#them uugggghhhh ;-;

[fleetinglotus]

Symbols Meme. // Accepting.

@museheavn - 😘 — sender kisses receiver on a part of their body (specify where) / for his tummy because they soft! and I wish tumblr showed me sideblogs on dash ;v; oh and from Navia xD

Well now, what a peculiar choice to aim a kiss at, not that he minds, of course.

He paused from tying his robes together, a fondness in his gaze as the deity looked upon the woman. Truly, a sight to behold at every turn.

''Good morning to you as well'', his tone is nothing but carrying a playful edge. Still, its not long before Michihiko leans forwards, placing a kiss against her forehead.

[burntoutdaydreamer]

Things That May Be Causing Your Writer's Block- and How to Beat Them

I don't like the term 'Writer's Block' - not because it isn't real, but because the term is so vague that it's useless. Hundreds of issues all get lumped together under this one umbrella, making writer's block seem like this all-powerful boogeyman that's impossible to beat. Worse yet, it leaves people giving and receiving advice that is completely ineffective because people often don't realize they're talking about entirely different issues.

In my experience, the key to beating writer's block is figuring out what the block even is, so I put together a list of Actual Reasons why you may be struggling to write:

(note that any case of writer's block is usually a mix of two or more)

Perfectionism (most common)

What it looks like:

You write one sentence and spend the next hour googling "synonyms for ___"

Write. Erase. Write. Rewrite. Erase.

Should I even start writing this scene when I haven't figured out this one specific detail yet?

I hate everything I write

Cringing while writing

My first draft must be perfect, or else I'm a terrible writer

Things that can help:

Give yourself permission to suck

Keep in mind that nothing you write is going to be perfect, especially your first draft

Think of writing your first/early drafts not as writing, but sketching out a loose foundation to build upon later

People write multiple drafts for a reason: write now, edit later

Stop googling synonyms and save that for editing

Write with a pen to reduce temptation to erase

Embrace leaving blank spaces in your writing when you can't think of the right word, name, or detail

It's okay if your writing sucks. We all suck at some point. Embrace the growth mindset, and focus on getting words on a page

Lack of inspiration (easiest to fix)

What it looks like:

Head empty, no ideas

What do I even write about???

I don't have a plot, I just have an image

Want to write but no story to write

Things that can help:

Google writing prompts

If writing prompts aren't your thing, instead try thinking about what kind of tropes/genres/story elements you would like to try out

Instead of thinking about the story you would like to write, think about the story you would like to read, and write that

It's okay if you don't have a fully fleshed out story idea. Even if it's just an image or a line of dialogue, it's okay to write that. A story may or may not come out of it, but at least you got the creative juices flowing

Stop writing. Step away from your desk and let yourself naturally get inspired. Go for a walk, read a book, travel, play video games, research history, etc. Don't force ideas, but do open up your mind to them

If you're like me, world-building may come more naturally than plotting. Design the world first and let the story come later

Boredom/Understimulation (lost the flow)

What it looks like:

I know I should be writing but uugggghhhh I just can'tttttt

Writing words feels like pulling teeth

I started writing, but then I got bored/distracted

I enjoy the idea of writing, but the actual process makes me want to throw my laptop out the window

Things that can help:

Introduce stimulation: snacks, beverages, gum, music such as lo-fi, blankets, decorate your writing space, get a clickity-clackity keyboard, etc.

Add variety: write in a new location, try a new idea/different story for a day or so, switch up how you write (pen and paper vs. computer) or try voice recording or speech-to-text

Gamify writing: create an arbitrary challenge, such as trying to see how many words you can write in a set time and try to beat your high score

Find a writing buddy or join a writer's group

Give yourself a reward for every writing milestone, even if it's just writing a paragraph

Ask yourself whether this project you're working on is something you really want to be doing, and be honest with your answer

Intimidation/Procrastination (often related to perfectionism, but not always)

What it looks like:

I was feeling really motivated to write, but then I opened my laptop

I don't even know where to start

I love writing, but I can never seem to get started

I'll write tomorrow. I mean next week. Next month? Next month, I swear (doesn't write next month)

Can't find the time or energy

Unreasonable expectations (I should be able to write 10,000 words a day, right????)

Feeling discouraged and wondering why I'm even trying

Things that can help:

Follow the 2 min rule (or the 1 paragraph rule, which works better for me): whenever you sit down to write, tell yourself that you are only going to write for 2 minutes. If you feel like continuing once the 2 mins are up, go for it! Otherwise, stop. Force yourself to start but DO NOT force yourself to continue unless you feel like it. The more often you do this, the easier it will be to get started

Make getting started as easy as possible (i.e. minimize barriers: if getting up to get a notebook is stopping you from getting started, then write in the notes app of your phone)

Commit to a routine that will work for you. Baby steps are important here. Go with something that feels reasonable: every day, every other day, once a week, twice a week, and use cues to help you remember to start. If you chose a set time to write, just make sure that it's a time that feels natural to you- i.e. don't force yourself to writing at 9am every morning if you're not a morning person

Find a friend or a writing buddy you can trust and talk it out or share a piece of work you're proud of. Sometimes we just get a bit bogged down by criticism- either internal or external- and need a few words of encouragement

The Problem's Not You, It's Your Story (or Outline (or Process))

What it looks like:

I have no problems writing other scenes, it's just this scene

I started writing, but now I have no idea where I'm going

I don't think I'm doing this right

What's an outline?

Drowning in documents

This. Doesn't. Make. Sense. How do I get from this plot point to this one?!?!?! (this ColeyDoesThings quote lives in my head rent free cause BOY have I been there)

Things That Can Help:

Go back to the drawing board. Really try to get at the root of why a scene or story isn't working

A part of growing as a writer is learning when to kill your darlings. Sometimes you're trying to force an idea or scene that just doesn't work and you need to let it go

If you don't have an outline, write one

If you have an outline and it isn't working, rewrite it, or look up different ways to structure it

You may be trying to write as a pantser when you're really a plotter or vice versa. Experiment with different writing processes and see what feels most natural

Study story structures, starting with the three act structure. Even if you don't use them, you should know them

Check out Ellen Brock on YouTube. She's a professional novel editor who has a lot of advice on writing strategies for different types of writers

Also check out Savage Books on YouTube (another professional story editor) for advice on story structure and dialogue. Seriously, I cannot recommend this guy enough

Executive Dysfunction, Usually From ADHD/Autism

What it looks like:

Everything in boredom/understimulation

Everything in intimidation/procrastination

You have been diagnosed with and/or have symptoms of ADHD/Autism

Things that can help:

If you haven't already, seek a diagnosis or professional treatment

Hire an ADHD coach or other specialist that can help you work with your brain (I use Shimmer; feel free to DM me for a referral)

Seek out neurodiverse communities for advice and support

Try body doubling! There's lot's of free online body doubling websites out there for you to try. If social anxiety is a barrier, start out with writing streams such as katecavanaughwrites on Twitch

Be aware of any sensory barriers that may be getting in the way of you writing (such as an uncomfortable desk chair, harsh lighting, bad sounds)

And Lastly, Burnout, Depression, or Other Mental Illness

What it looks like:

You have symptoms of burnout or depression

Struggling with all things, not just writing

It's more than a lack of inspiration- the spark is just dead

Things that can help:

Forget writing for now. Focus on healing first.

Seek professional help

If you feel like it, use writing as a way to explore your feelings. It can take the form of journaling, poetry, an abstract reflection of your thoughts, narrative essays, or exploring what you're feeling through your fictional characters. The last two helped me rediscover my love of writing after I thought years of depression had killed it for good. Just don't force yourself to do so, and stop if it takes you to a darker place instead of feeling cathartic

[yrwestillhere]

So sick of seeing dumbfucks talking about how "closed off" and "mean" noel is

Acting as if the man doesn't pour his heart out in every aspect of his life (standup, yt, producing)

Acting as if YOU know whats going on in his life

Hey, even i dont know. So i simply dont assume. Its so easy.

Even if that were the case, how would pointing it out, and in a hostile manner too, help? If anything that would make one become "worse" and even more withdrawn.

[kuromitos]

May the best hero win!

[Dick Grayson x GN!Reader x Jason Todd]

Plot: what happens when two batboys have a crush on the same person? Chaos. Petty Chaos.

Note: more storyline based on my OC that I'm too nervous to share with. The reader has a hero name called 'incognito'

It was supposed to be a regular night. A typical run down of the latest mission in Gotham. But we are talking about the Wayne Family here, or should I say the batfamily, there is nothing 'normal' or 'typical' about them.

Instead of going to collect the Intel from their reliable source, like they are supposed to do, Nightwing(Dick) and Red Hood(Jason) are fighting each other on top of a rooftop. With Red Robin(Tim), the signal(Duke), Spoiler(Steph), and Robin(Damian) watching them from another rooftop and taking bets on who will win the fight. While the black bat(Cass) goes off and completes the mission.

How did we get to these events? Well, things first started earlier in the night. Batman contacted the members of his family to gather inside the Batcave for their briefing before patrol, "we have received Intel earlier in the month that shipment of a new drug is coming to Gotham in the coming week." Batman stated while pulling up the required information on the back computer.

"A new drug?" Nightwing asked, "I ain't heard anything about no new drug." Red hood said with a mad tone, his regular tone. "That's because it's technically not new." Red Robin pulled up articles and reports from his wrist computer to the bat computer for everyone to see. "It's originally a chemical used in medicine but somebody decided to use it as a base for a new drug. There have been huge reports of it in Chicago, Detroit, and Baltimore. Recently, there's been rumors of it spreading to Gotham and now it's have been confirmed."

"The problem now is we don't know where the shipments is being dropped off." Batman said, changing the info on the screen to a photo of three men. "That has only been shared privately with these men only. But we have a double agent that was able to get the location for us and going to give it to us at the usual location on top of the Lincoln bank building. " He concluded his small speech with his back to the group because he doesn't want to see their faces of annoyance from them.

"The agent is . . . . Incognito. " "UUGGGGHHHH!"

Now hearing those groans you would think that they hate or can't stand the person called 'incognito'. Quite the contrary, they love them and consider them as an extended family member. What actually causes those groans were the two guys that like incognito some much more than everyone else. So much they turned it into a petty competition.

"I'll go" "I'll go"

They both turned toward each other when hearing each other voices and glare at each other. Those glares were signs to everyone around them that this was going to all night. Especially when Duke uttered the words "not this again."

"Don't you have to be bludhaven right now? Dick. " "Don't worry about that, Jay. I settled things before coming over. What about you, huh? Shouldn't you be covering crime alley or hanging out with the outlaws?" Dick smirks at his brother's poor attempt at jabs. "Just got done with a mission, dick head. " "Then you must be tired. I'll do this little info collecting-" Jason interrupted dick with a finger shoved in his face. " Don't give me that crap. You talked to them last time. Im going this time!" " Come on Jason. I'm just looking out for you. You don't think straight when you're around them." "Better than you. At least I think with my brain here" He points at his head, "and not the one down here." Jason grabbed his private part in a vulgar manner, which got a reaction out of dick. Pissed off. He was about to retort back but he was stopped by hearing Bruce scream at them both, "Enough! " which grabbed their attention. Jason still grabbing his. . . Little hood.

"Both of you going to the meeting point, then. Whoever gets there first can collect the information. I don't care who does it, just go!" Bruce yelled at them. They both stood there for awhile before Jason run towards his motorcycle screaming 'I'm getting there first!' With Dick on his tail also screaming, 'No you won't. '

~~☆~~

That's how we got to where we started. They raced thru the city using their personal own shortcuts until they bump into each other on top of an apartment building. Both felt they won't get their private moment they wanted with the double agent of their dreams, they decided to fight the other. First one down on their back, wins.

At first simple sparring quickly turns into a full-on brawl. Going at each other for at least an hour. Neither holding back on the other. While throw petty insults at each other too.

"Dickhead"

"Blowhard"

"Man slut"

"Zombie"

They took so long on this fight the other kids stop their patrol to watch and place bets. Jason was getting the winning votes.

It looks like the fight could go on forever since neither one looks like stopping anytime soon but a certain stop them in their tracks.

"Got it." They both turns towards the voice to see black bat with a piece of paper in her hand. "Got what exactly? " Dick asked with his hand on Jason's jacket, tight in his fist. "The location. It's the docks." She jump away from the two and probably back to the big bat. Everyone else follows her, forgetting the other two men.

Hearing they lose their chance, they let each other go and awkwardly stand beside each other. Their stupid fight got in the way. They missed the person who stole their affection. All because of their petty fighting. Hopefully this would be a lesson for them both to stop this -

"First one back, can meet them on the next meet up"

"You're on. Don't blame me when you lose. "

*sigh* nevermind. They're hopeless

Sorry if they are ooc here. I hope to improve my skills soon.

I'm also might do a part two if you guys like it enough.

That's all I got. Bye for now ( ≧∀≦)ノ

[dragonfly0808]

Musa’s Discography Pt.2

First Full Album. Written throughout the second half of s3 and the first month of summer. Published int he summer between s3 and s4

This one again didn’t have a specific theme though I did try to go for a vibe. Like, this is Musa writing to cope with everything that’s going on whilst trying to ignore her mental health issues so there are one or two ‘darker’ songs when she couldn’t write smth happy or at least not act like everything is fine.

Not sure if I worded that correctly. Here goes:

Afterglow by Taylor Swift.

This is perfect to me as an opening track right before Rivusa have made up she writes this because well… it just fits a lot and I think it’s perfect to open an album that’s kinda Musa just trying to look at the brighter side and ignore the bad shit going on or trying to act like everything will be fine

The Louvre by Lorde.

I see Musa writing this towards the start of summer as a fun summer track to distract herself as she tries to figure out where to stay

Best Friend by Conan Gray.

This was written in bits and pieces over s2 and s3 and it’s just about the squads, I can see her basing it off of the platonic soulmates, like the final part is a super old recording of Sky when Stella told him an ex called her before s1

New Romantics by Taylor Swift.

Another fun summer song to cover up the sadness in an iconic way. I love this song way too much, it deserves more hype

Blue by Madison Beer.

Another track co-written by Helia, story-based. This is the first time the tiniest bit of darkness slips through mostly on the production

Exhale by Sabrina Carpenter.

One of few songs where Musa is fully honest and lets herself go a bit, but I still don’t really count it as one of the ‘darker’ songs. She wrote this before gaining Enchantix

Tornado Warnings by Sabrina Carpenter.

This one was one that she wrote in one night with Helia when neither could sleep and after Musa had lied to her therapist pre-Enchantix, so they just took the phrase ‘lying to my therapist’ and made up a little story as they do

Out of the Woods by Taylor Swift.

This song is peak Rivusa s3 for me, like- just both of them being so bad at relationships but wanting to be in one regardless and just UUGGGGHHHH love them

Sober by Lorde.

First slightly ‘darker’ song, was meant to be a summer bop but turned a bit darker. Here is where the album goes on a tiny spiral. I say tiny cause she won’t really go ‘dark’ till the second album

Stay Numb and Carry On by Madison Beer.

First song she wrote after gaining Enchantix. Kinda wrote a few nonsensical lyrics before pulling them together for the verses and the chorus is just how weird she felt after gaining Enchantix

Follow the White Rabbit by Madison Beer.

Another song she wrote soon after gaining Enchantix. Co-written by Helia cause that song to me is Helia-coded when he’s in a bad mental space…

Tell Em by Sabrina Carpenter.

More light-hearted, wrote it after Tecna ranted about Timmy and about how if they did started dating she’d be stressed about people knowing. Started writing it in s2 while Tecna wouldn’t shut up about Timmy. ‘Cause I’m falling down like I’m summer rain’ Idk why but to me that’s such a Tecna-coded line

idontwannabeyouanymore by Billie Eilish.

Probably the darkest Musa gets in this album, I almost see this as the mirror of Exhale. This was after she kinda processed everything that happened after gaining Enchantix and a few intense therapy sessions

Shadows by Sabrina Carpenter.

It just fits so well at first. I can see her writing this about lit the whole squad before gaining Enchantix, it doesn’t fit as much after that.

Giant by Yuqi.

This would kinda be her way to close the album in a more ‘positive, don’t worry I’m totally fine, I’ll be alright ajajaja rise up like a giant yeah…’ way. Basically she wrote it as a way to tell everyone don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine

Now, on to, the extra tracks of the deluxe version! Oh yeah we’re getting way too specific!!!

The deluxe version comes out after she’s taken in by Tecna’s family.

Deluxe version includes:

skinny dipping by Sabrina Carpenter.

Wrote this during her time at the Wujin Festival whilst the squad went backstage to chat and have fun, performed it on her last day. Little details about almost everyone ‘Oatmilk latte in your name’ is Stella. ‘Arguments in your garage’ is Riven/Timmy, ‘Shannon’s being Shannon’ imagine she said Lexie. Etc.

Bigger Than the Whole Sky by Taylor Swift.

Wrote this while Tecna was in Omega, didn’t want to publish it originally but Tecna cried when she heard it and said she should

i love you by Billie Eilish.

Written during the Rivusa fights and the reconcilation. Very vulnerable so she was hesitant to include it at first but decided to go for it

Labyrinth by Taylor Swift.

Written by Helia about Flora, it was originally a poem. Musa loved it and together they modified a line or two to make it into a song

The Best Day by Taylor Swift.

Musa wrote it whilst sobbing after the Crystal Labyrinth, she wanted to write about the good times she remembered and kinda just sing about her mom’s life instead of her death if that makes sense. Decided to include it in the deluxe version last second cause it felt so personal

decode by Sabrina Carpenter.

This is about her dad. Written after the Wujin Festival and Musa choosing to stop trying to mend their relationship.

That was a long one phew… that’s the first album!!! Yay!!!

Part 1

Winx Rewrite Masterlist

[aikofanfan]

Oh sure now that I’ve finally written smut for the first time again in years that’s all I wanna make now!

Uugggghhhh.

……so any way I had this idea of no contact/sex with Mammon cuz he really needs to focus on a test and he gets so touch starved/horny that when he gets his grade back and MC says okay he just POUNCES on them.

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

"A big point of the ending of this game is that the protagonist is NOT a self insert for the player but their own person with their own personality."

Some people: "So what you at saying is that everything about them it's up to my own interpretation, so you use "they/them" so I can give them whatever gender we want?"

I hate fandom sometimes. Especially early/mid 2010s fandom.

Uugggghhhh

[dark-magical-ships]

Exodia, Obliterate the Fourth Wall!

Chapter Nineteen

November 26, 2009

Uugggghhhh. Hello, diary. Guess what today is?

I guess it might not be the most obvious thing in the world since for some dumb reason I haven’t been adding the days of the week to these entries (should I start doing that? …Meh). So I’ll just go ahead and say it: today is Thanksgiving.

I hate Thanksgiving.

I mean, the holiday itself is… fine, I guess? Although every year I get more baffled as to why we celebrate some feast that happened hundreds of years ago and ended up leading to all the fucked-up stuff our country did in the name of expansion. It’s nice to have the long weekend, though, and teachers usually don’t even assign homework—by some miracle, none of my teachers added anything extra this weekend. Anyway. Point is, it’s not the holiday itself that bothers me. It’s how we celebrate it: with giant fucking family gatherings.

My half sister hosts these, and we’re basically the only people from her side of her marriage there; everyone else is strangers from her husband’s side, and there’s like. A million of them. SO MANY PEOPLE and it’s always really loud, and if you get up to grab a plate you might as well count on needing to find a new seat, and I don’t know ANYONE there but apparently this is ONLY a problem for me because everyone else either knows people or has the magic secret for conversing with complete strangers, and just…. Ugh. I’d rather take an all-day Physics class, is what I’m saying.

Anyway. I’m up a little earlier than I planned today because I guess I forgot to tell Seto today’s a major holiday and school is closed for the day. I was dreaming about something stupid (flying around a grocery store, I think???) when his voice just sort of… thundered overhead and spooked me awake, like,

«I thought you said you barely ever skip school?»

And cue me waking up just as I punched the wall beside my bed, which. Ow. I mean it wasn’t that bad a punch or whatever but… still. Rude. I sat up with my heart pounding out of my chest rubbing my knuckles and checked the clock. 8:08 AM; usual time for CompSci and around the time Seto usually checks in on me, and for half a second I panicked again because I thought I’d overslept. Waking up in a panic is the worst fucking start to a day, I swear. I snatched up my phone as I threw off the blankets, and it was then that I saw the iCal notification on it: 3PM - Thanksgiving @ Amber’s. I groaned and flopped back on the bed, dropping my phone back on my chest as I rubbed my hands over my face.

«Good morning to you, too. I’m not skipping, school’s just out for the weekend. Major holiday in the States.»

«Ah.» Seto paused for a moment, then observed, «You don’t seem very pleased about getting a long weekend.»

I rolled my eyes. «Yeah, well, you did scare me half to death.»

«My apologies,» he deadpanned. I snorted.

«Anyway, it’s not really like I get today off. School’s out, but I have family crap today.»

I figured fuck it, I was awake so I might as well get up and try to cram in something halfway-enjoyable before I have to go to Amber’s place and brave the horde. Seto didn’t ask for details, but he stuck around for a bit anyway while I messed with my laptop. I wasn’t sure why, until he spoke up again a few minutes later.

«That… sounds unpleasant.»

«What does?»

«Everything you and your scatterbrain keep wandering back to.»

Sometimes I really wish I knew how he always seems to be able to keep his idle thoughts to himself, while I apparently project them to him at random. He wasn’t wrong; I’d been looking for something to do but the thought of tonight's “dinner” at my sister’s place kept coming back, carrying doom right along with it. How much of it had he picked up? I sighed.

«Sorry, I’ll try to… rein it in. I just… hate these gatherings. Too many people.»

«It’s fine,» he said dismissively. «Bring your deck when you go.»

«Nobody there duels.»

«We do.»

Yes, I tried to ask what he meant, but as usual, he had fucked off without a word of farewell and now he won’t answer me. Typical.

What the hell, a deck of cards is pretty portable. I’ll bring the damn thing; maybe whatever he’s on about will be worth it.

Two entries in one day? What is this madness? Pffft.

If there’s one good thing to be said about my sister’s giant family events, it’s that they never run too late into the night. Home already and it’s only like 8:30 PM. Anyway.

I was right to bring my deck—or, I guess, he was right to suggest it. We got to Amber’s place at around 3 PM and I endured maybe 45 minutes of near-panic before I heard Seto’s voice again. And…. Listen, diary, between you and me? At that moment, hearing his voice was like a breath of fresh air when you’ve been marinating in an overheated room with no windows for a few hours. The buzz of all those voices, almost all of them strangers, layered over each other until I couldn’t understand anyone even if I’d been trying to, my head pounding as I picked at appetizers I had no interest in just to look busy…. And then there he was, a familiar voice as clear as a bell, without the echo from the vaulted ceilings or anything to muddle it:

«Too soon to slip out?»

I excused myself from the table under the pretense of a run to the bathroom and locked myself into the blessed privacy of my sister’s powder room. I couldn’t stay in there long, not with maybe three bathrooms in the whole house to accommodate what must be thirty or forty people, but I could at least answer Seto from there.

«Are you kidding? I’m required to show up, but nobody here is going to care if I vanish, at least not until most of these people leave in a few hours. The hard part is figuring out where to hide.»

«Do you know the layout of the house?»

«Not… well.» I don’t visit sis much. She’s twelve years older than me, married, religious and weird about it, and wants to have kids soon; we don’t have much in common. I thought over what parts of the house I do know: the living area and dining area where the horde was, the yard and patio that were drenched in rain and separated from the horde by nothing more than a glass door so I’d be obvious to anyone who looked, the bathroom where I was at that moment, and the garage where Angel did some work on my car back when I first got it….

«That last room. A garage? I doubt people will look for you there.»

«Yeah… but I’d bet you anything Blue’s down there. He’s a sweet dog, but he probably won’t leave me alone and let me play card games.»

«Between an overly-friendly dog and a group of distant relatives you refer to as “the horde,” you’re telling me you’d prefer the horde?»

Good point. I left the bathroom as discretely as possible and escaped on tiptoe through the side door into my brother-in-law’s garage.

After the noise of the house full of stranger danger, the electric buzz of the garage lighting was the second-best thing I’d heard all friggin day. I looked around for Blue, but… no dog. Whiiiiiich is when I remembered Amber said something about having crate-trained him over the summer after he got into something last Christmas. Soooo yeah, I’m pretty glad Seto didn’t take the “bet you anything” seriously. Anyway.

Angel doesn’t exactly kit his garage out for entertaining, but luckily most people use the garage for storage as well as any work involving power tools. Even more lucky, Angel keeps his garage pretty neat and tidy, unlike dad’s Tool Shed of Doom. It didn’t take too long to find the folded card table and chairs that sis breaks out for smaller Fourth of July parties leaning up against the wall, stashed behind an unsafe-looking old elliptical machine. I dragged them out, set up the table and a chair—facing the door so no one could sneak up on me—and dug my cards out of my bag.

Understand, my hands were still shaking with adrenaline and my mind was still pretty scattered. I was trying to focus on setting up the table or shuffling my cards, but random snippets of thought kept chasing each other around my head. It was distracting; I pinched my thumb in a table leg, I dropped cards like three or four times on that first shuffle. What I’m saying is, I was not in top form for that first match, so it didn’t surprise me at all when I lost in like three turns. The second game wasn’t much better, and neither was the third; I kept misplaying badly or misreading cards—even ones I was familiar with. Seto being Seto, he never let a mistake go unpunished. I was obliterated again and again; I don’t think I’ve been so soundly thrashed in a game of yugioh since I was like eight and it was my brother’s turn to pretend to be Yugi while I was stuck playing “Weevil.”

But somewhere in the middle of game three—or maybe four?—I realized I wasn’t feeling my heartbeat in my fingertips so much. My skin wasn’t crawling with the sense of a hundred eyes on me anymore, and I was breathing a lot easier. My back was to a wall, and the only voice I could hear in that garage was a friendly one… such as he is, anyway. The anxiety that always overtakes me when I’m surrounded like that had faded, and left behind a relief that felt a whole lot better—but was just as effective at derailing my brain.

This, at least, is the excuse I have come up with, and will be sticking to, to explain what I accidentally said as I was shuffling my cards after… however long had passed by that point. I don’t know, I wasn’t looking at a clock. Anyway, I cringe to think on it now but what happened was, I was prepping for the next game to start, and some traitor part of my brain acted without checking with me first and just threw my unexamined thoughts at that moment in Seto’s general direction:

«Y’know, I dunno why you’re free to play this much so early today, but for once I’m really glad you’re here. Thank you for saving me from the horde.»

As soon as I realized I’d “said” that instead of keeping it quietly to myself, I froze…. But Seto just scoffed a bit like I’d made a dumb joke.

«Dueling seemed like a good way to pass the time. Saving you from the horde was the important part.»

I blinked. «What?»

«Loser plays first; your move.»

I swore and—very carefully—finished shuffling, drew five cards to start my turn, and tried to talk to him while planning my move at the same time. «Set Dust Tornado and activate Terraforming to… Seto, are you telling me you’re free right now because you took time off on purpose?»

«Thanks for revealing your trap card, I’ll be sure to play around it. My turn.» Dammit. He set two cards and a monster, and I thought he wouldn’t answer me until he added, «Corporate presidents are rarely off in the middle of the day by accident, Amy. Enter End Phase.»

«Because I was worried about tonight?»

«No, I was seized by sudden enthusiasm for the American holiday of Thanksgiving.»

Thaaaat was more like him. His sarcasm somehow made the whole conversation feel more normal, though… I guess just because it’s… y’know. Just how he is. I snorted; he sighed.

«You want to talk, Amy? Talk while you play. End Phase; your move.»

Okaaaay, well, that’s better than just refusing to talk to me. He’d almost even admitted he went out of his way to do something nice for once, sort of. I played. And between calling our plays and the phases of our turns, we had what I think is like our first actual, normal conversation? Or part of one, anyway. I dunno, I don’t usually spend my card games chatting. But then, I also don’t usually play for this long in one sitting.

«I don’t get it. Why help me?»

«Seemed like you needed it.»

«Seto…»

The image of his field fizzled out for a second as he sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. «Look, Amy. I thought I was holding up my end of the deal by helping with your studies and nothing more, but I was overlooking something that you pointed out recently.»

«Which was?»

«That like it or not, neither of us are on our own anymore. For now. Acting like we are has only been causing headaches for both of us.»

We passed a few rounds just exchanging plays after that. I didn’t really know what to make of what he’d said, honestly…. Like, as far as I know, Seto’s pretty much always been on his own, aside from his brother. Not necessarily because he didn’t have people who were willing to be there for him—hell, Yugi and his friends saved his ass at least twice. But because he wouldn’t let anyone close. He’s capable of working as a team when he has to—witness his tag match alongside the pharaoh and the entire Waking the Dragons arc—but like. He just doesn’t do close relationships—and doesn’t seem to need them, except where Mokuba’s concerned. If there’s any relationship, any person in the world that this guy cares about, it’s his little brother. Everyone and everything else comes second to him in Seto’s mind, and putting Mokuba in danger is a great way to force Seto to do almost anything. It’s a relationship I wish I could say I have with my own brother, but… well. Life hasn’t worked out that way.

And as for me? I’m in no position to be judging Seto Kaiba, of all people, for keeping people at arm’s length. If anything, he has even more cause than I do.

I don’t know how much, if any, of that train of thought got through to him. I’m guessing he picked up a little of it, because he didn’t bother me to make my plays more quickly when I was lost in thought, nor did he ask pressing questions or elaborate more on his own point. He just let me process in peace.

«Well, then,» I ventured finally, «thank you again. For trying to meet me halfway.»

Seto grunted a wordless acknowledgment as he wrapped up his turn. It would be his last turn for the current game—that game was my first victory of the night.

Aside from talk directly related to the game, he didn’t speak again until an hour or two later, when a lucky draw helped me snatch victory right from the jaws of his Ultimate Dragon. It was while I was laughing about it, shuffling my deck before game Who-Even-Knows-Anymore for the night, that he caught me by surprise with a question: «Did you mean it, when you said you were glad I’m here?»

«Huh?»

«I answered your questions.»

«Sorry, Seto, I just….» Just didn’t see that fucking question coming from you. Why did he care? And why oh why did that have to slip out? «Just distracted. Of course I meant it, dude, you rescued me from the hellhole of my sister’s Thanksgiving, why wouldn’t I be glad you showed up?»

«Hmm.» Seto made no further reply than that, and I didn’t ask him to.

The truth is, as much of a killjoy as the guy can be… yeah, I’m really glad he was there today. Frankly, this is probably one of the best Thanksgivings I’ve had since my sister got married when I was twelve. Maybe Seto’s a workaholic with no concept of fun and can be a rude asshole at times, but when he’s being civil he’s almost even enjoyable to hang out with. Who knows… maybe, given tonight…. Maybe we might be friends someday, after all?

I dunno, diary. But some part of me hopes so. The rest of me hopes that she’s right… and doesn’t want to think about what happens when he’s gone for good.

[chanlixsbf]

YAY lack of stomachache is always a good thing forreal. i hate you forever stomachaches

REAL!!! BASED!!! I HATE THEM SO MUCH!!!! I literally woke up in pain because of a stomach ache once like uugggghhhh boooo I hate them:(

[dontdowhatisayandnobodygetshurt]

I feel like I should probably do one of those “sum up your WIP badly in MS Paint/Comic Sans” things, except it’s just for my OCs since I don’t have a WIP

[gothclavdia]

should i make my eyebrows thinner or

[stargazerdaisy]

Apparently even a spider tattoo is enough to freak me out.

[ecoamerica]

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[hanji-is-life]

please monster fucking uugggghhhh😩😩😩

ok so it all started with a challenge with your friends. like-they say that you can't find any kind of monster because it's hard to find them

so you go on a mission to find one. but you didn't know that they were so fucking hot.

i feel like the easiet to find well be either Deku and Kirishima because they are at a forest. at first you were recording to proof(?) that you did find one. but after a second of looking at there face it turned to something else-

the middle i feel like Sero and Todoroki, because first you need to get Todoroki's attention, either by dreassing up or somehow find his place (witch you had to go to a lot of haunted places to get him) and Sero, well you have to find him at the ocean. it's too big so it's hard.

and Bakugou (i swear it's NOT because I love him) is the hardest. because, well he is a fucking demon king. it's already hard to summon a normal one but a king? you have to try every spell to get him. but instead, you somehow traveled to him instead of him coming to you.

avuajaguaialal i'm just so happy

omg nana I love!!!!!! fucking your way up the ranks, all just to spite your friends. that’s the shit I live for 😌

[musette22]

How goddamn DARE you with that face scrunching post. 😭😭😭😭😭

HI VIX, my love! This is funny, I was just thinking about you not an hour ago 😘 Also, how dare I?? I merely reblogged the magnificence that was that face scrunching post. If you’re looking for someone to blame, blame op and also @its-tortle for making it even worse by adding Seb’s nose scrunches 😭😭 THEY’RE SO GODDAMN SOFT!!! I just want to wrap them in soft blankies and pet their pretty hair and kiss their scrunchy noses uugggghhhh, I can’t believe I’m this soft on my miserable Monday morning, how dare indeed 🥺💕🥺💕 Hope your day is going well! <3

[jayjade]

kth | amnesia |

SUMMARY

Taehyung got into a accident and had an amnesia, you as his personal assistant took care of him but you have a huge crush on him since you've got the job and you took advantage of him and said that you're his fiancèe.

Pairing: Taehyung x reader

Genre: angst, fluff, f2l, smut, what’s wrong with secretary reader

Warnings: Dom!Taehyung, spanking, dirty talk, oral (f receiving) cursing

A/N: I'm not a professional writer, I just love doing what I like please no bad vibes, thank you!!! Hope we get along♡

Another A/N: I'll update later

--------------------------------------------------I

You woke up not knowing something bad would happen, you fixes everything and got ready for work but when you are about to get in your car you heard your phone is ringing and suddenly you felt your heart beats fast not knowing why, why are you nervous to pick it up, you don't know the reason but you know it was your boss, 'sir taehyung' you answered it and

"Hello? Is this the personal assistant of Mr. Kim Taehyung??" Unknown person

"Uhmm yes? But who's this? How did you get his phone?"

"Oh we'll explain it to you later but we need you to get in here at the hospital in the emergency room he got into a accident and there's no sign of family contact members on the phone so we decided to call you"

"WHAT?! WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? WHAT HOSPITAL IS THIS?!?!"

"Ma'am please calm down, it's Yonsei Hospital"

When you heard the name of the hospital you immediately turn down the call and drive your car as fast as you can as if you was in a movie everything was so slow even though you already reached the speed limit

"EXCUSE ME?! WHERE'S THE EMERGENCY ROOM? I NEED TO SEE TAEHYUNG!!!"

You didn't know you were yelling at the nurse because of fear that he would leave you and not getting any chance to tell him that you're so inlove with him, you ran as fast as you could and forced them to let you in where taehyung was

"I'm sorry ma'am but you're not allowed to go in here"

'I'm furious to see him in a hospital bed I didn't imagine he would be in there, but at the same time I felt my heart slowly beating and it's like dropping on the floor and I thought it was déjà vu when my father died because of a car accident, same scenario where it feels like the time is stuck and being slowed, same feeling where my heart beating slowly and shattered to little pieces, same man who I love the most, but a different person. I don't want the history repeat it self..' — you were looking at him while talking to yourself

You sat outside of the emergency room while waiting for everything to be fine, you couldn't help yourself not to cry for hours

"Excuse me ma'am,,,, ma'am excuse me, ma'am"

You didn't notice that the doctor was calling your attention

"Oh, y-yes? I'm sorry"

"Are you the wife? of Mr. Kim Taehyung?" The doctor asked

"Uhmm no, just a personal assistant, but uhmm, is he fine? Is he going to be okay?" I felt again my heart beating fast

"We are sorry to tell you this but his head got extremely hit and had an amnesia"

"WAIT WHAT?! AMNESIA?! HOW?!"

"Don't worry to much it's just a temporary episode of memory lost which is transient global amnesia but it is still frightening, if he wakes up please be reminded that during an episode of transient global amnesia, his recall of recent events simply vanishes, so he can't remember where he is or how he got there. In addition, he may not remember anything about what's happening in here and now. Consequently, he may keep repeating the same questions because he don't remember the answers you've just been given. He may also draw a blank face when asked to remember things that happened a day, a month or even a year ago."

'I cant even move to what I've heard,, how will he remember me, or even evrything, should I tell him that his parents are dead? Or that would be to harsh for him he just got into a accident I don't think it's the right time, maybe I'll just wait for him to remember some of the things that really happened years ago, what should I tell him?' — You're just standing in front of him while talking to yourself and crying

You sat next to him and waits for him to wake up, it's already 8pm and he's still not waking up, you were tired of what's happening and it stressed you out, so you accidentally fall asleep and when you woke up it's already 7am

"Hi, you are sleeping next to me but I don't know you and where am I??"

Beacuse of excitement and you got suprised that taehyung is already awake you started hugging taehyung and crying

"E-excuse me, I'm s-sorry but w-who are y-you and I c-can't breathe you hug so t-tightlyyyyy" taehyung catching his breathe

"I'm sorry I'm just so excited to see you awake and talking to me, oh uhm I'm your personal assistant do you want something? Do you want to eat?" You smiled at him while asking

"Ohhh okay, I didn't know I have a personal assistant but uhm where am I? What happened?"

You can see in his face that he's really confused on what's happening

"Uhm uhh,,, you're in the hospital because of an accident and you hit your head badly you're suffering right now to a transient global amnesia but don't worry about it I'll make you remember everything okay? For now just rest. So do you need anything? Are you hungry?"

Taehyung was all blank space as if he didn't hear anything, so you started calling him but he didn't answer and started asking you again the same questions

"Sir!! Uhmmm sir?? Taehyung!!"

"Who are you? Where am I? Why am I here??" Taehyung asks while looking around the room

You get confused but suddenly you remembered that it is natural for someone who has an transient global amnesia to repeat the same questions because of not remembering your answers and draw a blank face, you started wondering that he didn't remember what you've said earlier, that you're his personal assistant so you decided to kiss him unexpectedly, you kissed him passionately and slowly touches his body but you stop when someone knock on the door, before even the nurse open the door you immediately look under his bed prentending you lose your hair pin

"Uhmm excuse me ma'am what are you doing? Did you lost something?" The nurse asked while you were fakingly looking something under the bed

"Oh u-uh I lost my hair pin I think it's in here" you stand up and looked at the nurse

"Hahahaha ma'am I think it's in your hair, you're face are so red are you feeling well?"

"Y-yes I think because it's hot in here" you're red because you were blushing and your heart flatters due to the fact that you kissed your love of your life

"It's cold why are you getting hot?" Taehyung interrupt

You ignored taehyung's question and just talked to the nurse

"Uhh, I'll just go home and take a bath and also I'll buy taehyung something to eat, please look after him i'll be gone for only an hour or 30 mins thank you!"

You grabbed your bag and head out on taehyung's room, when you got home you prepared all of your clothes and stuffs, while you were taking a shower you're thinking of taehyung

"Ugh!! What should I do for him to remember everything" — talking to yourself while showering in the bathroom

You sat in the bathtub and think of ways how will taehyung remember everything, as you're done showering you headed outside of the bathroom but you slipped into a magazine

"aah!! Ouch!! Fck this magazine!"

You grabbed the magazine and when you were about to throw the book it suddenly catches your attention

"90 days of fiancè before 90 days?? Did I even bought this kind of magazine, no neck edd? What?" You got moved by the title of it but you still throw it anyways...

When you got into the hospital taehyung was sleeping and you woke him up to eat

"Who are you? Where are we?" Taehyung asked while you were preparing his food

"Sir you're in the hospital, I'm your pers-" you stop and look at him, you suddenly remembered what you saw on the magazine

"I mean I'm your wife, and we're in the hospital" you answered it confidently and smiled at him

a month already had past, taehyung is getting better everyday and he already considered you as his fiancee after you decided to live in with teahyung

“honeeyyy! what do you want to eat?” you asked taehyung while he was watching tv on the living room

“hmmm you?” he looked at you and smiled 

“u-uh? me?” your heart started to beats fast 

“yah, how about you? what do you wanna eat?” taehyung ask

 you sat near him at the sofa 

“o-oh uh, pizz-” 

“what? you tought I want to eat you?” he started coming closer at you while he was smiling

“you dirty minded! ofcourse not!” your face became red and you can’t look at him directly at his eyes 

he get closer to you, started kissing you passionately and grabs your boobs you moaned near at his ear 

“ugghhh, baby cum at me” 

“so this is how you wanna play?” taehyung smirk and take you to his room

Taehyung pulled down your panties and he started fingering you

"Uuuhhhhhh, babyyyy fck"

You're already undressed and taehyung started eating your pussy and inserted his dick,

"Uuhhhh fck fasterrr! Uugggghhhh"

He grabs your boobs and he fcks you even more faster

"Soft dicks won't get me satisfied" you started teasing him and he stops... he suddenly pull you out of the bed

"Don't get dress, follow me" taehyung slaps your butt

"Awww tss! W-wait?? Where are we going? Are we already done? Taehyung???!!!"

"Baby chill we ain't even starting yet" he looks at you and smirks

"Huh? Then where are we going?" you were so confused

"Ssshh wait and you'll see,,, I call this 'master's hell room' "

"Wtf, what is all this? How can I not know this room?"

He takes you to his room where full of sex toys and the room was full of red lights..

"What did you said earlier? Soft di-" taehyung stops when you kneel and started to blow job him

"Uuhhhh fck let me eat you" taehyung grabs your hair

You crawl at him and kissed him passionately while he inserts his dick on you,,,, but he grabs your waist and switch your position under him

"Oh baby let me show you how top persons do, and how it's done" taehyung kissed you passionately, and you're just enjoying how he kisses your neck and how he puts hickey on your boobs,,, he gets down until he reaches on your pussy and started eating it

"Babyyyy uugghhhh f-fck, uuhhhhh,,, uuhhhh" no other words but only moans is the only thing you can hear from the room

But suddenly taehyung stops and gets one of his sex toys, you looked at him and said

"Let me show you how this works" Taehyung said while holding a sex toy and playing with it

"Uhmmm, baby I think we should do this next time I don't really know how that works and uhmm,, i don't know if that is safe"

"Babyy just follow what I'm going to say okay? This is safe don't worry you'll enjoy this"

He gives you a white handkerchief

"Put this on your mouth, tied it tightly"

"What? No,,, baby lets just do this next time okay??" You lay down again on the bed

"Oh come on! I'm your fiancè there's nothing to worry about"

"Hmm,,, okay"

but he runs toward you and crawl on top of off you

"But I'll fck you one more time" he inserted his dick on your pussy and he starts fcking you faster

"wow didn't know you were good at this"

"huh? as if it's our first time"

"ohh, uhh- no! What I meant was you're getting hotter and better everytime"

time has passed and you're just staring at him while he's sleeping

"Hey you alright?" taehyung asked you

"oh hey, yah baby I'm alright. I'm just really happy for the both of us" you smiled and touched his hair

"Hmmm, I was kinda wondering if we ever have some pictures so I can put it in our room"

"Oh uhm I- Uh- we don't really have some pictures, because u- uh- told me you don't like taking pictures, but I do have 1 picture of us look" you grabbed your phone on the small table near the bed

"See look at you working so hard"

"I'm not even looking at that picture pffttt"

"hahaha baby like what I told you, you don't like taking pictures"

"okay well then this time let's take a lot of photos as much as we can so we can have a lot of memories" he smiled at you and starts to sleep again

[stevieraebarnes]

If you’re still taking them: friday, august, and tomorrow, please? Thank you!

Hello dear spoon! Oooh these required some careful consideration…

Friday — most self-indulgent fic you have ever posted?

I think that title belongs to Lists, actually (and I’m still tinkering with in case any of you got an email notification from ao3 saying I’d posted my test draft for that series UUGGGGHHHH). I initially wrote those just for myself, to laugh. But then I’d amassed quite a few and decided to throw them up on the Archive and tumblr. But they came out of boredom or procrastination and I laughed the whole way through writing them. I also got pretty indulgent with the Knight and Squire work I wrote as part of the jaydick summer exchange thank you. My secret desires of heavy handed pledges to each other and Dick in a medieval crop top really came to light lmao xD (Also: I would love to know what you’re most indulgent fic is.)

August — are any of your fics associated with certain genres/artists/songs/etc?

YES! Actually, most of them are. It Ain’t Me Babe took on the flavor it has because the Johnny Cash/June Carter version of the song popped into my head in the middle of writing it. Round Robin is of course based on Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” :D And then a few of my fics I wrote so I could try my hand at specific genres: You Can Be Me When I’m Gone is written as a memoir and Care of Cell 44 is written as an epistolary fic. I like to try different things and have fun with it, and that often comes from others’ work as inspiration.

Tomorrow — favourite ways to write fluff?

Aaahhhh fluff. I love to write fluff, but the flavor of it is very specific. I like to write it with plenty of angst — it’s the salt that enhances the sweetness — and I like my fluff served with character revelations/epiphanies about themselves and who they love. I also prefer to write fluff being born from bizarre, but semi-plausible!, circumstances haha! I really enjoying throwing an event at my favorite characters that takes them by surprise and then seeing how they deal with it. Usually they decide they love each other lmao. See? FLUFF!

Thank you so much for the ask!!

Based on this writers ask meme