#this one was a lot of fun to write anon

[renlyslittlerose]

Kinktober Day 9 - Felching

Today’s kinktober prompt: Just read your latest Kinktober fic and I'm just *fans self aggressively* Now I'm here to do the Lord's work by prompting "felching"! As a follow-up scene or completely different scenario!

May I? - 1,131 Rated: E Content: Felching; Rimming; Come Eating; Bottom Anakin; Top Obi-Wan

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Anakin bit into the meat of his arm and suppressed a groan. Breath, hot and stuttering, fluttered his curls, hair tangled and spread out across his temples and cheeks as he arched back into the touch offered to him. Beneath him his cock stirred though he’d already come twice before, body overstimulated but still needing more - always needing more.

There were few things as exposing as this: spread and pulled apart, his hole studied and inspected - admired - by the intense gaze of Obi-Wan. Anakin could practically feel his eyes on him, scorching hot as steel-blue tones slid down his back and long the curve of his ass, hands dug into the meaty underside of his thighs as Obi-Wan pulled and pushed him apart. His hole was already so sensitive to the slightest touch, stretched apart by Obi-Wan’s thick fingers and heavy cock, slick with spit and come and lube, hair matted down and tugging uncomfortably as his cheeks were pulled apart and held open.

He waited for Obi-Wan’s instruction, keeping his hole clenched, the whorl of muscle squeezed tight. A moment passed, Anakin sensing a tremor through their bond as Obi-Wan indulged in the sight, his usual patience bleeding into this moment. Obi-Wan would take his time - he could take his time - dragging out every torturous moment so that he could indulge in the sensations for just a little longer.

Anakin still hadn’t figured out how he did it.

“Relax,” Obi-Wan finally said.

Doing as requested, Anakin smiled into the pillow as he heard Obi-Wan’s soft gasp as the hot, slick dredges of his seed spill out from Anakin’s hole. Turning his head he looked over his shoulder, watching Obi-Wan’s expression shift and curl - one moment hard and hungry and the next soft and supplicant. Tensing before he lost all of Obi-Wan’s seed, Anakin locked eyes with Obi-Wan and smiled.

“May I?” Obi-Wan asked.

He always asked - always requested, even when he was fucking Anakin hard and fast, hand in his curls, shoving Anakin’s face down into the bedding or the floor or the wall. It was as if he needed permission to let himself go; take what he wanted of his former Padawan without resistance from his inner shame. And Anakin loved it - loved that he was able to give Obi-Wan that. Loved that he was the only one who could. Loved that he would be the only one who did.

Obi-Wan shifted then, slipping down on to the bed. Anakin rested his cheek on his arm and sighed, toes curling as he felt the first puff of air against the furl of muscle and damp hairs. He felt Obi-Wan’s tongue against his perineum first, long and flat and hot as it slid up and back down, Obi-Wan collecting what had already spilled out. Anakin cock swelled between his belly and the mattress, hips stuttering down before pushing back up, wanting more of Obi-Wan’s tongue on him - along his hole and inside, licking and lapping, taking back what he’d given.

But instead Obi-Wan laved at his balls, Anakin’s breath hitching as Obi-Wan pressed his nose against his taint and sucked one ball into his mouth. He made a little noise in the back of his throat, heard over the drumming in Anakin’s head, needy and focused as hot breath gusted across Anakin’s slick skin. He took Anakin’s other ball and gave it the same attention, hands harsh against his legs, keeping Anakin spread.

And then he moved back up. A moment passed, Anakin still keeping his hole closed up tight despite the ache. He waited until he could feel the ghost of Obi-Wan’s lips on him before he relaxed, and moaned loudly when Obi-Wan pitched forward to catch what was offered. His hole was still sensitive, the rim stretched and the muscles tense as Obi-Wan tongued him quick and fast, lapping up his seed before sucking at the sloppy rim.

The sensations were both pleasurable and painful, Anakin’s body rocking into Obi-Wan’s mouth while bucking away, cock throbbing between his legs. He let out a sob as Obi-Wan wiggled his tongue inside, slipping the tip in to clean him up as thoroughly as he could, his beard rubbing harshly against Anakin’s over-heated skin. But the sensations were nothing compared to the sounds Obi-Wan was making, desperate little hitches slipping past his usually composed facade, mouth hungry and wet sounding against Anakin’s hole, breath skittering along his sweat slick skin, hot and demanding.

Obi-Wan was squeezing the muscles of Anakin’s ass, keeping him spread, wide open and exposed to his hunger. Another moan slipped past Anakin’s lips when Obi-Wan’s teeth grazed his puffy rim, muscles fluttering beneath the manipulation as Obi-Wan ate his come from him. Pain and pleasure fanned out from his groin and up into the back of his skull, making him delirious once more, mind blissed out and body going limp and then tensing with each rub and stroke of Obi-Wan’s tongue.

Lifting his head Obi-Wan caught his breath, leaving Anakin’s hole abandoned for a moment. But before Anakin could ask or demand his return, Obi-Wan was ducking back down, tongue and lips once again covering Anakin, tongue flicking before flattening, movements at once hurried and fiendishly slow. There was a creaking in the bed, a subtle motion of movement that Anakin recognized was Obi-Wan shoving his cock into the bedding, hips fucking up into the soft fabric as he pushed his face between Anakin’s cheeks and devoured him whole.

There was no come left to taste yet he continued and continued until Anakin was spilling out on to the bed, the only friction needed that of the fabrics of the sheets and blankets, soft and harsh all at once against his over-sensitive body. There was a spasm in their bond - quick and lashing - and Anakin knew Obi-Wan was coming as well. He could feel it in his touch as he gripped Anakin’s thighs and squeezed; in how he wiggled his tongue and kissed and sucked on the rim like a man possessed; how he huffed and grunted, breath wet and desperate against Anakin’s ass as he rode out his orgasm.

With great effort Anakin rolled on to his back as Obi-Wan crawled up the bed. Thought he was hot and sticky and sore, Anakin rolled on to Obi-Wan and shoved his face against his neck, breathing in his scent and the smell of sex.

“Thank you for letting me do that, darling,” Obi-Wan said, fingers idle in Anakin’s messy curls.

Anakin smiled against Obi-Wan’s neck. “Any time.”

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

Hey hey hey may 31th anon! How's 2024 going? ☆ヾ(*´▽｀)ﾉ This year I have for you a leaked Sherlock season 5 image. Thinking of you!! And everyone!!

[genericpuff]

I think someone needs to touch some grass

Please

I know what it’s like to be angry…

thanks i'm cured 🤡

[damnation-if]

ARIANIS PLEASEEE<3 I love them...

hehe okay, i'm flattered to have a full set!

Hostile

(condescending) Can I help you with something?

Whatever it is you want, I'm busy.

Damn it... I didn't hide quick enough.

To a particularly Good-aligned MC: Oh look, it's our own little pet saint. Have the Gods not saved you yet?

Bids farewell by saying "Not before time..."

Neutral

How has Hell been treating you?

I'd wondered where you'd got to.

Am I still on babysitting duty?

Oh, right. I was meant to be watching you, wasn't I?

Bids farewell by saying "have fun!"

Warm

Quick, pick a song for me to play. The demons never give me requests anymore.

You're looking well. Very demonic.

How have you been? You look like Hell (laughs). Sorry, I had to.

Any gossip to share? Secrets to reveal, schemes to plan, people to stab in the back? Demons have no social lives, I swear.

Bids farewell by saying "Try not to cause too much trouble. You know how Suchebh gets when They're angry," or "give them Hell! (laughs)"

Romanced

All right, let's gloss over the greetings so that I don't say anything sappy. Hi. It's good to see you. (muttering) Shit.

Can't get enough, hm?

So, here we are again.

I've been looking everywhere for you! Don't... make a big deal out of that, all right?

Bids farewell by saying "come back soon," or "you know where to find me."

[helenoftroysam]

samjohn where John lives past s2 and holds a dead Sam in his arms instead of Dean in ahbl? How do you think he’d behave?

This is not something I had ever considered before and it made me lose my mind a little bit when I let myself think about it.

I LOVE this scene for Sam and Dean but oh my god can you imagine if it was John in the mud on his knees, rocking Sam back and forth, telling him he's going to be okay because his dad's got him now, he'll keep him safe.

He knows there's nothing he can do, tries his best to keep the tears from his voice as he holds Sam's face in his hands, memorising his features. Wipes the blood from his mouth with a shaky thumb. He wants Sam's last memories to be of him, of someone who loves him so much. He can't let Sam go with his last memories of being stabbed in the back.

He's glad that Dean isn't here to see this, that he doesn't have to see his brother die in front of him.

He's failed both his boys in so many different ways but he never wanted to end up here, could never fathom ending up here even when he considered the thought that he might have to ...

He can't even finish the thought.

Sam isn't dying by his hand but it still feels like a personal failure, like it's his fault somehow. It's like the pain of losing Mary all over again and please God no he can't do this again, he can't breathe as he cradles Sam to his chest and holds his limp head on his shoulder, dirty hand buried in dark curls.

"Shh, Sammy," he whispers, not able to speak any louder than this. He keeps talking, even knowing Sam won't respond to him again. Keeps rocking him like he did when he was trying to soothe a fussy baby Sam. He suddenly thinks of the baby he brought home from the hospital with Mary, of placing him in Dean's arms for the first time. "It's okay." His tears are soaking into Sam's hair, but he doesn't think about how Sam can't feel it. "You ... you'll be with Mary. You'll be safe with her, Sammy." He doesn't even know what he's saying anymore, knees numb from the cold mud and his head and chest aching with a grief he never wanted to feel again. He doesn't believe in happy endings or heaven anymore but if he has to lie to soothe himself Sam, he'll do it. He'll do it if it means he can pretend he made his son's last moments comfortable. He doesn't think about how Sam stopped moving before he started talking to him. He can't stop pretending, he doesn't want to.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

hi ari!!!! hope you’re doing well!! 🐟🐟 these days the weather is so so nice and the sea is so tempting……………… i went ahead and took some days to swim like the fish i am! surprisingly the water wasn’t so cold and it seems i wasn’t the only one who thought of swimming because the beach was full of people 🙂‍↕️ it was really fun!

anyway!! i wanted to ask you, which films and/or cinematic universes you think your jjk favs would suit the most??? :33 if it is too restraining you can name tv series, of course!!

(p.s.: oh, i’m glad you liked my silly rant about statue!gojo TT 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 it has been rotting in my mind for months now but i’m a procrastinator and i have too many wips… i think it might be that summer is near and i’m super inspired but i don’t know where to begin lmaooo. my notebook is overflowing with half-finished prompts and chapters that are waiting to be completed……. 😭😭) — 🐟 anon

HIIIII MY LITTLE 🐟 ANON!!!! :33

i’m so happy that it’s getting warmer where you are!!!!! the weather is starting to take a turn for the better here too hehe….. but wahhh!!!! beach trips!!!!!!! i miss them i do…. you’ll have to have double the fun for both of us!!! <3333

AND . GULP. that’s a super fun question and also super tough bc i don’t watch …. a lot of movies……… 😔😔 i’ve been watching more recently!!!! but honestly i have a lot of trouble remembering series and movies that i’ve watched….. my brain doesn’t store a lot of them. HOWEVER . yk what i do watch??? and adore????

……. musicals >:33

so here are some musicals that i associate w my jjk favs!!! I HOPE THAT’S OKAY… i got a little too into it i think 😭

gojo - legally blonde

I JUST THINK HE WOULD LOVE IT SO MUCH……….. i know him personally . honestly i would’ve given him the movie if i had followed your original assignment bc it just screams gojo to me either way!!!! i think he loves chickflicks. :3 and this is definitely one of his comfort movies…… the musical is also just SUCH a bop i knowwwww this man is terrorizing his coworkers by singing ”gay or european” in broad daylight (specifically to nanami)……

sugu - the phantom of the opera

THE PHANTOMMMMMMM OF THE OPERA IS HEREEEEEEEE 🎶🎶🎶🎶 …. <- sugu doesn’t sing along to musicals + doesn’t rlly like them that much in general but i know in my heart and soul that he would hum this part quietly to himself . what can i say….. this is just a very classy musical that i think would appeal to him <3333 he’d read the book beforehand too. he’s a lil pretentious but it’s okay :3 he’s veryyyy picky abt what musical renditions he enjoys tho…….

shoko - the guy who didn’t like musicals

MY PERSONAL FAVORITE MUSICAL OF ALL TIMEEEEE <333333 i just know she’d adore it. the blend between horror and comedy is soooo shoko and i feel like she wouldn’t like musicals at ALL lmao so she’d appreciate the meta commentary!!!! it’s just. suchhhh a good musical….. i love starkid so much it hurts………… AND THE WHOLE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE THINGGG she would eat that up!!!! pls watch this one if you haven’t 🐟 anon you can find the full thing on yt and it’s INCREDIBLE i’ve watched it like 10 times!!!! it’s my most beloved!!!!

kenny - beetlejuice

BEETLEJUICE 👏 BEETLEJUICE 👏👏 BEETLEJUICE 👏👏👏 okay so i actually lied this one is ALSO my absolute favorite . and i’m giving it to kenny solely based on vibes :3 HE REMINDS ME OF BEETLEJUICE OK…. and i think he’d love it a lot. the songs are so fucking good and i know he’d appreciate them. the theme of life/death is also very kenny obv !!!!

toji - black friday

ANOTHER STARKID MUSICAL. this one is just…… soooo good and funny and also . tragic. one of the characters reminds me a lot of toji :’3 former veteran w a dead wife…. who struggles to show his son how much he cares…… and the theme of capitalism and money and how it corrupts ppl also feels in line w toji’s character!! but above all else this musical is abt. Family. and that’s more toji than anything!!! :((( this is another musical that i rlly recommend checking out, it’s set in the same universe as the guy who didn’t like musicals but like . an alternate timeline. it’s not my favorite in the series but the songs slap and it made me cry so <3333 yeah.

nobara - heathers

was lowkey considering six the musical for my beloved nobara (bc of the gorgeous women and catchy fun songs) but . i think heathers fits her more!!!! i just feel like she’d ADORE it…… i know she’s singing along at the top of her lungs too LMAO especially to dead girl walking <3333 it’s just such a fun badass musical and i think she’d be obsessed. she does NOT like jd tho god bless 🙏🙏

[wexhappyxfew]

how old are the silver bullets girls?

HI ANONNNNNN! please know my reaction to this immediately went a little like this:

me as i’m about to start rambling about the girls and their ages because these little things bring me so much joy and i am so happy you asked this (truly….always open to questions like this about the Silver Bullets girls i’m more than happy to provide commentary!!!)

-> these are all their ages in 1943 <-

Annie: 23, second oldest in her family, oldest girl in her siblings so automatically always seems to take on the older-mentor role with people. why she fits the role of command pilot so well.

Francis: 22, had to grow up quite fast in her childhood so she feels a little older than she actually is at 22, but is one of the most mature people on base.

Bessie: 24, she graduated from Barnard College in New York City before joining up in the war effort and here she is!

Carrie: 22, was halfway through college when she joined the war effort and has intents of finishing. that or flying planes still, but she fits that mix of adulthood but still youthful.

Kennedy: 22, similar to carrie with her vibes of entering adulthood but still withholding youthful tendencies. came from quite a wealthy background too so sometimes she feels she had to grow up too fast.

Vivian: 24, same as bessie, both who are the current oldest of the crew! people thinks she always very maternal and one of the wisest people they can go to. a lot of life stories and experiences too that people find comfort in :)

Judy: 21, the youngest of the group!!!!! people really see her as their little sister, and she’s usually a little bit more naive and youthful. very hopeful and usually one of the happiest crew members. but she still feels innocent and like there’s so much experience left for her to see in the world. people are always looking out for her.

Marianne: 22, one of the girls who is in that same age of being an adult but still feeling young — sometimes wonders what she’d be doing if she wasn’t here but she does a lot of future-thinking for herself and that usually makes her feel older than she normally is.

Margie: 23, a ball of sunshine, sometimes judy and her are two peas in a pod and then she’s best friends with kennedy who is a storm cloud and she’s the sunshine and it all makes sense. friend to all, always cheering people up. usually needs some cheering up herself.

Paulina: 22, only just turned 22 by this time, so she still feels like she can say she’s one of the youngest alongside judy. young at heart, carefree, and always a shoulder to lean on. she’s got your back more than anything, and a ruthlessly loyal to her folks and her crew.

Birdie (since passed): was 25, previous command pilot for Silver Bullets before she was KIA. was like that protective, maternal older sister to the crew. always would provide advice and stories and back up her girls. one of the best there was!

[presiding]

What is your favourite thing about Billie Lurk?

(Answers are obvious possibly but i love when people talk about her👍)

thanks for the ask!! YEAH ME TOO I love when people talk about Billie! I can't say I have a favourite thing specifically, but I can explain why she's my fav. apologies for not taking this qn literally, but -

short answer: she’s really cool

& you can stop reading there, or, for the maybe 2 mutuals who might have time to read this my thoughts on her as a character, her meta, and her character as raw potential...

long answer:

i considered making this entire thing a gush so you could read a gush about Billie. but, part of what draws me to her is that she’s not always well written, and in fandom she’s underrated for a literal protagonist.

since you ask...

billie is a cool character

when I played Dh2 (hadn't played Dh1), I was excited to see a black woman with disabilities who was captaining a massive ship by herself. wow.

then I discovered Billie’s backstory with Deirdre, the way she responded to that, then having to survive while living on the run, and her bisexuality. as well as her history with daud & delilah. fascinating!

she’s an outsider who has so much to lose, and knows what it's like to lose everything - having lost everything not once but three times - but nevertheless speaks truth to power. she's so brave! she went and helped Emily & Corvo and she must have known they might kill her! plus, she’s smart, she’s funny, she gets shit done, she’s gorgeous.

but... the meta

mild critique of fandom & arkane incoming.

skip this bit if you want - you've been warned twice now - jump to tired Hayao Miyazaki and read from there if you'd like my thoughts on writing her.

i thought Death of the Outsider was going to be amazing and then... well. *sad trombone* i've written about that before so i won't keep banging on. i figured others must be disappointed too, so I joined a few fandom spaces in hopes of finding camaraderie.

most people with complaints about DotO didn’t like how the Outsider and Daud were handled. which is valid & I agree. but it seemed like most paid no attention to Billie; when people talk about her it’s with respect to Daud, as opposed to in her own right. you could argue for fandom misogyny because people don’t talk about adult Emily Kaldwin that much either, but in Billie's case, it’s misogynoir (compare & contrast with the popularity of thomas, particularly the popularity of thomas portrayed as a white man for no particular reason that i've been able to discern - i keep asking around, is it in the books???).

i think this is a LOT better now than it used to be, which is fantastic. or perhaps i have found the correct echo-chamber? ha.

ultimately, The Fandom is a fraction of the entire picture, and not even the important bit since The Fandom is not who these games are made for. you can't make money relying on only your hardcore fans even if all of them spent a fortune on merch, this is true for any AAA game.

while it's true that Billie is underrated from a fandom perspective - but Billie as an underwritten protagonist is squarely Arkane’s fault.

it was reasonable when she was a side character - the lack of info in Dh2 makes perfect sense (if anything there was more lore in Dh2 which is kind of wild)-

- but as a protagonist in Death of the Outsider?

.... there’s lousy writing, and there’s whatever is going on with Billie Lurk, a black woman who mostly exists as a foil or saviour for light-skinned characters. In her own game there’s barely any of her own lore except where it's relevant to saving two dudes.

lore hints at, but barely touches on what race means in the Dh universe (xenophobia is stronger in Dh1; separate essay i guess), but Arkane has patted themselves on the back for portraying non-white characters, which feels like the same thing as the aesthetic of diversity we're seeing in advertising currently because it’s in marketing trend guides. it's self-congratulatory and it's a missed opportunity for deeper storytelling.

you can see an example of diversity at its most shallow in the way that Billie’s written: there’s little engagement with her as an entire person with history & wants & preferences, and the world she walks through in that game feels like it has nothing to do with her. you could make a case for alienation as a theme, but then, how do you handle the titular premise of 'Dishonored' without ever letting Billie make changes in an environment without a chaos system? it's disappointing from that angle too.

in my opinion, whatever it's worth, it was an accident Arkane created such an awesome character - they needed someone to betray daud. congrats billie.

all this said, it makes her an underdog as far as characters to enjoy & create art & stories for. it's nice to find so many like-minded, switched on people! <3

billie's character potential

she’s got a wealth of unexplored lore, being deeply intertwined with both Karnaca & Dunwall’s fates & criminal underbellies, as well as her connections to the witches & whalers, and three Empresses.

she’s lived a few distinct lifetimes and in the games we get to meet her at two peaks (KoD & DotO) & a low (Dh2 as Meagan).

her voice is very distinct, her dry & often dark humour is entertaining & fun to write. her perspective is really interesting - she’s had the widest variety of void-powers of anyone canonically, and she’s also lived through the highest highs and lowest lows.

she's got everything going for her :) i couldn't really pick a fav thing!

[itsjaywalkers]

Not surprised damagecontrol wouldn’t care about you kind of stealing some anons boxer James ideas when they stole a bunch of fics

im literally yawning nonnie. we've had this conversation so many times i'm getting real fucking bored. if ur gonna send me hate at least be original!! keep me on my toes!! come up with something new!!

[maedhrus]

dear helen if you would like to do so: I am obsessed with your domestic joplittle and would love to hear more abt that au of an au with twins Susan and David, this is totally an invitation to just ramble about it! I love Dadward Little, you have them so right, I can’t stop thinking abt these two as adorable exhausted first time parents

OH i'm so glad to hear that because my brain is absolutely consumed by them!! it's very flattering to hear that someone is obsessed with these kids i forced into being!

the au of an au is really just my excuse to give joplittle kids because i am similarly possessed by the idea of edward and thomas as parents. i vary between an a/b/o setting and simply transing thomas' gender (because genderqueer thomas jopson is so special to ME) but either way, susan and david little are twins born in 1852, susan being older by eight minutes. david's middle name (michael. if yk yk) is just one that edward and thomas liked because there are Too Many male friends and relatives to choose a name from. susan's middle name is jane for edward's sister (who i hc as his twin after reading it in a couple of other fics and falling in love with edward as a twin.)

susan is a Mini Edward except for when's she's angry wherein she is possessed by thomas jopson sensibilities and guard-dog behaviours. david is a mix of both parents, but looks like edward when he frowns and thomas when he laughs. he's also got a bit more of a temper. despite being fraternal twins, they very much look like siblings, sharing dark but wavy hair and pale eyes. they have their parents absolutely besotted from day one.

i usually hc thomas' home life being pretty troubled growing up so he frequently can't believe that he gets to have a stable family unit; he teaches them both needlework but susan takes to it more, partially due to her greater patience. for edward, he can hardly believe that someone wants to marry him never mind have kids with him so he's occasionally struck with disbelief over how incredible his children are, but attributes this mainly to thomas. david absolutely idolises edward and aspires to similarly become a commander in the navy when he grow up (he does join the navy, but eventually becomes disillusioned with it). also Dadward Little is CORRECT he's very good at it!! he carries them on his shoulder and reads them stories! thomas sewed all their baby clothes himself

susan had a really bad bout of pneumonia when she was around ten and the doctors weren't optimistic about her odds. david completely withdrew into himself during this time, not even wanting his parents to hold him. edward and thomas were similarly distraught, with thomas refusing to move from her bedside. luckily, she recovered, but never really seemed to regain her full strength. less traumatically, david was once racing a friend to climb a tree, slipping and breaking his arm. he was more embarrassed than anything.

they live in ashford and are a happy, stable family and i love them all!

(occasionally i do have thomas and susan dying as a result of birth complications but that's mainly to feed my own personal angst enjoyment. in this au, edward is at his saddest and dampest and loves david with everything he can possibly, humanly offer. i do have some stuff written for this au.)

[sergeantpixie]

I love marina to!!! who do you ship her with?

Yay! My girl deserves all the love tbh.

My Marina Ships:

Colin/Marina - Very basic I know but I think it says a lot about what she thought of him that she picked him to be her baby daddy (and it says so much about him that he said he would've gladly married her if she told him the truth, I'm inclined to believe him.) and I'm a sucker okay.

Daphne/Marina - Mostly because they are character foils but also because they are pretty and also because both of them deserved more friends. I like to think they at least write letters to each other still!

Simon/Marina - This is my big reach but I just can absolutely see Simon being absolutely okay with another man's kid inheriting his estate as a big fuck you to his dad. And again, they'd be soooo pretty together.

[completeoveranalysis]

You don’t have to answer in any specifics, especially for privacy reasons, but what is your day job? I am always impressed by your analysis and attention to detail and absolute to connect so many dots on here, I wonder if you are some kind of academic or librarian in real life… where and how do you hone these skills?

Oh that's very kind of you to say!

Ironically you nailed it in your guess - I'm a librarian, and I used to be an academic. Neither of those are actually why I enjoy this so much though, since you can be one or both of those and still be any kind of person at all (and I have met many people in both spheres who don't like this kind of thing whatsoever). On the other hand my Master's thesis was partially about analysing iconography and meaning through artwork, which I think helped a lot at the beginning.

But in saying that I would also put all of those facts away in a box and say they're not at all required for this kind of thing. It's mostly just being interested in it and looking into it often enough to find it fun. If you find a series (whether it's a manga, anime, book, tv show, etc) that plays around with imagery, the best way to practice would be to think about what you think the imagery means and share your thoughts with others. It's all you really need to do, and it can be a delight both when others agree AND when others have completely different takes. You can learn a lot just by finding out the different ways people use symbols and metaphors and how they change depending on who's reading it and why.

[fluffypotatey]

Sorry for making my first question about Júhua about shadowpeach, but I'm obsessed. She knows about macaques entire codependent mess towards wukong cause of shadowplay (enjoyed the fic where she read him filth). But does she know about wukong's side? She known him a long time, but wukong doesn't really talk about himself or his failed relationships

no yeah, i know i mention it very briefly in the series but swk is pretty tight lipped when it came to discussing past relationships with her. mostly because a lot of their time together was during his 500 year punishment and he was coping horribly :) like all she would get is vague stories that swk could never finish and always had this bittersweet expression

also, literally the day they met was right after swk and Macky’s fight (such a fun introduction to the monkey king her mother was previously hyping up before lmao) so he was even more reticent in sharing that can of worms. especially when Júhua and her mother overheard the tail end of the fight

so Júhua knows that Macky meant something to swk but the specifics are still vague to her. is she able to read between the lines? yes, but she would still like to hear it from swk whenever he’s comfortable

[sommerregenjuniluft]

Hope you’ve been well, write whatever you want to and don’t feel pressured by others! Your writing is great :)

hi anon i love you ;-; a lot. thank you this is really, really sweet

[neversetyoufree]

I think The Case Study of Vanitas is similar to The Great Gatsby but with a vampire doctor instead of a wealthy rich man in the 1920’s. And Noé is Nick Caraway, Jeanne is Daisy, Domi is Jordan…..it all makes sense!!! Do you get what I’m speculating?

No literally anon you're so right. I'm less sold on Jeanne as Daisy, but I've been mentally comparing Noé and Vanitas to Nick and Gatsby for fucking ages.

It's like. A somewhat naive young man moves to the big city for the first time. He unexpectedly falls in with an eccentric stranger that forcibly pulls him into his schemes. Gatsby is after Daisy and Vanitas is after his "revenge." Nick and Noé end up along for the ride. Eventually the eccentric stranger is revealed to be a constructed identity, more act than man (and on a meta level, his character is revealed as largely a symbol for a specific idea. the American Dream and the inevitability of death). Then that man dies, and the main character writes a book about their time together in his wake.

They're wildly different stories in a lot of ways, and I don't think you can fit Jeanne and Domi into the Daisy and Jordan roles quite so well, but still. There's definitely a parallel worth talking about in there.

[clanborn]

your post about wanting to join a wcrp is so real I miss old forum rp every day of my life. those huge discord rps look fun but I know I’d get so overwhelmed

yeah it’s hard when it feels like everyone has already established relationships and knows how to interact with each other. and im just a lot more comfortable with face-to-face interaction i get very self-conscious at how my tone comes across online unless i know people well. it’d probably be easier for me if it were a newer, smaller group that had some mutuals or something.