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#this isn't a major issue or anything i'm just bored and annoyed
captainjonnitkessler · 5 months
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Sometimes I wish we would start calling out the performative radicalism on this site for the poser bullshit it is. "Remember, it's always morally correct to kill a cop!" "Don't forget to firebomb your local government office!" "Wow, it sure would be a shame if these instructions on how to make a molotov cocktail got spread around!"
Okay. But you're not killing cops or firebombing government offices. You are posting on a dying microblogging website to a carefully-curated echo chamber that has radicalized itself into thinking that taking the absolute most extreme position on any subject is praxis but that anyone discussing the most practical way to effect actual change is your sworn enemy. You do not have the street cred OR the activist cred to be talking about killing cops, babe.
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onlyseokmins · 1 year
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hoshi being a lil shit • k.s.y.
Pairing: kwon soonyoung x fem!reader
Genres: smut (minors dni!), established relationship
Warnings: swearing, literally hoshi being a lil shit but reader snaps back, biting, oral/fingering (f. receiving), use of babygirl/woman/wife/etc, mentions of a daughter and slight mention of breeding/impregnation/birth but nothing major, I'm tired lmk if i missed anything
WC: ~3.2k
A/N: this was a request but it got kinda long so i just decided to keep it as a separate post (thanks to nova for agreeing i should just keep the title of my draft it really is true sjdkfj.
Soonyoung's standing over the sink, casually minding his own damn business as he goes about doing his nighttime routine. He'd just turned on the faucet when a noise from the bedroom causes his ears to perk up. 
The loudest moan he's ever heard you make.
He freezes in place, elbows bent and arms tensed as he stares with disbelief at his reflection in the mirror. Soap-suds drip down and start burning his eyeballs, snapping the flummoxed man out of his trance. Rapidly splashing water over his face, he's mildly relieved not to hear the sound again and thinks he's imagined it all.
Until another blissful gasp of yours cuts through the sounds of him brushing his teeth. Spitting harshly in the sink, he shoves the toothbrush back into his mouth and stalks into the bedroom to see you curled up in bed.
"What are you doing?"
Your eyes slowly open, squinting at the sudden brightness of the vanity lights shining into the bedroom. "'m trying' to sleep. Why, do you need something?"
"I need you to be quiet." 
"You're being the loud one between us."
Soonyoung's grumbling noises only contribute more to his unnecessary noisiness. You scoff and roll over, only for another delighted groan to escape that halts your husband in his tracks.
"What in the world are you doing?"
The sigh of exasperation you exhale at his repeated question definitely isn't as pretty as the previous ones. "What are you doing? Just get your ass in bed so we can sleep, babe."
He huffs. Stomping back to the bathroom to shut off the light and very aggressively shakes out his toothbrush with obnoxious taps against the side of the sink. When he returns, you expect him to slide into bed next to you as usual but instead, you feel a fierce stare boring holes into your back.
You roll over and try to meet his gaze in the dark. "What?"
"You've never moaned like that for me."
Silence. 
"That's why you're throwing a tantrum like a child?"
"My pride is ruined! And I am not throwing a — "
"Your pride is fine, babe, you'll feel better after you get some rest."
"No, don't 'babe' me, we need to sort out this very serious issue. You can't expect to coerce your husband into sleeping while you get off without him."
"Soonyoung, my god. How did you even reach that conclusion? I'm just laying here trying to sleep!"
"You're not… masturbating?"
"No? Why would I be?"
"Well, that's good but why're you making those noises then?"
Sleep seems impossible at this point. You sit up with a huff, barely making out Soonyoung's shirtless figure with the sliver of moonlight peeking through the shades. 
"Did it ever occur to you that our bed is so comfortable that I love getting all cozy under the covers at night?"
"Our bed?"
"Yeah, especially when you're not in it first."
"… Especially when I'm not in it?"
You make grabby hands in his direction. "Yeah 'cause it's nice and cold so get your annoying yet somehow cute butt in here finally, please."
It's a relief that he forlornly acquiesces and goes to his side of the bed. You flop back down happily and wiggle in place after pulling the covers up, enjoying the silence, and close your eyes to —
"I can't believe it. Getting into bed gives you more pleasure than me?"
"For fucks sake, Soonyoung!"
"You have to understand where I'm coming from. I mean, c'mon! I could hear you over the water running and I swear on my tiger plush collection that you have never been that loud for me. Ever."
Certain he's wearing a scowl on his handsome face, you turn and place a hand soothingly on his cheek. "There's a difference between sexual and simple pleasures. And you know that we need to keep it down out of politeness for our neighbors with how thin the walls are."
"Do we?" Your husband ignores the warning tone of his name, quickly shifting so he can hold himself above you, placing a knee on either side of your lower body and caging you within his arms. "Or am I not doing a decent job of pleasuring my wife? Forgive me, love. I suppose my stroke game has been too weak for you."
"It's not that you goofball!"
"Let me make it up to you?" he questions and waits for your response.
"I mean there's nothing to really make up for but if it'll make you feel better, then by all means go ahead." You weakly gesture toward the lamp on your nightstand. "Lights?"
"Oh, darling," Soonyoung's head lowers so he can whisper directly in your ear, the feeling of his hot breath on your neck causes tingling to shoot straight down to your core. It doesn't help that his hips press down to grind just a little so you can feel how worked up he already is from your unintentional, lovely little noises earlier. "I already know very well how gorgeous you look, but tonight I want to hear how pretty you sound."
You gasp — slightly scandalized yet somehow flattered — and he's pleased enough to start kissing below your ear, fingers playing with the bottom of the thin cotton shirt you wear to sleep. He pushes it up so he can slip a thumb underneath the waistband of your panties and trace circles across your hip. The soothing, familiar feeling makes you let out a content sight until he pulls away.
It's a little strange for your husband to be shielded from your view by the cover of night's darkness during sex. But Soonyoung doesn't need to see to know your body. He has it memorized by heart. Ingrained in his soul. You whine at his sudden distance though, reaching out for him and he chuckles.
"Let's make one thing straight though, love."
"Okay?"
"I'm not doing this to make myself feel better, I'm doing this to prove you wrong."
"That doesn't make any sense, prove what — "
He cuts you off, diving back down to wrap his mouth over your left-clothed breast. The unattended one is granted the warmth of his hand as he cups it lightly and squeezes. Meanwhile, his tongue is at work, easily dampening the shirt's material as he circles it around your nipple. Encouraging the nub to stiffen takes not even a second and when he's satisfied by the way it pokes up, he bites down. Hard.
You squeal and then slap a hand over your mouth to muffle it. "Soonyoung!"
He smirks, knowing you're glaring at him accusingly. He wishes he could see it and the wet spot on your chest but what he wants, in the end, will be all the more rewarding.
"Here's the deal. Every time you try to stay quiet, we'll stop and chat a bit, okay?" 
"You're kidding me."
"Don't make me tie up your hands, babygirl. You know how I like them all over me, just keep them like that and we'll have zero issues." You sigh at his statement and do as he says, lightly running your nails along his muscular back. He shivers. "Oh yeah, just like that."
He lets you push his head back down to your chest and resumes suckling on your tits, opting to lather the other one with his tongue and pinch and pull at your tender, bitten nipple. You're already starting to write underneath him and he's only just begun. 
"Patience, lovely."
"You're the one that wants to prove a point. I'm just going with the motions and waiting for you to fuck me silly then."
"Mouthy aren't we?" he mumbles against your breast.
"Isn't that what you want?"
"As nice as it is to hear your words, I think your moans would be a lot better."
"Then get to it?"
Making you beg would be pointless. Soonyoung's already whipped hard enough to give you whatever you desire and who is he to deny your request? He abandons your chest, taking the covers with him as he maps a kiss-filled path along your body. Down he goes, sliding until he's lying flat on his chest, close enough to feel the heat on his face that radiates from the center of your spread legs.
"Wait," you gasp out, startled because your panties are still on, "let me help — "
He silences you, pressing a kiss against your thigh before nuzzling at your clothed pussy. Tongue poking out to teasingly run up and down your covered slit, your arousal and his saliva mixing together and rendering the fabric wet enough that the feeling is electrifying.
Your hips jerk up to follow his lips as they move away but a hand gently rests on your abdomen to keep you still. He places another kiss above your clit and just when you're about to grab his hair so he can stay where he is, his teeth graze your hip bone.
Intentionally, you whine loudly to try and encourage his return back to your throbbing pussy. Unable to anticipate his motions in the dark, you're unsure what he's even doing almost until it's too late. With some incredible level of skill, Soonyoung pulls down your panties with his mouth alone. You swear you can almost see his eyes glint in the darkness like a predator stares down its prey. Although it's only an illusion — you know he would never harm you and the thrill of guessing what his next move will be makes your spine tingle.
An appreciative grunt when the center of your panties is the last to part from your body, seeming to stick around your cunt from his ministrations. You obligingly lift one ankle at a time when you feel him tug them down far enough, mouth agape. 
"Fuck, that shouldn't be as hot as it was…"
He's pleased by your breathless whisper of awe, chest swelling in pride as he gloats. "Yeah, baby? You liked that?"
"Shaddup, you're annoying."
A light chuckle rumbles in his chest as he sits back on the back of his heels. "And we both know that means you're enjoying this. You can't fool me anymore."
"Fooled you earlier."
"I don't know what you're talking about, I'm a smarter man now."
"Is that so?" Soonyoung hums in response to your question, quiet shuffling as he repositions himself to your side. Your nimble fingers reach out to find the smooth skin of his stomach only to snort when he coyly flexes his abs. Lifting your leg, you hook it around his hip with the intention of pulling him closer. "You sure about that?" 
But he whispers hotly once more in your ear "I am" before grabbing your thigh to halt your motions. Warm fingertips graze the skin underneath your knee, traveling up… up… and up until they brush against the outer lips of your pussy the same time he starts pressing kisses onto your neck.
His lips trail down your upper body in the same direction his fingers dive into your cunt. Kissing the valley between your breasts, he slides into your warmth and purposefully avoids the spot that usually has you seeing stars. Your husband takes his time exploring, stroking your walls and gathering up your wetness so it coats his palm and starts to drip onto the bedspread. He nuzzles your stomach lovingly, placing a smooch on your belly button and you can feel his smile at your airy giggle.
"It's unfair that every sound you let out is just as pretty as you are."
"What if I burped?"
"Then I'd think you were the sexiest woman ever." Soonyoung's a kisser — placing another one on your clit that makes your hips buck up. But you scowl at him despite it. Because he's also an ass-kisser sometimes.
"I thought it was Cheol's fault that Jangmi has no table manners but looks like her daddy's guilty actually."
Your daughter was at Jihoon's place for a sleepover with her best friend — another reason why the two of you kept it down normally but could possibly be loud tonight. Keyword: possibly. If the two of you could shut the fuck up for a second.
You can feel the way your husband's mouth curves down as he pouts against your inner thigh. "And her mommy's mentioning another man in bed even if daddy is right here."
"Honest to god, Soonyoung," your fingers grab at the strands of his hair, "you're the clown I married, am raising a child with. Who cares who I mention in passing when you're not doing anything?"
His response is muffled completely by you dragging his mouth right onto your core, grinding right across his lips for good measure. He chuckles in defeat, letting you lead the show once you've interlocked your ankles behind his neck for support. 
He pulls away slightly, "I better be able to hear you loud and clear even with your thighs around my head, baby."
"Get to work then, handsome."
Soonyoung does his best to stay quiet in spite of how much he wants to moan in delight. Not only does he find it insanely hot when you lowkey use him to get off but he'll never tire of the way you taste on his tongue despite your protests. He stiffens the muscle and occasionally curls it upwards to flick at your clit or simply twists and turns around to tease your inner walls.
You, on the other hand, are just as loud as he wanted you to be. Even with your thighs trapping his head in place and tightly encasing his ears the closer you get to reaching your climax, he can clearly make out your pretty sounds. Mouth open without restraint, fingers making a mess out of his hair with how tightly you're gripping at it.
Just as that wave of pleasure washes over you, threatening its impending peak, Soonyoung manages to pull away. You're undeniably frustrated but let him be, assuming he needs a break to breathe. But he's still the same playful man he always is and suddenly he's disappeared.
"Soonyoung!"
"I'm here, baby… I'm still here," he reassures although truthfully aware that you might potentially slap him if he doesn't hurry. He stands up and slides down his sweatpants in relief, hustling back to the bed only to let out a rather unsavory, loud curse.
You sit up rapidly in concern at the way the bump caused the bedframe to shake upon impact. "Are you okay? Did you break your dick? Tell me you didn't, it's okay right?"
"Jesus, I'm fine — thanks for asking. My dick's perfectly fine too but my toe sure isn't."
With a sigh, you turn on the lamp on your nightstand. Trying not to giggle at your husband's sniffling, slightly comical with the way he's hunched over. 
"And this is why we keep the lights on." He scowls at your comment. "If you had just gotten into bed like a normal person from the start, your toe might still be attached to your foot."
"For someone who just had their orgasm denied, you're in an awfully chipper mood."
"What can I say, the love of my life is making a complete and utter fool of himself as usual as payback."
"And yet we're still married."
"And yet we are," you echo and take off your shirt, tossing it onto the floor. Leaning back and spreading your legs, one hand tweaks at your exposed nipple that's still sore from his love bite while the other trails along your lower abdomen. "As long as you finish the job you started… if you're up to it."
Brown eyes flash at the challenge you didn't really intend to spark. "Who says I'm not?" He recovers quickly, scrambling to get on top of you with a toothy grin as he braces himself with his arms caged around you once more. "You really doubt my performance game, huh?"
"I sincerely was worried that you broke your dick or maybe the pain killed the mood."
"Don't worry, love," Soonyoung gives his cock a few strokes before lining it up at your entrance, "we still need to give Jangmi the little brother she so kindly asked us for."
Your despondent sigh blends into a satisfied one when you feel his tip poke and part your pussy lips, easing himself inside where it feels like home. You willingly give him the long-drawn-out moan he's enthused to hear while he works on bottoming out. Kissing your lips with a fond peck, both of your foreheads meet as he starts moving. Alternating between shallow and fast thrusts that cause your mattress to squeak or slow and steady glides where you can feel every vein that runs along the length of his cock, dragging your nails lightly down his toned back to match each rhythm.
It, of course, does not take much time for your orgasm to build up again having nearly reached that exhilarating climax already. Soonyoung won't last that long either, you're well-accustomed now to how excited he gets — already more than halfway approaching his own release by the enticing stimulus of the actions prior — paired with an insanely rapid refractory period. He could get off to your sounds alone… which started this whole ordeal anyways.
"You gonna cum for me, darling?" Your answer is another resounding keen of pleasure, wrapping both of your legs around his waist just like you did with his upper body before. He smirks, picking up the pace. "That's my good girl, c'mon — I can feel you clenching so tightly around me, relax and let go, baby."
You can only do as he commands, throwing your head back with a shout of his name as he peppers kisses on your clavicle and up to your ear. Mumbling praises in your ear, he continues to thrust into your wet warmth that spasms around him, setting off his release with a growl.
It's quiet for a while, peaceful despite harsh pants as you both try to come down from your high. Staring into each other's eyes that shine with the warm glow of the light by the bed and are full of so much love it's almost gross if anyone could see you right now. Just as Soonyoung's about to pull out and flop down beside you, a startling bang from the other side of your wall causes the two of you to flinch and freeze in place.
"Would y'all shut the fuck up?! No one needs or wants to hear your nasty sex!"
Your husband scoffs in disdain at your neighbors' complaints and shouts back before you can stop him. "Not my fault I can make love to my wife better than you could even dream of fucking yours!"
The couple falls silent and you smack him lightly on the shoulder even as you bite your lip to try and keep the laughter at bay. "Babe, I told you they would say something!"
Soonyoung can read you like a book and shoots you a smug smile, shifting his hips teasingly because he is still deep inside your cunt. "What do you say, baby, you up for giving them another show? We have all night after all." He gloats at your gasp when he pulls a little bit out, the mixture of your releases creating a filthy squelch even your neighbors could probably hear. "And I had a point to prove to you anyways, didn't I?"
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hopeymchope · 7 months
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I almost always seem to have the minority opinion on media. And I'm really sick of it now.
I've been on a Fire Emblem kick again lately. But unfortunately, as much as I love all of the Fire Emblem games on 3DS? That's approximately how much I hate Fire Emblem: Three Houses on Switch. ....which is, of course, the most popular/successful game in the series to date.
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Okay, look: In Fire Emblem, I really like the strategy-combat stuff and the storylines + support conversations. THAT'S the tasty meat. Anything else? Is irritating busywork to me. So if I spend between 2/3-3/4 of a supposed Fire Emblem game doing the other shit? You've crafted a great recipe to make me feel like I'm MOSTLY doing stuff I hate, and thusly I shall hate your game. And that's the START of the issue with Three Houses. (I must resist getting into the protagonist being a mute cipher OR how multiple side activities require blind luck or a guide to succeed OR bitching about the weak battle map design... oh shit oh SHIT I'M OUTING MYSELF, RUN FOR IT MARTY!)
By comparison, this year's Fire Emblem Engage feels like a step back in the right direction! I'm playing it a lot right now, and I'm mostly having a good time! Still more busywork than I want in these games, but it's at least back on the side of "more good than bad." So of course, if I look this game up and read any fan reviews or watch any videos... they're all about how disapppointing and sucky it is in comparison.
God. Of COURSE they are.
I really don't know why the advances they made with Fire Emblem Echoes haven't carried into the newer games. 3D dungeons you can explore for items and enemy encounters in a Persona-like fashion? Genius! Make it the template going forward! ..... What's that? Not even most fans bothered to buy or play that game??? So no one fucking cares about that feature?
.........fucking hell. Of COURSE they don't.
See, this is how it always goes for me. If I fall in love with a movie, I'll later learn it's either hated or ignored by its own fandom or by the masses at large. If I get emotionally invested in some weird game and its characters? There's a high probability that almost no one played it. And those who did? They didn't like it as much as me. If I think a game is really annoying and full of boring shit? Great reviews, huge fandom, etc.
I could make an utterly wild fucking list of things I like/love that other people hate. And the same is true in reverse. Sometimes, even when I agree with the hate on something, I don't agree with ANY of the reasons for WHY other people hate it!
Before you ask: It doesn't matter whether I know the "majority opinion" in advance of seeing/experiencing something, or I have no clue wht people think of something until I look it up later. I've gone to many midnight premieres of movies that weren't yet screened for critics, and I typically always wind up on the wrong side of the majority. I've played obscure games just because the premise sounded good, fallen in love with them, gone looking for a fandom... and found out that everybody thinks said game is utter shit.
So I'm not just being contrarian; this shit comes NATURALLY.
However, I should make some caveats about this weirdness clear:
Sometimes I feel like I'm on the wrong side of JUST the outspoken part of the audience... but there's evidence to support that my own stance maybe ISN'T so weird. For example: My family and I have always loved 2009's Avatar. We never were dressing up like the goddamn Na'vi or anything so fanatical, but we've rewatched it many times over the years. We regularly quote it to each other around the house. And the massive success of that movie (and its recent sequel) seems to back up that this admiration/enjoyment isn't THAT crazy or esoteric, RIGHT? It's just that the Internet is extremely outspoken about Avatar supposedly being lame and totally unmemorable. Remember how people in 2022 kept being like "You can't remember even three character names from that movie! Nobody quotes it!" and shit like that? I was one of the people going "I will list you NINE characters and spew DOZENS of quotes at you."
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My "minority opinion" thing only stretches so far. It's not like I thought The Room was the best movie I'd ever seen or angrily felt Tears of the Kingdom was the worst game I ever played. That would be beyond "minority" and more "MADNESS." There's a limit to this weirdness; it has to be within a certain degree of reason, you know? Some things just aren't POSSIBLE to totally flip the script on. Birdemic will always be embarrassingly terrible, and I refuse to believe anyone would legitimately feel otherwise. OK?
This isn't completely universal, either. There are always exceptions where I actually wind up on the right side of the majority. They're just... rarer than the other thing, honestly.
It gets exhausting to always feel like I'm on the defensive or at worst, utterly alone in how I think among the larger community. I don't want this anymore.
But I don't get a say, clearly. I'm just going to keep doing this. I'm going to go see a movie on opening weekend and think "Wow, what an awful piece of shit" only to find that DECADES LATER, people still cite it as one of the best movies in its genre. I'm going to adore a modern revival of a classic comic book, then I'll go online and find that it's widely considered an abomination before god. This is who I am. It's just REALLY tiring to be here.
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rouninren · 6 months
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i feel like my brainworms are legit nerfing me
oversharing ahead but i honestly don't care nor see this as a big deal. what's the point of living if i can't talk about my life
i'm not sure what to do about it... one thing they don't warn about when it comes to recovery, you kind of go "backwards" in your timeline, unfolding deeper and deeper traumas. this leads to addressing needs that for most healthy individuals have been satisfied during appropriate stages of development. and it's kind of hard to navigate through, and the deeper into childhood, the harder. and the dumber some issues are.
like...
i identified one of major sources of my art block through noticing the same pattern while learning japanese. i have an exam next month, and i'm sitting here just clowning around, avoiding touching my workbooks. i don't have any struggles learning it. in fact, i'm catching things quickly and if i practiced, i would have been better. but i just can't make myself study, and the block is so strong, it's paralyzing me the same way my art does.
why learn or do anything, if 1. there are people who are better at it, from those who studied better to native speakers, or in case with art, are more creative and have been going to art school since they fell out of the womb 2. i get nothing from it, no praise, no attention, nothing. no change in attitude towards me (this phrasing suits better, considering what i'm about to say next)
and one can think of bajillion things to debunk these points. like, who the fuck cares, do what you like, engage in things that make you happy, also learning skills or expressing oneself through art doesn't render "nothing" as a result, like, it's obvious how both can be monetized, if we're going for "practical" needs, and how many other opportunities await me that can broaden horizons and enrich my existence.
but... but.
the entity we're trying to tell these things isn't the current, conscious mind of 30 year old me.
it's an ostracized, bullied, weird tween that seems to be doing good at school, where the kid finds escapism from issues at home. the kid is called a goddamn little genius at first, but eventually it all becomes boring or doesn't go in line with school program, it's annoying, the kid is fucking annoying too, can't come up with anything useful or worthy everyone's time. so the kid scribbles random shit to escape or vent about both school and home life. or just embraces art. and hey, looks like these skills are cool and complex enough to catch everyone's attention once again and be the cool artist daughter/cousin/friend/whatever i was called to have, i'm considered talented and useful again. for a while. didn't last long because it's all still essentially useless. aaaaaaaaaaaaaa help
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(ok random cringy note but i have been thinking recently how fandom often draws spamton the way i used to dress in my mid teens; the time when every bit of hope or resemblance of peace in my life crashed beyond retrieve. he's my spirit animal now)
like. words and lack of full background (which i won't go into in public obviously sjxjskxsxj) can't really explain why something that doesn't sound like a big deal as i type it left such a huge impact on me. my life at home was like a pure nightmare at some point, and came with serious baggage i still yet to unpack. my life at school sucked a lot, except for two years where i switched schools and it brought some relief, albeit temporarily. there were days where i would spend a whole night up, being on full alert for any random reason, including physically fighting or eavesdropping every noise i can hear behind my door, hoping i won't get stabbed or raped in my sleep. that's why i have issues sleeping these days and wake up from every tiny fucking noise. and after that, i would go to school and say i literally couldn't do my homework and none of these fuckheads cared, they called me useless, lazy, and threatened with consequences. yeah, "being useful" became tied close to "having a right to live" because of all the fucking mess that went on, the puzzle is coming together.
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as i was reading pete walker's book "complex ptsd: from surviving to thriving", bits about describing traumatized children growing into completely dysfunctional adults, to the point where they're on disability and literally can't function at all, i thought about how i essentially sabotaged myself through thing i described above.
if i didn't deliberately ruin everything, i may have had a network of artists at this point, probably opportunities that i can't even think of, stable income, probably also a stable community, but i just dipped right when i was getting more and more interesting commission requests, getting more known, merch being done with my art, people being interested in my stuff, getting some cool opportunities, some of which were even about to spread outside fandom circles...
that hole of void inside, that feeling of uselessness and not being enough, has been growing (along with other issues i had, but still) until it burst and i was avoiding it all like plague, saying "no" to everyone who came to me until they stopped coming, obsessing over being the lamest artist featured everywhere, being afraid to create because it felt like i'm ruining paper/canvas/digital spaces/etc with my essence, that i'm not allowed to make myself present in anyone's life, unless i earned that right through being "useful", and even then i still experienced paranoia and severe anger issues and so, so, so many other things that led me to be diagnosed with a mood disorder, a personality disorder, and then put on antipsychotics and antidepressants.
...
you know, now that i'm typing this all out, i'm thinking that this made it all even worse. i'm even more scared of approaching these issues, because now they have a "take a pill and shut up" layer to it. "you're born useless and don't have a place among us, sedate yourself so you stop being a nuisance to everyone". "no, the world is completely fine, you're the broken one". "normal people live fine with X and Y, you're just crazy, delusional, sick, yOuR BraIn ChEmIcAlS ArE OfF meNtAL iLLness Is WHen Ur BraIn Is BrokeN1!1 MentAl DisorDers ExisT In VacUuM U jUsT WeRe BorN MenThollY EEL TAKE THIS COCKTAIL OF DANGEROUS DRUGS WITH A BUNCH OF SIDE EFFECTS THAT WILL KILL THE REST OF YOUR MIND!!111"
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i have no idea in the fucking slightest what to do. i'm doing much, much better than ever. i could even say, i'm very close to being normal, at least in the way i define it. but everything that has to do with vague definition of occupation, hobby, and collective/community? i'm kinda just brute forcing things as of now, idk.
but i don't think i can push it this way for long, cuz... progress in my skills doesn't heal. using a new language doesn't heal. finishing projects, no matter how fun or cool, doesn't heal. getting praised for these doesn't heal. getting paid for my art (or anything at all in theory) doesn't heal. socializing doesn't heal, i just do it in spite of lil demon behind my shoulder constantly whispering me that i'm everyone's laughing stock/annoyance/whatever and everyone i'm interested in wants me away. having some people prove these delusions to me in the past few years didn't help either.
maybe i'll come to solution later, as i always do, but as of now... i'm stuck and i don't know where to start
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spaceorphan18 · 23 days
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I saw someone in the Glee tag say that Glee fans don't like S4 because all the characters are separated (ship-wise & location-wise), the storylines are ridiculous, and the music selections aren't good or memorable. They also said they don't like S4 because Dantana was an insult to Brittana fans and the ship doesn't even make sense. This person also mentioned that they believe S3 is one of the most stable seasons with less annoying drama than the others. I only bring this up because I know you have asked about why fans like S3 and dislike later seasons, so I thought this might give you an insight into how some fans view it. Personally, I don't agree with any of that, but I often see things very differently than the majority of fandom.
So, out of curiosity, I went into the glee tag and, you guys, like, it's been kicked around that I'm well known and stuff but -- there are posts in that tag with hundreds to thousands of notes on them. I sometimes get maybe five. I appreciate those of you who are here, but I have never had a post go viral and probably never will.
Also, 95% of it was Brittana related. Ah, times have changed.
Anyway... not the point, Nonny this is such interesting feedback! Thank you for sharing and, is it wrong that I'm kind of laughing?
Glee fans don't like S4 because all the characters are separated (ship-wise & location-wise), the storylines are ridiculous, and the music selections aren't good or memorable.
'story lines are ridiculous' -- um...did they not watch the first three seasons? What about faking a pregnancy wasn't ridiculous? Terri was so over the top just... huh? Glee was always bonkers, it's one reason I liked it. Also there are some damn good musical selections in Seasons 4 and 5 (though I do agree that musically Season 6 is weak). But the story of Season 6 is just fantastic. (And bonkers. I love absurdity though)
This person also mentioned that they believe S3 is one of the most stable seasons with less annoying drama than the others.
I'd argue that S3 had some of the most annoying drama, but ymmv.
But... I think this speaks to a point I made a while ago. Season 3 does have the most structured-ness of any of the seasons. It's a three act story with an outcome that gives you exactly what you were expecting. And I do think people find comfort in that conformity.
Season 4 does change things... a lot... And something I've never really considered until now -- that Season 4 becomes even more jarring after how mundane Season 3 is. One of my issues with Season 3 is that they play it safe and standard every step of the way, which makes it kind of boring, tbh. But going from that kind of stableness to the bonkers Season 4, especially in the beginning, makes it feel like even more like an abrupt change, and people bulk at change a lot of the time. (Like I've said - even I had a hard time with it at the time.)
They also said they don't like S4 because Dantana was an insult to Brittana fans and the ship doesn't even make sense.
This is the part that had me laughing, though. Dani made perfect sense, so I don't even know what that means. Also Dani didn't come in until Season 5, yeah, whatever on that point. And it's not an insult to Brittana fans, omg. Klaine had fucking Blainofsky to deal with, I just can't, I'm laughing.
Also, the writers never owed any of us anything. Maybe it's because I am creator, Idk, but I've always taken issue with how entitled fans get sometimes. And this isn't just a Brittana thing - this is all fandoms everywhere.
I will say - I can understand Brittana fans having a different perspective on things re: Season 4 and 5 especially since Brittana wasn't really a part of it? And that's fine? Be honest about that. That I can get on board with.
Also, Nonny, what even is majority these days? Things always keep changing, who knows.
Thanks for dropping a line - this has been fun! <3
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My Opinions on Shadow and Bone Season 2
As an original reader of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows, I wanted to share my opinion on the new season since it's been pretty contentious. Check under the cut since it's probably going to be pretty long and there will be spoilers
I love the title cards for each episode
In the same vein, the map method of moving from place to place is great
Mal is much more likable in the show than in the book. In particular, he's much more supportive of Alina
I have to think of Alina as a different person than from the books. In the books, she hated her power and the pressure that was put upon her, but in the show she thinks of it as her calling
As such, the ending makes sense for this version of Alina, but it does have a lot of implications going forward
Personally, I like the RaR ending where Alina loses her power because I feel that is a happy ending for book!Alina. However, I think it was clever to change the price to Mal, but in a different way
Everyone was shitting on Nikolai's casting, but not me. From day one, I said he'd be able to pull it off, and he did. Amazing casting choice!
Kirigan/The Darkling is just so...annoying? This may be biased because of my intense hatred for Darklina, but it seems like the show is going out of its way to make him sympathetic because he's popular, and it just irks me at every turn. He isn't even an intriguing villain at this point
Genya and David were lovely, but David dying out of nowhere? Why? I haven't read KoS, but in SaB and SoC he is alive and well. His death is jarring, unwelcome, and doesn't even do anything narratively or character-wise
Who is this random Tidemaker bitch who just...appeared? She isn't in the books, and every scene with her was boring as hell. Yes, even that major combat scene in the finale with the two others, which dragged out for way too long
Zoya was a queen, no complaints
But what the fuck was that sword plotline? They didn't even end up needing the sword?
Tolya and Tamar were amazing character-wise, great sibling energy
Tamar just one chance please
Now for the Crows...oh, the Crows
Freddy Carter absolutely destroyed it as Kaz, he was superb
Unfortunately, a lot of his backstory feels rushed, and while I loved the scene with Pekka, it didn't have nearly enough buildup considering it originally occurred in the latter half of CK
Inej was also great, but her and Kaz's relationship was also rushed. Almost all of the major scenes (most of which happen in CK!) between them have occurred, which leaves...what? for any potential spinoff
Inej left? WHY. That is the CULMINATION of her character arc, not halfway through! I think they're trying to play it safe in case they get cancelled, but I'd much rather have a loose thread never tied up than an unsatisfying end
Also the 'I will have you without armor or not at all' is set up as if Inej has an issue with the physical contact. She would never do that, considering she has similar issues herself. The original quote is because Kaz has the emotional intelligence of a stack of kruge
While I found Jesper and Wylan adorable, they were rushed as well. It felt very insta-lovey, especially considering they slept together before? How? Wylan is a recent addition to the Barrel when he meets the Crows
That piano scene made me cringe I'm sorry
Matthias' arc seems pretty on-point, and his conflict is pretty well-portrayed for something mostly psychological
Nina was wonderful, simply a delight
I do wish she hadn't said Matthias was her 'true love', they wouldn't really be at that point
Also, at the end, I wish Matthias hadn't seen Nina. It would definitely set up their whole conflict much better
A lot of CK development happened in this show, which a) ruins the whole slow-build that a lot of people loved about SoC and b) means either the potential spin-off will be lacking in emotional depth or they'll be bringing in other conflict (which I don't even want to think about)
That's pretty much all I have to say. I liked some parts, but I really don't like a lot of the changes. A lot of people have said that we knew it was going to be changed, to think of it like fanfiction, but there's a limit to how much can be changed before it is no longer an adaptation. With the amount of fundamental character things that are being changed, I am finding it harder and harder to enjoy this show. I have no issue with plot differences, but Netflix is speeding through these heavy-hitting, developmental scenes that completely change the context and, as such, change the characters. I worry for the SoC spin-off, if we do get it.
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What do you make of recent developments in Ridley's Black Panther?
Sometimes even someone as wise and intelligent as I can be wrong, and being excited for Ridley taking on Black Panther has been one of those times. After 5 years of Coates' boring writing, a new writer was a welcome change. Having enjoyed Ridley's The Other History of the DCU and Jace Fox Batman I was optimistic about him taking over the books. Others were more cautious, wary that another black "literary" writer was once again being handed the Black Panther book. I defended Ridley, pointing out that unlike Coates he had already cut his teeth in the comics sphere and written books that were well-received, without the shilling that someone like Coates gets because of their prestige. I urged people to check out the Jace Fox Batman run for a possible preview of what we might get in Black Panther.
Instead it's been a case of "meet the new writer, same as the old writer". Ridley has been no different from Coates, although it took me until this week's issue to finally admit that. Couldn't deny it any longer after the entire issue was full of all of Coates worst tropes: T'Challa sitting around feeling sorry for himself and being useless, everyone blaming him for everything and implying he's an evil dictator, Storm bitching at him and breaking up with him yet again (can this be the last break up already for Bast's sake? I'm sick of this toxic relationship, it's the poster child for why "power couples" are a bad idea), Shuri and an OC being the only ones to do anything in a book supposedly about the Black Panther, we even get the annoying as hell Midnight Angels showing up and going all "No One Man™" yet again! The plot is boring, there's no compelling antagonist, and the artist isn't delivering entertaining fight scenes. Blame probably doesn't fall entirely on Ridley, I suspect this is a result of him struggling to mesh his original story with editorial mandates, which would explain why his run suffered major delays right off the bat. Doesn't bring me comfort however because that means it's a problem a change of writers can't fix, BP needs new editorial.
Honestly we're fucked. They're going to kill T'Challa off in the MCU and then Marvel will synergize the comics, meaning 616 T'Challa will either die or they'll keep him in exile from Wakanda as revealed in the solicit for the upcoming Wakanda book. Wouldn't even be bothered about T'Challa being kept out of Wakanda if I thought he would be better treated, but I doubt that will be the case. Once the Wakanda book flops - just like all of Coates spinoff books and the Shuri books have - then Marvel might just put the entire franchise back on ice and ignore it, especially if Coogler bails after Wakanda Forever. Just can't believe Marvel is this determined to smother a franchise like they have BP. First you build T'Challa up, then you do your damn spinoffs. Alienating all of the T'Challa fans by making these Wakanda books come at his expense serves no benefit.
Nothing BP fans can do but hope there's a light at the end of this tunnel. Give us a video game or something, a solo one like Spidey and Wolverine have, and we'll endure the terrible handling of the franchise in the comics. Or a cartoon or ANYTHING. Maybe Ridley will turn things around but I don't feel too optimistic at this point. Mentally preparing myself for the idea that 2018 was BP's peak and it's all downhill from here which sucks.
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Every dollar spent on Ukraine is worth a kilogram of gold
And shame on you short sighted fools for thinking this absolute golden opportunity to grab the Putin regime by the neck and stomp its trigger fingers into putty should slip through our fingers. Shame and disgust.
We KNOW why the far-left are supporting Russia. They always have. These ones genuinely think they're smart, as tankies always do, by pretending to give a shit about, "Nazis" in Ukraine, claiming Ukraine is a, "right wing ethnostate." And stanning for Putin's Russia when they do it, as they inevitably will do for anything Russian. These ones pretend they don't exist the majority of the time and pretend to just be your average liberal. One of the reasons liberalism has such a shitty name in the US, because rather than stand on their own god damned feet, they gladly hold a torch and a rainbow flag to hide the hammers, sickles and roses. These ones oppose helping Ukraine because they want Russia to retake it, and then, like Hitler after getting his first taste of victory, move on to the next countries neighboring it.
But it's the unexpected dark horse of republican/right wing sympathizers that has me most annoyed. But, then again, it's not surprising. Just pitiable.
The religious conservatives (I'm not describing conservatism, I'm describing a specific kind of conservative) have taken an absolute beating, both because they can't be anywhere near as subtle or hidden about the worst desires of the worst of their party. It doesn't matter whether the issue is gay marriage, trans rights or workers rights. They want the answer to be "-because JESUS," and as a secular country, the answer cannot be, "-because JESUS." And they do not accept that. They cannot effectively obfuscate this by pretending to give a damn about gay rights or trans rights, the way far-leftists manage to do so by appropriating those topics and non-negotiably packaging them into their specific ideology. They have to clumsily, clunkily add their world view and then insist that world view be adopted as paramount for solving the problem. And they can't dress it up as anything but what it is. Voluntary addition of their religious culture to an, as stated before, secular society. There's no going back on this.
And removing the religious element of their ideology, they're left trying to find answers on why traditionalism as they define it is to be the modus operandi of US society. IE, no gay marriage, no transgendered rights. And they can't conceive of a good, packagable argument that doesn't just boil down to, "because Jesus and the Bible." This isn't to say that there aren't potential good arguments, just that they can't provide or think of any.
So the far-leftists face an ideological majority opponent that cannot reasonably present arguments or reasons to be on their sides, and creates many reasons to not be. They refuse to bend on some of these issues to appease their biggest voter bases and most stringent supporters.
This is bad, because there are genuinely some terrible far-left positions. The use of class struggle theory for anything, for instance. The dance being had between unions and conspirators to use regulatory bodies to make it impossible to have business without unions. The consolidation of conspirators to try and push values that say "personal profit and ownership of free enterprise is wholly bad and shouldn't exist."
So the republicans are desperate. Nobody wants their fiscal policies, ones bore of desperate alliance with the wealthy that, rightly or wrongly, don't want socialism to stamp them and opportunity to privately own a business out. That compromise to appeal to plutocrats and oligopolies. And nobody wants, "because Jesus and The Pope/The Church says so," to be the final answer on moral or economic issues.
So what do they do. They deliriously look for potential allies. Anyone, any safe haven, that might be receptive to their ideals. Nationalism, religious identity, freedom of enterprise. And maybe a little ethnosupremacism.
Because of the disgusting, underhanded ways the far-left have conducted themselves and their end goals over the last 30 years, the republicans in their desperation look at Russia, hold their nose, smile and go, "Yeah, he's fighting the Culture War against Globo Homo. He's our guy. Just a mom&pop, bible observing, by-your-bootstraps man of family and country. Not somebody that bows to the anti-white, offended-so-you-get-legally-in-trouble politically correct, alphabet soup gay crowd." Where just 35 years ago, the Reaganites would've leapt backwards into gay bars covered in mojito flavored stickers rather than look to RUSSIA as a bastion of conservative values.
Because of this misplaced trust and hope for a place, "free of 'globo homo,'" (their beliefs, not mine) this desperation, certain republicans specifically are wary of supporting Ukraine. Because of the relentless advancement and frankly underhanded way this social value war has been conducted via guerilla cultural warfare, and the republicans impotent, ineffectual response to it, they see their preferred way of doing things going. And they hate it. It's because of this contempt that they suggest maybe Russia should just own Ukraine and we should stay out of it.
I vehemently disagree. Russia is nothing but a gigantic pain in everybody's ass, globally. Russia's involvement in the politics and governance of other countries, their deliberate acts of sabotage, mafioso behavior and assassinations, bribery and exploitation need to stop. The nation of Russia is a pathetic one currently, held in place only by the mafioso families that use regular Russians as free range labor and the legal and civic systems as rubber stamps for shadow feudalism. It doesn't even try to provide for its citizens, DESPITE the public government's best efforts, and actively prevents distributing services across the country in order to prevent mutinies against their masters in Moscow. It's a safe haven for the worst would-be crime dynasties, their greed and exploitation of the Russian people limited only by their incompetence and a lack of desire on behalf of anybody else to help them live up to the most of their potential as crime families.
And why? Why do we put up with their bullshit? Because of the potential of them either using a nuke, or covertly sneaking nukes to other belligerent nations to use as a proxy in their stead, scapegoating the blame. Because these spoiled giant god damned babies can make a massive mess, and are inclined to do so if they don't get their way. Because the mafioso leading the Russian nation around like zombifying fungal parasites could direct two million men to go flatten smaller European nations and gobble them up in lightning ethnic cleansing. Because they coudl unmothball ten thousand shitboxes from warehouses East of the Ural Mountains and turn Lichtenstein and Estonia into parking lots. Because they have their fingers in many pies, worldwide, and can toss dirt into the gears of many other nations' machinery, causing chaos, destruction and despair, and have the means to do it if anyone moves to act against them.
And then here we are, presented with an entirely legal and good faith opportunity to help a smaller nation bring that sloppy ghoul of a country to its knees and turn the country against its sagging, aging autocrat dictator, just by having it bare fisted brawl with a wood chipper we could handily donate to Ukraine...
And these FUCKING cowards are too grumpy over losing on the topic of gay marriage and transgenderism to help an aggressed upon country secure their own borders and national identity.... from Russia.
Do you know what donation of even one year's defense budget here in the US would do for Ukraine? Do you know what it would do to fuck over the nation of Putin's Russia, long term? Putin has effectively given the world every reason to lock it out of the global economy so it can't do business or make money, and is effectively wasting every potential it could ever muster to land conflict by having it march into armor-destroying Western European and American engineered death.
And why? Because it has a bizarre and silly ideology that Russians are all Slavs and all Slavs are just Russians with funny aspirations of independence. That Russia is one of The Great Civilizations of Earth and is thus destined to hold other people in its orbit- at least until it ethnically cleanses them and absorbs them into itself. One that the romantic idiots in charge are willing to sacrifice millions of Russians like lemmings in a game to secure the idea of.
Decimation of Russia's military would mean over thirty to forty YEARS of peace as they're forced to actually pull their head out of their ass and fix their economy and society, in order to even theoretically get back into the game. It would mean there would be not even a strategic feasibility of undertaking dangerous and fruitless missions to bully neighbors and annex land from them just because they're in their, "spheres of influence." It would mean peace, as Russia would be incapable of doing aything but threaten people with nukes for the slightest thing, not having any ability to operate outside its borders beyond a fleet of Toyotas with missile pods on them.
Fuck you cowards, both left and right, that see your Daddy Putin as some sort of figure that'll help you win your culture war, whatever your views on it. He is not Your Guy. He's a predatory mimic not out for either of your ambitions, he's out for his own, and he and all his buddies in his Russo-Feudalist oligarchic society would sell your entire family into sex slavery in Lybia for 40 rubles and a vodka. If we funneled the entire year's defense budget worth of American goods THAT WE'D OTHERWISE HAVE TO PAY A FORTUNE TO DISMANTLE ANYWAY, AT THEIR END OF LIFESPAN, it would generate us objective peace of mind. The way taking Little Jimmy's entire jackknife and gun collection would give us peace of mind, as we now no longer have to worry about shots being randomly fired in the night by a psychotic and unsupervised 6 year old.
And that's why spending an American dollar on Ukraine today, is worth roughly $26,000 in gold.
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i love ur page! can i request class 1a’s reactions to a m!reader w yae miko’s personality (genshin)? if so please take as much time as u need ^^
Ahhhhh, I love Yae, I want to pull for her when she comes out if she's after Kazuha's rerun (which i'm hoping is soon)
There's also no use of pronouns in this however it's still implied to be male oriented
Headcannons for Class-1 A with someone with a Yae Miko type of personality
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- You're the smartest person in the class, no exceptions
- You have some of the best memory that anyone's ever seen or heard of
- You're able to recall every event of any day with ease, most times it can be really intimidating especially with people from other classes since if they say something to offend or displease you then there isn't chance you're forgetting about it any time soon
- Because of this you don't really study as much since you just remember everything from when you're in class, usually you'll just breeze through your notes as a tiny refresher if you think you really need to, which doesn't really happen often
- You're also at one of the top spots for combat as well, the only reason you're not number one already is because it isn't exactly you're goal to be the best but to be good enough surpass the majority of everyone, not that you have an issue with that though, if you really wanted to you could wipe the floor with anyone in the class but you just choose not to, right now at least, maybe if something really interesting happens then you'll think about it
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- You're really good at working in teams and groups, before going to UA you were the editor-in-chief for a popular publishing house in Japan, you were one of, if not, the youngest person in Japan to be working with such a renowned place, which was also what led you to being recommended for UA, even now with being in UA you still somehow find time to work with them from the dorms
- The reason why you didn't stay there full time was because you had grown bored of it in a way, not that you didn't enjoy working there but you realised that you were capable of doing even more than you had originally thought you could
- Of course it took time but you had been training to become a pro hero an that's what you had intended to become, turns out you had much more power and capability with your quirk than you originally thought
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- You're a really good sweet talker, naturally, because of that, it's easy for you to get other people to do things for you without them thinking twice about it meaning that you usually have more time to yourself to relax
- It's rare to not see you around with a smile, not anything big but always of light heartedness and contempt but sometimes it's hard to know the reason behind it
- The all-round feeling of being near you is always enigmatic, it's difficult to figure out the reasonings as to why you can be happy, mad, annoyed and so on
- You're usually polite to everyone you meet, which still doesn't stop them from feeling intimidated by you, but that's also even more so for the ones that are close to you
- To the ones in which you're close with or friends with, you tend to be more blunt and straightforward with things, not in a cruel or mean way but, at least not intentionally, but in more of a constructive way, if someone asks you if you think they're capable of something then you'll tell them everything with complete honestly, even if it means that they might feel hurt about it
- You're also incredibly perceptive, it's almost insane how you're able to tell so many things about someone from just a single glance
- Sometimes it can be their fears, insecurities, sometimes even just their general likes and dislikes, you can also be incredibly sly about it too, not scared to point them out if you see fit, again, another reason to be scared of you
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- The class has realised just how scarily accurate you can be with things so sometimes you, Denki, Mina, Jirou, Uraraka and Kirishima like to sit in a small circle and play this game where whenever someone else walks into the common rooms you have to name something about them that they themselves would likely never admit, one of your favourite situations was when you all saw Bakugou walk into the kitchen and you glanced at him and said "He likes to take two pillows for when he sleeps, one to hug and the other to put between his legs"
- Somehow he overheard you and started to yell at all of you while his face was covered in pink showing that you were right but he was too embarrassed to actually admit it, it's not something to be embarrassed about but he thinks it'll make him seem less intimating
- You really like sweets too, so whenever Sato's done with making anything you're the first person he'll give to sample it and tell him what you think, he especially likes your critisism because you don't hold back on anything and give him real feedback that he uses to make anything in the future better than the previous
- To go with the samples of the cakes and whatnot that Sato gives you, you like drinking tea with it on the side and who if not Momo is better at giving recommendations for tea?
- So you and her like to get around two to three different cups of tea (each) and taste them all with one another whenever you both get the chance, you both usually rate them from one to ten, with ten being the best rate possible, you both share the same opinions on them most of the time so it's easy for you to have a chat and get along while together
- Though you don't have an issue with academics or much of a need to study, you still enjoy helping out Izuku, he loves studying with you in specific because you're well versed in everything you talk about so your both able to go over everything smoothly and with with ease, he also likes asking you questions about your success with the publishing house, you really don't mind answering so it kinda feels like a small interview with him, either way you both tend to have fun so it's not like you complain
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Reading your tumblr, and talking to a friend about her reading habits, is making me think it might be fun to read more self published erotic romance books. But every time I've tried to read a romance novel, I've found it kind of boring. But it sounds like it should be fun! My current reading habits are mostly SFF from mainstream publishers, literary queer fiction, a little YA, and lots of fanfic--but maybe that's largely because that's what I'm used to? I definitely don't have any pretensions about my tastes being "better" than anyone else's! The fic I tend to like is dark, explicit, usually short, and mostly f/f, a little f/m, and occasionally m/m (I think I just fall much more on the "insert myself into the scene" side of things, and I'm a bi woman). When I've tried romance novels, I've always wanted more sex and action, less monogamy, and wished the sex was more fucked up (dubcon, noncon, intense power imbalances, "hardcore" kink). When I've tried reading just straight up erotica I have a bit more luck...but I don't really care about the characters, which is what I understand erotic romance is supposed to be better at (and why I love pwp fic, I think!). I guess I'm just wondering--how do I go about finding more self pub stuff that I might like? Or am I maybe just not quite the audience?
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The monogamy issue is going to be hard to solve outside of pure porn things where Mary Sue or Gary Stu fucks their way through a large cast. It annoys me too. What I really like are triad romance novels, and those are barely a thing. (Think OT3 "how they got together" fic. It's not super common in fandom but it's a lot more common than in original.)
I also find that original doesn't go as far into dubcon as I like, and when it does, it's not labeled... for the very simple reason that Amazon is the major way to sell your work, and Amazon bans rape erotica and anything that verges too close to it. Smashwords would allow it, but it's even harder to search and tends to end up as a repository of straight up rape porn as opposed to fandomy dubcon.
I read things that are more or less sold as "romance" and that have explicit sex, but I don't tend to buy a lot that's labeled as "erotic romance" (which is a specific niche).
My general advice for selfpub stuff is to try random keywords on amazon until you find an individual book you like and then see if you can find recs lists (e.g. on goodreads) that include it. Sometimes, Amazon's 'people also bought' is useful, though it depends. There are Facebook groups and such where people rec things also.
I read almost exclusively m/m in the selfpub space. The m/f sector is much bigger and more profitable, but I don't know much. F/F is less common but certainly out there.
I never finished this assassin/target f/f novel, but the part I read was pretty decent: Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter. It wasn't a particularly dark take on those tropes from what I saw, but it was a lot less tame than some of the other f/f offerings out there.
For more action-y works, if you're interested in m/m, I might try Meghan Maslow's Starfig Investigations series or one of Jordan L Hawk's various series. There are people working in the original m/m space who are writing series mystery and urban fantasy rather than pure romance. Starfig Investigations isn't super dark, but it does start with one of them being a sex slave who's on loan to the other one for the duration of a case. The series sometimes covers stuff about his time as a slave, though the overall tone isn't very dark most of the time.
In the het space, I might search for things labeled as thrillers or maybe the darker end of shifter romance or motorcycle romance. But I don't really read heavily in any of that, so that's just a guess.
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Basically, it's a treasure hunt, and you'll need to do a fair amount of investigation to figure out what's out there and how it's labeled.
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Gojo Satoru Edition 💙
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A= Admiration (How do they admire you? What is their thoughts about you? What is their reaction in meeting you for the first time? Do they instantly like you?)
Gojou loves staring at you and he's not afraid if he gets caught.
Even if you're doing chores or you're laughing with the first years. You could of just woken up with messy hair, drool dried on the corner of your mouth and he'll still think you're the most beautiful person in the world.
When he stares at you it's as if the world slows down and everyone goes in slow motion. He'll notice the twinkle in your eyes or how you suddenly shifted to your right. As he's in a trace where his hearts flutters at the sight of you.
His Six Eyes will notice even the tiniest detail about you.
Even in a crowded room his eyes will immediately try to find your form. You're the first person he seeks whenever and wherever.
He likes to boast about you to everyone, especially his students. You're his lover and he's proud to have you.
To him, you're his equal, his safe haven. You're the only person he can truly let his guard down with. You love him not because "he's the strongest shaman" but just as "Satoru" and that's something he thinks about that makes him feel all warm inside.
You're his everything, he wouldn't know what would he do if he ever loses you. If Gojou truly loves you he will fully commit to it.
You and Gojou didn't exactly start off on the right foot.
You thought he was too arrogant and annoying.
While he thought you were weak and boring.
You quickly proved that wrong, and his perception of you changed. He would often tease you and find opportunities to spar with you.
You slowly started to grow on each other from rivals to lovers.
He's still annoying though.
B= Bestie (Do they act like best friends while dating? How comfortable are they with you?)
Why absolutely! You guys are lovers at the same time bestfriends.
Gojou is very comfortable around you. He's pretty confident man already but when he's around you there's no breaks for this man.
He will do the wackiest and craziest things just see you laugh and smile.
You both tell each other everything, such as recent turn of events or even student gossip. He loves to gossip.
You can expect him to wake you up at 2 am just to go to McDonald's while blasting music from the car while you both sing on top of your lungs.
Of course there will be moments where both have arguments or disagreements but they don't last long. They get solved pretty easily.
"Wanna get icecream?"
"Fine, but you're playing."
Gojou can be quite obnoxious at times and you're not afraid to let him know. He doesn't listen and still annoy you anyways.
But now you should be used to his antics and don't take them too seriously.
There is no such thing as a boundary for this man.
He can literally become your safe haven during sad times or hell as he tickles you until you cry.
C= Cuddles (How often do they cuddle? How are they when they cuddle? What cuddle position do they like best? Are they the Big Spoon or Little Spoon?)
If he could, Gojou would always want to be cuddling with you. Whenever and wherever you both are.
He loves the feeling of having you in his arms or him in your arms. His home is where your arms are. It's one of the moments where his Infinity isn't activated.
He wrap his long limps around you and bring you as physically close as possible so he can nuzzle against you or press kisses to you.
Whenever he's in a cuddling mood or he's feeling stressed he'll come to find you and pull you to the nearest chair. He'll have you sit in his lap while he embraces you tightly. He won't go until he's satisfied too!
He usually prefers to be the bigger spoon, he likes the idea that you're safe within his arms. Sometimes he'll just stare at you while you sleep, smiling to himself as he drifts off to sleep.
If you're both in bed you must cuddle! It's a rule he made up.
He doesn't being the little spoon either, he loves the feeling of when you playing with hair. He truly feels comfortable and vulnerable within your arms.
He can't decide with position he likes best, he just likes the feeling of your body close to his.
D= Domestic (Are they willing to settle down with you? Are they willing to do chores? What do you two do at home?)
Gojou never thought he would settle down. That is until he met you!
With his busy and dangerous lifestyle, he thought he would spend the rest of his days alone.
Being with him, is a huge risk. The higher ups or the enemies would use you as a bargaining chip.
After lots of convincing, that you'll promise to be by his side forever. You'll have his heart now and forever.
Gojou when he's at home...he's lazy. He'll be munching on some snacks, lying on the sofa while you hang the laundry.
Somedays he's tired from work, so you let him be but if he really isn't doing anything. Some threats work really well on him.
"If you don't don't do the laundry, you're sleeping on the sofa tonight!"
"Then I'm off to do it!"
Having growing up with servants, he's not used to doing household chores.
But he will try, because he doesn't want you take take on the full workload. Teach him, he's a fast learner!
At home, within your arms is where he feels safest. Majority of the time you two would be in contact with each other one way or another.
You're watching tv? He's sitting you with his arm around your shoulder. If you're cooking, he'll come and unexpectedly hug you from behind. This man craves your touch.
Watching movies or television is something you both do very often, you'll both be snuggled up together, while Gojou throws commentary here and there.
Cooking or baking is another thing you both do. Majority of the time you both rarely get to spend together due to Gojou's work schedule. Who ever arrives home first will have to make dinner. However, you two are both at home you both help each other make a delicious dessert or meal. Nothing like eating a home cooked meal together.
Playing video games together is a must! You're his player number 2. He's very competitive so if he wins, it's non stop boasting but if he loses he demands an immediate rematch. Mario Kart or Super Smash Brothers is some the common ones you both play.
E= Endeavor (Are they supportive in you trying to do something? Will they help you reach for it?)
Gojou Satoru is known to be your literal hype man.
He will be very supportive of you and what you're trying to accomplish. As long as it's not something like becoming a murder. He's gonna have to do a double take on that.
If you're gonna become a piano, he'll have a grand piano delivered straight to your home. If you're gonna become an artist, he will buy you the best art supplies.
As they say "live your life to the fullest" and Gojou completely agrees with that statement.
If you're trying to learn something new, he will be encouraging you. There are times where he can be a little but don't take it to heart. He just wants you to improve and sugarcoating things isn't always the best way to improve.
If you're feeling down but you're trying to achieve, he'll be there to comfort you and motivate you.
"Things won't always go your way, but I promise I'll be there to cheer you on."
If you're trying to learn a new skill, he might have a go at it too. He's a fast learner but if he doesn't or can't do something, he'll just blame it on the fact that if he does it then he's gonna become perfect so he chooses not to. It's just to save his huge ego.
F= Fights (How often do you guys fight? Who apologizes first? How long will the fight last? What is the reason behind the fight?)
You guys argue pretty often but they're mostly about trival issues. Like Gojou forgot to take out the trash or who cooks today.
If you both do fight seriously. It would definitely have to do with "work". Because of Gojou's busy schedule you're not sure when will he be back home or when he will be gone. If you both have very different schedules it would definitely lead to some misunderstandings.
If you realize you did something wrong you'll apologize to him right away. While he spouts things like "I told you so!" but he's only teasing.
If he realizes he did something wrong it'll take him a while for him to admit it. Depending on the seriousness of the situation his apology will differ.
If it's something trivial, he'll just pepper you with kisses while says sorry a hundred times.
If it's serious, he'll fully embrace you and apologize, straight to the point no needless words.
Trivial fights don't last long but serious one may take time. Depending on who's wrong or right.
Gojou is a stubborn person so even if he's wrong it'll take him a while to admit it. Maybe days or a week but no longer than that. After all he can't resist not being around you.
G= Guard (Are they protective of you? How protective are they? Are they willing to risk themselves to save you?)
This depends whether you're a shaman or a civilian.
If you are a civilian, he will be very protective of you. You don't have the ability to see curses so who knows what or when can hurt you.
He'll take sure to put lots of talismans and barriers around your home for safety.
Gojou due to his busy work schedule won't always be home or be around you. During these days he's worried sick about you.
He'll be sure to message or call you whenever he can to check up on you.
If he truly senses you're in danger, no matter what he'll go to you instantly. After that happens he'll more frightened of losing you and might resort to leaving you.
Despite how much he loves you, you're life is more precious than him. He can't risk that by being around you.
If you're a shaman just like him, he won't be as protective over you. He'll understand and trust that you'll be able to defend yourself.
He'll make sure to spar with you so that you won't lose in touch in fighting.
Even though he knows you can take care of yourself, in his heart he still worries for you. So he may or may not pop up randomly during your missions and exorcise the curse immediately.
You may end up getting annoyed or mad at him because you may think he thinks you're weak but that's not the case. He just loves you and worries about you.
Whether you're a civilian or shaman, Gojou will 100% risk his life to save you. He's lost so many people, he can't afford lose you too.
If you're out in public, he'll be sure to be holding your hand or have an arm around your waist. He'll glare at anyone who looks at you funny through his sunglasses.
Gojou has a massive presence so good luck to anyone who tries to approach you. They gotta get through him first.
H= Healing (What is their reaction in you getting hurt? Do they get hurt often? Do they help you patching you up? Or do they not know how to patch you up, and tries their hardest?)
Gojou hates seeing you hurt in anyway. Even if it's a tiny wound. It's kinda like if you're hurt he's hurt too. That's his way of thinking.
If you get injured during a mission, you can bet Gojou will be all over you.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"For the hundred time, yes..."
Despite your assurance that are fine, he'll still insist to take you to Shoko just to be safe.
If it's a trivial wound like you accidentally cut yourself or you stubbed your toe. Gojou will be the one to take care of the wound. He does have basic knowledge on how to treat wounds.
If it's a severe wound, he'll instantly bring you to Shoko. He'll teleport all the way from Hokkaido to Tokyo if he has to.
He doesn't know how to use the Reverse Cursed Technique but at the moment when you're dying in his arms he will try his best to.
He will literally become your human shield if he knows things are dire.
If he sees an enemy wound you, well it's gonna be game over for the enemy. Instant oblivion.
It is known that Gojou has his Infinity activated at all times, so he doesn't ever get hurt whether from missions or trivial issues.
Very rare but when he does turn off his Infinity he can get hurt but it's because he let's it happen.
He still gets sick from time to time because that's something his Infinity can't protect him from.
I= Intimacy (How romantic are they? Do you two often go on dates?)
Gojou as we all know is very affectionate and romantic person.
He's very cheesy and likes to tease you just to see you blush.
He can't keep his hands off of you, he has to be touching you even just by lacing your fingers together. He also likes to stand near you often behind you or right beside you.
Gojou goes all over Japan for his missions and he makes sure to always bring a souvenir home for you whether it's a little trinket or something you'll like. Definitely will buy sweets, he'll share just a little though.
You'll often be surprised with deliveries of bouquets at work addressed to you but not written from who but you know who it is.
This man is extremely rich, so you ever have an eye on something, he'll secretly buy it for you.
When you're cold, he'll give you his jacket or hug you to keep you warm. If you're feeling hot under the sun, use this man as your personal shade. He doesn't mind.
It's rare for the both of you to have day offs at the same time so it's always something special to him.
He'll either take you out shopping or a cafe date.
He loves going around Tokyo with you to different places and secretly takes pictures of you when you're not looking.
If you don't feel like going anywhere he's fine with just cuddling you while watching a movie.
Gojou just has a sense for you if you're feeling down or stressed. He'll instantly know and would try to make you feel better.
He can cook your favorite meal or even give you a massage.
He's not shy to show the world how much he loves you, everyone in the Jujutsu society knows about you two.
J= Jealousy (How often do they get jealous? Do they get easily jealous? How will they react?)
Gojou doesn't get jealous easily. He trusts you and knows the things you do and won't do. However, on rare occasions it does happen but he won't directly voice it out.
"I'm the strongest most handsome shaman ever!" But behind that he still has insecurities. It usually depends on the person you're interacting with. If he sees you getting a little too close to someone, he'll step inーcausally stepping in between the two of you. A hand around your waist around strangers and a full on back hug around people he knows.
If a stranger tries to pick you up, he'll swoop right in towering the poor stranger. He knows he's attractive and he knows show to use it.
"Pay attention to me (Y/N), not Nanami!.
"Satoru, we're talking the recent sighting of a grade 1 cursed spirit."
Afterwards he'll just be very whiny and needy, he wants your full attention on him and him only!
K= Kissing (Do they like kissing you? Are they shy or confident in kissing you?)
Gojou Satoru loves all forms of affection. Kissing being one of them.
Gojou has had experience with kissing so he knows what he's doing. One moment he'll be kissing you sweetly then it turns into a full blown make out session.
He's not embarrassed about kissing you in public. Despite the Japanese culture of being conservative of PDA. He won't be making out with you in front of the entire crosswalk but he'll give you pecks or smooches that last a moment or two.
Whenever he leaves for work, he'll always ask for his goodbye kiss or when he's back home he'll be eagerly waiting for your kiss.
Whenever you both pass by each other whether at home or at school, he'll press a chaste kiss to you.
His tongue is divine, he definitely knows how to use his tongue. You can bet he knows how to tie a cherry into a knot using just his tongue.
You will always taste something sweet lingering on him as you kiss him.
He doesn't have a specific type of kiss he likes, he likes them all as long as they're with you. Forehead kisses, cheek kisses, eskimo kisses you name it!
He will definitely will to try out all forms of kisses with you.
L= Love (Who drops the L-word first? Would they rather say it or do it?)
Love is a complicated feeling, Gojou hasn't felt that before with any of his past relationships.
That was until he met you. That's when he realized that what the feeling was.
You were cuddling in bed together, face to face. There was no talking just silence as the two of you stare deeply into each other's eyes. Only the light of the moonlight peaking through the curtains illuminating the room.
Gojou stares into your eyes with a soft smile on his face as he gently lays his hand on your cheek.
Your eyes held the universe within them, the universe that is you and it's staring back at him with so much love and affection within them. He feels the warmth spread throughout his body. He whispers softly "I love you..." as his own eyes reflect yours.
You gasp with eyes widening, processing the words he spoke. You feel your eyes well up in tears, as your cheeks warm. You place your hand over his and whisper back "I love you too.." smiling brightly at him.
That was the moment when he first told you he loved you, it was so genuine and raw.
Afterwards he'll always voice out that he loves you but of course he shows it as well. He'll call you beautiful while pressing a kiss to your forehead.
M= Marriage (How do they propose to you? What’s their ideal wedding like? Where do you plan it?)
Gojou is a very spontaneous man, I can imagine him doing it during the most mundane and random moments. Such as after you're both walking home from a date or maybe it's late into the night while you're both cuddling.
Maybe moments where you're hurt or if he almost lost you.
"Marry me, (Y/N)..."
It's just a spur of the moment kind of thing, when he's the most vulnerable. When he realizes "ah, I want to spend the rest of my life with this person..."
Gojou is pretty flexible with the kind of wedding he wants. He doesn't really have a dream wedding.
The elders of his clan would definitely bug him for a Traditional one as it is customary.
However, if you want a Western style wedding instead he will definitely go for it.
Mostly likely, you both will have two weddings one traditional and western.
Money is different not an issue with this man. Say the word and you shall receive. It's definitely going to be extravagant.
Whether you want to or not he'll find a way to splurge his money.
If the elders are opposed to your marriage you'll both will just have a private wedding, inviting the people closest to you guys.
Not marrying you because someone said no is not an option for him.
N= Nicknames (What do they call you? Do they call you these in public as well? How often do they call you in nicknames?)
Gojou has a variety of nicknames for you!
Ranging from the typical baby, babe, sweetie, darling and honey.
Or something more sweet such as princess/prince, my love, my dearest.
And there's those really cringey ones such as sugarpie, cupcake, my strawberry cheesecake.
He will literally call you by any dessert name.
"Hey, my kikufuku!" Yup, that's you.
If you're shorter than him you can add shorty, short stuff or munchkin to the list.
When he uses them usually depends on the situation. If he's feeling really affectionate or needy he'll be using the really sweet nicknames.
Sometimes he'll even come up with the most ridiculous ones as much as it embarrasses you.
Usually he'll just call you using the common nicknames. He will only use your real name during serious situations.
He's not shy about proclaiming you as his chocolate cupcake. Not even in front of his students or colleagues.
"Are you referring to (L/N) sensei?" "Bingo!"
You've tried to beg him to stop but the man doesn't listen.
O= Open (How open are they with you? Are they willing to share their secrets and past with you? Do they trust you?)
Gojou despite being a man who loves to talk does not like talking about his private life or his past.
It's very personal information to him and he doesn't want the information to fall into the wrong hands.
If anyone asks about it he'll either ignore the question or answer it very vaguely.
You would have to be someone has spent years by his side to be to attain that level of trust with you.
There are some things in his past that isn't easy to talk about, even though it doesn't bother him now. If you ask he will tell you about it briefly.
If it's information not regarding his secrets or his past, he doesn't sharing those details. If you wanna about his mission or want to check his phone, he will let you. He has nothing to hide except the secret pictures he takes of you.
He in return trusts you as well, but he won't pry into things you don't want to talk about.
If you manage to gain his trust enough for him to reveal personal information about him, don't break it. If you do, you will never be able to gain it back.
P= PDA (Are they into PDA? Do they often do it? Their reaction if you hold their hands or kiss them in public.)
Gojou is into PDA but he doesn't flaunt it as often as you think. He won't be making out with you in the middle of the school hallway but he will press chaste kisses to you.
He's not afraid to hug you or hold your hand around the faculty or students.
He won't do something inappropriate in public he likes to keep that in private. Through sometimes he will because he likes seeing you embarrassed while you desperately ask him to stop. Trying not to gain the attention of the people around you.
He also likes seeing the reactions of other people when he does display affection towards you but mostly he does it to see your cute reactions.
If you initiate hand holding with him, he will definitely hold your hand back tightly. If you kiss him, he'll be surprised but then he's quick to tease you about it.
"Oya, is my cupcake getting bold~?"
If anyone looks at you two with disgust he will yell out "you got a problem?"
He's not shy to show the world he loves you.
Q= Quirk (Do they find your quirks adorable or odd? Do they tell you or not? Do they have a quirk of their own?)
Nothing escapes his keen eyesight. He'll notice and remember a lot of your quirks even the ones you're unconsciously doing.
He thinks its absolutely adorable, like how you furrow your eyebrows in concentration how you pout when you're deep in thought.
All these little quirks make you who you are and he adores them.
Gojou will tell you about them of course, even if you try to deny it. If you don't believe he'll try to take a picture to show you which ends up making you really embarrassed.
"I can't help it, I don't even know that I'm doing that..." you whisper with a blush on your face.
Gojou has a quirk of fiddling with his blindfold or his sunglasses if he's wearing them.
Definitely a fan of putting his hands in his jacket or hands while he stands or walks. He doesn't like the feeling of his hands being empty.
R= Reliable (Are they loyal? How loyal are they? Are they there for you when you need someone?)
Gojou is a very honest and down to earth kind of guy. Of course, loyalty is something he firmly commits to.
Cheating is something he won't resort to at all costs. No woman or man is tempting enough for him to be swayed.
We all know he is a good looking guy, he's bound to attract suitors anywhere but he'll turn them all down. He already has you, why would he need anyone else?
There are times where you might feel insecure or jealous but Gojou will always be there to assure you not to. He'll do his best to comfort you, until you're smiling again.
"You're the only one I need..."
During these times he'll even share his precious sweets with you. He'll feed you cake while hugging you from behind.
Have faith in him because whenever you need him, he'll make sure to be there.
S= Solace (How do they comfort you? Do they immediately notice you being sad?)
Gojou just has sense whenever you're feeling sad, even though you try your hardest to hide it.
He just sees through your facade. He won't ask if you're okay when he clearly knows you'll try to lie about it.
If you're trying to avoid him, he'll either pin you against the wall or pull you into his embrace.
He'll be silent as he takes off his blindfold to stare deep into your eyes, how could you lie when those eyes are looking straight at you.
He won't ask you about what's bothering you but he will always be there to comfort you.
Gojou would pull you into his lap on his expensive chair and cradle you like child as he gently caresses your hair.
Ligerning forehead kisses is also he does to comfort you.
Gojou would also bring his sweets stash and slowly feed you some while he hugs you from behind. If you want food, he'll be glad to cook up your favorite meal.
He knows a lot of cringy and cheesy jokes, in which ends up with him laughing at his own jokes. His laughter is contagious so wouldn't be able to hold back a smile after that.
T= Turn-off (What do they dislike in people? What is their turn-off?)
Gojou hates the old way of thinking he finds in elders especially the elders of his clan and the jujutsu society.
He doesn't like anything anything serious or boring. If you're too uptight, he'll find a way to break that.
Another thing he hates is when people do something behind his back or say something behind his back. If you have something to say, then say it straight it to him.
Routine is another thing he dislikes, he's very spontaneous and looks for the fun in things.
He dislikes vegetables and anything bitter. He's a lover of sweets afterall!
Prying too much into his personal life, as proud as he isーhe doesn't like going around talking much about his private life or his past.
U= Umbrageous (Do they easily get offended by what you said? How will they react when you get hurt by what they said?)
Now if you mean playful gets offended then the answer would be yes. If you're seriously trying to offend him, he won't. He's not the type to take things like that to heart.
Call him an idiot, a narcissist, he will playful hold his chest in pain and whine to you while he pouts.
He'll even tease you back if he feels like it.
"Sorry, did you say something~?"
Even though he doesn't take insults to heart, if you use his past against him, he will take offense to it. His past is something he doesn't want to bring up so if you or anyone brings it up. That changes things.
He tries to keep the optimism but he's only human with emotions so there will be times you could offend him.
If you managed to offend him, he'll be unusually quiet as he dwells on your words.
He won't resort to anger but that doesn't mean he won't at times. That's when he's firing insults back you, blinded by rage. He will regret it afterwards though.
V= Vision (What do they imagine their future? What is their dream? Do they want to spend it with you?)
If Gojou truly loves you, he'll definitely would want to spend the rest of his life with you by his side. Somewhere where he doesn't have to be on guard and would always welcome him with open arms.
Yet at the same time he is afraid of the dangers that come associated with him. If you're a civilian he'll try to distance himself away from you. He's afraid one day when he's not around, someone might come after you. His world is completely different from that of a normal person's afterall.
If you work in the same field as him. He'll definitely be more reluctant to push you away, because he knows you can handle yourself. It lessens his worries.
Still life as a shaman is still as dangerous, you're putting your lives at risk every time you go on a mission. The thought of losing you scares him to the very core.
Despite that he still loves you and if can't be with you he would like to associated with you someway maybe as acquaintances or friends.
He dreams of a world without cursed spirits, where he can live a peaceful life, settle down and start a family with you.
In a world crowded with darkness he dreams of a single ray of solace that is you.
Someone that will stay by his side no matter how difficult it will be.
W= Wacky (What is their reaction in you doing something crazy? Will they join you or stop you?)
Gojou Satoru is a man child, he does the most ridiculous of things like wearing a skirt of a highschool student.
If you're the type of person who's just as energetic and wild as him, it's going to be chaos.
You both will pull pranks on the students and faculty. Poor Ijichi being one of your primary targets.
If you're the type of person who's more on the serious side then he'll be shocked by your suggestion.
But of course he's willing to join in whatever plot you have.
Gojou already gives the higher ups a headache, if you're added to the mix it's going to end up being a massive headache.
He lost count of the amount of times he got scolded by Principal Yaga.
He can come up with the wildest ideas and sometimes you will have to become his break.
Principal Yaga specifically asked you to keep him in check after all.
X= Xtra (Random Headcannon about them)
Gojou Satoru has a driver's license. In fact he even owns several cars.
Of course, they're all the expensive ones because he thinks they look cool.
Does he use them? Not that often, when you literally have the ability to teleport or have Ijichi to drive you around.
As you expect he's a fast driver, you will literally be griping your seatbelt for dear life. It looks like he's gonna crash but he won't. He just likes to scare you.
Of course there's a stash of candy and extra pairs of sunglasses in the glovebox.
Gojou is surprisingly a great cook. You would think being raised with servants he wouldn't know how to cook but he does.
He studies the recipe very carefully and cooks. It's as if he has a natural talent for cooking.
At first, you were pretty skeptical of his cooking but once you had of bite of his dish. You could feel the literal flavors explode on your tongue.
When it's his turn for him to cook, expect him to be wearing a cute apron while blasting music from his speaker.
He'll be singing and dancing in the kitchen.
Hug him from behind while he cooks and he'll melt right then and there. Trying to hide a blush from you.
Y= Yearning (Do they long for you? Will they find themselves missing you while you’re away? If so, how will they cope with it?)
Even though you haven't seen each other for a day he terribly miss you. Your just gives him warm and when you're not there he feels cold.
He goes on missions very often and they can last days or even weeks depending on the case. He'll try to update you as much as he can on when he could come home.
Even when he's in the middle of fighting cursed spirits, he'll find his mind wondering towards you.
If he's away from you, you'll be getting calls and texts from him quite frequently. He'll make sure to always greet you good morning or good night and ask how you are.
He'll always ask if you've eaten or not and asks you to send a picture of your meal to prove it to him. He needs to know you're being well fed.
If you think he talks too much he texts just as much. He'll even take random selfies of himself or something interesting he wants you to see.
If you send him a selfie or video he'll save that so fast and save that to his folder. So he can look through them whenever he misses you.
If it's a long mission, he might pack one of your shirts which has your scent so he could take a whiff to calm himself or cuddle as he sleeps.
After a mission if he's not tired yet, he'll video call you every now and then.
He'll try to come back as fast as possible because he doesn't feel complete without your presence.
Z= Zzz (Do they fall asleep easily? Do they move around while sleeping? What sleeping position do they like best?)
If we are talking about the past Gojou, maybe around his youth then no. He had difficulty sleeping because sleeping meant he's vulnerable to attacks.
This is why relies mostly on sweets to stimulate his brain because there are days where he can't sleep at all. His powers drain a lot of energy to keep up.
Once he could run Infinity automatically, he doesn't have any trouble sleeping at all. In fact, he passes out instantly once his head hits the pillow.
The man works hard and goes on tons of missions so of course he's bound to be tired when he gets home.
Gojou Satoru is 190 cm tall so of course he has a large king sized bed at home. He likes having a lot of space but he tends to move around a lot unconsciously.
There have been times where he has fallen off the bed as well.
If you're sleeping with him and want to prevent him from taking all the bed space, you both cuddle that way his limbs are locked on you.
His likes to sleep laying on his back while you lay on your chest or embracing you from behind as you both sleep on your sides.
It's very rare from him to snore but that doesn't mean he doesn't and when he does, it's loud.
However sleeping with him has it's benefits, if you wake up before him you'll be graced by the most angelic view. As he breathes softy while his long white eye lashes remain closed.
If he does wake up you will also be graced by his morning voice which is divine.
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stemmmm · 3 years
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@kamil-a I love heart guy!!!! that level of analysis is doing a LOT for me in terms of gameplay, ludonarrative, etc..
I think a lot of the ludonarrative issues I have are just because of my genre-savvyness and because it's not a finished game. I like susie a lot more now that I have a better understanding of her character and her role on the story. I would probably like ralsei more if I knew what the hell his damage was. However similarly, I like lancer a lot LESS now that i realize he's just a small bit role that really has no ability to come back. all of the darkner or whatever theyre called characters are just bit roles. and it feels... bad.
in undertale every battle was a puzzle to figure out how to appease these people and you felt like you learned something about them. largely, that's still the case because the battles are still puzzles but because i know everything is just there to impede my progress and can often actually be avoided by the nature of stuff being dodgeable in the open world, they feel even more like a waste of my time and energy. A big place where that is no longer what's up is in boss battles. In undertale, unless you couldn't figure out what the intended way to escape the battle was, the battle would consist of the boss giving you their whole story and then... it's done, you win. not so in deltarune! there you're stuck doing whatever until the mercy ticker wears down and the boss just gives stock dialogue for the majority of the time. Maybe for people super proficient at the game this isn't such an issue, but whatever secret stuff that undertale had that made me love the bullet hell mechanic got changed here and i can't play it for shit.
continuing on the topic of enemies, there's now the recruitment system that you have to get a whole annoying tutorial for at the beginning of chapter 2 (maybe it was in ch1 but i dont remember. that was a long time ago now. more on that later lol). just in case i wasn't already disinterested enough in all the enemies, i'm even less interested now because they've been flattened down into little tokens. this is possibly the point, as all of it is meant to be a discussion about game mechanics as we know them. regardless, it doesn't feel like i'm having fun to try and go around to collect them.
onto the gameplay mechanics themselves! in honesty, part of the issue may be that i'm trying to play it like undertale rather than play with the mechanics i'm given, but its also hard as hell to play with the mechanics im given because all i want is to get out of the battles as soon as fucking possible. while they've improved a ton from the last game because characters other than kris can ACT, it still remains the case that the system is way too bloated and overcomplicated to function naturally. I theorize this is also. The Point. turn-based RPGs are often ridiculously bloated like this. the difference there is that in say, your typical final fantasy, all you're trying to do is Attack and you're trying to do it the best possible with the resources at hand. Your strategy is to choose between a regular hit, whether you can perhaps summon something, or if its better to spend your MP on smaller but still powerful spells, or even healing. seeing as im not killing anything when i play these games, all i'm trying to do here is spare the enemy and there's kinda only one way to do that because the ACT menu kinda only gives you one option anyways. the objective is less a puzzle a lot of the time and more to just survive the somehow way harder bullet hell sections. its very fucking flat.
the worst part of it, in my opinion, is that this all comes after years of not playing the last part of the game. maybe a lot of these things wouldn't be quite so bad if i was playing the whole thing at once in sequence. that would be a ridiculously long, boring time though because 80% of these games are just fluff without substance (at least undertale's fluff consistently gave you lore tidbits or character stuff. here all you get is the queen--whom i love--saying a joke about potassium). this game should not be coming to us in 7 parts. or at the very minimum, they should not be as long as they are to play through! i think the delivery time on the story is actively hurting it, and I think it's only going to get worse as this slowly slides along at a snails pace.
but! who knows. a whole lot of people like all of this a whole lot more than me. maybe I just don't like playing it because I don't like any of the characters. I like them all a lot more now that we're focusing more on the original folks than the old undertale rewrites, but even then I mostly just like them for the way people make jokes about them.
in short... i find the mechanics ill-fitted to their purpose and the handling of the game clumsy. I can fully believe that a lot of this is toby's actual intention as he's making a criticism of this kind of stuff, but I think it's also very easy to fall into the very problems that you criticize. I think there's a chance it might get better, but I think it's a whole lot more likely that all of it gets worse with time. because 7 6+ hour long games... are gonna take a long ass time to make.
to anyone who actually read this far, i salute you! and i hope this made any sense because i've kinda just been rambling on half-sleep because i woke up at 3 am
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wattpadscapcons · 2 years
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Utsuro General Headcanons
I made this because it's my freaking account and I'm a simp for him and poor little Yuki Maeda.
Tw: S*ic*de mention, mention of scars, unhealthy habits, drugs, child abuse/ abandonment
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- We all know he was abandoned at a young age but I believe he was around the age of 5 to 7 based on the drawings in his story
- Was mostly ignored by his loved ones shortly up to his abandonment, only adding to the fuel of trauma
- Major trust issues with anyone who tries to get close to him
- One of the most difficult people to ever make friends with TM
- Doesn't talk much on his own and when he does it's usual short answers unless you get him on something he's actually interested in, or if he finds you interesting (Be like Kanata, and only wish for him to be healthy, and maybe he'll like you after he stops trying to figure out what your deal is)
- Extremely blunt
- Abandonment issues with long term friends (if you manage to get that far with him instead of just giving up)
- Surprisingly isn't clingy though despite his issues, he's just more distant than most people
- Horrible sleep schedule since he sleeps the majority of most days, annoys him every time when he wakes up, he always feels tired as hell though emotionally
- Claims to not care about anything/ be bored of everything but that's only because he forgot what it meant to feel emotions a while ago, people can still surprise him every once in a while as well as make him feel something other than empty if they tried hard enough
- Has done drugs in the past but quickly got bored of it since he's lucky enough not to get addicted unlike anyone else. Only did it to pass time in the first place after failing to ov//rd//se
- Ever since he found out he can't die he's practically done little to no self-care unless he was forced to by a friend or his luck, otherwise doesn't care to touch up his appearance
- Has old s//lf h//rm scars that can be seen when he changes
- Minimalistic with his style and décor due to his divine luck
- Natural small curls, it's not bedhead everyone, he doesn't brush it either so maybe it's a mix of both
- Natural redhead with brown eyes, that orange color is simply a mix of brown and gold undertones
- 5'6 - 5'8
- Carries around figit toys with him to keep him entertained for a few minutes until he gets bored again
- You can find him sitting in a corner somewhere away from people either sleeping or reading
- You can usually see Akane trailing behind him during her free time, it's not surprising at this point since they're friends
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barbie-ender-earl · 2 years
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This is going to sound a bit negative, but after reading Eret's explanation of how lore is organized and seeing how many major cc's joke about lore like people are annoying for asking about it, I wish some creators would just say, "Hey, I really want to move on and work on other projects," instead of making the community think something will eventually happen with the story.
Like if frustration with organization is the problem, why not fix it? Plan out the main story points together. Write out a treatment so creators who have the time to be on the server often can create their own stories without interfering with planned lore. Maybe that solution isn't as easy as it sounds, but Eret said herself that most lore discussions are done through DMs and group chats; if that stopped then maybe smaller creators, who keep getting added despite them having no say over where the story goes and therefore can't do anything but mess around for a bit before getting bored, would be able to move the story along.
Then if some cc's have no interest in the dsmp anymore, just say so instead of holding it up in the air and making people hope for something that's either never going to happen or happens so infrequently that streams are months apart with no updates in-between.
I'm sure timing is an issue as well, but I hate that people who do have the time are smaller creators who can't do anything but joke around until a "major character" comes onto the server or does another big capitol L lore stream.
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Jason Todd/Red Hood
you've activated my fucknig trap card you can't leave this blog ever now you're doomed to sit and listen to me talk about jason
Sexuality Headcanon: Bisexual. the meanest bisexual you can possibly imagine
Gender Headcanon: cis
A ship I have with said character: Roy Harper/Jason Todd. once again I'm such a fucking sucker for the Big/Small ship. they're both pissed off and in love
A BROTP I have with said character: Jason and Dick. I know they've had their differences but I really like the soft moments they've had Jason needs those even if he thinks he doesn't.
A NOTP I have with said character: that's a tough one. Jason has been immensely personal to me for years so the ships I dislike are mainly canon ones. They aren't necessarily wrong or bad they're just...not aligned with my version of him I guess. I don't think I have a NOTP mainly because I know how specific my version of him is so I'm gonna pass
A random headcanon: as usual please have many babydoll
-Jason's eyes turned vividly green whenever he's experiencing intense emotion. If he's excited or happy, them seem to spark. if he's angry however they burn
-Jason is the largest of the robins but also the stealthiest. He can sneak up on anyone and they won't hear him coming until he's right behind them
-Jason has memory issues due to, y'know- literally dying. He's come up with a series of patterns and tricks to help him remember things. Because of this, his home is pretty weird. Things seem messy and out of place but everything is arranged in a way that Jason can remember.
-Jason is intensely protective of those he loves, almost to a fault. He's almost as invasive as Bruce when it comes to knowing where everyone is, what they're doing, and who they're with. He doesn't always accept boundaries when they're laid out. He often decides he knows better and people will thank him for this if they're ever in a situation where they need him
-Roy is one of the only people capable of telling Jason off without immediately getting punched. it's the equivalent of watching an angry cat swat at an annoyed dog though
-Jason is claustrophobic.
-Jason's entire pallet changed after his resurrection. It annoys him because he can't stand some foods he knew he used to like.
-Jason is latino.
-Jason sometimes has roy lie on his back if he's doing pushups. he says he needs the extra weight to up his workout, but really he just likes being close to roy. he also gets bored easily and needs the entertainment.
General Opinion over said character: He's very important to me as a character. I first learned about him back when I was like 15 when watching Under the Red Hood. His story was equal parts fascinating and heartbreaking. The more I read about him the more I loved him. I've always loved angry characters who toe the line of morality and with Jason, it's always so good.
Deep down I think Jason has always been trying to erase himself, rebuild himself into someone who can't be hurt ever again. He does this by violently destroying anything that was a part of who he was before he died. He doesn't care about who he hurts or how his actions affect his family or his friends, because for him it was always about never allowing the notion of vulnerability come close to him ever again.
I think the only thing I dislike is when he's characterized as a soft sad boy who just wants to be loved and guards himself out of low fear of rejection an not being worthy of normal relationships. (I've seen canon and fanon like this and I kind of hate it) Jason isn't always a good person, in fact a large majority of his development is based on him not being a good person at all. Prior to his death there were even several moments where it's heavily implied he's killed before and has no problem with it. I think over the years writers and fans take the concept of anger and turn it into a very sad thing, a lonely thing; instead of what Jason's anger was: a direct result of the failures of Bruce, Gotham, and the violence of the world he once thought was worth protecting. Jason's anger may not be palatable to some but it's an important part of his character, and a major motivator to protect his family and his loved ones. Softening that takes away from his growth.
In general, as character he's very solid, but I also think what his arc did to comic books was deeply fascinating. His death gave fans more control of story lines in my opinion. For better or worse I don't really know but it's interesting to think about. I also think he was integral to the process of learning how to replace popular sidekicks at the time. His story started out as an almost exact replica of Dick's and underwent a lot of changed to separate him from the first Robin. A lot of who Jason is was decided out of concern that this new sidekick was just a copy of his successor and I find the process of his creation and established role very cool
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electricprincess96 · 3 years
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I think the problem with Edelgard isn't that she's not bisexual (she canonically is) but that theres literally no difference between her supports with male and female Byleth. Its the same with most other bisexual supports in the game too and it is a problem, but other characters do have other same-sex endings that are romantic while Edelgard does not. Its just lazy writing and Edelgards lack of other romantic same-sex endings that make her seem more player-sexual than the other bi options.
I mean that can be chalked down to saving time and money. I still wish in Fates for example they kept Shara and Zero's Same Sex exclusive S Ranks in English but Treehouse wanted to avoid as much controversy as possible you know. That's a fair thing to be annoyed at, to be annoyed at the characters actually chosen is fine like I don't like Edelgard, I don't like Jeritza, I'm not fond of Sothis in that way, Alois and Gilbert were quite frankly unnecessary and if anyone in the fandom has a right to complain its the male lgbt players who's options are pretty boy, prettier boy, bloodthirsty psychopath OR they can friendzone themselves to the two old guys.
I get that you guys are really passionate about this but I just think its a really bad look to be saying "this character isn't gay" enough when in canon they can marry at least one person of the same sex. I know you're saying you accept canonically she's bisexual but you then add a BUT after it... there's no need for that, you can complain as a character she isn't very good representation, that's fine but going around and saying things like "straight but for byleth" or "bylethsexual" doesn't necessarily send the greatest message, you don't even need to bring these things up to argue against her character, you don't even need to mention it even when talking about her player pandering because she is incredibly player pandering and is very "male gaze" centric but that doesn't take away from the fact she is a bisexual character. Not every bisexual is gonna be into every guy/girl they meet. Edelgard doesn't need to have lots of endings with other girls because Dorothea and Mercedes have them, Hilda and Marianne exists as well. And again if we want to complain about this sort of thing I think the guys just have it worse because Linhardt's most subtext is with Caspar and even then its debatable how much substance it has. Yuri has it a bit better but still only one male ending but at least its pretty subtext ridden and Jeritza has no other endings with guys (and is also a bloodthirsty psychopath who gets off on pain/inflicting pain...) and the other two are friendzone options that have the Avatar marrying a random nameless woman in their endings so sure its all good to complain about Edelgard being questionable representation but maybe we should focus on where the real issue is.
Also this is my way of saying I'm bored of this discussion now, you're allowed to believe what you want, you're not gonna convince me that Edelgard's sexuality really even needs to be a major topic of discussion anyway (she's bi, that's the canon, there's no point debating anything that's not canon cause then there's no foundation for the debate). You can claim her being bi is fanservice but I'm gonna let you in on a little secret... all of the bisexual characters are fan service to a certain degree because the developers wouldn't have bothered to include them if they thought people wouldn't like having them there. Which is why games like Awakening didn't have any because back then IS could get away with that sort of thing, they can't anymore.
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