#they just don't resonate the same as girls' names do for me for some reason

[professionalwritingnerd]

the "5 on the kinsey scale' experience

Me, looking up female names: gorgeous, immaculate, delicate, demure, beautiful

Me, looking up male names: ...these names all sound like someone who does a cheap alpha-male podcast. ...I mean I guess animal or earthy/gemstone names are nice. ...and rowan. rowan's a nice guy name.

#I HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME FINDING NAMES FOR MALE CHARACTERS MAN #they just don't resonate the same as girls' names do for me for some reason #the best i can do is find something unisex #i look up 'hot/sexy guy names' for handsome male characters #and get the most average sounding names in the world short of just being BOB #this is what i have my straight friends for #i can only associate 'attractive male names' with an actual person #that's why 'brooklyn' was never attractive to me but now that i actually have a character name brooklyn #it's the hottest name eVER to me

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Thank you for this question @wen-kexing-apologist.

What scene in BL has made you the happiest?

I'm a pretty happy girl while watching bl in general. I talk to the people on the screen, I clap and cheer and all that. If I'm supremely happy then I'll probably let out a scream and scare my cat. So I think the show recently where she suffered the most with my happy screams was definitely Tsukutabe. I hope you don't mind if I answer with a GL. The amount of times I just wanted to jump up and down with glee was unmatched, I believe. And I think nothing made me as happy as watching Kasuga talk to her father. This moment, I was just cheering like a crazy person.

It was fantastic. She is just so quiet for most of the time, but she's always listening, observing the people around her and processing. And after the talk with her soon to be divorced friend (I'm sorry, her name escapes me), where she confided in her and got the acceptance that she, maybe subconsciously, craved and words that she needed to her, she was finally able to do that. To have that conversation, to be firm and honest with him and be somewhat at peace with that part of her life. It was excellent. I LOVE HER. There are so many other moments from this show that I could honestly use to answer this question.

Now comes the anger.

So that really depends. I get angry at characters and at a show in general. I get angry at shows a lot for making stupid decisions. All my posts during Absolute Zero are a testament to that. And more recently I had a bad reaction to episode 11 of Unknown so I guess I'll talk about that.

See, I'm not really into sex scenes in general. Because more often than not they are just there. They don't add much to the overall story except to say that it happened. But when the show is good I expect them to match it. And Unknown is a really good show. It's great. So to say I was disappointed would be a massive understatement. I've spoken about this with @lurkingshan in the comments and the scene just didn't match up with the quality of the rest of the show. And this is obviously my opinion and how I see this show. There are a couple of reasons for my anger.

The first is Qian. Qian had just spent a lot of time considering Yuan's feelings and his own, the change in the relationship dynamic and he had to tackle his own fears around being vulnerable to another person and allowing himself to surrender to his desires. Because he has so little sense of self worth beyond being a carer for people around him, if Yuan didn't keep pushing, in his own way without actually forcing anything, I don't think Qian would consider crossing that line. But once he did, I think they needed a slower scene, where we could see him really embracing the moment and surrendering. Let's not forget this happened on the same night he said it wasn't sure he could make the change from brothers to lovers. That it wasn't sure what his feelings for Yuan were. So I just don't like that choice.

The second reason was the editing. And maybe this is a me thing. But even if I were to think that their first time would happen exactly that way, that scene was a mess. Sex scenes are usually not great in bl. Because the pretty takes the place of the good. So it's a lot of pretty lighting and bokeh effects. Which I have no problem with by itself. But the quick cuts drive me crazy. It's the same reason I never connected with the pretty sex scene in The Sign. If I'm gonna connect to the characters during a sex scene I should be able to linger a bit, to take in the atmosphere and physicality of the actors during it, so that it resonates emotionally. And it has to flow naturally as well for that to happen. So just cutting it randomly with different body parts, kissing and flashing facial expressions here and there just doesn't do it for me. And that's what happens in some of them including this one. And the SOUND. It drove me crazy. If you wanna use breath sounds during a scene like this, then do it well. I've seen both versions of the scene so I'm gonna focus on the reedited one cause the other one makes me doubly angry for other reasons. They change between normal speed and slow motion in the scene. And the sound doesn't really change between them so of course it didn't match, but the worst is the fact that it also didn't match anything. The sound was not from that scene. Probably because it was edited so much so the sound that they used was different, but it kept taking me out of the scene on top of what all the other reasons.

That was a longer answer than I was expecting. So I'll stop now. I hope most of that is coherent enough. I rambled a bit. Anyway thank you so much for this question.

Have a good day💜

#rose answers #unknown the series #tsukuritai onna to tabetai onna #rose rambles #I find it so much easier to write about things that make me angry than happy #it's weird

[ilikedyourablogithere]

My Dislyte 2023 Awards

Same as last year

Time to rant about the things I liked this year

if you had things you liked this year go ahead and make your own post

anyways

The Element of The Year

Flow

From Intisar to Liam, 4 or 5 Star, every Flow Unit this year has been a banger and very useful

Pantheon of the Year

Greek

while not my personal go to, it is very obvious this was the Greeks year. Having the spotlight on them through out the various stories and bounties

My Favorite Character of The Year

Falken

you don't get any points for guessing Falken is my favorite esper of the year again. And if you're disappointed he's my pick for another year... tell the dev team to make a character I will like more than Falken ?

But it's not that hard to see why. He got his Universal +20% Speed lead, great in boss fights, the new equipment gave him even even more viable builds you can make with him and of course his divinate allows him to do what he does even better

There was more fun to be had with this guy than last year and for that... he's the best

Best Boy of the Year

Javid

Was once told good cops don't end up staying "good" cops. They usually either end up quitting or worse happens to them

and Javid is no exception to that

As chief marshal he ended up forcing a whole marshal department to defend the citizens against a monster swarm, sending them all but him to their death. Meant to die along side them he somehow survived and now riddle with guilt of surviving he's been imprisoned where he also keeps the citizens safe and the miracle a bay

It takes alot to stand by your values especially during the bad times. And that's the thing I like about Javid, he stands by what he mean. He believes in fairness even when if means he ends up on losing side of being fair. He could have left and abandon everyone and everything and saved his own skin but that wouldn't have been fair to all those who died now would it?

He's not winning any popularity awards tho, he's still a hard ass stick in the mud at the end of the day. And his fairness can border on cruelty but that's part of what make him interesting

Best Girl of the Year

Ain

Tragically there no deep reason for choosing her, she's simply a kind person. She has a bit of a temper and apparently a bit of a prankster in her but she's part of her community and is making it a better place for herself and those around her.

From helping those down on their luck, sharing her knowledge and passing down what she knows, being a cat lover or simply being a quirky event in another's life. She's very much a part of her community

It's something the majority of us can do and even strive to make a part of our own lives

She's very inspirational and for that she's 2023s best girl

Husbando of 2023

N/A

yee same as last year, no one has resonated with me like yet. But I'm always open to being surprised

Waifu of 2023

Aquafresh

my dearly beloved who is named after a toothpaste brand for some reason I will never understand

She's so mysterious ... by which I mean I do not understand this npc

Best Billboard Event of 2023

Sea and Song

I mean it made me feel

Norah is an excellent main character with a relatable story of an artist who lost her art mojo

The npcs were very likeable and just make you want to help them and save the day

and while my like of Anna has greatly soured since her released Norah sure make her seem like a cool person and while their ending is sad, I'm glad they got to see each other again

Pretty satisfying end to the Cube Miracle arc

Best Track of 2023

Without You - Northside Nate

it's song that fills in a spot in the musical taste buds that rarely gets satisfied

Best Boss of the Year

Barros

an interesting esper, on one hand he's doing his best with what he can get his hands on the help his lil' nephew. But on the other hand "doing his best with what he can" is him gambling the rest city's citizens to accomplish this and seeing how he's the mayor...it's probably for the best to stop him

Also he's a pretty cool 2 part boss fight

I'm surprised they haven't put him in towers or cube miracle or something

But ya that's my best of 2023 awards for dislyte for anyone who was curious

#dislyte

[sentenceme-leni]

Monday. Minimum 1 sentence.

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Regina swept into the main hall with magic crackling in furious waves around her. Even the bear gave her a respectful bow, though it went sadly unnoticed.

"Belle!" she yelled, in uncharacteristically unqueenly manner, stomping a foot so her voice would resonate all over the castle. "Don't you dare hide behind that imp, you little bitch. Come meet me right now!"

She was angry enough that she wasn't startled by Rumpelstiltskin's sudden presence at her side. Instead she whirled to glare at him. "Where is your- your---?"

"My maid?"

Regina snorted at the description, but wasn't in the mood to discuss that little liar's place in the Dark Castle. "Where is she?"

"In the library, of course." Rumpelstiltskin shrugged without apparent concern. Then he leaned up to whisper in her ear. "She's been expecting you, Your Majesty."

Regina huffed. Of course that wily little girl knew she had overstepped. "Far from me to make her wait," she hissed.

"Yes, yes, go, dearie. I'm sure you girls have a lot to gab about." He giggled at her affronted look. "Just remember, Regina-" his voice dropped into a steely warning "-you have as much leeway as I allow."

Her eyes narrowed. "Does your maid have the same limitations?"

Rumpelstiltskin smirked and disappeared in a plume of magic.

The bastard.

Regina huffed and marched on.

Indeed, the two-faced little tramp was in her domain. Regina waved her hand and tossed one of the reasons for her anger at her.

The projectile was stopped by a soft bubble of magic, but Belle still scrunched her nose. "This apple is rotten."

"This one? No. All of them!" Regina started pacing. "All my trees are bearing rotten fruit. It cannot be natural. And it all started a week after we made that little deal." She glared at those wide blue eyes. "What did you do?"

"I did nothing." Belle tilted her head, studying the apple. "But it seems that you did."

Regina grit her teeth. After two years as Rumple's companion, the girl had grown a penchant for non-answers. "Explain."

"Your magic backfired." Belle shook her head. "Wasn't it a simple deal? You even had a clear advantage. How did you let it get to this?"

"This isn't my doing."

Otherwise, Belle was right. That deal had been a gift. The location of Snow White in exchange for nothing. After years wrangling with Rumpelstiltskin for the smallest bits of help, Belle's offer had been a welcome respite.

"You didn't listen to me at all, did you, Regina?"

The use of her name instead of her deserved honorific made Regina pay attention now. "Of course I did! I promised to jail only my rebel stepdaughter, and leave the others unharmed."

Belle tilted her head. "And did you?"

"Of course!"

"I visited that town after your soldiers left. There was quite a need for healing spells."

Regina huffed. "So a couple peasants ran into swords. It's their own fault."

"They still got harmed." Belle shrugged. "You broke our deal, Regina. Sadly, your beloved trees paid the price for it."

"It was a trap!"

Belle sighed. "No, my friend. It was an opportunity."

An opportunity for what?

Regina didn't know and she didn't care. Instead she focused on what was important:

"Will my trees return to normal?"

Belle smiled. "As soon as you make amends, they should."

"Well, then." Regina nodded. A donation of some sort to that town would surely do the trick. "Next time I'll negotiate with Rumple. Dealing with the Dark One isn't this much trouble."

Belle only smiled again.

The End

15/04/24

#ouat fanfic #regina mills #rumplestiltskin #belle #background rumbelle #dark castle era

[zeriq-5]

[A FNAF Movie Sequel fanfic, essentially]

"Abby's return to freddy's"

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The New and improved freddy's, Abby was joyful to be back, Why wouldn't she ? It's everything she remembers but double the size ! She Just, doesn't like the New Animatronics. There's Something about them that rubs her the wrong way, she misses her friends. But they're interacting with everyone else just fine so maybe It's just her own sorrow taking over her head.

She was there for a reason however ! She was there to play with her new-ish School friend Cassie, She already heard of her before their friendship. Sometimes Mike would give her father a ride when they still worked at the mall.

She was great ! She loved wearing a red sweater, loved anything with Wolves and resonated with them a little too much, she was considered a "weirdo" for It in her past. Abby knew How that felt, so It made Cassie a much more huggable person.

While they explored the main arcade, a Kid emerged from the Ball with a toy freddy mask. It had empty eyes, the darkest eyes, that would scare anyone their own ones out. After Abby and Cassie screamed in fear, rightfully so, the kid took It off while giggling like a devilish goblin saying "Well Hello there New friend", Cassie now mad screamed "GREGORY, STOP DOING THAT".

The New kid who now had a name, Gregory. The prankster was small, bug eyed and looked like he would roll on dirt If given the opportunity to. He jumps out of the ball pit, he had a blue striped shirt and had Bear themed Band aids on his knees and right arm.

"Say, you're here to try to beat GGY on Polybius again ?" Said that Smug boy, Cassie replies "No you Dummy, I came to introduce you to Abby, that School friend i was talking about ! Remember ?". The Boy tilts Its Head, Analyzes her from top to Bottom with still the same Smug look.

"Yeah she's the one indeed ! Actually, have this as a gift !" The boy searched the Ballpit and got a toy of what looked like to be the "new" foxy, Abby felt conflicted at first but accepted Gregory's gift. It made him Smile from ear to ear.

"Awn, look at you two ! are already friends!" Cassie Said like she was talking to two dogs. Abby asked where he got It from and He says "freddy gave It to me" which immediately got Abby's attention, the animatronics seemed life-less compared to the older ones.

"Nuh uh he didn't" Said Cassie and Gregory replied "Yuh uh ! He's my buddy, we spent hours playing together yesterday", yet again the familiarity hit Abby. "The place was closed for maintenance yesterday ya liar" Said Cassie that took Gregory by surprise, he made a face not like he was caught lying but that he was caught almost saying something he shouldn't have said.

"Hey wanna play Hide-and-Seek ?!" Said Gregory, pointing towards a purple-ish arcade machine. The two girls agreed almost immediately, Hours and hours and hours passed as they played, laughing and running. Never Alone.

Abby bumps into Cassie's father when she went to get Ice cream for them, she apologized to him. He was a New Security guard, He had been fired from the mall for unknown reasons. It confused her a lot since he was a big strong man. Speaking of strength, He was carrying a box that appears to be full of masks.

"What are those for ?" She asked and he replied with his soft yet rich voice "We're having some problems with those shiny critters over there. So until it's resolved, Mr. Emily came up with a temporary solution that would still be fun to both employees and customers".

He takes a white rabbit mask with piercing red eyes from the Box, "But some of these seem old, I don't know if it was something they sold here in the past or just really everything in this company only looks like it was from 20 years ago" he put It back to the box, "I hope we don't get sued for giving conjunctivitis to someone" he said and started laughing like Young Santa Claus.

"Hope you are having fun" he said while leaving, Abby waved and screamed "thanks Uncle Fitzgerald" then also continued on her way to get Ice cream for her friends who were waiting at the arcade.

She still missed her fuzzy friends, She was Happy to be accompanied anyways. But those at the stage, the redish cheeked plastic made ones at the stage singing. Those still felt wrong.

#fnaf #fnaf security breach #five nights at freddy's #abby schmidt #Cassie fnaf #fnaf cassie #fnaf gregory #gregory #jeremy fritzgerald #fnaf movie #tringy talks #fanfiction

[butchsophiewalten]

Firstly, thank you so much for your constructive response. Replying to your post about Jenny&Jack's name problem.

1. I have no idea what makes you think that I blame Jenny for her inconsistent actions. I'm just trying to justify a point that seems illogical to me, and I'm turning to you bc your analyzes are really reasonable and I'd like to know your opinion.

2. I'm not saying its a plot hole and I'm not saying it's a HUGE one. It doesn't take detective deduction skills to ask my question, and I thought about it within the first 15 minutes of reading the /sophiewalten page. I understand and accept that there are conventions in a horror series, but this thing isn't that hard to rationalize, so why not do it? Feels like 'this too shall pass' energy.

3. In order to connect the '74th summer missing people, Jenny only needs to know Sophie’s surname and... Okay, it's a pretty absurd explanation, like not knowing your girlfriend's surname? whom you've living together for at least a year? I didn't even think about it. Sophie hides it? Sophie doesn’t know her own surname and lives with a different last name? Jenny just doesn't bother to find out such obvious information? It seems like a topic for another discussion.

4. The examples I gave in the original post are not literal, but are evidence of how much resonance the Walten family's case had among the Brighton society. I didn't mean that everyone there listens to the same radio station, reads the same newspaper and watches the same news channel for a 7,000 people town. I meant that Jack and others weren't some kind of no-names, unlike ordinary BSI workers, about whom Jenny for some reason knows and even saw&remembered their missing posters (she calls Ashley 'very pretty'. So the some random girl image from four years ago remains in her memory, but the fairly famous businessman name doesn't?).

I'll admit I realized shortly after I answered that ask that it was directed less specifically towards you, and moreso broadly directed at the gist of your complaint as well as a bunch of other similar complaints I've seen that I hadn't given myself the opportunity to talk about before. Which isn't particularly fair to you, so I'll stay more specific to your particular criticism this time.

I'm sort of confused by this. I'm trying to imagine what you think a better version of the /sophiewalten scene would be. You're saying you'd like it more if when Sophie didn't remember her father's name, Jenny filled her in on it being "Jack Walten", which is a name she remembers as a locally famous person from her childhood/early adulthood who disappeared. Which is.. fine? But that ultimately relies on rewriting Jenny to have information which she is clearly not supposed to have canonically. Information which (in my opinion, anyway), could spoil some of the most interesting opportunities for storytelling that The Walten Files has. I think it's actually really important, narratively, that Jenny has as little information as possible regarding Sophie's family, so that Sophie can seek that information out for herself and obtain it by actually interacting with the story, instead of just being told by another character. So, let's assume that's not what you mean, and what you're actually saying is that when Sophie brought up not remembering the name of her father, Jenny, in response, should have given some sort of excuse as to why she doesn't remember his name either. The name of her girlfriend's father which she isn't aware has anything to do with Bunny Smiles-related info that she may or may not have. I don't think I need to explain why that would feel really weird and unnatural, actually. I think it would bog down the scene very unnecessarily and take away from one of The Walten Files' only examples (so far) of interesting, character-focused exposition. The thing I'm additionally implying here is I think the knowledge Sophie has of how her missing family relates to BSI exactly is incredibly limited, and I don't think she's given any information about that connection to Jenny so far, because we have yet to see her do so. All Jenny knows is that her girlfriend's family disappeared. She doesn't know it actually has anything to do with Bunny Smiles, and even assuming she *does* remember that major missing person's case from her childhood, she isn't supposed to have made/remembered the connection between those disappeared people and the modern BSI, much less between both of those things and her girlfriend. If we were to get a textual explanation from the series as to why exactly she hasn't made these connections that would be fine, great even! But I think it would actually be really bad if that explanation occurred in /sophiewalten specifically. I think it would really weaken that scene. You have to remember we're literally only 1/4 of the way through the series right now, it has plenty of time to patch up little holes like this if it decides to do so. (That said, I really don't even think this explanation absolutely needs to happen? I'm sure it would settle people with opinions like yours, and that's all well and good. But, like how you say you were asking that question within the first 15 minutes of reading /sophiewalten, I very much wasn't. I'm struggling to articulate what exactly I'm trying to get across here, except that I was and am willing to suspend my disbelief far enough to just accept that Jenny doesn't have any more information here than Sophie does without additional explanation, because I think anything otherwise would have made what is legitimately a very good scene between those two characters a lot worse.)

I think I accidentally effectively addressed your other two points already. They are addressing a point which I personally think is fundamentally moot. I do not think there needs to be any explaining of whether or not Jenny knows Sophie's surname or why there's a line subtly implying Jenny's lesbianism instead of explaining why she doesn't remember the children's restaurant entrepreneur who was on the cover of Livingston Today Magazine eight and a half years ago

#ask #long post #if any of this seems condescending i'm genuinely really sorry about that #it's just honestly a little difficult for me to imagine what exactly bothers you about this idea #which i'd never even given a second though to until i saw people complaining about it on the internet #we may just have fundamentally incompatible points of view here

[wildflowerforevergrowingfree]

I once knew an angel named John...

Strange where you find them, angels I mean.  Actually its been 1 decade, 7 years, unknown day but certainly an extraordinary day that I first laid eyes on him sitting on a bar stool at our neighborhood watering hole.  I was very uncomfortable being in a bar after 17 years of marriage and going through a bitter divorce.  Friends feel the need to drag you out for God knows what I had no idea. I know I felt like a fish out of water.

He had golden hair, blue eyes, tanned skin and legs, white shorts, some Hawaiian looking shirt, reminded me of Jimmy Buffett drinking marguerita's...only it wasn't Margueriteville...and certainly we were not in paradise.  Well, maybe with a few more drinks I could pretend but at this point in my life, a 'guy' was the last thing on my list.  His choice of drink, if I recall, was a bloody Mary.  He undoubtedly picked up on my awkwardness by starting up a conversation with me while my gorgeous friend with lots of admirers was flitting around like a movie star, table to table.

Meeting him changed the whole course of my life events.  He was the sweetest gift I ever received, my knight in shining armor in my hour of need.    We were pretty much inseparable from the moment we met, but it wasn't because of a 'love' attraction it was more than that.  Our souls kissed and neither of us would ever be the same.   He needed me about as much as I needed him, or a hole in the head, ha!  I'd like to think I brought out the best in him at the onset, giving him a reason to live free of alcohol and pull his own life back together, and he carried me emotionally and physically through that most difficult and trying time in my life as the stress and strain took its toll.  We just fell into the folds of one another's lives, it was a beautiful thing.  I don't know what I would have done without him.  I knew nothing of love truly until J, especially unconditional love ... its rare one ever finds it; if they do and lose it, they always long to have it again ... but its all too elusive.

Looking back, he was my greatest happiness, my sweetest sorrow.  For 9 years he was the glue that held this family together, the comforter, the voice of reason, the father my daughters never had, and that deep deep voice of his still resonates in my memory.  Oftentimes I've longed to hear his voice off the old answering machine just one more time, but my heart couldn't bear the pain. I remember us discussing our mortality about who should die first leaving the other one, and I always told him that I would need to perish first because otherwise I would just cease to thrive anyway, and that the girls would need a strong loving father and grandfather to guide them. Even when I teased I'd throw him to the curb if he failed to get out the garbage or some other infraction jokingly, he always teased me and said I'd miss him if he was gone, I just never knew how much. I know he is watching over us still, I feel him.  I know he knows of the recent chain of events and as I write this one of our own is on the brink of suicide, its just been a mess; its heartwrenching what life for some has become since his departure, 8 years, 3 months, and 3 days ago. Please watch over her, John.  Our world shattered when God called his angel back home, his earthly demise from lung cancer taking him away at only 51 years of age, and while I've managed to piece my life together others have not so much.

This Thanksgiving, it felt a little raw for me emotionally sitting here, thinking back on those family holiday dinners.  He always recited a prayer of thanks, throwing in his own ad lib of 'thankfuls' as we all did, laughing and joking.  Today I know he would be proud that his granddaughter gave the dinner prayer at the table, just the two of us, sad there was missing loved ones.  At 12 now, she's growing up, only 4 when he passed.  She told us that you, John, came to see her in the park that day to tell her that you had to go away, for her to be good, and you disappeared she said.  A worker found her sitting alone crying and consoled her.  The worker told me the story when I picked her up from daycare that day. John had been on his deathbed for days.  Amazing the spirit and the bonds of love forever there.

Dear John, thank you for taking us under your wings for the years we got to spend with you, and for loving us unselfishly and with reverence always.  An angel's job is never done, you know, as you will have to continue to keep a vigil on this mess of a family you left behind.  Hopefully those lost loved ones will return to the Thanksgiving table given time and healing through love.  We miss you much.

With love always.

original writing of 11/27/2014 ~ blb

#original writing #writers on tumblr #creative writing

[youremyonlyhope]

The Star Beast

Am I excited for the 60th? Eh... I'm just glad to have Doctor Who to watch after a year of nothing.

Why in the world were my Disney+ subtitles set to Chinese?

Donna my girl. You are the only reason for me to be excited. This whole post has a lot of salt throughout.

Also, I don't know how I feel about the exposition to the camera thing. Twelve did it better. Interesting opening sequence. And I think I have said I like the retro logo. Ok Rachel Talalay directed. That's promising. Those robots in the background felt cyberman-esque. Ughhhhh I have so many thoughts about the choice to have Donna name her daughter Rose. Ugh. I like that the running gag of Donna not seeing the chaos for random mundane reasons continues. Glad she's still roasting him. Ok if this is supposed to be a NEW Doctor, I don't like him saying Allons-y. Please. New catchphrase. The same face doesn't have to mean the same personality. Plus I don't know French but isn't saying "Let's - Allons-y!" redundant? Ok shoutout to Nerys that's fun. Shaun's a good man. I'm very glad we get to see more of him now since he was a bit of a non-character in End of Time. OH GOOD UNIT IS REALLY BACK PROPERLY. Wait do I remember seeing pictures of Kate in promos... I was about to ask why the ship was right side up if it crashed. Ok. It landed. God I've forgotten Donna's mom's name but I'm really glad to see she listened to the Doctor and shows Donna appreciation now. I was just about to ask how long it'd been. Because End of Time aired in 2009/10 but the whole timeline of the RTD era was messed up. So does that mean that Journey's End was technically 2008? God let me not try to make sense of this right now. God I hate this Meep thing with a passion. I hate its eyes. So much. Ah. Nightmare fuel. I don't like the sonic reverting back to be so similar to Nine/Ten's either. It would have been funner if he was using Thirteen's. Plus he should have been in Thirteen's outfit but I've already complained about that for a year. Cowards. "Off you pop" I wonder if that's a reference to Clara in the 50th. What is that the Time Vortex or something? Does Rose crochet these toys? Love that. (For the record I got nothing against Rose at all I'm just mad she was named Rose for pure fan pandering purposes.) Ok now I see why it was hiding in toys in the promo. Sylvia you are totally right to be angry at the Doctor this time around. "Oh wow he's so cute" no, it's nightmare fuel. GOOD JOB SYLVIA. He deserves that slap. Oh poor Shaun. He's such a good man though. Sees the chaos, sees a literal monster, and decides to compliment his mother-in-law's cooking. Good job. "I loved that man." Aw. Me too. "He's not dead." "You idiot." Love it. Kate came in to help take care of Wilf? Oh. Ohhh. My heart. "You've got two hearts? So do I." "You've got what." Oh Donna. Hmm so the hypnotized soldiers are not on the same side as the Wrath... I don't know how I feel about this sonic force field thing but ok. Resonating concrete. I'll accept that reference because it's about Nine. "Or we've got things very, very wrong." Yep I agree that Meep is probably evil and as nightmarish as the Meep looks. A living sun. I'll accept that reference because it's about Martha. Please RTD, reference something OTHER than your era though for this 60th anniversary of the whole show. SEE I TOLD YOU IT WAS A NIGHTMARE CREATURE. "With your weird child." Ah so Beep the Meep is a transphobe too. SEE. SEEEEEE. I WAS RIGHT TO HATE THIS THING. "I'm just passing by" Ok I always liked that line. God I hate this thing. SHE SAID THE DOCTOR. Ok these random Winter Soldier trigger words would have meant more had they actually be put into the show at some point prior to this. Because I have absolutely no memory of any of this besides the repeated "binary binary binary." Donna Noble is descending. Fixing up all the burning caverns like that is nonsense. OK ROSE. OK.

Ok no wait now I'm mad again. At first when the show was in promotions the assumption was that Donna named Rose subconsciously. Because we weren't sure if Yasmin was playing a trans character or not. Then when this episode started I was like "Ok so Rose picked the name Rose by random when she transitioned and it's a coincidence. Fine I'll accept that." but didn't actually put it in the post. And now NO. SHE HAS SOME OF THE METACRISIS IN HER. SO SHE NAMED HERSELF AFTER ROSE. I'm mad all over again. Just let it go RTD2!

Ok the Keep Out on the shed might be a reference to Twelve's sign on his Tardis. Fine. Fine. I'll take that. Glad they didn't zoom in on the Adipose before that. that would have been too obvious. Because the toy is just straight up an Adipose. Also happy 10th birthday to Owen the Adipose plushie I crocheted around this same time. "We're binary." "She's not." "Because the Doctor's male" "And female" "And neither. And more." Ok ok confirmation of the Doctor being non-binary ok. This has been a rollercoaster of me being angry and me being happy. "My father would be impressed, I have no higher compliment" That is VERY true there is not a higher compliment than that. Oh is the episode going to be dedicated to Bernard... Oh and we're getting that Toymaker dude later right? And Rose makes toys. Ok I see why this random Old Who villain is relevant to this story. "Shame you're not a woman anymore, cause she would have understood." True. So they can just... let the time lord energy go... sure I guess? OK THE SIGN BY THE ROBOT THINGS SAYS CYBERDOG. I DIDN'T SEE THAT BEFORE. THEY WERE MEANT TO LOOK LIKE CYBERMEN. I do like Ten being insulted by Shaun saying "But not him." since I do somewhat headcanon Ten as being a bit in love with Donna.

Ok at this point I realized that Tumblr had stopped autosaving this draft around when we saw the Adipose. So let's see if I can even post this last half.

I don't mind this Tardis design. Kind of like One's mixed with Eleven's. Ok the set itself is actually impressive. I like it. Oh Donna. Ew I do not like the breathy Doctor Who theme nope.

No dedication to Bernard at the end. Did we already get something dedicated to him? Or maybe they'll just dedicate the episode he's actually in.

As an episode, it was cute and fun. I think RTD2 needs to take some of his own advice and let it go, specifically the Rose thing.

As a 60th anniversary special... Ok I was glad this episode wasn't just purely RTD era callbacks every other moment. But still, it's an anniversary special. Give me more about all 60 years. Or at least the very least more about the Moffat and Chibnall eras. I guess we'll have to see since all 3 episodes are supposed to be anniversary specials. But for the episode airing closest to the anniversary, I'm disappointed that it didn't feel like an anniversary episode.

Edit: I went to check the cast and at the time it had a 9.2 on IMDB and was above Blink as highest rated episode. It's now down to 8.2 which is more reasonable. But god I'm annoyed at the way some fans have just eaten up all this pandering.

#hope watches doctor who #dw spoilers

[traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors]

Hi, you can call me Pronoun Anon. I briefly mention sexual trauma and stalking. I'm not sure if this is the right blog to ask but you always answer people in such a nice and nonjudgmental way, I wanted to come here for some advice and opinions.

I have never questioned being anything other than a cis female and go by she/her pronouns. A few years ago I was targeted by an abusive stalker ex and had some other traumatic incidents where guys disrespected my boundaries and made me feel uncomfortable. I also faced a lot of misogynistic comments (guys telling me they could do whatever they wanted to me and that my thoughts didn't matter since I'm just a girl and can't have my own thoughts anyway).

Basically because I'm a girl and they wanted me and I didn't feel the same way, men made my life a living hell and I went through some of the worst mental health periods of my life, including having to go to the hospital. These were guys I met at public events, saw me, felt attracted to me, and wanted to pursue something more than just friendship, and wouldn't listen to me when I said no. Not even in a rude way or anything but just me letting them know I wanted us to stay friends, and them arguing with me that "guys and girls can't be just friends" and continuously trying to pressure me into romance and sex with them while ignoring my discomfort.

I stayed out of public events for a while, but now one is coming up that my friend invited me to (it would be my first one in four years). And… I kind of feel inclined to have people call me by they/them or it/its in public? I haven't had anyone try it out on me but I feel like it might be more comfortable. (I'm also interested in some neopronouns I feel connected to, but feel like even they/them and it/its may be hard for people to get used to, or seem "snowflake-y" to people who already know me as a cis girl who wants to change pronouns now)

I don't get bothered by she/her because it's what I've gone by my whole life both offline and online, and have always thought of myself cis, but when I'm in places where there are men around me looking at me in a prefatory way, I want to "detach" myself from that, and not be "seen as a girl" (I also don't wear feminine clothes anymore, and stick to more androgynous fashion styles).

I also feel like it's a matter of kind of wanting a "fresh start" from my old self. Like people remember me as she/her so this kind of gives me a chance at a new identity (I also plan on going by a different nickname in public, since my old nickname was very unique and recognizable).

Just wanted some thoughts on this because it might be impacting my near future and I'm not sure what exactly to think of it. Like Idk if it's even "reasonable" to begin with and I don't want to start telling my friends to call me by different pronouns in public if it's going to seem weird or fake. Does where I'm coming from make sense?

Hi anon,

I'm so sorry about what you've been going through. That sounds really distressing to experience, and I hope you've found some healing.

If using other pronouns in certain settings is what would make you feel more comfortable, then that's a perfectly valid reason to use them. It's also okay to use more than one set of pronouns - you can use they/them, it/its, or whatever other pronouns you had in mind along with she/her pronouns.

I think it's absolutely understandable to want to detach from feeling preyed upon, especially in public settings, and I totally get how femininity can be tightly interwoven with that feeling. I also used to be a cis girl but after some sexual trauma by a boy I started exploring my gender expression and I found that "dressing masculine" actually made me feel safer because I didn't feel targeted. I write about this more in detail in my expose, so if you're interested to hear what I wrote, feel free to ask.

I also just want to say that I really resonate with the idea of a fresh start and a new identity. I changed my name to something more masculine (although I tend not to tell the internet what it is) and in my experience I do feel that it has served that purpose for me, so maybe that will come to fruition for you as well.

There's a common misconception that pronouns indicate gender identity, which isn't necessarily true. Like you can identify as a cis girl and use they/them pronouns, you can identify as a trans man and use she/her pronouns, whatever makes sense to you. So while it's perfectly okay to explore your gender identity, you can use whatever pronouns you feel comfortable using, even if you continue to identify as cis. If people find it weird or fake, then maybe those people don't deserve you.

Ultimately, don't let other people's treatment of you stop you from going out and enjoying yourself.

I hope I could help, please let us know if you need anything.

-Bun

#mod bun #trauma talks #tw sa #tw abuse #pronoun anon

[petitmimosa]

I think they said the whole "cheating" plot wasn't going to be in season 3 but even if it's not I still don't buy Belly leaving Jere for anyone let alone Conrad he's the most toxic trash that the show had to white wash to make him "likable" trying to give some of Jere's qualities from the book and still failed miserably I still don't see a reason why anyone would want him he's so bland and boring. I would say that whole book 3 isn't canon I don't recognize Belly or Jeremiah in it felt like two different characters will their names but not their personalities Conrad on the other hand was the same we knew from the first two books except they tried to give him pov that he always loved Belly and try to white knight him when I don't believe he ever did love her it seemed to me that he only goes after her when someone else gets with her like she's an object which is funny because the conrad stans always claim Jere is in competition and only after Belly because of his brother but I think it's the only way around. I hope Jenny makes Jelly endgame Jere always felt like the male lead to me it would give her redemption after the failure that third book was still wish we got more romance between them in the first two as well didn't like how obsessed Belly was over Conrad that was more of a idealized crush which was a dream and not real whenever Belly saw the real Conrad she never liked what she saw lol I think that also clouded her feelings for Jere because she did get Jealous of Taylor and wanted to take her down I guess she never realized it in the books. Speaking of the books I love the conrad stans whos excuse is read the books conrad is better there I'm like I have read the books that's why I hate conrad lmao he's even worse in the books while Jere is the best in both show and book. Sorry if this got too long I needed to get my thoughts out I really hope Jelly is endgame in the show it would makes no sense otherwise since Conrad belly ship has no development and is boring.

Hiii! Let me just say: yes.

I do hope they don't make him cheat because everyone (except the bonrad cult) will agree it would just not make any sense. Writing wise, they'd make fools out of themselves and with how popular the show is, I think they wouldn't risk it? Also just to put it out there, Jere doesn't cheat. At least for me he doesn't. And it drives me mad how the Bonrad cult will use this storyline to make Jere the worst villain ever when Conrad did Nicole SO DIRTY in season 1. He led her on, used her and trashed her as soon as he saw an opening with Belly. But that's okay because? Bonrad? Kay. This is your glorious ship? A girl blindsided by her crush and said crush using her feelings for him whenever he feels like it? You can give him all the romantic lines you want, actions do speak louder than words.

They're trying to give him some wit but when you have Gavin opposite someone it just fails miserably. Let Conrad be his broody, pouty self. Own it at least.

A lot of people do say/feel that book 3 doesn't resonate with them because the writing and the direction they took make no sense. WHY would an author, who's supposed to love her characters, destroy one of her three mains like that? Just to have her ship as endgame? There are so many ways to turn the story around and do it right. At least when you're a good writer. Maybe it all comes down to this?

They'll make Bonrad endgame. They won't change the ending and that's really too bad because what did we see from them? Toxic behavior from Conrad, sad pining from Belly, a few flashbacks where it's all rainbows and turn to shit in two minutes because Conrad is a selfish entitled boy who believes he can do as he pleases no matter the consequences on people. While with Jere we see them blossom all the way. It's just bad writing I hate it. There are times it feels like I'm just hate watching every episode ahahah.

And I don't hate Conrad. I can't connect with his character and hate how hard he's shoved down our throats because he's ENDGAME SO WHO CARES ABOUT THE REST? It doesn't work like that people.

They'll have two endings if they're smart. But that's a huge if. Jenny is too hardcore Bonrad to have the show end any different. There'll be backlash though and it may be mean but I can't wait. I'm tired of shows pleasing the twitter stans in fear of being hated on even when it's the correct and sensible writing choice to do.

#the summer i turned pretty #jeremiah fisher #belly conklin #conrad fisher

[khaleesiofalicante]

Hey Dani!

Ok, this is a very weird ask and if you feel uncomfortable you don't have to answer. It's just I don't have anyone else to talk to other than my sister who is away.

So, you know I am a desi girl and most of us still have arranged marriages. Now, I don't have a problem with them but I did have a whole tearfest about how I didn't want to leave my parents' place 'cause it's my home and it's familiar and safe while I never know what married life will bring.

But lately I am wondering if there is another reason. I just don't feel interested in this marriage talk at all. In fact I feel very much trapped by it. I wondered if it's 'cause you know domestic violence or infidelity or just plain lying and what not.

Except I think there is another reason. See, I love reading romance novels or watching it but the qhole idea of sex only sounds appealing during abovementioned times, othrr than that it's more like I am filled with dread.

I just don't know if I am aroace or demisexual or greysexual. This is where my biggest confusion lies.

You know other than what am I supposed to tell my parents. I don't think they will throw me out but they sure as hell won't be able to grasp the concept.

Thank you!

P. S. I this hasn't come as anon can you please block my name when you answer?

Hello,

I'm sorry it took me a while to get to this.

I don't think you need a specific reason or even a label for yourself to decide marriage/sex/relationships are not for you. You don't need a justification. Just so you know. BUT. Having reasons help sometimes. It gives you clarity. It helps you explain your choice to others.

So, if this is something you want, then it's totally okay (and even good) to question these things.

I don't think I or anyone else can tell you whether you are asexual or what spectrum of asexuality you fit into. But I can tell you that if you are, then how you feel is valid. Even if you are not, how you feel is still valid.

Some things that might with your discovery and exploration is to read and consume media that might resonate with you. It's easier to look at someone and say 'that's exactly how i feel!' rather than to figure out 'this is how i feel'. But do keep in mind that no two people in the ace spectrum always feel the same way. but it does help!

Doing a bit of research helps. A simple 'am i asexual' will lead to so many reading material and quizzes online. Pick them wisely. Because doing everything might be overwhelming. You don't need a quiz or a cosmo article to tell you who you are. But clarity, as I said, always helps.

This can be a difficult conversation to have with parents though. Asexuality is not something a lot of desi parents understand. I personally don't agree with the 'you need to understand something yourself to explain it to others'. You don't need a label or figure everything out to tell your parents this is not something for you. You can still talk to them. Just find the right words. Express the right feelings. Or just lie. Whatever works for you, tbh. I wish you luck with it.

PS - You said you're desi. Idk which country you're from, but there a lot of queer resources in India, so I'm sharing some more local resources for you here if you want to have a look.

An insta page and FB group by Asexuals India. It's nice to have a community you can talk to :)

This desi blog on Asexuality (it's in India) but i still find the content very relatable

PS - A book rec for you if you are interested, Loveless by Alice Osman.

I hope this helps and please feel to come talk about this more if you want to 🤍

#support #asexuality #desi queer #lgbtq

[helloquotemyfoot]

3, 22, and 35 for the FE3H ask list!

3. Favourite Black Eagles student, and why?

The toughest question first 😭 it's so hard because I love them all!! But I do really have to say Edelgard. Her personal story of rediscovering herself after trauma, with the help of her friends, is so heartwarming, and her genuine dedication to improving the lives of ordinary people in Fodlan is so inspiring--so many people after suffering what she suffered would think about revenge, and of course that's understandable, but what is so impressive about Edelgard is that it becomes a transformative moment for her because she sees how this system of suffering and abuse transcends her own personal life and she sees the systemic roots of this obsession with Crests and how it affects everyone. This is such a radical outlook in this kind of setting but so moving when it is so genuinely felt. And the genius of tying this into her own personal experience of trauma as well, that part of the reason she sees this systemically is because she dehumanises herself and distances herself from the girl, "El", who 'died' under torture, means you get the beautiful, beautiful thematic resonance of Edelgard recovering her "humanity", her own personhood as El, at the same time as tearing down these structural barriers on "humanity" as a whole in Fodlan.

On top of all this, she is just so much fun as a person. She's a dramatic dork who has a weird sense of humour and gets disappointed when people don't laugh at her jokes, who wants everyone to be as excited about the Black Eagle Strike Force name as her, who does hilarious impressions of her friends. I could imagine myself being friends with her and talking theory in one moment before sobbing over a picture of some tiny kittens the next. I love her your honour.

22. Unpopular or rare ship/support you really like, and why?

Well, the obvious one here is Edelclaude, lol. For the Three Houses fandom this definitely counts as a rare ship. Firstly, I think on a practical level, these two have goals which are very compatible in a way that Edelgard's goals aren't really compatible with Rhea or Dimitri (without massive character development so that they're very different to in the game, of course in AUs all bets are off), something which is hinted at in the game itself and which the two characters note about each other. Edelgard is focused on Fodlan, but she wants to change it, including by taking down the Church as a political institution, which per Claude is where Fodlan's prejudice against outsiders comes from. Similarly, Claude's focus is on peoples of different cultures coming together and sharing with one another because of his personal experience as a mixed race person, but he also talks about inequality between nobles and commoners at times. Their ideals could very easily work together and enhance each other if either was in a different place and could start that cooperation in the game.

Which brings me to the second part of why I like this ship, and for me the more important one. I think Claude and Edelgard have really compatible personal arcs as well. For both of them, they begin the game distrustful, having suffered trauma which makes them question their own personal worth, both believing that their friends and classmates would not like them if they knew the truth about who they were. Both find self-belief from Byelth's uncomplicated acceptance of them, in Edelgard's case she begins to believe in her own self-worth and rediscover her identity as "El", whilst Claude becomes more open and honest. I think it is a huge thing that both Claude and Edelgard spend the timeskip being certain that Byleth will return. Edelgard sends people out searching; meanwhile, in VW, Claude is waiting for Byleth at Garreg Mach around the time everyone promised to meet and shows no surprise at seeing them there. Over the course of the war, in CF Edelgard continues to show more parts of herself to Byleth, culminating in the A support where she asks Byleth to consider themself one of her family by calling her "El". Claude also continues to reveal more of his plans and identity, the pain he experienced as a child for being mixed race.

Both Edelgard and Claude, subconsciously or not, are looking for someone to trust and believe in. They're both desperately afraid of rejection whilst craving companionship. They both intend to build a better world for others, this desire being born out of terrible pain and trauma they both experienced, and a selfless desire not to see anyone else hurt by the same thing. I don't mean to collapse the differences between them, either--imo Claude's background leads him to believe that his fundamental nature is repulsive to others, whilst Edelgard mainly fears that it is her actions which will drive others away (complicated by her dehumanisation of herself/viewing herself as a tool for her cause).

In my opinion, it's actually Claude who has greater trust issues of the two. Edelgard spends White Clouds making very overt gestures to Byleth as well as to some other Black Eagles (Dorothea, Caspar), whereas Claude is much more secretive and for the most part only obliquely refers to his own ambitions (a big exception is not with Byleth, but with his support with Marianne, which is one of the key occasions where you see Claude's desire to connect with others). He doesn't even dare to open up more to characters like Petra, who might understand his position as an outsider and has no love of Fodlan's xenophobia, either. But these differences as well as their similarities is what could make their relationship so compelling. Edelgard is more optimistic, whilst also in a sense being more practical, not being concerned with things that don't affect her immediate goal such as the ultimate truth of the War of Heroes. Meanwhile, Claude is (imo) more cynical and sceptical, but also more curious and, in a sense, concerned with high-minded ideals, and broader narratives - I don't think it's coincidence that his first idea in Fodlan was to get ahold of the Sword of the Creator, a weapon with massive mythological destructive abilities, yes, but also a heroic symbol which could rival the Church's power as derived from Seiros.

I think Edelgard would push Claude to see others in a better light, whilst Claude would provide an intellectual challenge that Edelgard craves, poking holes in her plans and showing how reform measures could be taken advantage of--so that they can both improve the final product and create a better world together. I think they could both provide the other that acceptance and companionship that they crave. I think they both understand the darkness in humankind, and would accept and understand each other's darker aspects as well, whilst urging each other not to give into them.

Also, by far the most compelling argument, they both deserve to be happy.

35. What are some of your most unpopular opinions about the game/characters/story?

Hmm honestly I'm not completely sure of this one because I've mainly found my little corner of fandom with similar-minded people and stayed out of the rest, lol. But my most unpopular opinion is probably that I don't care for Dimitri very much and I don't really see him as a progressive character. I think he has an innate compassion for others which could certainly LEAD to him becoming more progressive in an AU context, however I don't think he was given the background to develop that in Faerghus and he doesn't develop it in canon. He sees feudalism in an idealistic light which means he ultimately keeps commoners in a subordinate position - not without sympathy, not because he really believes that they're worth less than nobles but just because That's The Way The World Is and, fundamentally imo, he doesn't have the vision to see something beyond the way the world currently works. Hence, he's a more traditionalist character who wants to make minor reforms to the current system, to prevent its worst abuses, but he can't articulate a future without the system in which people can be more equal. For example, his views on Crests are that they're needed for defence and "these views stand the test of time for a reason". This isn't a person who really understands structural issues like classism, racism, sexism, etc. Imo that's part of the real tragedy of his route, because Dimitri himself would be so much happier if he were able to do something like, just be a mercenary who defends people from bandits, or even something totally non-violent like, idk, working in a soup kitchen or nursing the sick. Instead he's steeped so much in these Traditions of kingship, feudalism, the Crest hierarchy, the Church's hegemony, etc, that he feels he *has* to be king and he has to maintain these structures, even whilst they actually bring all the people around him in the Blue Lions house (and himself) suffering.

I don't want to go more into this because in general I prefer to talk more about aspects of the game I enjoy, and I also realise this is already a SUPER LONG post lmao, so I will stop there. But thank you for these questions, I had a really fun time answering them!

#ask #answer #edelgard #black eagles #crimson flower #edelclaude #edelclaude analysis #dimitri critical #i love this game so much and there is always SO MUCH depth you can talk about so thank you for sharing a little bit of that with these asks

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[enha-doodles]

Grave 128

⌦ Pairing : enhypenxreader!

⌦ Genre : Horror

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⌦ Disclaimer : The idea of this story is from this reel . Credit to the owner . I wrote the story based on my imagination only so stuff might be different from the reel . I don't support any of these behaviours . This is all a work of fiction and my imagination . None of the members have the same personality or resonate the traits mentioned below .

Your mom often told you that your friend group was fucked up and the people there would have somebody killed because of their stupidity , huge ego and bitchy silly pranks they think are funny . Not to mention your friend group was filled with 7 guys and 2 girls , you and your bestfriend . The boys were Heeseung - the oldest , jay - your group's sugar daddy aka bank . Jokes aside he would probably be the only sane one , Jake - soft puppy guy but also the one with the shittiest ideas , Sunghoon - egoistic playboy . People would ask why ware you friends with such a person , the only answer would be because you were all childhood friends and he changed after being bullied . You all did try to stop it as much as you can and now he has changed , not completely offcourse but atleast it's just flirting now . Sunoo - the sassiest sunshine , jungwon - the brain of the group and lastly Niki - the 6ft feet but childish guy . Coming to your bestfriend , her name is Suzy and you brought her into the group . The guys still don't like her that much but it's hidden most of the time . She isn't completely unaware of that situation but she can't do anything , atleast she has you . You both often hangout in evenings and your favourite place would definitely be the convenient store . It has all the things there , the sunset is perfectly visible and it's peaceful .

You were both coming out of the convenient store , it was pretty late and the sky was so pretty that you were spaced out after staring at it for 2 minutes . You got out of your trance when Suzy shook you and told you to listen to the girls who were gossiping about something in a hushed manner . They were passing by and you both pretended to be talking too . “The famous 128 grave is told to be active with her spirit tomorrow because that's when she died , I heard she was a witch , so pathetic” the girl laughed but got a hit from her friend as she realised how loud she was . They were wishpering yet again but this time you couldn't hear them . “Ugh damn them , they left the main part just like that and now I'm curious” Suzy grumbled but you just shrugged . This seemed made up and you had no time to think about some stupid rumours . Yes you've heard them before , the reason behind it being that it was quite famous considering people called it 'the most haunted grave in the town' . Some people said they saw the silhouette of the women and some said they saw it glowing on that particular day but Jesus it was all so unbelieveable . Dragging her back you both bid goodbyes on the connecting road where the path of your houses met . You reached your home humming a song and went to bed after taking a shower , while Suzy just couldn't get the story out of her mind . Her mother never let her hear any rumours since she was small and this one was just so mysterious that she couldn't help herself . She went to bed thinking about talking at this topic tomorrow with her friends . The morning rose and you went to your school , greeting your friends , it was lunch so you and Suzy were walking to your table with your trays . Everyone settled down and jungwon spoke up “whats up Suzy , you look like you wanna say something- since the morning” ahh here comes the observing cat , but to be honest you noticed it too . You thought that it would most probably be because of that rumour she heard last night and you were right “its just that last night when me and Y/n were out we heard some-” “bullshit . It was some weird ass rumours , nothing else” you cut her off . Niki chuckled while sipping his drink “lets us hear it too , I bet it might be something related to the grave” your group laughed “you win the money nishimura , it was infact about that” you spoke . “Why does everyone except me knows about this ? I wanna know too . Tell me something about it” Suzy said and her face twisted into a one with curiosity . “basically the whole town knows it and the story is quite weird and just in bits and pieces” jay said while eating his pizza . “go on , I'm listening” Suzy exclaimed with some excitement of finally knowing something about this matter that was so big that the whole town knew ? Sunoo rolled his eyes at this and started speaking while eating his food in between “its just rumours . Something like the person who died was a witch who used to do black magic and she died while doing some woo-doo shit” “that's it?” asked Suzy “you want it to be more?”aked Jake while raising his eyebrows “no but like- then why is the town so afraid of it ? What's the big deal?” “why don't we see it for ourselves toady?” asked Sunghoon while smiling evilly

“what do you mean ?” you asked sitting a bit up from your seat to show you were serious “i say we go there toady and Suzy can stab a knife at the grave if she thinks it's not a big deal” Sunghoon stated nonchalantly “what the fuck no-” you were cut off by Suzy “will everyone come?” ”yup” said Jake “suzy no-” you were again cut off by her “then let's do it today night , at 10” Suzy said . She was thinking that maybe if she proves them that she isn't a coward and it's all just rumours they can maybe like her more ? She can be someone great at their town ...it was all getting in her head . You were totally against this idea “guys , this isn't funny . We're not doing this” Niki came at your side hugging you “you'll be with me , don't worry nothing will happen . It's all bullshit right ?” “it is but-” “then it's final , I'll come pick everyone in my van” said Sunghoon . When you were going to say something to disagree the bell rang . God clearly has his favourites and you were not one of them . You can only pray it goes alright and Suzy doesn't get in danger , end up cursed or worse dead .

You were the last one to enter the van and you were quite sleepy . You sat beside sunoo and Jake and slept on sunoo's shoulder telling him to wake you up if you reached to which he nodded and hugged you telling you to sleep comfortably . You were close with the guys and all this was quite normal at this point . You reached there and sunoo woke you up . You saw how everyone was sleepy and Heeseung said he'll drive them back since Sunghoon was tired . You saw Suzy leave the van with a knife that you didn't know where she got it from . Safe to say you dozed off on Jake and so did everyone , it wasn't like they were actually here to confirm the rumours . They just wanted to prank Suzy and Heeseung did that . He drove away a little far away . Turning to Suzy , she was just walking towards the grave when she felt something odd . Shrugging it off she just went up and started to find the grave in the cemetery . It wasn't that hard considering how the other graves were kept a few extra inches away from it . She stared at it and raised the knife higher , the place where her body was burried beneath her tombstone . She stabbed the knife in the grass and yelled “take that you old witch” . Now it was getting scary . She was breathing heavily by the fear that was now consuming her and the fact that when she turned around to leave instantly , she was stopped . Something was dragging her back and it could only be the witch . No matter how hard she tried , it was like the grip on her dress was 10 times stronger . She was never this afraid , she screamed for her friends desperately trying to get away . She couldn't see because she closed her eyes tight not wanting to see anything demonic or anything similar to it . Definitely not that witch . Her heart was beating like crazy and it seemed as it was tired by beating so fast and so it gave up . Her body fell limp to the ground with a thud .

You woke up after your nap and when you looked at the time it was 11:45 meaning it was already 1 hour and 30 minutes since Suzy left and she wasn't back . Everyone was sleeping and now you were worried sick . You shouted “guys wake up , it's near 2 hours and Suzy isn't back , come on wake up” you were getting ready to go out when Heeseung suddenly stopped you “hold up” you were so confused but when you saw where he was looking your heart dropped . It was police . On that particular grave . You all got out and you had to kinda run since the van was kept in a hidden place far so that Suzy couldn't find it that easily . Your luck , police didn't find it either . When you reached there your heart shattered . You saw Suzy's body laying there , her face frozen in fear and dried tears that were now covered with dirt . You saw something Suzy didn't when she was screaming . Her dress stuck on the knife pinning it on the ground but there was a drop of blood on her dress . What the actual hell was happening ? “officer what's happening?” asked jay “who are you kids and why are you all here at this late night?” you were going to say that you came here with the dead girl when Heeseung spoke up confusing everyone “uh we are actually looking for a friend , she stopped at a store 2 hours ago and hasn't returned yet so we were looking for her when we saw you here” what ? Looking for her ? What's he saying ? “oh well I think this might be your friend , check it and let me know right now” jungwon stepped up with sad expression “yes sir it indeed is our friend we were looking for” the officer sighed “ I'm sorry to inform you this but she's dead from heavy fear and shock , the doctors already checked her and there was no bruise on the body and no intake of hazardous chemicals , medicines or pills . We've called her parents , they are out of state and will be reaching here soon . We're deeply sorry for your loss . You should all go home” he said while turning to other officers to continue their work . No bruise ? Then where did the blood came from ? Did the police miss it ? You all slowly walked back at the van and you bursted in tears the second you entered . Jay came to comfort you while everyone had a sad expression . Sure they didn't really like her but they didn't wish for her death , atleast not all of them . “shh it's all going to be fine” said jay and you sniffled “i told you all it wasn't a good idea and wait- Heeseung why did you lie to the police out there ?” you asked kinda angry . He rubbed the bridge of his nose while everyone looked at him expecting an answer “i did it so that we can be safe . If we told them the truth they would've thoight it's us , I had no choice” it did made sense but- “lets just - just sleep at my house today and we'll talk tomorrow okay ? It's late and this is all too much to handle” said jay , everyone agreed while they missed someone's eye turning black . When everyone was asleep at jay's house , the person walked up to the balcony smiling madly , while starting at the stars , they muttered “you cannot make fun of my grandmother”

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[untilthenextencore]

Towhead Future Snippet~...

Cute possible future scene for Rob & Marilena aka "Mai" as he calls her.

As always, forever editing & tweaking~...

"Are you ready to go out there yet, Tow-head?" Marilena called out to Robert as he put the finishing touches on his stage outfit. Robert scoffed in return as he buttoned his cuffs. "There you go again, Mai! Why do you insist on calling me that?"

Try as he might to maintain a serious face his dimples still popped & a grin still curved at his lips as he turned from the mirror & sauntered over to where she sat on the dressing room table.

Rather than mollify him she sat there with her legs crossed at the ankle swinging slightly, idly. Her hands were braced with her palms against the table as she leant in ever so slightly, head tilting as she shrugged. "Dunno. Probably the same reason you like to call poor, sweet Jimmy "Jimbob" for whatever reason. Like he's some kind of "Beverly Hillbilly"!" She then took her turn to scoff, her scoff turning into soft, ever teasing laughter.

He scoffed back yet again. "Poor, sweet Jimmy my arse! If you only knew..."

Her head tilt intensified as did her grin. "Knew what? Is there something I should know about him? Should I ask him? Ask him to tell me? Or show me?"

"NO!" Robert responded emphatically before he clamped a hand over his mouth at how his voice resonated throughout the room.

A knock sounded at the door, a stage hand calling. "Is everything all right in there Mr. Plant?"

"Fine... Fine! Just fine! Everything's fine... Just um... doing some.... vocal exercises... Warm ups... Sorry for startling you..."

"Alright. No harm done. Just holler if you need anything, Mr. Plant." Came the reply which sent "Mai" into a fit of near uncontrollable laughter.

"Why not?" She struggled to speak through her laughter, arms cradling her midsection. "I'm sure he'd be generous enough to tell me. Or show me? Or is that a bad thing?"

"No... It... You don't understand, Mai... You see Jimmy... He... I..." He stammered, finding himself short of both words & sense. Instead he just cut himself off with a sigh. "Nevermind..."

Then he tried again. "That's not the point... The point is that his name is Jimmy. Very much Jimmy. So it fits. It's a joke. Just a joke..."

"So's this. So is when I call you Tow-head. Because you are tow-headed." Reaching up, Marilena ran her fingers through & tousled his curls. "Very much Tow-headed..." She grinned.

"But Marilena, I..." Robert tried yet again only to find himself cut off again. This time by a pair of soft lips pressing to his suddenly. They arrested him. Speech. Thought. Mind. Body. And soul. The way they moved so smoothly, so fluidly against his made his heart flutter, his pulse racing. And each century long seeming second that they moved against his, his trousers only seemed to grow that much smaller...

Until when he least expected it - when he was on the verge of undoing his fly & hers & finding a way of postponing the concert for a few minutes "Poor, sweet Jimmy" and his temper be damned! - she pulled back & cooed.

"Mmmm~... I'm sorry~... I had to do that~... But that was rude of me~... I interrupted you~... You were in the middle of something~... I'm sorry, Robert~..." Following that up with the endearment. "Querido~..." Bookended by more soft, kisses just as maddening and as vexing as she is, then by the words. "Please continue~..."

Along with a soft smile...

But with that smile came the glint in her eye that he was so familiar with. Maddening. Teasing. Vexing. Playful.

She had left the floor open for him to speak his peace...

While at the same time effortlessly leaving him speechless with his body & mind left at anything but peace...

This creature...

This heavenly creature...

This girl...

This woman...

This woman...

This woman...

This Marilena...

Was going to be the death of him...

The only thing Robert wasn't sure of was whether that death would be "Le Petit Mort", "The Little Death" or something more final...

As it was Robert was dying several times a day with her both in "the French way" and with his pretenses & all the ways & habits he had known before dying off one by one...

Looking at the young Marilena leaning forward, coming in so close, playful glint in her eye giving her Mona Lisa smile a razor's edge, Robert found himself capable of only one thought as he considered all this...

"What a way to go~!...

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[reachexceedinggrasp]

I go back and reread your posts occasionally because I really resonate with your posts about Epic Romance that I think transcends some of the tropes fandoms evolve around (e.g. enemies to lovers) which I don't always find myself connnecting with. I am just a bit curious about something:

What do you think of the pairing Solas/Lavellan from Dragon Age? (I searched your blog for it just in case you already spoke on the subject but sorry if I missed it).

I don't know if video games are your thing, or if a Player Character changes the dynamic you're into, but I was curious because it's a mythic romance of quite epic proportions. I know you've mentioned you sort of don't like a blog that is into adjacent ships to it (I think when you discussed Raistlin/Crysania) or maybe I'm just reading into that hahahah, so I understand if that influences if you do/don't. What I like about it beyond the character of Solas is that it's a tragedy with potential for hope ('Our love will endure'), and I think that's something your speed?

If you are not interested in the pairing (though I'd be interested to hear why, especially because Solas hits a few similar archetypal boxes and the reason why you don't like the pairing is as interesting to me as why you would!) and want another question to respond to instead:

2. Are there any new ships you've got into recently, or old you've revisited?

Hope you are doing well and doing the things you love!

Thank you for the ask! Yeah, same. EtL is only rarely written with the dynamic that I like, so most of the popular ships are not for me. I think I've disappointed a lot of fellow travellers by having zero interest in rivalry or frenemies style EtL ships.

I do play games, but I've only played like five minutes of one of the Dragon Age games. I've seen a lot of people talking about Solas and know he's the wank magnet tragic murder boy fav of the franchise, but I haven't gathered much of anything about the ship dynamic. I don't know enough about his arc/characterisation to say whether I'd be interested. But for sure, if there's an element of enduring hope, tragic romance can be my thing (so I read 5437540 fix-it fics).

I'm sorry I really don't have any thoughts to offer either way! :( If I get around to playing the game, I will post any ramblings I have about it!

I'm developing a fic for my long latent and repressed Cosmo/Kathy shipping urges, but that's like a radical departure for me on several levels lmao. Yes, I confess, sometimes I'll ship a couple of wholesome cinnamon rolls who have zero conflict because the banter is spicy and the vibes are adorable.

It's so funny how people are always trying to compare B&tB ships (like Reylo, E/C, etc. with grotesques or tragic heroes) to the Bad Boy/Ingenue/Nice Guy triangle and dismiss redemption romance fans as silly girls who haven't learned their lesson about being attracted to Bad Boys, because any example you can name of a triangle where the love interest is actually a Bad Boy, I ship her with the faithful friend (not a Nice Guy, but a legitimately nice guy). Like, I watched Pretty In Pink a couple years ago and man it was obvious she was not supposed to end up with Blane. I felt so vindicated when I read about the intended ending lol.

But anyway, I've been crying about whouffaldi again lately, re-reading some E/C fics, thinking of fleshing out/finishing some very self-indulgent E/C one-shots I made notes for, still wanting to write that Oh Hyun Jae/Soo Young fic that I accidentally wrote a kind of weird 'humour' prequel too D:, and as always trying to finish my Lokane fic finally. It has 2-3 more chapters, tops, and it's killing me I can't just get it done. It already has its main emotional climax, so I'm not leaving people hanging too bad, but maaaaannn!!! I swore a blood oath with myself I wouldn't start another novel-length fic until it is finished and this has lead to cascade of procrastination where I use it as an excuse not to do other things while also making zero progress with it. Agjkdfhdfd.

Also, I kinda want to add that extra chapter to my Bang-won/Hui Jae fic because I looooooove him and it's such a great pairing and I was pleasantly surprised how well that fic turned out, but it would be hard to justify and thus hard to find an 'ending' for it. It'd just be some 'stuff' pasted on lol.

[loverepo]

"Nipsey inspired me that time is of the essence. So don't treat it like it isn't... you gotta go for it. If it's on your heart, then you gotta go get it"

- Big Sean explaining his special release of Deep Reverence with Nipsey Hussle. In this personal review, Big Sean talks about his gains and losses and how they were conveyed through the song. Some things that he said that I wanted to highlight:

"I realize that it's just all perspective sometimes...

A doctor told me that there's two types of stress: DISTRESS and YOU-STRESS. DISTRESS is that enables you and slows you down and makes you not perform at your highest. But YOU-STRESS.. pushes you to limits that your body wouldn't normally go to if you were just comfortable. I felt like I was under a lot of both of those... That YOU-STRESS really came through for me and helped me focus and push...

life doesn't always go how you want it to go. When you give it up to God... you give it up to the universe and that is working with you... it's for a reason... I have to remember what I'm asking for.. for me to be the best version of myself. For God to work with me.. to show me what I need to do.. to live in my purpose. I was just venting at the time, you know? And like me and my dad had some conversations...

And I had tears in my eyes for sure...

I feel like my city put me on, period. It's a place where you gotta earn people's support... it's a tough crowd in Detroit."

Some of Big Sean's lyrics from the song resonates with me deeply:

"And I got pressure on me

Seven days a week, it's game seven on me

Life'll test you out, you live through that, that's testimony

Givin' them hell, but how in the hell I got all these blessings on me?

...

Lookin' at my life story, God's a good author.

...

Get you one shot in life, you might not be able to reload

So advanced, I need all my advances

Bro hit me up for cash like we didn't have the same chances

My dad hit me up like, "Why I don't live in a mansion?"

I'm tryna focus, but baby girl keep holdin' my mind for ransom

And that ain't how it supposed to be, this man Hov got to a B

And his name SEAN too, I almost felt like it was me

Damn, I realized all my setbacks were inside of me

In high school, I learned chemistry, biology

But not how to cope with anxiety

...

If it ain't Nipsey blue, it's Detroit blue

This that Detroit 2, I'm bringin' it back to my hood like d-boys do

Gone!"

Big Sean's personal review:

The song & music video:

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