#tango is absolutely going through it rn

[tiny-minecraft-rabbit]

You said evil Jimmy, bad boys, and only nice to Tango and my mind went crazy lol. And of course I had to make it Gt. So, what if, the bad boys run this underground black market thing where they capture and sell borrowers. But each bad boy has a borrower they keep with them. And Tango is Jimmy’s but he doesn’t know how to feel because Jimmy is genuinely nice to him and treats him like a person. But with every other borrower, Jimmy treats them the exact opposite.

They pulled into the drive-thru of the McDonald’s and Jimmy tilted his head down to glance at Tango, flicking his sunglasses up, “You want your usual, Rancher? Chicken nuggets with nether sauce?”

Tango grinned, his tail flicking “Yes, sir, Rancher buddy!”

Jimmy nodded and turned down the music as they reached the ordering screen. He ordered three Mcdouble combos, a twenty piece chicken nugget with ranch, barbeque and nether sauce.

On the way home Jimmy tapped the steering wheel along with the music and when one of Tango’s favorites came on he turned it up and they both sang along rather poorly. Tango loved these moments alone with Jimmy—it felt like an honest friendship.

And then they pulled into the driveway of the “Bad Boy Mansion”.

It was a small rancher home with two bedrooms the size of closets and the attic they diy-ed to be a third. Tango had lived in it’s walls for years, going through a few families before Jimmy, Grian, and Joel moved in. He was lucky to still be able to call the house home.

Joel’s voice pitched from the porch, just as irritated as he usually was, “What took you so long?”

“The line went around the building, ain’t nothing I could do!” Jimmy shouted back as he gathered the fast food and drinks into his arms. Then he looked down at Tango and at his full arms and sighed, “Shoot. Tango, climb up, would you?”

Tango bit the inside of his cheek to keep from whining as he climbed out of the cupholder and onto Jimmy’s lowered sleeve. From there he hoisted himself up to Jimmy’s shoulder and held onto the collar. Jimmy kicked the car door closed and headed for the house.

Tango looked towards the house to see Joel stood on the porch, eyes narrowed in their direction. “Would you stop letting him do that?”—he jabbed a finger in Tango’s direction—“Someone’s going to see him one of these days.”

“You’re just jealous because Etho would rather fling himself to the floor than ride your shoulder,” Jimmy replied, holding out the drink carrier for him to take, “Now help out, would you?”

Joel reluctantly took the drinks, if only to make sure Jimmy didn’t drop them. Inside the house they dropped the food on the kitchen table and started unpacking the bags.

Grian joined them, looking through the food, “Did you get your borrower an entire twenty piece chicken nugget?”

“No! The chicken nuggets are for all the borrowers,” Jimmy snapped. He scooped Tango off his shoulder and set him on the table.

Tango stumbled on his feet and backed up a few steps to give the humans plenty of room to unpack and set up their meals. Jimmy grabbed a single chicken nugget, cut it into chunks with a plastic knife and set it on a napkin with the opened nether sauce in front of Tango.

“We got a couple now, thought I’d get them some too,” Jimmy continued, setting the rest of the nuggets aside. “Also we ran out of bread.”

“You spoil them,” Grian teased, elbowing Jimmy.

“You spoil Tango,” Joel added, dropping down into a chair, “I mean no wonder he doesn’t try and run like ours. Jimmy’s gone and cut his food for him too, like he’s the blooming prince of fairies.”

Tango bit his tongue, knowing that if he said anything at all it would mean trouble.

“You think if I do that for Effo he’ll actually stop making escape attempts?” Joel asked.

Grian snorted, “Definitely not. Etho’s practically feral. Never seen a borrower throw themselves off a dresser until him.”

“I’m going to sell him,” Joel declared, taking a giant bite into his burger. Tango froze, not daring to look up at Joel.

“You don’t mean that,” Jimmy said.

“I do!” he replied around a full mouth, “His cool factor has worn off. Someone would pay loads for an albino borrower, I bet. I would have.”

Tango felt his heart drop into his stomach, nausea hitting him like a train. Joel wouldn’t– He couldn’t. Etho was Tango's friend. Etho was one of the last things he had connecting him to being a borrower. The next time he spoke to Etho he was going to have to beg him to start listening to Joel, as much as it killed them both, he couldn’t lose another friend.

“Well, you got a big pool to pick from right now if you want to switch him out for another,” Grian said, shrugging and picking at his own fries.

(That is, if Tango even had a chance to talk to him again at all.)

The Bad Boys finished their meals, Tango barely picking at his nugget, appetite long lost.

Jimmy was the one to gather the trash and shove it down into the trash can. He grabbed up the remaining chicken nuggets (Joel and Grian had nabbed a few themselves) and held out a hand for Tango, “Coming bud?”

Tango hesitated– he really didn’t want to, but staying in the kitchen meant Grian and Joel could get grabby. They wouldn’t hurt him, sure, but they made it abundantly clear they thought Jimmy was too soft with him. He’s been poked and prodded plenty of times between the two of them, tossed in the air more then once, and Joel once tried to hide him from Jimmy by shoving him in his own sock drawer. He didn’t want a repeat of any of that if he could manage it.

He stepped onto Jimmy’s hand and was promptly slipped into his jean-jacket pocket. He sat, grabbing a bit of pocket lint and pulling it apart bit by bit, unable to keep his hands still for the short ride.

Tango swayed and bounced as Jimmy turned out of the house, and he recognized the familiar creaking of the screen door and it slamming itself shut. His feet crunched in the unkempt backyard and Tango’s tail flicked as he heard the shed door open. He hated this fucking shed.

Jimmy’s hand reached for him, fingers wrapping around his middle. His stomach swooped as he was lifted and set down once again. Jimmy was already tearing the chicken nuggets into pieces as he steadied himself, humming a song that had gotten stuck in his head from the ride home and barely acknowledging the big fat elephant that sat in front of him.

The tank of borrowers.

It was set on a shelf, the wire top clamped down several times over. A heat lamp hung over it and one of those plastic hamster hides was pushed into a corner. It was lined with a towel that hadn’t been washed since it was set and the dirt stains from many little shoes were prominent. There were only two borrowers in sight, but Tango knew for a fact there were six in the tank. The Bad Boys’ latest haul. They got lucky catching the group crossing between backyards (and the Bad Boys weren’t above trespassing to get their hands on more borrowers. No one would notice a few mouse sized people missing).

Tango had been set down on the shelf, right next to the tank. One of the borrowers was staring at him and he gave a small wave— the stare immediately dropped into a glare and the borrower turned swiftly away from his direction. Tango’s tail tucked itself between his legs.

“Alright fellas,” Jimmy chirped, undoing the clamps and pushing the tank open with a clang. He set the box of torn up chicken inside, along with two open sauce packets, “Got some food for ya’s.”

“How long do you plan to keep us here?”

Tango’s head snapped back to the borrower. He was practically a half inch taller then Tango was, muscular and what looked to be old chemical burn scars all up his arm and over his face. Tango had seen some of the things he was carrying before Grian had tore them off his person and he had some pretty advanced borrower tech. He hasn’t heard a name from him yet and a part of him hopes he won’t.

Jimmy barely blinked at the question, already fitting the top back on, “Oh, just until we can secure a buyer, not long for some of your friends but you… Well, hard to find someone that wants pre-damaged goods.”

Tango hated the shed. Jimmy was different in here. Jimmy was cruel in here.

(Tango knew it wasn’t just the shed, as much as he wanted to pretend it was. He knew that Jimmy would and did act just the same to any borrower no matter where he was. He knew this was as much the real Jimmy as the one that sang songs and taught him how to read more than a few simple sentences and let him play with loose circuits boards. He was just always this Jimmy in the shed, and the shed had become his association with the worst of him.)

“You plan to turn us into pets?” The borrower growled. His voice was gruff, with some kind of thick accent. He wondered where he could have gotten it, or if he was somehow foreign—Most likely he grew up in a house with a bean with an accent, but it wasn’t impossible for borrowers to travel to other countries. That was dangerous, sure, but the guy looks like he’s gone through his fair share of danger.

“Uh, yeah,” Jimmy replied, a smirk creeping over his lips, “People pay a lot for a pet that can talk. Isn’t that nice? Usually something as insignificant as you would be considered a proper pest.”

“You’re not making a dime from us. We’ll get out. You don’t scare me,” The borrower said, his tail thrashing behind him.

“You’re able to escape this? Wow! Color me impressed!” Jimmy punctuated his statement by snapping the clamps back in place. Then he casually grabbed a brick off the ground and dropped it right on top of the lid. “Man, when we come back and you’ll be gone–? Just, know, I’ll be making this face–” He clapped his hands to his face, jaw dropped exaggeratedly.

“Fuck you, man! Fuck you!” The borrower shouted, kicking at the glass of the tank.

Jimmy laughed, retaliating by knocking repeatedly on the tank until one of the other borrowers, still tucked away in the hide, poked their head out to beg for him to stop. He did, grinning brightly, “Enjoy dinner! Come on, Tango.”

Tango was quick to scramble onto the hand that was offered to him, his tail wrapping around Jimmy’s pinkie.

“Ay, Tango, was it?” The borrower called. He flinched away from the angry tone but glanced back, giving the borrower his attention. The borrower was sneering, lips curled, “Fuck you too, traitor! You let this bean turn you into a pet. You’re no better than a hamster–”

Jimmy beat his fist into the glass, “Shut it! Tango is my friend. You’re not going to speak to him that way.”

He pulled Tango to his chest, cupping him close and stomping right out and back to the house. The screen door once again slammed as he pushed his way inside, not bothering to stop in the living room where Grian and Joel were watching some trash show and throwing snacks at each other.

They were up the ladder into the low ceiling attic and he dropped himself onto his bed. Tango bounced on his chest, hands grabbing at Jimmy’s shirt to ground himself.

“Sorry about that,” Jimmy sighed, his hand pressing against his back, “That guy was way out of line.”

Tango sighed, “It’s… fine, Jimmy. He was just mad.”

“More like he’s got an attitude problem,” Jimmy grumbled, and his hand shifted so his thumb was rubbing up and down Tango’s back. The action calmed them both, each taking slow breaths, “You’re not my pet, Tango. You’re my Rancher buddy, always will be. Don’t let them get in your head. You’re better than that lot.”

“Right,” Tango replied, “Thanks, Rancher.”

“It’s no problem,” Jimmy chuckled. He pulled his phone out, opening up Youtube and scrolling through until he found a Minecraft video, “This look good, bud?”

Tango turned to look, laying back on Jimmy’s chest, “Yeah. I like this guy.”

Jimmy pressed play, and Tango tried to push his thoughts to the back of his mind.

Don’t think about the shed. Don’t think about the borrowers. Focus on the video. Focus on the sound of the non-copyright music and Jimmy’s breath. Focus on the rising and lowering chest under him. Focus on this moment, and try to forget about the rest of it.

Tango wasn’t very good at controlling his thoughts. The video played and Tango’s head was elsewhere.

[aquaquadrant]

Not really an ask, more of me using this as a way for you to see this cause I have no one rn to express my LOVE for your Hels to pay AU. I don’t stay up late on school nights because I try to keep a strict schedule with bedtime at 10. I stayed up til one reading and reading and reading, anticipating the next part, exhilarated for when everything comes crashing down, absolutely adoring the portrayal of the OCs and how fantastically you captured each DoubleLifer; the way you describe, detail, and most importantly SHOW everything so beautifully and to just the right extent. The portal of emotion: hurt, scared, happy, uncertain, everything! The clear difference shown between similar emotions like disgust, annoyance, and pure hatred. And OH-MY-GOSH, your Alisker character, SO WELL DONE! His attitude, the sinister undertone of his rather up-beat exterior, the simplest words having the deepest meanings, THE EYES, the way he so loving yet also perfectly, for lack of a better word, obsessive over bX in a way where it’s not uncomfortable and just caring. THE CALLS BACKS you make are fantastic, my personal favorite so far regarding Bravo first meeting Etho. One of my favorite overall parts so far being in part 2 where Bravo just dies over and over again! Timmy calling himself Not-Jimmy was also just… *mwah!* RendTheWolf, Claw, Pathos, and literally every other Hels counterpart I’ve encountered so far is just- I have no words! The names are perfect! The everything is impeccable! In two days I’ve read up to the 3rd to last part. My phone has been taken from me so I may do hw. (I have my tablet which I will put down and do hw after I rant a rave to you about your masterpiece.) The single bed trope was done spectacularly! Not a trope I typically like, but when it’s written well, it’s written well, and you wrote it FAR better then well. The way you tied it into the actual story itself to actually have a purpose instead of it being a thing that happens and has no purpose. The way every component to your story has a *purpose.* I’ve learned several new words from your writing! I hope I get to see some Alisker and bX interactions later when I get to continue reading.

THE WORLD BUILDING! Fused realms? Blew my mind and written and described so incredibly well. Beds? A sign of wealth and power? ABSOLUTELY! A detail I would have never thought of! The fact that there are in fact civilizations despite the brutality within them? The way you SHOW us how Bravo feels the world is almost apocalyptic and unthinkable with how he reacts to the cities? Beautiful. The spawn being safe at first, but then hitting the non-grief border and seeing all the holes? I LOVED IT! The difficulty traversing, the need to get further and further from spawn to be safe. Better yet? The desperation from Tango when he escaped and could hardly traverse it? Oh I loved it. Timmy, so FREAKING good. Perfect FOIL character for Bravo. The way Bravo still remembers Timmy and decides to no longer let Tommy cower away at spawn was, AUGH, I loved it! I kept wondering about him and was so curious if Bravo ever thought about him in the 10 years he spent in Hels. Looks like he has. I have always loved the Ranchers, through and through. The fluff before everything came crashing down, was everything to me.

And the whole build up to the invasion Hels had on DoubleLife? I keep saying it, BUT I LOVED IT. The story, the anger Bravo kept building up for Tango as the hours, days, weeks, months, YEARS go by. The way Bravo meticulously counted as time passed. The way Dr. Atlas seemed to be becoming more and more desperate the longer, and seemingly further Tango got from him. The greed mixed with the fear of Alisker fueling his want, no, NEED to get his property back. And the way no one mentions (at least so far) the similarities in which Tango and Bravo speak? Both Tango and Bravo urging Dr. Atlas into their place to further discuss deals and saying the same thing when they do so! I can’t get over it!

When reading from Dr. Atlas’ perspective, it was genuinely so hard not to root for him because of Alisker and his… persuasions. The way you feel like everyone else is just impatient and just so ridiculously incapable. You just know he wants to let the bottled up frustration loose and destroy everyone in his way. The near helplessness the longer Tango is missing. Reading from Bravo’s perspective, you almost want to resent Tango as well, and the pent up rage and frustrations with people and not understanding anything and his sudden bursts of outrage is so well done! Jimmy’s perspective you get to see the confusion of everyone, the desperation of both ranchers, and most importantly, we get to see how Tango really just hammers it into himself that he just sucks and the pain from Jimmy having to witness that from his partner and feeling so helpless, like he should be able to do something but can’t because Tango just *refuses.* His fear for Tango is just: yes. And from Tango’s perspective, the dread gutting him from within, the way you can feel both his anxiety and anger!

Excuse my raving about everything you did in your fanfic, I just can’t get over it. About a month ago I had seen fanart about your AU. I scrolled for a bit, but decided against reading it because I was too stubborn to reach I bunch of words. Every fanfic I’ve ever read has been in the form of comics or audiobooks. Curiosity got the better of me. “Who is this Dr. I forgot his name.” “What’s up with this whole machine Tango was in?” “How does the timeline of this work?” “What’s up with this little break-out comic I saw?” Then. I saw the LimitedLife short story with Tango and Skizz. It started with someone’s fan art. Then I clicked the link. Intrigue hit. Next thing I knew: I was hooked. The writing was fantastic, the curiosity of “how does everyone find out about Tango’s past in the story? How many people know before everything goes down? What exactly happened to Tango? Why does being hunted down affect him to this extent?” Now I know because as soon as I finished reading that ‘what if’ short, I went to read the main thing.

Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you for creating this. It’s everything I have ever wanted and needed in a fanfic, and I didn’t even know it. If you read all of this, I hope you know my appreciation for your hard work. If you don’t read all of this, I hope you know my appreciation for your hard work.

I realized I never got round to speaking about Pathos or my shock with RendTheWolf. There’s so much to say and ask but I shan’t make this much longer for I fear you’ll lose patience. Much love! Stay safe! Can’t wait to finish reading your story! ❤️

OUGHHHH THIS WAS SO SWEET 😭 thank you SOOO MUCH for sharing ur thoughts, and i’m so sorry abt ur sleep schedule 😂⚰️ i’ve def been there.

i’m so glad u gave the fic a chance, a lot of ppl are moving away from reading so ur support means a lot <3 i appreciate ever word of feedback u wrote and i hope you enjoyed the ending! (seeing as how i’m a bit late to answer 😅)

[zylian]

So many thoughts of the after effects of zam and mapic having their s4 dynamic in s6 cause it’s gonna mess with the new members so badly if they get in between

Literally the members who keep saying zams scared of mapic rn and have chosen to help zam out when he gets hurt, don’t understand how messed up they both are and how not one sided it is

Mapes acknowledged how easy it is to be the villain for everyone cause he’s done it before but no one ever listened to him about how zam is worse than him

castle arc started cause nobody was willing to help zam, he betrayed his team and almost everyone at the time said zam deserved what came to him from how angry mapic was and to this day it is proven how loyalty matters to mapic

Zam was full of paranoia but than again he stayed at that castle fully knowing what was to come and continuously fought himself cause no matter how much he hated mapic, he never truly hated him, he hated himself instead cause he was fully aware of his own actions

Just like s3, zams messed up, sure castle arc he was afraid but at the end of s3 he smiled as he asked Spoke to kill him even blinding himself to trust spoke knowing it resulted in him repeatedly dying to clown in every base he made for a whole week prior

Zam let s4 castle arc happen, just like the end of s3 and he knows it, zam doesn’t really hate Spoke or Mapic, he was and is afraid of them yet he’s insanely enough devoted to them

He knows what they’re capable of at their lowest and highest and at the end he always feels sorry for them, like when zam told clown that mapic killed him for spoke despite spoke dying to wemmbu, both zam and clown immediately was focused on how unlike spoke that was rather than the deaths itself

It’s bittersweet

The second zam found out about the exploits in s4 he flipped and did everything to divert Mapics attention while simultaneously trying to stop any exploit harm coming to him (unless it was Spoke)

He did that after castle arc and the only exception between the both of them was and has always been Spoke, it’s so eerie knowing that Spoke knew zam would be fine during castle arc cause mapic wasn’t there for what he did to him in s3

Their history goes even further for when zam was banned off and mapic still carried out his demands he left behind beyond death

There’s a reason why mapic goes back to zam and a reason why zam lets mapic, both of them have a LONG history and the ones who know about it won’t intervene (aka mainly spoke)

Zams BEEN messed up and anyone s5 onwards hasn’t seen it, being swept up in his pacifism to see that anyone’s anger towards him has never been caused by killing but his actions driven from what morals he’s on

It’s so much worse especially with mapic suggesting zam to have a full defence kit, if mapic kills zam he gets a target on his back but he can’t just not crit the guy whenever he’s near him for a little bit longer than a greeting

Mapic feared zam leaving forever, almost like zam taking actual precautions to disappear which he is completely capable of, zam can leave but stays in places knowing mapic would find him and it’s an odd way zam has to reassure mapic

When zam completely covers his tracks and doesn’t involve himself at all somehow someway mapic shows up to involve him and when that happens zam lets it happen, completely entertaining the idea just cause

It takes two to tango and they are both trying so hard to not acknowledge any of it

ANYWAYS!!!! Anything these guys say, do, or bring up will mess the absolute hell up of any members that joined after s4

Like can you imagine going through absolute hell where both sides wanted nothing to do with each other after yet by the end they were standing on the same side against everyone

So really anything to happen in s6 and anything anyone says or drags zam to, it won’t stop him from somehow going near mapic and vice versa

[ol1verdrawsyt]

Hi! So uh, I’m wondering if you have any Dialtown headcannons you would like to share :D? Cause I’m totallyyy normal about Dialtown headcanons lol

I am filled to the brim with dialtown headcanons, but rn I'm having norm brainrot so here's every norm headcanon I can think of rn

- he's basically the father figure to the entire main cast

- He's a pretty good guitar player, and an excellent singer. Though he doesn't like to talk about his talents

- his biggest pet peeve is people taking pity on him

- after chapter 3 and the town was fixed, he swapped out his nasa suit for a nice sweater and some blue jeans

- him and mr.dickens bonded really well together when they first met

- every year on his wife's birthday, he used to drink until he blacked out. After getting a better support system, he spends the day with people he's close to and avoids alcohol completely

- hes trans (ftm)

- though he'd never admit it, he cares about gingi more than anything else. It's his closet friend and his support system

- he occasionally smokes

- idk if I said this before, but he built a new shack for himself near the funfair in the outskirts of town

- he has very mixed feelings on callum. He doesn't idolize him like he used to, but he also can't find it in himself to hate him for everything he's done. He still thinks he was a wonderful leader nonetheless

- he absolutely despises theoroar

- him and Tango sometimes chat when Norm is helping out Mingus. Tango and her unbridled enthusiasm for everything is a bit concerning, but he still finds her fun to talk to

- speaking of Mingus, they fight like cats and dogs. They're more alike than they'd like to admit, so imagine them getting along like trying to shove two magnets with the same pole together

- norm after going through Oliver's scareshack definitely believes it's haunted, but he's too stubborn to admit it

- he loves to make things. Whether it be music or food or small crafts, it's a hobby he picked up when he was exiled to keep himself from going insane

- If Norm ever got a phone somehow, he'd never use it. However, he'd be on level 923 on that one game where you sort the colored objects into the tubes (idk what it's called)

- he gets most of his personality from his mom, along with his long dark colored hair

- he's hispanic

- he's an amazing cook

- he hates loud noises with a burning passion. For Christmas, Mingus gave him noise canceling earbuds. He never takes them out

- every once in a while, God will show up at his shack in the middle of the night and ask for an omelet. The first time this happened, Norm got angry and told him no. Every other time, he was too tired and made him the omelet

I rlly like norm.....

[definitelynotshouting]

i would draw to motivate you but. i cant. draw. instead, i can ask you: what has been you least favourite segment to write/worldbuild for the hunger au? either because it just wasnt working like you wanted it to, or you were struggling for ideas, or something completely different, what about the hunger au kicked your ass the most?

-🔋

Honestly i feel like this scene with Tango im trying to write for chap 4 is being the biggest ass-kicker rn 😭😭😭💀💀💀💀 i have been stuck on this for AGES and its not even because i dont know what to do-- i have the whole chapter mapped out, i know what i want. Its just the physical act of writing has been super tough for me lately, and whenever i do find the time + motivation + mental coherency to make the words go, i end up getting interrupted by something WHEEEEZE

The good news is, i am still making progress, its just very.... slow 💀 but its progress, so im trying to be mindful of that despite my own impatience

Also, coming up with the Seekers was a complete pain in my behind i spent SO LONG trying to figure out what the fuck their deal was. Went through multiple ideas on what to mix and match their potential biology with-- i was considering sea turtles, jellyfish, whales, squid... nothing really stuck out to me as something i wanted to use until i realized what i was going to call them, and then everything fell into place all at once. I remember yelling across the room to @/corvidaearts (whom i was visiting during my vacation) "THEYRE CALLED SEEKERS AND THEYRE TOTALLY BLIND AND THEY CAN SENSE VIBRATIONS THROUGH THEIR WHISKERS" apropos of absolutely nothing. And now we have giant malignant catfish<3 sometimes ye olde percolator just needs a lot of time to marinate on an idea before the inspiration hits LMAO

[sparxwrites]

i'm slowly circling around hermitcraft (i keep telling myself i'm not going to get into another minecraft smp thing, i did my days in the yogscast mines) and it's so compelling. i won't lie. what would you, personally, suggest as a starting point for someone who hasn't watched any of these people before? even without knowing these characters, your hermitcraft fic is so good that i want to learn more about them

yeah see, i told myself that too and then dsmp and 3rd life and hermitcraft happened and. here i am. back in the pits again!! having the time of my life about it ngl.

so, okay, my first caveat would be: fandom does a lot of heavy lifting re: it having a plot. like... i'd say they're less plotty than the yogs were, with season 8 being an honourable exception. so don't go in expecting that my fic has uhhhhh. really any relation to canon lmao. (though to be fair, it didn't really in yogs either, so...)

first option: watch an episode of Hermitcraft Recap (a channel that does a weekly "what happened on hermitcraft this week" highlights video), see if any of the things mentioned take your fancy, and then check out the channel of the hermit that did it. this is good if you're hunting for someone doing a specific Thing in minecraft, rather than streamer personality.

second option: see the rec list below, and check out one of those people's season 8. season 8 is now over, but it was very short compared to regular seasons - so a lot of the excitement gets compressed and amped up, and it's a good way to really get an idea of what people are about. it will give you an unrealistic idea of how plotty hermitcraft gets, especially the end, because they went absolutely off the shits with that one, but it's a great season.

third option: see the rec list below, and jump straight into season 9 - either at the beginning of someone's series, or at the current point, or skip around through various people's things. we're like 20-ish eps in, depending on the person, but honestly it's pretty easy to dip in and out; we just had a big Plot Development with rendog getting crowned king of the server, so it's a good time to start! rec list (biased to the people i watch, obvs! the others are great too, but these are my faves), to help you decide who to pick:

Literally unhinged impossible redstone, constantly on his villain arc, (and tomato plants?): DocM77

Very good redstone, also extremely funny: TangoTek (also makes excellent noises), MumboJumbo (on break atm. i miss him :( ), Zedaph (he's doing. weird shit this season, but i support him in his quest to be a lunatic)

Incredible building, but also chaos-gremlin energy: BdoubleO100 (excellent noises pt.2), Grian (main character energy, tumblr's fave), PearlescentMoon (i am kissing her s9 base directly on the mouth)

Incredible building, really nice voice: GoodTimesWithScar (tumblr's other fave)

Building but also like. weirdly chill-but-horny vibes: Keralis (deliberately), Rendog (on accident)

Literally no idea but you should watch him: Joe Hills (very odd, currently hyperfixated on pinball machines, i find him very soothing for reasons that escape me, writes haikus for his episodes????)

fourth option: some of what you've seen from me will be from 3rd / last / double life, a bunch of semi-hardcore "death games" series run by grian and involving a bunch of hermits (plus some other friends, including inthelittlewood from the yogscast!). these are great, and i watched these before hermitcraft, and then based who i was watching in hc on what i'd seen there. double life is happening rn and we're only 3 eps in, so it'd be easy to catch up! it's basically a soulmate au but in minecraft, because grian is insane; i'm really enjoying BdoubleO100, PearlescentMoon, Tango, Rendog, and Grian (Scar is on a weird zookeeping arc, godbless, so he's in my bad books until he starts killing again. otherwise, the go-to rec is Grian or Scar's pov of 3rd Life, which sent me fucking insane.

[betweenlands]

zedaph or martyn inthelittlewood!!

both again

zedaph:

First impression: oh yoooo it’s the other guy that was in minecraft toy box alongside simplysarc! i didn’t know he was a hermit, i wonder what he’s up to?

Impression now: SCIENCE GUY OF ALL TIME. severely underrated hermit. i love him a lot and he deserves to go apeshit. incredibly brilliant redstoner

Favorite moment: idk man like all of s8. The Chamber was brilliant

Unpopular opinion: whoooboy. okay. potential Hot Take: i really, really feel like people tend to infantilize him and/or heavily diminish the role he has in team ZIT, to the point where it feels like some people don’t even really care about him as a character compared to impulse and tango? like for some reason there’s been a big uptick in zedaph content that literally could not be further apart from the way zedaph actually works as a person and hm. don’t like that!

Favorite relationship: uh i’ll be honest i don’t have a favorite dynamic of his rn. they’re all roughly equal in my mind. would love to put him in the same room as grian for longer than just a base swap and shake them a little bit. also obviously the dynamic i have wholesale invented between him and sarc Owns, but that’s because i made it up for myself

Favorite headcanon: @autisticlalna‘s alpha-z au, baybee! i really love the added layer of depth that comes with the implications of “zed is a clone of The Original Original Lalna That Worked At Yoglabs” and i think it adds a fun addition to his sciencey thing. it’s just really unique and also it means he can be little a sinister. as a treat

Idea for a story: uhhhhhh idk what if zedaph invented a new weapon called a gun i’d like to write a sequel to stormwatching the sandbox someday! of course, that relies on simplysarc uploading enough for me to squeeze more lore out of him, but. yeah

martyn:

First impression: oh yooo there’s a yog in this grian series? i didn’t know grian knew any yogscast members! i don’t know much about martyn but i’m excited to see where this goes!

Impression now: i rattle him gently and his one mcc coin falls out of his pocket. every time i watch his teams in mcc they do absolutely awfully and the one time i didn’t watch his team, he won. i’m very sorry martyn. also his lore is alright i guess

Favorite moment: i honestly think his double life series through cleo is hilarious in every possible way and it kinda owns

Unpopular opinion: ...yeah i’m still not a fan of the watchers lol. i tend to justify it with “this is some kind of entity pretending to be the watchers” but i just do not vibe with watcher lore. i feel bad because i know his lore isn’t intentionally the exact same as the fanon watchers i have disliked for so long, but it’s way too close coincidentally for me to be comfortable with it

Favorite relationship: just like with 3rd life ren. its renchanting duo. how could it ever be anything else. however also like i’ve mentioned in previous asks i would go absolutely insane over the thematic implications of a true impulse-martyn day one alliance in a traffic game, you would never get me to shut up

Favorite headcanon: anything bridging third life and yogscast i am SUPER down for. i think @strifesolution is the person i’m thinking of who likes drawing explicit parallels between the sacrifice at black heart altar and whatever the hell parvis and strife are doing in blood and chaos? and i think that OWNS.

Idea for a story: ohhh i dunno this is a hard one. maybe something with hopperhawk martyn, like he gets trapped in the breaker world that is trafficseries and then when he busts out he promptly decides he wants to dimension dive into other dangerous realities? yeah. maybe that

[love-me-love-my-weirdness]

January - We’re Going To Be Friends by The White Stripes (new friend (by friend I mean person I hang around that I will definitely unhealthily attach myself to like a barnacle))

February - Oh Klahoma by Jack Stauber (song is such a mood)

March - Stalker’s Tango by Autoheart (this is probably where that friendship from earlier ends)

April - Body by Mother Mother (oof)

May - I Can’t Handle Change by Roar (absolutely right I cannot)

June - Any Day Now by Bo Burnham (I’m really going through it huh)

July - I Love You Like An Alcoholic by The Taxpayers (previously mentioned friend needs to run)

August - Summer Child by Conan Gray (this song is a painful mood)

September - To You, From Me by Naethan Apollo (friend I know I seem nice rn but it’s not looking good for you)

October - YKWIM? by Yot Club (holy fuck this song is a mood)

November - The Red Means I Love You by Madds Buckley (friend istg RUN)

December - Better Than Me - The Brobecks (mental illness crash in coming)

let your spotify predict your 2024

shuffle your on repeat playlist, and the first twelve songs represent your 2024

thanks to @youreverydaydemikid for the idea

January-My Own Person by Ezra Williams(pure confusion)

February- For You by Cavetown(love this song but i have no clue what this is February is gonna end up)

March- Remember by When Wallows (what am i gonna remember)

April- Astronomy by Conan Gray (surprised this is the first sad song)

May- Lemon Boy by Cavetown (new friend????)

June- Codependency by Orla Gartland (yet again pure confusion)

July-(NOT A) LOVE SONG by SOAP and NOAHFINNCE (i guess ill have love on my mind or be in love)

August- Time Adventure by Cavetown (am i broken up or something???)

September- PITY by NOAHFINNCE (pure confusion x3)

October- Snail by Cavetown feat. Chloe Moriondo (pure confusion x4)

November- Quarter Life Crisis by Baby Queen (this wont be my first crisis)

December- Jigsaw by Conan Gray by Conan Gray ( ummm I hate December cos of Christmas now i feel like its gonna be shittier than the most recent Christmas)

[purecantarella]

The High Never Hurt Anyone

Request : I absolutely loved the Hush scenario with Rosé!!:o Could you maybe do something with Jisoo too? Like imagine them going on tour ans in the middle of the concert she's so hyped up and energetic she just feels like taking y/n somewhere in a dressing room while taking a break from stage. Or it can be an ot4+y/n one, whatever you prefer🥰 in all honesty, I wanted to do an ot4 one for this but talking realistically I wouldn't be able to write that too well as of rn. let's see in a few months HAHAHAHA i still hope you enjoy! i suppose you meant a!jisoo x o!reader since you said smth like rosé's imagine. disclaimer : those under 18 please find a fluffier or angstier fic to read since this is not really something you should delve into.

Jisoo happily trotted off the stage after her solo stage, the adrenaline from their screaming fans still rushing through her veins excitedly. The vocalist found her way to the dressing room for a change of outfit.

She pushed the door open and expected to see her beauty team or at the very least her other two members either getting ready or there to greet her. Instead, she was met with a dimly lit and empty room. Jisoo walked up slowly, while still confused, to the vanity to wipe some of her sweat off.

The door behind her closed slowly and her eyes jotted up, meeting your eye. An excited smile fell onto her lips as she quickly turned to see if it was actually you. There you stood with a shy smile, hands clasped behind your back, slowly walking up to Jisoo's warm figure.

It'd been a few months since you both last saw each other. As much as you wanted to join her for their tour, you had other commitments you needed to tend to first. You'd both become lonely over the extended period of time, more so you, so you decided to surprise your beloved mate.

"You gave quite the performance, jagi..." You said tilting your head to the side, the warm smile you had turning into a teasing smirk. Jisoo beckoned you closer, her lips turning up as well. "I absolutely loved it..." You muttered, wrapping your arms around her neck.

On instinct, her head nuzzled into the side of your neck, taking a deep breath while inhaling your sweet scent. "I missed you so much, jagi..." She whispered softly, opening her eyes to see her mark on your neck before smiling fondly at it. The sweet smell began to fade slowly and was replaced by a familiar savoury scent, which only meant one thing.

Her eyes shot up to meet your blown out eyes as you propped a finger under her chin, making her bite down on her lower lip.

"We have roughly 17 minutes before you have to touch-up be back on stage..." You muttered, stroking your mate's cheek gently. "...and I wanna make up for lost time, alpha." You taunted her. A low growl vibrated from Jisoo's chest.

The vocalist pushed herself forward, roughly meeting your lips for the first time in months. You arms wrapped themselves around Jisoo's neck pulling her closer to yourself. The kiss was raw, rough meeting of the lips, teeth clashing with each other, tongues in a tango of pure lust.

You pulled away with a gasp before Jisoo's lips trailed their way down your neck. She left a trail of pink and red spots before pushing her knee into your wet center. You moaned at the contact before she turned you around, her eyes trained on yours hungrily though the mirror. Her knot began pulsing violently against her stage shorts before it became too much for her.

Instincts weighed over logic as she pulled your pants down along with your underwear. she pushed your semi-bare form on the lit vanity, dark, lust-filled eyes trailing every crevice of your body. Jisoo’s lips press to the shell of your ear, her hand firmly grabbing the flesh of your ass making you groan out. Your eyes are locked on hers as you pant and grind backwards into her erect member.

“I missed my omega.” Her other hand trailed down to her stage shorts, pulling the hard dick out and trailed your sopping wet cunt. “I want to feel every bit of you.” she mumbled, slowly pushing her member in as you cried out at the feeling. Your hand finding her nape, pulling her head closer to yourself. The smirk etched onto her lips growing as she saw you in such a state.

Once she was fully sheathed into your heat, your head fell with a long and throaty moan erupted from your chest. She leaned further forward. Her teeth grazed the skin of your neck, “Eyes up, jagi. i wanna see the desperate look in them while i fuck you dry.” with that her hips moved in a fast beated rhythm.

Your eyes locked onto your alpha's as the mirror in front of you both began to fog up. The alpha began to feel your walls tighten, slowing her thrusts into you. Her fingers trailed up to your chest as she took the skin in her hand making you cry out and release onto her still hard member.

Your body fell onto the vanity from the intensity of your orgasm. Jisoo pulled out slowly, jerking off her still firm member. You took notice of this and turned around. Slipping her hand into your own, you began stroking the vocalist's knot. She gasped at the feeling and fell into the side of your neck, praising you softly between soft groans and gasps.

"Give me your cum, Jagi...give it to me..." You muttered tiredly against her sweat-ridden hair. Jisoo began thrusting into your hand as you pressed your forehead onto hers, looking her in the eye. With a raspy groan, her release painted your bare thighs and some of your shirt.

She panted tiredly, your breathes mixing together. A smile found its way to your lips as you pressed a gentle kiss onto her heart-shaped lips. "I really did miss you, Soo-yah..." You whispered against her lips.

"I know, Jagi...I'm glad your here with me now though." Jisoo whispered back once she caught her breath. "I can't wait to show you off to the staff..." She pecked your lips. "...to the girls..." Another peck on your jaw, you giggled at the idea. "...and to the blinks." Her lips made their way to her mate mark, proudly sitting on your neck.

Your hand met her forehead, wiping away the sweat that began to accumulate there. "Let's get you cleaned up, Jagi...I wanna watch you perform some more." You said excitedly.

"Oh you'll get a performance, alright." She said winking at you playfully to which you rolled your eyes, a blush dusting over your cheeks. "I can't wait."

i'm really sorry for the late post everyone 😞this has been sitting in my drafts for weeks and i hope it held up! i hope you enjoyed everyone! i'll be posting the Itzy first kiss and an imagine i have written down in a few days. thank you for patiently waiting! requests are open and comments on my writing style are always happily accepted! i'll see you all very very soon! 💖 taglist: @labrachrosite

[envelopedbyoblivion]

Would you be interested in receiving any Highwayman Spotify playlists?? This fic has not left my mind since I read it and almost everyday recently, during my long commute, i’ve been adding songs that remind me of them. The playlist isn’t close to being finished rn but it’s definitely growing and i can’t stop wondering if what i’m headcannoning is anything close to what your imagine for them??? Do you have any official songs you cannon for Tango and Jimmy??? Id really love to add them and see if they align with everything so far!!

Also I live in rural Texas too so there’s a good amount of cowboy inspiration on my playlists with Appalachian Folk/Old Country (hope that’s ok… so many people lately love the cowboy aesthetic but can’t stand cowboy music 😭) Currently the top two artists are Colter Wall and Hozier (not country but you KNOW it’s on there). Either way, I wanted to let you know that this fic has absolutely blessed my life and i’ve spent a lot of my free time this month thinking about the way fate, love, and trust were represented in it (also really thinking through the things about tango i really identified with and why that might be… which has been fun to bring up in therapy lol- Jeffrey HAS heard the whole premise of your fic and i HAVE read lines of it to him 😅).

I mean i love every rancher duo fic i can get my hands on, but none have stayed in my heart this long. You’re a truly phenomenal writer and I refresh your page often to see what else you’ve been releasing. Tysm! And i hope u have a really great week!! <3

-Charlie 🌻

I would love to see the playlist!!! I love hearing what people take away from my fics, be it art or music or just rambling in the comments. Thank you for the kind words 🥺 I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! :D

It’s awesome that my work has stuck with you; it’s the best thing in the world as an author to know your work means something to someone. <3

Also, as far as songs go, I always associate Jimmy with “Always Gold” by Radical Face. The concept of always waiting for someone to come back, and always letting them in. <3

Edit: and “Desperado” by Johnny Cash. A criminal who’s trapped by the illusion of freedom.

[trihardent]

SO OBSESSED with how if we define honour as A) a willingness to go into battle, B) being honest and C) keeping to your word/ obligations that it perfectly maps onto The Red Army, who have honour, and their enemies, who don't.

FURTHER MORE

IF WE VIEW THE ENTIRE TEXT THROUGH THE LENS OF HONOUR VS DISHONOUR, IMPULSES BETRAYAL IS MORE CLEARLY FORESHADOWED, THE REASON WHY THE RED ARMY MADE SO MANY ENEMIES IS THEMATICALLY EXPLAINED, AND IT EVEN ADDS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF GREATNESS TO THE RENCHANTING DUOS CHARACTER GROWTH.

OK. First off. Renchanting Duo. Because its super quickneasy to explain, & I'm trying rlly hard to keep interest for as long as possible b4 ppls eyes glaze over at the wall of text.

Ren and Martyn's character arcs are to respectively, A) learn to be willing to stick up for your self, & B) learning to dedicate yourself* to others. So, they both become more honourable. And, as A DIRECT RESULT of BECOMING MORE HONOURABLE, REN MAKES SCAR HIS ENEMY. LEADING TO THE RED ARMY, THE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING HONOUR, FORMING.

SO, WE LITERALLY SEE THEIR CHARACTER GROWTH CREATE THE SERVERS BIGGEST FACTION, WHICH IS BASED ON THE VALUES THEY HELPED EACH OTHER LEARN.

*screams*

*Dedicating oneself to others is not necessarily an inherent gain of honour like Ren's Arc is, but the looking at Martyn's behaviour we see how dedicating himself to Renchanting stopped him from really falling into dishonourable behaviour [see: his early penchant for heists]

OK. Second. Impulse's betrayal. There are a lot of moments where Impulse is shown to be less honourable than the others, him saying he'd give his life for Ren and then backing away the moment an actual arrow is shot, all the half truthing and dodging blame and sucking up to everyone.

As the thesis states, Red Army = Honour. If you're honourable, youre in, if youre dishonourable, youre out. So if you're skirting the line of dishonour, yet claiming to be honourable.......... You're foreshadowing :)

But. MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE MOMENT. What could be called the actual betrayal, Impulse leading the Red Army away from Dogwarts so the Crastle can trap it.

OK LIKE. Impulse has already been shown to be semi-dishonourable, and because the Red Army stand for honour, thats already foreshadowing that he's a traitor when he joins up. But. BUT. THE WAY HE BETRAYS THEM is one of THE MOST DISHONOURABLE THINGS HE COULD DO. LET'S TALLY UP MY MOST RECENT INVENTION, THE HONOUR POINTS SHALL WE?

He makes a secret (-1) plan with the Crastle folks to betray the Red Army (-1) so he can prove his loyalty to them (+1). Impulse is to lure them away(-1) so Tango can set a trap(-1). When he gets there, he convinces the Red Army INSTEAD of going into battle (-2) that THEY SHOULD START LYING (-2) and SPREADING FAKE NEWS (-2) across the server. Before having an absolute spy moment where he gives the secret go signal (-1) for the Crastle to, need I remind you, do something very dishonourable. Which! He manages to lie (-1) about after so he can get his stuff!!!!!!!!

-11 honour points!

So. His first explicit mission to betray the Red Army has him not only flagrantly breaking every ideal they stand for at least twice over, but ALSO CORRUPTING the Red Army into going against their own principles.

cool.

Finally. Their Enemies. Strategically, making so many enemies was pretty failcringe. THEMATICALLY though, THEMATICALLY. Good stuff. basically just a list of all the ways you could consider their enemies dishounarble by the criteria I laid out in the beginning. I've officially talked about all the Very important stuff so formatting is minimal from here on out.

Desert Duo: Scar's literal defining trait throughout the series was being seen as untrustworthy and exactly 0 people believing he was gonna follow through on any deal he made ever. Also, cue @/red-rose-gown's post about most of Scar's kills being while his enemies were facing away and the one that wasn't was because he was backing away. Scar basically never took an honest fight with anyone until the final duel w/ Grian, it was all running away and traps and hiding and distractions for him. Speaking of Grian, the trap king himself. Need I say anymore? Probably, but this has been sitting in my drafts for a month now.

Flower Husbands: Scott "Well He Doesn't Know I'm a Liar Yet" Smajor who just wanted to retire, and not go into battle. Not an honour move bro. Shout outs to the Daisy fiasco*, dishonour on you, dishonour on your husband, dishonour on your cow. Obviously Mr. "I don't wanna kill anyone" Gaming, who was planning on hiding the entire rest of the game also does not count as honourable.

ALSO the thing that made them official enemies was not wanting to go into possible danger ala Jimmy being freaked out over the idea of a sacrifice.

Crastle: A)Their whole thing was combat avoidance by hiding in the castle. 2.1) Bdubs hiding from the red army after they killed Cleo and Tango, 2.2) Bdubs disavowing Cleo after she was permakilled in front of him because he was scared of the red army, C.a) llama thievery C.b) roof burnage, no matter its target, is lowkey dishonourable, 4) the helmet stunt was literally a way for Bdubs to kill Etho without having to actually fight him.

Joel: See, the Daisy fiasco, the wall burning, the missile launch, the betrayal of the Red Army, I feel like this ones pretty self explanatory.

Tango: Double agentry, and The lava game was a way to murder people without combat, so dishonour. dishonourrrr. that not a real word to me rn thanks for reading this entire thing <3

[wonnoy]

early mornings and heavy hangovers

okay i decided to do the lil nsfw on tsukishima and take my time doing it - im just a tad bit held back by school deadlines rn

i also don’t drink at all so drunky time may not be as accurate as it could be lol

___ warnings: nsfw, drinking (not like bad drinking), head (receiving)

kei and you are close friends after you guys graduated from highschool and after (whether it seem weird or not) had daily night gatherings with yamaguchi, kageyama and hinata where you guys all crash at a certain person’s home. 

Everyone was boisterously yelling at the top of their lungs in your tiny home, each one desperate to be a heard a cut louder than the rest. You were obviously among them, clanging your beer in your hand on your poor wooden coffee table. 

It was the first of July, and at every first of every month, a couple of your closest highschool friends would converge together. It was your time to house the rambunctious group of people. You didn’t even worry about noise complaints that were sure to come in the next morning. 

“OKAY, but LISTEN to mi,” Hinata stood up on Yamaguchi’s back, teetering and swaying all over the place. His words were heavily slurred and dragged out as he waved a beer can around. 

As he was about to open his mouth again, Kageyama threw an empty bag of chips balled up at him, “shut up BOKE!” he yelled. Kageyama was an angry drunk, very assertive. 

Yamaguchi was, well... You glanced over at him giggling like mad on the floor after Hinata fell off him. That’s most likely self-explanatory. Hinata was energetic as hell and an incredible lightweight just like Kageyama. Yamaguchi was surprisingly a heavy drinker just like Tsukishima. 

You chugged down the last of your beer and glanced over at him. He always looked so serious, even with his face flushed red and being very clearly drunk. He was a quiet drunk - he never spoke much while he drank but would occasionally mutter a sassy comment about someone else in the group. 

You slouched over to Yamaguchi and heavily propped yourself up against his side. You were a touchy drunk. You took a swig from your can and felt the heavy liquid swish down through your body lighting nerves into another frenzy. You were a sickly warm but that’s what came with you being drunk.

“Yama boy,” you threw the arm holding the can outwards as if spilling a great story, “do you eat... butta?” you tried to say bread. Yamaguchi threw himself into another fit of giggles as he laughed at you. Disturbed you slinked over to Tsukishima. 

You threw your body down into his lap and looked up at him. 

“And what do you eat kind sire,” your free hand slapped his cheek. He flinched from the contact and it looked like he wanted to kill you. You could just see the glint of his glasses as he looked away from yourself and hiding his eyes. 

“I eat way more than just butter,” he grumbled and drank more from his cup. You smile and then lifted just your head off of his lap to peer at both Kageyama and Hinata. Hinata was furiously trying to turn himself into a stool, repeatedly shouting that he was a frog wizard. Kageyama had grown quiet as he passed out on your coffee table. For some odd reason his pants were missing. Yamaguchi looked around the room and went into another hysteria. The drink he had in his hand went flying and it flew smack dab on your stomach drenching you. 

“Yama-” you started but were interrupted by Tsukishima calmly reaching over and smacking him right on the head and knocking him clean out. Holy shit. Watching him do that sobered you up slightly and you gave him a smack on the back of his head as well. Why the hell did he hit him so hard, the asshole.

“You killed him,” you began to scramble your way out of his lap to see if Yamaguchi still had a damn pulse. But Tsukishima wasn’t just about to let you out of his lap, well at least not without a fight. Your wiggled around, a tango of hands grasping at things as you both fought one another. At one point you were so close to getting out of his lap - crawling your way over to Yamaguchi. 

One hand was outstretched to his neck but Tsukishima grabbed you by your hips and landed you right back onto him. You landed hard, bum first, right into his lap and you could hear a loud grunt of air come from the man behind you. Your hand had always managed to smack him on the side of the head with the momentum of you flying backwards into him. 

Your back was slightly flattened into his chest, his hands still caressing your hips as you sat in between his legs. The knuckles on your left hand were gently kissing his face as you moved to get it off his face. But he nuzzled into it, letting out a puff of air onto the back of your hand. It was warm and made your skin slightly moist. 

You kept your hand there and looked over to where Kageyama and Hinata were. They were both passed out - Hinata was now wearing one of your boots on his head while Kageyama was still missing his pants and hunched over the table. 

You glanced back over to Yamaguchi, Tsukishima had to have hit him pretty hard as he still hasn’t moved. One of your fingers was enveloped by Tsukishima’s mouth and you almost made an audible noise. He was suckling on your pointer finger, swirling his tongue over it and occasionally nipping at it with his teeth. A foreign and strangely arousing feeling. 

You moved your butt around on his lap and his mouth froze. You pulled your finger his mouth, the tip of it now resting against his lips. His fingers were pushing hard into your skin as you both sat there in a tension filled silence. You mouth around once more and you could hear his breathing become a little ragged. Something was growing against the curve of your ass, slightly prodding at your panty covered heat. You trailed your other hand, the one that wasn’t on his face, to the front of his body and moving down to the nether region. He pressed his chest harder into your back with each inch your hand traveled down his body before they rested at the hem of the pants he wore today. 

Your fingers easily found their way in, nudging their way down to a now massive bulge resting against your palm. You could tell it was straining in his pants, the stretch of the underwear was evident underneath the pads of your fingers. His hands were grabbing lightly at the sides of your body, still only on top of the protection of your clothes. But you could feel the heat emanating from his palms through it, lighting your body on fire. 

You applied pressure on his bulge and his fingers clamped down on you. The force that he was putting on your hips may or may not leave bruises along your skin. 

“Tsukishima,” his name came out as breathless gasp on your lips. He responded by slightly rubbing his chest into your back and lowering his mouth to your ear. 

Was this a dream? Was he holding the girl of whom he wanted to hold for the past six years in his arms right now? And more importantly, was her hand really caressing his cock right now? He was nervous, his brain was swimming with alcohol and unknown boldness. As well as the lust that was pooling around the two of them. The other 4 had already passed out and now, he looked at your side profile from your neck, it was just him and the gorgeous woman sitting with him. He smiled a little to himself before burying his face deep into the crook of your neck. 

The faint but rapid pulse he could feel against his nose let him know you were just as nervous he was. You moved your neck to give him more access to the skin there and he tentatively placed a kiss there. He was happy and he moved his hands from your hips to wrap around your torso. You were completely squished into his body, with little breaths escaping your mouth. 

He was fondling the sides of your body and kissing your neck with fever now. However, he looked back up at the room, they still had an audience. Even if they were passed out. 

You moved your body so now you laid across his lap and he lifted you bridal style in his arms. The rustling of clothes and clinking of cans sounded through the room as he lazily moved you to another part of your home. Your bedroom. 

The entire way there, he could feel your lips nipping at the skin on his neck, a sensitive area for him. It only made more blood rush to his dick as he carried you. When you guys made it to you bedroom he laid on the edge of the bed, leaving your legs to dangle. He got on his knees and adjusted his glasses. He looked up at you from between your legs, you were propped up on your elbows watching his every move. What he was going to do to you and just how was he going to do it. 

“Y/N,” he started to tug down on the loose pants you were wearing. 

“Yes?” you kicked off the pants and let him begin to take your panties off too. 

“Remember when you asked what I eat?” he had your panties off now and in front of him through the dim light, he could see the outline of your heat. He licked his lips, he was going to enjoy this. 

“Uhuh, I do,” you wiggled a little bit as he lift your legs above his shoulder, his face right in front of your most private area. Embarrassment was flushing through your body but lust was proving to conquer that feeling. 

“Well,” he leaned his face closer to you, “I’m about to show you,” and gave you a full blown lick. Down and then up, letting his tongue lay flat against you. You tasted absolutely divine, just one taste and he was already feeling euphoric. He couldn’t stop the groan or the eager pull at your body to push his face further into you. The room was filled with the sound of Tsukishima slurping up the slick you produced. 

He moaned into you, sending vibrations that shook you to your very core. He could tell you loved it just from the way your body reacted to it and shaking undeniably from the pleasure he was giving you. 

Tsukishima never really like going down on someone. But for you? One hand looped around your leg just so he could fondle you. He would make an easy decision to make an exception. You tasted great on his tongue. Normally when the girls pulled his hair taught in his fingers, he would get mildly annoyed and force their hands off him. 

But you messaged his head and were gentle but firm when pulling on his hair. 

He hated it when other girls would squeeze his head between their thighs, being over the top and dramatic whenever they came. But you? Your thighs barely tickled his head with their presence, they were plump cushions that didn’t dare to burst his head. 

He hated it when they made a mess on his face because they never satisfied him. He didn’t bother to try and drink up all the slick their vaginas’ provided. But you? He believed he could survive on this alone for days. You tasted salty, but just barely. The taste was addicting, he brought you closer to his face by gripping onto the sides of your hips. 

Your skin was soft under his hands and he massaged it as he continued to eat you out. Just barely could he see your hands gripping the sheets with extreme vigor as if trying to anchor yourself to the real world. Your breaths and shallow moaning was echoing around in his ears. 

You weren’t the only one experiencing a good amount of pleasure from this as Tsukishima was feeling as excited as you were. How could he not? 

When the time of you coming came, a silent shriek left your mouth as it tried to vocalize your orgasm. Tsukishima was all there for it, letting you soak his chin and make him choke a little as he drank every bit of your orgasm up. It was delicious, the desert of a full course meal. He rode your orgasm out on his tongue feeling the muscles just quiver around his tongue as he tentatively kitten licked you. 

He pulled away when he was certain that you were done and looked at your artistic form. 

Your arms were spread out, mimicking the wings of a bird. Maybe even a tiny crow and he smiled thinking about you guys’ times at Karasuno. Your hair was splayed and frizzed out on the crumpled sheets underneath on your panting body. 

You, with great effort, raised a hand to touch the hem of his pants but he pushed it away. Instead he opted to leave one more kiss on your open vagina before pulling your pants back up. He then went onto your body, crushing you a little with his weight before he pulled your body into his chest. 

He much more opted to do this instead. 

____

You woke up the next morning to the sound of a camera shuttering and a flash going off. 

“The hell?” you groaned and tried to sit up but there was a heavy weight on your upper body holding you down. It was Tsukishima’s arms and your face flamed very quickly, remembering the not-so-hazy moments of last night. You brought your hands to cuddle his arm further into you. 

And there it was again, the sound of camera shuttering. You looked over his arm to see Yamaguchi standing there with Hinata hiding behind his back. He was taking pictures of the two of you together on your phone and Tsukishima’s. 

Oh god.

You sent a glare and made a shooing motion with your hand as to not wake the sleeping beast that was currently nuzzling the crook of your neck. 

(Later when you got your phone back, you put the picture as the background of your phone lock screen).

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i tried soooo hard to finally do this but i was having such a block sooooo

i have no regrets writing this causeeeeee i like it and thats what matters but it would be nice if you gusy liked it too...

[lovenona]

i hope you're having a good day. here's musician!sukuna:

it came with being with sukuna.

you knew, you definitely knew, that there were things that you would have to forgive him for; from loading the clothes into the washing machine but forgetting to turn it on, to his never ending backseat driving. you would have to forgive the way his bold remarks would be given at the wrong place and wrong time. normally, you never really minded. it was, after all, what made sukuna himself.

however, today that curiosity takes the best of you and you’re perched on the familiar plush cushion of sukuna’s piano seat while the man himself leans against the living room wall and watches as you attempt to play—it is almost impossible to forgive him.

you were no sukuna, no. you weren’t born with a gift in music, much less pitch perfect. the best you could compete with was the music classes your parents enrolled you in, thinking you were capable of a tango with tchaikovsky outside the bounds ballet after you played twinkle-twinkle on a xylophone. of course, it never ended well. you had no talent for music. right now, you barely remembered what fortissimo meant, let alone any of the pieces you were taught to play; and up until recently, it never frustrated you.

and it doesn’t stop there. of course, there were days when sukuna’s capabilities overwhelmed you; the look on his face as he zones himself in his music whenever he performs. you would watch him from the wings, in awe. he’s beautiful, you thought the very first time. now, you don’t stop thinking about it; how beautiful sukuna is with music, how satisfying it felt to watch as he loses himself in it, how amazing it would be to connect with him through it.

but the piano that sits on your living room apartment mocks at you, and the look on sukuna’s face doesn’t help.

'in music theory,' sukuna says as that irritating smirk paints his face, 'the basic idea of a good chord progression is to start and end with the same chord.'

it’s frustrating. you weren’t sukuna. you knew that. and it was okay. but the image of how beautiful he was burns in your mind, and now the thought of not being able to connect with him through this—of being able to provide this for him—made your heart clench with envy. of what? of the version of yourself that would’ve been able to had you worked ten extra miles all those years ago?

so, you whine and you complain; about the way his comment irritated you, about how you don’t know anything about making good music, how you want to be his accompaniment. seeing sukuna do something that he loves was no longer enough; you wanted yourselves to connect through this as well. it was important to him. 'it’s something you love,' you say.

but sukuna simply laughs as he makes his way towards you. you resist a pout, and it amuses him even more. because, though you’d never know, seeing you behind his piano was enough to make his day; listening to the way you play notes without a fixed rhythm; without worrying about stabilizing, departing or providing dynamic tension. it was akin to free verse poems, where your words didn’t have any restrictions; where the tone of your emotions remained changing. he loves the way the it never falls; when it builds and builds and builds, never going down. he thinks, in its own way, it was beautiful.

'what are you whining about? i didn’t say they were bad.' he pulls your face in and kisses you as he sits beside you. to connect with him, was it? sukuna chuckles, breaking the kiss. sukuna thanks a god he does not believe in for each day that you decide to stay. and now, this. when has he ever gotten this lucky when he doesn't even believe in luck. he settles his fingers atop yours as he guides them through the keys and he smiles, 'mind if I borrow them?'

what if i break them up

-yuki

holy shit. yuki!!!! what the fuck!!!! this is so!!! fuck!!!!! the yearning! the self-doubt, the absolute romance, the vulnerability! please i just want sukuna to show me how to play the piano what the FUCK i am SO SOFT RN

[ready-to-obeyme]

[OM!] Demon Brothers + Hobbies 🏊

Lucifer

what free time

when he does somehow peel himself off of work, he enjoys ballroom dancing

i can just imagine him putting on a vinyl song, holding up his arms and doing the steps to the dance (1, 2, 3... 1, 2, 3) and god forbid someone tries to come in during this time because he’d be too embarrassed to be lenient on their punishment

i imagine he’s super into learning other couple dances too like tango and salsa, so when you get together with him count on being his partner!

i bet he also loves teaching other people things-- like genuinely, considering he is the oldest of the seven (his brothers just test him LOL)

incredibly patient when showing you the steps, taking pride in your improvement and growing warm at the thought of you being able to dance with him at the next chance you get

and his weakness???? online shopping on akuzon 

which, when you find out, makes him extremely embarrassed and depending on whether you have the same past time-- you may or may not buy everything on akuzon

on his home screen interaction dialogue, he says something along the lines of “Akuzon is too convenient... it’s easy to buy a lot of things” while blushing

so I’m thinking sometimes when he does take a breather from his workload, he scrolls on akuzon just browsing for things because it’s quick

and ends up putting like 5 things into the cart  that he doesn’t really need

doesn’t always follow through and buy everything, but he definitely has moments where he impulse buys and it’s gone to bite him in the butt when packages arrive in droves and his brothers are like ??? why are there so many things

Mammon

loves music-- both listening and making it!

likes making his own mixtapes and playlists

and when he gets to share it with you, he’s so nervous; but the giddy happiness he feels when you tell him that it’s good is SO worth the wait and time he puts into his music

he’d be happy just having his mixtapes and music to himself but being able to share it with someone makes it a lot sweeter

definitely makes playlists for and about you because sometimes the feelings he can’t put into words he can tell you through music

idk if he has a recording studio in his room, but i think it’d be pretty fitting if there was

probably gets into composing his music, rapping mayhaps??

at some point likes to DJ as well, though he’s not too good as it rn, but he definitely loooooves playing with the sound effects and tracks

all of these things are him being able to express himself-- put a twist on something that already exists or creating something on his own

it gives him a sense of freedom: to express himself and to do whatever he wants as he pleases

pretty well-rounded when it comes to playing instruments

when he puts his mind to it, he can probably learn anything

most likely already knows how to play the guitar and the drums

has a pretty good voice too tbh

Leviathan

swimming!!

he may be a shut-in, but ya boy has ocean decor, can control sea creatures, so it’s only natural he can swim and swim well

doesn’t do it as often since he prefers watching anime/playing games loads more, but he it’s definitely something he enjoys since it feels like his natural place to be 

considering his dream is to be a professional gamer, it’s not far off to say that he finds it his hobby to start off small and be a youtuber, probably posting reviews of games he’s played or even writing out walk-throughs online

actually loves going to concerts and cons

if he was a fan of hatsune miku you BET he’d want to go to her first live concert with her life-sized hologram, waving the glowsticks in unison with the crowd

would definitely go all four days of Anime Expo where he would be SO happy surrounded by people who can love the same things he does with the same passion

loves creating cosplay to go to these cons by hand; impeccable detail and intense dedication into the craft that shows his love for whatever he’s making

kinda shy about wearing it, but if you’re down to wear any of his costumes, he’d absolutely die happy

it’s just too much love for him to handle in one sitting 

and ofc, hobbies include board games, games, DND, all those!!

Satan

asides from reading, loves traveling when he can whenever he can

he invites you out to places because he enjoys discovering new things and experiencing new things and traveling is the perfect way to do all of that all the time

he’d enjoy hiking too-- on trails, through the wilderness, among the wild; just give him a backpack, an explorers hat, maybe a walking stick (just like the ones in the movies) and he’s on his way!

loves going hiking with you because he likes the way your face lights up at new scenery or the wonders of the world

likes that he can share this enjoyment and excitement of discovery with you because it feels like he’s sharing a little bit of himself too

indoor activity is snuggling in the covers and having movie marathons! and now that he has you and all your movies on DVD (lol) he can now enjoy so much more things

and when he finds out about Netflix, he is NOT sleeping for DAYS

“Satan... did you sleep last night?”

“couldn’t. the new season of How to Get Away with Murder came out.”

SLAM POETRY

doesn’t think he’s very good, but definitely likes writing down in his journal and even some scattered words that form a bit of poetry sometimes

really really shy about sharing it, but if you coax him a little, he’d be willing to show you (though you’ll have a hard time convincing him to show you poetry he wrote about you)

people have said, and I agree, cat cafe is definitely something he’d seek out and enjoy; literal dream come true

a house of cats that lucifer can’t ban him from LMAO

Asmodeus

has a very creative mind and deft hands meant for craft (among other things ahem)

as a fashionable person and a trendsetter, he’d love making his own jewelry and clothes, picking out the beads and metalware for the earrings or bracelets and feeling out the cloth and stitches for his outfits

if levi IS into making cosplay, it’d be such a nice way for them to bond together since Levi is pretty good with picking out material too

i like to imagine he enjoys making jewelry for his brothers too:

a stud earring for mammon, maybe convincing him to explore other options and wear other jewelry too

giving his brothers the options of clip on earrings if they wanted to try something temporary, gives satan a golden bracelet, lucifer a silver ring etc

suuuuuper supportive of you if you wanted any type of piercings and would absolutely love it if you wore his jewelry

god he would bedazzle you in all his jewelry and clothes if he could

another hobby is doing yoga!!

good for the body and soul uwu

definitely gives a good reason for any of his flexibility, or maybe it’s because he’s naturally flexible that yoga is calming for him

also loves to invite you to do yoga with him

you’d definitely get a bit steamy doing certain positions with him, but MOST of the time, he does encourage you to stretch, relax, and strengthen your body

Beelzebub

so athletic he could probably play every sport

i agree with the masses: he’d DEFINITELY be good at hockey

basketball too (just imagine Kagami from Kuroko no Basuke)

you know what they say about big hands

big, strong hands, good for crafting that involves a little more strength, but considering he’s a pretty tender and patient guy, is great at sculpting with clay, which extends to pottery as well

just imagine him sitting near a kiln, spinning the clay and using his hands to shape the curve and notches of a pot

considering how many plates and bowls he’s probably eaten, it makes for a good way to replace them HAHA

good at crafting with glass too considering it requires steady hands and strength to spin glass evenly

enjoys a lot of arts and crafts and loves giving them as gifts, especially if they’re made from his own hands

one of the main reasons why he started and likes doing these as a hobby actually

adores the look on you face when you created a glass terrarium for your plants or created glass ornaments dyed with your favorite colors

would definitely be the type of person to put his hands on yours as he teaches you how to shape the clay and have plenty of fun with you watching you try to make glass ornaments with or without success

Belphegor

during his waking hours, he loves to study the stars

loved to watch them in the human world, but without a night sky, he’s content with looking up for constellations in books from the library

if you buy him the cute lamp that lights stars onto the ceiling, he’ll find you so endearing because he’d enjoy lying in bed with you and just looking up at the lights and being in each other’s arms-- imagining the day he gets to do this with you for real, on a picnic blanket, looking up at the moon and stars

i imagine he’d like to doodle too

i say MAINLY doodles because they’re easier like drawing chibis or whatever thinks is amusing and lowkey keeps him awake (though Lucifer doesn’t like it when he draws on the desks)

does sometimes go all out and draw amazingly well, whenever the mood strikes him

when you ask him, he jokingly says you’re his muse; but honestly wouldn’t put it past him to have drawn a portrait of you, awake or asleep, at some point

surprisingly good at sewing-- or at the very least mending rips and tears

i feel like beel has a lot of ripped shirts (...from being, yknow, ripped) so he’s gotten pretty good at simple stitches, which eventually evolved into something more

didn’t start off as a hobby but he did eventually find it soothing to sew and embroider

levi and asmodeus adore his skills and he grumbles, but doesn’t ever say ‘no’ to them when they ask for his help

[thatreallyminecraftsmygender]

I just watched back Tango's stream with Impulse where he first explains his game and god man how does he come up with this stuff. I love how enthusiastic he is about this, I recently was proud of myself that I finally redstoned double doors to open at the same time lmao, this mans just shaking out a game over here

Hello anon I owe you my life because Now I CAN TALK ABOUT HOW FUCKING NEAT IT IS TO SEE TSNGO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING AND HOW COOLS HIS IDEAS ARE FUCK YEAHHHHHH

He mentioned it a bit ago but this is Absolutely Tangos Wheelhouse

Planning things in detail and breaking complicated ideas into smaller solvable redstone problems is where his smarts Really shine.

I correctly say joke about zedaph being the Braincell of team ZIT and whilst that may be true in day to day activities all of them are real fucking smart in their specialities, Tango especially when it comes to reading through code for mob behaviours and game design. There's a reason he was whitelisted a season early to help mumbo build the iron farm he designed

And he's clearly really really excited about his idea and wants more than anything for people to enjoy playing. You can tell by how addiment he is not to charge diamonds as an entry fee despite the hours and hours and hours he as Already poured into the game

My favourite thing is seeing him get super excited and distracted on stream whilst reading chat because he's so interested in all the ideas people have and what possible direction he could take each section of the game.

Now imma be real with you, I tend to think of myself as someone who can grasp complicated ideas pretty quickly and follow people's trains of thought even if they aren't especially clear. However I have watched him explain the game in detail 3 separate occasions and I Barely know what's going on with it. It's getting more clear over time but I'm still not 1000% sure how the point system works in relation to the collecting, and how the collecting and deck building interact

I really hope the other hermits play it and are willing to sit through the learning curve of it, I think it'll be rewarding once they get into it

I think the main barrier for entry (after the bit where.tou have to attempt to understand it all) is the treasure hunt section, I think that's going to bottle neck the number of hermits who'll join but knowing tango that's probably intentional to prevent the dungeon being over rn

ANYWAY

I'm super interested in how he's gonna solve redstone problems. I don't use a lot of redstone myself (I'm actually awful at Minecraft) but I've watched enough bits and pieces to know a few of the basic logic areas so I'm interested in how he's going to work out the mechanic with the soul firea and the getting better level cards without it ruining aesthetics and I'm curious as to how he's going to do the point counting system.

It's safe to say I'm pretty fucking excited and very very curious to see how it all pans out. and God I really fucking hope hermits play (it would be good to get one of the bigger hermits interested)

But I'm also excited to see what sort of redstone circuits he builds to manage each facet of the game. I wouldnt be surprised if some pretty decent redstone technology comes out of this that would be employed in other parts of the game (if he decides the share em in detail)

Anyway Stan tangos new game

[asianjeremyheere]

happy one month anniversary to the bmc obcr!!! to celebrate, im gonna put my track-by-track commentary under the cut and split into two parts (act 2 here) because god it got so long and i am. very sorry. read at ur own risk. and it really is just rambling commentary because i had a gdoc out and the whole soundtrack playing, alternating obcr and ocr tracks SO! tada! act 1!

JEREMY'S THEME

Okay the orchestrations are great on both BUT I do prefer how much more sudden the end is on the ocr? Obcr Jeremy's theme kind of has that echoey quality at the end and I'm pretty sure it's just a recording thing but. Recording-wise I do kind of prefer the ocr. That said, I don't listen to Jeremy's theme THAT much.

MORE THAN SURVIVE

90% of this is going to be me preferring the obcr and this is no exception BUT I do like the ocr tempo a little more? It's faster and feels like it captures the whole day-at-school rush a little better, which works in most of the song except during the "Christiiiiine" portions because those are absolutely KILLER when they're a little slower. They sound more romantic, in a way?? Like it goes from Jeremy seeing her, a girl whom he likes and wants to point out to Michawl, to Jeremy seeing her and being totally enraptured/distracted by her, hence the slower/more drawn out Christiiiiine's working in its favor. Also would have like Michael's verse to be faster? I've always imagined him to be, like. A fast talker. I don't really care about how much George changed his voice for it, I just wish it was faster. But overall, I like it better on the obcr because Will R is waaay more emotive and I'm in love with his falsetto and his runs.

I LOVE PLAY REHEARSAL

I know I said I was terrible at recognizing tempo but ILPR feels so fast on the ocr??? Anyway I like the obcr version better and Stephanie is adorable in both but MORE so in the obcr. Her inflections have so much more character and she paints a much clearer picture of Christine as a whole just in that one song. ALSO the added dialogue!!!! Love that. It's also got a less consistent tempo (I think????) which works for a song like this and a character like Christine

MORE THAN SURVIVE REPRISE

This isnt on the ocr but it was in the original show and I got it stuck in my head all the fucking time so I'm just glad it got recorded!! I don't have a Two River audio on hand rn but I like the bway version better anyway because Will R is, again, more emotive and I think it works better with this specific iteration of Jeremy anyways? Like. His whole character is sadder so this song fits a little better.

THE SQUIP SONG

Ngl I can't really tell the difference between the two but Gerard's voice has only had time to improve (I hope? He seems to do a lot of stuff when he's not doing a show and I wonder if he's like. Taking care of his voice. I hope so?) and I love the new glitchy stuff at the end. But like rip the "picture this" verse :( I think I just. Like them both pretty equally??

TWO PLAYER GAME

Obcr babey!!! I like the way a bunch of the instruments cut out and it's just the 8-bit stuff right at the start? That's fun as fuck. Also Will R's "ah! gah!" noises are 💜💙💜❤💖💙🧡💙. The orchestrations in the obcr are also just. God tier. And the tech-y fade out sound at the end is one of my favorite things. Also George's voice is the same pitch but he sounds younger in the obcr and that's not good or bad because he still sounds convincing enough to be a high school either way.

THE SQUIP ENTERS

Okay I like the obcr for this better too just because there's more in it. It isn't just Jeremy screaming for a minute and a half, they also added the dialogue which makes it better. I don't actually really like this song as much on the ocr just because I did. Not enjoy listening to a song that was basically just screaming? It's too loud and I was always worried about people hearing it through my headphones skdjks. The obcr version isn't much better screaming-wise but I can't just straight up skip it anymore because there's stuff at the end. Plus they have a bigger budget for effects and the transition from the startup-Squip voice to Jason Tam's voice where they're doubled up? God. I love him.

BE MORE CHILL, PT. 1

Obcr wins this just for the 'outdated' riff alone. Also, Jeremy sounds more intimidated/impressionable?? WPC Jeremy doesn't sound scared of the Squip/sounds borderline rebellious right off the bat, which is weird considering EWM is allegedly the 'more evil one' 🤔🤔🤔🤔. Plus I think the obcr has more harmonies and Will R's comedic timing during the Squip Tango is spot-on. AND KATLYN!! Yeah. Love her. She's so much more intense in the obcr and it works for Chloe??? She just sounds more passive in the ocr. That said, Jason should have sung more because his voice…… pwetty

DO YOU WANNA RIDE

The obcr ending has my heart…. the pinkberry riff….. the giggle and "au revoir"........ I am in love with Brooke Lohst. I don't really mind that it's slower either? But I can't hear the trombone shot notes as well on the obcr and that makes me sad :( Charlie Rosen ur orchestrations are gold but dont drown out the trombone that was my favorite part of ocr dywr!!!!!

BE MORE CHILL, PT. 2

Jason Tam's Squip voice is good you guys are just mean and don't understand nuance!!!!!!! I love the obcr version of this because a) Jason!!!!!! b) Will!!!!!!!! and c) Tiffany's high note at the end!!!!!!!!! Also the gong!!!!!

For real though? Will R. is much more expressive in the repeat-after-me section and Jason Tam's cooler, more laid-back tone works. I'm more inclined to trust that he can actually help me because he sounds more guiding than demanding and I, personally, don't respond well to people exercising their authority over me! I do much better when things are phrased like "I'm going to help you! Here are some suggestions. Do them. Look, it's working!" vs "Do what I say, it's the only way you'll succeed" and to have the Squip start out sounding more like the former before getting more outwardly controlling works better and makes more sense imo!

MORE THAN SURVIVE REPRISE/SYNC UP

Okay I can't really compare these two because they're totally different songs at this point but I love Sync Up and I can compare that end portion because it's the same! 'Head to play rehearsal' > 'drama practice' because it's not a huge difference but he's parroting Christine's terminology and it shows that he's listening to her, which Mr. Will Roland himself said was a huge part of Jeremy's journey! (Learning to listen.) Also, Will R just sounds more eager and excited to actually be included? Will C just sounds like he's relieved that he's not being shoved around. Will R!Jeremy sounds more excited in general, even at the beginning before he gets shocked. And then his “ghughgh” noise. Mood, Will. The Squip at this part is kind of. Hmm. I don’t really like it in the recorder version ngl but I know Jason talked about like. Struggling a little more to get into the Squip mindset during the recording process because the costumes are so integral to his characterization and he didn’t have said costumes for the obcr recording so I’ll give him a pass. It doesn’t faze me as much in audios so??? Jason Tam u get a pass.

A GUY THAT I'D KINDA BE INTO

The obcr recorders make me ❤💗💖💕💖💕💙💘🧡💘🧡❤💕❤💕💙💜💖❤!!!! Also I prefer the new ending where she goes "Who kneeeeeeeeeew?" and how surprised/thrilled Will R!Jeremy sounds when he says "Is she talking about me?" but like…. Jason Tam, I will defend your Squip voice to my dying day but why did you have to say "pheromones" like that. Okay also I'm listening to each song's versions back-to-back and the tempo changes keep throwing me off. But I do appreciate the lack of clapping in the ocr.

THE SQUIP LURKS/THE SQUIP STALKS

Obcr wins because its an instrumental and I love the bway instrumental. Also, it's longer and spookier. Thank you, Charlie Rosen. You deserved a Tony nom for this shit.

UPGRADE

I'm gonna say right off the bat that I love obcr Upgrade so much because of the additional depth given to Brooke and Jake, and I love the new ending because like woah chills. That's all. It's not a disclaimer or anything, I just love it. Also, Stephanie's "oh wow"? Cute as fuck!!! Britton's voice??? God tier!!!!!! Brooke's french at the start and the way Lauren's voice breaks on "I just want someone to see me first"??? God!!!!!!!! Tiffany coming in by herself before everyone else joins in during that layered section??? I am deceased. I love trying to pick out every individual person's voice in that section. Usually Gerard, Lauren, and Will are easiest for me to pinpoint? Idk. Ocr Upgrade still fucking slaps though. Steph's "oh wow" is a little more underwhelming but I'm like. In love with the tempo right before the "Christiiiine"s? Also uhhh wish they'd included Jeremy and Michael's conversation somewhere in the obcr.

LOSER GEEK WHATEVER

I love LGW and I'll stand by this forever. I'm gonna compare this to the end of ocr Upgrade because that's technically where it goes and I think it does a better job of showing Jeremy's motivations and his worries about taking the Squip! Also it makes sense story-wise that he would take time to slow it down and think/process considering he just…. asked the Squip for time to process….. but like the original ending is still a bop and it's super good for like. Hyping urself up. I just think LGW does better for Jeremy's character and it's a good song!!! It sums up a lot of what I feel/the ways I relate to Jeremy, too, so it's. Emotional hearing it in audios skdjsj but not as much with the recording anymore!!