#things are getting cooler babey

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Sword gays showdown, round 2 of bracket one

Propaganda:

For Zoro:

Literally training to be the greatest swordsman in the world. Has a special three swords technique (one blade in each hand plus one with the handle held in his teeth). I haven't read the manga or watched the anime but the live action adaptation gives me extremely gay vibes and based on the fandom things I've seen I'm not the only one

bro uses three swords. has one in his mouth. dont ask how the HELL he manages that. one day he will be the worlds greatest swordsman....after he beats the current greatest for both the titles of greatest swordsman and fruitiest swordsman. he's dramatic as FUUUCK like bro what the hell. has homoerotic fights with the local twink like everyday. directionally challenged, can and will get lost in a paper bag, doesnt know left from right...he probably cant read, too. hes too silly ngl

First of all, im in like episode 250 and so far he hasnt been shown attracted to any woman at all during the whole show so far, not even when one changed clothes in the same room as him and this is anime so you know there were other characters with bloody noses and shit. With that out of the way he wields three swords at once [two in his hands, one is his goddamn mouth dude. Its cool af trust me.] When he was little he made a promise to his best friend that he'd be the best swordsman in the world. Later she died in a tragic accident and left her sword which he still uses today. He also carries a cursed sword but he overpowers the curse with a combination of skill and sheer luck. He got stuck in a chimney. While his crewmates sail their ship he takes naps. He learned how to cut through metal by fighting a guy who could turn his body into metal blades. That's metal. He refuses to fight this liberal marine officer because she looks like his childhood best friend and its just understandably really awkward for him. He's autistic. He's a he/him bisexual lesbian. He's a gay man. He's ace/aro. He's whatever you want him to be babey!!

he has 3 swords, wields one in his mouth sometimes, his dream is to be the greatest swordsman in the world

three swords and big aroace-spec gay vibes

He not only has a sword he has *three* swords. He's absolutely gay there's no way to see this man as straight. Also one time he licked his sword for no reason and that was really funny to me so I had to mention it

Look, this man thinks about three things: Swords, His Captain, and Booze. He’s on a quest to be the worlds greatest swordsman. The Live action has a scene where he declares his undying, unwavering loyalty to his captain WHILE reaffirming his promise to be the worlds greatest swordsman. At this point His dream and his Captain are so intertwined it’s crazy. Man is so sword-y he’s got three of them. When one of his swords broke he carried its empty scabbard until he was able to give it a SWORD FUNERAL. He hears a sword is cursed and takes that as a challenge. He will literally tell his swords off for “bad behavior” when they “act up” due to being straight up cursed. He tests one by throwing it in the air and sticking his arm out to see if it is so blood thirsty and ill tempered that it will cut him. Even though he’s literally the first mate if you ask him what his role is he’s going to answer Swordsman.

He's dedicated his life to two things: becoming the greatest swordsman in the world and his captain, Luffy. 

He mastered the three sword style. Its his style. It would've been more swords but he could only fit one sword in each hand and one in his mouth. He wants to be the world's greatest swordsman, a deal he made with his childhood best frenemy (before she died falling down the stairs). He thought he was All That at the start and was almost completely decimated by the actual Worlds Greatest Swordsman. Now, after two years forced training with that guy, he's probably in the top tier no-doubt, and honestly could already be the best but we just don't know for sure yet. Also, did I mention: he's got the whole demon/devil imagery going on at times. And he has absolutely no sense of direction! plus is a total softie when it comes to Chopper and all the children who somehow gravitate towards him. And he loves naps!

One of the guy's main goals in life is to be the best sword fighter and he fights with three swords which I think is telling enough of his skill.

For Sayaka Miki:

my favourite scene is the one where Sayaka turns off all her pain receptors to battle the shadow witch, uncaring of the damage dealt to her body, because what is a body but a decaying vessel you must eventually abandon anyway? that was very depression of her <3 Also there’s that one time (in the rebellion movie) where Sayaka stabs herself on her own sword to release the witch that dwells within her. and then she immediately gets up to fight back to back with her girlfriend. that moment lives rent free in my head. Sayaka is so depression and I love her for it:)

SHES SO GAY ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY SHE FLIRTS W THE MAIN CHARACTER HER NARRATIVE FOIL IS ANOTHER GIRL W TBE OPPOSITE COLOR SCHEME THEYRE RED BLUE LESBIAN MOMENT YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT ELSE ??? SHE COMES TO THIS FALSE REALITY LITERALLY JUST TO SEE HER GIRLFRIEND ALIVE THEY LIVE TOGETHER AND THERES A WHOLE OUTRO SEQUENCE JUST W THE TWO OF THEM SHE STUDIED THE GAY BLADE I STG also she uses a sword 🗡️ love u sayaka

[teenyweenyeenymeeny]

Idk if you do hcs…but…lmk if this is Blasphemy /hj /lh but imagine like a CG Young Neil?? He’s babey to me but…CG Young Neil??????👀👀🤝

-puyopuyopopee ^^

I’m going to be so honest it’s a little bit Blasphemy 🤍 [← SILLY]

he is suuuch a little guy I think but. I think he Can be a little bit Like a cg. perhaps

^ Not a parental cg at all !! barely even a babysitter… he is like. the Slightly Older Much Cooler cousin at the family function… great at having Fun with Littler guys but if anything were to happen he has to go get a grown up 🤍

he is like want to play video games with me… and then he lets the Littler guy win :)

^ if they are Too little to play games or they just. do not want to then they just watch him :)

he is always saying the Silliest things especially to little guys… he may Sound like ooohh so knowledgeable big kid 🤍 no he is Often wrong

I Know there is something silly that Littler Guys Than Him can call him hm… perhaps. Older Younger Neil… hehe

asked @sleepysilly for help so from now on this is Mostly from His head 🤍:

• likes Wii best when he is kind of babysitting !! especially likes to play Wii sports with Littler guys because. it is fun !! and Also it tires them out so they are ready for bedtime :)

• has silly miis of all his friends and he will do a Tour of them… and then his Littler friend[s] can make miis With him…

kay ummmmm yes this is all we think of… sorry it is not Quite what you asked for tehe ๑❛ᴗ❛๑

[cacklingblobbittyrabbitty]

super super unhinged rainbow magic post 9 of 12

If you thought the creation of an entire backstory for Bethany the Ballet Fairy was extreme please brace yourself further it’s gonna get EVEN BETTER

SPORTS FAIRIES

Helena She do be riding horses doe - she’s doing the dressage babey and she’s a successful medal winner! This is top quality shit man Favourite part: sparkly boots!!! Least favourite part: kill me the necklaces are back Cute hairnet tho we love some safety!

Francesca First dreads! Whoop whoop! However some of the beads are not attached to her dreads lmao I want the hair to be a darker brown colour as well tbh Necklace ew murder murder death death death Shoes don’t match her outfit and it HURTS Apart from that the outfit is basic but cute (crop makes it cute) Pulls off the knee-high footie socks surprisingly well

HEADCANONS: Dynamic attacker (not defender thank you very much), she kisses her girlfriend on the field, and she plays for brazil

Zoe YESSSSSSS THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL DYNAMIC Why is her left skate so fat has she broken + taped her ankle? This is canon now that she has, bitch has broken EVERY bone possible The fingerless gloves are INCREDIBLE I’m glad about the lack of elbow guards because they would reduce the pointiness of her elbows which are the single most effective murder weapon in fairyland I love the stars! It’s so 80s and cheesy and I love them! Why is her necklace a roller skate wheel though (rolls eyes) Dyed hair?? A queen A great red She dyed it to match her skates! COMMITTED TO HER SPORT also she has a trophy wall plus she roller-derby-murders women in her spare time and she’s happy about it

Naomi - there is no netball in the united states (there is no war in ba sing se) Can’t believe that this girl has bunches, ribbons AND a headband!!! It’s overkill imo The necklace is a decent size but AS PER FUCKIN USUAL would be better if not there Trainers are cute It’s a netball outfit! At least it’s cuter than my high school netball outfits, but that’s because it’s a middle-class-ass netball outfit but I do like the peppiness Strong use of colour! Thumbs up!

HEADCANONS:

Trans girl that secretly wants to be a horse girl (gasp but like fair enough horses are objectively cooler than netball, even though she plays for the school team) Hey you definitely Do Not Remember Bethany the Ballet Fairy’s chin shape but Naomi has the same one which means SHE IS BETHANY’S LITTLE SISTER

Samantha (swimming) The grey streaks are perplexing cos surely she’s not Old but honestly she is kinda rocking it, I love the hair but you Know it’s full of salt at all times The use of goggles as a headband is decently cute! Why does it have to be a two-piece if it’s going to cover the same amount of torso as a one-piece? I guess it makes going to the loo easy tho tbf Very 2000s design omg Fucking skirt could be cute but you can tell it feels so horribly artifical Anklet is cute! Barefoot QUEEN in tune with nature

HEADCANONS:

Mum friend - she is the sunscreen queen, she has an straw beach bag entirely full of snacks, and she is so nice and chill   

She is not a professional swimmer AT ALL, she just goes to the swimming pool at the resort every year

She knows breaststroke and doggy paddle and she thinks doggy paddle is a stroke Everyone else is super fucking stressed out at the pool doing like actual lengths and exercise and Samantha is like do you want to come and do backflips with me in the deep end?

Possibly the only straight fairy (experimented once with a girl but mainly likes men)

Alice The swirls are so cute! She definitely embroidered them herself I want it to be a dress with a slightly higher waistline instead of a top with an overly long torso Great job on a matching tennis racket that goes with your accessories - she painted it, DIY queen Hair is BEAUTIFUL Shoes are from the year 3000 omg so modernnnnn The lil visor thing! Adorable! SO iconic

HEADCANONS:

Alice is Naomi’s twin sister and Bethany’s younger sister, and she’s a massive girly girl. She’s the youngest child in the family, there’s not much pressure on her so she’s a chill kid. She’s cis and she’s a massive ally. Alice is absolutely the most likely out of everyone to go to the swimming pool with Samantha - Bethany never comes with her but 50% of the time Alice can get Naomi to come and hang out at the pool

Gemma RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS REPRESENTATION BABEY with the HOOPS and the RIBBON hell YEAH she definitely competes internationally Outfit is bloody beautiful and it MATCHES HER HOOP The yellow leggings are stupid but I like them Her hair is in competition mode rn it is a good SOLID bun - the ribbon is for aesthetic only Colour scheme showing support for Ukraine Necklace is NOT gymnastics worthy full stop

[beatcroc]

monster thoughts: loloska

popo | name: Nana | prior familiarity: none i can’t belive this thing’s fuckin name is popo. third verse same as the first re: herbivores. unfortunately just a run of the mill fantasy mammoth, all you did was take the base animal’s most notable trait and skew it a little differently. 5/10

zamite/trios | name: Blastin’ | prior familiarity: plenty slapping a shark’s body onto some amphibian legs is a bold but surprisingly great pull. it works! really strong shapes, great color accenting, looks even cooler with ice armor. i’m not sure if it’s a great tactic for something with thin stretchy amphibian skin to go around rolling over stuff that’s as hard, sharp, and spiky as most of the other monsters in this series but i guess it works for him? bad to look at tho. 8/10 zamite is very good too, they’ve got a cute stance and i really like their armor. it’s a bit weird to me they lose it by the time they get to being zamtrios, but i do appreciate that trios’ ice armor takes more or less the same shape as zamite’s plating. different enough to get its own rating, 8.5/10, pet material *there’s a beta concept of zamtrios where it’s a basking shark and holy Shit why wasn’t that in as final. that makes so much more visual sense with the balloon thing....i guess i can understand it as a frog vocal sac played a little differently but i just like the basking shark way more lmao.

great/baggi | name: Scooter |prior familiarity: only its battle theme lol third verse same as the first re: theropods. while the visual flavor is at least different enough from jaggi to be distinct, it still uses the same base and animations so it’s like. eh. jaggi/10

lagombi | name: Shredder |prior familiarity: somewhat as an infamous hater of rabbits and rabbit-based designs, lagombi is actually pretty good. really dig the whole streamlined facial situation and the belly sled is a fun, if annoying to deal with, gimmick. brown fur ridges are a little silly and unnecessary imo but that’s a nitpick. looks absolutely ridiculous using its dash anywhere but on snow. 7.5/10

nargacuga | name: Betty |prior familiarity: plenty despite being one i liked a lot before playing any games, i just don’t have much attachment to this thing here? another whose flavor is probably hit pretty hard by stories’ rpg format; don’t get to see it do its cool nighttime ninja stuff. sleek solid design, nothing too wild but it accomplishes its idea very nicely. also it’s funny so much of its flavor is dedicated to being... cat. 7.5/10

barroth | name: FudgeCake |prior familiarity: none how is this thing speed type? that’s a fuckin Rock bro. definitely one of the Cool-type designs, but has a decent amount of its own flavor. lots of fun stuff going on with the face but weirdly the part i like the most is the growth ring sorta circles on the top of its crest thing. barroth succeeds where yian-kut-ku fails at having the head be the only really ‘special’ looking part with an otherwise fairly basic body. also really dig the way its coloring is done in stories. 7/10 jade barroth [name: Radio] is a very cool thing to run into the first time, but i generally prefer the standard colors

anjanath | name: Sarahhhh | prior familiarity: plenty that’s my MANS. ok look ive been giving the smaller theropods and the dinosaurs in general a lot of shit; and anjanath is, for all intents, Kind Of Just A T-Rex, but the thing is....... i just rly like anjanath ok. it’s the little things i think. the sunken fleshy look. the mouth that opens slightly too far. the funny furred ankle socks which i 100% did not know were a thing until seeing it in stories. just the general fact they made a pink ass t-rex. more than anything though i am always a slut for any kind of ‘movable’ or ‘hidden’ stuff on a design. if the nose cone and sails were there all the time as part of the default look i wouldn't care about them half as much but oohoooo babey seeing ‘em pop out when you know that thing is PISSED and ready to kill. ohohohohoho. awesome accenting to an already great design & i love that she is so pissed. 10/10

gypceros | name: Dorothy | prior familiarity: none uh oh lads this one is kind of bad. stiff and plastic-y looking body, unflattering colors, inexplicably mismatched ugly tail. i’d be totally willing to accept the tail if it had a Function, but without one the amount of visual emphasis on it as a distinct Part just feels misleading. i also do not like its teeth. the mechanism for its blinding/flashing gimmick is pretty neat but nothing else seems to gel with it, though i do appreciate the detail of its eyes being shot from the light.  2/10

conga/lala | name: Boober |prior familiarity: none turns out 'boob’ isn’t allowed as a name. the claws definitely feel unnecessary and detrimental, and hippo/ape is a really really unfortunate combo for me [both some of my least favorite animals irl]. the bizzarely bright pink/green and the farts are 100% not helping anything either. that chopping chattering noise it makes with its teeth is pretty neat but aside from that....ugh. 4/10 the design is decent enough but please go away

kecha wacha | name: Joe |prior familiarity: none EMPHATICALLY no familiarity. absolutely the guy who’s surprised me most. what the hell is that thing i am being attacked by a washcloth. during most of the fight i was unsure what to make of it but the ears thing made me instantly go oh this freak fucking rules [see previous: movable parts on a design lmao]. a delightfully unique face and it wears the bright colors very well. very hard to get me to like a monkey-based design but he absolutely has it. 9.5/10

nerscylla | name: Schroder |prior familiarity: none always hard to rate video game bugs. when they’re not being incredibly derivative, a lot of them tend to be over-complex and hard to parse without a lot of actual flavor, and i can’t really give them too much shit for it because irl bugs are also frequently complex and hard to parse. nerscylla falls to the latter category; it’s definitely Cool but it’s so hard to get a feel for it unless you’re seeing it in motion. that said, the crystals and helmet-looking head are cool, the mandibles are.... silly but well-utilized, and putting skin/webbing Between its legs is kind of a wild move that really helps give it its own identity. bit of a coward’s move to give it only 4 legs but tbh i would not want to model and animate more than that either so it’s whatever. funny how much better gypceros’ colors look on this thing than actual gypceros. 8.5/10

rathain | name: Chikn |prior familiarity: plenty actually i’m using this spot to talk about the about the story rathalos bc i forgot about him on the last post just like i do ingame :^) you’re not allowed to name your wimpy-winged child but in my heart his name is potato. rathalos is an impressively cool design, but i don’t have much to say about it since it’s kind of not doing anything besides Being A Really Cool Dragon. the wing shapes and patterns are definitely neat, but on the whole it gets outshined by the more out there concepts for me. i also dont particularly like how its face looks in stories jkfdjkgh. 7.5/10 rathain’s green is kinda gross and i don’t like the chin spike so she gets docked half a point despite getting to keep the cool wings.

khezu | name: Plumpp | prior familiarity: plenty why does it SNIIIIIFFFFFFF like that it doesnt even have nostrils... missed potential for some weird ass smell sensory organ i think. longer thoughts in another post; i don’t have anything against the design but it’s very not my thing. also since then i have learned it has wet schlorping noises for footsteps which is like Augh. 7/10. red khezu [name:Velvet] is silly looking in a fun way but i think white does the aesthetic better.

tobi-kadachi |name: Prius | prior familiarity: plenty goodbye forever ranmar lol. FUN guy this one, real spunky lookin’. viper/squirrel is a very random pick and i feel like there also might be some owl or maybe cat in its movements? at any rate it all works together super well and i love pretty much every part of this thing. it’s got the same alternating rows of fur and spines thing as zinogre and i have to wonder if there’s some specific thing they’re referencing with that motif... the skin flaps feel pretty tacked-on, and while flying squirrels and gliding snakes Do exist, i feel tobi’s tall stance and the way its legs are built makes it parse more like a cheetah. no harm in ‘em being there though, they’re still fun.   9/10

barioth | name: Teacup |prior familiarity: somewhat #2 silly running animation goes to this guy. i definitely like barioth but i don’t have much to say about it? kitty. fangs are good+strong as a defining trait, the back plating is great, color scheme is really nice. 8/10

legiana | name: Altair | prior familiarity: plenty i honestly... have no clue what this thing is supposed to be. hawk/nudibranch? whatever it is it fucking rules, all around incredibly fun and unique shapes painted in stunning colors and accenting. trying to find anything more specific to say about it but it just comes back to its shapes are soooo gooooood. 10/10

seltas/queen are the only unrideables so no cut lol. ok so monhun also has this thing of making guys walk on thier knuckles with part of the limb folded back inwards and it bothers me. kecha, congala, any wyvern that uses its forelimbs to walk; it just looks so uncomfortable, especially when there doesn’t seem to be any kind of specialization on most of them for being able to safely put so much weight on a joint [wyverns at least have wingfeet usually but...]. seltas queen is absolutely the worst about this. WHY do the feet bend inwards!!! it looks not uncomfortable but unstable! you’re rollin all around on those things! just have them bend outwards like a normal bug you literally don’t need to change how they're built at all! that aside this duo and their sword/shield motif rules. seltas is a bit hard to parse just ‘cause it has like no thorax area for the relatively large legs to attach, but tbh it doesn’t matter ‘cause the head crest thing is all it has and needs. seltas queen is just TANKED from every angle and i love that shit. the way the pincer mandible things puzzle piece with the upper shell and hide most of its body w just the eyes peeking though, while still being mobile. mwa. big fan also of how the top is just, flat. like its just fucking flat. the tail feels a little unnecessary, but i’ll admit that’s probably just my bias for mech-walker style quadrupeds speaking [gigalith is my fave pokemon lol] since it lessens that look. regardless, it’s a perfectly cool feature and there’s nothing actually wrong with it being there.  9/10, incredibly funny they hit you with a monster that can also use ride on+kinship attacks

[prynnehesters]

i realized im not gonna get the tiefling achievement my current playthru :( bcuz of my choices but i get to suck and fuck astarion so that's a win 4 me

i did this playthru to try some weird builds w astarion and gale and then try more weird respecs for other characters (im gonna make shadowheart a wizard maybe? i want to make wyll a sorcerer potentially)

idk if ill play more bg3 after i finish this playthru. i think my next one would probably be trying tactician with a different tav background or doing resist durge. i also have not romanced shadowheart at all (all other characters i've had at least 1 romance scene w except shadowheart...tbh she unfortunately is my least favourite companion. if i had to do a ranking of the main 6:

astarion (duh, he grew on me, i bring him everywhere, he is in my party 99% of the playthrough)

lae'zel (i use her a lot during act 1, and she's a real one, but i feel like she doesn't get much (if anything) in act 2. she died in one of my playthrus cuz orin took her and i legit cried)

wyll (i love him, he's so wholesome. i didn't use him much my first playthru but my second one he was w me 99% of the time to keep me in check)

karlach (i love her too, i was too mean to her when romancing her tbh. sorry for cheating on you like 5 times. but idk, i don't have as much of an attachment to her as a lot of ppl bcuz i killed her my first playthru, she was in and out of my party my second playthru, and then my last one i was evil durge so she and wyll left. it felt weird to get wyll's father w/o wyll lmaooo (i needed the buff))

gale (weirdly enough, my friends think im a huge gale lover/defender but like, his story is insane and he's sweet, from waterdeep, and has a tressym and a library, so like, king, but also i feel like ppl tend to exaggerate so much about him. like yes, he is a wet sock of a man, but also i feel like people either think he's a harrier dubois type or like, "burned your crops and plagued the land". he's just some wizard who thinks he's cooler/better than he is and is hyperfixated on magic. he's a little dumb (booksmart not street smart), but he means well, but can be swayed into doing dumb things. idk. i feel like gale and astarion are both mischaracterized by the fandom where astarion is like "uwu babey" and gale is like "evil malicious" when i'd probably say gale is chaotic good (and most of the characters are) where astarion is more chaotic neutral. tbh i'd say most of the companions are chaotic good if i had to align them.)

shadowheart

if i put the secondary companions, it'd probably be this:

astarion

lae'zel

wyll

jaheira (having her in act 3 is so good...she has so many interactions it's amazing. also her sass.)

karlach

gale

halsin (he feels correctly tacked on in the romance department, but he's very lacking in act 3)

shadowheart

minthara (feels too much like an after thought)

minsc (he's a meme and nothing more)

[uc-fakeadoption-au]

herói do futuro: chapter 4 is out!

(sorry I'm late!!!)

read on ao3:

chapter count: 4/?

rating: teen and up audiences

category: gen

warnings: no (archive) warnings apply

relationships: Nathan Drake & Victor Sullivan, Nathan Drake & Samuel Drake, Samuel Drake & Victor Sullivan

additional tags: fake adoption au, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, also titled just a dad and his two sons, Young Nate, Young Sam, aka hes not balding yet lmaoo, “young” sully, Team as Family, Fluff and Angst, pretty good amounts of fluff tbh, Family Bonding, accidental family acquisition, There will be headcanons, content warning for sully bc he’s young and hot, dare i say…dilf sully?, yes beta we DON’T die (like sam!!!), place-filler ocs (they don’t mean shit to the story I just needed someone for certain roles)

chapter summary: we get to see how our little "heist" is going from a... different point of view

alternative to ao3 under the cut:

Nathan was bored. While he knew the importance of his part in the plan — Sam had drilled it onto him, he had to stay put, and alert — he still was an energetic 8-year-old kid. This felt like hell, hell worse, even!

He surely would be putting his talents to better use if he got to go rooftop- hopping around like he had wanted since they even started discussing the plan. Of course, there was the distraction thing. He sure had an advantage on that one, but if everything went well, he wouldn't even need to do anything.

Maybe Sam had lied about everything and was actually just messing with him, getting back at him 'cause of that thing a few days ago, when he had gotten caught in Nathan's place and got yelled at. That had to be it! By now, both he and Sully must be having the time of their lives making fun of him.

Scratch that. Sam would probably murder anyone who tried to make fun of his 'little brother', anyway. So, at least they weren't both doing it at the same time. Sam could be doing that by himself, though. Probably was, actually.

He wondered about Sully's reaction. The man was still a big question mark in his brain. Sure, he had lied to everyone and was pretty shady. And definitely a crook. But he was kinda curious about the man, anyway. Guiding him through the rooftops was a prime opportunity to find out more and meet his needs about the curiosity thing for once, but noo, he had to stay put and die of boredom while his brother got all the best opportunities.

…

He wondered how they were doing right now.

~

Most of the path was easy enough for anyone to pass through, even an old man like Sullivan.

Sam underestimated how annoying he could get. Victor could keep up just fine, but he kept trying to make conversation, sprinkled with — a pretty healthy, yet unnecessary — amount of snark in every other phrase. He hadn't agreed on an impromptu comedy show. Much less a personal clown, thank you very much.

He surely tried to avoid engaging, maybe that would get the man to shut up. Not even scrambling as fast as possible through everything could stop Sam's own snarky streak, though, and he ended up retorting at random stuff anyway.

It was a way to make all the climbing and jumping around a little bit less awkward, no weird silences or anything, but at what cost? He had walked right into the old man's trap. And even that had only worked long enough for them to get to the halfway point, which was the makeshift loose board 'bridge' he had placed in there sometime before.

Which was not lying broken at the bottom of the gap.

That was not ideal. At all.

The other day, he had been completely sure that neither of them could make the jump. Now, actually seeing Sullivan side by side with the hole, he could clearly see that it would be an easy one for him. And the orphanage was just around the corner, the way in practically highlighted in the middle of all the other dark windows. Victor could easily just… go on without him, So. He had to stall.

"You got a hook? Rope? Anything?"

"Not really". Ah fuck, not even an easy way over, then. This was starting to look bad for him. Keep stalling!

"What?? Aren't you supposed to be the experienced one here? How come you don't even got basic equipment?", fake it 'till you make it, amirite?

"Well, it was you who said this was an easy, straightforward path. If anything, you brought this on yourself"

"I do have an idea to get you across, though". Oh? That's… not where he thought this was going at all… of course, that was the plan all along. Yeah, keep telling yourself that, Sam, you moron.

"Yeah?"

"Watch and learn, kid".

Sam nodded dumbly and stood on the edge of the roof, looking out to the other side with a hand above his eyes. He couldn't see anything to hold onto anywhere near, but surely… He felt hands grabbing him from under his armpits. At that moment, two very distinct thoughts crossed his mind. The first:

Guess the old man's straight up going to murder me, then. Wonder what he will tell to convince Nathan that it was an accident or something like that?

The other one was some mix of unholy screeching and a very emphatic 'OH FUCK'. This was the one he ended up letting out, doing his best to not make too much noise.

~

Nathan was pretty sure he was about to explode if he had to keep still for one single second more. At least Sam and Sully were getting close. He was certain he heard something outside and that could only be them. Wait.

Was he hearing things or was that Sam yelling in the distance?

…

Crap, what if he fell? He bet it was in that little bridge thing they put up some time ago — it was supposed to be a temporary thing since neither of them could jump so far, but what if it broke when Sam was crossing through?? He wasn't even there to help!! But!

But.

If his brother did fall, that would be kinda his own fault. He was the one who didn't check if the bridge thingy was holding up. And that insisted that Nate get left behind. So, if anything, he got what was coming for him — unless he managed to die in the fall , but he refused to even consider that possibility.

Also, Sully wouldn't let his (stupid, overconfident) big brother fall, he was pretty sure. The man wouldn't risk messing up the job because of that and he was mostly sure that he got some kind of soft spot for him and his brother. Everyone loves an underdog, anyway.

Yeah, Sam was fine, the plan was still good. No worries.

~

Everything was most definitely not good. That absolute bastard just threw him across and expected him to go down agreeably??? Old man, you got a big storm coming.

Just as Victor touched down on the other side, he started whisper yelling with all his might, "What the actual shit, why would you think that was a good idea???".

He had the gall to look down at him, arms crossed like he was some kind of scolding… oh no.

"Well? What's it to ya, old man? Wanna kill me? Better make it count, better kill me in one shot ", he took a big gulp of air. Sullivan sure was starting to look actually mad.

"You do realize each moment you waste throwing that tantrum of yours is one we could be using to get to the chapel, right? And one less moment exposing your brother to any risk, even if it is just standing guard".

At that, he stopped ranting. He knew Victor was right about this, but God, he just plain out refused to agree with him, that would be admitting defeat. The only way he could possibly salvage this was by just flat-out maintaining silence.

"Great. Will you resume your guide duties now, Morgan?".

Or he could not do that and actually make good on his threat. Hopefully, Nathan wouldn't be too disappointed when he told him he had to kill the old man? Sullivan was still staring at him challengingly, so he reluctantly waved at the man to follow him.

He just wanted this whole thing to end soon, so he could just… grab his brother and never look into the old man's face again.

~

Nathan kinda didn't want this whole thing to end. Sure, it was reckless and a bit stupid — and at the moment, boring as hell — but it was a bit fun as well? Don't get him wrong, he absolutely wanted to be done and get out of the stifling orphanage and the strict nuns and mainly get far, far away from all the things he had grown to hate in there.

On the other hand, more time there meant doing their 'mission' and messing around just in the way he liked it.

Hmm, tough one. In a way, both options have them more freedom, but both had strong points–

Something sounded in the hallway a few ways over. He held his breath, waiting.

Okay, nothing wrong. Just overreacting,  since it's dark and silent and anyone nearby could actually be a threat in this case. But it's nothing, everything is just–

"Nathan, is that you? What are you doing up so late?", said a feminine voice from the hallway.

Crap.

~

Sullivan sure was looking a little guilty back there. Good. Maybe he'd stop being such a prick.

"We're coming up to a window in a bit. We'll get in using it", he explained.

Sam didn't really bother to wait for his answer, marching ahead for the window taking a tumble jumping through the windowsill fluidly , coming up to a small, empty dorm room that went straight to the hallway. He and Nathan had discovered this one a long time ago, not too long after they had first gotten here. They used those as an escape route several times , so he was certain it was okay to use this time.

Victor landed right by his side in the small space, startling him out of his thoughts. It was a good thing, 'cause he got to stop the man and warn him about a small detail.

"We'll have to sneak past the administration office. It shouldn't be a problem, since everyone is most likely already out. But," he raised a finger, "sometimes Father Duffy falls asleep at his desk when trying to solve all the messes that keep piling up. So, we have to watch out in case he's there this time".

The man grunted something he couldn't make up what exactly it was. It sounded affirmative enough, so he went ahead anyway. Turns out father Duffy was still in his office, dead asleep. He genuinely felt bad for him, this was the one person here that actually deserved better… Thank God he was asleep. Great for them, terrible for the priest, for he would be the one who'd have to deal with the fallout of their little plan in the near future. Again, poor dude.

After getting to the stairs to the first floor, both of them went ahead very casually. If everything went well up to this point, there shouldn't be a lot less to worry too much over by now, right?

~

The woman got closer, coming to a stop right in front of him, by the chapel's door. Even worse, it was Sister Catherine

~

He and Victor heard the voices in the distance. He managed to find out that the one who was talking was Catherine. Which was tough luck, but he was sure Nathan could handle it. Probably.

Okay, in all honesty, he had no clue how it'd go, but he had to hope, yeah?

Now all they could do was wait.

~

Okay, so Sister Catherine was here. And that was bad? Good? He couldn't tell, really.

On one side, she suspected absolutely everything he or Sam did and standing still on an unlit corridor on god-knows-when in the morning? Was not really something even a 'normal' person would just blow off as nothing. So, a bit of a messy situation.

On the other hand, he did have a great strategy for distracting her — namely, going all out with the 'kicked puppy's eyes. He always got her with that one. We're it a few years earlier, even Sam could have pulled that off, but now he was actually starting to grow, so he got kinda strange and graceless. Not that he would tell his brother that, true as it was.

Anyways, back to the actual problem. Sister Catherine.

Pulling his best 'scared-but-still-adorable' face, he turned to the nun. She smelled vaguely like cigarette smoke. Huh.

"Oh Sister Catherine! It's you! Thank God", he exaggerated, "Just the one I wanted to see!"

She crossed her arms. Uh oh, bad move.

"Care to explain what exactly is that you're doing, Nathan?"

"Actually, I was sleeping right now, but then I heard something downstairs, it sounded like footsteps. So I had to come look, you know".

She was looking pretty stern at the moment. Sheesh.

"But then I got scared, standing here all alone. That was when you found me! So, thanks!"

"So you're telling me you heard all of that all the way from your bed. The one on the second floor, that's on one of the furthest rooms from the actual stairs?"

"Uh…"

"And you came here all by yourself, without your brother. The one that's always hanging around you and that's suspiciously absent right now?"

"Well, you see–"

She started walking towards the direction from which Sam and Sully would be coming in. Okay, scratch everything he thought before, he was actually SHIT at distractions. Only one way to salvage this.

"Wait, wait, wait!'' he grabbed her sleeve somewhat desperately. "If you let us get back to the dorms by ourselves and don't mention anything, I won't tell you've been smoking when no one's looking".

At that, she stopped.

"Come on, you know Father Duffy would believe me. That sounds fair?", come on, come on.

She sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose, looking absolutely done with it all. If she ever decided to abandon this lifestyle, Nathan was pretty sure the fault would most likely be his and his brother's.

"Okay, sure", she conceded. "But no more messing around. Get your brother and get straight back to bed. If I find you in here later, I don't care what you say, you're getting punished. Understood?"

"Yes, ma'am!" he mock saluted.

The nun didn't bother replying, turning tail and walking away as fast as possible, mumbling something along the lines of "God forgive me, but I'm gonna need another cigarette after this".

Right as her footsteps faded away, both Sam and Sully emerged from around the corner, looking like they were stuck somewhere between relief and exasperation.

"Took you long enough, little brother", Sam mocked, ruffling his hair almost aggressively.

"I'd like to see you try, Samuel", he batted at his brother's hand uselessly. Stoop you big nerd.

Sully finally interjected in their little play fight, bodily getting between the two of them. "Okay, children, let's go. You heard what she said, we don't have too much time".

Sully made quick work of the lock, and just like that, they were in.

"Come on, let's find something shiny".

[thebuttsmcgee]

ruh roh my friends, I woke up at 5am in the mornin, ya know what that means!

[hypertonicplague]

I’m v bored so time for more!! Obey me!! HCs!!! Yay!!

So this is the first one n if ya don’t read it ya gon be lost

Also sorry if it ends up being a long post!! I’m on mobile so there’s no ‘see more’ option 🥺🙏🏻

Demon body time! Ofc I’d steal the whole “they have more than two forms” hc cuz it’s super cool!! But what’s cooler than a big ol scary form?? :^0 it’s a finale! Finale form!! One in which none of the brothers but Satan has (along w other full fledged demons). Basically it’s just feelin, or smoke! Or like a bend in the air! It goes well past a feral form an is said to be the most condensed form for a demon. Satan’s one is a thin line of green, Dia’s is a small flame, no one has ever lived long enough to see Barbs one. And while they look small and harmless, they’re completely unpredictable and can accidentally unleash a LARGE amount of magic and energy to kill even the strongest of roaches 🪳. In that form they have no consciousness. Just,,,,,emotion-

Gender time BABEY 😩🤙🏼 Mammon was the first to get his breast removed. When they fell (if ya checked the other post ya should know y they have boóbęś) none of the brothers (but Satan) could wrap their heads around why all demons didn’t have breast. They were just like “?????okay???”. Mammon, our lil party demon, actually ASKED at a party one time abt it n a demon said “well,,,,we can choose what we are when we are, y’all can’t?? Lol” (demon got mashed to bits btw) then he found a doc n was like “well if I miss em then I can just get em put bck on loooool” n woke up, looked down, n history my pals 👐🏼 he also didn’t tell his other brothers he was doin this. It felt right for him so he kinda just went home n lived his life normally. When they noticed it they kinda all,,,, ‘secretly’,,,got their breast removed. It was never talked abt n they kinda keep it that way. It’s not a bad thing, n they never felt like it was that big to ever talk abt it. But ig if they ever told MC that’s how it happened MC would probably not take it that way- (also I say they ALL got em done but Asmo still has his n so does Belphie. Asmo’s reason is in the other post Belphie’s is next) 

Baby lazy, at the time that was happening Belphie was adjusting to his sin. So him being alseep all the time it actually took him 4000 years to realize what happened. Beel had explained it to him n he was like “:^0!! We can do that?? I wanna do that-“ then Beel told him abt the appointments and healing n he was like- hmmm maybe later. A binder and baggy clothes will do for now- he’ll get em done. Eventually, just not today, tomorrow, the next day, week, month, r year. But it’ll get done at o n e point.

I started this a month ago n now have time to finish it lmaooo

Man idc what anyone says Belphie eats bugs. His whole animal thingy is a cow/bull n guess what them mfs eat?? Yea. Bugs, Belphie eats maggots n crickets n stuff heheheh tell ur friends

Speaking of bugs ig some ppl forget abt Asmo n how they’re a bug too. N y’all know what bugs do?? Shed. Everyone wants to talk abt Levi shedding but they forget abt fan fav Asmo 🥺😔. They shed too n it’s- less than pleasant to look at and be around- when they shed they have to go into their lil demon mode thingy, they keep themselves in their room n Dia help ya if ya go in there. Mammon once went to bring them food mid shed n got his hand and half his face shredded. N no, no amount of trust or love from MC will EVER break Asmo into letting them into their room during this time. Sorry MC 💔 they adore you but keep that human ass in ya room for now.

An on the topic of Levi, he doesn’t care, he actually gets Mammon or Satan to help him remove his old skin when it’s his shedding time. Sounds gross but when ya got games to play an ya itchy all over, gotta get ya siblings to help.

Vros Satan has a biting thing going on, not a k¡nk r something. They just gotta bite, n when MC shows them chewerly ya could’ve sworn that demon almost started wanting to protect the entire human race. Now they don’t gotta chew on their fingers or hair?? Bitch bet, they bought a whole store of that good good 😩🙌

Lackin Lucifer so I’ma just say, mans sheds feathers all the damn time. You’ll find them EVERYWHERE. In ya book bag, on ya bed, in the dyer, on the sofa, in pots in the kitchen, behind a bookshelf, EVERYWHERE. N fucked part is?? He doesn’t even notice em, if you point it out he’ll just shrug his shoulders. Bastard 💞

That’s really all I can think abt for now sksksk, I needa do a dateables one too

One day when I get more free time again I’ll throw all my lil dummy hcs out for those dummies too 😌

[fbfh]

showering with leo hcs

As with all steamy/smutty/nsfw/mature works, all characters are aged up to 18+/college era

Mostly gender neutral reader, mentions of using "feminine" bath products like lush shower jelly and rose body butter but like,,, bath products aren't gendered unless you want them to be bc gender is what each individual makes of it????? But go off???????

warnings: consentual couple showering and general canoodling, one joke about not banging corpses but what strange bullshit do you expect with me at this point lmao

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requests r open <3

So uh

Let’s get started 

This boy

L o v e s showering with you

It just feels so cozy and close and intimate

He adores being that close with you

He’s used to taking mostly cold or cooler showers when he lived in the south

Still getting used to hot showers and cold weather in general a little

Loves taking cool showers with you in the summer though

Always lights any candles with his hands cause he thinks it’s fun

Thinks all your bath products smell really good even if he has no idea what half of them do

Very kissy

Very very kissy

Pretty handsy but like,,,, what were you expecting lmao

If you were in a shower with Leo Valdez you’d be handsy too

Real talk

Lets you kind of set the tone for how touchy you wanna be

But if you wanna be touchy

Y’all will be touchy

He’ll “help you exfoliate” ‘,:)

There will definitely be some hickeys

Okay a lot of hickeys

Be glad the shower water and music you have playing muffles the noises he makes

Lots of whispering very face reddening things to you in Spanish 

Not a lot actually happens in the shower

/we’ll leave that to Percy/

It’s mostly after that the real fun happens

He’ll “help you put on lotion” ‘,:)

Is most of this a thinly veiled excuse to feel eachother up?? Yes

Is anyone complaining?? Hell no!!!

You never actually end up getting dressed

You’re a little too preoccupied with each other

“I mean, if we put our clothes on now they’ll be off in five minutes anyway, so…”

Cue more kissing and grabbing

Gets really really clingy afterwards too

Even if nothing happens

Gets super cuddly and touchy

Welcome to touch starved city babey

Loves laying on top of you while you play with his hair a little while it's still drying

One of his friends asks why he smells “like that”

He’s like hey man, it’s not my fault you don’t have a hot sexy incredible fantastic s/o who shows you how to use fucking citrus shower jelly

Sounds amazing???? That’s cause it is ;) xoxo gossip girl

Sometimes steals your french rose body butter cause he likes that it smells like you

Absolutely no shame

None whatso-fucking-ever

He’s so whipped for you

At this point all you have to do is give him a look when you go to take a shower and he’ll be right behind you

Makes all those little quips and one liners that make you laugh 

Will absolutely make jokes about how wet you both are

“In more ways than one ;)”

And like,,,, he's not wrong,,,, 

He loves washing/conditioning your hair

Loves all the faces and noises you make when he massages your scalp and shoulders

He gave you a forehead kiss on instinct while doing this once bc you said something cute and he got a mouth full of shampoo

“Smells a lot more like kiwi sunrise than it tastes”

You both still laugh about it 

If he’s taller than you or about your height he’ll t pose to block the water from getting in your eyes

It somehow always makes you laugh 

Sings a lot

…. A lot

You have to remind him that you can’t dance in the shower

You’ll slip and die

“I think dying naked in your arms is the best way to go”

“That means we couldn’t have any fun afterwards cause I’m not really into banging corpses :c”

“You had me at ‘not into banging corpses’.”

“That was literally the last thing I said”

You keep getting shower water in your mouths cause you’re laughing and talking so much

Absolutely have spitting like a fountain contests

Honestly the best part of both of yall’s days

He somehow always finds the perfect balance between sexy and hilarious in the most mundane things

You think that’s one of your favorite things about him

You mention this to him at one point

He hugs you really close and kisses your forehead

“I… flourish when I’m with you,”

It’s all he says but you understand the meaning around the words

It’s little moments like sucking hickeys onto each other’s necks under hot water that you’re really really glad you found each other 

And that things happened like they did

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HOI can i request headcanons of itachi and kakashi (separately) with a s/o who is very touch starved please? thank uuu

im so horny for kakashi and so babey for itachi

warning(s): a tiny bit of suggestive content

touched starved (g/n)reader (h/cs) - kakashi hatake, itachi uchiha

kakashi is a teasing little shit. he gets such an ego boost from having someone that wants to be constantly touched by him or always stays by his side and drowns him in affection. despite being cocky, he does get a little flustered at times too, because all the affection he knew about was written in books and he never actually practiced it himself, so he’s a tad bit shy, but tries to cover it up

he’s gonna tease a lot to cover up his shyness. he’ll be denying it at first, asking you to tell him what you exactly want from him. “what do you want, y/n?” *makes grabby hands* “hmm? can’t hear you” “cuddle me” “what’s the magic word?” “please?” “no~” “daddy?” “….”

yup you ain’t recovering from what actually happened instead of those cuddles

none the less, he gives you all the touches you need, albeit a bit hesitantly and shy at first, because he’s just as touch starved as you. “kakashi, are you blushing? we’re just cuddling” “…you’re just warm.” he definitely hides his face and doesn’t look into your eyes when you’re cuddling for the first few times, marvelling at how amazing it feels

as you both are touch starved it’s hard to decide who’ll initiate things. either one of you would have to grow a pair and do something because everyone around you guys is fucking dying from how painful the wait is. but i feel like at one point kakashi would just be super tired from the day and just lean onto you, which then transforms into cuddles and falling asleep in each other’s arms

at a certain point in the relationship, kakashi finds it natural and almost an unconscious decision whenever he touches you. whenever you are with him, he’ll be touching you in some way or the other and it just feels so right. his hand could be holding yours, it could be on your back and waist, drawing little circles into your skin or playing with your hair. he also likes to put his hand at the base of the nape of your neck whenever you both kiss.

he loves it when you surprise him with affection, even if it shouldn’t really surprise him anymore. he’ll just be talking as you both walk through the town and you’ll bring his hand to your face and kiss it. or you’ll just reach over to his face and trace his scars with such a huge smile and then leave soft kisses there. it makes his heart screech, especially when you cling onto his arm and press your check against his shoulder

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE OFF HIS MASK AND KISS HIS LIL MOLE, HE’S GONNA FUCKING STAB HIMSELF WITH A SHARINGAN WHENEVER YOU DO AND IT GETS SUCH A HUGE SMILE OUT OF HIM

hickeys are unavoidable. this man read the art of kissing for a reason. he’s gonna give you the best hickeys and they’re gonna be there for a very long time. but don’t worry, cause once they go, they’ll just come back again

when you guys get super comfortable, you both would be laying down in the weirdest fucking positions, just doing your own shit and enjoying each other’s company. like your feet could be next to his ear and his arm slung over your stomach or whatever the fuck you guys come up with and it’ll all be good

i don’t feel like itachi would be as touch starved as you or kakashi but he is definitely very shy to it as he’s never been with someone so intimately, however, he’ll have a much cooler composure than kakashi

he’d be pretty happy knowing that you want him to hold you or just constantly be by your side but sometimes it sort of bugs him so you’d have to control yourself if you are extremely touch starved. he won’t ever lash out at you, but he’ll reciprocate less

however, while he knows about affection and physical gestures, they’re still pretty foreign to him because of the past relationships he’s had. he knows that you would never mean no harm and that you could handle yourself in case of any danger, he just needs time to fully trust you and become comfortable with you. therefore, in the beginning of the relationship don’t expect him to be physically close to you immediately

you’ll have to initiate things, guide and show him around the ropes. he may seem super mature and stoic but he’s clueless when it comes to these things. his hugs would be awkward and stiff but not as bad as his cuddles lmao. “where do I put my arms?” “around me, like my stomach or waist” *proceeds to make a whole ass circle with his arms around you, barely touching your skin*

itachi doesn’t take long to adapt to your touchy habits, after all, he’s like the smartest motherfucker in the whole ass series like god damn. he’ll be super observational too, so once you both become comfortable in the relationship, he’ll know when to hold you without having you to tell him

his hugs are the best 🥺🥺🥺 I just feel it in my gut, he has the best hugs ever, they’re so warm and you feel so protected by him, it becomes hard for him to detach you from his body from how clingy you’d get through hugs

he loves it when you play with his hair and he laughs when you make his side fringes into braids or give him a wacky hairstyle, he’ll just tickle you in return till you take them out

he loves cuddles a lot, he just becomes so addicted to your touch because it feels so nice and welcoming, and wherever you are, that’s where home is to him. he loves it when you lay half of your body ontop of him and he gets to play with your hair as you cuddle into his chest. he also loves being the little spoon, it feels amazing after a tough day

the best though is when you trace the lines on his face before kissing them and then kissing his eyelids, he feels like he’s been blessed by the sage of the six paths when you do that 🥺

also, imagine just crawling into his cloak and hugging him and sticking by his side as he goes around, that would be so messy but so fun and cute

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Sword gays showdown, final round of bracket one

Propaganda:

For Zoro:

Literally training to be the greatest swordsman in the world. Has a special three swords technique (one blade in each hand plus one with the handle held in his teeth). I haven't read the manga or watched the anime but the live action adaptation gives me extremely gay vibes and based on the fandom things I've seen I'm not the only one

bro uses three swords. has one in his mouth. dont ask how the HELL he manages that. one day he will be the worlds greatest swordsman....after he beats the current greatest for both the titles of greatest swordsman and fruitiest swordsman. he's dramatic as FUUUCK like bro what the hell. has homoerotic fights with the local twink like everyday. directionally challenged, can and will get lost in a paper bag, doesnt know left from right...he probably cant read, too. hes too silly ngl

First of all, im in like episode 250 and so far he hasnt been shown attracted to any woman at all during the whole show so far, not even when one changed clothes in the same room as him and this is anime so you know there were other characters with bloody noses and shit. With that out of the way he wields three swords at once [two in his hands, one is his goddamn mouth dude. Its cool af trust me.] When he was little he made a promise to his best friend that he'd be the best swordsman in the world. Later she died in a tragic accident and left her sword which he still uses today. He also carries a cursed sword but he overpowers the curse with a combination of skill and sheer luck. He got stuck in a chimney. While his crewmates sail their ship he takes naps. He learned how to cut through metal by fighting a guy who could turn his body into metal blades. That's metal. He refuses to fight this liberal marine officer because she looks like his childhood best friend and its just understandably really awkward for him. He's autistic. He's a he/him bisexual lesbian. He's a gay man. He's ace/aro. He's whatever you want him to be babey!!

he has 3 swords, wields one in his mouth sometimes, his dream is to be the greatest swordsman in the world

three swords and big aroace-spec gay vibes

He not only has a sword he has *three* swords. He's absolutely gay there's no way to see this man as straight. Also one time he licked his sword for no reason and that was really funny to me so I had to mention it

Look, this man thinks about three things: Swords, His Captain, and Booze. He’s on a quest to be the worlds greatest swordsman. The Live action has a scene where he declares his undying, unwavering loyalty to his captain WHILE reaffirming his promise to be the worlds greatest swordsman. At this point His dream and his Captain are so intertwined it’s crazy. Man is so sword-y he’s got three of them. When one of his swords broke he carried its empty scabbard until he was able to give it a SWORD FUNERAL. He hears a sword is cursed and takes that as a challenge. He will literally tell his swords off for “bad behavior” when they “act up” due to being straight up cursed. He tests one by throwing it in the air and sticking his arm out to see if it is so blood thirsty and ill tempered that it will cut him. Even though he’s literally the first mate if you ask him what his role is he’s going to answer Swordsman.

He's dedicated his life to two things: becoming the greatest swordsman in the world and his captain, Luffy. 

He mastered the three sword style. Its his style. It would've been more swords but he could only fit one sword in each hand and one in his mouth. He wants to be the world's greatest swordsman, a deal he made with his childhood best frenemy (before she died falling down the stairs). He thought he was All That at the start and was almost completely decimated by the actual Worlds Greatest Swordsman. Now, after two years forced training with that guy, he's probably in the top tier no-doubt, and honestly could already be the best but we just don't know for sure yet. Also, did I mention: he's got the whole demon/devil imagery going on at times. And he has absolutely no sense of direction! plus is a total softie when it comes to Chopper and all the children who somehow gravitate towards him. And he loves naps!

One of the guy's main goals in life is to be the best sword fighter and he fights with three swords which I think is telling enough of his skill.

For Xena:

It is HER! The OG woman with a blade! 

Her show was so iconic that any lesbian over the age of 30 knows her IMMEDIATELY because this show probably helped her have her awakening. Fandom foremothers and fathers rise up and get your gal a title.

An all around badass, bisexual woman, comfortable with many different bladed weapons. Her show was so much better than Hercules people forget his exists.

Xena is one of the OGs: once a baddie who turned good, she's a warrior who uses swords, daggers, and her trusty chakram to defeat evil and defend the innocent, while traveling with her kickass girlfriend Gabrielle. 

She has many skills

[capsizedskeleton]

this is such a gay theater kid thing to say but metal and warmth in both the owl house and hadestown slaps

- in hadestown hades uses jewelry as artificial/cold beauty that resembles chains and orpheus uses nature/warmth, the beauty of jewelry is deceptive and natural warmth shows the true care orpheus has for eurydice

- metal/jewelry in the owl house right it’s a human or elf-made thing and therefore artificial 

- both eda’s stone and amity’s pendant are connected to bad familial experiences, where the other family member at some point thought that they were helping them in some way (the curse lilith cast was meant to be impermanent and she tried to get belos to heal eda, amity’s parents believe they know what’s best for their daughter) which. fake warmth babey

- hadestown is in itself unnatural (the fates mention this in chant 1 i think? why is it so hot in here etc) but the boiling isles is the opposite, filled with warmth and beauty built on a creature’s body. that’s. as natural as you’re gonna get

- luz’s design, specifically the indigo of her shirt is neat bc it matches the vibrancy and some of the warmth of the boiling isles but it’s also cooler and more saturated than most other colors there, showing her humanity and how she doesn’t fit in to some extent, esp at the beginning

- the blue and green of willow’s and gus’ uniforms are muted in comparison even though they’re cool colors

- belos’ whole wild magic/contained thing, golden guard and him didn’t have palismen (and belos treats them as, treats)

- also emperor belos has an appearance of artificial warmth (golden-bronze metal and white that seems just a bit too fake, maybe bc he’s always seen in literal foreboding light) that encases ice-blue cold eyes. combined with his harsh grating voice there really seems to be no warmth/compassion there

[starburstsobsessions]

CFV characters at the beach except it’s not a beach episode and it’s everyone LOL (because I want to)

Aichi: he is going to be sunburnt. Emi slapped sun screen all over him but. It can only do so much. He hardly goes out in the sun no matter what so. Rest In Peace. Also his hair is gonna leak sand for the next month with no stop.

Kai: He’s got himself a hole in the sand by the water and his sunglasses on. He hasn’t moved in approximately 3 hours and the kids around there have been wondering if he’s dead and/or if they should bury him in sand. (He’s just asleep but he’s gonna be in trouble when the tide comes in)

Misaki: She’s happy to have a normal time at the beach instead of whatever training camp they used to fool around with. She’s got a cooler and a sun hat and she drew the year in the sand for a Cool Picture ™️ Lol. Also she drew a bocci course for everybody and she’s being left alone as she should (or she’s hanging out with kourin 🤭)

Kamui: He brought Chrono, Tokoha, and Shion. He is making them do stupid training. He hasn’t changed at all istg. Other than that though he’s having a great time himself in the sun and with all the sports!! He (carefully) picks up crabs from tide pools and bothers people with them.

Miwa: GUYS he found a JELLYFISH!!!!!! nooo don’t touch it you stupid bitch. He touched it and is now crying that his finger was stung!!! You idiot!!!! He helps the kids bury Kai but when the tide starts coming in they PANIC OH GOD GUYS HES STILL IN THERE DHBSBXBS

Ren: He’s having more fun looking at beach shops at stuff lol. His attention span isn’t very wide. He builds a sand castle with Asaka! He brought far too many beach things (intertubes, beach balls, pool noodles, sand buckets, everything man)

Asaka: She wanted to get a tan but currently she’s just fine following Ren around lmao we know Asaka. She did bring a boom box though it’s blasting Marina and the Diamonds lmao

Tetsu: He’s taking a long romantic walk on the beach. by himself. after having to figure out hotel situations and everything. Why is he the designated responsible person lmao. He’s having a great time actually

Kyou: He yells out SHARK SHARK but there’s no shark. He also litters on the beach. Somebody go kick his ass please

Morikawa: He is also a culprit in burying Kai, but then he too wants to be buried!!! He asks to get out IMMEDIATELY. He wears a shark fin to scare everyone!!!! It’s not funny

Izaki: Simply vibing. He brought popsicles!!!!! Buries Morikawa lmao. OH he brought a book too! Plans to relax but probably doesn’t get to with the company he keeps

Kourin: is hanging out with Misaki 🤭 also Shes just glad to be on the beach but like not for ULTRARARE media. It’s sunbathing time babey. Also she plays beach ball w the cardfighf club lol

Naoki: He just built a sand fortress. Nobody is allowed in!!!!! It’s truly something to behold but. Guys he’s getting hungy in here .... Shingo sneaks him snacks through the window

Shingo: He brought a camera and he’s taking lots of pictures !!! Misaki posing, Aichi being very scared of Kamuis crab, and Kai with the worst raccoon eyes around after digging him out. Also he is telling everybody about deep sea fish and phytoplankton! Nobody wants to get in the water anymore

Ibuki: he doesnt like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere /ref. Why is he wearing his normal outfit he looks so stupid lmao

Suiko: suns Out guns out. Stylin and whilin whatever that means. Shes taking selfie’s and also she throws Kyou across the beach for littering!!!!

Rekka: she’s in disguise but she is very fly anyway. She brought a stack of magazines and a beach chair and is absolutely vibinggggg I wanna be her then

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 8/31/21

what a dreadful august

listening another double song week babey, making up for lost time. my dearly beloved best friend recommends media maybe twice a year if i’m lucky but her recs are always on fucking point.

crucible by sleigh bells was described to me as “a scrub brush to the brain but in a good way” and yes!!! very good song to drive around and let wash over you.

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toes by glass animals was described to me as “makes me feel like a pretty bitch”. this is a slinky little thing about The Island of Dr Moreau. due to being partially deaf and glass animals’ love of drawing out all the vowels in their words to their fullest length, i am rarely able to comprehend their lyrics. i am simply Vibing with this one

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reading The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty. while unpacking, i remembered reading and liking this when it came out but could not remember why until i read the first few chapters again. small-time magical hustler trying to do the least amount of harm to her neighborhood while making the most money possible off rich fucks accidentally heats up a centuries-old magical cold war. at some point i will acquire the other two books in this series and become a person who like, follows recent scifi/fantasy publishing again

watching stress-watching s/tar wars r/ebels, which i did not keep up with when it was on the air. whales but weird are always and forever the best creature/beast concept. you cannot change my mind. i’m only halfway through s2 so a cooler creature and/or beast may show up but i think that’s pretty unlikely

playing bounced off the terra nil demo pretty hard. the interesting premise (rebuilding a devastated ecosystem, bc i have a pathological need to Fix Things) was not enough to get me over the hump of a genre i generally don’t vibe with (strategy/city builders/make the number go up in the most efficient way possible). also, this demo is a little rough. the tutorial and prompts are unclear at best. they have all the pieces, just no signposts. and i think this game will take the fuck off among a certain subset of people (it helps it’s already got pretty strong interest and they’re doing all the “right” things to promo it), but it needs a lot of quality of life and general clarity improvements. that’s the point of a demo, to get this feedback from your audience and really nail your gameplay loop before everything is too set in stone, especially for strategy-ish games that need a lot more iteration before they exit early access. devolver games tend to spend a little longer in early access, so even though this looks pretty polished i would estimate late 2023/early 2024 for a “full” release/non-early access build and would expect an early access version for like ten bucks next spring (earth day would be a good day to release an early access version of this). hope they do well, Free Lives seems like a neat team, not a game for me. so it goes. image yoinked from their steam page

making yee hop. i really really love cross stitch patterns by pixel artists bc they use color and shading in really fun ways. there’s usually a lot more “confetti” or single stitches of a color that aren’t anywhere near “sister” stitches of the same color, but imo it’s worth it. this static image looks like it should be a three-frame gif gently bobbing up and down as a page header somewhere

[luminous-shifting-vibes]

*sequel* to actual fucking quotes from the shiftblr coffeehouse discord server

once again, it's out of context because x1000 funnier

also x1000 longer than previous post

"ur satan is gnc af"

"Bestie I’m already having gender envy over a fucking demon please"

"O_O ODEPIJHFbavevisdpvfhzdcnjawedsidjksjdkoeirjfmkdsoeirujdksodifjndmksoidfjdksidfj ITS" NOT IN MY FRAFTS IS SPEDNT 1 hour PN THAT SHIT"

"AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"ohoho sexy"

"I am very proud of myself"

"himbo x edgy fuck"

"YOU COULD SQUISH HES CHEECKS"

"he has teefs"

"SQUASH"

"good for biting 📷"

"he's a himbo basically"

"B͂̒̄iͫ̍̈tͧ̓ͯè̄̇"

"bifth"

"i havent watched blue exorcist in years but mr okumura my beloved </3"

"MY LIFE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED"

"is it important information to mention that the person i put up for my turn is the son of satan" "I know like 1 thing about everyone who isnt ranboo lmfao"

"crimes"

"tumblr sexyman"

"idk why but my first thought was cowboy onceler"

"I vibe with him but he is very long and twisty"

"steampunk e-girl"

"steampunk tumblr sexyman"

"Canonically bi crimelord I agree!!"

"OOO FRIEND SHAPED"

"ARTIST SIGHTED"

"they look like someone i would want to be friends with but is way cooler than me so i'd never actually talk to them"

"babby..... would die for him"

"honestly i probably kin him"

"i'm sure he's lovely but he looks way too much like my ex i'm sorry-"

"i'd be down for another rotation! i have another twink to show y'all"

"Also :00 blonde friend"

"Let us all infodhmo"

"Hsjagdvbs shhh im on phone"

"Nix woukd you like to joon?

"skitters away"

"I have two braincells and they both drink dumb bitch juice"

"oof wait whats the order again i have 0 memory"

"i want to bond with him over cosplay-"

"Awkwardly watches in band kid"

"One day I'm gonna a broadway star"

"which isnt to say they were bad. they were just fortnite dancing during rehersals"

"I threw it so hard my glasses flew off and slid under the stage right divider"

"anyway heres my boi"

"emo"

"haha emo"

"virgil sanders kinnie"

"he looks like he listens to my chemical panic at the fallout boy"

"Bro I bet he'd kick my ass with his deck"

"bird man my beloved"

"fuck i had so much to say and then i forgot it all"

"Birds!!"

"guiguhuh"

"crabrave"

"She sounds like someone I would end up stealing her personality"

"yess name collector gang"

"alias glass aiden haven absinthe fish brick rice"

"But I have Cypress, Remure, Genesis, Lemres, and Comet"

"And she's named after a mars candy bar bc alien"

"Hey, if plato went by plato, you can be king thief"

"im not dissing my gramma like that shfojd"

"My dad has seven legal names" "bitches be like *looks at fictional character* *steals their name* it's us we're bithces"

"coraline lowkey traumatized me but i adore it regardless"

"mmmmmm magic man :]"

"°0° green man"

"criminal (affectionate)"

"he would shoplift a candy bar from walmart and then brag to all of his friends about the sick stealing he did"

"despite the fact he's canonically been capable of overpowering a minor deity"

"i would commit so many crimes for him"

"Very babey"

"Yes please tell green man he is very pog"

"he also keeps a lot of dumb secrets"

"but I will sorely miss the chaos and energy of this here chat until I wake again" (by request XD)

"i just say words and if they're funny then they're funny"

"* or extremly chaotic either works"

"at this point we are just taking turns rambling"

"oH--"

"bc my brain has a schedule"

"Hopefully they have gyoza there or I will lose my mind"

"hehe yes spooky man"

"my ghost glucose guardian"

"the head of the undead group that lives there, and we end up dating. (yes I date a ghost, no I will not be taking constructive criticism /lh)"

"ghosts r just inherently sexy"

"i mean im becoming a squid thing so"

"Raven quirk raven quirk!!"

"ł â m p"

"łæmp"

"mothman: ooh lamp you look very nice today! do you come here often? mothman: wait shit no"

"I'd date a ghost"

"mine is still accurate, i am still sobbing (/j)"

"p e e p e e"

""@nick wilde is a tumblr sexyman" is the best thing i have ever seen"

"im sorry im cackling like a dying hyena"

"you're all 12 year olds"

"PEENIE"

"He once caused global warming on accident so he could get a tan"

"god, what a himbo. i love him"

"that reminds me of my friends kin assigned me jesus"

"Man outside of battle be like: princely crying but then in battle hes like: "CATACLYSM! DISASTER! DEVASTATION!" Chill out man"

"Every time I talk about satan it never fails to shock people it's my favorite thing to do"

"im kin assigning him roman sanders" ""Oh yeah he caused global warming because he wanted to get girls" "he what""

"oh damn i forgot satan was straight"

"twink appreciation club"

"give us the twinks"

"my first thought was bottom-"

"so many people to try and get his dad to love him"

"daddy issued"

"OH MY GOD ITS WILBUR"

"Big boy but"

"anyways janus is swagggg"

"........................."

"gib twink"

"give twink then i will share"

"holds him gentle like hamburger"

"This dumb bitch opened a book that said "do not open" and got possessed by a little bastard"

"he is. fragile creachur"

"klug is beauty klug is grace i would let him step on my face"

"If I'm playing swap and I have to hear one more "Pwanet Powew" Im gonna lose it"

"Who is to blame? Pandora or the box?"

"Bakugo isnt my type but I respect the drip"

"i say like my type isnt long-haired pretty boys and girls that look so gnc that people have a history of confusing them for men"

"hes a gremlin and i can appreciate a pretty gremlin"

"that is to say i am attracted to VFlower vocaloid. This is a confession."

"note i am a lesbian"

"You may like Schezo wegey"

"why does he have one single expression"

"soul soul eater passes the vibe check"

"magic wand"

"I Want To Hold His Hand"

"i would commit a war crime for him any war crime idc which one"

"my favorite one is when he sounded rlly gay because he said "Muscular bodies keep me satisfied""

"p e a n u t"

"Klug is a homophobic homosexual its just facts"

"grug from the croods is peak male performance"

"jaw drops to floor, eyes pop out of sockets accompanied by trumpets, heart beats out of chest, awooga awooga sound effect, pulls chain on train whistle that has appeared next to head as steam blows out, slams fists on table, rattling any plates, bowls or silverware, whistles loudly, fireworks shoot from top of head, pants loudly as tongue hangs out of mouth, wipes comically large bead of sweat from forehead, clears throat, straightens tie, combs hair Ahem, you look very lovely."

"tag yourself im the fireworks shooting from the top of the head"

"i like essays"

"central time gang"

"11:11 pog-" (wait... is that a suprise angel number?? yes it is lovelies just for you <3)

"Then again im also a dumbass bitch who wonders what the souls in soul eater taste like. SERIOUSLY THOUGH. THEY LOOK TASTY AS HELL!!!! LIKE GODDAMN BRO YOU'RE MAKING ME FUCKING HUNGRY. Like. that shit- it's Bone Apple motherfucking Teeth. hell yea my guy. Im hongy now.... shlorp I'm seriously considering this. Like. They seem kinda like a liquid? But a solid? Are they like jello? The fuck they taste like my guy???? I keep imagining they're like sour, like sour candy maybe? Or do they taste salty? Sweet? Maybe some combo of two? Do they even have a taste or is it about the texture? The sensation? God my mouth is watering what the hell. I am starving. I think I need to go get a cookie. I'm gonna go get a cookie. Brb. I'm better. I'm still craving souls though. Which is a weird-ass cringey thing to say but I'm being dead-ass rn. They just.... look tasty???? And I wanna eat one. Thus. I am shifting to Soul Eater for the express purpose of satisfying my fucking cravings. enjoy"

"points were made"

"jello? more like helloooo schloooAHFJDSDAIDWNALDHSJKDAIDANDM"

"WAIT I THINK I HAVE AN ANIME GIRL BITING VIDEO TOO"

"anime girl voice: mmm! mm... ahhhhmp!! mmm, mmm... aaahmp!"

"i think it sounds great i'm going to start eating like that"

"several people are typing"

"do these look edible to you"

"forbidden gummies"

"when I was on lsd I couldn't eat my fruit gummies because I thought they were alive because they had little faces on them"

"oh shit yeah don't do drugs"

"anyways general consensus is puyos are edible, ty for your input everyone"

"everypony is a word so powerful it can bring nations to its knees"

"pls the self control it's taking me not to say "hewwo everypony" in gen chat when someone new joins-"

"hewwo evewrypony uwu deaw cewestia i hopwe it doewsnt wain owo"

"ive cooked up a sowution wiwth the knowwege ive acwued. they say a kitcwen time saves niwne, but im just savwing two. Ive gathewwed the inwedients to make a time sowbet. Thewe's hawdly woom fow seconds when the seconds mewt away."

"I had a ten year old sister... you know what happened to her??? very sad, very tragic... she turned eleven....."

"NIIICE"

"Guts dont say the secks word :( /j"

"watch your fucking language in front of the president"

"im so sorry lumi"

"i think you're like ehhhh 8/10 funny"

"now me???? 10/10. Hilarious"

"sometimes i have to take a step back and remember that this is the same guts i follow on tumblr /lh"

""ok every here's some good shifting advice!!! uwu have a good day" "yeah i did lsd and ate fruit gummies""

"i have one setting and it's whatever this is"

"my bitch ass cat just pushed the door open with his fuzzy face and now my sleeping dad is being lulled into dreams by Cosmo Sheldrake's 'Pliocine'."

"me on discord: nick wilde"

"me on tumblr: shifting water! haha funne! me on here: my hermit crabs are cannibals also i want to eat souls."

"im sorry yOUR VIBESA RE JUST SO DIFFERNT"

"u give off older cousin ive never spoken to but always admire at the family gatherings vibes"

"what the fuck"

"BC I HAVE LIBERTU"

"If you adopt me then yes"

"am I qualified for dad jokes???"

"we're all a lot smarter on tumblr"

"I'm like "awww... sweet... sweet little shiftlings... posting such sweet shiftling content... so pure, so wholesome... does not even know abcs....""

"can't think before you speak if you never think B)"

"I'm not responsible enough to be a mom"

"cat pet"

"show us pictures of the cat or i will do Crime"

"maybe thats me being a coward tho"

"MOTH!!!! MOTH MY BELOVED"

if y'all want I can make this a series bc shiftblr keeps giving me more content

[thequibblah]

⭐️ would love some commentary on that dancing scene (or really any commentary on the various parties thrown by the marauders) from the party happening next to the Potions Club party ⭐️

WELL WELL WELL

"This is...a lot of trouble to go to." "It's the Marauders. They love trouble."

i love writing party scenes (as i'm sure you all know lol) and one of the best/worst things w the marauders parties is striking a balance between their, uh, audacious plans, and what's realistically possible at hogwarts without getting caught. (aka literally why i made up the dodgy lodgings). i went back and forth so long on whether or not they could plausibly have managed that with slughorn's dinner next door, but then was like ah whatever the party has to happen for plot reasons so.... plot ex machina??

anyway, i love using parties to establish character — what a brilliant stage of teenage performance they provide. i love contrasting the hogwarts parties to, say, evan wronecki's — for instance, how lily and co. are more at ease in the former, as seventh years, with their classmates hosting, than they were at evan's nye bash

i also love that it gives me space to establish who is and isn't popular, so to speak, but also who acts or doesn't act the way we presume popular kids will act

doe, for instance, who is by all accounts a level-headed and non-wild person, has a more exciting time on net at marauders' parties than mary (drinking game, kissing remus), though she's not a big drinker and isn't really into parties. but she's comfortable in her own little social circle at a bigger event (like with michael at evan's) and so isn't bothered at all by the marauders' do, because...

She did, in fact, trust the Marauders. Her general belief in the inherent goodness of people notwithstanding, she didn't think they would do anything to harm their friends. Intentionally.

this bit always makes me laugh

as with many things, i feel very saddened that i didn't get to make more out of the fools' olympics (although one could argue that The Dance was a pro) — as in, i wish i'd been able to squeeze more of it into the story itself. i could probably come up with a list of tasks and who completed them LOL

WAIT OH MY GOD I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS it just might be my favourite part of this chapter

"How did you do that?" Gillian said, glancing between the other two girls. "Just — drink it without a second thought?" "Practice," said Mary. "Scottish — constitution," David said hoarsely. "I once drank some of Mrs. Skower's All-Purpose Magical Mass Remover," said Priya.

priya is all i aspire to be

can i say, too, it's hilarious to me how many people worried niamh would be a james love interest? i feel like you will not rest easy on that count until he and lily are together... but that is not where the danger lies babes

circling back to popularity/unpopularity, another fun outlier. gillian is first established, in 33, as someone with friends (we see her around sara and in the seventh-year ravenclaws' compartment) but she's not exactly at ease at the party either — recall how she hesitates when mary invites her. only later, in 38, do we realise that our opinion of her has been skewed by the narration (from doe, who naturally assumes any friendly, nice person must have a wealth of friends and be floating through life; and mary, who naturally assumes anyone she isn't bored by must have the social skills of a medieval noblewoman at court), and she's a bit of a pariah in her own house

david, on the other hand, is just flat-out not in his element. and not because of the drinking or the, er, general revelry (see: summer with mary!), even though he doesn't partake much in either. unlike doe, the company breaks rather than makes his enjoyment — he's acutely aware, the whole time, that his cooler, more liked brother is around:

"Not your scene?" "What gave it away?" said David drily. As one they looked at Chris...

...and mary has intuited as much too, even though she has a lot more in common, superficially speaking, with chris than david

so, i think while i was writing this chapter i made a post complaining about how, as much as i love juggling the constraints of historical fiction, i hate that music from the 70s limits me in terms of tracklists. i.e., when i say a certain record is playing i can't just hit shuffle and go somewhere entirely different to set the mood shortly thereafter

this problem was because i wanted, NAY, NEEDED, to have "martha my dear" playing in the aftermath of that mary and david interaction. of course, time passes in that section break, but since "come and get it," which they talk about it, is a sirius song (though it could be a mary song), and i feel too strongly about needle drops to let that conversation go without a soundtrack. germaine even correctly guesses the white album is on because of mary:

Apparently Mary got fonder of the White Album the drunker she was.

...and of course the song itself makes me squeal with how very mary it is — not that it is something she would listen to, necessarily, or identify with (it would hold up too close of a mirror, ha), but it sounds like it could've been written about her ("hold your head up, you silly girl/look what you've done/when you find yourself in the thick of it/help yourself to a bit of what is all around you," which really sums up the entirety of her portree holiday, lol)

BUT! if "martha my dear" is to play here, then i have some Serious Chronology Concerns. i knew germeline had to kiss and jily had to dance and ideally in that order. but what would those scenes be soundtracked by!!!! i was limited to side two of the white album!!!

so i did the healthy thing and panic-listened to the white album. "don't pass me by" was, right away, an easy lock for the dance, because it's danceable, but not in a way that would've scared lily off. lyrically, it feels GREAT for jily in this moment, on the cusp of lily's realisation ("waiting for your knock, dear [...] i don't hear it, does it mean you don't love me anymore?" vs OF COURSE "don't pass me by [...] 'cause you know darling, i love only you"). i feel about "don't pass me by" the same way as NYT critic nik cohn: it's "straight ahead and clumsy and greatly enjoyable, backed by a beautiful hurdy-gurdy organ," which, if that isn't everything i wanted to evoke with the dance itself!!!!!!

ok we'll circle back to this, but onward with the musical discussion

thus i had four songs to choose from, between "martha my dear" and "don't pass me by," for the germeline scene — "piggies," "blackbird," "i'm so tired," and "rocky raccoon." the latter is on my sirius playlist, so auto-no; "piggies" is, well, like that, so also a no. "blackbird" is a certified germaine classic that was written personally by paul mccartney for germaine, but it seemed too introspective for the moment. i don't think i'd ever listened to "i'm so tired" before this panicked searching, and honestly it must be some wild luck that it is. just SO RIGHT!!!! it's so lethargic and tortured and angsty and, well, a bit of a stoner song, so.... it's THERE

AND NOW for the dance! true story, i initially wanted jily to have a real conversation, after the party. i had the dance in there and then james would catch up with lily after to be like, "hey i was wrong actually, you should write to petunia." but then i realised i wanted james and sirius to have a conversation about the bike/money, and i wanted it to strike a different chord, tonally, than the jily conversation. then i realised it would be too much to have both and i'd need to condense that conversation into the dance. VERY nearly cut the dance in favour of the conversation but wow i am glad i didn't

The tinkling piano signalled the start of the next song; she extended a hand, very matter-of-factly, to James, "Come on, this is a good one."

not pictured: james having a fucking breakdown

obviously, i could have gone the route of a genuine dramatic dance, but as previously mentioned lily would have chickened out, and i wanted to have this be an experience she could look back on and pine about because of how fun it was and james totally doesn't like her back

Loath as she was to admit it, this most indelicate of waltzes suited the plodding chords of "Don't Pass Me By." And worst of all, once they had stopped stepping on each other's feet James started to sing, in the poorest possible Ringo imitation she had ever heard in her life.

by the way, attentive readers of blink three times will recall:

He finally starts to lead — thank goodness, because she’s not the one who was forced into formal dance lessons as a child...

so in 36, this is james being drunk, but it is also james being silly on purpose because not only is he JAMES and so he must take the mick, he also knows it will put lily at ease

okay, and this bit:

"Don't pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue," they both shouted rather than sang, "'Cause you know darling—" Lily broke off, laughing, dimly aware that she had done so to avoid saying I love only you while staring right at him.

from the FIRST MOMENT i picked out "don't pass me by," i knew i knew I KNEW that lily would have thoughts about this line. at this point in the story if someone questioned her about it she would probably have a full-scale breakdown about her male friends vs her female friends ("but no... i suppose i wouldn't mind saying it to remus.... but that's different!" how is it different, lily? "it's different!")

anyway, the bottom line is she could NOT abide saying it. i enjoyed writing that because 1. same girl and 2. it felt like a nice bit of close foreshadowing for her realisation, which i knew was coming soon. so that's a really circular way of saying, i knew what it meant but ideally to readers it was just oh this will mean something far-off in the future!!! which is usually true for me but SURPRISE babey it was just two chapters away!!!

note btw that lily "falls for james"

Lily spun faster than she’d intended to. The room was a brief, kaleidoscope blur. Then there was James. “Jesus, Evans,” he said, steadying her as the next track began.

>:)

and after i thought tracklists would fuck me up, i turned them into my WEAPON!!

Huffing, she stepped out of his arms. (There were some songs you could sing along to with your mates, and “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” was not one of them.)

(so, you know, keep in mind that for the rest of this conversation, paul is in the background howling "no one will be watching us/why don't we do it in the road?")

also:

"...I’m not drinking tonight, but I’d better get the royal treatment after we win on Saturday."

and then what happened <3

wait jesus oh my god i really went hard on this huh

She only saw its result: the easy grin had given way to an expression so serious it was almost sweet.

LILY??????

and hey, remember when:

...because in chapter 26:

Dex’s measured opinions about the wizarding world seemed more the result of upbringing and inexperience than ill will, but Lily had not expected a radical change of heart.

...but then in 36:

He was right, damn it. And a part of her had known all along, had sought him out expressly so that he would say the opposite thing to her. He’d gone and proven her wrong. She broke the staring match first [...] “What brought on the change of heart?” “It’s a long story, and I expect it’ll have an unsatisfying end if I told it to you.” Lily scoffed, but James had on that maddening grin that meant he would not budge. “Oh, all right.” Softer, she added, “Thank you.” He began to back away, towards the bar. “It’s give and take, Evans.”

in conclusion, i never forget, besties