#yea whatever it was a really fun session~

[toadallytickles]

So I was visiting my moms for a week.. plenty of time for my spots to ripen … perhaps I said this idk 🫣

I come home the evening of the 19th, it’s late and my sister is staying the night. It’s finally just Clay and I on the 20th, and have much needed physicalness and tickle fights between chores~. I didn’t sleep well at my moms’ place and the previous night at mine, so I treat myself to a big chunk of edible and woow I was zooted.. silliness and embarrassment dialled up, I couldn’t stop laughing. The fucker (Clay) very much takes advantage of me, starting with tickling me meanly on the couch and teasing me about BEING GANG TICKLED NEXT MONTH EWW IM SO SCARED ACTUALLY 😖‼️. He tests and plays with my new ticklishness on the couch for a bit before ordering me to be on his bed naked. I get tied up face up.. but he refuses to give me a blindfold, I’m denied a blindfold.. because I’m a stupid idiot and shared much prior to him My Sessioning Insecurities and I wished I was more comfortable and confident leeing. So Clay forced me to watch him destroy me… bruh.. the look and smile on his face… never seen it before.. because I wear a blindfold… that wasn’t Clay.. 😳. Feral man.

And before he really digs in, he pulls his phone out and responds to my text above RIGHT THEN AND THERE. IN FRONT OF ME.

Fuck when he bit my knees… that was the death spot for the night, it was Awful™. You know it’s bad when they get that crazy, desperate laughter outta you— 🙄. Every spot was extra sensitive.

Anyway yeah.. 😖 I hate watching EWW! but the edible made me so silly that I wasn’t anxious, and I could really headspace and have fun with making eye contact~ 💕

[orcelito]

Thinking of playing Kallias again. This is turning into me affectionately calling him Catman Jesus

This is probably going to continue even into the game

[mizuki-herazaki]

TWST characters reactions to surprise hugs

another headcanon just cute scenarios (very little but kinda suggestive in Jades) not grammer checked I kind of just wrote whatever lol. have fun!! GN reader

Riddle Rosehearts

Yuu run up and hug riddle from behind as he leaves the classroom

He freezes up and almost turns as red as his hair.

You feel his whole body stiffen and he tries to speak fluently but stutters.

“W-what are you doing?”

You let go and walk in front of him “What is it against the rules?~” Yuu ask with a smile

Riddle relaxes and fixes his voice “No. But it would be nice to have a warning beforehand.” he replies sternly before walking off with a slight blush.

     Cater Diamond

Cater was trying to take a selfie but…PHOTOBOMB!!!

Just as he clicked the button to capture the photo, Yuu jumped out and hugged him from the side smiling.

When Cater notices that it is you he smiles and laughs

You two look at the photo and Cater has a surprised face as a smiley Yuu is clinging onto him.

“I am totes posting this! We’re total #couple goals!”

     Deuce Spade

Completely startled and most likely thought he was getting jumped.

After he notices it was just you he breathes a sigh of relief.

“Don’t do that Yuu, I almost got a heart attack”

Be Careful he’s a swinger.

    Leona Kingscholar

Already knew it was you

Smelt your scent from a mile away

When you are about to let go he growls

“Oi who said you could let go”

With that you keep your arms wrapped around him

It turns into a surprise cuddle session

   Jack Howl

Was working out doing runs

Yuu jumps in front of Jack out of nowhere arms open wide

It’s too late for Jack to stop; it's a direct collision as you both fall to the ground with a thud.

Yuu clings on tightly preventing Jack from getting up

“Come on Yuu, you ruined my time!” Jack says slightly annoyed

“Yea~ but now your time is mine” Yuu says happily until the gym instructor comes.

“ If you two have time for fooling around surely a 5 mile run should be no issue.”

Jack handled it well, but ended up having to carry Yuu home.

   Ruggie Bucchi

Yuu is mad at Ruggie for a “small” prank he played.

“Come on, I said sorry!” Ruggie says pleadingly

Yuu just keeps walking away ignoring him but feels slightly bad for being so upset with him.

What Yuu doesn’t notice is that Ruggie is using his special skill on them.

Next thing they notice that they are in a hug with Ruggie as he snickers.

“W-Wha- - - RUGGIE! I’m still mad at you!” Yuu yells while blushing

“Oh come on, I said sorry already. Plus you love me, don't deny it.”

You really can’t deny it. Ruggie stops his spell and you two just stand in an embrace.

  Azul Ashengrotto

After Azul finished with his (scams) I mean totally legitimate business.

He was walking back to his office with his newly made contracts.

Then BOOM Yuu jumps from a hallway and hugs him

This startles him and he grabs his contracts very close, fearing he almost dropped them.

When he notices that it is you he blushes a bit

“Please be more careful next time!” he states exasperated

“Yeah yeah, whatever you say my cutie” Yuu say with a smile

The term makes him blush even more

Floyd comes from nowhere “Someones being squeezed~”

Floyd then hugs the 2 of them and picks them up squeezing them.

Jade joins too because why not.

Azul is just in between the 3 now annoyed:Sweet moment over “Can I please put my contracts away!” he yells with annoyance

There is a no from all 3 of them

  Floyd Leech

So You drank a potion (doing stupid stuff with Ace and Deuce)long story short you are now a child.

You still have your memories but have gained a child like fear of everything

Since everybody kinda worries Yuu, they run to the person they trust the most, Floyd!

When Yuu spots Floyd about to harass Riddle, they scurry over and hugs his leg from behind.

Riddle looks down at the familiar looking kid questioningly but Floyd doesn’t seem to notice a child clinging to him.

Riddle: Well I must be off now, so before you decide to bother me, you should see to the kid attached to you.” with that he walks away

“Ehh~ what kid?” Floyd questions. He then looks down to see a child you clinging to him

Brain dial up noises

“Shrimpy~~~!”

He picks Yuu up by the shirt collar to see eye to eye. He has a wide grin.

Yuu nod at his statement

He hugs You tightly and happily to his chest “Shrimpy is tiny Shrimpy now, makes me want to eat you whole.

“Please don’t” You say to him knowing he would follow through with his words.

Safe to say you didn’t leave his arms for the rest of the day (P.S. eventually the potion wore off not that Floyd cared)

  Jade Leech

Unfazed this man

Yuu decides to jump on him hugging him from behind as he works

Aww… you must miss me. Don’t worry I shall assist to your needs later tonight 😉

And he continues working but hey! He stays true to his promise

Kalim Al-Asim

Kalim is being scolded by Jamil (Not that any of it is registering)

Yuu sneaks up and hugs him

Kalim doesn't get scared but super Happy “Yay Surprise Hugs!!” He exclaims

He turns and Hugs Yuu back happily

The 2 are extremely giddy and just holding each other tighter while giggling.

Jamil is annoyed and cringing at the show of affection

Kalim then invites Yuu to a sleepover to which they gladly accept

Jamil just doesn’t even bother.

Jamil Viper

So he had a hard day of work, scratch that, week

Yuu see him in the hallway looking completely exhausted 

So you decided to give him a small happy surprise

You walk up quietly and gently wrap your arms around him

He flinches a little but then relaxes under your touch

He turns around and rest his forehead on your shoulder as he hugs back

“We should probably get to class soon.” You state quietly

“Let’s just stay like this a little longer please” He responds back tired

You smile as you softly pat his head.

Rook Hunt

Yuu sees Rook in the distance watching someone and thinks it would be a great chance to surprise him.

Yuu goes to tackle Rook but then it looks like he disappeared into thin air as Yuu feels arms wrap around them from behind.

Yuu is stunned 

“Hello Mademoiselle!!” Rook says excitedly “h-how did you?” Yuu questions

“Oh mi Amor you cannot hunt the hunter, Now let us go!” 

They continue to go on a cute and calm date

Vil Schoenheit 

Vil is walking through the garden elegantly, basically sparkling.

Yuu can’t hold back the urge to hug the ever so handsome, beautiful man

Yuu run up and hug him careful not to disorientate his perfect demeanor

He is slightly shocked but gains composure quickly as he turns around.

“Hello my lovely spudling”

Yuu rolls their eyes and vill gently fixes a misplaced hair on Yuu

The blossoms are basically budding and the 2 are sparkling with perfectness.

Epel Felmier

Epel was coming to visit Yuu at Ramshackle, but Yuu wasn’t in the dorm.

Yuu spots Epel standing in the front and gains a brilliant idea

Full sprint Yuu runs towards Epel and hugs him harshly

Epel stumbles but keeps them from falling over and his accent slips out as Yuu laughs

Epel holds his hands to his chest and sighs “Geez don’t do that Yuu, nearly gave me a heart attack”

“Oh Epel classy Epel” Yuu teases as they go to hang out the rest of the day.

Idia Shroud

Idia is in his room being a shut-in but Yuu wants to see him.

Yuu get Ortho and they discuss a plan to get Idia to open the door

Idia hears a knock at the door and instantly assumes it is ortho “Yeah Ortho?”

“Can I come in really quick brother?” ortho questions and Idia responds “sure" and goes to open the door.

As soon as the door opens there is no time for him to react. Yuu has already dived in and hugged him.

Idia’s skin is now as red as a strawberry (hair too) and he is as frozen as a statue.

Ortho giggles “Oh yeah and Yuu wanted to see you”

Yuu release your hug “um hello earth to Idia”

Idia.exe is not responding

Oops you might have broke him

Idia crouches down and takes a few moments to breathe. After a while of him calming down; Yuu, Idia, and Ortho play games for the rest of the day.

Silver (sweepy baby :3)

Yuu spots Silver asleep directly in front of the school gates blocking the way

Yuu stands over his sleeping body menacingly with a smile and stares down your shadow covering Silver's face.

Yuu then plop yourself harshly with a thud right onto silver as you hug him and rub your face into his chest.

Silver wakes up from the impact with an oof and needs a moment to process

Once he processes the event happening he hugs Yuu back softly and you both fall asleep at the school entrance.

Riddle walks up to the entrance to see you two blocking the way

(Insert Jojo’s Bizzare adventures “Roundabout” here)

Malleus (Hornton)

He was admiring the gargoyles in front of Ramshackle. Yuu happily run up and hop onto Malleus’ back hugging him

Malleus was surprised but did not show it.

“Hello Yuu, nice weather wasn’t it”

“Yep!” Yuu say as Yuu keep your legs clung around Malleus and now Malleus has an Yuu riding on their back everywhere.

He doesn’t really show it but he is happy

Lilia Vanrouge

You can’t surprise him

A lot like Rook

Yuu are just generally looking for Lilia to ask him to hangout at an event in Scarabia

Yuu runs into Silver and asks about Lilia’s location.

 “Father? I am actually not aware of his whereabouts but I’ll put in word for you if I see him.”

“Talking about me?” a voice comes from behind you as arms slither around your waist.

“AHH!!!” Yuu jump a bit instinctively

“Hello Father.” Silver says unphased

Lilia laughs at your reaction and contemplates making this a habit before you change the topic to the invitation.

You guys also invite Silver because as Kalim once said “The more, The merrier!!”

You all had a fun time.

[lovedrruunk]

Hi! I saw that you were taking requests! Is it alright if I can request venture with reader that loves placing kisses all over their face? Hopefully this is alright with you if not feel free to ignore this!

'Kisses galore ⊹.(⸝⸝ ˆ ³(⁎˃ ᴗ ˂⁎)˚.

Venture (Overwatch x GN reader)

[Established relationship!]

Authors note!!! (;° ロ°); third....venture.... post......I have like 5 posts in total... well anyways!!! idc cuz i luv them! and i love YOUUUU AHH tysm for requesting this it was super fun to write i hope u like it !!!! also sorry its pretty short! I kinda wrote it on a whim wanting to post it before I went out so its not proof read either (Im actually so late rn its not even funny okay srsly gtg bye!)

Y’know that one tiktok trend that was popular last year where someone would be reapplying lipstick and then the camera would turn and its their s/o covered in kisses yea yea that’s just you guys all the time lol

In the beginning of your relationship they’d get all flustered and have this goofy grin on their face whenever you’d smother their face in kisses. Oh? And how do they react now? The exact same! Literally nothing has changed since the first time you’ve kissed them, they still giggle and look away. No matter how long its been they just can’t seem to get used to your affection

They could be hit by a bus going 200mph, in critical condition and one kiss on the nose from you would get them up and doing a little jig going yippee!

They might pretend to be annoyed or irritated but really that's just because they love playful banter and it’s pretty obvious how they feel about your kisses by the way they laugh and refuse to let you pull away

Their favorite moments with you are when you're laying over them somewhere enjoying each others company with your hands on their cheeks and your lips all over their face

They're pretty ticklish overall so kiss sessions usually turn into laughing fits

Although 99% of the kisses you share are all in good fun there are those times when they're sad or angry and you're kisses can't help but feel a bit more intimate and loving (please kiss their tears away!!!)

They appreciate you so much like they literally can't get enough of you. They cherish every kiss like it's the first and definitely act like it too. If you tell them they're blushing they'll deny it with their whole chest meanwhile looking like 🟥

“Augh! You’re suffocating me!” You and Sloane had been neglecting all your duties for the day in order to lay on the couch and bathe in the warm sunlight seeping through the windows. You both had been watching some random brainrot on their phone when you got bored and decided to pounce on them planting loving kisses all over their face. "Oh shut up" you playfully roll your eyes as you kiss them on the lips this time.

"One of these days I'm gonna die and you'll regret not listening to me" "Boo hoo" you giggled at their melodramatics deciding to pull away from them, but before you could you felt their hands tighten around you holding you in place.

"I mean... Dying in your arms doesn't sound so bad..."

"Yea yea whatever" You mumble happily as you lean down again pressing a kiss to their cheek.

[jobean12-blog]

All the Small Things

Pairing: Eddie Munson x reader

Word Count: 3,111

Summary: You’re the new girl and Eddie is everything you need. 

Author’s Note: No one asked for this but here it is and I really have to say, I had so much fun writing it. I adore him and I couldn’t get this out of my head. For this we’re just going to say everyone is in High School still- including Steve and the reader and Eddie are both 18 (Eddie can even be 19 lol). Thank you so much for reading and thank you to my sweet Mina @dreamlessinparis for listening to me scream about this idea. Much love always! ❤️❤️❤️ Divider by my lovely Daisy @firefly-graphics thank you sweets🥰 NO SPOILERS HERE!

Warnings: fluffy sweetness, shy Eddie, flirting, lots of soft sweet fluff, little moments of sexy spice :) 

“Eddie, what are you staring at?”

Dustin follows his line of sight and he breaks out into a wide grin. “Oh. I see.”

“I uh…see what?” Eddie says, scratching the back of his head and dropping his chin so his hair covers his face.

“The new girl. That’s who you were staring at right?” Dustin whispers, far too excitedly.

“No way Henderson. I was just thinking about how I’m gonna try and kill you at our next Hellfire session.”

Dustin scoffs and rolls his eyes. “Whatever man. But hey, must be your lucky day because she’s coming over here. Probably to talk to me but…”

Eddie’s head flies up and his eyes go wide. He shoves Dustin behind him and smiles.

“Hey,” you start. “Eddie right?”

“Yea, yea. Hi,” Eddie replies, struggling to find what to do with his hands. They finally end up landing in his back pockets.

You introduce yourself with a small wave, clutching your books tighter to your chest when you see the pink bloom on Eddie’s cheeks.

Dustin’s head pokes up over Eddie’s shoulder.

“HI!” Dustin sings.

“Hi,” you answer with a smile. “You must be Dustin.”

Dustin’s vigorous head shakes make you giggle but your attention falls back on Eddie.

“So, Eddie, I was wondering if you wanted to study for the Chemistry test next week. You’re in my fifth period right?”

Eddie keeps staring, his mouth slowly falling open but no words coming out.

Dustin slides in front of him and closes it with a snap. “He’d love to,” Dustin answers for Eddie.

“Great!” you chime. “How about we start tomorrow. We can meet at the library after school.”

Eddie’s stunned silence makes Dustin elbow him in the ribs which thankfully pulls him from his daze.

“Yes! The library tomorrow. After school. I’ll be there,” Eddie says, gracing you with a soft smile.

“See you then! Bye Eddie, bye Dustin,” you wave before walking off to get lunch.

“DUDE!” Dustin cheers. “A STUDY DATE! I can’t believe it. I was sure she was coming over here to talk to me but man she couldn’t take her eyes off you.”

Eddie keeps staring at the spot you were just standing in, his brown eyes warm with excitement.

Dustin throws his arm around Eddie’s shoulder and starts talking a mile a minute about every detail for tomorrow.

“Henderson,” Eddie says softly.

Dustin keeps going.

“HENDERSON!” Eddie groans, louder this time.

“COME ON EDDIE! Aren’t you excited!?” Dustin shrieks.

“YES!” Eddie whisper shouts and grabs Dustin’s shoulders to stop his jumping. “But I’m really fucking nervous.”

Eddie barely gets any sleep that night, his knee bouncing ceaselessly while he lays on his bed, one leg hanging over it and his guitar flat against his chest.

“How the hell am I gonna pull this off,” he mumbles to himself as his fingers mindlessly strum a tune.

The next morning Dustin heads Eddie off at the door of the school building.

“You look spiffy today Munson,” Dustin exclaims with a clap to Eddie’s back.

Eddie gives him a death glare and stomps into school. He’s headed off in the hallway by Steve who throws an arm around Eddie’s shoulder.

“Heard ya got a big date after school today Munson,” Steve winks. “Need any tips?”

Eddie only grunts and grabs his books from his locker. The sound of your voice is the only thing that pulls him from his scrambled thoughts. He turns quickly, shoving Steve off him and smiling.

“You’ve got this Munson,” Steve whispers. “Just be you.”

“Hey,” Eddie says as you approach, nervously playing with one of his curls.

“Hi,” you answer, laughing when both Steve and Dustin simultaneously greet you.

“Uh, well. We have to get to class. Isn’t that right Henderson?” Steve asks, raising his brows.

“Yep. Yes we do,” Dustin replies, shaking his head yes. “See you guys!”

Steve and Dustin rush off down the hall and Eddie asks, “which way are you going? I’ll walk you to class.”

“Thanks, that would be great!”

You show him your program and explain you’re still learning your way around.

“Here,” he starts, holding out his hands. “I can carry those.”

He motions to the books in your arms and you give them to him with a sweet smile.

“Thanks,” you say quietly.

It feels like the day drags on more than usual and by the time the end of day bell rings, Eddie is bouncing on his heels with anticipation.

“Listen, you heard Steve. Just be yourself, be cool and you’ll be fine. She’s the one who asked you to study, remember?” Dustin reminds Eddie as they whisper by the door of the library.

“Yea, ok,” Eddie says as he wipes his palms on his vest. “Shit, shit, shit, here she comes. Beat it!”

Dustin scurries off but not before waving at you frantically.

“Does he always have this much energy?” you ask when you reach Eddie.

“You have no idea,” Eddie says with his eyebrows near his hairline.

He opens the door to the library and motions for you to go in. You wind around the tables and chairs until you find a small spot in the back by a window.

Eddie pulls out a chair and turns it around, sitting himself down and leaning on the back of it.

“I have to ask you something,” he blurts out.

“Sure, anything,” you tell him as you sit beside him.

“Why me?”

You give him a confused look. “Why not you?”

He’s staring again.

“I saw how you helped out that kid in Chemistry lab,” you explain, “I know you’re smart and I want to get to know you better.”

His brown eyes soften and you want to tell him how much you love them but you hold your tongue, not wanting to scare him off. When he doesn’t say anything you grab the W.A.S.P pin on the front of his vest.

“Is this a band?” you ask, examining the pin.

When he doesn’t answer you look up to find him staring. Again.

You’re closer now and you really get a good look at his eyes.

“Eddie?”

“Yea,” he breathes out, clearing his throat before going on. “A heavy metal rock band. Actually, they are pretty awesome. They’ve been around a few years and their performances are always insane. Lots of theatrics.”

“That sounds fun,” you say genuinely. “What else do you listen to? Any more pins?”

Your hand dances around his vest and you move his hair out of the way. He gently takes your fingers in his and moves it until you find the other three buttons.

When you look up at him and smile his face is filled with a surprised wonderment and you give his hand a squeeze.

“Judas Priest I’ve heard of! Another metal band right?”

Eddie laughs. “Yea, from England.”

You smile and read the next one. “Mercyful Fate…ok this one I don’t know.”

“Danish heavy metal band,” Eddie explains. “Black metal…lots of satanism and occult stuff.”

“Really?” you say, unable to hide your excitement.

“This doesn’t freak you out?” he asks with surprise.

“Not at all. I’m really into witchy stuff.”

“No way,” he exclaims. “Well then you have to listen to these guys, you’ll love them!”

“I’d love to! But I don’t have any of their cassettes.”

You stick your bottom lip out in a pout and Eddie’s eyes immediately fall to your mouth. He keeps his gaze on your lips as he says, “well, uh, I could lend you one. If you like…”

Your eyes light up and you start to say, “thanks,” but he keeps talking.

“Or you know you could uh…you could always come by my place sometime to listen.”

“Definitely,” you say and he finally lifts his eyes back to yours.

“What?” he asks, breathless.

“I definitely want to come by to listen,” you tell him. “This way you can explain everything to me. You know about the band and all.”

“Right,” he whispers.

“What about Friday?”

“Friday…” he repeats, trailing off.

You reach out and grab a strand of his hair, giving it a tug and giggling when the curl bounces.

“So, do you wanna hang out Friday?” you ask, leaning closer.

“Definitely,” he answers, repeating your sentiment from earlier.

His eyes drop to your mouth once again and you hear his soft intake of breath. You inch closer, letting your own gaze fall to his lips and the way his runs his tongue along the outline.

“GUYS!” Dustin screams as the library door slams open against the wall. He skids to a stop in the middle of the aisle and says, “woah. Sorry.”

Eddie drops his head and stomps his foot on the floor, muttering. You dig your teeth into your bottom lip and give Dustin a wave.

“What’s up?” you ask Dustin.

“Uh, you know what, it’s not important right now. It can wait. I’ll see you guys later,” he stammers and turns to run out.

Eddie lifts his head up and gives you a wry smile. “How about some Chemistry?”

You blow out a raspberry and grab your textbook.

Each day for the rest of the week Eddie walks you to as many classes as he can, always carrying your books and opening doors and blushing.

Friday is fast approaching and you can hardly wait.

“Tomorrow is Friday. I can’t wait man. She wants to listen to my music!”

Eddie’s words come out in a rush of nervous excitement and Steve and Dustin share a knowing look.

“She seems really cool and at least this time there won’t be any interruptions,” Dustin adds with a waggle of his eyebrows.

Steve smacks him upside the head. “Yea Henderson. Way to go.”

Steve looks at Eddie, rolling his eyes. “He told me what he did the other day.”

Eddie scoffs and makes a “can you believe it face.”

Eddie paces his room as he waits for you. He keeps rearranging things like his picks or dice or Dungeons and Dragons books but never feels satisfied. What if you think he’s a total geek or you hate the music or his guitar?

Before he can spend anymore time thinking these things over your soft knock drags him out of his musings. He runs to the door but skids to a stop and takes a deep breath, smoothing his hands down his hellfire shirt.

“Shit,” he swears when he realizes what he has on. He starts to turn around to change but you knock again.

Now or never.

“Hi!” he says when he opens the door.

He can’t help how his eyes slide down your body, taking in the pins that adorn your denim jacket and the snug jeans that hug your curves.

“Hey,” you respond, noting the way his cheeks grow pink.

Clearing his throat, he invites you in and swallows hard when you take off your jacket to reveal a thin, off the shoulder tee shirt. You turn to hand him the garment and it takes him a moment to recover.

“You look pretty,” he announces, the words tumbling out of his mouth far too quickly and loudly.

“Thanks Eddie. I wore my pins just for you.”

He looks down at your jacket in his hand and rubs his thumb over the first pin.

“Cursed,” he reads, laughing at the term. “That’s pretty metal.”

“I thought you’d like that one,” you smile.

He moves to the spell book with the pentacle on the cover and whispers, “badass.”

“But I think the coffin with the cross is my favorite,” he muses before laying your jacket over the chair.

He holds out his hand and you take it, following him to the back and his room.

“Wow,” you say when you walk in, looking around.

You spot his guitar and walk closer.

“Oh Eddie…”

“You like it?” he asks, his excitement evident in the tone of his voice.

He had told you briefly about his band Corroded Coffin so you knew he could play and wanted to hear him.

“I love it,” you breathe out. “Will you play for me?”

His silence makes you turn around to check on him. He’s standing there wide eyed and pulling at the collar of his shirt.

“I like that shirt,” you say, stepping closer to him. “And…” you whisper, taking another step and fingering his guitar pick necklace, “this.”

He closes his eyes and inhales, breathing in the smell of you.

“Well?” you ask, tilting your head back to look him in the eyes.

Instead of answering he reaches over you and pulls the guitar from the wall. He rests it between his legs, now spread wider and dances his fingers over the strings.

You take a moment to admire him and it’s hard to stop yourself from swooning.

“What do you want me to play?” he asks.

With sensual movements you make your way to his bed and sit.

“Anything you want,” you answer, unable to stop the breathy way your voice sounds.

With a deep breath he strikes the first chord, never taking his eyes off you as his fingers move effortlessly over the instrument. The melody is soft and almost haunting and the way he plays just makes you love it more. You watch and listen, completely lost in him and when he finishes you need a moment to find the right words.

“That was amazing,” you gush. “And I love that song.”

He pulls the guitar strap over his head and carefully lays it against the bed before sitting next to you.

“Fade to Black by Metallica.”

“I love it,” you whisper, threading your finger through the rips in his jeans.

He sucks in a breath at your touch, his teeth grinding the further your fingers move under the material. You gently caress his skin when you pull your hand free but not before looking over the tattoos on his right arm.

Your fingertips lightly trace over them as you turn his arm around to inspect them all.

“I like them,” you decide, releasing his hand and laying back on his bed.

His smile is triumphant. “Do you have any?” he asks, eyeing you.

“Guess you’ll just have to wait and find out,” you purr.

He lets out a sound between a huff and a groan before falling to the bed and throwing a hand over his face.

“So, are you going to play some Mercyful Fate for me?” you ask with a coy smile as you move his hand, toying with the ring on his finger.

He winks and hops off the bed to rummage through his stack of cassette tapes. He starts to sing as he does it and you giggle, taking his pillow and hugging it to your body. A warm and clean scent drifts up to your nose and you inhale, burying your face in the softness.

“Did you just sniff my pillow?” he asks with a mischievous grin.

“No,” you huff…your smirk growing. “Maybe.”

He bites his bottom lip as his gaze lingers on yours before he goes back to searching his tapes.

“What’s dungeons and dragons?” you ask when you discover the book on his bed.

He stops abruptly and turns to look at you.

“Do you really wanna know?” he asks as he pulls a cassette from the pile.

“Yes. Tell me all about it,” you murmur and pat the bed.

He puts the cassette in his radio and presses play then falls next to you, making you and the mattress bounce. You giggle and playfully shove his shoulder, twirling a finger around his hair before you let your hand drop to the bed.

The music starts and he opens the D n D book. You spend the next few hours listening and talking about music and Dungeons and Dragons and witchcraft. By the time you realize how late it is you have to head home.

Eddie offers to drive you and you gladly accept. When he pulls up to your house, it’s completely dark and he turns off the engine. He gets out and runs around the front to open your door and help you out.

You both walk slowly up to your door, feet shuffling.

You look down at your hands. “I had a really great time tonight Eddie.”

With the confidence gained from your words he reaches over and delicately takes your chin between his fingers, lifting your gaze to his and stepping closer.

“Me too,” he says softly. “Thanks for hanging out. I’m just happy you don’t think I’m a freak.”

Your eyebrows draw together. “No way. You’re a great guy and really talented.”

“You think so?” he lightly scoffs, brushing his thumb across your cheek.

“Mm hm,” you murmur, grabbing the sides of his vest.

He dips his head, his hair falling to frame his face, and you brush the curls away.

“Eddie?”

“Yea,” he breathes out, his eyes darting to your lips.

“Are you gonna…?”

You never get to finish the question because his hand splays across your cheek and he pulls your mouth up to his, softly pressing his lips to yours. You let out a small whimper and he pulls you closer, leaving barely and space between you as his tongue parts your lips.

Your fingers slide up his shoulders and into his hair, combing through the soft curls. Heat flushes through you and you can’t stop the moan that leaves the back of your throat. He deepens the kiss and pushes you against the door, caging you there with his body.

The porch light turns on and breaks you two apart. He smiles against your lips, kissing you again, quick and sweet.

“I guess I should probably go in,” you sigh.

“Yea,” he whispers, holding your face close and dragging your lips back to his.

When he finally pulls back your breathless all over again and you grab his wrists, closing your eyes.

“Can I see you tomorrow?” he asks, his hopefulness written all over his face.

“Definitely,” you smile.

You drop your head to look at your jacket and carefully remove your coffin pin, lifting it to his vest and securing it over the left pocket. He presses his fingers over it, his touch reverent.

Without saying anything he takes off his Mercyful Fate pin and fastens it to your jacket it the same spot you did his.

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he says and you lean up to kiss him one last time.

He reluctantly moves away, his eyes on you as he walks backward until he reaches the car. He leans against it and you blow him a kiss before sliding inside the house.

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do you take requests? can i request something soft with Bucky? maybe they go to a coffee shop have some good time, or whatever you like

A Friend’s Coffee Date- Bucky Barnes xreader fan fiction request

Summary: Bucky and Y/N go out for a fun friend’s date and Bucky wants to tell Y/N how he feels

Warnings: angst, soft Bucky, fluff, not a lot of warnings

~Bucky’s POV~

Being in the world again hasn’t been all bad, Sam always suggested I should make friends and do something fun every so often and ever since I met Y/N a few years ago who use to be an avenger it turned out we have a lot in common and I really like spending time with her. I was out for a walk trying to clear my mind and all of a sudden I bumped into someone and I looked at them and said “hi I’m so sorry I didn’t see where my- oh! Hey Y/N!” Y/N smiled at me and said “oh my gosh hey Bucky!! I’m so sorry are you ok?” I nodded and said “oh yea no worries doll, do you have any plans today? Do you wanna hangout?” I was so happy we bumped into each other and I was hoping she’d wanna spend more time together. Y/N shook her head and said “no I was actually just out to go grab a coffee, why don’t you come with me.” I smiled at her and said “I’d be happy to doll come on.” I was always nervous about getting close to someone but I like Y/N and I feel like I can be myself with her.

We were walking down to the coffee shop and I told her about all the music I got into and how my therapy sessions were going and I noticed she was really listening because she was smiling and nodding a lot and she had us stop walking and walked closer to me rubbing my arm and said “Bucky I am so proud of you I really am you have come so far keep it up ok? Remember I’m here for you.” We got to the coffee shop and we got in line to order and I said “hey Y/N thank you so much for listening and just you being proud of me means a lot thank you sweetheart you’re a wonderful friend.”

Y/N blushed and before she could say something I heard the person at the counter say “next!!” We walked up to order and I looked at Y/N and said “order anything you like doll it’s on me.” She smiled and said “oh, ok thank you that’s very sweet, hi can I have a grande mocha please?” The person took her order and said “ok, and for you sir?” I looked at the menu and said “can I just have a regular coffee please?” They nodded and I paid and grabbed our drinks a few minutes later and we found a table to sit at.

We sipped our drinks and I put my coffee down and felt really nervous but excited to be here with Y/N and in my head I said to myself “go for it bucky tell her how you feel man.” Y/N sipped her coffee while looking out the window and I cleared my throat and said “hey Y/N there’s something I wanna admit to you doll.” She turned to look at me with her adorable smile and said “what is it Bucky? Talk to me.” I started feeling a bit anxious put my hand on hers and I said “alright, so we’ve known each other for a while and I love our friend dates doll, I realized while we walked here that I was falling for you but if you don’t feel the same it’s ok.”

~Y/N’s POV~

I love how open Bucky always is with me and I’m so relieved he has feelings for me because I’ve been feeling the same way for him but I was scared he wouldn’t feel the sane towards me. I blushed at Bucky sighing with relief and said “you love me too? I’ve loved you for a while Bucky I was scared you didn’t feel the same way so I didn’t say anything I should have though.” Bucky looked at me surprised but then smiled and said “I love you doll I really do, you’re so beautiful Y/N, all I can think about right now is kissing you.” I blushed and said “Bucky you are the sweetest.” Bucky got up and held his hand out to me and said “come on, lets go for a walk doll.” I got up and Bucky held my hand while we walked to the door and when we got outside Bucky turned me to face him and leaned in to kiss me and said “god I’ve been wanting to do that for the last hour.” I smiled and said “I know I could tell, I was hoping you would kiss me.” Bucky kissed me again and walked me back to my place and we went inside and made out for a bit and I pulled away and said “wow, this has been a really good date.” Bucky smiled nodding and said “it really has doll, I’m glad I bumped into you today and we got to have another friend date though we’re not friends anymore are we?” I shook my head and leaned in to kiss Bucky again and he pulled me in closer and cupped my face in his hands looking into my eyes and said “I promise I will still be here when you need someone and I love you darling.” I kissed him and said “babe I love you too thank you for our fun date today.” He hugged me and said “you deserve the best Y/N I mean it.” I couldn’t stop smiling & Bucky checked his watch and said “oh it’s late, get some rest doll ok?” He kissed my cheek and I walked him to the door and I said “I’ll try, goodnight honey see you soon?” Bucky said “you will count on it sweetheart.” I closed the door and stood there against it and feeling so happy I was finally in a loving relationship.

Hi darling I hope this is close to what you wanted 😊❤️ enjoy luv xx

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Request

Hatzgang with a reader whos very talented but failing their classes

So its been known Ross is very passionate about his own grades...imagine him seeing yours

He starts fearing for your own

When Roy and Robert find out? Oh yea they wanna help with Ross with improving your grades

They know how talented you are and they support that

But Ross recommends you might focus more on studies than interests for now

Hes not saying give it up, just try to focus your time more on your work that you need help in

Robert and Ross both volunteered themselves as tutors to help you

And honestly they are really great tutors

( Roy? Yeah he just comes with the two boys. Not to tutor but to have help with his own work lol )

Ross carefully explains problems and terms you don't understand

Robert likes to make the work a little fun by trying to make things like math problems more relevant to your life

Robert also likes to bring awards in during these tutoring sessions

He'll bring things like candy or cupcakes so whenever you finish a challenging problem you get a mini treat

Is it silly? Yes. Is it probably used for little kids more? Yes. Does it work? Hell yes.

Once a big test comes up, you have the boys wishing you good luck

You can bet that you pass the test and the boys are super fuckin proud of you

Roy takes yall out for ice cream/donuts/whatever

Ross constantly praises you once your start getting better grades

By this point, if you were taking time off from clubs or sports, you can start going back more often

And about your talents?

If your very athletic and in a sports team, you bet the boys will come to your games every chance they can get

If you ever wanna practice, the guys won't mind practicing with you

If your in something like music or art, Ross is definitely one to go to for feedback

Theatre? Yeah, they'll practice with you and go to your performances

In the end, they are super proud of you

[xo-lesserafim]

FALLING FOR YOUR SMILE AND EYES.

EPISODE 10. OTP

a/n: This maybe episode 10, but there will be more “episodes.” I hope you guys enjoy this. But sorry they aren’t as long as they were in the beginning.

Bold: Korean

Italics: over the phone

Both: Korean and over the phone

Back to masterlist

I was drinking my latte and eating my food while listening to a mix Yuri gave me as I was doing homework.

I noticed it was late, so I went to bed.

The next day. I went to check to see if my grades were high enough to stay and… they were eek!

And so were Kitty’s and Min ho!

Why am I thinking about it.

Time skip: few hours later.

During lunch, I sat with Yuri.

“Andrea, Kitty got expelled.” Yuri said.

“What?”

“I think it was because she was living in the boys dorm.”

“Oh, that sucks.”

I feel bad for Kitty, I mean she is my sister after all.

Time skip: After school

As I was going to the airport to meet Kitty because she still had her location on, she was with Dae.

Once Dae left, I went to Kitty.

“Kitty!” I’m not too late, am I?”

“No, you’re not. But I have to go soon.”

“Okay, good.”

“Why?”

“I’m really sorry for ghosting you for no reason. But once you get back I promise I’ll explain everything.”

“I.. um. I don’t know how to respond.”

“You don’t have too, you can respond to that after winter break if your back. But you should go. I love you by the way.”

“Stay safe by the way.”

“I will, and so should you. I’ll call you during break?” Kitty said.

“For sure, I heard that you got expelled, but I personally think you’ll actually be expelled.”

“But she told me personally.”

“So? Maybe Yuri has your back. I should really get going.” I said hugging her.

“Bye puppy.” She said hugging me back.

“Bye kitty .” I said as I watched her leave.

When Kitty was home and had her stuff arranged , Kitty called me.

“ANDREA, ANDREA!” Kitty said.

“Hm?”

“Okay, so guess what.”

“What?”

“MIN HO WAS ON THE SAME PLANE ON ME.”

“How do you know, and why?”

“He was on there because he was going to LA to see his mom. I know because he sat with me.”

“He was in economy? But why?”

“He thought I could use a friend.”

“Okay.”

“Anyway, the reason why I called you is to tell you that he confessed to me.”

“WHAT! WHAT DID YOU SAY?!”

“I told him that I don’t feel the same. Because I like Yuri, but I didn’t tell him that.”

“How did that happen?”

“It was during Min ho’s Madness Party when she was djing.”

“ Not surprised. But no wondered why you looked weird when we had fan lessons with Yuri and she when she was close to you, you had a weird look.”

“Was it that obvious?”

“To me, yea. It kinda was.”

“Oh, but you’re my twin, so you get it.”

“Did he get mad or anything?”

“No, it understands how I just don’t have feelings for him, but we’re still friends!”

“That good, Question, but do you wanna know a fun fact about me?”

“Sure?”

“I like Min ho…”

“Wait, really?” How did that happen?”

“I just developed feelings over time. But when I saw him and Madison kissing, I just had enough, I guess.”

“Oof, wait.. I just got an email for KISS…”

“Read it out loud so I can hear.”

“OMG, I CAN GO BACK TO KISS!”

“REALLY? YAY! See I told you, Yuri has your back.”

“Yea, she does.”

“Oh it’s kinda late, I have to sleep Kitty, I have modeling early tomorrow.”

“All right, night. Love you.”

“Night! Love ya right back!”

Winter break was mainly three things:

Modeling, hanging with Juliana and Yuri, and talking with Kitty (my favorite one.)

But Min ho was on my mind most of my day.

He confessed to Kitty, so he likes her.

But he does only like her?

Maybe, I still could have a chance.

It was the same thing everyday.

I woke up really early, took hours to get ready, take even more hours to do the photo-shot, eat in between, go home, finish making clothes/ dresses / whatever, call Kitty for an hour or more, sleep, and then repeat.

(Photo from photo shot.)

One day, Jenny had to tell me something.

“Andrea, you know, when school is back in session, I’m holding a raffle for five people to join the modeling company for a 2 weeks to a month. It depends if they want to go longer if they like it.” Jenny said.

“Wait, really.”

“Yea, I hope you don’t mind sharing the third floor.”

“It’s fine. I mean it’s huge! There’s like 10 guest beds in there.” I said fake smiling.

Five people?

What if one of them is Min ho?

Gosh, I would die.

It’s impossible, there’s a lot of people at KISS, so it’s unlikely.

“I hope that’s okay with you.”

“Dont worry, it’s completely fine.”

“Great, I have to go tho. I have a meeting. Bye dear.” Jenny said before leaving.

“Bye!” I said.

Let’s hope I’m lucky for whoever wins the raffle .

“AND THE WINERS ARE……”

“YURI HAN.”

“DAE HEON KIM.”

“Q SHAZABIAN.”

“KITTY SONG COVEY.”

“AND… DRUMROLL PLEASE.”

Everyone starting clapping or something.

“MIN HO.”

WHAT? No.. I’m going to die.

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[firewoodfigs]

any royai headcanons? :)

hi anon!! I'm SO sorry it took me forever to respond, but ah thank you for the ask--this is especially fun now since ao3 is down, much to everyone's dismay!!

I should preface this by saying I've just been writing fic and hardly engaging with canon material LMAO so I unfortunately only have paltry crumbs to offer at this point but there have been so many interesting h/cs going around, and it's always fun to see the fandom coming back to life again :)

some completely random and bizarre royai headcanons (this is more crack than anything else because I have about two brain cells left):

roy is a simp

riza is a simp

roy loves shrimps (and also loves peeling them for riza because he is a simp)

riza forces him to finish his vegetables

they are each other's emergency contacts

they 100% got it on before the promised day. how else could they have been so agile after literally sustaining life-threatening injuries???

roy is a generally reckless driver but drives with extra caution whenever riza is on board as passenger princess bcs that's his precious cargo right there

riza has a nifty collection of his shirts that she routinely wears as PJs (back to point no. 2)

roy has a burgeoning collection of dog toys bcs he was the asian dad who claimed he didn't want a pet but is obviously deeply in love with the dog

riza would make breakfast first for the dog and give roy crumbs and roy would be like aww yea that's fair (also "that's my wife")

riza is secretly an amazing singer and roy is always looking for ways to sneak in karaoke sessions during team bonding activities

but nobody wants to go for karaoke because roy is tone-deaf and deadass cannot sing. when he's drunk he just raps and that gets everyone on their knees begging for mercy

roy was very excited when riza started growing her hair out because he's always dreamed of getting to braid it with his own two hands, yadayada

riza on the other hand adores it when roy rolls his sleeves up

tldr they are both thirsty and in need of something more than a drink or two

riza fell in love first but would sooner die than admit it

riza decided to pick up xingese while in the countryside so that she could listen to the songs and read the poems that roy enjoys in secret

roy on the other hand really loves buying first edition copies of poetry books for riza. i'm sure he's also loaded so no biggie (apart from the possible mesothelioma but honestly first editions are worth inhaling some asbestos or whatever for)

roy's nickname is tailor swift because he's really good at sewing and has made riza more than one dress

roy's black coat is gucci

[northwest-cryptid]

oh mann. squeaking of music. you got any artists with slow relaxy type music you like? and what's your favorite instrument? and what are your top 3 video game ost's? ...three questions at once, the terrible tripler... but as a beast who loves music, i am always ravenous for music opinions...

Not gonna lie this is kind of a hard ask not only because it's a lot to answer about a topic I tend not to talk about much but because I don't really know artists so much as I know songs, and to top it all off I don't really do "top" stuff, or "favorite" stuff; it's hard for me to pick or rank a lot of the things I like, I use the term "one of my favorite" or "among the best of" when I talk about things I really like because more often than not I'd say that about ANYTHING I really like, I don't really have a favorite artist or a top OST or anything.

Most of my music consumption is random, I'll listen to playlists on youtube or soundcloud or bandcamp and such. A lot of the time an artist is less of a concern to me because majority of my experience has been that they have one song I really like, followed by about 12 more in the album that are kinda just okay but lack the style that I enjoyed so much.

That being said I'll do my best to answer since I do enjoy getting asks and you actually took the time to send me this so I will respect that by taking the time to answer it :D

Let's start with the chill relaxing stuff!

As far as Artists go if you don't mind some more kinda weird tones in your relaxing music I think Monster Rally is a great artist.

A few core examples of their vibe can be heard in Lovely You:

as well as one I really enjoy, Color Sky:

They have a very unique sound in my opinion and I have a lot of interest in this kind of music since it hits a weird spot for me somewhere between acoustic jam session and weird vaporwave-y daydream music.

Almost all their music is between 1 and 2 minutes and contains these short loops and layered instrumentals with occasional lyrical influences. It's pretty fun and keeps my ADHD at bay with no song being too long.

For something a little more pop-ish I also enjoy TV Girl though I don't know if their music counts entirely as "Relaxed" since it can be a little faster. I've listened to them for years, a lot of their music reminds me a lot of my time in an indie band. They play a lot of the "soft punk sad boy" type music I'd see a lot in the indie scene. I often find myself singing or humming along to these whenever I'm cleaning the house or cooking dinner.

A few tracks I like a lot are Birds Don't Sing:

Lovers Rock:

and The Blonde:

Though to be honest I like a good bit of TV Girl's music so I'm trying to not list entire albums here lol. I try not to get hipster about it because for whatever reason it became oddly popular as of the last couple of years and I heard someone refer to it as "weirdcore" once and nearly died on the spot. I don't even dislike Weirdcore I just have a lot of thoughts on the idea of what the hell a genre is at this point.

Important note I am also 100% the sort of person who chills out and relaxes to Happy Hardcore and Eurobeat. So please consider the fact that my idea of relaxed varies wildly from like lounge jazz to club hardcore depending on the day. (There's literally a song that came out 7 years ago called Chillcore and it summarizes my thoughts on the subject perfectly I'd have been 21 when that song came out and I still occasionally hear it and go "yea" to this day.)

As far as favorite instrument goes I'm very partial to drums, drums of any kind. I think they're overlooked so much but then I'm bias because I'm a drummer so like of course I love drums. Any song that makes good use of drums is okay in my book. I will never forget how hard I cringed when the Bassist in my band once said "Bass is more important than Drums any day of the week, I mean literally who has ever heard of a drum solo?" I just sat there like "dude why are we even in the same band if you don't value my contribution" though she was something else in terms of like... superiority complexes. Regardless!

I may not have a top 3 Video Game OSTs since there's so many good ones out there and so many good options depending on your mood, but I will list a ton of good ones depending on the kind of mood you're in.

To keep with the theme of chill tunes let's start with a banger and one of my favorite game OSTs as to also kind of answer top 3.

VA-11 Hall-A has an amazing OST and I'm going to do the really basic bitch thing of saying you gotta listen to Every Day Is Night:

I used to listen to this a lot whenever I worked my night shift, it gave the title a very literal meaning to me. The synth jazz was the perfect companion for long nights on the job when I needed to chill out and vibe for a bit.

Keeping in line with the relaxed but perhaps a bit more anxiety inducing; I've spoken about it a lot, you know it; you love it, it's Lobotomy Corporation's very own No Warning:

Lob Corps whole OST has some absolutely beautiful tracks, everything from techy synths and chimes to entirely orchestral sweeping performances. I have a soft spot for this game and it's OST, as well as the OST of Library of Ruina, it's sequel, for which I'd like to highlight Malkuth's Battle Theme:

Specifically the third tier emotion level of this song, never before have I heard "battle jazz" done so well, not only is it classy; but it KICKS ASS. There's so much I could say about this game and it's OST in terms of themes and such but I digress, for now we'll move on because I got a lot to go through.

Next up we're looking at a more fantastical setting with Mabinogi's OST, which has a ton of genuinely amazing music, but one I want to highlight is the major main theme of the game which will always give me chills and make me cry a bit from nostalgia. More specifically the version performed by the FILMharmonic Orchestra:

This song means more to me than I can properly explain, there's so much emotion behind it for me as someone who has played this game for half my life, who met my partner through this game; and who's life has no joke been absolutely changed by this game. The OST has always been a part of my life, we even play music from this game while decorating the house for various seasons. The entire OST is so varied and expansive and there's almost always something to fit my mood.

However when I'm looking for something more upbeat, and I need to get my blood pumping I turn to a bit more action oriented music, which is where games like ULTRAKILL absolutely fit the bill. I cannot warn you enough this song is the musical equivalent of shoving shrapnel in your ears, and I mean that in the most admirable way possible.

Heavy techno and metal vibes, you got electric guitar that's basically fighting the synth lead for the spotlight despite the two working in perfect harmony to encapsulate this absolutely disgusting rhythm.

However sometimes I want to be upbeat without the sensory overload which is when I turn to Xenoblade (takes place on Earth) to fill the niche. I've been really vibing to the jazzy upbeat nature of XC3's OST lately, and the game has been pretty fun too :D

Now see this is why I dislike answering all this in one ask, I can only post 10 videos per post. So now I just gotta link things like this:

Xenoblade 3 OST - Brilliant Wings AKA This Jazz Band Is Fighting For Their Life

I'll cut this short since Tumblr is an ass and won't let me keep posting videos, but I cannot stress enough that when it comes to music with me there are no "top 3" OSTs, or favorites. Music is a mood setter, it's a tone; it's a vibe. I gotta listen to the right music at the right time, if I'm not feeling up for it then I won't like it.

To me there's so much out there I love, and to limit myself to a top 3 is hard because it depends entirely on the day. If I'm going through a chill phase then I'm going to favor tracks with more relaxed and chilled out influences, if I've been mowing down hoards of demons in ULTRAKILL for the last 5 days straight you better believe I'm not listening to anything other than like DOOM OST and extremely thrashy techno.

I hope this answer is satisfactory regardless!

[scarletsaphire]

Mikey has been the DM for his Dungeons and Dragons group for ages. But that changes today; the local game store is holding an event, which means that he is finally going to get to play! The sorry sucker that's been assigned their DM, named Edgar, will have no idea what hit them.

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And the other definitely not forgotten one @phantasycentral

"Are you excited?" Nathan asked as he walked down the street next to Mikey, holding his folder close to his chest.

"Am I excited," Mikey repeated in a mocking tone. "Of course I am! I've been stuck as you lot's dungeon master for five years now. Finally, I'll be able to be a player and join in your game ruining shenanigans!"

"Hey!" Caroline said. "We don't ruin any of the games."

"Yea," the other Nathan, or Nate as the gang tended to call him, added. "We enhance it!"

Mikey stopped in his walking to turn and look Nate in the eye. "You caused a black hole by sling-shotting a bag of holding into another bag of holding, ending the big bad instantly, and causing a TPK. On session four."

"Ok, but it's your fault we had two bags of holding," Nathan argued.

"It was not!" Mikey protested. "You guys are the ones who broke into the Grand Wizards Tower the second it was introduced, and then robbed him blind when he tried to stop you!"

"I mean," Caroline said, "You are the one who gave him two bags of holding."

"He made them!" Mikey was nearly yelling at this point. "He was the maker of like, all the enchanted items in the land, of course he'd have two bags of holding!"

"Still your fault," Nate said.

Mikey tugged at his hair. "This is exactly why I am so excited this event is happening. If I have to run one more game with you dunderheads as my party I'm going to lose my mind."

"I thought you already lost your mind when I made that Tabaxi?" Caroline asked, grinning deviously in a way that she only ever did around them. She was normally very self concious about her braces, but apparently bashing orcs heads in with a great axe made for great bonding experiences.

"Oh yea, that one that could run like, 300 feet in a turn!" Nathan said. "I remember that! You ran circles around that Dragonborn, literally!"

"I did!" she preened. "And I distinctly remember you saying that it was the final nail in the coffin of what was left of your sanity."

"I got it back," Mikey sniffed. "Because I'm just better like that."

"If you were than you wouldn't get so hung up on us just having some fun with your games," Nate said, elbowing Mikey in the side.

"Whatever," Mikey grumbled. "Hopefully, whoever is our DM for this event is someone really good, and our schedules will line up, and they can take the curse of Forever DM away from me."

"Well, we're about to find out," Nathan said, coming to a stop in front of the game store. "You all ready?" The group traded determined nods, and made their way into the building.

It was populated, but not full. A number of people were sitting at fold out table in the rear end of the store, just visible through the shelves of board games, RPG books, and fancy dice. A middle aged man stood behind the counter, helping a young woman buying a pack of Pokemon cards. He waved to the lot of them when they came in briefly, before returning to the transaction. They all hovered at the counter, waiting for him to be finished.

It didn't take long before the woman was happily on her way out, Pokemon cards in hand, and the man turned to the four of them. "Howdy folks!" he said, voice thick with a southern accent. "Y'all here for the D&D stuff I take it?"

"Uh, yea," Mikey said, shuffling his feet awkwardly. "We uh. We signed up online?"

"Yup, most did," he said. "My name's Chris, I run this place with my sister. Give me just a second to pull up the list and..." Chris clicked a few buttons on his computer. "Ok, it looks like you'll be playing with Edgar. He's the fella in the purple jacket, right back there." Chris nodded his head towards the back, where, just as described, a man sat at the head of one of the empty fold out tables, a DM screen in front of him and a play mat stretched out across the table.

"Ok," Mikey said. "Uh, thank you!" With that, he led the group the rest of the way into the game store. Edgar looked nice enough; he was on the paler side, with dark black hair and a well kept goatee. He had also set up the map pretty well, at least from Mikey's perspective; most of it was covered with papers, which he presumed would be removed while they explored. When the three of them approached the table, Edgar looked up and smiled at them.

"Aw yes, you must be my adventurers!" he said. "I'm Edgar, and I'll be the story writer for the evening. I assume you have all created characters for the evening?"

Mikey and the rest of the group gave a variety of affirmatives, as they all took their seats at the table. "Do you want to take a look at our character sheets before we get started?" Nathan asked, pulling the paper out and holding it out to Edgar. 

Edgar waved the paper away. "There's no need. I'm sure I will become... properly acquainted with all of your characters by the end of this story. Now, are you all ready to start? I promise, it will be an adventure to die for."

Mikey caught Caroline's eyes from across the table. She looked nervous. They all did; none of them were exactly what would be described as sociable, outgoing people, so it was only natural that they'd all have some kind of social anxiety in this situation, but there was something off about Edgar. Something about the way that he spoke...

Mikey took a deep breath. His mom had been getting on his case lately, about needing to get out of his comfort zone more. She probably meant to start playing a sport or something, but this counted. Maybe Edgar was just as nervous and socially awkward as they were, and just had an odd way of saying it? "We're ready," Mikey said. 

"Wonderful. Then let us begin."

---

Mikey couldn't say at what point during the exposition things started to get weird. Edgar was a very good storyteller, so for a while, it just seemed like he was painting a very vivid picture of the forest laid out before them, vivid enough that Mikey could see the towering trees and dappled sunlight on the ground. And then he could smell the clear, cool air, and hear the bird song and the wind rustling in the leaves, and feel the dirt on the ground beneath his leather boots, and Mikey was no longer just Mikey, he was Erdri, his dragonborn paladin. 

"What..." Nathan, a half-elf cleric named Vaeril. "What happened? How are we..."

"Ok cool so I'm not just going crazy," Nate said. His spoke with a lisp, his half-orc tusks making the softer sounds of Common awkward. 

"Not unless we all are," Caroline replied. Mikey almost missed her; she was a halfling rogue, which made her very, very easy to miss. "You don't think..."

"That I was a ghost?" It was Edgar's voice, coming from a squirrel in the trees. "If you didn't, you'd be wrong. You can call me Ghost Writer, and I've decided to play my hand at this new form of collaborative story telling. You will be my test group! How lucky you are."

Nate drew his great-axe from behind his back. "You let us go right now! You won't get away with this!" 

"Oh, none of that," Ghost Writer replied. "If you won't play fair, than neither will I." Nate tripped and fell face first on the ground, the great-axe flying from his hand. "All you have to do is finish this adventure. That's what you agreed to do, is it not?"

"Not like this!" Nathan complained.

"Tomato, tomato," Ghost Writer said. "You agreed, and now you have to see the story to the end. Be careful! I'm not planning on going easy on you." The squirrel lost the imprint of Ghost Writer's features, returning to existence as a completely regular squirrel.

"We're gonna die," Caroline said, just above a whisper. "We're totally going to die!"

"No, we're not," Mikey said. The strength in his voice surprised him. "We're going to win."

"How can you say that?" Nate asked, brushing the dirt off of his face. "We've never done anything like this before!"

"Yes, we have! We've been playing Dungeons and Dragons for years. You all are experts at breaking a DM's story, and I know all the tips and tricks about DMing that there is to know. This "Ghost Writer" won't know what hit him."

"Ok," Nathan said, taking a deep breath. "Ok. I believe you. But why the hell do I believe you."

"I rolled like, an 18 in charisma."

"That'll do it."

"Onwards and upwards?" Nate held his hand out between the four of them. 

One by one they all added their hands to the stack. 

"Onwards and upwards!" They said the cheer unanimously, throwing their hands up in the air. Together, they made their way deeper into the forest, where adventure awaits.

[toastess-with-the-mostess]

Let's Rewind! Toast Watches Voltron: Defender of The Universe (1984)

Season 1, Episode 37: Lotor's New Hitman Season 1, Episode 38: Raid of the Red Berets

Episode 37: Lotor's New Hitman

Doom pilot training session? These aren't the ships I'm used to seeing with Doom

"[They're] not as good as I was when I was training at the academy!" "Uh yes sire" Oh Lotor absolutely failed every class and just threatened his teachers with death if they didn't pass him, no wonder he can't do shit

Are they actually told to kill each other in these sessions? One of the students is taking down everyone else, I feel like you wouldn't want to kill the rest of the squad that could measure up to him but okay

Uhh maybe the instructor is right in not letting some dude who listens to no authority try to take over a planet for you, this is gonna go real bad for doom really quick

"it must be the fastest robeast ever built and it must be red! I only fly red ships" he's gonna steal red lion isn't he

"my magic can easily turn the color to red, but I don't do windows" LMAO well at least haggar has boundaries I guess

Is this robeast not actually a robeast, looks like this dude is just piloting a mech with very little black magic involved

damn barely hits the ground and immediately starts causing devastation, when was the last time we got a robeast that actually committed war crimes for the Drule empire?

Wow no fanfare or anything this time around, just straight to the lions this time, top tier episode already

oh man some kid was actually under some debris, this is getting pretty serious for dotu

is yellow lion supposed to be the fastest lion? Hunk is chasing the mech after saying he was faster I'm so used to the fastest lion being red, I wonder what else fans changed to fit with their beliefs

plot bunny, how the fuck did pidge and lance make it to the other side of the tunnel when hunk is already pushing max in the middle of it yea I think the change people made with red and green being the faster lions makes the most sense here

early voltron formation, its only mid-episode too

I wonder how fast voltron can go, Keith said they were hitting mach 9 as voltron but do we ever hear how fast the lions push it? Would voltron even be faster ?

Aaand now green lion has a wound on the shoulder

Keith: Pidge talk to me! Are you hurt? Pidge: I'd be hurt if you didn't ask I love them so much

the team really is falling for this guy's traps every time huh, faltering on their training I see

is lion head attack their fastest attack or were they just banking on him not being able to dodge all of them

oh god Lotor you literally had such a good change to get rid of voltron and you RETREATED? You deserve to get your ass kicked every time

back to Arus and back to hazing the castle to make fun of the slow ass pilots

second voltron formation of the dayyy honestly I'm used to the VF episode that is so similar to this, but they used a cadet to solve their issue so how the hell are they gonna beat this guy without one

Oh I guess mach 10 is the fastest they can go as voltron

Chozzerai bridge? No that's over like an ocean or fat ass lake or something

good plan maybe? I think it is at least, setting out hovering mines that their mech can definitely outmaneuver but voltron probably can't and then slowly setting them off as they get close to him

earth wind and water, sounds like a pretty cool band name lol

ANOTHER VOLTRON FORMATION? WOW WEP WAS SAVING MONEY THIS EPISODE

oh so their plan is the same but with mach 10 speed, alright I guess? If that's all you got then whatever

omg they actually got him before blazing sword and everything

"maybe he'll land safely and come back again! There you see! He's going to land on planet gloom! That's one of ours! ... oh I'm afraid he didn't make a very good landing..." LMAOO WHY IS THAT WHOLE DIALOGUE SO FUNNY

/episode end

Episode 38: Raid of the Red Berets

Gonna be honest this sounds like an episode aimed at making fun of the French specifically LMAO

"can you and Haggar think of nothing to defeat that one little planet out in space?" Zarkon you literally fought that planet for a WHILE before Lotor came along, I don't think you can speak for shit

Disappointed father™️

well if their other fucked up science experiments are quaking in their boots even before these robeasts (not really) were introduced then I guess they're formidable

oh they're NOT robeasts, they're just regular robots that are getting transported to Arus BY the robeast okay okay

does the castle not have planetary alert systems or something?? Like they've gotta have satellites that alert when something is entering Arusian atmosphere

holy shit are these robots committing war crimes?? They're literally breaking into homes and killing civilians like that's not unheard of, but that's wild that they'd show that in dotu even if they play it off as the lights getting turned off

why do the pilots wave in their lions when the people below them can't even see LMAO

"It's a nice and safe feelings seeing those lions on patrol" robots immediately jump out of the ground and attack a caravan of people absolutely jinxed it sinvos

"something terrible must've scared them away!" omg they were actually slaughtered in that caravan and that's why they're not showing it

scare tactics,, is that what they're censoring the murder spree of civilians to in this episode? Wild

oh so being attacked on the regular with literal monstrosities isn't enough to make the Arusians want to crucify Allura but apparently the "scare tactics" that doom is doing to them is enough to freak them out and try to kill one of their only hopes of survival? Cool cool cool

Coran what, you said you didn't get any descriptions of the attackers, but now you know they're robots and have red berets? Plot bunny

if crowds were that easy to disperse, things would be changed so quickly my god

not a bad idea encasing at least one lion in something super solid, obvs Keith is getting out of this, but it would be smart to do that mid-fight also ironic because black camouflages as a statue instead of having a den

what kind of design is THAT for a robeast it looks like a dragon but bug like? Idk but still cool

why send all the lions to blast Keith with fire when only lance can actually do that?? Gotta make them useful I guess but distracting the robeast IS useful

Keith's free after being thrown straight into the robeast and now voltron can form pretty effective way to get rid of the rock enclosure I guess

this robeast encloses itself in bullet bill cosplay LMAO

man we're seeing a lot of lion head attack recently, wonder why

blazing sword formed, robeast down, Lotor getting belittled, everything is right in the universe

OH THE ROBOTS DID A SUICIDE BARRAGE AGAINST BLACK TO STICK HIM IN STONE NO WONDER THEY'RE GONE THE REST OF THE EPISODE

"men fight hardest when they're defending freedom" interesting, any other word and that would've been super political y'know ignoring that they're fighting an oppressive government lol

/episode end

[miyoron]

Miyo’s Animes of 2022: A List About Things I Liked

Hi hello! It’s that time of year again! The time where I put in random anime shows I liked for the year and maybe go over dumb things that happened in all our lives.

Maybe? ...no? Yea me neither, I wanna just talk about nerd bullshit so let’s do that yea? YEA! As always, I will be writing these as I feel like in a random order and using whatever name I choose whether it’s the Japanese title or the English translated one...just go with it ok?

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***************************************** My Dress Up Darling

This show was one I was initially a little wary on because like...you always gotta be careful with shows that seem horny you know? Like “am I going to end up on a list or something like that?” Thankfully though, while this is horny, it’s also freaking adorable which is always a plus in my eyes.

The story of the show is Japanese doll maker apprentice Gojo is thrust into a wild and frantic world of an aspiring cosplayer and intense gyaru, Marin Kitagawa. What follows is a fun little romcom following their adventures of learning more about the hobby and about one another of course. Marin bringing Gojo into her surprisingly dorky interests and him becoming just as enraptured about capturing the characters in costume as she is portraying them. It also helps that Marin just has some of the best expressions of the year, every one she makes is great and fun to see.

What’s also great is the fact that she actively loves him like...falling into a blushing fit at the thought of admitting it even when he’s mostly unaware of it. It’s a great show and brought back memories of cosplay planning sessions from my college years, even when I was mostly there for emotional support to keep my friends from going nuts sewing seifuku. Joy of a show, go look into it!

Symphogear XV

I've been a watcher of Symphogear in the past and haven't really written about it because I guess I didn't have much to say? I like the music and the characters but other than that there wasn't much I felt like I could write down and sound interesting. But hey, I finally finished the show so I thought I'd write down that hey, the last season is really good!

Symphogear is a series that is defined by its bombastic action where you have character launching ICBM missiles, giant swords from the heavens or just suplexing space shuttles. Yes, all this happens throughout the course of the show and I'm not exaggerating. The fifth season, XV, is the culmination of the high impact singing and battles and just hits every note perfectly. Heh, note. See what I did there?

The characters all get to have their own little moments and the relationships between them all is probably my number one reason I enjoy the show. Look, when you can have two girls be basically married and the series all but says it outloud, I'm for it. Hibiki is Miku's action hero wife and I will hear nothing else from you lot. The show was a great send off and with news of a new project next year on the horizon, all we can do is wait and see what's next.

Spy x Family

I originally tried to read this manga a couple years back and somehow couldn't get into it. Maybe it was just the long feeling opening chapters that did it, it's hard to say. That being said, seeing it put out in animated form is what finally did it for me as I caught up between the 1st and 2nd cours and am glad I did.

The basis of the series is super spy Twilight, alias Loid Forger, has to go undercover to get at a political figure and to complete this mission he has to make a fake family. Adopting an unknowing mind reading orphan, Anya, and unknowingly marrying a trained assassin, Yor, such is the basis for the comedy and heart of the show. Only Anya knows the truth of the situation and she thinks it's awesome and cool.

You probably don't need me to say much about this show since it IS wildly popular, but I liked it and think you should check it out. The new family member in the second half of the show and Loid's fellow undercover colleague are super fun additions and I loved every moment Fiona was on screen. It's a fun show, and I say check it out.

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story

Probably one of the weirder shows I watched this year, the show about hyper intensive golf with a weird "buy Gunpla" message barely hidden in it. Like I don't actually wanna describe too much of what happens in this show because it's wild and you honestly probably wouldn't believe me even if I said so.

Eve is an underground golfer whose style is power and defeating her opponent above anything else. Crush their hopes, crush their spirits, that's her style of golf. That is until she plays a round with Aoi Amawashi, a high level teen golfer who is the only one who's been able to beat her. She wants her win back. Meanwhile Aoi wants to play here again because she's the first one she's had fun golfing against in ages. The story that follows goes to bring them together to finally have their rematch.

This show goes interesting places and near the end, every week had me on edge on what was going to happen. I will say, if you want to binge it, be warned it ends on a mid season cliffhanger and the new eps don't begin til Spring anime 2023 so you'll be waiting a while. Either way, check it out when you can, it's a trip.

The Demon Girl Next Door

It was a treat to see this show get a second season after being absent for a few years. Shamiko and friends are back for more awkward ineffective demon fun and trying to get better at this whole "Demon" thing.

This season was cute because Shamiko had to really step up and take charge, even if she was kind of bad at it. She helped Mikan clean out her apartment, was able to find her hidden item left behind by her father and even make it into a giant fork to use against her enemies! Though of course, the main thing here was all of her interactions with Momo. There's something about a mostly uninterested magical girl going through life half teasing her friend and half being embarrassed about interacting with her.

There was also some fun new friends in the form of fellow demons Riko and Shirosawa, a Chinese fox and Japanese tapir respectively, and the little cafe Shirosawa owns. It's a fun little show that still feels like something from the mid 2010s but it's a good one of those so I feel in the end, it's all good. Ganbare Shamiko!

Kaguya-sama Love is War

Kaguya is still a funny show, one of the funnier romcoms out there to be honest. The tale of two hyper intelligent stupid teenagers in love who want the other to admit it continues with the usual hilarious results.

The big set piece for the 3rd season is the incoming culture festival, the second half of the show leading up to it and the big reveal involving Shirogane's future. Why does he need to confess to Kaguya before the end of the festival? Will Kaguya accept? Will she fold first? What dumb bullshit is Chika going to do? These and more await you in Kaguya!

Yea I don't have much to add, like I said. It's still funny, there's fun new character interactions with Miko being on the student council now and Ishigami trying his best to confess to a senpai of his own. What I'm saying is if you liked the previous seasons, you'll probably enjoy this one too. We get a movie in February so there's more coming up too, so let's go watch! Or not, I'm not your mom.

Komi-san Can't Communicate

The second half of Komi! It's here and introduces more fun characters to become friends with! Also everyone's faves are still around of course, like problem child Najimi who is here to be your angle AND your devil at all times. All so that Komi can make all the friends and try to get over her horrible social anxiety. It's a tough world but having friends helps I feel.

Like I said, this season introduces more characters from the manga and the fun situations along the way. We have the school trip to Kyoto which features a bunch of fun interactions, like buff posing in the hot springs and the introduction of the mysterious yo yo wielding hero. Plus it introduces one of my favorite, equally awkward characters, Katai. A big beefcake of a boy who is horrifyingly scary because he's enormous and looks intimidating but he's just bad at talking and...you get the idea. I love him.

I have a lot of sequels on this list so I think a lot of my paragraphs might end with "it's more of X, so you'll probably enjoy it". That being said, it's more Komi so....you'll probably enjoy it. See that's not so bad huh?

LOVE LIVE CORNER

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Yes indeed, they keep making more Love Lives and I keep eating them up like the monster I know I am. That being said, they are different enough at least and the Nijigasaki shows are a bit more interesting than the others for the fact they have a different style than the rest. Also there's just SO many of them, you've got plenty of fun girls to watch.

The introduction of new characters Shirioko, Lanzhu and Mia leads to new interactions which may have played out different than the phone game version but...I never finished those so, whatever~ That being said, I loved just the sheer overpowering force of Lanzhu coming in and taking no prisoners. Sure, she can't just be a big rude force all the time and has to become a friend in the end but her initial entrance is just bombastic enough to be super fun. She is here to idol and FUCK anyone in her way.

Niji has a lot of fun little side cameos too of the Normal rank idol randos from the original phone game that shows just..a nerdy interest in LOVE LIVE LORE I can appreciate. You go chameleon girl, take the spot and run for it. We have an OVA for this sometime and a set of what looks like short gag eps coming up so that should be fun. I will send out love to Setsuna's actor, Tomori Kusunoki, who sadly has to step away from the role for health reasons. We'll hopefully continue to see her in other shows for years to come.

Love Live! Superstar!!

This show I enjoyed last time but season 2 I enjoyed way more. Weirdly, going from a unique 5 person group to the old reliable 9 person group, worked out better for me. Maybe it's just because the new ones added were goofy and fun and gelled well with the rest of the cast, even with some goofy story telling decisions.

Liella got popular! And thanks to that they got fans! Though they wanted to get more members and that's where our first years come up! Like I said, the new girls are fun and I just can't gush enough about Natsumi. The best little Love Live goblin in a while. I love her shitty youtube plans and her thoughts to monetize everything for her own benefit. Like I said just...it's fun, she's fun! Also they let her say a cuss.

Superstar has another season coming up next year I believe, or it atleast has another season somewhere down the line. We'll see what happens with more rival idols getting closer to Kanon's fan girl creating energy then. I'll look forward to it!

Ya Boy Kongming!

So I played a lot of Dynasty Warriors back on the PS2 and I also read some of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as well. What I'm saying is this is a series up my alley in way that you wouldn't expect it to be but it is.

Kongming, the legendary strategist, has died and been reborn in modern world Japan. Becoming entranced by a demon from Hell, he wakes up the next day and learns he got drunk on Halloween night and the demon was in fact Eiko, an aspiring singer. From there, he pledges himself to become her strategist and help her in her goals and to bring about an end to pain and war through her singing. He believes in her so much, even if she's a bit embarrassed about it initially.

Seeing classic strategies being put in the modern world and used to strictly build cred in the music world is fun and silly. Eiko is a good character with fun outfits and I love seeing her make friends with new people. Gaining new allies in her battle to become a singer with Kongming helping all the way is just..yea I like it a lot. Also probably the most banger op of the year? I listened to it a LOT.

Now we pause for the PRECURE STOP

Yes Precure 5!

Me and Cheapsteaks did our annual dual old Cure season watch and the first one we started was Yes Precure 5 which was the first 5 person team one. I'll say it definitely felt like an early 00s Magical Girl show but it was starting to get down what Precure is I feel. I really liked the Cures, especially Dream and Rouge.

That being said, there's definitely some things about this one I wasn't as huge a fan of. The villains primarily were really lackluster compared to the previous ones in Splash Star and the ending felt really anticlimatic. On top of that, Nuts and Coco were fine but after a bit their fairy voices really wear you down. Similarly, Milk is a little pain and not in the fun goblin way.  That being said, these are very minor complaints for a show for babies.

The movie was super fun though and was more fun than one would expect. We've got the sequel, Yes Precure 5 GoGo! already started for next year so we'll see if it deserves a 2nd 49 episode season or if it shoulda just been smushed all into one, an opinion I have had previously regarding Futari wa/Max Heart.

Suite Precure

Suite Precure was much more fun in comparison.  Maybe it's because it's a later show so they learned how to do things, maybe I just liked the story and animation better. Whatever the case, Suite does a lot of things I enjoy.

Doofy villain trio? Check. Even doofier baby brained fairy? Check. Super good gal pals teaming up to beat up said villains? Quadruple check. Yea, the musical themed world and fairies and transformations are fun and I was happy when the Precure finally all assembled just for the musical tones accompanying it. I guess I don't have much to say just that I had fun watching this one a lot more.

Accompanying Yes Precure 5 GoGo, we have also started Doki Doki Precure so we're in the final laps of watching all the series. Then it's on to all the All Star movies and other related content!

Delicious Party Precure

The current running Precure, I like the designs a lot and parts of the story are good and cute. But I have a bone to pick, an axe to grind, a suggestion for future cures maybe. I'm probably being dumb but maybe they should just plan to have 45 episodes anymore because the delays that hit both this and Healin' Good a few years ago have hampered the story from feeling satisfying. Again, I know it's a show for babies but when the delays affect things this bad, maybe just plan for a shorter show and use the extra eps for throw off stuff, like when Tropical Rouge did its 11 Random Stories episode.

I'm being mean, I'm sorry about that. Precure is still good and I just get heated when it affects ones with characters I feel are made specifically for me. Ran wasn't hit as hard and screwed over like Hinata was because she atleast gets more time to show off. And what she can show off is just a wide array of facial expressions that I look forward to each week. Behold just a few examples.

Like I said, I still like the show and the characters but again, lackluster villains can really hinder a show I enjoy. Hear my suggestions Toei, suggestions from some random dingus on the internet across the world. I promise it's a good idea!

Lycoris Recoil

Hideo Kojima's anime of the year! This one I initially checked out because I kept seeing the meme going around of Chisato getting kicked in the back of the thigh and wondering "what's that from?" Well the answer is LycoReco, a show with girls and guns and action.

Lycoris is a secret organization which has high school girls trained for covert tactical ops and Takina has just been kicked out of the central command for putting her fellow agents at risk. The solution? Shack her up with Chisato, a peppy Lycoris member who is also on the out with the main command for just..doing as she pleases pretty much. It's a real odd couple situation, if they were gun wielding high school students for the government. LycoReco is an action thrill ride with hints of intrigue along the way that make you want to see what happens next week.

There's lots of fun little moments and character interactions, and one major secondary character who has a past you would not expect. And it's treated with way more care than you'd expect any popular media to really. It's a good show and just furthers the Yuri Aquarium Agenda. It's everywhere man, open your eyes!

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

This is a game I haven't played and don't intend to play. That being said, I will always check out a Trigger show and this one was no exception. Edgerunners is a cool little show with a lot of action going on and it has that super stylized look that all Trigger shows have. There's a lot of fun characters and thankfully there is the ever present force of the Trigger Gremlin character, this time in the form of Rebecca.

The story isn't going out to break the mold, but the world and characters are cool as shit. I love the look of it and would gladly recommend it to others who want to see some crazy action scenes. It's not everyone's tastes and I do wish parts of it went different but I had a fun enough time to recommend it in the end so that as you will.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

I haven't watched a Gundam in a while and I don't really have a good reason why not. Maybe I'm lazy, maybe I'm a nerd who likes female protagonists more than male ones. Who knows! What I do know though is that I'm having fun watching Witch from Mercury and a large part of that is I just really like Suletta's design and character. This is honestly just a good year for characters who are bad at social interaction, though Suletta's feels different in comparison to say a Komi or (spoilers) a Kobeni.

The mystery of the Witches and the Gundam program slowly unraveling is keeping me going week to week and I look forward to the second part in the spring. Well, that and the Utena vibes being given off with the duels and bride system at the school. It's an interesting set up and I'm glad I started watchin. It also gave us more gremlins in the form of Chuchu who continues the proud Gundam tradition of just decking people in the face.

I hope their business does well!

Do It Yourself!!

Do you like videos about crafts? Do you like anime about girls doing random things and learning new skills? Then I have the show for you! Yua is learning how much she enjoys making things with her new club, even if she's very clumsy and injury prone. It's okay though cuz Pudding is there to look after her.

The show is a nice and comfy little thing with a bunch of very on the nose puns for names and honestly I don't think that's a bad thing. Jobko's actor has a very fun performance, even if her main joke is "foreign girl speaking Japanese." But you know what? It's an easy joke and I don't mind it.

Also I like the character designs in general, the colors are soft and cozy and really fit the characters well. Call me a sucker, but I'm always for cute friendships and DIY has it in spades.

Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Maaaaan Chainsaw Maaaaan! Chainsaw Man is good and cool! It's a super fun manga and I think the anime did a pretty dang good adaption of it. The cast is fun and I think they cast them all really well. The action is good and even the bits of CG that look a bit wonky are on background characters so I don't really see that much of an issue.

Honestly, I don't know what all to say like...it made me wanna reread the manga again because it's just filled me with good memories of the first time I did so. Seriously, just go watch this and also read it. It's gritty and grungy and that's fucking cool.

Pictured:  Intelligence

Mob Psycho 100

It's good to see Mob on this list again and that it hasn't had some change of animation studios affecting it like One Punch Man's second season.  The effects are as bombastic as always and the battle are always on point with the visuals being some of the best I've seen this year which is kind of par the course for Mob, but it's still great to watch.

Of course, the main draw of Mob isn't the battles but it's seeing how Mob himself has grown over the course of the series. This season, our dear Shigeo is getting a little cocky even, thinking he's finally hit his popular time with girls. Follow Mob as he tries to come out on top and finally ask Tsubomi-chan out! Can he do it? The answer might surprise you! Or it might not if you've read the manga before.

Seriously though, it was great seeing Mob again and I still love how committed he is to those he cares about. It just goes to show that not every conflict needs to be solved with a fight, but with a heart to heart and I dunno, I just think that's a great lesson. Mob's greatest strength is his humanity and I think we can all agree, that's why we love him.

Bocchi the Rock

Rounding out the year for social anxiety, we have Bocchi the Rock. A show about an awkward girl who failed at forming a band in middle school and at social interactions throughout her life. A girl who is terrible at existing and would prefer to just keep herself walled up in her closet making youtube guitar videos for the masses. Bocchi is relatable sometimes in ways I feel like we all experience sometimes.

Bocchi finally gets her chance though, meeting up with Nijika and Ryo who are trying to find a guitarist for their band after the original one flaked. What follows is a blossoming friendship and the beginning to the Keissoku Band, ready to entertain the masses...if Bocchi can get the courage to play outside of a cardboard box and or trash can.

The show is seriously fun and another case of good expressions. I only got a few of Bocchi's here but she has so many I don't even know where to begin to be honest. Seeing her try to get the confidence along with her friends, while simultaneously melting down at anything even remotely social, is again something I think all of us can relate to sometimes. I'm happy for getting to know Bocchi and I kind of hope to see more down the road. If not, I appreciate what we got though.

Pop Team Epic

It's fucking back and it's just as fun as ever. More goofy bits, more random voice actor pairings and a fun new gimmick of them just chatting together at the end of each episode is just...it's great, I love it. Pop Team is still so good.

The parodies, the comedy, it's all still there and it's just what you want. The return of the Aoi Shota cinematic universe..just I can't praise it enough. You should go watch it, it's great. Here's a little spoiler of things to come if you do...

POP TEAM EPIC

So that's my anime list for the year. Like I said, it's a bunch of random things in mostly the order I watched them in throughout the year. Here's a couple more random things to tide you over!

Anime Movies I Enjoyed!

Pompo the Cinephile - Fun movie with real good animation Revue Starlight The Movie - Great music as always and some crazy scenes, so nice I saw it twice Dragonball Superhero - The Piccolo movie we always wanted, so nice I saw it twice pt 2 One Piece: Red - Good music, pretty fun movie over all Yuru Camp: The Movie - So good to see these girls again and just as comfy as ever. Made me wish my job felt as fulfilling as they did in the movie though

Show I Enjoyed but Can't Form a lot of words about! Gunbuster - It rules! Go watch it! It's rad!

Show With Oops Political Timing! Teppen - !!! - Doofy comedy show with a fun opening which had to hold back an ep due to the assassination of Shinzo Abe. Oops on unforeseeable events!

I can't think of much else so...I hope you had a good time reading and have a good 2023. Let's all be safe and not suck ok?

[dat-dio-backpatch]

You play Drums? PT. 1

Summary: Eddie finds out you play the drums during a Hellfire session, only to later ask you to sub in for Gareth during a Corroded Coffin gig.

Warnings: N/A

Word Count: 1.8k

A/N: Hey so uhhh, this is my first fic for Stranger Things, and the first fic I've ever posted lol. Any feedback is rly appreciated as I really want to improve and write stuff others will enjoy. Also this is a part 1, I'm working on the 2nd part rn so feedback on this will help ensure that pt.2 is as good as possible

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The small Hellfire room was oddly quiet, only you, Eddie, and Mike were present despite the session starting in only 10 or so minutes. Usually everyone was here at least 20 minutes early, all pumped and debating on different battle strategies for whatever monster Eddie was gonna throw our way in the game. But today Lucas’s basketball practice was apparently running late, Dustin had hurriedly explained as much before darting out of the room to go find out what everyone else's tardy excuse was. So now there were three, it was awkward despite you having known both Mike and Eddie for so long but they were both focused on their own work that the room was left silent. Eddie had his head buried behind the DM’s screen working on last minute adjustments to the campaign and Mike was furiously scribbling away at what you assumed was homework. Remembering your own long forgotten English paper you decided to copy Mike's idea and use this downtime to actually get something done. 

Pulling out a pile of crumpled up papers and a handful of dull pencils from your backpack you set to work, only to find yourself immedietly bored. Shakespeare was usually far from boring but your dull english teacher somehow found a way to ruin even his most fun plays, so you did what you always do to combat boredom and pulled out your walkman. Popping on your headphones you pressed play and the epic sounds of Mercyful Fate's album “Don’t Break the Oath” soon stomped out all your boredom. As the music continued you found yourself less and less focused on the actual paper and more focused on drumming along to the songs with two of your beat up pencils, having played the drums since middle school you were definitely nailing each beat despite having the music so loud you couldn’t hear anything else. 

“Y/N!” A voice broke you out of your music induced daze, you felt a strong hand shake your shoulder lightly “Y/N?”

You sheepishly remove your headphones and look over to see Eddie standing next to you, looking down at you with a confused, yet still mischevious, expression.  

“Sorry, was I too loud?” You apologize, face flushing red. You’d gotten carried away drumming like that before and it was almost always met with annoyance. 

“No, no definitely not” Eddie brushed off your apology, smile widening. “Do you play the drums?”

“Oh yea I do” you said returning his smile “I’ve been playing since middle school actually” 

“Shit how come you’ve never mentioned it before?” Eddie asked excitedly 

“Never came up I guess” You shrugged, starting to shove your English work back into your backpack before pulling out your dice and character sheet instead.

“Now that could come in handy sometime” Eddie mused, though before he could continue that though Dustin came rushing in with the rest of Hellfire in tow. One look at the clock showed they made it with only seconds to spare and a handful of half assed apologies for their piss poor timing. 

The session picked up almost immediately and went shockingly well despite the group's lack of preparedness, you’d all managed to make it out with your characters only slightly roughed up by Eddie's ruthless hordes of enemies. It all ended with the typical celebration, haphazard cleaning and quick goodbyes as you rushed out to your car before you could get further distracted from the still unfinished english paper crammed in your bag  

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by the time the weekend rolled around You’d already forgotten about your breath conversation with Eddie about your drumming skills, it hadn’t really been that important after all. As much as you wanted to play with the guys they already had Gareth, Corroded Coffin was in no need of a new drummer. Or at least that's what you thought as you marched down your stairs, headed off to your drum set in the garage to start your routine Saturday practice. Sheet music and sticks in hand you weren’t at all expecting the sudden loud knock on your front door, you jumped nearly dropping everything you were holding as the knocking continued even more aggressively than before. You approached the door with caution unsure of whether or not you should open it until a familiar voice called from the other side. 

“Y/N!” It was Eddie, pounding on your door and shouting at the top of his lungs. “Y/N I know you’re home!”

You whipped the door open, fear dissipating into annoyance as Eddie greeted you with his signature mischievous grin.

“God Ed’s you’re lucky my parents aren’t home or you’d have gotten me grounded!” You groaned as his smile widened “What’s so important that you show up out of nowhere screaming like a serial killer?”

“I, well, we, need your help” Eddie said toying with one of his rings as he spoke hurriedly “Corroded Coffins playing a gig down at the Hideaway and we’re missing a drummer, told the guys I could get you to sub in”

“Isn’t Gareth your drummer? You asked, confused, “what happened to him?”

“Gareth got mono” Eddie made a fake gagging sound and feigned throwing up. “That gross shithead got sick the day of our big show, well not really a big show but a gigs a gig right?”

“Ed’s I don’t know how to play any of your songs” You said, suddenly racked with anxiety at the thought of fucking up your friends performance “I’m probably not as good as Gareth either” 

“I’m sure you’ll be fantastic sweetheart, plus I got all the sheet music ready and waiting with the guys and we can practice as long as you want” He said, his smile dropping from mischievous into comforting. “Please can you do me this one favor, I’ll owe you big time”

“You strike a hard bargain I’ll admit” You said, scrunching up your face and pretending to consider his offer “I don't know though, I did have some great saturday plans lined up”

“We both know you’d just be sitting on your couch watching the Exorcist” He teased 

“Hey rude!” You mocked offense “Not really winning me over with that attitude”

“Please will you, oh the great Y/N, play drums with us and really do your best friend a solid?” Eddie clasped his hands together and gave you the widest eyed begging look he could manage 

“Oh alright I’ll play with you guys” You said laughing at his antics, watching as his face lit up in the brightest smile you think you’d ever seen. 

“Thank you, thank you thank you!” Eddie shouted, wrapping his arms around your waist and lifting you up into the air in the tightest hug he could manage. “I owe you big time!”

“Big time!” You chuckled as he spun you around, still not letting you go even when you dropped your sticks and sheet music. “Ok, ok Ed’s you’ve shown your gratitude now put me down”

He stopped spinning you but didn’t put you back down, just held you tight as you found your face startlingly close to his, his bright smile never fading as your eyes met. You felt a blush creeping up your cheeks as you both seemed to freeze in the moment, simply staring at each other. 

“So, uh, you can grab whatever you’ll need for practice I’ll wait in the van for you” Eddie said quickly, breaking out of his stunned state with a quick shake of his head. He gently let you back down, pausing as if he were about to say something as you noticed a bright red blush spread across his face. He quickly shook his head again and began fidgeting with his rings. “Yea, I’ll be in the van. I’m really,,, the guys and I are really excited to get to play with you!”

“I’ll be quick, just gotta grab another set of sticks and I’ll be right out” You said, equally as flustered as Eddie. He nodded, offering a small nervous smile before rushing back out to his van, leaving you to retrieve the sticks you dropped along with an extra pair from your room. While in your room you paused, looking out your window down at Eddie's van parked haphazardly in your driveway. You could spot him in the driver's side window, you didn’t mean to be a creep and stare but you couldn’t help yourself. You and Eddie had always been close friends, hugging was nothing new to the two of you so why did that hug feel so,,,, different. Sure he was attractive, you’d had a crush on him since you first met him all the way back in middle school when he still had that stupid buzzcut. But no, you guys were just friends, that's all you;d ever been and you’d long since accepted the fact that's all you’d ever be. So why did that hug feel so different, and why’d it leave both of you blushing like awkward school kids. Not to mention his hasty exit after. It was just, odd, the way it left you feeling like you had butterflies in your stomach and your face still flushed. You quickly pushed all those thoughts aside, it was too much to think about right now and you were on a time crunch.  

As you brushed away all these thoughts and questions you realized you had the sticks in hand, and were still staring down at Eddie. To your surprise, and embarrassment, you realized Eddie was staring back up at you with the same ‘lost in thought’ look and blushing face. You both simultaneously realized you’d each been caught staring and quickly broke eye contact, Eddie turning to raise the volume on whatever metal he’d been playing and you hurrying to get rou shoes on before rushing out to join him. Once you were in the van Eddie took no time pulling out of your driveway, not waiting for you to get your seatbelt on before speeding off down the road. Thankfully the music was so loud conversation was impossible, neither of you really knew what to say anyway. Just an awkward moment between friends, that's all this was. Right? Again you brushed these thoughts away and focused on the road ahead, determined not to let the band down and to enjoy your first professional gig. You could sort out whatever was between you and Eddie when there wasn’t the massive pressure of performing weighing on your shoulders, hopefully you’d have your thoughts and feelings sorted out by then. Hopefully whatever conversation happened wouldn’t be as awkward as this car ride, you glanced over at Eddie as he kept his eyes locked on the road ahead, his face slowly losing the bright red blush you knew for sure you still had. You turned back to the road and tightened your grip on your drum sticks. 

[themidnightpanda]

While everyone is looking at homestuck stuff today might as well get a shoutout for my currently unnamed music au featuring pitch vriskezi

(under the cut this time is only au stuff! Noone is gonna ask so might as well get the rant out now)

It’s basically a meteorstuck kinda au? Except I decided to say fuck it all the trolls are alive (mostly because I have a few songs in my playlist that are very much feferi<>sollox vibe and I kinda need them alive to be able to sing yknow)

So uh. Trolls are kinda bug-like. And they communicate with words, yes, but also with dancing, like bees? A lot of body language, especially when it comes to your quadrants; leaning on your moirail’s shoulder, grabbing your kismesis’ wrist to stop them from turning away from you... and also just actual dancing and stuff. So, trolls dance. But then Dave and Rose get on the meteor and teach them about how humans communicate. With music.

Cuz like, in the au, humans can get on the same wavelength as other humans via song. Singing is a way a human shows how they feel or think about anything at any given moment. You gotta learn the lyrics (unlike my other music au, which is also a magic au where the lyrics are chosen for you by fate gods aka me specifically and you dont gotta know the lyrics before singing) but like its sorta a bonding thing? and humans are social creatures so they gotta sing every once in a while or they get sadge

so the kids teach the trolls how to sing and thats all really fun and cool and whatever. meanwhile I’ve fallen prey to karkezi flushed propaganda via fanfiction so now Im sitting in the “what if dave and terezi moirails” because they’re my favorite beta kid&troll and the dynamic they have in canon makes my insides fluffy in the way a good moirallegiance gotta get outta you yknow.

Anyways timeskip to after they win Im very much ignoring how by that point both sessions were lost and I decided both of the groups win and like the humans make a new earth ig and like they still have their godtier stuff (at this point Im just picking and choosing what I want based on random music from my 600 songs playlist being put on shuffle). and uh. Well dave becomes a film person (I wanted to say director but also he writes the movies so also scriptwriter and just. he makes movies). And decides to make actual homestuck’s plot into a 12 movies and ongoing film franchise that is basically as well known as like. star wars or whatever. but bigger bc I never actually watched star wars so I only know about it the basic stuff a person who once dated someone who watched all the star wars movies enough times to quote them offhandedly would.

anyways dave is stuck with the part where the trolls get actually introduced to the audience in non-text form and is like “can I convince a bunch of actors to dye themselves grey and put candycorn looking horns on their heads without anyone thinking Ive lost it” when actual trolls (all 12 beta trolls+a bunch of friendsim trolls I thought would be fun to put in+unnamed background trolls for the confusion of wtf is sgrub) land a ship in the middle of area 51 and immediately get cornered by human guards patrolling the area in case aliens ever crashed there.

Anyways is now a good time to mention rose grew up to become the person who runs area 51 because she is and apparently at some point during the 3 years on the meteor she pulled like feferi and karkat aside to go “yo so when we win the games if yall wanna stop by earth 2.0 Imma go run our alien communication center so just ask the people there for rose lalonde yea” and uhh. they do. the other trolls in the background are Confusion over who tf this rose lalonde person is. the human guards are confused abt how tf the aliens know the full name of their leader bc usually the aliens just go “we want to speak to ur manager” or whatever so one of them takes their walkie talkie and talks to her and rose is like “oh hey they made it btw is one of them wearing green and looks like a vampire tell her I love her” to which kanaya fckn melts ig. soft gfs.

and uhh. well at this point except rose all the other beta kids can kinda teleport? Jade is still part-dog, john is wimdy, dave stops time and powerwalks over then unpauses time... rose just calls her limo like “dude I gotta get to this specific part of the desert plz” and by then dave is having a passionate debate with the guards about how trolls are actually awesome and the guard is like “they havent sang anything to make me think theyre intelligent species” or whatever and then the 12 main trolls do like. choreographed dancing with rainbow colors and stuff to various feel-good songs in my playlist. And then dave starts live streaming with scifi tech he alchemized during the game that he kept around like “yo ik theres rumors abt the trolls showing up for the next movie can we all give it up to my moirail and the rest of these lovely folk” to which the internet immediately implodes bc imagine fckn. idk. big time movie producer just starting a livestream in which he casually talks to a bunch of aliens while his half-dog bestie is floating the in background.

yeah and then the protagonist of friendsim sees that happening and goes to talk to the friendsim trolls who are there and thats fun and idk

dave is really good at assigning trolls random songs they should like. my playlist is almost entirely clown cult music its all violence and bright colors and yelling into the void and starting a revolution over the fact you suck at video games.

also the alpha kids are there. because dirk strider is my favorite homestuck character I want to dunk him in my tea like he’s a sad animal biscuit. he also gets a song where he and hal are being passive aggressive and sad about prince of heart stuff ig

[tillbonesshow]

Tw: sh mention, sh scars mentions, methods (just my experience and what i generally do/did not how to do shit like this). I do not encourage sh I'm just a really tired person that wants to talk about it somewhere

I currently stopped sh-ing literally just to see if it will leave scars/markings or not cause one time i tried scratching myself using really dull scissors that couldn't even cut cardboard and it scarred💀 like i didn't even get a single baby c^t from that little thing yet it still gave me scars i have to this day🤡

Hopefully bruises don't work that way tho cause I'm tired of not being able to wear shorts in my house i can't imagine living that way forever just so my family doesn't get even more suspicious of me after my sh session when i got my scars😮‍💨 i feel like I'm waiting for pregnancy test results lol

also fun fact only the youngest of my brothers (who was maybe 25-ish years old at the time) out of the 3 people that saw my scratches (the day i sh-ed and ended up scarring after that) thought they looked concerning and creepy enough he started asking how i got them, my mother told him what i told her: "it was really itchy so i scratched too hard by accident" and called bullshit on it lol saying I'm straight up lying (didn't stop me from still playing dumb)

My mother was so suspicious of them after that she asked if i got into a fight in my high school and was trying to stay quiet about it😭 like yea i guess you could say i was having a fight in the school's bathroom not the one you're thinking about tho lmao

Honestly thank whatever is up there in the sky that we had uniforms in my school that covered most of the body or i would have definitely gotten myself into a lot of problems that day