#we pit bad bitches against each other that's what we do here it's like the whole point

[essektheylyss]

just muttering to mutter cuz I find it fun to have meaningless opinions but having watched the trailer for The Fall of the House of Usher, I really just feel like everyone should sit down and read What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher instead

[galacticlamps]

First impression of Jamie from Victoria’s POV:

quick-thinking, polite, modest, brave, arguably kinda suave even

First impression of Jamie from Zoe’s POV:

bullying, name calling, weird threats of physical violence, “FULL LENGTH JAMIE,” sarcasm

[burymeinblack2022]

Don't ask:

- a man, his salary

- A woman, her age

- And a tumblrina (gn) who they voted for in the nge/moomin poll....

[the-cooler-king]

fma03 truly did it better no I will not be discussing it at this time. Fmab enjoyers please have a good night.

[lutzlig]

Tumblrwoman Election Wrap-Up

To celebrate the end of this election, I'm gonna answer the rest of your questions!

First off:

Thanks everyone for participating! This ended up way bigger than expected. It was pretty exciting, seeing everybody chime in and participate.

Shoutout ESPECIALLY to all the people making fanarts, memes, etc... you people are incredible!!! Most of it can be found under #twe23, be sure to check it out, everybody!

Here's some highlights you people have made:

this github live number tracker made by @twilight-sparkle-irl during the vriska/katya poll. A THRILLING read!

this hollow knight miku oc by @anonymous-utility!! shes so cute...

@seasoned-cabbage made a wiki sandbox for the polls... it's so satisfying to see the stats laid out like this : D

@unidentifiedfroggy wrote fanfiction that just perfectly encapsulates the whole experience : ' )

General Q&A

"Who did you want to win?"

I myself think Vriska deserved the title most! I think vriska is just as integral to tumblr as Cecil is, if not more.

As for the other 2 involved, they didn't really care who won!

How often did you hear "Why are you pitting 2 bad bitches against each other"?

Often! One of us was going to count, but he got so annoyed that he stopped. You people need to get a new sentence.

"Why are there minors in a tumblrsexywoman contest?"

It's not a tumblr sexywoman contest, it's a tumblrwoman election! Before we made the poll, we considered whether it's better to throw out the minors or remove the "sexy" angle. We decided on the latter, mostly because this kind of competition would feel incomplete without tumblrgirls like miku and vriska.

Will you be doing this again next year?

Hm, not sure. Probably not! At least, I wasn't planning on it. We did this on a whim, and this is (SUPPOSED TO BE) my art blog.

I might make a blog for it next year, if these are still relevant and the demand is high (which i highly doubt).

Why didn't you answer my question?

I got like 130 asks this week and most of them were cries of pain and outrage. I was also incredibly busy irl until a day ago. If I didn't answer your question, Sorry!

Concerns about Corruption

According to the tags on these, every single one of the polls was rigged in some way or another. Particularly grievous examples of this were Miku's loss (I suspect Vriskavoters doing foul play (I am vriskavoters. I voted Bayonetta to sabotage Miku. Then i spent the whole day listening to Miku voicebank comparisons.)), and Marcie's win (Somebody accused the Adventure time subreddit of having swamped the poll. The post in question had 19 upvotes. The poll on tumblr had 92,123 votes).

What's more, I've been offered bribes!! Several american dollars! The political landscape of tumblr sure is a scary place...

Manners

Some of you really don't know how to act. This goes out to a small (but very, very vocal) minority - don't be a dick! Just because it's the internet does not mean you can just insult random strangers! This is a poll about fictional women, this is NOT a place to call people the r-word or imply someone is stupid for liking a character.

Some people left pretty graphic, violent messages. Most of these were jokes, but still. Take caution with the words you choose. This should go without saying, but telling strangers to "eat glass" and the like is not acceptable behaviour.

In the end, this was a competition between fictional characters, so seeing people arguing in the replies and trying to gain some sort of moral high ground was a little bit saddening.

Most of you were nice though, luckily : )

Thanks

To everyone who left kind messages, to everyone engaging and having fun, the fan art, the posts, to everyone expressing their thanks to us - thank you!!!

In the end, this was a lot of fun, and it was nice to see the website come together like that!

What's next?

For the next few days, I'm going to be promoting my friends' projects as much as I can to scare all of you people off of my blog.

I got WAY too many followers from this and frankly, that is simply not acceptable. You all need to leave NOW, because I want to get back to posting art eventually and I would rather not be on everybody's timeline.

That's why I have decided to become a massive sell out and reblog my friends' stuff on main for a bit. Peace!

[hajihiko]

if you got to choose, what would the despair disease look like for each of the dr2 survivors? (other than akane who we already saw)

i really like when ppl makes hajimes that he has zero filter for his bitchy thoughts, or unnaturally happy (bc boys self esteem is nonexistent :(

ooh fun! Ok

I thought it would be sort of oppositesies, based on Akane, but then it kinda sorta wasn't? But I'm basing it a little bit on that, or at least stuff that would be jarring for them specifically

Hajime: agreed on Happy Disease. I think I saw someone illustrate that once? Just like, not getting anything done because everything is so nice, totally complacent, smiling so much it hurts and his eyes water. Youd think it's nice but it's like, bordering on hysteria? He actually looks ... not super content.

Souda: Maybe like, Fearless Disease? Kinda turns into a big jerk, mocks everyone else for being worried, keeps trying to off on his own to find the killer or Monokuma because he ain't scare of no bear! Bring it on! Kind of scary almost??

Fuyuhiko: Ok so his primary function is Anger but anger is like a secondary emotion or whatever.... maybe Trusting Disease? I feel like that falls a bit into Ibuki's territory though. He's also very dedicated though, maybe like, Flippant? Like changes his mind about everything at the drop of a dime. Probably annoying if hes like "I'm gonna stay inside. ..... CHANGED MY MIND I'm outside now". (Or "I'm gonna try to be nice and friendly from now on... CHANGED MY MIND taste my blade")

Sonia: I feel like Sonia is the hardest because she doesnt have like a primary feature besides being Nice.... Bitch Disease?? 😂😂 just SUPER mean to everyone. (So ... Hiyoko Disease lmao) I bet she could cut deep if she wanted to. Maybe she'd even like, pit people against each other?? Since she's kind of team "Everyone stop fighting 😣😣" ??

(here I accidentally got too deep into this scenario and it turned into a canon divergence lol oops)

I feel like if this, Sonia and Souda would be a very explosive combination and probably be need to kept apart from one another. Hajime isn't really any danger to anyone by himself, only if the killer got to him and manipulated him, but everyone can really feel how hard it is to do investigations and trials without him. Fuyuhiko *is* a danger to himself (when isn't he) and just needs supervision and someone patient. Might also be a little dangerous on and off but thankfully he's too loopy to actually plan anything.

I'm also imagining who would be sort of, in charge... Last time it was Hajime Fuyuhiko and Mikan, Mikan is still around so she can still be the Nurse and taking care of everyone, but Nekomaru and Peko (who would generally be taking care of their respective people) are gone. So??

Would Chiaki volunteer to stay behind in the hospital? Idk why she didn't the first time, it seems like sth she'd do. Nagito probably shouldn't be around a disease of any kind, so he's out. That leaves Gundham, Hiyoko, Akane and Ibuki (assuming we're leaving Akane out)... out of all of them, I feel like Akane or Gundham would volunteer. Prrrroooobably Gundham? Bc we're mixing it up and because he might think he's immune to diseases of this world or whatever.

Ok so Gundham, Chiaki and Mikan are at the hospital!

Ok so in this case maybe this is when we switch to Nagito POV? Hajime can't die yet, we need him, he's too plot relevant. If this is the same happening but different people, I think it's only fitting that Mikan gets the same disease and ends up being the killer, only because I feel like Remnant Memories trump every other motivation and need to be established as Super Dangerous.

(EDIT:) WAIT OMG Chiaki was never a remnant but what if.... Remnant!Gundham.... especially if Sonia was introduced sooner a a love interest, and Souda, the heartbreak, that could be scary too aaaaaa I already posted tho

Fuyuhiko dying would be a narratively bad choice considering his two death scares so far, but also kind of hilarious (I've mentioned before, since he was SUPPOSED to die at the hospital, how funny it would be to have him finally croak at that point; but it IS narratively Not Good). So he and Hajime are safe (yay)

what if. Remnant!Mikan manages to manipulate Sonia and Souda to go after each other, either of them kills the other, and the killer is executed. Since Mikan didn't actually kill anyone, she lives. What would happen then?? The remember disease goes away eventually, but would her memories of the whole disease ordeal? What if they just had a full on Remnant in their midst (I dont think that's how it would work, since Akane got better, but what if Mikan at least remembered manipulating the murders?)

I think it could be interesting, anyway. Oops! This went far lol

[neurotonic]

In a fight to the death between Solaris Fabby and Prism who do you think would come out the victor? The circumstances that lead to the fight are irrelevant I just need to know who wins.

Oh I see... We're pitting three bad bitches against each other... any history/feelings on killing aside, my answer depends on the nature of the fight/what they're allowed to prepare and use for the brawl. Putting this under the cut because WOW this got longer than I thought.

Edit: Also I forgot to add but I'm not going to throw in any of their feelings between each other for this, I'm just kind of basing on what they CAN do, no context no nothing. If you DO want my opinion of it...I think they Really wouldn't like having to kill each other. But that's not what we're here for today.

For pure hand-to-hand combat, no additional tools/weapons... Prism is probably not used to that kind of thing. She's on her ass inventing all day and Reggie mentions that she's not used to the physically stressful life of a field agent. Fabby's probably more used to getting into fights, though her style leans more on her using lethal inventions. And I feel like her general sense of class would prevent her from fully giving her all with her body movements.

Which leaves us with Solaris. I wholeheartedly believe she's jacked as fuck. Astronauts are required to be physically fit and strong to do whatever it is they do in space. So all that training, combined with her stature easily gives her the physical advantage over the other two. However, if the fight happens AFTER the Death Engine explosion (maybe a few months... or years later...) Solaris is in a lot weaker state. If we're being extremely generous and say she's almost as good as she was before, the odds would be more or less equal between the three. She is Nawt gonna go back to the way she was before sorry queen. But if we're talking peak performances, then there you go. Brick Shithouse Solaris.

Conclusion: Solaris, for pure hand-to-hand combat.

IF we're playing to their strengths and let these inventors play with their little touys, they'd have a more equal footing methinks! My immediate instinct says Fabricator wins because I think, out of the three of them, she's the most familiar with designing inventions that are the most efficient at killing people, if we're going from her kill count. However, she's going against two other inventors with some very unique tricks up their sleeves.

Solaris's lasers are a close second and BOY are they dangerous. Maybe they're not in the same scale as the Death Engine because of the possible timeframe, but she's able to make the dashboard canon and self-destruct module real quickly (I THINK. i forgot the timeline for this but I digress). Prism's robots can Also technically overpower the other two with the sheer number she could make within a set timeframe. Maybe she could also weaponize kinesium (but that's a little disadvantageous for her robots now that I think of it. Could be like a last resort self-destruct thing. But she's not gonna like it).

Fabby could easily kill them with poison gas, but with Solaris's and the robots' lasers they could ignite and negate the gas--that is, if they're quick enough. From the gasses Phoenix ignites, they're usually still in their containers before they're dispersed in the air (and I'm not sure how the chemistry goes if they try to ignite that as it's being sprayed...). If anyone tried to attack Prism directly, they'd have to go through her shield of robots (which she's not gonna like either, but they Are handy). Solaris also still has her physical strength alongside her lasers. This is actually harder than I thought with all the possibilities between them oh Goddddd.

If we find weaknesses, I think Prism's would be the most glaring - if any of the other two find out how to destabilize kinesium, it could make a disastrous chain reaction of explosions that'll wipe out her robots if they're not far enough. But then the robots could try to explode closer to the other two, somewhat of a "im bringing you down with me" situation. For Fabricator. I dont really know what other Types of inventions she could make specifically for fighting...................if she blows all her poison gas she's probably gonna get screweds immediately. She could have lethal fashion things of varied uses, but that still involves surpassing the defenses and avoiding the offenses the other two have. Solaris is going to fair pretty well when it comes to the offense, but her stature actually puts a bigger target on her body since she'd be easier to see and hit.

Jesus well. Sorry to disappoint you anon but I'm really drawing a blank here. If you really want I could add their feelings on Killing as a last resort and say that Prism probably wouldn't win because she Really isn't the type to kill without reason (she'd defend herself to the end), and Fabby would be the winner of this because she is in fact the most bloodthirsty out of the three of them. She's probably the fastest to analyze what she should do to exploit the other two's weaknesses.

Without that, feel free to imagine these three inventors absolutely giving it their all and then everyone exploding to bits and pieces simultaneously. Whoever wins is a win for #feminism except they really just Die at the same time here so

[go-go-devil]

What do you think about the whole storyline of Barbie's dreams and the Cuckoo in A Game of You? There are a lot of implications, it seems to me, and I wonder what other people's takeaways from it were.

I'm glad you asked!

A Game of You is my favorite story arc in the entire series alongside Brief Lives (sorry I have to tie them I'd hate to pit two bad bitches against each other). The whole thing was such an emotional rollercoaster for me that I needed to calm down for a bit before I went back in and analyzed everything I just read

Personally I remember having an inkling that The Land in Barbie's dreams was all stemming from memories of her childhood, mostly in that her companions all had these childish qualities to them which made me think they were old drawings of hers (though they actually turned out to be toys). Though the element that DID take me by surprise was the revelation of the Cuckoo being a separate entity in a parasitic relationship with Barbie's dreams alongside The Land itself being the original creation of several other women including one who happened to have once been Dream's girlfriend!

Here are my thoughts now: I see the Cuckoo as a manifestation of childhood dreams that one no longer feels any comfort in. She was brought into this world to be the "the bad guy" in Barbie's childhood fantasy epic, but once Barbie stopped dreaming the storyline and the Cuckoo's entire purpose was left in a sort of purgatory. While not completely forgotten, she is trapped in the narrow confines of the fantasy that Barbie had all but given up on due to the betrayals and demands of adult life

That's why she takes the form of Barbie's childhood self; to mimic the source of Barbie's dreams while still wholly dedicated to using them to eventually escape The Land. Much like how a real-life cuckoo chick plays the role of their foster parent's chick only to kill their other chicks and eventually abandon them entirely. The calm erasing of the Land by Dream and Barbie letting the Cuckoo go is a sign that, as sad as it is, sometimes it's best to move past our old imaginations to make room for more mature worlds kept deep in our minds

As for Alianora, that aspect of The Land perplexed me up until I finally read Overture, and now I think I really understand what's being said with her character. She was literally a fantasy created by Desire for Dream, yet in the end he eventually stopped loving her despite being made to be his "perfect" partner. When he gave her The Land, her turning it into a place that holds the immense imaginations of women for thousands of years is a way for her to reclaim a sense of purpose for herself in her existence

So often women's thoughts and dreams are completely disregarded and seen as frivolous in this misogynistic/transphobic society we live in, to the point where they are forced to either give them up entirely or be ignored by others entirely. A Game of You is an important story to me because it viscerally deconstructs this thought process while also proving the importance of these dreams, as fantastical or mundane as they can be

[dungeon-meshi-tournament]

You guys had less to say about the Best Winter Outfit in the Dungeon Tournament, probably also because it was a shorter tournament. Still, there were some funny comments, and I had to do less selecting the absolute best to keep the post a reasonable length. So here are the comments I thought were funny, sorted by the poll they were commented on.

Senshi 5 vs Laios 1 (round 1, part 1) laios looks like an engineering student

Chilchuck 1 vs Chilchuck 2 (round 1, part 1) he's so father figure here

Cithis vs Otta (round 1, part 2) butch elf erasure 😔 vote for the number one bull dyke in the world <3

Mithrun 1 vs Mithrun 2 (round 1, part 2) Look at the mask in the first one: Health conscious King out to buy snacks from the local gas station for his squad bathrobe looking coat 💀 ARE YOU AN ELF EVEN? DO YOU HAVE A BIG BLACK PUFFA JACKET??

Izutsumi 2 vs Izutsumi 3 (round 1, part 2) the tail sock gets me every time

Namari vs Senshi 2 (round 2) Senshi won a tournament already. It's women's time why pit two bad bitch dwarves against each other. i love them both equally. bisexually

Chilchuck 3 vs Dia (round 2) Don't @ her she's cozy!!!

Cithis vs Fleki (round 2) comnfy stoner fleki !!!

Mithrun vs Pattadol (round 2) oijseoise mithrun as much as i like pattadol's outfit i can't forgive the uggs

Namari vs Laios (Quarter finals) HES JUST SO LAME. HEART UGLY SWEATER GLASSES LAIOS!!!1!

Laios vs Dia (Semi-finals) Look this Laois look is peak, I will admit, but can we not all come together to appreciate a girl at her coziest?? Absolute Most Cozy??? dia!!!! snowball!!!!

Fleki vs Izutsumi (Semi-finals) Comon y'all. We know what the best witner clothing is. TAIL WARMER

Dia vs Izutsumi (Finale) I love you Izutstumk. mis spelled too many times to correct lol

[babybluebex]

timothee fans are upset that people are saying dom should be playing bob dylan because he looks more like him. some timothee fans are saying that he can act and dom can’t (basically saying dom doesn’t have the range) so it’s a back and forth thing.

ok here's the thing about the whole bob dylan thing: when that movie was first announced and cast like a while ago, dom wasn't on the scene yet, timothee was the best choice at the time, and even though dom has now come along, we're stuck with timothee as dylan (not to discredit timothee, bc i think he's a talented actor, but he's definitely chosen a few odd roles and life choices recently that make me question him)

THATS NOT TO SAY THAT WE WILL NEVER SEE DOM PLAY DYLAN, all those beatles biopics were just announced, and dylan HAS to show up at SOME point in ANY of those movies, right??? not all hope is lost for us

but also dom needs to play steve winwood more than dylan, like he and winwood look IDENTICAL?? but whatever

and the thing about dom versus timothee is like, we know what timothee's range is, he's not gonna surprise us by now because he's been acting for so long and done so many vastly different projects that we kinda know what the edges of his abilities are, but dom, we don't know yet, we know he's capable of some good stuff, but he's still a complete mystery. would he KILL as dylan?? i think so!! but even if he WERE a contender for that specific dylan role, it would've been a smarter move for the studio to cast timothee instead of an unknown actor who has a single imdb credit to his name, yknow?? we lost that battle before it ever even started

basically all this to say, i don't see the need for this beef. they're different people with different abilites, and like at the end of the day, they're both skinny tall white guys with messy hair and dark eyes. like why do we need to pit two bad bitches against each other, yknow?? also timmy fans, you're literally winning SO MUCH recently, like dom is not coming for timmy's crown or whatever, chill tf out

anyway. those are my thoughts. you're welcome to yours. :)

[bowiebond]

I’m so glad Argilly is picking up traction, we are one step closer to the big mlm polycule with Argyle, Billy, Eddie, Jon, and Steve + I’ve seen almost all ten of the possible individual pairings in the group being delved upon so far (Argilly, Edgyle (idk the name), Jargyle, Mungrove, Harringrove, Byergrove, Stonathan, Eddithan/Jeddie (idk either), Steddie)

All we need now is to think about how Argyle and Steve’s dynamic (Stargyle) would work and HERE is how I think it could:

Everyone trying to pit two bad bitches against each other for best hair, but they actually just know they are simply the masters of their own domain and respect each other; Steve reigns over the tall, poofy, and curled hair, Argyle reigns over the long, luscious, and silky

Argyle will try to expand Steve’s food palate

Steve playing with/braiding his hair, Argyle affectionately ruffling Steve’s

Out of the other guys, even Jonathan when stoned, I feel like Argyle and Steve are able to just naturally be on the same wavelength at any given point; like if Argyle was making astute observations (simple or deep), Steve can easily pick up his train of thought, casually all “oh yeaaah, yeah I totally get what you mean” and vice versa (Argyle picking up what Steve’s puttin down)

Sweet, goofy, playful bfs and also party kings when the energy is high

When they vibe to music together, they put their whole bodies into it; popcorn karaoke riding in each other’s cars, belting their hearts out

Casual homie kisses goodbye; “see you later brochacho” and then Argyle pecks Steve on the cheek

Like, after they have a friendly game, they do a bro handshake, and then Steve’s like “good game” before he goes in for a kiss

Stargyle is the ultimate 'bros to lovers' vibe. Also I just love the name??? Stargyle, ahhh.

Like they call each other 'dude, bro, man' but then you'll catch them asleep cuddling on the couch waiting for their other boyfriends to come home.

Argyle definitely digs movie dates with Steve, because all of the guys have different tastes; Billy and Eddie are more horror/slasher/gruesome action fans, Jonathan forces them to watch indie films or romcoms, Argyle prefers comedies, but he'll watch anything. So Steve usually watches his newest picks with Argyle when he wants to wind down from the week.

The whole polycule is very into playing with each others hair, but Argyle and Steve are the two who will be in the bathroom the longest if paired together (though Steve and Billy also take forever), Argyle helping Steve keep his hair in place while he styles and sprays, Steve brushing out Argyle's hair just cause it's pretty long and can be a hassle to do alone. Steve usually braids Argyle's hair before bed if Billy doesn't beat him to it first (or if Eddie and Jonathan haven't gotten their hands in Billy's hair first, because boy does that man become putty if you touch it).

Steve, Jonathan and Argyle will talk circles around each other when high and Eddie and Billy will just watch while draped over each other or playing cards because they're lazy stoners. Argyle joins them in cards sometimes, really depends on if Steve and Jonathan have moved from rambling to wrestling or not (it's playful, really, they just end up in a tangle of limbs and giggling afterwards because Jonathan is still somehow able to beat Steve every time).

Argyle and Steve have the most similar music taste, and when surrounded by their metal/rock n roll boyfriends, they have to fight for the radio. Thankfully, Argyle's vans is constant vibes and they rule over the selection of tapes.

The broshake and then kiss is so them, I love that. They'll do that before heading off the work and the other three are just bewildered by it in the beginning because

Billy: 'how did our boyfriends steal each other???'

Jonathan: 'When did this even happen??'

Eddie: 'Not hating it, but can you guys not act like platonic bros before maKING OUT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR?!'

[ravenwoodalum]

Round three of the Spiral Showcase is ready, and the bracket is weird, so it's time for...

spiral showdown, boys vs girls!

(anyone else remember this show? it slapped)

Anyways! Click here to vote, & polls are open until Wednesday, January 18th, 10pm EST. Vote for your favorites, and check out the detailed results for round two below!

One of the options on those customizable housing signs is "Tenure for Dworgyn" and, well... he would really appreciate that, after losing to Dasein with 33.8% of the vote (53 to 27).

Mellori's holding her streak of beating anthropomorphic professors, garnering 53.8% (43 to 37) against our favorite frog. An honorable defeat. The stuffed Kermit on my bookshelf is nodding in approval for Halston's fighting spirit.

Malistaire's dropping the Ice School into the abyss next, knocking Lydia Greyrose out of the tournament with 73.8% (59 to 21). Someone take the fly swatter away from him before things get nasty.

Morganthe won the milf-match, with 76.3% of the vote against Dalia Falmea (61 to 19). I wonder if Belladonna Crisp would have stood a better chance, but to be honest, we should NEVER be pitting bad bitches against each other like this.

Overall, a bad round for Ravenwood professors, with all those (currently employed by Ravenwood) knocked out of the running. Maybe now would be a good time to unionize... and also to do some infrastructure renovation (the fact the school sits DIRECTLY on top of a sewer system. That CANNOT be good. Hey guys? What's your healthcare plan like?? Do you get dental???)

[teddytoroa]

Get to know 9 people ask game!!!!! hooray!!

Tagged by: @mispronouncing-michaelangelo (thank u omg)

Last song listened to: pretty sure it was Jenny by Studio Killers 😎

Currently watching: uh Hermitcraft S9 and Secret Life smp (everyone's pov) lmao,,i don't really watch tv shows very much

Currently reading: It Came From The Closet (2022) edited by Joe Vallese - it's a collection of essays by like 20 different authors im not listing them all here sorry. It's real good though I highly recommend it if you are queer and have an interest in horror films and media analysis.

Sweet/spicy/savory: yknow this one is hard bc im a strong believer in eating snack plates with a variety of tastes n textures ratatouille-style for enrichment but if I have to pick just one its probably savory?? why are we pitting three bad bitches against each other though theyre girlfriends and kissing

Current obsession: embroidery. Specifically finding old (like decades old, 1970s-90s mostly) unfinished/unopened cross stitch and embroidery kits for cheap in opshops and completing them. it might be helping some ghosts which is nice but otherwise its a good way to fund an otherwise expensive hobby (buying new kits is like, tens or hundreds of dollars more than buying secondhand for some reason)

Relationship status: basically married (coming up to 8 years)

Last thing I googled: nz film archives (boring sorry)

Currently working on: an aforementioned 1980s embroidery kit - its a cushion cover with autumn leaves and gold metallic thread and its very fiddly but the wrist pain is worth it because its gonna look swag as hell on my couch

Gonna tag @charmophron @ghibli @ayamccabre @glitterdustcyclops @insectsys @thatdragonlad @gabrielandworms @ierotits @piiwakawaka and anybody else who wants to do this <3 (no pressure to folks tagged also. do what u want im not ur dad)

[kiradical]

@california-andy tagged me so here we go (thank you friend) When was the last time you cried? Uhhh I teared up yesterday but I didn’t really cry. I Haven’t had a real cry in a good while tbh.

Do you have kids? Nope. Just two cats for now.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Yes. Too much probably.

What sports do you play? … sports…? I mean I’d like to get into roller skating but I need pads so I don’t hurt myself and also probably to not just do it in my small apartment 🙃

What’s the first thing you notice about people? Outfit, hair, eyes, hands/nails.

What’s your eye color? A light brown, almost brown leaning hazel? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Scary movies or happy endings? Why are you pitting two bad bitches against each other?

Any special talents? I can French inhale (there’s a clip of it on the other blog lol). I can sing but that’s not special. Oh! I can manifest really random and useless shit but never anything important or useful. ��✌🏻

Where were you born? Northern Illinois

What are your hobbies? Cross stitch, resin art, art in general, uhhhh video games…. I have a lot of hobbies tbh.

Do you have pets? Two cats, Norman and Talia

How tall are you? 5’3”

Favorite subject in school? Choir, English, history. Everything else sucked ✌🏻

Dream job? I do not dream of labor. (But genuinely if I could just be paid to go to school and learn whatever I wanna learn 🤷🏻‍♀️)

I truly do not know who to tag rn so uhhhhh whoever wants to do this is tagged! You’re it! Gogogogo

[worlds-smallest-epsilon]

7. what color brings you peace?

10. what’s something you’re excited for?

25. what’s the best personal gift someone could give you (playlist, homemade card, etc.)

28. hugs or hand-holding?

Ask game in question

7. Probably blue or green, but I'm also a sucker for like a maroon.

10. In the immediate future, I'm going to my first chaos draft tomorrow night at my LGS. More generally, I'm taking a class in modular forms atm and I'm very excited to learn more about the subject.

25. Probably a playlist? I like making playlists for myself and if someone made me a playlist I would be instantly wooed.

28. Here we go again, pitting two bad bitches against each other. You will not make me choose between them. Hugging is a great thing both platonically and romantically, and hand-holding is such a nice thing to do with someone (although hand-holding is almost always romantic for me). Holding hands while going on a walk in springtime is like one of my favorite dates I can do and I'm excited to be able to do that (I live in a temperate and rainy part of the world, winter is bad for walks here).

[onyourhyuck]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐊ᵃ𝐫𝐦𝐚. | Season 2

synopsis; park areum is a journalist who happens to get her life involved with the mafia leader war and havoc, lee jeno. areum’s brother was kidnapped by the japanese mafia na yuta and areum was able to successfully get jisung back— however with a price that she betrays lee jeno by selling out important information of his base whereabouts. it’s been a year ever since that day and areum happens to get involved in the mafia world again.

warning: mafia au/theme, thriller, action, romance, smut!!, lots of fighting here and mentions of blood, park areum is a bad bitch ykyk, dreamies are here for plot, love triangle!!!!, angst.. massive angst, death mentions of characters, alcohol mention, guns mention, switch!areum, switch Jeno!, rough kissing, gripping, degrading, praising, love scenes, unprotected seggs [wrap your willys sons pls, use it 😃], slowburn romance, prepare for a long ass ride.JEALOUSY, Exhibitionist scenes (almost caught etc) semi public scenes with sexual tension. PLOT TWISTS AND CLIFFHANGERS <3 THIS IS SEASON 2, CHECK SEASON 1 OUT BEFORE READING THIS SEASON PLSSSS.

PART 12 / 25. PART 13 LINK.

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striking light of guns being shot in the warehouse, constant rushed footsteps overlapping each other, yells of dead fallen soldiers and innocent life’s being took…

jaemin hates to see it. the lives he took will eventually eat him up where there will be no going back for him. he knew that hell had a special place reserved just for him.

renjun quickly slides down the pole on the side, lifting the entire body mass and weight to curve to the edge, where his right dominating leg powerfully hits the japanese mafia soldier pointing gun at jaemin from behind. the japanese soldier yelled in surprise of the coming harsh kick from renjun, jaemin turning around in shock.

that was close. the japanese soldier falling off the edge into the middle pit, squashed, beaten and stamped over by the korean and japanese mafia fighting to the death and to live.

jaemin looking at Renjun, giving him a righteous path. “thanks injun. Did not see that one coming.”

the Chinese scoldingly glared at jaemin but nodded. “be more aware next time. we need you the most.” renjun admitted before leaving. jaemin glancing down reloading the gun.

‘come out yuta, you’re the one who needs to die in order to stop this war.’ jaemin spat.

“boss! boss!” haechan runs towards the taller male with a serious expression. “we overtook the best soldiers he sent, however the bastard yuta didn’t come along. we have the other soldiers hand cuffed to the front lines, waiting for the police to come.”

“areum contacted the information and roots to this whole building already, we need to leave now before they arrest us too.” haechan continued as jaemin nodded, no mater if the Korean police are also against the japanese, they will eventually be against them too; the police are not people you should trust.

especially if you’re a mafia. it’s a doomed friendship from the start.

“okay, gather renjun’s tropes and your tropes back to the base safely, take the wounded too.” jaemin pauses, saddened expression to the half dead soldiers on their side. “we can’t leave our wounded brothers when they sacrificed so much for us already.”

Haechan understood what he meant, the group aren’t like the other mafias that stereotypically do illegal work and cause violence. yes, jeno lead them with violence and with an iron fist but this was against the bad mafia groups who hurt others for the fun of it. jeno strongly wanted to do the right thing by using violence back, but now, if only he were alive he would’ve changed his ways.

park areum was the sole reason for this transformation. the woman did not only change jeno but she possibly changed everyone in the mafia. haechan gained a best friend for life out of the change along with maturity, he was able to become sensitive and show it. renjun wasn’t okay with allowing women in the training, he had strong values of them being weak— but when areum joined he was quickly proven wrong. he holds admiration for the journalist. jaemin learned to love again, haunted and trapped by his ghost ex lover, he was finally able to love and be happy with life.

she holds everyone accountable for their happiness. every soldier under jeno wants to protect areum, not just because she’s with his child now, but because they all look up to her as a role model.

the police were quicker than they thought, rushing from the entrance of the front as the tropes escaped to the back door entrance, hopping into the cars. detective baekhyun and detective chanyeol screaming with their guns aimed in the echoing warehouse. “it’s the police get on the flo- holy shit they’re escaping out the back door, go get them!” baekhyun ordering the men behind him to start chasing cars honestly.

chanyeol dropping the weapon once the men have been handcuffed on the floor with their ankles tied too. he sighs, “man we’re late again! fuck.”

Baekhyun rubs the back of the head, embarrassed. “why do i think our badge means nothing when the mafia are better at arresting than us? are they looking down at us?” baekhyun said again in disbelief.

were they being underestimated? perhaps…

areum pushes the laptop away as she munches on the donuts on the side with tea, renjun really hooked her on sweet pregnancy tea, somehow it enhanced the taste buds to her cravings.

it’s been a few weeks ever since the news of jeno being dead.

she won’t lie, it really did effect her but also the mafia group itself. jaemin was overworked and determined to find yuta, he was practically sniffing him out like a dog ready to bark and chew more than it can handle. areum helping out with gathering the morse codes and secret locations, as of right now she found five of their locations in the span of the few weeks.

jaemin and haechan were just as impressed as she was with herself because apparently, finding out japanese riddles and morse code was easy to areum! the woman carries knowledge in her blood at this point.

haechan swore that the pregnancy made her smarter. on the other hand, jisung was able to take a liking to renjun and kun, jaemin was also quite obsessed with jisung due to the cuteness he projected.

jisung taking gun lessons and how to shoot, it was kinda like call of duty for him but make it real life.

arriving back home the tropes were quick to scatter themselves around; some people went immediately to find themselves water bottles that were prepared by the people who did not go out to fight today, the soldiers that stayed in the base prepared food and water in the middle. kun was also there with medical equipment for the people that were unfortunate today.

jaemin seeing areum helping out with the soldiers water and food now, he approached forward with a tired smile.

areum smiles back, passing the water bottle and large cup of warm spicy noodles and chopsticks with side dishes on the side. “eat up. today was a success.”

jaemin takes the bottle and noddles, sitting down on the chair. clothes roughed up, hair messed up as well, blood on the sleeves and dirty hands. but he ate anyways, they were starving. dirty hands were the least on their mind right now. “not entirely success. yuta wasn’t there, so he survived yet another day.”

he sounded bitter, areum’s lips falling. he was right. but no one died on their side today. she sits nearby jaemin, watching the man eat the noddles finally. Haechan joining areum’s side.

“hey, did you eat?” hyuck spoke upbeat, dancing around as he chews on the noddles. nothing makes life more better than eating spicy noodles after fighting in the war. “i ate nonstop as i helped you guys. i was able to check everyone’s cameras attached to their clothes as well as the vitals of our team. no one died, only massive injuries.”

“i know, you were great help. thank you.” hyuck chuckled. jaemin sighs, “i did say not to get involved anymore but even my words didn’t stop you.”

areum shrugs. “you should know me by now, when did words ever stop me?” she’d cheekily say and jaemin grins, she was right. jisung came down running the large stairs, skipping as he then stole the warm new noodle box next to haechan.

the tan boy looks over seeing the boy eat heavily, “yah…park jisung…that’s my second batch of food.” he points out, jisung pulls away chewing and swallowing before replying.

“hyung just make new one later.” jisung simply told, haechan’s jaw dropping, sarcasm leaking out the tone. “yeah thanks so much, you solved my problem park jisung!”

areum glares at the two boys, scowling. “can you not argue at least for one day?”

jaemin shaking the head. “i think we found the new Tom and jerry.” he pointed out as hyucksung kept on bickering in their own world.

areum turns around to the boy, brushing down jaemin’s hair. the man felt quite safe around her so he didn’t bother flinching or moving away in surprise, allowing her fingers to lightly pat the hair down as he kept on eating. stomach going full in a minute.

“areum,” his dark voice trails. “i have favour to ask of you.” he’d tell. areum raising eyes as she nods, “yeah?”

he puts the empty cup down, sipping from the water bottle before turning his entire attention to the journalist next to him. admiring the beautiful face he’s met with. “why don’t you go back to the cabin for a little bit? it might help you relax and stay in jeno’s presence more. i just, don’t want you stressed with police and mafia world. i need you away for a little. can you do that for me?”

the cabin was something areum rather avoided— not because she hated the place, she absolutely loves the cabin. it holds so many fun memories of her and jeno, it was the day they really started clicking emotionally and making them understand each other. but areum is scared that she will break down when she goes inside the cabin, only thing she will be reminded of is jeno itself.

she doesn’t know how to deal with this emotional and physical pain absence of the man, in fact, the only thing areum does to avoid feeling the reality is by working.

jaemin saw the uncertain expression falling, he was quick to gently hold areum’s hands in his. hiss like breathe coming out, deeply resting the forehead onto areum’s shoulder. areum was silent, but she was thinking about it. “i know this might be hard for you but..”

“i’ll do it.” areum mutters catching jaemin out midway, he pulls away with wide eyes. “you mean it?” he trails, areum nodding slowly.

“the bed sheets are losing his scent, they only smell of me now, hopefully the cabin bed will be different...” areum mutters looking down. jeno’s presence is slowly leaving and she still wasn’t ready to let go. jaemin squeezed her hands in his hands tightly, whispering. “i’m so sorry areum. i’ll try to spray all his perfumes he wore often on them to make you happy.”

areum embarrassed, she laughs gently. “that’s kind of embarrassing now, don’t worry about it.” jaemin let’s go off the hands, smiling. “it’s not. i completely understand it, when you really love someone you can’t help but like their smell.”

it somehow made areum realise that when you really care of someone, you become attached to the slightest things that reminds you of them. jaemin was similar to areum, he used nayoung’s perfumes on his clothes before.

jisung hums slowly joining in, “i agree, mina wears my hoodies ever since we are doing long distance. i guess it helps you feel more closer to them when they’re not around you as much.”

Haechan gasps, “you have a girlfriend? You?” the younger boy scrunching the nose up in an upset pout.

“yeah and you don’t? shocking, right.” jisung shot, haechan’s expression falling. “bro don’t even test me today, i told you i have girls!”

jaemin did not waste the time putting areum to the cabin, in the next few minutes after travelling for hours she will arrive at the cabin completely. It’s late going nightfall.

the car stopping at the front, areum taking the large bag that she packed, she were first to get out soaring a glance to kun and renjun.

“thanks for the ride. I’ll call you when I’m ready to leave.” areum tells, renjun nodding at the passage seat. kun spoke out sternly, “remember that you’re entering your tenth week in the pregnancy soon, so don’t over work yourself.”

areum shortly smiles. “i know, don’t worry about me. keep an eye on jisung and update me on the situation.” they nodded before the car drove off reversing and then leaving through the wood path for the vehicles. everyone seemingly to be asleep except for animals that are nocturnal.

the women made herself go inside with the spare keys jaemin gave, as she enters with the door closed, the memories flooding areum’s brain haywire. the way jeno stumbled down the stairs worried areum was possibly kidnapped or left without a word, the way she came home drunk and he had to take care of her.

mr and ms Kim’s twins were here playing with him on the ground, the sweet lingering memory came with a hint of sadness. she purses a deep breathe that left her shaken, walking upstairs.

creaking left and right until she arrives to the top of the open bedroom, large wide windows allowing the starry sky overlooking the clean bed. the times where they shared it for the first time…

areum wasn’t sure how to feel other than needing to cry out, maybe it’s the pregnancy making it even worse with her amount of mood swings. she’d put the bag down on the bed, sniffling the wet nose.

squeaking…

the door slowly swung open, a heavy slow motion movement of the door she swore she closed. it did not take her a moment to realise because it was already telling her intuitively, that someone was standing behind the door ready to launch at her.

the woman grabbing a gun that she took with her, turning around with eyes darkly eyeing the person who came out at the same time. Door opening to reveal.

the person who was behind the door, had their own gun ready to shoot the person but they stopped lowering it a little. their mouth was about to open until a shot was heard, making the person flinch scared for their life.

areum tightly holding the shaking gun when she accidentally shot out of nervousness and amount of shock running down her body, freezing it. skin going deadly pale as her eyes wide in disbelief, tears streaming, heavy hot breathe exhaling out, hands turbulence in front.

the man was quick to relax his stiffen body as thankfully the bullet missed the body by an inch, quick to realise that the woman was simply scared. the relaxing soothing voice, he couldn’t grasp why areum was so shocked as if she saw a ghost.

little did he know he was presumed dead to areum. he didn’t realise it sooner, but areum was shocked unable to figure out if this was her delusional mind playing tricks or if it were reality.

“areum, hey, slowly lower the gun.” jeno soothingly told approaching very cautious and on alert, areum’s wet pupils shaking when the man came closer slowly. areum gulping, “stay back- you’re supposed to be dead.” she spat.

jeno quickly stops, mind going blank. “what?” areum stuttering, “you got shot and died. everyone came back except you. this is my mind playing tricks on me.” the words were fast paced, jeno gathered so much info in just a small amount of sentence. he shakes his head. “areum, listen to me..”

the voice felt so real to areum so comforting, she longed to listen to that voice for weeks, but it can’t be reality can it?

“please, i promise you I’m alive. i survived.” jeno quietly told coming to the front again, this time areum staying quietly as she sobs gently. she felt a hand finally lower the gun and take it from her own grip, dropping the gun to the floor.

her lungs largely inhale as she looks up, jeno eyeing the woman with kind eyes, his body engulfing her close to his chest. “see, i’m alive..?” it was almost a question rather than a statement.

areum only sobbed harder shaking her head, hitting his chest the more he pulled areum closer, mumbling words of hurt and sadness as well as relief too. everything was high on emotion, jeno unable to say anything but take whatever areum was giving him.

she hits his chest as her hiccuping voice from roughly crying, “you got shot! do you wish to die?!” she grabs the collar, upset that jeno ended up getting hurt but at the same time this was out of love and relief. jeno knew this. he looks at the woman who pulled him down by his collar.

he couldn’t lie but areum scolding him will always have him on his knees melting, he somehow found it even more attractive. areum awaiting an answer in small silence.

“did i ever tell you that you’re hot when you are angry?” jeno whispers with half smirk lips, areum biting the bottom lip, stale voice speaking. “lee jeno i’m serious.”

“areum.” jeno spoke out again wiping those crying eyes that sparkly whenever she���d sob, areum had him under her spell. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for scaring you, for making you believe i was dead.”

the woman wasn’t expecting jeno to go on his knees in front of areum, holding her legs with his veiny hands. she gulps at the sight of jeno being the submissive one. no arguing, just him accepting that he was in the wrong, that areum was scared and that she really loves him for being depressed for these weeks. jeno understood everything.

he didn’t need to be in his ego for areum. she had no other way but to no longer stay upset, as her hands grab a hold of jeno’s jaw pulling the man up.

jeno on the knees with his face stretching forward into a longing deep kiss, areum passionately putting in the emotions on something she desired to do for so long. the man melting in the action his face following the woman’s dominating loving side, as his jaw was still held by areum.

areum breaking the kiss, jeno dimming down watching the woman pull with a breathy intake. she murmurs softly, “I’m…”

“pregnant, jeno…”

everything felt surreal to the man when hearing those words come out of his loved one. jeno looking at areum before standing up, looking at the stomach as he came forward with his hands lightly perking on the top.

the clothes made it seem like there was no bump, but there most definitely was a little one forming. jeno felt it, the round shape above in his palm. his eyes twitching in excitement and sparkling as if he were the most happy person on the planet. areum watching the reaction, jeno spoke first.

“areum, how many weeks..?” jeno trails, happily smiling. areum was really in awe at the positive reaction. “nine weeks, jeno are you…not upset?”

the man shaking his head quickly. “areum, i love you. a baby with you won’t change my love for you, in fact— it only increased my love for you.” he slowly trails, going on his knees as he slowly hugs the little bump.

in such gentle manner, areum couldn’t help but smile like a giddy idiot.

“i’m going to be a dad.” jeno softly tells, looking up to the woman who nods softly. “mhmm, so don’t get shot again.” she’d bring up again, he couldn’t help but think her stubbornness was always going to be hard to look past.

but he loves her, he deserves to be told off for his off guard actions. “you really won’t let go off it will you?” jeno whines.

she still is his karma for sure, but this time, areum is his good karma.

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MASTERLINK FOR HIS KARMA.

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Y’all take a guess if it’s a boy or a girl or how many, because i have that already planned out 😳😳…