#this is awful I'm sorry

[whothe-hell-ismary]

Half Love/Half Regret

Steve probably shouldn’t find it as funny as he does. He’s surrounded by his friends, his family, who care about him enough that they staged this shindig. Spurred on by Eddie, of all people. They just want him to get clean, healthy, stop self-destructing. He just can’t stop laughing. 

He can’t remember the last time he laughed this hard. He’s curled in on himself, almost falling off the sofa as his body heaves. Robin has wrenched her hand out of his and is standing now, glaring at him through the tears in her eyes, but he still can’t stop. He can feel Eddie on his other side, can just imagine the way he’s looking at him, how everyone is looking at him. 

It’s touching, really. Everyone is here. The Party, Robin, Nancy, Jonathan, and Eddie all surrounding him in his living room. He didn’t know what was happening at first, thought he’d really lost his mind and had forgotten it was his birthday or some shit. 

They’d gingerly herded him to the sofa, watching him with their sad eyes as they sat in a circle around him. Then the stories started. Dustin had been the first to go, told him how much he loved having him as a big brother and he couldn’t imagine facing the rest of his teenage years without him. Lucas followed, spouting off some weird basketball anecdotes, then the rest of the kids. By the time they got to Nancy, Steve realized what was going on. This was an intervention. 

Eddie had ratted him out. What an ass.

Steve had been able to hold it together through Nancy and Jonathan’s speeches, but when it got to Robin and she immediately started sobbing, he just couldn’t keep it up anymore. One look in her tear-filled eyes and Steve lost it. 

He’s not sure how long it’s been. He’s on the floor now, gasping for breath as his laughter finally starts to subside. He takes his time sitting up and reorienting himself. He looks around, sees the disappointed eyes watching him. He knows they think he’s really lost his shit now, Nancy’s probably already sent some secret signal to have the local psych hospital come pick him up. 

“Guys, I appreciate all this, really, but I don’t need an intervention.” Steve sighs, rubbing a hand over his face to hide his grin. Eddie snorts above his shoulder.

“Steve, look, I… I’m sorry I told them, but I had to, man. If you keep on like this, it’s gonna kill you.” Eddie has the decency to look a little guilty, at least.

“Keep on like what, man?” Steve shakes his head, watches as Dustin throws his hands up in the air in disbelief.

“Steve.” Eddie deadpans, turning so he’s fully facing him and staring him right in the eyes. “I know you’re a little fucked up after everything with the Upside Down, after…Vecna. We all are. But, dude, you’ve literally been buying drugs from me multiple times a week. For months.”

Steve sighs again, opens his mouth to respond but Eddie’s not done.

“I wasn’t worried when it was just weed. But… shit Steve. That other shit is literally going to kill you. I was just going to refuse to sell you anymore but I figured you’d just go get it somewhere else ,and that’d be even worse. I didn’t know what else to do other than this.”

Robin sits down next to him on the floor, grabs his hand again. Steve can feel her shaking and feels awful. What a clusterfuck he’s gotten himself into.

“Steve. I love you. We love you. So much. You know we’re here for you, and you know we know what you’re going through. Please don’t do this to yourself, just let us help.” She’s crying again, and Steve’s had enough.

He gently removes his hand from hers and stands up, glancing around the room again.

“Look, just… just wait here one second, okay?” He heads for the stairs, hears someone following behind him, knows they no longer trust him to be alone. He knows it’s Eddie without looking. He knows the way the air shifts around Eddie’s body at this point… knows what his footsteps sound like, knows how his jeans swish as he moves, can feel the nervous, anxious energy radiating off of him like always. 

“You gonna wipe my ass for me too, Munson?” Steve asks over his shoulder, taking the steps two at a time. He hears Eddie sigh but doesn’t get a response.

Steve turns into his bedroom and heads straight for his closet, reaching into the back corner and pulling out his old backpack. He throws it onto the bed and leans back against the wall, crossing his arms as he glares at Eddie.

“Go on. Open it.” 

Eddie’s clearly confused, but steps over to the bed, unzipping the backpack and peering inside.

“Steve, what the actual fuck?” 

Steve starts laughing again, doesn’t answer and instead grabs the backpack and heads back downstairs, Eddie hot on his heels. He gets to the living room and dumps the contents in the middle of the floor, in view of everyone.

6 months worth of weed, Special K, and a few other special goodies lie on the floor, untouched. All eyes are on him.

“Steve, again I ask… What. The. Actual. Fuck.” Eddie’s the one with his arms crossed now, so many emotions running across his face that Steve can’t tell if he’s relieved, angry, or just really confused. Probably all three, really.

“I’m not doing drugs, guys. Yeah, I… I bought them. But I’ve never taken any of it. Other than the weed every once in a while when the headaches get really bad or something.” 

“Then why the hell did you buy all of this from me?” 

“Please don’t make me answer that.” Steve groans. He suddenly doesn’t think it’s funny anymore, realizes he’s actually backed himself into a corner here and it’s about to turn into a whole other kind of intervention. 

“Uh, you kinda have to, man. You have literally given me thousands of dollars for drugs you had no intention of using. Why on earth would you do that?”

Steve’s frozen. A real deer in headlights. He can’t think of a single good excuse other than the truth, and he’s not about to blurt that shit out in front of all these…

“Because he’s in love with you,” Max blurts from her spot in the recliner, smirking like she’s just found the cure for cancer but isn’t going to share it for less than a billion dollars. Steve hates her.. Wants to murder her. Like, yesterday. He’s never driving her anywhere again, definitely. The scales of favoritism have tipped back towards Dustin. Fuck, even Mike is above her at this point.

Steve hears soft, uncomfortable laughter from a few corners of the rooms, but he can’t take his eyes off Eddie. Eddie, who’s still just staring at him, eyes narrowing but not in an entirely unpleasant way?

“Steve?” His voice is soft, hesitant. Steve’s done for. He might as well spill the beans. He had his crisis silently and privately months ago, he knows everyone in this room loves and supports him no matter what, Max already fucking spilled the beans for him, the little narc.

“Yeah…yeah because I’m in love with you. Or something,” Steve mutters, shoving his hands in the pocket of his hoodie as he starts rambling. “I think I realized when I thought I lost you, ya know, to Vecna. And I just… I just wanted to be around you all the time, I think? No, I know. I did. I still do. And I knew you wouldn’t want to just hang out, like why the fuck would you want to hang out with me? So, I figured I’d just be a paying customer and you’d have to spend time with me and then we could be friends and hang out for real and then… shit, it just spiraled, man. I’m so sorry.” 

Eddie takes a step towards him but Steve stumbles backward, hitting the patio door as he tries to keep space between them. 

“You can have the drugs back, too. I don’t want the money back! I don’t need it, you need it more than me. But… I mean I’m not going to do the drugs so you might as well re-sell them or something, whatever you want, I-”

“Steve, please shut up.” Eddie’s in his space now anyway. Steve is trapped against the door and Eddie is close, closer than he should be, why is he so close? 

“I love you too, you fucking idiot.” Eddie’s eyes are twinkling, his smile taking over his face, and all Steve can do is stare.

“You…what?” 

“I. Love. You. Too.” Eddie leans forward, presses a soft kiss to the corner of Steve’s mouth after each word. “And you’re a fucking idiot, can’t forget that part. Why the hell did you ever think I wouldn’t want to hang out with you? I’ve been ass over tits for you since you brought me YooHoo in that boathouse, babe.” 

Steve’s laughing again, and this time those beautiful butterflies in his stomach accompany the laughter. 

Eddie’s hand cups his jaw as he rests their foreheads together. “How about we start spending some quality time together without the business transactions, yeah?”  “Yeah. Yeah I’d really like that, Eds.” Steve brings their lips together and as he hears the cheers and fake gagging erupt around them, he thinks what a beautiful clusterfuck he’s gotten himself into, indeed.

[ofxwilyxfox]

his first 12 victims were almost complete and with it the first anchor point for his expression triangle. There had been some surprises such as one of his victims bursting into flame and then walking around the party afterwards, but it was still enough for Kol. It was only when he heard commotion of being trapped inside that he took noticed and wondered if it was a retaliation of his actions for someone to track down who was responsible for the deaths or an external factor. Soon the male was greeted by another. He recognised her, he face one of the first he saw after his resurrection. Soon the name he was dreading left her mouth. "You know your mother would disapprove of you attempting to gain more power" was enough for kol to realise that he had been watched and if she was allowed to escape, his plan would be ruined. In a moment he raised his arm and the influx of power already generated was enough to subdue the female to her knees. As he was about to finish her off, he noticed another in the room.

@sanguisstarters

[seagiri]

when did this happen???

[roz-ani]

Dadslight

Dadkeep

Dadboss

[ayo-edebiri]

Ayo Edebiri Cooks for Vogue | Now Serving

[14dayswithyou]

💖 Day 3.5 is now available! 💖

For the last couple of months, only Server Boosters had access to the 3.5 update... Buuuuut now it's available for everyone to play in the 14DWY Discord — and soon itch.io once I'm happy with the QA and state of the game — so please don't feel pressured to join unless you want to!!

The full devlog + even more screenshots are under the cut ^^

What's been added to the 3.5 version?

📺 Streamer Mode!

I've been told that it's difficult to stream and monetise age-restricted videos on YouTube and Twitch, so I added an option to remove the sexual content and strong language used in the demo.

Now y'all can invite Ren into your bed for cuddles without putting your streamer career on the line /silly /lh

This won't affect the 18+ rating or dark themes/elements of the game, however! Although Streamer Mode will prevent you from seeing any "gruesome" CGs in the future, most of the core elements of the game will still be tied to the choices and decisions you make. So you won't miss out on the overall experience by using streamer mode!!

⚙️ Custom Pronouns!

It only took me one entire year to get around to it, but you can finally choose your own preferred pronouns (or use a set of pronouns instead)... At the cost of being able to change them mid-game ^^;

Since the original pronoun screen wouldn't update until a new scene was displayed, I temporarily disabled the feature. But once I find a workaround, I'll bring it back!

💗 Choose how others perceive you!

You can now choose how the cast and narration perceive you! Originally, the narration was kept strictly gender-neutral (outside of pronouns and genitalia picked by the player), but this will soon change in future updates.

For more clarity: you don't get to choose the words specifically, but you can choose between masculine, feminine, and androgynous terms!

📋 Separate top and bottom genitalia!

You can now choose your tatas and pps separately! >:3

Alongside that, you can also choose your preferred body type!

I removed the "both" genitalia option because a few players still assumed it was an obscure version of "intersex". That wasn't my intention and I don't want to mislead anyone, so I took it out for now ^^;

I also didn't want to include a screenshot of the new genitalia choices in action (because it's NSFW), so y'all get the same character menu screen for the nth time instead lmao

📱 Relationship Screen Overhaul!

You can now change your own status for more immersion, and long-term Server Boosters will eventually be able to submit and use their own icon within the game as well!

Stalking finding your friends has now become easier by using "Buddy Maps"; a new app that allows you to see the location of all the cast members!

I want to offer players more incentive to check the relationship screen since they tend to miss the status updates, so hopefully this might help ;v;

It also says it "updates every few hours" so folks don't go overboard and check every 5 seconds to see where Ren is gdsghf (also keep in mind that he's a hacker lol)

🖤 Additional Scenes Update!

Day 2 received a brand new CG!!!!! Originally, I planned on only adding a few CGs sporadically throughout the game, but it didn't feel right to leave Day 2 so... empty... so I added a brand new CG to (hopefully) make things feel more balanced and natural!

If you decline Teo's offer on Day 3, Leon will now call and try to convince you to reconsider. However, players are still allowed to decline, and if they do, they'll reach a dead end.

After listening to feedback on itch, I changed some of the dialogue during Days 1-3 to make it seem more consistent! They're only small changes though, so it's honestly not worth looking for sdgjssga

🎶 Updated BGM and SFX!

I wanted to try out a different style of music to see if it fits the vibe of 14DWY more! The BGM features more acoustics to suit the "beachy" theme of Corland Bay, though I made a conscious effort to include piano elements as well to stay true to the original!!

I figured it'd be better to give players a live example before I make a poll (to see if they prefer the change or not) and publish it to Itch.

Some new SFX have also been added, though it's very minimal and honestly not that noticeable.

How to download and play the update?

(warning: clicking on the following links will open Discord!!) To download the Day 3.5 update, simply join the 14DWY Discord server, verify your age, and visit the "14dwy-updates" channel!

Alternatively, you can also wait until the update is publicly released on Itch to play it as well!! (It normally gets released shortly after a round of QA testing/getting feedback from the server, though I may release it earlier if I feel like it hehe ^^)

Enjoy!!

[featheredadora]

[egophiliac]

happy new year Ego!!! Just wanted to let you know that I absolutely adore your twst fanart and the tags are just an absolute pleasure to read! You are my greatest inspiration for my personal twst art and I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful masterpieces <333 if possible, may I ask what are some of your headcanons for the diasomnia family? If not for diasomnia then any other characters are fine as well!

thank you, and happy new year! 💚💜💚 that is amazing to hear; it's always a little bewildering but super flattering that other people like my silly little doodles so much!

I don't think I really have any really solid headcanons and also canon keeps validating me left and right (FLUFFY DOMESTIC DIAFAM IS REAL). mostly just kind of...impressions and general thoughts, if that makes sense! lately though I've been kind of obsessed with thinking about Lilia's hair, and specifically when/why he ended up cutting it. (l-look, we're bouncing around the timeline and I gotta make decisions about these things when I draw, it's relevant) (I mean I would probably be weirdly fixated on this anyway, but.)

I think I've settled on the idea that he kept it long until he went to NRC, partly because 1) I like drawing The Ponytail, and 2) I think he thought of NRC as a chance to reinvent himself a bit! he gets to go and be a wacky carefree teenager for a few years and have fun! (officially he's there to keep an eye on Son #1, but how much trouble could he get into, really.) so he gave himself a Cool Teen Haircut to go with his fresh new Cool Teen Persona!

also maybe he had some reflection on his hair's troubled past with three kids...

...and had to weigh his vanity versus the fact that he was going off to be around hundreds of kids on a daily basis, and. the choice suddenly seemed obvious.

[canisalbus]

Happy non chocolate cake day.

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[jesperfahxey]

Bucky + making Buck smile

MASTERS OF THE AIR (2024)

[mikonez]

some guesses what's in oscars letter

[lesbianfortara]

I'm so normal about Marceline in this episode

[hwanwooyoung]

[240531] Music Bank :: WORK :: Wooyoung

[royalarchivist]

Pac: Take care of Ramon, take care of Richas, ok? See you on the other side, big boy.

Fit: [Laughs] Take it easy, big boy. Take it easy, big boy. Actually, nononono– You can't just say "big boy" and then just expect me to not drag you outta here. [Fit tries to lasso Pac] You're coming with me.

Pac: No, I need to leave!

Fit: You're coming with me. You are not dying today! You are not dying today!

Pac: I need to leave, Fit! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

Ironmouse: Are you guys like, having sexy time?

Fit: There's homosexual activity going on Mouse, don't worry about us, ok?

Ironmouse: You guys, we don't have time to be gay right now.

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Pac: I'm just here to say goodbye to you, Fit.

Fit: Goodbye? We're not– we're gonna be fine, we're going to get out of here, don't worry.

Aypierre: Yeah, don't worry!

Pac: I know, but like– I will sleep until the end, you know? I will pass through this moment sleeping, man. I won't be able to be awake for the moment.

Fit: [Laughs] You know, it's– I mean, if that's how you wanna go, but– I mean, that- I mean, isn't that bed kind of like.... I don't know, it's–

Pac: No no, I will be staying on the sofa, you know, I will be staying on the sofa.

Fit: Oh the sofa. Ok, that's a nice sofa! Yeah, that is a pretty nice sofa.

Pac: Yeah, it's a nice sofa right? No, yeah– I'm going to stay on the sofa, you know? So, since I will be going Fit... [Pac starts tossing Fit all his items]

Aypierre: [Not paying attention to their conversation] Is that bigger cell? I don't think it's a bigger- biggest one.

Fit: Oh... Thank you Pac, thank you.

Pac: Everything you need to survive, ok?

Fit: Wow.

Aypierre: Wow.

Pac: And if you need this one also, maybe, who knows? [Throws him more items]

Fit: Ohhh, well hey– just take this to remember me by, ok? [Tosses him a photo of himself – the same one Aypierre was carrying all day yesterday]

Pac: [Laughs] Ok, I will sleep holding the picture you know, like this. You know, I will dream about you, Fit. And I hope this is gonna be good dreams. I see you in the other side. Good luck, my friend.

Fit: The other side... Yeah, you know, yeah, we– we– you know? It's been an honor, Pac. It's been an honor, you know?

Pac: Yeah, for me too, you know? Take care of Ramon, take care of Richas, ok?

Fit: Ok.

Pac: See you on the other side, big boy.

Fit: I will sing your praise– Oh yeah, hey– [Laughs] Take it easy, big boy. Take it easy, big boy. Actually, nononono– You can't just say "big boy" and then just expect me to not drag you outta here. You're coming with me.

Pac: No, I need to leave!

Fit: You're coming with me. You are not dying today! You are not dying today!

Pac: I need to leave, Fit! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

Fit: Sorry, there's–

Pac: I'm sorry!

Ironmouse: Are you guys like, having sexy time?

Fit: There's homosexual activity going on Mouse, don't worry about us, ok?

Ironmouse: You guys, you guys– we don't have time to be gay right now, come on. There's no time.

Pac: No, there's no time! Oh, goodbye Fit...

Fit: Ok, c'mon, no no no, come on, we got this we got this!

Pac: Goodbye Fit, I'm sorry!

Fit: [Laughs] Oh no...

[ayo-edebiri]

Do you feel loved? Yeah, I... I do. Good. You are.

[hoshingi]

this damn outfit ↪ for anon