#this will go down as probably one of the scariest dreams i’ve ever had. surprisingly though i fell asleep pretty fast after it lol

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Had another sleep paralysis incident last night

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Genshin: University AU [V1]

I love modern au. Or any “everything is fine, no one died, it’s just a fever dream” au. Half of me is thinking, damn maybe I should answer this serious- LOL HAHA no. That’s not happening. Time to crack my knuckles and let my brainworms take over again.

Once again, this is 90% crack 10% content. I want to switch up my characters from the last brainworm post but I included Kaeya and Diluc.

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Today’s appreciation post goes to twistedwishes. Hey! I’ve been seeing you pop up a lot lately and thanks for the support 💕💕 I hope things are going better for you and you’re doing alright^^ I feel kinda bad for making appreciation posts on crack fics but hopefully this is somewhat funny haha. 

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Genshin: Holding Hands [V1]

Genshin: When you’re cold [V1]

Genshin: Roommate [V1]

Genshin: Royalty AU [V1]

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Diluc

Absolute pretty boy who has braincells, but only if Kaeya is not there. In his mind, Kaeya’s presence makes his room loose 40% of their common sense. He can’t prove it just yet but he’s working on it. He majors in accounting but also has a minor in marketing, logistics’ management, fia- he majors everything business related. He’s going to become the next Elon Musk through smarts or by getting the competition drunk. There can be no contest if he’s the only candidate. He’s actually a hard working guy that overworks and stresses way too much. You have daily “Diluc recharge” evenings where he just hangs onto you while you go through your day.

“Don’t fucking talk to me until I’ve had my coffee,” except there is no coffee - he drinks grape juice out of juice boxes and his only energy boost is when he meets up with you - and that’s his constant mood. So he usually only hangs around you and Jean, since she has childhood friend status and is actually an angel. By default, Lisa is added and Diluc doesn’t mind her but if he see’s Kaeya, it’s full on war paint mode. If he's not busy with work or studies, he's usually with you either in your dorm or his apartment.

He has a fanclub and he seriously hates it and tries to do everything in his power to get Ningguang to take it down. Shouldn’t this be against his rights? But she refuses for whatever reason and makes a whole speech about free will. No matter what he does, someone manages to take a picture and it get’s printed in the university’s newspaper. The only bonding time he has with Kaeya is every Monday, where they collect and burn all the universities newspapers before anyone can get their hands on it. You always bring marshmallows to make smores during their arson activities.

“When I graduate I’m going to burn this school down to the ground. That’s not a threat it’s a promise.”

Ningguang

Is secretly the leader of the Diluc fanclub - not that she likes Diluc, she’s in a questionable platonic poly marriage with you and Beidou - but it was the easiest way to gain funds for the student council. Which she is the president of, so rip Diluc the fanclub stays. Ruthless business woman I tell you. But she can run in heels so her danger factor rises by at least 20%.

Majors in social sciences and law but more specifically the political science & government. She saw the Imperial State Crown that the Queen of England wears and says yes, that’s mine now. If she’s not with Beidou and you planning on “how to infiltrate the state government just for lols”, then she’s with Keqing, Ganyu, and Zhongli discussing student council things. Should they or should they not tell the student body that they can see everyone’s search results? Sit back and relax as the school goes into chaos. 

She’s probably the scariest person on campus No, she is the scariest person on campus. She’s the scariest person on campus. But secretly she’s popping 20 aspirins just to make it through a night. She has the digestive system of steel. She still holds the title of "seriously do not try and beat her in a drinking game it's never going to happen" and that's her proudest achievement in life but sadly she can’t put it on her resume. Kaeya is still trying to beat her out of spite but so far it hasn't been working. You’re seriously concerned for her when she get’s challenged but Beidou gives you a way-to-hard slap on the back and cheers her on. If Ninngguang somehow get’s alcohol poisonings she’ll somehow find away to make a profit out of it.

"I'll let him die, I'll get the insurance money."

Kaeya

One day he chugged too much mouth wash, passed out, and somehow woke up in university majoring in law. His idea is that if he is apart of the law, he can therefore stand above it. To be fair, his only goal in life is to say “I am the manager” and he can go live the rest of his life in bliss or as a hermit. He’s secret best friends with you but wouldn't be caught dead beside you. He will stab a bitch if you ever get hurt but will still trip you on the way home. Seriously, you have no idea why people find him attractive. Your guess is it’s the eye patch or the clap of his ass cheeks that keeps alerting everyone.  

He’s apart of the newspaper club and if anyone asks: No, he has no idea who keeps taking all the newspapers and burns them in the back of the campus. Originally, he joined because he was nosy and needed to join some type of club for his resume. He sometimes feels bad for his junior assistant Amber because he keeps tricking her and says that Diluc is secretly a demon that is trying to steal all the jobs and is apart of the lizard government hell bent on eradicating the human race. He even brought out a whiteboard for this joke, he’s dedicated to his job ok? 

The type of guy to try and be humble and say his work is “okay” but will choke a bitch if anyone agrees. He tends to leave everything last minute and says that it’s his drug since actual drugs could land you one year in prison and a maximum penalty of $2,000. You have to awkwardly hold in your concerned mother head shake when you see him speed running his assignment literally right when the professor is walking around to check if students finished. 

“I was taught how to lead not to read.”

Mona

Broke wallet #2. Zhongli is broke wallet #1 but Childe simps for him so is he really a broke wallet at this point? In this essay, I Mona Megistus, will explain why I have the rights to the title “Broke Wallet #1″...

Believes that astrology should be an actual career path but refuses to take astronomy as her major. I can read the stars not a textbook that tells me how to calculate the mass of the sun divided by the fucks I give. Instead she went into Philosophy and cries to Albedo, who is an actual prodigy genius- sir lend some braincells to everyone else please?, that her professor keep turning her paper down because “star reading” is not an academic source.

Fischl wants her to join the occult club because, surprisingly, Mona is very good at telling people’s fates through her crayon sketch ouija board. She thinks first year Fischl is cute but is put off by the cosplay roleplay that she has going on. She would join except that stupid hat wearing gremlin in her lit class would make fun of her if he found out.

You gave her half your lunch one day and bought her a doughnut "because she seemed upset" and "out of the goodness of your heart" whatever the hell that means. She thinks you pensioned it but once that thought comes she takes a bite. Poison from a doughnut is not the worst way to go out, classes are hard enough. She’s waiting for the lord to strike her down anyways. 

“Its not about passing, its about doing better than everyone else.”

Venti

Slept through most of highschool and people question how he got into university. He’s a music major (wow how fucking original is that), and if anyone asks him to serenade someone or just do anything, he’ll do it for the right price. Or if you buy him alcohol because he still keeps getting ID checked. He’s banking on Kaeya actually becoming a lawyer or being on good terms with Diluc so he can finally stop being arrested for looking like a toddler.

Takes one step into classes and quickly nopes out and goes back to bed. Professors have no idea how he hasn't dropped out or failed. He just has some god given talent. He does whine at you to pretty pretty please with a cherry on top tutor him because you're such an angel and would never leave your poor but awesome best friend hanging right? He needs to get this essay down but how he is suppose to explain how the number 10 is symbolic and connects to the universe or the meaning of life. Do you think he can just say it’s apart of his culture and make up some random myth to pretend it looks like he knows what he’s doing? 

He’s honestly going with the flow and put his brain on the back burner all of highschool and only now realizes wait, I actually have to use my brain?

He’s been banned from most club chats since Venti has the no chill card. Someone says “lol I look ugly today.” and he’ll respond "yup, you look like a cow." and he get’s banned. Zhongli keeps a speed run timer on his phone just to document these occasions.

"Sad spelled backwards is das and das how it be sometimes."

Childe

An actual dumbass that somehow does well. He eats sandwiches with the crust off, this heathen. Surprisingly he’s studying to become a physical therapist but most of his experience has come from breaking his own bones. You’re scared how he's going to be if he actually becomes a therapist. If he'll make bets with his patients or try to one up whatever crazy injury they get into. Everything is a challenge to him that sometimes the best way to deal with Childe is to knock him out. 

This man really knows the way to a Zhongli’s woman's heart. Through micro transactions. Mona saw him accidently drop $20 and just shrugged and walked off. She has never been both spiritually and physically offended in her life. She did take the $20 though. As much as you hate leeching on Chile when he’s basically a walking wallet that probably uses bills as tissue paper, you can’t help but give him puppy eyes while planning on how to get into his will. If he even plans on having one, he might honestly write “whoever wins in a gladiator style duel in my funeral’s tournament, they will get my fortune.”. 

Any sport the university offers Childe is probably in it. Which is how he met Zhongli, challenged him to a fight, proceeded to have his ass handed to him, got a backhanded compliment, and screamed to you he was in love and how he found his soulmate. He's secretly very sappy and has cried and watched every Disney and Pixar movie at least 28 times.

"IM NOT TOO SPICY! I’M A TINY BIT ABOVE MILD IF ANYTHING!”

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God if it isn’t Scaramouche, it’s Childe that ruins the aesthetic. This is why I hate you. Why do you people enable me like this, it isn’t even good. This is pretty much a @ yourself moment and I vibe hard with Venti. This entire post was just to make a joke about the clap of Kaeya’s ass cheeks alerting the guards.

This week might slow down since I have classes and assignments. My reply’s are gonna be late too, sorry;; (oh and thank you to everyone that was so supportive and nice when I mentioned it. All of you. Beautiful 💕💕 )

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Resident Evil Village  AKA Ethan, for the love of God grow a personality the same way you grew a hand, I’m begging you

Now, I am sure that anyone who has been on the internet the last couple of months is aware that there is a new Resident Evil game due to one Lady Dimitrescu in the promotional material for the game. Now, don’t get me wrong, a giant middle-aged vampire woman is worth the internet’s admiration, but it turns out that there is a lot more going on in this game, which I feel wasn’t advertised as much. So I am here with a review of all things that you missed while pledging your undying devotion and loyalty to Lady Dimitrescu, or one of her daughters. While I will attempt to make this a spoiler-free as possible, I can’t promise I won’t give things away so read on at your own risk if you haven’t played/watched the game yet.

Resident Evil Village, or Resident Evil 8, starts with a fairytale about a little girl who gets lost in the forest and receives gifts from a bat, a spider, and a sea monster before she takes a gear that is not a gift, leading to her to be confronted by an evil witch. Before we get to the end of the tale, we are transported to Mia and Ethan Winters' living room where Mia has been reading to their 6-month-old baby Rosemary. It is established pretty quickly that Mia and Ethan’s relationship is a bit strained since the events in Louisiana, which is understandable, and have been relocated to Europe by Chris Redfield in hopes that they can put the past behind them. As you can imagine, given that this is a Resident Evil game, the calm family scene doesn’t last long and once again Ethan is thrown into horrors beyond his imagination to try and save his child. Ethan, oh Ethan, you are by far the most boring video game character that I believe I have ever encountered. While his confusion and overall horror didn’t bother me too much in Resident Evil seven given how bat shit crazy that situation was for a man who was in IT before that all started, I could give him some leeway. However, after one bat shit situation, when your child is kidnapped and there are lycans running around a small European village, you eventually stop saying what and why all the time and start getting a bit of a personality other than screaming “WHERE IS MY BABY” over and over. Also, Ethan, you have fought enough people to know that you don’t have a whole conversation with them because that always ends poorly and yet on THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS you have a whole dialogue before getting thrown into some sort of trap or almost killed. I mean you have a character who just reattaches his hand multiple times between 7 and 8 and he is still supremely boring and has no character development. Sliced white bread is more interesting than this protagonist, even with the twist. Now, did I get emotional at the end, yes, but that wasn’t because I gave a shit about Ethan so much as Chris Redfield's reaction to the whole thing. I mean, the character introduced in the after credit scene is more interesting in seven seconds than Ethan was in two entire games. While Ethan was terribly boring, there were several interesting characters, both protagonists and villains, that were underutilized in this game. To start with, a much more interesting game would have been to have the main character be Mia, post her life of lies and their consequences, having to track down her child and come to terms with what she did that led to the events in 7. While I also found Mia getting on my nerves in this game, it was mostly because she was sidelined to snipping at Ethan, not telling him the truth (because that went so well last time), and constantly shrieking questions. Mia was an operative and could have been fleshed out to be a super badass character if they had given her more purpose and screen time. However, you didn’t even need to flesh out Chris Redfield because he has been a staple in the Resident Evil games since the first one. There is already this rich backstory and he was more interesting in the half-hour we see him in the game and I felt for him more than Ethan who I’ve been with for two games. This is a man who's seen the carnage of Umbrella for years at this point and it’s wearing on him. Show me the story of Chris and his team, who were interesting in their own right, going god damn feral on an Umbrella facility. Basically, give me a main character with some sort of personality, I'm begging you. Hell, Beneviento’s little doll was more complex than Ethan.

  Speaking of Beneviento, while I felt that all the villains were pretty well-rounded, I didn’t think that we have enough time with any of them. Lady Dimitrescu is in the game for a surprisingly short time for all the hype she was given. Now, I don’t blame the developers for this as her castle is the first area of the game and therefore what they had completed first to show off to the world. However, I feel that each of the four houses could probably have been their own games, but instead, we were given just enough to get interested in them, and then they were dead. Lady Dimitrescu wanted to live with her daughters, Beneviento wanted to be left alone with her dolls, Moreau just wanted Mother Miranda's approval and Heisenberg wanted to kill Miranda for what she did to him. Heisenberg especially, I wanted to know more about and his history before Miranda. What did he lose when she brought him into her experiment? What did they all lose? There are enough questions there that I felt every section, besides perhaps Moreau’s, ended far too quickly to feel satisfying. At this point, you probably think that I hate the game, which is not the case. I actually found it really entertaining and a pretty good video game. However, I am a huge story person and while no Resident Evil game is a piece of storytelling genius, it doesn’t mean that I’m not going to talk about the things that bothered me. One thing that this game did exceptionally well is the visuals. This game is absolutely beautiful and all of the areas have their own distinct atmosphere and look. If you are a fan of Resident Evil Four, which most people are, the beginning of this game is going to give you the same ambiance with much better graphics. God, what I wouldn’t have given to have Leon kicking people down ladders in this game. While Lady Dimitrescu is far more interesting than Ramon Salazar, don’t get me wrong he is the one Resident Evil villain that I have never forgotten, they have the same thoughts on interior design. Then the Beneviento house and Monreau’s sections were more like 7 and the factory was a new and very beautiful set piece. An utterly stunning game. Resident Evil Village is also in the same vein as Resident Evil 4 in that it is much more action-horror than survival horror. While the Beneviento house is properly scary, the rest of the time you know that you’re going in shooting. I feel as if her house also has the scariest monsters, though there are only a couple. Don’t get me wrong, the lycans look cool and Heisenberg’s monsters are solidly in the realm of body horror, but you get a gun early and use it often. Resident Evil 7 was far more tense, even with weapons, because you have no idea where the family members were and usually they could easily kill you until you got into their boss fight. Again, it’s a fun game, but if you expected the same tension as in 7, you will only have it in a small area of the game. Overall, this is a fun and beautiful game, but not without fault. I am still craving the game with Mia as the main character because I feel as if that would be a much more interesting story. Nothing against Ethan, he was just written that way. I am really hoping that if there is a Resident Evil 9 it follows Chris just laying waste to an Umbrella headquarters because the man deserves it if anyone does. I mean, my dream is a Chris Leon team-up, but that is just the fangirl in me. Chris and Claire would be fun too. Basically, anyone with a personality. I would say that this game is worth the money, but not without fault. Now I am just crossing my fingers for a Resident Evil four remake because I need to see my boy Leon again as well as the president’s daughter popping out of a dumpster like a gopher with stunning graphics.

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What A Dream (Trick, No It’s My Treat dare)

@tanithrea​ said:

Dare To Write - (congrats on 4000, you are amazing) write your weirdest or scariest dream but with idols in all the roles.

Pairing: Yoo Kihyun x reader (feat. Monsta X)

Genre: dream au / cheesy fluff

Warnings: This is a dream. It doesn’t make sense. It’s fluffy, it’s stupid, it made me smile when I dreamed it and subsequently criticise it ever since!

A/N: I write my dreams out so often that I didn’t really have many to pick from, admittedly. This is the one I’ve remembered the most vividly, especially since I wrote it out play for play to my best friend after it happened! And it was either this or the dream where my Dad came to life again in his coffin, and I think I’ll save us all from nightmares over that so let’s go with this ridiculous Monsta X one, shall we?

Word count: 3354

“Go ask the ring helper for me,” your friend instructed and you nodded immediately. Emotions were running high and it made sense you go and speak to them first. Your friend, well, she wasn’t in the right frame of mind to talk about the problem calmly.

“Hey, the judge isn’t allowing four horses into the ring, any reason why? Entries have been paid and-”

“Ask the judge,” the less than enthusiastic ring clerk stated before you could finish and you sighed heavily.

“She’s running classes right now, one in which the rider I’m show groom for and three other paid to be in.”

“Well, I can’t do anything about a judge’s ruling.”

“Who do I place a dispute with then?” you asked and the clerk rolled her eyes. “Especially when it comes to your attitude?”

“Looks, like it’s been solved, they’re heading in now.”

You turned and found more chaos happening behind you than you expected. Nothing had been solved; the riders merely took it into their own hands and entered the ring. Cursing, you dashed back to the sidelines and watched on anxiously.

Showing was such a stressful equestrian sport.

“Wasn’t any help, was she?” your friend commented with a smile on her face, untying the unexpected first place ribbon from around her horse’s neck to hand to you. After patting the gelding, she dismounted, pocketing the money she had received for winning the round. You merely shook your head and began to laugh. “Turns out the judge thought he was a coloured because of how high his socks extend. When she saw his branding up close, I think it was love at, well, second sight.”

“The stress was worth it then, huh?”

“Oh, no. I’m still laying a complaint, but first, let’s go have some lunch.”

After untacking her horse and ensuring he was fed and watered, you waited on the rider to reappear in her normal clothes before heading across the field. It was noisy, just like every other agricultural fair, the rides swinging children around, and farmers competing in a range of classes, much like your friend had in her section. She had chosen to do two ridden sections for the day, and you had been up since 4 am getting everything ready for the long morning ahead.

The smell of a waffle stand made your stomach rumble and it was only then when you realised you hadn’t eaten yet in the flurry of events. Your mouth watered at all the smells of the food stands the closer you walked into the corner where food haven existed.

Your friend came to a stop at a particular stand, selling her usual favourite of deep-fried foods. Fries and a hot dog would be a given for her, for sure. You perused the menu more carefully, looking for things you knew you would be safe to eat since you were gluten intolerant. The last thing you wanted, even if you would happily eat it all, was to end your day stuck in a portable toilet.

“Y/N?!”

Whipping around at your name being called, you gasped when you saw four men approaching you, waving and smiling. It didn’t seem to faze you seeing four international superstars walking across the fairgrounds of all places towards you, and when Minhyuk, Kihyun, Changkyun and Hoseok all came to a stop at your side; you were far too excited to really care why they were here. Greetings were made and then everyone fell into discussing the food board in Korean.

“Who are they?” your friend asked, nudging you rapidly and you smiled up at her.

“Friends.”

“Really? Since when were you friends with their kind?” she retorted with a scrunch of her nose and you gave her a quizzical look before being dragged into the conversation by Minhyuk.

“A hot dog is on a stick here? No bun?” he questioned and whilst you were decent in understanding his mother tongue, your broken answer made you blush.

And it caused your friend yank on your arm again. “Y/N, what the hell?! Look, we can get food elsewhere where it’s not so crowded by people. Let’s go.”

Stepping forward, Kihyun slung an arm around your shoulders and you shook off her hand, wondering how you could even consider someone so narrow-minded a friend. “You really shouldn’t be so rude, especially to my friends.”

“Like they’re really your friends,” she bit back, eying them before puffing out her chest. “Whatever, it’s not like they understand me, anyway.”

Smiling, you shrugged. “English is pretty easy to learn when you’ve lived overseas, right Changkyun?”

“Oh yeah, I know some words,” he replied with a chuckle and nudged Hoseok. “We all do.”

“Speak it or understand it, we’re pretty good at it. Want to continue with your commentary, we’ll happily converse back with you,” Kihyun added on and then went up to the counter that was now free, ordering what everyone wanted in perfect English.

You couldn’t help but smile, especially when your “friend” was grumbling incoherently, face crimson with embarrassment.

She narrowed her eyes on you. “Now, Y/N. Let’s go.”

“Oh, she’s staying with us,” Hoseok mentioned, and Changkyun nodded.

“We’re performing here on the stage over there for charity tonight so Y/N is more than capable to hang out with people who are more respectful all day if she wants.”

Suddenly, you saw the stage he was pointing to, amazed that it had been there all along.

“We have my other horses to take care of this afternoon, Y/N. Are you seriously ditching me for these guys?!”

Kihyun returned to your side and you looked up at him, nodding. “Yeah, I believe I am.”

“Good, because I ordered for you as well. And I made sure it was safe for you to eat.”

“Ugh!” your friend screamed, stomping her foot. “Some help you are!”

Once she stormed away, you slumped into Kihyun’s side, who chuckled when he grabbed you. “You did well. Don’t worry about her. We’re not offended.”

“We would have been if you left with her, though,” Minhyuk teased and you rolled your eyes, shaking your head all the same.

“I didn’t know she was like that.”

“People surprise me every day too,” Hoseok lamented, looking down at the food he was holding and then shot Kihyun a look. “I asked for double.”

“You’ve got a mouth, go order some more then, hyung!”

“Hey uh, I just realised something,” you started, cringing a little at your predicament. “My bag’s in her car with my change of clothes. I only have my wallet and phone with me. Not to mention, I probably smell my dirt and have horse hair all over me. The last thing I should do is spend time with you guys like this.”

“Hey, don’t worry, in a couple of hours, we’ll all be smelly and sweaty from soundcheck,” Changkyun mentioned and the other three nodded, Minhyuk, all but dragging you over to where the others were.

He beamed at his team. “We found a Monbebe already!”

“You did, how? Were you recognised right away?”

Hoseok shook his head as he helped you up onto the stage. “Y/N was the one we recognised first.”

“Wow, I never expected to see you here!” Jooheon remarked with a grin and you sat down beside him, nodding lightly as you looked around the countryside.

“Well, of all the places to perform, right?”

Lunch passed by catching up and then staff started to ask the boys to get ready for soundcheck. You were beyond exhausted, and sitting around doing nothing hadn’t helped. Blinking languidly as you yawned, you smiled when Hyunwoo held out a hand for you to take. Getting to your feet, you chuckled. “Sorry, maybe I need a nap.”

“Here, follow me,” he offered, taking you around the back to a large van. He opened the door. “Get some rest in here. I would offer the waiting room, but everyone will be in and out so this will be the quietest place.”

“I doubt I’ll get any sleep when the music starts up, anyway,” you replied, though you slumped over the middle row, curling up. You felt Hyunwoo reach for something over the back and then draped it over you. You realised it was his hoodie.

“If it’s cold when you come out, just put that on.”

“Thanks!”

He slid the door shut and you nestled down, pulling his hoodie up to your face as you humoured the idea of sleep.

Surprisingly, you managed to sleep so well that you were disorientated when you stirred. Blinking as you looked around the foreign vehicle, you glanced down at the garment you had half strewn across you and smiled, realising the events that had occurred today weren’t a dream after all. Slipping it over your head, you then got out of the van and headed back into the venue. Rounding the side so you could go out to where the crowd would be watching from later on, you caught Hyunwoo’s gaze and mouthed him a thank you for the hoodie. He beamed and gave you a thumbs up before stepping into the next movement of the dance, smiling his way through the rest of the song.

When it was over, it was where there would be a talk scheduled and the staff moved back towards the group, discussing the details with them.

Kihyun approached you when he was done and you shifted to the stage’s edge, looking up at him as he crouched down, pouting. “Where did you get that?”

“Hyunwoo gave it to me to wear when I woke up.”

“If only it was mine,” he grumbled and you laughed, shaking your head.

“You and I both know I won’t fit your clothes, I’m too big.”

“I’m jealous hyung gets the glory of this right now,” he admitted and then jumped down to your level, smiling as he reached out for your hair to smooth it down some. “You look really cute from your nap though, Y/N.”

“Is it bad?!” you exclaimed, reaching up to pat it down yourself, and Kihyun smirked, shrugging at you. “Ki!”

“There’s a mirror in the waiting room, go through that door there and ask for Nami. She’ll help you.”

Thanking him as you rushed off, you found the room in question and their stylist in the room. After the initial confusion, she was all too happy to have company as she waited for the seven men to step backstage. And when they did, you proved to be useful, helping Nami with handing her tools she needed and other assorted errands. Before you knew it, everyone was ready for the crowd that was buzzing outside.

Sitting down as the boys grouped around, you smiled, they all looked so cool. Hyungwon frowned, looking over at you and then gestured for you. “What are you doing, get over here!”

“Oh no, I couldn’t-”

“Now, Y/N!” Minhyuk whined and the others started as well until you got up, stepping into their circle.

“We’re totally going to rock tonight because Y/N is here. Put your hand in to give us good luck!”

You did as instructed and seven others piled up on top as they loudly did their pre-performance chant and then pulled back. Changkyun bumped you with his hip and you shot him a look, which he merely chuckled at you over. “Don’t look so annoyed, I know you’re going to enjoy watching us tonight.”

“Just get out there and break a leg!” you called as they started to leave the room, and you cringed. “No, don’t break it but… oh, you know what I mean!”

“If I do, I’ll blame you!” he replied before the door shut and the room returned to a normal level of noise.

And then you noticed the look in Nami’s eye. “What is it?”

“How often do you wear makeup?”

“Hardly ever. I’m useless at applying it,” you told her with a shrug, her lips curling up wickedly. It made you hesitant. “Why?”

“Have the boys seen you with makeup?”

“Uh, I don’t know.”

“Not my makeup anyway. Want to humour me a little? It’s been forever since I’ve had a canvas like yours to work with.”

Before you could protest, Nami had you in the chair in front of the mirror, her beauty weapons of choice ready to attack.

“That’s not me,” you murmured after the woman pulled away to admire her work, turning you to face the mirrors. You were amazed at how different you appeared. “How did you manage to do this so seamlessly?”

She grinned and then shook her head, her eyes narrowing as she took you in. “Now, this face doesn’t suit what you’re wearing.”

Glancing down at your dirty jeans and top since you had taken off Hyunwoo’s hoodie during the makeup process, you cringed. “Yeah, you’re right.”

“I doubt we’re too different in size,” she commented, returning to her trunk across the room and started sifting through the layers until she returned with an outfit for you to wear. She motioned to the changing room and awkwardly, you got up, soon returning in the lace detailed blouse and faux leather jeggings. Nami was more than pleased now.

But you were cold.

“Oh! I have something I was instructed to give you, by the way.” She handed you another garment, this time a zip-up hoodie. You eyed it warily. She grinned. “It’s Kihyun’s, he insisted you come out wearing this.”

“Of course, he did,” you replied, shaking your head softly at his jealousy. Slipping it on, you left it undone and then turned to the door. “Are you coming?”

“I love those boys to death, but I’m not a crowd person. Enjoy it for me!”

Heading out of the attached space to the stage, you moved towards the crowd, surprised by just how full it was for an event so far from the city. A guard helped you around the barrier and you found a space where you weren’t going to bother anyone.

Enjoying the performance was far too easy when you loved the energy of Monsta X as much as you did. Singing along with the others around you, you grinned when Kihyun’s gaze found yours. He blinked and then looked away, trying to focus on the performance, but it wasn’t long until he was staring at you again.

You were certain he was blushing and it wasn’t from the heat of the lights.

When Trespass came to an end, the boys moved together to chat with the audience, wiping themselves with towels and gulping down water. You laughed when Hyungwon had to nudge Kihyun since it was his turn to talk and he visibly flinched, coming out of his daze.

“Uh sorry, it’s just that my girlfriend looks so hot,” he breathed into the microphone, looking right at you again. The crowd began to murmur and it was enough to remind him of his place, gesturing generously at them all. “Right, Monbebe?!”

You snorted. Nice save, Kihyun.

The rest of the performance went without any almost mishaps, and you had calmed down from Kihyun’s sudden announcement. Sure, you were still repeating the sentence now and then in your mind, feeling incredibly giddy about something that you had no confirmation was actually a thing. But it wasn’t all that preoccupied your mind when you were watching one of the best concerts you had ever attended either.

However, you were nervously waiting backstage after it finished, cheeks flaming with colour at the immediate teasing that began.

“My girlfriend looks so hot!”

“I had to hold back a snort, I really did.”

“The crowd was about to go wild, and not in the way they ended up doing so.”

“Poor Y/N’s expression, I had to look at her after he said it and she was so shocked.”

“I’m amazed you didn’t faint, Y/N. Every girl wants to be confessed to like that from the stage!”

“Was that even a confession? And why did she look hot, Kihyun? All you could see from there was your damn hoodie!”

Minhyuk approached you with a grin, placing a hand on his hip and then pointed between you and the final member who walked through the door, now staring at you again. “Tell me, since when is Y/N your girlfriend? Sure, you’ve known each other for a while, but-”

“Since now,” Kihyun announced, ignoring the loud jeering as he came over to hug you, pulling you into his embrace tightly. You were certain you had stopped breathing, and if you hadn’t, it was definitely halted when he whispered into your ear. “You look so beautiful.”

“Hey lovebirds, we need to go back to the hotel!” Jooheon called and you pulled away from Kihyun’s grip, smiling bashfully.

“I better head home.”

“How, we’re your only ride left. We’re not going to the city,” Changkyun mentioned and you glanced up at Kihyun wide-eyed. He rubbed your arms gently and ushered you out of the waiting room.

It wasn’t the pace you had expected when you had only gotten a boyfriend two hours previously. And yet, you had somehow found yourself in Kihyun’s hotel room, grateful that he had swapped with another member to have the solo room.

Not that it eased your heart any.

Standing by the couch, you pointed at it hastily. “I’ll sleep here.”

“It’s too small for the both of us,” he responded with a shake of his head.

“You’re not considering the alternative of us sharing, are you?”

Kihyun stopped lugging his suitcase into the room and returned to your side, giving you a tender smile. “What if I am?”

“But we only just… and we haven’t even kissed yet and-”

His lips slowly found yours and you melted into the embrace, reservations now evaporating with how right this all felt. He pulled away and brushed your hair gently away from your face. “We’ve kissed now so are you able to share with me? It’s just a bed, Y/N. I’m not prepared to move any further than this with you.”

“Really?”

“Unless?” he started with a teasing waggle of his eyebrows and you laughed, pushing him away playfully.

Soon under the covers, with the moon being the only thing lighting up the room, you spent an immeasurable time staring at Kihyun. He was doing the same, a small smile permanently curling up his lips. He then slipped an arm under your neck, drawing you into his side. “Want to know something?”

“Hm?”

“I’ve always wanted to hold you in my arms like this and fall asleep. Seems like a dream right now that I actually am holding you like this.”

You didn’t know how to respond, simply nestling into his side more comfortably and closed your eyes.

Feeling a set of lips brush over your forehead, you stirred, not yet ready to open your eyes and let the morning light in. But you were all too happy to reach out when his lips made their sluggish path towards your mouth, kissing him softly as Kihyun held you to his chest. “If I could wake up with you every day, God, I’d be so happy.”

Opening your eyes, you blinked against the morning light, smiling all too happily from his sentence. And yet, it was a mere whisper hanging in the air, the space beside you now empty.

Looking around frantically, the bitter taste of being fooled that it was all a dream rose in your mouth, causing you to curse out loudly. You didn’t care what the time was, flinging yourself back down onto your pillow and clamped your eyes shut. Pleading with the dream gods to take you back to Kihyun and his beautiful words, even if you knew it was fruitless.

You were now awake.

Confusion settled in as you replayed the events of the dream, chiding yourself for even falling for such a thing. And then you reached out for your phone, opening up the chat conversation with your best friend to type up all the weird and fantastical that happened so you would never forget it.

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[strayology]

About me tag ~

Rules : Answer the questions and tag 10 people

tagged by my fave kachuuuu thank youuuuu

(yeah i haven’t been on for a while,, i’ve been busy with school and i’ve been kinda feeling sick being on social medias but oh well what else can i do for past time?)

1. How tall are you?

I stand a wholly 162cm or 5′3″ (yeah i have always thought I was 5′4″ but I remeasured and I was 5′3″ ;-;)

2. What color are your eyes?

black like the deep dark abyss of a black hole :’)

3. What color and style is your hair?

black,, it’s straight and I style it a couple of ways depending on my mood or outfit. most of the time I wear it down or in a ponytail

4. Do you wear glasses?

yep i do,, sometimes I wear my prescriptions color contacts because my outfit looks better without glasses lol

5. Do you have braces?

nope never did, but surprisingly my teeth are really straight??

6. What’s your fashion sense?

I usually go for more of a sporty or girl crush style. I like wearing loose fitting clothes that are baggy and long (especially on the arm but my arms are so long so sometimes its hard to find stuff that are normal length for the body and long sleeves for my arms) but once in a while i wanna feel cute so i wear a dress or skirt or something, but I feel like i can’t move freely in those lol

and I do tend to dress more in a korean style (apparently that’s the reason why a lot of people have mistaken me as korean)

7. Full name?

ummmmmm... I guess this is the first time i’m admitting on here that my real name isn’t yumi...??????

but it’s,, Yumi Yee

8. When were you born?

October 24th, 2001

9. Where are you from and where do you live?

I was born in the US but I grew up in China and i currently reside in the US 

10. What school(s) do you go to?

As of right now i’m in a 4-year high school, but I also go to a career and tech school for my computer science classes

11. What kind of student are you?

ehhhhh the one that procrastinates but still tries to get work in on time. i mean i dont really like doing my school work for any classes i dont like, and I would procrastinate as long as possible and still meet the deadline. but for classes i like i will try my best to do work right away and perfect it (which usually make people call me a try hard lol)

12. Do you like school?

i mean i like it when i get to see my friends and learn about subjects that actually interest me and let me have fun in

13. Fav subject?

math, chemistry, foreign language (I took spanish), and computer science

14. Fav TV shows?

I don't watch a lot of shows but I watched The Office couple months ago and I love that

15. Fav books?

The Percy Jackson series (although I haven’t finished it oOps), the Paisley Hanover series, and i like quite a lot of poetries (I’m still reading some from these books I bought a while ago, but once I finish i will see if I wanna recommend or not)

16. Fav pastimes?

cooking/baking, reading chinese comics (I recently got into them and they are sooooo good), listening to music, watch youtube, online shopping, editing (sometimes), mess around with the html codes on my blog, and sleeping

17. Do you have any regrets?

bwahahah way too many,, but if those events never happened in my life I probably wouldn't be who I am today

18. Dream job?

being a translator or any jobs dealing with computer science (mainly web designer)

19. Would you ever like to be married?

i mean yeah, but I have never imagined my own wedding or anything but I do know I wanna get married at 28???

20. Would you like to have children?

yeah,, again i’ve never really thought about this because all ive been thinking about is what kind of job i want or how i’m gonna live with my friends or s/o after college

21. If so, how many?

maybe 1 or 2

22. Do you like shopping?

OHHHHHHH HECK YEAAAAAAAAAH,, i seriously think I have an addiction because i always wanna go shopping and I constantly want new clothes or go to the mall in general. and even if I dont get anything at the mall I like to try on different outfits and take pictures in them

23. What countries have you visited?

Well I didn’t really visit these countries but I did live in them,, China and the US

24. Scariest nightmare you’ve ever had?

literally every one of my dreams I remember is a nightmare lmao

I mean this dream isn’t really scary because it didn’t scare me that much,,

(BUT IM GONNA PUT A WARNING RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I DID TALK ABOUT BLOOD SO IF YOURE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT SCROLL PAST THIS PART NOW)

it was around when I was 8 years old. it was in my old house, and I was sleeping in my room and I woke up alone on my giant king size bed (yeah I used to sleep with my mom for a while because our room arrangements got messed up) nobody was home because I didn’t hear any sounds, but i saw on the wall that was next to me was starting to drip blood. I wanted to go out of my room to see what was going on, so I stepped out and saw the house was empty, and all i heard was loud dog barking noises. I was terribly afraid of dogs so i ran back into my room and yeah the blood was still dripping but i woke up right then

25. Any enemies?

oOps I have too many of them. I’m the kind of person who kinda knows what I want from a friendship, and also knows what I don’t want. So if I see anyone who has any of those traits I dont want I end my friendship with them right then and there. and if someone who i see is being rude, then I just remember who they are and never try to be around them ever

26. Do you have a significant other?

nope and probably never will :’)))))

27. Do you get along with your family?

for the most part yeah, I mean my parents and I argue once in a while over something stupid and I'll just avoid them for like 2 days to a week. but my siblings and I are super well now especially because they all posted something about us on national siblings day when I thought they wouldn't lmao

28. Do you believe in miracles?

I think I do,, I am a huge believer on luck and stuff. so yes I do believe in miracles and I think miracles do happen

29. How are you?

well today is easter and I was supposed to go on a date, but it got canceled last minutes and I’m kinda upset about it since I was dressed and all. but I feel bad for being about upset because the other person might be actually in medical danger so I tried not to think too much about it by doing photoshoots outside my backyard and i think I may or may not have a potential for stay selca day 👀 (I haven’t done a selca day since maybe october/november of 2017,, and it was an igot7selcaday)

tagging: @jxsng @hwangwhatjin @hwanginthere @sunflowerseungmin @honey-innie @jinniesmeow @wangjyunhao @ughh-m @fluffylix @hjsracha 

Of course youre not obligated to do this if you dont want to !!

[buginetta]

27 questions tag

Rules: Tag the person who tagged you, answer the questions and tag 20 people: i was tagged by the angel that is lisa, @ladybuginettes!!

1. How tall are you? 5′2″ (fun fact: i thought i was 5′3″ for about a year before i went back to the doctor’s for a check-up and they stole that inch away from me)

2. What color and style is your hair? it’s dark brown. i have side bangs and it’s naturally straight, but i braid it/put it in a bun/ponytail so often it becomes wavy a lot of the time. right now it comes to the lower part of my chest but i think i want to cut it to a little below shoulder length again

3. What color are your eyes? brown. ROMANTICIZE BROWN EYES

4. Do you wear glasses? nope

5. Do you wear braces? no but i might be getting invisalign this year

6. What is your fashion style? it’s been a lot of leggings and hoodies recently but my style is very casual. if i’m not wearing hoodies, i’m probably in a random tee-shirt but i love floral dresses. i wear vans religiously

7. Full name? ashley marie something

8. When were you born? 1998

9. Where are you from and where do you live now? i’m from california and i’m still here! i lived in florida for a few years but i’ve moved back

10. What school do you go to? currently at a community college but i’m waiting for an answer to my transfer application for this fall!!

11. What kind of student are you? i’m embarrassingly studious. not nearly as much as i was in high school, but i have a 3.7 gpa (stupid environmental science & bio brought it down with their stupid b’s) (ha it’s bullshit)

12. Do you like school? eh, depends on the class and teachers really. your school experience is really dependent on the people you interact with and if you like the major you’re studying. i’m a psychology major so i have a pretty good time

13. What are your favorite school subjects? psychology and english!!

14. Favorite TV shows? miraculous is a given, friends, she-ra, dragon prince, you (it was surprisingly good, i wasn’t expecting it to be), sex education, grey’s anatomy, the flash, criminal minds, & girl meets world (it deserved better)

15. Favorite books? oh lordy okay, prisoner of azkaban, the pact by jodi picoult, all the bright places by jennifer niven, the truth about forever/along for the ride/lock & key/just listen by sarah dessen (can u guess who my favorite author is)

16. Favourite past-time? i used to love writing poetry but i don’t have nearly as much time or motivation/inspiration anymore. i’m starting to read more again though so i can actually say it’s my favorite past-time again

17. Do you have any regrets? the last date i went on

18. Dream job? unrealistically, i’d love to be an actor or something along those lines. maybe a music video concept creator. realistically, with psych as my major, i really want to get into the field of addiction and help people who struggle with it, as well as their loved ones who get the backlash of it

19. Would you like to get married? it’s part of the dream

20. Would you like to have kids someday? i think i would, but i know i want to adopt at least one child

21. How many? i think two would be my limit

22. Do you like shopping? only when i don’t have money to, bc then it’s a game to see how much i can stress myself out with my resulting receipts

23. What countries have you visited? well i live in the u.s., but i’ve visited china, taiwan, hong kong, and canada

24. What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had? i think my dad’s best friend was trying to sabotage a date of mine by attempting to k*ll us?? idk i remember him trying to chase after the car with a knife and i woke up absolutely terrified

25. Do you have any enemies? my co-workers

26. Do you have a s/o? i wish

27. Do you believe in miracles? i do!!

i’m just tagging at random so if you’ve already done this or if it’s annoying, i’m sorry!! @marinettas @ladybugs-mask @yikesml @stinkysocksout @drabblesofcass @chatalyst @totographs

[lovemesomesurveys]

Can you remember your first day of school? Little bits and pieces of my first day of kindergarten. I remember this one girl was crying and couldn’t leave her mom.

Who’s your best friend? My mom and my pup.

Do you watch the Disney channel? Not anymore. I haven’t watched in years.

What’s your favourite movie? I have a few.

Would you rather jump out of an airplane or go scuba diving? Neither. I have acrophobia and thalassophobia.

Do you get bored looking at other peoples’ holiday pictures? I wouldn’t say I get “bored”, but I admit to getting a bit envious sometimes.

Do you give money to charity? It’s been awhile. :/

What can you hear right now? The Golden Girls.

What does your last received text say? I don’t feel like checking.

Is there anything annoying you right now? Not at this current moment.

What did you last have to eat? Garlic Parmesan boneless wings.

Are you more into music or movies? Depends on my mood.

Do you like making surveys? I don’t make them.

When was the last time you went to a swimming pool? It’s been a few years.

Can you ride a bike? What age were you were you learned? No.

Would you rather have a pet snake or a pet turtle? Turtle. I’m afraid of snakes. I’m a big scardy cat if you haven’t picked up on that already.

Do you have, or would you like to get, any tattoos? I’ve wanted to get one for years, but I probably never will. It’s that scardy cat thing again.

Have you ever seen a band live? Who was the last you saw? Yes. I’ve seen a few. The last concert I went to was a Green Day concert.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever found in someone’s bedroom? A friend of mine wasn’t shy about having her...um.. toys out in the open.

What colour are your socks? Blue with white polka dots.

When was the last time you went outside? Thursday morning.

Are you too hot or too cold right now? I’m surprisingly neither.

Do you have any musical instruments in your bedroom? No.

Do you like Batman or Robin more? Batman.

Did you ever love Pokemon? Do you still? I had a short interest in it when I was a kid.

Do people who use massive amounts of emoticons annoy you? It can be a bit much.

Have you ever talked to your parents over an IM programme? No.

Do you like painting? A picture or walls? I’m no painter.

Do you have any fairy lights in your bedroom? No, but I have a couple strands of Christmas lights.

What does your washing powder smell like? Washing powder? Are you talking about laundry detergent? If so, I’m not sure what the scent is exactly. It smells good, though.

Do you have a dishwasher or do you do dishes by hand? We have a dishwasher but we do dishes by hand too <<< Yeah, we rinse them off first and then put them in the dishwasher.

Are there any cobwebs in your room? No.

Do you keep a diary? This is it.

What made you laugh last? Something on TV.

Have you ever used a pick-up line and had it work? I’ve never used one.

Do you read Texts From Last Night? How about FML? I used to read FML all the time.

Are you wearing any jewelery right now? Nope.

Do American / British spelling differences annoy you? No.

Do you like the smell of lavender? Sure.

Have you ever entered a modelling competition? Would you? Hahah no.

Did you keep any drawings / stories from when you were younger? Yeah, somewhere.

Who did you last have an argument with? My dad.

When was the last time you cooked for yourself? A few days ago.

When was the last time you wrapped a present? Christmastime.

Do you have a safe? No.

What’s the scariest thing to happen to you so far? There’s been a few things that come to mind.

What was your last dream about? (or your daydream if you don’t remember) Something random.

Do you own a baby names book? No.

Do you read TV magazines? No.

When was the last time you saw a relative? Outside of my immediate family who I see everyday, I last saw my aunt.

What time is it right now? 10:06 PM

Do you shout out the answers at quiz shows? Sometimes, but favorite game show to play along with is Family Feud. I’m better at that than quiz shows.

Have you ever been in a TV audience? No. I want to see a taping of Dr. Phil lol.

Have you ever entered the lottery? Won anything? I’ve entered, but I didn’t win.

When was the last time you were so angry you thought you would burst? It’s been awhile.

Do you skip breakfast? I actually eat breakfast more often now.

Are you in anyway close to reaching a personal goal? I haven’t set any.

Do you prefer crosswords or word searches? Word searches.

Have you ever drawn on a wall in your house? No.

Felt-tip pens or highlighters? Felt-tip pens.

Do you like making collages? I did when I was younger. I used to do that all the time with magazines cut outs.

Have you ever kept a scrapbook? Yes.

What’s your favourite video-game? Mario Brothers will always be the best.

Do you remember any inside jokes from childhood? Not really.

Do you think you’re a geek? Not really a geek cause I don’t consider myself to be smart, really.

Have you ever made up a word? Maybe when I was younger.

Do you get nervous speaking to people you don’t know on the phone? I get nervous even when I do know the person. I don’t like talking on the phone.

Are you scared of anything irrational? Oh you betcha.

Can you calm yourself down or do you just get all panicked at things? I get panicked pretty easily.

Do you need to wash your hair? No.

What are your plans for tomorrow? Much of the same as always.

Have you ever forgotten how to spell a really simple word? I don’t think so.

Do you have a passport? What’s the picture like? No.

Have you ever had a full fringe? (bangs) Yes.

Is there anything you would never admit to liking? Hmm. Not that I can think of at the moment.

What time did you get up this morning? About 11ish, which is super early for me.

Have you ever been so hot you took a freezing cold shower? No. I just complain about being hot and lie down with the fan and ceiling fan on me.

Do you own a plaid shirt? Not anymore. I used to have a few.

Do you have a fan in your room? Yep. That fan and ceiling fan I just mentioned.

Do you know where your parents are right now? My mom is in the bathroom and my dad is in his room.

Can you brush your teeth without getting toothpaste all over your face? Yeah.

Do you have tiled floors in your house? Yes, except for in the bedrooms.

Do you listen to any movie soundtracks regularly? Nope.

Do you bruise easily? Yes.

What would you love to learn to do? *shrug* Some kind of talent would be nice.

Do you watch movies based on the actors or the movie plot? Both, really. Just depends.

[katherinedoeskpop]

Get to know me tag

RULES: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS THEN TAG OTHER PEOPLE YOU’D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW BETTER.

Thanks to my friend @imleavingonatrain for tagging me! I’m weirdly shy online, so I’m going to put myself out there for once! But she and I very similar, so some of these answers might be very close to what she wrote hahaha

how tall are you? 5′3″ so...160 cm? I’m so bad with the metric system because I’m a typical American

what color are your eyes? Very dark brown

do you wear contacts and/or glasses? I wear both, but mostly.  Glasses are only for at home!

do you wear braces? Nope, had them when I was 13-15 and that was traumatic enough.

what is your fashion style? Pretty casual. I like solid colors and basic comfy staples, and I live in clothes from H&M and Uniqlo. 

when were you born? June 4, 1990

how old are you? 27 

do you have any siblings? No

what are your favorite subjects? French was my best class in high school, but I also liked English and History. 

what are your favorite movies? I LOVE movies (yay film school), so there are too many to name...Old Hollywood classics like All About Eve...late 90′s/early 2000′s rom coms like Miss Congeniality and Legally Blonde...Wonder Woman and pretty much anything superhero related...Harry Potter...and Disney.  LOTS of Disney.  On the more serious side, I like Chicago, Far From Heaven, Birdman, and Whiplash.

what are your favorite pastimes? Reading, writing, dance, yoga, listening to music, going to the movies, traveling. Also brunching and shopping

do you have any regrets? Not studying abroad in college...though I live in Europe now, so I guess I fixed that!

what is your dream job? I want to be an author, but I’d love to work for a publishing company or a magazine.  Basically anything involving writing.

would you like to get married? Yes, but in a few years

do you want kids? how many? I’d love to have 3 or 4 kids...but also in a few years

how many countries have you visited? 11? I thought I’d been to more, but I keep visiting different places in the same countries.

what was your scariest dream? When I was a kid, I used to dream my mom would take me on an errand and leave me in the car. But then it would start on its own and roll out of the parking lot into traffic, so I’d have to figure out how to drive it.

do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other? Yes, but it’s a little complicated

put your playlist on shuffle and without skipping list the first 15 songs 🎶

“Cheers (Drink to That)” by Rihanna 

“Look (A Starlight Night)” by NU’EST 

“You Are” by GOT7

 “In the End” by Linkin Park 

“Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga 

“Story of My Life” by One Direction 

“Wanna Be (My Baby”) by Wanna One 

“Uma Thurman” by Fall Out Boy 

“Dizzy” by The Goo Goo Dolls 

“We R Who We R” by Ke$ha 

“White Daisy Passing” by Rocky Votolato 

“We Got the Beat” by The Go-Go’s 

“Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift 

“Up & Down” by EXID 

“Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac

That’s maybe the most diverse shuffle I’ve ever had, hahaha.  There’s surprisingly little K-pop in there, but that actually probably reflects my overall tastes pretty well.

I don’t have a lot of mutuals, but I’ll tag @curledlife, @paperjewels, @imgoodimdonek, @k-glitti, @jaehyun-n​ and anyone else that wants to do it (but don’t feel like you have to)! 

[chrismaverickdotcom]

How to make a horror movie not suck (a no spoilers IT movie review)

I don’t actually like horror movies. I’m not afraid of them or anything like that. I mostly just don’t care for them.  It’s actually kind of weird that I don’t. I tend to actually like genre fiction a lot. And in fact I find the genre conventions of horror fascinating (and in fact, if you’re a horror fan, even as a non-academic, I totally recommend you read Men, Women, and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover). The thing is, I find the literary theory behind horror way more interesting than I actually find the movies (or books) themselves. I just can’t get into the storyline the way I can with say superheroes or sci-fi or fantasy or even YA future dystopia.

So, since I feel that way about horror, it’s probably not surprising that I’m actually not much  of a Stephen King fan. I sort of recognize his genius and his talent, but there a large portion of his most popular work that I just don’t really care about at all. Shawshank Redemption is a nigh perfect film, and the novella it’s based on is up there too. But Carrie? Yawn!!! I know, weird right? I mean, I’m behind the concept and love the critical theory behind it. If you want to present a paper on the metaphoric usage of blood and horror to denote the trauma of menses of a pubescent girl and the associated Freudian male fear of the association between death and sexuality that sexually awakening teenaged girl represents? I’m fucking there, dude. But do I want to actually watch it? Meh.

As such I was kind of lukewarm on seeing the adaptation of IT that was released this weekend. I was curious, because IT was reviewing well, and I know enough other people were really looking forward to IT and far be it from me to shy away from a cultural event like that. But as far as personal excitement… Meh… I mean, I’ve tried to read the IT before. I got bored. Too much horror wankery going on. I know the story… because I’ve seen the 1990 miniseries version and iIknow enough fans (including my mother and brother) and have read enough horror theory that I know the changes that were made to IT that I can piece together the rest of IT… and yeah… horror wankery. Meh.

So with all that said, I’m amazed to say that I kind of enjoyed IT. I did. I had fun. And I think the reason I had fun was that IT really is a good movie.

IT‘s not an amazing movie. The buzz IT‘s been getting has been making IT sound like IT‘s the best horror movie ever. IT‘s not even the best Stephen King horror movie ever. I mean, IT‘s not The Shining. And yes, I like The Shining. I’m not a savage, people! IT‘s no Shining. But IT‘s good.

And the reason IT‘s good is that IT does something that most horror movies that I’ve seen are unable to do. IT forgets that IT‘s a horror movie!

Genre is comforting. Genre provides shortcuts that bring the audience into a story. When used correctly it makes those who understand the genre feel like they’re automatically drawn into the story. The key here is to have a story for them to be a part of. To take my genre of choice, superheroes, we can look at Captain America: Winter Soldier. If you know nothing about the characters or the conventions of the MCU or the Captain America world, it’s still an engaging spy flick. Similarly, if you’ve never heard of Ant-man before, that film is still a fun heist movie.

On the other hand, if you lay too heavily into a genre and don’t pay attention to building a compelling story, your film suffers. This is what happened with Batman v. Superman. If you are unfamiliar with the world or the genre conventions of superhero movies or the mythology and lore of the DC universe, that movie is just downright unwatchable. There’s just bullshit happening left and right that has no place in the film, is unexplained and convoluted and detracts from the movie overall.

To move back into the horror genre, think about how the jump scare works. At essence the reason jump scares are… uh… scary… is that humans don’t like sudden loud sounds or for unseen things to move out and surprise us. But many horror movies are predicated on the idea of scaring people over and over again… people who, as fans, are actually hard to scare because they’re aware enough of the genre conventions that they can’t be truly surprised by them. So the movies fake it. In order to make the jump scare work, the films have to artificially create serenity and silence, something that is kind of otherwise uncommon in a ilm predicated on the idea of people running around and screaming their heads off. In other words, jump scares in most horror movies are telegraphed by the film suddenly slowing down and getting quiet so as to give itself the opportunity to suddenly get loud and surprising. And deep down the horror fan knows this. They’re not really scared. They’re just trained to react to that moment. And that’s not a bad thing. They like it. But to those of us who don’t care for it… it is annoying as fuck.

IT found a clever way of solving this problem. They just didn’t fucking do it. Seriously. They just didn’t bother. I don’t know if the movie is scary “per se.” I suppose it is, i you’re into that sort of thing. And there are things that jump out on occasion… when it makes sense for them to do so. But they only happen when they serve the story. Similarly, they dispensed with all other useless horror tropes and conventions except when they were necessary. This is actually a deviation from the book. And a good one! In fact, the movie was much better than the book. Without spoilers, I will say that a big part of what I didn’t care for in the book is that there is a lot of horror wankery in it. There’s superfluous supernatural mumbo jumbo bullshit and self-referential Stephen King mythology building. If you’ve read the book, you know the things I’m talking about. These things annoyed me and made me never bother to finish IT because I don’t care about weirdness for weirdness sake. This movie… doesn’t have any of that. In fact, given the basic supernatural premise of the story, there’s surprisingly little supernatural stuff. What’s there is just enough to serve the story. Because there is a story. A story that is actually intriguing and interesting.

And that’s what makes IT work. For the most part, I remained engaged for the whole 135 minutes. While many people might find the beginning somewhat slow, I actually would have taken even longer to get to the first kill. I wanted a little more time to get to know and care about that character. In fact, my main complaint is that I wanted to be more attached to several characters in the film that essentially come across as canon fodder. There are people who I know simply exist in order to become IT food, and they’re pretty easy to predict. If the film paid a little more attention to them, I might have felt more about them during their demises. Of course, that would be hard. There is a large cast to serve already, and I felt as though some of the living characters also didn’t get enough character building screen time. They have some, I know who they are. I know their motivations. The actors portraying them did a good job. But I wanted a little more.

And I suppose that’s a good thing. Leaving me, a non-fan wanting more, rather than dying to get out of the theater is probably the best that IT can hope for. And IT got it.

So no, IT‘s not the best horror movie ever, but IT is definitely worth going to if you are a horror fan, and its enjoyable as a non-horror fan if you’re being dragged along.

★★★½☆+🎈 (3.5 out of 5 stars… plus a balloon if you’re a horror fan… because you’ll float too)

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How to make a horror movie not suck (a no spoilers IT movie review) was originally published on ChrisMaverick dotcom