this be a real thing? Can it?

Peak pining energy right here, the stolen glances in the hospital, being hypnotized by each other's eyes. It encapsulates the tension between them, both debating the fate of their future. They're in a grey area, both of them know about the other's feelings but are hesitant to act upon them, worried about the consequences.

Are we falling like snow at the beach? Weird, but fuckin' beautiful Flying in a dream Stars by the pocketful

Neither of them felt this type of love before. It's foreign and scary and exhilarating, a little too good to be true, but they're willing to take the risk.

Sweet Nothing

It describes their relationship after they officially get together (finally).

They said the end is comin' Everyone’s up to somethin' I find myself runnin' home to your sweet nothings Outside, they’re push and shovin' You're in the kitchen hummin' All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin'

Although most people were supportive of their relationship, there were a few who made vicious assumptions about them. What they failed to notice is that Adelina and Ethan had already been through a lot, so baseless rumors mean nothing to them, only something to laugh about. They created a protective bubble for themselves, never expecting anything from the other. They accepted each other as who they are, flaws and all.

On the way home I wrote a poem You say, "What a mind" This happens all the time

This reflects how supportive they are to each other. Adelina always have new ideas for the diagnostics team or theories about something she read, Ethan would listen to her with a smile and they'd spend hours discussing them.

Industry disruptors and soul deconstructors And smooth-talking hucksters out glad-handing each other And the voices that implore, "You should be doing more" To you, I can admit that I’m just too soft for all of it

Adelina becomes a thorn in the side of many big pharma companies, much like Ethan, and sometimes it gets difficult dealing with vultures like them, so she'd turn to Ethan for comfort and he's always there for her.

Honorable Mentions:

Mastermind

The Great War (noone could explain it as brilliantly as you did)

Paris