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kulemiwrites · 11 days

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𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚 | 𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐖 𝐀-𝐙

Rating: 18+ SMUTTY CONTENT Character(s): (After the Turn) Akira Nishikiyama Warning: When I do these, they act sort of as my guidelines that I follow for when I am writing smut of the character in question. Obviously, these are headcanons but some of these headcanons are lore heavy- based on things I’ve come up with over the years. Privately or publicly. If something seems out of character or doesn’t make sense to you, that may be why! I hope you can try to enjoy it anyway. There will be mentions of casual sex as well as sex within a committed relationship. Akira can be detached and mean. Bear in mind that while gender neutral pronouns and terms of endearment are used, this was written with female anatomy in mind.

Using the following NSFW HEADCANON GAME by fairy-tail-babes

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Read the 'Before The Turn' version if you haven't already. (or read it after this one as aftercare LOL)

A = Aftercare (What they’re like after sex)

At this point in his life, he’s at his most touch starved and emotionally unavailable. It’s a wicked combination and entirely self-inflicted. He’s not above bringing people to bed simply to relieve his pent up sexual frustration. He doesn’t even have to like the person as an individual, he just needs to be attracted to them enough to get whatever he’s built up out of his system. Once he’s done with them, he wants them out of his sight. He’ll point them to the nearest bathroom and send them on their way with a half-hearted mention of calling them some time. On the bright side (?), he’s not so cold with the person who manages to crack this newly hardened shell of his, though. He’s far more affectionate with the individual he’s got feelings for. He wants them as close to him as humanly possible after. Depending on his position, he might even take a while to pull out. He’d fully settle for going soft in them until he’s gotten his fill of their warm with plenty of greedy kisses in the meantime.

B = Body part (Their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He doesn’t really have much of a favorite part of himself around this point. He’s sort of just going through the motions every day. He looks in the mirror and he sees a man staring back at himself that looks like him but is still somehow so unfamiliar. Most of his vanity is a farce. Even if there was a part of himself he did enjoy more than others, the nagging thought that there’s still room for improvement would drown his positives.

He likes a nice back. A “nice” back doesn’t always necessarily mean toned and slender– When he thinks of a partner with an attractive back, he imagines pretty, clear skin that looks downright erotic when it’s coated in sweat, sometimes back dimples and especially a nice, deep arch– bonus points if that arch leads his eyes to a gorgeous ass. He tends to prefer that meaningless hook-ups face away from him, so that’s how he came to develop this appreciation. Even when he’s with a serious romantic interest, he’ll slip into backshots at some point just so he can show their back some love– licking it, kissing it and digging his nails into it depending on how far gone he is.

C = Cum (Anything to do with cum basically… I’m a disgusting person)

He’s pretty much always using a condom. He’s even less open to the idea of an accidental pregnancy than he was in the past (which is saying a lot). Not only that, just because he’s brought someone to bed doesn’t mean he trusts them. There are two instances in which he’d forego protection: 1.) he has genuine intent to try and knock this person up, or 2.) he feels so strongly about them that it’s shaken him up and he’s lost all logic. He’d be acting off pure urge and instinct, reaching for protection would disrupt that. Having said all of that, he does tend to snatch his condom off anyway when he’s about to cum and jerk himself off because he’s a painter. He’ll ensure his partner’s back is painted beautifully by the time he’s done with them. If he can’t get to their back, no worries, he’ll just give them a facial. Clenching their cheeks, he will simply command “Open.” then challenge himself to see how much he can actually get to land in their mouth.

D = Dirty Secret (Pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

He has a nice polaroid camera and the best home video camera money can buy and while it wasn’t the original intent behind the purchase, they certainly have become useful in the bedroom. He likes to record his partner and go back to the polaroids or videos he’s collected when he misses them or is just horny. His favorite types of pictures to take are when he has them press their head against the bed, floor, etc and arch until their ass is nice and high after he’s coated them in cum.

E = Experience (How experienced are they? Do they know what they’re doing?)

While he doesn’t have as much sex these days as he did a while back, he’s garnered enough experience to know how to show someone a good time if he wanted to. That’s just the key word: Want. Sometimes he cares so little about the enjoyment of the other person and more so about getting off that, all of his previous experience is sorta irrelevant.

F = Favorite Position (Links to literal porn. Use your own discretion.)

His favorite positions generally include him taking his partner from behind. Obviously, doggystyle is a classic and one can never go wrong with that. He likes them face down, ass up– many times while pressing their face into the sheets/pillow or whatever surface he’s fucking them against. Sometimes, he’ll rail them from behind while holding a fist full of their hair. If he’s feeling a little lazy or maybe just wanting to relinquish control for a bit, he may put them in reverse-cowgirl or the hotseat. When he’s wanting something closer and more intimate with his partner, he’d spoon them if he can or maybe try the flatiron.

G = Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc)

It takes a special kind of person to get him to smile or laugh while he’s getting busy. He sort of zones in and shuts out everything except the hole he’s fucking. If his partner is able to bring him out of that, and get him to even crack a smile, let alone laugh– well, color him intrigued.

H = Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.)

He doesn’t keep himself as maintained as he used to. He’s not particularly hair down there anyway. The hair just grows kinda long and thick. He trims every once in a while but unless it’s hot out, he doesn’t care to stay on top of upkeep. Perhaps if he was in a committed relationship, he’d try to trim more regularly?

I = Intimacy (How are they during the moment, romantic aspect…)

Deep down, he has an intense craving for intimacy and love but he doesn’t look to satisfy those desires with just anyone. He could fuck someone and barely look them in the eye during or after. He is rigid when a hookup touches him– stiff, and other than to push/pull or smack them around, he’s not doing much touching himself. When he’s caressing his partner's hair/face/body, whispering things to them (no matter how sweet or downright filthy), guiding their face to have them meet his eyes, practically begging them to say his name and melting into their touch, they’ll know for sure that he’s absolutely smitten with them. He hates that he becomes so weak when he’s in love but, he’d be telling a bold faced LIE if he said he doesn’t secretly revel in it.

J = Jack Off (Masturbation headcanon)

Work stresses him beyond belief, life even more so and sometimes his mind gets so cloudy and his shoulders so tense that he needs some quick relief to put him at ease. He’ll do it when he’s wound up but also when he’s immensely horny and cannot be bothered to deal with another person.

K = Kink (One or more of their kinks -also adding fetishes-)

Impact play- He’s got a habit of slapping and smacking his partners while he’s fucking them. Be it their face or body– sometimes he just gets the itch to light them up and listen to them whine.

Partialism- As previously mentioned, a pretty back can really get him squirming in his seat. If his partner is wearing something that showcases theirs, he won’t be able to keep his hands off of them and would be about ready to pounce the moment they have some time alone.

Pussy worship- While he doesn’t put as much effort into pleasing every person he beds, his love for pussy hasn’t gone away. He still craves the taste, smell and feeling of a pretty pussy against his tongue and face. Tasting his partners always brought out a side of him that he decided he should be a bit more selective with who he shows that to.

JOI- Especially over the phone when he can’t get to his partner– getting to hear their voice and have them tell him what to do really gets him going. While he’s certainly a brat about it, he likes it when they’re kinda bossy and mean.

L = Location (Favorite places to do the do)

Wherever the pants fall, this is something that has not and may never change. While he’s quick to get a room somewhere to handle his business or call his lover to his place, it’s not above him to have a romp or two in his office. In fact, if the desire strikes mid-day, he may summon his partner to his office just to take them against his desk and then send them back on their way.

M = Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going)

Confidence, especially when said confidence keeps them from buckling under him. Someone who refuses to allow him to intimidate them. Everyday, he’s walking around on a constant power trip. Men duck their heads to him when he simply walks into a room. Women avert their eyes. He’s nearly forgotten what it’s like to not be taken seriously and while it may tick him off initially, he’d still find it interesting. He’d want to know what it would take to crack them. Another thing would be someone who isn’t afraid to try and take control. He prefers to be in control of everything but someone who fights against that– some who can tame him? He’d buckle.

N = NO (Something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Humiliation is a no go. While he is intrigued by someone who can take the reins and make him follow their lead from time to time, he draws the line at being made to feel small. The thing about temporarily surrendering to someone is knowing that when he wants to be in charge again, he can and will. Deep, deep down, no matter how hard of a face he puts on, he’s still that young, insecure boy inside. He’s not into anything that triggers those feelings.

O = Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc)

If he’s single, he’s definitely receiving more than he’s giving which sucks. Like, sure, he enjoys the feel of a warm tongue swirling around the head of his dick but nothing will ever compare to the pleasure he feels while fisting his dick as he eats out his s/o. He’s not sure when he stopped doing it as often as he used to but he knows why he did. He often mourns the feeling of having a sloppy, wet cunt gliding across his face, thighs trembling against his cheeks and when he can’t take it anymore and the craving is too severe, he does know who he can call to get it out of his system. Once he’s in a relationship or even just kinda getting serious about someone, he’s reminded of why he preserves his talent. He becomes a noisy, weepy mess when he’s thrusting into his fist at the same pace that he uses to fuck his lover with his tongue. It’s not uncommon for him to call his s/o to his office just so that he can kneel beside the desk he’s sat them on and absolutely go to town on them. Sometimes getting to go home to drown his face in his darling’s sweet pussy is all that’s keeping him going.

P = Pace (Are they fast and rough? Slow and sensual? etc.)

Sometimes he’s so rough, one may feel they’re being hatefucked by him. So often, he’s full of pent up rage that he just has to fuck it out. He’s yanking hair, biting, digging his nails into skin, spanking as if he intends to bruise. That’s why he makes sure his partner knows what they’re getting themselves into before he fucks them. Even when he’s ‘making love’ to someone, there’s still a level of intensity that is fierce as it is sensuous.

Q = Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.)

Not only can a quickie be all he has time for, sometimes it’s really all he wants. If his partner is cool with foregoing the buildup and dropping their underwear at a moment’s notice, then consider them his perfect match.

R = Risk (Are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.)

He’s open to a lot of things so long as it doesn’t include knocking up a random or has the potential to damage the perception of the Nishikiyama family name.

S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…)

His stamina is still pretty high. He can last for about as long as he’d like to last so long as he’s not too pent up and the sexual tension between him and his partner isn’t extremely thick. He’s got to want to last, though. When nothing but the need to bust a nut is what’s driving him, he can be done in 10 minutes or less. Once is enough in general, but the right significant other can bring the insatiability right out of him.

T = Toy (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?)

He likes to incorporate toys from time to time. He has toys that he owns that he’d use on his partners if they’re open to it and then he also sends toys along with lingerie as gifts, wrapped all pretty and topped with a bow that he’d like to see or hear them use on themselves. Vibrators are fun, he’s more open to dildos than he used to be but his favorite things to play with are those he uses to explore his interest in impact play: floggers, riding crops…whips.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

He can certainly be a tease when he wants to be. His teasing borders on degradation given the right circumstances. He especially likes to tease when he’s treating his partner harshly and they’re lost with how much they’re enjoying. He loves to see it but his mouth would tell a different story. He’d tease them for enjoying being ragdolled and treated like a worthless fleshlight. He’d make them beg for more, or beg to cum, anything really.

V = Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make)

His volume is pretty moderate. He does a lot of grunting– moaning, when he’s really emotionally invested. He talks and he wants his partner to talk back to him. He’s urging them to tell him how he makes them feel, he wants to hear where his dick is, he’s commanding them to declare who they belong to and most importantly, he’s making them call his name. He’s probably at his most noisy when he’s performing oral. It’s the #1 surefire way to hear him moan like a bitch…It’s fascinating. It should be studied, truly.

W = Wild Card (Get a random headcanon for the character of your choice)

While he loves to see his partner dolled up in some sexy lingerie, something about them going out with no underwear turns him on beyond belief. Once, he took a girl to dinner and at some point during, she excused herself to the restroom. When she returned, she stuffed the panties she’d been wearing (the panties he’d bought for her) in his pocket. He had to spend the remainder of the dinner fighting the desire to dive beneath the table and between her legs to make her cry by riling him up like that. If he notices his partner has decided to forego underwear while they’re out and about, he won’t be able to keep his hands off of them.

X = X-Ray (Let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words)

He’s a bit over 4 ½ inches and girthy, with a tasteful upright curve from the center up. The shaft itself is a warm tan color but the head is bright pink. When he’s aroused, that pink appears more reddish. He may be on the smaller side but he knows exactly how to use it. He leaves his partners trembling after using that same 4 incher to abuse their g-spot.

Y = Yearning (How high is their sex drive?)

He’s more stressed than he is horny. Many times he finds himself fucking with the intent to blow off some steam rather than because he was aroused. It often leaves him feeling empty. He notices that he feels genuinely more horny when he’s in a relationship and feels more fulfilled after sex with his s/o. Perhaps it’s because he allows himself to fully be in the moment that leaves him feeling recharged. He needs as much of that feeling as he can get.

Z = ZZZ (… how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

He’s teetering toward being an insomniac, so sex doesn’t wipe him out like it used to. He could fuck for like 45 minutes, sweat out his pomade and still be up for hours after he’s cum. If he’s fallen asleep shortly after sex, it’s likely because he feels so at peace when he’s with that person that the thoughts that usually swirl and plague his mind are drowned out by the sound of their voice and/or breathing.

Please do not reupload/repost/rewrite but reblogs are ALWAYS appreciated. Thank you for reading!

#he's not so sweet and nice this time :(#would it help if i said sorry?#akira nishikiyama #nishikiyama akira #akira nishikiyama x reader #nishikiyama akira x reader #rgg smut #yakuza smut

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cursedvibes · 10 months

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Idk if I’m the only one who feels a bit sentimental about ch240-243. It’s just got me thinking about how there’s actually someone for everyone. Like you know how people might think they’re weird or they’re being perceived as strange and off-putting by those around them but, in fact, there will ALWAYS be someone who matches your vibe and celebrates your individuality. What a beautiful thing connection is.

I’m not even sure if it’s intended by Gege but the last 7? chapters have been greatly influenced by themes of loneliness and connection and (in my opinion) Takaba and Kenjaku are no exception. Both somewhat lonely in what they do, in what they’re passionate about, both are misunderstood and perceived as “weirdos” by those around them, finding each other and being able to connect through comedy, giving each other what they longed for (Kenny’s “it’s been centuries since my heart danced like this” and Takaba’s “my dream stage… I don’t want this to end”). It’s just… wow?

Also I saw a little analysis about how there are two roles in Japanese comedy-duos, basically one person is telling the jokes and acting weird and the other is acting more serious by fending off the partner’s jokes, so in ch.243 it was Kenny and Takaba, respectively. Takaba’s talent as a comedian shone through as he’s generally more serious and his previous attempts to act as the one who cracks the jokes all the time led him to failure (ch241). But now, thanks to Kenny taking up the “unserious” role he was finally able to finesse his performance. This is such a unique battle out of everything we previously had… “I don’t want this to end” me too Takaba… me too…

P.S. im kinda manifesting that one day you’ll write a fic about these two 🥲 I absolutely adore your works

There's always someone out there who matches you perfectly and it might be the person you least expect, like Japan's worst terrorist or a depressed comedian. Sometimes it also might take you a millennia to find that person, but that makes it all the more worth it when you do.

No but seriously, I totally understand you. It's amazing how Gege managed to build up such a deep connection between Kenjaku and Takaba and thereby not only gave us some much needed further characterization for one of our main villains, but also fleshed out someone who used to be only a comedic side character. Although the fact that Takaba would have more depth was already foreshadowed in his introduction. If anything, him becoming a comedic sidekick was more surprising.

The focus on loneliness, love and being able to connect with other people in the last chapters was very intentional I think and I honestly like how much the approach to these themes differs between Kenjaku and Sukuna. Besides my problems with the Gojo vs Sukuna fight, those topics were brushed on there, but not really explored in depth. Until we got Takaba vs Kenjaku. The main difference here and what allowed us to get a deeper understanding of the themes and how they relates to these two characters is that contrary to Sukuna's fights, Takaba and Kenjaku's fight was more a dialogue where they both discussed their feelings on building connections and became a better person through it. Both of them learned something new (also about themselves) and came out of it as changed people. It's not just one person barraging the other with their issues or slapping their egos around.

Yorozu vs Sukuna is very self-serving. Yorozu is lonely and she thinks having Sukuna by her side will help her, but she is ultimately not interested in really connecting to him, she just projects her own issues onto him. She says herself that having his corpse would be enough. She wants to own him, her attraction to him is because she sees herself in him and her love is a love of herself, there isn't really anything romantic or sexual to it. Similarly, Sukuna has no interest in her either. The fight is only there so he can try out the new CT he just got. Both are essentially in their own world and while it is nice that Yorozu makes a weapon for him, they don't actually connect. Yorozu wants to teach Sukuna her understanding of love, but he already has his own and neither of them budge on their positions or make concessions.

Gojo vs Sukuna is a bit difficult to summarize because it's kinda all over the place and we don't get much from either of them in terms of character development or thoughts in general until the last chapter. Still, it's again someone trying to build a one-sided connection to Sukuna, wanting to teach him love and failing. I would say Gojo is a little more successful than Yorozu because at least Sukuna acknowledges him and says he will remember him. Gojo says he didn't manage to reach Sukuna and teach him "love", but he left an emotional impact. Sukuna changed Gojo to a degree, but only so much as in he killed him and thereby shoved him off the pedestal he put himself on and what kept him from having equal relationships with people. Bit late for that and it won't actually have any long-lasting consequences for Gojo because well he's dead, but it's something. Ultimately, there is no change in Sukuna's character however. There is a physical impact on him from the fight, but not much in terms of emotions. He isn't forced to reconsider any of his positions, he isn't challenged in his character. If anything it only got reinforced because he's confirmed to be "the strongest".

Kashimo vs Sukuna is another instance of someone coming with their issues to Sukuna and pressuring him to fix them. Kashimo wants to build a connection to Sukuna and I think they are actually more genuine with their intentions than Yorozu, but there is still a one-sided connection. Their relationship isn't balanced. Sukuna is supposed to give out wisdom, but Kashimo has nothing to offer him and while it is nice that we got a deeper look into his philosophy, there is nothing he really gained from his interaction with Kashimo. We are learning new things about Sukuna, but he doesn't. I think this will only happen when we get to Yuuji vs Sukuna because Yuuji affects Sukuna on a deeper level than any of the other three. He's the only one that can meaningfully challenge Sukuna because they would finally leave the premise of Sukuna's whole worldview (strength) behind. But we'll see.

Takaba vs Kenjaku is very different. If we were to compare it to the formula of the previous fights, Takaba comes up saying "Let me teach you about love (comedy/fun)" and Kenjaku's response is "Oh I've actually been dying to hear about this. Give me your best shot." Since the start of the Yuki fight Gege has put more emphasis on showing us that Kenjaku is essentially just bored and lonely. They want to connect to people, that is the easiest way to entertain them as well and they don't actually enjoy entertainment without having anyone to share it with, but they and their longstanding goals are what's hindering them. Their plan distanced them from their closest friend and left them quite desperately searching for new companions. Their plan also motivates them to kill Culling Game players, despite them seeing it actually as a waste of potential. That's how they entered the fight. They want to be entertained and they want a new friend. Takaba offers that to them.

I think initially Takaba's offer wasn't entirely sincere, just a ploy to distract them. He might've been already interested in Kenjaku's motivations for causing all this suffering, but he didn't actually expect them to connect so well and so quickly over their shared interest in comedy. First, Takaba gets challenged however. We learn he wants a partner just as much as Kenjaku. He can't enjoy comedy anymore because he needs a partner to succeed in his performance and deep down he is actually just searching for someone who understands him. Due to getting so fixated on performing successfully and pushing himself to lean into types of performances he doesn't actually like that much (playing the funny man), just for the approval of others, he also ended up pushing the people he did perform with away. He couldn't take any criticism and only continued further down the wrong path, leaving him depressed. A less extreme version of how Kenjaku tended to isolate themselves and subconsciously worked against their own interests.

Kenjaku makes him realize what he actually wants, that he has to change himself, his approach to comedy and that he needs to actually try to connect to people and not shy away from it in fear of criticism. This is already different from the previous fights. They both have an investment in the other and want more than simply beating the other person into following their worldview.

Then we get Takaba forcing Kenjaku to reflect on themselves and what they actually want. Despite how persuasive his CT is, Kenjaku's realization that they are having fun in playing around with these silly scenarios and that they for once are actually enjoying the Culling Game for what it is (a chance to meet interesting players, not just a stepping stone for something greater) doesn't seem to be fake. The nature of his CT also makes them realize that if they want to survive they have no choice, but to open themselves up a little bit and cooperate with each other. That's when both of them finally reach their true goal.

They have to work together because that's the only way Takaba can fulfil his wish to perform comedy with a partner, someone he actually connects with and who understands him. It also provides Kenjaku with the friend they have been looking for. Someone equal (as a comedy partner would be, Takaba is able to keep up with their imagination, just how they countered his made-up scenarios earlier), who won't bore them. As Kenjaku said afterwards, they actually had fun, despite the quite mundane scenario. There was cursed energy involved, but what made them actually enjoy the show was the trading of jokes and improvisations they both had to keep up with. It doesn't need some world-shattering CT to entertain Kenjaku, they just previously lacked that connection that would make them appreciate the entertainment they are getting more.

As you said, the positions they take during the show is important here too. They started out with Kenjaku as the straight man and critic and Takaba doing goofy antics as the funny man. Both roles that don't really suit either of them, which is also part of why Takaba never managed to be funny in the past. During the show Takaba is finally able to make his true personality shine and have people understand and like him, despite how he can come off as quite serious. Kenjaku on the other hand was able to be as silly as they want to be. They kept that part of their personality down previously because it would only distract them from their goal and fulfilling their carefully curated plan. We see the evidence at the end of the chapter. As soon as Kenjaku gives into that part of their personality and gets lost in their performance with Takaba, they get taken out and their merger plan is compromised. By indulging in what they actually want, they lost control over their proclaimed long-standing goals (probably, we will see how things develop).

I've seen Kenjaku's "you were super funny" compared to Sukuna's "stand proud", but that doesn't quite work, I think. Sukuna is comparing Jogo to himself and complementing him for how much he managed to measure up, while Kenjaku is commenting on how they enjoyed their fight together or more specifically the comedy show. They reassured Takaba that he is funny, but they don't view it as him having measured up to some standard they set. That is primarily because they could only achieve that goal together. Their comedy relied on a partner and they both only had fun because they had each other. Alone it would be meaningless. The entire point of their stand-up show was that the "fight" wasn't a competition anymore.

Takaba and Kenjaku were able to become partners and form a connection because they were actually able to open up to each other and take the other's personality and character into consideration. That's what differentiates them from the previous three fights and is also why they were successful where Yorozu, Gojo and Kashimo failed.

Kenjaku is open to change and new experiences and after some convincing embraces the connection they are being offered, while Sukuna stays almost completely closed off to others (with the exception of Uraume it seems).

It really was a great fight and it's very unfortunate that it is over and ended the way it did. We'll see how things develop. I would be really interested in seeing if and how Kenjaku's connection to Takaba might influence them in the future and how they will approach their merger plan. Currently it seems like Yuuta kind of ruined all the progress in terms of character development they made thanks to Takaba, but who knows...

If you're interested, I did write a fanfic about the two, where I also vented my feelings about their relationship a bit :)

#ask me about Pinchan and you will get an essay lol #I want to make a post at some point where I go a bit more in depth on similarities between Takaba and Kenjaku #their goals how they try to build connections and how their previous treatment of others prevented them from reaching them #asks #jjk spoilers #kenjaku #takaba fumihiko

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nhasablogg · 2 years

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I just want you to know who I am

Fandom: Criminal Minds

Characters: Spencer Reid, The BAU

Anonymous said: Spencer cracks the identity of a "serial tickler" and has to come to terms with his own hidden love of tickling.

A/N: This was fun! It was fun writing about a case like this again but from Spencer’s POV this time. I hope you like it!

Warnings: An UnSub who breaks into people’s homes and ties them up to non-consensually tickle them, but this one’s super ungraphic and mostly just fluff tbh.

Words: 7.4k

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Spencer was squinting at the board, which was poorly illuminated now due to the descending sun. He probably should have turned on a light, but he’d been standing there for the past twenty minutes and refused to move. If he moved he might lose it, the little hint of something at the back of his mind. The board contained pictures of bodies, only this time they were all alive, tied up but alive. That was unusual, to have every single victim to interview. They weren’t even really hurt, only a little traumatized, but they all knew that talking to traumatized victims was almost harder than talking to mere witnesses who’d simply seen something out of the ordinary. Hell, even talking to family members was easier than to scratch open wounds that had barely had time to start healing.

He rubbed at his temple and sighed. This was hopeless.

“I can’t seem to find a connection between them at all,” he said when Gideon entered. “They’re all of different ages. Different socioeconomic backgrounds. Different skin colors, different body types, different types of people entirely. The only thing they seem to have in common is the fact that they live here in Quantico.”

“Take a break,” Gideon told him. “Let’s recoup in fifteen, okay?”

Spencer deflated. “Fine.”

“That’s not a punishment, Reid,” he replied with a laugh. “Have some coffee. Hotch and Morgan will be back soon.”

“Okay.”

Gideon tilted his head. “After you.”

“You’re no fun, you know that?”

“And you must be entirely engrossed if you’re saying no to coffee.”

“I feel like I have something,” he said, exiting the room with Gideon right behind him. “I just can’t figure out what.”

“And that’s why I told you to take a break.”

“Reid, needing a break?” Morgan said, suddenly appearing. “Well, I’ve seen everything.”

Spencer turned toward him. “You got anything?”

He sighed. “Not really. The victim’s don’t know why they’d been chosen to get tickled. We tried to be tactful in case they have, like, a thing for it or something and met the UnSub through that, but they won’t talk.”

“Probably embarrassed.”

“Well, I can’t really blame them. Imagine having the FBI asking you these types of questions.”

Spencer hummed. “I don’t think they would all lie about it though, seeing as that wouldn’t help us solve it.”

“So you don’t think they met the UnSub on some sort of forum or something?”

Something clicked in Spencer’s head. “Forum. Oh my god, that’s it.”

Morgan frowned. “But you just said they probably wouldn’t lie.”

“Not them.” Spencer was already running toward Garcia’s office. “But someone living on their addresses.”

“Reid, victimology.”

“The UnSub has purposefully chosen family members - or in some cases roommates - that live with the person who most likely got in contact with the UnSub through a tickle forum. Garcia’s trying to narrow down which one. Turns out there are a lot of them. As for the people he picked, he avoided minors and elderly people, keeping the age range between 20 and 55 with no other obvious preferences. The reason none of them admitted to being interested in it is because they’re not the ones who browsed the forums, so we need to go back and talk to the other people living there.”

“They’ve not said anything about their connection to it,” Prentiss said.

“They’re probably freaked out and embarrassed. Guilty because they wonder if they’re somehow responsible for it. My guess is the UnSub traced their IP addresses and found out where they live. He probably lives here and picked victims close by so that he could be in and out as quickly as possible. Mr Rodriguez said he’d been tickled for an hour, right?”

Hotch nodded. “And Miss Bardot for twenty minutes.”

“And Mrs Smith for three hours. I think the UnSub knows how long they’ll be home alone and plans his attacks after how much time he has. Mrs Smith was intricately tied up, which could tell us more about the UnSub’s preferences, since he obviously does research, but also that he had more time. Miss Bardot was simply handcuffed to her bed, which is the quickest way to restrain her without making a fuss.”

“So this guy talks to people on a tickle forum and then decides to attack their family members instead?” Morgan shook his head. “It makes no sense. Why not simply meet up with the people he was talking to?”

“He likes the non-consensual nature of this,” Gideon said. “He gets a fix from talking on the forum, and then he gets a different type of fix when he attacks. He’s simply killing two birds with one stone by picking addresses from the forum. It narrows them down. He probably also enjoys the idea that the people he talked to are freaking out about it.”

“So say we find the forum. How are we supposed to figure out who did it?” Morgan asked.

Hotch said, “We need to talk to the family members. See which one of them has visited a site like this, and if anyone in particular stuck out.”

Spencer crossed his arms. “Maybe we need to go undercover in the forum too. Draw him out.”

“That’s not a bad idea. Let’s go talk to the victims and their families first. Morgan and Prentiss go talk to the Smiths first. Reid and I will take Mr Rodriguez.”

Mr Rodriguez lived in a calm suburban area in a house that looked clean on the outside, but was overcrowded on the inside. Things and people everywhere, ranging from kids to cousins who seemed to be staying with Mr and Mrs Rodriguez for longer periods of time, whether it meant they actually were living there or simply visiting Spencer wasn’t sure.

“Oh hello,” Gideon said when the door opened to a little girl peeking out. “Is your dad home?”

She blinked up at him with big brown eyes, which went from curious to squinting in an instant as she slammed the door shut in their faces.

“Was that a no?” Spencer said with a laugh when the door opened again.

“I’m so sorry,” Mr Rodriguez said, holding the little girl in his arms. “We told her not to open the doors to strangers and, well-”

“She’s never met us,” Gideon filled in. “She did very good.”

“Except for the fact that she opened the door to begin with,” Mrs Rodriguez said, appearing at Mr Rodriguez’s side. “Let me take her.”

He handed the girl over to her mother and stepped aside. “Please come in.”

The house seemed less crowded this time around, but they found people in each room they passed. Spencer kind of liked it in theory, but knew he’d probably go crazy himself if he couldn’t be left alone. If each moment could potentially bring someone else into the room, needing him, needing company, needing reassurance. Finding just one hour where the father would be entirely alone in the house must’ve been difficult, and yet the UnSub had managed it. Whomever he’d been talking to they probably had been talking for a while.

They settled in the living room, a child instantly climbing into Spencer’s lap. Another girl, identical to the one who had opened the door. Twins, he realized as he semi-awkwardly placed his arms around her as she leaned back against his chest and looked up at him. “Hi.”

She didn’t reply, but smiled so brightly he had to smile back.

“How many children do you have, Mr Rodriguez?” Gideon asked, sitting on the other couch across the room, giving them both opportunities to see different things.

“Biologically we only have five. Elena and Julieta are the youngest. They’re four. Then we have Emiliano, who’s seven, Amelia who’s nine and lastly Felipe who’s eleven.”

Spencer and Gideon exchanged a look. All too young to really be on a forum.

“But we did foster my older brother’s children,” Mr Rodriguez continued. “That’s why there are so many of us,” he added with a laugh. He seemed calmer that day. He wouldn’t fully meet their eyes still, but he wasn’t shaking anymore.

“That’s compassionate of you,” Gideon said, straightening.

He waved a hand. “He would’ve done the same for me. He got deported, you see.”

“I’m sorry.”

“We’re trying to get him back, but…” He trailed off. “Anyway. He has four children, but they’re all a little older. The oldest one, Lucía, is away at college and Samuel’s moved out, although I swear he’s here more than at home. We only have Ari and Camila here.”

“And how old are they?”

“Ari’s 18. He’ll be going off to college next year he said, but he’s taking a gap year. Camila’s eleven, like Felipe.”

They exchanged another look. “Could we possibly talk to Ari?”

Mr Rodriguez frowned. “Ari’s a good boy,” he said.

Gideon held up his hand. “I’m sure he is, Mr Rodriguez.”

“He works to help us out. Never got in trouble. Straight A student. The only reason he took a gap year is because his scholarship didn’t go through.”

“He’s not in trouble, sir, we’d just like to talk to him.”

Ari cracked his door open when they knocked. “Yes?”

“Hi, Ari,” Gideon said, showing his badge. “Agent Gideon and Doctor Reid. You remember us?”

“Sure,” he said, opening the door wider. “You were here after we found my uncle.”

“We have a few questions for you if that’s okay.”

He visibly stiffened. “I was at work when it happened.”

“Oh, we know. We got everyone’s alibis, don’t worry.”

He shifted from foot to foot, glancing behind them at the empty hallway. “Come in.”

Ari sat on his desk chair while Gideon and Spencer took the bed. “This might be an uncomfortable conversation,” Gideon warned him. “But we need you to be honest with us.”

Ari fidgeted with the hem of his shirt. “Okay.”

“You know how your uncle got tickled by his attacker?”

“Yes.”

“Well, we have a theory that he got the address to your house from a specific forum. That he spoke to someone on this address and traced it here to pick a victim.”

Ari’s face fell. “You think?”

“Do you happen to know if someone in this household has visited a tickle forum in the past and possibly talked to someone?”

“They’re all children,” Ari said. “And I don’t think my aunt would. Maybe my uncle?”

“No. He would admit to it in a heartbeat since it would mean his attacker would get caught.” Gideon smiled sympathetically. “That leaves you.”

Ari avarted his eyes. “Me? You think I’ve been on this… t-tickle forum?”

“It’s just a theory, but it’s currently the only one we have.” He leaned forward. “I’m sorry that this is embarrassing. We only really need to know if that’s the case and what site. Maybe if we could borrow your computer too.”

Ari ran a hand over his face. “Oh my god, I can’t believe this is happening.” He looked up at them. “It’s my fault?”

Gideon hummed. “So you have been on a forum.”

“Yes, okay? Yes. I’m just. Curious.”

“You don’t have to explain yourself to us, it’s okay.”

“Oh my god, please don’t tell my uncle. Or anyone.”

“We won’t, don’t worry.”

He stood up suddenly, pacing the room. “I wondered if it was my fault,” he said quietly. “I just didn’t expect the answer to be yes.”

“Ari.” Spencer spoke for the first time, tilting his head at the teenager. “Why don’t you start from the beginning?”

“I’ve not been tickled in years,” Spencer found himself saying later that day.

Morgan grinned at him. “I bet you’re real ticklish, though,” he said. “Probably a giggler.”

“I didn’t say that.” But he started blushing, which was unusual even to him. Spencer was awkward, yes, but not shy. “Besides, being ticklish is natural. A defense mechanism of some sort. Back in ancient Japan it was used as punishment if you wanted to ensure no one would be able to find any proof of actual injury.”

“Changing the subject, I see.”

“Not at all,” he insisted. “It’s still within the same topic.”

“But it’s been redirected away from your own sensitivity.” Morgan leaned forward, which didn’t necessarily cause any alarm since there was a whole table between them. “Tell me, pretty boy. Where’s your spot? The spot that makes you scream if touched.”

Spencer raised an eyebrow. “I don’t think I have one?”

“No? Nowhere?”

“No?”

“But you are ticklish?”

“Of course he is,” Garcia said, suddenly walking into the room.

“Oh?” Morgan leaned back. “And how exactly do you know that, baby girl?”

She rolled her eyes. “Don’t get jealous, my love. I accidentally poked him when I first started working here.”

“Is that so?” Morgan’s smirk was actually scary enough that Spencer suddenly felt as if he was in danger. “And where exactly was that spot?”

“I don’t kiss and tell I’m afraid, mon chéri.”

“Oh, that’s unfair, Garcia.”

“Try him yourself,” she said, pointing at Spencer. “He’s right there.”

Spencer stood. “Let’s not.”

“There you go,” Morgan said, standing as well. “Panic. I like that. It probably means you’re really bad.”

“Morgan, come on.” He started walking when Morgan did, the two of them rounding the table over and over again without breaking the distance between them. “This is childish!”

“Well, you are a kid after all.”

“I’m literally 25- no, wait!” Morgan had suddenly picked up his speed and Spencer rushed to do the same, nearly crashing into Hotch in the process. “Hotch, oh my god, save me.”

“What’s going on?” he asked, blinking at them in confusion.

“Derek’s trying to find out where Spencer’s ticklish,” Garcia said.

“Pretty boy thinks he can run away from me,” Morgan said, grabbing Spencer’s arms. Hotch was standing just in the way of him being able to flee. “Not gonna work, Doctor Reid.”

Spencer didn’t know which was worse; the fact that Morgan grabbed onto his sides and wouldn’t let go or that he was still facing in Hotch’s direction and got to see him witness the very first peals of hysterical laughter they’d probably ever heard come out of his mouth. “No!”

“Aw, I knew you were a giggler,” Morgan was cooing behind him. “Isn’t he cute, Hotch?”

Spencer caught Hotch’s ghost of a smile through his plight. “Oh, very. But we have work to do. Leave Reid alone.”

“You’re no fun, Hotch,” Morgan said, letting him go. “I’ll get you later, pretty boy.”

As Spencer straightened he found Gideon standing behind Hotch, meaning he’d probably heard if not seen the whole thing.

He felt himself flushing. He was gonna kill Morgan.

“Had fun?” he asked as he entered the room, his smile fond.

“Oh, the time of my life, truly,” he muttered as Morgan laughed. “I can’t wait to do this again.”

“Don’t you worry, Reid,” Morgan purred. “I’ll make sure that happens.”

Spencer shook his head and willed his blush to calm down as they all settled down around the table, all eyes on Hotch and Gideon. “As you all know we’ve talked to all the victims and their families again,” Gideon started. “Some of them refused to admit to it, but for the most part we found someone in the household - older teens, roommates, spouses - who’s visited the site iTickle, a forum where you can talk to like-minded people.”

“Garcia did some digging,” Hotch continued. “Turns out the site is completely text-based, so you can’t send any pictures or videos, which means you also can’t view any type of content on there. It’s strictly to talk to others.”

“Which gives us the impression that the UnSub uses that site on purpose. It’s like he wants just enough to get going so that he can go out and act out all his desires. Reid?”

Spencer cleared his throat and stood. “We’ve been given access to one of the computers that was used to visit the forum. It’s one of those portable laptops, so we were able to take it with us. The kid who used it said there was one user who was acting a little too sketchy that stuck out to him. Garcia will be tracing the IP address, and after that we’ll figure out a course of action.”

“Great job, everyone,” Gideon said, clapping his hands. “And now we wait.”

Spencer was swirling his chair around when Morgan grabbed his shoulder, stilling him. “You’re being super distracting,” he said, but there was no menace in his voice.

Spencer straightened. “Sorry. I’m bored.”

“This case not entertaining enough for you, huh?”

“Well, we’ve practically cracked it. We just gotta find the UnSub.”

“The easiest part,” Morgan said with a laugh.

“Maybe not,” Spencer said sheepishly. Morgan’s hand was still on his shoulder and he could feel it each time a finger moved even just an inch. Despite himself, Spencer had spent the past two days waiting for Morgan to tickle him again and finding he was disappointed each time the opportunity was missed. He wasn’t entirely willing to have that conversation with himself yet.

“Since there’s no DNA on the crime scene it’ll be difficult to actually track him down,” Morgan continued.

Spencer shrugged. “I told you. One of us should go undercover. Set up shop in an apartment somewhere. Pretend two or three of us live there for a few days and have him come to us.”

“Pretty boy, that isn’t actually too bad of an idea.”

“You don’t have to sound so surprised about it,” Spencer said, rolling his eyes.

Morgan barked out a laugh and curled his fingers over the sides of his neck. “Smartass. Don’t forget I know that you’re ticklish now.”

Spencer retracted, a sound that was almost a squeal leaving his lips at the sudden unbearable sensation. No matter how low he tried to slide down the chair Morgan simply followed, and while it only really lasted for a moment the whole office could probably hear him giggling and begging for him to cut it out.

“Mor-gan!” he choked out, managing to grab his wrist, which to be fair did very little to make him stop.

“Ye-es?” Morgan teased, index fingers working their way to the area beneath his chin. “I told you I’d get you again.”

“Stop being mean- wait!”

“Oohh, your neck’s a real bad spot, huh? Maybe this is the spot that makes you scream? Or are you worse somewhere?”

“Morgan, stop messing with him,” Hotch said. “Come on, both of you. Garcia found something.”

Morgan let him go, muttering the whole time. “I’ll get you properly one of these days.”

Spencer exhaled, rubbing at the skin where his hands had just been. “You’re terrible.”

“Mm, I could be worse.” Morgan helped him up and slapped his back. “Let’s go tell them about your idea.”

“I didn’t know you were ticklish, Spence,” JJ said when they entered the room, smiling gently if not playfully at him.

He groaned. “Did everyone see?”

“Pretty much,” Prentiss replied. “I mean, you weren’t necessarily being quiet.”

“So you all saw him torturing me and did nothing?” He shook his head in mock betrayal. “Traitors, all of you.”

“Aw, he’s blushing,” Morgan said, pinching his cheek. “So cute.”

“As endearing as you’re both being,” Garcia said, standing in the front of the room. “I have been lured out of the comfort of my own room to hold a presentation and I’d rather get it done quickly.”

Morgan chuckled. “All right, mama, whatchu got?”

Garcia took a breath. “So I think I’ve narrowed down the user. He calls himself ‘TheFeatherFrontier’, which at first I thought was a reference to Star Trek, but- anyway, not the point. I did some digging and it turns out he’s been in contact with someone in all of the households we’ve found victims at. Looking back at their conversations, it starts innocently enough but becomes real strange after a while.”

“Strange how?”

“Well, this guy has practically zero boundaries. Zilch. It goes from ‘hi how are you’ to things I’m way too uncomfortable to say aloud. And it’s weird since this site is all about creating connections through text. Why be crass and drive people away?”

“It’s not really about them,” Gideon said. “They’re simply shortcuts to people he’d rather tickle.”

Spencer squirmed in his chair, trying his best to not look away from Garcia. He wasn’t sure why the word suddenly flustered him, but it did. Maybe because Morgan had just tickled him in front of everyone. Maybe because-

No. Not now. Not yet.

“Reid had an idea,” Morgan suddenly said, directing all focus on him. “Tell them, kid.”

“Oh, uh, well, I kind of told you about it earlier, but- well, one of us should go undercover. Set up shop in an apartment somewhere. Pretend two or three of us live there for a few days and have him come to us,” he quoted himself verbatim. “And hopefully he decides to take the bait.”

“Reid, that’s a really good idea.”

Spencer turned to catch Prentiss’ eye. “Yeah?”

“And probably the only way to actually catch him,” Hotch said. “Great thinking, Reid.”

Morgan reached over to ruffle his hair. “Our ticklish little genius.”

“Oh my god, stop.” Spencer shoved him off of him. “I’ll never live that down, will I?”

Morgan laughed. “Not as long as I’m around. But hey, you should totally be the bait.”

“Why me?”

“We need someone super ticklish to make it more believable.”

“Morgan, he won’t even tickle me-”

“Still. And you look like you could be hanging out in there. All in favor of Reid chatting him up?”

“We’ll probably all be involved,” Gideon said. “Although we can’t consult each other after each message. It’ll take too long, and he’d probably be messaging at night.” He looked at Reid. “You up for a night shift or two?”

Spencer sighed. “Fine. But I’m not coming in on time tomorrow.”

Their fake apartment was small to have three bedrooms, but it did, and so they decided that Reid, Morgan and Prentiss would be staying there for the next few days, starting immediately in case the UnSub decided to stake the place out after the first conversation.

“Will you guys be okay if he catches one of you?” JJ asked, and both Morgan and Prentiss made a big show out of waving the concerns off, claiming to not be ticklish.

“It’s Reid we should be worried about,” Morgan said and Spencer sighed, having accepted his fate to get teased until his death.

“I’ve got you all set up,” Garcia said, motioning to the monitor on the desk of Spencer’s temporary bedroom. “Derek came up with your username.”

“PrettyShyBoy,” Spencer read, flushing. “Oh, come on.”

Morgan peeked into the room. “Did I lie?”

“I’m not shy.”

“Oh, with how much you’ve been blushing recently he won’t know the difference.”

“Shut up-”

“I need you to come up with a bio,” Garcia said, interrupting him. “It’s better that you do it.”

Spencer sighed and took her place when she got up. “Do you all have to watch?”

“Oh, flustered, are we?”

“Morgan, leave him alone,” Hotch said for the hundredth time that week. “Let’s give him some space. We can look through the bio once you’re done just to make sure it works, but I trust that you know what you’re doing, Reid.”

“Thank you.” Spencer straightened as they left the room. “A bio. Right. Uh.” He tapped his fingertips on the desk. “Guys, do I look like a college student?” he called out, getting a collective yes back. “Right. Thanks.”

20. Shy college student looking for like-minded people.

Hmm, maybe a bit generic, but he was supposed to be a regular shy guy, after all.

Inexperienced lee just wanting to talk.

He’d done his research on tickling as a kink and found a rather fascinating community. He could imagine who he’d be in it. Shy and inexperienced and wanting to be on the receiving end.

Hypothetically, of course.

He erased what he’d written and rewrote it. Shy, inexperienced 20-year-old lee looking to chat to like-minded people. Better. More concise and less repeating.

“It’s not much,” he said when the others returned. “But I think it’s better to keep it short, no?”

“It’s great,” Hotch said, reading it over. “Straight to the point. Appealing enough. It’s good that you added an age and inexperienced. The UnSub’s probably looking for control and it will be easy controlling someone of this background.”

“I didn’t add it, but I named myself Oli. It seems regular enough for a shy college guy.”

“It’s perfect. I think we’re ready to start.”

Everyone but Spencer, Morgan and Prentiss left and Spencer set to work, connecting to TheFeatherFrontier immediately. The connections were random, but Garcia had worked her magic for them.

‘Hi,’ The FeatherFrontier wrote instantly. He was online.

Spencer took a breath. ‘Hi..’

TheFeatherFrontier: Are you new here?

PrettyShyBoy: Yes. Are you?

TheFeatherFrontier: Not really. Been around a while.

PrettyShyBoy: I see..

Spencer shook his head, unable to decide if Oli would be so shy he would be this short, or if he would be trying desperately. He should’ve profiled this fake persona before using him. It might cause him problems.

PrettyShyBoy: Do you like it? This forum I mean.

TheFeatherFrontier: Oh yes. It’s very nice. It’s fun talking to like-minded people.

PrettyShyBoy: Oh that’s great! I was a bit nervous joining.

TheFeatherFrontier: Haha

TheFeatherFrontier: You have nothing to be nervous about :)

“Ew.”

“What?” Morgan and Prentiss peeked their heads into the room, having obviously been lurking just outside.

“Nothing. He just gives me bad vibes.”

“Let me read.”

“It’s really nothing yet,” Spencer said, but turned the computer toward them anyway. “I think it might also just be me knowing what he’s doing.”

“He- oh, he wrote again.” Prentiss turned the computer back toward him.

TheFeatherFrontier: Sorry. Did I scare you off?

“He’s impatient,” Spencer said. “Better not keep him waiting until we’ve got his attention.”

PrettyShyBoy: No no! Don’t worry :)

PrettyShyBoy: I’m just. Well.

PrettyShyBoy: Shy.

PrettyShyBoy: Heh.

“Nice,” Prentiss said. “Have Oli ramble to showcase it.”

TheFeatherFrontier: Oh, you are, huh?

TheFeatherFrontier: I bet you’re really ticklish.

Spencer, even though it made no sense, blushed. “Oh my god. You guys gotta leave now.”

Morgan peeked at the screen and laughed. “All right, all right, call for us if you need help.”

PrettyShyBoy: Maybe a little…

TheFeatherFrontier: Oh, I’m sure it’s more than just a little, right pretty boy?

Spencer frowned. He didn’t like that the UnSub stole Morgan’s nickname for him, even though it was technically in his username.

PrettyShyBoy: I’ve never really gotten properly tickled… but I think so heh.

TheFeatherFrontier: What’s your worst spot?

Spencer hummed. He really was making no effort in being conversational.

PrettyShyBoy: Maybe my belly…

TheFeatherFrontier: Mmm I’d love to tickle you there. Tie you up, stretch you out real good and go to town on your defenseless belly.

TheFeatherFrontier: Make you scream with no one to hear.

Spencer nearly exited the chat. How the hell had this guy not gotten caught yet with how blatantly obvious he was being?

PrettyShyBoy: That sounds a bit intense…

TheFeatherFrontier: Oh, but I’d stop once you asked me to of course.

PrettyShyBoy: Oh right :)

PrettyShyBoy: Well, then I guess I should tell you about my feet…

He’d tickled all his victims’ feet for a long time, so they’d pieced it together that it was probably his favorite spot to torture.

TheFeatherFrontier: Mmm what about them, pretty boy?

PrettyShyBoy: I can barely stand having them touched…

PrettyShyBoy: Let alone tickled…

TheFeatherFrontier: We’d definitely need a safe word for those, huh?

PrettyShyBoy: Definitely heh.

Spencer rubbed the bridge of his nose. He wasn’t entirely sure when to stop, but it seemed too early still.

PrettyShyBoy: How else would you tickle me…?

TheFeatherFrontier: I’m glad you asked.

TheFeatherFrontier: First I’d make sure you were securely tied. Maybe even blindfolded to keep an element of surprise.

Spencer twitched. All his victims had been blindfolded.

TheFeatherFrontier: Would you like that?

PrettyShyBoy: Yes…

Spencer spent half an hour reading about how this stranger would tickle him to half death, feeling a conflicting disgusted and strangely intrigued. Not that he actually wanted this man to do this to him, but…

Well, that was a morning Spencer problem, he decided, feeling confused by his own thoughts.

He logged off only once Morgan and Prentiss had read through the chat and TheFeatherFrontier had become semi-aggressive.

“I’m so tired,” Prentiss whined for the tenth time that day, her complaints being echoed by Morgan and Spencer. “I deserve a raise.”

Morgan snorted. “Reid deserves the raise I would say.”

Spencer groaned into the table where he was currently resting his head. “I know right,” he mumbled.

“You’ve all done great,” Hotch said semi-distractedly, glancing over the chat which had been saved to Garcia’s computer. “I think his interest has been piqued.”

“Mmm. I especially enjoyed the part where Reid was forced to ask him how he’d tickle his-”

“Okay!” Spencer exclaimed. “Hotch can read that for himself.”

Morgan laughed. “All right, testy.”

“It makes me feel ticklish just thinking about it,” Garcia muttered from where she was standing behind Hotch.

Morgan gasped. “Baby girl,” he sang. “Don’t tell me you’re ticklish too?”

Garcia huffed. “Oh, come on, sugar shack, as if I don’t know about your-”

“Hey, hey!”

Spencer raised his head to grin at him. “What is this I’m hearing, Morgan?”

“You shut up, nerd, I know you’re worse than all of us combined.”

“This is a strange week,” JJ said, appearing with a pile of papers. “Copies of the chat, just in case,” she explained.

“Good thinking,” Gideon said, taking them from her. “God, I hate cases where we have to wait for the UnSub to come to us.”

“At least we can tickle Reid in the meantime, huh?”

Spencer jerked away when Morgan made a move to squeeze his knee. “Stop.”

“Never. Too fun. Now stay still.”

“Hotch, he’s doing it again- no!”

Only this time Hotch merely glanced back at them and said, “I don’t have anything for you to do right now anyway, so you’re free to play.”

Spencer gasped. “Traitor- Derek!”

“Oh, first name basis,” Prentiss teased, but Spencer’s own panicked giggling overpowered her as Morgan grabbed for his knees again, this time managing to latch onto them for long enough to squeeze just above the knee cap.

Spencer tried to kick him off. “No, come on, I’m tired, please don’t-”

“I’m just waking you up. You should be thanking me, really.”

“JJ, help!”

“Oh, no. Not getting involved in this one, sorry, Spence.”

Morgan moved upward, poking and prodding at his torso, and Spencer found he was very much trapped against his chair. “I’m dying.”

“Drama queen.”

“Emily, help!”

Prentiss, unlike the rest of the room, didn’t seem to mind getting involved at all, and Spencer’s laughter was soon joined in by Morgan’s indignant, “Hey, no!”

“I knew you were ticklish,” Prentiss cheered, and despite Morgan’s sudden laughter it took him a moment to stop torturing Spencer anyway, so by the time Spencer was able to compose himself Morgan had fled with Prentiss at his heels.

“Aw, man, I missed it,” he pouted, sitting up. “Where did she get him? Guys? Hello?”

Hotch sighed. “This is gonna be a long case.”

“Sorry, Spence, you’ll have to find that out for yourself.”

Spencer huffed. “You know he’ll just tickle me before I can even try.”

“He is sitting right here, you know,” Morgan said, kicking him lightly under the table.

Prentiss let out a laugh and took a bite of her pizza. They’d left the office early, making a show out of entering the apartment together so that it would be obvious that Morgan would be staying behind for an hour or so on his own. They didn’t expect the UnSub to show up that day, and so they would do the same thing the next. Hopefully he would act quickly so that they could close this mess of a case soon.

“Statistically most men are ticklish under their arms, upper ribs and feet, and seeing as you probably didn’t get his feet while he was standing and in shoes, my best guess is his underarms since he had his arms extended while he was tickling me.”

“So why so curious if you have a theory?”

“Well, theories have to be proven right too,” he muttered, throwing a piece of pizza crust at Morgan who promptly threw it back. “Come on, let me try.”

“That’s not how that works, genius.”

“Just once. You’ve already tickled me like three times today and I don’t know if I can handle another.”

“I’ll make it four if you don’t stop pestering me.”

“Emily.” Spencer turned toward her. “I will tickle you unless you tell me.”

Prentiss raised her eyebrows. “Oho, making threats now?”

“I technically don’t know if you’re even ticklish, but most people are.”

“Do I look like most people to you?”

“Reid, it’s a trap, don’t answer that.”

She grabbed the crust off Spencer’s plate and threw it at Morgan. “Behave or I’ll tell him.”

“Hey, hey, I’m always nice, aren’t I?”

“No,” Spencer and Prentiss said in unison.

Morgan frowned. “You’re asking for round four now, pretty boy. Better be careful or I’ll be looming over you during your whole chat with Mr Feather.”

“TheFeatherFrontier,” Spencer corrected him unnecessarily.

“Yeah, yeah. Oh.” Morgan’s phone started ringing. “It’s Hotch. Hey, you’re on speaker.”

“Have you guys finished eating?”

“Just about.”

“Good. I’ve enrolled Reid and Prentiss in a yoga class. That way you have a specific place to go in case he would happen to keep track of you and actually is thorough enough to look up your fake names in the system. You obviously don’t have to attend, but I’ve enrolled you for the next three days. That way he has a time limit to act during. The studio is located next to a library, which you can enter from inside the building as well. I figured you might not actually want to attend the class.”

“Good thinking.”

“I was kind of excited to,” Spencer said.

Morgan snorted. “I’d like to see you do a downward facing dog.”

“Look at you coming through with the yoga terms.” Prentiss patted his arm. “I’m almost impressed.”

“Oh yeah? I can do better than that. Chaturanga.”

Prentiss shivered. “Stop, I’m not used to feeling impressed.”

“Focus, guys,” Hotch said dejectedly. “The class starts in 30 minutes, so I suggest you get going. It’s one hour long.” And then, as an afterthought, “Good luck and thank you.” He hung up.

Prentiss turned to Spencer. “Looks like we’ll be hanging in the library this afternoon.”

Spencer stood. “I’ll bring a book.”

“I’m gonna use the computer.”

“I thought you said you brought a book?”

“Just for a bit. I want to look something up and I’m not sure they have books on it.”

“Are you gonna talk to TheFeatherFrontier?”

“Oh no. Not here. Besides, if our theories are correct he won’t be online anyway. And for us to connect twice would be suspicious.”

“Okay, well.” Prentiss pointed to the part of the library where you could find couches lining the walls. “I’ll be over there napping.”

Spencer picked the computer which was located in the far back of the library, hidden behind shelves of topics so obscure Spencer could only imagine one single person to be walking them (and that was himself). He felt silly. It wasn’t like he’d not done research on it both at home and at work, but that had been for the sake of the case. This was personal, even though he’d been pretending it wasn’t.

Taking a deep breath he typed in tickling and hit search.

And boy the things he found.

He had to admit it was nicer to be staying at this apartment when he wasn’t forced to sit in front of a chat room for half the night. Gideon, Hotch, Garcia and JJ had come over for a couple of drinks, even though they all had work the next day, but so far neither of them seemed to be regretting it.

“Baby girl, truth or dare.”

“Mmm, dare.”

“Read us your latest sent text.”

“Oh my, hot stuff, that could be dangerous.” She took out her phone, grinning devilishly at the screen. “My latest text says ‘Perfect, sounds good’.”

Morgan clicked his tongue. “Boring. Who did you send it to?”

“Nuh uh. Not your turn. But I’ll bite. Sugar, truth or dare.”

“Dare, duh.”

“I dare you to show us your last sent text.”

“Now that’s vengeful behavior, Garcia.”

“We’re waiting, Morgan,” Prentiss said, tapping her imaginary watch on her wrist.

“Fine. Okay.” He grabbed his phone, his face forming into a frown when he looked at it. “Oh, no, that’s too much even for me. I’ll take my punishment,” he said over everyone booing. “Pour me my shot.”

“Weak, weak!” Garcia said, but poured him his shot anyway. “Bottoms up.”

Morgan grimaced as he swallowed. “Gross. Okay. Pretty boy,” he purred, grinning. “Truth or dare.”

Spencer thought for a moment before saying, “Truth.”

“Do you have any fetishes?”

“Oh my god, Morgan.”

“What?” Morgan turned to Prentiss, holding out his hands. “We’re off the clock technically.”

Spencer, flushing the entire time, said, “I don’t know.”

“That’s not a good answer.”

“It’s good enough for the way you phrased your question.”

“Oh, we need to get you laid, Spence.”

Spencer rolled his eyes. “All right, my turn. Emily. Truth or dare.”

“Hmm, truth.”

“Where did you tickle Morgan?”

“You’re still going on about that?” Morgan asked incredulously.

Spencer shrugged. “I don’t like being excluded.”

Prentiss was busy doubling over with laughter, so Morgan had time to reach over and squeeze Spencer’s thigh a couple of times. “I’m starting to think you’re ticklish everywhere, kid,” he said as Spencer did a lovely imitation of Emily.

“You’re gonna have him scared of being around you soon,” he heard Gideon say, something amused in his voice which made Spencer blush all the more.

“Good. I like it when he’s squirmy.”

“That doesn’t sound right,” JJ said with a laugh.

“Not my fault you guys have dirty minds.”

Spencer managed to grab Morgan’s hand. “Em, answer the question.”

“His ribs.”

“Ah, so I was right.”

“Didn’t you guess armpits?”

“I said either ribs or armpits.”

“I don’t remember that.”

“Either way-” Spencer threw himself over Morgan, knowing that was his only way of actually getting even an ounce of revenge. “-payback’s a bitch.”

“Did you just swear- woah, woah, no, you don’t!”

Morgan tried, he really did, but Spencer had managed to latch onto his rib cage with both hands and was wiggling his fingers over it. Combine that with the booze in Morgan’s system and he was laughing within seconds. It was quite refreshing to be on the other side of it for once, Spencer realized, although he wouldn’t say he minded being the victim either.

Anyway.

“Emily, you traitor!”

“It’s truth or dare, Derek, I can’t be blamed.”

“Oh my god, Morgan, watch the coffee table!”

“Garcia, help!”

“This is an interesting turn of events.”

“Hotch, help!”

“I’m sure you can handle this by yourself.”

“Hey.”

Spencer swung around, coming face to face with Morgan. “Please no revenge,” he begged.

Morgan laughed. “Nah, it’s late so you’re good. But maybe Gideon’s right. I seem to be making you nothing but jumpy. Sorry about that.”

Spencer shrugged. “It’s okay.” I don’t mind.

“It’s just.” Morgan shifted from foot to foot, a rare display of nervousness. “You don’t really, you know. Let loose much. It’s fun seeing you let go, even if I have to force it out of you,” he added with a grin.

“Oh.” Spencer wasn’t entirely sure how to react. “Well.”

“I can scale down my attacks,” Morgan said. “I won’t fully stop, though.”

“I don’t want you to.”

“What?”

“Stop. I don’t want you to stop.” Spencer averted his gaze, finding the wall of their fake apartment incredibly interesting all of a sudden. “It’s… fun.”

“Oh, Reid,” Morgan said with a sigh. “Look at me.”

“Do I have to?”

Morgan let out a laugh. “I guess not. But hey. It’s fine if you like it, okay?”

“I don’t know if I like it like they like it.” He didn’t mention the people browsing the forum by name, but knew Morgan understood. “But I, uh. This case has kind of… made me realize things. I guess.” He scratched the back of his neck. “I don’t know. I might act upset whenever you do it, but-”

“You actually enjoy it,” Morgan finished for him. “That’s really fucking cute, Reid.”

“Oh, shut up.”

“No, no, I’m not making fun! Come here.” Morgan reached for him, putting his arm around his shoulders when Spencer moved closer. “I like that you like it. It’s fun messing with you, you know? And if you’re also having fun at the same time, all the better.”

“It’s not. I don’t know. Weird?”

“Nah. Tickling’s all about bonding and having fun, after all.” He grinned. “The word flusters you a little, huh?”

Spencer looked away. “Oh my god, shut up.” But he was laughing.

Morgan ruffled his hair. “Come on. Bed time. Quickly before I get your neck. It’s literally right there.”

Spencer and Prentiss were at the library when Gideon called them. “We got him.” They raced to the apartment, finding a middle-aged man who wouldn’t take his eyes off of Spencer.

“You’re not that pretty up close,” he muttered and Spencer wasn’t sure whether laughing hysterically when catching an UnSub was acceptable behavior.

“He totally lied,” Prentiss said, placing a hand on his shoulder blade. “You’re, like, really pretty.”

“Morgan overpowered him before he managed to tie him up,” Hotch explained to them. “We got it all on tape too.”

Spencer exhaled. “It’s done.”

“Well, almost. Interviews.”

“He’s guilty,” Morgan said. “At the very least for breaking and entering.”

The next few days were a whirl of interviews and paperwork, and Spencer found he’d not been tickled since the day before they caught him and he was having withdrawals.

Weird.

“You seem deep in thought.”

Spencer turned to look at Gideon. “I am.”

He smiled, gentle, patient. “Anything you want to share?”

Spencer shook his head. “It’s embarrassing.”

“Well, now you’re making me curious.” He approached him, arms crossed. “I won’t push,” he added. “But I’m here if you want to talk.”

“I know.” Spencer smiled briefly at him, wondering if it would be weird to share what he’d already shared with Morgan with someone he considered a mentor and not simply a friend. Was that overstepping? Was this weird to even be talking about? “This case,” he started, rubbing his neck. “It, uh. Well, it- I’m sure you’ve noticed Morgan torturing me.”

Gideon chuckled. “It’s been hard to miss, yes.”

Spencer felt the now all too familiar blush spread over his cheeks. “Right. It, uh. It’s made me realize that I-”

Gideon tilted his head. “Enjoy it?”

“Oh my god, is it obvious?”

“Not necessarily.”

“But we’re profilers?”

“No, it’s not that. You just seem.” Gideon shrugged. “Happier.”

Spencer blinked. “Happier.”

“Yes. Jumpier, yes, but I’ve enjoyed seeing this side of you. Of all of you. Everyone’s much more playful and I think it’s needed, especially now.” Gideon patted his arm. “I’ve not necessarily been suspecting anything-”

“It’s not a fetish!” Spencer found himself blurting out.

Gideon held up his hands. “I didn’t think it was.”

“Not that there’s anything wrong with it.”

“Of course not.”

“I just. It’s fun.”

“I can tell.” Spencer averted his eyes. “Don’t be embarrassed. I like seeing you happy, you know. All of you.”

“Is everyone else also happy?”

“Oh, very. Even the ones who aren’t joining in. It’s making things seem easier.”

“Okay.”

“I sense there’s something else you want to say.”

Spencer flushed even more, finding it hard to remember a time where he wasn’t blushing this frequently. “It’s nothing.”

“Reid.”

“Really, it’s silly.”

“Reid,” Gideon said again, this time with a laugh. “I won’t judge, and you clearly have something on your mind.”

“Well, it’s just that. We’ve not had fun in a few days. Oh god, that sounds ridiculous. I’m leaving.”

“No, no, I understand what you’re saying. Wait here.” Gideon left the room, reappearing a moment later with a grinning Morgan in tow.

“I heard you’ve missed my hands on you, pretty boy.”

Spencer decided to be embarrassed about it all afterward.

#tickling #ticklish!spencer reid #criminal minds #criminal minds fic #tickle fic #spencer reid #n writes #I just want you to know who I am

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hanasnx · 2 years

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Love how you portray Ani with your writing 👀 I was wondering about what your thoughts are on Anakin and Jealousy? I was thinking about how Ani might get insecure more easily but the reader wouldn’t really catch on cause they’re genuinely not interested in anyone but him… or I could imagine this in reverse too tbh but maybe him maybe being a lil but cocky about it yk (and I imagine that this could lead something a bit more steamy if you know what I mean)

hi you’re gorgeous i love jealous anakin i love toxic anakin i’m here for both concepts.

these were my thoughts on anakin’s jealousy, and a little bit about how reader handles it. some of it is a little bit “crack fic” material maybe, or maybe not who knows. i just had a lot of fun using some of my notes :) suggestive stuff and established (fwb?) relationship ahead—

anakin has always had a warped relationship with jealousy, i imagine, and it would start of with things like getting jealous over obi wan patting the head of another child padawan instead of anakin’s when he was a young boy. obi wan would never have showed any favoritism, but to anakin he doesn’t quite grasp why obi wan doesn’t give him more attention that he already does.

of course he cant talk to obi wan about that.

as i’ve seen in TCW— which i felt like was pretty in character for hayden!anakin— was how anakin walked in on rush clovis trying to kiss his wife padme, and he beat the shit out of him without thinking another thought.

it’s always 0 to 100 with that kid.

i think that at first, you think it’s hot that anakin gets jealous. how adorably possessive. but when you have to get in the middle of a bar fight it’s exhausting. you’d quarrel with him about it, because all the guy did was touch you, but to anakin that means permission to step in. and when anakin steps in, it’s like when a bull sees red.

it’s not something we see him grow out of, because in episode 3 he’s yelling at the council for not making him a master, which i think stemmed from a place of jealousy. how his vast accomplishments and power should’ve earned him the seat, and that he deserves one as a master jedi. and then ofc the whole “i saw you with obi wan, padme i’m gonna choke you now” it escalated in seconds just from seeing them together and jumping to his own conclusions.

hes a real “you’re the most jealous man i know” “you know other men?” type (like that meme djksdj)

now that ive gotten my info in order, lets get to the good bits

☥ anakin and you would have a secret relationship. whether it was fwb, or more than that, it’s not an excuse you get to use often as a fail safe if a guy can’t take a hint or take the answer no. there are other times, where you lean into the conversation, let him flirt a little cos you think he’s cute (especially if you and anakin have labeled your relationship as an fwb). you wanna get out there more, and this guy seems nice enough.

now anakin, who can’t let you know he’s jealous (because youre either fwbs or just romantic partners, and he cant have his sense of urgency giving anything away to you or to bystanders), decides to make it your problem that youre flirting with someone in his vicinity. so he squeezes in. in between you and this guy. stands in between you, faces you entirely, to ask you a question. as innocent as ever.

“where’d you stash those power converters?”

“ani, i’m a little busy right now,”

“so tell me and i can get out of your hair.”

“ugh, um, i think in the storage in the west wing.”

it’s the fact he asserted his dominance that leaves him satisfied to leave. (didn’t acknowledge the guy you’re with, faced you entirely, and cut in between you two). however, as time goes on, and you get more bold with whoever you decide to flirt with (or let flirt with you), anakin does the same.

☥ if he sees you with someone new, especially if you’re smiling and hes around your age, anakin will talk to you about it after. “i don’t like the way he was looking at you.”

“he was cute,”

“he looked like a murderer.”

“stop making up reasons for me not to go out with somebody, i deserve happiness.”

“his eyes were too close together, that’s how you know he’s a murderer.”

it’s almost comical.

☥ you mention a new guy in passing and anakin’s first thought is “Is he trying to sleep with you?” and you tilt your head at him with a sort of :/

“ani, darling, just because you wanted to bed me the second we met doesn’t mean everybody does.”

“i want you to know, (y/n), my senses are fine tuned when it comes to you and anticipating the intentions of those around you.”

“you’re guessing,”

“i’m guessing.”

☥ if he saw you at a bar, and a guy managed to worm his way into your interest, anakin invites himself in. and whispers dirty things in your ear before you realize what he’s doing.

just loud enough for the stranger to hear, “i can’t stop thinking about last night. you’re so experienced, it was unlike anything i’ve had before.” and he straightens, “call me.” and grins at the guy you’re with before he leaves. the guy is now getting up to leave—

i wrote some notes about this particular subject ill just plop here hehehe:

☥ im absolutely here for anakin struggling against his jealous and possessive behavior bcos you and him arent “together”. having to stay unattached means he had a very hard time letting go of the fact you liked it when some other guy had his hands all over you trying to show you how to shoot a blaster

you were born with a blaster in your hand, your dad was a hunter and taught you how to use one to kill and then how to skin the animal, your whole life you’ve had one on your for emergency purposes in your criminal line of work, you know how to take any model apart and put it back together, modify it to fit your needs, use them in the war you fought in alongside anakin

and some guy is behind you, correcting your stance and wrapping his arms around yours, showing you where to aim and youre letting him. giggling at whatever he’s whispering in your ear

and anakin is watching from afar.

☥ “what’s she doing?” he asks rex

rex glances at you, “oh, it looks like she’s getting acquainted with our new bombs expert, sir.”

“and why would she be doing that?” anakin gestures to your scheme of pretending not to know how to aim

“he gives us better deals, sir. especially when he’s in a good mood.”

“i can put him in a better one.”

anakin strolls over and tells the bombs expert to show him how to use a blaster. when the guy starts moving his arms for him, anakin is like “no no. like you showed her,” and points to you. and the guy stands behind him (shorter than anakin btw so hes gotta lean over to see past anakin’s shoulder) and you’re behind them literally struggling to not laugh out loud.

you’re red in the face. hand covering your eyes which are tearing up from laughter. smile plastered on your lips bcos you can’t control it. you peek out at anakin letting this guy struggle to show him how he was showing you KSKSND

☥ you elbow him while you’re hiding your face but he can see how red you are. “what? what’d i do?” he asks, completely innocent

“why’d you do that?” you say through your snickers

“i wanted him to see how stupid he was being.”

“you’re lucky it was fucking funny. hopefully he’ll still call me.”

“oh, in that case,” anakin turns to go back and you gotta grab his arm

☥ “you know how to use a blaster.”

“i just liked how excited he was to show me.”

“why?”

“you didn’t see him? he was tall, handsome—“

“i’ve heard enough.”

“why are you pissed off?”

“because i didn’t like it.”

☥ however you don’t mind the hard jealous sex you get from anakin after—

☥ “i like it when you’re jealous,” you say as you take off his clothes

anakin, through gritted teeth, “yeah. and i’m getting real tired of it.”

i always love having somewhere to put some of my notes, hopefully this wasnt too ooc for anakin i get pretty anal about that sometimes cos im obsessed with him. feel free to ask me to explore this idea more!!! ty for the message!!

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artzychic27 · 1 year

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Hey Artzy, do you have any tips on how to write an OC without making them a Mary Sue?

I guess, just don’t make them overly perfect and “can do no wrong.” There’s nothing wrong with seemingly perfect characters like how I wrote Aurore, becuase she feels pressured by her parents to be perfect. Now, if you take away the bit about her parents, make her incredibly self righteous, give her all of these natural talents without any sort of practice, have everyone fawning over her, and let her always be in the right about everything and everyone who says she’s wrong is a piece of shit, then she becomes a Mary Sue

Like a certain someone…

Here are the Science Kids for example, OCs, and the canon ones I fleshed out

Aurore: Straight A’s and definitely getting into her top school, but how will she tell her parents she’s a lesbian and can’t keep being their “golden child” right before she cuts all ties with them and goes to live with her brother?

Denise: An enby with a physique body builders would kill for, yet they feel overworked by their parents simply because they’re the strongest in the family and the elder twin

Simon: Tech Wiz often commissioned to create promo videos for upcoming events, still not completely over their parents abuse and still has mental and physical scars

Reshma: Beautiful, modest rich girl with a love for magical girl anime and anime in general, BUT! She has difficulties knowing if potential love interests truly love her and not her status or looks. Also, has some difficulties trusting older men due to incidents at galas

Jean: Plucky theater kid with a flare for dramatics and has an amazing boyfriend. Who would have guessed that this guy still blames himself for his mom leaving?

Ismael: Cool skateboarder, loves magic tricks, and always seem so cool under pressure. His personality is just a mask to cover up the fact that he’s emotionally drained due to the torment his mother puts him through when he gets home and that his dad wasn’t able to get custody of him after the divorce

Mireille: Pleasant shy girl with a meek demeanor everyone seems to love? Throw in a bastard dad who keeps trying to push her into the spotlight despite the fact that she is painfully shy!

Cosette: On their way to become Paris’ next top makeup artist! How fun! Oh, what’s this? Their “perfect” older siblings are total assholes and this stems from the fact that their mother is emotionally distant and hasn’t once complimented or shown physical affection to any of her own children? And now they put on this cool “I’m here for it” persona and crack jokes to mask their tears?… Wow

Lacey: Let’s see… Incredibly athletic, cute yet badass… Dead parents. Has to take care of both her grandparents and younger brothers. Fears the day her grandparents will die as she does not feel mentally and emotionally ready to take care of her brothers all on her own and refuses to let people in and hell her so she does parkour and all sorts of other activities to null the pain

Marc: Talented writer with legs for days and a cute boyfriend. My, what could possibly be his flaw? Oh! I know! A bad case of anxiety, and depending on the universe, he’s still terrified of Lucien and believe he’s the one at fault for their relationship taking a toxic turn! Boom!

Zoé: Rich mom, rich dad. But, what’s this? The mom is a complete bitch (Which we already know) and is always pressuring her into looking and acting “like her daughter,” even going so far as to bleach her hair at a young age, forcing her to compete in beauty pageants, and the constant verbal abuse regarding her looks. The dad’s cool, though. He misses her dearly

See, no one’s perfect. Not all of them get straight A’s, and not all of them have parents who are super well off due to a thriving business or some shit, and not all of them have parents who are totally accepting of their genders and sexualities. They have to be human, and humans have flaws

#oc #writing an oc #ask me stuff #answered ask #Mary sue

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yonezawacastle · 2 months

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i honestly think each event is written by a different set of writers. and you can tell when a writer has a particular favourite or dislikes a particular character. they commit complete character assassination or don’t even bother

like omg no way they made kojuro act surprised over a woman being interested in politics as if he doesn’t have a literal voice diary saying “women are the future”. his whole character revolves around appreciating strong women. he doesn’t call his lady “miss” for no reason 😭

also no yeah for nobu, i actually appreciated how attentive and empathetic he was in the beginning. but i didn’t like what the writers did in terms of addressing what happened to MC at the end :/ like MC herself doesn’t address it sigh

but yeah this event… idk i didn’t quite like it very much. masamune would NEVER but also, his lady would never try to take advantage of him like that either. they’re both gentle angels who love each other and always seem to be on the same wavelength.

the writers tried to use the jealousy trope but bc they’ve already used it before, they tried a different more “fiery” angle. and it failed.

but yeah idk who wrote this event, it was terrible. the consecrated vows event was actually really REALLY good. shingen’s event was so beautifully written. to go from that to this… nah man. voltage doesn’t have the best writing but they can still do better than this.

i hate nothing more than when they make the characters act ooc. or they try to hard to push a particular trope. like with ieyasu. in his main story he’s got such beautiful development but some of his event stories truly ruin his character :// even nobunaga. his ES are not as bad but he’s such a goofy guy idk why they don’t show more of that. you would never know his true character unless you play his MS

Ngl I was just glad to see the back of that event. I tend to really like exploring the characters' flaws and insecurities. Even good relationships often have cracks in them, which is part of what makes them interesting. I think growing with someone involves a lot of willingness to bare your jagged edges and try to fit them together.

But, I'll be honest and say I don't personally vibe with otome storylines that leave me wanting to slip the MC the phone number of the local women's shelter hotline. There's an audience for that, I'm sure. I'm just...not it. And the characters did feel. Well. Out of character to some degree.

I do want to engage with Nobu more. He comes across so terribly in Mitsuhide's stories and I have a reflexive tendency to avoid his character type, but I'm always a bit curious about his own perspective.

#there are a lot of characters in this game whose heads i want to spend a day in #for all my complaints about this storyline i do think the character work in this game is much better than i expected #asks #slbp #samurai love ballad party

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zombvibes · 2 years

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What's everyone's relationship with each other in teammateswap? (Kris, Susie, Noelle, Berdly, and Ralsei) tbh I'm mostly interested in TMS! Berdly and Kris though since I couldn't find any on that yet-

*crack knuckles* Oh boy…MORE WRITING!! /lh

Because of how many characters I’ll be mentioning, I’ll try and simplify it as much as possible. I’ll be making a more in depth explanation about their relationships on @teammateswap-au once I get that going! So uh please be patient with me!! I am stupid and cannot read or write /lh.

(Also follow that account btw nothing’s there yet except for me freaking out about teammateswap susie appearing in a deltarune memes video. still boggles my mind. still not completely over it btw—)

Before I start, I already talked about Kris and Berdly’s relationship (along with Berdly’s relationship with Susie and Noelle) in THIS post! So I won’t be talking about Berdly’s relationships in this post (except for like…with Ralsei since I didn’t mention him)

Ok so everything’s under the cut have fun reading my incoherent ramblings :

I’m writing everything in notes app rn give me a sec alhfjahfj

KRIS - SUSIE :

They’re childhood friends! They’ve had their ups and downs but they’re still very close! Susie is basically Kris’s honorary sibling and is pretty much considered a part of the Dreemurr family. She, like with all of her friends (...and Berdly), is very protective over Kris. They’re bffls. Ride or die even—

KRIS - NOELLE :

They also knew each other when they were kids. However, Noelle was more aloof and clingy towards her family (mostly her sister). She didn’t really like hanging out the Dreemurrs. Now, they’re friendly with each other! Are they friends? Ehhhhh... Noelle sees Kris as a friendly acquaintance. (However, she would be very touched if Kris refers to her as a friend.)

SUSIE - NOELLE :

Susie is shy around strangers (around cute girls in general) but she out right avoided Noelle. Mostly because she didn’t want to make a fool out of herself. (She still did anyways but Noelle found it to be cute) Noelle always made an effort to get to know Susie more. (She tries to get acquainted with all of her classmates.) But she failed…Susie was very shy before. Noelle’s more caring to her compared to everyone else. (Mostly because of her shy and kind nature.) Eventually, they do become friends! (Friends who have GIGANTIC crushes on each other. That they’re acutely aware of but doubt the other has a crush in them. Because “Why would someone like HER like someone like ME?”)

SUSIE - RALSEI : Susie and Ralsei aren’t TOO close currently (Susie is still shy around strangers.) But they’re still friends! He tries to be really gentle with her but also teases her from time to time. (And Susie, again, is protective over Ralsei. A little more protective compared to others.) Susie actually thinks Ralsei is very adorable and (accidentally) comments on that fact. (And she gets teases by Ralsei for it) I actually talked about these 2 before! Didn’t really change that much stuff but still going to share regardless. Their relationship doesn’t change a lot—

NOELLE - RALSEI * : Noelle likes messing with Ralsei (because she’s a menace to society). Ralsei doesn’t particularly mind Noelle but wish she was a little nicer.

BERDLY - RALSEI * : Berdly thinks Ralsei is cute. WHOA WHO SAID THAT???? Anyways, ignoring that, like everyone else, Berdly talks down and condescends to Ralsei. Not really taking him all too seriously. Ralsei doesn’t have any opinions on Berdly. He just…kinda exists to Ralsei.

* Because Noelle and Berdly haven’t really gotten to know Ralsei in game (like…regular deltarune), this is speculation.

#zomb answers #TEAMMATESWAP - DR AU #hope everything make sense not good with words—

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gcldfanged · 11 months

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3, 6, 18, 21, 24

3. Are there other characters you’re interested in rping or wish to?

The characters I'm obsessing over now are all Tokyo Revengers muses (as you know, LOL), so I'm trying to write down little notes in gdocs when I get ideas. But yeah I think I just might end up playing everybody at this rate.

Maybe Tifa???? I always felt like she had so much untapped potential considering what she survived and went through, like it would make more sense if SHE was the MC of FF7 over Cloud if someone really hates Shinra and has actual personal beef against Sephiroth. I actually thought her Remake personality was pretty lame in that respect, like "but but but i durn wanna hurt ppl :/ uwuwuwu", given her history it would make TOTAL SENSE that she'd believe even Fuhito's book of crazy is the answer to the Planet's ills.

Her dynamic is Cloud is pretty weird and toxic as well, so I'd be open to like exploring that and just seeing where it goes and if they can somehow move beyond it or what??? I never really see people acknowledging it's a thing, it's like the elephant in the room that everyone ignores because then it gets in the way of their 5evur tru otp.

6. Other characters/muns you’re interested in roleplaying with?

I kinda want more crossovers or reasons to come up with new verses for Jae, I just like trying to shoehorn him into someone else's lore and see what happens, LOL.

And of course Verdot... There is just SO MUCH to unpack there.

18. Your muse’s theme song.

Toss up between Yuu Miyashita's cover of Kilmaa as his origin story & Gero's cover of SHANTI as his start of darkness.

21. Three big no-nos to do or say to your muse. (their ‘berserk button’)

Call him one or imply that he is coward.

Insult Verdot/his memory.

Bring up his sister and claim he is now 'the same' as the people who kept them captive (rest in fucking pieces, btw).

24. Send ✍ for the mun to take a crack at imitating your muse. Can be a small silly reply or a more in-depth take. ( Add + plus a scenario or who they’re talking to if you’d like to be more specific)

The streets always seemed to be empty during this hour of the day, the occasional beggar shaking a rice bowl for alms. It was to be expected, they were at war and even when the radio promised victory or death for the glory of Wutai, certain sacrifices had to be made. Three dried fish, 1.8 ounces of pork fat, a sweet potato plant taken from the vegetable fields converted from his elementary school's play yard- All to feed a family of four. If they needed more protein, they'd dig through the backyard to find beetle larvae and roast them with horsetail reed. Watery gruel made from rice day after day, soup broth made from boiled sardine and miso. That was their reality.

His mother took him to the black markets in search of sugar and he'd gawked at all of the items their government claimed to have outlawed- Fine bolts of silk, expensive inks and watercolors, luxury seasonal produce like watermelon. He never asked why or how they hadn't all been confiscated, grateful simply to know that such things still existed and were available- albeit at an inflated price.

Their homeroom teacher was arrested a week later for circulating illegal literature. He and his classmates watched from the bay windows as piles of handwritten and string-bound copies of censored material were burned to ash right in the PE field. His teacher had a rucksack placed over his head and was loaded into the back of a covered military wagon. Even after it had disappeared beyond the school gates, they could hear the rifle's gunshot crack across the sky.

One day, he found a cookbook that had belonged to his nai nai and spent most of his day leafing through it's pages, staring dreamily at glossy photos of pan-seared green beans, black bean sauce with kai lan and giant scallop, salted fish and mushroom stew cooked in a clay pot. It became almost ritualistic, reading each ingredient of every recipe and imagining the taste… the texture of each dish. He swore that he would sit down and eat at least one of his favorites picked from the back index- As soon as the war was over.

Once the war was over, everything would go back to normal.

#ceaselxss #◈ ooc #◈ WRITING #wheee that was fun and depressing as hell

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basedkikuenjoyer · 2 years

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Dark out, I’m cloistered inside where it’s warm because I’m built for triple digit temps and we have snow. Perfect circumstances for a little Late-Night Togashiposting! How could I muse on Oda’s relation to such an influence starting from Okiku and not delve into Hunter x Hunter’s biggest sweetiebaby? Introduced here in one of my favorite panels in the entire series. All that buildup about this horrific, otherworldly monster...then boom. Cute little muffin and all her stuffies. Cracks me up everytime.

Clever introduction too. Symbolically looking like one of the dolls as a reflection of how her family sees her. Excellent contrast with the cutie that perks up when she sees big brother Kil. The idea of “something from afar” as a motif for a trans character given all too often we see Japanese hatemongers writing off queer identities as unsavory Western influence. Not to mention laying seeds for the Dark Continent down the line. Good stuff.

It shouldn’t be hard to guess why I might want to look at Alluka Zoldyck and Okiku side-by-side. We dipped a toe, but they deserve more. They deserve everything. If nothing else we have two high-profile trans characters slipped into some of the biggest ongoing series in Weekly Shonen Jump. They were both very prevalent in their arcs and served as a pillar of the core themes. We have some easy shared territory like exploring them through a sibling bond and this core element of duality. That’s barely scratching the surface though.

First, what we won’t do here. I’m not even going to try and judge which of these two is most baby. They’re both sweetie muffins, they’re both perfect, neither has done a single wrong thing in their lives. I want both as a little sister. Existing in the same series would spark a religion that finally establishes world peace. Eat your heart out Prince Tyson.

The angle I want to approach this from...ever seen much of the correspondence between JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis? It’s honestly as interesting as Narnia or Lord of the Rings. A masterclass on the philosophy of fiction. That’s how I look at these two. Dead serious. And I have for a long time, even before Oda’s glowing statements for Togashi’s exhibition. Looking at the landscape now though, these two are contemporaries even if Togashi’s the senior on paper. Because of his frequent breaks, One Piece has published more chapters than the elder’s three main series combined.

Stands to reason if an author wanted to do a big trans character they’d look at others in the genre. If I was doing so in 2018, Alluka would be a first thought. Hell, Punk Hazard is getting started right as the 13th Chairman Election is concluding. Especially since there’s potentially a similar dynamic getting from Miyuki in Yu Yu Hakusho to Rurouni Kenshin’s Kamatari. The latter pair were part of a big trend of similar characters, WSJ’s answer to a largely shoujo phenomenon. Which tracks with Japanese politics at the time as well as hitting the point new authors who grew up at the height of Stop!! Hibari-Kun’s popularity were coming onto the scene.

Let’s start somewhere easy for the compare/contrast. Both of these little angels have a core relationship with a big brother we already knew by the time we meet them. I’m not going to say one is better, but I like One Piece’s take more and it plays into a way One Piece distinguishes itself from Shonen contemporaries including HxH. Alluka is wonderful, a great story that makes excellent use of the trans aspect as a parallel to the events going on. Much like we’ve said a lot about Kiku. Still...at the end of the day she’s an accessory to the 2nd most important character in the series. It’s about Killua being a good brother first and foremost. Trying to teach the main audience how to respect someone different. Likewise with the trans aspect just being handed to you up front. For all the ways HxH subverts common tropes, even with Alluka, letting Kiku lead her own story is awesome. Doing in a way that couches her in themes most women could relate to even better. You almost never get that and definitely not in something so mainstream.

Why? Because it frees her from having to do as many beats about figuring her out. Killua is a nice evolution, being the one who gets his little sister compared to the rest of the family, but Kiku gets to just be her. None of her story is about being alien to begin with. It isn’t really that hard of a concept, getting to One Piece in general. Hunter x Hunter is subversive in many ways, I’d call it the more mature of the two series in terms of content...but it’s still at heart a “coming of age” story. One Piece isn’t. It’s a young man’s odyssey. That’s why we meet Koby in Romance Dawn. Why we don’t spend East Blue bumbling along as an apprentice. To show Luffy is past that kind of motivation and already the type of figure who can inspire others like Shanks did for him.

That same ethos is all over, and for Kiku it ends up being this awesome manifestation. Seriously...how many trans stories have you seen that aren’t about “finding your true self” or something like that? I’d call hers a step that can only happen past that; someone who has done that grappling with the past catching up to you. An adult who has found her own strength tested with regression, the danger of “becoming the mask” again. It’s Yamato and even Sanji who have more common beats you’d see for a trans narrative. Not trying to twist the knife...but that’s why I knew the former wouldn’t be tagging along at the end. Fans ended up telling on him; so much of the appeal was in “seeing him grow.” Great for most Shonen, not so much for One Piece.

Hmm...this is getting pretty long already. Oh darn, guess that means we have more LNTPs to come. I’ll leave you with this fun thought for now. Just consider the timing. Maybe it’s all one big coincidence. But like I said, Punk Hazard starts as Alluka’s arc is wrapping up. We were laying seeds that would matter for Kiku right from meeting Kin’emon. That’s not all though. Just...find it interesting where Togashi’s huge hiatus lines up with One Piece. Last chapter before released concurrently with the beginning of Act 2, Hiatus ends concurrently with Blackbeard showing up again. From one actress with him (Catarina) to another (Pudding). Is it a bit crazy to speculate on two authors collaborating on something funky? Hell yes, massive reach. But if any two would...

#one piece #hunter x hunter #okiku #alluka zoldyck #eiichiro oda #yoshihiro togashi #late night togashiposting

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turbulentscrawl · 9 months

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Hi there! I was wondering if I could request a matchup for Identity V? I love your work! You manage to capture the characters personalities accurately! It’s very refreshing! Also sorry in advance, this submission is very long 😔

For my preferences, I’m a heterosexual woman, so I would prefer to be matched with a male character!

Currently, I’m attending college as a dual major (psychology and sociology) with a minor degree in law. I’m still deciding what career path I want to pursue. Right now, I’m torn between forensic psychology or becoming a therapist for victims of crimes. I’d say I’m pulled toward the ladder, because I feel like victims aren’t focused on enough and they deserve to have access to such a resource. I feel like I’d make more of a difference in that line of work and my heart feels more invested in it.

For hobbies, I enjoy sketching, kickboxing, playing video games, creative writing, listening to music, cleaning and playing around with makeup.

As for my personality, my MBTI is INFJ and my enneagram type is 6 (the loyalist).

I’m usually quiet around new people but I’m friendly when spoken to. I take a bit to fully open up. I’m polite but guarded, so to speak. And since I am introverted, my friend circle is kinda small since I prefer quality over quantity.

I can maintain conversation well and have been told that I come off as pretty confident person, though I’m really not. I’m not deeply insecure either, more so, I just think of myself as in the middle if that makes sense. Normally, I’m a very calm person but I do like cracking jokes (sarcasm) and teasing people and can seem quite chaotic sometimes (because of my stupid ideas and occasional risk-taking) but I also know when to draw the line.

Kindness is a virtue of mine, as I like to help others whenever I can. That said, my love languages (giving) is physical affection, quality time and gift-giving. When I have the money, I love to spoil those I care about! Even more so if it’s a person I’m romantically interested in. I just like knowing they’re cared for and showing that they’re appreciated in the small ways. On that topic, my receiving love language is physical affection and quality time. I like gifts, but I’m more content just having that person near me. One hug (or cuddle session) is good enough for me! I’m affectionate but I can lay off if needed.

I’m considered to be fairly open-minded and understanding. I’d like to think I can read people pretty well and can adapt to whatever they may need. For example, if someone is quiet and prefers to have space, I can give them that easily. Additionally, I like learning about new perspectives on almost anything! I like to make people feel safe around me, like they could tell me anything and trust that I’ll listen and won’t judge them. I believe firmly in balance and equality and prefer to avoid conflict (if possible) so I’d say I’m a pacifist at heart, though I am not afraid to resort to aggression if I have to. I can be very cruel if I feel like it, so I try to avoid lashing out (verbally) because I feel guilty for causing harm afterwards. Sure, I love martial arts but I try to remain disciplined, I believe it shouldn’t be used to hurt others besides defensive reasons. Hurting others or seeing other people hurt upsets me. In fact, I’m the first one to speak up when I feel like something is an injustice. My friends tell me I have a “strong sense of justice,” which fits I suppose. It ties into my stubbornness because man, I can be VERY stubborn, especially when I am angry or annoyed. Funny enough, it takes a lot to make me truly angry. I can get annoyed at things (like at arrogant people or people not taking a hint) but I can stay mostly composed and brush it off. Unless someone insults my friends or family, I don’t get angry much. That said, yes, I have a protective streak. And if someone is younger than me, it doubles tenfold.

Unfortunately, I have resting bitch face and have moments where I can come off as kinda stoic. I tend to feel my emotions deeply and I also suffer from anxiety, so sometimes I just shut down and become very bleak for a while, usually from overthinking. I prefer to be alone in moments like these, at least until I recover. I usually bounce back within a few hours or days.

Another flaw of mine is that I get distracted easily and I don’t function well without a schedule. I need one to stay productive, otherwise, I can be lazy.

Lastly, relationship deal breakers…arrogance or refusing to be vulnerable AT ALL and clinginess. I also CANNOT stand people who try and pressure me into conforming to what they want. I’ve had guys try and pressure me into being more submissive (I’m very independent) or traditionally feminine, which I hate. I’d rely on my partner, trust him and accept him WHOLLY, but I expect the same in return! If a man accepts me wholly and treats me as an equal, I would allow him to be the more dominant one in the relationship. Basically, lack of respect and inequality is a major turn off in a romantic relationship.

Sorry this was so long! Have a great day/night! 💕

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I Ship You with Eli Clark!

-I'm getting the "high-school sweethearts" vibe from this matchup! You and Eli share a lot in common, with both of you being kind, empathetic, and pretty patient people. I can see the two of you becoming fast friends, and the relationship just naturally develops from there. I honestly can't see there being many, if any, disagreements between the two of you.

-Eli sees you not only as an equal, but as his literal other half. Eli likes people for their hearts, so it doesn't matter to him what sort of societal "role" or "dynamic" you two fall into, just so long as you both take care of one another.

-He prefers to give Physical Affection! Quality time is sometimes a little harder because he's such a natural leader and well-liked person, but when he is with you he likes to be touching in some way. Holding hands, linking arms, whatever you prefer is good with him. He just wants the skinship. He may struggle occasionally with receiving gifts from you, but only because he feels guilty if you spend large sums on him.

-You're on the same page as far as injustices and standing up for other people goes. Eli's calm nature lends itself well to his charisma, so he advocates on behalf of other people a lot. It would make him proud for you to do the same as well--but please, please do not start any fights. Finishing them is something else...though he still doesn't like it.

-Eli is very emotionally available and is usually pretty good at comforting people when they feel down or anxious. As his partner, you'll be his top priority with things along that line, so expect him to try pulling you out of any slumps with a helping hand.

Runner Up: Antonio

#submission #idv matchup #turbulentscrawl

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tojiscrack · 1 year

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𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒:

note: i don’t mean to make this restricting, but if this blog is supposed to be a safe place for everyone (including myself) we might need some ground rules about what can and cannot happen here :)

requests:

you can ask for small drabbles to do with fictional characters you might be interested in. has to have a prompt, of course, so i know what i’m writing about

no [nsfw] content. the only thing that borders it slightly that is allowed could be random thoughts or head canons you might have of a particular character (in short, i still want you to be able to express random, funny thoughts you have because at the end of the day, we’re all simps for these fictional characters and completely down bad lmfao)

the awkward thing about requests is when someone asks you to write about a particular character that you dislike or despise. in order to prevent this, i’ll quickly jot down characters i like/dislike <3

i only write for fem!readers seeing as all my fics and works are self indulgent. that being said, in terms of what the reader is described as, my works are friendly for any and all skin types and hair types! :) (i try to make it so that it is, if you spot anything that you feel isn’t poc friendly, don’t be afraid to send me a message about it so it can be corrected!)

fandoms i write for:

aot and jjk

other mentions:

in the nicest way possible, i don’t want criticism on anything i write. i make fics for my enjoyment, to please myself and indulge for me. i only aim to do this with you all, not for you all.

on the contrary, i do like feedback on my writing. as long as it is polite, i’m okay with any other comments. i enjoy reading your thoughts!!

no hate comments will be tolerated in the comments or my inbox. i’ll respond to them if i feel the need to, and then straight after that, you’re getting blocked bcz you are a stranger on the internet - i truly do not have time for your ass lmao

if you support israel, get the fuck off my page and never return. you’re not welcome here, don’t stay where you’re unwanted. #freepalestine

why i might have blocked you:

i don’t block anyone at all, but if i have, it’s probably due to 2 reasons: 1. because of an interaction you’ve had with me that wasn’t pleasant. in other words, it wouldn’t have come out of blue. i’m never part of any drama lol, so you most likely won’t have to worry about this part (though it is safe to keep this up just in case)!! :) or 2. your posts with ships that i simply dislike (and/or hate) have come up on my feed a frequent number of times and i’m just tired of seeing it. this doesn’t mean i have any ill intent towards you when i block you, i just want to enter the app without seeing things i don’t exactly want to see! :)

who can interact?

anyone and everyone!

however, do not interact if you come under the following: racist, islamaphobic, misogynistic, anti-semetic, zionist, etc.

people under 18 can interact! this also includes ageless blogs :)

protection of my writing:

one thing that makes my writing specifically known as mine is the way i write y/n or the plot — usually follows a more comedic/crack type of story rather than an actual… story, lmfao?? i will not allow for anyone to take certain scenes i’ve written (and i’ll know, trust me, bcz i come up with them as they’re all inspired from IRL events of my own life) and then incorporate them into their own story. in short: i will not allow plagiarism, stealing my ideas, taking inspo from my writing without credit, and so on.

anything ranging from copying my stories to translating my work in another language is definitely not allowed.

i am certainly not against anyone promoting or recommending my story on their social media! i think it’s cute and incredibly wholesome <33

aot characters i am not willing to write for:

floch and zeke

jjk characters i am not willing to write for:

mahito and kenjaku

rules last updated:

14th of april, 2024

that’s all!! enjoy your stay <3

#took me a while #but it’s done #aot #attack on titan #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #yeah that’s it tbh #all for a new theme lmao #it was abt time i changed it

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m1ckeyb3rry · 2 years

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hii !!!

so i decided to reread pomegranate ink bc i just love it way too much, and I FORGOT HOW FUNNY TULLIA IS, i literally love her sm omg she’s definitely one of my fav characters that you’ve written (along with friedrich from SITH!)

i completely forgot how WHIPPED yuta is for the mc & im absolutely living for it omg. the way he was so protective over her during the goodwill event & literally went batshit crazy bc she got hurt had me wanting to scream /pos

i also love how supportive noritoshi is! instead of making him a toxic partner, you made him trusting and supportive and it’s so refreshing. other authors may have gone with the cliche & made him toxic, and i’m so glad you didn’t. how he acts so sweet to the mc and wants her to be happy despite their situation is so endearing to me. it shows that he cares sm abt her platonically & i adore their friendship <3

AND TOGE!!! i love how he’s been a shoulder to lean on since the beginning! he’s helped the mc out sm & he’s such a reliable friend to her. their friendship is also one i adore. & toge & tullia are so cute, i hope they get together soon!

i’m loving tanvi’s character so far!! you rlly have such a good way of incorporating ocs into the story where they’re not just randomly thrown in. and you always find a way to show their importance too! i can’t wait to see more of tanvi in the future! she seems so sweet & i feel like her & tullia would get along so well.

sorry for ranting sm!! i just love pomegranate ink with my whole heart. it’s definitely my second fav of your fics, right behind SITH!

i’m interested to hear what you would do in regards to when yuta comes back during shibuya. like, would the mc stay in tokyo & meet the first-years & participate in the goodwill event or would she go with yuta overseas? it’d be cool to see her interact with the first-years though!! especially nobara, i feel like those two would get along despite nobara’s headstrong personality! i also think her & yuji would be good friends! thinking abt how gojo wanted to set her up with megumi would be funny in regards to those two meeting for the first time LMFAO. i definitely think megumi would respect her like he does yuta & i feel like she’d be like a protective older sister figure to him or maybe she’d remind him of tsumiki in a way?? i just like theorizing! :D

i’ll stop rambling now haha, i hope you’re doing well & taking care of yourself! :))

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HIII sorry for the late response I feel like I’ve been kinda MIA recently!!

I feel like it’s not Yuta if he’s not at least a little whipped I’m glad you liked how I wrote him :) halfway through that fic I gave up on trying to make everyone be in character and just decided to write based on vibes alone HAHAHHA I think the best way to describe it is JJK vol 0 on crack tbh

I considered going the typical route or having him be in love with her but it’s just sm better with them as friends. Noritoshi is so sweet and he deserves sm and I hate when authors make characters villains for no reason when canonically they probably wouldn’t behave that way

TOGE IS SO GOBLIN I LOVEEE HIM he feels like someone who will just always come through when you really need him and isn’t afraid to say things straight up 🫶🏼 the best friend we all need FR and you’re so right he and tullia should be together by now…maybe if I ever actually wrote they would be 💔💔💔

Aww thank you I love using OCs so I’m glad people like them!! Tanvi will be a love interest for an already-introduced character but I will leave it a mystery as to who 🤞🏼

DON’T APOLOGIZE I LOVEEE LONG ASKS I always get happy when I see them in my inbox hehehe they’re the best form of validation Fr

MC will stay in Tokyo when Yuta goes overseas!! She’ll probably have a more background role because otherwise some plot points simply wouldn’t happen (ex during the exchange event she would be left to fight Todo as they’re evenly matched and she’s beaten him before) but she will be present for most major things. I think nobara would definitely look up to her the way she does with maki, and I think the MC would probably love the fact that someone thinks she’s strong HAHAH. I do think she would like yuji a lot as well!! Honestly she’s a pretty friendly person I think she doesn’t really dislike anyone (except for naoya). I can see yuji and tullia getting along very well though! And as for megumi…I think gojo would constantly be third wheeling or indiscreetly spying on them anytime they try to talk so that might make it hard for them to be super close but who knows lol.

I’ve been doing pretty well recently, just been super busy which is why I haven’t written anything in so long. I watched the new AOT ep with my family today which will hopefully motivate me to update SOMETHING soon hahaha.

#answered asks #pomegranate ink

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writing-in-mermish · 2 years

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Tips for writing empaths from a person who struggles with hyper empathy

While talking about hyper empathy with my sibling, @poore-choice-of-words, we realized that my experiences might be really inciteful into how being or becoming an empath might feel, so here are some things that I’ve noticed and tried to verbalize about this.

disclaimer: this is only my experience so this might not be accurate for everyone who struggles with this, also, I am not an expert and this is not a science, it’s basically all feelings, I’m just trying to wrap my brain and some logic around it and thought it might be interesting if you’re writing empaths.

physical proximity/level of engagement can make a difference: I remember when I was little, overhearing arguments would make me shrink away from mental and physical discomfort. I would try and get as far away as possible because of they way it made me feel. I’d also try to focus on other things like cleaning or schoolwork or reading. The farther away, physically and mentally, the better I felt. this lead to serious conflict avoidance issues that I’m still trying to work on.

Tamping down your emotions is not helpful, it actually makes it worse: with plenty people, ignoring your feelings can leave them completely blind to what going on with you, I might not be always aware of where the emotions are coming from, but I can sure as hell still feel them! A lot of times, it even makes it more palpable. It’s like, instead of holding an herb that I can see and smell, it’s like someone is crushing it out of sight, which makes it smell stronger, but hides where it’s coming from. When people are processing their emotions or at least are feeling them for themselves, it takes a lot of the emotional weight of me.

Numbing does work???? when I’m the one doing it! (kind of): one of the symptoms of depression is numbing! It is super confusing for someone who can normally feel all the feels to not be able to sense what’s going on with other people, this can happen when you are depressed. It’s very upsetting, especially cause it seems like you can’t completely numb, so it feels like this weird power you’ve always had is going of the fritz, and when that’s how you’ve survived a lot social interactions, it can feel like losing your life vest while out in the ocean.

(side not, sometimes numbing is focused on certain emotions or topics, so when you come across one that you aren’t numbed for, you get an emotional break down. If you your feelings are bottled up, and they find a crack, they come out sideways! this feels tangentially related but not important enough to be it’s own thing)

Empaths shouldn’t just be the nicest characters: A side affect of absorbing other peoples emotions is acting out because of them. If someone is going through it, and an empath isn’t good about controlling their feelings, they’re gonna be right there with them. This means empaths should be all kinds of mental, especially if others around them are messed up. Let empaths be assholes! And waffle about feeling extreme guilt and vindication about it.

Media escapism is on another level: Like I said about physical proximity above, having a screen between you and the other person (particularly if they are fictional in some way) makes it much harder to be overwhelmed by the feelings. So making media a comfort (or even addiction) for your empaths is a great idea. (Its especially interesting if they enjoy media with emotions they run from IRL).

Folks with low empathy are actually great?: My sibling has low empathy (this says nothing about their compassion, they are a very caring person) and they are far more relaxing to be around. Not being bombarded by strong emotions around them is great, especially because they’ve learned to verbalize thing so I’m not in the dark. This might look different if the person is untrustworthy, but maybe that’s a fun blind spot to give your empath. The character dynamics are interesting here for sure.

#There’s probably other stuff but I can’t think of them right now #so I guess this is it #If you have any questions #please send them my way #I’d be happy to help #empaths #writing advice #probs an ADHD symptom #I don’t talk about it much for obvious reasons #but I thought it might be helpful info for writers #so here we are

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justsomelostboys · 2 years

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Introduction to Curly & Hook:

CHARACTER

Name: Name of the character you’re applying for. Curly

Face Claim: Remember to check here first. Robert Sheehan

Alignment: The alignment system is a great way to take a quick but thorough look at your character’s driving motivations. Unsure what we mean when we ask for alignment? You can learn more about your choices here. True Neutral

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– troublemaker. That’s the only word that Curly remembers from the Other Place. They used to chant it at him, droves of mindless, faceless nothings. It did the opposite of what they wanted it to: it made him push further, just to see how far he could go. In the Other Place, Curly remembers smiling faces only when they were twisted. He cannot remember an adult that he trusted, he knew that they were all selfish. They wanted him to be something that he could never be. In the Other Place, there was nothing. They told him as such, that someone like him could never be anything, so he made his own fate. He had no parents that he knew of, they had abandoned him long ago, and any other adult that tried to take their place deemed Curly too unruly to save. He was far too gone for anyone to put in the effort to turn him back around. He was always running away, wanting to put everything in his past and make it stay there. But even now, he has nightmares of one particular adult that would stop at nothing to make Curly something he could never be.

– His memories are like shattered glass, scattered all over the floor. He knows that if he were to try and make sense of it, to put the pieces back together, they would only shatter more–or cut into his skin. There are tiny little boxes sitting in his mind of bad memories, locked away forever and never to be opened. But sometimes when he is asleep, they leak into his consciousness. A rotund man with piercing blue eyes and gnarled hair stands above him. He feels like a giant to Curly, standing so tall that it hurts to look up at him. Curly’s face stings with the pain of human contact, never good enough for anyone. He is either failing or falling, he can never remember which. He rarely fights back, even if the man screams at him to do it–just do something! They say that there are two reactions to a stressful situation: fight or flight, but Curly has always forgotten. He takes the memory, puts it in a little box, and shoves it in the parts of his mind that are too deep to ever find again.

– Eventually the man grows tired of Curly doing nothing, and Curly gets tired of it too. He stands there as still as a rock, waiting for the man to lose interest. But as the days go by, his patience for this little game wains. Eventually, Curly finds a new game to play. This time, he reacts sarcastically. He does all of the things that adults hate about teenagers: he rolls his eyes, cracks his knuckles, and only responds in two-bit jokes. They’re usually bad, but on the rare occasion, Curly gets a laugh out of the man. This almost always turns the whole situation around. Curly becomes less of a rock waiting for the tide to roll back out and more of a comedian in a room full of hecklers. He may not say the jokes on his setlist, and sometimes someone ends up throwing a punch, but he always makes them laugh. And that becomes a core part of who Curly is. As long as he can keep them laughing, then everything works out in the end. At least for a little while.

– Neverland feels like a fever dream more than anything. Something that Curly is certain he is going to wake up from at any moment. In the beginning, he truly felt as though he was carving something for himself. He finally found a group of people who weren’t interested in being some other thing–they were simply who they were at that moment and didn’t care to change it. But then there were the Darlings. They were unlike anything Curly had met before, or since. They did not see Neverland as a dream, as something that they could revel in. Wendy in particular fell for so many of Peter’s cruel games that Curly was sure that she would not survive it. But in the end, somehow she did. Through resilience or sheer luck, Wendy managed to convince Peter to let her return to where she came. To make matters worse, most of The Lost Boys agreed to return with her. But Curly knew better. He understood that this was a game, and just like countless of Peter’s games, there was always a catch. A trick. One did not get what they asked for, especially not in Neverland. Curly tried to convince the others not to go, that going against Peter was never a good idea even if he said that it was okay. Peter would lead anyone into a swamp of crocodiles if it meant he could keep his own hand. But they left him all the same, like everyone else in Curly’s life.

– When they all left, Neverland turned into a frozen tundra. The moment that the air turned cold, Curly knew that this was the punishment for their departure. He knew that Peter did not like to lose and this was the result of it. He could have died. He should have. But Curly is resourceful to a fault, after spending so much time having to survive on his own. Even before this, before Peter spit nothing but vitriol to the only one who stayed, Curly had been through the worst that life could throw. This was just another step in the never-ending swamp. He retreated into himself, putting his whole self inside of a box, and only acted on instinct. Hunting, foraging, finding shelter, sleeping: these were his new normal. If he told Peter of his success, Peter would destroy it all. After one incident where Peter found his shelter and destroyed it, Curly stopped talking altogether. He spent the entire winter simply surviving. But something happened inside, something that never happened before. Curly changed. He no longer wanted to cling to the arms of another–anyone who would give him attention. He knew that when they returned, he would return to the stage and become the comedian once again. But it was all to survive, to keep them away from his heart. It had become as frozen as the whole of Neverland.

– And Peter’s Games? Well, Curly knew how to play them. He knew that in order to survive, as long as he kept coming up with new things to entertain Peter, he would be able to continue on living. One mistake could end in death–or worse, exile. He knew better than to go against a raging storm. He learned how to simply weather it. Because no matter what, Curly knew that he couldn’t go back to the Other Place. The glimpses of his life that he remembers tells a very dark tale, one that he has no intent on finishing.

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AWAY FROM THE OPEN JAWS / LOST BOYS ONLY: The tenth or eleventh night Lucy stayed in Neverland, Lucy walked in her sleep through the forest. This was the first and, hopefully, only time that Lucy slept-walked to the edge of the Crocodile Pond. It just so happened that a Lost One roused from sleep not long after, finally finding her at the edge, and pulled her away by her nightgown just as the crocodile was about to snap its jaws at the sleep-walking Lucy.

– Once the Winter-that-Ruined was over, Curly was prepared for the worst. But what would happen next was something he could have never predicted. Instead of building things back from the ground up, Peter wanted to replace how things used to be. He brought another girl. Another Wendy. And another. And another. Most of them would not survive. At first, Peter would play with them. He would gather nice things for them, doing everything he could to make them happy. But they could never be the real Wendy. Eventually, he would grow tired of the game and want to discard his toy. Curly doesn’t know if it was an accident or Peter’s doing, he only knows that he stopped Lucy from falling into the jaws of a crocodile. To this day, he questions if what he did was right, always teetering on the line of good and bad. One thing is for certain: if Peter found out, Curly would be a dead man walking.

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Name: Name of the character you’re applying for. Hook

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– Hook was the first of the Lost. Most of what they follow now was created by him and Peter. Back then, the world of Neverland did not have all of its complications. There were no rules, as long as one followed whatever Peter wanted them to. They were meant to take care of each other, to look out for one another, and above all, to never leave.

– Unlike most of the Lost, Hook remembers more of his time in the Other Place. Hook would love to pretend that his life was any different than now, but that would be a lie–one he tells on occasion. Peter loves a good down-trodden story. If one of the Lost does not have a reason to stay in Neverland, then they were turned away. That was a rule-that-wasn’t-a-rule. Their life back in the Other Place had to have nothing to want to return to in it. Otherwise they would become homesick and want to go back. Then Peter would have no one to play with. So Hook made up a story about his life, one that Peter would believe. Hook’s make-believe life was that he was an orphan, left on the streets to fend for himself. No one cared about him, despite how much he begged for a home. He was shoved aside and forgotten.

– In truth, Hook led a life of his own making. He did not follow the rules set by society. Most men were chasing down a good family name to tie themselves to. Hook was doing everything but. He spent his days gambling and his nights whoring around. He went to the opera to visit the women there, flirting and making them think that he cared about them. But he never did. He became much like his father was, a man who had nothing to tie him down. Hook’s family didn’t die, like he had told Peter countless times, they simply did not exist to Hook. They were too insignificant to include in the story of his life.

– When Peter brought him to Neverland, Hook decided that this could be how he masters his own fate. Together, they could build whatever world they wanted to and there would be no one to tell them otherwise. They would be the rule makers. If the rules became too much, too boring, too easy, then they could be changed. Hook could allow the darkness that he held in between his ribs to be released in one breath, and no one could say anything about it. He got pleasure from the pain that he caused others, especially when Peter told him to do it. Pirate raids became his favorite. Hook loved to instill fear into the heart of every pirate that they came across, renouncing them his enemies-for-life.

– He did not, however, beat them just because he could. He did it because he was told to, but also because he believed in what Peter was telling him. The game was Lost Ones versus Pirates and those Lost always won. He never dueled someone before he was told to, but once he did, he gathered a sick sort of pleasure from it. They were the enemy and Hook was the vengeance. He became obsessed with the role that Peter had given him of seeking revenge for something that never even happened. If Peter told him to jump, Hook asked how high.

– Until Charlie. He was a damn child when he was brought to Neverland, something that Hook thought Peter had said would never happen. He was certain that the age was to be a boy–not yet a man–but never a child. Hook never agreed with the boy’s presence but he was there all the same. And then there was Sally. She wasn’t even supposed to be here, just like Charlie. None of them were supposed to be there. It was Peter who had brought them all here, one by one. He was the one pulling the strings. The rest were mere puppets in his game. The caveat was supposed to be that Peter only brought those who were in desperation. He was not to bring anyone who came from a happy family, those who were able to fend for themselves. Somehow, both Charlie and Sally gave Hook the courage to stand up against Peter. He would no longer stand idly by and watch as Peter quickly grew tired of his play things. Instead of discarding them, Peter sought to kill them. He couldn’t stand looking at his failures every day, so he did everything to get rid of them.

– Hook spent his time digging grave after grave, burying one play thing after the other. It became clear to him that eventually, he would find himself in the gravesite himself. That eventually, Peter would grow tired of him as he does with all of his play things. For the first time, Hook found something that had eluded him in his own life: he found someone worth fighting for. But it was all for nothing. Peter would never allow for his play things to escape. He would never allow them to have minds of their own either. It was that you either played Peter’s games or faced the consequences. Hook had to watch as those he had grown to care for slowly died at the hands of Peter. It had all come to a fever pitch, but when Hook tried to fight off Peter himself he learned that as long as Peter feeds the island with the blood of those who won’t play his games, Peter is invincible.

– In the end, Hook was punished in the same way that he had punished those before him. Just as he had done to countless others before him, Hook had his right hand cut off and fed to the crocodiles. He was cursed to stay in Neverland forever, to never grow up, and to always be Peter’s favorite play thing.

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